Chapter 1342 - 1341: Alpha Conglomerate

Thompson didn't answer immediately; instead, he took two deep drags of his cigarette!

After a long while, Thompson finally spoke: "I do have some records on robots in my information library, but they weren't recorded by me; they were left by my grandfather!"

"At first, I was just idly browsing through my grandfather's notes and stumbled upon them. Originally, I thought my grandfather had gone senile; this is the modern age, not the future, how could there be robots? But hearing what you said, maybe my grandfather's records are real!"

"Where are those notes?" Lin Fan asked urgently!

His battle with the robot left him deeply shocked. It wasn't that he feared these robots, but they were too terrifying, and Lin Fan had no idea how to kill them or what their weaknesses were. That was the most frightening thing!

Unlike the blood tribe, which Lin Fan knew had impenetrable bodies but could be fatally wounded in the throat!

Yet in his battle with the robot, despite striking the throat, heart, and chest repeatedly, Lin Fan couldn't kill it!

"Follow me!"

After saying this, Thompson stood up and walked to a wardrobe!

Thompson opened the wardrobe door; at first, there were rows of clothes. After moving the clothes aside, a small screen appeared on the back panel!

Thompson pressed his thumb on it for a fingerprint scan, and suddenly there was a "click-click" sound. The back panel and wall slowly opened, revealing a passageway!

Without any hesitation, Thompson quickly stepped into the passageway, with Lin Fan following close behind!

Upon entering the passage, a whole new world awaited, exceptionally spacious!

Lamps hung on the surrounding stone walls, illuminating the interior brightly!

In the vast space stood numerous bookshelves arranged in a circular pattern!

This was the information library inherited by the Thompson family!

However, this was just one of two such libraries owned by the Thompson family, established to prevent the destruction of the other!

But as for the whereabouts of the other one, even Lin Fan didn't know!

Thompson navigated skillfully to a bookshelf, which appeared very ancient, covered in dust. Each piece of information had a small tag below, marked in English with the type and name of the information!

Thompson scanned the bookshelf with his eyes before extracting a thick book, blowing the dust off it before handing it to Lin Fan!

Thompson said, "This book contains my grandfather's records on robots!"

Upon receiving the book, Lin Fan couldn't wait to open it!

The first page he turned revealed bold English words: "Fourth Great Family Future Machines"!

Immediately, Lin Fan turned to the second page, filled with dense English text. Fortunately, having spent several years abroad, Lin Fan was proficient in English and swiftly scanned through the text, his brow furrowing tightly!

Apparently, over a hundred years ago, there were originally four conglomerates in the world!

One of them was renowned for researching future technology. Their greatest success in future technology was the development of offensive robots!

These robots were infused with countless data and information, allowing them to think somewhat flexibly like normal humans!

Nowadays, robots are not uncommon, with many corporations conducting research. For instance, Huaxia is developing chess-playing robots, cooking robots, and many more!

However, over a hundred years ago, developing offensive robots was truly astounding!

Remember, over a hundred years ago, New Huaxia hadn't even been established!

According to the book, the conglomerate's robots were highly aggressive and difficult to damage, and they aimed to use them to dominate the world!

Robots first appeared on the battlefield in Europe, where they were unstoppable because ordinary bullets didn't affect them!

The robots swept through much of Europe, undefeated!

But this caused fear among many, including the other three conglomerates, leading them to unite against the fourth conglomerate, enduring immense hardships and countless sacrifices to finally destroy it!

After the war, the three conglomerates announced that they had jointly destroyed the fourth conglomerate, but in reality, the three suffered greatly, and the fourth conglomerate's robots were all destroyed, yet the personnel remained unharmed!

However, following that war, the fourth conglomerate suddenly vanished, leaving no trace!

For several decades after, the three conglomerates continued to search for any news of the fourth conglomerate, but history repeated itself a hundred years later with no new information!

This fourth conglomerate was called the "Alpha Conglomerate!"

Above, Thompson's grandfather emphasized that these robots were constructed using human corpses, hollowed out, and then filled with machinery to give them an indistinguishable human appearance, allowing them to conceal their identity as robots!

Yet, robots had a significant flaw: they were powered by high-energy batteries that required periodic replacement; otherwise, they would turn into useless lumps of metal!

Regrettably, Thompson only mentioned that robots feared powerful firepower attacks, but acquiring powerful weaponry was extremely difficult.

The book didn't mention any weaknesses if confronted with ordinary weapons like swords and knives!

"Simply terrifying!"

Lin Fan couldn't help but click his tongue while reading the information in the book!

This was no longer part of modern weaponry but belonged to future attack weaponry!

Things from American science fiction films had remarkably occurred in reality!

Though Lin Fan had only fought with a robot once, he knew the horror of robots well. If the legendary fourth conglomerate "Alpha Conglomerate" had developed tens of thousands of robots, just the thought of it sent chills down Lin Fan's spine!

Lin Fan turned another page, revealing some old, yellowing photos!

The photos depicted a person, or groups of men or women; some had complete human bodies, while others were missing arms or heads, with cold machinery replacing the missing parts...