Earth Era

The silence in the conference room continued, and finally it was General Emerk who broke the deadlock: "Since the situation has gotten so bad... then I want to ask everyone, what can we do in the face of this situation? What?"

"This has exceeded the limit of what our expeditionary force can handle." A combat staff officer said with regret, "Facing this robot army that has spread, there is very little we can do."

"If our entire human civilization is mobilized, we may be able to pose some threat to the robot army, but the threat is still very small. Perhaps it can be said that facing these robot armies, not only our fleet, but also our entire Human civilization has very little that can be done.”

Although these words are a bit negative, everyone has to admit that this is reality.

General Emerk smiled bitterly and said: "I originally thought that this expedition was just to deal with some weird alien life forms... But I didn't expect that things have developed so far that they are completely beyond our original expectations."

"Yeah, who would have thought of that?" A combat staff officer also sighed and said: "Originally, I thought that dispatching Earth-class spacecraft was too fussy, but now I know that even dispatching our entire human civilization may not be able to solve this problem. This incident..."

After a brief conversation, the conference room fell into silence again. The dull and depressing atmosphere began to envelope everyone's hearts indiscriminately, making people involuntarily feel a little...desperate.

General Emerk paced back and forth in front. After a long time, General Emerk said: "I think... there must be something we can do. Now that things have developed to this point, there is no doubt that we should give up. With regard to the unrealistic idea of ​​annihilating the robot group, our strategic goal should be to restore our human civilization's disadvantages and strive to take the initiative. So... is there anything that our human civilization urgently needs, and it is ours What can be done?”

"I can make something for everyone's reference." Xiao Yun said at this time, "This point, in the face of "robots cannot evolve themselves, it is the genius who is helping them improve their strength", and in the face of "robots can It can adapt to any situation such as "self-evolution, no need for external intervention."

"Oh? You said it." General Emerk gestured, and all the staff members also looked at Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun sorted out his words, and then said: "The situation is like this. The infinite replicating robot is a very special kind of enemy. It is different from all the enemies we have experienced before. Therefore, in combat, some of the enemies in the past The clauses we hold as golden rules should also be thrown out."

"For example?" General Emerk asked.

"For example, the number of enemies killed and annihilated." Xiao Yun said, "For infinite replicating robots, how many enemies have you annihilated in a battle - whether the number is one hundred or one hundred billion. Well, they are all useless. There is no difference between the two numbers one hundred and ten billion. Because for infinite copying robots, they will only face two situations, either they will be completely wiped out, or they will lose a certain number and then Recover in a very short time.”

The rapid reproduction ability of infinite replicating robots can quickly smooth out their own losses. Even if 99% of them are wiped out, the remaining 1% can be restored again in a short time. Therefore, as long as the enemy cannot be wiped out all at once, there is no difference between wiping out one percent of the enemy and wiping out 99% of the enemy.

"I can understand that." General Emerk nodded.

"Therefore, our strategic goal should shift from killing the enemy to gaining time." Xiao Yun said, "There is no doubt that with the current technological level of our human civilization, we cannot completely annihilate the enemy, so the only thing we can do is What we need is to do our best, develop technology as quickly as possible, and find a way to annihilate the robot army before it destroys our human civilization. This is the only way for our human civilization to survive."

"I am not a military expert. I only have a very superficial understanding of military affairs. Therefore, everyone needs to think about how to buy time for our human civilization." Xiao Yun said.

General Emerk looked around the conference room, and then said: "Is there anyone who objects to Xiao Yun's proposal?"

All combat staff chose to remain silent. Obviously, no one objects to Xiao Yun's statement.

"So let's start discussing now, how can we buy time for our human civilization?"

A staff officer said: "Shrink the defense line, abandon most of the star systems, and only stick to the most important star systems, such as the solar system, the Sirius galaxy, Nanmen II, Barnard galaxy, Luhrmann galaxy and other important ones. The goal. I think we should choose complete defense and give up all attacks. As long as we ensure that these star systems do not collapse, we have accomplished the goal."

Another staff officer said: "It is inaccurate to give up all attacks. A more accurate statement is to give up all attacks aimed at killing the enemy. Because sometimes it is for some strategic goals, such as ensuring the passage of water between star systems. We also need to take the initiative to attack, but the purpose of the proactive attack is to ensure strategic goals such as waterways. As long as the goal can be achieved, we don't have to care how many enemies we kill. Anyway, no matter how many enemies we kill, it is meaningless. of."

"I agree with this." The original staff officer said, "Stand firm with all your strength, buy time, and wait for scientists to find a way to completely destroy the robot group. This is indeed the only way for our human civilization to survive."

General Emerk nodded silently. After a pause, General Emerk continued: "So...if the premise is to gain time, what can our fleet do? After all, we are the armed force of human civilization closest to the robot group."

Several staff officers looked at each other, and then one staff officer said: "I think the only thing our fleet can do is... to assassinate that genius. As long as that genius can be killed, the robot group's progress in improving its strength will stop. In this way, our human civilization can buy more time."

"The existence of this genius is indeed very important. His existence can even affect the overall direction of the entire war." Another staff officer added, "So... we must kill him at all costs, even if our team The entire expedition fleet was wiped out, as long as we can kill that genius, our sacrifice will be worth it."

"And... we still have a chance to kill that genius now. Our fleet has more than 3,000 combat spacecraft, with a total force of more than 3 million. Although the number of robots is large, we have seen that they win with numbers. , their individual combat capabilities must not be high. Therefore, we can choose assault combat, just like a sharp knife inserted into a piece of butter...break into the core of the enemy as quickly as possible, kill the genius, and then Then choose to break out."

General Emerk thought for a while, then nodded: "I think this is correct. Killing that genius can indeed buy more time for our human civilization, and we do have to kill that genius. It’s possible. But...this plan is very risky. If something goes wrong, our entire army may be annihilated.”

"So what if the whole army is wiped out? It's worth it to trade the lives of all the people in our fleet for the life of that genius." A staff officer said fiercely, "Since you chose to be a soldier in the first place, you should be prepared to leave your life on the battlefield. Get ready."

"The situation may not be so bad." General Emerk waved his hand heavily, "As long as we plan properly and fight effectively, we may not necessarily be completely wiped out. It's just..."

General Emerk hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Does everyone agree with this plan to assassinate the genius?"

There was silence in the conference room, no one spoke.

"Okay." General Emerk nodded, "Since everyone agrees with this plan, then the matter is settled. But... we are all soldiers, and we can certainly leave our lives on the battlefield. , but...some people can't."

Xiao Yun frowned, and at this moment, General Emerk also looked over: "Xiao Yun, let's go. I will send you an Ocean-class battleship to send you back to the solar system. Your duty is to find The way to destroy the robot empire is not to charge on the battlefield. We soldiers can die and leave our lives here, but you can't."

Following General Emerk's words, everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun stood up silently, then shook his head and said, "I won't leave."

"It's not up to you." General Emerk shook his head and said, "This is an order. What's more... what's the use of you staying here?"

"Please listen to me explain my reasons for staying here." Xiao Yun said. General Emerk nodded: "You say."

"The plan we formulated to assassinate the genius is based on the premise that the genius is constantly upgrading the robot's technology. But..." Xiao Yun said quietly, "What if these robots have the ability to evolve themselves? In this case, Is there any point in us assassinating this genius? Isn't our sacrifice... wasted in vain?"

"There is no point discussing this now." General Emerk said: "This speculation is the most likely. We can only make tactical arrangements based on this speculation. Unless you can prove that those robots have the ability to evolve themselves, otherwise... …Our plan will not change.” (To be continued~^~)