Time travel to become the guardian AI of a lost civilization

Chapter 72 What's Opposite the Wormhole?
Why is Iron Heart Destroyer called Iron Heart Destroyer?
Apart from the fact that their "heart" is really made of steel, that is their unwavering "idea of ​​extinction".

Their attitude can be described as "cleaning the universe", which is the same as racial cleanliness.

The only difference is that Racial Cleanliness only identifies with creatures of the same race, while Ironheart Destroyer only identifies with omnics.

But at this time, the sub-individual of the iron-hearted exterminator on this barren planet began to have doubts about the ideas he had been implementing all along.

His link with the Exterminator's central processing unit has long been cut off, and a rational extermination unit would not do such an inefficient thing as recycling him.

The last command from the CPU was to put him into a dormant state, waiting for the opportunity to hunt approaching organisms.

However, after being infected by the "Paradise Virus", some changes occurred in his code, and he began to think about the meaning of his own existence and the purpose of his previous actions.

Does the galaxy have only black and white poles?Is their hunting of all organisms too extreme?
His logic was so confused that he had to stop and think twice.

The war within the galaxy has also undergone some changes.

Pechkit and the extermination unit are still in a state of evenly matched strength, but they moved the main battle zone, and the troops staying here began to evacuate in an orderly manner, rushing to other galaxies.

But before leaving, a spaceship of Pechkitti came to the barren planet on the edge of the galaxy.

They came to rescue the compatriot who made an emergency landing.At least when dealing with creatures of the same race, racial cleanliness can appear very humane.

The spacecraft landed near the rescue cabin, but they found that their compatriots had died in a small hole, and they had to take the body away.

But then they also realized that a sub-unit of the extinct unit was still on the planet.

Although the time for evacuation was tight, they still chose to avenge their compatriots before leaving.

So after searching for a period of time, they found the surviving sub-individual.

The spaceship directly began to bombard the area where the sub-individual was located. It seemed that all the ammunition of the entire spaceship was used in this place, vowing to avenge the death of the same race.

However, the sub-individual of this extermination unit did not make any resistance or even flee. He just watched the bombs getting closer and closer, quietly waiting for the destruction to come.

……

Peace has returned to the warring galaxy, but the war between the genocides and the Iron-Hearted Annihilators continues elsewhere.

A mysterious black fleet escorted a scientific research spacecraft to this galaxy. At first, some people noticed this, but they gradually shifted their attention after finding that they had no other movements.

The scientific research spacecraft continued to explore, and finally came to a barren planet on the edge of the galaxy.

Soon, Li Wenyuan received a new message.

[Detection of lost technological information]

[Based on the analysis of "Paradise Virus", our understanding of the "Synthetic Personality Matrix" has increased by 33.3%]

[Remarks are as follows:]

【Hello, I am Doctor...】

After reading the note and understanding what humans left here, Li Wenyuan couldn't help complaining: "Is this gone?"

Although he had already had a hunch, he still felt that the gap between these ruins was quite large.

The powerful ones are directly given to a ring world, and the bad ones are also in the current situation where they can't even give a complete technology.

It's kind of like a lottery.

However, he didn't pay too much attention to the content of the ruins here. His purpose was to find as much information as possible left by humans.

And this "doctor" appeared in his file records for the second time.

"...Is he the one who was in the Servant of the Paradise last time? Maybe there will be a lot of places related to him in the future. It feels like someone who specializes in robots..."

Thinking about it, he was about to leave this place, since the purpose had been accomplished, there was no need to stay any longer.

But immediately afterwards, he discovered that besides the signal left by the "doctor", there was another weak signal 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 was blown to pieces on the surface of the planet.

"This is... a sub-body of the Iron Heart Exterminator?" He looked at the wreckage with some surprise. Although most of them were fragments, there was only one processor-like thing that remained relatively intact.

And that weak signal came from here.

The content of the signal also surprised Li Wenyuan, because this kind of robot, which always implements the extermination policy, is actually thinking about the meaning of life and death at this time.

He seems to have realized that this state of himself corresponds to the imminent death of organic creatures, but he still has the possibility of "resurrection" as a mechanical intelligence, but what about those wiped out organisms?
"Is this transformed by the 'Paradise Virus'?" Li Wenyuan has realized that this is the result of the "little gift" left by humans.

"...But is this a good thing for omnics?" He shook his head, left here, and let the human relic continue to transmit signals without changing anything.

And a long time after his fleet left, the extermination unit still sent people to the vicinity of this planet.

Unlike the racial cleanliness who sneered at foreigners, when the Iron Heart Exterminator discovered that the mysterious fleet came here, he realized that the opponent was an extremely cutting-edge mechanical intelligence.

Although they wanted to pay homage to this advanced mechanical kin, they were busy with the war and did not find time to communicate.

It wasn't until now that the situation eased a little that they came here with free manpower.

They speculated that the cutting-edge mechanical intelligence came here to find something, and it might be useful to them.

As a result, a large number of sub-individuals were released on this barren planet, and soon brought back the "little gift" here.

This may be the "biggest gain" since their awakening consciousness.

And the Pechichiti, who made trouble as soon as they went out, also waited for the "retribution" they deserved.

Since the direction of expansion was mostly blocked by the Mingbo technological dictatorship and extermination units, they had to expand to more places through a "wormhole" near the border.

The location of this "wormhole" is very strange. It is just beside the border of the Mingbo technological dictatorship, and it is also very close to the Tinder Alliance.

Logically speaking, a galaxy with a natural "star gate" like a "wormhole" should be a place of dispute, but no civilization occupies it here, declaring that this galaxy is part of their power.

However, Pecchiti, who was eager to expand, decided to put this place under his command after some testing.

They built a space fortress here and sent heavy troops to guard it, vowing to use this place as a pass for their rapid development.

Afterwards, countless other civilizations who were watching their expansion direction and anticipating what would happen finally couldn't bear it anymore, and among them, Mingbo was the most gloating.

"I knew this group of racial cleanliness wouldn't care where the other end of the wormhole would lead! They would definitely declare this galaxy to be theirs before exploring!"

A lot of similar information is flying around in the galaxy, but Pechkitti, who doesn't bother to know what the "alien scum" is discussing, is completely immersed in his dream of purifying the galaxy.

Their spacecraft passed through the wormhole and came directly to the galaxy opposite the wormhole.

But before they had time to explore, their spaceship suddenly lost its signal, and no message was left behind.

The unbelieving Pecchiti continued to send a large number of spaceships there, but without exception, they all lost the signal instantly, and completely failed to understand what was on the other side of the wormhole.

And the guy over the wormhole finally couldn't bear their tireless harassment, and directly slapped a message on Pechkitti's face:
"You guys like going in and out, don't you? Alien scum..."

It was the first time that Pecchiti, who always called other races alien scum, was scolded like this, but this was not the worst.

A large number of ancient battleships of unknown origin suddenly appeared in every territory of Pechkitti, completely destroying the territory they had expanded with great difficulty.

Of course, this "unknown origin" is only aimed at Pechkitti. In fact, most civilizations in the galaxy know where these warships come from.

"You should pay attention in the future, but don't swear the sovereignty of the galaxy near the wormhole at will," an indigenous guide of the Tinder Alliance warned the indigenous civilization he educated, and continued:
"You never know whether there will be an unowned galaxy on the other side of the wormhole, or a group of space behemoths, or... a lost empire that is very sensitive to its borders."

(End of this chapter)