Stellaris from the Automata Era

"Our actors haven't even taken their places yet? Why is the stage opening?"

This was somewhat beyond Yan Luo's expectations. In fact, the transport ship was hijacked at the beginning, but it was just Yan Luo looking for a reasonable explanation to reduce the amount of energy coins transported later.

As for the later part, it can also lay a foreshadowing for the reason of declaring war. Anyway, if I say you have pirates, you really do. Let's not talk about other things first. Let me take a look at your territory with my fleet.

But now is not the time to start the show!

Afterwards, Yan Luo decisively ordered the joint fleet of humanoid and mechanical life forms to station and manage the area of ​​the Republic Sludge, and finally calmed down these pirates.

But then the route between the two slimes was hit, and some people seemed to be so ruthless that they didn't even spare their own people...

"Hiss, should I march south now and give those slimes a beating along the way, striking at the root of the problem?"

To be honest, Yan Luo doesn't want to do this for the time being, thanks to the low prices on the capital slime side.

Many of their values ​​have not been fully developed. Before they adjust their prices and find a way to die, Yan Luo does not want to use extreme methods.

After all, who would be willing to use an old hen to make soup before it can still lay eggs?

Chapter 286: Money borrowed based on ability

Although Yan Luo regarded the mud as a hen that could lay eggs, he was reluctant to kill it for the time being.

But the slime doesn’t think so!

As the saying goes, it is better to buy than to build, it is better to rent than to buy, and it is better to rob than to rent.

Given the current price gap between Earth and the mud, Yan Luo really wants to implement his plan in the order mentioned above.

But after the Earth transport ship lost contact, the slime jumped directly to the final stage of the plan, but in reverse.

After seeing the increasing losses on the trade reports, Yan Luo finally came to his senses after thinking about it one day.

"Oh no, the other party actually has the same idea as me?"

It's not the same idea, in fact, the rampant pirates themselves are the internal characteristics of the slime and the original gameplay.

Thanks to the recent Earth Soft War, the pirates who were wreaking havoc on the galaxy took off their coats and transformed themselves into regular soldiers to fight on the front lines.

Coupled with the subsequent power struggle within the slime itself, the galaxy seemed much calmer.

Now it is just restoring the original ecological environment.

However, compared to the slime itself, everyone is playing this game, and they are familiar with the rules and processes. Therefore, although there seem to be many pirates, the losses are not too great.

On the other hand, on Earth...even if we have an invincible fleet, we still have to use a different strategy when facing pirate attacks.

How could the humanoids, who have been fighting a total war against mechanical life for thousands of years, have ever seen such a situation?

For a moment, they were really confused by the beating. The key point was that the other party was not a direct opponent. After all, their salary was not enough for them to risk their lives.

But it is more than enough to attack some unprotected routes.

Even if the humanoids behind began to control inland navigation, on second thought, wouldn't the waterway between the Republic Slime and the Capital Slime also be seizable?!

The Earth can't send troops to its own home to suppress bandits, right?

So this isn't just any pirate! A heavy punch! A heavy punch is necessary.

"But what about the mushrooms?"

This is what Yan Luo really cares about. After the last war, the mud has actually expressed that it is just a piece of shit.

There is no need to kick it, it will collapse on its own.

However, the geopolitical situation around the earth is a game between three civilizations, and you must know that this is the most stable triangle shape.

Especially since last time the mushrooms acted as mediators in the war between the Earth and the slime, Yan Luo had to consider the attitude of the mushrooms.

Putting aside whether they can defeat the combined forces of mushrooms and slimes, just looking at the mushrooms' militaristic system, it is clear that they still have a certain level of strength.

So even if Yan Luo wanted to solve the problem from the root at this time, there were still many concerns in reality that tied his hands and feet.

However, we can also look at the performance of the vassal states.

As we all know, since ancient times, there has not only been the term "inherent territory", but also another term called "old friend territory".

If the republican slime formed with the Earth has the ideal of returning to unification, then the Earth will at least give them a hand, right?

At that time, the slime will fight the slime, and the earth will restrain the mushrooms. As long as one side wins first, it will be a complete victory!

As for the question of whether the vassal states will be defeated... You have to know that in the old days of Earth, the so-called United Nations forces were actually only one country sending troops...

"Someone! Transfer the call from Ooze to me!"

Perhaps because of the time difference, the apparent leader of the Republic slime was quickly awakened from his sleep.

With Yan Luo's instructions, he quickly had a diplomatic meeting with the chairman of the capital opposite.

Perhaps due to various reasons, its face looked haggard from the perspective of the mud, as if it had not slept well.

"Brother, the main company (Earth) is furious. Is the pirate problem really unsolvable?"

"Um... I'm trying, I'm trying..."

The pirate problem is really unsolvable. I don’t know how many years we have been playing with the slime game. Everyone is part of it.

Including the cancellation of accounts and money laundering, the process and outcome were very complete and smooth.

The key is that if they take off their clothes, they might be able to join the regular army to suppress the bandits. The mud itself doesn't know how to trace the source.

All we can do is ask each company to mind its own business, but what's even more troublesome is that the businessman chairman of Soft Mud claims to be a leader and has some power, but it's not much.

Just like the President of the United States next door, a mayor may even contradict or disobey orders in person, so whether one can control the entire country depends entirely on personal ability.

As for the current chairman, after the fall of his predecessor, guess why he was able to take office amidst the fierce competition among various companies? It’s entirely because he has the ability, but not much!

Naturally, the Republicans, who belong to the same slime species, also understand this truth.

After some of the gritting and struggling that are unique to this species of slime, the Republican slime finally revealed its purpose.

"We need a large number of warships for commercial escort, but the warship operations of the main company are not suitable for us, so I can only seek help from you now."

"This is fine."

The reason is so reasonable. To be honest, the capitalists feel something is wrong when they see their compatriots have such a small navy. Don’t they usually fight against pirates?

"Similarly, we'll use your credit points to pay for the warships. Of course, we'll exchange energy coins for credits, but they'll be stored with us first. If you need energy coins, send someone to get them."

Something seems wrong..

As a part of the digital economy, Slime's credit currency is actually just a number.

Of course, the Republic Slime uses energy coins as a link, which naturally has more advantages than the original currency value in terms of purchasing power.

After all, the credit coins of the slime were originally a lower-level substitute for the energy coins. Now that they are linked to the energy coins, their value is higher. In the short term, this is a good thing, but it is indeed strange to have two value systems for one currency.

However, considering the deterrent effect on pirates and the fact that you can withdraw money at any time.

The capital slime can only be seen as afraid of the pirates' looting, and the compatriots on the other side chose a safer and more reliable method.

As for the real reason.

"Energy coins? There definitely won't be that many! But feel free to exchange them for more credits. If you don't have any, just tell them you owe them!"

This is called borrowing! Get it? First, use the borrowed money to build up my own fleet and stabilize the surrounding environment!

What? How are you supposed to pay it back then? No, you borrowed the money based on your own ability, so why should you pay it back? Of course, you can't say that before the fleet is established.

What? What if the other side forces you to pay back the debt? If that happens...don't you have a fleet?

I will remember the original words of the adult from the sovereign country, and the Republican slime can only observe two seconds of silence for its former compatriots.

Chapter 287: I voted

To be honest, anyone with a bit of common sense on the original Earth probably wouldn't agree to such terms between the slimes.

Let’s not talk about how the earliest Eagle Sauce eroded and controlled the pricing power of currency from afar. Just look at the operations of White Elephant from close up... I’m afraid it won’t be long before the Earth’s energy currency can only be spent by the Earth.

Of course, the long-term single social structure of the slime should not be able to see that far. After all, this is the disadvantage of premature unification. Without the cruel internal competition among one's own people, it is difficult to derive a variety of miscellaneous tasks.

From this perspective, Yan Luo has actually made outstanding contributions to the progress of slime civilization.

It’s just that the price of the other party’s growth is a bit high.

But putting this aside, the slime itself is still satisfied with the operation of binding credit points to energy coins.

It has been mentioned before that for slime, the credit currency system itself is a lower-level substitute for energy coins, lacking an upward reference, and their system itself is not very stable.

The fluctuations in prices have been jumping around all the time. Even if a German with a mustache could travel through time and see the price of bread, it might bring back familiar memories for him.

The reason why the slime can ensure that its credit system does not collapse is entirely due to the rational use of its own force and various wonderful operations.

Let’s put it this way, a slime worker may never have seen what a credit point looks like in his entire life, after all, his account is always in the negative.

It is because of this that the interior of the mud cannot be said to be hot and humid, at least it is dim and lifeless.

But after the earth intervened, a ray of light suddenly appeared in the dark life.

The credit point of the principal system has been activated.

What is also being revitalized is not only the financial system of the SoftBank Group, but also their high-end technology manufacturing chain.

It has been said before that the advanced human technology of the slime has always suppressed the power of machinery. In fact, long before the arrival of the Earth, their large-scale mechanical tool production chain had completed preliminary integration and became a separate corporate industry.

According to the observations of the various slime bosses, this thing has been operating at a loss every year. Even the original boss has already run away, leaving only one unlucky guy... I mean the lucky guy has achieved his own class jump.

His rise from being a manager with nothing to becoming a boss in the capitalist class is a legendary story that deserves to be written about in detail.

However, if it wants to enjoy a luxurious life like other capitalists, the prerequisite is to pay off its debts first.

Therefore, this capital slime is like an alien. While other slimes are still living a life of luxury, it can only survive by receiving the same security as other lower-level slimes.

However, after the neighboring brother split up and faced the other party's large demand for construction machinery, it and its company finally recovered.

Not only did they rely on a large amount of outdated equipment to pay off the previous debts, but they also relied on the opportunities of the new era to cling to the thigh of the chamber of commerce behind the current chairman.

Yes, it was the one who had previously claimed that he had no private army.

In short, this is a standard story of a novel protagonist's counterattack.

Of course...it seems like its best days are still ahead.

Faced with the greedy demand for energy coins, almost all the slimes agreed to the request to pick them up themselves.

This doesn't seem to be a big deal. Everyone has their own private army for escort, so the transportation process is actually quite safe.

It’s really hard to deal with someone who doesn’t have a private army.

After much deliberation, it decided that it could only make a trip by boat itself, in the name of market exchange, to see if it could secretly bring back some energy coins without being noticed by the pirates.

They can't come and rob the CEO's boat, right? It's only a few bucks a month, no need to risk your life.

However, from the moment it got off the boat, the styles of the two levels of the world seemed to be different.

To be honest, Yan Luo would never allow the conquered territory to develop freely, even if it eventually became a vassal state.

From a policy perspective, Yan Luo intended from the beginning to submerge their original culture, customs, and language, thereby creating a land-friendly peripheral country.

Originally, Yan Luo thought that this was a very difficult task that would take a long time and require various operations such as force to complete. However, in actual operation, it was difficult for the brain but easy for the hands.

In just less than a few months, the slime under the Earth's territory had completed its initial transformation.

Judging from the comprehensive reasons, the main reason is that the brother next door is really not that good. The horizontal comparison has become a rotten basis for defense. Even if a wise person does not say it, he knows in his heart who is better.

I really want to say, "I have been wandering in the mud for half my life, and I only regret that I have not met a wise master. If the earth does not abandon me, I am willing to... cough cough."

What’s more important is that due to the scarcity of manpower, we have to pursue the power of machinery, but those sophisticated machines still require a certain level of education to operate normally.

Therefore, Yan Luo learned from the experience of his predecessors and took a short-term crash course, and then followed up with popular education.

But...who is Yan Luo?

An orthodox time traveler from the Celestial Empire, one of the many fishing nets in the nine-year compulsory education.

Think carefully about it, with such an outstanding "higher" education, what kind of tricks can he come up with? Naturally, he would just mechanically apply successful educational experience.

In order to cater to his taste, his humanoids searched everywhere in the database of the old era, and finally put together the first version of the slime tutorial.

It is these mixed things that sometimes produce strange sparks.