Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

The team embarked on the long journey back to the temporary underground railway camp.

Sunlight streamed down like a golden waterfall through the gaps between the tall buildings.

The light shone on the man pushing the shopping cart, looking like a dove in the apocalypse, and behind him, a group of chattering girls, each with their own distinct personality.

The light stretched their shadows very long.

The warm atmosphere was completely out of place with the surrounding environment.

This should have been a post-apocalyptic ruin filled with death and despair.

Everything seemed to soften a bit.

……

They were at the very end of the line.

Yukino Yukinoshita and Utaha Kasumigaoka walked side by side.

'turn out to be…'

'So this person also has such an "ordinary" side.'

The thought simultaneously surfaced in both women's minds, causing their gazes towards the man's back to change somewhat.

Kong witnessed this scene unexpectedly. Looking at the expressions on the two women's faces, he could only silently say to himself:

'You are falling in love, girls!'

Looks like I'll have to keep a close eye on Bai; I need to be wary of fire, theft, and Su Chen!

Chapter Seventy-Four: Looting the Inheritance

After collecting the supplies, everyone returned to the building.

Just as Su Chen was looking at the modified school bus that Shi Yu had named "Golden Spirit," and was preparing to order everyone to evacuate,

The walkie-talkie in his pocket suddenly crackled to life.

From inside came Kong Na's mournful cries, filled with heartache and reluctance.

"and many more!"

The sound was so loud that even Yukino, who was next to Su Chen, frowned.

"Su Chen, you guys...you just left like that?"

"Otherwise what?" Su Chen asked with amusement, holding the walkie-talkie. "Do you expect us to stay in this UDX building that's about to lose power for a few days? I don't want to experience living like cavemen in a top-tier office building."

"no!"

On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Kong's words were full of disappointment and frustration.

“That building, and the entire Akihabara. Do you know that it’s full of ‘treasure’? You’re such a man who doesn’t know how to cherish resources.”

"Servers, hard drives, chips, and, and that 'secret lab' underground in UDX that we haven't had a chance to go in and see yet."

He speaks so fast it's like he's rapping.

"Those are all 250 'artifacts' that can make our lives more comfortable in this damned world! They are the spark of civilization and the hope for the future!"

"Are you just going to leave it there and not want it anymore?"

"This is such a waste! It's even more wasteful than using SSR cards as fodder!"

His passionate speech, brimming with the fervor of a tech geek, instantly resonated strongly with another tech geek.

Kobayashi pushed up his glasses, and a glint of wisdom flashed across the lenses.

She also offered advice to Su Chen.

“Mr. Su Chen, Kong Jun is right.”

"Especially those 'quantum' level servers in the UDX underground data center! If we could bring their core chips back to the base..."

She paused, her tone becoming somewhat excited—the kind of pilgrimage-like excitement that programmers feel when they see top-of-the-line hardware.

"Our computing power can be increased at least a hundredfold!"

"At that time, we can even try to crack the city's 'regional broadcasting system,' which will greatly increase the chances of finding other survivors!"

"..."

Listening to the two tech geeks' back-and-forth banter, which sounded like a stand-up comedy routine, Su Chen sighed helplessly.

He glanced at the uniquely styled "Golden Spirit" school bus behind him.

"The items are valuable. However, we cannot take them with us."

"That vehicle was already at its limit, as it could carry all of us and the necessary supplies. Each of those servers you mentioned weighs more than this vehicle."

however--

"Who said you were going to take it?"

The voice on the other end of the walkie-talkie suddenly became enigmatic.

"Su Chen."

"Have you forgotten how useful you just tamed a dragon maid with such an unreasonable skill as 'spatial magic'?"

"?"

Su Chen was slightly taken aback.

Then, he looked at the blonde twin-tailed dragon maid beside him who was helping Kanna straighten her clothes and was wearing a pink ruffled apron.

'Oh, I see. I almost forgot.'

'Thor, this is practically a walking, four-dimensional pocket!'

……

The next half day.

Su Chen and the girls were fortunate enough to witness firsthand what the real "Golden Gate" was like.

No, it should be called Dragon's Treasure.

Under the remote control of the empty device, Thor transformed into the most efficient porter.

The empty tablet displayed an electronic map of the entire Akihabara area, on which he had marked dozens of "high-value targets" with red dots.

“Miss Thor, see that store with the giant apple logo? Yes, go inside! Take out everything that looks like a brick!”

"Thor, turn right. In that shop, find all the mainframes with those weird, comb-like green boards plugged in. Unplug all those 'combs' and take them with you."

"Lord Thor, on the third basement level of UDX, that metal cabinet that's been buzzing and emitting cold air. Yes, that's it! Bring the whole thing out for me."

Tohru's petite maid figure moved like a ghost through the ruins of major electronics stores and office buildings throughout Akihabara.

CPU, RAM, SSD, top-of-the-line graphics card…

All the core components marked as high-value by the empty space were ruthlessly looted by her magic pocket.

Even the quantum servers in the basement server room of the UDX building.

She used a completely illogical spatial magic to forcibly pack them up and take them away, along with their outer shell and complex cooling pipes.

The scene was like playing an open-world game and discovering that your character's inventory had unlimited capacity.

At last.

She even went so far as to "encourage" Su Chen to drag and pull out a "high-precision, portable, atomic-level 3D printer" from the secret underground laboratory of the Akihabara Anime Center. Su Chen had only ever seen it in science fiction movies.

……

Half a day later.

When Thor, like a child showing off his treasures, poured out the mountain of spoils from her magic pocket with a "whoosh."

Su Chen looked at the “mountain of electronic waste” in front of him, which was enough to arm a small technology company and was flashing with various electronic lights.

A long silence ensued.

"null."

He picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke with some difficulty.

"Are you guys planning to handcraft a 'Gundam' after you get back to base?"

"How can it be."

From the other end of the walkie-talkie came Kong Na's loud, raucous laughter.

"Once we get back, we'll use these parts and Xiaobai's computing power, combined with Ms. Kobayashi's practical skills,"

He paused, then loudly proclaimed in a tone brimming with adolescent angst!

"We will build a completely new 'technology tree' with our own hands."

"A high-tech empire that would allow us to live more comfortably than a king in this damn apocalypse."

Su Chen looked at the mountain of "spoils of war" in front of him.

Then I listened to the guy on the other end of the walkie-talkie, who was completely lost in his fantasy of tech geeks changing the world.

He nodded with satisfaction.

well.

energetic.

This is the kind of team atmosphere he wants.

He seemed to have already seen it.

In the not-too-distant future.

Their still somewhat rudimentary "SEGA" base is about to undergo an epic industrial revolution.

Chapter Seventy-Five: New Home

"null."

Su Chen looked at the mountain of spoils, brimming with cutting-edge technology, and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Are you sure our base can fit all this stuff?"

"Uh."

On the other end of the walkie-talkie came Kong Na's slightly guilty dry cough.

"Well... in urgent situations, we have to act quickly. We can't just leave our national treasure-level '3D printer' out there, can we?"

“However, the base is indeed a problem,” Yukino Yukinoshita interjected.

She was holding a walkie-talkie, clearly communicating with Mai Sakurajima, who was staying behind.

"Mai-senpai said that our total number has now exceeded fifty. The space in the subway is almost at its limit~."

"Moreover, it's damp, dark, and lacks electricity. Forget about any 'industrial revolution,' even the most basic living conditions are difficult to maintain."

"so…"

She didn't finish her words.

But the meaning is already obvious.

They need a new base.

The best choice is

Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to the empty SEGA Game Center building.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?"

An empty voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Kong, we've decided to set up the new base in the SEGA building where you and Bai are. It's spacious and has the necessary resources. You don't have any objections, do you?"

Su Chen spoke to the air, asking a question but leaving him no room to refuse.

"Indeed, the SEGA building, this is just right."