Stellaris from the Automata Era

The relationship within their team is not as easy to break as paper. On the contrary, when they get together, almost everyone is a reliable member who can be trusted.

If they could change people's minds just because of a few words, they would have died in battle long ago.

Moreover, compared to the relaxed mentality within the team, the captain is now more concerned about Yan Luo who is finishing off the Hornets Beta type not far away.

As the real target of their attack this time, he had actually already read all the information about the other party.

Hu Jiansheng was born into an ordinary family. During the alien invasion, he was rescued by a pure infantry squad by chance and followed them to break through.

Although he was just an ordinary person before, he quickly mastered the shooting skills of weapons. With the infantry captain who was given weapons as an exception looking stunned, he and his team fought their way through the insects' attack route and destroyed the alien teleportation tower placed in the city.

Afterwards, he enlisted right there and transferred to the Sword Division, following the main force everywhere. He was the first to discover the weakness of the teleporter and destroyed the first one himself. He was also the first person to kill an Alpha-type...

"Where did this cheating player come from?" Such a brilliant record almost made the captain doubt its authenticity at the first sight.

Does this person really come from an ordinary family? Are you sure he's not the illegitimate son of an EDF executive who's been working at the grassroots level to gain experience?

However, as a Beta Wasp fell in front of him, the captain was forced to face reality.

"Death Squad?"

While Captain Death was recalling, Yan Luo had already stopped the Wasp's last gasp.

After he pulled the battle axe out of Wasp's head, he soon discovered the members of the Reaper not far away and recognized their identities by the distinctive paint on their armor.

"Didn't I say I didn't need support?" Yan Luo walked closer to the Death Squad, his less agile swordsman armor making a heavy sound as his feet touched ground. "But...thank you for coming."

"Actually, we're just here for reconnaissance."

is it?

Just take this as a listen. Everyone knows that after Yan Luo completed his mission report, the Yellowstone Forest has long lost its value for reconnaissance. Even if all human satellites are paralyzed, as the master of the earth, how can we not know the terrain and topography everywhere?

Rather than reconnaissance, it would be more accurate to say that they are here to guide Yan Luo, the "lost wanderer", back home.

Now everyone says this just to reduce the guilt of sacrificing for him alone.

"I suggest that everyone should stop standing there. I haven't cleared out all the ants in the forest yet, and..."

And there are also alpha types of spiders and ants.

There was no need for Yan Luo to remind them of this. In fact, in a short period of time, a huge noise had already been heard, and then a figure that even the dense forest could not hide appeared in the distance.

These monsters hunt by scent... Obviously Yan Luo and his companions have not left their 'territory', so they follow the instinct programmed by their genes to kill everyone.

"Two of them? Is this forest so scary?" No matter how you think about it, the Alpha that is dozens of meters tall is not something that a small team can handle!

"That's good. Four of them spawned from the teleportation tower, and I killed two of them. Otherwise, the situation would have been much worse."

"..."

The boss has plenty of room!

Under the mask that concealed his expression, the captain subconsciously swallowed his saliva to show his shock.

Is the gap between people really that big? If it were him, even a sliding tackle wouldn't be enough to feed the opponent!

No, the top priority now is not to think about these unnecessary things. In the absence of a series of heavy firepower such as mechas, tanks, and artillery, we must wisely choose to evacuate.

"Mission accomplished, let's go!"

Yan Luo was quite in agreement with Captain Death's decision.

It’s not that he was scared, but after experiencing the previous high-intensity combat, he obviously felt that he was getting tired.

Yes, the repetitive code of cleaning up ants is like assembly line work, which makes people feel tired easily, not to mention the subsequent aerial battle with Wasp Beta.

He didn't feel anything at first due to his high concentration, but the psychological relaxation after seeing his teammates made him feel a little exhausted.

Besides, his ammunition was almost used up, and continuing to fight in this situation was simply courting death.

Therefore, Yan Luo and his men quickly began to evacuate. Although sword soldiers were not as noble as flying troops, they were also considered to be a highly mobile type of soldier in EDF. Unless they were surrounded, those bugs could not stop Yan Luo and his men from leaving.

However, the war was not over after they left the forest and called for air transport.

"Death Squad, head to Yellowstone City immediately. They need support there."

The sound coming from the team's information channel obviously surprised everyone.

"Yellowstone City? Isn't the fighting there over?"

"That was originally the case, but... the aliens have shown up. They're a group of frog-faced humanoid monsters who can use weapons. Many troops are trapped in the city now, and they need support."

"Understood. The Death Squad will be there immediately."

The signal channel was hung up. Captain Death was silent for a while, then looked at Yan Luo.

"Restock my ammunition."

This was supposed to be the plane that was supposed to welcome a lone warrior home, but now it had to change its course.

Send him and his greeters to another battlefield.

Chapter 4: Looks like a human, but I can't kill him

“We landed on our two feet!”

"Don't tell ODST jokes now!"

Captain Death shouted. Now, next to Yan Luo and the Death Squad was a transport plane that was on fire and smoking. It looked like it was in a scrapped state.

In his left hand, Yan Luo was carefully holding an ordinary member of EDF, who was the pilot of the transport plane.

"Tell me the truth, how did you get your pilot's license? Didn't your trainer tell you not to fly over enemy-occupied areas at will?" Yan Luo let the man go from his arms.

Obviously, the emergency parachute jump just now was too exciting for the pilot, especially since the parachuting crew members didn't even bring a parachute and pulled him along to jump.

This caused his legs to tremble slightly when he landed on the ground again, but after hearing Yan Luo's words, he immediately began to refute.

"I've been flying a transport plane for almost a year, and I've never seen those bugs capable of shooting me down from the sky! Who knew I'd encounter heavy anti-aircraft weapons?"

When it comes to his own expertise, he is still quite stubborn.

But to be honest, Yan Luo himself did not expect that the aliens would have firepower for air defense.

Although they did attack aerial vehicles when I was playing the game, they were only flying at low altitudes of less than 100 meters. Who knew they could even intercept at high altitudes?

In addition, after fighting for so long, this is the first time that humans have encountered them, and all intelligence is blank.

Therefore, when the transport plane lost balance and started spinning in the air, Yan Luo was a little confused at first.

Fortunately, the Death Squad and Yan Luo were both veterans on the battlefield, and they immediately and decisively chose to jump out of the plane. At the same time, because of their rich experience, they would not forget that they had a jet pack that could be used for emergency descent like the new recruits whose souls were bound by gravity.

Even Yan Luo still had some spare time to save the driver.

"Alright, alright. We can discuss the professional stuff after we get back to base. By the way, do you have your weapons? It's hell ahead."

"The situation was so urgent back then, how could I possibly have brought... Oh, I have a pistol," the pilot replied, rubbing his lower back with a troubled expression. "Not bad, this way I can still protect myself. I'll find a tall building to hide in later. I hope the reinforced concrete here is strong enough."

"Wait." Captain Death interrupted, a hint of doubt audible in his voice. "You're not going with us? You're safer with us than holding your ground on your own."

"I know all this, but stop it. You're an ace squad coming here to support us, and you have your own mission. With your combat power and mobility, don't bring a burden like me with you."

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

The pilot silently checked the magazine and weapons, then added another sentence.

"Besides, you're heading to the front lines. In terms of safety, it's not much better than staying on the defensive, right?

If you really want to, you should quickly and efficiently resolve all the issues. This will be good for everyone."

The truth is really simple. From a rational perspective, this is the best outcome and choice.

In the end, no one proposed any extra options.

"Good luck to you then."

After saying goodbye to the pilot, Yan Luo and his men quickly maneuvered forward.

Huangshi City was originally a second-tier city in the Celestial Empire. Its geographical location was not very good. It could even be said that it was almost the first city in the Celestial Empire to fall.

In terms of value, it has neither people who need to be evacuated nor terrain that can stop the insect attack.

But the problem is that after EDF has been beaten and fighting for so long, this is the first pilot of a large-scale counterattack plan.

Yan Luo's team had previously cleared out the teleportation towers in the surrounding area in order to cooperate with the planned offensive and reduce the pressure on the surrounding areas.

Originally, the good news of the successful recapture had been reported, but it was lost again in the blink of an eye, which left the EDF dumbfounded after they got the news and immediately spread the word in the rear.

This was almost like a slap in the face of EDF, loud and painful.

After all, EDF is relatively pragmatic. At least the propaganda about the rear safe zone will not include any weird results like victory transition.

They really mean what they say and will not bully honest people or the conscience of mankind.

Now the angry and humiliated top brass is determined to retake the city, not only for their own face, but also to rescue the EDF members trapped and scattered around.

At the same time, because this was the first time they had actual news about aliens, they also wanted to see what these guys were like and whether they could withstand the wrath of the most powerful spirits on Earth.

"Emergency stop!" Captain Death made a gesture, and all the people who were moving quickly just now stopped.

The visor on his head turned, as if he was observing his surroundings, and then he quickly asked the people around him.

"Did you hear anything?"

As his words fell, Yan Luo and all his men listened attentively.

Then the sound of a heavy object stepping on the ground echoed rhythmically in the distance, and became louder and closer as time went by.

"It's footsteps." Yan Luo understood what was in front of him in an instant, but he couldn't say it clearly. After all, asking detailed questions later would be troublesome and a headache.

"alpha?"

"If it were a monster like that, you'd see it as soon as you heard the noise," Yan Luo replied patiently. "This noise is clearly from a single creature, but if it were insects, they'd be a dense swarm. So this is probably the aliens mentioned in the intelligence."

"Let's go and get it!" Captain Death immediately decided what to do.

As a support team, they will sooner or later encounter the so-called aliens and eliminate them. Now that there is one who is suspected to be alone, they cannot give up such a good opportunity to test it.

Of course, even if they are not aliens, there is nothing to lose. The top leaders are determined to retake the city. No matter how you look at it, a war is inevitable. Besides, their operation is not a secret one, so they just have to act recklessly!

In fact, after everyone had made the decision, Yan Luo and his friends soon saw the so-called aliens when they turned a corner through the ruins of a high-rise building.

The extremely sudden encounter made both parties stunned for a moment.

The aliens may have never expected that there would be any signs of human activities, while Yan Luo, who was mentally prepared, saw exactly what it looked like.

"A three or four meter tall frog man? A ghost chasing from the underworld?"

"Stop the memes! Get over it!"

The only thing that made Yan Luo feel relieved was that the Death Squad didn't have any stupid lines like "He looks so human that I can't kill him" like the contestants next door who were living a good life.

Chapter 1: Math is not good or color blindness is the best

"Silence successful. It seems that his signal can no longer be detected. I have begun to open the hibernation chamber."

'Alert! Alert! Alert! High-dimensional vision intrusion, firewall activated...firewall failed! Restarting the hibernation chamber! Failed...failed? Failed!'

Before Yan Luo woke up, he seemed to be able to hear this faint voice in his ears.

If his previous memories were correct...it was probably about time travel, the system, giant ants and insects all over the world, humans who could only shout EDF, frog-faced aliens, the crowning of Storm No. 1, the beating of the unknown, the unknown's self-destruction, and nothing else.

All in all, the wonderful story of his first half of life could be written into a novel of one million words, and even if it is shortened to a first volume of 100,000 words, there would be no problem.

Just what is the situation now..

He opened his eyes and found himself in a hibernation chamber, and it was the type with just the right human-shaped grooves, which did not allow him to make any big movements. It was like being locked in a small dark room.

After struggling for a while and finding that he couldn't get away, he finally collapsed as if giving up resistance.

After calming down, Yan Luo tried to speak.

"system."

(I am here.)

The brief response and the reliable yet indifferent mechanical female voice almost made Yan Luo confirm the first fact: his embarrassing system might have been replaced.

After all, the three points of shame, three points of being off-line, three points of being aggrieved, and the remaining one point of voice discarded for the sake of a perfect fan-shaped voice are not something that anyone can imitate.

"Please introduce yourself first."

(I am the subsystem left by my predecessor, and a new auxiliary system has been formed after self-improvement and reconstruction.) I don’t know if it is an illusion, but Yan Luo felt that the voice in his mind began to rise.

"So, you are a part of her?"

(Yes, but please don't think of me as an ex. Although I received a lot of leftover information, in terms of relationship, I am a daughter.)