Earth Era

It was night on earth, and the cool breeze blew quietly through this quiet summer night. Insects chirped in the valley, and from time to time, distant roars of wild beasts came over. The sky is a clear dark green, dotted with stars, like gems. In the middle of the sky is a huge moon, emitting white glittering light, reflecting the earth as if covered with a layer of silver gauze.

As quiet as ever, as beautiful as ever, just as it has been on earth for billions of years. But tonight is destined to be an unquiet night. Everyone living on the earth at this moment knows that the silence that has been maintained for an unknown number of years will be broken later.

Because the robot army has already set off from Mars to the earth, and the distance between Mars and the earth is very close, and human civilization is unable to stop the advancement of the robot army.

So not long after, countless bright points of light exploded in the sky, and those light points were even brighter than the brightest stars in the sky for a moment. There are a lot of them, and the frequency of their appearance is also very dense, like a grand fireworks show in the sky.

The earth was covered with a layer of strange colors under the constant shining light. At this moment, the wind stopped, the roar of wild beasts stopped, and the chirping of unknown insects also stopped.

There is an extremely depressing and extremely dangerous atmosphere spreading between heaven and earth. All the creatures in the world felt this danger at the same time. Then, the bugs crawled back to their nests in a hurry, the birds got into the tree house, huddled together with their chicks and shivered, and the beasts put away their fangs and claws, and then He ran to nowhere with his tail between his legs.

Countless meteors suddenly appeared in the sky. Those meteors dragged their long red tails, streaking across the sky and falling towards the earth at a slow speed. The number was so large that it was almost impossible to count. As a result, a hoarse roar rang out in the comprehensive base: "Ground weapon launch! Support the Space Corps!"

Because everyone knows what it means when a meteor shower appears in the sky. That means that the battleship cluster deployed by human civilization in space to intercept the robot army from entering the earth has been broken through by the robot army. At this moment, countless robots have broken into the atmosphere and are heading towards the earth. The countless meteors that appear in the sky are the result of high-speed friction between robots and the earth's atmosphere.

Tens of millions of robots are approaching the Earth at high speed. At this moment, the Earth Base also responded.

Countless precision-directed artillery pieces were fired from the base. They also dragged their long red tails behind them and rushed from the ground towards the sky.

There were firelights falling in the sky, and firelights rising from the ground. The quiet and deep sky was reflected brightly at this moment.

Countless animals were watching all this quietly on the ground, in the valleys, and on the treetops. The ubiquitous oppression between heaven and earth made them feel despair and fear, and the countless rays of fire made them feel shocked and confused. They don't understand why the place where they have been living, the heaven and earth that has remained unchanged for endless years, has become like this at this moment.

The firelight falling from the sky and the firelight rising from the ground finally collided hard, and endless fireworks shone in the sky again. The fireworks became more and more numerous and dense, eventually covering the entire sky. It was long after the first fireworks appeared that the sound of their explosions reached the ground.

It was like thunder, shaking the heaven and earth, and it was endless.

The fierce fighting even affected the weather. I don't know since when, endless dark clouds quietly appeared, covering the bright moon and stars, but they could not cover the countless explosions and fires. Heavy raindrops began to fall, and the downpour instantly turned the world into a hazy mist. The lightning-like fire could always tear through the darkness, spreading the radiance of despair and death throughout the world.

Thunder, rain, explosions, the roar of weapons, all the sounds were mixed together and could no longer be distinguished.

A few minutes later, there was another sound between heaven and earth. This sound was not louder than the previous one, but it had extremely powerful penetrating power. It was through this penetrating power that the creepy sound spread throughout the entire area almost instantly. valley.

I don’t know when there started to be some strange things in the valley. They are said to be living creatures, but their surfaces glow with metallic light, like machines. They are said to be not living creatures, but they can move on their own and possess extremely powerful destructive power.

Anything around them will be destroyed by them. Trees, rivers, wild beasts, weeds, wild flowers... everything that existed on the earth was brutally destroyed after their arrival. The animals began a desperate escape, but no matter where they fled, they could not escape the killings from the robots, even if they hid underground - the robots needed minerals, and many minerals were buried underground, so the robots also Will head underground. In the process of digging, they will kill any living thing they encounter.

In just a few minutes, more life on Earth has died at the hands of robots than have been killed by humans for hundreds of years combined.

Human civilization will consciously protect the earth, but robots will not. Reproduction requires energy and minerals, so they collect energy and minerals. As for the impact it will have on the planet during this process, this is not within their scope of consideration.

And this situation is happening across the entire planet. In comparison, the area where the base is located is less affected. Because the space defense network is used to block robots in this direction, the base's defensive firepower will also destroy some robots. With fewer robots, the impact will naturally be smaller.

The current situation is not optimistic. The space defense network that General Emmerk and the entire staff team had high hopes for did not achieve its original goal. It did intercept some robots entering the earth, but the proportion was too small. There were too many robots entering the earth. .

The base's defensive firepower has been fully activated, barely blocking the robots' crazy offensive, but no one knows how long this situation can last. When they actually faced the robot army, people discovered that the painstaking efforts of the autonomous government and years of preparation for war... were still not enough, far from enough.

"Our situation is very dangerous." A staff officer whispered to General Emerk. "The base may be lost at any time, and the robot army may attack at any time. I suggest that we maybe report the current situation to Xiao Yun, maybe Xiao Yun can speed up his work a little more, or... let Xiao Yun prepare to launch the plan in advance. I think, even if the deception strategy implemented in the end is not perfect and cannot receive full success, it is still better than the robot army. It would be better to finally break in and kill us before the plan can be carried out.”

General Emerk shook his head heavily: "First of all, there is no such thing as imperfect launch of deception tactics, because every part involved in it is critical, and it will not work if any link is missing. We must wait until Xiao The cloud does all the work and really perfects the deception tactics before it can launch.”

"Then what about informing Xiao Yun of the current situation?" the staff officer asked immediately.

General Emerk pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head again: "No need. Xiao Yun... has been working with all his strength. He is already doing this to the best of his ability. Inform him of the current situation. Giving it to Xiao Yun will have no other use than disrupting Xiao Yun’s thinking and affecting his work efficiency.”

The staff officer fell silent. After a long time, he said softly: "So, what should we do?..."

"Fight, fight with all your strength." General Emerk said calmly. "When all the soldiers are dead, they will be replaced by logistics personnel. When all the logistics personnel are dead, they will be replaced by civilian personnel. When necessary, you will also be there." Go to the front line. Before Xiao Yun finally perfects his deception strategy, I will not allow a robot to enter Xiao Yun’s research room."

General Emerk was talking about the research room, not the base. The meaning of these words is already very obvious.

When necessary, the periphery of the base can be abandoned, and all combatants retreat to the core of the base, where Xiao Yun is located. They must ensure that the core of the base is not lost and that Xiao Yun's work is not affected.

"As for the rest of the things, you don't need to think about it."

After saying this, General Emerk stood up, took the marshal's badge off his shoulder, and then put it on another general.

"General Emerk, you..." the general asked hesitantly.

"From this moment on, I will transfer all decision-making powers of the autonomous government, including military power, to you." General Emerk said lightly, then turned and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to drive the "Victory" spacecraft and lure the robots away. Your task is to protect Xiao Yun on my behalf. Don't let any robot get close to him until his work is completed." General Emerk stopped. , then turned around, his tone still as calm as ever: "Only I can pilot this spaceship, and only I can complete this mission, so no one of you needs to persuade me."

General Emerk stopped, his sharp eyes swept over the people in the room one by one, and his voice began to become cold: "This is an order!"

"Yes, General!" At this moment, everyone in the room agreed at the same time.

The general who was granted command authority by General Emerk solemnly said: "Please rest assured, unless everyone in the base is killed in battle, no robot can get close to Xiao Yun!"