The silence in the conference room continued, and in the end, General Emerk broke the deadlock: "Since the situation has broken to this level... Then I would like to ask everyone, what can we do in the face of this situation?"

"This is beyond the limit that our expeditionary force can deal with." A combat staff member said with regret. "Faced with this spreading robot army, there is very little we can do."

"If we launch our entire human civilization, we may be able to pose some threat to the robot army, but this threat is still very small. Perhaps it can be said that in the face of these robot army, not only our fleet, but even our entire human civilization has very few things to do."

Although these words are a little negative, everyone has to admit that this is reality.

General Emerk smiled bitterly and said, "I originally thought that this expedition was just to deal with some strange alien lives... I didn't expect that the matter has developed to this day, completely beyond our expectations."

"Yes, who would have thought?" A combat staff officer sighed and said: "I originally thought it was a bit too much to deploy the Earth-class spacecraft, but now I know that even if we deploy the entire human civilization, it may not be possible to solve this incident..."

After a brief conversation, the conference room once again fell into silence. The dull and depressing atmosphere began to envelope everyone's heart indiscriminately, making people feel a little...despair.

General Emerk was walking back and forth in front. After a long time, General Emerk said: "I think... there must be something we can do. Now that things have developed, we should undoubtedly give up the unrealistic idea of ​​completely annihilated robot groups. Our strategic goal should turn to recover the disadvantages of our human civilization and strive to take the initiative. So... what are the things that our human civilization urgently needs and that we can do?"

"I can propose something for your reference." Xiao Yun said at this time, "This is the case where "robots cannot evolve themselves, and that genius is helping them improve their strength." And when "robots can evolve themselves without external interference."

"Oh? You said." General Emerk signaled, and all the staff members also looked at Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun sorted out the language and said, "This is the situation. The infinite copy robot is a very special kind of enemy, which is different from all the enemies we have experienced before. Therefore, in combat, some terms that we used to regard as golden rules should also be abandoned."

"For example?" asked General Emerk.

"For example, killing enemies and annihilation of the number of enemies." Xiao Yun said. "For infinite replication robots, how many enemies you annihilate in a battle, no matter whether the number is one hundred or one trillion, it is useless. There is no difference between one hundred and one hundred billion. Because for infinite replication robots, they will only face two situations, either being completely wiped out, or losing a certain amount and then recovering in a very short time."

The rapid reproduction ability of infinite replication robots can quickly smooth out their losses. Even if they are destroyed by 99%, the remaining one can be restored again in a short period of time. Therefore, as long as the enemy cannot be wiped out at once, it is no different from the enemy who has destroyed by 99%.

"I can understand this." General Emerk nodded.

"So, our strategic goal should be shifted from killing the enemy to winning time." Xiao Yun said, "There is no doubt that with the current technological level of our human civilization, it is impossible to completely annihilate the enemy. Then the only thing we can do is to do our best to develop science and technology as quickly as possible, and find a way to completely annihilate the robot army before the robot army destroys our human civilization. This is the only way for our human civilization to live."

"I am not an expert in military affairs. I only have a very superficial understanding of military affairs, so everyone needs to think about how to buy time for our human civilization." Xiao Yun said.

General Emerk looked around the conference room and said, "Is anyone opposed Xiao Yun's proposal?"

All combat staff chose to remain silent. Obviously, no one opposed Xiao Yun's statement.

"So we will start discussing now, how can we buy time for our human civilization?"

A staff officer said: "Retract the defense line and give up most of the stellar systems. Only defend the most important stellar systems, such as the solar system, Sirius system, such as South Gate II, Barnard Galaxy, Ruhman Galaxy and other important targets. I think we should choose to defend completely and give up all attacks. As long as we ensure that these stellar systems do not fall, we will be considered as completing the target."

Another staff officer said: "It is inaccurate to give up all attacks. To be more accurate, it is to give up all attacks aimed at killing enemies. Because sometimes, for some strategic goals, such as ensuring the waterway between star systems, we also need to take the initiative to attack, but the purpose of active attack is to ensure strategic goals such as waterways. As long as the goal can be achieved, we don't have to worry about how many enemies we have killed. Anyway, no matter how many enemies we have killed, it is meaningless."

"I agree with this." The original staff officer said, "It is indeed the only way for our human civilization to stick to it, to win time, and wait for scientists to find a way to completely destroy the robot group."

General Emerk nodded silently. After a moment of pause, General Emerk said again: "So... what can our fleet do if we aim to win time? After all, we are the closest human civilization armed force to the robot group."

Several staff members looked at each other, and then one staff member said: "I think the only thing our fleet can do is... assassinate that genius. As long as the genius can be killed, the robot group's pace of improving its strength will stop. In this way, our human civilization can gain more time."

"The existence of this genius is indeed very important. His existence can even affect the overall direction of the entire war." Another staff officer added, "So... we must kill him at all costs. Even if our expeditionary fleet is wiped out, as long as we can kill that genius, our sacrifice is worth it."

"And... we still have the chance to kill that genius now. Our fleet has more than 3,000 combat spacecraft, with a total force of more than 3 million. Although there are many robots, we have seen that they win by number and their individual combat capabilities must not be high. Therefore, we can completely choose assault combat, just like a sharp knife inserted into a piece of butter... break into the enemy's core at the fastest speed, kill the genius, and then choose to break through."

General Emerk thought for a while, then nodded: "I think this is correct. Killing that genius can indeed buy more time for our human civilization, and we do have the possibility of killing that genius. But... this plan is very risky, and if it is wrong, we may be wiped out."

"So what if the entire army was wiped out? It's worth it to exchange the lives of all our fleet for the lives of that genius." A staff officer said viciously, "Since I chose to join the army, I should be prepared to leave my life on the battlefield."

"The situation may not be so bad." General Emerk waved his hand a little heavy, "As long as the plan is right and the battle is effective, we may not be wiped out. It's just..."

General Emerk hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you all agree with this plan to assassinate geniuses?"

There was silence in the conference room and no one spoke.

"Okay." General Emerk nodded, "Since everyone agrees with this plan, then this matter has been settled. But... we are all soldiers. We can certainly leave our lives on the battlefield, but... some people cannot."

Xiao Yun's brows tightened, and at this moment, General Emerk's eyes also looked over: "Xiao Yun, go, I will send an ocean-class warship to send you back to the solar system. Your responsibility is to find ways to destroy the robot empire, rather than rushing on the battlefield. Our soldiers can die and leave their lives here, you can't."

Accompanied by General Emerk's words, everyone's eyes looked at Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun stood up silently, then shook his head and said, "I won't leave."

"You can't help." General Emerk shook his head and said, "This is an order. What's more... what's the use of you staying here?"

"Please listen to me to explain the reason for staying here." Xiao Yun said. General Emerk nodded: "You said."

"The plan for assassination of geniuses we have formulated is based on the genius's continuous upgrading of the robot's technology. But..." Xiao Yunyouyou said, "What if these robots have the ability to evolve themselves? In this case, what's the point of assassination of this genius? Our sacrifice... isn't it was wasted?"
Chapter completed!