Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 161 - Development

The first place Alex visited was the area next to the command center where the children and elderly resided. It was not different from the other hangars where other people lived. These buildings were shaped like a warehouse built from the mixture of prefabricated steel and iron. Each building was standardized to have a size of 200 meters x 20 meters accommodating around 500 people. There were almost 100 hangars allocated in the special area just for children and the elderly.

According to the data, more than 80,000 children and the elderly collectively lived in the Starbase. About 13 percent of the total population at present. But only half of them lived in this special area. The rest stayed with their parents or closest relatives. Those who lived in this area were mostly orphans who didn't have families, they only have each other. Although the headquarters of the Starbase mobilized hundreds of workers to take care of them, the children and the elderly still looked after each other.

Around a total of 30 hangars were used as learning and playground facilities. Every child who was outside the special area still came here to learn together..

As they were children, they still needed to learn. For the smaller kids, reading and writing were things that couldn't be abandoned. For the larger ones, they still learned general subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, language, art, history and geography, but all of them were only the introductions. Children aged 12 and older also have mandatory classes for martial arts, weapons handling, first-aid, how to survive in the wilderness and most importantly how to be able to work together.

In Alex's previous life, mankind had survived for 10 years, but this time, he believed they could last longer and with this belief, the children are the future of human civilization. 

Although the children and the elderly couldn't fight, they still contributed. With the help of the spirit stone, the average elderly regained energy and enthusiasm that would otherwise be impossible. Still, the majority of them contributed as teachers or guardians of the children.

The former governor of Bali invited the group to one corner of the children and the elderly area. They came across an open field and a building that was shaped like a stage. Alex was quite surprised to see it.

The former governor of Bali was preparing this area with the help of the children and the elderly to have a talent show in the form of dancing and singing. Of course, this would be the start of entertainment for the residents of this base. This activity was certainly not only for the children. They will also ask famous singers and music players to also fill this stage.

"Very good! When do you think this will be ready? "

"In about two or three days."

"How many people do you think can attend?"

"Due to the limited area, it will be at most 5,000 people."

"Good. Continue with the work, but after this stage, consider making another one with a minimum capacity at least ten times more."

"Ten times more? We don't have an area that large. Except for maybe outside the base."

"Yes, make sure to choose a strategic location. The security of the place will be the responsibility of Major Sandi."

The Major was a little pale hearing Alex's words. Making a theater for 50,000 people in a large field at the end of times. How many personnel would he need to guard such an event? Not only that, any event would definitely produce a loud noise.. Which could only mean trouble.

Alex wasn't too worried about such a plan. Once the Doomsday Pillar arrives, many things could make this possible, but it's hard to explain now. Alex believed activities like these are very important for the development of his base. The morale of the fighters was definitely the top driver in staying alive.

The next location to be inspected was not far from this area. They arrived at a special building prepared for medical and research purposes.

This health center building was one of the special buildings that were not shaped as the other hangars. This was because some medical procedures required a closed and quarantined place. A lot of the equipment must be sterilized and some patients needed privacy. For patients who are on the verge of dying, of course they have to be placed near for intensive care handling.

At present, there are nearly 2,000 medical personnel. But only about 300 personnel are doctors. The surgeons are fewer, only more than 50 people. The rest are nurses and medical students who are training their skills.

Rachel, the head of the medical division, guided the group to see the condition of the health center building. The conditions were no different from hospitals in general. Alex asked if the person he had fought with last night was here, and coincidentally he is here. Doctor Rachel then escorted Alex and his entourage to one of the emergency rooms. They soon arrived at the room and stood to watch from behind the glass window.

On the other side of the glass window, two surgeons were operating on a patient. The name on the door's information board listed as Lieutenant Chris. Platoon 077 Battalion 8.

Not long after, one of the two doctors came out of the operating room, she approached the group. Doctor Rachel then introduced the 30-years-old woman, in surgical clothing, who looked like she hadn't slept for a few days. "This is Doctor Diao."

When Alex recognized the woman, he smiled. This woman named Diao had saved his life countless times before. Although she wasn't a spirit enhancer, this woman was truly a special doctor.

Doctor Diao was an active member of the Doctor without Border Organization. It was an independent international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, people who do not receive health services and victims of natural disasters. This organization was founded in 1971 in France with its original name being Médecins Sans Frontières or abbreviated as MSF. However, it was better known by colloquial name as doctors without borders.

When the end of times had arrived, not all doctors adapted to the mutations. Almost all of their medical knowledge contained in the medical books became irrelevant. But Doctor Diao with her vast experience of saving dying patients, with limited medical facilities, could be considered the best doctor at the moment.

Doctor Diao immediately realized that Alex was the leader of this group but seeing the warm gaze of Alex, she was a little surprised.

"Have we met before?" asked Doctor Diao.

"Ahh no. Let me introduce myself, my name is Alex. How is the patient's condition?"

Before the doctor answered, two people tried to enter the room but the guards blocked them. Alex, recognizing the two people Dylan and Cynthia, gave permission to let them in. It seems like they were also waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.

Doctor Diao told them that the patient named Chris condition is now very critical. The peak stage mortal realm body of Chris had increased the regeneration of all cells of his body. However, the injury he had received was too severe. The regenerative cells aren't strong enough. When he had been delivered to this medical center last night, almost all of his ribs were broken. This noon, thanks to the regeneration of the cells, the bone is almost healed. This was only possible because Doctor Diao spent the whole night intensively performing surgery by removing the bone splinters and shifting the bones back to its place, what she did greatly helped the speed of the healing process.

But what did not improve were the patient's lungs. Four ribs had pierced the lungs causing the ribs to collapse(deflated) due to the four holes. After various attempts throughout the night, nothing had improved Chris' condition. Right now, Chris' life depended on the chest tube attached to his chest. He is still unconscious because of the injuries he went through last night.

Hearing this, Cynthia could not help but began to have tears in her eyes. It seems like another close person to her was about to die again. Ever since Barry's death, Cynthia was determined to follow in Barry's footsteps and decided to ask for help from Chris, who was Barry's boss. At first, Chris refused because what he just saw was a teenage girl courting death. But as time went on, Cynthia's commitment and talent got through Chris and became willing to train her. In the last two months, Chris was like a big brother figure for her.

"Is there really no other way, doctor?"

Doctor Diao glanced at Rachel. They understood each other's thoughts, the only solution for this patient was the serum panacea. Dr. Rachel was in charge of the serum made from amulet of the sun that Alex retrieved before. 

Alex understood the meaning of that view and asked, "How many serum panaceas have you collected, doctor?"

"In the last two months, the artifact has succeeded in producing four new pills, and from that, we have concocted 20 new serums. I gave the first 5 serums to your wife in the event of an emergency. The remaining 15 serums are stored here. "

"Are there other ways to increase the amount of serum from each pill that has been made?"

"Sorry, but according to our research, diluting it for more than 5 times greatly reduces its efficacy level. If we even go further than that, the serum becomes useless."

Doctor Rachel left for a moment and retrieved the 15 serum that she kept and gave it to Alex. Everyone in the room stared at the serum in Alex's hands and thought about the dying patient's life in the next room.

Dylan, watching Cynthia cry, decided to speak. He went before Alex and kneeled asking in a defeated voice, "Leader... please... give a serum to Lieutenant Chris..."

What would Alex will do?

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Dear Doomsday  Pillar reader, sorry for unable to publish the last 3 days.  I actually took 2 days off from work to do a mass release chapter. The target  was 10 chapter. was really hoping to finish till the pillar drop. But with the work and a tragedy in a family. i was only able to finish 7 chapter. 

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Avan