Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 060: Communicating with Alpha Team

—Supervisory Room, Headquarters, Mingyue Defense—

Yun Mingyue was reading the report in physical form. Although the technology here is very advanced and everyone has started to eliminate paper, but he still feels better using the old way, not just because he is used to it, but reports in physical form are easier to store for real evidence.

"Project report, I don't really understand." Yun Mingyue put away the reports that were not her specialty. He looked at the other reports about the remaining resources, and the human resources in Mingyue Defense, as well as all the training progress of each soldier.

Seeing the progress of each soldier, and the proposal of adding ammunition, he thought for a while, then gave a stamp, signifying that he agreed to add weaponry to the army.

"Our money is stable."

Yun Mingyue suddenly recalled about the money he had earned from selling shares and giving them to Fan Chen. "That money, what's it used for? But Ming Xuan and Academician Song say that Chen'er is always looking for money out there. Isn't money useless in this place?"

Yun Mingyue frowned, thinking hard about money. But after a few seconds, he gave up, not because he did not want to find out more about the usefulness of the paper money in this place, but because he did not want to suspect his own beloved son.

“Mother Master, Mistress, General!”

Yun Mingyue turned to look at her mobile phone that was on the table. He still uses his cell phone while the others wear Smart Glasses. "Luckily there is a new communication application created by Xiaochu, this phone is useful again even without the internet."

"What's up, Xiaochu?"

“General, Xiaochu detected a signal from the Imperial City, this signal is not in the database, but Xiaochu suspects this is related to Team Alpha.”

Yun Mingyue was speechless with shock that could not be hidden. "Try playing back the signal you picked up."

Yun Mingyue listened to the signal being played, but did not understand its meaning. When the third playback, he finally knew the meaning of the signal sent.

“Team Alpha is gathering. Cold Rose, send signal if you find our signal.”

Yun Mingyue was speechless after understanding the meaning of the transmitted signal.

Although he was still in contact with the people in the Imperial City before the Second Disaster, it was difficult to communicate with the members of Team Alpha. Even though he was often to the Imperial City (Before the First Disaster), but they were not allowed to meet because there was indeed a special rule that forbade them from meeting in public, unless there is an order from the superior or the Captain calls.

Then he heard that Team Alpha was disbanded two years after he decided to retire.

When Team Alpha was disbanded, he had a great sense of responsibility for feeling guilty, he considered this dissolution because he decided to retire. Even the married Captain, staying on Team Alpha, leaves the son with the grandparents.

Yun Mingyue felt weak from deciding to retire just because she wanted to get married, whereas she knew after marriage could return to Team Alpha to operate.

"Xiaochu, can you connect with them?"

“Sure.”

"Wait!" Yun Mingyue suddenly realized something was wrong. "Xiaochu, you work in computers and internet networks, can you still connect to other people's computers without internet signals?"

Xiaochu appeared in front of Yun Mingyue in his original human form (The Supervisory Hall has a holographic device). “Blogically impossible, but due to the presence of the Tracking Tower, the Signal Transmitter Drone and the Quantum Computer, Xiaochu could process it all. Moreover, this signal sender uses a device that can connect with the Signal Transmitter Drone, and this device is connected to their computer.”

“Then, Xiaochu was programmed not with the existing programming language in the world, Xiaochu was programmed with a new language created by Xu Chen and Wang Bin. The language of this program is lighter, easy to operate, and of course has a complete function.”

Yun Mingyue gave a small nod, feeling astonished at Xiaochu who looked as real as a real human.

"Then, connect it directly to their computer. Force-enable the camera if they're using a laptop, but if you're using a computer, try connecting with the surveillance cameras there."

Xiaochu nodded, then disappeared.

Thousands of kilometers from Mingyue Defense, Luo Zhu panicked when he saw the laptop he used being hacked forcibly even in the absence of an internet network, even the local network was not connected.

When he wanted to disconnect all power, suddenly the laptop screen returned to function and showed a picture of a woman he had known.

Meanwhile, Yun Mingyue looked up when she saw the screen on the wall had changed. He looked at Luo Zhu on the screen and his expression looked surprised as if seeing a ghost.

"Sister Zhu, long time no see. I found out that you guys are gathering together, is “Pak Tua” there?" yun Mingyue asked with a subtle smile.

Luo Zhu opened her mouth wanting to answer, but suddenly there was a hand pushing her face away.

The silver-haired young lady, fine black eyebrows, a soft white face like jade appeared on the screen. "Xiao Yue's! You're so young!"

Yun Mingyue chuckled softly and said, "I don't want to hear that from a person who remains ageless despite being past the age of fifty."

"By the way, I heard that Brother Meng married Brother Zhu."

The woman named Yin Mengqi smiled. "You know, right. All the members on Team Alpha have a partner, only you don't have one."

Yin Mengqi chuckled and said, "Isn't that natural? Although we all have military discipline, but many years in the same mission, it will surely give rise to the seeds of love. You're the only one who's too focused on the mission."

Yun Mingyue rolled her eyes lazily. "I don't want to hear that from a crazy woman who kills."

Yin Mengqi laughed again, then her expression turned solemn, as if ending her joking time and entering a real business. "I heard you left Wind Protection City, what about the Fan Family?"

Yun Mingyue knew it was time to end the reunion event, and she sat firmly on the chair. "We left one week before the Second Disaster came, and while leaving the Wind Protection City, we were chased by the city's guard troops and there was another group blocking the only way ..."

"But, we managed to leave safely and are now in a safe place."

"Second Disaster?" The camera spun and turned to a middle-aged man named Tang Zixuan. "Is that what you call a Zombie Disaster? Speaking of safe places, how can you send a signal from Shenzhen? These two places are separated by a distance of two thousand kilometers!"

Yun Mingyue lowered her head, her beautiful smile could not be hidden even though her head was bowed. "I asked my son to make a Signal Transmitter Drone. We released about sixty drones from Guandong to the Imperial City, and that's why we can connect."

"Wait!" Luo Zhu suddenly shouted. "I know this can be done, but what about battery life? Battery life for a normal drone camera lifter can only lift the drone for an hour. If there was another function like a signal transmitter, it would consume a lot of power, even to fly more than ten minutes was already very difficult!"

"I know what Brother Zhu is thinking. But my son and his team managed to develop 24VDC and 10,000Ah Graphene Batteries."

"Se- 10,000Ah?!" Suddenly there was another shout, but it was not seen where the person was.

Yun Mingyue smiled faintly. "Is that Brother Dong?"

The camera wanted to change, but Tang Zixuan held it back. "Cold Rose, I saw you in a room like a command center. Do you have your own military power?"

Yun Mingyue nodded small. "Yes, at first there were only a few people. But gradually more survivors joined in, and my son always came out to look for survivors. Now, our place is almost one hundred and fifty people."

"Did General Fan stage a coup?"

There was suddenly silence when the question came out from Yun Mingyue.

"How did you know?" There was a heavy and a little hoarse voice.

"Old Man!" Yun Mingyue exclaimed when she heard a familiar voice.

Old Man was not angry as Yun Mingyue called out to him with that designation, even he smiled, as if he was looking at his daughter who had long been nowhere to be found.

"Do you know Academy Song?"

The Old Man looked at the screen, nodded and said, "Yes, I know Academy Song, he belongs to the Department of Life Sciences and Evolution. But, she disappeared three months ago, and until now there has been no news."

Yun Mingyue nodded, took a deep breath, then he began to explain about Academician Song being ordered to obtain the genes of the Mutant Beasts by General Fan, but in the end it was ambushed and forced to go to Guandong.

"Old Brother, can you find out about the Black Eagle Group? I suspect their group caught a human out there for an experiment that combined animals with humans. Academy Song suspected that General Fan was behind all of this."

Old Man frowned. "Do you also suspect that General Fan is behind this? After all, he's your in-laws."

"Certua? He even paid people to kill his own son and suppress his son-in-law. A man like him doesn't deserve respect, I even want to come up there and cut his throat."

Yun Mingyue's eyes revealed a strong desire to kill.

Old Man fell silent, and knew that he could not persuade Yun Mingyue upon seeing such a killing gaze. He's nodding. "Alright, I'll find out about the Black Eagle Group. But, how do we contact you? If you always send a signal like this, the State Intelligence Department can pick up on this signal and conduct military operations."

Yun Mingyue smiled and said, "I've inserted data into your computer, you can install this application, and you can directly connect to our network."

"Xiao Yue, can we go to your place? If there were no calamities like Academy Song, we should have been able to get two or four weeks to Guandong." Suddenly another woman appeared on the screen after pushing Old Man away.

Yun Mingyue nodded her head. "You can come, but we can't tell you our coordinates. If you've reached Guandong, we can pick you up and take her to our place."

Tang Zixuan's wife, Chu Baiyin nodded her head. "Of course, after we go home, we'll get ready, but maybe we'll bring a lot of people. After all, the Imperial City wasn't very safe for those who knew the true information."

"No problem." Yun Mingyue did not refuse if they brought a lot of people, even if they brought people who had bad intentions. After all, the Tracking Tower had a strange function that should be impossible, one that could detect the true intentions of humans.

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