Stellaris from the Automata Era

Technology itself has its own heritage and cultural characteristics, just like the Terran Empire. Their warships, regardless of size, have their own culturally specific aesthetic beauty.

On Earth, there are three main styles. Let's not talk about the mechanical lifeforms, which are so bizarre that anyone who sees them will be like, "Wow, this thing moves?"

The copied humanoid battlecruiser alone is distinguished from the other two directly because it follows the technological path and is more in line with the Terran aesthetic.

As for the last Starlight-class battleship, it relied on its magic armor to make its skin shiny black in the universe, with blue light patterns setting off its exterior.

To be honest, no one would put them together in one civilization. The difference in style before and after is so huge that it is beyond anyone's imagination.

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that these should be three civilizations that could travel in the stars, a country that was formed by the merger of various coincidences.

"Our most reasonable guess is that the strange nations were merged through force or other means. At least from the surface, they haven't yet gone through the stage of assimilation and integration."

Please forgive the leader's lack of words to describe it. After all, the time is still too short. He is now completely "imagining time" and relying on the most logical situation in his imagination to explain to their leader.

"Whether they mentioned the Emperor or the Ruler, these are words that carry the connotation of power. I actually prefer the concept of conquest by force."

To some extent, the leader has tried his best, but it is very difficult to make the logic self-consistent.

"Does this mean that Earth might also conquer us next?"

It was as if he had finally heard some key words, and scenes of blood and fire began to emerge in Mengsk's indifferent tone.

This almost made the leader, who had been calming down, start to tremble unconsciously again.

But now he had to use all his strength to calm the head of state's doubts so that he could answer the questions.

“Not sure, but I personally think it’s unlikely.”

"?"

Mengsk frowned in confusion at this inconsistent answer.

"I need the basis for your speculation. You should know that I'm not here to listen to your speculation."

Chapter 219: Let’s organize another diplomatic

"Your Majesty, if you conquer the Protoss, how will you assimilate this race?"

There is perhaps no better metaphor for a leader.

"I won't assimilate the Protoss. Their habits are completely different from ours. Instead of wasting time like this, it's better to just..."

Directly what? Of course, directly exterminate them.

From the perspective of the Terran Empire, it is actually difficult for them to imagine that two civilizations with such huge differences in character, culture, appearance, and lifestyle can integrate with each other.

Not to mention that after conquering a foreign ethnic group, they have to be brought under their own rule. This requires ideological transformation, structural adjustments to people's livelihood construction, and bridging of gaps between different ethnic groups.

These are all huge troubles. Moreover, there is aesthetic and reproductive isolation between the two sides, and the basis for assimilation does not exist at all.

Of course, as the head of the empire, he knew that the scholar leader in front of him was only proposing a possible fantasy, and he would not be so stubborn as to block the answer.

Therefore, when the other party was trembling and preparing to reorganize his words, he began to make his own additions.

"It's like asking me to assimilate into the Protoss. I really can't think of anything worse than this. I'm afraid I won't know what to do for a long time."

The leader finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Although the leader's reply was different from what he had imagined, fortunately, the topic could be continued.

"In fact, it is difficult for me to imagine the process of civilization integration, but no matter what, they are definitely taking this step." The leader opened the tablet and the projection again.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if you have noticed the prefixes "humanoid" and "mechanical lifeform" used by the Earth Federation when introducing itself."

The picture froze on a battleship of a mechanical life form. As the leader enlarged the image step by step, the high-definition code was added, and then the round heads on it became clearly visible.

Correspondingly, there are some round heads launched into the universe as space probes.

The leader circles them all with his hands.

"According to their literal meaning, these should be so-called mechanical life forms. This should be a race of strong artificial intelligence, truly intelligent inorganic beings."

Although the Terrans also have artificial intelligence and have invented something like the 'Adjutant' that can effectively assist commanders in battlefield command, it does not fall into the category of strong artificial intelligence in a broad sense.

Even because their originating mother planet Terra has a very taboo attitude towards artificial intelligence, the Terrans who split from it naturally follow the tradition and hold a cautious attitude towards the research of artificial intelligence.

After all, this is something that even their powerful mother tribe doesn't dare to study casually, so why should the "weak" Terrans bother to wade into this muddy water?

The Terrans' rare self-awareness is fully demonstrated in their approach to artificial intelligence.

"The Earth Federation is likely a highly mechanized civilization. Perhaps they have already implemented our previous scientific conception of mechanical ascension." (Note)

The leader called up another set of images, but this time they were not of mechanical life, but of the YoRHa humanoids on Raynor's ship.

As mentioned before, it is impossible for Mengsk to let his son take away his military forces without any preparation. There must be many traitors in his half of the fleet.

Naturally, the situation regarding YoRHa will also be passed on to Mengsk, including the mechanical structure exposed by the accidental death of YoRHa members.

"If I were to make a distinction, I'd always thought these self-proclaimed humanoid... warriors were actually mechanical lifeforms. However, they seem to have a detailed internal distinction. Based on their self-introductions, humanoids and mechanical lifeforms are definitely two different life forms and races."

The leader paused, then added, "At least they must be fundamentally different. Otherwise, two similar-looking mechanical races wouldn't be distinguished."

"As for why I'm so sure the Earth Federation is in the process of assimilation, it's because... the mechanical lifeform that had our diplomatic meeting this time looked exactly like a humanoid, which just happens to prove they're in the process of assimilation."

It did sound quite logical, and even Mengsk had to nod in agreement.

But I still want to take back what I said before.

"How much does this have to do with them not coming to conquer us?"

"Your Majesty, conquering and assimilating a race is a long process. It would take us, the Terrans, at least three generations to complete it, and mechanical life would take even longer.

They have already completed the preliminary translation of our language text, which shows that they understand our society and structure. Even if they didn't know it before, the Ranger bandit Raynor must have betrayed our intelligence, otherwise he would not have received assistance from Earth.

You are also familiar with our Empire's previous situation: the Zerg, the Protoss, and the Tyranids within. If we want to conquer the Tyranids, the best time is before you repel the Zerg and the Empire emerges from its predicament."

No, for the empire that had just emerged from the war and was weakened, this moment was the real opportunity.

Of course, Mengsk would not tell this to everyone present. He had to let everyone maintain the impression that the empire was powerful.

Similarly, only some insiders know about the Empire's current weakness, but overall almost everyone believes that the most difficult period for the Terran Empire after repelling the Zerg and launching a counterattack has passed.

After all, no one could predict that the Tyranids would be weaker after repelling the Zerg than before, because no one could have anticipated the chain reaction that would occur.

Therefore, even Mengsk began to agree with the leader's statement.

Since Koprulu's Earth had already entered the game but did not launch its full-scale conquest before this, it was obviously hindered by various reasons. They should not have the energy to expand outward...

"Thank you for your contribution to the Empire. I will make good use of your analysis report." Mengsk nodded.

Of course, Mengsk would not relax his vigilance against the Earth because of the scholars' inferences.

In fact, he will send more fleets after this to continue to pay close attention to the earth.

Because his character will never over-rely on or trust anything, only what he sees with his own eyes and analyzes himself is the basis for his judgment.

What scholars say is always just a supplementary explanation. You can believe it but not trust it completely.

"Tell everyone to complete the language proofreading as soon as possible. We must really understand these new neighbors."

Chapter 220: Humanoid form dissolves easily in water

While the neighboring Terran Empire is making various intensive preparations.

Yan Luo, who was far away on Earth, just wanted to take a day off because he was too tired recently.

It is undeniable that Gemini, as a former management-type humanoid, has been of great help to Yan Luo.

Without their assistance, the Earth would be at least half paralyzed. After all, humanoids are really capable of doing things, but at the same time, Yan Luo's limitations as a human being prevent him from seeing all aspects.

Just like now, they can always come up with some strange scientific research from places that Yan Luo can't see.

Now Yan Luo basically relies on them to get into his daily work life during the day.

And at night, they also rely on them to enter daily life...

Of course, Yan Luo is not the kind of person who is obsessed with trivial matters, and he is not vague at all when it comes to handling and expressing his opinions.

But there are always some things that will exceed the upper limit of the universe's safety threshold. For the sake of the safety of the universe, please allow the use of some Spring and Autumn writing style. Anyway, some immortal sps will understand.

As for Gemini, they think that proper rest can make work more efficient, so they agree.

After all, Yan Luo is now one of those people who sit in meditation for a long time. He can’t count the time he spends outdoors and sunbathing every month on his fingers. He can be called a otaku in the interstellar age.

"So there are really fish in this sea?" Yan Luo expressed his doubts while sitting in the sea near the palace with a fishing rod in his hand.

Although he is the master of the entire earth, not all creatures on earth will give him face.

During his rare holiday, he wanted to go fishing for a while, but the bucket next to him was still empty after three hours.

This forced him to have a soul-searching.

"Sir, you are aware that the Earth's environment has changed drastically. The fish have...died out."

“???” Yan Luo’s expression began to become a little complicated. Although the Earth had experienced an era of genocide due to magic elements, fish were not yet extinct.

Before he completely dominated the humanoids, when the mechanical life forms were still fighting against the humanoids, the twins reported that there were many fish species near their resistance camp.

Even if his memory was not good, it was impossible for him to forget these things! Moreover, in order to expand Yan Luo's diet, he also had a lot of seafood in his three meals a day.

When did the thing I eat every day die out? Orally?

"Forget it. If they can't be caught, then they can't be caught. There's no need to say they're all dead." However, considering that the person he was talking to was a humanoid, Yan Luo felt it necessary to add a few words, otherwise after today they might manually exterminate the fish. "But A2, you've also learned bad habits."

"Is...is that so?" a2 didn't know how to answer for a moment.

As human assistants, it is now almost difficult for the Geminis to leave their positions. After all, without their supervision, the world will easily fall into chaos.

Therefore, the responsibility of accompanying humans for a walk finally fell on A2. After all, apart from the humanoids who held part-time positions, only these human soldiers had relatively free time.

So with a few YoRHa dolls, A2's simple guard team was put together.

In fact, when Yan Luo was sitting on the beach doing deep-sea fishing, his expression had gradually changed from leisurely to ferocious, especially after his latest achievement was to catch a worn-out auxiliary machine that had been destroyed at some unknown time.

The humanoids could already sense an ominous atmosphere surrounding them.

Of course they knew where the problem lay. After studying human society for so long, they still knew what "air force" meant.

Although they really wanted to go into the sea and catch fish themselves and put them on Yan Luo's hook, the awkward problem was that although the human figure was good, the weight...

In short, their body density exceeds the buoyancy of water, and each of them is like a certain assassin master who starts with "A", easily soluble in water. (Note)

And just now, a fool risked his life to try it. Now the auxiliary machine is still in the process of rescuing people. I don’t know if she needs to change to a new body.

"You weren't like this before."

In the past, A2 was a soft and weak bottom.

Yan Luo may have underestimated the growth ability of the humanoid. He had no idea that A2 had a period of time when he had a soft and weak personality.

When I first met A2, she was a quiet, cold and domineering lady.

I never thought of making up a 'lie' on the spot just to please him.

Although this is indeed quite beneficial to Yan Luo's male psychology, but once it happens too many times, he always feels something is wrong.

How come their tricks of coaxing people are just like taking care of children?

"Maybe I've grown up?" a2 murmured, not knowing how to respond, and could only utter these words in the end.

"Maybe. I'll try again. If I don't hit it this time, I'll go inspect the surrounding humanoid transformation factories and treat it as a benefit for them."

Yan Luo no longer feels much psychological pressure about treating himself as a welfare benefit.

Anyway, he has seen through the faces of these humanoids over the years.

"Come to think of it, a vacation really isn't right for me. Everyone... eh? They've taken the bait?" Yan Luo, about to say something, looked puzzled when he felt his fishing rod vibrate violently. "This level of struggle is definitely a big fish! This definitely isn't some weird auxiliary machine or something like that! A2, come help me!"

Judging from the feeling of weight, Yan Luo seriously felt that he might not be able to pull that thing out of the sea. It was too heavy.

After all, it was his first joy of harvest today, so Yan Luo decided to quickly ask a2 to be his external aid to help him finish the shot.

The humanoid form itself has an absolute advantage over humans in terms of strength. Yan Luo would never waste his own energy foolishly.

Then... they worked together to pull a humanoid figure out of the sea. To be more precise, an auxiliary machine pulled the humanoid figure out with one hand and the fishhook with the other...

"Haha...Master saved me..."

"So the idiot who just fell into the water is 64b..."

This batch of dolls is a bit difficult to carry, I can't even put a fish in it properly..