Meanwhile, in the Philippines, same date.
Adrian and Ryan were walking alongside at the port of Subic Bay. They had just reclaimed the area two months ago and underwent significant construction. The effect of the outbreak had rendered the port nearly unusable back then.
Now it looked completely different.
The transformation was massive.
Floodlights illuminated the harbor despite the late hour while construction cranes continued moving nonstop across the waterfront. Heavy engineering vehicles rumbled across reinforced roads carrying steel beams, fuel containers, ammunition crates, and construction materials toward newly expanded docking facilities.
The old civilian port had evolved into something else entirely.
A fortress.
A naval stronghold.
A war harbor.
