Earth Era

Xiao Yun thought of more and more things, and the many small squares within the big box were quickly filled. After filling in the small square, Xiao Yun drew a circle outside the large square to enclose it: "In order to ensure its own survival, it must have external armor. These external armors can withstand the harsh natural environment. , to ensure that the internal precision instruments are working properly.”

"Well... the one who commands all these devices must be an extremely sophisticated electronic program. This program can command and coordinate the operation of many internal devices. It can use optimization algorithms to obtain the most resources with the smallest effort. Replicating itself, it can also maintain contact with other robots outside to ensure large-scale linkage...this is its brain."

So Xiao Yun wrote the words "chip device" in the big box.

After writing the words "chip device", the big box was completely occupied. But at this moment, Xiao Yun remembered a crucial piece of equipment: "In order to obtain information from the outside, it must have a set of sophisticated light sensing instruments. Well, it is probably not only visible light, but also invisible light in other bands. Even all kinds of radiation can be sensed. For a planet with an atmosphere, a set of sound sensing equipment is also necessary. In order to ensure the normal operation of these equipment, they must be installed outside the body. "

So Xiao Yun drew a small box outside the big box and wrote the words "information collection device" inside the small box.

In this way, a machine device with the ability to infinitely copy itself appears in Xiao Yun's writing. It has a huge belly, strong limbs, and something that looks like a relatively small head.

It looks like some kind of bug. Then Xiao Yun thought of the alien monsters that had massacred all his teammates on the planet in the Raqqa galaxy. Then Xiao Yun realized that the appearance of those bugs was similar to the robot he had conceived, which had the ability to infinitely copy itself.

So Xiao Yun's heart was suddenly tightened. Xiao Yun stared at the weird-looking thing he had drawn. In a daze, the thing seemed to come alive. It spread its teeth and claws on the piece of paper, and then jumped towards Xiao Yun...

Xiao Yun yelled and leaned back as a reflex. The chair was also brought down, and Xiao Yun fell heavily to the floor. The pain caused by the falling body brought Xiao Yun back to his senses, but the terrifying feeling before was still lingering in Xiao Yun's mind and refused to leave. Xiao Yun put one hand on the ground and sat on the floor, breathing heavily. It took him a long time to react. Then Xiao Yun lifted the chair up and sat on it again, and once again saw the piece of paper with a strange-looking insect drawn on it.

It was still lying quietly on the table without any movement.

It took Xiao Yun a few minutes to regain his composure, so Xiao Yun began to think again.

"The decay furnace is its heart, which is responsible for providing energy for all actions of the body. The internal repair device is its immune system, which is responsible for repairing internal damaged parts. The ore collection and refining device is its digestive system, which is responsible for providing replication. The materials it needs, the internal assembly device is its uterus, which is responsible for breeding the next generation, the information collection device is its eyes and ears, the weapon device is its fist, and the chip is its brain..."

"By the way, for this type of robot, the replica robot conceived in their body is probably not a complete structure, but only has certain necessary parts. Because if it is a complete body, its volume will be too large. Large, and the mother cannot give birth to an offspring with the same size as herself within herself. In this case, it will also need a growth process. It is very likely that the offspring will need the care of the mother for a period of time after birth. During this period of time, the parent body will provide it with some materials that have been refined by itself. After obtaining these materials, the child body will improve its structure through internal processing, and eventually grow to the same size as the parent body, and have the same characteristics as the parent body. Ability. At this time, it will start its own breeding journey, giving birth to and caring for its own next generation..."

"It... doesn't look like a machine, it looks like a real life." Xiao Yun thought silently, "It seems to meet all the definitions of life."

Xiao Yun couldn't help but picture this in his mind: On the dark planet of Raqqa, an insect-like robot was constantly wandering around on the earth, looking for something he could use, and found After that, they are eaten into the stomach, the useful things are collected and stored, and the waste residue is excreted through another channel. After collecting enough materials, a new replica is created in its body and then born, a new replica The body may be very weak when it is born, so it will follow its mother, and the mother will take care of it until it grows up until it has the ability to live independently and reproduce offspring...

The more Xiao Yun thought about it, the more he felt that this kind of robot that could infinitely copy itself was so similar to human civilization. Whether it is the body structure or the mode of survival and reproduction, everything that exists within human civilization can find its counterpart in the robot empire.

"So... are they really just a machine?" Xiao Yun murmured to himself, "To make such a thing... how advanced is the technology required?"

Xiao Yun himself is an expert in artificial intelligence, so Xiao Yun knows very well that at least the current level of technology in human civilization is not enough to create such sophisticated things.

"If what exists in the Raqqa galaxy is really such a thing... who made them? Is it some crazy scientific genius in our human civilization? He has solved all technical problems. Created such a thing? But... what does this have to do with me? Why did he send that challenge letter to me by name? "

The more he thought about it, the more confused Xiao Yun felt. There is no clue about this matter at all, which means that neither Xiao Yun nor the government can figure it out at this stage.

In the midst of deepening doubts, a thought suddenly appeared in Xiao Yun's mind: "I want to return to the Raqqa galaxy with the Earth-class spacecraft." (To be continued ~^~)