Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 055: Technology Like a Two-Eyed Sword

"By the way, Mother. We always hug like this, we're like lovers." Finally, Fan Chen dared to say what he had been harboring all along.

Yun Mingyue did not release her embrace, even hugging Fan Chen even tighter. "When Chen'er was a child, before Yu'er was born, Chen'er said he wanted to marry Mom when he grew up."

Fan Chen was stunned, then he asked, "Then, what did Father say?"

Yun Mingyue was silent for a moment, her eyes revealing an extremely deep longing, making her hug even tighter. "Dad laughed and said: Chen'er should look for a wife like Mom ..."

"Mom misses your father, let me hold you in a minute." Yun Mingyue lowered her head, leaning against Fan Chen's chest.

Fan Chen was speechless, he raised his hand doubtfully, but finally ventured to rub Yun Mingyue's head. As a child, it was very impolite to touch his parents' heads like this, but he could only bet.

Sobs rang out as Fan Chen touched Yun Mingyue's head gently. Yun Mingyue raised both of her hands, no longer hugging Fan Chen at the waist, but coiling and squeezing his hands into Fan Chen's shoulders.

"Jongwu ..."

Fan Chen glanced at Xiaochu, silent for a while before saying, "Mother, I can create a holographic Father, Mother can't touch it, but it should be able to make Mom miss."

Yun Mingyue flinched, she looked up at Fan Chen expectantly.

Fan Chen smiled bitterly and felt a pain in his heart, he could tell what his mother wanted, but it was all impossible. "I'm sorry for giving you false hope, even though we can make a perfect silicone life after breaking through the technology that Xiaochu said earlier, and even though we can revive Dad, we can, but I'm not really Dad ..."

"Without a brain that has memories, emotions, thoughts and all the memories, we can't bring them back to life. There'll only be fathers with computer language-based memories."

Yun Mingyue already knew that, but even so, the moment she heard his reply, she felt a deep sadness.

Taps... Taps... Taps...

Hearing footsteps from behind Yun Mingyue, Yun Mingyue released her embrace, looking back. His eyes opened wide as he looked at the figure he missed so much, Fan Hongwu. He wanted to run, but suddenly his movements froze when he knew that the figure in front of him who stepped was not the real Fan Hongwu, but a holographic one.

Yun Mingyue raised her left hand, trying to touch Fan Hongwu's face, but as expected, her hand pierced through. "Hongwu, I miss you."

Fan Chen who was standing at the back, clenched his hands. He was determined to develop somatosensory technology so that when touching a holographic image, he could feel the sense of touch.

Fan Chen raised his hand, pointed towards the lamp then lowered it slowly, giving a sign to lower the lighting.

The lighting dimmed, only the parts of Yun Mingyue and Fan Hongwu still looked normal.

Fan Chen retreated a few steps without making a sound, then left the room. He went to another room, opened the door and looked at the Exoskeleton line.

He went to one of the Exoskeletons, stretching out both of his hands. The live active exoskeleton, an iron disc made of gold and titanium alloys, was coated in fine pads, gripping his hands, feet, waist and chest.

Fan Chen took out his Smart Glasses, wearing them. From his view, it is seen that the connection process between Smart Glasses, Exoskeleton and Quantum Computers was successfully completed in less than one second.

"Xiaochu."

“Xiaochu here, Master.”

"Xiaochu, I'm asking for your help. Please create a new AI for the sake of the military, let all the troops be guided by this AI, but you stay connected to me."

Xiaochu who appeared, nodded his head. “Good, meaning Xiaochu will be Master's personal assistant!”

Fan Chen simply smiled without saying anything. He came out of the Main Hall, wanting to head towards the army training area, but suddenly he wanted to eat fresh fruit in the Field.

When he got there, he saw Fan Xiaoyu crouched down in front of the ripe strawberries. Admittedly, strawberries that usually take two to four months from seedling to harvest, when planted in the field, only take one week.

"Yu'er, Jia Fefei, Hey Peiyu. Isn't it time to rest? Why are you here?"

Fan Xiaoyu turned her head, looking at her cheeks that were bloated from eating three stoberi at once. "Did you forget? We're training with Mom, Mom says there's a meeting, so let us rest for a while." He said after swallowing it.

"Yes ..." Fan Chen nodded, then crouched down next to Fan Xiaoyu, picking up the mature stove. "I'll go again, we're short on manpower, and there's no way the army will be used to work on the development of the project. Our territory continues to expand, they must guard the newly built territory."

Fan Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then asked, "Can Yu'er come along? Yu'er's physique had already increased, let alone the Exoskeleton."

"I know, at first I wanted to take you. But for this time, I want Yu'er to stay to accompany Mom here."

Fan Xiaoyu was stunned with her mouth open until the straw in her mouth fell. "What's wrong with Mom?"

Fan Chen looked at the Smart Glasses on Fan Xiaoyu's waist, picked them up and put them on. "See for yourself."

Fan Xiaoyu looked at a dark room, and in the middle of the room stood Yun Mingyue with Fan Hongwu standing face to face. Seeing this, he was speechless, and suddenly tears flowed down his cheeks.

Seeing this, Fan Chen sighed. He knew that today he failed to come out because he had to take care of both of them. He stretched out his hand, embracing Fan Xiaoyu's shoulder. "Son't be out today, let's go fishing together."

"Tomorrow, let's go out together, with Mom once."

Fan Xiaoyu nodded, she took off the Smart Glasses, then buried her face in Fan Chen's chest.

Fan Chen turned his head to look at the blue sky. "Technology ..." He sighed. Technology can sometimes provide pleasure, but it can also provide sadness. Like this time, bringing up a deceased person through holography, can release longing, but can also bring up pain that has long been forgotten.

Hei Peiyu crouched down beside Fan Chen. His appearance was different from Jia Fefei who wore glasses and black hair with two pigtails, his hair was allowed to unravel in the wind, his eyes smooth carrying gentleness. "Sister Fan Chen, did something happen to Aunt Mingyue?"

Fan Chen smiled and said, "We developed holographic technology, and had Xiaochu make our father's holographic."

Hei Peiyu pondered, tilting his head. "Then?"

Jia Fefei smacked Hei Peiyu's head slowly, then explained, "Aunt Mingyue misses Uncle Hongwu. Isn't it obvious?"

Hei Peiyu regained his senses, he lowered his head and recalled his father's face. "I miss my father too."

Fan Chen glanced at the two, then lowered his head rubbing Fan Xiaoyu's. "Xiaochu, with a Signal Transmitter Drone that has been replaced with a 5G Graphene Chip. Is Xiaochu able to monitor the state of the Imperial City?"

“Dongguan to Beijing distance of about 2,180 kilometers by road. Our signal transmitter is still portable. Xiaochu could monitor the state there, but as before, there would be a delay of one to two seconds in the transmission of data. The lifting motor of the Signal Transmitter Drone has been replaced, and with the upgraded Graphene Battery, the drone can fly for three months without landing.”

The enemies that Mingyue Defense had to face were still few, only the Fan Family. Fan Chen felt the information delay was still acceptable by.

"Send a message to Fu Shen, let him leave with twenty soldiers, go within a ten kilometer radius of Mingyue Defense to look for the Survivors. For the Survivors brought in, Fu Shen should be able to make the right decision."

“Xiaochu already sent a message, and Guardian Fu Shen received an order. Currently he is gathering an army and ready to go.”

Fan Chen nodded. He removed the Smart Glasses, replacing them with earphones connected to Xiaochu. He looked at Fan Xiaoyu, seen Fan Xiaoyu who was no longer crying, but still tightly hugged her body.

Then he looked at Hei Peiyu who was still downcast while writing randomly on the ground. Fan Chen raised his hand about to pat Hei Peiyu on the head, but parried it and chose to pat her on the shoulder. "Xiaochu can project the image of your father, but it's like a double-edged sword. You may be able to let go of the longing, but the pain of the loss will reappear."

Hei Peiyu remained silent, as if not listening to him.

Fan Chen fell silent, turning his head back to look at the sky.

Fan Chen, you ended your life because of a nightmare, but through the memories left behind, you were eager to bring Mom together with Dad, that's why you went to the Beijing Institute of Technology to create the technology to bring the two together. I made it happen, but, is this what you want?

Day after day, I think about it, I finally know the reason why you ended your life. You couldn't bear to see Mom and Yu'er worried because of your circumstances, so you ended your life, but, that was a stupid thought. If they lose you, they'll be hit harder.

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