Stellaris from the Automata Era

Anyway, among the stars, almost every galaxy can add three crystals.

"It seems there's one more reason why I can't evacuate the Koprulu Sector."

Almost instantly, Yan Luo labeled the high-energy crystal as a strategic resource.

At the same time, Yan Luo has begun to develop the idea of ​​encroaching on more territory. After all, at the rate of future development, the demand for crystals on the humanoid side will become greater and greater.

If he fails to make long-term plans now, perhaps one day in the future Yan Luo will find himself in the embarrassing situation of having mineral alloys but not being able to produce many high-level warships.

Anyway, he had been stuck for a long time due to strategic resources when he was playing Stellaris.

"But before that, please build me a ship-girl battleship."

"Do your will."

After doing all this, Yan Luo began to look at the human form that he had always ignored, yes, that black ball monster.

He immediately launched into a rousing and fiery speech.

"Susan, right? You were once a member of 11b's army. You must have died fighting against the Zerg or capturing a battlecruiser. I'm very grateful for your contribution to Earth. Your bravery and dedication will make Earth more prosperous."

"Um... sir..." Susan's voice was abashed. A faint sense of shame seemed to emanate from the current broadcast. "Actually, I lost consciousness after the battlecruiser crashed into the Leviathan. I died without even seeing the enemy. There was no heroic killing or bloody battle at all."

Very good, Yan Luo suddenly realized that all his words just now were in vain. The human form is good in every way except that it is stubborn.

Just agree to whatever your leader says, why bother saying it out loud?

The scene at this moment could be said to be subtly awkward. After pausing for a few seconds, Yan Luo finally continued with a stiff expression.

But the tone of voice seemed to have no emotional ups and downs.

"These are not important. Anyway, your next mission is even more important. Susan, I hope you can become a battleship humanoid."

Chapter 197: The Terrans Want to Become Earth Citizens

It's a new day in the Koprulu Sector.

For the Terrans who are living in the wormhole galaxy, they have not felt such a comfortable life for a long time.

There was neither an emperor to collect cannon fodder and miners, nor Zerg and Protoss to harass the planet. This was simply unimaginable for many Terrans who had lived half their lives in purine.

The gout-like nightmares they had before had gradually faded away, soothing their hearts.

"The writing is good... who is this genius without formal education? Tell him not to write it next time."

The Terran chief held his head in pain.

Most of the Terrans who are willing to go to the edge world to open up colonies have not actually received any higher education, and being able to write "Purine Half a Life" is already considered a great talent.

After all, who would be willing to go out and start from scratch when you can stay safely in the core area and enjoy your assets?

Of course, with such a large population base, there will always be some people who are gifted and self-taught. This is the real reason why there are still senior engineers in marginal areas.

Although many of these people will eventually go to their dream paradise like Khar, there will still be more people willing to stay and continue to contribute to the hometown they built with their own hands, right?

"So those humanoids are still expanding the city?"

It is difficult for the Terran language to correctly translate the self-designation of humanoids, and often more words are needed to describe the specific meaning of the word humanoid.

Therefore, it is easy for them to regard humanoid as a self-designation of a race, although it is indeed almost the same...

In short, the time of contact between the Terrans and humanoids stranded in the wormhole galaxy can be traced back to the past.

At first, there were only a few petite humanoids in black clothes communicating with them, but then, at some point, a large number of humanoids poured into their newly built colony.

To use their own words, it seems like they were trying to lie?

The Terrans' colonies were nominally registered as theirs, and in return the Dolls would help the Terrans with urban expansion and beautification.

Of course, the humanoids will not stay in the city for a long time, but will leave immediately after their emperor comes to the colony to give a speech after the first phase of the project is completed.

By then, the Terrans will get the city and the humanoids will get the speeches. It will be a win-win situation for everyone and they will have a bright future.

Having said that, the Chief felt that it wouldn't be bad for the Dolls to live there for a long time, not that they were particularly good-looking.

But the other party's infrastructure construction speed is indeed very advanced, and the speed at which high-rise buildings rise from the ground is beyond their imagination.

By now, they have expanded their colonies far beyond current needs. At least many areas are like the houses in Hegang, uninhabited.

Now the humanoids are urging them to have more people.

Because the judging criteria for the humanoids seem to take population into consideration as well.

"No, they seem to have received some orders to mine the nearby crystal veins."

That's good.

Chief Terran breathed a sigh of relief. If this continued, the huge city would soon become a ghost town.

In fact, he is now considering whether to invite his fellow wanderers to come and live with him.

Compared to their initial population of 100,000, after several influxes of refugees, there are only about 500,000 people.

It seems like a lot, but for a planet, if it is not in the tens of millions, it is really not enough.

Not to mention that their new overlords do not have the option of collecting food as a tax, or their obligations have not yet been clarified.

We also confiscated their Hercules and recently returned one.

Therefore, they now have the resources to support a larger population, which is much better than the Terran Empire, which is in turmoil every day.

Of course, considering that broadcast antenna communications might attract the attention of various forces, the chief officer quickly gave up this idea.

Not to mention other forces like the Protoss and the Zerg, just looking at the attitude of the Terran Empire, I'm afraid the tax collection team will set off soon.

Even if the situation is critical, it cannot stop the citizens of Terran from fulfilling their obligations. Or it can be said that it is precisely because of the war in the entire star region that the Terran people need to fulfill their obligations even more.

Especially for the imperial citizens like them who live in a paradise and have little armed force, they must rely on the military force of the tax collection team for protection.

Don't thank me! This is the Empire's responsibility.

"No, I have to change my mindset! By the way, have the humanoids told me how to register as their legal citizen?"

The chief of the Terrans who currently reside here has actually considered this matter.

Thankfully, the humanoids have a similar appearance to the Terrans, perhaps even better looking.

At least the Terrans don't feel much psychological pressure to integrate the races. Look at those humanoid girls, they are all beautiful and intelligent, and the humanoid boys are all... petite and cute.

Let me just ask you if it smells good?

In short, the above is not the most important thing. What is really important is that the Terrans here need a new force to protect them.

Just like when Terra UED invaded back then, they were able to gain a foothold and gain the loyalty of many Terrans in the early stages, which was more or less due to Terrans' own problems.

They were the ones who ultimately lost to the coalition of three tribes and public opinion, otherwise changing the suffix of Terran wouldn't be a big deal.

"It seems they really haven't mentioned this matter? Why don't you find a chance to ask them?"

At present, the Terrans have very little aversion to humanoids, and may even welcome them.

Maybe many people have started to become members of Taobao.com, planning to have an interracial love affair with a humanoid that spans centuries.

Sometimes looking good is really useful.

"Actually, I don't think there's any need to ask. Since our entire colony has been registered with them, it feels like we're already legal citizens."

It seems to make sense. The humanoids are limited by the replacement of new humanoids and are temporarily unable to develop a larger population.

Otherwise, they would not have set their sights on these Terrans, especially since Yan Luo's previous policy had clearly stated that he was not opposed to absorbing the Terrans.

This group of Terrans currently living in the wormhole galaxy are just bread on a plate, and the human forms they have are just identity cards given to them in advance.

As for whether the auditors of the colonial development measurements will include the Terran population in the audit.

At that time, we will see whether the humanoids’ iron fist against discrimination against minorities is strong enough.

Anyway, if anyone dares not to give a score at that time, unless Yan Luo himself is the reviewer, a massive offline persuasion campaign is definitely inevitable.

"It still feels a bit unstable. Get some good guys over here and help build relationships with the mines."

Chapter 198: The Terrans believe that humanoids are very good at eating

It is undeniable that the Terrans were finally motivated enough to gather a group of people and march towards the humanoid mining site.

The reason for such high motivation is that there are probably many people who want to eat peaches, and both men and women...

However, they soon discovered that perhaps mining was not necessary for them after all.

When they arrived at the scene, they saw a huge mechanical creature about a hundred meters long, which was prying the mineral veins with its hands like turntables.

As for the human figure, it was completely reduced to a foil for picking up crystal minerals behind it.

"Oh? It's you guys."

Because there were a large number of Terrans coming, their large group was quickly discovered by the humanoids.

Because of the previous friendly experience, there was no confusion such as mutual vigilance.

There was even a female figure who could come out and inquire about their specific purpose.

"We are probably here to help..." The answer came from an engineer driving an SCV. As the infrastructure unit of the Terrans, this kind of civilian equipment is quite common. However, most of those who can run to the wormhole galaxy are refugees. In order to escape and load more people, they should have left most of them behind. Now, all their belongings combined don't have that many.

Originally, they should have imagined using their skilled driving skills to pry open the crystals one by one, but at this moment, it seemed that the one on the opposite side was more efficient. Their height of three or four meters was no match for the hundred-meter mechanical creation.

Suddenly, a strong sense of disappointment arose among these drivers.

"Anyway, is there anything we can help you with?"

"Since you're here, help us pack!"

Compared to building high-rise buildings, the tools used by humanoids to mine crystal minerals are not overly professional.

But if they had to go back to Earth to get the equipment, the time spent going back and forth would be too great a waste.

Fortunately, the mining of high-energy crystals this time is not the task of the human race alone, and the mechanical life forms have also received relevant instructions.

Faced with the task indicators assigned by humans, the humanoids have to put aside their previous prejudices and work together with these round-headed creatures to create the future.

The only failure is that it seems that the mechanical life forms are only good at mining. After all, Engels' efficiency is amazing.

However, once they were packed and shipped, they all instantly became Muggles.

Yes, the transport infrastructure unit they often use is the basic round head. This unit must rely on jumping to reach its fastest speed, which is indeed a bit clumsy.

After they faked falls a few times and scattered the crystals all over the floor, causing even greater chaos, the humanoids tacitly agreed that it would be better for everyone to have a clearer division of labor.

Then they discovered in despair that human form has its limits!

In the face of Engels's efficient excavation power, they are really worthless.

The scattered crystal mines now need more manpower to help.

Even the Tyranids were better than the basic round-heads that only made things worse. There was nothing much to complain about at this point.

So the three races worked together until dark.

The reason for stopping was not that the mines were exhausted, but that Engels refused to continue.

This gigantic mechanical lifeform sat down on the ground, with its eyes looking up at the sky while making a rumbling sound.

"Okay, I'm going to watch the night, so that's all for today."

"Can it speak?" Because the mechanical lifeforms were not equipped with a language translator, the Terrans could not understand it, but they could distinguish such regular and rhythmic sounds as some unknown language.

Normally they would be cautious about any contact with such a big creature, but now that it spoke like this, everyone was shocked.

"It's rare for mechanical lifeforms to speak. This one is special, an awakened type," the humanoid explained, then turned his gaze toward Engels. "That's all for today. Thank you for your hard work."

I still have a good impression of this mechanical life form. First of all, it works really hard. Even if it needs to rest now, the high-energy crystals it dug out before are enough for the humanoid to continue working for a while.

Secondly, this guy was introduced by an acquaintance. A Yolha humanoid wandering around the Koprulu sector seemed to have known it for a long time, and she acted as a guarantor in her capacity as a human guard.

Otherwise, the current dual empire environment on Earth would not allow both sides to cooperate consciously.

"It's not hard at all. I quite like this peaceful atmosphere right now." The giant mechanical lifeform used its two dials to pick up a pile of crystals with difficulty, then, with a very uncoordinated movement, stuffed them into its mouth-like device. "I'm full. I used to think we'd never be able to stop the war, but now it's good."

"Are you full?" The humanoid didn't feel too much about the mechanical lifeform's words.

Compared to the war-weariness that machines developed as they evolved from being ignorant to being intelligent, humanoids have had their own goals and missions from the very beginning.