paranoianovel Chapter 790 Riot
Chapter 790 Riot
There was a complete riot in Mero Petersburg.
At first, Leosli did not understand the meaning of Zuo Xi's words. It was not until Zuo Xi and others left Melo Petersburg with the "Young Master" who came back from nowhere that he realized the problem with this sentence.
Mellow Petersburg is not isolated from the outside world. Newspapers from outside are regularly delivered to these underwater prisons, so Leosley has naturally read Charlotte's article about the power and dangers of the new god of winter.
He didn't care at the time. This kind of power was too horrifying and seemed more like alarmist talk.
Moreover, abilities of this level are usually kept as a trump card. If it were true, Zhidong should have stepped in to control public opinion long ago.
The fact is that the authorities turned a deaf ear to the rumors and allowed them to spread among the people. Therefore, Leosli believes that these rumors were deliberately released by others to create panic and confuse the public.
So he ruled out this possibility at the first opportunity, and even when he thought about it for the second time, he still did not list what was written in the report as a possibility.
Until one afternoon, a worker who was working normally found that a newly assembled autonomous robot did not complete the test route according to the prescribed plan...
The autonomous robot attacked the area it was originally patrolling, but because it was suppressed very quickly, no casualties were caused, and no one cared about the program error of an automatic robot.
However, with that incident as the starting point, similar incidents increased explosively like a chain reaction, and within just one week, almost all autonomous mechas rioted.
It was not until the third day that Leosli realized that things were getting out of control, and by this time things were already out of control.
The mechanical army occupied the lower half of the Melo Petersburg and drove everyone to the upper floor. Leosli had organized a counterattack, but it all ended in failure due to the mechanical army's honeycomb-like organization.
Fortunately, the mechanical army did not seem to intend to hurt anyone, and the main purpose of the several confrontations was to expel them. After realizing this, Leosli decided to negotiate with the other party.
Today is the day of the first negotiation.
"Your Excellency the Duke, do you really want to negotiate with those robots?"
The assistant seemed a little worried. Leosli's strength was unquestionable, but his opponent was a machine that was not afraid of sacrifice... If a conflict arose, he might not be able to escape unscathed.
"Perhaps we can no longer call them "robots". According to the laws and announcements of Solstice, these mechanical life forms are called "Intelligent Machines". They are a brand new race, loyal to the only king, the new god of Solstice - Lord **."
Leosley realized that he had not said the name just now, so he sighed helplessly.
"It seems that the new god is beyond our imagination. We can't even address him by his name..."
The status of the "Lord of All Machines, Lord of Divine Machinery" was far beyond imagination. At least, Leosli had never encountered a god whose name he could not pronounce.
"Is this a declaration of war by Zhidong? Why start from Melo Petersburg... Do they think that Melo Petersburg is not part of Fontaine, so there will be no support from the sea?"
The assistant only felt a deep sense of helplessness lingering in his heart, and a feeling of powerlessness spread throughout his body.
Only by experiencing the torrent of steel firsthand can one truly realize the limitations of flesh and blood... Facing that mechanical army, even a strong man like Lord Leosley would find it difficult to find a good solution.
If this is really a declaration of war by Winter Solstice, then they are now equivalent to fighting against the gods.
Two gods in one country. Perhaps this kind of thing is bound to happen the moment the balance of top combat power between countries is broken?
"It may not be a declaration of war. Wars between countries will not be so gentle... Don't forget, none of us have died so far. The one who was most seriously injured sprained it himself during the resistance."
Leosli frowned, the situation was indeed giving him a headache, but it was not as cruel as war.
It is said that there is a real long-term war in Nata. In comparison, what Melo Petersburg is facing now can only be regarded as an organized attack.
But he was worried that things would not stop there, and another sense of uneasiness had been bothering him.
Why did the other party start from Melo Petersburg? The reason is simple. This is the mechanical center of the entire Fontaine, responsible for the manufacture and assembly of most of the machinery in this country.
Before the first attack occurred, countless autonomous robots had passed the inspection and were sent to Fontaine... There had been no response from the ground, which was one of the sources of Leosli's uneasiness.
Negotiation is the only way to find out the other party's purpose at present, so he must attend today's meeting.