Chapter 1039 - 81: Pioneering Experiment (Part 1)

The continent symbolizing America gradually lit up on the holographic map, signifying that the United States was being gradually invaded.

If someone were watching this war from outside the atmosphere, they would surely be terrified:

Overwhelming supplies and military forces were being transported across the ocean, based on five space airships, with aircraft, drones, and floating cars for controlling the skies shuttling around different regions 24/7.

The war, under the control of a massive central management system, coordinated with industrial production, seemed to have transformed into a timed industrial production activity:

Thanks to a vast combat network system and mature automated warfare, a small number of soldiers could cooperate with a large number of war weapons to advance, able to immediately switch when ammunition ran out or damage was received.

But the war-related issues were not the only things that were surprising.

Floating cars were parked on a freshly cleared tarmac in New York City, and a group of Atlas researchers gradually emerged from the vehicles.

Having survived the calamity, their feelings had already been expressed en route; now what amazed them were the buildings they saw along the way:

New York should have been flattened, and intact buildings should not have existed here. However, the place they landed clearly was a well-ordered base, or even a residential area without skyscrapers!

"Can’t believe it... You guys landed only three days ago, and it’s already like this?!"

Dr. Otto, Dr. Tumus, Professor Conners... a group of veteran scientists looked around, expressing their astonishment without reservation!

The newly constructed apartments not far away explained how this all happened:

Prefabricated building components were shipped across the ocean by transport planes, and a large number of engineering robots took on functions of various construction machinery. From mixing building materials to drilling into the ground, they were proficient in everything, constructing was akin to stacking blocks.

Of course, this was still based on a powerful industrial capability: transportation and production required enormous resources, at least a fragmented United States, or rather a fragmented world couldn’t support such a capability.

Truly skyscraper-like achievements started from flat ground, and within just three days, the speed of shelter construction exceeded that of refugee housing, and this phenomenon occurred in all occupied areas, with food, clothing, and medicine entirely sufficient...

The New World alliance army not only defeated President Ellis’s "America" but also seemingly brought paradise directly here.

Dr. Otto looked at a construction robot waving its mechanical arms, clearly feeling that this was a device based on the octopus arm design, with the control drive clearly optimized multiple times by Lille, to the form it was now:

Perhaps not as absurd as the first version of the octopus arm, but certainly something everyone could use.

The same went for the lizard serum, vulture engines, spider silk solution...

All technologies had truly been implemented for everyone instead of being exclusive, secret skills of a single person.

Although they had experienced many twists along the way, this was what they wanted: technology changing life, and for the better.

People returned to their bombed-out homes, freed from debts they could never repay, burned slave contracts, and reunited with their families;

New homes were being built, the shadow of war began to fade, and people could even faintly hear cries: some in relief, some in mourning.

Upon arriving at their workplace, President Barnes, Captain Carter, and Hydra Crusher Steve had been waiting for a long time, obviously also feeling very shocked.

In the holographic projection, Lille saw that everyone had arrived and began to speak:

[Lille: Thank you all for your perseverance during this time, I’m glad to see you are all in one piece.]

Seeing the projection of Lille with an iron body, everyone felt a bit shocked, vaguely guessing some things.

Lille also felt some emotions: after such a long period of work behind enemy lines, his excellent employees had all undergone varying degrees of prosthetic enhancement.

Gwen’s spider suit had become an exoskeleton that directly conducted electricity through the skin, not mainly to enhance strength or provide physical support but to isolate electromagnetic signals to prevent various types of scanning.

Peter had fully applied the human lizard cyborg, and whether it was due to some special constitution, he didn’t even need a molecular filter like the lizard berserk component to control the serum—he could directly administer it. To evade Rocksen’s scanning, he had also installed many prosthetics on himself.

Professor Conners had also replaced a limb, Dr. Otto was equipped with a mechanical hand, and both became prosthetic doctors; Dr. Tumus, as a technology expert, provided support with equipment like small thrust engines and conducted hacker activities with Hacker Skye.

Captain Carter, having lost the shield, began using firearms, and the Hydra Crusher Mecha was repaired with a distinct cyberpunk style assembled mecha for lack of original parts...

The cyberpunk world, which had taken a hundred years to mature, was pushed to the extreme in eight months by Rocksen, bringing even the resistance into the punk era.

Without much small talk, Lille continued:

[Lille: But now is not the time for small talk, the battle isn’t over yet.]

[Lille: First things first: everyone might not have much understanding of our real enemy.]

"Not Ellis?" President Barnes was stunned, "And the United Nations traitors, the Shield Bureau?"

[Lille: Actually, they are Hydra. I thought you, Carter, and Steve could have guessed it.]

"Hydra?" Captain Carter mulled over the name, and the clues in her mind immediately connected!

[Lille: Yes, as is well known, after World War II, America accepted a large number of enemy scientists, many of whom were incorporated into the Strategic Science Bureau, an executive order signed by the President.]

Carter and Steve had already heard these things from Barnes, but they couldn’t help but look at Barnes, who smiled bitterly.

"Guys, if you had experienced that period like I did, you’d be glad you didn’t participate.

Back then, I was just a big soldier, unable to interfere in so much, I quit after putting up with the bureaucratic Strategic Science Bureau, and re-entered the military."

[Lille: Mr. President, don’t shirk responsibility. Perhaps the Hydra issue was too hidden for you to know, but the Super Soldier Serum project had always been ongoing, and that you knew, Hydra had been closely monitoring this project.]

[Lille: And our other opponent has always publicly and privately been involved with this project, namely the Rocksen Group.]

[Lille: The prosthetic technology they are using now is based on Dr. Bruce Banner’s research and development.]

[Lille: Aside from the "direct lineage" plan directly led by the military, you would also outsource projects to other companies, most of which are related to Rocksen.]

Barnes opened his mouth, finally admitting bitterly: "Yes, the American Government has always been conducting this project."

[Lille: The good news is, you can repay this debt later, right now we have more urgent matters.]

[Lille: Just moments ago, I resolved the Hydra trouble, but the Rocksen trouble is even greater.]

[Lille: The CEO of the Rocksen Group, Dalio Agger, has always been the main instigator of the current situation, continuously sending resources to the Moon to complete a destructive experiment.]

[Lille: I need all of you to immediately return to your posts——]

[Lille: The final battle will take place on the Moon.]