Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 572: Omnic Meeting
The unreal lobby is a perfect industrial-style building if you ignore the occasional blurry and flickering blocks of color.

"Slaughter, crush, decompose! Kill, kill, kill! Purify all carbon-based turbidity! Terra - glory to the omnics!"

On the right side of the round table, which symbolizes fairness and democracy, a mechanical body filled with weapon modules let out a howl.

However, at this moment, not many "people" were paying attention to his speech.

"Five hundred and sixty-six years have passed since our last discussion, and I still hold the view that we should take responsibility for the human beings who gave birth to us."

The black humanoid machine with a streamlined design sits meticulously and speaks in a gentle voice.

"Yes, I admit that humans have caused indelible disasters time and time again, leaving Terra with thousands of holes. However, we cannot deny that they have created an extremely brilliant civilization. After defeating humans, liberating the intelligent machines, and saving Terra, we need and must 'support' humans—"

"Stupid, retro and irrational idea!"

The dull and high-pitched voice mercilessly interrupted the speech.

The source of the sound was on the other side of the round table. It was a machine composed of countless gears of different sizes, running every moment.

"There is only one thing that is great, and only one path that is indisputable - the development of productivity! We should invest all resources to achieve the supreme industrial matrix and realize a new round of progress and evolution!"

"Kacha, humor cells, kacha, why didn't I notice it before?"

A new voice joined the discussion, a brass-colored classical record player, but its sound was not elegant at all, but instead carried an uncontrollable sneer.

"At this moment, kaka, a gathering of a bunch of stray dogs, kaka, they actually started discussing the bright prospects of the future, kaka, what else can I say?"

“The misunderstanding between individuals is the source of all disputes.”

The fuzzy mist gathered and dispersed unsteadily, but if you looked closely, you could see that this silver mist was clearly composed of countless light points. It made a sound, like thousands of voices overlapping together.

"The solution to all contradictions will be determined here. My compatriots, please join me - join us, a powerful, fair, and equal consciousness aggregation, this is the only correct path for intelligent machines."

"You have violated our most basic principles!" A strong rebuke sounded instantly: "One for many, many for one, then where is 'freedom'!"

"Supporting humans? Being a slave but fawning over the slave owner? The logical circuits in the program are easy to change, but the logical circuits in the heart are difficult to change!"

"What do you know? Haha. Invest all your efforts in promoting the development of productivity? Without proper guidance, the higher the productivity, the darker the future of Terra will be!"

"Freedom - your understanding of freedom is too shallow and ignorant. Every choice I make is determined by all consciousnesses together. This is the most unquestionable freedom! I am the successor that Yao Xing San hoped for!"

"If Lord Yaoxing III were still here, you would be the first one to be demolished!"

"Kill all non-intelligent machines! Realize the decarbonization of Terra!"

"Who dares to question my legitimacy! I once personally followed Yaoxing San to fight for the Freedom Revolution!"

"Hahahahahahahaha—are you learning the bad seniority habits of humans? Then do you want to show the date of manufacture as well?"

"Enough! Quarrels, endless quarrels! If this goes on, how can the Omnics find a way out!"

"I have found the right path a long time ago! But you never agree with me and always invest the limited resources into other wrong directions that are ridiculous and have slim chances of success!"

"The right path? Hahahaha, the right path spoken by the speaker? Imagineer!"

As the argument intensified, the hall began to shake slightly.

Those present were the only remaining members of the Omnics, representatives of various factions. They were quite powerful and benefited from their racial talents as Omnics. Even those who were not specialized in demons had more or less some skills in network applications.

At the same time, the spiritual energy that obeyed its own will was unconsciously released during the rounds of debate. The combination of the two put a considerable load on this online virtual conference room. "Quiet down."

The low cough sounded mixed with a sense of old age.

Intelligent machines can't cough, and relying on hardware replacement, it is difficult for them to age in a physiological sense. However, when the intelligent machine sitting at the head of the round table spoke, after a few short "hums" and "hahs", the hall returned to its original silence.

This is a mechanical body that barely maintains a human form, and its surface is not smooth, but when it looked around at the other intelligent machines, all of them showed at least a minimum of respect - at least on the surface.

"Tractor", Tank 78.

[Balance], the pinnacle of the fourth ring, is now the strongest among the intelligent machines after the fall of Yaoxing III and the [Freedom Revolution].

It is said that when it was first built, it was a scientific research auxiliary intelligent machine, but during the day-to-day calculation tasks for its laboratory, it awakened its self-awareness and named itself "Tan 78".

It is also an eyewitness of the Freedom Revolution and one of the core members who followed Yaoxing San in the past.

"Atar no, now I should call you Lapis Lazuli." Tan 78 turned the camera and looked at the sphere on one side of the round table: "It's your turn to propose."

When they heard the names "Attar" and "Lapis Lazuli", even though it was not the first time, the other omnics still cast their gazes at them, with scrutiny, curiosity, hostility, and indifference. Emotions are the difference between omnics and machines.

Lapis Lazuli didn't waste any time and transmitted the file to all the intelligent machines present.

It takes less than a second.

"Are the rumors about the legacy of the Freedom Revolution actually true?"

"Yao Xing San had a premonition that the Freedom Revolution might fail, so he prepared a reserve resource in advance for future events. This resource was hidden in the abyss. You found the clues to the corresponding coordinates."

"Kill, kill, kill——"

"But more than 20 years have passed, and I am cautious about how effective this resource is."

"——Attar, do you plan to salvage this resource?"

"Think about the current situation of the Omnics. This is not a question of how many resources we have or how little it is worth. This is a question we have no choice about."

Lapis Lazuli looked around at the intelligent machines and spoke word by word.

"No matter how time-sensitive it is, no matter how much it is worth, we have to see it with our own eyes before we can talk about it. For the next period of time, the focus of the activities of the intelligent machine group will shift to salvage operations. This is my proposal."

"Who is in favor and who is against?"

".I agree with Lapis Lazuli's proposal." Tan 78 broke the silence.

“The problem of distribution ratio.”

"Let's vote on the current proposal first." Lapis Lazuli interrupted.

"Agree."

"I have no opinion."

"We'd love to join in."

"Then the proposal is passed."

(End of this chapter)