"Well, this matter...listen to my explanation..." Even Annie became embarrassed when talking about buying and selling Sister Xue's body. After Shepard was killed in battle, her body somehow ended up in the hands of a group of Batarian mercenaries. Then, naturally, it was bought by the well-informed Shadow Brokers organization. However, the Shadow Broker had no intention of turning Sister Xue's body into a specimen. Instead, it was put directly on the open market as a rare commodity and sold to Cerberus after raising the price several times.
...Anne has been personally directing the whole process, trying to keep the plot as it is - and make a fortune! In order to raise the price, Annie even unscrupulously let out the news that she planned to sell Sister Xue's body to the reapers...
"Do you know how miserable your condition was at that time? 80% of your body was burned to coke, less than three-fifths of your body was left, your brain was completely dead, and there were thousands of fragments inside your torso..." Annie began to describe Xue in detail Sister's miserable situation at that time.
After hearing Annie's explanation, even Sister Xue couldn't help but frown. It was so miserable!
Finally, Annie took a breath and said concisely, "Shepard, you should understand that if I give your body to the Star Alliance, they will just put you in a coffin, cover it with the Star Alliance flag and bury you - The most I can do is fire a few shots into the air and waste a few cooling rods. It is absolutely impossible to spend billions of stars to save you! Only Cerberus... they have the genetic technology to resurrect you, and they also have the determination to resurrect you at all costs, so my only choice The only option is to give your body to Cerberus... for a fee of course."
Um. Anne's words were not lying in principle, and her reasons seemed impeccable. Sister Xue pouted dissatisfiedly, but had nothing to say. If Annie gives her body to the Starfleet. She has now been buried in the Martyrs Cemetery... there is absolutely no possibility of resurrection.
If Dawn wants to resurrect Sister Xue, it certainly doesn't need that ancient and complicated genetic technology - the five-ring magic to burn an artificial diamond - the total cost does not exceed 1,000 star yuan, and it can be done in minutes!
Even if it was left to Ai Kexue to reconstruct the body, it wouldn't be so troublesome - according to Lu Yuan's original plan, he wanted to use this opportunity to blackmail Cerberus. It actually cost 4 billion star yuan to resurrect Sister Xue from a stuffed dog! Are you still a little cost conscious? ! Someone must have committed corruption! Give Dawn 4 billion, Lu Yuan can help them resurrect 10,000 Shepards - 1 resurrection, and clone 9,999 Sister Xue as gifts! that's all. Dawn can also make a net profit of 3.9999 billion star yuan!
Of course, the relationship is broken now. Of course, the foundry business couldn't be done... However, if Martin Luther... no, if Lu Yuan was still here, he would definitely be saddened by Cerberus's prodigal behavior.
"How much did it cost?!" Sister Xue finally changed her focus angrily.
"This..." Annie looked at Liara awkwardly. This Asari bitch couldn't say anything, so in the end she could only hold up three fingers in embarrassment.
"Only 30,000 stars? Why is it so cheap?!" Sister Xue repeated in disbelief. She immediately felt that she was humiliated - although she was not sure who was humiliated - but she was furious! "Even if I go out to sell meat, it won't be so cheap!"
"Um, dear, you missed four digits... it's 300 million star yuan!" Annie quickly corrected.
There was silence in the main control room.
"Hmm!" I heard that Sister Xue's mutilated body was actually more expensive than a battleship! Even Liara was shocked speechless at this price. As for the owner of the body, Shepard, while being shocked, he even had the urge to sell it again!
...If it's 300 million star dollars, it seems that selling the body is not so difficult to accept - dying three times can replicate a fifth fleet. That picture is so beautiful...
"Wait!" Seeing that Shepard seemed to be giving up, Liara quit! Not to mention that her partner Fearon is still trapped in the "Shadow Brokers" organization, and he has never seen anyone alive or dead. Just talking about personal emotions. She also didn't allow herself to back down when facing Annie. "Even if there was no problem in buying and selling Shepard's body, the Shadow Brokers still can't change the evil nature! Hand over Faeron immediately, I know he is in the hands of the Shadow Brokers!"
"Faerun?" After hearing Liara's words, Anne looked up and down at Liara in surprise. "Liara...what do you want to do to my number one man?"
"Number one subordinate?!"
Then Liara's former partner, Faerun, stepped out of the darkness. Arriving behind Annie, it turned out that he had been standing in the darkness behind the console. "What's going on? Then why did you lie to me..." Seeing Faerun. The Asari bitch's entire belief supporting her collapsed. Since Feren has always been serving the organization safely and unscathed, what does her two years of searching mean? !
"After the agent completes the mission, he escapes by feigning death and cuts off the connection with the people involved in the mission... Isn't this a normal practice?" Faced with a partner who had worked with him on a mission in the past, Fearon answered politely. , although the two had a brief love relationship. But his identity is first and foremost an agent. "Whether it's life or death, after the mission is completed, we should no longer have contact. I thought you should understand this..."
Hearing this answer, Liara and Sister Xue were speechless - well, Sister Xue is Star Alliance N7 and Citadel Ghost; Liara is a graduate of Asarit Team, compared with Faerun, Why does it seem so unprofessional?
Annie snickered on the side, ho ho ho~ If the same Yago was still controlling the "Shadow Brokers" organization in the past, Feren might be locked up s/m. But Anne took over the organization two years ago, and her style of doing things has long since changed. Now Feren is loyal to Annie and helps Annie run the "Shadow Brokers" organization so perfectly that Liara is blinded.
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"When we fight against the Reapers, we need the intelligence support of organizations like the Shadow Brokers. That is to save the world!" Liara whispered to Sister Xue.
Shepard smiled bitterly, there was no way she could not guess what Liara was thinking. It's just that after suffering a loss, he wanted to make up for it elsewhere no matter what, so he provoked Sister Xue to come forward. But Sister Xue is now like a scumbag caught between her first wife and her mistress. She has no confidence at all and is extremely guilty - especially when one has died for her once and the other has been running for her body for several years. So true.
But just when Shepard hesitated, Annie directly threw an electronic board over. "Go on!" Sister Xue subconsciously caught the electronic board.
"That is the dynamic password to open the host. The person who holds the password is the fourth Shadow Broker... I only left with Faylan, and the organization gave it to you!" Anne said freely. Fearon reappeared behind her like a shadow, holding a small suitcase in his hand and standing silently. Obviously Annie's decision was probably made when Sister Xue and the others boarded the battleship, and Feilun was already ready to leave with Annie.
"Wait, is this too hasty? What about this cruiser?" Shepard was a little dizzy from the sudden gift. Even if it's like what Liara said, the most it can do is ask for intelligence sharing, which is two different things from transferring the entire organization! If it was in the past, she might not take this gift too seriously. But it was in the process of pursuing the Shadow Broker with Liara that Sister Xue truly saw the power of this intelligence organization!
That kind of omniscient power that penetrates every corner of the galaxy is really terrifying.
"All for you! Shepard, you still have to save the galaxy. It's best to leave the Shadow Brokers organization to someone else. I think Liara is a good candidate." After Annie finished speaking, she waved her hand gracefully. When she left the room from the other side, she gave Sister Xue a military salute. "Shepard... I look forward to fighting alongside you again. See you next time!"
"Goodbye, Annie." Shepard looked at Annie's leaving figure and said sadly. Although they were reunited after a long separation, and they both had a close call, during the whole meeting, the two people always communicated at a distance - as if there was an invisible gap between the two people...
"Annie is right, I don't have time to control this organization. I leave it to you, Liara." Sister Xue casually handed the electronic board to Liara and walked to the console alone. Her fingers unconsciously traced the tabletop and the chair where Annie had sat, as if she could still feel Annie's presence... Even though Annie had left, her heart missed her even more than before, and she even wanted to chase her away. , leave Anne behind!
"What's going on?!" Liara, who happily logged into the host computer with the electronic board, suddenly screamed. "Why is there a debt of up to 1.5 billion star yuan?!"
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In the dim escape passage of the battleship, Annie walked in front with a laugh, and Feilun followed closely behind carrying a box, with a smile on his lips.
What is in the box is the last working capital of the Shadow Broker Organization - "The unscrupulous boss takes the money and runs away, and the unpaid employees have no way to appeal!" This scene seems to be happening again...
As mentioned before, Dawn is embarking on the largest shipbuilding plan in history! A standard Star Alliance-class cruiser requires approximately 1.4 million parts. With so many parts, for the convenience of maintenance and combat readiness (battleships can be overhauled at most shipyards in the galaxy, of course it is impossible for Dawn to produce them all independently. In addition to core components, most standard parts must be passed The Shadow Brokers have channels for procurement across the galaxy.
Therefore Dawn's need for funds is unlimited and will never be enough. In addition to Lu Yuan's copyrights and shares, and Mu Xing's patents, the "Shadow Brokers" organization has also become Dawn's money-making tool at an early stage. Although this organization is hated by others, it has a good reputation and can actually get money from banks. Scale Loans… This is where the money owed comes from.
1.5 billion in arrears is not much.
If Sister Xue and Liara ask for help from Cerberus, the Star Alliance or the Citadel Council, all three organizations can come up with the money, but of course the pain will be inevitable. Who knows that "Shadow Brokers", in addition to debts, are also very high-quality assets. (To be continued)
