Stellaris from the Automata Era

For example, there is a sub-item mall that Yan Luo has always been looking forward to.

"So is that enough for me to open the Director Mall?"

"Hmm... The Director category requires 100 million, and we're a little short of that..."

"What's the use then!"

The name of the Director Mall is pretty self-explanatory, but what Yan Luo is really looking forward to is not the filming techniques inside, but the props used in filming...

As a qualified director, props must be real!

According to the system's introduction, as long as he had enough points, he could even redeem a spaceship for a movie! The kind that could actually soar through the universe!

You can imagine the value of this.

Unfortunately, it has been almost a year since he came to this world, and he still hasn't collected the necessary points to unlock it.

"Well...it's okay! We just need to repeat the same operation a few hundred times and we'll have enough soon!"

"That's easy to say." Yan Luo sighed. He looked into the distance, trying his best to see as far as possible. "How could I have so much luck to replicate it, and they are here."

Yan Luo was now at the top of a hillside. In his sight, the gray ants below seemed to have found his scent and were gathering closer.

There are a lot of them, densely packed together.

This is one of the aliens' biological weapons. It is about three meters in size and its appearance is the same as its name.

But they are relatively easy to deal with, except that there are too many of them..

What is truly terrifying are their variants, and the Alpha and Beta classes that are constantly approaching from further away.

Those were monsters that were over twenty meters tall. The only types he had seen so far were ants, spiders, and wasps. Now, they were approaching Yan Luo one by one, accompanied by the shaking of the ground and the noisy sounds in the sky.

This is also the real reason why the ace team that Yan Luo belonged to was wiped out in an instant while performing the mission.

This kind of thing is no longer something that a small team can handle.

"So...so many! Quick! Yan Luo, it's time to use your invincible escape route!"

Obviously, the system in Yan Luo's mind also sensed that the current situation was not good.

Immediately make effective suggestions to Yan Luo.

"What system are you talking about? There's no escape route."

'ha? ’

The system became a little confused. In fact, there had been many similar dangerous situations before.

However, Yan Luo would laugh loudly and shout something like "This is my escape route" and then flee madly, which may have caused some misunderstandings in the system.

"I understand what you mean, system." Yan Luo pulled out his mobile battle axe. This is a warrior wearing swordsman armor and can be equipped with the most common melee weapons.

However, ordinary sword soldiers will not use it. The elite war troops developed by humans are not capable of close combat with the enemy. This weapon will only be used in a few situations.

One is when the enemy gets close to them, and the reliable and convenient performance of the swordsman armor allows them to instantly switch to melee weapons and chop the enemy in front of them.

The other is running out of ammunition.

Yan Luo is most likely the latter now. Although there is still some machine gun ammunition left in his left hand, it is no different from being completely used up.

"There's no escape route this time." He swung the axe twice, as if testing its sharpness. "You didn't think my previous contact with headquarters was just sweet talk, did you?"

'You...are crazy!'

"About the same. Mainly because I feel lucky to have survived a year in this world."

Yan Luo bowed and bent his body, and a certain airflow gathered behind the flying device of the sword soldier armor.

"Now I want to see how lucky I am."

'Don't be ridiculous! You'll die!'

"Let's talk about it after I die. Oh, there's one more thing. I want to break the bond between you and me."

'What's the meaning? ’

"If I die unexpectedly, it seems like there will be some kind of penalty for a newbie like you. However, after careful research, it seems that there's no mention of me being unable to voluntarily unbind myself from you. So, you shouldn't be penalized, and it won't be considered malicious intent to kill the host. In that case..."

'Hey, wait a minute!'

"Goodbye then. I hope your next host won't be as unlucky as me."

'Don't..'

Yan Luo ignored the lingering sound in his mind, and tapped his armored fingers in the air several times, as if pressing some kind of confirmation button, before continuing to look down the hillside.

"Good luck..." he murmured softly.

After doing all this, a strong airflow came from behind him, and with the help of the jet of the flying device, he dived down the mountain.

There are already a lot of ants gathered at the foot of the mountain. If you take a rough look, there should be several thousand of them.

Although in terms of body size, they seem to be stronger than humans, and due to the characteristics of ants, they can possess strength that is more than a hundred times their own size.

However, this does not mean that their bodies can withstand the damage caused by human weapons.

Relying on the inertia of diving, Yan Luo had already begun to adjust his body shape while in mid-air so that he could face the attack head-on.

He raised his motorized battle axe and chopped it directly on the head of the first ant that blocked his way the moment he rushed into the ant colony.

The powerful force caused the axe to extend along its head to the position where its chest should be.

Although it is impossible to split the ant in two, the current situation is enough to be fatal.

"The first one!"

Yan Luo pulled the battle axe from the ant with trembling hands. The force was mutual, and thanks to the excellent performance of the swordsman's armor, a lot of recoil was reduced. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, his hands would have been twisted and broken at the moment he dived down and hit the ant.

But even with the excellent performance of the armor, the aftermath still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

But now is not the time for him to adjust.

"The second one!"

He swung his battle axe and used jet maneuvers to quickly pounce on another ant, hoping to solve the problem with the same trick.

However, this time there was not enough inertia, and his power could not kill it instantly.

The axe split the armor on its head, but it only penetrated half of its head before getting stuck tightly and could no longer penetrate its internal tissues.

"What the hell!"

Yan Luo realized that something was wrong, and he wanted to quickly pull out his axe and launch his next attack.

But the ants seemed to be moving faster.

It is not known what kind of modifications the aliens have made to their biological weapons, but these large insects seem to have pain nerves.

It quickly fell sideways onto the ground, curled up and struggled in pain, because the axe was firmly stuck on its head, and the force even threw Yan Luo, who was holding on tightly, away, leaving traces on the ground.

Seeing that the ant would not die completely for a while, Yan Luo quickly let go of his hand and stood firmly on the ground again.

Then he raised his left hand, switched out the machine gun, and fired the precious ammunition into the half-dead ant.

After the opponent was completely motionless, he quickly approached and pulled out the only melee weapon above its head.

Then he activated the jet of the flight device and made an emergency escape to high altitude.

Just now, a large number of ants surrounded us.

Yan Luo knew clearly that in the current situation, staying on the ground would be tantamount to seeking death.

To deal with this large number of simple-minded enemies, he must create favorable combat conditions for himself so that he can fight one on one and kill them in a short time.

Generally speaking, it is really difficult for edf's infantry units to do this.

However, the sword soldiers are different. Although their flying devices cannot stay in the air for a long time like flying troops, they can still glide for a short time.

This provides him with sufficient protection when pulling on the ground.

He just needs to look for opportunities to kill, escape to high altitude, and kill again. As long as he doesn't miss, this is an infinite loop like the repeatability of a code.

The idea was indeed good, but after Yan Luo had no idea how many times this cycle had occurred, when he fell into the gap in the ant colony again, a restless sound was heard in the sky.

Almost subconsciously, he made an emergency maneuver and gave up the killing opportunity in front of him. The moment he broke away, several sharp spikes about 5 meters long inserted into the place where he had originally stood, raising dust and taking away an ant along the way.

"Wasp Beta..."

It was indeed a noble air unit. Although Yan Luo had been consciously moving around the battlefield, trying to distance himself from several monsters that were dozens of meters away.

However, due to the various pauses required in the middle such as killing and escaping, he was eventually caught up by the aerial wasp that ignored the obstacles on the ground.

That's quite reasonable..

"Looks like I have to get rid of you before I kill all the bugs."

Although the wasp's ability to fly is very noble, its need to maintain the ability to fly makes it more fragile than monsters of the same size.

In fact, the tomahawk cannot completely split the ant's head, but it can cause considerable damage to the wasp.

By the same token, if the left-hand machine gun is used properly, the remaining ammunition can also send the Wasp to hell, provided that he can fire a headshot, send the ammunition into its eyes, and hit its brain.

Given Yan Luo's current ammunition balance, this was an operation that couldn't fail.

therefore..

"Let's try a different approach and see if we can ride on it and deal damage."

.....

"Listen carefully! Our goal this time is to scout the Yellowstone Forest and guide a lost person back home."

At the edge of the forest, several warriors in uniform swordsman attire were using tactical maneuvers to quickly travel, while also having time to chat.

They are the Death Squad, one of humanity's ace teams, and it is said that they have a record of defeating humanoid tactical mechas.

"Captain, I'm afraid the latter one is our real mission?"

Guiding a lost person is actually called rescue.

"The last members of the Sky Fury Team have been fulfilling their mission until the very end. Let's...do our best."

The brief of the mission had actually been clearly stated before departure.

However, for the sake of their own safety and to avoid making too many sacrifices, they could only say that they would do their best.

What's more, a considerable amount of time had passed from the time they set out to the time they arrived at the scene. With only one person holding on, this time it was more like they were there to collect bodies than to rescue.

"Maybe I can see if I can help with revenge." Captain Death sighed.

It was a common thing. They had been doing this since the beginning of the war: support, support success or failure. Revenge, revenge success or failure.

When they saw more and more dead comrades, they numbly stopped worrying about keeping everyone alive and could only do their best.

With this thought in mind, they continued on their way.

Then, deep into the hinterland, a shadow began to cover the sky.

"Wait! Something's happening!" Captain Death shouted. He looked up at the sky and saw a huge figure not far above. "Wasp Beta, let's prepare to retreat."

Monsters of this level were no longer something they could deal with, and he also didn't think that the Sky Wrath could survive.

"Something seems to be wrong..." said a team member.

The giant wasp in the sky seemed to be shaking, roaring in pain, and finally fell straight down.

"Let's take a closer look."

This strange phenomenon indeed made Captain Death instinctively feel that something was wrong, and he quickly ordered everyone to get closer to investigate.

It was not until they got close enough that they saw a man wearing the same swordsman armor, rolling off the wasp and chopping the giant wasp's head with his axe again and again, as if he was preparing to let it, which was still able to flutter a little, rest completely.

"This, this, this... he couldn't have killed this person, could he?! This is the person we're guiding, right? Does this kind of fierce guy really need our guidance? He can fight his way out on his own!"

"Looking at the equipment... maybe the headquarters is planning to give us a stronger captain?"

"Could you please be more emotionally intelligent? How about the headquarters find us a strong partner?"

Chapter 3: Target Yellowstone City

"The headquarters has found a great partner for us."

The Death Squad can still joke, but they certainly know that the real situation is not like this.

But if they don't have some fun in this already fragmented world, it might collapse on its own first.

"Do you really want to replace me?" The captain was not too angry about the teasing of his teammates.