Starships of All Realms Online

Chapter 9: The Unmanned Legion Deploys to Gather Supplies

Los Angeles, North American West Coast

What was once a seaside city has now become a ruin covered in yellow sand.

However, Los Angeles is still quite lively, with crowds of people and a large number of zombies wandering the streets. Occasionally, there are disturbances, accompanied by gunshots and screams, but the horde of zombies soon calms down.

At this moment, a large unmanned transport aircraft is conducting a reconnaissance mission at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters over Los Angeles.

This is a drone that Fang Heng modified specifically for reconnaissance missions.

Fang Heng was not at the base at the moment, but was acting with the team.

At this moment, he and the main force are 50 kilometers away from the ruins of Los Angeles, and are conducting reconnaissance of the situation inside the city of Los Angeles using high-altitude drones.

"I didn't expect that even after half a year, we could still detect survivor signals in the city. Humanity's adaptability is indeed very strong."

He originally thought that there should be no survivors left in Los Angeles in the past six months. After all, people in North America rarely have the habit of storing food, so most people who dare to go out to find supplies in a city full of zombies would be swallowed up by the zombie horde.

However, the results of the investigation were beyond his expectations. According to the investigation, there were at least a thousand survivors in the city.

Although these survivors are not numerous and scattered throughout Los Angeles, they must possess extraordinary abilities to survive in a city teeming with zombies.

"I hope these survivors won't hinder my actions, otherwise, I won't show any mercy just because they're human."

Fang Heng admired these survivors, but that was all he felt.

He quickly ascertained the distribution of the horde of corpses throughout Los Angeles, including the locations where supplies were concentrated in the city.

"I never expected there would be a gold reserve here; it's truly unexpected."

Inside the pod beneath the drone, a metal detection instrument scanned the entire distribution of metal within the city, revealing something unexpected to Fang Heng.

Fang Heng wasn't very clear about the distribution of supplies in North America, since he had never been abroad and had always assumed that the main storage location for gold was in the Federal Reserve's vaults.

After all, it has been said online before that the Federal Reserve has more than 8,000 tons of gold in its vaults.

However, he did not expect that there was also a gold vault beneath the bank in Los Angeles. According to the instrument's detection, the amount of gold inside was about 50 tons, which surprised Fang Heng.

Besides gold, in the Los Angeles dock area, a large number of containers are now covered by yellow sand at the bottom, but the various supplies inside are still stored in the containers and have not been moved.

This is also Fang Heng's main target, after all, Los Angeles is also a coastal city with a port.

As Fang Heng issued the order, the unmanned legion began to move out.

First, 10 camel trucks carrying 100 Guardians quickly arrived at the port area along the Los Angeles Ring Road.

The Port of Los Angeles is the largest container port in the region.

However, due to the apocalypse, the seawater had receded from the port, turning it into an inland area.

There were also a large number of zombies roaming the port.

There weren't originally so many zombies, but many survivors came here in search of supplies, bringing wave after wave of zombies with them, which led to the current situation.

The reconnaissance drones in the sky have already calculated the number of zombies in the port.

"I never expected that such a small port would gather more than 30 zombies. Fortunately, I don't have to face these zombies head-on. As long as I act quickly, half an hour will be enough."

The entire population of Los Angeles is about 500 million, and now this port is teeming with more than 30 zombies, which surprised Fang Heng but also felt quite normal.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, Fang Heng led ten guards to the rooftop of a three-story building by the sea to remotely control the operation.

"Sizzle!"

As the sound of the motor running echoed through the port, the wandering zombies were drawn to it.

"call out!"

The rifles equipped with silencers killed the approaching zombies one by one, but the noise they made also attracted zombies from further away.

As the convoy stopped in front of a group of containers, the guards immediately got off and began to break open the containers.

"Sizzle!"

Although the sound of the laser cutting the container was quiet, it wasn't entirely absent. From high above, Fang Heng could see more and more zombies being alerted and rushing towards the convoy.

"Clang!"

The guards acted quickly, cutting open one side of the container to reveal the supplies inside.

These were all bags of agricultural products, which were quickly moved to the hump by the guards.

Another group of guards opened the container around the same time; it contained steel coils.

The entire convoy was divided into 5 groups based on the number of transport vehicles.

Two camel humps and one transport vehicle formed a group, transporting grain, metal supplies, fuel, machinery, and medicine respectively.

The guardians moved very quickly, with one team clearing out the zombies and the other carrying supplies. They quickly loaded all the necessary supplies onto the truck.

[Beep, operation complete, begin retreat.]

As soon as the intelligent system detected that the loading of supplies was complete, the convoy began to retreat. All the guardians acted very quickly, with some blocking the way and others carrying the supplies away.

Only half an hour had passed before the port returned to calm.

After shaking off the zombies that were following them, the convoy arrived at Fang Heng's location.

There are 10 large trucks parked here, which are used specifically for transporting supplies.

After being modified by Fang Heng, the Hundred-Ton King has reappeared. All the supplies collected by the unmanned legion will be transported here first, and then sent back to the base via these Hundred-Ton Kings.

Soon, under the precise command of artificial intelligence, thousands of tons of supplies were collected by using a hit-and-run method.

It was already dark by then, and Fang Heng prepared to return to the base to avoid any accidents.

Even if they wanted to continue, there was no way to do so. These guards only had about 30 rounds of ammunition left, so Fang Heng had no choice but to evacuate just in case.

As the engines of the large trucks started, dozens of 100-ton trucks, like land-based trains, each towing several cargo boxes, headed towards the base.

As night fell, Los Angeles, which had been somewhat bustling during the day, returned to tranquility, but unseen radio waves were rapidly moving across the city.

The commotion during the day naturally did not escape the notice of the survivors inside Los Angeles.

Although many survivors were trapped in the city and unable to escape, their six months of survival allowed them to figure out ways to avoid zombies.

Furthermore, many survivors also gained information about the situation around the city through radio and drones.

After seeing the port during the day through drone footage, all the survivors were shocked.

This unmanned army, a powerful manifestation of futuristic technology, gave these people new hope.

However, after seeing that these unmanned legions were only collecting supplies and not providing any assistance, they realized that the target of this suddenly appearing force was probably the supplies in the port.

Although they were somewhat disappointed, these people had already realized that it was better to rely on themselves than on others.

Therefore, some skilled drone operators, upon seeing the remaining supplies inside the broken container, immediately directed their drones to move forward and collect these supplies.

After things calmed down again, the survivors were very happy to see the supplies their drones had brought back.

Fang Heng was also unaware of the situation here.

He is currently taking stock of his spoils at the base.

"Not bad, this is a great harvest. We won't need to collect these supplies for a while."

The supplies this time are mainly concentrated in five categories.

Regarding grain, the quantity of grain this time is 200 tons, including 50 tons of rice, 100 tons of flour, and 50 tons of various agricultural and sideline products.

In terms of fuel, there are 50 tons of gasoline in barrels, 70 tons of diesel, 30 tons of crude oil, and 50 tons of coal.

He was also surprised to find the fuel in the container.

His original target was coal and other solid fuels.

Regarding metal materials, there are 30 tons of pig iron ingots, 10 coils of steel coils weighing 14 tons each, and 5 coils weighing 18 tons each.

There was also silver, which amounted to 10 tons, plus other metals totaling approximately 50 tons.

The machinery and equipment, including three 5-axis machining centers, one furnace, and three automated production lines, can all be modified.

Because container space is very limited, there aren't many of these.

The remaining items are pharmaceuticals and daily chemical products.

Considering the possibility that I might return to this world during the Resident Evil arc, I've gathered so many supplies this time.

After the supplies were inventoried, calculations based on artificial intelligence showed that these supplies could meet the base's needs for at least one year.

Fang Heng nodded in agreement.

Despite the abundance of supplies, the base also has a large population, resulting in significant consumption. However, if all the supplies from the Port of Los Angeles are transported back, there will be no need to worry about shortages for at least five years.

As for five years from now, many supplies with expiration dates will not be able to be stored for very long, but within five years, the base will definitely be able to achieve self-sufficiency in food.

After all, Umbrella Corporation has advanced biotechnology, so building a large-scale eco-park is not a difficult task for them.

After taking inventory of the supplies, Fang Heng also went to the cloning room.

These clones develop very quickly; they are fully formed in just one day.

However, even if a child develops rapidly, they still need to follow basic growth principles.

Therefore, he wouldn't live to see the birth of these clones before his return.

However, these clones will continue to research the corresponding technologies and develop their bases after you leave, and when you come back next time, it will be time to reap the rewards.