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This is a warehouse filled with square metal boxes half as tall as a man. These boxes are all painted with the "Systems Alliance" logo, but they are white, blue, purple and orange. .
Sitting on one of the orange boxes is a little human girl who looks less than five years old - maybe a human?
After all, the body of a human little girl is not made of silver-white flexible metal, nor does it have ball joints, nor does it have two slits on its chin like a puppet.
If you put aside these details, her face can be said to be very cute, her big blue eyes are shining with water, and her short blond hair that reaches her ears is also very soft. As for her voice...
"[Ninety thousand, ninety-four thousand, ninety-seven thousand, one hundred and thousand thousand...]"
It's crisp and has a milky sound, but it's a bit philistine.
The little girl is holding a card about the same size as her face in her hand, and is carefully reading the ever-changing numbers on it.
"[One hundred seven thousand... one hundred and fifteen thousand... one hundred and sixty thousand! The boss is rich! The boss is grand!]"
The interval between the numbers suddenly became larger. The little girl was overjoyed and praised loudly into the air.
While she was yelling, a strange voice sounded:
【who I am? 】
【where am I? 】
【What am I doing? 】
"[Hi~Commander~Welcome aboard~]" EDI instantly threw away the star coin card he was counting in his hand, and a flash appeared in front of the valve door of the "Normandy-10032" frigate, while saying hello Put on a cute smile.
"..."
However, after waiting for a full minute, the valve cabin door did not open.
"[Huh?]" Edith blinked: "[No commander created a new character? Then what was the sound I just heard?]"
She floated to the window of the valve cabin and looked out with one eye closed, but saw nothing.
"[Ah, I understand,]" Etty clapped her hands together: "[He is an idiot commander who has never even completed the novice tutorial. I will wait for him here.]"
She looked around, then flew to the escape ejection cabin at the door of the air valve cabin and sat down. She started shaking her head and humming a tune: "[Commander's reinforcements are guaranteed~? Commander's raid has zero drops~?]"
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Ka-chi-
With the sound of the air valve opening, Edith, who was a little sleepy, instantly regained her energy and flashed to the air valve cabin door again.
"[Hi~Commander~Welcome aboard~]"
"Ah, eh? Thanks? Who are you?"
What appeared there was a white man wearing dark blue personal armor, gray hair, blue eyes, and a short beard. He raised his hand stiffly to greet Edith.
"[I am the shipboard AI of your flagship 'Normandy', the cutest Etty in the universe~]" Etty replied: "[Welcome to "Mass Effect: Galaxy at War", 'John Watson' commander.】"
After finishing her opening remarks, Edith looked at the "commander" with slight disgust, then took out an information board from behind her back that was five or six times larger than herself and showed it to him.
[Dear Commander, since you are under the age of 18, the time you can play "Mass Effect Galaxy of War" (hereinafter referred to as "this game") will be limited to "2 hours/day", and you will be limited to "2 hours/day" every week in this game. The amount spent in the game must not exceed '100 US dollars', and if you do anything that violates local laws and regulations in this game, the operator of this game will contact your guardian. 】
"Well, actually I didn't intend to play for that long, and I didn't intend to spend money in the game. I was just dragged into it by Sherlock." Watson scratched his head.
"[...Tch, Zero Krypton player,]" Etty muttered, and then said loudly before Watson could react: "[You have worked hard in the battle, let me introduce you to the functions of the Normandy, please come over here Let’s go~]”
Following Etty's words, the entire Normandy was shrouded in gray fog, with only the passage from the valve compartment to the cockpit still remaining bright.
"Does this mean you want me to go there?" Watson muttered and walked over.
After passing through a metal door, the two "people" came to the cockpit with three driving positions but no driver. When looking out from the front porthole, they could also see the horizon of a huge lavender planet. .
"[You have completed the first mission 'First Battle', you can submit it here and get the reward~]" Yidi said. At the same time, the gray fog expanded again, covering the cab except for the "Mission Log" panel on the wall. Everything was wrapped in, and at the same time, a big red arrow appeared on the panel for him to click.
"Well..." Watson looked around and found that he had no choice but to select "Submit Task" on the panel and click on it.
"[Congratulations, you have obtained 10,000 'Star Coins' and 1,000 'Justice Points',]" Eti paused, then said in an exaggerated tone: "[Ah, you can carry out 10 'Naval Reinforcements' just right." , try it now~】"
"I'm actually... okay." Watson seemed eager to do something else, but looking at the gray fog blocking everything in his sight, he still clicked on the only button that could be selected.
As he moved, a real-time calculation CG began to play on the panel: In space, a spaceship suspected to be a transport ship docked with the "Normandy", and a bald black man dressed like a naval officer commanded his subordinates to move a ship half a man tall. The boxes were transported into the cargo hold of the Normandy. He looked at the nine white and one blue boxes, turned to the "camera" and made an "OK" gesture, said, "Good Luck!", then returned to the transport ship and left.
"Good is weird, right? Even I can see that it's not a good thing!" Watson complained while "clicking" the boxes one by one.
What flew out of it were not physical objects, but reports, which showed unknown and powerful things such as "Cohen Hadar Armor", "Ka-Sa Pistol", "Blue Line Multi-Purpose Tool", etc. , at the same time, there is also a real-time calculation CG in the background screen of the staff moving the things in the report away.
"[Ordinary, ordinary, ordinary,]" Edith said as if throwing stones into the water. It was not until she finally clicked on the blue box that she suddenly raised her tone: "[Golden!...Rare.]"
What appeared this time was not a list of items, but a resume of the crew.
"'Pilot·JOKER'?" Watson read out the above content.
"Reporting to you, Commander," the cockpit door opened, and a naval officer with the same appearance as on his resume appeared outside. He bowed lamely to Watson.
"Uh, um..." Watson seemed to be thinking about how to communicate with him, but was interrupted by Etty before he could speak.
"[Congratulations, Commander, you have obtained your first 'crew member'. Different crew members have different attributes. Although they can be arranged in any position, they are still more comfortable in their job," Yidi said: " 【Now, try to arrange 'JOKER' in the 'cockpit'.】"
Following Edith's words, the picture on the control panel changed, showing a perspective view of the entire Normandy. Watson saw that there were pilots, navigators, ship's doctors, cooks, maintenance workers, gunners, etc. on the entire ship. There are a series of positions such as stormtrooper captain, mechanic, etc., and I can "drag" the Q-version villain symbolizing "JOKER" to any position, but most of them are marked with red descending arrows. Some positions, such as There are even prohibition signs for the positions of gunner and stormtrooper leader, and only the driver's position has a green upward arrow.
"I will not disappoint your expectations, Commander." When Watson dragged the "JOKER villain" to the cockpit, he himself nodded and said to Watson, then walked to one of the driver's seats and sat down and started Working - although the ship didn't move at all.
"[Oops~ Oops, you didn't get any 'comrades' for reinforcements this time, so wouldn't it be impossible to deal with those 'corpse puppets'?]" Yidi suddenly exclaimed.
"No, actually I can-"
"[It seems that Etty can only give the 100 'courage points' she collected to the commander~]"
Watson wanted to say that the previous battle was a plot kill and he could win, but was interrupted by Etty.
"[Compared with the 'Justice Points' that can be obtained by completing ordinary tasks, these tokens that can only be obtained by completing high-difficulty raid challenges are more precious, because only by consuming them can you obtain 'N7 Reinforcements'," Yidi said: "[But good steel must be used on the blade, let's try it now~]"
"..." Watson nodded noncommittally at the newly appeared "N7 reinforcements", and then the familiar transport ship appeared again, carrying a purple box.
"[Epic~]" Etty announced loudly.
"David Anderson?" Watson looked at the file that floated out. The man wearing a naval officer's uniform and a serious face looked very reliable at first glance.
"At your service, Commander," the person in the photo appeared at the door: "I am qualified for most positions, but please do not let me cook or treat people."
“[Now, arrange the new crew members into the position of ‘Charge Captain’,]” Yidi said: “[Including the commander yourself, only a maximum of six people can appear in each battle. Please be cautious according to the battlefield situation. Choose your teammates, of course, you can also fight alongside other commanders~】"
Watson did not directly follow Etty's arrangement. He looked at "Received Ten Reinforcements" that was lit up at the same time as "Received One Reinforcement" under "N7 Reinforcements" and subconsciously clicked "Ten Times."
"[Commander~ Your 'Courage Points' are not enough~]" Yi Di immediately opened a new recharge page and reminded diligently: "[Recharge '100' US dollars to get '6480' courage points. The first charge is doubled~]”
"It seems I can only spend $100..." Watson scratched his head: "What's the probability of drawing?"
"[...]" Edith paused and took out a new information board from behind to display.
[Announcement of reinforcement probability in "Mass Effect Galaxy at War":]
[The probability of crew members/equipment appearing in the reinforcement box:]
[Legend: 1%/4%]
[Epic: 3%/12%]
[Rare: 40%/40%]
[Every ten reinforcements will inevitably appear an epic reinforcement box. 】
"Well..." Watson looked at this announcement and fell into thinking about probability.
"[~~~]" When Idi was clenching her little fists and looking excited, a voice sounded faintly:
【who I am? 】
【where am I? 】
【What should I do? 】
"[Asshole! I want to drain the wallets of these players! Don't cause trouble!]"
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