Stellaris from the Automata Era

Anyway, there is a huge gap between the Terrans and the Earthlings. Apart from their appearance, they are not the same race, so there is no need to be chaste.

Moreover, even though he couldn't see any use for sociology on Earth for the time being, it was still better to store some experimental data, which might be useful in the future.

However, as an intelligent race with interstellar navigation capabilities, Yan Luo felt that they were not good subjects for sociological research.

I'm afraid that as soon as N2's intention is discovered, this group of people will immediately use Gauss rifles to smash the steel sky built for them.

"Your concerns are correct. If there's a suitable pre-space civilization, that would be great. Then I can be more daring... That's why I plan to let them develop freely without interfering. What I just said is just a fantasy about the future."

In short, between being active and being passive, n2 finally chose the gentle latter.

The main reason is that the technology of the Terrans is currently higher than that of mechanical life forms... It is not practical to restrain these people.

But it does not prevent us from conducting some harmonious experiments in the name of human-machine coexistence.

As for whether any strange chain reactions will arise, I’ll let my future self figure it out.

"Okay, that's all for today... um..." Seeing that he had asked almost all the questions, Yan Luo planned to give N2 a green light and let her make her own decision in the future.

However, before he could finish his words, he let out a light cry and felt as if he had just felt dizzy.

Then there was the sound of hurried footsteps at the door of his office, followed by Diwala and Bobola pushing the door open.

"Sir, Rongguang's network was disconnected just now... What happened? You..."

"It's not a big deal. It was just that the fluctuations of a certain race's artifact had some effect on me. It was a big surprise."

Yan Luo's eyes were dyed with a bright yellow, and he cast his gaze towards the distant Koprulu star region.

Chapter 229: Theory of Humanoid Psychic Units

"Gather the remains of the fallen warriors and tell everyone to remain vigilant. The Zerg will not give up so easily before the artifact is fully activated."

Renault stood in the trench and calmly commanded his soldiers. Across the front line were large numbers of Zerg corpses.

It was obvious that this place had just experienced a large-scale battle between the Tyranids and the Zerg. The smell of high-explosive gunpowder mixed with the strong fishy smell of flowing blood represented the intensity of the battle.

From the current perspective, this should be a complete victory for the Tyranids. After all, the Zerg left behind tens of thousands of skeletons, and the Tyranids are cheering in their military camp.

But Renault's years of experience fighting the Zerg told him that this was just a temporary illusion.

The Zerg was not defeated, but was prevented from launching a decent-sized attack. On Char, the Zerg's main planet, they could raise several or even more troops of the same size at any time.

It's just that it takes some time for them to mobilize insects from all over the planet to rush to the front line, which gives the Terrans a rare time to adjust and catch their breath.

In fact, if Renault and his team had not taken the time to blow up the Zerg network and the dragon nests in the high-altitude orbits all over Char before assembling the artifact, they would probably still be facing endless swarms of Zerg.

After all, the former represents the Zerg's rapid troop transportation, and the latter can harass them directly from the air in satellite orbit. Either one means trouble without any breathing time.

"Thanks to our new friend, the humanoid's combat power is indeed useful." Renault couldn't help but sigh privately.

The destruction of the wormhole network and the dragon's nest was actually a multiple-choice question at the beginning. One was underground and the other was in the sky. The commander who was unable to split his attention was simply unable to launch multi-line operations on both ends at the same time.

Fortunately, the humanoids, an elite force with a small number but strong individual strength, provided him with the joy of selecting all. Having witnessed the fighting power of these girls, Renault could let them exercise their subjective initiative and go deep into the underground to attack the insect tunnels, while he would lead a large number of troops to raid the sky.

Anyway, they are just extra options, and if one of them succeeds, it will be a huge profit.

Of course, there is actually another option, which is to let Raynor's good friend Tychus lead the team to the underground webway to fight insects.

It's just that... this good friend of his who was playing tricks on people in the Terran prison some time ago really doesn't have much sense of responsibility. As a gangster, he makes Renault feel that when the critical moment comes, either something unexpected will happen or he will run away. He is really worried without him watching over him. Therefore, such an important task should be handed over to the new and capable humanoid. It is too common to see newcomers laugh and old ones cry.

Facts have proved that his decision was correct. Both the worm tunnel network on the humanoid side and the dragon nest on his side were perfectly resolved, and the swarm could not recover in a short time.

Because of this, Raynor's keen intuition told him that this was the best time to launch a general offensive. As long as he used the Xel'Naga artifact that had just been repaired by the prince, he might be able to solve the Zerg problem once and for all.

However, he may have underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Zerg. Even without its rapid support and air superiority, the Zerg still almost broke through the front battlefield where he was guarding the artifact, not to mention that the Blade Queen with level 12 psychic power came out in person.

If Mengsk hadn't used a brief burst of power from an incompletely charged artifact to repel her, he would probably have been popping champagne in the middle of the game to celebrate the fact that he had eliminated a major threat.

"It seems that we need to build more stringent defenses. By the way, quartermaster, please keep an eye on the warehouse and don't let those girls get close!" Renault, who was thinking about the complete plan, suddenly instructed the officer beside him.

It is undeniable that the combat power of humanoids is indeed strong, but their consumption is also proportional.

Maybe it was some magical technology they brought from their hometown. Renault didn't know how they emptied their ammunition stockpile. What was even more terrifying was that they were not picky and took whatever they could get, from bullets to missiles.

If the old man Warfield was in charge before, Renault would not say anything and let him worry about the logistics. Anyway, Renault didn't feel bad about spending other people's resources.

But the problem was that after a series of wrong commands, the prince far behind finally felt confused.

For a moment, he was a little confused about whether this veteran general was an undercover agent sent by his father.

Not only did they lose most of the fleet they had worked so hard to obtain, but they almost killed all the remaining ones on the planet Char. You have to know that at that time, their air advantage was locked by the flying dragon, and even the options of advancing (retreating) and attacking (retreating) in the direction of space were locked.

Fortunately, Renault's outstanding performance stabilized the situation and forced the situation back into control.

But later the prince had to consider replacing Warfield, the outdated general. Even the prince, a military layman, could see Warfield's decline in dealing with insects.

If he continues like this, it will be a big question whether the soldiers can go home for Thanksgiving.

Not to mention that all the troops have been sent, he probably has no qualifications and courage to shout to his father "inherit your throne".

So after thinking it over again and again, he finally decided to hand over all command power to Renault.

Of course, given Warfield's prestige in the army and his personal hot temper, it took the prince a lot of effort to smoothly transfer command, but he finally completed the most basic handover under the pretext of asking him to personally escort the repaired artifact.

By the time Warfield returned, the situation had changed dramatically.

Renault, who also took over the entire military of the empire, finally understood what a bottomless pit the humanoid was.

Just open it up and let them take it once, no matter how big the warehouse is. You won't find a single grain of gunpowder ash in it afterwards.

Even if the quartermaster was corrupt, he couldn't do it to this extent!

It seems that we must guard against the humanoids strictly, otherwise the soldiers under his command will have to fight the insects with bayonets on fire sticks.

Determined not to give in, Renault quickly urged his quartermaster to guard the warehouse door.

Having just experienced a battle, Renault always felt that those humanoids would go to the warehouse to replenish their supplies.

If we don't find someone to keep a close eye on it, something unexpected might happen.

But this time it seems a little different.

"Commander, I don't think you should be too worried. The humanoid seemed to be feeling unwell just after the battle."

"Discomfort?"

"When the Xel'Naga's artifact was released, it seemed to have an impact on them as well. I saw several humanoids lose their footing for a moment and fall down."

"Wait? Aren't they also psionic units?"

Chapter 230: Let me see for myself

Although the Zerg appear to be a group of flesh, blood, pain, and biotechnology-filled lives, the Terrans' ongoing research reveals that they are actually a group of idealistic magical species.

At least so far, the Zerg is largely dependent on the support of psychic energy.

Before the recent battle, Renault developed a psychic mind tower based on their racial characteristics.

This is just like the magical mobile app in the academy anime, which can make nearby bugs change camps and attack friendly forces to protect companions.

It sounds useful, but the actual effect is just so-so.

After all, the Tyranids' mechanical technology is just a dead object. As long as the Zerg's command level comes to the front line in person, it will be difficult for the Psionic Mind Tower to seize command authority.

After all, they are just products that simulate the insect mother's mental fluctuations. How can they defeat the real ones?

And precisely because of the heavy reliance on psychic power, everyone is equal under the impact of the Xel'Naga's artifacts, no matter which camp you belong to.

The Zerg, a life form that relies heavily on the psychic network to issue orders, typed "gg" one by one amidst laughter, as if they were urged to commit suicide.

Anyway, the Tyranids just felt a little dizzy at most, while the Zerg died in large numbers.

But the problem now is that the impact of the Xel'Naga's artifact seems to have caused considerable trouble to Raynor and his new friends.

If the humanoids suffered any losses on the battlefield of the planet Char because of the artifact.

Putting aside other things, it is a question whether their emperor, who looks very powerful and has the same level 12 psychic energy fluctuations, will get angry and cause trouble for Renault.

After much consideration, Renault finally decided that he had to go and see for himself. If there was really something wrong, it would be better to send them back directly.

Therefore, after spending some time and moving to the humanoid resting place, the actual condition and response of the humanoid made him feel much more at ease.

"Nothing serious." 7B pretended to be communicating with someone, but ultimately chose to tell the truth. "You did cause a bit of trouble, but you also caught the attention of the master, and his will has been cast here."

"Well, you guys who play with psychic powers are indeed unreasonable."

Renault had some understanding of who the "adult" was referring to.

As for the other party's will being cast here for observation... he didn't find it that strange.

Anyway, psychic power has always been a research desert for Tyranids, so it is understandable what kind of effect it will produce when it becomes powerful enough in the final stage.

Of course, he didn't want to understand too much about why the humanoid adult directed his will here for the time being.

These people who play with psychics are always talking nonsense and are like riddlers.

His main focus at the moment is probably on defending against the Zerg.

"Since you all said it's not a big problem, I won't pay much attention to it."

What Renault said was correct, but he decided in his heart that he needed to be more cautious in using the Xel'Naga artifact.

It's not just because the energy release of the artifact may affect his allies, but more importantly, frequent use of the artifact itself is an option to reduce the charging time.

This weapon, created by the God of Life in the Koprulu Sector, does not steadily move towards the maximum power energy limit once it is activated.

It looks more like a battery charging process. Before reaching full power, any short-term use will consume energy, and there will be a constant cooling time.

Otherwise, Renault would not have needed to wait for the maximum release of its energy critical point. He would have pushed it with a trailer and slowly moved towards the direction of the Blade Queen.

"Then I'll leave first."

After confirming the current situation, Renault quickly chose to say goodbye.

Next he needs to deal with the reorganized Zerg offensive, so he doesn't have much time to waste.

After witnessing Renault's departure, 7b spoke again.

"Sir? Just now..."

"The Xel'Naga artifact did have some effect on me," Yan Luo replied through the psychic network. "It must have been backfired through you at the end of the network, but it's not a big deal."

In essence, Yan Luo's psychic power is very different from that of the Koprulu sector.

However, since they both belong to the idealistic system, they still have some commonalities.

The purpose of creating the Xel'Naga's artifact from the beginning was to sever the psychic network, and it was even a weapon used to deal with the dark god Amon.

Even on the battlefield of Legacy of the Void later, Amon could not resist the effect of this artifact on disconnecting him from the Protoss, let alone Yan Luo now.

However, judging from the effect expressed by the artifact now, it seems to be just like that.

Although the network had an impact on Yan Luo, this impact was quickly erased, probably equivalent to a few seconds of Internet disconnection.

Of course, this may also be because the artifact has not yet reached its peak to cause a complete impact.

But even with its original performance, the Xel'Naga artifact could not completely disconnect Amon from the Protoss. This was why at the end of the Protoss' fight, their Archbishop was impatient to ask all his compatriots to cut off the nerve bundles connecting the network, while Amon directly descended on the scene and used lies to try to delay time.

Because it can't cause any real harm at all.

"Hmm... I might need to observe it a little longer. 7b I want to see that artifact fully unfolded."

The safest way now is to directly let the humanoid leave the Char battlefield.

However, Yan Luo was still curious about the specific effects and performance of the Xel'Naga artifact.

Moreover... humanoids are not like the Zerg. Once the psychic network causes erosion, they will die. The most they can do is disconnect from the network, quit the addiction, and return to normal once the network is restored.

This is equivalent to when your mobile phone loses power, you just need to plug it into a socket to charge it and then restart it to resume operation.

So for Yan Luo and the humanoid, this is a risk-free process.

Not to mention that there are countless light years between him and the artifact. It is impossible for him to crash the server like a hacker by just following the end of the network, right?

So the risk is worth taking.

Especially since it has been confirmed that he will fight Rakeshiel with Amon, in order to be prepared for any unexpected situation, he must feel the power of this artifact.

Putting aside other things, what if his ancestral eyes can imitate it after seeing it once?