Chapter 952
We Come From the Future!
Zheng Zha also agreed:
"I didn't expect the formation to grow so large at the last moment."
"Caught off guard, nearly 90% of the robots that were initially observing were killed or injured."
As soon as Zheng Zha finished speaking, he thought of the pile of mechanical cores that Zhan Lan had just recycled and sent into the Demon Refining Pot.
It is still unclear how effective these things will be when converted into energy stones.
However, Zheng Zha trusted Chu Xuan's judgment; these were definitely good things.
"It's powerful, but it also consumes a lot of resources!"
"And don't you think there are too many robots...?"
Saito looked at the figure sitting cross-legged on the tank and said.
Zheng Zha and his group all knew that this was the first time they had encountered such a situation.
At this moment, they have not met.
In other cities, and even across the entire planet.
They still don't know what's happening.
Perhaps the human population is decreasing at an alarming rate.
After entering the mountainous area, the roads became much more bumpy.
However, because there were no Decepticons chasing them, the survivors were relatively calm.
Of course, the most important thing is the series of miracles performed by the Zhongzhou team.
That godlike method and powerful ability have been passed down in several versions among the survivors.
Some say they are also aliens and enemies of the Transformers.
Some say they were messengers sent down by God.
Some people are more rational, saying it's a secret military unit.
There are many different opinions and everyone has their own version of events.
Andrei did nothing to stop this phenomenon; instead, he seemed to ignore it.
Before dawn, the Zhongzhou team finally arrived at the military base that Andrei had mentioned, following the main force.
Although it's called a military base, judging from the exterior buildings, it's clear that it has been abandoned for quite some time, but fortunately, it's large enough.
"There are still about 30,000 soldiers stationed in the base, and the number of survivors is being counted..."
Andrei waved his hand as he listened to his adjutant's report.
The colonel knew perfectly well that although it was called a military base, it was actually more like a temporary refugee camp.
Zheng Zha, having clearly seen his surroundings, couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Before the man could even ask, Andrei walked over and said:
“There are bases with better facilities than this one, but those bases are either too close to the city.”
"Either the level of mechanization inside is too high, and there is a possibility that it has been affected by the radiation from the spark source."
"Only this base has a good location, and it doesn't have any computer or mechanical equipment."
Although there are no fighter jets here, the large number of old tanks constitutes a rare form of heavy firepower.
While explaining the dire situation, Andrei led Zheng Zha and his group into a relatively clean and tidy room in the base.
"So, who exactly are you?"
"We hope we can have an open and honest discussion."
The question didn't come from Andrei, but from a voice on a communicator.
At this moment, besides the temporary commander Andrei, there were several officers under him in the room.
The Zhongzhou team sent Zheng Zha, Li Xiao, and Zhan Lan to represent them.
This was also a decision made after Chu Xuan, Xiao Honglu, and Zhan Lan discussed and considered it on the way.
Chen Zilong also asked Zheng Zha why he was sent.
The reason is simple: as the team leader, Zheng Zha is more convincing than the expressionless Chu Xuan and the young-looking Xiao Honglu.
As for Zhan Lan being mentioned, it's because the following story was written by Zhan Lan.
Li Xiao's reason is even simpler: he is the best actor among the Zhongzhou team members.
After all, he had studied various performance techniques in depth.
Hearing the question on the communicator, and looking at Andrei's serious expression, as well as the other officers, he felt a sense of urgency.
Zheng Zha glanced at Zhan Lan before speaking:
"Let's confirm the time first. It's 2007 now, right?"
Andrei nodded.
Zheng Zha continued.
"Our team comes from the future, to be precise, 2177, which is 170 years from now."
"After Megatron obtained the AllSpark, he immediately launched a world war in an attempt to exterminate the former masters of Earth, namely humanity."
"In this battle, humanity was at an absolute disadvantage at the beginning until decades later, when one of our technologies achieved a decisive breakthrough."
"It is this miraculous technology that has enabled us to continue fighting against the Decepticons who have taken over most of the Earth and to survive by the skin of our teeth."
But during this time, we weren't the only ones making breakthroughs; the Decepticons' technology was also constantly advancing.
"And so the war entered a long stalemate."
The two sides fought for hundreds of years until we invented time-space teleportation technology.
"So the government at the time sent our team back to the past using time travel technology, which is now."
"We've returned to the present, where the disaster can still be averted..."
Zheng Zha was actually a little embarrassed as he spoke.
That's right. Instead of making things up out of thin air, Zhan Lan simply found an existing background, changed the story, and gave it to Zheng Zha.
This narrative is exactly what's told in Terminator.
Compared to the storytellers, Andrei and the officers listening to the "story" were all wide-eyed with shock and their faces were filled with astonishment.
Even the communicator with the green light on fell silent.
The old-fashioned camera on the communicator spun around and focused on Zheng Zha and the other two.
It seems like the military leadership wants to see right through them through the cameras.
After a while, the officers looked at each other, some excited, some thrilled, and some puzzled.
But not one of them disbelieved it.
Because not long ago, robots, mechanical life, alien creatures, and even the spark that gave mechanical life appeared.
What else can't be trusted?
It's just time travel, isn't it normal?
After a brief commotion on the communicator, another person spoke up and asked:
"The future government only sent a dozen or so of you?"
"What can a dozen people do?"
Or did you bring some new technology? Science and technology?
Could it help us fight against, or even destroy, current robots?
The voice hadn't finished speaking.
The communicator appeared to have been snatched away by someone else.
"Wait, why are you all yellow-skinned?" "Does this mean that in the future, you Asian yellow-skinned people will unify the world?"
Zheng Zha and Li Xiao exchanged a glance before Zheng Zha spoke:
"I don't know if you've ever seen a movie like that, the kind where technological advancements lead to the end of the world and a human crisis?"
"I'm not talking about alien mechanical life or the AllSpark, but simply the kind of consequence that humanity is reaping from the barbaric development of artificial intelligence."
The communicator went silent, but one of the officers next to Andrei spoke up boldly.
"I've seen it, I've seen many similar movies."
"I remember a movie about artificial intelligence going out of control and starting to fight against humanity in the future, ultimately putting all of humanity on the brink of destruction. I remember that movie had a plot where people from the future travel back in time."
"They were protecting an important leader who had not yet come of age."
"You guys aren't like that too, are you?"
Zheng Zha immediately shook his head and waved his hands: "Of course not, or rather, it's impossible."
"The future of humanity cannot survive on the backs of a single individual; individual heroism is far too insignificant in the face of a race's war..."
Zheng Zha looked at Andrei, his gaze fixed on the camera:
"Our team's real goal is to obtain or destroy the AllSpark Cube, thereby changing the future."
The future this officer just mentioned is very similar to the future I live in.
"The only difference is that the enemy has been replaced by alien mechanical life forms, which are the robots that are now rampaging through the city."
"Humans and robots have been at war for over a hundred years. You can imagine what the Earth was like back then."
"The original cradle of civilization is on the verge of destruction."
"Those robots were not originally created by Earth, so they don't feel anything about it, but humans are different."
"Even if humanity defeats those robots, what we gain is a devastated Earth."
"That's why the government sent us here to change that terrible and irreversible future."
"As for why only a dozen or so of us were sent, the reason is quite simple: the long war has drastically reduced the human population."
"Don't underestimate us just because we only have a dozen or so people; we're a well-equipped tactical squad."
"As for the help you mentioned, I'm sorry, do you really think that an Earth on the verge of destruction and human civilization can offer you any help right now?"
Andrei nodded solemnly: "To be honest, I believe in the future you're talking about."
"Despite the Decepticons' immense power, I also believe in humanity's tenacious ability to survive."
"I have always firmly believed that no matter what, humanity will not be wiped out by them."
"But I never expected the future to turn out like this."
"Such a war actually lasted for over a hundred years, until the Earth could barely withstand it..."
"but………"
Andrei sighed and continued:
"Humanity in the future did not give up and even found a solution, which is wonderful!"
"I believe you will succeed."
Zheng Zha smiled wryly as well: "As for why we are all Asian yellow races..."
"In fact, in the future, there will be no distinction between countries. All the surviving humans will automatically unite into a single government."
"As I just said, the human population is far too small."
"So few that they can no longer withstand any internal strife or mutual targeting!!!"
"So few that the distinction between nations and differences in regimes are no longer permissible..."
Upon hearing this, the officers exchanged bewildered glances.
This statement also made them realize just how bad the future situation really was.
The phrase "cannot withstand internal strife" is enough to explain a lot of problems.
The silence wasn't limited to the officers present; it also extended to the military leaders behind the communicators.
"Then why are you all of Asian descent?"
"Or is it that the future human population will be unevenly distributed among different races?"
The answer to this question was not given by Zheng Zha.
Instead, it was Zhan Lan beside her.
"First, because back then, which is now, the outbreak of war was initially concentrated on the European and North American plates, so Western countries were the first to be affected, which was also the beginning of the large-scale reduction in population."
"The second point is because of the time travel experiment!"
"The technology used in this experiment is not mature; in fact, it is only just beginning."
However, because Earth is on the verge of destruction, we have no choice but to take this risk.
There are many paradoxes and contradictions in time travel, such as the grandfather paradox, the bootstrap paradox, the existential paradox, and the multiple self paradox, etc.
To prevent even the slightest unforeseen event, and because the Spark Crisis originated in the United States, future scientists eliminated all elite soldiers of Western descent and sent us instead.
"We and our ancestors have no trace of living on this continent, which is why we meet this requirement."
"After all, the underlying rule of time travel is that you cannot meet yourself or your immediate family members."
Upon hearing Zhan Lan's explanation, everyone present looked as if they had suddenly realized something.
It turns out that it wasn't that white or black people couldn't be sent, but rather that they couldn't interfere with the experiment.
"Then why don't you travel to the timeline before the Fireseed Crisis?"
"On the contrary, now, a week after it happened?"
Zhan Lan shook her head with a look of regret and said helplessly:
"The technology of spatiotemporal anchoring is not accurate to the year, month and day; it can only vaguely specify a range."
This timeframe ranges from zero to three years. To be honest, we were quite relieved that we knew the crisis had already been going on for seven days.
"After all, if it's three years from now, our mission will be even more difficult to complete."
An officer wearing glasses behind Andrew seemed to have thought of something and asked again:
"Since time cannot be precisely measured, why not just teleport back three years? Wouldn't that be even more foolproof?"
Zhan Lan smiled bitterly: "It's because of time, because there isn't enough time!"
"The time we spend in this world is not eternal, but a brief thirteen days."
"Regardless of whether our final mission succeeds or not, whether we live or die, we will all disappear from this world in thirteen days."
"No, more accurately, it disappeared into the time of this world."
"After all, we were not allowed to exist within the original timeline."
"So not only us, but everything we bring, even the messages we send out, will disappear together."
The officer who had just asked the question nodded, because that was also his thought.
Based on Zheng Zha's answer, they guessed that this time travel technology must have strong limitations and restrictions.
This applies to the number of people, their identities, the length of stay, and the place of arrival.
After a moment of silence, the communicator spoke again:
"One last question."
"Why does the future government believe that just a dozen or so of you can obtain the AllSpark and change the future to fight the Decepticons?"
Upon hearing this question, Zheng Zha's smile became genuine:
"As I said at the beginning, we were able to survive and fight the Decepticons for over a hundred years thanks to some unexpected breakthroughs."
"This unexpected turn of events is that, amidst the crisis and countless years of long battles, humanity has once again ascended the ladder called evolution." (End of Chapter)