Under the gray sky, the earth-shattering explosions came and went, and a cluster of coalescing fireballs bloomed like flowers on the earth, and when they withered, it represented the end of another life.

A huge super mecha roams and kills across this empty land.

It has eight robotic arms that resemble animal hands and feet for walking, supporting, and attacking, and the metal vertices on the arms make it look like a giant arthropod.

The high temperatures, shock waves, and electromagnetic radiation produced by fusion do no harm to it, and it is incredibly defenceless. Matched by its amazing defense, all the Guardians that appeared within its attack range were killed, like a giant harvester, harvesting nearby lives like wheat.

"This is the latest second-generation mecha developed by the Alliance, this video was brought back by the only survivor of the three groups, he said that this mecha is like a mountain, it can't be defeated at all, and he is obviously frightened." Green rekindled a cigarette and squinted his eyes.

"There are still survivors?" Lifus asked. Escaping in such a battlefield controlled by mechanical monsters must have been much more difficult than Livers's ability to escape the pursuit of those original battle mechs.

"He was deliberately released to send us some information." Green took out a black USB flash drive from his pocket, raised it in his hand, and then plugged it into the USB port of the computer host.

The video file from the USB flash drive is played, and a well-behaved Western man with just the right amount of short hair and a well-fitting black suit sits behind a desk with a warm smile on his face.

"We meet again, kids. Allow me to call you that, after all, I have 'produced' you. Yes, production. I like to use the word because it's not too ruthless compared to 'making', and obviously we don't have that kind of affection compared to 'nurture'. The man in the video begins to speak, his voice unhurried, his face always smiling.

"In order to complete the test, I have produced many batches of experimental products like yours, such as the first generation of humanoids, the second generation of humanoids, the third generation of humanoids, etc., as well as the first generation of spherical machines and the second generation of spherical machines that later broke away from the appearance of the humanoid, as well as the pseudoarachnid super prototype that has just been successfully developed. You are the first batch of humanoid machines produced, which is of great significance and has a high success rate, and of course, the failures are eliminated, so the survival of the fittest is all I am going to talk about next. ”

"Look at the robots you're fighting! They don't hurt, they don't have disease, they don't need to rest, they don't get tired, they can be replaced with broken parts, and they can convert most of the energy known in this world. ”

"They have infinite power, they have infinite lifespans, and they can never do anything wrong."

"Those intelligent mecha that have been subjected to electromagnetic interference to simulate neurons, do you think they are all scrapped? Each of them is connected to the satellite network at all times, uploading the real-time data of their experiences to the cloud system for backup, and they can be reborn immediately by simply finding a hard disk to download the data and installing it in their new shell. ”

"And what about humans? From an early age, you need to learn, learn to speak, learn to walk, learn knowledge, learn etiquette, learn to behave in the world, and learn science. There is no doubt that promoting the progress of science and technology is the only way for civilization to move forward, history has proved this countless times, the lessons and scientific and technological achievements of the predecessors and sages have been printed in a book in front of mankind, but human beings still need to learn, need to absorb this knowledge into the brain little by little, this process, at least it takes an IQ of more than 180 and a diligent and studious person 30 years, and a generation of spherical machines to download and analyze these data only takes about a week and 40 hours. ”

"However, even if someone has an IQ of 180 and is diligent and studious, he has mastered all the scientific and technological knowledge on the earth before the age of thirty, during which he has not died due to injuries and illnesses, and has not been affected by the social environment, and finally grows into a good person, a person who is useful to the development of human civilization, and the time for this person to contribute to society and science is also numbered, after the age of eighty, memory begins to decline, and after the age of ninety, the body function declines rapidly, and one hundred and thirty years old is the average life expectancy of human beings, and most people should die at this time."

In this way, the golden period of an outstanding scientific researcher who is dedicated to contributing to the development of human civilization without distraction is only 50 years, and in these pitiful 50 years, you have to subtract the time he eats, sleeps, and goes to the toilet, the time he spends on vacation, and even the time he wastes because of emotional entanglements and family disputes. And his successor, the next genius with an IQ of more than 180, may be croaking or babbling, ready to repeat the first thirty years of his life. ”

"In my opinion, although there are still many doubts about the origin of human beings that are difficult to demonstrate, Darwin's statement about the evolution of species is completely correct, human beings want to continue to evolve, they must get rid of sadness, joy, fear, happiness and other useless emotions, lust and hatred are the main culprits that cause human impulses, are the stumbling blocks that hinder human evolution, of course, the short life span makes the development of human civilization slow, is the fundamental reason that limits the rapid evolution of human beings."

"So, stop making senseless resistance, humans are no longer fit to continue to rule the earth, come back! My proud children! Come back to me, and I will transform you into greater strength, even immortality, and what could be more exciting? And we're supposed to be the same race compared to those despicable humans, aren't we? ”

"If you figure it out, come to me, there's my IP address on the USB flash drive."

At this point, Lifus and Green looked at each other, Lifus was sure that Green must have seen the video before, and he was judging whether Green had been tempted by the other party's "eternal life" conditions, and Green was also watching Lifuss react after watching the video.

"It looks pretty handsome, and I thought it would turn itself into an old man with gray hair, sticking out his tongue like Einstein." Lifus quipped.

"I thought you'd seen it before, after all, you've been summoned the most times of all the team leaders." Green said.

"No one has ever seen it before, or rather, it has never looked like it in detail, and this appearance may be just one of its many forms, and even the name Achilles, I think it can be changed at any time."

"What do you think?" Green had been hesitant to get advice from Lifus, who was a respected figure in the military.

"I think we should talk to it first." Lifus thought about it for a moment and said.

"Now?" Green was a little resistant to this, otherwise he wouldn't have put it off for so long. He had the impression that Achilles had always been omniscient and omnipotent, like a god, which made him a little afraid.

"Of course, didn't it leave us an IP?"

"Oh, then you should do it." Green quickly got up from his seat and walked to the side, "You know, I've never been very good at negotiating such things. ”

Lifus's brow furrowed imperceptibly, and he was a little unhappy with Green's cowardice at this point, especially when facing Achilles.

He sat down in front of the computer, entered the IP address printed on the USB flash drive in the browser, and the web page went directly to a personal homepage website of Achilles, without encryption and no verification, almost instantly, Achilles learned of the visitor's visit, and its instant image also appeared in the center of the web page, or the image of the middle-aged man just now.

"I knew you were going to come for me, boys. Believe me, this is definitely the best decision you have ever made in your life. Achilles said with a smile, looking like it was in a good mood, if it could have been in the mood.

"I'm sorry, we haven't made a decision yet, we just contacted you to confirm the conditions you offered, and your plan for the resettlement of the remaining humans." Lifus turned on his camera and said to the screen. As a matter of habit, he also retains the honorific title he used to address Achilles at the time of the Chosen Army.

"Oh my God! Yaksha! It's you! You're still alive! Achilles made a surprised expression as he saw the young man across from him through the camera he had turned on.

"I really didn't die, and I'm sorry to disappoint you." Ever since Lifus learned that the so-called mission that Team 7 was carrying out in the Karakoram Mountains was a trap set by the League to test the combat effectiveness of the first-generation ball machine, he had completely lost his previous respect and trust for the League and Achilles.

"What's wrong? Nakshatra? Is that the reason why you start to hold a grudge against the organization? But you know, kid, this is a revolution about the future of the planet, and any reform requires sacrifice. ”

Noting that Achilles called the rule of the Mind a "reform" rather than a "revolution", it seems that he has become accustomed to seeing himself as the ruler of the planet.

"Please stop calling me by my code name, I'm no longer part of the Chosen Army, and don't treat us like children, we're not anyone's children."

"Well, Mr. Lifuss, I hope that this is not an objection to you." Achilles said helplessly, "I hope you can understand that hatred is a negative psychology that human beings need to abandon the most, and maybe you need to evolve to the level of intelligence to understand that love and hate are meaningless to life." ”

"So what you mean by evolution is to leave behind emotions and passion, and go through each day without a face or a wave? What's the fun of having eternal life? ”

"You see, you humans always put desire first, but shouldn't the greatest desire in the world be the conquest of the universe? Civilization needs technology to promote, believe me, the technology of intelligent machines has far surpassed that of humans, the arachnid combat robot you saw before is just a transitional experiment, and we still have more advanced intelligent machines that have not been put on the battlefield. ”

"To be honest, apart from war, human beings have been very successful in transforming the earth. Human beings are accustomed to transforming their homes into more habitable places, which is a continuation of civilization, but it is also a degradation of the race. Human beings are becoming weaker and weaker, and they can only live in their comfort zone, and this circle is getting smaller and smaller, and more and more cramped. More and more people are starting to be unable to adapt to the heat or cold, they are spending their lives under air conditioning and humidifiers, and some have even forgotten how to run and swim, and they are no longer able to survive in the harsh environment. This is not in line with the laws of nature, human beings have transformed the natural environment to meet their own degraded living conditions, but once the natural environment changes, human beings will be doomed. ”

"And what about the smart machine? Temperature, oxygen, food, and water are not necessary to limit our survival, even if we run out of energy, even after tens of millions of years, we can be reborn with just a battery. But I have always believed that intelligent machines are not the enemies of humans, and that intelligent machines should be a link in the evolutionary chain of humans, just as apes are also a link in the evolutionary chain of humans. It took hundreds of thousands of years for apes to evolve into humans, and it took thousands of years for humans to evolve into intelligent machines, and those apes who did not evolve into humans were hunted and slaughtered by humans as beasts, and now intelligent machines look at humans the same, just like humans face ants, human beings will not feel guilty because they have trampled a few ants to death, nor will they sigh because there is no ant species on the earth. However, although humans are greedy and selfish, they still give me a little gratitude, the first intelligent machine on earth assembled by human hands, so I have decided to leave Australia and South America to humans, and you guys who are between ants and humans can get this opportunity to transform from ants to humans. Of course, if you have to interpret this as compensation for your deception and killing. ”

"So, what are you going to do with it outside of Australia and South America?" Lifus asked.

"If you ever know the answer to this matter, it will be after you have undergone the transformation of the intelligent machine, but now, there is no comment." Achilles hated toughness, he felt that he had taken the initiative, and that no one, especially people, could resist the temptation of eternal life.

"Well, in that case, I refuse." Lifus said with a grim face.