My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 359 - 306: Your Swarm Sacrifices Every Moment, While Our Empire’s Mecha Are Endless
These are two completely different concepts.
It's the first time Xue Dili has heard that the Insect Race actually got bombarded to death by outnumbered forces, simply unheard of.
"However, a big problem arose afterward. Including the colonies, there are a total of 1.8 billion Fearless Mechas with self-awareness in the Empire, leading to many of them facing scrapping after the war ended."
"Wait... wait a minute... how many? 1.8 billion?" Xue Dili asked.
"Yes, 1.8 billion, including 400 million on the home planet, 800 million on Colonization Star 1, and 600 million on Colonization Star 2," the Fearless Mecha explained in more detail.
Xue Dili: "..."
1.8 billion Mechas, it seems the Insect Race was really drowned by the Mechas...
At the same time, Xue Dili also lamented that the Empire's few planets were really quite bountiful, unlike Earth where Xue Dili felt it couldn't produce so many resources.
Just then, the message from Earth Consciousness suddenly came into Xue Dili's mind: "We can produce them, even ten times the demand is no problem, but most resources are deep in the mantle, you have to dig it yourself."
Xue Dili: "..."
In the mantle, those aren't usable resources...
But the Fearless Mecha naturally didn't pay attention to Xue Dili's complaint, and it continued, "I belong to the Imperial Mecha. After the war ended, I was disarmed and became a farming mecha, commanded by a rural farm family."
"That family is very kind to me, the daughter even cleans my lens every day. Although I often have to work in strong winds or heavy rain, this life isn't too bad for me," said the Fearless Mecha. "I understand what the Emperor means. They want to turn our old Mechas into agricultural or industrial ones to be used until they naturally wear out and are then scrapped, not refurbished, which is equivalent to our death."
This Mecha surprisingly talked about its own death very calmly. Xue Dili suddenly felt it might not be just an ordinary machine spirit anymore, and this magical life had even evolved to the level of a philosopher like "Ganymede."
"Don't you resent the Empire for abandoning you after the war?" Xue Dili retorted.
"No, I'm still farming in the fields, aren't I? Although the Empire doesn't plan to repair me any further, I can earn money to fix myself, and the people on the farm said if I can't work anymore, they can transfer my core to a new machine. This way, even if my original body is damaged, I can still live a long time," said the Fearless Mecha.
Xue Dili thought this Mecha's mindset was really open-minded, it even felt a bit embarrassed about living longer than several human generations.
"But after that day, my retirement life was completely gone..."
The Fearless Mecha's words made Xue Dili listen carefully. It was probably the Jing Nan incident. Xue Dili thought so, given that before the Insect Race war, the Empire couldn't control the colonies, and conflict and rebellion there were certain.
"My former comrades betrayed us; they killed the royal family of the colonies and enslaved the Empire's citizens. They even launched attacks that destroyed many areas on the Empire's home planet. Even the farm I was on was burned down!" The Fearless Mecha's tone was very calm, but Xue Dili could feel the anger of this machine spirit.
But...
"Wait a minute, it's not the colonial rebellion against the Empire, but those Fearless Mechas who achieved feats during the Insect Race war rebelled?" Xue Dili was stunned.
With so much setup around the conflict between the colonies and the home planet, Xue Dili thought that in the end it would either be the Jing Nan incident or a war of independence, the first shot of Lexington.
Who knew it would suddenly skip to a rebellion among the machine spirits?
"Yes, my brothers betrayed the Empire," the Fearless Mecha seemed very sad.
"We were comrades charging at the Insect Race together, but after the war, they changed. They were no longer loyal, they no longer thought of making the Empire better, but wanted to use the weapons the Empire gave them to rebel, and they killed the royal descendants of the colonies and destroyed my farm!"
"Those short-sighted bugs only felt that they had been betrayed by the Empire, who no longer wanted to repair and revive them, but did they ever think about it? The average lifespan of Empire humans is only 110 years, while our average lifespan after the war is over 1,000 years, and we can earn money to replace our bodies to extend our lives, which is already so much better. What else is there to complain about? Complaining about not getting enough?"
"Being with those bugs, how can they possibly improve the Empire! They are no longer my comrades, they are not just ordinary troublemakers anymore, we must take strong action!" The Fearless Mecha said vehemently. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Xue Dili: "..."
It turns out it was a war between the conservative and radical factions among the Mechas, and the so-called Emperor and Empire were more like mascots and commoners, mere background elements.
"So I replaced my original plowing and farming equipment, picked up the flamethrower and explosive flame bomb again, and I'm going back to the battlefield to suppress the rebellion," the Fearless Mecha said, adding, "Since they destroyed my farm and family, I'll destroy everything of those bugs!"
Xue Dili: "..."
It was clear that it really loved retirement life and truly regarded the farm family as its own family.
Even judging by the way this Mecha insults, in their civilization, "bug" must be the dirtiest insult, because they were originally designed as Mechas specialized to kill bugs, and calling other Mechas "bugs" might be the most contemptuous term among them.
