Stellaris from the Automata Era

In the absence of specific commands, wild insects basically do not actively seek to expand, but instead instinctively defend the nest where they were born.

Even if two adjacent insect nests are too close to each other, they will prioritize attacking each other.

Not to mention the loss of the entire sequence of the hive mother, the genes between the hives will be broken, and they can only rely on natural evolution. It is easy to have a hive full of flying dragons and another hive full of springtails.

Therefore, wild insects are always easier to fight than queen insects.

"By the way, sir, that scientific research figure whose name Rui doesn't know seems to be interested in the Zerg. She has applied to conduct research on the Leviathan."

"Don't you have any other researchers among the humanoids?" Yan Luo was confused at first, then continued. "Research on Leviathan is possible, but its situation is not very stable yet."

As the cosmic continuation of the Zerg, Leviathan itself carries the Zerg's complete genetic chain. Coupled with its built-in hatchery, it can be said to be a huge Zerg nest in itself.

Although the humanoid landing team has begun to clear out the inside, the fierce battle has not yet been able to capture the interior of Leviathan.

Yan Luo even suspected that as long as this giant star beast did not die, the insect swarm inside it would continue to reproduce through its vitality.

"How about this? We'll have a limited range of movement so the research figures don't leave the Marines' protection."

"Okay, I'll convey that. One last thing," Divara said, choosing her words carefully. "My Lord, it seems your territory in the Koprulu Sector has been occupied by a group of Terrans."

"what?"

It seemed that Diwala had polished the vocabulary a bit too much, and Yan Luo didn't understand for a moment. In the end, Diwala could only translate it into popular words.

"I mean, a group of Terrans appeared on the other side of the wormhole galaxy."

"What is their military strength?"

So what kind of Feng Shui treasure land is Yan Luo's place? Why did the three races in the Koprulu star zone come here one after another?

Do you think Yan Luo is the wild boss in the game? Come up and fight him!

"They don't have many troops... they look like refugees coming here to colonize."

Huh?

Chapter 177: From now on they will be my people!

The Terran Empire in the Koprulu Sector has a somewhat complex political structure.

It was nominally a centralized monarchy, but in reality it was more like a feudal system.

The Terrans seemed to be a whole, but after the collapse of the former Federation, the new Imperial Emperor directly divided Terran into the core world and the rim world.

There is nothing much to say about the Core World. As the name suggests, it is the real base of Terran, and the population and resources are at the disposal of the Empire.

As for the rim world...their situation is a bit chaotic.

In name, the marginal worlds are all loyal to the empire and fulfill their responsibilities and obligations to the empire, but the marginal people themselves feel that their loyalty is not very high and it depends entirely on the ideas of the marginal rulers.

The composition of the rulers of the worlds on the edge of the Empire is even more complicated. They include pirates, capitalists, warlords, scientists and even a Ranger commander who is wanted by the Empire. No matter how you look at it, they are on the verge of rebellion or have already rebelled.

Therefore, Emperor Mengsk of the Terran Empire never regarded the people of the edge world as his own people. They were not even qualified to be issued guns and used as cannon fodder on the battlefield. They were usually "recruited" as laborers at the cost of a bullet.

After the Queen of Blades' full-scale invasion of the entire Koprulu, the Rim World was also the area most severely affected. Many of the weak armed forces were simply unable to resist the Zerg swarm.

The empire that is so close to them ignores them and even has a fleet watching the show from a distance.

Under such circumstances, many marginalized people began to flee their homes to seek new opportunities, and their first choice should have been the core area of ​​the empire.

However, given their previous loyalty, the Terran Empire has closed their doors and does not allow people from the edge worlds to enter, but allows the use of force in emergencies.

This forced the Tyranids to flee to a more distant area, away from the influence of the Zerg, Protoss and the Tyranid Empire, the farther the better.

Those who entered the Yanluo wormhole galaxy to settle down should be just a small group of refugees on the run. If possible, they may not want to stay here any longer.

This galaxy had obviously just been attacked by a swarm of insects. The report brought back by the reconnaissance team showed that there were giant beasts in the starry sky that had stopped thinking, insect nests on the planet that were still being cleared, and autonomous machines wandering nearby.

It didn't seem too safe at all, but the resources they carried did not allow them to continue sailing and make more attempts to make mistakes. The panic-stricken people on the transport ship had already exhausted all their energy in the stormy escape.

Rather than traveling to the more distant starry sky, they would rather settle down where they are. Even in the interstellar age, the Terrans still cannot overcome their fear of the abyss.

"So what should we do with these Terrans? Drive them away?"

Yan Luo thought carefully about Divara's proposal before giving a reply.

"There's no need to drive them away. These Terrans might be quite useful. Perhaps they can make up for our shortcomings in space technology."

Yes, it is quite easy to drive away these refugees. They have basically no defense capabilities except for a small number of Marines.

With such a small number of people, even if Yan Luo did not send out frigates to use air strikes, he could still kill them with his basic round heads.

However, instead of expelling them, Yan Luo cared more about the benefits he could get from them.

"It's undeniable that this is a race capable of traveling through space, and their technological sophistication is similar to yours." Yan Luo paused, still selectively ignoring the fact that these humanoids might be even more adept at magic than technology. "In any case, I have a feeling that absorbing them will yield unexpected rewards."

"Does that mean we want to establish a vassal army?" Divara nodded. She agreed with Yan Luo's words. Absorbing these people was indeed a good choice, especially when they came with a complete technology tree.

Moreover, these life forms that resemble humans will not cause the humanoids to feel disgusted. At most, they will regard it as humans adopting an "adopted son" and they will have an extra non-blood brother.

"I will convey your decision to the administrators, but contacting those Terrans is also a troublesome matter. Do you have any suitable candidates, sir?"

"Don't we still have a Tyranid on our hands?"

...

"No! I won't go even if I die!" Medical soldier Catherine held the round head tightly in her hands. After these days of contact and interaction, she has gradually figured out the essence of the human form.

Although she felt a little uncomfortable getting along with machines at first, after being treated to delicious food and drinks for so many days, she instantly understood what it was like to be treated like a living exhibit.

Of course, it is not without flaws. The food on the humanoid side is indeed scarce and monotonous, but it is much better than joining the army in Terran just to have a full meal.

Not to mention that most medics are seen as remnants of the UED's disbandment, making their political power somewhat awkward.

Besides, she had just clarified one thing with the humanoid responsible for delivering the message: the people she was responsible for befriending were a group of Terran refugees who had just fled here, so it would actually be nice to meet her family.

The problem is that there are still many insect nests that have not been completely cleared where they are. She has heard that she will soon be able to go to the humanoid mother planet to take a look at the exotic customs.

I've finally escaped from hell, and you're sending me back? Those bugs will become a plague if we're not careful!

"Catherine, you're making it difficult for me." The scientific research figure Rui had a headache. The memory was already insufficient for running large amounts of data to think about scientific research.

If it wasn't a mission assigned by humans, she wouldn't want to pay too much attention to it.

"Look, Catherine, you haven't had any systematic understanding of mechanical life forms, right?"

"Mechanical life? Aren't you?"

"I don't know how the translator allows you to understand the literal meaning, but mechanical life forms are different from us humans." Rui pointed at the round head in Catherine's arms. "It is a mechanical life form. It was once our mortal enemy. We fought for thousands of years."

"But that's not the point. Don't you think it's a bit clumsy? In fact, machine life can also develop into highly intelligent sentient beings like us. These two are their representatives."

Ray pulled out a holographic image, and in it appeared a picture of the mechanical lifeforms Adam and Eve about to touch their index fingers.

"With the right information and guidance, mechanical lifeforms can quickly grow and even become similar to you through modification."

Rui's words are like a demon that leads people to fall.

"Catherine, you don't want it to stay like this forever, do you?"

Chapter 178: When did the mechanical lifeforms learn the official jargon?

"This month, our humanoids have launched seven new battlecruisers, one of which has been fitted with a ram according to your request."

"Tell 11b her new vehicle has arrived. In recognition of her achievements, I will personally name it the Destiny Transcendence."

Yan Luo described his will indifferently. In fact, the time unit quickly moved backwards, and almost a month had passed since the time of the Zerg invasion.

During this time, Ranger Commander Raynor was finally freed from the fierce battle in Shil, and left with the artifact fragments with satisfaction, ready to collect more parts and meet his old lover.

As for the Tal'darim, after they lost the artifact in the Sanctuary, they had no reason to continue to stay there and soon disappeared from this galaxy without Terran.

As the Earth is Yan Luo's base, he still needs to listen to the latest monthly report.

However, there were quite a lot of people gathered this time, including the Commander, the Twins, N2, and even the humanoid management sent Red as a representative. Obviously, this should be a large-scale summary.

"Regarding YoRHa's military expansion, we have now added 2022 new humanoids. We are still some distance away from our specific goal..." the commander reported with difficulty.

This wasn't just some distance, it was a billion points! Compared to the original plan of one million, this slow progress was difficult for Yan Luo to understand.

The commander probably knew that it would be difficult for him to explain, so he quickly signaled to the manager Hong next to him with his eyes.

Soon the bullied man understood the profound meaning.

"You should be aware, sir, of the unique nature of the YoRHa dolls. We've had five years from planning to mass production, and we've only produced a little over 5 YoRHa members. Production is challenging, and producing over 200 a month is already very fast."

"No, do you really think I read reports at a glance?" Putting aside the reason why there were so few people in Yoerha before, everyone here knows it clearly.

You're saying YoRHa's humanoid production or modification speed is slow? I don't even know how many backups of 2B's figures there are in the data.

Why do these humanoids always try to trick me?

"I don't care what the reason is, I hope the progress will be at least 1% next month!"

"In this case... there won't be enough minerals." Popola and Divara frowned at Yan Luo's words.

Compared with Yan Luo and the humanoid managers, they are the ones who have the best understanding of the overall situation of the humanoids on Earth.

They have a clear account book in their minds about all aspects of human expenditure.

"How can it be insufficient? Haven't you already started large-scale infrastructure construction?"

"But it's precisely because the scale is too large that we have to take too many steps at once." The twins sighed at the same time.

This is how production capacity buildings are. Humanoids who don't understand economics have never had experience in large-scale infrastructure.

In order to increase production, they immediately deployed their mining machines to all known visible mineral deposits, including many in other galaxies.

However, they soon discovered that this was the beginning of a nightmare. With a mine, they needed transportation! To transport, they needed shipbuilding! To build ships, they needed various manufacturing industries! To manufacture various manufacturing industries, they needed more robots! To...

In short, looking at the chaotic production needs, in the end, the successful humanoid plans were all thwarted.

Not to mention that they also have 10 space docks that need to be operated at the same time and various factories to supply power to robots, as well as the "dumplings" who continue to go to the sea every month to fight against mechanical life.

Every expense item is shocking. In the human era, it would be impossible to sort it out without thousands of professional accountants and several months of time.

"No excess minerals? You could integrate with the mechanical lifeforms. They also have production lines across the universe, but I don't see any signs of decline."

"Sir! I suddenly realized that we actually have a surplus of minerals here!"

Hearing this, Yan Luo was stunned at first, then reacted quickly.

"We've entered an era of coexistence, yet you still have such strong opinions about machine lifeforms. Okay, let me make it clear for next month's report: I don't want to see any decline in other indicators except YoRHa's military expansion."

After giving instructions on the humanoid's affairs, Yan Luo turned his head to look in the direction of n2.

"How's the construction of your battle cruiser going?"

"I admit that there are still some problems in the technological conversion between us and humanoids. Ruler, we need some time." This should be destruction. After all, if it was evolution, she would call Yan Luo directly "master".

However, Yan Luo had already anticipated the technological tree between mechanical life forms and humanoids, so he was not too disappointed.

However, when he thought of some small matters, he still asked the mechanical life form.

"Speaking of which, have you copied the Tyranids' Hercules? Why did I see it being transported to Earth recently?"

Hercules is a large transport ship of the Terrans. It has a huge internal space capacity and is almost equivalent to a colony ship when placed among the stars.

Anyway, the Terrans basically rely on them to transport large numbers of people and supplies for travel or expansion.

"That's exactly what I'm going to report next, Overlord." N2 pulled up a holographic image covered in star maps. "We've borrowed a Hercules from the Tyranids to transport Engels to the front lines. We've nearly cleared the Zerg hive in our territory in the upper-central Koprulu Sector."

Extra-large mechanical life forms. These giant machines, about a hundred meters in length, do have enough power to flatten a genetically defective insect nest. Yan Luo had thought about sending out such killing weapons from the mechanical life form before, but their size did make transportation a difficult point.

However, compared to the established fact that the giant machine was transported away, Yan Luo is now more curious about how N2 and the others borrowed the Hercules from the fleeing Terrans.

You know, although Yan Luo has formulated a policy of absorbing and friendly forces, the effect is not very good.

The Terrans are still very wary of humanoid and mechanical life forms.

"Ruler, how did I borrow it?" N2 was trying to decide what words would be most acceptable to the humans. "Well, I took 100 frigates with me to discuss taxation in our territory. They said the harvest wasn't great this year, and they happily offered to lend me the Hercules to offset the interest on this year's taxes."

Yan Luo: .....

This is what zero-yuan shopping is all about, right?

n2You are a mechanical life form. When did you learn our official jargon?

"Quick, send Catherine to calm him down."