Chapter 946: There is a way to heaven, but if you don’t take it, there is no way to hell.

Normandy SR-2.

After the battle with the Reapers, the battleship underwent a series of modifications and is now in the process of cruising again.

"To be honest, Commander, I don't understand why we have to go all the way to the Asari system to cruise."

Adjutant Ashley Williams frowned and stared at the screen in front of her dissatisfiedly.

"The original Asari galaxy."

Brother Shepard corrected, then looked at the screen in front of him. Although the war with the Reapers has passed, the aftermath of this war has not dissipated. Because of the indulgence of the Inquisition, the Reapers did wipe out most of the alien races, but some alien races survived. The mission of the Normandy SR-2 is to find out if there are shelters on other planets, or if anyone has sent out a distress signal, so that they can investigate and rescue these survivors.

"Commander, we received an indiscriminately transmitted signal."

"Oh? Let it out."

At this moment, the driver suddenly reported, and Brother Shepard also hurriedly issued an order.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Soon, a series of screams came from the loudspeaker, and a voice muttered that was almost inaudible, like whispering prayers. The sound was so hoarse and shrill that the soldiers on the bridge couldn't help but get goosebumps when they heard the sound.

"This is……………"

"…………"

Brother Shepard was silent for a moment, then looked at his subordinates.

"Can you locate the source?"

"Yes, the coordinates of the message transmission point have been locked."

"Very well, let's go take a look."

"yes."

Soon, following the order from Brother Shepard, the Normandy SR-2 suddenly accelerated, and a moment later, they crossed most of the galaxy and arrived at a remote area of ​​​​this galaxy. Soon after, everyone saw... a huge battleship.

"Isn't that the battleship of the Inquisition?"

Seeing this scene, Brother Shepard couldn't help shouting, and everyone nodded. After all, the Inquisition's warship full of religious and artistic features is truly unique in the world. If nothing else, just looking at the magnificent church above and the densely packed macro cannon muzzles on both sides, you can be sure that this is definitely the Inquisition's warship.

"According to the information of the Tribunal, this should be a moon-class cruiser..."

Brother Shepard took out the information and compared it.

"Why is it here?"

"No obvious signs of damage were observed on the exterior."

"Connect communications."

"Yes! This is Star Alliance Normandy SR-2. If you hear me, please answer."

"……………………"

"This is Star Alliance Normandy SR-2. Please answer if you hear me."

"……………………"

"Report to Commander, no response."

"This is how to do………"

Looking at the battleship in front of him, Brother Shepard was in trouble for a moment.

"Report the situation of this battleship to the command center and ask them to notify the Inquisition."

"yes."

In Brother Shepard's view, this was the safest way. However, just a moment later, the communications officer brought him an order.

"Commander Shepard, contact from within the Star Alliance."

"Internal liaison?"

Hearing the communications officer's answer, Brother Shepard was stunned for a moment, then went to the conference room at the back and connected the quantum communication. Then, Brother Shepard saw a senior Star Alliance Navy officer appear in front of him.

"Sir."

"Well, hello, Commander Shepard."

The latter nodded.

"I got a report from Normandy. You discovered an Inquisition warship?"

"Yes, sir, the initial judgment is that it should be a Moon-class cruiser. It has sent out a distress signal before, but we contacted it just now, but there was no response. We think this matter may be handled more appropriately by the Inquisition."

"Well, that's true, but..."

"but?"

"We hope the ship will be taken over by Starfleet."

"…………Sir?"

Hearing what the senior Star Alliance officials said, Brother Shepard was completely dumbfounded.

"this…………"

"The current situation of this warship is unknown, and it is not necessarily a warship of the Tribunal, right? In this case, we can first send an investigation team to investigate and see the specific situation of this ship. After confirming its specific identity, we can contact It’s not too late to contact the Tribunal, what do you think?”

"this……………"

Brother Shepard is not stupid. What the other party said is high-sounding, but he knows that it is the Star Alliance's technique to slander the Tribunal, and he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something...

"This is an order, Commander."

"clear."

If it were Sister Shepard, she might not care about what these idiots think. But Brother Shepard is obedient after all. Since this is an order from the Star Alliance Navy Headquarters, he has to obey it.

So soon, Brother Shepard issued the order.

"Star Alliance Headquarters wants us to conduct a comprehensive investigation of this ship to find out what happened inside."

"Commander, are you kidding me?"

After hearing Brother Shepard's order, the soldiers were all confused. Just kidding, this battleship is five kilometers long. Just by looking at it, you can tell that this ship can't be completed in ten days and a half. , you want us to investigate a ghost?

"I know something about this kind of warship. All in all, we just need to go to the bridge to see what happened to this ship."

When they were fighting against the Reapers, the Shepards had briefly spent some time on the Inquisition's battleship, and were familiar with the general layout. This is also the reason why Brother Shepard chose to take over this mission, so soon, he took his adjutant Ashley and a team of Star Alliance soldiers, and left the Normandy SR-2 in an airship, heading towards the front The battleship flew away.

"I always feel...this battleship looks so weird."

Looking at the battleship floating silently in space under the sunlight, Ashley couldn't help but shudder.

"It's like a steel coffin."

"Be careful."

Brother Shepard didn't say anything, he just watched the battleship in front of him cautiously and pointed at the course.

"That's the hangar over there. If there's no problem, we should be able to open the hangar door from there and go in."

"Yes, Commander."

As the airship approached, the heavy hangar door slowly opened, and then a group of people entered the hangar in the airship. And just when they were about to find a place to land, suddenly, they saw the plasma turret in the hangar moving slowly and quickly locked onto them.

"Report sir, we are locked!"

"boom!"

Before Brother Shepard could give the order, a loud noise was heard, and the next moment the airship lost power, spinning and falling heavily to the deck.

“Ugh………………!”

After a while, Brother Shepard stood up and looked around.

"Is everyone okay? Is everything okay?"

"fine………"

"Still alive..."

"I'm fine, Commander..."

Hearing the answers one after another from others, Brother Shepard breathed a sigh of relief. Then a group of people hurriedly got out of the wreckage of the airship and looked at the vehicle in front of them - well, it was obviously completely scrapped. .

"What can we do? Sir?"

"I'm trying to contact the Normandy. This is Shepard, SR-2 Normandy. Please answer if you hear me."

"……………………"

However, no matter how much Shepard's brother called, there was no response.

"Communications have been blocked. There must be something wrong with this ship."

As Brother Shepard spoke, he raised his head and looked around. The entire hangar was empty and looked extremely dark, but the lights on the top of the hangar showed that the warship still seemed to have an energy supply.

"Let's go to the bridge. Maybe we can use the battleship's communication system to contact the Normandy."

At this point, everyone had no other choice but to leave the deck and walk towards the door.

Not a single human figure could be seen in the entire hangar, but stains of blood could be seen on the ground. It looked like a battle had taken place here, but there was not a single body in sight. Only the bloodstains, the walls, and the blackened bullet marks on the floor told what happened here.

"Everyone be careful, I always feel an ominous feeling."

At this moment, Brother Shepard also drew the gun behind him and stared around vigilantly. He has been to the battleships of the Tribunal more than once. In the eyes of younger brother Shepard, the battleships of the Tribunal are magnificent, magnificent and majestic, but this warship gives people a very cold feeling, as if they have entered a cemetery. It was all dead silent, the dark corridors and the hangar deck, without any sound, as if...everything here was dead.

However, they soon encountered another problem.

"Report to Commander, the door is blocked and cannot be opened."

"Can't we invade?"

"No, according to the scan, it seems that the power supply was cut off..."

"What should we do?"

"We can try activating the reserve power supply. It should be somewhere in the hangar."

"All right."

Sighing silently, Brother Shepard stood up again.

"Then let's get on with it."

Fortunately, under the scanning of universal tools, everyone quickly found the backup power supply.

"It's been cut off. As long as it's connected, it'll be fine..."

A Star Alliance soldier quickly connected the wires with his hands and feet, and then nodded to Brother Shepard.

"Okay, everything is fine, Commander."

"good."

After hearing his subordinate's response, Brother Shepard also reached out and pressed the switch. Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a low electric roar, the surrounding lights began to flash and light up one by one. But at this moment......

"————!"

Suddenly, Brother Shepard saw a bloody human head stuck on the joystick in his hand on the console, staring at him fiercely with wide eyes. Not only that, the console that originally looked clean and tidy , at this moment, the flesh and blood were blurred under the light of the light, and there were even torn human skins spread on it. Blood dripped down the console and fell to the ground. There were mutilated corpses everywhere...

"Whoa!"

This frightened Brother Shepard and immediately took a step back. At this moment, Adjutant Ashley's voice sounded.

"What's wrong? Commander?"

"No, I just saw..."

Brother Shepard turned his head and looked at the console in front of him, only to find that the console was still the same as before. There was nothing abnormal at all, let alone the human skin covering it and the twisted flesh and blood around it.

“…………It’s nothing, let’s move on.”

Gripping the weapon, Brother Shepard swallowed.

He now feels more and more that entering this battleship is not a wise choice.