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Chapter 2168: Chapter 2136: Civilization Remnants

One of the inner realms of the Sea Edge Realm, the East Suburb Realm.

At this moment, deep in the Western Forest of the East Suburb Realm, several figures were gradually becoming clear, as if they were traversing through a water surface.

There were five people in total, all resembling burly Great Han figures, appearing extremely bold and rugged, but the icy cold expression on their faces was like perennial snow atop high mountains.

"Enter civilization space, restore humanoid settings."

Mechanical voices slowly arose.

At this, the five slowly sat down, their expressions no longer icy but seemingly giving birth to a hint of spirituality.

"Number One, is it soon time for us to be scrapped?" a Great Han asked, his voice somewhat indistinguishable in emotion.

Among the five, the tallest Great Han paused before saying, "Our generation was born too ancient. Unlike other civilizations, where the older existence gets stronger, in our civilization, the older existence means elimination. Except for those few who constantly refine their Progenitor Sigint, there are no exceptions."

His words caused the others present to fall into silence.

"Compared to the new generation of mechanical race descendants born after us, they have early integrated humanoid settings into their core, while we still need conversion. According to the ultimate calculation of the civilization core, only by completely achieving humanoid form and converting to an organic life form can we reach the ultimate realm. And we... are doomed from the moment we are born."

"Then why can the Progenitor Sigint continually metamorphose?" someone questioned.

Number One slowly shook his head, a faint, indescribable arc at his lips: "There’s no other reason, only because they are Progenitor Sigint, the initial starting point of our civilization."

"So, to them, have we become remnants of the era, dispatched to carry out such missions that might lead to demise at any time?" the initial questioner asked again.

"The mission content is irrefutable, it’s embedded in our core calculation mechanism, we cannot defy it, but perhaps I can answer your question," Number One spoke calmly.

"The danger level of the Starry Universe is indisputable, as evidenced two eras ago during that great war when numerous civilizations besieged the Starry Universe civilization, only to suffer heavy losses and return utterly defeated. Firstly, it’s because the Starry Universe belongs to this era’s civilization, and our civilization faces suppression by supreme rules upon entering it. Secondly, this civilization’s late-stage development has indeed produced incredibly powerful ranks."

"Currently, based on our civilization core’s calculation, three era-ancient civilizations have already entered withered periods due to Heaven-shrouding rank strong falls, on the verge of collapse. Considering their condition, they might launch frenzied attacks on the Starry Universe civilization at any time. Hence, our civilization is already prepared for war."

"In this era, many civilizations will dispatch lifeforms into the Starry Universe; relative to the top-level strong there, our existence is negligible, so typically, they won’t attack us and thus expose themselves. Exposing oneself due to a few Little Fish, and thereby putting oneself at risk, isn’t worthwhile for these strong ranks."

"For the strong ranks of the Starry Universe, once exposed, they’d be targeted by numerous civilizations."

"According to the intelligence we’ve gathered, the current state of the Starry Universe civilization can be called... the Dark Forest Era."

"I understand," the questioner murmured, "but you still haven’t answered my question, Number One, has your humanoid form evolved again? You’ve even learned to evade heavy and emphasize light from other civilizations."

"What I want to know is, for our civilization, are we remnants of the era that can be abandoned at any time."

"I want to know too."

At this moment, the other three also expressed their stance, as if planning an accusation, looking at Number One.

Number One was slightly silent, then gradually uttered a single word.

"Yes."

Subsequently, everyone fell into silence, ceasing communication.

For the mechanical civilization, their intelligence isn’t low, and indeed, compared to many civilizations, their average level is quite high.

Number One’s affirmative answer provided substantial information to their core calculations.

For instance, perhaps this civilization openly sending them in was also considering them as bait to lure the strong of the Starry Universe civilization to make a move.

But contemplating all that, they still had no means to resist.

The greatest strength of the mechanical civilization does not lie in their potent power or in aspects like killing force or defense...

The power of the mechanical civilization lies in their core that can keep an individual in absolute calm indefinitely.

Unafraid of death, meticulous, a task is merely a task, never encountering resistance or violations of tasks.

Yet this very calm stopped the mechanical civilization from reaching the Supreme Realm. However, the new generation of mechanical race members have indeed completed such a thorough transformation. Comparatively, they also gained many ’emotions’ that shouldn’t have been possessed.

For the mechanical race, it’s hard to say whether this is good or bad.

Of course, for the ancient mechanical race on the verge of ’elimination’, it’s definitely not good.

"Let’s initiate the task then."

After a brief silence, Number One slowly stood up.

"Task mode startup, confirm whether to disable humanoid settings?" Number One asked.

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

To Number One’s wordless surprise, the other four all refused to disable humanoid settings. Because once humanoid settings are disabled, they would enter an absolute calm execution mode, void of any emotion and sensation.

For executing tasks, this is indeed the best choice. However, after receiving certain information from Number One’s mouth, they unanimously rejected.

"Though it’s somewhat amusing for us mechanical race who only adhere to core calculations, I have a feeling. This might be our last mission execution. Hence, I don’t want to terminate in a state without any perception or emotion. Perhaps this is what’s called... obsession in the population of the Starry Universe civilization."

Number One was slightly silent again, and finally chose not to release humanoid settings either.

"Let’s go."

The other few looked towards Number One, a mysterious hue in their eyes.

In a certain sense, what they did was tantamount to betrayal.

But remarkably, Number One, who always firmly executed tasks, surprisingly made the same choice as them.

"In truth, I also enjoy the feeling of being a spiritual life form."

This sentence, Number One buried in the heart.