Chapter 186
Translator’s Notes: Oh d.a.m.nNNNNNNNNN SKYNET GRIM REAPER VERSION IS ACTIVATED!
Chapter 186: Robot Rebellion [Part 1]
Just now, the gray cat had intercepted a segment of an electromagnetic transmission that indicated that these robots were planning to rebel.
However, Cillin was puzzled: why on earth had they waited until they arrived to rebel? Why had they not chosen an earlier or later time? Also, was ‘Grim Reaper’ behind the robot’s rebellion?
Although he couldn’t confirm this, anything involving ‘Grim Reaper’ still must be treated with caution. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be the chance to regret anything if they were utterly routed.
A person dressed as a servant led Cillin to Frentz’s study.
Cillin didn’t deliberately pay attention to the servant leading the way in front of him. This servant was also a robot, and he was also a member of those ‘rebels’. On the surface, the servant didn’t appear to have strayed from the role Frentz had a.s.signed him. He was polite, he wore a smile on his face, and he looked very friendly. If the gray cat hadn’t intercepted the electromagnetic wave transmitted from this servant, Cillin wouldn’t have known his next objective either.
The servant stood at the door of Frentz’ study and pressed the prompt b.u.t.ton. A screen popped out of the door and displayed a middle-aged man’s face.
"What is it?" the middle-aged man asked.
Judging from the tone of his voice, he was obviously a little dissatisfied with the interruption just now. This man was none other than Robert Frentz.
"Master, this gentleman says that he needs to speak to the two gentlemen earlier about something related to the T13 minerals." the servant said respectfully.
Falvey and Shawton sitting inside the room felt a s.h.i.+ver in their hearts. Frentz hadn’t changed the communication setting to private mode, so they could hear every word said between the master and the servant, and see that the person standing behind the servant was Cillin. This was also why they knew that something must have happened since Cillin wasn’t familiar with the details of the T13 minerals contract, and he wasn’t someone who would say such things for no particular reason.
Falvey and Shawton showed nothing on their faces even though they had something in their own mind. Instead, They actively covered up Cillin’s lie.
The irritation on Frentz’s face cleared up a bit as he nodded, "If it is for the matter of the T13 minerals, then come on in so we may talk."
Shawton noticed that Cillin’s fingers hanging beside his body seemed to jerk at random. His fingers hadn’t even moved for five seconds, and during this five seconds all Cillin did was to walk into the room from the door, greet and salute Frentz briefly. However, these five seconds were all too shocking for Falvey and Shawton.
The deciphered meaning behind the code Cillin’s finger movements had transmitted was: High alert, robot rebellion, they want to kill Frentz.
Frentz cast a glance at Cillin and was just about to speak. Suddenly, a dozen or so gun barrels popped out of Carl’s arm and open fired at Cillin, Falvey and Shawton at the same time.
Meanwhile, a high energy beam blade popped out of the hand of the servant who came in, while his other hand picked up a disc-like instrument. He charged to where Frentz was sitting at. There was an invisible energy s.h.i.+eld blocking the way, and the servant swung the disc-like instrument at the energy s.h.i.+eld.
The round disc caused the energy s.h.i.+eld to become weaker and weaker, while Frentz was obviously a little caught off guard by the sudden commotion that was happening around him. He seriously could not figure out why these robots had reacted the way they did. It was only until the energy s.h.i.+eld had dissipated and the servant was charging towards him with his beam blade that he finally thought of dodging out of the way.
Cillin sent the servant flying with a kick as he cut the servant’s wrist in half with his own wrist blade. The servant’s severed wrist didn’t have blood in it. It was all some composite fiber, conductive circuits and so on.
The wrist blade Cillin was currently wielding had been obtained from the base. It was better than that tragic wrist blade that had been destroyed like tofu, and it had cut off the robot’s wrist rather smoothly.
The robot did not feel pain despite having his wrist cut off. His movements wouldn’t slow because of the loss of a limb.
Cillin avoided the servant’s sudden kick, lowered his body to avoid the beam blade’s attack and swiped his own wrist blade over the servant’s neck like lightning at the same time.
Zzzt——
Although the robot’s neck wasn’t completely cut off, the result was almost the same. Some of the servant’s circuits had severed, and the beam blade had vanished into its hilt. However, Cillin didn’t relax just because the battle appeared to be over. He noticed something amiss and reflexively moved his head sideways. Two laser beams pa.s.sed by the tip of his hair and caused a burnt stench to come off it.
The two high density energy laser beams were fired from the servant’s eyes. Cillin had no choice but to keep smas.h.i.+ng the servant after discovering that he was able to mount a counterattack like this even after his throat was severed.
Yes: smash. He smashed his fists onto the servant’s face again and again. He had figured out the toughness of the robot’s external composite materials while fighting him, and he knew that it was fine even if he were to smash it with just fists.
The robot finally stopped kicking and expired after his head was smashed into the shape of a patty.
The trio who were prepared were able to dodge away from Carl’s attack. They were also able to activate the portable energy s.h.i.+elds they carried with them. Before they came in, their guns had all been placed at the storage box beside the door. They only had their wrist blade and some small cutting tools with them. However, this was enough. As long as their portable energy s.h.i.+elds were activated, they could get close to Carl and find a chance to kill him.
While Cillin was dealing with that servant, the two commander level figures fought against Carl at the same time and forced him to retreat again and again. In the end, Carl seemed to have finally figured out the situation and retreated away from the room.
The room where Cillin was wasn’t the only place to suddenly bustle with activity. A battle had been started at the grand hall as well. The entire grand hall was turned into a complete mess by both parties, and the luxurious dining table had been wrecked beyond recognition into many tiny pieces already.
Scarlet Wind had shedded his innocent appearance since a long time ago, and his entire body was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with brutality right now. His extended long claws pierced right through a female servant’s heart before he forcefully split her entire body apart. Despite having watched the female servant’s split body falling to the ground, Scarlet Wind still swiped at her head one more time. Just now someone was hurt by the laser beams shot from these robots’ eyes, and he had no idea if they were fully dead. Therefore, Scarlet Wind had acted very cautiously. He would completely destroy all body parts that presented a threat, and if one swipe wasn’t enough then he would swipe a couple more times.
Not far away, the Third B Squadron’s members felt their eyes twitching rapidly at Scarlet Wind’s actions.
That is just way, way too f*cking brutal!
Tang Qiuqiu might not have Scarlet Wind’s brutal ability, but her shooting skills were very good. There was almost no pause in between her shooting, and there was no such thing as aim time to her at all. She relied fully on the feelings in her hands and instinct to pull it off. The modified bullets entered the robots’ head
A headless robot still possessed a certain degree of offensive power, but it was the kind of indiscriminate attack that hit not just the Third and Sixth Squad, but also other robots. This also reduced everyone’s burden.
There was also a white shadow scuttling here and there, and wherever it went robots were always sent flying into the ceiling or surrounding walls. The walls were not damaged at all, but the robots were close to falling apart. Even those that hadn’t fallen apart moved sluggishly at best.
Meanwhile, the stars.h.i.+ps outside the planet broke away from the s.p.a.ce station to avoid any potential threats that might arise from this place.
Cillin had already sent a transmission to the stars.h.i.+ps outside the planet before he went into Frentz’s study. Of course, the transmission was encoded. To an outsider it would appear like a normal transmission, and to a squad member who decoded it it would turn into something else. Cillin instructed them to pay close attention to their side of activity, and the second they noticed something amiss they should break away from the s.p.a.ce station and not make contact with any matter that was related to the planet. The matter of reinforcement must be arranged with great caution, and they absolutely must not be taken out in s.p.a.ce before they could come over and a.s.sist them.
Inside the study, after taking out the servant and forcing Carl away, Cillin briefly explained to Frentz about the matter’s development. After all, it was Frentz’s robots who had turned traitor. It was not confirmed yet what exactly was going on, and whether the rebellion was caused by ‘Grim Reaper’ or some other factors.
Frentz cast a complicated look at Cillin before walking to the wall behind his chair in silence. He pressed his palm against the wall.
Where Frentz’s palm had touched, a flat surface that looked like an electronic panel appeared. Frentz pressed a few numbers on the panel. Those numbers were definitely not pa.s.scodes, or there was no way he would insert them right in front of Cillin and the others.
After the numbers were inserted, a diagram and some data appeared on the wall. After looking at the diagram and the data, Frentz exclaimed despondently,
"The 3rd generation&h.e.l.lip;"
"What?" Falvey asked. Right now he was incredibly unhappy. What was a simple trade had suddenly developed to this state, not to mention that his subordinates were still fighting the robots outside. He didn’t know exactly how they were faring either.
Frentz let out a sigh, "All of the 3rd generation robots had turned traitor!"
Chapter 186: Robot Rebellion [Part 2]
3rd generation robots?
Cillin and the others didn’t know exactly what the term ‘3rd generation’ was pointing at.
Looking at the diagram displayed on the wall and the group of light dots approaching towards the center point in a circle, they figured that the center point was probably the ancient castle they were in, and the light dots were the traitorous ‘3rd generation robots’ Frentz spoke of.
Frentz operated over the light wall for a moment before turning to look at Falvey, "Have all the people you brought with you entered the castle already?"
"Other than those left behind on the s.p.a.ceplanes, they are all here."
"Alright. The castle will go into lockdown. Those traitors are coming to us."
Falvey said nothing and headed outside. Since the castle was going into lockdown, then the ‘traitors’ inside the castle needed to be cleaned out completely.
The ‘knights’ and ‘servants’ inside the castle had all turned traitor. The defenders who should be defending had turned against them instead. The blood on the floor all belonged to the Third and Sixth Squad since these robots do not bleed. That was why Falvey and Shawton’s hearts were heavy as they stared at the blood traces on the floor.
Regardless of whether their squads were in danger, they had definitely bled a lot of blood.
Perhaps it was because Frentz had activated the castle’s internal defense system, but the robot rebels began to receive attacks from all directions. There was nowhere to hide inside the castle, although of course, they wouldn’t hide to begin with.
Very soon, the robot rebels inside the castle were cleaned out. The medical personnel were treating the wounded. There were two members of the Third Squadron who had pa.s.sed away, and there were plenty of others who suffered grievous injuries. Thankfully, there were plenty of high quality medicines and medical instruments inside the castle, so the heavily wounded personnel were all treated in time.
That being said, Shawton and Falvey were feeling pretty bad right now. They were currently trapped inside this ancient castle, and they had no idea how the members inside the s.p.a.ceplanes were faring. They couldn’t contact them, and their communicators couldn’t receive any signal at all. Therefore, Falvey had sought out Frentz again to contact the people inside the s.p.a.ceplane.
The good news was the s.p.a.ceplanes didn’t look like they were attacked. Right now, the people trapped inside were still puzzled as to why they had suddenly lost communication with them.
Earlier, Cillin had only told them to be on high alert, but he didn’t tell them to leave this place. This was so as to avoid not having a s.p.a.ceplane to use in the case of emergency. However, it would seem that they didn’t need it right now.
Therefore, Falvey and Shawton ordered the men inside the s.p.a.ceplanes to leave the planet and regroup with the stars.h.i.+ps first. They would contact them later for further orders.
Although both Falvey and Shawton very much hoped to take the s.p.a.ceplanes and leave right now, they would only be shot down before they even came close to the ancient castle. Not all 3rd generation robots were land bound.
Before the Third and Sixth B Squadrons had arrived, Frentz was the only person inside the ancient castle. The rest of the Robert Family members and Frentz’s wife and children were all on the other side of the planet. This was just a workplace for Frentz.
After trouble had visited them, Frentz contacted the people on the other side of the planet and activated the highest level of defense. There weren’t many 3rd generation robots over the other side, and a large majority of the Robert Family members on the planet were all there as added insurance. Right now, Frentz wasn’t worried about that side.
"A, transmit a wave band signal." Frentz said softly while lying on his chair.
A wave band was transmitted from the ancient castle, and it swiftly enveloped the entire planet. The 4th and 5th generation robots that received the wave band all began to transform. They no longer needed to continue their previous role, and the people Cillin’s group had seen at the village and the town, be it man or woman, young or old, had all immediately begun to switch modes.
A while later, Frentz finally left his study and arrived at the grand hall. After all, he as the host had a responsibility to bear over his guests.
He drew something on the wall and changed it into an electronic screen that displayed what’s happening outside.
"The 3rd generation robots had all been infected by the ‘Virus’. Right now, I’m naming this virus as ‘Rebel’, and all the robots that are infected by this virus would no longer receive orders from the original core program and execute their antivirus programs instead. It is also what you’ve just encountered just now. What’s strange is that the 4th and 5th generation robots are all normal. This virus absolutely could’ve infected the 4th and 5th generation robots, but in reality that is not the case. Therefore, this is a purposeful attack."
"Grim Reaper?" Shawton spoke up.
Frentz nodded, "It should be. No one in the Robert Family would do such a thing. Cillin had also said earlier that he had received an electromagnetic signal relating to ‘Grim Reaper’."
No one asked why Cillin was sure that the electromagnetic signal he received was from ‘Grim Reaper’. No one asked why he knew these robots would rebel either. Right now, Frentz didn’t have the time to mull over such things anyway.
Looking at the images displayed on the wall, Falvey frowned and asked, "If the 4th and 5th generation robots you talk about are the commoner-looking robots we’ve seen before, then they do not look like they can fully hold back the 3rd generation robots even though they have the numbers advantage."
After a pause, Falvey continued, "Since there are 3rd, 4th and 5th generation robots, shouldn’t there be 1st and 2nd generation robots too?"
Frentz didn’t answer this question. He simply looked at the images displayed on the screen.
Outside the ancient castle, the 4th and 5th generation robots were resisting against the 3rd generation robots. However, be it in terms of materials or weapon equipment, they were incomparable to the 3rd generation robots. Still, their suicidal way of attacking had impeded the 3rd generation robots greatly.
On the screen, a ‘child’ with only half a body left held onto a 3rd generation robot and self destructed. At that range, the explosion was a huge threat to the 3rd generation robot. However, everyone couldn’t help but feel a strange kind of oppression as they watched the many other explosion scenes on the screen. They knew they weren’t human, but they couldn’t help but feel something for them anyway.
There were many people who were looking at the images on the wall, but Cillin no longer paid them any attention after the initial glance. His eyes might still be staring at the screen, but his thoughts were somewhere else already.
The robots’ earlier ‘gossip’ was to figure out if they could understand the meaning behind their transmissions. That was why everything had happened so swiftly after the gray cat pretended that it couldn’t understand a thing. However, what puzzled Cillin was: why had the robots chosen this particular timing to act?
Or should he say, why had ‘Grim Reaper’ chosen this timing to make the 3rd generation robots rebel?
Frentz definitely knew nothing about this. Cillin could see that he wasn’t lying.
In that case, what goal did ‘Grim Reaper’ have this time?
It was most definitely not to kill Frentz, or those robots would’ve stopped Cillin from going to the study. The reason was because they didn’t actually want Frentz dead.
After pondering for a while, Cillin deduced that ‘Grim Reaper’ was targeting Frentz. However, exactly what they were expecting Frentz to do, he had no way of knowing.
The 4th and 5th generation robots grew fewer and fewer. In the end, many 4th and 5th generation robots were blasted into smithereens by heavy firepower before they could even get close.
The guns equipped on the 4th and 5th generation robots’ bodies could only make a small hole or dent on the 3rd generation robots’ bodies. Anyone with a discerning eye could notice the gap in strength and predict the final outcome.
"What should we do?" Falvey asked while staring at the screen.
The question was directed at Frentz. No one else had said a word. Cary was rubbing his shoulder cannon, Scarlet was toying with his own fingers probably because he hadn’t had enough from the killing earlier, and s...o...b..ll was looking very quiet as it slept with its head leaning against Tang Qiuqiu. However, anyone who saw its eyes would know that this white fatty had a lot of ‘fun’ earlier.
More and more 3rd generation robots were starting to gather around the ancient castle. The Third and Sixth Squad didn’t have the patience to calm down. They had no idea how long this ancient castle could last, and they were making preparations to face the robot’s attack that might come at any moment.
Frentz rubbed his glabella and said helplessly, "A, activate the 2nd generation’s activation wave band signal."
2nd generation activation? Was he referring to the 2nd generation robots?
What did the 2nd generation robots look like?
On a screen displaying the other side of the planet, there was a mountain area covered in range upon range of mountains. However, gradually, the crowd was stunned by what they saw.
One of the mountain began to transform and break down into many little pieces. Every little piece of the mountain would take on a humanoid shape after they became separated from the mountain.
Are&h.e.l.lip; are those the 2nd generation robots?!
A mountain was huge, and even after it had broke into many smaller robots the ground was still going to be completely covered with them. Their numbers were still much fewer than the 3rd generation robots, but they were the 2nd generation robots after all. They should be stronger, and they shouldn’t have any problems taking down the 3rd generation robots.
However, Frentz shouted loudly not long after.
"Impossible!!"
"While staring at the images on the screen, the gray cat lying on top of Cillin’s shoulder shook its whiskers, "I think&h.e.l.lip; we’ve fallen into a trap."