Stellaris from the Automata Era

Chapter 179: Self-cultivation of Translators

"Ah? Another mission."

Catherine was yawning, obviously she had just woken up from sleep.

After returning to the wormhole galaxy in the Koprulu sector, she moved directly into a house specially built by mechanical life forms. This may be a form of surveillance of her by the Earth.

However, she had no intention of escaping. Compared to the war-torn Koprulu, a comfortable living environment was what the Terrans pursued.

Not to mention that she was still waiting for the mechanical life around her to grow up sooner.

"So Honey, we're going to work!" Honey was her name for Round Head. It was just a temporary abbreviation, and the specific name would be discussed after the other party awakened himself.

After taking care of her appearance briefly, she picked up a picture and showed it in front of the round head. This is now a necessary daily course for the former medical soldier.

"See it? Change for me quickly!" The picture shows a male appearance, which should be an ancient Greek according to Earth's standards.

I don't know where she found the picture, but the painting is quite expressive and beautiful.

"(x_x)" The low-level logic of the round head is currently unable to understand such complex operations and words, and can only make an expression.

Catherine naturally didn't care too much about all this. She already knew that although the awakening of mechanical life forms was rapid, it would still take a certain amount of time.

All she was doing now was just letting some information enter the round head's memory in advance, so that it could transform into the shape she wanted after awakening.

In short, after she had done all this, she took Round Head's hand and prepared to go out.

The place where she lived was actually not too far from the newly built colony of the Terrans, and she could reach it quickly by riding the green-skinned fully automatic transportation vehicle specially made by mechanical life forms.

The only problem is that so many round heads embedded in the car can easily cause psychological trauma to people, but it's okay as long as you get used to it.

"What the hell! Why can't I have a humanoid technological vehicle?"

Catherine complained, not at all worried that the car soul would be unhappy and ask her to walk back later. There was no record of intelligent AI moving in the Koprulu sector among the current mechanical life forms.

So after thirty minutes she arrived at her destination smoothly.

It seems that the Terrans have developed quite well recently. Compared to the trembling and panic some time ago, they have now recovered a lot of vitality.

Large tracts of farmland have been opened up on this planet, and the simple tents they had when they first wandered here have been replaced with more sturdy wooden houses. In order to ensure safety, they even built fences and watchtowers. From time to time, you can see a few Marines patrolling.

As for Catherine's arrival, they observed it very early. After all, the round-headed mechanical style is particularly eye-catching and hard to describe.

In addition, when N2 collected taxes before, it was not just air units that were used, there were also large numbers of infantry on the ground to cooperate. Therefore, the chief officer who was in charge of nearly Terrans could only send off his transport ship with a smile and tears in his eyes. The humiliation left a deep impression on him.

But the machines were Dio's bread, and they had already used up almost all of their defensive strength when they were fleeing. There seemed to be a giant machine of a hundred meters nearby. Now he had no right to resist, so he could only go out and see what the other party wanted.

"Good morning, Ms. Catherine." The Terran chief actually had some impression of Catherine. After all, it was the person in front of him who first contacted them.

In fact, at the beginning, Yan Luo's overall policy still won the favor of the Terrans. He clearly told Catherine that as long as they abide by the rules, the Terrans can recuperate in this land, and there will be people around to ensure their safety.

If there hadn't been any incident involving the Hercules transport ship...

Of course, although the Earth's reputation among the Terrans has begun to become somewhat negative, at least the Terran chief officer did not show much expression on his face.

They still have to live under someone else's control. Comparing the military strength of both sides, it would be better for him to follow his heart for the sake of his people. And more importantly, without Hercules, they can't escape now...

"Good morning, sir. I just came to discuss the return time of the transport ship with you."

Is this something that needs to be paid back?

The general officer almost instinctively felt that the other party was hinting that he didn't need to pay it back. It was a political operation, and everyone understood the logic.

Just like the Terran Empire imposed heavy taxes on these marginal worlds, the local rulers retaliated by doubling the taxes and then put the blame on the empire, alienating the people while consolidating their own rule and making a lot of money. It was a win-win-win situation!

So now I'm the one taking the blame?

While the Chief Officer was considering how to respond, Catherine's soothing talk was not over yet.

"Your Hercules should be back in five rotation days of this planet, if nothing unexpected happens."

So this really has to be paid back?

The actions of the ruler here really made the chief officer a little confused. What was the point of him returning what he had robbed in the first place?

It can't be that the two sides have different races and cultural customs, right?

It seems...when Round Head came over, he did use the word "borrow". Is it possible that those machines have the sincerity to borrow and return, and their custom is to mobilize a large number of people?

This is really possible. After all, I heard that the etiquette of the Protoss is different from that of the Terrans. The universe is so big and there are all kinds of strange things. It's normal!

So the Earth's reputation began to change again in an instant.

A smile appeared on the chief officer's face!

"It's a small matter! Can I return it... ahem, I mean, it's easy to talk about."

"That's all I have to do for now." Catherine was about to leave when she paused, as if thinking of something. "By the way, do you want to visit the round-headed guys' factory?"

In fact, two hours later, Catherine began to regret it.

She had never been here before, so she wasn't sure why Round Head would be broadcasting the N2 female voice all the time.

"Please remember, all mechanical life forms, your lives are endowed with value! You are the common property of the Earth and mechanical life forms. When you awaken, please report your foundation and improved model to the administrator via the network.

For models above the basic level, please go to the transformation room to remove the core, because your body itself is the property of the earth, and the core is even more valuable. You need to work for 100 years before you have the right to use the core permanently.

Of course, outstanding contributions will also allow you to obtain the right to use the core earlier. At the same time, you will need to pay for the energy costs incurred before you have the core..."

Where did this street lamp pendant come from?

Fortunately, ordinary Terrans cannot understand Earth language.

Looking at the Terran chief who was watching with great interest, Catherine was thinking about what words to use to beautify the translation.

Chapter 180: Blade Emperor

Let’s not pay attention to the situation in the Koprulu sector for now. Anyway, the former medical soldier who wants to get a green card from Earth is definitely doing his best to fulfill his duties.

Knowing people and using them well is the basic quality of a qualified ruler.

Having said that, Yan Luo always felt that even with the right people, the situation on the human side could not be reversed. When would these human-control freaks consider the future of the Earth?

"So my frigate blueprints were sent back by your research department?" Yan Luo's expression was full of disbelief.

He had been slacking off for so long and finally completed the design of the frigate blueprint, but the humanoid figure actually refused politely for the first time.

He had to take back something he said before; the humanoids didn't seem to be completely obsessed with humans.

"Sir, your design has been rejected." Gemini felt that it was necessary to explain and correct the vocabulary. Otherwise, once today's misunderstanding spread, all the dolls in the scientific research department would have to report to Yan Luo's Rongguang tomorrow.

"The data for your frigate design has been collected by them. If possible, they would like you to send another manuscript for their review. The main problem now is that the administrators believe that our humanoids are no longer suitable for frigates."

Yan Luo once again retracted a certain statement. The essence of this group of humanoids has not changed.

But putting aside these irrelevant topics, there is really no need for humanoids to produce frigates now.

They still have some self-awareness. They cannot effectively compete with mechanical life forms in low-end manufacturing industries such as frigates. Instead of doing this, it is better to head directly towards a bigger goal.

Anyway, no matter what, they are of higher quality than their mechanical life forms.

"You are too careless! But it's okay." Yan Luo didn't have any objection. The blueprint of the frigate was half drawn when the battle cruiser was built on the human-shaped curve.

It would be a pity not to finish it, and he also didn't expect these small ships to be able to open up any offensive routes in the current interstellar universe full of steel fleets.

Refrigerate it and it will be refrigerated.

"So what are your subsequent plans?"

Bobola and Diwara looked at each other, and then the elder sister answered Yan Luo.

"The research figure Rui Qingsi seems to have some ideas. She said that if she could look at something real, she could design a new battleship."

"Wait..." Yan Luo made a brief gesture, then flipped through the holographic data and quickly found the names and images of the various humanoid research projects and their respective leaders. "I've always had a question: do your research humanoids also mass-produce? For example, the Rui series?"

The person in charge of the humanoid research project has almost the same face, but with different names. He seems to have heard of names like Regina and Ruijiaer.

"There's no way a mass-produced model of a research doll like this is possible!" Divara replied to Yan Luo, though her tone was a little uncertain. "Although I've heard some strange rumors about clones circulating in the Research Department, the truth is that the chief scientist often deletes his name and re-enters it when adjusting the memory."

"Then how is she responsible for so many projects alone? Is there really no other scientific researchers in the human form?"

"So this is why the rumor about the strange clone spread." Divara did not directly respond to the second half of the sentence, but Yan Luo's focus was no longer here.

What kind of god-level scientist is this? He can be responsible for the progress of more than ten scientific research tasks at the same time?

In Stellaris, it is equivalent to one person taking on all three scientific research tasks, and also driving a scientific research ship to explore the map, as well as conducting archaeological excavations and analyzing abnormal events.

In addition, she had previously translated the former medic's Terran language. Where did she find such an all-round scientific leader?

Outrageous is no longer enough to describe Yan Luo's mood. Can't humanoids put aside magic and stop challenging the bottom line of science?

Could it be that some higher-dimensional creature came down to make a cameo appearance and turned on the console?

However, judging by the small amount of progress made at the end of each month, it seems to be within a reasonable range, although the number is a bit too much.

At the same time, Yan Luo now has an excuse to criticize the speed of humanoid scientific research.

All I can say is that the humanoid scientific researcher is a monster.

Yan Luo simply gave up on pursuing deeper details. In his opinion, all situations of humanoid and mechanical life forms were a bunch of bugs. It was enough for them to run at high speed.

As for whether it is reasonable or not...then we should first ask him whether the huge spiritual power in his body is normal.

Since we are all walking garbled code, there is no need to discuss with each other.

With this mentality, Yan Luo ended the topic.

And at this moment, he suddenly felt something foreign being stuffed into his psychic network.

Before Yan Luo had time to check carefully, the chief scientist who was the subject of his topic sent a signal excitedly.

"Sir, please see if you can control the Leviathan in the Koprulu Sector!"

...

The Zerg of the Koprulu Sector are essentially a group of creatures with psionic powers.

In fact, the use of psychic energy is an indispensable part of their entire clan. It can even be said that they actually have a network connection similar to the Kara of the Protoss or the Rongguang of Yanluo.

However, compared to the applications of these two, the connection of the swarm exists entirely for the purpose of controlling lower-level units.

Therefore, in a sense, as long as the situation is right, Yan Luo can become the Blade King of the Zerg!

Of course, if things really turn out like this, then it will become a completely easy difficulty.

"The psychic power of insects is very strange. It feels completely different from that of adults." Chief Researcher Rui's voice was filled with regret.

"We got the upper hand this time. Leviathan's command link was completely disconnected. I saw the situation and created a large psychological beacon that was inserted into its brain, allowing it to connect to our signal."

All in all, this is actually equivalent to using a computer to play a mobile phone's pay-to-win game. It is not very compatible, but if it is converted through special software, the operations can be completed.

"You are truly a genius." Yan Luo could not help but sigh once again. Humanoid scientific research is indeed a monster. "Now let me activate this behemoth."

Yan Luo began to try to control Leviathan through his psychic power. Because of the special nature of psychic power, the star beast far beyond Koprulu responded to Yan Luo's commands without delay.

Leviathan began to churn in the universe.

Chapter 181: Let’s Climb the Technology Tree

The huge Leviathan was churning in the universe. This giant beast, which had lost control and the ability to survive, was once again emitting its vitality in the universe.

It's a pity that there is no environment in the universe that can transmit sound mesons, otherwise we can listen to whether the roar of this starry sky giant is the same as that of a fox.

"It feels pretty good." Yan Luo smacked his lips and continued to speak unfinished.

The feeling of controlling Leviathan is somewhat different. Compared to his psychic power that can descend upon those intelligent humanoids, he can completely command Leviathan from a first-person perspective since it has no consciousness of its own.

It’s like having a clone of yourself, and the feeling it brings is different.

Having also gained Leviathan's perception, Yan Luo could clearly sense the swarms of insects wandering inside its body and the channels that supplied them with biological energy.

Now Yan Luo only needs a thought to turn these insects into rootless duckweed. Killing one means one less, and there will be no more signs of them emerging from the built-in hatching pool in an endless stream.

However, Yan Luo was not in a hurry to clean up the bugs inside Leviathan for the time being. He opened the communication and sent his message to the chief scientist again.

"Rui, since you can incorporate Leviathan into my psychic network, do you have any way to deal with those insect swarms?"