Stellaris from the Automata Era

Think about it carefully... the suspicious behavior of the mechanical life forms when seizing the factory... and the series of exploratory attacks after the occupation, the meaning of which is unknown.

Almost all of them reveal some key information.

Just the thought made sweat break out on Yan Luo's forehead.

"grown ups?"

When Yan Luo's thought storm deepened, it was Bobo La who interrupted him.

It wasn't her intention.

Yan Luo's swordsman armor originally provided 360-degree protection without blind spots. Just through the isolating glass of the visor, Bobo La could not detect that Yan Luo was thinking.

It was just that when he was talking to Yan Luo, he didn't get a response for a long time, so he interrupted instinctively.

However, Yan Luo did not feel any negative emotions like regret.

Because he understood that this was also Boppola's concern.

So after staring at Popola, he changed the subject and didn't intend to express his thoughts.

"It's almost time for today, we should go back."

Speaking of which, the progress of the exploration of those purple round heads should also be mentioned.

According to Pascal, if the mechanical life is separated from their network, no one knows what kind of strange things will happen.

But judging from previous encounters...it's probably going to be a real headache. But that's another story.

Before they left, they specifically looked for Pascal, after all, he had to collect the commissioned items.

It seemed that the mechanical life was very happy about such a friendly contact and even advanced the reward, an authentic human book.

This is a very precious item for a humanoid.

But...Poppola is a little distressed.

"Huh? It's actually old-fashioned French? My system can't handle so many language plug-ins."

Old French... um... eh???

Chapter 39: The Reconnaissance Plane Forgotten by Humanity

"Annie Moenning has received the supplies from the mechanical lifeforms, and she hopes we won't reveal this news to other humanoids."

Pascal's commission was handed over to Diwala before Yan Luo returned, and Diwala immediately reported the work progress to Yan Luo after returning to the base.

It was obvious from her words that the information revealed was that there was definitely a connection between the regional leader and the mechanical life form.

"Similarly, she also asked me to deliver the reward for this transaction from the mechanical lifeforms."

Bobo La frowned when she heard this: "Why do we feel like we've become errand boys?"

"Not bad. I'm quite interested in that village of mechanical life. Just consider it the price of exploration!"

However, Yan Luo didn't care. His words set the tone for the matter.

"Compared to this, what's the situation on 11b right now?"

Since A2 has not yet returned to the team, 11B, as the only combat humanoid in the field, naturally has his own job.

After this, Yan Luo's interest in those purple round heads was aroused again, and 11b, with his rich work experience in Yoerha, was recommended by Gemini to be the person in charge of this task.

She should be leading a small team of robots and driving a map in an area of ​​the factory.

"11b just contacted us half an hour ago. She said she seemed...lost."

Uh? Lost?

Yan Luo became a little confused.

Although the interior of the factory is indeed complicated, the humanoid form has a system!

In fact, he really couldn't figure out how a humanoid with a built-in map could get lost?

Maybe Yan Luo's expression was a bit direct, so Bobo La felt it necessary to defend 11b's business capabilities.

She closed her eyes and recalled.

"That's understandable, actually. I heard from 11b that there are still T-dolls inside Juhar who are afraid of heights and can't use their flight equipment to transport logistics. Getting lost should be okay."

Very good, this Yuhal unit is probably doomed.

As a humanoid, how come Yuhar has so many flaws?

"Okay, I hope she doesn't make too much noise. I don't want another all-out war in the factory."

Just when Yan Luo was having a headache, the protagonist 11b who was being discussed by them was also having a headache.

"You guys just can't...jump over? Don't you have legs!?"

What did I say earlier? The factory's interior is complex, with elevators, stairs, and paths.

Now 11b is worried about the end of the stairs leading upwards. Perhaps due to years of disrepair, the middle section of this section is disconnected.

Of course, for a combat humanoid like her, it was not a big problem. She could reach the other end with a light jump. However, the small team of robots following behind her looked at each other in confusion.

"It's only two or three meters away, why don't you try it?"

She knew these robots were smart enough to understand what she meant.

I don’t know what went wrong in the programming, but a team of people was stuck at the fracture and refused to move over, even though it was clearly just a matter of one jump and then a double jump.

"The program determines that it is not passable."

"Are you guys so rigid?"

If robots could reach human form, they would probably curse loudly.

The fracture itself is three meters long, and it is also an upward staircase, which means that they have to jump at least four meters to reach the other side safely.

Obviously, these universal mass-produced models produced by Yan Luo cannot meet this requirement.

But the problem is that 11b doesn't believe it.

After all, these robots were all produced by humans, and I was also produced by "humans", so there shouldn't be much difference in my abilities.

Therefore, 11b, who has not yet realized the problem, simply thought that these robots with similar appearance but different internal functions were restricted by the written programs.

"The program determines that it is not passable."

"Okay, okay, wait a minute while I look for the command module."

These robots are naturally also equipped with the same command system as the machine guns, but because the system and understanding ability are more mature than the machine guns, 11b has not used this "micro-control" yet.

Now is the time, too.

"Try it first. Instructions: back off, run up, jump, and then jump again."

Following 11b's command, one of the robots began to retreat, then run, and finally jump in one go.

Finally, it slid down from the broken edge in a perfect parabola. After more than ten seconds, a heavy sound came from below.

"this..."

This robot probably cannot be saved.

"Sorry! I made a mistake." Although they weren't his compatriots, 11b subconsciously apologized given their similar appearance (without the artificial skin). "Let's try again."

robot:????

Ten seconds later there was another loud noise.

"Program determination: Impossible..."

"Okay..Okay, I get it."

Finally...11b seemed to understand the difference between robots and humanoids. They looked more...reasonable.

In the end, 11b didn't plan to try again anyway. She knew that these machines were cannon fodder, but at this stage, due to the limited number of production lines, they could not be mass-produced.

Humans are now keeping an eye on the production line of this thing every day, and they wish they could add a hundred units every day.

The existing quantity probably won't allow her to waste it like this for the time being.

"You guys wait here first, I'll go up and take a look at the situation myself."

As she finally gave the reasonable instructions, the robots drew their guns and aimed in all directions, standing on guard.

11b also pulled out the knife on his back and carefully explored upwards alone.

It's not like she hasn't encountered round-headed creatures before. Currently, they're a significant presence in the factory.

However, due to the serious dispersion, it was more like a roaming alert reconnaissance, which could basically be handled by 11b alone. Of course, he had to leave immediately after handling it, otherwise he would soon fall into the encirclement of the round-headed people.

After walking forward for an unknown distance and turning countless corners, she seemed to meet the lone wandering round-headed creature again.

It’s just that the type I encountered this time was different.

"Not the one with red eyes?"

At this stage, it is quite easy to identify the threat of round-headed cats. You can tell by the light in their eyes.

Obviously, the one in front of you is not the type that will actively attack, as long as you don't provoke it.

What surprised her even more was that after seeing 11b, the round-headed creature took the initiative to approach and spoke in its mechanical voice.

"Humanoid! Humanoid! Humanoid!"

"Wait..you're speaking Classical Chinese?"

Chapter 40: Humanity is confused

The word "confused" may have been used a lot recently.

But it can indeed express Yan Luo’s current mood.

He was very happy that 11b was able to return safely. After all, he did not have many dolls on hand, and he basically wished he could use one doll as two.

I just didn't expect that opening a map in 11b would bring him back a 'local specialty', a round head?

"It doesn't look like an active offensive model."

Indeed, this one didn't have red eyes, nor was it the yellow, peaceful type that roamed the streets of the ruins... but rather a white one that I had never seen before. However, it actually followed 11b back, so it shouldn't have any offensive intentions.

Almost in the next second, Yan Luo thought he saw a new species that was also disconnected from the Internet.

Then, the mechanical life form that was turning its head in Yan Luo's studio shouted happily after seeing Yan Luo.

"Master! Master! Master!"

"what?"

Yan Luo blinked in confusion. If he heard correctly, this guy was speaking Chinese.

As 11b was the one who brought back the round-headed guy and was also responsible for the temporary protection during this meeting with the round-headed guy, she patted her chest as if to take credit for it.

"Right! Right! This round head is very unique! I thought adults would be interested, so I brought it back!"

This is no longer a question of whether it is strange or not.

Staring at the one in front of him, Yan Luo seemed to start to trace back his brain records, all the way to the time when he was still in the desert...

Then, under the surge of memories, before 11b next to him could stop him, he decisively reached out and touched the round head.

Then the familiar structure made him suddenly understand.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the first reconnaissance aircraft model he manufactured, which was originally brought to the factory by A2.

"Oh my goodness, I almost forgot. Don't worry about this round head. I'll take it to find Bopolla later to retrieve the memory device inside."

Speaking of which...due to communication issues at the time, he didn't have any expectations for this reconnaissance plane.

It was just unexpected that I could still see it after so many days. I don’t know what kind of information is stored in it.

"Also, what's the actual situation with those robots?" Yan Luo seemed to have thought of something and asked 11b. "By the way, why didn't you see them when you came back this time?"

As a recently produced model, the number of robots is not large. Under the current circumstances, Yan Luo can still count how many there are in the base.

His words left 11b stunned for a moment.