Chapter 196 – Intelligent Devices Awakening, Humanity’s Demise

The clouds were thick and dark.

Yellow sand flies and chaos.

The crumbling walls, collapsed pillars and beams, and the dark surface color are the traces of the fire, giving people a dull and depressing impact.

The final demise of the world is a perfect illustration of the city before us.

When Department Xu made his survey, all he could see was the endless black ruins.

The wind is blowing.

The sand and stones are all clattering.

The torn and burned buildings are like rows of collapsed black tombstones, standing diagonally on the endless desolate land, characterizing the demise of civilization.

The heavens and earth were terribly quiet, and the only sound was that of gears biting together, clearly echoing throughout the ruins.

“This World ……”

“Is there an alien invasion?”

“Or is there an extremely scary intellectual rebellion going on?”

The Xu system raised its head and looked up at the cloudy sky.

There was a burning smell in the air, and there were alloyed mechanical hawks swooping by, their wings jetting with airflow, swooping and weaving like fighters.

The loud boom was deafening.

The Mechanical Hawk rushes into the heart of the city’s ruins.

By the time it struck high into the sky again, the sharp alloy claws had already grabbed the heavy wreckage of the carrier, seemingly treating it like food, and disappearing into the sky at breakneck speed.

Department Xu watched this scene, stunned for a long time.

Is this a Transformer gone off the rails, or intelligent machinery gone viral?

Sci-fi side though.

But it’s also too abstract.

“Perishing civilized cities, wandering mechanical monsters, this opening is really …… extraordinarily subtle.”

The Xu system spread out his hand, and there were light fragments that came with the wind and landed impartially in his palm.

It is beautifully stamped and engraved.

Human beings sailed to the mysterious and bright starry sky in a magnificent starship.

The exuberance, the anticipation, is perfectly expressed through the pattern.

In stark and strong contrast to the desolate ruins Xu System had seen, it was evident that the destruction of this world had been rather sudden.

“Anyway, let’s explore a bit first.”

“The first order of business is to find water and food, as well as temporary shelter where we can rest.”

The Hsu system set off again.

Steps were taken on rough roads, across the corpses of men and machines, stepping crisply and purposefully as they wandered around the fringes of unknown cities.

The wasteland is dangerous.

There were mechanical creations roaming everywhere.

Or in human form, or beast form, or purely as instruments of war.

Department Xu even saw that the mechanical creations attacked each other, devouring each other’s energy and easily slapping through steel and concrete.

No doubt about it.

Such an environment was quite dangerous and deadly for the Xu system.

In order to avoid wasting the number of resurrections, System Xu walked quite carefully, skirting around the mechanical creations ahead of time each time and trying to find a weapon he could use.

“One small step for you, one giant leap for mankind.

[You walk on the ruins of the city, making it possible for the city to be visited again after a lapse of hundreds of years.]

[You were careful and found two special guns while searching for supplies]

[The gun is made of a strange material, an alloy you’ve never seen before, and even with the wear and tear of time, it only looks a little yellowed]

[But then you realize that there seems to be something wrong with the trigger of the gun and it won’t pull no matter what]

[Ding–]

“Your presence makes the soul of a gun happy.

[You are surprised to find that both firearms suddenly become usable]

“Beyond seven paces, the gun is fast; within seven paces, it’s accurate and fast.

[The power of the gun reassures you a little, and you hold it cautiously as you continue to search for water and food.]

……

[You succeeded and you found a lot of food, but sadly, that food has long since become inedible]

[The wear and tear of time ushers in the spoilage of most foods]

[You have no choice but to keep looking]

[After a long search, you finally find a well-sealed case of nutrient solution in the dark ruins of a building]

[You lament that nutrients are standard in most science fiction and apocalyptic novels, a feature that travelers have to try, and now you’re experiencing it.]

[Nutrient solution brings you moisture and nutrients]

[Your hunger problem solved]

[Satisfied, you begin to think about your future]

[You find a basement and make it your temporary home, and you begin to actively gather all the information you can about the world.]

[The day after you crossed over, you collected a lot of books, including preschool literacy books]

[On the third day after traveling, you are very careful, but you still encounter a humanoid machine, whose energy shield makes it impossible for you to break through.]

[Ding–]

[Gunsoul Delight, your gun damage triggers a blast, dealing 10001 TP3T damage to the humanoid machine]

[You’ve developed a subtle bond with the double shot]

[Gradually, you begin to understand the construction of the two firearms, and knowledge opens up to you]

……

[Two months have passed, and during this 60-day period, you’ve mastered the common script of the New World, and through the comparison of dictionaries, you’ve been able to look through the information records normally.]

[You learned that this is a highly developed federalized technological planet.]

[Civilization flourishes, mankind is strong]

[The level of technology is even higher than that of the Earth after the fusion of the different world markets.]

[Virtual Reality Technology, Interplanetary Manned Technology, Anti-Gravity Technology, Genetic Enhancement Technology ……]

“Brilliant technology, a bright future, a science fiction civilization that’s about to break away from the planetary system and explore even bigger and brighter stars.

[However, a catastrophe that could destroy civilization has also arrived.]

While all of humanity was rejoicing, the Intelligent Mechanical Catastrophe suddenly struck, and in an instant, all of human civilization’s mechanical creatures rebelled and awakened, giving birth to the killing consciousness that would destroy humanity.

[No one can escape, no one has any chance of survival]

“When mankind loses its proud technology, all that’s left is weak flesh and blood.

[Even if genetically engineered to have a body that surpasses that of a mortal, a genetic warrior is no different from a mortal in front of an interstellar weapon that is capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.]

[Humans in this world seem to have completely died out.]

[You come to this conclusion and stare for a long time]

“Wow…”

“Wow…”

Inside the secluded basement.

The sound of the paper turning pages was crisp.

Xu System’s expression was grave, and his gaze swept from side to side until he had finished the entire book before slowly closing the heavy book cover.

It’s a diary with a blood-stained cover.

The owner of the diary, neither a dignitary nor an expert professor, but an ordinary citizen of the Federation.

An account of the chaos that followed the Smartech rebellion, and the despair of sitting around waiting to die, from the perspective of an ordinary person.

“The smartphone rebellion is the equivalent of scrapping the heart of technological civilization.”

“Even Starships Rebel Awakening ……”

“There is no turning back for humanity ……”

“I, the traveler, am most likely the only human currently alive on this planet.”