Stellaris from the Automata Era

The only thing Divara was thankful for now was that the machine gun was not at a disadvantage in the duel. The opponent's round-headed opponent might have been modified hastily, and the energy balls fired from his chest were in an unstable form, which basically dissipated as soon as they were touched by the artillery shells.

Even after breaking the energy ball, the kinetic energy of the shell can continue to move forward and directly penetrate the round head.

This scene allowed Divara to learn the only tactical skills she had. She immediately started to line up and shoot (machine gun version) without any instruction... and played the role of a commander.

Of course, the overall battle situation wouldn't change just because of Divara's sudden enlightenment. While she was locked in a fierce battle with the mechanical lifeforms at the front, Yan Lag behind them seemed to be experiencing considerable trouble.

"Sir! The reaction of multiple mechanical life forms! Right next to us!"

Bopora's voice rang out, and the radar in her system kept flashing, with dense red dots of light appearing around her.

"Such a large number! Did Roundhead bypass our defenses?"

The sound of machine guns around never stopped. With Bobola's hearing and information processing speed far exceeding that of humans, her brain could immediately calculate the battle situation around her.

This was also the reason for the disbelief in her voice. She could obviously still hear the roar of machine gun fire, and Divara, who was roaming around the defense line, had not reported any information about the defeat.

Where do the signals of so many mechanical life forms come from?

But she soon found out the reason.

"Flying shooting type?"

The round head was removed and the lower body was transformed into a flying disc base, floating in the air with an unknown energy source. With the shooting gun on the chest, the mechanical life model is as practical as ever.

In fact, when they appeared in front of Yan Luo, he immediately understood how hundreds of mechanical life forms had bypassed the front line.

"It seems that the issue of air defense loopholes needs to be strengthened."

Yan Luo was not too panicked. If we go back to the time when he had just started to set up the defense line and was touched by hundreds of mechanical life forms, he would probably be thinking about how to tear these round heads apart with his bare hands to minimize the losses to the surrounding production lines.

Now that the production line is fully rolled out, he is actually no longer under much pressure.

To fill any gaps in the Daewa La front, he had a substantial reserve of machine guns in the rear, and their numbers were comparable to those of the sudden invading round-headed troops.

In such an equal situation, the round-headed one who attacked had no hope of winning at all.

The details and outcome of this battlefield are so boring that even the higher-dimensional beings behind him may not have the desire to write about it.

It was a one-sided massacre, and the invading machines were quickly wiped out.

"This is so strange." Bobo La expressed her doubts after the battle. "No follow-up round head?"

This is indeed a questionable point.

The fighting style of mechanical life has always been to defeat the enemy with a steady supply of troops.

Clearly, this incursion of hundreds of round-headed creatures seemed like an inexplicable operation. Yan Luo was a little confused about their purpose. If they were to carry out a decapitation operation, the backup troops would have to be continuously dispatched.

Just as he was about to analyze it more deeply, he heard Divara's intermittent voice coming from the intercom beside him.

"The round-heads... retreated..."

"what?"

Yan Luo lowered his head in confusion, and his eyes happened to meet a round head on the ground that was not completely dead yet.

Its red eyes blinked, and the mechanical sound of electric current spoke a language that Yan Luo did not understand.

"Confirm...person..."

Chapter 25: The God of Mechanical Life

"This is not the end, but a temporary truce!"

Obviously, Bopola and Divara agreed with what Yan Luo shouted at the meeting.

It’s also because the mechanical life’s actions were too strange some time ago. After fighting a war that started well but ended badly, it suddenly retreated.

Until now, the twins still feel that it is not real. Maybe they have already been invaded by mechanical life and the system is in some kind of illusion?

If the human before them were not so real that they could hear and touch the heartbeat, body temperature, and all the signs of life that the Creator possessed, they would have almost had the above thoughts.

Of course, if mechanical life could really create such a realistic fantasy, they wouldn't mind indulging in it. After all... they really have nothing but humans.

In fact, the mechanical life really retreated completely, and the entire factory...or part of the factory was handed over to them.

After a period of exploration after the war, Yan Luo had almost figured out that they seemed to be at the bottom of the factory, and there seemed to be other areas above it.

But it is obvious that they do not have the extra energy to expand more territory for the time being, and... the passage leading to the upper part is guarded by round heads, and they have no intention of giving up other areas.

So after a test, Yan Luo and the others retreated obediently.

"We've pretty much explored the surrounding area. All we need to do now is quickly set up everything. Air defense, communications, radar, so what else do we need?"

More firepower!

Divala almost blurted it out. As the only humanoid on the front line in the last battle, she had some understanding of Yan Luo's previous thoughts.

The feeling of suppressing the enemy with the roar of artillery shells was indeed very comfortable, but considering that her sisters were still in the old era of swords and knives, she decided to be tactful.

"It seems that the mechanical lifeforms have developed oversized weapons. We might consider a war scenario in the event of encountering them."

"Almost forgot about this."

Yan Luo nodded, indicating that he understood.

After the battle, they immediately recovered information about the resistance forces. Perhaps because of Roundhead's sudden retreat, Yan Luo wanted to know if it was because of the strong offensive of the resistance forces on the ground that had a complementary effect.

There is still no clue as to the conclusion.

He still overestimated the humanoid resistance forces on the ground.

Although according to their accounts, they had indeed cleared out all the mechanical life on the ground in the early stages, they seemed to have been bombarded by a saturation bombardment from a hundred-meter-tall super-large mechanical life form, leaving them unable to raise their heads and then retreating.

this...

During this period of time, Yan Luo almost handled everything alone underground?

However, the humanoid did not play a big role, and he still obtained information about an extremely large mechanical life form.

"A mechanical lifeform around a hundred meters tall would probably have pretty thick armor, right?"

From this perspective, Yan Luo's current combat system may not be able to cause any damage at all. He needs a larger caliber...

The meeting devolved from a discussion of development direction to a debate about the size of the caliber. Until...

Boom boom boom...

"here we go again!"

Diwala felt somewhat helpless. She knew the noise must be coming from an intersection.

It probably happened after Round Head withdrew from their floor. No one knew what logic they had, but the mechanical life forms would occasionally launch an attack here.

Their strength... isn't that great, but the last time they were combined with their forces, they got close to Yan Luo! The humans were all dressed in their armor, ready to tear off the round heads with their bare hands, and then they inexplicably wanted to retreat...

Although they didn't run away in the end, the insult was really strong.

Since then, the number of machine guns in the surrounding channels has increased exponentially.

"I'll go take a look."

Divara drew her knife and left in a hurry. She seemed to have accepted her position as a frontline fighter. Compared to Bobola...it seemed that she had always been the one to deal with the combat issues.

Yan Luo had always believed that her model must be set incorrectly! If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't compete with a real combat humanoid like A2 in combat, he would have almost thought that Divara had hidden her settings.

But he never could have imagined what Diwara would bring him this time.

.......

How should I describe the thing before me? A round head? That's right! Just a few details, a coat of purple paint, and some clothes... It's different from the round heads that Divala is used to seeing.

More importantly, when Diwala arrived, it was hiding in the wreckage of its companions, shivering, and shouting to the machine guns around it, "Don't kill me, I come with peace."

This... is different from the usual round head. Considering that Yan Luo might be interested in it, she escorted this round head back.

Of course, she couldn't let Round Head come into direct contact with humans, so after thinking it over, she decided that Divara herself would serve as the communication barrier.

"Round Head, can you please tell me your purpose?"

Divara has always believed that mechanical life forms are uncommunicable, or perhaps this is common sense to humans. Ever since they appeared as alien weapons and occupied half of the earth, the relationship between humans and them has had to be compose with swords and knives.

Even if they usually express a small number of words, in the perception of the humanoids, they are just meaningless sentences and cannot form a complete meaning.

But today, as if to break her common sense, a mechanical life that can fully express its thoughts walked in front of them!

"Under the guidance of God, we...will visit the new rulers of the lower world in peace."

Then the situation on Divara's headset seemed to explode.

"Wait! Bobo La, is there something wrong with my translator? What did that round-headed guy just say? God?"

"No! Sir, your translation is correct. Roundhead did say the word God, and he must be referring to those aliens."

The situation on the headset side seems to have calmed down. In fact, it is easy to understand that just like the human-shaped God is human, the God on the mechanical life side should also be their own creator (aliens).

"Divara, ask it where their god or creator is now?"

When Diwara repeated Yan Luo's words, she got an unexpected answer.

The round head that was originally trembling and timid seemed to suddenly become imposing!

"God is not the Creator, God is God, God! Great God." The round-headed man's voice began to rise, repeating meaninglessly. "God... God... God..."

Where did this religious fanatic come from?

In just this moment, Yan Luo began to understand that something big had happened to the mechanical life.

Chapter 26: Extra-large mechanical life and humanoid figures on the ground

The purple round head could no longer chat normally, as if there was some problem with its system, and it could only repeat "god, god, god".

But this contact brought new doubts to Yan Luo.

What is mechanical life?

From Yan Luo's comprehensive understanding, they were weapons used by aliens to invade Earth! They were cold, emotionless machines! They were also the mortal enemies of humans!

In fact, the image of mechanical life in human form has always been untouchable. This is not just because of the impression created by long-term confrontation between them.

Behind the scenes is the extension of the will of their respective creators, as well as the inexplicable pride of the humanoids...

Yes, the pride of the humanoid. Yan Luo couldn't describe how he came to this conclusion. Perhaps it was from the humanoid's series of actions...

They try to replicate the human social system... They try to transform themselves... They give themselves artificial skin, artificial blood, and even artificial reproductive organs...

It can be said that the humanoids are difficult to distinguish from humans in terms of their physical appearance. They are transforming into humans...

In contrast, mechanical life has made no progress. Apart from the most basic and largest round-headed war models that continue to evolve, humans have never seen any trace of their creator in them.

They seem to be real tools, without words or communication, but increasing in value and expanding day by day, continuously attacking and threatening lives.

But now, over the past few thousand years, mechanical life seems to have undergone real changes.

"A mechanical life form capable of communication, but now it's gone mad. My Lord, what should we do with this strange round head?"

Several rooms away from where Divara was interrogating the round-headed man, Bobo La asked with some emotion.

She and Divala may be the oldest among the humanoids. It is no exaggeration to say that it is difficult to find a more ancient existence among the humanoids than them. Before humans and humanoids were completely separated, they were indispensable models for humans.

They were even the "managers" of the human area for a time, until a similar model "ran wild" and caused humans and humanoids to part forever. Although it is said that the remaining "humans" were transferred to the moon, their mistakes were still destroyed by all humanoids.

For unknown reasons, they were the only ones left, and naturally experienced the alien invasion of Earth...

It is impossible for mechanical life to communicate in the long run, and the impression is deeply rooted.

"Let's find a place to hold him first."

It was obvious that Yan Luo didn't have any good ideas about Boppola's problem for the time being.

One could even say that his thoughts were a little confused right now.

Popola and the others might not think too much about the abnormalities of mechanical life. After all, humanoids are still relatively simple and will not pay attention to the changes in mechanical life.

All they had to know was that they were enemies.

But as a human being, Yan Luosheng has more complex concerns and considerations.

"By the way, the passages leading to the upper areas we've explored are all the usual round-headed creatures. Where did this purple round-headed creature enter our territory?"

Bobo La was obviously unaware of this problem, but fortunately, they did not turn off the communication in the headset during their communication.

As the only one who went to the scene of the incident, Diwala quickly responded using a communication tool.

"It's the elevator."

"elevator?"