Chapter 1031: Close Encounters of the Third Kind



Under Leander's guidance, the Normandy dragged its broken hull slowly through the asteroid belt.

During this process, Shepard completely overturned his previous guess.

This is definitely not a civilization in this galaxy!

Although Shepard is not a professional researcher, she is also very clear that almost all civilized races in the Milky Way, including humans, Salarians, Alyssa, and Turians, have technologies from the ancient Prothean civilization, which is why humans and Turians can build the Normandy together. Strictly speaking, the technological gap between these civilizations can be seen as who has a deeper understanding of Prothean civilization and has obtained more Prothean relics.

However, although there are certain gaps between the civilizations, their basic principles and essences are still similar.

But these warships were completely different. The engines, fuel, and everything they used were things Shepard had never seen before.

When Normandy and his crew passed through the asteroid belt and came to the interior of the wandering galaxy, they were stunned when they saw Memory of Nessin sunbathing next to the sun.

You know, in the Milky Way, the largest and most impressive thing is the giant deep space station - the Citadel. It is the core of the entire Milky Way, and countless races have come to the Citadel to explore and live. However, even the Citadel is only 44 kilometers long, while the Memory of Nesin in front of us is 80 kilometers long.

This can be said to be the largest battleship Shepard and others have ever seen!

“Look!”

However, the more shocking thing was yet to come. Just when everyone arrived at the Memory of Nesin, dozens of flying dragons flapped their wings and surrounded the battleship, curiously watching it. However, looking at these creatures flying around their battleship, Shepard and others were speechless - not to mention how these things looked so much like the flying dragons in the legends of Earth civilization, more importantly... how did they survive in the vacuum?

As a ghost agent of the Citadel, Shepard has seen a lot of battles. She is not even afraid of terrifying alien machines like Overlord. But even so, Shepard has never seen what kind of life form can survive in space without wearing any protection!

And they're flapping their wings... Wait, there's no air in space, how do you fly?

And its speed is comparable to that of the Normandy?

Although the Normandy is not traveling at full speed right now, you are living creatures!!!

Looking at this scene, everyone in the Normandy couldn't help but want to complain, but they could only shut their mouths and say nothing. In fact, they had no way to complain, and now everyone realized that what they were facing was probably an unprecedented civilization.

Soon, under Leander's guidance, the Normandy entered the apron of Memory of Nessin and stopped steadily in one of the passages.

"…Tali, Liana, come with me."

Shepard thought for a moment, then quickly made a decision.

"Everyone else stay where you are... Joker, you and Garrus see if you can find a way to repair our spaceship."

"Understood, Commander."

After hearing Shepard's order, the two named people also came out. They are not human. Tali is a quarian, a very tragic civilization. They created the most troublesome AI in the galaxy - the geth. After the geth rebelled against the quarians, the quarians left their homeland and lived a drifting life in the galaxy through wandering fleets.

Because their immune systems are very fragile, the Quarians cannot come into contact with unpurified air and food, so they all wear protective clothing. They are mechanical experts and are also very outstanding talents.

Liana is an Asari, who looks similar to humans, but has no hair and blue skin. She is a very powerful race with the ability to control supernatural powers. They are all companions that Shepard met during his adventures, and they are also people who fought side by side with her and are quite trusted by Shepard.

This time, Shepard brought them along because he needed to look at this group of newcomers from the perspective of each race.

Wait, why only two people? Wouldn't it be better to bring four or five people?

Hmm...this seems like a very interesting question.

“Puff…”

The hatch slowly opened, Shepard walked in front, and her two companions followed behind Shepard. They were mentally prepared for their first contact with this civilization.

Shepard walked out of the cabin.

Then...she saw a group of naughty kids surrounding them, looking at them curiously.

“…”

Meow meow meow???

Looking at this scene, Shepard and the other three didn't know what to say. They had originally expected that a reliable person would come here to meet them, but...what was going on with these children? They looked less than ten years old!

This scene was completely beyond Shepard's expectations, so much so that she completely forgot her original intention to "show human dignity and pride"... You can't just put on airs in front of a group of children.

How embarrassing!

“Da da da…”

At this moment, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, a girl walked out from the crowd, came in front of Shepard and others, and then saluted respectfully.

"Hello, I'm Leander..."

"You are from that battleship..."

Hearing this voice, Shepard was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that it seemed to be her who had led him and others into the battleship. However, what Shepard did not expect was that the girl in front of him was so young. Although she was older than the group of children watching nearby, she seemed to be only in her teens. Not only that...

Shepard looked the blonde girl up and down. She was completely different from what he imagined. She was not wearing a space suit or protective clothing. Instead, she was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and a bright red skirt. Her lower body was covered with black stockings and small leather shoes...

What kind of outfit is this?

If anyone on Shepard's ship dared to dress like this, then Shepard would definitely make the other person doubt his life. Not to mention that the Normandy is a warship. In fact, even on civilian ships, few people would dress like this. After all, this kind of dress is not suitable for space travel no matter how you look at it.

But if people like to dress like this, what can you do?

"plz follow me."

Leander didn't seem to intend to greet Shepard and the others. He just made a gesture and led them towards the interior of the battleship.

As they walked, Shepard and the others were observing the battleship, trying to get some clues.

Hmm... there are very few people on the road. It seems that this civilization is highly automated.

Why are most of them children? The occasional teenagers are teenagers, and there is no middle-aged person. Does this mean that the average life expectancy of this civilization is very low? And they are all women, no men... This is not surprising. After all, the average life expectancy of the Salarians, who have the most advanced technology in the galaxy, is only fifty years old, and the Asari tribe also has only women and no men... It's understandable, it's understandable.

From the outside, they really look like humans, but why do some children have ears and tails? And wings? It seems that there is no pattern. Is this a class trait? Or is there some other purpose?

No one was holding weapons, was it because they didn't need them? Could it be that these people were using their supernatural powers to fight like the Asari?

Everyone was thinking as they walked, however, when they arrived at the reception hall and saw the giant black dragon in front of them, even the knowledgeable Shepard was stuck.

What's going on? Have I come to the world of Dungeons & Dragons?


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