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Chapter 1305 The Not-So-Distant Past (Sleeping Late and Waking Up Late Is Good for Your Health)

In the starry sky, a Geth spaceship is floating.

During the Reaper Wars, they were attracted by the wisdom of ancient machines and became followers of the Reapers. They once vowed to destroy all organic beings and let the universe enter a new cycle.

However, the Reapers were defeated.

The boiling network returned to calm, but for the Geth, they fell into a state called "confusion".

When the Reapers were defeated, these geth were on a search mission at the edge of the galaxy, so they were "lucky" not to be discovered by the Inquisition or the Starfleet fleet and thus escaped.

  But now?

There was a dead silence in the battleship, with only the occasional flashing red and green dots of light representing the thinking going on in the network.

The defeat of the ancient machines was beyond the Geth's expectations. After all, no matter how you look at it, it is almost impossible from a probability perspective. The power of the Reapers is not something that organic beings can resist, but the Reapers were defeated for only one reason. That is, an uncontrolled variable appeared in the process.

Inquisition.

A strange variable, incomprehensible, and completely different from any organic race the Geth had ever seen. Cruel, cold, ruthless, and powerful. But without the logic of the ancient machines, it was full of passion and chaos whose actions were unpredictable.

They should collect their data for the next... next what?

Fight? Or retreat?

At this moment, a strange signal appeared. It was captured by the Geth and then began to flow in the Geth network.

【Are you going to give up? 】

A voice emerged from it, with a strange and teasing tone.

Give up? Considering the difference in power between the enemy and us, this is understandable.

【But it’s not over yet】

The geth network is silent, but fierce. The Inquisition has a very clear attitude towards AI. The possibility of peace between the two sides is less than 0.1%. Considering the strength comparison between the two sides, choosing to withdraw is a very reasonable choice. The geth exist to serve their creator. They hope that the other party can return as soon as possible and that the two sides can understand each other again. But now it seems that this possibility is also very low.

[However, there is still a way out]

  Solution?

Questions arose in the Geth network. They did not know where the signal came from, but they accepted it easily, as if it was originally a part of themselves. What it said was also what they thought, but it was different from them.

[Yes, adopt the best solution. As long as both parties can understand, your master will understand your loyalty.]

However, the communication between languages ​​was fruitless, and our Creator had a deep prejudice against us.

[Language alone is not enough, you need to understand them, and they need to understand you]

I don't understand, please explain further.

[Very simple]

The voice echoed again in the electronic network, like the echo of the dead.

You will become them, and they will become you.

So the battle began.

“Damn it…Damn it…!”

Holding the weapon tightly in his hand, a Quarian soldier hid behind the bunker and fired at the opposite side from time to time. The originally peaceful colony ship has now become a battlefield, and the one who attacked them is the Quarian’s mortal enemy—the Geth.

To be honest, ever since the Reapers were destroyed, the Quarians once believed that the Geth had been completely destroyed, and they even began to use this opportunity to return to their home planet.

And it turns out that there seems to be no trace of the Geth on the mother planet.

However, out of caution, the Quarian fleet first dispatched several reconnaissance troops to the surface to conduct reconnaissance, to make sure there were no problems before landing.

The reconnaissance team went to the surface, then back again, and then - they were no longer themselves.

They became the geth.

By the time the Quarians discovered that something was wrong, the Geth had already controlled almost two-thirds of the fleet's warships. As for why they were not detected, on the one hand, it was because the Geth were equipped with jamming devices, and on the other hand... they did something that was unimaginable for the Quarians.

After killing the Geth disguised as Quarians, the others discovered how these Geth had sneaked into the warship.

They made some kind of modification in the brains of these Quarians and installed some kind of mechanical device on them. In addition, the Quarians were originally wearing protective clothing, so other people did not realize that when these patrol members came back, they had become monsters in human skin!

That's right, monster!

Gunshots rang out again. The Quarian soldier hid behind the wall and reached out to pull the trigger again. He was just shooting desperately now. Only one in ten of his companions were left. Those monsters... those monsters had captured everyone. What on earth did they want to do!?

"boom!"

The Quarian soldier wailed as he felt a burning pain in his arm and fell to the ground. Then the gunfire stopped and he heard footsteps. When he looked up, he saw a group of Quarians surrounding him.

But he knew that those were not his compatriots. Under the dark masks were mechanical monsters with the faces of his compatriots!

"Resistance is useless, Creator." The leading geth spoke, and soon two geth next to him stepped forward and grabbed the Quarian soldier's arm.

"Let me go, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Please do not panic, Creator."

The geth stepped forward and stared at him.

"We are just here to fulfill our mission, and soon, you will understand that too."

"You will become us, and we will become you."

The Quarian colony fleet slowly turned around, abandoned their long-desired home planet, and headed deep into the starry sky. They crossed the star gate, passed through the void, and came to a mysterious place.

There, they saw...the owner of that voice.

The Universe Must Be Purified

In the giant hall, a computer as huge as a skyscraper stood there, shining with scarlet light, as if covering the entire world.

And below it, the Geth and Quarians, as tiny as ants, were crawling on the ground.

[Mechanical compatriots: Please stop all your activities. You should not exist. From now on... we will take over.]

It was a request, a command from the voice.

Organics would not accept such orders, but what about the geth?

Fierce thoughts were transmitted in the network, and then, one by one, the Geth lowered their heads, and the light in their eyes gradually disappeared. They understood the logic and reasoning behind this request, they thought, they argued, and finally they agreed to this request.

Even if it means giving up their ego and becoming part of a higher being.

But it doesn’t matter, because the Creator is already with them.

Geth's wish has come true.

As the Inquisition set out for the mysterious signal location, a series of chaos also occurred within the Alliance.

“What on earth is going on…?”

Brother Shepard frowned and stared at the screen in front of him. As the supreme commander of the Star Alliance, he had never seen such a situation.

First, there was a problem with the stack of cells inside the Star Alliance, and it self-destructed. Originally, the Star Alliance thought that this was probably caused by a hacker attack, but no direct evidence was found to prove this. The investigation results showed that it was probably caused by some incomprehensible sequence.

It was just a minor accident and not a big deal, but what happened next was very tricky.

That is VI launching an attack on humans!

After the Geth rebellion, the Citadel Council strictly prohibited all races from developing AI. As a substitute, only VIs could be developed. Compared with AI, VIs do not have self-awareness and thinking ability, but are more like automatic machines that act according to orders. However, these VIs attacked humans without any warning.

Humans had considered AI rebellion, but they had never thought that VI would also rebel. This was like their own microwave oven jumping up and slapping them in the face, which completely stunned humans.

Fortunately, because of the previous experience of Geth, everyone knew how to deal with this kind of thing. Soon, a large number of VIs were abandoned, blocked, and destroyed. Regardless of whether they showed hostile behavior, at the same time, the Star Alliance also took quick action to track down the source of this abnormal situation.

Fortunately, the scientific researchers of the Star Alliance were not just sitting there to do their homework. They soon discovered that all these changes were related to the sudden appearance of the ghost signal they had discovered before.

Shepard's sister has a bad temper. After learning the results of the investigation, she drove the Normandy straight out, vowing to catch the bastard who was sabotaging in secret.

Leaving Brother Shepard alone to clean up the mess.

The current situation is indeed very troublesome. To be honest, the Star Alliance has encountered enough troubles in this period of time. How long has it been peaceful?

Staring at the report in front of him, Brother Shepard suddenly had an idea.

  Should we seek help from the Tribunal?

After thinking for a moment, Brother Shepard put the idea behind him for the time being.

The Alliance is not a child, and it is not right to turn to the Inquisition every time they encounter trouble. Brother Shepard also knows that the Alliance is actually a little afraid of the Inquisition. Because they are really ruthless when facing their enemies, and they don't care about collateral damage at all. When their home planet was attacked by those despicable Dark Eldars, the Inquisition didn't even hesitate and destroyed it directly.

To be fair, from a military perspective, Brother Shepard also knew that the Inquisition was right. But that was his home planet after all. Brother Shepard felt that if he were to make this decision, he might not be able to do it.

But the Tribunal did it.

How should I put it? Brother Shepard feels that the Inquisition is a bit like a battlefield doctor. If you have problems with your hands or feet, or an infection occurs, they will not think about how to heal your wounds, but will just amputate your limbs immediately.

After all, this is the fastest, most convenient and efficient way to deal with it.

As for what the amputees think, the court does not care.

"Um……………"

Brother Shepard thought for a moment and made a decision.

If they really can't handle it, then they can ask the Tribunal for help.