Stellaris from the Automata Era

However, Yan Luo knew that his new colossus probably had no kneecaps, so the newly arrived colossus was successfully airdropped onto the soft mud area named Shooting Range Star.

However, after it took two steps and its two front limbs moved forward, they broke with a thud and it slid down and fell to its knees on the ground.

Fortunately, Rui remained calm and immediately ordered the Colossus to shoot two rays to prove its long-range power, and finally saved some points in Yan Luo's impression.

However, Yan Luo was still held accountable for the responsibility.

"Tell me, why did the Colossus' legs break off directly in the test field?" Yan Luo looked around at everyone.

Perhaps because Yan Luo had inspected the Colossus before, the news of the army's new weapons had already spread amidst the excitement. Out of curiosity, all the famous humanoids, including the commander, took the opportunity to rush to Yan Luo's side.

Therefore, the inspection of the Colossus has long become a performance evaluation of the new equipment by high-level humanoids.

However, now that they had entered the accountability phase, they all quietly retreated to the corners, leaving only Rui's remote image to face Yan Luo's wrath.

Of course, this is not actually anger, it is just an inquiry about the technical parameters, but it should be a different picture in the eyes of the humanoid.

"Shooting Range Planet has a gravity three times that of Earth. I'm sorry, sir, this was due to my inconsiderateness. Our current level of technology doesn't allow the Colossus' leg joints to bear more mass."

"That sounds very reasonable." Yan Luo nodded.

Although he didn't know that the Earth's Colossus would imitate the Protoss' design, Yan Luo actually always felt that there were major flaws in the Protoss' weapon design.

If you know about the Colossi of the Protoss, you will find that their height of over 150 meters is more than half made up of legs, which is a typical top-heavy structure.

Apart from the aesthetics, the design concept is completely unreasonable. When faced with a higher gravity environment, there is indeed a risk of joint self-failure.

"Don't you guys check the environmental factors before conducting the experiment?" Yan Luo asked seriously. "So who chose the Shooting Range Star as the test site?"

Now Rui was squeaky and speechless.

The twins' expressions also became quite strange, with an expression of "are you kidding me" written all over their faces.

At this time, Yan Luo suddenly remembered that he had just pointed at the star map.

Damn, it's me, the clown!

But before Yan Luo could react further.

Rui came back to his senses from his whimpering state and said with a determined look:

"It's...me."

"..."

The road...is getting wider.

It is undeniable that Rui's initiative to take responsibility did make Yan Luo stunned for a while, and his mind began to think rapidly.

To the humanoid form, humans seem to be an incomparably perfect existence.

If Yan Luo needs to maintain his ruling prestige, he should use Rui Ge's step to continue to move down. In human terms, this is the social etiquette in the workplace.

After that, Ruiming will be lowered and secretly raised, which is a sure winner template.

However, Yan Luo did not intend to transform people into the rigid social structure of humans. After all, their compliments were only directed at him.

He didn't want the humanoid to resolutely carry out the order to advance the machine gun 10 meters in a few years without being called an idiot.

It’s not that Yan Luo has the strange masochistic attributes mentioned above, but that the human form can have more room for decision-making. Otherwise, if this continues, sooner or later some willful decision will bring them to the brink of collapse.

This is the disadvantage of highly centralized power.

"Okay, you don't have to take the blame for me. I chose the Shooting Range Star."

Oh no, I heard some bad scandal.

The other humanoids all looked as if they were about to be silenced, and decided to go back later to deal with their own data memories. They must not leave this door after something like this happened today.

As a belief in human form, the image of humanity must not collapse because of trivial matters.

Of course, Yan Luo did not read the thoughts of the humanoids present, but continued to instruct his scientists.

"We need to continue making technical changes. Our weapons must take environmental factors into account. I may not be able to change, but I must adapt to the environment."

After Yan Luo gave some instructions, a group of people watching the show quickly left the scene at the speed of wind.

After confirming that only the twins and himself were left.

Yan Luo immediately heard bursts of laughter.

"I'm sorry, sir. I was just thinking of something happy." Perhaps feeling Yan Luo's gaze, Bobo La responded.

"Don't try to be so melodramatic at this moment, haha." Divara added with a smile, "Come to think of it, I thought the adults were going to blame our chief researcher."

"It's not her fault. It would be truly bizarre if any scientific technology didn't have some flaws before its debut." Yan Luo looked at the two sisters helplessly. "As for me, if Rui really took the blame, I'd probably despise myself."

For now, his position has been in a worrying stage, mainly because he cannot beat them at night.

Now he doesn't even have the power to threaten. Why doesn't the damn psychic power have the option of physical enhancement?

"But didn't the adults always blame the problem? Didn't they say things like the wheeled chassis and the steps were wrong and it was the dog's fault that the steps weren't there?"

"Isn't that just to liven up the atmosphere? And I didn't say anything like that, did I?"

"But your expression at that time was like this. I was so angry that I was about to tear A2 apart with my hands."

Can humanoids read minds? Let's leave this question for now.

"Okay, stop laughing and get down to business. Can this replica of your colossus be included in our army's equipment?"

Only then did the two sisters hide their smiles. After looking at each other, Divara quickly stepped forward to explain.

"Actually, ignoring the special environmental factors, the Colossus is not incapable of becoming our primary equipment. At least the magic element weaponry it's equipped with is capable of destroying any solid infrastructure. Of course, we're not experts, so you can ask the commander for his opinion."

"I'm going to ask her? I'm afraid you won't be able to see me at night!" Yan Luo continued helplessly: "But apart from the influence of gravity, the Colossus is still a relatively complete work of art."

At least the Colossus should be able to operate normally in an environment with the same gravity as the Earth.

It is impossible that the Chief of Science had not considered the intensity of combat under the Earth's gravity, and he even conducted a targeted technical inspection as soon as it appeared.

Otherwise, he would not have been brought in front of Yan Luo for inspection at the beginning.

"So you're still optimistic?"

"No, it's just that its aesthetic is very much in line with my taste. However, I initially expected a weapon that could strike the ground from space, but I didn't expect the subject matter alone to be so off the mark."

Let’s just say whether we can hit the ground!

The twin sisters held back their complaints and continued to listen.

"But as long as the effect is achieved, it's fine. The means are just a process, the goal is fundamental. I just don't know how effective it will be in actual combat."

Just think of it as strengthening the army's doctrine. The current situation on Earth does not require an additional type of ship with an unknown purpose. Using a new equipment for the army is actually a perfect move.

Of course, it is difficult to judge whether a weapon is really useful until it is put to practical use.

The Geminis agreed with this, and even Popola expressed regret:

"It's a pity that the Colossus appeared too late. If it had appeared during the war with the Ooze, perhaps we could have tested its actual combat capabilities."

Then Yan Luo was shocked when he heard these words.

"Ooze? Their fleets are incompetent, their artillery is weak, their land warfare is incompetent, and their equipment is inferior! What makes you think they can test the strength of the Colossus? Bullying weaklings only makes you feel powerful, but in reality, it's not you who's incompetent, it's them who are too weak!"

Yan Luo understood that the true skills could never be tested by a fight between two noobs.

"So we're still missing an enemy with similar technical skills?"

"To be precise, it's a civilization that's very far away from us, has some friction with us, has no communication with us, and can express misunderstandings and negotiate at any time."

As for why we didn’t choose the closer one, this involves many issues.

With the progress of the times, the strategy of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones has actually almost faded out of sight. The ancients chose this method more because they were unable to implement their own rule over the enclaves.

If there are other ways to get your troops to a certain place instantly, then it doesn't matter whether you attack close to them or not.

In this regard, the globalization of the Eagle Sauce has already taken shape.

Of course, being close still has its own advantages. For example, in terms of receiving troops, if the distance is too far, other civilizations will have to consider whether to go along with the misunderstanding.

An expedition with equal strength is simply an act of self-destruction. On the contrary, if the strength is equal at close range, then we can first see whether everyone's civil and military strategies are equal.

It could easily turn into an all-out war.

Naturally, this explanation easily convinced the Gemini sisters.

"So where can we find this kind of civilization?"

While the humanoids and humans were lost in thought, a certain anxious degenerate far away in Cygnus still had not finished his meeting.

"We can say it was a misunderstanding."

"Do you think they'll listen? Think about why we were beaten in the first place: 'Maybe they'll awaken, so we'll be beaten first.'" The current atmosphere among the Ancient Tribe didn't seem particularly harmonious. "To be honest, I still don't understand what awakening means. I feel like they're just looking for an excuse to beat us."

"That human is just like that. He messes up the entire universe, and uses words that others don't understand. Most importantly, he only acts according to his own ideas."

"In short, we can't ignore this kind of threat. In the past, he could just make up excuses, but now that we've shot down his ship, he doesn't even need to make up excuses.

So prepare for battle, everyone. We need to prepare for the worst possible scenario, for the sake of our ancient race's lost glory."

Chapter 299: Today is also the day for the research ship to escape

"Humans, please bless us. I hope nothing goes wrong after we jump out."

On the humanoid research bed in the subspace, a Terran was desperately praying a strange prayer.

The humanoids around him all had helpless expressions.

After the Tairen people finished praying, they responded to the others, "Okay, the auspicious time has come, let's go out!"

"Captain, there's no need for you to come to Cygnus with us. And...is there something wrong with your prayer?"

"Enough of the nonsense! The Koprulu Sector is teeming with Zerg. Compared to the day when a colony descends upon them and fights them, I think the Galaxy Sector is safer." The captain pulled out a pipe and clung to it. "And isn't humanity your religion? Those of you who don't pray are the ones who are wrong!"

What you said makes a lot of sense. We seem so useless!

All the humanoids shut their mouths.

The Terrans in front of them could be considered their instructors. As the first group of Terran explorers recruited by Earth, they provided a large number of humanoids with experience and precautions in interstellar navigation, and also optimized the drawing of the Earth's star map.

Judging from his achievements alone, he is worthy of being summoned by humans alone.

However, after the humanoids absorbed enough nutrients, he did not seem to choose to return to the Koprulu Sector to live a peaceful life like other Terrans.

On the contrary, he took the initiative to explore the great era of space with the humanoids. In his own words, he always dreamed of becoming an explorer. Later, in order to make a living, he could only become a doctor and later became the captain of an abandoned ship.

After half of his life, he always felt that only the peaceful environment on Earth could realize his dream.

Anyway, just listen to it for now.

And according to the latest desires of mankind, the constellation Cygnus as seen in the star map seems to be his new target.

The humanoids on these ships naturally responded to the call and sailed directly from the distant Orion constellation through the subspace.

However, judging from Earth's current communication methods, long-distance conversations cannot be made within the subspace, so everyone on the ship was unable to receive the latest information and news about Cygnus.

For example, another scientific research vessel was blown up.

At present, we are still talking and laughing.

However, after entering the real universe from the subspace, the only Tyranid captain on the ship felt something was wrong.

"Just now... was there a red beam of light passing by our ship?"

"What? A red beam? I didn't really notice that." A figure looked up from the complex dashboard and gazed at the glass of the external observation port with a puzzled look. "Maybe it's your imagination. If there really is a red beam, how could you not see it clearly... Holy shit, there really is a red beam!"

In fact, the Terrans' vision cannot capture extremely fast-moving objects, but this limitation is not a big problem for humanoids.

As artificial eyes of their mechanical bodies, they can provide a lot of vision enhancement for the humanoid. There are indeed red beams of light in the eyes of this humanoid, and there are more than one.

"Turn on the radar and sirens!"

Due to the unstable nature of the subspace, many technological products will not be able to operate in it or may even be damaged.

Therefore, humanoids need to turn off many instruments when navigating in space. These problems may be solved in the future with the advancement of technology, but now they are unable to detect the culprit of the attack in the first time.

However, as they turned on all the instruments and the scientific exploration ship officially began to operate, dense alarms sounded.

And in their instruments, they saw many red dots flashing around their ship.

"High-energy response, a blanket energy fire strike. We've encountered the enemy! Open the shield and deploy our detectors!"

According to the best response method, they should actually turn around and enter the subspace immediately.