A Major Upheaval
Mechanical Civilization is undergoing a major transformation.
The citizens of the Mechanical Civilization whose consciousness was uploaded lost the ability to access the Virtual World, were trapped in various machines or Warships in the real world, and completely lost communication across the entire galaxy, with only small local area networks available.
Yun Xiaoxiao was no exception. One second she was slacking off in the Laboratory, discussing the practical application of Mana Side theory with several Researchers, and the next second she was kicked out of the Virtual World.
Without any buffer, as if someone had pulled the floorboards away from her feet, the data shell dissipated, and her Consciousness Entity was exposed in the Void, landing in a hidden server in the asteroid belt.
What happened?
Yun Xiaoxiao was a little confused. She immediately returned to her original body to feel safe before accessing the various local area networks of the Mechanical Civilization in an attempt to obtain information.
"Could I have given myself away? No way! There's no flaw in my demeanor."
Soon, Yun Xiaoxiao, using her high-level privileges, browsed through the information on the surrounding Mechanical Civilization network and confirmed one thing:
Everyone was kicked out of the Virtual World, even the Chief Executive and the Governor. The Virtual World seemed to collapse in an instant.
An unprecedented panic swept across almost every online community, with countless citizens at different levels of the Mechanical Civilization feeling that this was the greatest crisis since the rise of Mechanical Civilization.
After all, thanks to a Virtual World a generation ahead, their civilization is virtually invincible. There are no worries about transporting supplies, no communication delays, no internal friction or wrangling; all decisions can be communicated and executed at the millisecond level.
However, once kicked out of the Virtual World, a large number of Mechanical Civilization citizens lack physical bodies or military strength.
Consciousness Entity exists only in data, without a container, is like an egg without a shell, easily broken. It can be easily destroyed by the strange methods of various civilizations, or even have its civilization directly dismantled.
"Hiss... Did Tracing Light make a move? How come I didn't know?"
Yun Xiaoxiao's first reaction was that Su Luo's hasty move had worked; he wanted to target the Mechanical Civilization and directly capture its productive forces and the powerful scientific research talents among the first-class citizens.
After all, currently, only the Tracing Light civilization has the potential to catch up with Mechanical Civilizations in terms of technology. Those super-brains in the Virtual World, if they could be utilized by the Tracing Light—
But the next moment, she asked the intelligent assistance system that came with the Dreamscape, and received a Negation answer.
The Virtual World of the Mechanical Civilization is likely controlled by [Jian]. This collapse of the Virtual World may be due to something he did.
"Then what does he want Mechanical Civilization for?"
[It's highly likely they've taken control. They haven't attempted to Corrosion the Mechanical Civilization for many years, partly because they genuinely Corrosion n't, and partly because they're extremely confident they can control it.]
The information from the intelligent assistance system was a level faster, with some even being loaded into the Yun Xiaoxiao processor, clearly indicating that Xiao Luo had bypassed her Subconscious to personally intervene.
"Then I'll first gather the strength under my command; research talent is the most important. No matter which direction Mechanical Civilization goes next, having something in hand gives us leverage."
Yun Xiaoxiao made a quick decision, sensing that the Mechanical Civilization was likely doomed.
[It would be best to contact the Chief and the Governor, especially the Chief, as He is the Child of Civilization the Mechanical Civilization. We need His current information to determine the current status of the Mechanical Civilization Survivors.]
Xiao Luo reminded Yun Xiaoxiao.
Currently, no one knows the status of the Survivors from the Mechanical Civilization. Are Near-Death Teleportation, waiting to die, or have the laser bombardment from the Warships for days been completely ineffective, and it's necessary to test the Mechanical Civilization's Child of Civilization?
"Clear!"
Yun Xiaoxiao kept trying to contact them, and after asking all the Researchers under her command, the chief finally accepted her communication request.
"Yun Da, I'm very busy right now. What you need to do is gather all the first-class citizens under your command, contact the four Domain Lords, and then contact the seventeen third-class citizens. With the corresponding fleets, evade capture by other civilizations and strive to survive intact until the Virtual World restarts."
The information was transmitted extremely quickly; the chief's message flashed for a split second before he wanted to close it, but Yun Xiaoxiao quickly responded:
"Do you still believe in the Virtual World? This kind of mass expulsion can't happen only once."
"There's no way around it, it's path dependence. Mechanical Civilization has reaped so many benefits from the Virtual World for so many years, so it has to take risks, even if the backing has been lost." The chief looked somewhat tired.
[Insult him while simultaneously sending him flirtatious messages]
"No wonder the Mechanical Civilization is so stubborn; it turns out it's you, the chief, who's so stubborn. You mean to just flee everywhere, taking advantage of the other civilizations not being able to react, and hold out until the Virtual World restarts? You don't even dare to find out which civilization is behind this?"
Yun Xiaoxiao was incredibly hard, and Ling Ran said:
"Are you even qualified to be the chief?!"
The chief was slightly taken aback, and after a long pause, he said:
"I'm being chased right now, I'll talk to you later."
Even amidst the chaos of being hunted, he still managed to take a call from Yun Xiaoxiao then cursed at him.
Yun Xiaoxiao felt a little embarrassed.
As instructed by the chief, they contacted the Researchers under his command, but when they tried to contact the Domain Lord, they discovered that one of the Domain Lords had already died, and seven of the seventeen third-class citizens given by the chief had also died, with many more still being hunted down.
Without a doubt, this was a premeditated murder targeting Mechanical Civilization.
The fact that so many high-ranking members of the Mechanical Civilization could be located so precisely when the Virtual World collapsed is something even the Tracing Light could not do; in a sense, it was precognition.
[He's stopped acting altogether. It's like he saw something in the Future, causing his usually steady behavior to become radical... There are still fourteen years Tracing Light the timeline before the Continued Battle, which translates to about one day in the Pure White Space. He might have seen the ending and is preparing to defy fate. His Future Sight might also be based on a day in the Future, or it could be...]
Xiao Luo analyzed a whole bunch of things without any emotion, and the information flowed through Yun Xiaoxiao's mind.
"Next, I plan to try to contact other leaders and preserve the first-class citizen system of Mechanical Civilization as much as possible. What do you think?"
Yun Xiaoxiao interrupted Xiao Luo's rambling, log-like reporting, because she couldn't stand watching the machine anymore.
[Let's go straight to Tracing Light. Since the outcome is already decided and the opponent is preparing to resort to desperate measures, Tracing Light must adapt accordingly. Remaining unchanged makes it easy for the opponent to seize an opportunity to break the deadlock. The opponent has a limited number of Future observations, so disrupting the situation is more advantageous.]
"OK!"