War Assist AI (Part Three)

He walked for a few minutes in the long passageway, his lone steps echoed in the quiet place.

Curiosity made him check the content of a few other rooms, opening a second chest, he found the exact same armament in them.

He left its contents unchecked and resumed his exploration. After walking around for a few more minutes, he arrived at the end of the long passageway.

His steps accelerated as he was sick of seeing the same view; Fell grew up in the slums, and the architecture there was hazardous, and every street he walked along was different from the other.

Ever since he began his journey, he was tired of seeing the same scenery repeat itself.

He barged out of the long passageway and arrived in a massive place. The ceiling of the room elevated for a few hundred meters, and its depth was as ridiculous; Even with his eyesight that could spot a fly in a hundred-meter radius, he couldn't see the end of the room from the entrance.

He was breathless in front of the gigantic construct; he stared wide-eyed as his heart pounded against his chest. The breathtaking magnitude of the construct left him frozen on the cold metallic floor.

Unfortunately, he soon discovered that the room littered with long trails of pods. Their oval shape made Fell think that the room was filled with metallic eggshells the size of an average human.

As he resumed his steps and approached one of them, he noticed several intricate lines travel along the steely egg surface; Fell assessed that it was their opening.

The room's source of light came from lamps embedded on the floor; a long trail of soft light illuminated Fell's face as he advanced through the room.

"If each pod contains an Android, then just this factory's firepower is heaven-defying. What the hell is going on, is this the only factory that builds Androids or do all of them do?" He shivered as those thoughts traveled in his mind.

His steps accelerated as he sent a command to the AI,

"Calculate the number of pods stockpiled here." He ordered, his left eye flashed with a soft purple light. A line of numbers appeared in his vision; it kept rising as he advanced in his path.

After a few minutes of hastened steps, he arrived at the end of the gargantuan place.

"A depth of two kilometers, a height of a few hundred meters. This place is ridiculous, how much workforce one need to construct an underground facility this big."

"Why would they even need to construct it underground? And those factories are clearly not used for a commercial purpose; such ridiculous production rate isn't without a price…"

"Just this factory alone produces enough firepower to overwhelm a city in a single night." He thought while imagining the result of a combined assault from all the Androids.

Just the combined use of their Energy Ray could make a mountain vanish from Earth, turning it into piles of smoldering dust.

Having seen everything that was inside the underground facility he turned back and started retracing his steps. His thoughts endlessly revolved on what was happening in New Casablanca; His intuition told him that he was onto something, but he still couldn't entirely put his finger on it.

He threw his thoughts in the back of his head and accelerated his pace. He swiftly arrived at the beginning of the long passageway, he turned his head back looked deeply at the humongous room for the last time before resuming his steps.

His face was calm as he began leaving the underground facility, his curiosity died down as no smile could be seen on his youthful face. In the depth of his eyes, a small trace of worry was drawn as he couldn't stop himself from being absorbed by the weird succession of events.

"Let's hope that it's the only one," he thought while hastening his pace, he soon arrived in the foundry, he stepped across the Androids remains that littered the floor.

The machine rattling only made him hurry up, he rushed through the brimming room. Passing through the machines with ease, he arrived in front of the elevator.

As the vibes coming from the place turned into a source of worry, he swiftly stepped into the elevator and pushed the switch.

As he felt himself ascend through the crust of the Earth, he sent a command to the AI.

"Begin calculating the depth of the underground facility", He ordered while pondering, "How far is this construct from the surface of Earth?"

His ascension took quite some time, showing him again how far the underground facility was from the surface of the Earth.

He couldn't understand the need for so much secrecy, "Are they afraid of the Slums revolting and overthrowing them?"

"No!" he immediately denied it, "the Main District's influence is too big, and their manpower uncomparable."

"Why the need for so much secrecy," Fell thought while he felt the elevator stop, he looked at the side of his left-eye view; He could see the result of his last command, he breathed sharply before resuming his track.

"Three kilometers underground, what a ridiculous depth." He assessed while repeatedly moving his head to the sides; he left the factory with a wry smirk on his lips.

He arrived in the lobby, the factory's main entrance was in front of his view. He strode thought the room; his lone steps echoed in the oval-shaped room.

He finally left the building and deeply breathed in. Passing the last few hours deep underground was a new experience for him, and it left him suffocated to some extent.

As soon as he stepped out, his chest rose as he took a deep inhale. As he exhaled, he felt his mind clear up, the mess that was caused by his deep thinking was flushed out of his head.

Suddenly, high-pitched sounds started blaring around him. The sounds were highly similar to the Android's engine.

Before he even had the time to turn his head to check his surroundings, a deep muffled voice resounded in the still place.

"Put your hands up and freeze, bat an eyelid, you get shot!" Barked the suppressed voice menacingly. The tone of the voice showed that they weren't fooling around. If Fell moved the wrong way, they would definitely execute their threats.