Stellaris from the Automata Era

n2 really wanted to ask Yan Luo what kind of fighting method this was, but the human seemed to have fallen asleep due to sleepiness after a long battle.

In that case, I can only rely on myself.

"So it's a competition of micromanagement, right?"

As a mechanical life form n2, she has never been afraid of anyone in this regard!

It's time to show the slime the power of its electronic brain.

Then...the slime started to run away in all directions.

When Yan Luo woke up, he looked at the enemy signal that had disappeared from the star map. After being stunned for a while, he could only ask.

"So where are the enemies? Are they all dead?"

"..."

Chapter 268: We must seek refuge...

"When I woke up, the entire fleet of ooze had run away. Why did I have such a strange dream?"

"..."

Fortunately, N2’s facial expression management is pretty good, so Yan Luo couldn’t tell what her mood was for the time being.

However, she didn't reply for a long time. I guess the CPU started to run like crazy. As for what she was thinking, just look at her answer later.

"Master, please wake up. The slime really ran away. It wasn't a dream!"

Of course, what does the shame of mechanical life have to do with them, the humanoids?

There were still some kind humanoids present who reminded Yan Luo of the difference between dreams and reality.

In fact, there is no need for anyone to remind you of this.

In the atmosphere that was like adding fuel to the fire, n2 finally came out of its own CPU emergency calculation.

She frankly admitted her mistake to Yan Luo.

"Sorry, Ruler. This time it's my fault. From now on, the vendetta between me and the Ooze will be personal."

So this was a euphemism for her intention to beat the other person to death?

Yan Luo actually understood N2's current mood. After all, no one wanted to see the enemy, who had been fighting with him for almost a whole day, change his formation and then choose to run away.

To be honest, neither the slime nor the mechanical fleet suffered any loss in the face of the roaring artillery fire on the front line.

The slime with anti-aircraft guns perfectly restrained the missile attack, but it was helpless against the turtle shell of the mechanical life.

As for the mechanical lifeforms, the remaining energy weapons cannot penetrate the opponent's shield.

The front-line battlefield was a situation of mutual scraping, and dozens of fleets were lost in an hour.

By the time the slime escaped, both sides still had more than half of their fleets alive.

With such a huge number of warships breaking out at the same time, N2 has no way of stopping them.

The universe is not restricted by terrain like the land, and there are escape routes in all directions.

When thousands of warships were scattered, N2 had no idea how to deal with it.

The fleet can't just scatter and chase after them, right?

Although the electronic brains of mechanical life forms are indeed powerful, judging from their previous battles with humanoids, they seem to be fanatical supporters of the theory of fighting to the death.

And it was the f2a type, with no tactical details reflected at all, relying entirely on round-headed self-discipline.

As you can imagine, N2 may have some micro-management, but not much.

"So why don't you try to block the Trans-Time Slide?"

In any case, for a slime with only a single FTL technology, no matter how much it dodges in the universe, it only has one escape route, right?

It's like putting Guan Yu on Huarong Road, wanting to get through to see if the other party values ​​friendship or not.

“I didn’t expect…”

"..."

The conversation couldn't go on any further. It seemed that once intelligent machines had the ability to think and emotions, they would make mistakes.

Therefore, Yan Luo could only shift everyone's attention to the current war again.

"Forget it. Have you sent a probe to the next node? Have you seen their defenses?"

"No, no trace of the fleet was seen on the latest front."

"Did their retreating fleet not even organize a defensive line?"

Yan Luo frowned all of a sudden. To be honest, the current situation was so confusing that he was a little confused.

If the other party's withdrawal is to better defend its own territory, then it makes sense.

However, there was no defensive force in the area where the two sides bordered each other, and this was no longer an area that Yan Luo could imagine or understand the intentions of.

But no matter what, one thing is certain, Yan Luo can continue to attack the territory of Slime.

"Let the fleet continue its advance."

"Continue? Thinking back carefully, their current operations are so similar to our previous tactics of luring the enemy deep into our territory."

"Luring the enemy? Not even close." Perhaps it did seem like a different kind of remake, given the ooze's strange retreat, but Yan Luo didn't take it seriously. "To lure the enemy, at least there needs to be bait."

All four sides are open, and there is no "guide" on the opposite side to lure us into going deeper. How can this be considered a tactic of luring the enemy?

Therefore, regarding the current situation, Yan Luo had an intuition that their future path forward would be smooth.

Then he soon discovered that his intuition seemed to be wrong.

This is not a desperate counterattack by the slime, or a larger-scale confrontation with the Earth, blocking the way forward.

But after three more galaxies, the Earth could no longer move the map.

One has to admire the slime's desire for living space. If you count the galaxies currently occupied by the Earth, you will soon find that on average there is a colonized planet in each galaxy.

But these planets and their suitable living environments are often contrary to each other.

"Ocean, tropical, arid, polar, and even desert, is a terrestrial species really so unpretentious?"

If it were only in the oceans and tropics, it would be easier to deal with, and terrestrial species would not be unable to tolerate it, but other areas including drought and polar regions are already fatal red lines.

Before the racial suitability is pointed out, expanding on this area is called building a colony in a nice way, and imprisoning and exiling refugees in a bad way.

But even so, these planets have now become the biggest obstacle to Earth's continued advancement.

Even the exile planets have an average population base of around 300 million to 500 million.

After a simple occupation of them, Yan Luo soon discovered that the existing number of humanoid armies was no longer enough to control so much slime.

After all, the human population itself is very worrying, apart from the numbers that need to be maintained for daily maintenance of the earth and other areas.

This is the maximum occupation of the current territory.

Simply put, the earth seems to have eaten too much and needs some time to digest.

"Maybe we should leave the rest of the things to N2 Round Head." Bobo La and Diwa La expressed regretfully that the current humanoid population structure could hardly support the continued expansion of the empire.

However, if mechanical life forms were to take over the subsequent control, it would seem that it would be possible to continue.

However, Yan Luo seemed to have considered more than them. He looked at the report in his hand and could only sigh helplessly to the twins.

"It's certainly possible to let N2 and the others handle the subsequent ground control, but I'm afraid this is all we can do."

It would be fine if we just ignored the mud on the ground after occupying it.

But since Yan Luo intends to rule the slime, he must consider the factor of food production.

Previously, almost all of Yan Luo’s food supply came from the Terrans in the Koprulu sector, but their population was even smaller than that of the humanoids.

It is obviously unrealistic to fully supply the current scale of the earth.

"There are eight planets in total, with a population of nearly 40 billion oozes. Even if we drain the Terrans dry, we still can't support them. How did those oozes manage to stay alive before?"

Faced with such a situation of supporting a large number with a small number, fortunately it is not a completely unsolvable situation.

The humanoids' occupation of the planet is not only to carry out military control over the slime, but they will also conduct exploration and investigation into the specific conditions of the planet.

Therefore, Gemini still understands some hidden detailed data.

In order to help Yan Luo solve his problems, Bobo La submitted another data report to Yan Luo.

"Not all the planets we occupy have barren soil. Ocean planets themselves have a large variety of aquatic species that can be utilized, and tropical planets also have the potential to grow plants."

She repeated the data table, and when she saw that Yan Luo still had a sad face, she placed her hands on both sides of his temples with some heartache, as if she wanted to share his worries.

"If it can be effectively utilized, it will be more than enough to supply the current size of the Earth. Besides, there is no need for you to worry about the life and death of these alien life forms."

Indeed...the life or death of the slime is really not that important.

If Yan Luo had not seen the efficiency of slime mineral mining on the desert planet before, he would have waited for them to die out on their own.

Let's put it this way, if the current situation of the Earth is digitized, then one unit of mud can produce an average of six points of minerals.

If the Earth wants to reach this level by relying on humanoids, it will consume 1 energy coin, but 1 energy coin can also produce six foods.

And one unit of food can feed a slime. Sometimes Yan Luo still has to flexibly admit that capital has advantages and advancements.

In short, raising slime is indeed a business that is sure to make money.

"It seems we'll have to find a way to survive until a planet capable of producing food is operational." Yan Luo ultimately made a rather shocking decision. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't canning them. "Tell all troops to prepare for battle now. Starting today, all oozes' food rations will be reduced by 50%."

If this happened to humans, it would be enough to starve a lot of people to death. After all, it is the minimum food guarantee.

Faced with this situation, riots are naturally inevitable.

At this time, we can only rely on the army to maintain the last bit of public order.

But Yan Luo immediately discovered that the slime was a little strange.

As mentioned before, the ooze is a species with a theoretical lifespan of 200 years, and one day for them is equivalent to two days for humans.

That is to say, according to the food rationing method arranged by Yan Luo, the slime can eat six times a day.

Translated into human terms, this means that breakfast, snacks, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and midnight snacks are all enough to satisfy your hunger.

Even with the minimum living standard guaranteed, during the period of Earth's management, not only did they become starving, but many of the slimes probably gained a lot of weight.

Reducing the food by half will at most return them to their original level, but they will definitely not die of starvation.

Now you understand why so many people want to join the Decepticons?!

Putting aside whether they are friendly to the upper echelons, just from the perspective of basic cognitive benefits, the lower-class people really think they are here to do charity.

Chapter 269: Blogger's Mushrooms

Development, expansion, and domination are themselves a kind of theme of civilization.

Although Yan Luo's current main purpose is to find the lost ether phase engine, this does not require him to focus on this route.

In fact, with the current strength of the Earth, finding the engine is not the most difficult part at all, but whether there is enough power to protect it after starting it.

After all, the famous theory of relativity between weapons and food reminds Yan Luo all the time that when the amount of his weapons and food is not proportional, a series of events will occur to forcibly equalize them.

The same theory can be applied to engines.

It is not difficult to understand why Yan Luo has now shifted his focus to operations. Without a fleet to accompany him, he would not dare to use it even if he found one.

And to be honest, the current Ether Phase Engine is like a newly released 3A masterpiece on the Steam platform. You need to pay a huge price to own it.