Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 334 A Global Network

But nevertheless.

Yun Hong was still a little nervous, afraid that something might go wrong.

This is not like usual, where making mistakes and wasting time might only result in a few mild reprimands.

In the prompts of artificial intelligence.

As emphasized at the beginning.

From the moment they lined up to enter the spaceship cabin until they actually arrived at their assigned seats.

Any actions that cross the line are strictly prohibited.

Otherwise, anyone who obstructs another person's passage for more than 5 seconds, regardless of the reason, will be shot dead on the spot.

Five seconds.

A moment of distraction can easily last more than five seconds.

The rules are so harsh that they are almost unbelievable.

There's no need to guess.

Yun Hong was certain that quite a few people would die under this rule.

I walked for more than a minute, feeling anxious and apprehensive.

Yun Hong successfully reached the fifth level of the ship.

The entire 5th floor is a spacious lobby.

However, there are numerous digital markers and rows of simple metal fences on the ground to help people determine their location and to act as handrails so that passengers can maintain their balance during the spacecraft's acceleration and deceleration phases.

"so many people."

Yun Hong glanced around the room briefly.

There were already quite a few people in the hall, crowding in one corner and occupying about a dozen metal fence passageways.

Judging from their appearance, they should be residents from the previous, or several previous, shelters.

"Count us in."

"It can fill at most one-fifth of this space."

"It will probably take a long time."

Yun Hong felt that his luck was really bad.

There are no seats available here, and you can't even squat down or go to the toilet.

Wait until you reach the finish line.

They'll probably have to endure a lot of hardship.

Find your place in the lobby and stand still.

With nothing to do, Yunhong took out his phone again to try going online.

Then I found that the network here was still very smooth.

In addition to the public surveillance system previously installed in the corridor, it can now also connect to two external cameras on the spaceship.

They allow you to look down on the outside world from a high vantage point.

This is essentially a disguised window.

The entire interior of the spacecraft is completely sealed off.

With these two cameras, at least the passengers inside the ship are not completely unaware of the outside world.

Three minutes passed quickly.

Thousands of people in the entire shelter successfully entered the spaceship.

The last group of passengers who had just boarded were not given any time to adjust.

All the hatches on the spaceship that connect to the corridor began to close slowly in sync.

at the same time.

The wind and snow, which were originally barely noticeable, lingered on the ground.

At this moment, it seemed as if it had been provoked.

It suddenly became intense.

A violent and frigid hurricane.

In just a few seconds, the makeshift corridor was torn to shreds.

As the transport ship located in the center of the corridor slowly began its official takeoff.

There are hardly any traces of the old corridor left on the ground.

Yun Hong felt a chill run down his spine.

It was just a minute or two away.

His worst fears were now playing out before his very eyes.

At this moment.

If the spaceship he's currently on had been a few minutes late...

The thousands of people in their shelter were all destined to perish in the fierce blizzard.

"fortunately."

Yun Hong murmured to himself, feeling a strong sense of relief.

He had never been so convinced of the rules for boarding the ship.

Regardless of the reason, anyone who disrupts the boarding order deserves to die.

During this day.

The Chenguang-class transport ships could be seen in various parts of a large part of Xiaojiang Province.

On this land of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

The residents of each shelter were taken to the distant city of Jianghe.

Tens of millions of people were thus permanently separated from their homeland.

And on the same day.

Several disaster messages quietly appeared in the operation log of the farmhouse's artificial intelligence.

It caught Su Wu's attention, and he lingered on it for a few seconds.

“Five shelters’ surface boarding ports collapsed during construction, resulting in a total of about 7000 deaths.”

“A refugee camp was hit by an extreme cold wave and storm during the boarding process, resulting in 15921 deaths.”

"Residents of 15 small shelters were transported by snowmobile to a larger nearby shelter when an accident occurred, resulting in a total of about 2700 deaths."

The surface of the world in the apocalypse.

It has always been rife with extreme danger.

Anyone who dares to step out of the shelter will inevitably face unpredictable risks.

Even someone as powerful as Su Wu could not guarantee the absolute safety of every human who stepped out of the shelter during the short period of waiting to board the ship, given the massive mobilization of tens of millions of people.

There will always be someone who becomes a victim of this turning point in the lives of most people.

West of Yuhe City.

Ancheng City is a super-large shelter complex.

As the last blue light from the electromagnetic rifle faded into the dark alleyway, it disappeared.

A haggard-looking middle-aged man was surrounded by two soldiers wearing exoskeleton armor.

They were escorted to a spacious conference room.

"Yang Yi, I didn't expect that even you couldn't escape."

In the conference room, a former high-ranking officer of the shelter, dressed neatly but with his arm bandaged, gave a wry smile to the middle-aged man who had been brought in.

Yang Yi is the highest-ranking official in Ancheng City's intelligence system.

They command an elite special operations force and at least several hundred agents.

He is known for his elusive and unpredictable nature.

If he wanted to, no one in the entire city of An could find his hiding place.

But now, his legend has clearly been shattered.

Yang Yi lowered his head and did not respond.

He was only urged by the escorting soldiers to sit down at the conference table.

"Alright, everyone's here now."

"We can start discussing the handover process."

The person sitting at the head of the conference table coughed lightly and started the conversation.

The dozen or so heads of various powerful departments in Ancheng City who had been brought there by force all raised their heads upon hearing this.

He looked at the person at the head of the table with a complicated expression.

They were not strangers to that person.

He was a deputy in charge of logistics and agriculture in Ancheng City.

Despite his high position, he remains outside the core leadership of Ancheng City.

Under normal circumstances, there would be no way he could become the new leader of Ancheng City.

But no one expected that he would find a terrifying army from somewhere.

From elite soldiers wearing exoskeleton armor to drones and robots, and all kinds of advanced weapons and equipment, everything is available.

In a very short time, they crushed the armed forces of everyone present.

They were imprisoned here.

What else is there to say?

"Kirk, you now effectively control the entire city of Ancheng, so you don't need us anymore."

The minister in charge of agriculture spoke first, using a self-deprecating tone.

He watched as his assistant instantly defeated all the powerful figures in Ancheng City with force.

Then they dragged him along with them into this small meeting room.

In terms of shock and psychological disparity, he probably experienced the greatest shock among everyone present.

"That can't be said."

"Without your help," "Ancheng City will remain in chaos for at least some time, and many more people will die or be injured."

Kirk said with a hint of reserve.

In just half a day, he had already begun to resemble a powerful leader.

None of the former high-ranking officials from Ancheng present believed that Kirk had approached them to avoid casualties.

For these powerful figures who hold sway over the fate of tens of millions of people...

What's so important about human life?
As long as it doesn't affect their rule.

No matter how many people die, it's just a string of numbers on a report.

However, even though I know it's just an excuse.

But no one actually came forward to make it clear.

Whatever the reason.

Since Kirk, who had effectively become the master of the entire shelter, had shown this attitude.

If they don't want to suffer, then they have no choice but to cooperate.

A meeting between the victors and a group of prisoners.

The result is no suspense.

soon.

A series of orders came from the conference room.

Alongside the ever-growing mechanical legion and batches of reorganized former Ancheng security forces.

Many places that were still in turmoil were quickly pacified.

A few hours later.

Kirk walked out of the conference room surrounded by several soldiers.

Adjusted my mood.

His expression changed from arrogant to respectful, and then he carefully dialed a phone number.

"Currently, Ancheng City is entirely under our control."

"The handover went smoothly."

"Yes, the security situation has been basically restored, and we guarantee that there will be no more group casualties of more than 10 people."

"As per your request, the main entrance to the shelter will open in 40 minutes—"

After a brief report.

Kirk straightened up after ending the call.

I looked up and gazed at the majestic and magnificent Ancheng government center, illuminated by artificial lights.

He seemed momentarily dazed.

He knew that their era was coming to an end.

What the future holds is no longer something he can decide.

Jianghe City.

A farmhouse courtyard, with the control center on the basement level.

Su Wu received a report from the intelligence department that Ancheng had been pacified.

The entire process of pacification.

From infiltrating the refuge with armed forces and selecting a spokesperson to eliminating other opposing forces and seizing supreme governing power in Ancheng.

Everything went very smoothly.

The most difficult of them all.

Instead, the priority is to maintain order and reduce civilian casualties.

After all, the preparation time for the operation was too short, and the armed forces that infiltrated the Ancheng shelter were not large in scale.

It was already quite difficult to concentrate efforts and take control of the original high command of the shelter.

Not to mention diverting resources to maintain order within the shelter.

However, reducing civilian casualties was Su Wu's will.

This matter is not negotiable.

So, no matter how difficult it is.

The intelligence department in charge of this operation still had to devote more energy to finding ways to make the power transition at the top of Ancheng City smoother.

To ensure that the entire management system of the shelter does not collapse uncontrollably.

"The death toll has not exceeded 1."

"not bad."

Su Wu gave his evaluation of the intelligence department's performance in completing its mission.

Ancheng is a megacity with a population of 2700 million.

Now, almost a year after the end of the world.

It has even developed into a de facto independent kingdom.

The brutality of the power struggles at the top was almost no less than that of past dynastic changes.

The final casualties can be kept below 1.

Moreover, the majority of these casualties came from armed personnel of hostile forces.

It is clear that it was done exceptionally well.

Turn off the report.

Su Wu turned his head and continued looking at the map of Dongzhou.

It faces Yuhe City, which is close to farmhouses, and the entire territory of Ancheng City, which is next to Yuhe City.

They have all been dyed green, representing complete control.

The area east of the farmhouses is the Kuanjiang River basin, and the area around Yu'an City to the south, which is close to the sea.

There is also a small part of Xiaojiang Province.

It then turned grayish-white.

Interspersed in the middle were more than 100 dark green specks of light of varying sizes.

That represents those regions.

The transfer of population and high-end resources has been completely completed.

All that remains are unmanned shelters storing some common resources and mines of various sizes that are still in operation.

"Population from Xiaojiang Province".

"They've already filled the 11th basement level of the farmhouse and occupied nearly half of the 12th basement level."

"Only about 3000 million people remain who have not yet been relocated."

"The Kuanjiang River basin and the area surrounding Yu'an City have long since become uninhabited areas."

"Everything is developing at a rapid pace."

"The next main quest, ruling over a billion people, is not so far away anymore."

Even at this moment.

The total number of people gathered in the farmhouse courtyard.

It is still less than 1.4 million.

However, the second and third Dawn-class transport ships are about to roll off the production line.

Basically, each additional ship means that 1000 million more people can be transferred to rural homes every day.

The snowball effect of development.

The goal of reaching 10 billion people is actually very close.

in the afternoon.

A seventh-generation fighter jet slowly took off from the airport that had been expanded by relying on the four-story outer wall on the ground.

Just like usual.

After accelerating for several seconds, it disappeared into the light gray clouds.

It left behind only a long, astonishing trail of flame.

But it's different from ordinary transportation tasks in the past.

This time.

This seventh-generation fighter jet carries the Eden 2 satellite, which costs many times more than the jet itself.

The destination is a geostationary orbit more than 3 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

"Entering near-Earth orbit."

"Initiate acceleration and merge into the synchronous orbit."

"Arrived at the designated location, begin satellite deployment."

In less than an hour.

The seventh-generation fighter jet completed all the operational steps and steadily deployed the Eden 2 satellite into a geostationary orbit in the Western Hemisphere.

Two satellites that have undergone extensive upgrades and enhancements using survival points, surpassing the technological advancements of several eras of humankind.

After entering the running state simultaneously.

In just half a second, the connection and resonance were completed.

Communication performance has seen a leap in growth.

This will expand network coverage to over 97% of the world in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the number of terminal devices that can be connected to the network simultaneously has reached tens of billions.

As we approach the one-year mark since the end of the world.

Su Wu, with his own strength.

To once again extend internet coverage to the entire globe.

Humans in every corner of the earth are equally entitled to communicate with one another.

(End of this chapter)