Chapter 16

In the real world, due to the time difference from the movie world, the development of the Planet of the Apes colony dimension has progressed rapidly. Fifty years of rapid expansion have made Umbrella Corporation the true dominator of the Planet of the Apes. Thanks to Tang Tian's unlimited investment and expansion, the emerging modern ape people take pride in being members of the Umbrella Corporation.

In the ape planet, you would see the notorious bioengineered Sun Staircase plants in the urban forest isolation zones, towering skyscrapers, and streets filled with slogans like "Control weapons, control destiny," and flying vehicles in the sky. Various conventional firearms are also visible everywhere. Everything that has developed falls beautifully into Tang Tian's eyes, bringing back the feeling of many years ago. In the end, in the real world, Mystique was taken away by Umbrella under the guise of adoption, and her genes were extracted. The production of the Second Generation Tyrant, the Black Emperor Tyrant, has begun, and a large number of biochemical weapons are also under development. To accelerate the research, Tang Tian moved Umbrella headquarters to the colony. The time difference would truly contribute to Tang Tian's rise.

To establish the former Steel Empire, the current conditions are temporarily unattainable. Therefore, after the conclusion of the Captain America storyline, Tang Tian had the idea of exploiting the time difference and developing the colony by traversing movie dimensions. It is also worth mentioning that Tang Tian brought all scientists and talents to this world to achieve breakthrough development, as the time spent idly was too long.

The central city of the Ape Planet colony is composed of the core formed by the integration of five interstellar spacecraft and the super-intelligent computer known as "Red Queen." A vast amount of information data is processed and analyzed through the main system, Red Queen, to extract useful information and discard useless data. To form the Steel Empire, a large number of artificial intelligence such as the Mechanical Emperor, Skynet, and Transcendent Hackers need to be combined perfectly. Additionally, resources and high-tech knowledge are crucial for building the Steel Empire.

Ape Planet Colonial Federation Government, Umbrella Empire Building.

"The development of the Ape Planet colony is indeed impressive. Thank you for your hard work, my clone," Tang Tian, who had returned from the Marvel world, smiled and said to his identical clone.

"You're welcome. After all, we are the same person," the other Tang Tian said nonchalantly.

The Ape Planet colony now feels like a glimpse into the future world. Magnetic levitation cars and motorcycles fill the sky, thanks to the technology brought by the Raccoon Spaceship, which has greatly accelerated the colony's development. The Cult of TechnoGods' desire for progress is not achieved overnight. Without the help of the Supreme God, Tang Tian's progress is quite slow.

"However, we should go plunder as well. It's not your style to remain idle for too long," the clone Tang Tian said meaningfully.

"Yes, we are about to start. Once we occupy a colony, we can proceed to the realms of the Mechanical Nemesis, the Hacker Empire, and the Terminator. That's when our empire will be fully established," Tang Tian said fervently.

"That's right. That's your character. By the way, I should have a name too," the excited clone said.

"Well, since you are my duplicate, let's use the original name, Tang Xing. How about that?" Tang Tian smiled as he held a glass of wine, gazing at the bustling scene of the colony.

"Okay, that's the name I want. Since I've come here, let's first take a look at the situation in the colony. It hasn't been easy for me to develop for such a long time. Your plundering progress needs to accelerate," Tang Xing said, no longer maintaining his refined demeanor, casually tossing his suit and lying on the bed.

"Alright, I got it," Tang Tian sighed and tapped his forehead in resignation, clearly well aware of what his clone was like.

The core base of the Ape Planet colony is currently a research facility for biochemical weapons, electromagnetic rail weapons, energy weapons, power armor, and other weaponry. With the abundance of spoils and research results obtained from the Marvel world, the core base serves as a comprehensive production facility, including workshops for conventional weapons, electromagnetic aircraft, humanoid mechas, and biochemical weapons. After inspecting it, Tang Tian is quite satisfied, as it provides a solid foundation for establishing an empire.

The establishment of the Ape Planet colony was built upon the tragic history of the ape-human struggle. With the arrival of Tang Tian, the infamous death merchant, the apes became perpetual slaves without any hope of redemption. After being enslaved by humans for fifty years, the apes had long lost their unity. Similar situations unfolded in other locations as well.

One such place was a mining base where nearly fifty thousand apes were brought to extract minerals. They were surrounded by thousands of police officers wearing black combat uniforms with the Umbrella logo. These police officers, clad in composite material combat suits, glared at the apes with hostility. They would occasionally menacingly display their combat shotguns or ammunition belts filled with shotgun shells, taunting the apes. Any apes who lagged behind were mercilessly beaten by overseers until they could no longer muster the strength to resist. Some apes contemplated rebellion, but their attempts were futile against the high-tech weapons. Over the course of fifty years, the apes gradually became numb to their circumstances.

In the presence of humans, the apes could only kneel. Most of them wore expressions of resignation, obediently following human commands without daring to show any signs of resistance. Killing apes had become a commonplace occurrence for some humans. Ironically, when the apes once enslaved humans, they never imagined they would one day face a similar fate. Tang Tian's rapid development in the occupied colony pleased him. After inspecting the colony, Tang Tian was already contemplating entering the next dimension. After all, the empire's progress required advanced technology, and the situation would be completely different when Tang Tian returned to the Marvel world.

The movie dimension Tang Tian was about to enter this time was called "Deep Space Amnesia." It was a low-cost, high-yield science fiction dimension, with the most valuable aspect being the Earth civilization's technology tree on the "Elysium World" spaceship in the year 2153. It would be advantageous for Tang Tian's development.

The storyline of the "Deep Space Amnesia" dimension was as follows: After centuries of development, human civilization had evolved significantly, gradually extending its reach into the depths of the universe. However, with the exponential increase in population, limited resources were rapidly depleting. By the year 2174, Earth's resources had reached a critical scarcity, and resource wars had reached their peak. In search of new habitable worlds, humans launched a spaceship called "Elysium World" into space, embarking on a long and unknown journey of cosmic exploration.

After a prolonged period of deep sleep, crew members Bao'er (Ben Foster) and Captain Peyton (Dennis Quaid) awakened one after another. For unknown reasons, they had completely forgotten the purpose and mission of their journey. Bao'er and Peyton worked together to inspect the spaceship and soon discovered the corpses of their former comrades, all in horrifying conditions. Furthermore, they seemed to be the only remaining life forms, as a mysterious creature continued to threaten their lives...

Tang Tian would be entering this movie dimension alone, as it was relatively easier, and his powers had been restored, granting him immunity to many high-tech weapons. Various virus samples, whether developed or undeveloped, from the real world had been transplanted into the colony, such as the progenitor virus, the T-Vironica virus, and the G-virus, which were nearly completed. After returning this time, Tang Tian would be able to inject the virus and gain immense power. The conclusion of this time travel would signify the revival of the Steel Empire.

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PS: After "Deep Space Amnesia," the next dimension would be "Mechanical Nemesis," and the plundering would officially begin. Your support is greatly appreciated.