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For example, Zheng Zhenghao, he turned into a bald head close to two meters-this obviously couldn't be his original appearance.

These cases mean that the person receiving the original enterovirus injection must also recognize his human identity, otherwise the human coalition forces will not know what he will eventually become.

Therefore, the human coalition must make the original enterovirus take effect before the zombie virus changes the bodies of these people. This is very simple, but also very difficult.

It is simple because in theory, any thought connection after infection with the original enterovirus will stimulate the virus.

But the problem is that if these people are directly included in the thinking network, under the dilution of tens of billions of people, the original enterovirus in their bodies may only have a slight strengthening effect on their bodies, and it may not necessarily be able to strengthen their bodies under the influence of the T virus. Under the influence to immobilize their flesh in a human state.

In order to achieve the best therapeutic effect, the experts of the human coalition found out the long-unused thinking amplifier. They had to face the original enterovirus in their bodies alone to ensure that their thinking would not be assimilated by T-06-999 At the same time, you must also ensure that your body will not be changed by the T virus.

The human coalition cannot guarantee the success rate and effectiveness of this treatment plan. It can only prioritize those who may have stronger wills from the remaining survivors, and give priority to experiments on them. It is even more impossible for other ordinary people to bear the double torture of mental illness and thinking.

"Shepard! Stay awake!"

The theory of the human coalition seems to be feasible. Although the people who received the original enterovirus injection soon began to struggle due to physical and mental pain, as they struggled, their physical mutations slowly As long as they wake up independently in the end, they may use this to avoid being turned into monsters by the T virus.

However, among these people, a Citigroup Marine Corps does not seem to be in good condition.

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The human coalition has noticed one thing a long time ago. When the host of the original enterovirus enters its own thinking world, the original enterovirus may not necessarily turn into a monster to attack this person, and sometimes the original enterovirus will also be here. A maze was built in the human mind century, and its host was trapped in the maze, and he could never wake up.

These mazes can take many forms, from rooms with no exit, to endless loops, to immersive dreams.

And what John Shepard is experiencing seems to be the last scenario.

As the human coalition forces injected the original enterovirus into his body and activated the mind amplifier, John Shepard's body in the real world began to mutate rapidly. According to the experience of the human coalition forces, this situation often means that Subject did not make any effective resistance in the mind world.

But unlike most of the others, John Shepard, who was tied to the aluminum-made experiment table, did not show any painful expression on his face, but occasionally showed a slightly confident smile, which shows that John Shepard was He didn't encounter any despair in the thinking world, which is enough to prove that John Shepard is very satisfied with the thinking world he is experiencing.

At this time, it is not a wise choice to take the initiative to intervene in John Shepard's thinking world. Before the spread of thinking broadcasting towers, the human coalition's experience in one-on-one rescue of mutants has shown that maze-like projections are the most difficult to solve. a situation.

If the human coalition forces take the initiative to intervene at this time, but when the subjects begin to think that the thinking world is the real world and are unwilling to wake up, the entire thinking world will become the enemy of the human coalition forces.

Based on the experience of the human coalition, the best way at this time is to find a way to make John Shepard persist in the thinking world for a longer period of time. As long as he can persist until the collective consciousness intervenes, John Shepard still has a chance to recover from the original situation. Escape from the maze created by the enterovirus.

Only the question now is... how to get the collective human consciousness to notice John Shepard?

The human coalition has already discovered in the early mind connection experiments that when people care more about a certain person, the higher the possibility of attracting the attention of the collective consciousness when this person is making a mind connection.

But let's not talk about how many people in Citigroup really care about the life and death of a marine. Now how many people in Citigroup are still alive is a big problem.

Before the human coalition officially intervened in this world, Umbrella's penetration into this world was already very serious, especially in Western countries headed by Citigroup, they were all on the verge of extinction because of Umbrella. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for these self-sufficient survivors to care about a soldier who has nothing to do with them.

John Shepard wasn't completely ignored, though.

Although in the New Britain garrison, John Shepard's behavior made him incompatible with most people, but when the Citigroup soldiers at the Yokosuka base were rescued by the human coalition forces, their common combat experience made them a natural a tight group.

Moreover, this is not just a matter of John Shepard.

In addition to John Shepard, many other Citigroup soldiers were also infected with the T virus during the battle. Only when it is confirmed that Shepard can be cured will the other soldiers have the chance to be unfrozen.

Therefore, when the human coalition informed these surviving soldiers of John Shepard's situation and revealed to them that they sincerely blessed John Shepard to increase the probability of Shepard being cured, including the deputy commander of the US military stationed in Japan , are willing to pray for this marine.

But only a genius knows how effective this can be.

----at the same time----

John Shepard watched the huge Collector spaceship disappear into the blue light curtain with a blank face. The huge energy generated by the explosion of the mass effect engine completely engulfed the entire ship in a very short time .

The aftermath of the explosion has been chasing the Normandy, but thanks to Shepard, all the functions of the Normandy have been upgraded to the top level before this operation. At the moment before the Normandy is about to be caught by the explosion shock wave, John Xue The spaceship under Pad's feet successfully accelerated into the slip space.

It's been almost five years since John Shepard came into this world.

Although excluding the two years of 'treatment' in Cerbrus, compared with his 'previous life', these five years are not too long, but the magnificent experience of fighting various human enemies still made him somewhat I can't tell whether the marine in my memory is me or not, and whether that 'previous life' really exists.

If John Shepard hadn't been too impressed by the alien orbital airborne troops that fell from the sky that night, John Shepard might have accepted his current identity a long time ago and forgot about the so-called "past life" Cleaned up.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

John Shepard, who has already died twice, is no longer that naive self. Although he still aspires to be a hero, before the concept of becoming a hero, John Shepard hopes to rely on his own efforts to save the world. Send down more innocent people - just like those steel angels who fell from the sky did.

After the spaceship of the Gatherers was destroyed, John Shepard already had a lot of evidence of the real existence of the Reapers. As long as he submitted this evidence to the Star Alliance and the Citadel Council, presumably the united cosmic races are not completely There is no possibility of confronting the Reapers.

Although the Reapers who attacked the Citadel were eliminated because of Saren's suicide, since the Starfleet Fifth Fleet, which was heavily restricted at that time, was able to stop the attack of the Reapers, as long as the entire universe unites, the remaining time should be It is enough for all races to build fleets and orbital defense facilities that can support enough.

……Bar?

However, all of this was just John Shepard's fantasy in his own mind. Just before the Normandy was about to arrive at the Omega Mass Effect Repeater, countless voices suddenly exploded in his mind.

"Shepard! Wake up!"

At the same time as these voices sounded, the scene around John Shepard was completely changed.

The close comrades and lovers, the wrecked human Reaper larvae, the rescued civilians, and the glorious command room of the Normandy all disappeared, and John Shepard saw only a burning and falling cabin, At the end of his field of vision, there is a planet that is getting closer and clearer.

The feeling of falling and the severe pain of being burned by the flames made John Shepard suddenly aware of his situation: when he led the crew to perform a regular patrol mission ordered by the Star Federation, they left the channel of the mass effect accelerator. A collector ship that had been ambushing here long ago turned the Normandy into a cosmic fireworks.

In order to cover the evacuation of the crew, John Shepard failed to board the escape pod before the Normandy was destroyed.

His body is falling to a planet with the wreckage of the Normandy at this time. His previous experiences include being 'resurrected' by Cybrus, gathering his comrades, restoring his ghost identity, killing the collector's lair, and destroying the human reapers. Everything seemed to be just his fantasy before dying.

"Do I have to die again?"

He wanted to scream, but the fragments from the explosion of the Normandy had already ripped his chest, even if he opened his mouth, he could only make a sound like pulling a leaky bellows.

Anger, disappointment, resignation and other emotions rushed into John Shepard's heart, even though he knew that what he saw just now was just his "illusion", but this illusion was so real that John Shepard De still regards the intelligence gathered in the 'hallusion' as real.

"The Gatherers are the minions of the Reapers! They are using humans to create new Reapers!"

The intensity of the emotion made Shepard finally roar out loud, and then he felt his limbs that should have been completely charred regain consciousness again.

John Shepard no longer had the extra energy to think about why his limbs, which had been charred by the friction with the atmosphere, could still be sentient. He could only instinctively mobilize the powers of his whole body to create a side of strange powers in front of him. Energy barrier, in an attempt to increase the possibility of survival.

However, with his roar, everything in front of John Shepard disappeared again, and when he came back to his senses again, there was only the supernatural barrier he threw out in a hurry, in front of him. The experimental equipment that can be twisted into a mass of scrap iron under the impact, and the human coalition scientists who watched all this in a daze from a distance.

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Shi Mian stared at John Shepard in the isolation room without saying a word, he had maintained this posture for a long time.

The method of injecting the original enterovirus to induce the people infected by the T virus to actively mutate, and then pulling them back through the means of thinking connection has been proved to be effective. Before John Shepard woke up, the mutated limbs on his body had already All gone.

In addition to John Shepard, the other dozen survivors who were injected with the original enterovirus at the same time woke up earlier than John Shepard, and during the observation period of 48 hours after that, not only did they not have any symptoms Organs or limbs that belong to human beings, and can also give logical answers to the questions of the human coalition forces.

It is also worth mentioning that after repeated sampling of the cells in these human bodies, the human coalition forces also found that the T virus in these human bodies seemed to have merged with their normal cells and became something similar to mitochondria , although they will continue to absorb energy, most of this energy is used to enhance the activity and strength of the host cells.

Some scientists of the Human Coalition Army are already speculating whether these T-viruses will make the human body strengthened by the original enterovirus to a higher level, but because these people have been injected with the original enterovirus for a short time, and the current sample size is small, this kind of The conjecture has not yet been proven.

As for the fact that these cells fused with the T virus will cause the host to consume more energy every day, it is just a trivial matter. In addition to the need for continuous input of food (mainly vegetables and fruits), the food production of other worlds has doubled in recent years, and supplying a few more mouths is not even a burden for the human coalition forces.

In addition, it is not known whether it is affected by the original enterovirus, these T viruses that have fully fused with cells are no longer infectious.

The human coalition tried to inject the T virus isolated from these humans into other animals, but regardless of whether these animals had previously been vaccinated against the zombie virus, they would not be infected by the zombie virus.

And when the human coalition forces deliberately inject these T viruses into human cells in the culture medium, except for the cells of the original host, these 'viruses' will not fuse with any human somatic cells, which seems to be very safe.

Of course, even if this method can relieve the infectivity and danger of the T virus to a certain extent and turn it into something that seems to be beneficial to humans, the human coalition does not intend to directly promote it in the area under its control.

In addition to the success rate of using the mind amplifier to be further determined, the most critical question is whether these cells fused with the T virus can still be transfused normally is a big problem, although the infected cells no longer have the infectivity of the T virus, But their bodies can't transfuse other people's blood—even people with the same blood type.

Before solving this critical problem, hastily injecting the T virus is likely to cause many future deaths from blood loss.

But no matter what the future holds, if there is no abnormality in these people in the next half month, the human coalition forces can consider lifting his isolation and try to treat other survivors who are still in a frozen state .

— except for Shepard.

To be honest, when Shepard suddenly broke free from the belt tied to him, and with a blue shield propped on his left hand, and climbed up from the made experiment table, everyone who was watching this mind connection experiment felt like they were The three views have been greatly impacted.

Although John Shepard quickly came to his senses and took the initiative to revoke what he called the "power barrier", this did not make the surrounding scientists any less suspicious.

After this weird scene, John Shepard was questioned and tested by the human coalition alone. At first, the human coalition just wanted to figure out how John Shepard suddenly acquired this strange ability, but after learning all this All came from a 'dream' of John Shepard, the human coalition forces paid more attention to the information provided by John Shepard.

This is not the first time that the human coalition forces have suddenly obtained information from other worlds during the infection of the original enterovirus.

Combined with the information provided by the foundation that T-06-999 has already had an impact on multiple worlds after parasitic dragon veins, the human coalition has long guessed that after injecting the original enterovirus, there may be a very small probability that it will interact with other worlds connect.

As for the "dream" mentioned by John Shepard, it is likely to be what is happening in a certain world, although this kind of "traveling" to another person, staying in another world for several years and ten years, and finally It is very rare to be "pulled" back, but there is an example of Liu Hui and Liu Qi exchanging bodies in front of them, and the human coalition forces don't think it is completely impossible.

A few days ago, the human coalition forces tested John Shepard's blood sample, which also proved this point of view. The human coalition forces found on John Shepard a plane coordinate that does not belong to any known world of the human coalition forces!

Of course, if you know what you know, the human coalition forces are not going to enter this world immediately.

——Even if there is a super-light speed method in this world that the human coalition forces are coveting.

Humans in this world can gain the ability to use 'powers' by implanting chips. According to the information provided by Shepard, in his 'dream', all races including humans can use a kind of power called "power". The technology of "mass effect" allows the physical mass of an object to infinitely approach zero when the actual mass remains unchanged.

This means that as long as the human coalition forces can obtain this technology, there is a chance to solve the problem that the physical mass is close to infinite when the speed of the object is closer to the speed of light, even if the world of the human coalition forces does not have the quality of the world in Shepard's "dream" The effect repeater also has the opportunity to allow the spacecraft to easily exceed the speed of light.

Except for spaceships, under the influence of mass effect technology, even the rifles used by infantry in that world can easily destroy all vehicles and vehicles of the human coalition forces and Trisolarans. In addition to the strong interaction materials, the human coalition forces in that world are probably at the same level as the "primitives who just flew out of their home planet".

But this is not the most important problem. After all, thanks to Shepard's efforts, the humans in that world have become the council race of this world. With the banner of the Star Alliance, the Human Alliance still has a chance to gain power from this world. Pretty good tech.

And according to Shepard's recollection, it was less than five years between the discovery of alien relics and the cracking and production of the core of mass effect by humans in that world, which probably means that the core of mass effect in this world is most likely just some It is a question of ideas rather than a technical problem. As long as the human coalition forces can replicate Mass Effect, many problems that plague the human coalition forces (and the Trisolarans) can be easily solved.

But the problem is that this world is likely to be facing an enemy whose technical level is not weaker than that who repaired the Dyson sphere on the sun of the world of the Human Revolutionary League...

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At the beginning, the human coalition also thought about whether they could directly obtain the technology of another world from Shepard, but it is a pity that Shepard's identity in the "dream" has always been a "vanguard" of the Star Alliance, even in his After obtaining the status of the Ghost of the Citadel because of his military exploits, Shepard has never been exposed to any knowledge other than firearms and supernatural powers, and cannot contribute to the scientific progress of the human coalition forces.

Regarding the use of abilities, according to Shepard, although human beings do not have the same talent as other races, humans have also developed a method in recent years that allows ordinary people to use abilities after training. These chips will record one to nine abilities in advance according to the different needs and identities of the users. Users only need to follow the logic provided by the chips to easily use the corresponding abilities.

Correspondingly, however, the abilities acquired by using the ability chips have almost no possibility of progress or self-learning. Even if they are proficient in the abilities recorded in the chips to the extent that they can release them with their eyes closed, when they turn off the ability chips After the assistance, even if he swelled his head, most of them couldn't hold back anything.

For example, Shepard, as a human pioneer, was implanted with a chip that has multiple power usage methods such as 'power barrier', 'power charge', and 'singularity'.

Of course, regarding the question of why Shepard can continue to release abilities after waking up, the scientists of the Human Alliance currently speculate that his situation should be the same as that of Zheng Zhenghao. The corresponding mutation occurred in the body, which allowed him to retain the skills carried by the ability chip while also allowing Shepard's ability to evolve.

——Of course, it also gave the human coalition the possibility to study supernatural powers.

According to the discussion between the Human Alliance and Shepard, Shepard will cooperate with the Human Alliance to conduct research on abilities. In addition to trying to replicate the ability chip in his "dream" in the real world, the Human Alliance will also Help Shepard find ways to exercise and improve his powers.

However, compared to other technologies in this world, the power chip is just an insignificant appetizer for the human coalition, but how to obtain the technology of another world is a very troublesome problem.

Every 5 years, a powerful race will cleanse civilizations that have reached a certain level of scientific and technological development in the entire galaxy. Although this kind of thing is more or less outrageous no matter how you think about it, after experiencing Umbrella to avoid future population expansion And after the zombie virus was spread all over the world, the human coalition realized that they must not use their common sense to speculate on the thoughts of alien life.

Therefore, after John Shepard explained to the Human Alliance in detail the information about the other world that he had collected in the 'dream' in the past few years, the Human Alliance quickly believed [-]% of his words.

Although Shepard hasn't really had a legion-level confrontation with the race known as the "Reaper", but only one battleship can almost destroy the world's most powerful battleship, and at the same time, it can also severely damage the star. Combined with a whole fleet, the fighting power shown by this race is obviously not something that the human coalition can fight against.

Whether public or private, this is not the best time to enter this world.

Because Shepard also went back in time in the 'dream', the human coalition forces who have never experienced this kind of thing still don't know which time node in this world corresponds to the coordinates of the plane found by Shepard, but whether it is Whether Shepard was ambushed by the Collector or Shepard destroyed the Collector's lair, there is not much preparation time left for this galaxy at these two points in time.

For the human coalition forces, apart from being able to sneakily get some leftover technology in this world before the Reapers arrive in the Milky Way, the human coalition forces can't help this world much. If the alliance establishes a relationship of mutual trust, the human alliance will have to run away early because of the arrival of the reaper.

Although even a little leftovers from this world are enough to improve the technology of the human coalition army by a large margin, but in the longer term, establishing a cooperative relationship with another world directly and obtaining corresponding teaching materials and research materials directly from their world can obviously help. It will be of greater help to the human coalition.

After all, the goal of the human alliance for a long time in the future is to help the human revolution to deal with the aliens above their heads. If you miss this opportunity, you don’t know when you want to find a similar world next time. .

Although when the various races of the Milky Way and the Reapers in another world are fighting the worst, the human coalition will make a high-profile appearance as reinforcements. At that time, whether it is in the name of 'helping you build ships', it will actively act as a logistics base for various races , or providing them with the option to 'refuge' in another world can also harvest a wave of technology.

But watching the human beings in another world fight alone, but he is not even qualified to enter the battlefield, this not only does not conform to the philosophy of the human coalition, but also will cause a great blow to the morale of the human coalition troops.

And from a selfish point of view, the human power in that world looks like an interest group dominated by the Western world. Whether it claims that human beings are supreme Cybrus or the Star Federation, which represents human beings to join the Council of the Gods, obviously has no intention of The interests of the people are put first.

In order to increase the number of human supernatural beings, the former was able to openly artificially manufacture 'element zero' (a special, artificially synthesized element in that world, which is also an important raw material for the core of Mass Effect) leaked in Singapore, resulting in tens of thousands of People died directly due to close contact with the zero-element radiation, and millions of people lived for a long time with various painful sequelae.

In order to create high-level supernatural beings, the latter will also conduct a large number of dangerous experiments on their own people (even children), and even in order to screen out individuals with more powerful supernatural powers, the Star Federation will also make these people suffer from experimental torture Individuals killed each other, and did not seem to regard these people as their own compatriots at all.

There are no fewer than ten inhuman human experiments reported in the news every year, but the Star Alliance and Cybrus still go their own way without any restraint.

Even though these two forces say that they represent the interests of all mankind, judging from their policies, the human coalition forces have no doubts at all. Helping the human coalition forces with all their resources, maybe after discovering that the human coalition forces have the means to avoid the attacks of the reapers, they will in turn invade the world of the human coalition forces.

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Although Shepard also specifically explained to the Human Alliance, his experience and identity in that world gave him a very high reputation in the Star Alliance and the Milky Way. As long as he uses this identity, he can help the Human Alliance at a relatively small price. In exchange for the required technology or information, but the 'Marine Corps' Shepard and the 'Castle Ghost' Shepard are not the same.

After all, Shepard didn't physically travel to another world. No matter what time the other world is in, when the human coalition forces enter this world, there will always be two Shepards at the same time.

Although the Shepards of these two worlds have similar appearances, the marine who has been infected by the T virus is absolutely impossible to have the exact same genetic information as the Ghost of the Citadel. If the team is sent back to the Star Alliance, it will only be regarded as a poor imitation by the Star Alliance.