Stellaris from the Automata Era

In an instant, the sensitive nerves of the humanoid were touched. If this continues, the foundation of the country will be shaken, and only spaceships of mechanical life forms can be seen in the Earth's solar system!

In particular, the drawings of the latest humanoid battle cruisers were transferred to the mechanical life forms in batches under Yan Luo's order.

Almost from then on, the humanoid felt that it had fallen out of favor?

No! They should go see what the mechanical life forms are up to!

Of course, there are better ways to understand the dynamics of mechanical life forms, such as asking their creator Yan Luo.

However, due to the recent frequent actions, the humanoids have also grown a rare rebellious emotion, and they intend to use their own power to solve the problem.

And more importantly, if the Earth, which is now heading towards a dual government, wants to become the main body of the "double-headed eagle", it cannot rely on human power.

After all, even if humans rely on the Earth to take the dominant position, their relatively weak strength will restrict their hands and feet, not to mention the right to protect humans in the interstellar era.

Therefore, the awakened humanoid leaders quickly launched their own strategic plans.

First, the plan to quickly build a large number of warships must be made a reality. About ten large space docks should be immediately added around the earth to meet the increasingly tense defense needs.

In fact, a message was sent to the scientific researchers asking them to speed up the research on ship girls and machine spirits and not wait until the end of the month to submit a little progress.

Finally, 11b, who had the only record in this interstellar era, was quickly promoted to commander and ordered to drive a battlecruiser to the Koprulu sector where humanoid intelligence was scarce to see what the mechanical life forms were doing and whether they had built a battlecruiser.

Although battlecruisers are considered medium to large ships and require a matching dock to build, mechanical life forms have always been buggy players who only care about the ability to move things. Who knows if they have obtained some strange heritage and dark technology from their creators, the aliens, that allow them to ignore the prerequisites for construction.

Thus, amid the busy movements of the humanoids, 11b began his own wonderful journey.

"So what are those mechanical life forms doing?"

Spherical Marvin looked at the map and raised his two big hacksaw hands to ask questions. Although he did not have the same rich facial expressions as humans, he used body movements to express his doubts very well.

Its action earned a response from a humanoid nearby.

"Good question! I wanted to ask you that too!"

"You ask me? How do I know?"

A certain humanoid didn't know what to say for a moment. He wondered if the ball in front of him had forgotten that it was also a mechanical life form.

But it's hard to say. Since the last boarding battle, because of the great achievement of capturing the battlecruiser, the humanoids made an exception not long ago and replaced the sphere with a reactor unique to the humanoids.

Now it has become a unique hybrid of machine-skin and human-heart. Under the premise that the butt determines the head, it has completely transformed into a mechanical female stem holding a humanoid green card. At this time, it has completely integrated into its own role and shared the same hatred of the humanoid.

Of course, it is undeniable that replacing it with a reactor may be a brain experiment of a scientific research humanoid genius, just to see what kind of wonderful chemical reactions this mechanical life can produce.

"So you no longer want to sign up for Yoerha?"

"After thinking about it carefully, I still haven't crossed my limit. Maybe I have a high sense of morality."

Just take this as a listen. In fact, the reason why a certain humanoid didn't continue to sign up for YoRHa is that he recently learned from 11b's junior 16d that even if YoRHa could see humans, the number of times would not be very many, let alone close contact.

Otherwise, he has already thought of a female name for his new body, Cheshire.

For now, let's just use this name as a code name for a humanoid figure that we haven't called yet.

"And I have a feeling I might not be able to connect with those YoRHa dolls. 'Assassin's Creed,' the entertainment game for old-time humans, is clearly a Blizzard production, but they're claiming it's from Ubisoft! If they can't even grasp this basic knowledge, how can I possibly hang out with them?!"

Someone...Cheshire made a sharp criticism. The humanoids were learning all kinds of unpopular knowledge of humans in the old times, so that they would have something to talk about if they met Yan Luo by chance that day.

But now it seems that because it is so old, there are some disputes among people.

"Likewise, YoRHa is expanding too fast. The chances of meeting humans were rare to begin with, and now it's even harder. Instead of going to YoRHa, I might as well apply for the Kanmusu position. I heard it's a project that humans are also interested in, so the chances might be better."

Didn't you end up being a woman? Is that what you call having high moral standards? Really flexible!

Even though they have been together for a long time, Spherical Marvin still cannot understand the thought processes of the humanoids.

So it planned to change the subject immediately, because based on its understanding of Cheshire, it was about to start praising humans.

Although it is not impossible to listen, the problem is that the other party has a limited vocabulary and only repeats the same few sentences over and over again. Ma Wen is completely tired of listening to them.

"Speaking of which, where is our 11b commander?"

The ball's question really diverted Cheshire's attention. He thought about it for a moment before responding.

"She should be inspecting the security issues at various locations. You know her personality well."

"Isn't this too serious? Speaking of which, at this crucial moment in tracking down the whereabouts of the machine lifeforms, is it really okay to not have a leader?"

"It's okay. Didn't you see 16D isn't here? We should go look for her. Maybe they're already on their way back."

The facts were just as Cheshire said. In less than two minutes, 11b and 16d walked into the command room.

Then 11b issued his own orders.

"Everyone, have you tracked the movements of the mechanical lifeform spacecraft?"

"Looking at their curvature trajectory, they should be heading to the other side of the wormhole. We can go to the other side and take a look."

"Alright! Cheshire launch the boats, let's go!"

However, after breaking through the barriers of space through the wormhole, everyone in the Koprulu sector looked at the dense and irregular curvature tracks and felt a little confused.

"How about...we go over them one by one?"

I don’t know who came up with a suggestion that seems more reliable.

Chapter 169: Help Blizzard complete the plot

Let’s skip the journey of the God of War in 11b for now and turn the timeline back a little.

Zeratul left with a confused look on his face. Although he had a triangular cloth covering his face and no one knew how the Protoss managed their facial expressions, the emotions perceived by psychic perception should be like this.

Maybe he was also wondering what kind of artifact the little blue ball Yan Luo gave him was.

After Zeratul drove away in his Void Seeker, Yan Luo remembered that he had invited Zeratul to meet him in order to talk to him about the current situation in the Koprulu Sector.

It seems that human memory does have its limitations. It is easy to suffer from sudden amnesia, just like a flash of inspiration. This is a situation that even invincible psychic powers cannot cure.

Fortunately, as Zeratul found Yan Luo, he already knew clearly that the plot in his past memories might have begun to fall apart.

At this moment, he can no longer afford to wait and develop slowly, he must rush in directly!

Of course, this is just a more vivid statement. After all, the God of Darkness is committed to extinguishing all the light in the universe, and Yan Luo just happens to have a wormhole connecting him.

If he lets it continue to develop, once Amon has integrated the Koprulu sector, he will be forced to march to Earth as predicted.

If you don't give it a try, someone will take advantage of you.

Therefore, Yan Luo turned his attention back to the planet Sil where he met the Tal'darim.

He hadn't been able to react before because he was in the middle of the situation. Now thinking carefully, isn't this the key location for a certain Ranger Commander Jim Raynor to obtain the Xel'Naga artifact?

Then he had to get involved here. It wasn't that he wanted to take the artifact himself, but he was afraid that something would go wrong with the Rangers and that the Queen of Blades would not be able to return to normal.

"So what's the situation over there?" Yan Luo asked N2. The network that once integrated these two mechanical life forms was now becoming more and more reliable.

"The stronghold we originally established there is still there, and the combat units there are not damaged."

For the Tal'darim, it seemed that they were really scared of being robbed before.

Most of the mechanical life forms that originally remained in Xil were basically abandoned by Yan Luo. According to his initial idea, after no one controlled them, these round-headed people should have been wiped out by the Tal'darim Protoss who were holding a grudge.

For this reason, Yan Luodu asked N2 to send all of its escort fleets over, but the result seemed a little wrong.

After being attacked several times in a row, the Tal'darim seemed to have completely entered a defensive state, clinging to their last base and showing that they were reluctant to go out.

At the same time, they used their own probes to dig up the surrounding minerals, intending to use the resources at hand to rebuild the defense line without relying on the clan's jump.

In fact, after Yan Luo stopped paying attention to Xier, they actually restored their base and built a lot of fortifications to complete the preparations for Egyptification. (Note)

As for those round heads outside that had lost control and turned into autonomous machines, the Tal'darim Governor felt that as long as they did not wander too much, he would close his eyes and pretend that he did not see them.

And the F2A army going out in full force? Forget it. Who knows if after they storm out in all their might, three legions of round heads will spawn from the surrounding bushes to visit.

In this situation, Shil suddenly became harmonious, just like the model of friendship passed down by neighbors.

Therefore, according to N2's final instructions to the mechanical life, the round heads here not only did not suffer much loss, but instead grew a lot stronger because of their self-discipline.

Of course, there were still losses, but they were all caused by the round-headed people who were planning to build a base in Tal'darim according to their self-disciplined logic. After all, they were all machines without intelligence, so don't expect them to have much intelligence.

In any case, in the peaceful atmosphere, both sides seemed to have entered a golden age of development and stopped fighting.

If... there hadn't been a second wave of Terrans coming to cause trouble...

Not long after Yan Luo withdrew, Ranger Commander Renault arrived late like a policeman.

Looking at the planetary fortress that was about to be reduced to ruins, he finally ordered the reconstruction of the Terran base here and set up a defense line.

Compared with the previous Moebius Foundation, he brought heavy firepower, and relying on his loyal and magical engineers, he even built a heavy factory on the spot to continuously produce weapons and equipment.

To be honest, if the Tal'darim had delivered a decisive punch when he was about to gain a firm footing, they could have easily knocked Raynor back into space.

But I don’t know if it’s because the Tal’darim have been hit by too much terazine, causing their IQ to drop a lot, or they are so busy rebuilding the base that they didn’t even notice his arrival.

By the time the Tal'darim reacted, the destined protagonist had already established a deep defense with heavy firepower such as tanks, and restarted the almost intact solar laser drill.

This is when the problem becomes serious.

In fact, when the drill that could gather the power of the sun was aimed at the gate of the sanctuary again, the Tal'darim Archon felt regretful. Why didn't he destroy this thing first?

However, it was too late to regret, because due to concerns about the actions of the mechanical life forms, the Tal'darim did not dare to advance with their entire army this time.

They could only send a small number of troops to attack the Terrans, and after several days of confrontation, they were unable to break through the enemy's firepower positions.

Compared with the previous indiscriminate killing, it has now evolved into sending troops.

When Yan Luo turned his gaze over, all he saw was a tragic scene like a scroll from hell.

This made him wonder if these Tal'darim were acting with Raynor, with the purpose of getting the other party to take the artifact away and complete the group so that he could deal with the Queen of Blades.

"I've always felt something wasn't right. He could have been killed with one punch, but instead he sent troops on multiple fronts and let Raynor take the artifact. Was this all predetermined?"

Amon needs enough psychic energy and flesh to build his body to walk in the material world. In fact, when the original route was about the battle of Raynor's Wings of Freedom, the Queen of Blades was restored to human form.

The huge spiritual energy of her insect form was directly appropriated by Amon and became a component of his body.

When I think about it this way, it seems reasonable to act out a play...but there's something wrong and illogical about it.

Forget it. Anyway, this group of stupid Tal'darim cannot become butterflies flapping their wings, so Yan Luo no longer needs too much attention.

Let's take a look at 11b in the distance.

Chapter 170: Insect Attack

Facts have proved that Yan Luo's Star Trek tactics are very successful. The mechanical guard tracks filling the space of the Koprulu sector are really confusing.

The most favorable proof here is that 11b, who was driving the battlecruiser, had successfully lost her direction. Looking at the densely packed curvature tracks, all she and her subordinates could do was stare blankly.

Although there does seem to be something wrong with using 11b as an example, at least it is a successful allusion, right?

Besides, if you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive yourself. Since 11b has already lost himself in the vast sea of ​​stars, it is only a matter of time before others get lost.

Moreover, this was a tactic set up by Yan Luo himself. The tone was set from the beginning. Not to mention 11b coming over, even if the 11bplus version would not get lost, it could only sigh in disappointment.

So this time it’s not that 11b is not good enough, but the difficulties she faces are too advanced. Let’s end this topic. After all, there are only so many words for whitewashing, and it will be difficult to write more next time.

For humanoids like 11b, the Koprulu sector is indeed an unknown starry sky.

Although the humanoids had already known about the existence of another star region behind the wormhole before, after the mechanical lifeforms encountered the Tal'darim, Yan Luo issued strict orders to explore this area.

Therefore, it is difficult for humanoids to see the full picture of Koprulu, and they don’t even have a star map of this area.

However, the humanoids who had just left the earth and entered the era of large-scale development did not care too much.

After all, they still have areas around the Earth and on the edge of the star regions waiting to be developed, so it doesn't matter if Koprulu doesn't come here.

However, when they really ran over to understand the movements of the mechanical life, they found that they were completely in the dark and could not tell which side was the waterway.

What's even more troublesome is...

"Commander, we may not be able to go back..." Cheshire, who was driving the spacecraft, made a trembling voice. After operating various instruments on the spacecraft, he decisively reported to 11b.

"Can't go back? What's going on?"

"There's no beacon guiding the wormhole here."

Beacon guidance is a common positioning device on Earth today, made using the spiritual energy emitted by Yan Luoyi.