Earth Era

The universe is always dark. Although there are many stars in the universe, they can still only illuminate a small area near themselves, and are unable to illuminate most areas.

Darkness and coldness are the normal conditions of the universe.

Just over twenty light-years away from the sun, a formation of more than twenty spaceships was slowly advancing in the dark space. This place seems to be a void, and it seems to belong to the vast void zone between stars. There is nothing here except cosmic rays and void quanta that appear and disappear like ghosts. However, this spacecraft formation moves forward very slowly and solemnly. , it seems that there is some terrifying monster hidden in the endless darkness.

"According to the intelligence from the "Lyra" deep space monitoring system, the distance between us and the vanguard of the robot group has been shortened to within one light day. I ask all personnel to stick to their posts and be prepared for encounters with the robot group at any time. Fight.”

The order without room for change was issued from the flagship command room and then passed to every spacecraft in the spacecraft formation. After this order, the oppressive and heavy atmosphere became much thicker.

During this slow advance, a rapid voice suddenly sounded in the captain's room: "Report to the commander, our curvature space detection satellite has detected the following space fluctuations. Through calculation, we confirmed that at a distance of 20 billion from us Kilometers ahead, there is a mass of unknown matter with a mass of about 3 billion tons, which is traveling at twice the speed of light. It is expected to meet us in eight hours. According to calculations, we believe that this unknown mass is about 1.5 times larger than the speed of light. Composed of billions of robots..."

"I order the fleet to stop advancing, start reverse acceleration, and be ready to enter the super-light speed navigation state at any time...Start the execution of phase A of the plan. Space fluctuation mines, armed satellites, etc. begin to be released. The coordinates are...the range is..."

Orders were sent out in an orderly manner, and the fleet faithfully carried out the commander's orders. The fleet began to accelerate in reverse and launched various weapons. When the robot group passed here, these weapons would automatically attack the robot group to force them to leave the super-light speed navigation state.

After all the arrangements were made, the fleet fell into silence once again. But this silence only lasted for more than ten hours. After the silence, signals were transmitted from the mine deployment point to the fleet, letting the people in the fleet know that the weapons that had been deployed in advance had been triggered, and they would It exploded in the dark universe as planned, ending its life after a violent burst of light and heat.

As for how much damage these weapons have caused to the robot groups, people are not too concerned. Because these trigger-type weapons are specially made, they were developed by scientists of human civilization based on the wrong technology tree. They all have their own fatal flaws, so they must not be powerful. Their mission is only to force the robot group out of the super-light speed navigation state and transfer some of their own material science information to the robot group.

"The Lyra deep space monitoring system shows that the robot group has escaped from the super-light speed navigation state and discovered us." Another message was passed to the commander, "The robot group is currently chasing us and is expected to enter our side in two days. Range.”

"Very good." The commander replied, "I order the last pre-war inspection and preparation to be carried out, and the feeding plan will be officially started in two days."

Robot groups are known for their numbers, but the robot army this fleet encountered only numbered about 150 million units. This obviously shows that this group of robots is just the vanguard, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter which group of robots the information is leaked to, as long as they are not too far apart from each other. There is no difference between one robot acquiring the latest technology and 100 million robots acquiring the latest technology. Because any piece of technology will be delivered to the entire robot group at the fastest speed.

One day later, another order was passed from the commander: "Start releasing the spy robots, activate them ten minutes after release, and copy the latest data about the robot group into their core chips."

So hundreds of thousands of spy robots were released into space. After a brief silence, the robots were activated and received the latest data about the robot group. So they immediately simulated what normal robots should do in this situation - chase the fleet of human civilization.

No matter in appearance or behavior, they are no different from real robots. They only have some differences in the core chip code, and it is precisely because of this difference that determines their belonging. They serve human civilization. They steal intelligence from robot groups and send it to humans. They are real spies.

In the robot empire, the number of robots is too huge, and too large a number will inevitably cause loopholes in their identification friend or foe system. It is precisely because of this loophole that spy robots were born.

"Reporting to the commander, the spy robot has successfully blended into the robot group without any suspicion. The exchanges, communications, broadcasts, etc. within the robot group can also be received by them. The Lyra Deep Space Monitoring Network sent confirmation information confirming that they have Received the information fed back by the spy robot..."

"very good."

"The robot has entered the range and is ready to start fighting. The No. 1 ship occupies the following position, and the firepower ratio is...the No. 2 ship..."

Robots appeared in front of the fleet commander like demons emerging from the depths of hell. Only now has the fleet commander truly seen the demon that has plunged the entire human civilization into panic. The fleet commander's thoughts were ups and downs, but the voice remained calm and calmly directed the battle.

Commanding this battle was not difficult for a well-trained and experienced commander like him. Because the core of this battle is not "battle", but other aspects. From the beginning to the end, the commander had no intention of starting a duel with the robots. What the commander had to do was simple, carry out the mission, and then escape with the help of a sailing speed far exceeding that of the robot group. It was that simple.

The commander divided the mission into three phases. The first phase was to launch a fire strike. This is the standard "feeding" process established by the Scientific Affairs Committee, because only when it demonstrates offensive capabilities that exceed the level of robot technology, the robot group will start the evolution mode and actively seek evolution to digest and absorb these technologies.

A full-scale attack has begun, artillery fire has begun to roar, and the ferocious robots have been destroyed one by one. Strong fires and violent explosions have almost covered thousands of kilometers in radius.

The fleet fought and retreated. During the continuous retreat, a spaceship gradually fell behind the fleet as if it had been damaged by the flames of war, and after a period of time, it was surrounded by a group of robots.

The spaceship tried its best to resist, but in the face of the overwhelming robot army, its resistance had no effect. So after a while, its artillery fire stopped and its power was lost. The robots destroyed its external structure and penetrated deep into its interior...

The commander has been watching this process coldly. After confirming that the spacecraft had been captured by the robots, the commander issued a new order: "The feeding mission is completed, the fleet will accelerate from now on, enter super-light speed navigation in one hour, and return to the military base closest to us."

There was no ripple or any danger. The feeding mission was completed in this way. And this situation is happening simultaneously in thousands of different places within a few dozen light-years with the solar system as the core. Thousands of robots have received input from human civilization and been embedded with a large number of spy robots.

The "Lyra" deep space monitoring network monitors the movements of these robots and is also responsible for receiving information from spy robots. Under the work of tens of millions of spy robots, all information about the robot group has been obtained by human civilization. The Scientific Affairs Committee headed by Xiao Yun will use this information as a basis to formulate subsequent feeding and combat plans.

Feeding programs don’t always go smoothly. The Lyra deep space monitoring network is not yet complete. It does not have the ability to fully monitor the vast star field that spans dozens of light-years. There will always be some robots that escape the monitoring of the deep space monitoring network and arrive quietly. Places that no one knows about are in the visual blind spots of human civilization.

This resulted in the destruction of seventeen feeding fleets due to unexpected encounters with robot groups, resulting in the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers. Fortunately among the misfortunes, human civilization has taken this into consideration early on, so all spacecrafts that perform feeding missions are specially made and use the most advanced means for "technological encryption", so there is no need to worry too much about the orthodoxy of human civilization. The problem of technology being stolen by robot groups.

Xiao Yun knew that as the evolutionary trap plan continued to be implemented, the number of fleets destroyed due to unexpected encounters with robot groups would continue to rise. But there is no way around it. As General Emerk once said, in war... there are no immortals? (To be continued ~^~)