Stellaris from the Automata Era

Humanity...

Humanity?

Humanity? !

This is so bad!

Hasn't humanity already perished?

11b never doubted the intelligence he had obtained at the beginning.

But what's going on with this... adult in front of me?

Yan Luo, who had just finished his meal, was drinking the desert wine brewed by the twins in big gulps. At 11b's moment, his skin was rapidly flushing due to the effect of alcohol.

Following a burp, 11b's keen sense of smell detected the pungent smell of alcohol.

This is... a human? Amazing... No, that's not right!

11b ah 11b, you can’t just believe everything others say!

Go and confirm for yourself whether this adult in front of you is really a human being!

Having said that, we actually have no idea how to confirm the authenticity of humans 11b.

Humanoids are like this... Although they were created by humans, most of the humanoids that have truly coexisted with humans were sacrificed during the alien invasion.

Due to years of war and the information being deliberately blocked by the upper echelons, the humanoids' true understanding of humans is only from the books excavated from the ruins.

Even this is the version that each humanoid figure has its own interpretation and settings, which are passed down from mouth to mouth. There are all kinds of monsters and demons, and different versions may even be in conflict with each other. Fanatical supporters, authors and heretics have often argued and exchanged ideas offline.

Fortunately, there seems to be one that is unanimously considered the most reliable.

What does it say above?

Creators are a species that require constant feeding to replenish their energy, much like our humanoids replenish fuel. However, they also appear to supplement vitamins, iron, calcium, and other minerals. Experiments on humanoids have shown that Creators' teeth are extremely sharp, likely reaching a hardness of over 9.

Hmm... vitamins. She doesn't really understand things like calcium, since humanoids don't need them. But she does understand a bit about iron...

So when Yan Luo saw 11b bringing the real screw on a plate for him to have as dessert, he was still a little confused.

Fortunately...Gemini is still reliable.

With their patient scientific education... and the contribution of their precious memory data, 11b finally gained a preliminary understanding of humans.

As we all know, videos cannot be faked! When 11b saw the ancient hibernation capsule from the Gemini's perspective, and the time countdown before disassembly for parts.

There are also private speculations made up by my own imagination, such as scientists, fire and other settings... Various decisive evidences are slapped in 11b's face (not really).

11b believed it in an instant.

From now on, she'll be the Master's most loyal guard!!! Forget about the round head! If those fellows in the bunker come over, she'll dare to chop them down with just the Master's order!

In daily life, Yan Luo no longer has a name in the humanoid's heart, and is only referred to by that adult..ㄟ(▔,▔)ㄏ

Let’s put these episodes aside for now.

In fact, Yan Luo's work was already more than he had expected.

The first point is industrial transformation. The original machine guns have been completely discontinued. After all, it is understandable that the immature products were discontinued in order to save resources.

And then those robots that replaced them...

It's hard to explain. The effect is not very ideal.

This is thanks to the newly added 11b. In actual testing, she was able to kick an object as heavy as her head and embed it deeply into reinforced concrete. In contrast, the robot's stats seemed a bit lackluster.

However, Yan Luo did not get disappointed and changed back to the original design.

After all, his original arrangement was to provide the weapon with an operational cannon...soldier.

Isn't this the same as a cannon? Is it more cost-effective to have a vehicle equipped with a weapon or to have a robot carry that weapon on its back?

But the real formula cannot be calculated like this.

Yan Luo is not a real scientific worker. The scientific drawings in his mind are completely free of charge.

Those are already available, just like the code that can be copied and pasted, but you have to write or rewrite the code yourself...haha.

The machine gun is already considered his most successful product of adaptation and design, but recently it has become somewhat inferior to the endless round-headed versions.

Single machine guns should be phased out, but robots don't have these concerns. They can directly replace weapons or be equipped with multiple weapons according to the complex and changing situation on the battlefield.

Yan Luo had even prepared the artillery positions in a desperate manner, and now all he needed was enough personnel to operate them.

But the biggest problem is that he is now a little confused about the situation on his production line. Fortunately, the Gemini usually acts as his external brain, especially Bobo La.

“So what is our current robot production?”

“About ten a day.”

Obviously, this number cannot satisfy Yan Luo.

Compared to the speed of the round-headed troops they had seen before, the difference was not even a little bit. Even the machine gun production rate was faster than this.

However, considering the more complex process of robots, this speed is understandable.

And what can’t be solved by adding a production line? If it can’t be solved, it means you don’t have enough!

This is the only advantage of industrialization. As long as there are enough production lines, the average production speed will increase.

What's more, robots are not only used in the military! They can also be used in many aspects such as production, manufacturing, and installation!

"First, let the production robots follow me to set up the production line. The goal is to produce 100 robots per day."

"Understood, my lord."

It must be said that the emergence of robots has liberated Yan Luo's productivity. Although they may not be as fast as Yan Luo himself can with a wrench.

But this is only a problem of small quantity in the early stage. As the production scale expands, their uses and speed will gradually surpass Yan Luo himself.

After all, Yan Luo is only one person, and can't knock out a few production lines a day, but if the number increases...

Dozens of production lines are operating at the same time. Even if it takes five or six days to complete, the overall value will exceed that of Yan Luo alone.

The arrival of a million-strong army is just around the corner.

However, a few days later, Popola seemed to bring him a message from the resistance.

"What? You saw A2 over there?"

"Not sure, it feels a little different."

Yan Luo fell into deep thought. In fact, there were too many things going on these days...

He seemed to have forgotten that one of his humanoid figures was still missing.

"Anyway, let's get in touch first."

It's time to find the missing doll.

Chapter 34: Just a Coincidence

It's time to find the missing doll.

Although Yan Luo did have this plan in mind, he had no idea how to implement it yet.

This may be largely his fault. After all, ever since he deviated from the original base construction site, it has been difficult to connect with A2, or it is difficult for him to contact her unilaterally.

As for what Bobo La said about seeing A2 in the resistance camp, to be honest he didn't have much expectations.

He let the Gemini continue to act as merchants just to give A2 an obvious beacon. As the Gemini's presence in the resistance army became stronger and stronger, if A2 was active in the surrounding area, he would probably come to them.

"It's probably the same model, right? Let's touch it first, um... let me see it myself."

a2 once said that the purpose of her creation was only to provide experimental data for subsequent machines.

Yan Luo was almost certain that what Popola saw was probably a subsequent humanoid modeled after A2. After all, humanoid manufacturing was like a copy-and-paste process, so it was reasonable for them to look similar.

However, this human figure that looked like A2 still made Yan Luo curious.

It just so happened that he had been staying in the base for a long time without going out, and he could already feel a musty smell coming from himself.

It's time to breathe some fresh air.

As for Yan Luo wanting to go out...Boppola didn't have much objection.

After all, the place Yan Luo was going to was the resistance camp. In a sense, she felt that it might be safer than the base.

If something could happen in the resistance camp filled with humanoids, then the humanoids could just surrender to the mechanical lifeforms and there would be no point in fighting.

Furthermore, she believes humans do need to get outside and move around. With her extensive knowledge of humans, she naturally understands the impact of the environment on human health.

Living in the "dark" underground and hammering away all the time is itself destructive to human body and mind.

Sometimes she even felt that Yan Luo was too...strong. He didn't encounter any major problems even though he lacked necessary living conditions such as a mobile phone (wrong).

"That's all right then. I'll go get the equipment first."

What Yan Luo called equipment was actually the armor he was wearing.

His ability was not enough to design a completely modified armor, so over the past few months, the armor still appeared to be less flexible in appearance and movement.

But at 11b's reminder, he recently added a humanoid friendly mark to the armor...so that the humanoid electronic radar would not be unable to detect it and it would not look like seeing a ghost to the naked eye.

At the same time, it also has the ability to protect itself in case of any accidents.

Of course, it might feel a bit awkward to walk around in a human form wearing this outfit, but it shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, the Dolls are revitalizing human culture, and there are all sorts of weird and wonderful things. The Twins even mentioned that there's a Doll in the camp who always wears a round-head mask. It's a blessing that he hasn't been accidentally killed yet...

In short, there shouldn't be much of a problem for Yan Luo to walk like this.

It didn't take long to change into the armor. Following his previous work habits at EDF, Yan Luo didn't have a serious procrastination problem.

Soon he and Popola left through the passage they had previously dug from the ruins to enter the factory, and arranged for 11b to look after the house, as her current identity was not suitable for her to appear in human form.

He had always considered the old base in the ruins as an escape route in case of emergency. After occupying the lower level of the factory, Yan Luo did not abandon it.

On the contrary, he used the resources in the factory to carry out a major transformation. Now, not only has a resource storage point been installed here, but Yan Luo has also expanded the planned artillery position here.

With the help of this exit, he has reached a location very close to the resistance camp.

It only takes about another hour's walk to arrive.

However, since the humanoids' last offensive failed, the round-headed creatures have once again started to move around in the surrounding areas, and there are even more improved models.

Therefore, in order to save some time, Yan Luo finally hugged Boppola and used his flying wings to continue his journey.

...

It actually took Yan Luo and Bobo La less than twenty minutes to enter the resistance camp. Although his flying wings could not really fly, he could still jump and glide in the air.

By using the spaces between the ruined buildings as the landing points for jet cooling, not only are the problems of straight-line obstructions reduced, but there will also be no unnecessary battles caused by obstructions from the round heads.

But relatively speaking, Divara, who was taking over the role of businessman from Popola today, seemed very surprised.

"Sir!" She responded like this first, and then hurriedly dealt with the people around who were asking for prices. After hanging up a sign that the store might be closed today due to something, she ran to Yan Luo in small steps.

"Why are you here?"

"I heard from Popola that we saw A2, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect this resistance camp to be so... shabby."

Indeed, he originally thought that the camp, as a center of human activities, would at least look decent...but he didn't expect that it was located in the ruins and there wasn't even a decent building.

At most... Yan Luo saw some tents simply set up.

"The conditions don't quite allow it. After all, the camp itself is mobile and can be moved at any time if the situation becomes unsatisfactory."

We couldn't let our fellow humanoids lose face at this time! Although Diwala and Popola were ostracized among the humanoids, they couldn't be separated from them.

Now, explaining that might be a plus point in front of humans. Um... Regarding the plus points for the overall quality of the humanoids...

"That's reasonable." It was clear Yan Luo didn't really care about this sort of thing. After looking around, he turned his gaze towards the twins. "Speaking of which, where did you see...A2?"

He used the name A2 for the time being before he could really confirm it, but he still thought that it was more likely to be a humanoid figure of the same position.

After the twins looked at each other and communicated, it was finally Boppola who stepped forward first.

"As for the resistance leader, I was supposed to be in charge today, but after seeing that... humanoid, I quickly asked Divara to take over."