"I really don't know much about Overlord,"
Xie Yuan honestly said: “Except that she can control people, I know nothing about her.
As for the Protheans, I can say a little more: In fact, the process of the Reapers has already begun, and we are just lucky that the legacy of the Protheans has been spared from death for the time being. "
"What do you mean?!" Shepard's expression turned serious.
"The first battle of the last harvest cycle started at the Citadel space station, and there is evidence that every time the galaxy starts harvesting, the first battle must be at the Citadel."
Xie Yuanyu was not surprised and refused to stop: "The Citadel was designed as a trap by the mechanical race of the Reapers from the very beginning."
"Oh my God!" Shepard covered his head when he heard this, looking in disbelief.
If each generation of interstellar races regards the Citadel as the center of their rule, then once the Reapers attack for the first time, won't they suddenly be leaderless?
Of course, as a soldier, we are familiar with the consequences of losing a decision-maker with a unified organizational role in a war.
But soon, she calmed down. Since the Overlord's first stop was not the Citadel, but the Yidian Prime, it meant that something had happened in the middle.
"What did the Protheans secretly do after the Citadel was captured?" Shepard, who regained her composure, did not lose her wit, and she quickly found the key.
Xie Yuan glanced at Shepard with admiration, and then shared what he knew: "On a planet, the remaining Prothean scientists sacrificed themselves in the Citadel space in order to complete the counterattack against the Reapers in the next generation. A signal interference function is set up here.
So in this era, the guardian race in the Citadel space was slow to respond to the Reaper Overlord's signal because of this jammer. The first step made it impossible for the reapers to proceed. "
"Without the largest gate, the Citadel Space, the Reapers' large forces would not be able to pass through here at all. They can only reach here through other bypasses or a long journey from the dark space."
Xie Yuan looked at Shepard and confirmed: "So, Lieutenant Colonel Shepard, the harvest has already begun, but thanks to the help of the previous generation of Protheans, the harvest process has been delayed."
"And now Saren's purpose is to reverse this jamming plan. He wants to find this planet, disable the jammer, and then allow the Overlord to successfully occupy the Citadel, and then open the door to let the Reaper army come in?" Shepard held his hand. His chin rubbed together, and then his eyes widened, "Is this the true meaning of the 'Holy Path'?!"
"It's very possible." Xie Yuan also agreed with this inference.
"Bang" Shepard grabbed Xie Yuan's collar, looking furious: "If you knew this from the beginning, why didn't you say it?!
If we had known earlier, we might—"
"It's useless!" Xie Yuan interrupted Shepard's venting with one sentence.
"To be honest, from the time I learned about this to the time when the Overlord arrived in Yin Dian, the interval was less than two years. And it was almost ignored by the higher-ups."
Xie Yuan pulled away the hand that was holding his collar and looked at Shepard angrily: "After I found out about this incident, I immediately sent a letter to warn Pan-Asia leaders, and I even acquiesced to this information. And forwarded it to Cerberus, who has been monitoring me.
But it is a pity that although the leader pays attention to it, he has no other ideas, because there is no sign of the reaper at all. Who would take such a sign seriously? ! "
Xie Yuan pointed in the direction of CIC: "It can even be said that the only one who resonates with this matter is Cerberus.
Without Cerberus's formidable enemy, Pan Asia would have long ago regarded my warning as a record and thrown it into the archives. How would you know about this video? ! "
"Cerberus?" Shepard raised an eyebrow in surprise, "What does Cerberus know?"
"That's a good question!" Xie Yuan also spread his hands helplessly, "I don't know what Cerberus knows, I just know that their reaction was particularly strong during that time."
"I've heard about it too." Shepard was also impressed by this.
"It is precisely because of Cerberus's great response that Pan Asia also attaches great importance to this."
After speaking, Xie Yuan also showed a look of helplessness: "It's a pity that there was still no physical object like Overlord at that time. Without evidence, Pan Asia was limited in what it could do."
"This is not a reason," Shepard disagreed. "If you can report it to the Star Alliance, or report the source of the information you obtained to the Citadel... maybe we can pay more attention to it, and there must be a way!"
"Unite together, concentrate on doing big things, and focus as much as possible on shipbuilding... It may be possible, but it is actually impossible."
Xie Yuan did not want Shepard to be so idealistic. He had analyzed it: "Countless reincarnations have created tens of millions of huge Reaper ships. A super-dreadnought ship like Overlord can even surpass the entire fleet in the entire galaxy." Several times more!
To fight for hard power, we must completely militarize our focus. I don’t know if we can restore the desperate gap in numbers.
But we all know that this is impossible. This is equivalent to asking the Citadel Council to change the political cornerstone and touch other people's cakes - by then, before the foreign enemies come, we will be killed by civil strife. "
Shepard was also silent. She also knew that if she really wanted to concentrate her efforts, it would be equivalent to rebuilding the mountains and rivers, and she didn't like this either: "There must be other ways. Maintaining cultural diversity and respecting all races are also our advantages. .”
"Maybe!" Xie Yuan also knew that Shepard, who was born in Star Alliance, probably disliked this topic, so he stopped talking about it.
Shepard already knew that Xie Yuan was a subconscious believer in authoritarianism and didn't care, but she wanted to know what plans he had for the future.
Xie Yuan didn't hide this either: "Have you heard of the Andromeda expedition plan?"
Shepard had heard of this name, but it made her mock Xie Yuan a little: "So you finally decided to run outside to take refuge. I didn't expect you to be so pessimistic."
"It's just my family. This is the only selfish thing I have, but the hope is slim and I won't force it."
Xie Yuan explained melancholy: "I will stay here until the last moment of fighting, but I still hope to make final preparations so that some people can escape when the harvest occurs.
And among these people... I hope it includes my family. "
"I'm a little disgusted with your approach... although I feel that you are serious." Shepard opened his mouth for a rare moment, obviously feeling a little complicated, "But I also understand your thoughts, but... I don't think we should If you sacrifice yourself pessimistically like this, there will always be a way, right?"
"Oh? Do you think I must be pessimistic and want to die? Then you are wrong. I have been thinking of ways, and I have a bargain-hunting plan. It's not that there is no chance of getting through the difficulties...it's just that the risks are huge."
"Oh?" Shepard originally thought that Xie Yuan was just talking, but he didn't expect that he really had a way, "What is it? And how could you say it so generously?"
"Because all I have is just a clue."
The "Qingtian Furnace" is not something too confidential, so he finally said it directly: "The Protheans have a weird method passed down from generations of races that have been destroyed, but to be honest, I don't really appreciate it - this It means we are really at our wits end.”
"This method is called "Qingtian Furnace"."
""Qingtian Furnace"?" Shepard heard a novel name, "What is this?"
"I don't know." Xie Yuan's answer was unusually crisp.
"Huh!" Shepard's shoulders slumped, "I don't know anything, what kind of clues can I use to buy the bottom?!"
"Hey!" Xie Yuan disagreed with this point, "You have to know that the Qingtian Furnace is not the patent of the Proxian people. It was collected by generations of harvested civilizations at the risk of death. How many civilizations have been passed down from generation to generation. Something, but today I learned a name.
This is the direction to solve the problem. If the scientists who are currently studying the Protheans spare no effort to find it, they may be able to dig out the details of this plan.
It's just that I think it's best not to implement this plan unless it's absolutely necessary. "
"Why?!"
Shepard felt that since there was this detail, he would ask Liana to check it later.
If she could find the Sky-holding Furnace as soon as possible, and if she tried her best to build it with her current calm situation, she might be able to resolve this crisis.
In the end, Xie Yuan scorned the plan, which really made her unreasonable.
"Shepard, calm down and try to think about it from the perspective of a Reaper." Xie Yuan looked at Shepard helplessly as if he was looking at a fool. "Weapons or equipment that can destroy them can be so safe." Is this how civilization is passed down from generation to generation?
What if the Reapers acquiesce to this? "
Shepard has nothing to say. This is indeed an argument that has to be doubted. If you painstakingly restore this plan later, then build the entity, and then prepare to use it, you suddenly find that it is a trap... That's too cautious.
Shepard trembled at this idea, but Xie Yuan quickly patted her shoulder to signal not to think too much.
"Relax, the top priority now is to find Saren, then locate the overlord's location, and then use all our strength to encircle and suppress it!"
Xie Yuan now has a backup plan in hand and has no worries at all: "As long as the overlord who acts as a scout is finished, we will still have a little time advantage to prepare before the reaper army arrives. When the time comes, should we arrange Noah's Ark first or There is room for buffering in active preparations.
It would be a big deal if the super-dreadnaught got close to the Citadel and the jamming function was disabled - then no countermeasures plan would be possible, and we would have to fight for our short-term survival. Then... It's really too late! "
"Well... you're right." Shepard quickly regained his calm and confident smile, "Ignore the rest and find Saren first."
…
Luckily, Saren isn't hard to find.
Especially when he was a public enemy, the Salarian special forces caught his recent whereabouts.
This place is called Wormel Planet.
