Machine Crisis, Purification Protocol!

The Triangle Civilization warrior, resembling a dolphin, swayed slightly.

"Styx... hiss... belongs to... God River Civilization..."

"No, no, no."

Shi Hao shook his head, "There is no God River Civilization, nor is there any Triangle Civilization. We, you, and I, are just civilizations."

"..."

Shi Hao continued, "Your so-called form wars, the so-called beast bodies, God River bodies, and Triangle bodies, in our view, are just a part of the universe. To fight for the so-called orthodoxy... it's utterly ridiculous."

The Triangle warrior trembled slightly, "You... Nether River Civilization... are denying... hiss... our... ideas..."

"I don't mean that," Shi Hao said coldly, "But if you insist on waging form wars, then we can provide you with assistance."

"...Assistance?"

"That's right, assistance that will only benefit your Triangle Civilization."

A subtle wave arose.

At the same time, on the light screen, the vast Mechanical Empire was still being displayed.

The intelligent beings went from initial bewilderment to surprise, and then to gradual contemplation.

Could it be that mechanical bodies are truly the ultimate destination for intelligent life?

A stronger body, immortal life, unlimited learning ability.

Mechanical planets rose from the ground almost instantly, and massive ships filed out in droves.

This Mechanical Empire had developed to a considerable scale. They controlled several Star Systems, and they even began to look down on organic beings, capturing them and transforming them into mechanical bodies, granting them citizenship.

Until... one day.

In a certain Star System.

On that mechanical planet, it was full of intelligent machine bodies.

This was originally a planet used to produce alloys and minerals, and all the intelligent machines were engaged in repetitive and tedious labor.

But today seemed a little different.

"Buzz—buzz—"

A very faint, yet incredibly clear buzzing sound kept ringing out, resulting in the actions of those intelligent machines becoming strange.

They would occasionally stop in place, raise their heads, and stare at the sky, but they didn't know what they were looking at.

Of course, the Mechanical Empire immediately noticed this anomaly and began to investigate.

"We have detected a very weak tachyon signal being transmitted to the entire Star System."

"This signal... is very strange. With our technology, we cannot trace its source or analyze it. We call it the 'Ghost Signal'."

"Apart from some slight background noise generated by faster-than-light communication in certain specific subspace frequency bands, the signal does not seem to cause any obvious effects. Our research has made no progress. Before we can completely analyze it, we must first learn to live with this Ghost Signal."

"The intensity of the Ghost Signal is increasing at an alarming rate."

"Things seem to be getting strange. In some Star Systems, our Machine bodies seem to be affected by some inexplicable influence, which is causing their behavior to change and is evolving in a worse direction."

"We cannot rule out whether it is the effect of the Ghost Signal, but it is very likely. However, even so, we still cannot analyze what role the Ghost Signal is playing."

"The analysis and research on the Ghost Signal has finally made some breakthroughs."

"We have discovered that the Ghost Signal can not only send energy patterns similar to the electronic brains of our Machine people, but also interfere with their control modules in this way, resulting in abnormal behavior of the machine."

"The Ghost Signal is further enhanced, and we cannot shield it, but some factions have begun to claim that these Ghost Signals are..."

"Divine Revelation."

"Ridiculous, we don't believe in Divine Revelation, that is the spiritual comfort chosen by so-called organisms for unattainable goals."

"We seem to have finally found the source and can explore this Ghost Signal at a deeper level. Perhaps it has always existed in the universe, but we have ignored it..."

"More Machine bodies are undergoing mutations. This mutation is infecting the entire Mechanical Empire. We have to speed up our research."

"Tzz--Tzz--"

Just then, the light curtain began to distort, and the huge buzzing sound made everyone subconsciously cover their ears.

When they raised their heads again, they gasped!

The picture on the light curtain seemed too strange!

On the originally huge and empty square.

Hundreds of millions of Machine bodies knelt on the ground, their two mechanical arms raised, their expressions extremely pious...

Seemingly praying?

This is just too strange!

Praying is praying to God. Why would a Machine Civilization that only believes in its own technological level begin such a large-scale prayer?

The most creepy thing is.

On the throne that symbolizes the highest ruler of this Mechanical Empire.

At this moment, it is empty.

The emperor who ruled the entire Mechanical Empire is kneeling with its hundreds of millions of people.

The difference is that this emperor is kneeling in front of the throne, with his hands open, seemingly praying, and seemingly embracing.

However, it looks more like it is welcoming the true master of this throne.

His face was solemn, and the surface of his body reflected a cold light.

Then, he opened his mouth.

"Divine Revelation has descended."

Divine Revelation?

Just as the people hadn't understood what had changed.

The entire Star System was suddenly enveloped in a red light!

Buzz—buzz—buzz—

The buzzing sound caused by what was called the Ghost Signal became more and more intense.

Even the intelligent beings watching had some illusions, that this sound was affecting the Star System itself.

Everywhere they looked was dyed a dark red.

And, within this Star System.

Above that huge and extremely hot star.

There actually appeared a planet made entirely of machines!

The volume of that planet was even larger than this star, and embedded within it was a huge heart, the dark red light filling the entire Star System officially originating from it.

Data streams constantly poured out from the surface of the mechanical planet.

It seemed... to be doing some kind of calculation.

<<Unlocking all functions...>>

<<Warning! Warning! Corruption detected in this Star System has reached a catastrophic level. Infection detected due to a large number of organisms and Machine Civilizations that do not obey>>

<<Simulating plan>>

<<Plan simulation complete, confirmed, executing plan>>

<<Purify the universe>>

<<Purification Protocol has taken effect>>

<<Objective, purge all organisms, eliminate Machine Civilizations that do not obey>>

The emperor of the Mechanical Empire knelt down and could not rise.

It once ruled the entire Mechanical Empire.

At this moment, only endless piety and fanaticism remained.

"I respectfully obey the Divine Revelation."