Stellaris from the Automata Era

"I understand. Anyway, just ignore them for now."

"Of course not. I even think there aren't enough people there." Yan Luo said jokingly.

Perhaps a population base of 500,000 is enough for the population needs of a small city, but what Yan Luo really needs is the alternative technology tree and industrial tree brought by the Terrans.

These things are simply not enough to be replicated by the existing 500,000 engineers.

In fact, the only technologies that the Terrans can bring to Earth now are civilian or light weapons such as SCVs, Gauss rifles, and power armor.

Their more advanced technology will probably be revealed when a refugee ship is lucky enough to bring a group of scientists or senior engineers like Swan.

Note: "Listen! The trees are talking!" This is the epitaph of an American soldier. These were his last words as he pointed at Vietnamese soldiers disguised as trees in the forest. (Just to let you know the source of the meme, I made it up.)

Chapter 201: Precious Written Files on the Early Taming of Terrans by Humanoids

"I heard that the adults seem to agree with our way of doing things."

A few days later, in the Koprulu Sector colony, such a rumor was spread among the humanoids who were digging for crystals. As for the original source of this information, it is impossible to verify it, and it is not ruled out that it was committed by someone inside the palace.

But no matter what, this gave this group of unconventional humanoids some peace of mind.

Since their cheating has been admitted, then all their efforts are not in vain.

As long as there is no unexpected incident that leads to the collapse of the entire colony, the adult far away on Earth will probably come here to give a 5-hour speech.

"I heard it was true. My brothers and sisters from the neighboring area are already planning to follow this trend."

"Uh? Following the trend?" This statement was obviously too rough, leaving most of the dolls who were chatting confused.

"I mean, they're already planning to come to the Koprulu Sector to find a population to fill their colony."

This explanation instantly alerted everyone present, causing others to unconsciously stop packing the crystal ore.

What was happening in the Koprulu sector? In the old days, it would have been just the last ten minutes of the news broadcast, a scene of intense suffering.

At least based on their understanding of the Terrans, there are definitely still a lot of refugee ships wandering around the map.

And this phenomenon will become more serious as the Zerg continues its attack on their empire.

In this situation, if you want to follow the trend, you can really make a lot of money, after all, there are so many wandering Terrans.

Of course, the number of Terrans isn't the key! The key is if they really do this and surpass us, who will be the one to give the human speech?

Almost instantly, all the people present had question marks in their minds.

However, some smart humanoids found the blind spot.

"Wait, how are they going to find those wandering Terrans?"

Or in other words, even if they found it, how could they convince the Terrans to join the colony?

The universe is so cold and dark. Does anyone really believe that a strange race would show kindness for no reason?

"I heard they convinced the military that they were going out in a battle cruiser."

"???"

This, this, this... It is well known that battlecruisers can indeed greatly increase the success rate of persuasion. Facing the cold muzzle of the artillery, the unarmed Terran refugees can only shed tears of emotion and have a beautiful yearning for a new life.

But there is still a problem..

"How did they convince the military? Can such a critical weapon be deployed so casually?"

"I heard that the adults still think there are too few Terrans."

Very good, the logic is very sound, no one can say anything to refute it.

Now all the humanoids began to think about whether they could also borrow a battlecruiser to go out to sea and bring the suffering Terrans to their warm home.

But this idea was quickly poured cold water on.

"Don't even think about it. Others have already received the news and are acting much faster than us. We only have six or seven battlecruisers in total, and all of them are currently deployed."

In an instant, everyone present fell silent.

I don't know which humanoid threw the box full of crystal ore to the ground and stood up.

"Looks like we're left to fend for ourselves."

"So what can you do?"

"The Terrans here still have their original radio station. They should know the exact location of the Wanderer," the figure explained his plan. "First, we need to get this thing."

"And send them a broadcast?"

"What kind of broadcast are you sending? Aren't you afraid of attracting some weird stuff?" the figure said in denial. "We have to show our sincerity in person. Anyway, just watch me."

He waved his hands, quickly returned to his temporary residence on the planet, and took out a can of green gas from his collection.

This is another specialty of the Koprulu Sector, something called high-energy gas.

Compared to high-energy crystals, it might be the real efficient energy source. At least this one can is enough to overload a humanoid's energy in a short period of time.

If their magic reactors were not so strong, there would probably be the first humanoid to die from overeating and return to the network.

After getting the can of gas, the humanoid immediately headed for the transport plane and headed towards deep space.

As for whether this transport plane is here to transport crystal ore...it doesn't matter. Everything is urgent. It's normal for a transport plane to return to Earth late.

Besides, working as a doll is like experiencing life.

With autonomous robots, they don’t have to do many things themselves.

These people who came out to build the colony originally had nothing to do. After a few days, when the production capacity is increased and the supporting facilities are sent here, there will be no place for the humanoids to mine.

In short, the humanoid soon encountered a frigate of a mechanical life form in the universe.

As a part-time pilot, he had actually encountered this frigate several times on his way back to Earth.

Because they were both awakened machines, they had several brief exchanges during the boring voyage. As the number of deliveries back to Earth increased, a strange friendship was established.

"Are you going to Earth so soon this time?" The moment information communication was established, a huge sphere occupied the display screen of the transport plane.

According to the humanoids' understanding, the name of this mechanical life form is Ma Zi, and it is said to be their first frigate.

Of course, the main purpose of this trip is not to recall how they met, nor is it to chat.

Therefore, the humanoid quickly responded.

"I came to you specifically for something this time. Let's not rush into it. Do you want to eat energy? I have a very strong one here."

Because humanoids and machine life no longer have the usual hostile attitude, the two sides can get along with each other as they do now.

I don’t know if high-energy gas has any other additional functions. After the human-shaped transaction was completed, I could clearly see the spherical avatar in front of the screen shaking for a while.

After a long while, he burped and his voice became dizzy.

"Great! I've never been full before. Good brother! Just tell me! Is there anything you need me to do?"

Taking money from others to help them eliminate disasters is a principle that even mechanical life forms understand.

"I heard you can command the nearby round heads?"

"We awakened machines are naturally suppressed, especially those in my system. I may not be able to command an entire legion, but I can still command a few frigates."

"That's great!"

So a few days later, another Hercules landed in the wormhole galaxy. This time, the Terrans were very grand, because there were quite a few guards accompanying them.

Chapter 202: Stopping War as Martial Arts and Stopping War as Dance.

When the ragged Terrans walked down from the boat, they seemed to be trembling.

To use the words of Earth, what they are feeling now is probably like dreaming back to the Age of Exploration, when merchants who had just approached the European continent were directly robbed by pirates.

Originally, the pirates just wanted to move the cargo and didn't want to hurt anyone, but the problem was that they discovered that everyone on the ship, including the crew and the captain, were brothers who were suffering from starvation on the African continent.

Feeling that it was too difficult for them to make a living at sea, they packed them up and shipped them to the cotton plantation on the other side of the ocean, where they lived a life of ease and passion from then on.

Anyway, they didn't think that these warships, which were obviously not from any clan in the Koprulu sector, were invitations to their homes.

I'm afraid that in this cold universe, their best choice is to become slaves, which is also their current expectation. As long as they don't have the habit of cannibalism like the Zerg (wrong), they can end up in any situation.

In fact, there were already some Terrans who had obviously worked as laborers for the Emperor. They stretched out their experienced hands, waiting for the shackles of unknown type to be put on them.

Then everything that happened next began to confuse them.

Although they had anticipated many situations deep in their hearts, what was the situation now?

The Terrans who got off the boat did not see armed guards driving them to an unknown mine, nor did they see alien creatures from science fiction movies and TV shows wearing white napkins and holding knives and forks waiting for them to come to the table.

On the contrary, the first thing that came into view was a city, and in front of them was a road leading directly into the city. On both sides of the road were various signs and slogans, all of which were filled with unknown block characters.

Of course, considering that these Terrans are all illiterate aliens, a Thai translation was carefully written below the text.

The general meaning is some reminder like welcome home, two-legged (crossed out) brother and please go forward.

Then, when a group of people nervously and helplessly take two tentative steps forward, there will be firecracker-like sounds and fireworks on both sides, which can scare a nervous person to jump on the spot.

In short, after they followed the clues and entered the city, this terrifying journey in every sense came to an end.

Thanks to the advance reminder from the humanoid, when this large group of people appeared, Chief Terran was able to deal with them without being in a panic.

After everyone was properly settled, the newly settled people immediately began to look for the city's livelihood buildings, bars...

All we can say is that their restless souls really need some calming "medicine". At the same time, the Terrans' yearning for a better life also made them decide that the first batch of facilities to be activated would be entertainment-oriented.

After all, they were also loaded with the human template, and the natural burden (no typo) hidden deep in their genes would at least increase food consumption by 20%.

Only because the Koprulu sector has the support of the God of Life, Xel'Naga, can they have such fertile land to squander.

If this happened in other star regions, every race would be drooling with envy. At least Yan Luo has not seen many places suitable for life in his exploration of the star regions near the earth and in the outer regions.

Anyway, after the alcohol calmed them down, the new Terrans finally integrated into the group and assimilated quite quickly.

They will even spontaneously organize reception work to welcome and provide psychological counseling to newcomers who are subsequently escorted (hijacked) by pirates... I mean, the round-headed frigates.

This phenomenon did not stop until it happened several times.

The reason was that Yan Luo, who was far away on Earth, urgently called a halt to the hijacking.

"So what's the deal with man-eating machines approaching the Koprulu Sector? What's the deal with hundreds of millions of people missing? Are you taking in all that?"

Thanks to his new friend Renault, who had just obtained a divine weapon, he was about to meet up with the people from the Moebius Foundation, but after paying attention to the situation in the empire.

The strong sense of déjà vu made him decide to call Yan Luo. It was only at this time that Yan Luo reacted.

The frequent kidnappings of the Terrans finally attracted the attention of their empire.

Although the empire's top leaders did not care much about the loss of this small population, it did not prevent them from making a big fuss about the incident and mobilizing their own propaganda machines.

After all, thanks to a certain ranger, a royal scandal broke out in the Terran Empire not long ago, and the heat has not yet completely subsided.

Even due to the various Zerg attacks on the border and the Empire's order to use force against refugees, the scandal has become more and more serious due to various factors, and it has reached the point where it cannot be stopped even by checking the water meter.

In this situation, the Earth's sneaky movements in the Koprulu sector were directly captured by those with ulterior motives and became the focus of public opinion.

I'm afraid the Imperial Security Agency is now extremely grateful for Earth's actions.

If it weren't for the Earth, their Emperor Mengsk would still be being harassed by the reporters present during his speeches. It's really not easy for them to make a living.

"I'm not sure about the first part, and the rest... the combined population of the colonies didn't exceed 1.5 million, so I'm still not sure."

In fact, the twins began to suspect that the humanoids in various places were hiding something.

Of course, this is not their fault. The disappearance of millions of people is too insignificant compared to the number of people who died at the hands of the Emperor of the Empire and the Queen of Blades.

After careful consideration, the Empire's public opinion guidance team decided to act like the Creator and create humans out of thin air, adding a few zeros to this number, otherwise the attention would definitely not be enough.

In order to ensure the authenticity, they even rushed to make a list of the victims overnight, and the names in it are...

It's like a border conflict between two countries in the old days. There were no casualties, but one side fabricated a list of names. I don't know which undead mage performed the resurrection magic. (This paragraph has been revised for various reasons)

In short, after this operation, Yan Luo's Earth has won a lot of favor from the top management of Terran.

But goodwill is goodwill, and the original purpose cannot be forgotten. Mengsk of the Terran Empire has clearly stated in a new round of speeches that he will retaliate immediately after withdrawing from the war with the Zerg to comfort the souls of the victims.

This is also true. They have not yet had any formal contact with the Earth and are not very clear about the Earth's military strength.

Everything will be decided after they have enough time to test the waters.