Their destination this time was the core planet of Sector G's Division F, Planet G-F100. It was medium in size, and although it was designated as the core planet of Division F, it wasn't actually a Rank A planet in terms of habitability. Instead, it was a slightly worse Rank B planet.
The owner of Planet G-F100 was called Robert Frenz, and he was also the person who negotiated the contract with Falvey.
The Robert Family was a famous robot family in the League of Stars, but in reality, there were less than a hundred of them in total. Compared to the other famous families in the League of Stars, they could be said to be the outlier of the outliers.
Unlike the other families, the Robert Family rarely had servants, bodyguards, and so on. Instead, they had high-fidelity robots, and a lot of people couldn't tell whether they were human or robot even if they were standing in front of them. They could even fool some scanners.
In the past, they only learned about the Robert Family through electronic publications and other people's stories. But today, it was obvious that the people of the Third B Squadron and the Sixth Division were speechless.
The starship was docked at the spaceport outside the planet. Only most of the main combat personnel and a small number of support logistics personnel were heading there. Shotton had only brought three squads with him, and Silin's squad was one of them. Compared to Falvey's squad, Shotton's squad was a lot more low-key. After all, they could only be considered as companions, and they wouldn't steal the limelight.
After they got off the spaceplane, Silin looked at the flock of birds flying across the sky.
"Those are robot birds." Huimao wasn't bothered by the fact that these birds weren't carbon-based lifeforms. On the contrary, he was actually quite happy. As a rare species in the universe, its diet was very wide. Of course it could eat carbon-based birds, but robot birds could be its food as well. It wasn't bad to change up his diet every once in a while.
"You'd better restrain yourself. These robot birds can detect the disappearance of even one of their monitors, and it'll be hard to explain when they trace their tracks back to you." Silin poked Huimao's forehead with a finger.
"I know, I'm just saying. Even if those robots speak, I'll pretend that I don't understand them." Huimao licked his claws and took a deep breath. "What a familiar smell." The smell of machinery.
The layout of this planet was similar to that of a planet with a level of habitability. In fact, it looked even more beautiful. After all, robots would not create a lot of household waste.
On the vast grassland, there were some people herding sheep. The grass was real grass, and the sheep were real sheep. However, the people were not necessarily the same. Perhaps they were all robots that looked like ordinary people.
Falvey led the group through a path on the grassland. He stopped and said, "Follow the left side of this planet. It's this point."
The place where they were standing was surrounded by grassy plains. The Shepherds from before were nowhere to be seen, and no one else could be seen.
"Since it was agreed beforehand, it should be here. Let's wait," Shotton said to the people from the Sixth Division.
Since the two captains had said so, the others did not refute and obediently waited where they were.
Chifeng was very excited to see this grassland. The planet he was from did not have such a beautiful grassland.
Many animals loved grassland. Xueqiu and Huimao were already rolling around on the grass, and Tico's little rabbit was released to eat. The Miantuan's body was the same color as the grass, so if one did not look closely, they would not be able to tell where it was.
"Actually, this planet was originally classified as a level B planet because of its lack of resources. However, under the influence of Robert Frenz and his Mech Kingdom, the classification gradually changed. After all, there are too few people on this planet to eat. Most people only need to absorb light energy," Shotton explained to the group.
"This is the surprising thing about the Robert family. Below this grassland is still the Mech Kingdom," Eudy said, looking at the screen of the scanner.
"After this planet was modified, it became Robert Frenz's kingdom, and Robert Frenz himself is the king of this planet."
Listening to Shotton and Beaver's words, Silin also felt the movement coming from below the grassland.
There was not much movement underground, and it could not be felt above the grassland. The reason why this grassland was so fertile was not only because of the light shield, but also because the original soil was barren. The nutrients needed for the growth of all kinds of plants were lacking, so the machines below had been constantly infusing nutrients into the soil.
Improving the soil from underground was much more environmentally friendly than spraying on the surface, and the utilization rate was also much higher. This was also closer to the Robert family's standard of "simulation." On the surface, it was closer to nature.
However, modification was modification. No matter how realistic it was, it was still modification. Once this modification stopped, everything would return to normal. The people of the Robert Family loved to live in their own world.
Not long after the group stopped, a flying car flew over from the distance. As it approached, it made a beautiful turn and stopped in the air in front of the group, slowly descending.
A person walked out of the car. He looked very robust and had a warm smile on his face. After glancing at the people standing on the grassland, he walked straight towards Falvey.
"Mr. Falvey, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. The boss had some matters to attend to, so he couldn't make time to come over. I hope you don't mind, "the man said loudly as he walked in front of Falvey and performed a noble's greeting." My name is Karl. The boss sent me to pick you up. "
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Karl. We didn't wait long."
Falvey didn't show much expression on his face. Of course, it wasn't that he was angry. Falvey didn't have much of an expression to begin with.
Karl was still smiling. After giving Falvey a simple explanation, he said, "Please follow me."
Following Karl's voice, a flying car descended from the sky. Karl made a "please" gesture, but he didn't seem to have any intention of entering with them. There was an operator inside the flying car.
After the two groups had boarded, the flying car took off. Karl jumped into the flying car and followed.
The flying car brought them to a place that looked like a village. There were no tall buildings here, and it didn't have the bustling atmosphere of other planets. It was more like an isolated world.
Everyone looked at the scene in front of them and was a little surprised.
The "men" were carrying bags of grain into the warehouse. The "women" were chatting and laughing. Some were hanging clothes next to the pomegranate trees. The "children" were playing games in groups of three to five. The little ones were running around with some mud on their bodies.
"These are all …" Kari was a little doubtful.
"They are all robots," Eudy said.
"They are all robots?!" Tang Qiuqiqiu looked at everyone on both sides of the street curiously. These people were different from the robots she had seen before. This was … too real!
"Wahhh —"
A child cried. A few children accidentally kicked another child when they were playing games. As a result, the child who was kicked didn't get the card he wanted.
The sound of crying was really frightening, especially the tears that flowed from the eyes of the child, which made his face, which was originally covered in dirt, even more messy.
"This … is this really … a robot?" Kari asked again.
Eudy and Beaver didn't say anything.
Because of the child's crying, a man walked out of the house and carried the child. He wiped the tears on the child's face and smiled. He took out a card and handed it to the child. Only then did the child, whose face was red from crying, stop crying and smile.
Eudy and the others continued to stay silent. Even Shotton didn't make wild guesses now. Otherwise, he would lose face if he said something wrong.
Karl, who was leading the way, only smiled when he saw this scene and continued to lead the way.
When they walked past the chair that the child had been sitting on, Silin casually reached out and wiped a drop of the child's tear on the chair's handle.
"What's wrong? What did you find? "Kari came over and saw the liquid on Silin's hand." Is that a tear? "
Huimao, who was originally lying on Silin's shoulder, also became alert and stretched his neck over. Seeing this, Silin directly wiped some of the liquid on his finger on Huimao's beard.
Huimao shook his head in disgust. "Water."
"Yes, water. That's all," Silin said.
Kari didn't know how to react. "What do you mean?"
Tico, who was wearing a white coat, came forward and explained. "If this is just water, then that child really is a robot. Human tears aren't just water. According to the types, there are basic, reflexive, emotional, and so on. For example, if you have dust in your eyes, you will cry, and the liquid in your eyes will clean the dust out. Another example is when you are sad or touched. They are all different, and the composition of the tear is different. Whether it's sodium, potassium, manganese, or other metals, or enzymes, the composition of the tear will be different under different circumstances. "
This was the complexity of humans, unlike robots. Even if they behaved like robots, what they shed was just water. They wouldn't be as complicated as human tears.
"So that's how it is." Kari nodded in understanding.
"Even so, the robots of the Robert family are really amazing." Eudy sighed. It was too real. The feeling of touch and the protruding veins on the arm of the "man" who was holding the child just now all felt real.
But these were all robots, the Robert family's robot kingdom. As long as there was a need, every one of them could instantly change their state and become a fighting tool that was no less dangerous than the third and Sixth Teams.
This was just Robert Frentz's robot kingdom. What about the other Robert family members' territories? They were all similar to this.
"If these robots were to be sold to the public, the price would be in the eight digits," Beaver said. He knew the price of the special robots of the Robert family.
"Let's see if we can buy an arm if we sell me," Kari muttered.
Lamenting the Robert family's robot kingdom, everyone followed Karl to a building that looked like an ancient castle.
After entering, there were a few people wearing ancient knight uniforms standing on both sides of the aisle. When they saw Karl, they gave him an ancient salute.
Inside the castle, there were a few people wearing knight uniforms. They were essentially robots. The robots in different positions were playing different roles. It was like a movie directed by Robert Frentz, and the people who came were all the characters in the movie.
"Hmph, those two robots are talking bad about us!" After walking away, Huimao said angrily in Silin's ear. Only Silin heard it.
"What did they say?" Silin raised his hand and scratched Huimao's chin.
These robots didn't communicate with each other through words. Instead, they communicated through electromagnetic waves that were hard to detect for most people with A-rank genes. So, although the two people wearing knight uniforms still had a serious expression on their faces and their mouths were shut tight, in reality, the two of them had been communicating with each other for a long time.
Wheeze narrowed its eyes from the scratches, "They said that every single one of us was stupid, ugly, and that we actually brought animals with us. They said that Snowball was as fat as a ball, and that my fur color was ugly. Meow meow! They really don't know how to appreciate it! "Huimao snorted.
"Don't bother with them. You are a few levels higher than them."
"Of course. Didn't you see that I pretended not to hear their conversation? That's called ignoring them, right? "Huimao said proudly.
"Yes, yes. You did well today!" Silin said. A cat should be stroked gently, or it would explode.
Karl brought them to a hall. There were some delicately prepared food in the hall, and there were beautiful maids standing beside them. If they didn't know that 99% of the people here were robots, they would have been tempted. But now, they could only focus their attention on the food. Of course, it was necessary to be vigilant. The two captains didn't bring them here to be gluttons or decorations.
Karl said that Frentz was still busy, so he let them eat first.
They didn't hold back at all. No matter what, the Robert family definitely didn't lack money.
After eating, Karl asked Falvey and Shotton to enter the study. The others waited outside. After dinner, snacks and tea were served. At least this way, they wouldn't appear to be neglectful.
Cary despised this kind of face-saving project very much. However, despising was one thing, eating was another. That was why he didn't take much of the snacks and tea that were sent to him after the meal.
Cillin sat on a chair and drank his tea leisurely. Meanwhile, the gray cat was lying on Cillin's shoulder and listening to the robots' 'gossip' with its ears perked up.
In reality, other than people like Frentz who already knew the code to convert electromagnetic waves into signals, no one else would be able to decipher the electromagnetic waves even if they received them with instruments. Not even Cillin knew what they meant. Wheeze's victory lay in its half-machine advantage, which was why it could understand the conversation.
Listening to the "gossip" of the robots in the castle, Huimao tried to keep a straight face, but his trembling beard still let Silin know that he was holding it in.
"Don't hold it in. If you want to laugh, laugh. As long as it's not too exaggerated, no one will know that you're laughing at what the robots are saying," Silin said.
Huimao grinned. He was about to tell Silin about the funny story he just heard, but his body suddenly froze.
"What's wrong?" Silin noticed Huimao's abnormality.
Huimao thought for a moment and said, "... Something's wrong."
After a while, Huimao tried to maintain a normal expression on his cat face, but the words he said to Silin caused Silin's body to tense up.
"I just received an electromagnetic wave. It's very familiar, and it left a deep impression … I received this electromagnetic wave in the warehouse not long ago when we went to the level three prison planet at Sector S."
'Azrael'!
This was Silin's first reaction. He couldn't think of anyone else other than 'Azrael'.
After all, the defense system of that level three prison planet, be it on the ground or in outer space, had all collapsed. With such technology, one couldn't blame Silin for being nervous. After all, the fate of that level three prison planet was just too tragic.
"Keep listening," Silin said to Huimao.
"Mn, I know." Huimao was no longer giggling now. Because he had been controlling his expression all this time, no one could see anything wrong with him now.
He made a vague gesture, and Eudy, Dias and the others felt a chill in their hearts. Although they didn't know what was going on, the meaning behind Silin's gesture was too important.
High alert!
Why did he tell everyone to be on high alert?
Tico saw Likrabe's gesture, and then looked at the little rabbit whose ears were twitching inside his clothes. She sucked in a deep breath.
We're in trouble, big trouble. Otherwise, Whitey's ears wouldn't be twitching like this.
Tico had always known that the little rabbit had an ability to sense danger, and after living with it for so many years, she understood what the twitching of its ears meant.
The people of the Third B Squadron also saw Silin's vague message. He looked like he was joking like before, but they were extremely prepared.
They were all people who had experienced many things, so naturally they had their own ways of dealing with situations like this. There were robot maids standing around them, so they couldn't make it too obvious.
Chifeng ate the food on his plate in big mouthfuls. His pointy ears were perked up, and his tail was no longer wagging as he paid attention to the situation around him.
Silin stood up. Everyone around him looked at him and smiled at everyone.
"I just received news about a T13 mine, and he told me to inform the commander and commander Falvey. I think they'll be able to increase our price a little."
No one believed Silin's words, but some of them could tell that the matter this time was related to the two commanders inside. The two commanders were in danger!
"I'll go with you," Kari said.
It wasn't just Kari. The lieutenant commanders of both squads here had expressed the intention to go with them, but Silin refused.
"No need, I'll go inform them. You guys just wait here. There are so many people here after all."
What he meant was that if something happened, you guys would have to lead the team members here. If everyone went, it would be troublesome, and it would be easier for him to act alone.
Hearing Silin's words, the others did not insist.
Udoze was a little nervous, but fortunately his head was lowered so that no one could see his nervousness. Beaver patted his shoulder and motioned for him to calm down. He looked up and smiled at Beaver, "I'm fine, I just choked."
After taking a few deep breaths, Udoze had calmed down a lot.
Silin walked towards Frenz's study, and the maids showed no intention of stopping him. This puzzled Silin greatly.
That shouldn't be the case …
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