Date Wednesday, August 11th, 2268

  A few days ter.

  "Alright, that should be it. You guys go get ready so we set out." I told my squad that sisted of Alice, Rai, Big Tom, Bob, Takeshi, and gramps who forced his way in because he was basically in his prime again.

  "You're not ing with us?" Alice asked.

  "No, I got a few things to take care of, so I'll catch up with you guys ter."

  "Okay, kids, let's go get you equipped."

  "We're not kids any lramps. We're grown adults." Rei stated jokingly.

  "Oh nonsense, pared to me, you all still got a number of years before you really be sidered as such."

  Receiving a number of respohey all versed amongst themselves and headed off to the armory to throw their loadouts o alone momentarily, I took in the sight of my robotic forces that numbered in excess of a thousand at this time and watched them busily scurry about and load more and more items and resources into the many armored cargo tainers attached to the backs of the 40 armored big rigs I had structed and assembled following the tunnel expansion project's pletion, that was mainly done solely for Vritra.

  Watg them for a slight bit longer, I vocalized my thoughts. "While my guys are handling that, I'm going to go spend some time with my dragon before I depart."

  We aren't going to be separated entirely from each other but we won't be able to spend as much time together for a number of days while I'm making arras for him at the new pce that we'll be calling home for the foreseeable future.

  tinuing to think with my many thought processes that have increased a det bit in these st four years, I turned around and proceeded to Vritra's domain. On my way there, I passed by many, many robots ing from all over the facility carrying and transp a huge assortment of items, equipment, and processed materials to the loading area. Although they were transferring items from all dires, most of them were ing from the dire I was heading, sihat was where most of my resources were stored.

  Passing by the massive bst doors that have remained open ever since I elimihe molemen threat within the cave system, I ehe miuhat have undergone a gargantuan expansion to aodate Vritra's non stop increasing size, that has now reached simir proportions to his mother. tinuing my stride, I proceeded to my pet's home and walked inside. Once I had passed the massive entrahat was several stories i and dozens of meters wide, I came across Vritra who was rexing and lounging about in his territory peacefully.

  "Hey big guy, how are you holding up?" I asked Vritra telepathically with an ability he and I both acquired wheablished a bond together some time ago.

  Hearing my dragon lifted his monstrous head up and responded despoly with telepathy. "Do you really have to leave me behind, master?"

  "I don't necessarily have to, but it would make things a lot easier for you and I if you would stay here until I get things set up."

  "Sigh. I don't want to, but I uand."

  "I knew you would, but even if you 't e just yet, I still visit you just about every day since we have a ton of stuff to transfer over that will require many trips bad forth to get everything moved over."

  Hearing what I said, he stood up on all huge fours and asked excitedly with his tail that was dozens of meters long, swishing through the air side to side."Ohh, really, you visit me every day?"

  "That I , so it's not like things will be all that different from now."

  "Okay, then I'll have no problem, master. As long as you keep visiting me."

  If I didn't know aer, I would think my scaley friend here is part dog.

  With my rge reptilian friend happy as be that his time spent with wouldn't be reduced, I spent about an hour pying and keeping him pany in his expansive vivarium. After spending our allotted time together, my time to go came. Thus, he brought his snout down to my level and nuzzled against me as best as he could, given our inparable size differences.

  "I'll see you ter, Vritra. Make sure you eat well and keep up with your exercises and training." I told him telepathically.

  "I will, master."

  Finished saying oodbyes, I left his spad backtracked the way I came and as I was doing so; I began briefly going over what I've mao achieve i four years in my head.

  I got a lot dohese past four years. First off, I've expanded my group aablished a detly rge anization here in Uy 7 he Founders at the behest of my and Alice's families, which I took them up on si seemed like a good idea. The power is made up of my squad and me, my family, as well as Alice's and Rei's.

  Besides them, we've recruited gramp's old rades that he's spent a lifetime fighting and expl the wastes with ter on for the simple fact that they were trustworthy loyal men. Though it also helped that they were wastes with plenty of experiend knowledge that could be useful in all variety of situations and sarios.

  Since we've recruited those old-timers, they have proved themselves invaluable in many ways. I have little doubt that they'll tio do so well into the future with their increased lifespans that they've obtaihanks to the magic cultivation teiques I've disseminated amongst them and the effort they put into advang their mage realms.

  Their help will certainly prove I was right to recruit them when I begin pr men and f the base of my army iime. So with the establishment of this anization, I now possess a solid foundation that will ter be morphed into the building blocks that my future empire will be built from once I quer a respectable amount of territory.

  Aside from f an anization, I've more than doubled my robotic forces and manufactured more than several dozen autonomous armored vehicles, all capable of bat. They include a tracked big rig model meant for transp tons of cargo safely called a Buffalo. There's also a heavy loader/unloader variant called a Retriever that is specially desigo move the 40 foot armored cargo taihe Buffalos will be hauling and a heavily armored tracked escort vehiamed the Wolverine.

  That st vehicle es equipped with heavy advanced alloy armor pting, multiple ser point defense systems, a 30mm rotary on as a main on, and a coaxial version of the FBPa on that has better heat distribution and expulsion systems. A total of eight of those bad boys were built to escort and ensure we get from point a to point b as safely as possible. The firepower they possess is enough to rip apart any tank from my old world in seds as if they were made out of paper mache.

  | Buffalo |Armament: 4 x PDB Laser TurretsCarry Capacity: 200,000Power: Fusion BreederValue: 35,000,000Description: A armored tracked big rig that transport numerous tons of cargo within the safe fines of its armored cargo taihis vehicle be driven manually, but it also features an in-built A.I. that drive and operate the vehicle and its defenses all on its own if the user so wishes. The hefty transport also es along with emp immunity, like all designs its creator has made and also has four ser point defeurrets that shoot down ining explosives from almost all ceivable angles. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.

  | Retriever |Armament: 4 x PDB Laser TurretsCarry Capacity: 350,000Power: Fusion BreederValue: 19,000,000Description: The Retriever is a heavier loader variant of the Buffalo and is specifically desigo load and unload cargo to wherever it o go. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.

  | Wolverine |Armament: 1 x FBPC-10 Coaxial Psma on, 2 x M304 Dischargers, 6 x PDB Laser Turrets, 1 x Swisser 30 Rotary onCarry Capacity: 20,000Power: Fusion BreederValue: 59,000,000Description: A heavily armored and armed bat vehicle that is a mixture of a tank and an armored personnel carrier with a rear hydraulic door. This vehicle es equipped with a 30mm rotary on that be loaded with all sorts of round types, but its usual loadout is smart HEAT rounds. As powerful as it main on may be thankfully that is not all it has to offer, it also features a coaxial version of the FBPa on that has better heat distribution and expulsion as it's sedary, a ser point defense system that will have zero issue shooting down ining explosive munitions, two eight shot M304 Dischargers that unch 65x150mm Grenade termeasures and st but certainly not least an onboard A.I. that take over driving and operating itself if the owner wants. In addition to all of that, this vehicle of war also possesses emp shielding all across, granting it immunity to emp onry. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.

  I could've easily designed more vehicles than this, but I didn't see a purpose too whehree serve my immediate demands just fine. Additionally, it's not like I 't wait until I get set up at the Cyberdynamics Robotics Facility with aire produ lio begin designing and manufacturing vehicles.

  Moving on from that to ons now. I haven't created too many neons, heless I have made a couple in this period, namely a rger bat khat fits better in my hand, and a handheld version of the psma scorcher with an alternate fire mode that basically turns the on into a psma cutter.

  | ando Knife |Damage: 25DPS: VariableWeight: 2.5Css: LightValue: 1,350Item Description: An 18-inch hardened advanced alloy bat knife featuring spiked knuckles around the handle of the knife for whether the wielder wants to slice, stab, or bash.

  | FBPS-3 Psma Melter |Damage: 40 + 15 for 30 seds, 150DPS: VariableFire rate: 50Weight: 5Css: LightAmmo Type: Microfusion Breeder CellValue: 79,000Description: A scaled down fusion breeder powered psma fmethrower that es with the normal firing mode and a focused ohat allows it to act like a psma cutter to get through locks, doors, walls, and other kinds of obstacles in a short time. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.

  Remaining on the equipment side for slightly longer, I've made suits of armor for everyone who's ing along on this trip, with each suit ized for their individual needs and wants. Alright, that s up that se... I guess I should cover stats for a sed, even though I've just been progressing as normal. Although much faster than prior, in part thanks to my higher intelligend me titrating my Buffmax dosage higher.

  So my strength and enduraributes have improved signifitly these st four years, so much so that they've more than doubled. It's to the point that both attributes have caught up with my intelligence, with my endurance blowing past it by almost two dozen points. Showing off just how beneficial and effective Buffmax has been for me. And as a result of that, my strength and endurance have breached 101 and unlocked two new perks.

  | Herculean Strength Rank 2 | Requirements 101 Strength: Your strength has reached superhuman levels and is ering unknowory, +10,000 carry weight. In addition to your carry weight increasing by a substantial amount, you ow freely exert your carry capacity as additional for top of your strength. For example, if your carry capacity limit is 100, then you'll be able to exert ara 100 lbs of for top of whatever you're normally capable of. Lastly, the items that are stored within your item box are now held in stasis, so items pced within will remaily the same as when you initially stored them, no matter how much time has passed sihey were initially stowed.

  Yeah, I'm going to have to start thinking about making a primary melee on to properly take advantage of this perk. I got a few ideas floating in my head, but I'm in no rush, so I'll wait till I get fortable at my new base of operations before I e to a decision.

  | Monstrous Physique Rank 2 | Requirements 101 Endurance: Your limits for Endurance have been surpassed and because of that, you've entered a new realm of toughness. Due to your newfound durability, your body has gaihe ability to build pressed muscle, giving you the ability to tinue building muscle without expanding beyond what your frame handle. Along with that, yans have bee stronger and more effit in their funs. However, that is not all. You have also acquired a sed heart located opposite of your inal and your lung capacity has doubled, allowing your body to get more oxygen to where it o go. On top of that, the amount of sleep you require eaight has reduced further from 4 hours down to 2 hours, your health regeion goes from the previous 0.2 per point of endurao 0.5 per point, and instead gain 50 health for every point of endurance you have. +100% to blood circution speed, +200% to bone durability, +1,000 to health, +100 years to lifespan, +500% to both your stamina and stamina regeion.

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