It was dark.
The orange-yellow sunset passed through the dirty clouds and sparsely "sprinkled" over a desert.
Yellow sand, which represents drought and lack of life, is the main color. The city is buried, and underground network systems such as underground garages, sewage channels, and subway tunnels are also paralyzed and will never see the light of day.
However, a subway tunnel on the southernmost side of the city was secretly operated and managed by the remaining local army, and became the only "paradise" in this area, a refuge for more than 40,000 people to hide and live.
"Gene Era"
At first, the army carried abundant living supplies.
But as time passed, the remaining army had to organize scavenger teams, use underground networks to sneak under the city, and then try to reach the surface through the yellow sand to search for the few remaining canned food and bottled water sources.
However, when the scavengers can no longer retrieve anything useful, the shelter has been declared destroyed. Even if the Destruction Demon does not arrive, it will "fall upon itself" if it is no longer useful.
However, after the scavenger team inadvertently rescued the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta from the third floor of a building in the city, and a space door capable of connecting the two universes was generated above the shelter, Accident changed the fate of death.
now.
With the space gate as the center, the forward base covers an area of 20 stadiums. With the blessing of human technology in the main universe, it suddenly stands on a desert.
Office areas, barracks dormitories, canteens, water stations, airport warehouses and other living and military buildings are all available.
Inside the base, there are many ground armored vehicles, aerial armed boats, and transport aircraft parked.
For example, the fourteen Mammoth mobile fortresses, which can overcome all kinds of extreme environments and can walk on the sand like flat ground no matter how heavy they are, are carrying more than a hundred people from the 13th Battalion Headquarters and the First Company. Elite terminators and a company champion, as well as more than 3,000 auxiliary troops belonging to the battalion's first assault regiment, set off to other cities to rescue as many compatriots as possible.
Armored personnel carriers, siege tanks and other armored units using suspension technology also followed the Meng Mammoth, which was responsible for clearing the way, to form a mighty ground convoy.
An aviation formation composed of assault boats, transport aircraft and aerial gunboats accompanied the convoy and assumed fire support and reconnaissance and early warning positions.
It cannot be said that the mobilized 13th Battalion can save the entire human race on Earth 07, but at least the shelter in the area near the space gate and the compatriots in the shelter will have a chance to be saved.
Have the opportunity…
This is because the First Company is still unable to determine how many Destruction Demons there are nearby.
If human beings are betrayed by traitors and use extremely cruel methods to force human beings to transform into demon-like creatures, they will still be in an absolutely crushing situation against any veteran or auxiliary army.
Now.
Zoom in on the "view" to the east side of the advance base.
There are three-story "simple" barracks that are neatly arranged, cleanly painted, and well-lit.
Just looking at the specifications, you can tell that these barracks are for auxiliary troops, as well as ship crew, logistics or medical personnel with normal physique and height.
As for the technical and engineering personnel who have almost transformed their whole bodies into prosthetics, they have their own exclusive residences.
Perhaps, these mechanical experts prefer to stay in transport planes, transport trucks, or laboratories, working day and night.
Anyway, they are highly prosthetic and may not need to sleep.
However, the first "residents" to move into the barracks area were not the auxiliary personnel of the 13th Battalion, but rather the more than 40,000 shelter survivors.
In addition, more survivors may move in soon, so the Engineering Department is still expanding the barracks area.
at this time…
"Mom~ Is this hot water? It's so comfortable... It's really warm lying in it~ It's not cold anymore."
"Haha, that's right."
In a standard double room living room, you can clearly hear the warm conversation between mother and daughter taking a bath together in the bathroom, and you can also vaguely hear the sound of water overflowing from the bathtub.
Carefully observe this small but very exquisite living room. It has a sofa that is very comfortable at first glance, and a coffee table with a "floating" holographic console. It is also convenient for residents to call up programs to watch, adjust the air conditioning temperature, air conditioning, etc. Filtration devices, etc.
And the northernmost side of the living room is also connected to an open-air balcony...
It is said to be a "simple" barracks. In fact, this "simple" standard is measured according to the military garrison, permanent base, or aircraft carrier-level dormitory in the main universe.
But no matter how "simple" it is, it is still a thousand or ten thousand times more luxurious than the shelter where the mother and daughter live, or the wooden house with only a broken bed and a car door as the door.
It didn't take long.
The mother and daughter dried themselves with bath towels, put on the white pajamas that had been prepared, left the bathroom, and came to sit on the sofa.
"Mom~!" The girl with still wet hair pointed at the holographic control console above the coffee table and asked doubtfully: "How to use this thing?"
"This..." The woman was also a little embarrassed.
Earth Zero-7 also had holographic technology before the end of the world, but it was used by large companies, governments, and military agencies, but she was just an ordinary person.
After observing for a moment, the woman was ready to try the buttons labeled with text on the console.
?
Suddenly, she discovered that among the many virtual buttons, there was the word "order food".
Out of curiosity, the biscuits and water they received when receiving assistance did not help them completely solve their thirst and hunger, so the woman stretched out her right index finger without hesitation and tapped the "order" button with a physical touch.
Following the woman's movement, a giant holographic screen appeared in front of her and the girl's eyes with almost a swish of sound.
"Wow~!"
The girl looked surprised and excited. After all, at this age, she is interested in all new things.
Moreover, the screen is filled with a dazzling array of food and drinks, such as the best-selling fried cakes, fried dough sticks, meat buns or cheeseburgers in the main universe, and so on.
“…”
Even women keep their eyes straight.
The main reason is that after two years of living underground in fear and hunger and cold, suddenly seeing so many familiar and unfamiliar menus, my brain instantly fell into a certain degree of "downtime".
"I eat this...this...and this!"
But the girl didn't care what her mother thought, and directly ordered "meat buns", "meat patties" and "orange juice" on the screen.
"hehe."
The woman who was brought back to her senses by her daughter's operation just smiled and stroked her daughter's back. Then she hesitated for a moment and chose "Double Cheeseburger" and "Ice Coke".
Now, she only wants to eat the "junk food" defined by the general society before the end of the world.
Finally, click OK, and the mother and daughter began to study how to watch TV.
"Ding Dong~."
But within a few minutes, they both heard the doorbell.
?
So fast?
The woman stood up doubtfully, because before the end of the world, the "takeaway service" in their country lasted for at least fifty minutes and as long as two thirty hours.
Press the conspicuous button next to the door to cause the door to automatically unfold to the right.
!
The moment she saw the door, the woman instinctively took a few steps back out of fear.
Because standing, no, floating outside the door, was a small octopus sentry belonging to the Engineering Department.
Moreover, there were many disposable take-out boxes hanging on the Sentinel's mechanical tentacles, and "it" didn't care about the woman's thoughts and gazes. It put one of the take-out boxes into the room and then drifted towards the next room. .
When the door closed automatically and the woman picked up the takeout box and returned to the sofa, she still couldn't recover.
Just now…
Is it a little too weird?
"Mom! That scene just now was so cool!"
But the girl who has been living in the shelter since she became conscious actually thinks that the "delivery boy" is too cool.
In fact, the octopus sentry who was a full-time welder just now was temporarily brought in to "deliver food."
If the forward base is completely built, Fenris will send more service machines to improve the quality of life of the Astartes, auxiliary forces, and other survivors, as well as other survivors.
Because the human military in the main universe is influenced by the concept of the Lord of Humanity, the most important thing is logistics and food supply.
Moreover, aside from the human military in the main universe, people's livelihood has been upgraded by leaps and bounds since the Red Queen and the White Queen completed the leap-forward upgrade due to the Zero-One Universe ("The Matrix"), and various machines have begun to flow into society.
Among them, engineering machines are the most widely used, and the octopus-shaped sentry is the most typical example.
Under the supervision of the Lord of Mankind and the Red and White Queens, and completely eliminating the possibility of artificial intelligence rebellion, machines have flourished in all walks of life.
Among them, the most socially acceptable and popular ones are service robots.
Although UEG laws stipulate that many positions can only be filled by humans, there are no clear restrictions in industries such as transportation and food delivery, and catering services.
The machine will never be out of date. It can calculate the safest, reasonable and fastest route regardless of rain or shine. The machine that serves as a restaurant waiter will not be emotional and avoid disputes as much as possible.
Of course, there are still many bosses who are willing to hire humans or students part-time. These are personal choices.
Not only that, some "service" industries in gray areas have also become more and more prosperous due to the application of biological programming technology, prosthetic technology and low-intelligence intelligence.
Even though the Sheriff organizes raids from time to time, they are just fines and detentions, and most of the time they turn a blind eye to the "red light" and "pink" areas.
There is no way, "if the water is clear, there will be no fish."
but!
The gray area does not include any illegal drugs, because this kind of underground industry that is reviled and hated has been eradicated by the strongest and most brutal methods as early as when the Lord of Mankind came to power.
Let’s not mention the drug addicts for now, but the sales staff will definitely be “regularized” into Umbrella and become the most “vital” employees----
Class D personnel.
At this time, looking around at the high-tech items in the living room, and then watching her daughter open the takeout box and take out the hot and fragrant food, the woman's eyes instantly became moist.
"Ouch...Mom...Mom, it's so delicious~! Hey...why are you crying?"
The girl just took a bite of the bun and turned around to share it, but saw that the woman had tears streaming down her face, which made her not sure what to do.
"It's okay..." The woman took her daughter into her arms and said, "Mom is just so happy, because... you can finally have a bright future."
"Ah?" The girl was confused. She still couldn't understand women's words very well, but she was still well-behaved...
"Ouch~!" Eat steamed buns.
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…
"You mean..."
At the same time, in an interrogation room at the forward base, Fulgrim, who was sitting on a specially sized metal chair, was looking at Diana, who was wearing a blue hospital gown and missing her right arm, and asked:
"Kryptonian meteorites can easily pierce the skin of Destruction Demons and even kill them, right?"
"Yes." Diana nodded lightly, gave Fulgrim a positive reply, and continued:
"Not long ago, I led a resistance force of no less than 30,000 people to try to raid a laboratory guarded by human traitors and demonoids, hoping to seize the Kryptonian meteorites.
but…"
At this point, Diana looked sad and said with an accentuated nasal tone: "But except for me, everyone... everyone was brutally killed by the two Destruction Demons who had been ambushed in advance.
If I had known... I should have been more patient. If I found out there was a trap, hey... it would be too late. "
After saying that, Diana fell into endless self-blame.
“…”
Out of politeness, Fulgrim did not speak in a hurry, but first let Diana release her emotions.
Waited for a while.
Diana tidied herself up, raised her remaining left hand to wipe the corner of her eyes, and then asked: "I remember you claimed to be the descendant of the Lord of Humanity, and there is also the space gate in the center of the base. If I guess correctly, if…
You, and your father, should be gods from another universe. "
"god?"
Fulgrim tried his best to hide his disdain for God, and did not rush to deny it, but said:
"This, someone will help you explain it in the future. Also, I want to know more information about that laboratory, or can you confirm that there is really a meteorite in that laboratory."
"Sure." Diana nodded without thinking, "It was precisely because they used real kryptonite as bait that I acted impulsively."
"Very good, that's enough." With that, Fulgrim stood up and left.
Seeing this, Diana hurriedly reminded: "However, even if you can successfully snatch the Kryptonite, there is only one. To be honest... our previous actions were just to seek a glimmer of hope in despair, or in other words, we were just for It’s just an impulse for revenge, there is no possibility of winning.”
"One is enough."
Fulgrim, who had already stood up and left his seat, waiting for the automatic gate to open, turned sideways and looked at Diana, who also left the seat and hurried to the gate, and explained:
"As long as we obtain the Kryptonite meteorite, let our Umbrella technicians analyze it, and get the data about Krypton...
It can't be said to be infinite, but enough kryptonite can be produced to deal with those guys who have no emotions. "
