Chapter 736: Chapter 733: chanical Rebellion
“This mission is really strange,” Mao remarked, as most of the electronic devices had been turned off. “Be careful when you launch, without the help of computers!”
Captain Yu Wenliang had lived for many years, and this was his first ti undertaking such an odd mission. His entire armor had undergone significant chanical modifications, with electronic chips inside approaching milliter-level in processing procedure, capable of only up to a hundred thousand calculations per second, rendering the Power Armor quite cumberso.
He was also carrying a fifty-kilogram mass signal jamming device on his back; once it was activated, it served no purpose other than emitting electromagnetic noise.
“Apparently, this electromagnetic noise can kill viruses. Aren’t those experts being too cautious?”
“Little Wang, don’t talk nonsense. If the power is cut off even a few hours late, our entire civilization might collapse!”
His helt was specially made so that when electromagnetic waves entered it, they would undergo a series of refractions and distortions, visible light included, making his vision as distorted as a goldfish in a fishbowl.
“Alright, no more chit-chat. There must be a purpose behind these settings!”
As a soldier who had received a dal in the previous war, he sensed the difficulty of the mission.
In total, there were only 5 people on this mission, emphasizing quality over quantity.
“Sir, why is the helt designed this way? I’m feeling dizzy even before we start—at this rate, I might keel over,” joked one of the soldiers.
“It’s like normal people forcibly wearing reading glasses, isn’t it?”
“Quit talking nonsense!” Yu Wenliang grunted. “No one can guarantee that humans won’t catch a virus. Your head houses an auxiliary brain and various intelligent chips!”
Of course, the probability of this happening was very low, as all chips inside the human body had only the ability to send signals, not receive them. This was a safety principle established from the beginning. Moreover, these human soldiers selected for the mission didn’t have any bionic devices installed; all their senses were transmitted through neuronal cells.
Under such conditions, if there really were a Digital Virus capable of traveling through neurons into the human brain, then… this technology wouldn’t be much different from Magic.
“It’s always good to be prepared.”
As they neared their destination, the speed of the spaceship gradually decreased. With a “click,” the chanical arm successfully docked with the wreckage of the spaceship. Yu Wenliang waved his hand, signaling his team to follow, and then activated the electromagnetic noise device.
In the vacuum of space, movent was only possible through jet propulsion and pulling ropes between teammates.
The soldiers exited the spaceship.
Beneath their feet was a pitch-black charred substance, and splattered bloodstains on the walls indicated that a fierce battle had once taken place here.
Yu Wenliang dismantled one of the machines using his laser weapon, closely examining its internal circuits. Due to the special helt distorting the light, at a certain distance, the helt acted like a magnifying glass, enlarging images by dozens of tis.
He then took out tools from the toolbox, probing repeatedly.
All the soldiers held their firearms, remaining extrely cautious. Although they had cracked a few jokes aboard the spaceship, they dared not be careless while on the mission.
Yu Wenliang concluded, “The capacitor is damaged, indicating that Electromagnetic Pulse Weaponry was widely used here.”
“Electromagnetic pulses?!” another person whispered.
“That ans, during the escape, the Tos Civilization erupted in chaos. In the midst of the chaos, one group extensively used Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons, while the other used conventional weapons… to the extent of blowing up their own spaceship.”
The answer was almost evident. The ones who used the Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons had to be the Tos Civilization, capable of causing imnse damage to electronic devices.
And those using conventional weapons were most likely robots infected by the Digital Virus!
These robots had rebelled!
“Is it true that strong artificial intelligence controlled the rebellion of the robots?” A chill ran down his spine. In this era, there were far more robots on the War Star than humans.
Suddenly, Yu Wenliang felt soone pulling at him, and he looked up to see a teammate adopt a cautious posture and make a hand signal.
There was a situation ahead!
“I’ll go check it out.”
Yu Wenliang steadied his breath, made a hand gesture, swallowed hard, and stealthily activated the airflow to sneak forward. He spotted an undamaged robot turning at the corridor, its two electronic eyes emitting a bright light.
“Damn it.”
He recognized this robot as the Half-sphere Civilization’s A-36L exploration model, initially used by the entire Alliance to investigate relics. But later, to save their own lives, they had severed all connections, leaving these things behind.
Upon seeing this robot, every soldier’s hair stood on end.
No one knew what this thing was up to, whether it had been controlled. Even though it was a scout robot, it was also equipped with a small amount of weaponry. Under normal circumstances, humans could neither match the shooting accuracy nor the reaction speed of robots.
“Fire!”
Five laser rifles instantly unleashed scorching beams of light, dimming the two headlights of the A-36L exploration model as if hitting critical components.
Yu Wenliang’s expression changed, he activated the propulsion system, flew toward the robot, and dragged it back.
Deep in the corridor, there seed to be flickering lights, and the voltage appeared a little unstable, but they dared not proceed any further.
No one knew what dangers lurked in this ghostly place…
“Let’s go back first.”
Yu Wenliang grabbed the A-36L exploration model robot and slowly retreated towards the exit. He then waved his hand, signaling everyone to activate their laser cutters and dismantle so electronic devices to take back.
This laser cutting thod wouldn’t cause significant vibrations, so everyone was extrely careful to minimize any impact.
“The findings of this trip are enough, let’s take all the information back first.”
…
When the five soldiers successfully returned to The Kyushu, the scientists quickly began analyzing these chanical creations.
The “A-36L exploration model robot” had several large holes from the laser weapons, but its internal storage devices were not damaged. If possible, the scientists also wanted to use this robot to analyze the images it had captured during its previous explorations.
The sa went for the dismantled circuit boards; they might reveal so useful information.
Handling these items required extre caution, and for this purpose, a sealed tal room was specially prepared. Even all the personnel carrying out experints had to be isolated and given psychological evaluations afterward. Well, they were being as cautious as they could, treating digital viruses as if they were magic, but being cautious was never a mistake.
The leadership of the Half-sphere Civilization profoundly felt that this New Human Civilization was excessively cautious; they had never seen such a careful civilization. If they had been giving the orders, they might have already grown impatient, letting their soldiers rush joyously to pick up the Level 5 Civilization’s scraps, even if it ant so casualties.
About three hours later, they received so preliminary results…
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