Chapter 2 Red Alert Base

  Under the pitch-black starry sky, from time to time came a burst of hoarse bird cries, and a gentle cool breeze, everything seemed so desolate.

  Standing at the gate of the base, I looked at my watch and found it was already 8 o'clock in the evening. With the faint moonlight, I gazed into the distance towards the foot of the mountain, which stretched out like a dormant giant dragon to the faraway place.

  Chen Shaosong loosened the buttons on his shirt. It was already very hot in May in the south. Thinking about it, as a 25-year-old technical college graduate before crossing over, facing the unchangeable fact of crossing over, he could only take practical steps to move forward.

  As a 21st-century otaku, the happiest thing is to have a small housewife as an object, living every day in "locked up at home and Mrs. Inside"; loving days, now everything has become a fleeting cloud, leaving only this fact of crossing over.

  As a hot-blooded young man and an angry youth of the 21st century, he was once stimulated by various bloody facts and fantasies, his blood boiling with excitement, dreaming every day of returning to the past, shouldering a rifle or a pen, pointing at the mountains and rivers, fighting against the devils. Who would have thought that today he finally arrived in this great era of modern China.

  Since you're here, make yourself at home. Chen Shao stood for a moment, linking up with the base in his mind. "Base, what do those gray dots on the display represent?"

  "Report to Commanding Officer, it's just an ordinary small mountain village."

  After hearing the base's response, Chen Shao thought for a moment that he might have to go out and take a look around tomorrow to understand the surrounding environment, in order to prepare for the construction of the base. Moreover, in this era, one must arm oneself and also rely on people, and the production of the base also requires people. Turning back to look at the base, Chen Shao found that its appearance was completely different from the game, without any high-tech appearance, it was simply a huge residential house, occupying at least 1000 square meters, without the giant mechanical arms in the game. Chen Shao couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion, high technology is indeed high technology, it's simply unbeatable. Originally, he was still planning how to explain the origin of the base to modern people, it seems that he was overthinking.

  After taking a look around, I discovered that this was a huge natural valley, and such a large base occupied less than 10% of the area. On the left side of the base, there was a wooden enclosure where welding sounds and sparks could be heard and seen flashing. It seemed to be the power plant that I had just clicked to build. Not only did it look like something, but there were also people moving around inside. At first, Chen Shao thought he saw wrongly, but after repeated confirmation, he found that there were indeed people inside, which almost scared him to death, thinking that the villagers had run inside. After asking about the base and getting an explanation, he finally put his mind at ease.

  Originally, when building buildings in the base, some virtual people would appear, and from the outside, it seemed as if they were construction workers inside the wooden fence, further confusing others.

  Suddenly Chen Shaojian had a question in his mind. In the game of Red Alert, all building units are chosen by the player to be built wherever they want, so why didn't he see any indication of where to place the power plant when he just clicked on it? Thinking about this, he couldn't help but send his question back to the base again.

  "Report to commander, it means the commander has no choice, so Red Alert Assistant 2012 automatically helped the commander choose to build next to the base."

  "So how should I choose the construction site?" Chen Shao asked again.

  "Report to the commander, the commander has two methods. One is that when the commander is outside, he can build in a place within his line of sight, and the construction address is determined by what the commander thinks. However, the construction range cannot exceed 100 kilometers beyond the base radius. Another method is that on the base control console, the commander can control the base display to show where it can be built, and let the commander choose."

  "Can the base range be increased?"

  "Report to the commander, yes, but the commander's conditions have not been met."

  "What conditions?" Chen Shao asked with great interest

  "Report to commander, sorry, conditions are insufficient to answer."

  "Why is it always short of conditions?" Chen Shao's forehead involuntarily sprouted line after line of black lines

  "Report to commander, sorry, conditions are insufficient to answer."

  Depressed, it's like this again.

  After hearing the base's response, Chen Shao couldn't help but mutter and ask: "Base, are you Red Alert Assistant 2012?"

  "Report to the commander, yes."

  "Why is it called this?"

  "Report to Commander, because when the base recognized its master in the commander's world it was exactly 2012."

  "Why choose me"

  "Report to commander, this is Red Alert assistant randomly selected from numerous Red Alert players"

  At this point, Chen Shao felt like he had been hit by a 500 million yuan grand prize.

  "How many people were selected"

  "Report to the commander, there is only one person in space-time."

  "So I'm not very lucky, that is to say, on the original earth, only I have a Red Alert base?"

  "Report to the commander, yes."

  "Base, is your name fixed as Red Alert Assistant 2012?"

  "Report to commander, commander can change at any time."

  "How to change"

  "Report to the commander, as long as you think about what to change, just tell Red Alert Assistant 2012."

  Change the name, what should it be called? Red Alert, the voice is also a female voice, my surname is Chen, so let's call it Chen Hong, but I don't know if this Chen Hong can sing. Chen Shao thought of a good name and silently recited in his mind: "Base, from now on you'll be called Chen Hong."

  "Report to the commander, yes."

  "And can you stop saying 'reporting to commander' every time you respond to me?"

  "Report to the commander, yes?"

  "Whatever, report it however you want! I've heard enough to get used to it. Are you a genius, Chen Hong? Chen Shao remained calm and didn't dwell on the issue after hearing Chen Hong's response (from now on, Red Alert Assistant 2012 will refer to Chen Hong as just 'Chen Hong', too lazy to type out two characters, two words are more convenient)."

  "Report to the commander, yes, my main function is to help the commander manage the base and help the commander understand the base. There is also a point that the commander needs to pay attention to: if the base is occupied or destroyed, the commander will also be eliminated, and all construction units will be destroyed together. However, the destruction of construction units will not affect the base. If the commander dies unnaturally, the base and all construction units will also be destroyed together. If the commander dies naturally, the Red Alert main base will permanently lose its effectiveness and become like an ordinary house that can be demolished, but it will not affect other construction units."

  It's okay, at least these few things look pretty good for myself. However, if I were to die an untimely death, that would be a tragedy. It seems like in the future, I'll have to consider my own safety even more, with my life being the top priority. Although I'm not particularly afraid of death, for the sake of the goal in my heart, I absolutely cannot die now. Thinking about it again, my body isn't particularly strong, although compared to ordinary people, it's a bit better. However, compared to real soldiers, there's still a huge gap. It seems like during new recruit training in the future, I'll have to train with the new recruits as well, at least to the point of developing the physique of special forces, and if I can reach the level of a soldier king, that would be even better.

  As I walked into the base's entrance, I passed through a large hall that resembled a reception room. The hall was furnished with a set of sofas and tea tables. Beyond the hall was a very large conference room. On the front wall of the conference room hung a world map that covered the entire surface. There was also a beautifully crafted conference table in the center of the room, adorned with several vases of flowers. The chairs were arranged around the conference table. Next to the conference room was a rest area equipped with a large bed, an office desk, and a large cabinet. Adjacent to the rest area was a bathroom. Beyond the rest area lay the command center. Except for the entrance door to the command center which required fingerprint recognition, all other areas could be accessed by anyone who had permission.

  Glancing at his watch, Chen Shao found that it was almost 9 o'clock, and with the headache he had earlier, he discovered that his eyes were about to close, if not for the appearance of the base last night, plus the excitement of crossing over, he would probably be sleeping on the ground by now.

  Saw the big bed in the rest room, Chen Shao Lian didn't even take off his clothes and lay down on it directly. Before long, a snoring sound came from Chen Shao's mouth.

  Although it's scorching hot outside, fortunately the base inside is air-conditioned all year round, with 24-hour lighting, and although there are no windows, the air is very fresh and not stuffy at all. As for those who have already fallen asleep, they probably won't feel this until tomorrow.