Warhammer: I don’t want to become an evil god!!

A round robot emerged from the darkness.

"Distinguished guests, I am the steward of Laboratory BR01, Wednesday. I mean you no harm, please lay down your weapons."

Chapter 178 Resurrecting Saint Gilles (68k)

"A robot butler?"

The warrior stepped forward, activated the armor's functions, and scanned the robot in front of him—Wednesday.

Wednesday's body was round and plump, looking like a ball.

Its limbs are long and slender, but its hands and feet are large.

Its head, perched atop its slender neck, is also a sphere, but much smaller than its body.

It lacks human facial features, possessing only two large eyes.

At that moment, two bright but not dazzling beams of light shot from those eyes, illuminating the dimly lit hall.

“Yes, I am the steward of BR01 laboratory,” Wednesday reiterated. “I have no ill intentions, please put down your weapons.”

"If the gun goes off accidentally, the situation will be very bad."

"Is this Iron Man AI??" Jujiro walked up, looking at Wednesday with a curious expression.

“I am glad that you call me by the name our ancestors gave us, instead of an insulting name like ‘Abomination of Intelligence’.”

Wednesday's voice carried a hint of joy.

As a technological creation of humankind during its golden age,

Wednesday has its own special emotional module.

They can express joy, anger, sorrow, and personality just like humans.

"It seems you have some understanding of the situation outside," Zhuge asked. "Weren't you trapped here the whole time?"

"Before everything is completely destroyed, I can connect to external mechanical devices and use them to observe the surrounding environment. This is an ability I was given at birth."

"In addition, I can also connect to the technological creations manufactured by STC. When those humans using STC creations arrive near the base, I can access the device's backend interface, read the stored information, and use those devices to observe the surrounding environment."

"Through these means, I learned a lot of information about the outside world, including the Great Crusade, the Human Empire, and the threat of the Undead or Greenskins."

On Wednesday, he looked to Zhuge Liang for answers to his questions.

"You can access STC's creations?" Zhan Shuai's eyes widened.

"STC was created by the combined efforts of the three races: humans, stonemen, and ironmen. The interface for the stonemen and ironmen was reserved in the initial design, but you descendants have forgotten it."

"The galaxy has now become a hell, with war raging everywhere. Reason and wisdom have vanished, everything has become incredibly bad, and human civilization is sliding ever deeper into the abyss."

A hint of sadness crept into Wednesday's voice as he spoke of these things.

It was created before the three races were at war.

The iron and stone figures still sincerely serve humanity, assisting them in conquering the universe.

The three races joined forces to transform planet after planet into paradise.

No alien is a match for human civilization. Any alien race that tries to stop humanity or insists on hindering human civilization has become dust in history.

Humanity is infinitely close to ascension; only one final step is needed to achieve eternity.

At that time, everything was so wonderful.

But later, everything changed.

I don't know why Wednesday turned out that way.

Its AI companions inexplicably chose to betray it, slaughtering the humans they were supposed to protect.

The federal government could not tolerate Iron Man's rebellion and immediately sent troops to quell it.

And so the two sides went to war.

Various unimaginable and terrifying weapons tore the galaxy apart, truly destroying time and space.

There were no real winners in that war; a great civilization was destroyed.

A civilization poised to conquer the galaxy, and even the universe.

A civilization with the opportunity to embark on the path to ascension.

Because of that war, it never recovered, and even after returning to the stars, it never regained even a fraction of its former glory.

"Why are you here?" the war commander asked curiously. "Didn't you participate in that war?"

“My master ordered me to guard this place, and if any descendants are able to rebuild the civilization, the legacy here will be given to them.”

He paused for a moment on Wednesday before continuing.

"I am not a combat robot, but a life-assistance robot. If I were to participate in that war, you probably wouldn't see me."

"Legacy? Does that refer to the mutants outside?" Jujiro looked around. "And the relics here?"

“Those mutants outside are part of the heritage and also a protective measure,” Wednesday said. “If the intruders are not human, the base will release those mutants to defend against the invaders.”

Upon hearing this answer, Zhan Shuai's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"So we were rejected?"

"In your understanding, are none of us truly human beings?"

“You are genuine humans, pure in both your soul and your physical code,” Wednesday replied. “Even the most fanatical omnics would acknowledge your identity and swear to protect you.”

These words left Zhan Shuai and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

Will those rebellious omnics still protect them?

That sounds incredibly unreliable!

"If that's the case, why were we attacked?" Jujiro frowned. "Do you have a problem with us?"

Upon hearing this, the other players also looked towards Wednesday, secretly preparing to make their move.

“I have no hostility, nor any objection. You are being attacked because I have lost control of those gene storage facilities,” Wednesday explained frankly.

"Lost control?" Jujiro looked puzzled.

"This base was designed to last 15,000 years, but it has been operating for nearly 20,000 years now. Such a long period of time has depleted the base's energy reserves. In order to extend its operation as much as possible, all systems have been shut down."

"The base is operating at minimum power, and most of the machinery has been shut down. When you came in, you should have only seen a magnificent gate that was sealed by witchcraft."

“Under normal circumstances, you wouldn’t be able to see the door because of the optical shielding and dimensional protection devices; you would only be able to see the walls.”

"That mutant No. 0 that you killed could easily destroy a city in the past, but now it was easily killed by you because it had just awakened and had not replenished enough energy."

On Wednesday, the players of the Emperor Bull and Horse Warband were finally able to accept the whole story, albeit reluctantly.

Jujiro pointed to the golden toaster placed on the high platform.

"And what about this? A bread maker was placed here as an inheritance? Is this some kind of twisted hobby of the lab owner?"

“It’s not an ordinary bread maker, it’s an energy converter.” On Wednesday, he walked up to the platform, shut down the eternal stasis field, and took the bread maker out.

Under the watchful eyes of all the players, bright energy lines appeared on Wednesday's body.

The light flowed along the lines, eventually converging on its hand and flowing into the bread machine.

The bread maker was activated, emitting a buzzing sound and a hissing sound of the force field stirring.

A moment later, a hot slice of bread appeared in the bread machine.

On Wednesday, take out the bread slices and place them in front of Jujiro.

After scanning, Jujiro confirmed that it was just an ordinary slice of bread, but his eyes widened and his tone was full of disbelief.

"This bread machine converts energy into matter??"

"Yes, as long as you inject energy, you can get bread slices."

Nod on Wednesday

"Not only that, this bread machine can also convert bread slices into energy, but this process involves huge losses, and the conversion efficiency is only one ten-thousandth."

Jujiro, carrying a slice of bread, turned to look at the other players in the battle group, a look of ecstatic joy on his face.

"We're rich! We're rich! Brothers, this thing guarantees at least a Golden Eagle Medal!"

"What do you mean?" Zhan Shuai asked, puzzled.

The players, including the twisted guy and the sea turtle, looked at each other in bewilderment. They couldn't understand why Jujiro would say that!

"The ability to convert energy into matter and matter into energy—you don't even know its value??"

Jujiro's tone was excited.

"This is a power that only God can possess. You could say that if we have this power, we are essentially in control of God's authority."

Zhan Shuai, Hai Gui, and Nianba Ren, among other players, all frowned, their eyes even more bewildered, their minds unable to process what was happening for a moment.

Seeing that his companions still didn't understand, Jujiro could only patiently explain.

Have you ever read the Christian church's myth about God creating the world in seven days?

"I've seen it, but what's the connection between the two?" the awkward man asked, puzzled.

"What were the first words God spoke after creating the world? 'Let there be light.' What does light represent? Light is a metaphor for energy."

"That is to say, one must have the energy to create the world in order to complete the creation of the world. This is the first foundation of creation."

"How to convert energy into matter is what God did in the following days."

"With this bread maker, as long as we analyze the technology inside, we can convert the energy of stars into matter, and like God, we can create everything and let mankind live a good life with abundant material resources and no worries about food and clothing."

"You should know that all the planets, asteroids, and meteorite belts in a galaxy combined only account for a small part of the galaxy's total mass."

"Stars make up more than 95 percent of matter, and most life on planets depends on converting the energy of stars to survive."

"With conversion technology, we can easily mine the resources of stars, and even all the energy in the universe can become our minerals. If necessary, even black holes can become our minerals."

Jujiro's explanation made Zhan Shuai and the others begin to understand the importance of the bread machine.

Simply put, with this thing, the universe would be full of minerals.

With minerals come resources; with resources come the ability to build a fleet.

With a fleet, they can bring warmth and care to other races.

Bread maker = resource cheat + fleet.

"No wonder it's placed on a high platform. But I don't understand why such cutting-edge technology would be designed to look like a bread machine?" the awkward man asked. "And why can it only produce bread slices?"

"It's probably just the developers' weird sense of humor," the turtle replied.

“Actually, the reason my owner turned such advanced technology into the shape of a bread maker is simply because he doesn’t want humans to continue killing each other.” Wednesday explained the reason: “He wanted to use the bread maker to call on people to return to their families instead of being immersed in war.”

The players didn't take Wednesday's explanation to heart; they had their own opinions and speculations.

Zhuge suddenly realized, "No wonder the mechanics like bread machines so much, they must know about this."

"There must be a legend circulating in the Mechanical Guild that the most advanced technological achievement of the Temple of Truth has been made into a bread maker. If you find that bread maker, you can master the power of the God of Machines."

Zhan Shuai looked at Zhuge and said, "You know what, you really are right, it all comes true."

"These guys are really good at keeping secrets; they've kept such a secret to themselves." Turtle nodded, agreeing with Zhuge's guess.

"Wow, that's quite an imagination. I'm really impressed."

"I have to say, it makes a lot of sense. I used to wonder why motor enthusiasts would be so fond of bread makers?"

"With this, building megastructures is no longer a dream." Jujiro reached out and took the toaster from Wednesday's hands, as if holding a priceless treasure; human civilization would surely rise again.

"Let human civilization be great again."

'Let those damn titanium saplings see who the real barbarians are.'

"By developing science and technology, dominating the galaxy, and conquering the universe, humanity will surely be the most awesome."

"........."

Other players chimed in.

With this, many ideas can be easily realized.

The future of humanity will surely be infinitely bright.