From the mechanical entity's perspective, the fluctuations in that direction were extremely strange. They were clearly massive mechanical energy, yet within that mechanical energy was a special fluctuation unique to information lifeforms—and this fluctuation was also contagious.
In the mechanical entity's electronic eyes, waves of virtual fluctuations emerged from faster-than-light travel.
Dark-red data streams pulsed through the void like blood vessels, while countless mechanical units rose from a boiling pool of code.
Amid the overlapping afterimages of virtual and physical grids, a fully armed mechanical army seemed to drop down from the virtual layer.
The mechanical leader at the front quickly discovered the strange mechanical entity. It leaped forward, shattered into countless glowing particles that sprang into the air, and when it reappeared, it was standing opposite the mechanical entity.
However, it was no longer in mechanical form. It had transformed into a virtual form.
Its torso was pieced together from countless fragments of broken code, and jagged error light occasionally burst from the seams.
The mechanical entity's firewall instantly began to buzz.
This only appeared when it encountered an extremely powerful virus.
The two sides stared at each other, red and white lights alternating in their electronic eyes.
"Hello. How do we get to Planet D9?"
The other party asked in standard Galactic Common.
"Go in this direction. It's about ten light-years away," the mechanical entity replied.
"Oh, thank you."
"Be careful when you go. A large-scale planetary invasion war is taking place there."
"We're going there to join the war."
"Then you need to be even more careful. Four civilization leaders' true bodies have descended on this planet. Be extremely cautious."
The other party froze, then examined the mechanical entity from head to toe in surprise.
"We'll be careful."
"Good luck! You can do it!!"
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