The eastern coast, otherwise known as the Freetan Coast, was now firmly under the sole control of the Machine Empire. With its indigenous human population reduced by more than 86 percent, almost all sorts of manual labor were done by the machines.
The land around the ruined cities were exploited and the cities themselves were torn down for every scrap of essential resource the machines could make use of in the future.
For now, Hailey had ordered the creation of more warships. Several undersea factories have sprung up in accordance with Hailey's wishes with John and Micheal overseeing the projects themselves.
It was a race against time. The satellite they had observing the Fortress City has detected a mass troop movements to the west. The Empire was gathering an army.
Not just one army, it seemed like they were mustering two armies.