From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 126: Sykes Mechanical Civilization, a Mechanical Tiger
night.

Lu Heng and his two companions found a hotel to stay in.

The hotel's service robot also enthusiastically introduced how to use the charging ports in the room, although Lu Heng couldn't use any of the three.

Instead, the child companion robot automatically walked over and stood next to the charging port.

This child companion robot looks like a cartoon dinosaur toy, is one meter tall, and has movable limbs.

While at the repair shop, Lu Heng and the maintenance man confirmed that the network module of this child companion robot was intact, but the networking function was not turned on.

The maintenance man repeatedly reminded us that this kind of service robot could be lost once the Internet function was turned on.

Moreover, he repeatedly emphasized that he would not be responsible if the robot was lost due to turning on the Internet function.

This is a major feature of the out-of-control robot camp.

Under normal circumstances, when a service robot turns on the Internet, it can update the latest control program, optimize program settings, and fix bugs through the Internet.

However, the manufacturing company of this antique robot from the last century has basically gone bankrupt, and the supporting server is no longer available, so there is no way to update the program.

Therefore, the network modules of such old robots are usually removed or turned off.

It is for this reason that Lu Heng confirmed with the maintenance man whether the robot has a network module.

The network module is very important to Lu Heng’s next plan.

Because once this service robot is connected to the Internet, the Gestalt consciousness of the out-of-control servitor will try to connect to this robot.

The connection process is actually to crack the control program of the service robot. After successful cracking, this service robot will become a unit in the Gestalt consciousness, just like a worker bee in a beehive.

This is why out-of-control servitors can spread so quickly, just like a virus, quickly infecting networked service robots.

This has led to many service robots having their internet connectivity turned off by their owners.

……

Lu Heng is thinking about the strategy to pass the Abyss Battlefield this time, but before that, there is some key information that needs to be confirmed.

So before you go to bed at night, use voice to communicate with this cartoon dinosaur robot to get more information about Orion λ838.

Since this cartoon dinosaur has not been connected to the Internet for many years, the stored data is basically from before the out-of-control robot appeared. There is only a small amount of data after the out-of-control robot appeared.

Through communication, we obtained several key pieces of information.

First, Orion λ838 is a resource star of the Sykes civilization. After the resources were exhausted, the civilization system evacuated, and those left behind were the poor who were unable to board the spacecraft.

Second, the Sykes civilization began its mechanical revolution two centuries ago and is now in the transition period from semi-mechanical civilization to mechanical civilization.

When the mechanical revolution first began, it became fashionable among civilized citizens to transform their bodies into machines.

Moreover, there are many benefits to be gained from mechanical transformation.

For example, greater strength, more functions that organic creatures do not have, and greatly extended lifespan.

The previous two centuries had therefore been a period of mechanized transformation of civilization.

Interestingly, after the main race of the Sykes civilization experienced the mechanical revolution, most of the citizens underwent mechanical transformation.

At this time, citizens began to miss their organic bodies, and bionic limbs became a popular trend again.

The Sykes civilization is now in this period, and bionic limbs have become synonymous with high-end.

This is also the reason why the uncle in the repair shop showed an expression of admiration on his face when he saw Lu Heng and the other two.

In the eyes of the citizens of Planet λ838 in Orion, being able to use perfect bionic limbs all over the body is definitely a power that only the big guys have.

Therefore, when Lu Heng and his two companions walked into the city, no one was so blind as to dare to come up and cause trouble.

This situation is just like in the human world, when a multi-million supercar appears on the road, all the surrounding cars quickly get out of the way. Ordinary people can't afford to offend it, and the traffic police don't dare to stop it.

Third, the main body of civilization completed its evacuation thirty years ago, and the records related to the out-of-control servitors appeared fifteen years ago.

At that time, the main body of civilization had already evacuated the planet, and only old machinery, industrial waste and lower-class civilians remained on the planet.

Therefore, after the out-of-control servitor appeared, no one on the planet was capable of solving the problem.

In fact.

As soon as the out-of-control robot appears, you can update the program of the servant robot to prevent the out-of-control robot's consciousness from expanding, and the problem can be easily solved.

However, the main body of civilization has already evacuated the planet, and no one is maintaining the programs of the servant robots. As a result, the Gestalt consciousness of the out-of-control servants emerged and expanded rapidly, forming a camp that can confront the central system.

Fourth, the first record related to the abyss appeared five years ago.

If this record is correct, then the appearance of the out-of-control servitor has nothing to do with the invasion of the abyss.

However, it is not certain whether the struggle between the central system camp and the out-of-control robot camp is related to the invasion of the abyss.

Fifth, there is no record of source material in the information of this cartoon dinosaur.

However, Lu Heng once entered the Queen Star Circle of the Sykes Mechanical Civilization, where source matter existed.

Therefore, there should be source matter here as well, but the quantity may be too small, and a service robot does not have the authority to obtain relevant information.

……

When communicating with the cartoon dinosaur, the questions Lu Heng asked were quite crucial.

The questions asked by Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu were quite funny.

"Do you people eat food or motor oil?"

“Do robots all have the same facial features? Is customization expensive?”

Things like this are very unconventional.

After obtaining useful information, the three of them took turns to keep watch and rest.

Towards the late night.

Lu Heng was woken up by someone and heard Su Muyu's voice: "That cartoon dinosaur walked out. Should I chase it?"

Hearing this, Lu Heng immediately sat up, kicked Lin Zeyu, and woke him up: "Get down to business."

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Lin Zeyu looked at a loss.

"That cartoon dinosaur ran away. Could it be true that it would be lost if it was connected to the Internet like the uncle in the repair shop said?" Su Muyu was still a little confused.

Lin Zeyu slowly regained consciousness and said as he put on his shoes, "Could it be that the boss deliberately installed some program to control the robot to go back to his place?"

"Just go out and see for yourself."

The three of them left the hotel and followed the cartoon dinosaur all the way.

The wheels of the cartoon dinosaur rolled over the bumpy concrete floor, making a creaking sound, but its direction of movement remained unchanged, and its destination was obvious.

The three followed all the way, through three blocks, and the cartoon dinosaur entered a downward staircase and entered a basement.

Lu Heng asked Su Muyu to turn on invisibility, and then followed him into the basement.

The light in the basement was very dim, and only the light from the indicator lights of a few robots allowed the three people to barely see the situation in the basement.

There are more than a dozen service robots gathered in this basement.

At this moment, a tracked maintenance robot is using the tools on its robotic arm to disassemble these service robots and take out functional modules one by one.

Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu were very surprised when they saw this scene.

Because these disassembled robots did not put up any resistance, they just stood there quietly and were dismantled bit by bit by the maintenance robot.

After removing the important modules, the remaining useless shells were piled in the corner of the basement like a pile of abandoned "corpses".

Lu Heng was not surprised when he saw this scene.

Because this is a characteristic of an out-of-control servitor.

As long as it is a robot, there is a possibility of damage. Once damaged, it needs to be repaired. If the parts are damaged, they need to be replaced.

However, the industrial system on this planet has been basically withdrawn, and most of the parts cannot be produced. So where do the parts used for maintenance come from?

It can only be removed from other robots.

The Gestalt consciousness of the out-of-control servitor is a whole, like the consciousness of a hive.

However, in a bee colony, there are worker bees, soldier bees, drones, queen bees,

Each individual has a level. If the parts of the "Queen Bee" are damaged, they must naturally be removed from other "worker bees" and installed on the "Queen Bee".

That is why there are situations where maintenance robots dismantle service robots, because these service robots are the "worker bees" in this group, the lowest level.

After the cartoon dinosaur entered the basement, it stood at the end of the queue, quietly waiting to be dismantled.

Su Muyu saw the cartoon dinosaurs quietly waiting to be disassembled. They had such cute appearances, but they had to quietly wait for "death" without any resistance.

She felt a little inexplicable emotion and whispered, "How pitiful."

at this time.

From outside the basement came the sound of tracks rolling over the ground.

"Another robot coming to deliver parts?" Lin Zeyu turned around curiously.

Then he saw a mechanical guard rushing into the basement and firing at the robots in the basement.

The maintenance robot noticed the mechanical guards and turned to flee. The tracks made a high-speed creaking sound and the alarm sounded as it fled:
"Alert! The ninth block has been attacked, requesting support... Alert! The ninth block has been attacked, requesting support..."

A dozen service robots, including the cartoon dinosaur, did not escape. Instead, they turned around and surrounded the mechanical guards, using their bodies to block the mechanical guards and help the maintenance robots escape.

Obviously.

In the out-of-control servitor camp, maintenance robots are of a higher level than ordinary robots.

After all, with the maintenance robot, other damaged robots can be stood up again.

If there are no maintenance robots, then every broken mechanical individual in the out-of-control servant camp will be one less.

Da da da……

The mechanical guards destroyed more than a dozen service robots with one round of shooting.

The cartoon dinosaur fell to the ground, half of its wheels still turning and sounding the alarm.

"Should we take action?" Su Muyu asked with a frown.

"Let's follow and see the situation first." Lu Heng did not rush to take action.

The central system camp and the out-of-control robot camp have been fighting each other, and similar things happen every day.

It is meaningless to prevent one or two camp conflicts. The key is to find a way to break the deadlock.

The three followed the mechanical guard all the way out of the basement.

After leaving the basement and reaching the street outside, the same sound of machine gun fire was heard in the distance.

Apparently, the incident wasn't just happening in one place; the same thing was happening simultaneously in nearby neighborhoods.

More and more mechanical guards appeared on the streets, and their heavy tracks rolled over the road, making the sound of metal chains vibrating.

At a glance, you can see more than a dozen mechanical guards appearing on the streets, chasing all kinds of strange-looking robots.

Judging from the situation, this is not an isolated action, but a large-scale encirclement and suppression operation designed by the central system.

During the chase, several service robots were smashed.

After killing the target, the mechanical guard will join forces with other mechanical guards to encircle and eliminate the remaining out-of-control mechanical servants.

"This is a completely one-sided massacre." Lin Zeyu looked at the scene and couldn't help but complain.

Lu Heng felt that things were not that simple.

If the out-of-control robot servant camp has no ability to resist, there is no way to form a confrontation.

Just as Lu Heng was thinking this, the war spread all the way to the Ecological Island Cross-sea Bridge.

Hundreds of service robots fled from various blocks in the city to the cross-sea bridge.

Behind these service robots, teams of mechanical guards chased them, firing wildly with machine guns, smashing the fleeing robots into pieces.

From a bird's eye view, one can clearly see two groups of robots gathering together towards the bridge, with machine gun flames constantly spitting out.

When the mechanical guard reached the bridgehead, something strange happened.

Several special machines rushed out from the direction of the bridge, rushed towards the mechanical guards, and a fierce battle broke out.

Hundreds of mechanical guards fought against more than twenty armed machines.

These armed machines have different shapes. Some look like tanks, some look like excavators, some look like animals, some look like beasts, and some look like primates.

Just as Lu Heng expected, the out-of-control robot servant camp also had combat units, but the number was not that large.

The battle was extremely fierce and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Half of the mechanical guards have fallen down, and many of the combat units on the out-of-control robot servants have been destroyed by machine guns.

"Should we take action?" Su Muyu asked again.

"Wait until they finish fighting. We haven't joined the camp yet. If we take action now, we will be attacked from both sides at the same time." Lu Heng did not rush to take action, but continued to wait.

Gradually, the out-of-control robot servants slowly reversed the situation.

Because on the side of the out-of-control robot servants, there is a very strong combat unit.

It was a combat machine in the shape of a beast, a bit like a tiger, and it was actually equipped with liquid metal.

The outer armor of this mechanical tiger can be deformed. When bullets hit its armor, they will be embedded in the liquid metal and then slowly spit out by the liquid metal.

Therefore, the machine gun fire from the mechanical guard posed almost no threat to the mechanical tiger.

The mechanical tiger charged into the group of mechanical guards, knocking over and smashing them one by one.

At this moment.

Behind the mechanical guard, a three-meter-high light prism armored vehicle appeared, emitting red high-energy rays and hitting the mechanical tiger.

The liquid metal on the mechanical tiger's body melted quickly under the attack of high-energy rays, and in the blink of an eye, the mechanical core was exposed and it was about to explode.

Seeing this scene, Lu Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "Do it!"

boom!
Lin Zeyu had already been ready for action, and he opened fire at the first opportunity. A shot of [advanced armor-piercing bullet] penetrated the fire control radar of the Prism Armored Vehicle.

The high-energy rays emitted by the Prism Armored Vehicle stopped instantly.

Lu Heng drew out the Aurora Blade, rushed forward, and used the sword [Rift Slash] to split the three-meter-high Light Prism Armored Vehicle into two halves.

Bang!
Continuous explosions occurred inside the Prism Armored Vehicle, sparks flying everywhere.

"Clean up the battlefield quickly. There's a lot of noise here, which may attract other people with special abilities." Lu Heng reminded very quickly.

Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu quickly began to clean up the battlefield and collected the undamaged batteries from the robots.

After what happened yesterday, they already knew that batteries in this world are hard currency.

Especially on this planet, batteries are very expensive.

Because the industrial system on this planet has basically been withdrawn, it is impossible to produce batteries, especially high-end batteries.

After Lu Heng destroyed the Light Prism Armored Vehicle, he walked up to the mechanical tiger.

At this moment, the outer armor of the mechanical tiger has been melted into a pool of molten iron under the attack of high-energy rays, and the mechanical core is exposed.

On the mechanical core, Lu Heng felt the breath of source essence.

(End of this chapter)