Apocalyptic Rebirth: With a repairman system space, she rises again.-Chapter 451: Swipe right.

When she returned to her space, Sunshine was surprised to find Tank in the hearth working on the ring. Hunter was at his side, barking about how he was doing it wrong and ruining everything.

"Hello boy..." She looked at Tank. "And girl." She nodded at Hunter.

Tank stood up and she took his place. He had already cooled the solid ring, added gold and red rubies.

"The recording mechanism is wired into the gold." Tank told her.

Hunter grunted. "I told him it was a bad idea. It should have been embedded in the rubies. The gold encompasses the whole ring. If someday the recipient wants to throw away the recording, the ring as a whole will have to be thrown away. On the other hand, if it is in the ruby, only one gem is removed and replaced."

"But it will be visible in the ruby." Tank argued back. "I was built for construction and repairs. You are a security guard. Perhaps we should all stick to our areas of expertise."

Sunshine held the ring up to the light. The fire’s glow reflected in its surface, revealing little snowflake designs captured on the inside.

"It’s voice command activated and it allows for only two sentences. The maximum of which is twenty words altogether." Tank informed her.

Sunshine nodded. "Ring activated." She commanded.

"It’s Tank Quinn activate." The robot leaned forward and shared.

Sunshine’s upper lips curled in a sneer. Tank Quinn! She shook her head, chuckling softly. But the ring activated, lighting up a bright golden yellow.

"Now you can record what you want to say." Tank told her.

She twisted her lips. "Nine is an ass and I would love to pin him down and rip his wings out one by one."

The golden yellow light died.

Both robots looked at her.

"What?" she asked them.

Tank replied, "I was thinking something along the lines of romance or at least emotional sentiment. But considering that this is a test, this will do." He gestured to the ring. "Now, run your thumb along the golden runes."

She did as told and the bright glow returned. The words she had said were repeated back to her. She laughed. "Now I am tempted to actually wear this ring the next time I have to work alongside him."

Tank snatched the ring from her. "You have already got yourself in enough trouble foreman Sunshine. I will reset it and erase your words. Will it be sold directly in one of the universal markets or your shop."

"My shop." She replied.

Sunshine didn’t waste time basking in victory; there was still work to do. The system had already provided the cables and other materials she had requested for. She reached for the radio on her belt and keyed in a direct line. "Miss Justine Bayer," she said when the connection opened, her tone brisk but warm, "I need you in my office. First Wall." There was a short pause, then Justine’s voice came through, sharp and alert as ever.

"Now?"

Sunshine glanced at her watch. "Yesterday," she replied sarcastically.

Justine laughed once. "On my way."

Sunshine ended the call. [System, transfer all the hyper-conductive cables and every last thing needed for installation to my office in the first wall.]

The system confirmed compliance, and the space shimmered faintly as massive quantities of materials were shifted away.

She left the two robots in the space, arguing once again. Sunshine grabbed her sun hat and paused only to double-check that her tools were clipped where they belonged.

Then, she left the house. The base was active like it was every other day. Today, some civilians were moving to the finished stone houses where Jon’s base once was.

Vehicles were moving back and forth, people were hugging goodbye and crying as if they were moving to new countries.

It was a funny sight to see.

Sunshine walked with purpose, nodding to those she passed, her mind already racing through logistics. Ariel would want an accounting of all the cables and other equipment for sure.

"My most nosy icicle." She muttered with a smile.

By the time she reached her office, Justine was already there, standing in front of the door with a tablet tucked under her arm and a grin that suggested she had something to gossip about.

Justine was a small-framed woman, almost delicate in appearance. But she carried herself like the toughest gangster on the base. Her presence and meanness often lingered longer than her presence whenever she was in a place.

Her hair was unlike anyone else’s- an untamed crown of shifting textures and colors. Each strand seemed to be telling a story. And the story was that her hair simply refused to be ordinary.

For a woman that liked to act and look tough, she had the funniest pair of eyeglasses. The frames were etched with subtle feline curves and the corners lifted like a cat’s sly grin.

She owned five cats that she would die for. So, the glasses made sense to some people. Like most of the things in her house which were designed in some sort of feline way.

Her love for cats was only outdone by her hatred for Zulu, the cat hater and her love for gossip.

"Let me guess, Nimo and Dwayne." Sunshine smiled curiously.

Justine tapped the tablet. "You have to admit; it is very interesting. First you had Nimo following....."

Sunshine held her hand up. "Nope, I am not going into that. We are here to discuss expansion of base Wi-Fi and proper communication towers."

"I always knew that this was coming so I created a technical team for the job in advance, waiting for this day." Justine stepped aside for Sunshine to enter the office. "All we need are the materials to start. But we both know ordinary metals are prone to corrosion or they will melt in the incoming heat. "

Sunshine shut the door behind them and leaned back in her chair. "You can wipe the frown off your face Justine, what I have is not ordinary. And I have a manual you can follow for all installations and repairs."

Justine’s eyes lit up as Sunshine attached a flash drive to a laptop and pulled up the system’s manuals. "I have hard copies too. You can distribute them to your team."

Justine’s grin slowly shifted into something reverent. "I have never seen anything like this. What kind of material was..."

"We found them in a secret government tech lab that was destroyed by acid rain." Sunshine cut in. "They will hold no matter what comes next."

Justine let out a low whistle. "Do you know what this means?"

"I have a general idea," Sunshine replied dryly. "But please, impress me."

Justine turned, eyes blazing. "It means no more dead zones when it comes to communication. It means real-time coordination between walls, squads, even external settlements if we expand. It means we stop fighting blind. We can make calls with our phones, access internet, have normal television back and set up systems.....real systems. The possibilities are endless."

Sunshine’s expression softened. "Exactly."

They spent the next hour bent over schematics, arguing amicably over placement, elevation, redundancy.

Justine talked fast when she was excited, words tumbling over each other as she mapped out installation phases and contingencies.

Sunshine listened, occasionally interjecting with practical concerns—security, manpower, timing.

At one point, Justine paused and looked up at her. "You know this will make us a bigger target for superhumans looking to establish independent bases."

Sunshine nodded. "I know. But I will not stop development in my territory over fear of the unknown."

Justine nodded. "You also realize that the more normal our base is, the more migrations we are going to have. People will be looking to move in. Do we have the resources to sustain a large population?"

Sunshine smiled. "That is for me to worry about. Your duty is to go down in history as the woman that allowed humans to livestream their lives again and swipe left or right on dating apps."

Justine snorted and stood up. "If the men look like Dominic Steward, I will be swiping right."

Sunshine groaned. "Not you too."

Justine shrugged. "He is eye candy. Who doesn’t like candy?"

"Candy is not good for your teeth." Sunshine replied. "And Leah can kill you with the wind. Now get to work, swipe right on making me happy."

Justine left the office, sniggering as she walked.

Orders went out quickly. Engineers were summoned, equipment rolled into position, and squads were assigned to secure the perimeter as the experts worked.

And the watchers acted antsy, wondering what new surprise Sunshine had for them.