Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 130: Su Qing's Condition, and Little Information

—Su— Residence

"How's it?" Yao Yilin stood up as she watched Katerina walk out of the operating room.

There was no Yao Yilin, all the family members also stood staring at Katerina with worried expressions.

Katerina removed the mask and said, "The operation went well, the damage to the ribs has been repaired and titanium support has been installed, as for blindness in the eyes, currently only given first aid. If he really wants to recover and be able to see again, we should take him to Mingyue Defense."

Katerina raised her hand with two raised fingers. "For vision recovery, we give two options, want normal eyes as usual, and the second is mechanical eyes connected to the internet."

Su Han looked at Katerina. "Mechanical eye? With current technology, what can really connect to the nerves in the brain? I own the company, but R&D in the company is still unable to penetrate this kind of technology."

"Dad ..." Su Qing pulled Su Han's hand.

Su Han turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Qing raised her hand wanting to tell about her current frame, but just as she opened her mouth, suddenly a transparent message appeared in front of her: “Wait for the others to come, just tell him not to repeat it again.”

Su Qing scratched her head. "It's better to wait for Grandpa not to repeat the explanation."

Su Han nodded his head, then he looked at Fan Chen who from his vision was the leader of this team.

Fan Chen sensed Su Han's gaze, but he did not care and simply rubbed Fan Xiaoyu's sleeping head on his lap. When he saw the notice that appeared before his eyes, he patted Fan Xiaoyu's cheeks gently. "Yu'er darling, wake up, I'm almost there."

Fan Xiaoyu got up and stood up while stretching her hands. "Yu'er is not sleeping, Yu'er is fishing in the Virtual World."

Fan Chen stood up and went to the western courtyard.

Fan Xiaoyu chased after her brother, then hugged one of his arms. "Sister, wait for Yu'er."

The two arrived at the courtyard, looking at the transport trucks coming one after another. The direction was different, and from here it was predictable that two teams were coming together: Alpha Team and Fu Shan, as for the team led by Yu Fengsan and Yang Menghu, respectively, keep watch in their respective places.

Yun Mingyue jumped down from the truck, running towards her son and daughter. "Honey, I'm back!"

He ran, jumped and hugged both Fan Chen and Fan Xiaoyu at the same time.

"Mother smells of blood." Fan Xiaoyu complained as her nose sniffed the scent of her mother's body.

Yun Mingyue released her embrace, she ruffled her daughter's hair. "You said Mom stinks?"

Fan Chen looked at the people standing behind Yun Mingyue, he looked at Fu Shan who was leading the upper echelon prisoners.

Fu Shan saluted the military. "Report! Team No. 02 successfully completed the mission!"

Fan Chen paid the same military salute, then read the details in the operation led by Fu Shan. "Vujovic and Sanders died under your leadership, as Captains leading the team, you're responsible, you'll be punished."

Fu Shan nodded his head, stomped his feet and saluted. "Fu Shan is ready to carry out the punishment!"

Fu Shan had no opinion on the punishment, he himself knew that he had contributed to the death of the two members due to his inefficient orders. Even if the enemy had a strong defense with a complete arsenal, it was no excuse to justify his failure.

The Minister of Defense and Admiral Su were stunned and looked at each other. They knew how difficult it was to break through the prison that locked them up, but the team brought by Fu Shan managed to complete the mission by killing 150 personnel and destroying various vehicles with only 12 people. However, in Fan Chen's eyes, this was still referred to as failure.

Admiral Su opened his mouth wanting to speak, but he heard a voice from the transport truck that was not from the truck carrying him. His eyes widened as he saw who had descended, General Fan who was handcuffed and forcefully pushed from the tailgate.

Admiral Su gnashed his teeth and tightly gripped his clenched fingers furiously.

"Admiral Su, it's better to ignore that matter for now, aren't you curious about Su Qing? I'll tell him, then to the President, sorry that we killed almost all the military personnel, but we had no other choice, and I want you to make arrangements. I know you can do it."

The Prime Minister, an old man in his sixties, the frown on his face stiffened upon hearing the words Fan Chen said. He was angry, he couldn't tolerate people disrespecting the President, even to the point of giving orders.

Xun Yanzhu raised her hand and stopped the Prime Minister. He did not want any misunderstandings, which might have a bad impact for the citizens in the Imperial City. "I can do it, but the Imperial City is losing a lot of military manpower, we need help." He extended his hand.

"No problem ..." Fan Chen nodded, shook Xun Yanzhu's hand and said, "We can send 700 personnel to guard, and talk about personnel as well as security, he said, I've sent 20 personnel to each of your residences to secure the premises. So you don't have to worry about your family being detained."

The Prime Minister calmed down, not only because Xun Yanzhu stopped him, but also because of Fan Chen's words saying that his family was safe.

"Grandfather!" Su Qing walked out of the residence, she ran towards Admiral Su and shouted as she opened both hands.

Fan Chen who was discussing security issues with Xun Yanzhu, knew that this matter should be postponed because there was a need for an explanation.

Actually he didn't really want to, but this was for the good, not just for everyone, but for him as well. Sending 700 Robots (Basels) to the Imperial City could be considered as guards, spies, and foundations that seemed to have to take control of the Imperial City in order to raise Mingyue Defense Level later on. So, it's better to do this now than wait.

Better, he could replace the currency system with Coin, so he had more Yuan to exchange for materials: Titanium, Tungsten, Silicon, Graphene, Gold, and so on.

"It looks like you all can't wait ..." Fan Chen turned around and stepped into the residence. "Although this isn't my place and it's not worth saying it, but, let's go in first."

Everyone came following Fan Chen from behind.

Everyone arrived at the spacious living room, capable of accommodating over 100 people.

Here, there were at least 78 people: already including Team Alpha, Team No. 01 and 02, Upper Echelon, as well as the Su Family.

Fan Chen asked everyone to vacate the spot in the middle, and after it was empty, he took out a holographic projection tool that was in the shape of a round table of two meters in diameter.

The ones not from Mingyue Defense were at a loss as to what this glass table was for, but while emitting light and world map projections, they widened their eyes.

"Maybe not many of you, but surely someone knows, not long ago suddenly the internet signal was connected. This signal is the result of 39 SkyNet Satellites that we launched in Low Earth Orbit, and when connected, we caught no signal asking for help from the Bald Eagle Country."

The image turned to the State of the Bald Eagle, then under everyone's curious gaze, the image turned back to the abandoned playground and entered the underground laboratory in the main room.

They saw a cultivation pod with young women inside, who were tied by tight belts, as well as wearing helmets.

Admiral Su widened his eyes in anger, he could already guess who the woman was, but he held her back and hoped that it was not his granddaughter.

"Yes ..." Fan Chen sighed and said, "This is Su Qing, the moment I went there because of the encrypted signal on the internet, I found Su Qing in this state."

Admiral Su felt an attack on his chest, his breathing was tight and he sat down. But soon, Katerina helped to have Admiral Su calm down.

"Ta-Ta-But, Xiao Qing is here" Yao Yilin said.

"I knew you'd say that." Fan Chen looked at Yao Yilin at a glance, then turned to Su Qing.

Su Qing nodded, she raised her hand, then the silicone skin attached to her hand was removed, revealing the black flesh which was the strongest ingredient, graphene.

Graphene is open, showing a strong gold-titanium frame, as well as a wide variety of servo motors and very small air hydraulics.

"His body is a false body ..." Fan Chen did not care whether they were shocked or not, able to receive information or not. "His real body is where we are today."

With another wave of his hand, the monitoring image in the Virtual Reality Laboratory was seen, where Su Qing was lying inside the tube and there was a nutrient liquid that started to heal her. There is updated information in real time: blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen levels, as well as all internal organ recovery.

Other information was also there, information on where Su Qing had yet to arrive at Mingyue Defense.

The opening of this information was very important, but Fan Chen felt it was not too big because in Mingyue Defense, everyone knew about the robot as well as the VR Pod.

His current Aces other than the Stronghold System, were simply Artificial Intelligence, that was all.

Xun Yanzhu looked at Su Qing's hand, then turned to everyone who had come to the Imperial City. "So, you all ..."

"Yes ..." Fan Chen nodded his head. "Our real bodies are in the base, but not just anyone can use this body. There are all kinds of requirements, besides the executive, the person must have achievements in the military, mechanical field, doctors, scientists or engineers."

This was shocking information, and it was too heavy. The technology in China has advanced, but it is still too far away to be able to develop this kind of technology, even for Holographic Projections, is still very, very far away!

As for the technology they are currently mastering, it might be a satellite launch, but they dare not say that they could launch 39 satellites within two years.

Fan Chen knew their thoughts, but he only smiled faintly. Had they known that Mingyue Defense had already launched 118 SkyNet Satellites, I don't know what reaction it would have seen.

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