When it comes to cutting-edge combat power, there’s no doubt that the Federation’s Rebellious Intelligent Machines have the upper hand. Whether it’s the space-based weapons or the subsonic fighters that can reach speeds over ten times the speed of sound, they all possess a terrifying suppressing force. However, in the war of intelligent machines, aside from the quality of the basic units, there’s another crucial factor: quantity. It has always been thanks to Ailei’s ability to rapidly produce troops that Xu Xi has been able to achieve victory after victory, capturing multiple satellite cities and continuously improving his technological level.
“Boom!—”
“Boom! Boom!—”
High above, the layers of sonic boom clouds are so dense that they’re hard to distinguish. Even Xu Xi, clad in heavy power armor, struggles to counteract the downward impact. He sees the surging sea of machines and the roar of metal. The replicated subsonic fighter groups, enhanced by mechanical force, perform even more terrifyingly and fearfully than the Federation’s original fighters, with a noticeable improvement in performance.
“Should I say it’s worthy of being called the Calamity of Intelligent Machines?”
“Such a spectacular scene is truly awe-inspiring.”
Xu Xi marvels, continuing to increase the output of mechanical force. The screech of steel echoes across the sky, and the anger of machines crushes the earth. At this very moment, an endless sea of machines engulfs everything.
Machine roar!
Rotation!
The roar of ten thousand machines, the boiling of ten thousand machines, all converging into a single will.
“Everything is for the master!” Ailei says.
…
[Your troops are endless]
[Whenever some are destroyed, new units come from the rear, continuously filling the gaps]
[With the replicated subsonic fighters, you successfully disrupt the defense system of the Southern Main Base City, tearing it apart with sheer numbers and absolute violence]
[There are clusters of starships with energy barriers launching bombings towards your position]
[That’s a thick barrier you’ve never seen before; ordinary attacks are hard to affect it]
[But this is useless to you]
[The numerous subsonic fighter groups, with just one wave of strafing, exhaust and shatter the starships’ energy barriers with their dense attack frequency]
[Attack, attack again, attack fiercely]
[After half a month of intense fighting, you successfully capture the Southern Main Base City, seizing many high-value intelligent machine remains]
Cold machinery is the great force that moves the world.
Steel bodies are the strength that crushes flesh.
When heavy alloys soar in the sky, when the roar of engines echoes in the universe, witnessing the rise and fall of the machine sea, anyone would be deeply amazed.
Inside the Southern Main Base City, Xu Xi, clad in power armor, steps on the severely damaged main road, leaving dents with each step.
“Although I expected it…”
“After this battle, the damage to the main base city would be quite exaggerated, but this scene is still somewhat frightening.”
“40%?”
“No, perhaps only 20% remains intact.”
The lingering smoke, the collapsed and tilted high-rise buildings, the creaking rusted iron, the combination of various elements forms a scene of apocalypse.
Xu Xi is speechless.
Fortunately, his target is not this city.
What he wants are just the remains of those intelligent machines and some raw materials that can be used as resources.
As for the condition of the city itself, it’s not within Xu Xi’s consideration.
After all, he doesn’t plan to live here.
Xu Xi squats down, his hand lightly scooping up fragments flowing with black sand, revealing a gray-white luster in his palm: “Fragments of an electromagnetic railgun?”
“Speaking of which, after digesting this harvest, the Federation’s tech tree is almost fully consumed.”
“Only those space weapons remain untouched.”
“No rush, no rush.”
“Food should be eaten bite by bite; even if I were given a starship now, I wouldn’t have the time to study it.”
Tilting his hand, the fragments slide off his palm.
Xu Xi stands up, looking up at the sky, a deep darkness mixed with the eerie crimson of burning flames, extremely abstract and bizarre.
Such a scene fits well with the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
It’s a thick color of despair.
Just as Xu Xi is about to leave, a communication from Ailei stops him in his tracks.
…
[You’ve always had a habit of sweeping through the city after capturing it]
[Not because there’s any treasure]
[But because you habitually don’t let go of any resource in the wasteland]
[This time, you thought it would be the same as before, finding some useless clutter or already possessed duplicate technology]
[But your loyal mechanical servant tells you she has discovered a hidden underground base]
[With complete defense measures, energy facilities, and ventilation systems, in the desolate wasteland world, normalcy is the greatest abnormality]
[You sense something is wrong and rush to the discovered base entrance at the fastest speed]
Alloy-cast armor.
Stepping on steel plates.
Echoing with noisy reverberations.
Xu Xi looks at the alloy gate in front of him and the pattern engraved on it, pondering: “Virtual Network Company?”
In the early years of the simulation, to learn about the wasteland world, Xu Xi had perused a lot of materials, gaining a deep understanding of the old Federation.
It was a highly developed era.
Brilliant technology, dazzling techniques.
Among the many high-tech companies, Virtual Network Company firmly held a leading position, a giant focused on virtual network technology.
The gaming experience in the virtual world, the realistic images of remote communication, the unimaginable virtual technology made Virtual Network Company popular across the Federation.
But—
“Why, now that the Federation has been destroyed, is there a Virtual Network Company base still operating?”
Xu Xi is curious.
He has a premonition that inside the base, deep underground in the darkness, some things might be buried.
“Please leave it to me,” Ailei, confirming Xu Xi’s desire to enter, allocates some computing power to control several large engineering machines, precisely breaking open the base gate.
Then, a large number of intelligent machines surround Xu Xi, forming a protective formation.
This is the caution of the mechanical servant.
Worried that there might be dangers inside the base.
“Thank you, Ailei, let’s go down.”
“Yes, master.”
Xu Xi, clad in power armor, followed closely by the mechanical servant girl, with some intelligent machines leading the way, slowly descends along the steps.
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