Doomsday Pillars

D’Day 150.

Bali island, Indonesia.

StarBase.

Fifty days ago, as predicted earlier, the Doomsday Pillars landed just a kilometer east of the StarBase that Alex had built.

Ever since that day, not a single Indonesian living in Bali dared to doubt Alex’s leadership. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

For 150 days from the time the plague arrived, saving them from the undead to cleansing the island of Bali from terror, the base and its leader provided them with security and a future.

Day by day, the StarBase looked more and more crowded and full of energy. In the last few months, the Star Army had been tasked with scouting the islands around Bali, rescuing, and bringing refugees to this island.

Until now, all the refugees who had arrived could be accommodated. If they were not accommodated at the Star Base, they were allocated in Bay City.

Fifty days after the pillar fell, a lot of things happened, and today was quite a special day for Devita, the highest leader of this island after Alex left.

Today, the island of Bali had three guests of honor. The three guests of honor came together in one ship departing from the island of Java.

Today, Devita was accompanied by the famous former governor Cahya, who was currently both her right-hand man and also her advisor. Hundreds of citizens who knew or heard the news of today’s guests also came with them.

Honkkkk...

The ship docked at the wharf of Bay City. The group from the ship got off and was greeted by Devita and Cahya in person.

Three figures were seen walking side by side. Devita only knew these three people from the news and television, so this was the first time they had met.

"Welcome to the honorable Regent Suryo, Sultan Kartasurya, and President Rico."

Christina paid her respects very sincerely and seriously. However, the three people who came together seemed to accept it jokingly.

"Hahaha... look at that, Rico, this woman doesn’t respect you as president... She said your name last... Hahaha..." Regent Suryo said, laughing.

President Rico only replied, "This woman, of course, mentioned our names based on our seniority... since I’m the youngest here, of course that’s how it should be."

Regent Suryo said to reply in a jesting tone, "When it comes to age, this Sultan friend of ours is older than me by several years, so there’s no way that that’s the case... This means that you’re still lacking in authority, Rico... you have to work harder."

"All right, let’s assume that I received this advice well..." President Rico could only sigh as he relented.

The Sultan, who had been silent from the start, finally spoke, "You’re already this old, and yet you still haven’t changed, Suryo... you love to joke too much... Look at our hosts, they’re so confused now because of you."

Sultan Kartasurya then greeted Devita, "Thank you for the invitation. Ignore the two of them. From the start of their journey from New Java, they haven’t stopped joking."

Devita tried her best to stay calm and collected. The three figures in front of her were important figures in this country. Regent Suryo was a 5-star general and a national hero. Sultan Kartasurya was a governor and also a descendant of the last sultanate of this country. These two men’s standings were no lower than President Rico.

"Thank you for coming. Welcome to the island of Bali. We hope that you won’t have any problems here."

Since it was already late in the afternoon, on that day, Devita took the guests to a luxury five-star hotel at the White Sand Beach of Bali, the same place where Admiral Gerald stayed three months ago.

"I hope that the accommodation we prepared is not too disappointing. If there’s anything you need, please let us know and we’ll help as much as we can," Devina politely told.

"Good! It’s good that we’re not always stressed because of thinking about the apocalypse all the time. Let’s enjoy days like this while we can," said the regent. Then, he went straight to the sultan and invited, "Old friend, let’s chat until to our heart’s content tonight..."

"Very well," the sultan, who was a little stiff, seemed unable to refuse the regent’s request.

After they left, President Rico approached Devita.

"Any news from Alex or James?"

It had been three months since they last separated. Rico himself actually only knew Alex or James. Now, Alex already went to Australia and James already went to America. This made him feel left behind.

"There’s still no news from Mr. Randal at the moment. It looks like he’ll be there for quite a long time... Meanwhile, the last letter from Alex was received two months ago, when he arrived in Australia. There’s still no news at all after that."

Saying her husband’s name made her think and worry about him again. If it weren’t for the numerous responsibilities she had here in Bali, Devita would surely be much more worried as she would have more time to think about it.

No, no, no!

The sound of running footsteps approached the lobby. Two girls ran over.

"Mommy... is there any news from Daddy?"

This was Tiarra, the youngest daughter of Alex. She was hoping that the guests who came today might have information about her father.

Tiffany, her older sister, also was there with her, as they came together.

"Sorry, Mother... I told her to wait for news at home, but she insisted and ran here."

Devita then looked down and stroked Tiarra’s hair with affection and a bit of sadness and told her, "Sorry, Dear, but at the moment, there’s still no news yet... Tiarra, be a good child and listen to your big sister’s words, okay?"

Tiarra looked so disappointed, but still obediently listened to her mother’s message

Devita looked at President Rico and bowed to him.

"I’m sorry, President, but I hope we can continue the conversation tomorrow."

"Very well," replied Rico.

When Devita walked away with her two children, something that was stuck in the president’s heart and mind resurfaced.

Rico looked at the wide sea from the balcony and thought of his son. ’Where is he at the moment, I wonder? How is he doing? Is he all right?’

"Adam..."

Three months ago, Adam suddenly left and disappeared. The president put a lot of effort into searching for him, but he still couldn’t even find a trace of him. With so many people missing in the apocalypse like this, the president couldn’t just order his soldiers to continue searching. Studying the results of the research data from the doctor who took care of his son, the president was ready to receive the worst news. Even if the child was not in danger, Adam was not expected to be able to fight the disease for more than a week. The president could only miss him. In his heart, he already thought that his son was dead. And now, his mind was focused on finding a way so that more and more people wouldn’t suffer the same fate.

The next morning, after a high-class breakfast prepared by the hotel, the three of them with several bodyguards were picked up by Devita. First, Devita invited them to go around the island, especially to the center of Bali.

Here, Devita showed the condition of the center of Bali. After going through a great battle three months ago, the city of Bali was now sterile from danger and was entering the stage of rebuilding. Thousands of residents were seen repairing several important areas. Some of the main buildings were already beginning to be renovated.

"Don’t you guys already have a new base? Why are you rebuilding this destroyed city?" asked Rico. He simply didn’t see the need to put in this much effort when they could allocate it someplace else.

Devita explained that Alex was not only planning to make this island a survival base, but he wanted to start preparing a city that would be able to become a place for the future of humans after the apocalypse. He wanted them to start building their future again.

These three people seemed quite impressed by Alex’s optimism, but they were people of the government. They were used to managing cities and countries. With the current condition of the world, it would prove to be extremely difficult for that to happen.

"Good! Let’s just say that we humans are start civilization once again!" exclaimed the regent.

...

After going around the city of Bali, they then visited the area where the underground hole opened. After three months of construction, the place had turned into something akin to a fortress. But it wasn’t to keep the enemies from the outside, but to keep the enemies inside and to make sure that they couldn’t get out.

Taratata taratatata traratatatatat—

Gunshots were heard, and hundreds of troops were seen running to fill their positions and followed suit in the shooting. Before the group could approach, the sounds of gunfire and commotion had stopped.

"Reporting, dozens of creatures were seen coming out of the cave, but everything has been taken care of," a soldier came up to Devita and reported the previous situation.

The three guests who were brought by Devita looked amazed. This fortress was not only solid, but it was also equipped with high-caliber machine guns. Those machine guns were taken from an American carrier warship. The creatures simply couldn’t resist. Apart from that, there were hundreds of firing troops on guard, ready to act 24/7.

Of course, one thing that made this island of Bali safe was the fact that there was only one Abyss cave on the island and Alex had taken good care of it.

After going around the island’s areas, Devita took them to the main base.

"All right, it’s time to show us the real reason for inviting us here," said the president.