Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: What’s on the Other Side of the Wormhole?
Chapter 73: What’s on the Other Side of the Wormhole?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Why were the Iron Heart Exterminators called the Iron Heart Exterminators?
Other than the fact that their “hearts” were literally made of steel, it was also their unwavering “concept of extinction”.
Their attitude could be described as “cleansing the universe”, which was similar to racial mysophobia.
The only difference was that the racial mysophobia only accepted lifeforms of the same race, while the Iron Heart Exterminators only recognized artificial intelligence.
However, at this moment, the Iron Heart Exterminator on this desolate planet actually began to doubt the ideals he had always carried.
His connection with the Exterminators’ central processor had long been cut off. The rational Extinction Unit would not do something as inefficient as retrieving him.
The last command from the central processor was for him to enter a dormant state and wait for an opportunity to kill any approaching organic lifeforms.
…..
However, there were some changes in his code after being infected by the Paradise Virus. He began to think about the meaning of his existence and the purpose of what he had been doing.
Were there only black and white choices in the Milky way? Wasn’t their behavior of hunting down all organic lifeforms too extreme?
His logic fell into chaos, so much so that he had to stop and think on the spot.
The war within the galaxy had also undergone some changes.
The Pegchitti and the Extinction Unit were still evenly matched, but they had shifted the main battle zone, and the troops that had stayed there began to evacuate in an orderly manner, heading to other galaxies.
However, before they left, one of Pegchitti’s spaceships arrived on a desolate planet at the edge of the galaxy.
They were here to rescue their comrade who had landed. At least when dealing with lifeforms of the same race, these racists appeared to be humane.
The spacecraft landed near the escape capsule, but they were saddened to find that their compatriots had died from a small hole, so they had to take the body away.
However, they soon realized that there was a sub-body of the Extinction Unit still on this planet.
Although the time to evacuate was very tight, they still chose to avenge their compatriots before leaving.
After a period of searching, they found the remaining sub-body.
The spaceship immediately began to bombard the area where the sub-body was at. At once, it seemed as if all the ammunition in the spaceship was used for this flurry of attack, vowing to avenge the deaths of their own kind.
However, the sub-body of the Extinction Unit did not resist or even escape. He only looked at the approaching bomb and quietly waited for the arrival of destruction.
The war-torn galaxy returned to its peaceful state, but the war between the racial mysophobes and the Iron Hear Exterminators continued in other places.
A mysterious black fleet escorted a research spaceship to this star system. At first, some people noticed this, but they gradually shifted their attention after realizing that there was no other action from them.
The research spaceship continued to explore and finally arrived at a desolate planet at the edge of the galaxy.
Soon, Li Wenyuan received a new message.
[Lost technological information detected]
[Based on the analysis of the “Paradise Virus”, our understanding of the “Synthetic Humanoid Personality Matrix Synthesis” has increased by 33.3%.]
[Remarks: ]
[Hello, I’m the Professor…]
After reading the note and understanding what the humans had left behind, Li Wenyuan couldn’t help but complain, “That’s it?”
Although he had a premonition, he still felt that the difference between these ruins was quite big.
The powerful ones gave him a circular world, while the poor ones were unable to even give a complete technology.
It felt like a lottery.
However, he did not pay too much attention to the contents of the ruins here. His goal was to find as much information as possible left behind by humans.
This was the second time that this “Professor” had appeared in his records.
“He was also the one in the theme park mechanical servant last time, right? There might be many places related to him in the future. It feels like he specializes in researching robots…”
As he pondered, he prepared to leave this place. Since his goal had been achieved, there was no need to stay.
But then, he discovered that in addition to the signal left behind by the “Professor” there was another weak signal that was fluctuating.
Because it was covered, Li Wenyuan didn’t even notice its existence at first.
Out of curiosity, he analyzed the signal and quickly confirmed that the source of the signal was a robot that had been blown up.
“This is.. A sub-body of the Iron Heart Exterminators” He looked at the wreckage in surprise. Although most of it was broken, only something like a processor was still intact.
The weak signal came from here.
The content of the signal also surprised Li Wenyuan. This was because the robot, which had always carried out the extinction policy, was actually thinking about the meaning of life and death.
He seemed to have realized that this state of his corresponded to what is known as death to the organic lifeforms. However, as artificial intelligence, he still had the possibility of “resurrection”, but what about the destroyed organic forms?
“Has this been modified by the ‘Paradise Virus’?” Li Wenyuan had already realized that this was the result of the “small gift” left behind by the humans.
“But is this a good thing for the artificial intelligence?” He shook his head and left, allowing the human remains to continue transmitting signals without changing anything.
A long time after his fleet left, the Extinction Unit sent its army to the vicinity of the planet.
Unlike the racial mysophobes that scoffed at other races, when Iron Heart Extermination discovered that the mysterious fleet had come to this desolate planet, they had already recognized that it was an extremely cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
Although they wanted to pay their respects to their advanced mechanical race, they were too busy with the war to take the time to communicate.
It was only now that the situation had eased up slightly that they had the manpower to come here.
They speculated that the cutting-edge artificial intelligence was here to search for something, which might be useful to them.
Therefore, a large number of sub-bodies were released on this barren planet and quickly brought back the “small gifts” here.
This might be their greatest gain since they awakened their consciousness.
And the Pegchitti, who had stirred up trouble as soon as they left their planet, had also received the retribution they deserved.
As their expansion direction was blocked by the Mingbow Science and Technology Nation and the Extinction Unit, they had no choice but to expand to more places through a wormhole near their national border.
The location of this wormhole was very strange. It was right beside the borders of Mingbow Science and Technology Nation and very close to the Pyro Alliance.
Logically speaking, a galaxy with a natural stargate like a wormhole should be a place of dispute, but no civilization had occupied it and declared that the galaxy was part of their forces.
Nevertheless, after some probing, the eager Pegchitti decided to place this place under his command.
They had built a space fortress here and sent a large number of soldiers to guard it. They had vowed to use this place as a pass for their rapid development.
Then, countless other civilizations who were observing the direction of their expansion and waiting for something to happen finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. Among them, Mingbow was the one who was gloating the most.
“I knew that this racial mysophobes wouldn’t care where the other end of the wormhole leads to! They will definitely announce that this galaxy belongs to them first before exploring it!”
A large amount of similar information was flying everywhere in the galaxy, but Pegchitti, who was too disdainful to understand what the “alien scum” were discussing, was completely immersed in their dream of purifying the galaxy.
Their spaceship passed through the wormhole and directly arrived at the galaxy opposite the wormhole.
However, before they could explore, their spaceship suddenly lost its signal, leaving no information behind.
The unconvinced Pegchitti continued to send a large number of spaceships over, but all of them lost their signals instantly without exception. They had no idea what was on the other side of the wormhole.
The guy at the other end of the wormhole finally couldn’t stand their relentless harassment. He directly slapped a message on Pegchitti’s face.
“You guys like to come in and out, don’t you? Alien scum…”
This was the first time that Pegchitti, who always called other races alien scum, was scolded like this, but this was not the most serious.
A large number of ancient battleships of unknown origins suddenly appeared in every territory of Pegchitti, destroying the territory that they had painstakingly expanded.
Of course, this “unknown origin” only applied to Pegchitti. In fact, most civilizations in the Milky Way knew where these battleships came from.
“You must be careful in the future. Do not casually declare the sovereignty of the galaxy near the wormhole,” a native guide from the Pyro Alliance warned the native civilization he was educating.
“You never know if the other side of the wormhole will be an ownerless galaxy, a group of space beasts, or… the lost empire that is very sensitive about its borders..”