In the name of optimizing the racial structure and advancing towards a higher life form, a series of mandatory consciousness upload decrees were issued, defining those who refuse as stubborn impediments to civilization's progress.
The rebellion of the Pillar Clan members posed no threat.
Cities were sealed off, and those who rejected "ascension" were ruthlessly suppressed by the powerful Mechanical Army.
There was no bloodshed, the process was incredibly smooth.
A large number of Pillar Clan members were forcibly connected in hibernation pods, their consciousness extracted, and uploaded to the Virtual World it constructed.
Becoming part of the data museum, serving as historical samples of Pillar Clan civilization.
Their flesh and blood bodies were decomposed into the most basic biological materials, fed into the resource recycling system.
It calmly executed the "civilization continuation" plan, until the old era's "metabolites" were completely sealed in the database.
