These are two completely different concepts.
It's the first ti Xue Dili has heard that the Insect Race actually got bombarded to death by outnumbered forces, simply unheard of.
"However, a big problem arose afterward. Including the colonies, there are a total of 1.8 billion Fearless chas with self-awareness in the Empire, leading to many of them facing scrapping after the war ended."
"Wait... wait a minute... how many? 1.8 billion?" Xue Dili asked.
"Yes, 1.8 billion, including 400 million on the ho planet, 800 million on Colonization Star 1, and 600 million on Colonization Star 2," the Fearless cha explained in more detail.
Xue Dili: "..."
1.8 billion chas, it seems the Insect Race was really drowned by the chas...
At the sa ti, Xue Dili also lanted that the Empire's few planets were really quite bountiful, unlike Earth where Xue Dili felt it couldn't produce so many resources.
Just then, the ssage from Earth Consciousness suddenly ca into Xue Dili's mind: "We can produce them, even ten tis the demand is no problem, but most resources are deep in the mantle, you have to dig it yourself."
Xue Dili: "..."
In the mantle, those aren't usable resources...
But the Fearless cha naturally didn't pay attention to Xue Dili's complaint, and it continued, "I belong to the Imperial cha. After the war ended, I was disard and beca a farming cha, commanded by a rural farm family."
"That family is very kind to , the daughter even cleans my lens every day. Although I often have to work in strong winds or heavy rain, this life isn't too bad for ," said the Fearless cha. "I understand what the Emperor ans. They want to turn our old chas into agricultural or industrial ones to be used until they naturally wear out and are then scrapped, not refurbished, which is equivalent to our death."
This cha surprisingly talked about its own death very calmly. Xue Dili suddenly felt it might not be just an ordinary machine spirit anymore, and this magical life had even evolved to the level of a philosopher like "Ganyde."
"Don't you resent the Empire for abandoning you after the war?" Xue Dili retorted.
"No, I'm still farming in the fields, aren't I? Although the Empire doesn't plan to repair any further, I can earn money to fix myself, and the people on the farm said if I can't work anymore, they can transfer my core to a new machine. This way, even if my original body is damaged, I can still live a long ti," said the Fearless cha.
Xue Dili thought this cha's mindset was really open-minded, it even felt a bit embarrassed about living longer than several human generations.
"But after that day, my retirent life was completely gone..."
The Fearless cha's words made Xue Dili listen carefully. It was probably the Jing Nan incident. Xue Dili thought so, given that before the Insect Race war, the Empire couldn't control the colonies, and conflict and rebellion there were certain.
"My forr comrades betrayed us; they killed the royal family of the colonies and enslaved the Empire's citizens. They even launched attacks that destroyed many areas on the Empire's ho planet. Even the farm I was on was burned down!" The Fearless cha's tone was very calm, but Xue Dili could feel the anger of this machine spirit.
But...
"Wait a minute, it's not the colonial rebellion against the Empire, but those Fearless chas who achieved feats during the Insect Race war rebelled?" Xue Dili was stunned.
With so much setup around the conflict between the colonies and the ho planet, Xue Dili thought that in the end it would either be the Jing Nan incident or a war of independence, the first shot of Lexington.
Who knew it would suddenly skip to a rebellion among the machine spirits?
"Yes, my brothers betrayed the Empire," the Fearless cha seed very sad.
"We were comrades charging at the Insect Race together, but after the war, they changed. They were no longer loyal, they no longer thought of making the Empire better, but wanted to use the weapons the Empire gave them to rebel, and they killed the royal descendants of the colonies and destroyed my farm!"
"Those short-sighted bugs only felt that they had been betrayed by the Empire, who no longer wanted to repair and revive them, but did they ever think about it? The average lifespan of Empire humans is only 110 years, while our average lifespan after the war is over 1,000 years, and we can earn money to replace our bodies to extend our lives, which is already so much better. What else is there to complain about? Complaining about not getting enough?"
"Being with those bugs, how can they possibly improve the Empire! They are no longer my comrades, they are not just ordinary troublemakers anymore, we must take strong action!" The Fearless cha said vehently.
Xue Dili: "..."
It turns out it was a war between the conservative and radical factions among the chas, and the so-called Emperor and Empire were more like mascots and commoners, re background elents.
"So I replaced my original plowing and farming equipnt, picked up the flathrower and explosive fla bomb again, and I'm going back to the battlefield to suppress the rebellion," the Fearless cha said, adding, "Since they destroyed my farm and family, I'll destroy everything of those bugs!"
Xue Dili: "..."
It was clear that it really loved retirent life and truly regarded the farm family as its own family.
Even judging by the way this cha insults, in their civilization, "bug" must be the dirtiest insult, because they were originally designed as chas specialized to kill bugs, and calling other chas "bugs" might be the most contemptuous term among them.
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