Stellaris from the Automata Era

Chapter 243: Will the whole human race be destroyed by the twins?

The interrogation of '11b' soon ceased.

Well...it's not quite right to call it an interrogation. It's more like an inquiry into intelligence.

However, the person opposite him probably had decades of experience on Earth. It was obviously impossible for Yan Luo to dig out everything she knew in just a few hours.

In addition, her words were so energetic and contained so much information that even Yan Luo had to calm down and think carefully.

However, considering the various values ​​of '11b' itself, Yan Luo still asked her to store various data and information orally, as he was unable to crack her encrypted memory.

As for the subsequent analysis issues...let's leave it to more professional people.

However, Yan Luo soon discovered that the personal information revealed by '11b' had to be encrypted again.

"My lord, she is talking nonsense!"

Waving the paper documents in her hand, a fan-shaped expression of anger, confusion and relief flashed across Bobola's face.

Because every humanoid is a mechanical unit that can acquire data through the Internet, the method of simply using servers to store top-secret information is no longer safe.

Therefore, for the preservation of important information, ancient paper was chosen.

However, this method of confidentiality only applies to most ordinary humanoids. The Geminis who can enter the core layer can browse these materials at will.

However, the information leaked was enough to shock them.

"Aliens possess human DNA, are human creations, and are even considered the legitimate heirs of humanity? Why would someone make such an outrageous statement?"

As we all know, for thousands of years, humanoids on Earth have regarded aliens and the mechanical life they created as their greatest enemies.

In order to take back the Earth, the home of mankind, from them, the humanoids have spent countless generations of effort, and even exhausted all manpower at one point, turning the subsequent humanoids into essentially artificial androids.

If it were so easy for them to accept, all the sufferings that the Earth had experienced would be nothing more than a civil war between families fighting for inheritance.

This is not only as ridiculous as Italy, which has no inland sea, claiming to be Roman orthodoxy, but it also tramples on the beliefs that humans once held.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the Gemini, who are almost the oldest.

"Sir! Please say something!" Perhaps because she understood who was the real boss, after making some complaining remarks, Boppola quickly turned her face to Yan Luo.

This made Yan Luo a little at a loss. He didn't quite understand what Boppola wanted him to say.

So after a moment of silence, he spoke tentatively.

"How about...take a look at the test results first?"

In fact, Yan Luo didn't care much about such trivial matters. The aliens who once "invaded" the earth had long been destroyed by the mechanical life they created.

All that remains of them in this world are a few dried corpses, and even after so long, it is not known whether their DNA can be analyzed.

Therefore, Yan Luo's attitude towards this matter is to not care and think that the past is the past.

But...what really made him feel strange was that everything '11b' described seemed to have been made public by 'himself'.

And it was a message released before 'I' rushed out of the planet in order to mediate the conflict between humanoids and machine life forms.

This almost made Yan Luo feel that a person who called himself "Yan Luo" had also traveled to Earth and embarked on a life that was completely different from his own.

"Parallel world.."

Yan Luo was sure that he knew nothing about the Earth's past.

That '11b' can even be traced back to the origin of the White Tower. It is conceivable that 'I' am like an omniscient plug-in.

If he had not arrogantly rejected the system's help, he would probably know a lot of things now.

"Sir!" As if she was not satisfied with Yan Luo's previous attempt, Boppola raised her voice slightly.

If I had to describe it, she looked like a cat with its fur standing on end. Yan Luo almost thought that she was going to pounce on him and scratch him in a second.

However, she quickly calmed down, her voice becoming deeper. "So, is this information true or false?"

"It's hard to tell. 11b's story covers all the major events from the 21st century to the present. Given her personality, I find it hard to believe she could remember so much. Regarding its authenticity..."

Yan Luo wanted to continue speaking, but soon he discovered that Diwala had also arrived at the scene, and there seemed to be some expectation on her face.

After a moment of hesitation, Yan Luo reacted instantly.

The Gemini models were the main reason for the failure of humanity's self-rescue plan, because their loss of control forced the humanoids to say goodbye to humans in a true sense.

We can only erect a tombstone on the moon to commemorate their past glory.

But if the truth is as '11b' said, then the Gemini models were not the real culprits of human extinction in the ancient past. They were even the embers trying to get everything back on track.

They were burdened with guilt that did not belong to them.

Therefore, Yan Luo quickly understood the reason for Bobo La's fan-shaped expression when she just came in.

She hopes that everything is true and that everything is false.

"The authenticity is quite high. '11b' has been connected to my psychic network. I can tell that she is not lying."

"Understood, my lord."

Boppola quickly regained her previous composure. In fact, the tone of this matter had already been set by Yan Luo.

It can be said that no matter what the real truth is, the result has been determined by Yan Luo.

This can be considered as the compensation that Yan Luo has given them as a human being for thousands of years. Although it is better than nothing and cannot undo the tragedy of the past, it can be said to be a spiritual comfort unique to the Gemini model.

"Then, sir, let's get back to business." Seeing that everything was almost done, Divara stepped forward from behind Popola. "The appearance of 11b has indeed brought us an unexpected surprise."

"Although the cuboid she was riding in has been reduced to ruins, it contains a lot of advanced technology that we can decipher. She herself is also a treasure, and our humanoid bodies have the potential to be further developed.

It's just that due to limited technology, we are unable to crack it for the time being. Even if we use brute force, we may not be able to decompose it because the generation gap is too serious.

Fortunately, researchers speculate that this is probably a gap in materials, and perhaps we should conduct further exploration of the universe."

"Strategic resources? So, Divala, what do you propose?"

"According to the star map inside the cuboid '11b' that was accidentally left intact, a civilization called the Single-Push Cat-like group exists in a galaxy very close to us, led by... an artificial intelligence named Red."

Chapter 244: Open Door to Free Trade

"Single-push cat-type? What kind of weird name is that?"

Is there a cat in the universe now? Will there be another Hermès next time?

Although Yan Luo wanted to turn the doubts in his heart into endless complaints, considering that the world is so big, all kinds of strange things can happen.

In addition, the two sides have different civilizations and languages, so there may be some kind of translation failure.

Moreover, we are so far apart and have different genes, so maybe the cats we are talking about are not even the same breed.

Is it possible that "cat" refers to a human race, and "single push" refers to their single racial structure, but the Chinese translation team in the parallel universe was naughty and translated it wrong.

If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem inappropriate to call them a certain main regime.

Compared to these minor details, Yan Luo was more puzzled by Diwara's mention of other civilizations.

"Let's not talk about that for now. That civilization should be quite far away from us, right? Do you have any ideas?"

"That is the civilization system closest to us. If the star map of 11b is correct, I saw a specially marked word in it." Divara pondered for a moment. Of course, she was not recalling but thinking.

For a humanoid, it shouldn't be so embarrassing that it needs to use a lot of CPU to recall things it has seen in a short period of time.

Therefore, Diwali should be trying to organize the language better.

"I saw a symbol called Living Metal on the star map. I'm not sure what it is, but it must be very important to be engraved so solemnly on the star map."

That's a strategic resource.

Just by hearing the name, Yan Luo could tell what this thing was.

Strategic resources are rare and difficult to find substances in the universe. Compared with ordinary metals, each of them has strange functions.

As for living metal...if Yan Luo remembers correctly, it should be something that can accelerate the construction of megastructures.

Of course, that is only a one-sided usage. Since it can be used on buildings as huge as planets, it means that it can also be used on other things.

For example...the hull of a battleship, or...a humanoid body.

In fact, the moment he heard the name, Yan Luo began to have many ideas.

Strategic resources are inherently too scarce, and oftentimes, neighboring civilizations will cut each other’s heads off for one or two resource producing areas.

It is simply to fight for its actual sovereignty and output.

"When will our next batch of warships be launched?"

"It will take some time. The shipyard has already started working at full capacity, but it will still take us a month or two to organize a new fleet."

"That's too slow. Let's send the research vessel over to conduct the investigation first."

The previous 11b and the entire fleet disappeared. Although another person was added later, Yan Luo still felt a little bit at a loss.

Especially now that military force is really needed, Yan Luo should go to the resource-producing area to stake a claim no matter how he thinks about it.

Of course, considering that the other party may already have a buyer, perhaps the subsequent plan can be changed to free trade.

As for why fleets are needed for trade...it's probably just to prevent pirates...

In short, Yan Luo must get the strategic resource of living metal. He still remembers that the cutting-edge technology brought by '11b' is only short of a breakthrough in materials science.

However, compared to immediately sending a large army to the front line, it is indeed better to send a scientific research ship to conduct research on the galaxy to see where the minerals are distributed.

Similarly, Yan Luo also needs to consider whether the star map of '11b' is really useful, because it comes too coincidentally.

"I always feel like I'm playing a game and going through the main storyline. Events keep happening." Yan Luo said something that the twins beside him couldn't understand. He forced himself to suppress the panic in his heart and diverted all his attention.

"Just do as I said and send a research vessel to conduct preliminary research. Perhaps we can first make contact with that single-push cat-like individual. Their leader is called Red, right?"

"Yes, at least 11b itself has some data on it, and it also appears to be marked green on the star map as a friendly identification."

"Then we can't open the door for trade."

Since my other self didn't drive the dark-shelled starlight battleship into the other party's territory to cause some kind of black ship incident, it was obvious that things were not that simple.

Either the other party is very friendly and everyone can talk to each other nicely, or the other party has some strength and everyone can talk to each other nicely.

If we exclude the attitude problems caused by different contexts, perhaps Yan Luo really made a cautious choice.

"But the leader of the other side said before that it seemed to be artificial intelligence?" Could this not be a mechanical empire?

It is well known that mechanical civilization is one of the most hated opponents that everyone encounters in reality.

Compared to the unpredictable and bizarre nature of intelligent life, they will simply complete a target instruction.

In addition, without the various desires and material needs of organisms, they can devote more resources to focusing on something, such as...war.

Sometimes it is not impossible to overthrow a powerful empire by relying on a small piece of land.

Also unlike the one in Stellaris, the real mechanical empire doesn't have any weird restrictions. Cohesion? What is that?

"In reality, we don't know much. 11b may not care about other civilizations. It's already rare for her to know their leaders."

The limitations on intelligence appear to be severe.

"Then let the research ship set off first." In fact, what Yan Luo really cares about may not be the strategic resource of living metal.

The recent events that happened one after another made him feel an inexplicable anxiety.

It is now difficult for him to tell whether the decisions he made were truly preparations for future long-term planning or subconsciously intended to divert his attention.

To be honest, whether it is the recent humanoid invention of subspace navigation or 11b's time-travel technology, it always makes him feel like something big is about to happen again.

If I have to describe it specifically, it is probably like the author who wrote fantasy novels in the previous life. In order to meet the requirements of the stage, he opened a new volume for the protagonist and brought out new enemies and crises.

Therefore, under this feeling of urgent oppression, Yan Luo had to act on instinct.

"I hope this is all just my imagination. Is the other party's leader also called Hong? Should I send my Hong to build a relationship with her?"

Note: We Omnic Cats just love megastructures! Hurry up and get me some living metal! — Excerpt from a cat-eared, high-dimensional creature who doesn't want to update but loves pigeons.

Chapter 245: What the hell is going on in the subspace?