Many, many, countless years ago, there existed a highly intelligent species at the top of the universe - the giant beast Leviathan (looking like a mixture of a whale, a crocodile, and a lobster. They had control over Mind control ability (enlightenment), in addition to powerful technological power, all races in the galaxy can only succumb to them.
During its long rule of the galaxy, the Leviathan race discovered a strange phenomenon - organic species were always destroyed by the synthetic bodies (artificial intelligence) they created - so Leviathan concluded the famous syllogism :
"The universe will inevitably give birth to organic civilization"; "Organic civilization will inevitably create synthetic life"; "Synthetic life will inevitably destroy organic civilization."
So the Leviathan race, after careful consideration, created a synthetic battleship creature called the "Reaper" (itself is both a battleship and a synthetic life form. Isn't it similar to a ship girl?. This kind of Before the organic civilization is destroyed by the synthetic body, the biological creatures will harvest all the organic civilizations that have entered the pan-galactic era, and then "preserve" their genetic information (in fact, they will use the biological corpses of each species to make new ones). Reaper battleship. In this way, it not only "retains" the genetic information of organic civilization, but also provides development space for the birth of new civilization. It can be said to be the best of both worlds! So the behemoth Leviathan race suddenly felt that its IQ was off the charts, very tall!
Then...the Leviathan race became the first organic civilization to be exterminated by the Reapers...
The synthetic battleship made in the shape of the giant beast Leviathan is called the "Pioneer" and is the oldest and largest battleship creature among the Reapers. The "Pioneer" battleship not only has the appearance of the behemoth Leviathan, but also inherits its mind control ability (enlightenment). From then on, the cycle of the Milky Way being harvested every 50,000 years began.
Since then, the Reapers have also gathered the technology of the harvested civilizations. Built the Citadel space station, and Mass Effect repeaters throughout the galaxy. They guided the development of civilization in the galaxy, following the same path every time - ever since. The harvester's job is much simpler, and he no longer has to work overtime...
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The wheel of history moves forward to the era when Lu Yuan traveled through.
Fifty thousand years ago. The Protheans, who dominated the entire galaxy, suddenly became extinct. This organic civilization, which reached its peak and then came to an abrupt end, left countless ruins throughout the galaxy - there is also one on our planet Mars. In 148, humans discovered the remains of the Protheans on Mars.
It was with the help of the excavation and research of the ruins that mankind discovered the "mass effect field" of "Element Zero"; and Pluto's satellite "Charon" is actually a secondary mass effect repeater - since then, mankind has I am very happy to have entered the colonial era of the pan-galactic galaxy!
But who could know that this is actually the last train leading to death! A harvesting operation that occurs every 50,000 years. It's about to start again! Humanity, however, is desperately trying to make do with the crowded galaxy - you must know that the Reapers only exterminate races that have already entered the galaxy! Those civilizations that are still playing in the mud in their own homes belong to the protected category!
As long as humans step out of the solar system forty years later, everything will be different! (I would rather give up three points than grab a second. This is really a wise saying! By then, the Milky Way will be very empty, and the Citadel Space Station is open to waiting for humans to take over... because all the awesome races have been harvested! Don't worry about harvesting. Otherwise, they will come back after fifty thousand years - a full fifty thousand years of development! There will be no problem at all for humans to regain or even surpass the glory of the Protheans!
It's a pity that it is such a huge historic opportunity. It was stirred up by a group of archaeologists who set foot on Mars - at this time, humans who had just entered the galaxy still knew nothing about the Reapers. Not to mention the unparalleled natural disaster we will face thirty years later! The countdown to the extinction of the human race has begun...
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In 14 years, the only hope for the continuation of galactic civilization, the protagonist Shepard, was born. Shepard was born with a handsome face, a strong back, a handsome appearance, and a voluptuous body... To put it simply, even before Shepard appeared on the scene, Master Lu didn't know his gender.
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Looking at the simple history of the Mass Effect world listed on the holographic screen, the passengers on the Dawn were collectively speechless. Of course, everyone collectively ignored the last description of the protagonist - think of Chanem who won the world. And Komuro Takashi from the Academy Apocalypse world... Lu Yuan, the protagonist, has always been the protagonist who turns the protagonist into a passerby...
humans of this world. It's also very tragic - it's just different from the human race in this world, the humans in the Mass Effect world. It's entirely your own choice, nothing forced! But in a reincarnation lasting 50,000 years, trying to board the death train with only 40 years remaining is such a strong sense of immediacy that one is truly speechless - all they think about is " Apart from "bad luck", I'm afraid the only word left is "suicide".
Of course, humans themselves do not know the future direction. But it is precisely because it is heading towards the abyss unconsciously that it makes onlookers even more frightened.
"There are no reapers in our universe. The civilization of the Mona people has reached its peak. If they really occupy a quarter of the Perseus cantilever..." Ms. Dawn described the Milky Way (here the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy) , the theoretical star map with only two spiral arms is marked, "Then we may have to sail along the spiral arms for a thousand light years before we can truly leave the Mona people's empire.
Of course, entering the dark universe is also an option (that is, leaving the spiral arm vertically and entering the outer universe without galaxies. It is necessary not only to ensure that it is not discovered by the Mona people during this period, but also to find an unowned planet suitable for human development. That is almost It’s something impossible to do…”
"So, entering the real world of Mass Effect is our only hope to fight back against the Mona people in the future!" Lu Yuan stood up and said, "What I should consider next is how to seize ownership of this world! How to defeat the Reapers ! How to ensure the vitality of all races in the galaxy as much as possible after completing the initialization process of this world. Only a galaxy with highly developed productivity, a peaceful world with sufficient soldiers, can become the logistics base for our war with the Mona people, and obtain a ruins It would be meaningless.”
"Be careful during the world initialization process and don't change too much all at once!" Lord God Xing Yan solemnly reminded Lu Yuan. "If something goes wrong in such a big real world, with the power of Nana and I, we can't save it even if we fill it all in."
A real material world is born like this - the Lord God plants a seed in the Source Sea, and this seed contains the rules and expectations she has set for the world. Then the seeds absorb the power of the heaven and earth energy from the source sea and begin the evolution of the world. During the whole process, the seeds not only have to absorb the power of Yuanhai, but the Lord God is also constantly investing his power to supervise and adjust the "growth" of the world, so that it can be completely formed according to his own ideas.
In order for this tree to grow perfectly, the Lord God usually repeats this process countless times when creating a projected virtual world and a semi-material plot world.
After the world is completely formed, a specific ritual will be used to guide the world - this process is called the initialization of the world. The initialization process of each world is different, so even if Xing Yan has experience in initializing worlds, he still can't give much advice. The initialization of the "Mass Effect" world is generated based on Lu Yuan's memory, so its initialization process is to complete the trilogy of the plot...
But how to complete the plot? Can the plot change? To what extent can it be changed? These are all unknown problems that require a little bit of exploration by the two main gods - if the deviation is too large, they must invest in power to reverse it. But generally speaking, the restrictions are not big - as long as Lu Yuan doesn't release the dogs to kill all the reapers at the beginning, then it shouldn't be a bad game.
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While everyone was enthusiastically discussing the idea of a new world, Dragon God Raota, who had been listening in, raised his hand and asked to speak. Lu Yuan looked at her with unkind eyes - but because everyone was eagerly anticipating what Xiao Luotai wanted to say, Lu Yuan had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"You said that the Reapers gathered the research results of countless generations of civilizations during the cycle of harvesting. They built the mass effect repeater and the huge artificial celestial body 'Citadel', right?" Dragon God Luo was too pure. Looking at Lu Yuan with big eyes, he asked in a sweet voice. Lu Yuan nodded.
"You said that the Reaper's Overlord-class battleship is two kilometers long. Compared with the equivalent battleships of the galaxy's civilized races, the combat power comparison is at least one to four, right? You said that the largest main battleship of the Reaper is at least several hundred And the number of the second-class 16-meter-long 'Destroyer' battleships is tens of thousands, it's impossible to count, right?" Dragon God Luotai continued to ask innocently, and Lu Yuan continued to nod.
"You said that the Reapers also have the transformed Protheans and the educated Geth as servants. In the future, the educated Illusive Man will also instruct greyhounds to jump out and cause trouble, right?" Lu Yuan was speechless. Can only nod.
"Did you just say you wanted to defeat the Reaper?" The innocent-eyed Dragon God Raota gave him the final blow! The main gods, artificial intelligence, Misha, Mu Xing, and Yakumo Murasaki who were meeting around were laughing so much that they almost threw themselves on the street!
This dead kid only knows how to tear me down! ! ! ! Lu Yuan was going crazy...
"Do you want to reconsider?" Dragon God Raota said as if I was thinking about you, adding additional CS, "Let's choose again. Maybe the Mona guy is better to fight."
Lao Lu clenched his fists and knelt down, and a beam of light shone down... I will never let this dead kid attend the meeting again!
"Ahem, I have a plan..." When Lu Yuan stood on the stage again, tears were streaming down his face! What was supposed to be a very handsome speech, under Dragon God Raota's series of parallel questions, sounded like a feeble quibble, "Forget it, everyone should wait and see!"
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ps: This chapter is relatively boring, but because it is the basic setting of this volume, it is not easy to explain the background of Mass Effect clearly in a few hundred words. I'd better ask book friends to take a look. Anyone who has played the game will basically know it and can skip it.
