Stellaris from the Automata Era

You see, now something is wrong.

As expected, the two were so bewitched by the beauty that they lost their minds and even lost the ability to perform basic data calculations.

The frigate could only feel deep sorrow that the fate of all mechanical life lay in the hands of these two men.

However, since it is still working for the other party, it does not have the courage to speak out its true feelings.

Therefore, we could only convey the situation on the scene and Adam's request to n2.

In just a few seconds, it received a reply, and the voice had a hint of strangeness in it;

"The higher-ups replied online that there's no problem and they've agreed to your reasonable request. They're just a little disappointed that the 100,000 or so round-headed people around here are left without anyone to direct them."

Naturally, its words seemed to have triggered some key words, which made Adam stunned, and then he asked urgently.

"One hundred thousand? Wait! Are there a hundred thousand people around here?"

The frigate did not answer Adam's question immediately, but paused first.

As if waiting for someone's order, he said after a while:

"Of course we do. In fact, we've already set up frontline bases on the surrounding mineral planets, and we're producing round heads non-stop. However, due to limited transportation capacity, we can't transport all of them here for the time being."

"You wait!"

Adam closed his eyes.

"Mechanical lifeform Adam, requesting network connection."

The network of mechanical life forms has always been a function that they have from the beginning of their production, and in a sense, it is also the background that controls them.

As long as they are in this network, n2 has strong control over their subordinates with almost absolute command.

Therefore, anyone with a little self-awareness will basically choose to separate from the Internet after awakening in order to gain the power of freedom.

Naturally, Adam and Eve left the checks and balances of the network long ago in the tradition of awakened machinery.

This is not a difficult task, as mechanical life forms have plenty of ways to disconnect from the network.

After leaving, it is difficult to return.

For example, if Adam wants to access the network again, he must pass the n2 level.

'Individual Adam, a leader-class machine, your data is abnormal and you will not be able to obtain full access rights.'

During the time he was away from the Internet, what weird things did the two main networks come up with?

For a moment, he couldn't adapt to the words coming out of the system's mind.

After all, the way to access and use the Internet is somewhat different from before, which can be understood as the generation gap between computer XP system and 10.

At least when Adam was still here, there was no such voice prompt.

But this is not a big problem. For mechanical races, accessing the Internet is instinctive and is at most equivalent to changing the UI.

Therefore, he quickly accessed the nearby round head through the restricted network permissions.

It was indeed as the frigate said, there were nearly 100,000 of them, and new units were constantly joining the network within just a few seconds.

Judging from the efficiency of this production, stationing a million troops would only take a week or two.

More importantly, the spacecraft now pulls over some medium-sized close-combat models with weapons.

He was more familiar with this type of unit. Initially, they were elite troops used to guard the White Tower.

They abandoned the route of larger-scale mass production and instead began to develop in the direction of quality.

Although it cannot be compared with the YoRHa humanoid, it should be equivalent to 0.25 YoRHa humanoids.

Compared to ordinary humanoids, it is simply a stunner.

In the early stage, they dared to send more than 4000 of them to this planet as combat power. I think the nearby mineral stars should all be of this type.

Mechanical life eventually became like a human being.

But these are not the main points! The main point is the 10 round head!

Compared to the current alien army which should only number a few thousand, this is such a huge advantage!

Although it may be impossible to send all of them to fight at once due to transportation capacity issues, after a simple conversion, Adam felt that he was already invincible.

Why doesn't he join in quickly and avenge the previous pursuit and hiding?

Therefore, after the system's extreme calculations, Adam quickly made a decision.

"I'm sorry, I just thought about it. In such a difficult situation, our tribe really needs a leader. Please help convey it. I, Adam, will do my best to help."

"This... didn't you say you were a pacifist?"

Obviously, the frigate was a little confused by the speed at which Yada changed his expression.

"The word 'peace' is not so inconvenient. Once I beat the other side until they kneel down and beg for mercy, peace will naturally come."

At this moment, Adam's eyes were filled with only one belief: love... and peace.

Chapter 140: The other side has a big advantage, let's switch places!

It was not surprising to N2 that Adam returned to the network and continued to fight for the ideals of mechanical life.

In fact, more than 2 possibilities for his reaction n150 have already been calculated.

In general, Adam is just meat on the chopping board and can't escape.

However, since he and Eve had a history of escaping from network control without authorization, N2 did not immediately restore all his permissions.

That is, the troops that had just been deployed to the dead planet and several new base construction facilities were brought under his command, and he was allowed to establish his own troops on this planet.

As for the troops and facilities on the surrounding planets, even the N2 permission for network exploration was cut off.

This caused Adam to suffer from the pain of being envious of the "elite round-headed" legions around him, but unable to get them.

But he had no complaints, as he was well aware of the limited capacity of mechanical life forms.

When he just left the earth, Round Head only had one visible warship launched into the air.

Compared to the humanoids, who know how many transport ships there are, there is indeed a gap.

This time even the frigates had to do something they were not good at, so you can imagine the situation.

"But it's good news that I can be allowed to establish a new army."

This means that if Adam has sufficient computing power, he can build a huge war system as long as the troops he commands do not exceed his capacity.

As for what this upper limit is...

As a leader-level mechanical life form, Adam seemed to have never studied it properly.

I think it should be in billions.

After all, the original intention of creating the leader model of mechanical life forms was to share the burden of network command if the troops they could command were too few.

Well, considering the scarcity of this model, it’s better not to have it!

"Then let's start by attacking one of their important mining sites. Eve, do you have any suggestions?"

"Brother is right, so when do we attack?"

Eve, with her simple mind, doesn't think too much.

Anyway, it’s right to fully support his brother’s decision.

Adam, who understood this, realized that he might not have the right staff.

"No rush, let's set up the base first."

As a necessary initial investment, a lot of infrastructure equipment was pulled behind the frigate.

He has found a suitable location to collect minerals. The reserve of resources is the foundation of a strong army.

It was obvious that this dead planet must have had civilization in the past. At least when he was exploring it on a research vessel, he saw many man-made buildings.

This is also why he eventually approached this planet.

Since there were traces of civilization in the past, this place must have the resources needed to support the development of a civilization.

"Once I'm fully grown, we'll go and crush those aliens right away."

The tone was basically set in this way.

According to Adam's original idea, he should find a suitable location to establish his base first.

After all, in the current situation where there is no numerical advantage, it is obviously not a desirable behavior to rush forward and attack the opponent's home ground directly.

Adam wouldn't do something so irrational.

Especially since the 100,000 troops in the surrounding area could not be fully transported here, this decision to maintain stability did not pose a big problem.

But this is just the assumption that there are no unexpected events.

"Enemy attack!"

Such words certainly don't come from the mouths of those round-headed people who have no self-awareness and can only mumble.

Rather, it is a temporary translation after some kind of polishing.

Adam and his team's massive construction project on the dead planet was obviously not concealed from the aliens.

Or...it should be a small group of troops that have been trying to chase Adam and his group.

This is also a small force consisting of dozens of people.

While they were searching for Adam with all their might, the movement of the facilities built by Round Head naturally attracted them.

Seeing a group of strange machines building their own camp, they immediately charged Adam despite being at an absolute disadvantage in numbers.

While spinning and jumping, he quickly chopped down a lot of mechanical life forms.

Of course, this team of aliens seemed to have paid the price for their recklessness when the melee models that arrived one after another surrounded them.

They realized that something was wrong.

Especially when their personal shields were broken for the first time in close combat, directly leading to one person's death.

They immediately realized that these strange machines before them had the ability to threaten them.

"We must leave and report the situation here to the executive officer."

The person inside may be the team commander, making a clear decision.

And they began to try to break out. It turned out that as long as enough numbers were used, even the most powerful individual force would be drowned by the vast sea of ​​people.

He had actually already understood this from the wars with several other races.

Similarly, compared to death, being made into a pioneer after losing a battle does not seem to be an ending that cannot be resolved.

Therefore, soon the other aliens also realized this fact like their captain, and quickly gathered around him to try the same action.

Sometimes personal strength is certainly useful.

Although they cannot control the direction of the entire battlefield situation, when faced with a life-or-death crisis where they need to escape, their military force becomes the guarantee of survival.

Almost before Adam and Eve arrived after hearing the news, they had already fought their way out of the encirclement of the round-headed men.

However, judging from the bodies they left behind, there were probably not many people who were able to successfully run back this time.

"Brother, do you want to give chase?"

Eve asked excitedly.

Perhaps because he was run over not long ago, he now really wants to return the feeling he had not long ago to his enemy.

This seems to be a good opportunity to catch it slowly like a cat catching a mouse.

However, Adam rejected Eve's proposal.

"Be prepared to defend yourself. Those who escape this time will definitely inform their people. We may have to endure a long and drawn-out battle."

It’s not that Adam doesn’t want to give chase. He at least wants to keep all these people here, prevent the existence of his own troops from being revealed, and buy some time for development.

However, considering that there are already many small alien forces chasing them outside.

If he sent out too few people, they would be easily eaten up alone. If he sent out too many people, the other party would be no blind and would be completely useless because of the huge commotion.

In this case, it would be better to just ignore it and build defensive fortifications and wait for the arrival of their main force.