Stellaris from the Automata Era

It is undeniable that Yan Luo was a little envious of the Zerg. Although the opponents were indeed individually weak and suffered heavy casualties, they were able to withstand the subtle cooperation between the Protoss and the Terrans and carve out their own living space in the vast universe.

It is conceivable that it still has its own value and advantages.

The humanoid scientific researcher's perfect control of Leviathan made Yan Luo's attention instantly focus on the Zerg.

If he could replicate this achievement and get his own Zerg tribe, Yan Luo wouldn't mind being the Blade Emperor for a while.

If he had come face to face with the Queen of Blade by some accident that day, he might have been able to recite some lines.

'My swarms are endless.'

'Me too, by coincidence.'

"My Lord, this may be difficult." This vision of the future was quite impressive, but the humanoids' lack of support at a crucial moment dampened the flow. "The command authority of those insects is extremely specialized and complex. They appear to lack individual consciousness, yet possess unique psychic codes. To control us, we'd probably need to install specialized beacons in each insect's brain, aligning them with our network."

In comparison, this operation is indeed a bit complicated.

This means that the humanoid needs to perform a transformation operation on every insect that is born. The project and the resources required are really thankless.

"Of course, if you really want these bugs, we might need some time to study them. I believe science can give you everything you want."

The humanoid's words were quite encouraging, and Yan Luo was almost deeply moved. If he hadn't overlooked that they were essentially a group of magical units...

But no matter what, since the human figure in front of him dared to make a promise, Yan Luo dared to believe it.

After all, she is a mythical humanoid who can be responsible for more than ten scientific research projects at the same time. Even if this universe is full of science and logic, she can still create an ocean of magic.

Thinking of this, Yan Luo's eyes became uncomfortably kind, and even his words and spiritual energy fluctuations contained some expectations.

"Then I'll leave it to you. This project reports directly to me. Please feel free to ask for anything you need."

"Your will is everything to us."

The conversation ended quickly. The humanoid scientific researchers did have extraordinary initiative. Before long, a series of demand documents were sent to Yan Luo.

Looking at the complete list, this humanoid seemed to have had the same plan as Yan Luo from the beginning.

"It would be nice to have a few more humanoids like this." Yan Luo nodded in satisfaction. Then, as if remembering something, he turned and began to instruct the twins. "By the way, Leviathan has the ability to create temporary wormholes. Let's have our chief researcher study that as well."

Although the technology tree of StarCraft looks unremarkable or weird, whether it is the Protoss, the Zerg, or the Terrans, they are actually a group of races that can move faster than the speed of light in the universe.

The Protoss relied on their unique crystal technology to develop the hyperspace channel, the Zerg used wormholes after obtaining the Leviathan, and the Tyranids inherited Terra's family heritage and directly made the warp jump.

Each of the three methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. As for which one is better... Yan Luo has no idea.

Nonsense! Yan Luo's humanoid and mechanical life forms didn't master any of these three methods. The only way they could reach the Koprulu sector was through two fixed wormholes that appeared out of nowhere.

Now humanoid and mechanical life forms can only rely on the strong kinetic energy of curvature to roam in the galaxy. Once they need to rush to the battlefield over long distances, they will be immediately handed over to all Muggles, especially when the distance unit is extended to light years.

Of course, he was not unaware of the current shortcomings. In fact, the battlecruiser prototype captured by 11B did have the technology of warping, but the problem was that it and the short-range tactical warping were two different technologies.

At this stage, there is no humanoid figure that can be perfectly replicated by just looking at it once. In addition, there are no complete blueprints, so they can't even copy it. Creating a three-no jump is already the limit of their current ability.

But to put it more EQ-wise, the blank field of technology means that Yan Luo and his team still have huge room for growth.

He didn't need to specialize in one area as his main goal. Since he claimed that he wanted to assemble a hybrid army anyway, he might as well just click on all three technology trees.

Humanoids have such limited technology that they don't seem to have the power to choose.

And this has an advantage. Yan Luo's technology tree can advance in different directions at the same time. When one of them falls into research stagnation, the other one can continue.

Perhaps this similar science and technology will have a complementary effect.

The only problem is...

"In this case, will the chief scientist be too busy to handle it?" Gemini asked worriedly.

"She's already working on over a dozen projects simultaneously, and she's still worried about adding this one?" Yan Luo said nonchalantly, like a capitalist plucking the wool from a sheep. "Tell Chief Rui I believe in her abilities. She'll definitely complete all the tasks perfectly."

This conversation was about to end, but Yan Luo seemed to remember something.

"Oh, and cracking the Terran technology tree also requires her cooperation, so let her take on more responsibilities."

Are you sure the humanoid won't die from overwork?

Chapter 182: There's a flying dragon! Oh... and a Leviathan!

It is undeniable that space in the Koprulu Sector is not warm.

Although the Terrans had already understood as early as the Terra period that they were not the only intelligent life in the universe.

However, the mutants who were separated for the sake of racial purity still inherited the arrogance of Terra during its heyday, even though they still could not rely on archaeological replication to completely send their ancestors over and the technology tree on the colonization ship.

But they still believe that they are at least qualified to stand at the top of this star region 16 light-years away.

Then a civil war, the invasion of two alien races, and a long expedition from their former home planet completely shattered the arrogance of most people.

However, what is even more terrifying is that even survival is now a huge problem for them.

The invasion of the Zerg is certainly terrifying, but the real threat is the Protoss who will arrive with them. They will turn the planets where the Zerg are located into a sea of ​​fire in the name of purification.

Among those buried with them were of course the Terrans who were still resisting on the planet.

Of course, this does not mean that the Protoss are more brutal as a whole. It is just that the two sides have different values ​​and camps. For many Terrans who escaped, they will choose planets close to the Protoss as their new home.

This is largely because the Protoss are not very interested in Tyranid civilians as long as there is no Zerg invasion. Secondly, they will also take the initiative to defeat the invading Zerg near the border.

Therefore, compared to the situation where the major forces of Tyranids are unable to take care of themselves in the face of the Zerg and the routes between planets are blocked by various insects, many people would rather choose to be neighbors with the Protoss.

And on a certain route, there was another Hercules transport ship full of people.

Perhaps because of a radio, Emperor Terran's speeches continued to play inside the ship.

"The fall of Kel-Morian is imminent. To all who seek a better life beyond that wasteland, Korhal is you all..."

"Close it," a voice said, and at the same time, a large hand pressed the stop button. "That bastard has banned us from entering."

This should be an elderly-looking man. He was wearing a navy hat and holding a pipe, with wisps of smoke visible rising.

"Ah? It's the Captain."

"What Captain?" The old man took a deep breath, sparks flying from his pipe. "I was ambushed by the Zerg swarm a long time ago and abandoned ship. Now I'm just a poor soul trying to find a new home with you guys."

This... generally speaking, this should be someone with military status, but according to the Terrans, he should be considered a deserter.

However, the collapse of the pre-Federation era, and the subsequent invasion and dissolution of the UED, caused great chaos throughout Terran. Many soldiers defected on the spot, taking their weapons and equipment and even warships with them, and became mercenaries.

So many things are relatively reasonable.

"So what were you thinking? I told you to leave me alone, but you turned back and took me with you. Aren't you afraid of getting yourself and your crew killed?"

"If you hadn't been there to cover us, I'm afraid we wouldn't have even left the planet's orbit. Since you sent Yamato to cover our rear, there's no way we could abandon you. Besides, the bugs were attracted away by something, and we've checked and it's safe."

"I was trying to cover the rear? My power reactor was damaged by bugs!"

Speaking of this, the old man inhaled the smoke even more vigorously, as if he was venting his depression.

It must be acknowledged that although the Tyranids were originally composed of a group of exiled prisoners, there were also many mutants whose bloodline was no longer pure.

Therefore, their overall quality is relatively low, or to be more precise, their folk customs are tough. However, with the dilution of mutants, more or less outliers will appear, which will improve their quality.

After all, it is not surprising that strange things happen when the population increases. People... always have a good side.

"Oh, anyway..."

A bang was heard from inside, followed by a shaking inside the Hercules. Subconsciously, everyone thought that there was something wrong with the gravity maintenance system.

Then the various emergency red alarms on the ship brought them back to reality.

In just a moment, someone quickly reacted and looked out at the vast dark universe through the observation port that could observe the outside world.

"The swarm! It's the swarm's flying dragons, there are so many of them! They're surrounding us!"

"Are we near a planet occupied by a swarm of insects?" Dragons generally do not move between planets. Their biological structure is destined to prevent them from traveling long distances.

But if you approach the Zerg's planet, they will take the initiative to attack under command and defeat the invading enemy near orbit.

"I don't know! At least I haven't seen it!"

"If we can't see it with the naked eye, that means we're out of their attack radius! Damn it! Where did the flying dragon come from?"

No! The critical moment now is not to track down the source of the flying dragon, but how to make an unarmed Hercules transport ship survive the attack of the flying dragon.

"Everyone, prepare yourself! We will jump, and pray that we don't emerge into the material world again with the light of a star before our faces."

"Blind leap?"

"Nonsense! We don't have time to check the coordinates! If we run into the sun, it will be bad luck for us!"

Anyway, something like Leaping into the Sun is like flying a plane. Generally there will be no air crash, but if there is one, it will be like selling parachutes on Taobao without any negative reviews.

Time waits for no one, and almost immediately everyone understood what decision they should make.

Someone immediately began to perform complex operations on the ship.

"Engine begins charging! Ten percent progress."

"Thirty percent."

"Sixty percent."

"percent.."

The announcer's voice paused, not because the progress bar was stuck like some Ark.

It's just that there seems to be a bigger guy in front of them...

...

"In the third experiment, the Leviathan's wormhole can span 10 light years. This is not its limit. We will test it again later."

"During the seventh insect swarm experiment, the insects seemed to have a tendency to pursue psychic energy. As long as the appropriate fluctuations were adjusted, they would instinctively pursue the source of the signal. However, this was not the result I wanted. If I wanted to control them, I had to change my approach."

A cold female voice sounded.

"Upload the records, then have Leviathan open a wormhole and run away to see how well the worms inside it can sense long distance psychic energy.

However, testing insects' reactions to psychic energy has deviated from the original research goal, but I am indeed curious about how I should write a report to ask for funding from the adults to build an insect research institute.

She spoke with some distress, but soon a spaceship in the distance caught her attention.

"So there are traces of the Tyranids so far away?"

Chapter 183: Renault's Arrival

"So where did our scientists find a group of Tyranids for us?"

To be honest, Yan Luo now feels that the style of painting in the Koprulu sector is becoming more and more strange, or rather, his own style of painting is becoming more and more strange.

He was clearly just the overlord of humanoid and mechanical life forms before, but now a group of Tyranids have joined his inherent territory. In addition, he controls a Leviathan and is experimenting with how to manipulate the swarm of insects in its body.

If one day a group of Protoss accidentally come to join, when the dark god Amon descends from the void, he will look at the formation of Yan Luo's army.

You might even start to suspect that the opponent is your own clone, after all, everyone's composition is too similar.

Of course, this statement can only be regarded as a joke.

The Protoss, a race that was once wealthy, generally possessed unparalleled pride. In addition, they could barely be considered a theocracy, so it was a bit difficult to get them to change their flag, unless Yan Luo transformed into a Xel'Naga on the spot.

However, although it is impossible to recapture the Protoss, we can ask them to come and help us when the Legacy of the Void comes. I think the Protoss, who will be in a more desperate situation at that time, will not refuse.

It seems that Yan Luo has decided to wait for Amon to appear and then challenge him to a duel in the Rakshir with the stars as the venue to see who is the real Xel'Naga.

The slogan was correct, but Yan Luo now had a problem. He wanted to form a hybrid force, but no matter which of the three races in the Koprulu sector he was from, he couldn't put together an army.

This idea seems to still have a long way to go.

"Take your time. The big disaster is still several years away."

Anything can happen during such a long period of time. By that time, perhaps the humanoid and mechanical life forms alone can overwhelm Amon and prevent him from leaving the void.

After all, the mechanical race itself has a huge advantage in mass production of troops. Looking at the current universe, only the Zerg dares to come out and compete with Yan Luo.

"Just find a suitable planet to place the newcomers. By the way," Yan Luo hesitated for a moment, then decided he still needed to give N2 some instructions. "Mind yourselves, and don't cause any more weird incidents."

"Too late, Master," N2 replied. "The destruction is over."

Hercules is happy to add one.

"When did you mechanical lifeforms become the tax bureau? Remember to pay them back..."