Chapter 140 Chapter 140
Ruan Shiqing still remembers how broken he was when he first bought 09.
No one knew what had happened to the little robot. Only a broken body remained. When it was turned on for the first time, the little robot stuttered to promote itself. If he had not been so poor at the time and saw that although the robot was old, it at least retained the basic translation function, he would not have bought such a broken robot home.
Later, he settled down on planet B4024, and the situation gradually improved, so he replaced the small robot with a new body.
At the same time, I gradually discovered that this chatterbox, gardening and singing-loving little robot with a wide range of hobbies was smarter than other robots. Perhaps because he was once a military robot, he had a high level of intelligence. Later, he even learned to read books—not just inputting books into storage, but reading and understanding like a human.
In order to protect the little robot, he did not deliberately point this out.
Unexpectedly, in this world without him, the little robot not only became more humane, but even gradually became the leader of the robots.
Ruan Shiqing had read a lot of science fiction works. The conflict between autonomous robots and humans was irreconcilable. Even in his original world, the level of science and technology was leaps and bounds, but the ethical issues regarding robots were never properly resolved. In order to prevent the high degree of intelligence of robots from causing hidden dangers of war, all humanoid robots were not allowed to be produced.
The Galaxy Empire originally had similar regulations, but as the empire's population decreased and its territory expanded, the demand for robots increased. Robot production generated huge profits, and merchants pursued profits, making the original regulations become a decoration.
From military to civilian use, from domestic services to assistance in various professional fields, the application of robots has been very extensive. In order to better meet the needs of consumers, the intelligence level of robots has become higher and higher. Now the Galactic Empire even has humanoid butlers and companion robots.
Ruan Shiqing didn't know whether these robot merchants had considered the issue of war that might be caused by robots developing autonomous consciousness, but from Tianqi, he had already glimpsed the future of war.
A robot army that has awakened its own consciousness will never be willing to be driven by people like machines. What's more, their "self" consciousness will make them seek self-recognition. According to the laws of the Galactic Empire, the human rights of robots are not recognized.
According to the broad classification, robots can only be regarded as machines or household appliances.
This conflict of concepts is likely to lead to conflict between the two sides.
Conflict is often the fuse of war.
Ruan Shiqing was worried, but he could do nothing but watch the situation develop.
Since the encounter on the planet Balem, Rong Heng and his party have never encountered Tianqi and his Ark again.
However, the subordinates who were sent out did find some information about Tianqi sporadically.
It is said that Tianqi was originally a fifth-generation PL-3 technical robot produced by Naxi Company. After it was manufactured, it served in the Caesarea Region and provided technical services for a military warship in the Caesarea Region.
Later, the battleship was sent to the remote planet Brainier to drive out a large group of interstellar pirates. However, because the captain was careless and underestimated the enemy, he fell into the trap of the interstellar pirates, resulting in no one surviving on the entire battleship, and the mission to defend Brainier was also on the verge of failure.
But what was unexpected was that at the last moment, an ordinary robot soldier took over the command of the entire battleship. He controlled the battleship and commanded more than 200 robot soldiers on the battleship to fight against the interstellar pirates. In the end, they almost died together and defended the planet Brainier.
The badly damaged battleship was later recovered by the military, but the robot, which had completed its mission on its own, was reportedly decommissioned and destroyed because it developed self-awareness.
In fact, I am not sure that the destroyed robot is Tianqi, but considering the same model and the fact that it has self-awareness, it is unlikely that there are other robots besides Tianqi.
After listening to this, Rong Heng frowned and said nothing more. But after sending his subordinate away, he immediately called a meeting with Nota and Ruan Yuebai and decided to transfer all the robots on the Black Ghost.
In this technologically advanced era, the widespread application of robots is almost inevitable.
But just in case, Rong Heng withdrew all the robots from the main ship.
When Ruan Shiqing saw his series of actions, he knew that he and he had the same idea.
And their guess came true two years later.
——Tianqi led his robot army to occupy a highly mechanized planet. He formulated and promulgated new laws, which not only recognized that robots enjoyed equal human rights, but also declared war on the Empire.
Not only does he want to liberate all robots, he even wants to overthrow the empire and establish a brand new country belonging to robots.
The war first broke out in the Caesarea region and then spread to the central region.
At the same time, the defense line of Melches in the southwest region was suddenly breached, and a large number of Zerg poured into the territory of the Empire from the southwest defense line, wreaking havoc on various planets.
However, the imperial government did not take strong measures to deal with the problems that ensued.
The "Mad King" had not governed the country for many years, and the empire's political affairs were controlled by Queen Seya and Crown Prince Soma. In order to ensure the safety of Sikkim, they withdrew all troops to guard the central region, and the remaining three front-line regions were completely defeated because they did not have enough troops.
The front-line defenses completely collapsed, and the eight administrative regions except the central region and their affiliated planets were all exposed to the Zerg's claws.
Ruan Shiqing felt his heart pounding as he watched everything develop and gradually overlap with what was written in the "book".
Rong Heng remained calm in the face of an increasingly chaotic environment. In the past two years, he had set aside many of his subordinates who had dissenting opinions and built a fleet that obeyed his orders. In addition to the Black Ghost, there were two other main battleships, captained by Nota and Ruan Yuebai respectively.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but their base is also on the planet B3024.
The B3024 planet in this world not only failed to match the later prosperity, but even its vitality disappeared. After being ravaged by the Zerg, it completely became an abandoned dead planet.
Rong Heng ordered people to build a helipad and warehouses on the ruins to park warships and store weapons and other supplies.
Except for occasionally stopping at B3024 to replenish supplies, most of the time, he led his fleet to kill Zerg everywhere.
But this time, he did not have the B3024 star and military base to continuously provide weapons and supplies, nor did he have the loyal and reliable soldiers from the Yenjis region to follow him, and he did not have the insight into the Zerg's conspiracy early enough to prepare for it. Even if he wanted to support them, it would be difficult to continue.
Their own weapons and supplies are not yet sufficient, so how can they support other planets regardless of the cost?
The abandoned planets acted on their own and refused to listen to his advice, watch over each other, and establish new lines of defense.
But even so, he did not give up the rescue.
Ruan Shiqing watched him lead the rescue team time and time again. He suffered more and more injuries, and his aura became more and more fierce, as if a sharp blade stained with blood, ready to devour someone.
Nota and Ruan Yuebai had advised him that if he continued with his rescue method that did not avoid losses, the family fortune accumulated over the years would soon be exhausted.
But Rong Heng didn't take it seriously and just said he would rob again after all the money was used up.
At that time, he was studying Queen Seya's travel routes.
Nota and Ruan Yuebai couldn't understand his sudden act of justice, but since most of these supplies were accumulated by Rong Heng, they did not object strongly.
On the contrary, Ruan Shiqing vaguely understood his thoughts - even though the title of Crown Prince of the Empire had been taken by his half-brother Soma, he still regarded protecting the people of the Empire as his responsibility.
He wanted to avenge his mother and protect the peace of the empire.
But no matter which one it is, it is not easy for him who is alone and helpless now.
But he still relied on his courage and risked his life to do it.
Rong Heng spent a month tracking the whereabouts of Queen Seya. Since the chaos caused by Tianqi and the rampage of the Zerg, Queen Seya has been secretly contacting various forces to ensure the safety of Xijin. And her exclusive royal battleship has left Xijin several times.
But she didn't know that her whereabouts had fallen into Rong Heng's eyes.
Rong Heng carefully planned an ambush to kill the woman who had participated in the murder of his mother and later became the empress.
And this time was the beginning of the "book" that Ruan Shiqing had read at the beginning.
——The memories of the previous world that time hastily gave him were about the story of Soma, the son of Queen Seya. Rong Heng and the Black Ghost were the villains that everyone feared, and they blew up the royal spaceship that Queen Seya was riding as soon as they appeared.
The book only mentioned this briefly, and Ruan Shiqing did not have any deep feelings about it at the time.
But now he followed Rong Heng and witnessed the battle with his own eyes, and felt the cruelty of it very intuitively.
Although this battle was carefully planned, the Royal Fleet should not be underestimated. After a fierce battle, the Black Ghost won, but it was a tragic victory.
The badly damaged Black Ghost had to retreat to B3024 for repairs. However, before it even landed, it discovered that its base had been destroyed.
——A huge black dragon was walking back and forth on the tarmac, with the wreckage of battleships under its feet.
And between the two horns on his head, there was a small figure sitting.
Ruan Shiqing couldn't help but move closer, but found that both the black dragon and the small figure were completely different from what he remembered.
The huge black dragon has only one bat wing, while the other one is made of metal. Thick chains are wrapped around his neck and limbs, which make a loud noise when he moves. This noise seems to make him uncomfortable. The bat wing behind him flaps irritably, and tiny sparks spray out of his nostrils.
The pair of dragon pupils that looked like golden gems were now only red.
The thin figure sitting on top of him had half of his face like a child, while the other half was covered with insect-like carapace. Long tentacles extended from his forehead, swaying gently, and his dark red pupils were filled with vigilance and ferocity.
Ruan Shiqing had not seen He Li and Ruan Jiao for a long time, and he had guessed where the two cubs were. Without him in this world, he thought the worst result was that He Li might still be an unhatched dragon egg, and Ruan Jiao might still be sleeping in the egg...
Maybe it was after meeting Rong Heng and his group that he broke out of his shell/egg and became a partner fighting side by side with Rong Heng and his two companions.
But he didn't expect that in this world, the first gathering of the five cubs would be so tense.
And the most innocent cub has become the most ferocious hunter.
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