Stellaris from the Automata Era

Admittedly, the capital slime that came to investigate took the current textbooks out of sheer curiosity, but when it saw the words, "Capital is dead; it only lives by absorbing the labor of workers," its face was filled with horror.

The slime species may be stubborn and stubborn or have the common flaws of other intelligent life forms, but you can't help but say that it is not smart, even if its overall quality does not seem to be very good.

But outstanding individuals are the soul of their entire civilization. Maybe they are only a small group but they are the smartest ones. At least their education and past experience make them wise.

One glance at the ooze told them that the long-held foundations of their civilization were about to be shaken.

If it were anyone else, they would probably try every possible way to nip everything in the bud and consolidate their own status and wealth.

But the one in front of me...he was born in the grassroots and had to live on the minimum living allowance like the poor.

After reading the book for an unknown amount of time, it slammed the book shut on the spot.

"Gu, how can a real man live in depression and gloom under others for long? I surrender!"

Its words made the composition much more complicated, but at least there are potential progressive elements within the slime...

Chapter 288: Oh no, it’s the enemy!

There is no rush to obtain the entire slime. After all, it cannot be accomplished overnight.

Not to mention that under the current price situation, their surplus value has not been fully utilized. The cheap minerals from the mud can fill a large number of gaps on the earth.

So although Yan Luo seemed to have turned on the left turn signal, no one actually knew which direction he was turning.

Since he couldn't take action for the time being, Yan Luo naturally turned his attention and vision back to the interior of the earth.

Or was about to say...he was distracted by other things.

"Yan Luo, do you want us to send some scientists to your side to expand cooperation?" Hong, the leader of the Cat Alliance who had not appeared in a long time, still appeared in front of the camera petting his cat girl.

The moment Yan Luo heard her lines, he didn't know what expression he should make.

Ever since the Slime announced its defeat and ceded territory in exchange for peace, a faster and more convenient route directly to the Cat Alliance has actually been formed.

However, this channel does not actually have much practical significance. With the emergence of the Cygnus main line, the earth completely shifted its center of gravity and focus.

Perhaps this route will be used by the fallen to help if any major accident occurs on Earth in the future.

As for the earlier research agreement with the Cat Alliance...

"Have I been fooled?"

Are you guys who are so depraved going to do this?

Yan Luo always thought that he had obtained the advanced technology of the Cat Alliance for free. However, as time went by, the progress of scientific research was not very ideal.

And according to the information sent back by the scientific research team, Yan Luo's fantasy of technological leap was shattered.

The research dolls sent there not only failed to learn any advanced technology, but also output a lot of applicable general technology.

The scene was as magical as an 8-year-old child lecturing to a group of PhDs.

What’s even more magical is that they actually figured out something.

"How could you be fooled? Didn't we develop the psychic engine together?" Hong immediately retorted.

It is true that the humanoid and cat-shaped creatures did create a psychic engine, but it was a low-profile youth version.

It's hard to describe its usage. Mao Meng dislikes that its short-range navigation speed is not as fast as its own, while the Earth thinks that it is not much more advanced than its own, and its super-light-year range has been shortened.

In short, neither the high-tech nor the low-tech sides want to use it.

But on the other hand, Mao Meng is optimistic about the promising future of the psychic engine.

After all, the basic physics of the Fallen Empire has long gone astray. If they want to restore their former glory, they cannot do without the support of local natives on their way forward.

The newly emerged psychic engine did not quite meet their expectations, but compared to their own equipment that was severely malfunctioning due to incompatible rules, it was already a ray of hope in despair.

But before Mao Meng is ready to follow Shuguang and move on, they still have to overcome some problems.

"By the way, do you guys on Earth really not intend to develop scientific materialism? Your subjects are obviously also mechanical units!"

Yes, as the name literally means, the psychic engine jointly developed by Mao Meng and the Earth is not Mao Meng's area of ​​expertise.

They are a country led by intelligent machines. Why should a cat who is just short of being beaten by materialistic believers dare to touch the glory of idealists?

The fact that they didn't utter any stupid idealism during their first contact with Earth was because their previous relationship was very close.

However, even so, unscientific psychic engines still appeared in the hands of two mechanical civilizations, and it is estimated that humanoids played a big role in it.

After all, one provides ideas and the other is responsible for implementation, which can also be considered cooperation.

It is precisely because of this that Mao Meng wants to expand bilateral research, hoping to release a complete version of the Psychic Engine to replace their own "advanced equipment" with a very high failure rate. (Note)

Before this, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of their fleet, they would never use this youth version on their warships. At most, the uncles in charge of logistics would have to work hard first.

"Hong, you're too narrow-minded. How dare you assume the boundaries of materialistic science? You can only say that our technology is too mysterious to you."

In essence, dividing the two paths into materialism and idealism is actually a very stupid setting.

But this is the current environment of the universe, and Yan Luo can only say that he goes with the flow, but this does not prevent him from having academic debates with the leaders on the opposite side.

However, both parties soon realized that they were not professional scholars, so they stopped arguing and returned to the original topic.

"I have no problem with expanding collaboration in scientific research."

Although Yan Luo kept saying that he was cheated, his actions were still very honest.

Don't get me wrong, he's not giving technology to the other side out of charity.

Even if the ancient corrupted technology has proven to be unsuitable for the current version of the universe, their technology and equipment can still be used in the universe, so it can be considered that the direction of technology is actually roughly correct.

Only the details need to be adjusted. (Note 2)

And it’s the details here that really cause headaches.

Since there are predecessors willing to show him the way, Yan Luo doesn't mind continuing to move forward in the direction she points. At most, he needs to refine the road before the end. This is how civilization progresses.

"It's settled then." The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became many times more harmonious.

However...I don't know whether the supreme rulers of the two civilizations realized whether the two civilizations with different development paths could learn from each other to complete technological supplements.

But judging from the current atmosphere, the two sides have conducted a perfect diplomacy.

After the laughter, Hong quickly changed her expression and became serious.

"I heard that you have turned to exploring Cygnus?"

"Any questions?"

Yan Luo was not too surprised that Mao Meng knew this information.

The Earth Exploration Program itself was conducted on a large scale and with great fanfare.

After all, even if there may be a weapon capable of destroying the universe, as more civilizations enter the scene, most areas will be discovered sooner or later.

He is slow now and will definitely become passive in the future, so he doesn't have much choice from the beginning.

"It's not a big deal, I just wanted to remind you." Hong stared at the screen, meeting Yan Luo's gaze through the thin image. "The ancient tribe of military isolates is in that area."

"That's the depravity you once commented on, 'It might awaken anyway, so why not give it a beating first?'"

Oh no, it’s the enemy!

Chapter 289: How many times has the research vessel disappeared?

Military Isolators, judging from the name alone, seem to be a type with very strong military power.

However, from the perspective of the stars, he is actually the easiest to fight among all the fallen types, and was once regarded as the shame of the fallen.

However, once it materializes in the real universe, it is difficult for Yan Luo to estimate the combat effectiveness of the Fallen using the prefix name.

Just like Mao Meng who is communicating with him in front of him, if you really want to count strictly, they are actually also members of the military isolates.

After all, the prefix name only represents the decadent behavior habits and their thoughts. As long as conditions permit, they can jump camps at any time like Italy.

But since it has been given the name of Fallen, it has obviously inherited the rich heritage and technology tree left by the previous universe.

Naturally standing at the top of the current universe, encountering such an enemy is simply a disaster that will devastate the situation.

"So the hatred between us and them is irreconcilable?"

"This isn't a question of whether it can be resolved. Let me put it this way: the other Fallen you've fought before either actively sought peace or backed down after being given a way out. The Ancients, however, fought from beginning to end, only disappearing before the end of the universe. For a moment, I even thought you had wiped them out."

This... sounds so fierce? The two sides actually fought until the avenue was almost obliterated.

The instinct of life is to seek survival, even depravity is no exception.

Perhaps they once had a glorious past that looked down on the universe, making them arrogant and conceited. However, once the question comes to whether to live on their knees or die standing up, they will instinctively choose the former.

Otherwise, it would not have survived countless cosmic eras to this day. As for survival, it is not shameful.

We have all been tortured by life, there is no need to fight to the death over trivial matters.

From this point of view, Fallen can be considered a veteran in the workplace, and a young and inexperienced person among such a group of people can be considered an outlier.

"In fact, the Ancients are said to be considered a young Fallen. They seemed to be the dominant civilization two epochs ago. I heard that they did have conflicts with other Fallen in the beginning."

I see. You are really a young and naive person.

This kind of civilization, which appeared at its peak, has certainly not suffered much from the harshness of society, and is still immersed in the past.

Recalling the second before his fleet ravaged the universe, especially for the hegemonic civilization that had actually done it, it was obviously not so easy to surrender due to the status gap and psychological factors after the version change.

For this kind of civilization, either its kneecaps must be completely smashed so that it can kneel down and understand that times have changed, or it can be turned into a curator who drowns while holding on to the illusions of the past.

However, in the pre-universe period, 'Yan Luo' seemed to have not met these two conditions.

So this is what is known as leaving trouble for your future self, right?

Although Yan Luo really wanted to travel back to the timeline of the previous era and slap himself, he did not have the technology to do so and had to accept this forced political legacy.

"Thank you for your reminder, we will pay attention to it."

As for whether Mao Meng could come to help if there really was a conflict with Luodu, Yan Luo refused to mention it for the time being.

He felt that he was not so proud as to drag a fallen man into a protracted war to stand up for himself against his peers.

However, it should still be possible to attack the new generation of young civilizations.

After all, a favorable situation and an unfavorable situation have two completely different codes of conduct.

But...Yan Luo would not easily use the precious favor he promised on a low-level opponent.

Judging from the current cosmic matching mechanism, it seems that the Earth can handle it on its own.

Since the lower-level ones were not needed and the higher-level ones might not come, Yan Luo did not discuss the proposals that might embarrass both parties. Instead of using this time, he might as well think about how to get benefits from Mao Meng's scientific research cooperation.

Eh... Having said that, Yan Luo suddenly remembered the wreckage of the Mao Meng transport ship that had crashed into the earth. So much time had passed, and he had never found the three-piece set of dark matter from it.

I also don’t know whether the original owner of the wreckage can provide any technical guidance and support.

Thinking of this, Yan Luo immediately asked a tentative question.

The answer was somewhat unexpected.

"Dark matter technology? It's not that we can't teach it, but the technological gap is so great that I'm afraid you can only seal it up, right?"

Perhaps many people think that a fallen civilization would block its own cutting-edge technology in order to maintain its technological advantage.

However, these ideas only apply to uninformed civilizations.

To be honest, the Earth is well aware of the situation of the fallen civilization, so the so-called technological blockade...is it really a blockade?

Now they themselves don’t understand the principles of technology, so it’s impossible to teach them.

In fact, if it were possible, they wouldn't mind spreading advanced technology all over the streets.

After all, as long as other civilizations are conducting research, the technology will sooner or later be used on their own warships.

The bellicosity of those young civilizations meant that there must be debris that could be reverse engineered. Cleaning up battlefields was the fastest way to acquire high-end technology. With just a few scraps of debris, the restoration of the fallen technology was imminent.

However, due to the inferior nature of intelligent races, they are decadent and afraid of the challenges that young civilizations will pose to them after they know the truth.

Therefore, they dare not spread the technology casually. After all, if someone can reverse their technology and fill in the gaps, that would probably be a challenge to their own existence.

I want to but I don't dare to. It's like a vicious circle that firmly strangles the throat of depravity.

It is unique in the history of corruption that Mao Meng trusts the earth so much and reveals his own secrets.