The Executor of the Heavens: Beginning with the Watch Dogs

Chapter 722
"Field Sergeant Ashley Williams reports to you!"

As soon as she arrived at the hangar, Ashley, who was wearing the phoenix light armor, saluted Xie Yuan heroically.

"Relax, Ash, I'm sorry to show you a farce."

Xie Yuan saluted Ashley in return, and then looked around half-jokingly and half-self-deprecatingly: "I originally wanted to recharge the confidence of the residents of the marginal colonies—unexpectedly, I wanted to show my face, but I showed my butt... Sigh, this The stench of this is about to waft across the galaxy."

"It's not your problem, Captain," Ashley retorted immediately, "At least you got here in time and saved everyone in the colony—"

"You called me sir?!" Xie Yuan interrupted Ashley, then stared at her with wide eyes.

"...Yuan." Ashley was interrupted for a while, and could only call Xie Yuan's name honestly.

"And then?" Xie Yuan spread his hands.

"...Long time no see." Ashley stared at Xie Yuan with dead fish eyes, and could only speak slowly.

"Long time no see, Ashley," Xie Yuan greeted, and quickly returned to a business-like attitude, "Has Captain Cordes handed over the convening order issued by the Star Alliance Council to you?"

After getting the confirmation, Xie Yuan still gave this old subordinate a chance: "Actually, you can choose not to accept it—you have also seen that this is a huge target in the public eye. In a short period of time, there will be no Liberation Ship" It would be unimaginably impacted. Perhaps it would be wiser not to board this ship."

"It's too late, I've accepted the call-up."

Ashley responded to Xie Yuan, then looked at Xie Yuan who was about to say something, and said directly, "I will never miss the opportunity to board the largest battleship in the entire galaxy—even you can't stop me."

"Hmm..." Xie Yuan could only spread his hands in a welcome gesture, "Then... welcome aboard."

"Codes!" Xie Yuan looked at the brave captain.

"Sir!" Captain Cordes immediately stood up and stood at attention.

"Your courage was shown in the ground war."

Xie Yuan encouraged him gently, then lowered his voice and told him: "Unfortunately, some people were killed in the attack of the collectors just now, some of them are your subordinates."

"I've already received the news, it's true that life is impermanent." Hearing the loss of the Marine Corps, Captain Curtis was also sad for a while. More than a dozen lives were taken away in an instant, without any disturbance.

But soon, Captain Curtis cheered up.

"I will appease and motivate them, sir." Captain Curtis looked up at Xie Yuan seriously, "They won't lose their fighting power because of this, I promise."

"Okay!" Xie Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and then pointed to Ashley, "Then help me take her to the living area of ​​your Marine Corps, she will also be a member of the Marine Corps Command, help her get acquainted .”

"Yes!"*2
Ashley and Captain Curtis quickly saluted.

"Come with me." Captain Curtis pointed a direction.

Ashley glanced at Shepard, who also looked back at her with gratified eyes, with nostalgia on her face, and then followed Captain Curtis and left without looking back.

Xie Yuan immediately looked at Shepard: "I'm sorry, the credit for the defense of the Horizon Colony this time, the part about you may all be attributed to Ashley, no problem."

"It doesn't matter to me. Sergeant Williams should be promoted according to his seniority." Shepard didn't care much. "It's been more than 30 years, and it's time to face up to the original facts."

"That's how I feel about it, too."

In the first contact war 30 years ago, no matter how much the Star Alliance hooked up with the Turians at that time, Ashley’s grandfather, General Williams, was pulled out because he was the first general to surrender to a foreign race. When a victim.

Even if the Asari pull humans into the big family of the God's Citadel, this matter cannot be eliminated... Now that chaos is about to break out, it is time to turn over the old case.

"So... what's your plan next?" Xie Yuan regained his calm expression.

"In terms of research and development, we will extract the corpses of some collectors, weapons and equipment for further in-depth research"

Shepard didn't hide much: "Next, we have to go to Ilim, the economic center of the Asari, where it seems that the Phantom Man has also arranged for two reserve teammates who need me to meet and see if it's suitable. fit to join."

"They're all aliens?" Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Ilim shouldn't be a place where you can find human combat elites... Why do you suddenly have objections to aliens entering the ship?" Shepard suddenly asked teasingly, remembering the question Yuan had just asked.

"My opinion is not important...Of course I'm just confirming...If it's a human being, then be careful if it's an agent of the Phantom Man."

Xie Yuan didn't have any opinion on Shepard's idea of ​​integrating everyone to face the crisis together: "Of course it doesn't mean that there are no foreign races working for the Phantom Man, but they are a minority after all."

"I understand what you mean, but to be honest, apart from the basic crew of the Normandy, the real human teammates are Zaid and Jiang Tengxia"

Shepard obviously knew the background of these people: "There are more freelancers, and the phantom man's agents are less likely-too ​​single, a bit unsuitable."

"Jiang Tengxia?!" Xie Yuan chewed on the name, "I seem to have a little impression, but she doesn't seem to be a Xia person..."

"Zhe Pengyi, it is very unlikely that you are familiar with it." Shepard reminded Xie Yuan, "She is a big thief, mostly engaged in theft."

"They're all thieves...huh! This list is very interesting,"

When Xie Yuan heard the composition of these character lists, he despised the randomness of the phantom people—people from his own group rely on criminals, thieves and mercenaries?
"They have satisfied me until now." Shepard expressed her attitude in one sentence.

"I don't discriminate." Xie Yuan bluntly said that Lao Xue misunderstood, "But as an outsider, I see something wrong with this composition."

"I'm used to it..." Shepard thought about it and understood what Xie Yuan was complaining about, "Besides, regular people have many rules and are not so easy to get in touch with—you don't know, Ashley just refused My solicitation obviously has a grudge."

"Considering the grievances we had with Cerberus in the past, you can be content with just getting her reluctant eyes!" Xie Yuan retorted.

The two looked at each other, and suddenly each burst out laughing, of course the laughter was fleeting.

"Hey, let's not talk about me. Before we leave, do you have any travel plans recently?" Shepard also planned to return to Normandy to continue his mission.

"I will go to the Arcturus Space Station for questioning first—after all, dozens of people died, including a dozen elite marines. If I don't accept the court-martial questioning, the military probably won't let me go in the future."

What Xie Yuan said was scary, but his expression was quite relaxed: "Then, the number of marines stuffed on my ship will increase to four companies... Huh, they will probably be very happy."

"Fortunately, this is just a formality. With your status and the current situation, the parliament will not be stupid enough to kick you out of power—Fanya will not agree."

When Shepard said this, he was silent for a while, but he still said it out: "I don't think Fanya actually wants to completely decouple, after all, they are really separated, and it will only be foreigners who see the joke... then since it is still a member of the Star Alliance Navy Members, I think it would be beneficial to increase the number of troops.”

"Hehe, that sounds nice... But don't forget, your situation may be worse than mine - the council will not let you go easily!"

"I know." Shepard nodded silently, "But I am doing this for human beings, for the Milky Way, and I have no regrets."

"It's okay! Anyway, no matter how miserable it is, I won't be more miserable than you, but the problem is, no matter how miserable you are, there will always be someone to protect you."

Xie Yuan waved his hand to say goodbye to Shepard: "See you next time. This is just a trivial matter. I think we will have to fight side by side again soon. I have a strong premonition."

"Me too!" After finishing speaking, Shepard turned around and walked into the shuttle, leaving Xie Yuan's Guangfu.

(End of this chapter)