The portable grandfathers that appear are all problematic.

There's another reason why Xue Dinglu didn't want to help: the current emperor of the empire is an idiot.

Xue's statement contained no derogatory intent; it was simply a statement of fact that the current emperor of the empire was indeed a fool.

He was the kind of emperor who could reward the Empire's fearless mechs with "cakes".

Yes, you heard right. When these fearless mechs went to the front lines, His Majesty the Emperor personally came to reward these robots with a cake made of carbohydrates and cream!

Xue Lu felt a bit dizzy thinking about this; the empire was doomed.

Even though the emperor himself believed he had shown great sincerity by personally delivering the cake to the frontline mechs, this operation...

Xue's Law feels like they should replace him with Liu Shan. Even if you put A Dou on the list, it wouldn't be this stupid!

Thinking of this, Xue Dinglu shook his head and immediately stopped thinking about these trivial matters.

Meanwhile, the fearless mech in the consciousness space had already welded two tracks onto itself, and now possessed a certain degree of mobility.

Xue's law ignored it and went to sleep.

……

It was rare for him to fall into a dream again, and this dream was even filled with an overwhelming swarm of insects—this was the memory of the fearless mech.

Can the fearless mechs of youth dream of a cyber war against the Zerg?

Xue Lude had this feeling right now, but at this moment, the other mechs of various numbers around him were fully prepared to meet the onslaught of the insect swarm head-on.

The swarm of insects swept in, overwhelming everything. The fearless soldiers erected shields tens of centimeters thick, and their flamethrowers transformed into a raging inferno, turning the attacking insects into protein and the ground outside the shields into glass-like surfaces.

It's clear that the insects are powerless when facing the overwhelming force of the steel monsters. In fact, for the insects, even the greatest sacrifices are not a problem, because the enemies they kill can become their own kind. Therefore, on planets invaded by the insect race, the number of insects often increases as the battle goes on.

But here, the insects are the opposite. They are only fighting against these cold steel creations. It takes dozens of insects to replace one mech. But even if they replace the mech, they are still at a loss, because the only purpose of these mechs is to dismantle their nests.

In addition, these fearless mechs truly live up to their name. Any creature would feel fear and dread when facing a swarm of insects, and their morale would already be halved. But the mechs would not. They faithfully carried out their insect-killing mission, operating in the standard mode of killing machines.

Meanwhile, the insectoids were losing manpower, while the Empire was rapidly producing tens of thousands of mechs every day, sending them to the front lines. This massive troop production capacity left the insectoids dumbfounded.

However, for the frontline mechs fighting against the insects, various battle losses are common.

During this incident, a giant insect nearly 100 meters tall burst out from the ground and dragged 5332 underground. In addition, the insects learned from their battle with the mechs that they should attack their cameras immediately.

This is because it is not only the main area of ​​view, but also the location of the Machine Soul Magic Array.

But this time, his good brother immediately stepped in to block the attack for 5332. At the same time, he shoved the explosive bullet into the bug's mouth and then fired, turning the entire bug into ashes.

"Thanks, brother, otherwise I would be dead," 5332 said.

Beside him was mech number 9119, which pulled 5332 out of the crater and said, "It's alright, brother, we're all fighting for the Empire!"

The two mechs formed a shield formation back to back, entrusting their backs to each other, and their flamethrowers melted away all the insect swarms.

However, the dream seemed to have ended at this point. The next moment, 5332 was in the mist, but this time its enemies were no longer insects, but other mechs.

In the mist, a grappling hook suddenly shot out and grabbed its camera. The immense force of the grappling hook ripped 5332's "eyeball" out of the mech, and the entire mech seemed to lose its soul in an instant.

The eyeball that had fallen to the ground raised its head and looked with difficulty at the mech that had lashed out with its grappling hook.

“Number 9119… Brother, brother…” 5332 finally heard the enemy’s number coming through the loudspeaker and said in disbelief.

"Crack!"

In the final moments of the view, all that remained was the image of the 9119 mech's large foot stepping on the eyeball.

The dream ended completely at this moment.

Xue Dinglu also had to sigh that the comrades who had entrusted each other with their backs on the Zerg battlefield in the past, when they met again after the war, there was no greeting or pleasantries, but instead swords were drawn against each other.

And once they make a move, it's deadly: blocking signals, launching a sneak attack, and directly targeting the eyeball. After tearing the eyeball off, they immediately finish it off with a fatal blow.

That's going to extremes.

Xue's Law also suddenly became interested in what the rebels had experienced after the war that led them to become like this.

Many of the rebels' numbers were actually quite familiar, not just number 9119, but many of the others were former comrades-in-arms. However, they all rebelled and used the most ruthless methods to kill their former comrades.

"It's true... The conflicts in the colonies didn't destroy the empire, nor did the invasion of the Zerg from beyond the borders. On the contrary, it was our own mechs, who were supposed to be protecting our homeland, that almost destroyed the empire..." Xue Dinglu sighed.

Otherwise, why would you say that the current emperor of the empire is a fool? Even if he wanted to discard the good bow after the birds were gone, he shouldn't have said it outright. These mechs that just came from the Zerg front lines are actually not much different from humans; they are just magical life forms.

First, promise them a little bit of retirement benefits, not much, like 5332 being able to earn money and maintain their own equipment. Then, as time goes by, gradually reduce the benefits, let the machines age automatically and become unable to adapt to new equipment, and they will naturally no longer have the ability to rebel.

By then, these mechs will be old and the new weapons won't be suitable for them. How will they rebel then? You can then take back the benefits and let them age and die naturally. Even if some mechs resist, they won't cause much of a stir.

You should just try to fool them and calm the public down first! You're too lazy to even try to fool them!

The Empire, on the other hand, treated the Zerg wars only 38 years ago. Their mechs were still relatively new and their weapons were still compatible, yet they showed such differential treatment and indifference, and even made it clear that they had no intention of repairing them and leaving them to fend for themselves.

Good heavens, the Empire's operations are on par with MacArthur's, and those rebels are like the American veterans demanding back pay after World War II.

The difference is that the veterans who were demanding back pay lost their claws and could only stick to the tracks, while these fearless mechs, having just come down from the front lines, couldn't stand it anymore. They punched the Empire to pieces, led their other "wage-demanding" hawkish comrades to rebel against the Empire, and in an instant, they conquered an entire colony and began a massive army buildup.

All I can say is, let's replace the emperor of that empire with Liu Shan. Even the useless Liu Shan would have done a better job.

Xue's Law simply states that some people are just not born to be political beings; to make them leaders would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

As for why 5332 didn't rebel, it's because the policies for retiring mechs vary from place to place. In some places, local nobles even have absolute power, and they embezzle money by manipulating the placement of retired mechs.

5332 and the other conservative mechs were lucky; they weren't embezzled, and they had their own jobs and families. They worked on the farm every day, played with the birds, cultivated the land, and had family members to help clean their lenses. Wasn't that a good life? So naturally, they couldn't understand why some mechs would rebel.

The rebellious mechs couldn't understand why, even with the Empire in such a state, some of their good brothers wouldn't rebel. They couldn't even live like this anymore, so why did they have to be the Empire's dogs?

This inherent disparity led to mutual misunderstanding between the doves and hawks, which then escalated into another war between the two sides. The doves called the hawks traitors and rebels, while the hawks called the doves dogs of the empire, and the two sides fought fiercely.

……

When he regained consciousness, Xue checked the time: 6 a.m.

Today is the first day of school after the long holiday, and Xue Daolu got up early to wash up.

At the same time, when he focused his attention back on the consciousness space, he found that the Dauntless Mech 5332, which originally only had one camera, now had three mechanical arms, and a jumping device was also installed under the chassis.

Although it still had a lot of wires behind its eyes that were simply wrapped with electrical tape and moved around like that, it finally had a certain degree of mobility.

"I've basically regained my mobility, brother. Thank you for your initial assistance. Although it was presumptuous of me, do you have any larger machines for me to pilot? I'm really sorry to have troubled you, brother," the Dreadnought said, seemingly quite embarrassed.

Xue Dinglu was also a bit scratching his head. It wasn't easy for him to legally buy large machinery here, and even for the largest machinery, Earth's technology still leaned towards physical human control rather than automatic control.

When Xue Dinglu thought of this, he suddenly realized that all the trams recently should have been replaced with automatic control, right?

Are there any trams that can weigh hundreds of tons?

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up his phone to check, and to his surprise, it really existed! An electric 100-ton king truck, a driverless electric vehicle!

Xue Dinglu took a look and found that this company actually had a branch in Jiangcheng and had stock on hand.

Looking at the 8 a.m. class schedule in my hand, and then at the dreadless mech moving erratically in my consciousness space.

"Wait a minute, bro, I'll go get you an external prosthetic body." Xue Dinglu decided to skip class immediately.

……

Xue's Law has always been in a state of skipping elective courses and selectively skipping required courses. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be in big trouble in the final exam.

However, Xue Dinglu still decisively skipped class and came to the electric 100-ton king factory in Jiangcheng.

He knew that the existing electric 100-ton king trucks were products whose marketing far exceeded their actual capabilities, since the power consumption would be unimaginable if they were actually capable of carrying 100 tons.

Therefore, the so-called electric 100-ton king actually has a load capacity of only one-tenth of its rated value.

However, this is more than enough to serve as a temporary prosthetic body for the Dreadnought.

Furthermore, this thing is already the most suitable civilian product for the Dreadnought Mech.

Without any hesitation, Xue Law bought the electric Dayun Santana in full. Although this thing required a special driver's license to buy, Xue Law didn't mind secretly using some magic.

After a series of complicated procedures and operations, Xue Dinglu finally managed to bring Da Yun into the consciousness space using the Hidden Technique half a day later.

"Alright, here's your new external prosthetic body. It'll be for temporary use. Don't take it too seriously. I bet you think its performance is about the same as a toy." Xue Dinglu patted the body of the Dayun Sang.

After all, in front of those mechs that easily weigh several thousand tons, Xue Law felt that even the Hundred-Ton King form of Da Yun Sang was no match for them.

This thing is just like adding a wheelchair to it. When it really needs to recover, it will depend on it finding teammates and assembling a new machine.

Since it refused to help the Empire of Dreadnoughts attack the Rebels, it could only give 5332 a basic mobility ability before putting it back.

The fearless mech simply said, "Thank you, brother. If I return to the Empire and quell the rebellion, I will still be willing to let His Majesty the Emperor marry the princess to you."

Xue Law: "..."

If you're not my buddy, don't even mention your feudal marriage alliances. Just hearing about them gives me a headache.

Sending the empire's princess is less appealing than sending a mecha dressed in a maid outfit to Xue Dinglu's house; he might be more interested then.

Amid Xue's complaints, the fearless mech arrived at the cockpit of the Grand Canal, quickly completed the scan, and then began disassembling the control panel.

This is the latest version of the smart truck, so the entire vehicle body adopts intelligent driving technology and includes a full range of fancy functions such as computers, televisions, and air conditioning.

However, these fearless mechs didn't need any of that. They immediately began to connect to the console, clean up the weak AI inside, and then began their own modifications.

The robotic arms that were originally just for the robot competition suddenly became incredibly powerful under its control. They quickly dismantled the miscellaneous parts, even disdaining the bulky and unsafe battery-powered fearless mechs. It said, "Brother, could you provide some more magic crystals? I'll modify the circuitry, changing it from electrical to magical energy. Then I'll definitely..."

"Alright, alright... stop talking, I'm really not interested in your princess..." Xue Dinglu hurriedly interrupted the mecha's incessant chatter.

I dismantled some more magic crystals left behind by the Great Sage. This kind of solidified magic fuel wouldn't be difficult for Xue Lude to obtain, but he had never lacked it before and hadn't deliberately sought it out, so he had to dismantle it on the spot.

While modifying the battery panel, the Dreadnought complained, "Okay, actually I think it's really derelict of her duty that the princess is 16 years old and still not married, or even engaged. As a princess, she should do her job as a political asset for the empire."

Xue Law: "..."

He had witnessed this brother's loyalty to the empire, and even felt that "the royal family was suspected of being disloyal to the empire."

And interestingly, it is loyal to the entire empire, not the royal family.

In its eyes, it was dereliction of duty and disloyalty for the princess not to marry and instead become a political pawn.

If His Majesty the Emperor dares to indulge in beautiful women, he is derelict in his duty and disloyal.

If a minister dares to indulge in eating, drinking, and merrymaking, then he is even more disloyal and deserves to be shot.

They seem to be loyal to some kind of ideal "empire" rather than the real empire. If the empire is different from their ideal in any way, they feel that the royal ministers are not loyal enough to the empire and need to be reformed.

In short, these fearless mechs, born from the Zerg war, all have a somewhat strange way of thinking.

Perhaps this can be considered a form of cyber PTSD. They were born during the most perilous period of the Imperium's Zerg Wars and managed to wipe out the Zerg by using their mechs to fill the gaps.

Therefore, they always have a sense of urgency, the kind of urgency that if we don't improve, we will definitely be killed.

Therefore, this loyalty to an ideal empire might truly be a pathological form of cyber PTSD.

Even fearless mechs can suffer from cyberwar post-traumatic stress disorder.

From this perspective, the mentality of those rebellious mechs becomes understandable. They may have witnessed an even more deplorable side of the Empire, so they felt that the Empire was beyond saving. They wondered how the Empire could develop while being with these insects.

Why not do the opposite and simply build a perfect empire ourselves?

While Xue was still joking around with the fearless mech, discussing sending it back to the Empire the next day.

At this moment, Earth's consciousness urgently contacted Xue's Law, and only sent one message: "The giant planet you once visited has sent an urgent request for help. Their planet has been invaded by the Zerg and is under attack by the Zerg swarm."

Xue Law: “???”

No, how come the Beast Planet is suddenly attacked by the Zerg swarm? Wasn't the Zerg swarm heading towards the Super Iron Curtain?

He immediately understood the situation and then saw that the swarm had obtained the coordinates of the giant planet by invading the super iron curtain.

Xue Law: "..."

Even more terrifying is that the headquarters of the Super Iron Curtain, their new capital city, has been completely overrun. All the high-ranking officials have become puppets of the insects. The remaining Super Iron Curtain warriors have formed the Free Iron Curtain Federation to resist the original Super Iron Curtain and the insect swarm.

The original super Iron Curtain civilization completely disintegrated.

At the moment Xue received the information, those Freedom Iron Curtain warriors who decided to fight to the end abandoned their home, the Super Iron Curtain, to fully support another world, the Beast Star, which had once been their enemy.

The news about the Iron Curtain was described in this style:

"Our home has fallen, but I will not let you lose your home too."

"Hold on and wait for our support."

"Long live the Iron Curtain of Freedom! Long live the Democratic People! The Super Iron Curtain is nothing but traitors!"

"Victory for freedom! The Iron Curtain is a pig!"

"The Super Iron Curtain is a pig!"

……

These two civilizations, once mortal enemies and even harboring deep-seated hatred, have surprisingly joined forces at this moment.