Earth Era

There is no point in continuing to stay in the Lager 728 galaxy. And as long as they escape the encirclement, with the current strength of the robot group, they will not be able to pursue the human fleet. Therefore, following General Emerk's order before he fell into coma, the expedition fleet's flagship, the only Earth-class spacecraft "Destiny", led the only dozen or so spaceships that escaped on their way back to the solar system.

When it came, it was a huge fleet with more than 3,000 spaceships and millions of people, but when it returned, only this little was left. Everyone's heart is heavy, and at the same time, everyone is confused and scared.

The same goes for Xiao Yun. The strength of the robot group is beyond imagination, which makes people start to worry about the future: "The robot group in just one star system is already so powerful, then... there are tens of millions and billions of robot groups in the star system. How powerful are they when they are united? Can such a powerful robot group... really be something that human civilization can fight against?"

The fleet is still maintaining regular navigation at sub-light speed and has not yet entered super-light speed navigation. At this moment, Xiao Yun stood in front of the porthole of the Earth-class spacecraft, looking at the dim star system in the distance, and fell into deep contemplation for a long time.

The star system was still dim and small. From here, it looked almost the same as the ordinary stars in the sky. But Xiao Yun knew that all this was just an appearance. Under this appearance, there was an abyss that could even make people feel despair.

All the tragedy, all the tragedy and death were buried in this deep universe. Millions of people's lives were deprived here. It was the most tragic failure in the history of human civilization. Even the flagship was almost lost here. ...All these events took place in this small and dim star system.

Looking at the star in the distance, Xiao Yun's heart surged and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

At this time, a staff member came to Xiao Yun and whispered to Xiao Yun: "Hello Xiao Yun, General Emerk is awake. He hopes you can come over."

Xiao Yun moved slightly: "Oh? Is the general awake? How is he doing now?"

"The military doctor said there is nothing serious, but he is not in good spirits." The staff member shook his head sadly: "This matter... you also know that no matter who it is, it will not be easy for anyone."

Xiao Yun nodded silently: "Yes. Where is the general now? Please take me there."

The staff member took Xiao Yun to a lounge. After pushing the door open and entering, Xiao Yun saw General Emerk lying on the hospital bed. In just a few hours, Xiao Yun felt that General Emerk had changed a lot from before. The majesty that enveloped General Emerk and the power brought by his status as commander have all disappeared. General Emerk now looks like an ordinary, somewhat aging middle-aged man.

Xiao Yun even saw some faint white hair on General Emerk's cheeks.

"Are you here? Sit down." General Emerk whispered, and then gestured to the staff around him, and the staff member walked out of the ward and closed the door, leaving only General Emerk and Xiao Yun were killed.

Xiao Yun sat down next to General Emerk. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he just sighed and said nothing.

"Xiao Yun, I came to you this time because I have something I want to tell you." General Emerk said slowly, "You must be very curious about this matter. You asked me about it before, but at that time I didn't think so. It’s appropriate to tell you, but things are different now.”

Xiao Yun's heart moved and he immediately asked: "Is it... is it about you and why the top leaders of the human government pay so much attention to me?"

"Yes." General Emerk said, "The strength of the robot group far exceeds our imagination. As the most critical person, you need to know everything about this matter. Maybe this will cause certain harm to you. The impact, but you must withstand it, you must find the right way to deal with the robot group and rescue our human civilization from the crisis."

Xiao Yun chose to remain silent in response to General Emerk's words. Because Xiao Yun really couldn't figure out why. No matter how you look at it, Xiao Yun is just an ordinary person. Although his identity as an artificial intelligence expert is somewhat related to this incident, it does not seem that he can be elevated to the "most critical person" and "the most important person in our human civilization." "Rescued from crisis", right?

How can I, Xiao Yunhe De, shoulder such an important responsibility?

Xiao Yun remained silent, waiting for General Emerk's further answer.

"Regardless of whether that genius played an important role in the evolution of the robot group, at least, we cannot deny the existence of this genius, right?"

Xiao Yun nodded: "That's true. Although the robot has basically been determined to be able to evolve itself without the intervention of the genius, the ability to create such a robot itself has proven the terrifying nature of the genius. .”

"But if I said... that genius is you, how would you feel?" General Emerk said slowly.

"What?!" Xiao Yun stood up suddenly, a huge wave suddenly set off in his heart, "General Emerk, I don't understand what you mean. What do you mean that the genius is me?"

"Sit down, sit down, don't get excited." General Emerk signaled, "Of course I know what you have been through and all your experiences. I know that you have no chance or time to create such a huge robot empire. It's just... if the genius who founded this robot empire had the same appearance, the same genes, and the same way of thinking as you, to put it simply, that genius was simply copied from your genes, you would Wouldn’t it feel better to accept it?”

"This is impossible, this is impossible!" Xiao Yun cried out, "Another me copied with my genes? How could this be possible? Who copied me? What is the purpose of copying me?"

The vibrations in Xiao Yun's heart were like rolling waves, and there was no way to calm down no matter what. Xiao Yun kept circling in the ward, muttering something in his mouth: "How could it be like this? How could it be like this?"

General Emerk just looked at the restless Xiao Yun without saying anything or trying to dissuade him. After Xiao Yun calmed down, General Emerk said: "When we first came to this conclusion, we felt unbelievable, but countless evidence points to this point, and these evidences tell us that this conclusion is absolutely true. It's absolutely true, it's 100 percent credible."

"Yes, the truth of the matter is this. There is an organization that steals your genes, uses your genes to copy another you, and then uses the other you as the leader. That organization created a product that can copy itself infinitely, and A robot that can evolve itself without relying on independent self-awareness or scientific system...Now, do you know why we value you so much, and...why I refused to tell you the reason before?"

General Emerk said quietly, his words full of fatigue: "Because it is another thing created by you, so obviously, only you are the most likely to solve them. And because I don't want to deal with your thoughts and The way you think affects you, so I refused to tell you all this before. But now that things have developed... there is no need to hide all this from you. You should know the full truth of the matter. I think this will improve your thinking. It will bring some help.”

Xiao Yun was still in shock and couldn't extricate himself. This matter is really too hard to accept. Could it be that this has caused great losses to human civilization? In the original Raqqa galaxy, he killed his lover, killed all his companions and friends, and then seemed to let go The "genius" who let him go like a dead dog could actually be another me?

It took Xiao Yun several minutes to digest this information. Xiao Yun, who barely calmed down, asked General Emerk bitterly: "So, can you tell me how you and the human government came to this conclusion? What is the organization that stole my genes? What is the purpose? Also, what does the other me mean by what the other person said in the challenge letter to me, "Can you defeat me this time?"

"We secretly investigated all your interpersonal relationships, and then unexpectedly discovered that you had been followed. As we continued to trace this clue, we found that those who followed you collected your hair, nails, and skin in an extremely secretive way. We collected scraps, blood and saliva samples, and also found some signs of replicating human bodies in a secret factory. As we continued to track, we found some sporadic information about infinitely replicating robots. From that information, and what happened in reality As well as the support of other evidence chains, we finally came to the above conclusion." General Emerk said, "Do you need me to show you the complete investigation file? That information is worth thousands of gigabytes. , thousands of intelligence personnel and scientists from various disciplines worked for several years to accumulate this information."

"No, no need." Xiao Yun said bitterly, "I believe their conclusion. So, can you answer the rest of my questions? What is that organization and what is its purpose? And... why Will you choose me?" (To be continued~^~)