Stellaris from the Automata Era

After all, speaking too directly will only make them see the actual weakness of the earth, and trade exchanges can make people see the technological level of both sides.

As I said before, humanoid...magic is good.

For the current Earth, the best option is to maintain its sense of mystery. Considering the experience of the Protoss, the Terran Empire is probably trying hard to think about what kind of face is behind the thin veil of the Earth.

The brief contact between the two sides just met Yan Luo's needs.

He wants to make others feel that he is very strong, but at the same time, he doesn't want them to feel threatened and take the initiative. This balance is somewhat difficult to control.

"We don't have the necessities that the other party needs, so cooperation should be impossible." Boppola saw this clearly first. After glancing at her sisters, she hugged Yan Luo's arm.

Yan Luo instantly felt the weight of the human form, in every sense...

"We humans still lack all the qualities of a nation or civilization."

Population, resources, culture, technology, and ideas are all indispensable for an interstellar civilization.

As a mechanical species, humanoids actually possess considerable potential. The first four aspects mentioned above have all met the standards or can be compensated and replaced, except...

"Your humanoid form is ultimately bound by me. If I hadn't existed, perhaps one day the humanoid form would have truly broken free from its shackles. You would have faced the void on your own instead of being dragged forward by me."

Divara immediately refuted this statement, saying seriously and solemnly, "Without you, humanoid forms are meaningless. We will eventually fall into endless internal friction with mechanical life forms.

History has long proven that the humanoids in Australia couldn't even fight back, they were just trying to survive."

"Okay, we are not here to discuss philosophy today." Seeing the serious look of the humanoid beside him, Yan Luo could only quickly end the topic.

In fact, he was not so pretentious as to destroy the human shrine built by the human form. He just wanted to express another possible direction for the human form.

As a current vested interest, his position has always been determined by his position.

Only the dispossessed and ambitious desire the destruction of order and institutions.

If he really wants to call for the liberation of the humanoids, he can only do so before he sits on the throne or before he dies of old age... the former represents ambition and the latter represents the future.

"The Terran Empire should organize a more formal diplomatic action." Yan Luo looked at the star map. He originally wanted to point to a location with his hand, but soon he found that his free hand was also held by someone.

After thinking about the difference in strength between humans and humanoids, he finally stopped struggling.

"Before their next visit, we must establish a more formal meeting place within the Koprulu Sector and allow more humanoids to reside in the Koprulu Sector."

In essence, this is just a land grabbing activity. The rich Koprulu has a large number of strategic resources that the Earth needs now.

He might need a larger territory to support future war preparations, and at the same time, it could be considered as creating depth in the universe. Even if there was a war in the future, the efficiency of mechanical life forms and humanoid production could allow others to feel the joy of the coming of winter.

"Speaking of which, do you think it's necessary for Earth to establish a monetary system now?"

This issue is really difficult to discuss because needs are relatively easy to meet and the earth has been implementing centralized resource allocation.

Therefore, the previous economic system is indeed a bit impractical in the current place. The main humanoids have huge energy needs, but their own reactors are too magical.

Even if we establish an economic system, we don’t know what the humanoids should consume.

What? You mean parts?

The humanoids who have survived the war between mechanical life forms and become the present day are all mechanical masters with extraordinary skills.

They could easily make these things by cutting some iron with their hands. Sometimes Yan Luo even suspected that even if their heads were knocked off, they could still borrow one from Round Head for emergency use. (Note)

"Actually, if you really want to build an economic system, why not start with agriculture?"

Chapter 217: Energy Coin!

“Agriculture?”

Speaking of this, Yan Luo recalled the days when they had meat for every meal, and the hydroponic tanks that had never been used in various bases.

Due to the lack of various seeds, his self-rescue systems have always been just a decoration, and he can't even eat a bite of food.

In fact, he hasn't been doing very well until now. At most, he adds a few apples to each meal to supplement vitamins.

These out-of-control servitors are seriously disqualified!

But in fact, we can’t blame the human form too much. After thousands of years, the earth’s ecological environment has long been unrecognizable.

Crops that once required careful cultivation by humans have long since degraded or died out as the Earth's version has changed. Now, even if Yan Luo wants to find crops like rice and wheat, he will probably only see primitive versions like foxtail grass. (Note)

Plus the craftsmanship of the figures is always more unique..

Therefore, even if he entered the interstellar age, his food might not be as good as that of the ancient people. (Compared to the ruling class)

"Does Earth have any suitable cash crops right now? And since you humans don't need to eat, you can't possibly form the cycles needed to start an economy."

"But we have a sense of taste, too." The twins sighed simultaneously, feeling that humans still didn't fully understand the human form. "And our reactors can also convert the food we eat into energy, though the efficiency isn't very high."

In fact, the team of YoRHa humanoids on Raynor's ship were already relying on eating to replenish their energy. The main reason they did this was to prevent the Terrans from feeling too frightened.

Also...the Rangers' food is pretty good, at least it tastes quite fulfilling.

The only problem is that this causes their food budget to skyrocket, but it should cost less than their munitions budget.

"Is the energy generated by food really enough for you?"

“So I have to eat more.”

Are the average humanoid a big eater? If this were to happen, the humanoids would become gluttons in every sense of the word. I'm afraid Yan Luo would soon see a 100% reduction in food consumption on his monthly report.

But if they really have such a great demand, it can indeed help a nascent currency develop.

This brings up another question: what currency will the Earth use for settlement?

"Sir, how long has it been since you paid attention to our scientific development?" The twins had to sigh again, and then Divara, with a slightly curly hair, reached out to open the holographic projection panel, and after swiping a few times, turned to a newly released research.

"Energy Stone?"

"This is a new type of energy fuel made from high-energy crystals."

To be precise, high-energy crystal was made into an energy storage device because of its good energy conducting effect. It itself is a by-product of the humanoid's research on high-energy crystal.

As long as a special conversion device is used, the humanoid can add the excess energy into the high-energy crystal to form this special stone.

What's even more amazing is that this stone can store a huge amount of energy, which is completely disproportionate to its palm-sized size. It can support the energy needs of a building complex for one month.

At the same time, this stone can be recycled like a battery, as long as the humanoid doesn't throw it into the magic reactor to generate electricity.

“Isn’t this an energy coin?”

"That's a fitting name." The twins didn't know what Yan Luo had in mind, but they thought it was apt. "Anyway, with it, we won't have to worry about the battleship's energy supply anymore."

Yes, the humanoid magic reactor is indeed powerful, but it does not generate energy out of thin air. Instead, it follows the mass conversion in a very scientific way and fails to break the law of conservation of energy.

But no matter what, existing warships must have a warehouse to store fuel. The more troublesome problem is that if any unexpected situation occurs, there may be an accident where there is not enough fuel to burn. At this time, if the warship wants to continue moving, the humanoid may consider jumping into the reactor himself.

But if it is exchanged for energy coins, the fleet's endurance will be greatly improved, and even supplies will be much more convenient. A fully loaded transport ship will be enough for a fleet for several months.

It is just like the Nanfu of the old times, but many times more powerful.

"But our current production isn't very large. The amount of these energy stones...coins produced each month can be counted on one hand."

Divara opened her hands and used her slender fingers to show Yan Luo the actual output of this thing.

However, because her hand was too close to Yan Luo's face, Yan Luo was dazed for a moment and then opened his mouth and bit it.

Of course he didn't use much force, so the muscles in Divara's hands were not damaged. It seemed that Yan Luo just wanted to suck twice.

"grown ups!"

"Ahem, it seems your infrastructure construction has been a bit intense recently." After coughing twice, Yan Luo immediately let go of Divara's finger and began to change the subject.

Recently, the external construction of humanoids has been on the rise. With the discovery of various galaxies, construction has to start in several locations at the same time, which has created a huge demand for energy itself.

The low output is understandable, after all, energy coins are derivatives of abundant production capacity.

More importantly, there may be market demand for energy beyond just the Earth.

So he continued, "Maybe I don't even need to consider Earth's domestic demand to establish a so-called monetary system. This kind of thing is enough to destroy the Terran economy."

In fact, energy may be a necessity for the future of civilization. The experience of the old times of the earth tells us that a country on the other side of the ocean may even launch wars for this.

The purpose was to firmly bind oil to its own economic system. From that time on, the prototype of "energy currency" began to appear.

It’s just that after nearly ten thousand years, humans perfected this system.

Similarly, although the Terrans in the neighboring Koprulu sector use the energy of the "sun" to light their lights, they probably have not seen a more efficient and conveniently transportable physical energy source.

Yan Luo could even imagine that almost every Terran colonized planet would need to establish certain power supply facilities to maintain their people's livelihood system.

"Now that we have something we can trade for, the question is how we can get what we want."

Yan Luo suddenly began to look forward to the next diplomatic interaction with the Terran Empire.

Note: It is said that foxtail grass is the ancestor of millet, an edible crop cultivated by our ancestors after countless domestications and careful selections. Anyway... I don’t understand this very well and don’t know if it is true.

Chapter 218: Prelude to Conquest? Not necessarily!

Korhal, the capital of the Terran Empire.

Compared to Yan Luo's stress-free anticipation for the next diplomatic meeting, the Terrans were much more serious.

Even though Mengsk was a tyrant, he still gathered a series of experts in language, society, psychology, etc. to conduct careful analysis.

In fact, he is wary of the existence of the Earth, but he will not immediately become hostile, even though the other party seems to have a close relationship with his enemy Renault.

If everything needs to be solved by force, I am afraid that he, the head of the empire, will be destroyed by force sooner or later.

Arriving in the spacious conference room, the experts he had gathered to understand Earth, the new force that had emerged in Koprulu, were now having a noisy discussion.

But all their sounds stopped with the arrival of the leader's footsteps, and the scene fell into silence in an instant.

Mengsk naturally knew why these people suddenly stopped their discussion, but his personality was not that of a people-friendly emperor.

In the current situation where warlords are everywhere in Terran, only his madness, kindness, power and cruelty are the most powerful weapons to prevent others from coveting his family's throne.

It is also a guarantee of the loyalty of others.

So after making sure that there would be no more noise, the leader slowly spoke.

"I've given you ample time. I hope you can give me a preliminary conclusion."

What preliminary conclusion? Of course, it's the current topic, the Earth Federation.

After this visit, it took less than ten hours for the Terran Empire to bring back the language text from Yan Luo.

Excluding the summons to various scholars, even the centralized and efficient Terran Empire only had three hours left for this group of scholars to conduct research.

It seems that the time given by the Führer is not as generous as he said, and he also does not seem to have that much patience.

But even so, the scholars did not dare to say anything to refute. After all, no one wanted to be suddenly judged to be crazy. There was only a can of purple gas on the desk.

So after everyone exchanged glances for a while, a leader who looked the most prestigious finally stood up tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, we may need more information about the Earth Federation's language..."

Before he could finish his words, Mengsk interrupted him forcefully: "Of course I know that language translation takes time, but you know that's not what I want to ask."

Even though Earth thoughtfully prepared a complete set of sound and text comparison tables for the Terran Empire, it is impossible to draw such casual conclusions about the writing of a race.

Taking into account the various customs and habits of both sides, many abstract and non-physical words must be understood in depth before they can be used in the translator. Otherwise, it is easy for your passionate speech to be heard as curses in their ears.

Knowing what the leader actually wanted to ask, the leader could only answer with a bitter face.

"We have initially concluded that the Earth Federation is an alliance system composed of two major ethnic groups. Of course, whether to use the word 'ethnic group' is still under discussion."

The so-called major ethnic groups are just a broader division, and more detailed distinctions can be made according to actual conditions, just like there are Kemorians and Umojans within the Terrans.

However, these can actually be clearly seen in the video footage brought back by Major Morse and other passionate young people. Anyone with normal hearing would not confuse the words "humanoid" and "mechanical life" when introducing themselves.

The leader knew that if he didn't come up with something concrete, he would soon face the wrath of the Terran version of the Führer, and by then he would no longer be feeding Stalin but the Zerg.

"Your Majesty, we speculate that the Earth Federation should have a third different force."

"Oh? What's your basis?"

"Battleship style."

The leader pulled out a screen, on which four warships appeared one after another, including a humanoid battlecruiser that could rival the Terran Yamato, as well as strange warships, frigates and destroyers that were made of mechanical life forms with various round heads piled up on them.

And finally, the mysterious Starlight-class battleship.

"To be honest, this style simply doesn't belong to the same culture. These four ships look like the fusion of three different civilizations. There's absolutely no similarity or continuity."