Earth Era

The silence in the conference room continued, and in the end it was General Emock 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 that our expeditionary force can deal with." A combat staff said regretfully, "Faced with the spread of the robot army, there is very little we can do."

"If our entire human civilization is launched, we may be able to pose some threats to the robot army, but the threat is still small. Perhaps it can be said that in the face of these robot armies, not only our fleet, but even our entire There are very few things that human civilization can do.”

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

General Emock smiled bitterly: "I thought that this expedition was just to deal with some strange alien life... But I didn't expect that the development of things has completely exceeded our original expectations."

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

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

General Emock paced back and forth in front, and after a long time, General Emock said: "I think... there must be something we can do. Things have developed to this point, we should give up without a doubt. The unrealistic idea of ​​annihilating the robot group, our strategic goal should be turned to restore the disadvantage for our human civilization and strive for the initiative. Then... What is the urgent need of our human civilization, and we Can it be done?"

"I can make a point 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 Self-evolution without external interference” can adapt to any situation.”

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

Xiao Yun sorted out the language. Then he said: "The situation is like this. The infinite replica robot is a very special kind of enemy, and it is different from all the enemies we have experienced before. Therefore, in combat, some of the terms that we used to regard as golden rules are also should be thrown away."

"Like?" asked General Emock.

"For example, killing the enemy and destroying the number of enemies." Xiao Yun said. "For infinite replica robots, how many enemies you annihilate in one battle - whether the number is a hundred or a hundred trillion, it is useless, a hundred and a hundred There is no difference between these two numbers. Because for infinitely replicating robots, they will only face two situations, either they will be wiped out completely, or they will lose a certain number and recover in a very short time.”

The rapid reproduction ability of infinite replica robots can quickly smooth out their losses. Even if they are wiped out by 99%, the remaining 1% can be restored again in a short period of time. so. As long as the enemy cannot be wiped out all at once, then killing one percent of the enemy is no different from killing ninety-nine percent of the enemy.

"I can understand that." General Emock nodded.

"So, our strategic goal should be changed from killing the enemy to buying time." Xiao Yun said, "There is no doubt that with the current level of technology in our human civilization, it is impossible to completely wipe out the enemy, so the only way we can do The point is to try our best to develop technology at the fastest speed, before the robot army destroys our human civilization. Find a way to wipe out the robot army. This is the only way for our human civilization to survive."

"I'm not an expert in military affairs. I only have a superficial understanding of military affairs. So, how to buy time for our human civilization requires everyone to think about it." Xiao Yun said.

General Emock looked around the conference room and said, "Is there anyone who opposes Xiao Yun's proposal?"

All combat staff chose silence. Obviously, no one objected to Xiao Yun's statement.

"Then we are now beginning to discuss, how can we buy time for our human civilization?"

A staff officer said: "Shrink the defense line and give up most of the star systems. Only stick to the most important star systems, such as the solar system, such as the Sirius galaxy, such as Nanmen II, Barnard's galaxy, Luhrmann's galaxy and other important ones. Goal. I think we should opt for full defense, drop all offense, and just make sure these star systems don’t fall and that’s the goal.”

Another staff officer said: "It is inaccurate to give up all attacks. It is more accurate to give up all attacks aimed at killing the enemy. Because sometimes for some strategic goals, such as ensuring the fairness between the star systems. Class, we also need to take the initiative to attack, but the purpose of active attack is to ensure strategic goals such as waterways, as long as the goal can be achieved, we don't need to care how many enemies are killed, anyway, no matter how many enemies are killed, it is meaningless of."

"I agree with this." The former staff officer said, "Stand firmly, buy time, and wait for scientists to find a way to completely destroy the robot group. This is indeed the only way out for our human civilization."

General Emock nodded silently. After a pause, General Emock said again: "So... with the premise of gaining time, what can our fleet do? After all, we are a human civilization armed force closest to the robot group."

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

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

"And... we still have a chance to kill that genius. Our fleet has more than 3,000 combat ships, with a total force of more than 3 million. Although the number of robots is large, we have seen that they win by numbers. , their individual combat capability must not be high. Therefore, we can choose assault operations, like a sharp knife into a piece of butter... Break into the core of the enemy at the fastest speed, kill the genius, and then Then choose to break through.”

General Emock 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 did kill that genius. It's possible. It's just... this plan is very risky, and if something goes wrong, we may be wiped out."

"What if the whole army is wiped out? It's worth exchanging the lives of everyone in our fleet for that genius's life." A staff officer said viciously, "Since you chose to be a soldier, you should do a good job of leaving your life on the battlefield. Ready to go."

"The situation may not be so bad." General Emock waved his hand a little heavy. "As long as we plan properly and fight effectively, we may not be wiped out. It's just..."

General Emock hesitated for a moment, then said, "Does everyone agree with this assassination plan?"

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

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

Xiao Yun's brows tightened, and at this moment, General Emock's eyes also looked over: "Xiao Yun, let's go, I will send an ocean-class warship to send you back to the solar system~www.readwn.com ~ Your duty is to find a way to destroy the robot empire, not to rush on the battlefield. We soldiers can die, we can leave our lives here, you can't."

Following General Emock's words, everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun stood up in silence, then shook his head and said, "I'm not leaving."

"It's not up to you," said General Emock, shaking his head. "This is an order. Besides... what's the use of you staying here?"

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

"Our plan to assassinate a genius is premised on that genius constantly upgrading the robot's technology. But..." Xiao Yun said faintly, "What if these robots have the ability to evolve themselves? In this case, Does it make any sense for us to assassinate this genius? Our sacrifice...wasn't it wasted?"

"It doesn't make sense to discuss this now." General Emock said: "This speculation is the most likely, and 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 plans will not change." (To be continued.)