Starships of All Realms Online

Chapter 12 Countdown: 1 Day, The Situation at Tokyo University

Return countdown: 24 hours

At the main world's lunar base, the Punishment AI program is constantly adjusting the base's production equipment, and Ethan is also optimizing the production processes to achieve maximum efficiency.

[Beep, beacon signal detected, locked, comparing coordinates.]

[Captain's coordinates complete, three-point positioning complete, world coordinates locked, construction plan being calculated.]

As the notification sounds appeared, they also attracted Ethan's attention.

"Commander, you've successfully launched the beacon over there. That's great!"

Ethan was also very happy at this moment.

"Immediately activate super communication and try to contact the commander."

"Yes."

As communication was initiated, a powerful spatial signal tore through space and traveled toward the coordinates.

After seeing that the fully deployed beacon was functioning normally, Fang Heng prepared to continue his plan.

But at that moment, Ethan's voice came through the communication channel.

"Commander, Retribution Ethan is calling. Can you hear me?"

"Ethan, you actually managed to call me across time and space?"

"Yes, sir. Through reverse engineering of the transmission device, we discovered this trans-temporal communication technology, but it requires coordinate points."

Once you launch the beacon and it's functioning correctly, I can accurately pinpoint your location and send communication requests.

"Great, really excellent. By the way, can you transfer the relevant data?"

"That's fine, Commander, but with the current energy, communication can't last too long, so the amount of data transmitted can't be too large either."

"Just because it's not possible now doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future. With this technology, it will be much easier to travel to other times and spaces to obtain data in the future."

Fang Heng was not disappointed by Ethan's words. Currently, many things on the Punishment ship are limited by energy and materials. In terms of energy, the energy crisis has been temporarily alleviated by building photovoltaic panels. Now, they have obtained complete civilization data from the biohazard crisis. After returning, they can start to build a new energy center.

He was very happy to be able to contact Ethan.

"Ethan, I can go back in 24 hours, right?"

"Yes, Commander, the teleportation device is currently charging. Once it is fully charged, it will be able to teleport you back."

"Good, I've also acquired a lot of data and supplies this time, enough to push the repair progress of the Punishment Ship forward by a significant margin."

"Commander, we look forward to your return. We are currently low on energy and will be cutting off communications shortly."

"Okay, let's shut down the communication then."

"Yes, Commander."

Fang Heng was very happy as the communication was shut down.

"How's the supplies gathering going?"

"Commander, we are collecting data according to plan, currently at 48% progress."

"Yes, the relevant plans have been transmitted to the data center. After I leave, continue to execute the plan and build the lunar base, awaiting my next visit."

"Yes, Commander."

In Fang Heng's plan, the Resident Evil world is an excellent source of raw materials. Although the entire planet's human population has dwindled due to the Resident Evil crisis, there are still abundant resources in outer space. Furthermore, the various industrial facilities on Earth are well-preserved. Not to mention using them to repair the Punisher, they could even be used to rebuild a shuttle.

However, its lifespan may not meet the design standards.

These are all future plans. After Fang Heng leaves, Ethan's subroutines will continue to execute as planned.

Perhaps when he returns, he will see that human civilization has returned to normal production and life.

"Ethan, how's the situation at Dongda University going?"

"Commander, according to preliminary satellite reconnaissance, there are numerous traces of human activity in the plateau region, preliminarily identified as survivors of Tokyo University. Further investigation by drones is needed."

"Hmm, how's the transit station setup going?"

"The infrastructure has been completed, the energy system is online, and it can provide power supply."

"Alright, dispatch a team of guardians to Tokyo University. The drones launched earlier will continue to scout the situation at Tokyo University."

"Yes, Commander."

Across the ocean in a major Eastern country, a futuristic-looking drone is flying in the air.

When encountering a cluster of cities, it will descend to explore.

However, most of the cities yielded nothing; there were no survivors, nor any signs of extensive looting.

However, as the drones continued to penetrate deeper into the heart of the University of Tokyo, traces of human activity began to appear.

However, these traces of activity were limited to the town level; once they reached the county level, they disappeared.

After all, the population density of Tokyo University is what it is, and the number of zombies inside is also particularly large.

When the drone arrived at the plateau, traces of human activity suddenly became more frequent.

Inside the North American base, Fang Heng, who was studying biology, also received a report from the Ethan subsystem.

"Commander, the Night Owl One drone has sent the latest analysis report. Numerous traces of human activity have been discovered in the Northwest Ring Road area in the northwest of East China. Preliminary assessment indicates that a large number of survivors exist in this area."

"Okay, order Night Owl to activate stealth mode and scout carefully, making sure he doesn't get shot down."

"Yes, Commander."

"Bring me the live footage; I want to see what's going on over there."

"Yes, Commander."

Soon, as a 3D projection rose, real-time footage from Night Owl One was transmitted over.

Below the owl was a city, but the once bustling city had now become a ghost town.

However, the urban areas here are different from those in North America. There are many signs of battle, mainly concentrated in hospitals, logistics hubs, and industrial zones.

Through the Night Owl's high-definition camera and scanning equipment, Fang Heng also discovered that most of the useful supplies in the city had been looted, and the number of zombies in the urban area was not large.

"Commander, judging from the traces at the scene, a high-intensity battle took place here about 10 days ago. The zombies were powerless to fight back, and the zombies in this county were basically wiped out."

"As expected, carbon-based life forms still can't withstand the heavy firepower of humans, but things must be tough for Tokyo University too."

"Yes, Commander. According to recent intelligence, Umbrella Corporation has been frequently releasing viruses into the East University Survival Base in order to achieve its plans. However, apart from the initial few successes, the effects have not been significant, so they haven't been paying attention to the East University area for a long time."

"I see. Tell Night Owl One to be careful. Dongda University is probably on high alert right now. If there's a misunderstanding and Night Owl gets shot down, that wouldn't be fun."

"Yes, Commander."

Time passed slowly, and as the owl continued to venture deeper, traces of human activity increased. Finally, the owl spotted normal humans in its field of vision.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Heng saw a huge city wall stretching for a long distance across the flat land behind the mountains, like a giant dragon.

Although it's called a city wall, its width is actually comparable to that of a two-way single-lane road.

The area was equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, and soldiers were constantly patrolling.

"Commander, this area hasn't been detected by satellites from space. It seems there's a strong signal jamming mechanism here. Should we allow Night Owl to continue?"

"Keep moving forward. The Night Owl has a simple quantum communication device. If it can block that, I'll admit defeat."

After receiving Fang Heng's order, the Night Owl drone continued its advance and entered the interior of the city wall.

However, the moment they crossed the city wall, a piercing alarm sounded.

"Ugh!!!"

"Enemy detected. Lock onto location immediately."

"Report, squad leader, we've found them. They're in the sky."

"Target locked, can you specify what it is?"

"Report: It's confirmed to be a drone."

"Send out the hunters and shoot it down!"

"yes!"

As soon as a laser device was ready, the invisible laser was immediately fired at the night owl.

"call out!"

In just a moment, Fang Heng's communication was cut off.

"Well, we've been found out after all, Ethan. Did you observe how we were discovered?"

"Commander, based on previous data analysis, the sky above the survivor base at Dongda University is filled with an ion layer. This ion layer is like the surface of water in the air. Once an object enters, it will create ripples, which are ion ripples."

Because it's in an ionized state, its propagation speed is much faster than water ripples, allowing for instantaneous detection of enemy intrusions. Furthermore, this ion layer is very thick, so any unauthorized aerial unit will be locked onto and unable to escape before leaving the ion layer.

"The University of Tokyo here is quite interesting. Can we achieve this kind of technology?"

"Commander, this technology is actually a variant of electromagnetic deflection shields, and our existing technology can achieve this effect."

Fang Heng nodded after hearing Ethan's words.

In the interstellar era, the legendary energy shield was also developed. However, like the warp drive, it was only recently developed, so only major warships like the Retribution were equipped with it.

However, the Federation has also conducted in-depth research on electromagnetic shields, but many applications have not been innovative due to fixed mindsets.

Now that others have actually used the product, the truth has been revealed.

"It seems like I don't need to worry about the University of Tokyo. I'll be going back in one more day, so I'll take care of my own things first."

While Fang Heng was busy, his Night Owl One also brought great shock to the survivor base of Dongda University.

In this timeline, Tokyo University is just beginning to make strides in the field of unmanned equipment, so they are quite impressed when they see such ingeniously designed drones.

The relevant report was quickly sent to the cabinet. Upon seeing it, the Prime Minister looked serious and immediately summoned the ministers of the six ministries to begin a meeting.