Silicon Invasion

"It's a Gold Ape!"

Although he hadn't seen the culprit's appearance yet, Instructor Zeng, who had been at the Lake Can base for three years, immediately shouted out their name.

Gold Ape?

Luo Rui's brain quickly flashed through the data, and he immediately searched for relevant information.

Gold Apes are similar in appearance to Crimson Gold Beasts and are also silicon-based beasts in humanoid form. Compared to Crimson Gold Beasts, Gold Apes are not only several times larger, with adult Gold Apes reaching a height of 7-10 meters and a weight of over 30 tons, making them even more majestic than Warrior 7. Moreover, their arms are extremely developed, with an astonishing length; when standing upright, their hands can even touch their knees.

Although their strong physique makes them formidable in close combat, their special body structure makes them very good at and happy to throw objects to attack their enemies.

Imagine a boulder weighing several hundred kilograms flying at sub-sonic speed; the impact damage it could cause is unimaginable. Even Warrior Three, the one with the strongest defense present, wouldn't dare to take that hit head-on.

Perhaps it is because of their powerful combat strength and few natural enemies that Gold Apes have particularly violent tempers, belonging to the type that starts fighting at the drop of a hat.

When humans initially secured a piece of land in this area, making quite a large commotion, the Gold Apes, who considered themselves the overlords of the area, felt deeply unhappy. Thus, various boulders were thrown from all angles towards the human base at irregular intervals, causing considerable damage to the base.

At that time, the base hadn't yet gained a foothold and had no ability to send out tactical squads to kill these Gold Apes. Besides, this was their territory, and they had all the advantages. Gold Apes weren't like Wolfkin, who could be bullied at will; a tactical squad might not be a match for them. Even if they could win, they couldn't outrun them.

Moreover, these powerful Gold Apes were actually social creatures and lacked any awareness of being strong, so calling for reinforcements was standard practice. Therefore, taking the initiative was highly inadvisable.

At the time, humans' understanding of Maikan was far too lacking, and they were cautious in everything they did. Many people worried that making too big a commotion would attract even stronger beasts, leading to the failure of the base construction.

After all, a stable and large rift was a very precious resource, and no one could bear the responsibility if a rash action caused the rift to temporarily close.

But having giant rocks raining down all day was not a solution, and the base construction progress stagnated for a time.

Humans went to Maikan to find resources to bring back for research and development, not to fight with silicon-based beasts. Continuing to stall like this was not an option.

Later, someone suggested taking advantage of the fact that the base hadn't invested too much yet and making a do-or-die attempt. Even if it failed, it would be considered experience gained for other base constructions.

A large number of missile vehicles and heavy artillery were transported over. Although the complex terrain made it impossible to move quickly, fortunately, their range was very long, so they were used as fixed defensive works.

Since the silicon-based beasts loved to cause trouble so much, they simply decided to ignore everything and set off fireworks as much as possible to see what they would attract.

Thus, the Gold Apes witnessed the power of technology.

Highly automated weapons, with AI intelligence centrally integrated, could unleash unimaginable power.

As soon as a Gold Ape threw a rock, it would be immediately captured by a drone. In less than half a second, the AI would calculate the coordinates of the throwing point based on various existing data and immediately send them to each fire unit.

Within two seconds, rockets would be launched, and within a maximum of five seconds, artillery would complete aiming and calibration…

The whistling sound cut through the sky, and dazzling fireworks bloomed in Maikan.

With Blue Star as support, the defense system in the base didn't have to worry about ammunition at all, so at least a hundred weapons participated in this round of attack.

Gold Apes were fast and very agile. Their huge bodies moved through the jungle even faster than Wolfkin. The whistling of the counterattack naturally alerted them, but the throwing point calculated by the AI was not just a single point but an area of approximately 500 meters by 500 meters.

Rocket nests fired non-stop, emptying a basic ammunition load in a short period, while various artillery pieces also fired ten rounds of salvo at the fastest speed.

A sea of fire!

A scene of devastation!

Under this intensity of saturation bombing, even if the Gold Apes could escape with their lives, they would definitely be seriously injured and would definitely not dare to offend again in the short term.

However, the base did not relax at all but waited for unknown retaliation.

But the result was better than everyone expected. In this area, Gold Apes seemed to be at the top of the pyramid. Humans set off such a big fireworks display, but it didn't attract more ferocious silicon-based beasts.

Thus, humans became even more unscrupulous.

The constantly increasing long-range firepower made any Gold Apes who dared to offend the base suffer greatly, even losing their lives.

In this way, over time, the Gold Apes began to disappear. It was unknown whether they were wiped out by humans or collectively moved their homes. Experts speculated that it was the latter, after all, it was difficult to completely eliminate them without being able to pursue them.

As for the Gold Apes, standing at the upper level of the silicon-based beast pyramid, each one needed a large territory to support its survival. Since this place had already been occupied by humans, they had no choice but to leave and find another place to recuperate in order to survive.

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So, the figure of the Gold Ape hasn't been seen in this area for a long time.

Could it be that they've come back for revenge?

Looking at the number of stones thrown from the forest, there are quite a few Gold Apes.

But even if there are a large number of Gold Apes, there is no evidence to prove that Gold Apes can command other species of silicon-based beasts. Moreover, creatures like Bearfaces are not at all weaker than Gold Apes, so it is even more impossible.

So what exactly is going on?

Looking at the information constantly sent back from the front lines, the general and a group of experts fell into deep thought.

"Maybe it's some kind of living habit, it's just that the interval is a bit long, such as breeding offspring?"

The experts began to diverge their thinking, and one expert spoke first.

"They want to get together to lay eggs and have babies?" Another expert sneered. Although it was said to be divergent thinking, it couldn't be too outrageous, could it?

"Who knows? After all, our understanding of Maikan and silicon-based beasts is still too little." The first expert stubbornly insisted.

"Gold Apes and Bearfaces of this level are one thing, we indeed don't have records of them having babies, but what about Wolfkin, who have two litters a year?"

"I'm just using an analogy, not limited to breeding offspring. I'm just saying whether they have some kind of habit, that every few decades or longer, they have to get together to do something."

"Get together to do something? Could it be to choose who will be the boss? Open a silicon-based beast version of the United Nations?"

"Hey, now that you mention it, I have a new idea." It seemed that the two experts had some personal conflicts, and the second expert kept attacking, but his words seemed to have given the first expert some inspiration.