In countless reincarnations over countless years, almost all new civilizations will eventually choose to use the Citadel Space Station as the center of civilization and the seat of government - think about it, a new civilization that has just stepped into the universe is carefully and full of With a sense of crisis, follow the route provided by the Mass Effect Repeater to explore the unknown galaxy.
They don't know who built these massive, unimaginable repeater buildings, or where the next repeater will lead... Friend or foe, survival or destruction?
Then during this uneasy journey, they finally followed the repeater line and discovered the Citadel Space Station - a self-maintained space station (the Citadel is self-maintained by a large number of synthetic caregivers and has complete facilities (can provide tens of millions of people) Living supplies and living environment, indestructible (no warship can break through the outer shell after it is closed). PS: It does not include Dawn, but it is empty (after the reapers are killed, the caregiver automatically cleans up the remaining artificial celestial body, so lonely) Floating in the gorgeous Serpent Nebula!
The most important thing is that this Citadel space station can control many key Mass Effect repeaters! Is there any place more perfect than this? This is simply a gift from God!
However, as countless elder brothers have said - "If pie falls in the sky, it must be medicine." Therefore, although generations of stupid aliens have been fooled one after another, we always firmly believe that if we were on earth, we would definitely be able to see through this trick! As a demo, we haven’t been fooled by this since "Trojan Horse" (really...).
The Citadel is actually a trap.
This space station is actually a huge and alternative Mass Effect repeater, which connects to dark space, that is, the void space outside the Milky Way - now the people of the entire Milky Way have been brainwashed by "The History of the Planet"...ahem...yes After popular science, everyone knows where the huge fleet of reapers is hidden and returns every 50,000 years.
Almost every reincarnation is the same process: when the mainstream civilization of the galaxy reaches a certain stage (usually the large-scale manufacturing of artificial intelligence robots), the reaper warships lurking inside the galaxy are activated, such as the "Overlord". The "Overlord" harvests After the killer woke up, he began to educate some key figures and use false lies to recruit the synthetic AI. Instigate war in the galaxy and so on...
When it believes that the preparations are completed, the "Overlord" Reaper will enter the Serpent Nebula and notify the caregiver to activate the Citadel Space Station repeater - yes, the real trump card. It’s the care robot that can be seen everywhere in the Citadel space station. It will never die, it is docile and cute, and it works diligently... I am desperate for this world, these days. There really is no one who can be trusted!
Then of course there is "an arrow that pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet each other." On the one hand, thousands of unrivaled Reaper warships entered the civilized world; on the other hand, leaders were assassinated, various races fell into war, communications and transportation were interrupted, all repeaters were suddenly shut down, the galaxy was isolated, and the fleet It was cut into pieces, unable to echo from beginning to end...
The end result will speak for itself! There was no surrender, no mercy on the part of the Reapers, just pure slaughter of system after system. And since the Citadel is the center of the galaxy, all geographical data, population information, intelligence collection, etc. are all stored here. As long as they occupy the Citadel, the Reapers are in control of everything.
However, the Prothean with four eyes and eight pupils had already seen through all this!
During the hundreds of years of war against the Reapers, they continued to develop technology to fight against the Reapers. In the end, the Protheans cracked and created a small mass effect relay that could directly enter the interior of the Citadel - this was the "Holy Path".
In the end, the Protheans did something very great! A feat that is enough to change the endless cycle of reapers.
When the Reapers finished harvesting the Protheans and finally retreated, the Protheans were lucky enough to survive with only a dozen scientists surviving. Entered the deserted Citadel Space Station through the "Holy Path". They spent the last time of their lives studying and modifying the core code of the guardian robots in the Citadel, turning off their function of activating the Citadel's repeater! This time, even if the "Overlord" Reaper screams, the care robot will not pay attention to him.
So, as the Reaper's only sentinel in the galaxy, "Overlord" had to find the problem alone.
Fortunately, the huge repeater of the Citadel Space Station will definitely not be activated like a certain space capsule. There is only one way to activate it. With Saren's help. The "Overlord" Reaper finally found the problem. Therefore, it is preparing to lead the Geth fleet to directly capture the Citadel, and then manually open the passage to the dark universe...
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The appearance of the Citadel Space Station is like a blooming five-petal flower. The petals are called guard zones, standard gravity zones. It is the location of the main urban area. The ring in the core part is called the ring area, which is the core area of the castle. The central part of the "flower" is empty, with only a long and narrow passage extending to the very center of the flower. Then at the very center, stands the tallest building in the entire castle. The most special building - its shape looks like a steel needle with the tip pointing upward - is the Citadel Tower, the seat of the Citadel Council that manages the entire galaxy.
"Slow down, give those idiots some time to react, their reflex arcs are very long." Saren, who was standing in front of the console, said sarcastically. "If they push it too hard, God knows what stupid things they'll do."
The subject "they" in his words refers to the Citadel Council - as a senior "ghost agent" who has served for more than thirty years, Saren is very familiar with the operation of this huge and bloated organization, the Citadel Council, and He had utter disdain for this institution that was rotten from head to toe. It's just that in the past, he has always hidden his contempt for bureaucracy well under his awe of power, and now he no longer needs to hide it.
Saren was entrenched on the fifty-sixth floor of the Citadel tower, like a king sitting on the throne, happily watching the clowns' performances...
Under his baton, the geth concentrated their forces, and they stuffed themselves into the elevator like cargo until there was no gap left in the elevator cabin! Then two exclusive elevators headed towards the top of the castle tower.
Saren manipulated the console, and a new command issued from his fingertips was quietly integrated into the command system bus of the Citadel. After the instruction was tested and distributed, it turned into a normal command and was broadcast to the outside world. Immediately at the edge of the Serpent Nebula, the Serpent Mass Effect Repeater, which was more than ten light minutes away from the Citadel Space Station, received this instruction.
Its rings began to turn. And a zero-mass channel was established with another unfamiliar main-level repeater. A huge number of geth spaceships and "overlord" reaper warships entered the channel at once and teleported at the same time. Because the mass of the object transmitted at one time is too huge, it even exceeds the apparent "design parameters" of the mass effect repeater. That is the "core mode" that only the Reapers and Dawn Motherships know!
The blue mass core was turbulent and running at a peak power that had never appeared before, immediately attracting the attention of the nearby guarding fleet.
"What's wrong with the repeater? It seems to be transmitting an object of extremely high mass? But I can't seem to find an appointment..." The detector guarding the fleet was the first to discover the anomaly. He checked the electronic board in his hand and confirmed that the anomaly was not there. Recording. Just when he was about to send this abnormal situation back to the Citadel. There was a crisp gunshot from behind... His eyes instantly dimmed, a hole opened in his forehead, and the electronic version fell from his hand.
His superior, who was also the captain of the entire relay guard squadron, put his gun back into its holster with a cold look. Immediately before others woke up, the captain had already driven the flagship and slammed into the frigate next to it!
Just when the two colliding frigates exploded one after another, a huge mass disturbance was detected in the entire space! Immediately, thousands of geth warships were teleported into the Serpent Nebula! The giant ship in the lead had its huge claws flexed. Like an ancient behemoth!
"Tremble, insects!" Seeing red alerts everywhere on the console, the huge fleet that had just appeared plunged the entire castle into panic. Saren clenched his fist vigorously, laughed wildly and said loudly. Saren didn't notice that his tone was becoming more and more like a reaper. "Now, start the attack!"
Following his order, two special elevators opened on the top floor, and geth infantry poured into the high-altitude parliament headquarters like a tide, shooting at every moving object! Parliament was caught off guard. He chose to escape almost immediately!
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In fact, Saren's main force fleet has just entered the Serpent Nebula through the repeater. And the armed forces he sent into the Citadel through the Prothean "Holy Road" dispersed towards various strategic points of the Citadel. At present, he simply does not have the strength to completely occupy the entire Citadel tower.
But like he said, Saren knows the big guys! In their minds, the Citadel is just a space station, and as many fleets as they want to build, they can build them—only they are the most important in the entire galaxy. The most indispensable person! When their lives are even slightly threatened, the first thing they think of is to turn...
"There is only a 10% risk. We can organize resistance on the spot. As long as all the guards are sent out, we can definitely repel those robots!"
——10%! ? so tall! You are fucking kidding me!
"I was wrong, maybe only 5%..."
——You are fucking kidding me, for the second time! Even 1% can’t stand it! Our absolute safety must be guaranteed! Remember, it’s absolute! right! install! Complete!
When a large-scale fleet appeared outside the castle, the Council could still sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and show its courage and grace to its subordinates. But when the geth assault suddenly appeared close at hand, these councilors immediately panicked - maybe the turian councilors still had the courage to fight back, but the minority obeys the majority, you know - they all appeared in the giant tower of the Citadel When the enemy's armed forces were encountered and they were obviously on the same side as the fleet outside, any on-the-spot resistance seemed foolish.
Considering Saren's familiarity with the Citadel and the Council, they did not feel that they would be safe hiding within the Citadel Space Station.
Oh, by the way, the most important point is - the Parliament believes that Saren's main goal in attacking the Citadel must be to capture them, the MPs - although they don't know what these people think, but they do regard themselves as the most powerful people in the entire galaxy. Important people... As long as Saren catches them, it seems he can gain everything! This is like a coup. As long as they don't fall into Saren's hands, they will win.
So when Saren showed enough power to attack the parliament and used a sudden blow, the Citadel Council was caught off guard. Sure enough, as Saren expected, the Council immediately followed the emergency passage, abandoned the giant tower in dejection, and retreated via the emergency ship to the largest flagship of the Citadel Guard Fleet - Tian Ming Fried Rice... No... It was "Extraordinary Destiny" "Aboard the super-dreadnought ship!"
He also "smartly" switched over the fleet's command system and the castle's control system.
"Fire alarms, terrorist attack alarms... all turned on! Start evicting everyone now. I want this giant tower to be completely emptied!" Saren was extremely happy when he heard that the parliament had left according to his baton! Because everything was going well, he gave loud orders, and the geth and asari commandos behind him began to launch feint attacks on each floor of the giant tower.
What Saren wanted was never the parliament, but this giant tower of the Citadel! The Council did not understand the importance of the Citadel Tower at all. They only regarded it as a building with a special location, but never realized that the Citadel Tower was the center of the entire space station!
Saren has tools in his hand that can hack into the Citadel's control system, and it's more than that - when the "overlord" reaper and the Citadel's giant tower merge, they can open a passage to the dark universe - this is the real manual How to open it.
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Inside the giant tower of the Citadel, there is a room that "never existed".
The main god "Catalyst" stood in front of the transparent wall, watching everything happening in front of him with relish. Saren's arrangements, the battles at various strategic points, and the parliament's embarrassing retreat... all happened under his watch.
"Is this okay?" Lord God Xing Yan stood behind him and reminded him with some worry. "Saren's fleet is too large in number. They may really open the dark passage. The possibility of failure is less than 1%! If we don't intervene, the process of world initialization will definitely fail..."
"Psssssssssssss!" Catalyst looked at the scene in front of him intently and hissed impatiently, interrupting Xing Yan's words. "No! Don't touch it, don't interfere with anything... You don't understand, what's happening now is the best part!"
Xing Yan was stunned at first, and then when she saw the "Catalyst"'s eyes that kept flashing data and its enthusiastic expression, her body trembled violently!
At this time, she truly realized that the catalyst might not really care about the power consumed, nor whether the world could really be initialized! Even if this is a world he created... what he cares about is excitement! Just like the climax of an opera, he couldn't take his eyes off it! As for whether the opera ended in tragedy or a happy ending, he actually didn't care at all, because maybe by that time, the catalyst had lost interest...
This is a lunatic!
Only then did Xing Yan understand that she had never understood the main god "Catalyst" and people like Lu Yuan! Most of the time, she and Alona are on the same level. They are equally innocent and their plans are straightforward... Everything that is happening now is not their game at all!
At this moment, Xing Yan finally made up his mind. When she noticed that the huge Reaper warship had begun to rush towards the castle, she immediately said to the catalyst: "I want to leave for a while and come back later."
Catalyst nodded without looking back.
However, when Xing Yan put her hand on the door, the main god "Catalyst" suddenly stopped her. "Xing Yan..."
"What...what happened?" Xing Yan's body suddenly stiffened, and her voice was dry and trembling.
"Just wanted to say goodbye to you."
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ps: Continue to the big chapter.
ps2: The military exercise aircraft first flew by my window (actually it was still some distance away), and then arrived at **, happy. (To be continued.)xh211
