Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 118: Going to the Imperial City

—Virtual Reality— Laboratory

The VR Pod opened with a sound like a steam engine, Fan Chen coming out of it still wearing a full outfit. She doesn't use nutritional fluids to sustain her life because it's not necessary, even if she wants to linger in a VR Pod, her mother always forbids it on the grounds of a five-minute warm hug.

"Chen'er."

Fan Chen looked up at his mother who was out of nowhere in front of him. He smiled, opened both of his hands and hugged her tightly. "Every day you never miss asking for a hug."

Yun Mingyue leaned against her son's chest as she hugged him tightly, clutching his son's shoulder in order to feel a warm embrace. "You remind me of Dad, and you promised me."

"Mother, it has been more than a month since we killed the Fan Family in Wood Protection City, I plan to go to the Imperial City tomorrow. Do you want to come? We can go there using a replacement body to make it safer."

"certain." Yun Mingyue nodded her head. "Mom's coming, even though I'd rather use the real body."

Fan Chen held onto his mother's shoulder, pushing a little. "Can't! If you don't use a replacement body, I'll forbid you from coming!"

Yun Mingyue was stunned, then smiled warmly as she again placed her head on Fan Chen's chest. "Yes, yes, I know."

Yun Mingyue chuckled as she looked at her worried son earlier, reminding her of her husband.

The two were silent in silence without saying a word, until the agreed time, Yun Mingyue pushed Fan Chen slowly and left the Virtual Reality Laboratory while stretching her muscles.

Fan Chen went with his mother to the surface to train her physique in the Military Training Camp. The training he took was the same as the training of all soldiers without any preferential treatment.

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—The Next Day—

Forty SkyNet Satellites successfully launched and orbited in the Earth's Intermediate Orbit at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers from sea level and at a speed of 19,000 km/h.

Now just wait for 39 SkyNet Satellites to be launched at High Orbit with an altitude of 36,000 kilometers from sea level. Just launch a charged rocket that will land on the Moon, but launching a satellite and landing a rocket on the Moon are two different things.

All the rockets are already assembled at the factory, and only need to be combined at the Rocket Launch Site which is 4.8 kilometers north of Mingyue Defense.

The launch of a rocket carrying a humanoid robot will coincide with the launch of the Heilong Telescope (Black Dragon) in Earth's Intermediate Orbit.

Later then...

Industries owned by Mingyue Defense are Graphene Chip Factory, Graphene Battery Factory, Robot and Drone Factory > Robot Factory, Exoskeleton and Robot Armor Factory, Conventional and Laser Weapons Factory, Robot Exoskeleton Factory, Drone and Combat Aircraft Plant, Tank and Missile Plant, Submarine Plant, and Transport Plant.

But the plant will grow with the development of technology in Mingyue Defense.

For Laboratory: Xu Chen Laboratory; Ecological Laboratory: Space Worm, Evolution Fluid and Anaerob Phagocytosis; Virtual Reality Laboratory.

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Fan Chen, Yun Mingyue and Fan Xiaoyu (Humanoid Robot) went to the Virtual Reality Laboratory to pick up Su Qing.

Today, they were going to the Imperial City to settle matters with the Fan Family, as well as looking for the Su Family to bring Su Qing together with her exit.

All three wore camouflage uniforms with bulletproof vests on the inside, even though their bodies were bullet land, but still had to wear these for disguise to keep their technology from being discovered.

"A big sister's friend is she pretty?" Fan Xiaoyu looked up staring and hugged Fan Chen's left hand.

"Of course." Fan Chen rubbed Fan Xiaoyu's head. "You can see it later."

Fan Xiaoyu gave a small nod and did not ask any more, she herself had already heard about her brother's friend who had been rescued from a dangerous place, but she did not know how dangerous the place was and how it was.

The three continued walking all the way to the treatment place at the Virtual Reality Laboratory.

Fan Xiaoyu could see there was a very beautiful woman chatting with Katerina. He looked up, seeing a green cursor mark over the woman's head that marked that the woman was using a silicone-based artificial body.

Su Qing who was sitting on a chair beside the glass tube pod, turned her head when she heard footsteps. "Fan Chen." He stood up and ran over to Fan Chen.

Su Qing stopped running and was stunned, then she laughed while covering her lips with her right hand. He turned his head to look at Katerina and said, "So this is his sister Fan Chen who always blocks other women who approach him?"

Katerina nodded her head in return.

Fan Chen pouted with bulging cheeks and snorted in annoyance. He wanted to scold, but his attention was suddenly sidetracked by the glass tube that stored the human body. "Who's there?"

"My real body." Su Qing smiled wryly and added, "Katerina said, if that glass tube is opened, I will die."

Yun Mingyue frowned, she approached the glass tube and asked Katerina to issue a medical report.

Fan Xiaoyu joined her mother to read the medical report.

Fan Chen shook his head slowly, he looked at Su Qing. "How's body? Is everything appropriate?"

"Yes ..." Su Qing nodded. "But it's too detailed, and I get upset when I know real and fake bodies are both tiny."

Fan Chen tilted his head with a puzzled expression as he folded his hands in front of his chest. "Little?" He looked at Su Qing from top to bottom and vice versa, until he understood what she meant by small.

Su Qing snorted coldly. "So! Why are you late? Then why are you three wearing this uniform? Even carrying firearms is like wanting to fight a war."

Fan Chen nodded, he did not hide his intentions and the reason why he came here.

Su Qing opened her eyes wide with her mouth open. "Can I really come?"

"Yes, it doesn't matter, and maybe you're still traumatized by torture, so I'm giving you access to manage the pain by 10%."

Su Qing was speechless, then she lowered her head slowly and clutched her hand. His own memory had returned, not directly sent to his mind, but through a video that he said was taken from another fragment of his consciousness. He wanted to ask to join, but his mental state was still not possible.

"Thank you." Su Qing sobbed, and tears streamed down her cheeks. "Damn! Even tears are added, why do you guys make it so detailed."

Su Qing turned her head when suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder, she looked at Yun Mingyue who was looking at her with concern. She smiled faintly and said, "I'm fine, Katerina says her muscle tissue has improved, though still unable to move the limbs. But no problem, I'm still excited."

Fan Xiaoyu lowered her head as she extended her hand carrying the candy. "Receive this as an apology."

Su Qing was stunned for a while before accepting it. "Thank you."

"All right." Fan Chen clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. "Let's get ready, Katerina's coming too. Our mission to the Imperial City is not only to teach Old Man Fan and the Su Family a lesson, but also to save the survivors."

"Good, Captain." Katerina acted quickly by retrieving the VR Pod hidden inside the floor. The moment the VR Pod appeared from inside the floor, he directly walked into it.

"Katerina is retrieving her body at the Robot Base in World Liaison. We can hurry up."

Yun Mingyue and Fan Xiaoyu immediately left the place.

Su Qing was late in reacting, but she was also directly chasing so as not to be left behind.

Fan Chen walked in the back row as well as read Su Qing's medical report.

His nerves and muscles improved, but even with a 10,000% increase, it still took a week. Its internal organs strengthened, but it could not recover completely unless it replaced the internal organs or repaired them with an operation that merged the Space Worm cells directly.

As for the bones, it was already hopeless at all, so it could only replace them in total with gold-titanium. For skull replacement, five surgeons are needed.

"Five, with the exception of Katerina, there was only one. I have to call the others."

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