Stellaris from the Automata Era

Thinking of this, she felt a slight headache beneath her cold exterior.

This is a big mistake made by humans!

"Forget it, just treat it as a boring joke."

That's what she said, but what she was thinking in her heart was very complicated.

At least she still takes it seriously.

Moreover, humans have previously made it clear that they can give up the execution of this mission as long as their own safety is guaranteed.

Compared to the actions of the Human Council and the bunker, humans immediately seemed countless levels higher. Honestly, if they had pretended to be unable to provide rescue, A2 wouldn't have felt such strong hatred.

Perhaps thinking of the bad memories, a2 felt heavy-hearted again.

After walking for a while, the junction of the desert and the land appeared before her.

She knew that the most difficult part of the entire mission was about to begin.

From the moment she left the desert, she had to deal with more than just round heads!

There are also humanoid resistance forces that appeared at unknown time and place, as well as their forward observation posts in the desert.

The round head was fine, she could just chop it all the way through with her big knife.

But for a human form, even though her hands are stained with the blood of her compatriots, being forced and taking the initiative are two different concepts.

So what would humans choose?

She really wanted to contact humans now and direct the unsolvable problems to her 'God'.

But... humans seem to have forgotten to give her a way to communicate remotely...

Chapter 15: Centipede in the Desert

Desert, edge of city ruins.

Humans have long since ceased to exist on Earth, their once towering buildings crumble to the ground, and the remaining steel and concrete represent that glorious era.

The humanoid forms centered on their will and the mechanical life forms that extended the enemy's will reduced this formerly habitable city to ruins in the long war.

Similarly, without human governance, the fertile land will also weather into sand.

Yan Luo had no intention of reminiscing about his past glory.

His hunting has been going on for some time. With the base as the center of the sweep, there are very few activities of the round-headed creatures in the surrounding area.

This is why he now ventured close to the edge of the ruins.

Compared with the increasingly smaller number of round heads, the expected construction materials for the new base have always been a large and insatiable demand.

Or to put it another way, if the most basic framework is set up, the current inventory is actually completely sufficient, but it cannot withstand Yan Luo's ever-expanding design drawings!

You see... with the basic framework, there has to be an energy supply, right? And with an energy supply, there needs to be a refinery, otherwise excess energy would be wasted, right? And with a refinery, there needs to be a matching production line...

In short, Yan Luo's grand blueprint has grown to the point where even the two completely loyal twins are stunned.

They even suspected at one point that even if all the machines in the desert city were killed, humans would not be able to finalize their design drawings.

Of course, they didn't mind accompanying Yan Luo to complete the goal repeatedly. It didn't matter even if they wandered aimlessly in the desert. After all, their model meant that losing humans would be meaningless.

"Has A2 not contacted us for a long time?"

While Yan Luo was sweeping away the mechanical life forms, he was talking to Bopola who was on guard nearby.

The machine gun in his left hand kept firing at the round heads on the field, helping to relieve the pressure on Divara who was facing the enemy head-on with a blade.

Popola, who was also on alert, was not simply idle. After Divara or Yan Luo harvested every round head, she quickly directed the simple androids behind her to carefully approach the battlefield and drag the corpses of each mechanical life form back.

Sometimes she doesn't even need to be given instructions, the mature and simple artificial intelligence will act so skillfully that it makes people feel distressed.

Therefore, relatively speaking, she can spend more time doing other things, such as helping Yan Luo solve his doubts.

"A2? Sir, I'm afraid she can't contact us for the time being."

"why?"

"We don't have our own communication network, and A2 is probably out of touch."

Yan Luo's machine gun suddenly stopped for a while, causing Divara to be surrounded by several sneaky round-headed people in the chaotic army, and some even wanted to advance towards him.

After Divara seemed to be surrounded, Yan Luo realized the problem and turned the machine gun again, shooting down the round heads one by one.

"Misstep."

Yan Luo felt a little guilty.

He wasn't worried about A2 being in danger. As a combat humanoid, A2 had probably seen more scenes than any of them.

On the contrary, he was now wondering whether the new reconnaissance model was a waste of effort.

No! It was definitely a futile effort. Lacking long-range communication, he couldn't even command the reconnaissance plane.

He could only pray that those simple AIs would mature and learn to gather intelligence on their own...

No, forget it... Let them all die. Without a communication network, he can't even receive intelligence... These unreliable things should be swept into the dust of history.

Anyway, he has been embarrassing himself a lot recently with his scientific research achievements and he is quite shameless.

Thinking of this, he once again turned his gaze to the battlefield in front of him, looked around, and saw an endless stream of round heads frowning.

"Their numbers are starting to increase. It seems the machinery around the city has been alarmed."

The city is indeed a paradise for mechanical life.

Originally, Yan Luo just planned to rub around in the edge area, but now it seems that he has stirred up a hornet's nest. The number visible to the naked eye alone is estimated to be more than 500.

Not to mention, he saw a lot of heads popping out in the distance like gophers.

If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid the number of round heads will quickly overwhelm this place.

"Too many, Bobo! Signal Diwara to retreat."

After the signal was launched, Yan Luo and his team escaped smoothly.

He had to be thankful for the original design of the mechanical lifeform... after all, its clumsy and bouncing way of moving did make its legs a bit short.

Therefore, his current situation is that he is dragging about 50 round-headed materials back, but he may not have a magical backpack like A2. The people who carry out the transportation work are simple artificial people whose functions have been reduced from combat to mining.

There is no need to worry that the intelligence of those mechanical life forms will follow their footsteps all the way to the vicinity of the base.

First of all, their intelligence level is obviously not that strong. Besides, the wind and sand blowing in the desert all year round will bury everything.

Turning to look behind him.

The surging desert was indeed collapsing rapidly, and all their traces were quickly covered...buried?

Sudden.

He instinctively felt something was wrong.

"grown ups!"

Divara and Popola beside him shouted.

Realizing that something was wrong, Yan Luo immediately did a quick jet maneuver to the side.

Then, a huge machine that looked like a centipede emerged from the ground and flew in the air. Black energy bodies fell from its body like bombs and hit Yan Luo and his group directly.

.....

"what is this?"

What Yan Luo actually wanted to say was that this was unscientific.

The centipede's legs should be the device that supports its flight, but judging from the mass alone, the "thin" jet equipment should not be enough to allow it to fly flexibly.

But considering the possibility of magic, this seems very reasonable...

"Sir, this is a mechanical life form, a model I've never seen before!"

Divala and Bopora quickly approached Yan Luo. When the centipede came out, they were unable to dodge in time for various reasons.

Fortunately, the mechanical life forms did not use underground raids as their main means of attack. After falling, they could use the soft sand as a cushion to regroup.

In comparison, many simple androids have lost their ability to move due to their crude structure and are unable to withstand the bombardment of newly emerging mechanical life forms.

Those who were overturned at the first moment were all killed, and the rest who were not seriously injured were not affected.

"Throw away all the round-headed materials and make all the machines turn the pipes. I didn't let them carry weapons just for show!"

"understand!"

After a brief command was issued, a network of fire from the Gatling guns shot into the air in an instant.

Chapter 16: Transfer? Transfer!

The interwoven fire network of Gatling guns suddenly filled the sky, and dazzling tongues of fire bloomed like fireworks.

Unfortunately, Yan Luo's previous advantage in firepower was of little use at this moment. The ammunition could not even leave a white mark on the unknown mechanical life form.

In just a moment, Yan Luo realized that the enemy's apparent strength this time was beyond his comprehension, and he couldn't even penetrate their defense with the existing firepower.

He needs a larger caliber of truth.

And it just so happens that the largest caliber truth known on the field is the machine gun in the left hand of his swordsman armor.

Looking at the 'centipede' with noble aerial attributes, he took a deep breath and gave the order decisively and calmly.

"Popolla, command the androids to perform evasive maneuvers! Divara, cover me!"

He turned the machine gun, and a larger kinetic energy shell was ejected with the roar of the explosives on his left hand, and then hit the red circle exposed on the surface of the mechanical life.

Is that its eye or its core?

Yan Luo was not too sure. After all, no enemy would be stupid enough to expose his weaknesses.

However, in the previous fire test, it has proved the strength of its shell. Before it can be confirmed that the machine gun can damage its body, the only thing it can do is to fire the weapon.

Apparently, the effect seemed to be unexpectedly good. Although it was only for a moment, Yan Luo could see that after the impact of the shell, the mechanical life form in the air obviously stopped for a moment.

Then he turned the machine gun at full speed without hesitation, and each shell hit the bull's eye formed by the red circle accurately.

The mechanical life form was obviously unable to bear the humiliation after a series of blows, and soon demonstrated to Yan Luo what it meant to break apart on the spot. The limbs that were flying in the air all shrank, and turned into huge balls in mid-air, which fell vertically and randomly to the ground.

"solved?"

Yan Luo couldn't believe it. The mechanical life forms scattered on the ground and did not take action immediately, which obviously gave him an illusion.

But the twins beside him quickly sounded the alarm.

"My lord! Their signal is still there!"

Following the Gemini's reminder, the red circle of the mechanical life form emitted a bright light. Only then did Yan Luo realize that it was not a single mechanical structure at all.

Instead, it is essentially a large monster composed of identical spherical machines.

Therefore, simply breaking up or destroying one of them does not mean the battle is over. On the contrary, the appearance of the aerial centipede is probably one of their combat modes.

Facts proved that Yan Luo's idea was not wrong. They rolled and rushed towards the crowd on the field, making the already scattered team even more chaotic.

What's even more terrifying is that the huge mass gap in itself can ruthlessly crush everyone, and they are accompanied by countless dense barrage-like black energy balls scattering in all directions.

Yan Luo had to admit that in terms of firepower, mechanical life forms were better at it.

Of course, if it's just a dense barrage of bullets, it's fine... The opponent is not only a master of superior firepower, but also...

"Are there any laser weapons?"

Looking at the huge beam of light ejected from the red circle of the sphere, Yan Luo immediately realized that he no longer had to worry about fighting during this period of time.

He was completely behind his opponent in terms of justice and truth, and even his defense was not as high as others!

The troops he had assembled with great difficulty these days were ruthlessly harvested for various reasons and were disappearing like snowflakes.

Thanks to the previous orders to evade and disperse, there were still seventeen or eighteen simple androids left. However, according to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before they are all wiped out.

So...it's time to run.

He decisively put away his mobile tomahawk, unloaded his machine gun and discarded the excess ammunition. After dodging a round of barrage, he used his inflexible limbs in his armor to pick up Divara and Popola beside him.

After carrying them on his shoulders, he quickly left the battlefield with an emergency ejection.

As for the idea of ​​counterattack, he didn't even consider it. He had fought so many battles and his confidence had grown so much, but he still had self-knowledge.

Yes! He does have the power to fight a 'God' alone when he puts on his armor, but... that's just a figure of speech!

The nameless man was left alone due to an accident. He killed countless cannon fodder comrades and seriously injured the opponent in exchange for the opportunity for a duel. He kept moving, dodging, sneaking and shooting in the building complex to get the fatal blow. He won because he had the right time, place and people.