Chapter 210: Brother! Why are you just watching!!

About the source of this AI rebellion, some say it was caused by a virus developed internally by the Federation, others say it was a supercomputer the Federation researched that went out of control.

But no matter how you say it, this disaster sweeping the whole civilization was caused by the Federation's messing up.

Internal corruption and bribery, the military infiltrated by power, appearing to run normally from top to bottom, but in reality even without the AI rebellion and insect disaster uprisings, the Federation's internal affairs couldn't last long.

But regardless, the Federation has now lost most of its territory, and they have already paid the price for everything they have done.

Although the source of the current AI uprising is unknown, it is certain that the one who can control all AI, contaminate and assimilate any machine with computing power, and directly ban human mechas, the culprit, is a mechanical entity called the 'Empress'.

She is the source of the pollution, ruling all AI with a Gestalt mindset; as for what Gestalt mindset is, it's easy to understand: absolute unity of thought, absolute obedience, absolute execution of orders.

Under this method of rule, an individual's thought will be severely limited, even to say they have no thought of their own; this is quite similar to the ruling method of the neighboring insect disaster.

Therefore, in the whole frenzied AI collective, actually only the 'Empress' is a truly thinking entity; the rest are all expendable cannon fodder that can be discarded at will, which is basically no different from how humans use machinery.

"On the other side, Yunxiao became very excited upon hearing she could become an Iron Guard; since childhood she has admired the Iron Guard, a profession full of legendary color."

"In this era where mechas are banned by AI, upon hearing she could become an Iron Guard, that sense of pride and superiority surged forth, continually filling Yunxiao's spirit, making her very excited."

"But, wanting to become the most eye-catching conspicuous package in this world requires a price; you deeply understand this, so you tried to have Yunxiao learn to keep a low profile."

"Yunxiao easily accepted your suggestion; for her, the experience said by 118 outweighs everything, but it's also unclear whether due to your influence, Yunxiao now harbors strong hostility toward other humans."

"Yunxiao is growing quickly; a 16-year-old fourth-level mechanical engineer is who knows how many times stronger than Yun Sheng was back then; calling her an unparalleled genius is not an exaggeration."

"And your daily routine is just sticking to your old trade, daily taking care of Yunxiao and occasionally testing her new weapons; life is quite pleasant."

"But it's obvious someone doesn't want you to be so comfortable; the frenzied AI army suddenly swept across the whole planet, and the people here were already struggling to resist these natural disasters; this sudden blow undoubtedly added insult to injury."

"However, fortunately Yunxiao's strength has increased considerably; when facing the sudden attack, you gained considerable self-defense ability, although so, the AI's self-iteration capability is truly too strong, so Yunxiao also had to reveal her hidden trump card."

""Miss, I will sortie in the form of a mecha!" This time, you linked your mechanical body to the mecha Yunxiao secretly built, activated the link mode with the Iron Guard, successfully connected with Yunxiao, and the familiar feeling made you feel as if from another world."

"Likewise, the feeling of operating a mecha via neural link also seemed novel to Yunxiao; likewise, 118's years of combat experience quickly turned into subconsciousness integrated into Yunxiao's behavior."

"With your support, Yunxiao's combat ability was as if aided by gods; along the way it was like cutting melons and vegetables, easily breaking through the AI's encirclement."

"And this novel driving experience also made Yunxiao ecstatic; you departed from the battling disaster zone and headed to the sole prosperous human city-state here."

"Mecha....?"

"Interesting..."

New Federation, a luxurious wild beyond imagination, a man with a playful gaze looked at the video before him, fiddling with a shiny sparkling thing in his hand.

"I never expected that under these circumstances there would still be a mecha able to operate normally like a standard mecha."

He stood up, walked toward another room, passed through the corridor, and arrived at a luxurious workshop.

Inside stood a tall, bright red mecha.

The mecha's appearance is ordinary, with no flashy details, but merely standing there gives an aura of unangered might; it is a battle-scarred, countless-kills, having walked through deadly grounds and survived, a legendary mecha of the military.

"Chi Hong, let's go, let me go meet that interesting thing."

On the other side, a completely black, extremely cheap-looking mecha was speeding across the vast desert.

The road to the sole human city-state on this planet is not easy; this planet once served as a base for the Insect Tide army, all surface organic matter was devoured clean, and the great desert gradually eroded the planet's surface.

"Bro... brother!!!"

"I can't do it!!!!"

At this moment, behind Yunxiao and 118, a giant sandworm with a mouthpart diameter nearing 7 meters is chasing the black mecha, and the clumsy running of that black mecha reveals who is operating it.

In the cockpit, 118 looks at the flustered Yunxiao beside him, scratching his head in puzzlement.

Logically speaking, after neural linkage, my immensely strong combat experience should directly affect Yunxiao, but why....

Yunxiao's body is so uncoordinated!

"Really strange..."

To train the tacit understanding with Yunxiao, 118 deliberately chose the mode of daily interaction with the Iron Guard, namely the Iron Guard taking the lead in action, while the mechanical consciousness helps the Iron Guard calculate battlefield data and resist attacks when necessary.

But Yunxiao here is strange; 118 feels her body seems like second-hand, as if she is truly inept at exercise?

Through the neural link, Yunxiao faintly sensed 118's doubt; tears hung at her eye corners, her small face was extremely flustered, she loudly explained with a red face and thick neck.

"She's a homebody! Not good at exercise!!!!"

"Brother! Why are you just watching!!"

118's Logic Core was speechless to the extreme, recalling when he let Yun Sheng first pilot, that kid just outright crushed the opponent.

The human physique, after all, still has shortcomings, huh?

Yunxiao sees 118 still dazed; finally she can't stand it—if he keeps being dazed, they could directly become the sandworm's food.

So, Yunxiao shouted with all her might into 118's ear.

"Help me! 118 brother!!!!"

"Sigh...."

118 is utterly helpless; it seems promising Yun Sheng to teach Yunxiao well still requires long-term planning.

In an instant, Yunxiao only felt her whole body lighten, the sense of controlling the mecha vanished instantly.

And a reassuring sound came to her ear.

"Leave it to me, Miss."

(Cough cough.... All adoptive fathers, please forgive ginseng, setting up a stall is a bit tiring, really not intentionally late update, already made up....)