Seeing the fortress from a distance, Chu Jungui slowed down and tried to contact the base. The original fortress defense was quite fierce. If you approached rashly, you would be likely to be beaten down as an enemy.
The communication went very smoothly. When Chu Jungui revealed his identity, there was an exclamation in the communication channel. Hearing this noisy sound, Chu Jun felt relieved when he returned, at least it meant that the base was still in his own hands.
The landing craft flew over the base and slowly landed in an open field. Chu Jungui walked out of the landing craft, looked around, and his heart sank.
The original Doomsday Shadow Fortress has become dilapidated, its modern design appearance is riddled with holes, some buildings have become ruins, and large sections of the fortress walls have collapsed. Some gaps were hastily filled, while others were simply ignored and a new low wall was built inside. This greatly reduced the actual control area of the base and shortened the defense line accordingly.
The only additions are the three towering sentry towers, which house weapons stations and serve both defense and warning functions. Except for the three sentry towers, everywhere you look you can see that everything is messy and dilapidated. Most of the soldiers who appeared around the landing craft were in torn armor and listless.
Chu Jungui looked around and saw familiar faces, but none of them looked familiar. He still remembers that the base was thriving when he left, so why is it so dilapidated now? It didn’t take long!
A man came in a hurry. It wasn't until he stood in front of him that Chu Jungui asked tentatively: "Le Mans?"
The man smiled bitterly, "It's me. Boss, why are you back again?"
"You are really Le Mans!" The test subject scanned the other person's bone shape, and then he was sure.
Compared with before, Le Mans has lost dozens of kilograms now. His eyes are sunken and there are two big bags under his eyes with black circles. He looks like he is more than ten years older. The only thing that hasn't changed is that his bald head is still shiny.
At this time, people appeared one after another and came to the square. Most of these people moved slowly and had lifeless eyes. It was not until they saw Chu Jun returning that some of them had surprises in their eyes.
Chu Jungui looked over one by one, "Where's Roland, Duke, Croma, Terry...Wilson?"
Roland's hair even turned gray, and he said: "The general is ill and has not recovered. You came back at the right time, and you can see him again."
"Sick?" Chu Jungui was very surprised.
"Yes, it's a very weird disease. None of our current medicines are effective."
"Take me to take a look. Also, send someone to move all the supplies off the spacecraft."
A moment later, Chu Jungui came to Wilson's ward.
The ward was extremely dark and not airtight. Wilson and several other patients were lying on the bed wearing breathing masks, motionless, looking like corpses.
Chu Jungui looked up at the dim light above his head, then came to Wilson's side and used his personal terminal to conduct a comprehensive scan.
Le Mans followed beside him and whispered: "The general was bitten by a strange animal and never recovered. Later, he developed multiple infections. We don't have enough specific drugs, so the situation is getting worse and worse."
Chu Jungui looked at the scan results, frowned and said, "It's a bacterial infection. Where's the medicine?"
Le Mans showed bitterness, "In the second week after you left, our medicine reserves were exhausted. Now we rely on some primary medicines that we can produce ourselves. If these medicines are ineffective, we can only wait to die."
Chu Jungui said immediately: "There are two medical cabins and some medicines on my spaceship. Move them over and start treatment immediately. In addition, all senior officers will be summoned for a meeting in 15 minutes. Before the meeting, I will collect all major events during this period. Report."
Roland gave a military salute and said: "Yes, General!"
Chu Jungui glanced at him and said, "I have a new military rank now. From now on, I will be called by my military rank. Don't call me general anymore."
"Okay, what's your new rank? Colonel?"
"No, Lieutenant."
After a while, a dozen officers came to the conference room. They looked at Chu Jungui at the end of the conference table. Some were excited, while others were doubtful and confused.
Chu Jungui was reading the report that had just been sent, his face looking very ugly.
Since their departure, the base has experienced multiple waves of beast attacks, including one attack by federal forces. The base suffered heavy losses under repeated attacks. If it weren't for Kaitian's presence and the impact of the beast tide was significantly suppressed, the entire base would have fallen long ago.
As soon as Chu Jungui left, the base's technology immediately came to a standstill. Many projects under development were either stranded or progressed extremely slowly. It was only then that Chu Jungui's core role in the development of the base was fully realized.
Although the federal attack was disrupted by the subsequent beast tide, the electromagnetic bombs they threw destroyed the mastermind of the base. So much so that the entire base can only operate on the biochip master brain built before Chu Jungui left, and its computing power has dropped by two generations.
However, these are not insurmountable. What is really fatal is Chu Jungui and Lin Xi leaving without saying goodbye. Everyone in the base felt that they had been abandoned. They had lost hope and the motivation to live. Most people live in numbness, waiting for the day of death and decay.
On this damn planet No. 4, the ultimate fate of such a base must be to be submerged by a tide of beasts. Whenever a tide of beasts comes, they instinctively resist. If they can block it, it is good. If they cannot block it, it will just mean that the day of judgment will come early.
Putting down the report, Chu Jungui glanced at the people in the conference room. Their current state was similar to that of the walking dead. Chu Jungui's return brought a brief moment of hope, and then they fell into habitual silence.
Chu Jungui first looked at Roland, "How many people are there in the base now?"
Roland hesitated, "2,200, no, 2,300 people. Well, it should be that many."
Chu Jungui interrupted him, "Go and find out the exact number first and then come in! I'll wait for you here."
Roland was a little embarrassed and left the conference room without saying a word. After a while, he returned to the conference room, this time bringing precise figures: "There are currently 2,271 people in the base, including 270 non-combatants, and the other ones have lost combat capabilities. There were a total of 469 sick and wounded people."
Having lost so many people... Chu Jun's heart was heavy with his heart. Now the number of people in the base has dropped to a very dangerous level. No matter how small it is, it will be difficult to withstand the impact of the beast tide. And once a gap appears, with the current morale, it will immediately be a complete rout. So despite the fact that there are still more than 2,000 people, maybe after one or two beast waves, the entire army will be wiped out.
Chu Jungui looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The last time we left was a complete accident. We encountered an ambush by the federal fleet. However, I am still back! No matter whether we fight out of this damn galaxy or we are in Take root here, and I will be with you! Let us destroy those damn beasts and the damn Federals!"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Although there is no response, there is a faint flame beating in the eyes.
