Stellaris from the Automata Era

In fact, the slime's decision-making seems generally poor, funny and childish, but this is just the inevitability of their civilization.

We really can't expect a civilization that took 50,000 years to set its sights on space to accomplish anything significant.

In human terms, they lack a sense of crisis from outside civilization.

Due to their ideology, the slime as a whole has actually already fallen into a solidified and rigid stage.

This is not difficult to understand when a civilization has lasted for thousands of years and still uses the same way of consciousness governance.

To put it nicely, this is called maintaining stability through moderation; to put it bluntly, this is called complacency.

The upper limit of the slime has long been locked.

Similarly, when facing the crisis of conflict with the Earth, a mature space civilization will make phased adjustments in its confrontation with other civilizations and adopt flexible and diverse forms.

He tried to break through the difficulties through diplomacy, military force and even economy, but the slime seemed to have no other ideas at all.

They neither tried to decipher the Earth's language to communicate, nor made targeted modifications to their fleets to seek military advantage.

They seem to have learned the essence of the neighboring galaxy, but no matter what, the original plan remains unchanged.

This is a bit too confusing.

However, this may also have a lot to do with their living environment. The absolute rule between superiors and subordinates is difficult to break without the support of force.

Even in island nations known for their strong sense of hierarchy, their prime ministers risk being executed by samurai swords.

So personal force also counts.

But the slime is... much more docile.

They are more like the Indians next door, but not exactly the same.

At least when the slimes realized they could resist, they really dared to go up, otherwise there wouldn't have been the Ten Days of Riot on the Desert Planet... I mean, the revolution happened.

In short, the core idea of ​​the slime itself must have some strange problems.

They are smart enough to explore space, but also dumb enough to go their own way without realizing it.

Of course, even in such a slow situation, after facing the pressure from the earth, it began to make changes and deployments.

Because of supply reasons, Yan Luo did give the slime time to react.

By putting their own new chips on the line, a new fleet quickly took shape in a short period of time.

There may be more of them in the future, and how many there will be depends entirely on the speed of cultivating professional talents.

This is the same as modern fighter pilots: the planes are easy to build, but the problem is that pilots are hard to find.

The current limit of the slime's capabilities is the strongest fleet group formed by mobilizing the contracted assets of all companies, at least from a professional perspective.

Of course, with their huge population base, they should have more fleets.

But the question is... why should the highly skilled professionals of each company die on the battlefield? The people outside are fighting against the Bolang United Group. What does this have to do with our independent subsidiary?

This kind of visual feeling is directly compared to a certain Eastern great power in the old times that needed all nations to come to pay tribute!

"Commander, we are almost at the front line. Do we need to keep moving forward?"

"No! If you don't move forward, we will stay here and block this node."

With the destruction of the Universe Dream Fleet in front of them, any slime with a little bit of clarity would know that if they went up, they would just be giving themselves to the enemy.

The wisest choice now is to choose static defense and accumulate all military forces in strategic locations.

It is best to block the entrance and exit of the super-time and space channel. Although you cannot prevent the opponent from entering and exiting, you can launch an offensive the moment the opponent arrives and take the initiative.

The idea is correct, but the slime seems to have chosen a safer way. It is near its retreat route and can return to the slide entrance of the next node as long as it turns around.

I definitely can't win by fighting, so now I can only ensure a retreat. The home behind me will always be safe, right?

Then..

"Commander! Magical reaction!"

"Has the enemy taken action? Which galaxy did they launch their attack from?"

"No, not in front of me, but behind us!"

what?

How can it be!

The hyperspace channel technology is a novice gift package that all early space civilizations can receive. At the same time, its appearance has changed the war mode of all civilizations to the ancient mode of attacking strategic cities one by one.

Launching an attack across a galaxy is something no one dares to think about, at least not at this stage.

Of course, based on this technological theory, scientists of all races still see the shadow of another technology, leap...

"But this is only a theory! Can any civilization accomplish this now? What kind of monster are we fighting against!"

"Commander, the enemy is moving ahead... ahead."

"Notify everyone to retreat. We must recapture the rear galaxy."

The mechanical fleet ahead will still need some time to travel the distance of two galaxies, so it’s still time for the slime to retreat.

As long as they can turn around and defeat the fleet behind them, they can determine their own escape route.

Of course, they can also choose to surrender, but before completing this step, they must overcome a huge problem.

"What kind of posture should we use so that the opponent doesn't mistakenly think I'm going to fight back?"

Indeed, in the communication between civilizations, customs and culture will become obstacles to mutual understanding.

You think it's normal to find an ID card in your pocket, but in South America it will be evidence that someone has emptied their magazine.

Even if you are quick enough to take it out and add a live video, others in court can still argue for a not guilty verdict.

The differences in communication between humans are so great, let alone two civilizations that have never communicated with each other before.

Even if the slime wants to slide on its knees on the spot, it must first make sure whether this conforms to the Earth's concept, otherwise it will be misunderstood as a slide, which would be really funny.

So there is only one answer.

"Turn around and face the enemy! We'll talk later if we can't defeat them."

.....

As for Yan Luo, who rules the earth, no matter whether the slime slides or slides, he will treat it as an enemy.

After all, the slime's offensive stance at the beginning was too obvious, so it was hard for him to guess now that the slime wanted to surrender.

So to borrow the metaphor of the herb radish from the next alphabet station, you can never guess how many fingers the girl drawn by AI will have.

Since this may constitute suspicion of plagiarism, I will make some slight revisions here.

To use my analogy, in addition to fingers, you can't even guess that it might draw a few more legs for you. The most important thing is that the keyword "legs" may be added by yourself.

Conclusion: The slime brought this upon itself.

Therefore, after the radar sensed that the Slime fleet was back online, Yan Luo quickly made targeted adjustments.

Originally, according to his idea, he wanted to wait for the slime to have a strong desire to regain the lost ground, and then attack him... Why does it feel weird?

Ahem, anyway, Yan Luo originally wanted to launch a defensive counterattack.

However, with the slime fleet back online, their IQ seems to have increased significantly.

Looking at the fleet that was three times larger than his own, he chose to simply refuse to move and defend it right next to his escape route. It seemed that a group of "capable fighters" had finally arrived.

The current situation can only be transformed from defense to offense.

"A fleet warp sails behind them!"

The confrontation between civilizations should itself be a long-term stalemate.

Originally, seeing that there was no slime in the fleet at the front line, Yan Luo had always thought that the other party was planning to use a big move on him.

Therefore, the progress and all aspects have seemed a bit indecisive over the past few months.

After all, the most terrifying thing is not what you know, but what you don’t know. The earth must pay for all his decisions and actions.

But with the belated arrival of the latest fleet of slime, they appeared on the front line.

It would have been better if this hadn't happened. On the one hand, Yan Luo finally began to realize a problem, that this might be a low-end game.

"I was wrong. You're weak at massing troops, unskilled in frontal combat, poorly trained, and slow to react! None of your mechanics are decent. And you, a slime like this, still want to compete with me? Who was I even battling against before?"

This sense of difference is like when a novice warrior goes out to fight the devil, and the village chief gives him a sword and says it is the best in the village.

However, the brave warrior who is familiar with the routine just smiled and thought it was just the village chief's line, until you used it to chop out 9999+ damage, then you found that it was a realistic statement.

What's even stranger is that the Demon King's castle is less than 300 meters away from your village and it looks shabby...

At this time, the psychological gap for the brave man who is looking forward to a great adventure is very obvious.

Of course, anyone has the possibility of hiding a big move, but until it is completely exposed, you really don’t know how powerful it is.

So after much thought, Yan Luo decided to take the initiative and throw a punch.

If it can handle it, we will continue to pull it. If it can't handle it, then it will just be like mud waiting to be pulled.

"The Ooze Fleet has begun to retreat. Are they planning to attack our fleet that's circled behind them?"

This is almost a battle situation that does not need to be recounted by N2.

Yan Luo had already figured it out thanks to the live broadcast from the front line.

First attack the lone enemy closest to you to ensure stability in the rear. Yan Luo had to admit that the newly launched slime fleet was still quite capable.

The remaining two fleets were still separated by two galaxies. Even though it was only the length between the index finger and thumb on the star map, it was still calculated in light years in reality.

Even with super-space or sub-space technology, it would take at least ten days to reach the battlefield at full speed.

The battles between the mechanical fleet and the slime were all small ships consisting of guards and destroyers. Without the participation of large ships, the battles usually would not last that long.

"But even if the hastily fought slime wins, it probably won't be able to withstand our subsequent reinforcements, unless..."

Unless they receive reinforcements later, which is Yan Luo’s purpose.

Because he wanted to rely on the slime's reinforcements to judge the slime's true situation.

Faced with the loss of another fleet, he didn't think that the Slime could remain calm at this time.

"It seems the Ooze Fleet hasn't made much progress."

This sentence is correct.

After the first battle with the slime, he gained insight into their equipment and ordered them to replace and transform the Earth.

After suffering a great loss, the slime still did not make much changes to their fleet.

The slimes that had already begun fighting with the mechanical fleet at the front line continued to use kinetic weapons as their means of output.

The only difference is that this time their fleet ships seem to have more anti-aircraft guns.

These weapons can effectively intercept approaching missile weapons and also cause considerable damage to the ship itself.

However..

"They are still classified as kinetic. Rather than being modified, it's more like the battleships themselves should have this configuration. The fleet that was devoured before was simply a castrated version."

Or rather, the old-fashioned version.

Before the slime established its armaments, it had never encountered a civilization that used missiles, so instead of defending against something that didn't exist, it would be better to replace all of them with kinetic turrets.

Well, now that I think about it, the slime still has the ability to identify and deal with it.

However, its ability to penetrate armor with kinetic energy is obviously not very high. You must know that mechanical life forms did not have shields before. You can imagine how confident they are in their own armor stacking.

Of course, each weapon has its own advantages and disadvantages, which will be discussed later.

In short, if the slime wants to effectively fight against the mechanical fleet, it must use energy and kinetic energy together.

After all, the real universe has no restrictions on technology slots, which will slow down the pace of development.

Let us return to the topic.

The collision between the slime and the mechanical fleet lasted only 21 hours.

Perhaps sensing that its own weapons and equipment were at a disadvantage, the slime quickly changed its tactical application.

Their fleets were broken up into scattered units, with their ships spaced out in a ripple-like formation.

And n2 also sensed their changes in a timely manner.

"Are you abandoning the group volley and planning to focus on small-scale, individual confrontations? Are you so confident in the quality of your crew?"