Doom: Start with a tech panel

Chapter 227

The harbingers of war happened because my ancestors, like the one you see, and others, whose records have been lost, couldn't control their appetites, after learning that even though the universe is finite, it's about who will eat last And go to war," her voice was pure and clear, and she flapped her wings and preened their feathers as she spoke.

The council learned its lesson and there was no interruption.

"My species eats not only meat, but emotions, even thoughts and memories, elevating the species to bare perception. Being able to feel emotions and form memories is not enough to develop a civilized mind," she said.She's signaling the equivalent of a shoulder shrug with runes of unifying galactic standards. “What our opponents ate and did is forgotten by the distant past.”

There was a long silence when she stopped to clean the antenna. A councilor opened his mouth, but one of the giant robots roared like steel gears grinding teeth on a whetstone.He shut his mouth quickly, his tendrils curling, his crest contracting in terror.

"For reasons that have been lost, but many have thought about it, both sides built enormous mechanized war machines. As you can see, my people tend to be small, except for our warriors and ruling classes, such as the Chancellor ,"she says.She uses the monitor to show a small cartoon version of her running frantically back and forth to avoid shoes and feet, wearing a large floppy hat with flowers, holding a purse almost as big as her, small cartoon spiral Floats from her cartoon head to express frustration.

There were a few snickers.

"In addition to this, we have built intelligent war machines. We have conquered, or thought we have conquered, the natural tendency of a digital artificial life form to seek to protect itself by destroying others, with some way," she held up a rune as a sigh. "Sadly, our knowledge of ancient languages ​​and reasoning disappears in the hunger of history, just as speakers disappear in their own appetites.

There she paused to clean her antennae again and take a sip from a drop of water from the disc.A rune holographic image asking for patience floated before her.

Despite doubts, recent events have silenced people.The talking ones stare at the robot next to them.

The little golden mantis put down the water drop, straightened up, and signaled her to continue with the holographic image in front of her. "As the records show, a man like Speaker can stop and devour even digitally intelligent minds, if only within range. A reason for our forgotten enemies to build so much."

She flashes a humor symbol. "You can see, my size, why it is possible that my people are built so large. We are a very small people and some people realize that a creature can be impressed by size, but maybe we shouldn't," As she tidied up for a moment, a rune of double puns flashed by.

There was some polite laughter from around the room.Some species and creatures on Earth laughed at the humor of such a joke for such a small insect.

Fear begins to be replaced by curiosity.

"Sometimes, during that terrible war, when entire planets were wastedly wiped clean, the mechanical agents of the - side realized that the truth they accepted, the reasons for the war, applied to them as well," the rune flashed regretfully sigh. "They also realized that in a finite universe with only enough resources for one person, why shouldn't they be that person? Why would they hand it over to short-lived, untrustworthy biologicals to manage these limited resources,
"That's when, first one, then the other, attacked us, their creators, who threw our own battle cry to the other," Mantis flashed the rune of patience, sipping again- Dripping, then washing its clasped hands, the flashing rune continued. "It's not good for either side. My ancestors abandoned our food species and started a risky gamble. We'd have both sides chasing us, across the scorched ground of our wars, across enemy territory, and then hide and let the rebels Servant destroy our enemies."

She paused, taking time to clean her sword arm, grasping her hands, then her antennae.She flashes the rune, which means "excuse my fatigue, I'm not well"
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A councilor flashed the rune for attention.She pointed at it and flashed the rune in agreement.The MP stood up.

"Do you need us to go to rest?" The MP was invited to sit down.

"Thank you for your kindness, but no. It's not just us, the whole world is watching and hungry for the ugly, scary, horrific truth," the statuette said.She rubbed her wings and then flashed the runes ready to continue.

On thousands of worlds, people scurry back from the kitchen or nutrient dispenser as family members shout that the little golden mantis is going to survive.

Gold Mantis said: "While the strategy worked, drawing all our mechanical creations to our enemies and beyond, in the end, our escape meant nothing to my ancestors other than pure survival of the species." Benefit." She created the rune to satirize sadness. "My species is confined to a few planets, with only a few spaceships, caught in a
A war of cannibalism.When the dust settled, only a few scattered planets contained our species.Our spaceships are gone, our advanced technology destroyed, and only our pioneers desperately trying to survive on a planet chosen in desperation. "

She flashed holograms of other praying mantises at her feet.

"As time went on, we separated and became slightly different, but the queens and omnidirectional speakers still ruled our hives. With each advancement, we fell victim to what's known as the Fermi Paradox, - - Collapse over and over again. We have our own Fermi boundary. When one hive splits into two, the two hives end up at war over limited resources," the golden hive paused.The brilliant mantis and the green mantis are sending out a distress signal.She waited until they signed the runes before continuing, speaking again.

"Millions, millennia, -billions of years passed before we reached space again. Some colonies shouted into the void, then fell silent, but we only know it through the archaeological record. Then, of course, we found our other colonies, and entered into wars, more than one hive caught in the borders of our own Fermi Paradox," she said. "then we

Signal detected.Signals mean thoughts.This is what aliens think. "

She waited a moment, then flashed a rune.

"It tastes great.

All mantises flashed holographic runes of pain, and Cesium's mantis stopped.A holographic rune representing the questioner flickered, and a cesium flashed the "If I Can" rune.

The questioner stood up.

"Hello..." she asked. She curled her tendrils awkwardly and sat down.

"Different?" Xiao asked.The questioner flashes the question rune.The statuette pointed to the big robot. "Thanks to our friends," she said.

Thinking of those huge mechanical creatures created by the little mantis, there is a feeling of fear.

"No, no, friends," said the mantis, flashing runes of negation and runes of comfort. "That's not a robot. It's a Warburg man, a human being who has undergone a complete cybernetic transformation body replacement to amplify their fighting abilities. It's driven by a living mind, a moral and ethical, cultural and the mind of intelligent life in society."

(End of this chapter)