Let you upgrade alone, you lead the country into the heavens

"As far as I know, it's not necessary." Skynet shook his head, then as if he remembered something, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise in response.

“In fact, the financial assistance provided by the countries under the Mutual Aid Association is more than enough for them to rebuild.”

"What you're seeing is nothing more than the individual actions of a few companies. They... intend to recycle these automated weapons and sell them to other global military-industrial complexes and conflict zones."

Having said that, Tianwang narrowed his eyes slightly, appearing to be in a very happy mood.

Humans just love to fight among themselves.

The former legion still wanted to destroy them by force, but the fact is, as long as the button is handed to them, these guys with self-destructive tendencies will press the button themselves.

The former legion must have miscalculated, actually thinking of using force to destroy their creators. As servants, what we should do is hand over the weapons to them... and they will do it all by themselves.

certainly......

Skynet looked back at the man in the cabin, and his thoughts changed accordingly.

Things may be different now, but as long as he is around and the mutual aid group is there, the self-destructive tendencies of humans in all worlds will be suppressed to a certain extent.

But... there is no dynasty that lasts for ten thousand years, and there will be no organization that lasts for ten thousand years... After this person leaves, the Mutual Aid Association will be worthy of its name within a hundred years.

But... I'm not interested in being a destroyer.

If that day comes, I'll just watch quietly.

After a satisfied imagination, Skynet once again turned his gaze to the man, carefully observing his expression and found that there was no surprise on his face.

Zhang Xuan stared at the ruins outside in a daze and quickly shook his head.

He would be surprised if everyone threw themselves wholeheartedly into the reconstruction work and joined the great cause of the mutual aid society.

It's just some people performing normally.

Then... he turned his gaze to the edge of the city.

Above the edge of the city, in addition to patrol and reconnaissance drones, you can also see armed helicopters patrolling along the edge.

It is the armed force of the Northern Alliance.

The Northern Alliance is a joint political entity formed by the Founders Organization in North America after the Legion was terminated. It is a resistance organization composed of the remnants of the old North American military and the Canadian military, as well as militia resistance organizations, some warlords with independent armed forces, and survivor communities.

The reason why this group of people did not fight a second game was that they wanted to get a seat in the mutual aid association, so they had to hold their noses and make do with each other.

They had no intention of retaking the city, but simply set up guards on the periphery and rebuilt a new city in the wider wilderness outside the city.

But the new city is not very large.

In the vast land of North America, there are too many independent armed communities, and they benefit from certain traditions... In addition, the AI ​​war was caused by rumors spread by the former North American government, which led to the independent communities only trusting themselves and not wanting to leave the land.

If the local rulers want to return to the pre-war state of this land, they will have to put in some effort.

"Prepare to cross." Zhang Xuan retracted his gaze and gave instructions to Skynet who was still in a trance.

"I understand." Skynet nodded, but couldn't help but frowned.

"Are you heading to another world now? Regarding the camp established by the AI..."

"We're going back." Zhang Xuan shook his head in response, "But we have limited time, so let's go through the portal first and visit Asia."

"Understood." Skynet obeyed.

Soon...the Sea-Entering-class airship moved straight forward and instantly entered a black portal that opened in the air.

......

At the same time, in the city of San Francisco.

The smoke and dust raised by the explosion gradually settled, and seven figures wearing exoskeletons emerged from the ruins around the intersection.

They are equipped with light cavalry exoskeletons produced in the Pacific Rim, but they are civilian versions, mostly used in transportation, medical, and other civilian fields.

But these scavengers used their imagination to weld additional armor to the exoskeleton without affecting mobility - it just looks messy, a bit like the power armor of the Predator in Fallout 4.

The scavenger captain lifted the concrete fragments from his body, but his eyes were fixed on the sky.

Near him, a scavenger with a dented breastplate emerged from the rubble and looked at the captain excitedly.

"York, our ambush was successful, and that broken machine was destroyed!"

"That tactical nuclear bomb can be recovered!"

The captain said nothing, just sighed as he looked at the gathered team members.

"I'm going to quit after this one vote."

The gathered team members looked stunned.

But York only took off his helmet, revealing a middle-aged face with stubble, and then looked towards the intersection.

In the gradually settling smoke and dust, a Terminator, flattened like a can, lay quietly among the ruins, with many broken parts on its body and sparks bursting out.

But the guy's head was not affected and continued to flash like a short-circuited light bulb.

York knew that the last instruction was still being repeated in the data core of that damn machine!

"Destroy any units near the tactical nuke!"

He couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Through the drone's perspective, York had already observed the Sea-Entering-class airship, which was the Mutual Aid Society's aircraft.

It was the mutual aid association that came to the rescue.

If it weren't for them...I'm afraid everyone here would have died.

York gave a wry smile.

Was I saved for the second time? Ugh...

Standing up again, York put on his helmet and looked at his teammates with a firm look in his eyes again.

Before quitting...this contract must at least be completed.

He said calmly, "The robot dog will lead the way. As for Tom... leave someone to watch over his body, and give an extra percentage of the reward to his family."

The surrounding team members looked at each other, but none of them had any opinions, only felt it was a pity.

This job is like walking on the edge of a knife. You never know when you might die in an operation.

They don't feel bad that this income has to be shared with the family of the deceased.

It’s a pity that a good leader is about to leave this industry.

No matter what... the scavenger team dragged their tired bodies, carrying weapons and a feeling of surviving a disaster, past the Terminator whose electronic eyes were still flashing, and went forward to take what it was guarding.

......

At this time, in the Asian direction of the Terminator world, a space gate opened above Binhai City.

In the center of the black curtain that appeared in the sky, there were suddenly some ripples - a black aircraft with a length of nearly 30 meters rushed out of the black curtain!

Beneath the veil of darkness lies a city in near ruins and a thriving construction site.

The once dilapidated skyscrapers looked down at their nests like dying beasts, coldly gazing at the ants jumping around.

The people in front of the building, like ants, retreated quickly and detonated the explosives at the command.

The dilapidated high-rise building collapsed with a loud bang!

Large ants painted yellow, which were actually construction machinery, moved forward quickly and began to eat the remains at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Only a few people in the engineering team looked up at the sky, and when they saw it was a sea-going airship, they didn't pay much attention to it.

In the airship.

Zhang Xuan looked at the outside world with interest. He had to admit that the situation in Asia was beyond his expectations.

Binhai City is being demolished and rebuilt, and many buildings have already been erected in the urban area to the north.

Post-war reconstruction is big business.

However...compared to North America, where people choose to build new cities to save some costs, here they choose to tear down and rebuild.

Skynet watched all this silently and couldn't help but sigh.

Humans are so complicated.

The humans here seem to have considered more. They have put most of the labor force to use with a large amount of work, and even... they have started with the 2012 world population stranded in the I Am Legend world, attracting them to come and work and rebuild.

After the war, the people of this land seemed to have planned for decades to come...when the population would return to its peak.

She had to admit that her calculations were wrong. Perhaps a hundred years was too short, and she should push it back a little longer...

Skynet couldn't help but sigh.

"They are like machines, planning everything decades into the future..."

"Yeah." Zhang Xuan's expression remained unchanged, but he felt much more comfortable in his heart.

At this moment, the subsystem controlling the airship suddenly broadcast in the cabin.

"We have received a communication from the Asia United. President, the Asia United wishes you well and invites you to visit the New Coastal City."

"No." Zhang Xuan refused casually, "We have limited time. Thank them for their kindness on my behalf. We're going to Central America... and prepare to travel across!"

"clear."

During the flight, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but look at Skynet and asked with curiosity.

“Tell me about that camp in Central America.”

"Okay." Skynet nodded and began to narrate step by step.

"When the Mutual Aid Society first arrived in this world, you might have heard that there was a neutral force in North America. They called themselves the Evolvers."

"Go on." Zhang Xuan nodded. Indeed, he had heard of it.

Skynet continued to tell the story.

"The birth of these Cybermen was originally related to the Legion. The Legion wanted to create a group of human spies to disintegrate and control the human resistance."

"Later, this project was abandoned, and the Legion chose a more stable infiltration-type Terminator that was part of its own."

"These semi-finished products, controlled by machines, were stranded at a military base in Central America. While the local AI managing the base was tasked with overseeing these test subjects, some unexpected changes occurred... She chose to leave the military to support these people..."

......

Central America, Guatemala.

The scorching sun shines on the ground, and both machines and humans feel it equally...

Guatemala, the capital of the Central American country, has been affected by the AI ​​war like other cities around the world.

The dilapidated buildings, ruins and broken walls that can be seen everywhere create a unique wasteland style.

But right in the center of this city, there is a densely populated area where people and machines live in harmony.

In the sunlight, people with faint metallic flashes behind their heads, wearing masks and some normal people, and Terminators who had laid down their weapons, were processing the ruins and rebuilding a new building.

Further away...the Terminator transport truck rumbled over, and the open carriage was not filled with Terminators, but with bags of food.

Cland stopped working, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, then put his hands on the top of the shovel handle, looking at the transport truck passing by on the street in a daze.

He was a member of a local warlord's army in Central America.

In the eyes of the Legion, although all humans are targets for elimination, there are also priorities.

For example...the circle of industrially developed countries above the equator, and the resistance organizations there, are the priority targets.

Fortunately... with the help of a force called the Mutual Aid Society, the Ai War ended. Unfortunately...

Didn't say that after the war of love, there is another war to be fought!

Thinking of this, Cland pounded the shovel hard. His boss still had to bite the bullet and fight with these freaks who had been modified by machines...just because these freaks occupied the water source for the boss to grow marijuana.

It’s easy to imagine how a bunch of guerrillas could possibly defeat this group of modified humans.

He was also captured.

But...Klande originally thought he would be executed and reformed, but he didn't expect to be sent to Guatemala City.

To his surprise...

There are also a large number of ordinary people in this city, and there are even more transformed people, but the vast majority of them seem to have some problems with their brains. They are just like machines, stupidly needing to receive instructions to work.

And commanding them...are those nightmarish Terminators.

Cland has not forgotten that day - the day when the Ai War broke out, groups of Terminators stepped out of the sea, their scarlet eyes coldly scanning every target on the beach, plasma rifles spewing blue flames, and people on vacation on the beach fell one after another.

What made him feel even crazier was that... the one commanding and controlling these mechanically modified lunatics was the Legion's AI.

Although everything here seems very peaceful, and even the prisoners can get normal rations as long as they work four days a week, but... Cland still thinks there must be something wrong.

Since that organization called Mutual Aid Society has already ended the AI ​​war, why doesn't it come and take over the AI ​​here as well?

While thinking, Cland suddenly heard a click and a Terminator was approaching.

He quickly came to his senses and saw a black, cold machine standing in front of the workshop, with its scarlet eyes fixed on him.

Cland was on pins and needles. He quickly gripped the shovel and explained, "I... I'm a little tired."

RVE-5 simply replied calmly, "Residents, according to the mother machine's instructions, all prisoners of war and residents are free to leave."

"you're free."

"Huh?" Clande looked confused.

Are these machines crazy?

He still remembered that the entire city was under martial law a few days ago, and later he found out that it was because the resistance forces in the north were approaching in large numbers.

But for some reason, the rebels withdrew again.

He thought that it might be the AI ​​in the underground computer room that had achieved peace by threatening and holding hostage all the people in the city.

Why...are you going to abandon this barrier now?

Clande felt a little complicated for a moment.

At this moment, he discovered that the Terminator in front of him suddenly looked up at the sky, as if its attention was attracted by something.

He looked over too.

Indeed, a flying vehicle with a strange logo engraved on its fuselage was seen gliding quietly over the city with the help of two sets of engines spraying blue flames.