Current Situation

June 1, 2014.

Location: Umbrella-occupied territory, Washington.

Local time: 09:14.

A Star Killer-class Flagship belonging to Umbrella's Fleet Zero hovered fifty thousand meters above the surface of Washington. Even from about fifty kilometers away, people standing on the city's streets could still clearly see the outline of Umbrella's largest warship.

Washington had already entered summer. The woods in the suburbs and the city's greenbelts were lush with leaves and overgrown with low grass. Combined with the occasional birdsong and cicadas, it made people feel as though summer vacation had arrived early.

Looking down at Washington from the sky,

one could see several colossal skyscrapers rising from the ground. These buildings were equipped with enormous holographic screens that continued to display incredibly clear three-dimensional advertisements even beneath the bright sunlight.

Between the buildings, countless flying cars moved in orderly lines.

At a single glance, one would feel that Washington, the former capital of the United States, faintly possessed a certain flavor of Hafa.

In fact, after the Engineering Team's 'basic operations' overhaul, Washington had begun developing into a conventional city like those in the Main Universe.

Holographic technology could be found everywhere. Low-Intelligence AI assisted with traffic and public-security management, while social artificial intelligence gradually integrated itself into human society, enriching the lives of humanity in this universe.

William had also recruited local veterans and police officers. After having these locals sign Confidentiality Agreements and contracts, he equipped them with Mechanical Skeletons and conventional firearms, allowing them to serve as security personnel and cooperate with the local police departments.

Under Umbrella's administration, public security in the United States had greatly improved. Originally, a robbery occurred every fifteen seconds.

People no longer had to live with firearms carried on their person and kept in their cars, nor did they have to put