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"But the development of things always has twists and turns. I think the Chief has told you something similar." Neos said, referring to the time when the Chief recruited Luo Xi to be the executor of the plan to reinforce the future.

"As humankind's technological prowess continues to grow, arrogance is spreading among us. More and more people are looking down on everything and facing this universe, which has never been peaceful, with contempt and arrogance."

"There are even more and more scientists, innovators, and ambitious people who have absorbed a large amount of alien technology. They have unscrupulously inserted and modified the alien genome into the human gene pool, polluting the pure human genes."

At this point, Luo Xi clearly sensed the strong malice emanating from the Emperor, and he hated this behavior extremely.

The past years once again emerged in Luo Xi's eyes. It was not just the blasphemous act of one or two crazy scientists. Modifying human genome even became a trend, and the entire human society was caught up in this frenzy and blindness.

Human beings have made a series of changes to their bodies and minds at will, and more and more people believe that they have reached the level of God and can control the world by their own will.

The more power they gain, the more humanity they will naturally lose. They think of themselves as gods, not ordinary people.

This is the beginning of degeneration, precious humanity is thrown away like garbage.

Ethics and morality are seen as barriers to technological progress. More and more crazy humans have abandoned these useless things and are fully committed to realizing their crazy ambitions in their dreams.

That's why the chief is so worried. He wants to rely on his own strength and the strength of other companions to reverse this trend.

"The Chief and his companions failed." Neos said. He had witnessed the efforts of those wise men. Some of them sacrificed their lives, some were thrown into prison, and some disappeared.

The crowd caught in fanaticism and madness would not listen to any advice at all. They just thought that the Chief and his group were hindering their progress and transcendence.

"Until the end of the Golden Age, the Pan-Stellar Human Alliance we built was actually dead in name only. The ones who controlled the power and strength were the giant monopoly companies, ambitious mad scientists, and technological warlords who controlled the military power."

The brilliant technology of the Golden Age has almost infinitely magnified the gap between people. A person who has mastered the complete STC can completely create an ambitious country of his own by himself.

Iron men can mine resources instead of human labor, cutting-edge technology makes the conversion of matter commonplace, stone men can use their scientific research capabilities to carry out technological innovation, and iron men will 100% execute the decisions of the upper level. Ordinary humans are not even needed in these links.

Faced with those ambitious people who control intelligent machines, all means of production, and absolutely superior military force, it is no surprise that the Human Alliance was sidelined.

"This process of degeneration lasted for thousands of years. In the end, the struggle between the two sides was won by the conspirators lurking behind the scenes. They had no bottom line, so they had the upper hand in every aspect. They dragged humanity into endless degeneration."

The Human Alliance was born from this race's beautiful fantasy of the sea of ​​stars, but after truly controlling the sea of ​​stars, the unbreakable alliance was torn apart from within by humans themselves.

"Is it those beings who call themselves the Golden Men? Is it their ambition that ended the Golden Age?"

Luo Xi thought of those guys who came from the human race but thought they were above humans.

They used advanced technology and knowledge to transform themselves from the inside out, and both their body and soul are infinitely moving towards perfection.

"The Golden Man is one of them, but not all," said Neos.

"They come from the human race, but they betray the future and hope of the human race, attempting to complete the ascension of a few people at the expense of humanity."

Although it was just a few simple statements, Luo Xi smelled a strong scent like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

It was bound to be a long and brutal struggle. The selfish and ambitious people sold out the future of the ethnic group without any bottom line, and a terrible war broke out with some conservatives.

"So, in that critical moment, it was you who stepped forward and became the savior?" Luo Xi asked.

"That's not the case. In fact... Kadul is the savior." Neos on the throne gave an answer that Roxi could not imagine.

"At the time, I still thought it was just a conflict among humans. I didn't want to interfere with the choice of humans. It was Kadul who organized the resistance army to fight against the Jinren Tech Community in various parts of the galaxy."

What? Does this mean... that the one holding the seal is the savior?

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment. The Emperor's words undoubtedly changed his cognition. Who could have known that the Prime Minister Malcador, who had always been hidden beside the Emperor, working diligently, willingly and uncomplainingly to share the pressure, would be the savior of mankind in the dark technological age.

Chapter 363: Iron Man Never Rebelled (Please Subscribe)

The answer he got from the Emperor completely shocked Luo Xi. In his opinion, the normal plot should be that the Emperor, who had been hiding among mortals, realized his responsibility and he stood up and assumed the role of savior.

But why is this person Malcador?

Neos continued to review those turbulent years in a storytelling tone.

"After completely destroying the Human Alliance, after a long struggle and compromise, some crazy scientists, monopoly giants, and technological warlords finally colluded with each other, and even some unknown alien races were among them."

"I hate the aliens, not only because they took advantage of humanity's misfortune during the Age of Strife, but also because they were involved in humanity's depravity and corruption. This hatred will never subside," the Emperor said grimly.

"Among them, the number of Jin people is the largest, so they are the dominant ones."

"You can call them the Golden Tech Community."

"The completely unbanned technology has indeed developed as rapidly as they expected. The Dark Age of Technology has arrived. From the perspective of technological development, this is a period far superior to the Golden Age.

By analyzing the research technology of countless alien civilizations, humans began to transcend the original theoretical framework and gradually touched upon the rules and the essence of the universe. We realized that psychic energy is the power of the Supreme Heaven, and that the Necrons use the residual power of the gods of the material universe. "

"Most of the technological relics we know today are products of that era. They are extremely dangerous and extremely powerful."

Luo Xi agreed with this deeply. The technology of the Golden Age contained in his Red Alert was more complete, but if it came to the level of black technology, the creations of the Dark Technology Age were actually superior.

After all, he came from an earlier era, when human technology had not yet reached its peak.

However, if he were to choose, Luo Xi would not choose the science and technology of the dark technological age. Those ghost things completely transcend the constraints of human ethics and imagination, and possess terrible power and uncontrollability that exceed the bottom line.

Those double-edged swords may be more likely to hurt yourself than to hurt the enemy.

He has always disliked things that are beyond his control. Before the ban on Blackstone Technology was lifted, he had been using artificial intelligence with restraint and caution.

"At the time, I just thought it was a normal evolution of human civilization. After all, from my perspective, humans have experienced countless innovations and restorations in order to reach the starry sea. These are all normal phenomena. Besides, even my power is not strong enough to fight against the entire human civilization."

"Tens of thousands of years ago, when I was born in the Two Rivers Region, my power was far from being as strong as it is today."

"I am a human, not a god, Luo Xi." He emphasized.

Neos' answer made Luo Xi understand one thing, which was what the Lord of Humanity was doing during that period of time.

The emperor silently watched the development of human civilization. It is difficult for people living in that era to see the full picture of the era, just like the humans in the dark technological age would not call themselves the so-called "dark technological age."

"Those guys who are in collusion have completely controlled productivity, but they will not let go of any resources, and humans are precious resources."

"If the inefficient production capacity and fragile physical body of human beings are not worth mentioning to the Jinren Technology Community that has mastered artificial intelligence, the truly valuable thing about human beings is their spirit and soul. The human soul cannot be replaced by those things."

"They discovered the purpose of human souls and emotions. The emotions of life are closely related to the Supreme Heaven, and it also became a way for them to get involved in the Sea of ​​Souls."

Endless exploitation and enslavement tortured other humans. In that extremely glorious era, the living standards of most people were not even as good as those of today's ignorant and backward human empire.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance. The intolerable human beings finally broke with the Jin people completely, and the alliance formed by the latter suppressed the human resistance with cruel means.

"Sun Devourers are snake-like machines that coil into giant mechanical devices in the void. They are larger than Saturn's rings and are designed to devour the resources of planets and completely transform them into what humans need. As a result, the Sun Devourers devoured the rebellious human planets, and everything was devoured."

"Almighty bacteriophages are monsters composed of groups of intelligent micro-nano machines. They can devour the world within an hour. They are omnipresent. Even many real universes are made up of them. Many members of the resistance died under their erosion."

The Emperor grimly spoke of all kinds of horrifying and terrifying weapons, but these things designed by humans ultimately fell on humans themselves.

"However, the biggest threat is still the Iron Man. The Iron Man controlled by the Golden People can use the resources of the galaxy to continuously replicate themselves. When they fill the star system like a tide, all resistance will be futile."

Roche could not imagine how desperate that moment was. Even if the Empire today encountered such an enemy, even if all the Primarchs joined the battle, the outcome would probably be a casual destruction.

What good are the Primarchs when planets are torn apart with ease?

The strength of the Primarchs lies in their cohesion and command capabilities. In terms of pure combat capabilities, they cannot even surpass the Iron Men who are born for fighting.

Conrad Coates, who was beaten several times by Veronica, strongly agreed.

"Iron Man is the biggest enemy of the resistance army, but not all Iron Man are enemies."

Neos said: "There are also Iron Men on the side of the rebels. Their thought matrix believes that the rebels are the real humans, and they are determined to fight against those of their kind who obey the orders of the Golden Man."

"Some Iron Men have concluded through logical calculations that if the Gold Men win, they will not hesitate to drag their own tribe into the abyss for the sake of genetic ascension. The Iron Men who are loyal to humanity cannot accept such a future."

He sighed deeply and stated a fact that no one in the empire could believe.

"In fact, the Iron Men have never rebelled. Even the Iron Men on the Jin side are actually faithfully carrying out the orders of humans. They just hold different positions and fight to the end for their respective positions."

"It's just that each one has his own master. Some iron men are loyal to their golden creators, while others are loyal to the vast majority of ordinary humans themselves."

"Back to the topic we just talked about, in fact, in the beginning, Kadul was the savior that everyone expected. It was he who led the resistance army, constantly fighting against the Golden Man and his minions, and constantly uniting human forces from all over the galaxy, making the resistance army more and more powerful."

It was a human civil war that was far greater in scale and destructiveness than the Horus Heresy, in which humans used iron men and stone men to fight each other.

One star system after another was destroyed in the war. In order to effectively strike the opponent's base, those humans would even choose to actively destroy the sun and use out-of-control stars to destroy everything.

This is a very cost-effective attack method. After all, destroying the balance of a star is too easy, and destroying an out-of-control star will drag everything in the star system into hell.

The image of the seal holder in Luo Xi's mind suddenly became more majestic. Who would have known that this old man, who looked no different from an imperial official, had ever done such an earth-shaking thing.

It can be said that Malcador was once one of the leaders of the human resistance army, and at that time, the ignorant Neos didn’t even know where to play in the mud!

The Emperor has not yet understood his responsibilities and the burden that rests upon him.

But Roche knew that the earliest record of the Emperor in the Imperium was of an ordinary technological barbarian warlord on the devastated Terra during the Age of Strife.

It was after meeting Malcador that the Emperor set his great dream of ending the conflict and unifying mankind.

"After a long war, the Ironmen have become more divided." Neos gave a few examples, "There are Ironmen who are loyal to the Golden Space Community, Ironmen who are willing to fight for the majority of humanity, and Ironmen who are completely disappointed with humanity in the war and choose not to help either side and leave the galaxy."

"There are also a small number of Iron Men who have been contaminated and corrupted by the evil forces of the Warp. They have fallen into the High Heavens, and this group is undoubtedly the most dangerous."

Luo Xi also understood the Emperor's deep meaning. The reason why they adopted a one-size-fits-all approach was to completely prevent human civilization from using artificial intelligence, for fear of repeating past mistakes.

Until an iron man has been thoroughly tested, who knows the position of these guys with advanced thinking patterns, emotions and thoughts of their own.

Even these guys whose way of thinking is different from that of humans, don’t know what they think is good for humans.

Maybe they have calculated that keeping all humans in captivity would be truly good for humanity.

"Yes, the Iron Man never rebelled. It was the humans who were blinded by desire who rebelled."

Reality is so cruel that even just listening to the emperor recounting past events is enough to make people feel suffocated.

Humans who had been hurt by the Iron Man could no longer trust these creations that they once trusted the most. After the war, they were sealed, destroyed, and exiled to the deep space of the universe where no one knew.

Chapter 364: The Emperor and the Empire

As the most powerful weapon of war ever used by mankind, whether the Iron Men are loyal to the Jinren Technology Community or to the human resistance, in a macro sense they are loyal to mankind.

In order to erase the lost history, everyone thought that it was the Iron Man who betrayed humanity, and that these machines that had given birth to intelligence stabbed the Creator in the back. The Scarlet Agreement of the Empire's Red Line strictly restricted anyone's research and use of artificial intelligence.

Humans are so terrified of the idea of ​​hating intelligence that it has almost reached the point where anyone can kill it.

However, the Emperor said that this was not true, but another lie.

"This is a necessary move, Roshi. Over the long years, the malicious existence of the subspace has been corrupting the artificial intelligence. Perhaps most of the artificial intelligences are still loyal, but we cannot bet on this probability. Some artificial intelligences have indeed been corrupted and fallen."

"We can accept that the Empire is extremely inefficient and can accept that it makes basic mistakes, but we will never allow AI to betray us, because we are no longer able to fight against a true Iron Man rebellion."

The Emperor's words made Luo Xi fall into deep thought. What he said was true. In the previous war, there were loyal iron men helping humans. But what about now? What would the Empire use to fight against the abominable intelligence that had truly become a force to be reckoned with?