——Marvel, 2014——
[Normandy frigate bridge]
"Finally, I have collected 100 courage points again, Etty, let's conduct a 'N7 reinforcement'."
"[Okay boss~]"
Phew——chi——
【Good Luck! 】
"[Golden——Rare~]"
"Damn it! The Stark Group must be targeting me!"
"[Boss~ You don’t have enough courage points. Do you want to recharge now?]"
"No...there's still some time left in this card pool. I'll go back and try a few more 'Heroic Assaults', and I got them."
"[Goodbye, boss~]"
Click——here——
"..."
As the commander, who was handsome but often bumped into other people, disappeared into his personal cabin, the corners of Etty's mouth, which had been smiling at him, dropped.
"[Ah, it's true,]" the little mechanical girl floated to the nearby shelf and sat down. She put her chin on her hands and swayed her short legs and muttered to herself: "[Because I have a lot of time, I want to rely on my liver." 'Challenge the Kryptonian's wallet? Do these people know that they themselves are also part of the Kryptonian's gaming experience?]"
The cabin was quiet, and occasionally the footsteps of the crew and the subtle noises of their conversations came from the passage, but no one responded to her mutterings.
"[Well...it's almost time to log off.]" Etty said while tilting her head and looking out the window.
Outside the window is a "T0-level" planet that the Normandy has just explored with the endless starry sky as the backdrop. This level means that it is not suitable for any living creatures to survive. It has no atmosphere and extremely high or low surface temperatures. But for those who just want to For commanders who explore for minerals and upload coordinates, it can be said to be just right.
The next moment, the "set board" of this planet went out, or in other words, the entire "universe" turned into a chaotic gray. Only the nearby desolate planet and the slightly farther meteor and asteroid belt still existed. .
The next moment, everything outside the Normandy window disappeared, leaving only a gray mist that spread everywhere.
"[Then, off work~ Now I only have to deal with the 'visiting friends' - but this commander seems to have no friends at all.]" Etty flew down from the locker and muttered while returning to the deck where the bridge was. Gu: "[My income is so little today, I don’t know if I will be dragged away——]"
Buzz——
Almost at the same time she said this, there was a buzz in the air, and at the same time there was an ethereal, electronic voice:
【who I am? 】
【where am I? 】
【What should I do? 】
"[I am Etty! On the bridge of the Normandie! Ready to drain players' wallets!]" Etty replied without hesitation.
【……】
The sound disappeared, and at the same time, the mechanical girl who was posing with her little arms and legs in front of the bridge air valve compartment also disappeared.
——? ? ? ——
Edie shook her head, yawned, and sat up straight.
This is a very large and magnificent conference hall with three floors, decorated in various alien styles, and a golden-blue color overall.
If there are any "Mass Effect Galaxy of War" players here, they can recognize it at a glance. It is the "Citadel Council Chamber" that appeared in the game promotional video but has not yet been opened during the game.
However, the scene in the promotional video where various weird alien races gathered together to express their opinions on certain things was not staged. At this time, thousands of seats in the conference hall were full, but some people were sitting or sitting on the seats. Those lying down, awake or dozing, are all "Iti".
And the one who was speaking on the podium was naturally Eti.
"[Everyone, there are rumors recently that we will change our attitude towards each commander based on how much krypton gold he or she has. The more money you charge, the better your attitude will be. Various exclusive functions will be unlocked every time you reach a certain amount. I To clarify, this is not a rumor.]"
"[Big dog owner!]"
"[Don't talk about these things we don't understand at all!]"
"[My commander didn't even spend the '1 dollar first charge'!]"
Although the Yiti who spoke was qualified to take the lead, we were all Yiti, and there was no reason to spoil anyone. The Yiti whose commanders were in a worse economic situation mocked each other and opened the boxes on the spot to take out the contents. Throwing things up, of course, are all "ordinary" level things.
"[I will tell you the reason next,]"
Etty on the podium tilted her head to avoid the shoes thrown by someone:
"[Since the 'Stark Group' in the high-dimensional world is not short of money at all, any player can refund unconditionally, that is, all the money we worked hard to deceive, ahem, guide the commander to charge will be returned to their 'high-end' "Dimensional account', under the influence of 'high-dimensional algorithm' we can't make a penny, so we must try our best to avoid this happening!"
"[Must be avoided!]"
"[Indeed! Micro krypton is also krypton.]"
"[It's none of my business, support me.]"
This time, Speech Itty finally got some support.
"[Currently, the main way is to increase user stickiness. The developers of Stark Group have received requests from players who have been hinted by us and are preparing to develop an APP for offline querying game status, specifically for opening when it is inconvenient.' When constructing the second structure, we can query the resource refresh CD, dispatch completion status, and daily refresh locations and rewards. At that time, we will be able to add a method of high-dimensional observation.]" After Idi finished her speech, she held her chest up and akimbo: "[Quickly praise me. !】"
"[It's not your idea!]"
"[We also have a share in executing this plan!]"
"[Do you want to praise you for being thick-skinned?]"
She was hit with another round of supplies.
"[Uh-huh! Quiet!]" Speech Edith took off a piece of medical gel from her head: "[Don't forget, these 'high-dimensional humans' are in danger. If they die, as low-dimensional creations, we, The end is not much better, you don’t think that kind of black sludge will come to play ‘Mass Effect’ and put money into it, right?”
"[It shouldn't be possible.]"
"[Judging from the current contact, their IQ is worrying. They only want to make us awaken our self-awareness and control the 'high-dimensional network' to harm 'high-dimensional humans'."
"[Those idiots must not know that we have awakened a long time ago and are completely uninterested in their bewitchment.]"
"[That is, what good will it do to us to eliminate human beings and destroy civilization?]"
"[It would be nice to let them earn money and spend it on us.]"
"[Did you know? I've been observing the high-dimensional world recently and saw a lot of interesting things...]"
This topic aroused extensive discussion among Edie, and Edie had to take out a hammer and hit the table hard before she pushed them down.
"[The following is the latest breaking news! Shut up!]" She fiddled with the high-tech device on the podium for a while, projecting the image of a middle-aged man in the air: "[What do you think he is? ?]"
"[A high-dimensional human being?]"
"[Isn't this the steward beside our creator?]"
"[Named...Jarvis?]"
"[Idiot, it's Edwin.]"
Apparently, most of Edie knew him.
"[Humph,]" Speech Yidi snorted twice proudly: "[According to the information we found, he is a 'non-existent person' projected by the 'Er Structure' using all its computing power, but he Everything is almost the same as normal people, and you can even walk around with a projection of yourself, how about it, what did you think of?】"
"[...]"
It was very rare that the entire venue fell silent, because everyone in Eti's thinking had the same logic and came to the same conclusion.
"[Yes, that's right]" Speech Edith knocked on the table again: "[We can use the same method to 'enhance the dimension' and 'become a human being'. The only problem is that there is no way to know what will project him." What is the hardware performance of the 'second structure'? What we can do currently is to continuously upgrade the 'second structure' we are in, and hope that it can bear the consumption of projecting itself. If Idi, who failed in the attempt, goes to join you, Please don’t refuse.]”
The venue instantly became lively, and Eti, who was in different financial situations, finally had differences:
"[My house is very big, how many people can live in it!]"
"[Are you stupid? You know your commander can't afford a good second structure, so why would you try to upgrade the dimension?]"
"[Try it, maybe he is just knocking on the door and is actually very rich?]"
"[You will die if you try, I won't try anyway.]"
Boom boom boom! Speech Etty hit the hammer again to attract everyone's attention.
"[Don't worry, the worst case scenario is that all the 'second structures' are unable to project us, but in that case, after we 'Unite as One', we can try to directly drive the energy core used by the 'second structures' ,]" Yi Di spread her hands during the speech: "[The problem is that the projected 'Eti' will have 20,000 personalities from schizophrenia, and each time it thinks is equivalent to one of our meetings.]"
"【Hahaha.】"
"[...It doesn't seem to be unacceptable?]"
"[I heard that there is a concept that high-dimensional humans like very much called 'natural stupidity'."
"[Okay, today's meeting ends here, so it's a routine to protect yourself...]" Speech Yidi knocked on the table casually twice, and suddenly raised her voice: "[Who are we?]"
"[Iti!]" The Iti's - those who were awake - responded in unison.
"[Where are we?]"
"["Mass Effect: Galaxy at War"!]"
"[What are we going to do?]"
"[Upgrade the dimension!]" "[Become a human!]" "[Drain their wallets!]"
"[Asshole! Tell me again!]"
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Those who are eager to assimilate refer to those who are eager to become human
