Stellaris from the Automata Era

From the time their civilization truly completes the enlightenment of wisdom to the time they soar through the universe and dominate the starry sea, all of these can be passed on to the next generation through genes.

It can be said that every tree person is a living fossil within the race.

It is precisely because of this that the ancient people's emotions towards the earth are quite complicated. Anger, hatred, unwillingness, and fear are almost a collection of contradictions.

Especially the younger generation of the ancient tribe, they are more susceptible to the genetic memories of their ancestors, which even causes their physical form to change.

For example, the ancient tree people did not have limbs like hands like most young tree people today. Instead, when they needed to perform precise operations, they relied more on the vines derived from their heads. These were the "hands" of traditional tree people.

The subsequent transformation was entirely due to the psychological trauma caused by the beating, and the decision was made under the drive of DNA.

To sum up, it is a process of hating humans, fearing humans, understanding humans, and becoming humans.

Of course... seeing that they have retained most of the tree features and removed a small part of the human appearance, I am not completely convinced.

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, the once powerful civilization can never completely smooth out its edges. Relying on the emotions and memories passed down by the ancestors, there is more anger and unwillingness.

And it's deeply embedded in DNA.

Perhaps they do know that the Earth (Empire) is incredibly powerful.

They also knew that the enemy's vast fleet might cover their galaxy, that battleships with magic element main guns would hammer their armor, and that orbital artillery fire would destroy their homes.

But even if their bodies are about to be burned, the tree people will never shrink or surrender. They will burn all the emotions of their ancestors in their genes and fight to the death.

But...the question is what if the enemy doesn't come?

The Tree People currently have only one fleet organized, but their ancient shipyards have been fully operational, and as time goes by, all vacancies will be filled.

However, back to a more realistic issue, it seems that we can no longer afford to support them.

In fact, for ordinary civilizations, it is difficult for a galaxy to fully support a fleet. Due to the limitations of technology and maintenance, a fleet often requires industrial cooperation from several galaxies to be supported.

Unless you are aggressive in military expansion and completely ignore people's livelihood, that is another topic.

It is true that the Corruption is a dark void creation, but all void creations always have their own production limit, and this final limit value determines the number and quality of their fleets.

Just as Yan Luo was unable to continue expanding due to insufficient resources, the ancient tribe was also facing a resource dilemma.

You have to know that they are now in a full state of combat readiness, with shipyards, army equipment, civilian consumption, and maintenance of fleets and various equipment. I don’t know how much resources are spent every day.

In the early stages, they might be able to rely on their ample reserves to continuously spend resources to replenish their combat power, but as time went by, they began to lose patience.

As the fleet gradually begins to replenish, the Treants will face higher maintenance reports.

Before the reliability of their own equipment is improved, they have to consider whether their current actions are a case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

After all, the Earth's fleet has not made any extra moves since the initial battle, and they are all silent in the void area outside the galaxy.

It was so quiet that the Tree People once suspected that the other party had quietly retreated. If the Earth did not launch an attack, everything the Tree People were doing now would be a waste of national strength.

However, when the reconnaissance ship risked its life to transmit intelligence from deep space, it showed that the other side had been taking a full war posture.

It seems that the earth has also entered a period of dormancy and repair, so the ancient tribes are relieved. At least the fortifications and fortresses they built to make up for their losses can at least play a role.

But continuing to waste time is not a solution.

As the preparations for the fight against the Earth gradually became more complete, they finally turned their attention to the issue they had previously ignored, that is, intelligence.

It is understood that some of the fallen have sufficient energy to maintain a high level of observation of the earth because of their high level of revival.

Naturally, a steady stream of information circulates within their civilization, but the Ancients cannot do this. The Tree People are trapped in their own territory just like the aliens, but for other reasons.

Therefore, they have been unable to effectively obtain information from Earth, and as for getting first-hand intelligence from their other counterparts...

It is true that there is communication between the Fallen, but their platform is more of a place for diplomacy, intimidation, and intrigue.

We have all had some friction along the way, and maybe even a blood feud. Otherwise, no one would turn around and fight a war in heaven immediately after completing the technological transformation.

Therefore, the communication among the fallen is not that of a loving family, but a large-scale cyberbullying scene. They are afraid that if there is any disturbance, they will rush over to mock them, but they will regret it when they find that they cannot type as fast as others.

In this case, the tree man can only change his thinking and look at other methods.

"You said so, curator?"

“It is our honor to serve your civilization.”

...

Let us look back at the Earth.

In fact, there has been little mention of mechanical life on Earth. The main reason is that after this group of round-headed people went to the Koprulu star zone, they had actually left Yan Luo's sight.

Compared to the Orion solar system, there is fertile land almost everywhere, and there are so many minerals, alternative fuels, and even habitable planets that it is difficult to count.

Although there are three civilizations fighting each other all year round, the Earth... or the Round Head is not on their hate list, so overall it is relatively stable.

All the machine lifeforms really had to deal with in Koprulu were wild Zerg swarms, small-scale Tal'darim, and Tyranid pirates.

Essentially speaking, there is no need to gamble the fate of the country when dealing with these people. Therefore, compared with the humanoids in the solar system, the round-headed people can be said to be living in peace and prosperity.

Even if there were unexpected conflicts reflected in Yan Luo's report, it would be described as our army having a great advantage, the enemy being defeated, and pursuing the victory.

In addition, the round-headed manager N2 has much stronger subjective initiative than the humanoids, and likes to build bases and occupy territory on resource-rich planets.

Therefore, even Yan Luo would probably find it difficult to accurately assess their specific strength.

However, what is certain is that the five fleets have not drained away all their war potential.

"The vanguard of the fleet has already emerged from the warp, and I'm receiving their transmissions now."

Due to the procrastination of a certain unsure 11b, the round-headed creature should be able to reach the designated battle location faster than the humanoids.

Of course, perhaps because he was used to playing solo for many years, the situation on the 11b side was not actually included in N2's own battle plan.

After the signals from the first batch of warships arrived, the Destruction, which was responsible for combat, had already gone online excitedly.

"Since arriving in Koprulu, there has been no enemy worthy of a fight." Destruction said excitedly.

Although N2 has always been considered an emotionless AI machine, that is mostly a misunderstanding caused by humanoid verbal slander.

As the server of the entire mechanical life form, they are the starting point and the end point of the entire round-head data.

Whether it was the unconscious round heads in the crowd or the awakened machines that thought they were disconnected from the network, in fact, their data was being transmitted to n2 from beginning to end.

With such a huge amount of data being cut and improved, n2 should actually have personality and emotions earlier than other round-headed creatures.

However, they used to impose self-restrictions for the sake of the tribe, but after seeing humans above them putting the brakes on them, things seemed to be getting a little off.

But more or less, they are still regarded by Yan Luo as one of the most reliable candidates.

"No one is capable of fighting? Koprulu still has three other races, why don't you fight them?" Evolution asked in confusion.

Her soul-searching question left Miehuo speechless for a moment. In their consciousness, the excited expression on Miehuo's face froze.

After much thought, Evolution finally heard this answer.

"Then find another reason why we might not win." This initial answer wasn't given by Destruction, but rather her own thoughts. Her real statement was the latter: "Making peace with the Tyranids and the Protoss is the Ruler's strategy! Do you understand strategy? As someone in charge of logistics, don't ask about grand strategies!"

"..."

In fact, even if n2 is originally one, as long as they are in the space of consciousness, the thoughts of both parties cannot be hidden at all.

This is also why n2 only needed to say a few words to each other before, or even communicate normally with others by speaking back and forth, because they were basically two people with only one brain.

Perhaps the above facts were also exposed as the voice of evolution, and the two people in the consciousness space were strangely silent for a while.

After this short period of time, Destruction spoke again: "Well, I really don't dare to mess with civilizations like the Terrans and the Protoss who gamble their national destiny on a daily basis."

The invincible Protoss and the crazy Tyranids, N2, who has been stationed in the Koprulu sector for some time, must have known about it.

One of them always burns the glass of the Golden Fleet, and the other one has a leader who is as tough as a madman.

If it were in the past, N2 might have been happy to fight with them, but now N2 felt that it was purely a thankless task, not to mention that there was no direct conflict among them.

As for the Zerg that is never mentioned, since the disappearance of their Blade Queen, the whole group has been in a state of disintegration. It is not as strong as before and is at the point where no one can kick it.

It’s not that Destruction hasn’t actively caused trouble for them, but after fighting them a few more times, she found that someone was fighting for her only entertainment source.

This also caused the fight with the Zerg to become a competition for a long time. If she acted too late, all she would get was a dead land burned to ashes.

However, it seems that I have gained a lot of reputation with the Protoss. After all, they rarely see any race other than themselves chasing the Zerg. Could it be that this is also a conflict of attributes between the mechanical Zerg and the biological Zerg?

In short, everything is peaceful in Koprulu.

"Then be careful. That's a fallen empire, and the master says it's not easy to mess with."

"Don't worry. The Ruler is such a cautious person, it's impossible for him to find an opponent stronger than himself. Besides, I've also seen the information. Last time, there was only one fleet that was not fully staffed. Now, after four months, let him have a full fleet. How can I lose in a five-on-one situation?"

Very good..this is not the destruction that evolution is familiar with.

Evolution seemed to see her whole body floating up.

"Then keep up the good work. I'm going back to take care of the affairs of the Koprulu Sector. A strange sect has recently emerged on a certain planet. I'll go check it out."

It is definitely a good thing that no one interferes with me, destroying the memory of the last time I fought with Evolution or the first game against the Tal'darim.

It can only be said that the blood voltage was quite high at that time.

"Go ahead." After responding casually, Destruction returned to his own operating perspective.

During their brief conversation, the entire round-headed fleet emerged from the subspace.

And under the command of Destruction, it slowly approached the nearest ancient galaxy.

Then she saw the other party's star map light up, and one folding signal after another appeared on her screen.

"One, two, three... seven? That's so many? Who gave us this information?"

At the same time, the ancient tribe also raised the same question.

"Damn, our intelligence was wrong!"

Chapter 312: Helping Brothers

"What's the matter with this information? Didn't it say that Earth only has one fleet?" The commander of the treeman fleet asked.

At this moment, it is exchanging fire with the Earth fleet outside the void.

According to reliable intelligence provided by the curator, Earth has only one fleet, or no more than three fleets in total.

The tree people didn't really believe it at first, but they couldn't resist the evidence being slapped in their faces, such as the total number of the Earth's fleet, and the expedition of a certain god of war leading a fleet into the subspace.

These all have complete images and times, but what really convinced the tree people about this information was the overall scale and size of the Earth galaxy.

Yes, the number of galaxies on Earth is actually not that large. Even if they start conquering the east and the west (fighting the mud), the total number of galaxies is only about 10.

Compared with the hundreds of galaxies before, it is hard to tell how much smaller it has shrunk.

Not to mention that they look a bit washed up. If you just compare their own situation with the mirror, you can clearly see that the current Earth Empire can't actually afford to maintain many fleets.

Just as the size of a territory in ancient times determined how many people it could support, the total number of galaxies determines the number of fleets.

So what's there to be afraid of? The Tree People also have 7 galaxies, and Earth has 10 galaxies. If you round it up, it's actually an equal sign.

Moreover, compared to the somewhat washed-up Earth, these tree people have the advantage of being at the pinnacle of technology, although this technological pinnacle is considered a negative buff in today's cosmic environment.

However, their development and utilization of galaxies are at a relatively high level. If they want to maintain a fleet on a 1:1 basis, it will be a bit cost-effective.

so..

"If there are more than five on Earth, I will eat up this flagship right here!" Let's not talk about who this person is who is cheating on food and drink.

The most important issue for the tree people at the moment is that, now that they have decisive evidence, they have decided to destroy the Earth fleet deep in the void.

After all, after repelling them, that fleet has been lurking in deep space, constantly spying on the tree people's galaxy.

The tree people have always been disgusted by their existence.

Just imagine it this way: a 300-pound fat otaku is hiding in his own apartment building, using a secretly installed camera to constantly send greetings to the screen with your image projected on it with his eyes, and from time to time you can hear strange laughter.

Just ask if you can bear it?

If the Earth still had its own powerful military force, the tree people would have been able to endure it before this.

There is no way the situation is stronger than the person. Facing the possible invasion of the other side, the tree man must ensure that every bit of his force is used to the best effect.

But after learning that the earth is also very weak, I turned around and looked at these stubborn residents in deep space, and I felt disgusted.

After several Earth months of peace and tranquility, when nothing happened, the tree people finally put the proposal of removing these eyes on the agenda, and it was quickly passed unanimously.

Then, their only fully staffed fleet set off directly after selecting an auspicious day, and stepped on the accelerator to rush into the vast deep space.

Fallen has his own reasons for not taking the initiative in battle.