Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 308 Soaring to the Heavens! (Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

"Forbidden items?" Shu Qin asked, puzzled.

"Regarding the rumors and research on forbidden items, there used to be a department in the Federation called the Special Items Investigation Department. This organization was specifically responsible for investigating strange phenomena that appeared during the polar night. They didn't investigate the strange entities themselves, but rather a type of item that could trigger specific strange phenomena. These items were originally something that existed on our planet, but they only started causing strange events after the Apocalypse. They were believed to have been tainted by some special power and transformed into extraordinary objects. This type of item was called a 'forbidden item' by the Angel Project, which refers to 'specific items that can cause regional or contagious strange/extraordinary events,'" Ding Junyi said at this time.

“We already knew that,” KIKI said. “Actually, before you got on the bus, we encountered the 1542 strange radio station in Daluo Mountain before Yubei City. That was a strange phenomenon caused by a taboo object.”

"Yes, yes, it scared us to death. We thought it was haunted," Sasha nodded.

Shu Qin was very surprised when she heard this. She had attended the bonfire party in Qu Guan with Lin Xian and knew about the situation of Radio 1542. When she heard Lin Xian's words, she realized that Infinite had encountered the same thing. At that time, three convoys had received the message at night and there were cases of missing persons.

"So, Captain Lin, you encountered that strange radio station. Are there any missing persons?" Shu Qin immediately asked.

Lin Xian shook his head, then briefly explained the situation at the time, and then said...

"Although it's not actually haunted, this thing is extremely dangerous. It can teleport people into a radio frequency and, through the mental invasion of fear, make them construct their most terrifying images!"

"Therefore, the danger of such items cannot be understood through the means of supernatural beings, and may even exceed the scope of the currently known supernatural ability system."

Upon hearing this, Ding Junyi said, "In this respect, it is somewhat similar to the mycelial illusion of the Heavenly Mushroom Tower. The difference is that one is terrifying, while the other is a blissful illusion."

"So, some kind of illusion during the polar night can affect certain items and turn them into forbidden objects?" Lou asked.

"That's the only explanation at the moment."

"Let's not talk about anything else." Lin Xian looked at the floating and spinning golden bracelet, his eyes slightly darkening. He felt a headache coming on whenever he heard the words "forbidden object." This thing had caused him a lot of trouble last time. But now, the Heterogeneous Cube had become the shield artifact of the Infinite, and it could also directly convert black smoke into mechanical source points for him. So he actually both loved and hated it. He had even considered that if such an existence appeared, he might be interested in learning about it.

But the sudden appearance of this thing on his car caught him off guard, putting him in a passive position. No one knew what kind of harm it would cause.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian gestured for everyone to move away first, and then he raised his hand to create a simple metal arm, reaching towards the golden bracelet.

As soon as the metal arm's clamps approached, the suspended bracelet immediately began to spew out extremely fine blue flames in all directions, appearing as transparent as air. But this was only for a moment. Suddenly, a wave of scorching air swept through the entire carriage, and the temperature rose sharply. Lin Xian's metal clamps were instantly melted into molten iron, which dripped into the crucible.

Not to mention his metal clamps, even the crucible quickly turned red-hot and collapsed under the almost transparent blue flame!
Instantly, a surge of intense heat erupted from the entire No. 5 carriage, causing everyone's expressions to change drastically as they retreated hastily. A wave of heat rushed directly towards the carriages in front and behind!

Lin Xian had already activated the AT field shield defense. Just like that, cold sweat broke out on his back. Fortunately, the flames only lasted for a few seconds before stopping. If this thing had continued to erupt, the entire No. 5 carriage would probably have been melted by it, and he wouldn't even have had time to throw it away.

"This thing can actually release such high temperatures!!"

"very scary!"

"Watch out, Lin Xian!"

"Team Leader Lin, we must not be careless."

"Lin Xian!" KIKI flew over at that moment: "I'll throw it out!"

"Wait a minute!"

Just as KIKI was about to use her telekinesis, Lu Xingchen, who was standing next to the crucible with his trousers burned away, noticed a change in his expression. He stared at the floating golden bracelet; after the flames had subsided, the fluorescence above it had diminished considerably, and its floating state had become unstable. Lu Xingchen's inner chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) kicked in, and he glared and shouted sharply...

"I understand. This is a fire-elemental treasure, and I must bind it to you with my blood before it can be..."

"Fang Ke my ass!" KIKI grabbed a can from a trash can and threw it at his head. "What kind of time is this? What if you burn down the train?"

Lu Xingchen looked somewhat embarrassed, then said seriously, "What I mean is, it seems that the fire I just started was absorbed by it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian glanced at him and asked, "Are you sure?"

"I……"

Lu Xingchen was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a while, he made up his mind, bent down and reached out to grab the gold bracelet in his palm!
His action truly frightened everyone else, even Lin Xian's heart skipped a beat. But the next second, the golden bracelet that Lu Xingchen held in his hand really stopped spewing flames and just looked like an ordinary bracelet.

At that moment, everyone's breath seemed to stop for a split second.

Lu Xingchen's heart was pounding, but seeing everyone around him staring intently at him, he quickly adopted a confident demeanor and turned to the side, acting as if he were a tall man.

"See, what I said is true."

After he finished speaking, he opened his palm, letting the gold bracelet float in his hand.

Just when Lu Xingchen thought his judgment was correct and everyone else should breathe a sigh of relief, to everyone's surprise, the gazes they gave him became even more horrified. Little Sasha's eyes widened, her mouth agape in shock as she stared at him, saying...
"Brother Huo...you..."

"Hmm?" Lu Xingchen sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere and quickly looked around. But what struck him as odd was that Lin Xian, KIKI, Director Ding, Captain Chen, Brother Lou, and the others seemed to be getting shorter and shorter.
When he looked down, he was shocked to find that he had actually left the ground!
"Brother Huo flew up?" Chen Sixuan's voice broke the silence.

Lin Xian and KIKI watched this scene in astonishment. At this moment, Lu Xingchen floated up like an astronaut flying into space, just like the golden bracelet.

"Ah, this...!"

Lu Xingchen could no longer hold back. He waved his hands as if swimming in the air, but no matter how he moved, he couldn't land. Just as his head was about to hit the roof of the carriage, he raised his hand to support himself and landed.

This bizarre scene left the onlookers stunned.

Even Ding Junyi showed an extremely serious expression and uttered three words: "Anti-gravity?"

Although the scientific community has never ruled out the existence of negative mass in the theory of gravity, there has never been any evidence to support the idea of ​​antigravity.

But seeing Lu Xingchen's condition at this moment, this word immediately came to her mind.

Seeing that Lu Xingchen was not only unharmed by the flames but was even floating, Lin Xian felt a sense of relief and asked Lu Xingchen, "Are you feeling any discomfort?"

Lu Xingchen felt somewhat undignified in front of everyone, so he grabbed the carriage door to barely keep his feet upright.
"Brother Lin, no discomfort has been found yet."

After saying that, he picked up the gold bracelet and handed it to Lin Xian, saying, "Brother Lin, would you like to take a look at it?"

Lin Xian was about to reach out and catch it when he immediately changed his mind. He wasn't stupid; Huo Ge had fire-type abilities, and perhaps that was why he wasn't affected. With that in mind, Lin Xian activated the mechanical scan remotely.

[Scan failed; non-mechanical energy detected.]

Lin Xian frowned. He had now confirmed that this thing was indeed a forbidden object, so he immediately tried to use mechanical devouring. After all, his previous Heterogeneous Cube was also a product formed after being devoured and modified by the Mechanical Heart.

Once the devouring process is initiated, information about the devouring progress immediately appears before your eyes.

[Consuming progress 10%]

[Consuming progress 30%]

[Absorption progress 50%]...

[Absorption progress 80%]...

[Absorption is about to complete. This item cannot be deconstructed. Confirm whether to absorb it as material: Gold * 0.05]

Just as it was about to finish devouring, a light screen suddenly popped up in front of it. Lin Xian immediately frowned, thought for a moment, and stopped the devouring process.

His gaze shifted slightly, then he looked at Lu Xingchen and said...
"Brother Huo, try this thing again and see if you can make use of it. If this forbidden object can put you in an anti-gravity state without causing any other harm, then wouldn't your fire breath provide you with a boost to flight?!"

This idea suddenly came to Lin Xian just now. The main reason he wanted to devour the eerie radio station was that he couldn't control the invasion of that terrifying power. He felt it was a pity to lose it. During the devouring, he accidentally triggered the reaction of the mechanical heart, which is why he obtained the heterogeneous cube.

However, this golden bracelet, whether it's flames or anti-gravity, can be controlled by Brother Fire. It would be a waste to just use it to convert materials. Lin Xian thought for a moment and realized that his understanding of forbidden items was still too shallow. Not all items could be devoured. Rather than that, he decided to leave it for Brother Fire to enhance his abilities and keep a watchful eye on it to see if there were any undiscovered characteristics of this thing.

His guess was correct. When Lu Xingchen heard Lin Xian's words, his eyes suddenly flashed with a light that seemed to be enlightened. He withdrew the hand he had given to Lin Xian and looked sharply at the golden bracelet floating in his hand, his mind racing.

Lin Xian's words immediately reminded him!
If this thing can keep him in an anti-gravity state, wouldn't he be able to fly through the air with just a breath of fire?!
Then the god of fire truly became the god of fire!

At this moment, Lu Xingchen had already envisioned himself soaring through the air in the flames, appearing as an immortal. He was immediately filled with excitement, and even his breathing became heavier.

"Brother Lin is absolutely right! I'll give it a try right away!"

After Lu Xingchen finished speaking, he immediately reached out and grabbed the door panel, pulling it towards the automatic door of cabin number 5. Everyone scattered and watched his actions with concern.

“Hey, is this really okay for him?” KIKI asked, frowning.

“I think Lin Xian is right, let him give it a try,” Chen Sixuan said.

Sasha pouted and crossed her arms: "Look at how impatient he is, he has no choice but to try."

"We still need to be careful; we know very little about these kinds of strange things," Ding Junyi said. Lou Da and Shu Qin nodded in agreement.

"Brother Huo, you can have this as a snack."

"The car is going very fast now, it's too risky to drive like this..." Shu Qin said cautiously.

Lin Xian looked at KIKI: "Little girl, if you're with him, it's best to test out the details and characteristics of this kind of thing before leaving it in the car, otherwise you won't feel at ease."

Upon hearing this, KIKI glanced at Lu Xingchen, sighed, and said, "Alright."

Chi~
At that moment, the automatic door of the Infinite No. 5 carriage opened as it sped along, and a gust of fierce Gobi sandstorm immediately swept in, driving away the heat wave that had been emanating from inside the carriage.

"Let's go." KIKI stood at the door with her arms crossed, looking at Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen was also extremely bold. He flipped his hand and put the golden bracelet on his wrist. Then, he turned his left hand behind him and used his fire-type ability. Instantly, a burst of crimson flames shot out, and Lu Xingchen was propelled out of the carriage at an extremely fast speed by the force of the flames. Everyone quickly gathered at the door to look outside.

Just as Lin Xian had predicted, Lu Xingchen soared into the sky using the flames in his hands at incredible speed. However, having never flown before and being in the pitch-black Gobi Desert, he felt dizzy and disoriented, unable to distinguish between the ground and the sky. Lu Xingchen knew he was being watched by all his companions, and perhaps other members of the convoy had also witnessed his flight as a fire god. KIKI was also ready to 'rescue' him at any moment. But if he couldn't even manage this much, how could he call himself a fire god?!
Thinking of this, Lu Xingchen's fighting spirit surged, he gritted his teeth, quickly regained his senses, and gradually adapted.

Although he couldn't hover and control his direction as freely as KIKI, he was soon able to fly steadily by controlling his flames and posture. Above the night sky next to the West, the jet flames with Mach rings gradually accelerated Lu Xingchen. He got faster and faster, and began to soar upwards, breaking through the wind barrier and crashing into the clouds!

"Although the polar night is fraught with danger, there is still much for humanity to explore," Ding Junyi said solemnly, her hands in her pockets as she looked at the sliver of fire in the distant sky.

Antigravity energy, consciousness uploaded to plant bodies, the Heavenly Mushroom Tower, corpse drivers, and growing disaster plants—all of this was just what they encountered in less than a day on the very edge of the polar night. Many of these were major discoveries that could directly overturn the laws of physics and biology on Earth, so it's no wonder she made such a remark.

Lin Xian's expression was complicated upon hearing this. This time, their escape into the polar night was a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune. He knew that many people were not as lucky as them, such as the Phoenix Order Team and the Night Vanguard Team. Now, they could only flee all the way, with the sole purpose of trying every possible way to escape the polar night and break through to dawn.

But one day humanity will be completely covered by the polar night, and at that time, the remaining humans will have to face all the dangers of the polar night.

“Forbidden objects, calamity plants…” Chen Sixuan sighed, “We know so little about the night, but judging from that Heavenly Mushroom Tower, the creatures of the night may know more about us than we imagine…”

Chen Sixuan's words made everyone feel a little heavy-hearted, but Lin Xian's eyes turned serious and he said loudly, "Look on the bright side, now that Brother Huo can fly, won't our Infinite Team's combat power be enhanced again?"

"The power of the darkness's invasion can enable human evolution, so these dangerous forbidden objects might also be useful to humanity." Lin Xian said, looking at Ding Junyi: "Isn't the purpose of that [Special Items Investigation Department] you mentioned the same?"

Ding Junyi nodded: "Yes, our study of darkness ultimately aims to find ways to survive in the darkness, or to defeat it!"

"Alas!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than an excited shout echoed across the dark wilderness, resounding through the sky!

It was Lu Xingchen's cry.

Lu Xingchen was incredibly excited, his heart brimming with boundless energy. Flying through the air was a skill he had long dreamed of, and now that he had finally achieved it, he couldn't help but shout wildly!
Humanity's yearning for flight is etched into its genes. Under the vast night sky of the Gobi Desert, Lu Xingchen soared freely, like a silver arrow breaking free from its bowstring, hurtling across the sky. The howling wind roared in his ears like a sharp sound tearing through silk, the air currents enveloping every inch of his skin. Each dive was like cutting through the fabric of the atmosphere with flames, each ascent was like stepping on the fragments of stars as steps, as if even his soul was being pulled into this boundless carnival.

He swooped down from the sky like a shooting star streaking across the night, arriving in an instant and flying parallel to the high-speed Infinity.

"Brother Lin!"

As Lu Xingchen flew, he shouted to Lin Xian, who was standing at the door of carriage number 5, "Thank you for the reminder, this thing is quite miraculous!"

After speaking, he glanced at the people in carriage number 5 and KIKI, who was flying in sync with him and watching him helplessly. He smiled sternly and recited with boundless pride:
"Gentlemen, like a roc rising with the wind, soaring ninety thousand li high... Boom!"

Unexpectedly, before he could finish reciting a bold poem, he crashed into a sandstone wall beside the tracks with his vehicle, the sound abruptly ceasing, and he vanished from everyone's sight in an instant.

"Brother Huo!"

Everyone stared in disbelief, all peering out of the carriage to search for Lu Xingchen.

Lin Xian just wanted to curse. How could this guy not look ahead when he was flying? At that speed, wouldn't he just crash and die?

Before the crowd could finish speaking, a helpless voice came from the top of the carriage.

"I won't die, I caught him." KIKI rolled her eyes, waved her hand, and then crossed her arms again.

Then, the next second, Brother Huo, who was flying through the fire line, reappeared in everyone's sight. A slightly transparent psychic shield protected him. His enormous speed completely smashed the sand wall stone, which rolled several times on the ground, and then flew up again without stopping.

All the previous excitement and exhilaration vanished as if by magic, and Lu Xingchen now addressed the crowd with a serious and solemn expression.

"Everyone, I have checked, and everything ahead is safe!"

"Brother Lin, the vehicle is in excellent condition. Our Infinite's armor is special armor!"

The way he said it made it seem as if nothing had happened at all...

Everyone:...

"Ugh..." Sasha covered her eyes and said in a very disgusted tone, "Brother Lin, can you make him fly a little further away? I'm going to sleep."

"Go to bed."

Lin Xian couldn't help but chuckle, patted Sasha's head, and then the little girl yawned and left.

Ding Junyi said nothing and turned to leave.

Shu Qin and the building both had complex expressions on their faces.

"Team Leader Lin... I'm going to my shift."

"Brother Xian, I haven't finished working on that gun yet."

The two quickly looked for an opportunity to retreat.

Chen Sixuan looked at Lu Xingchen flying outside with a complicated expression, then looked at Lin Xian and asked worriedly, "Is this really alright?"

"It's fine."

Lin Xian crossed his arms and said with emotion, "He's a hero who's always walking on thin ice. He's seen it all, how could anything happen to him? Let's leave quickly, and so should KIKI."

"Why?" Chen Sixuan looked at him, puzzled.

Lin Xian glanced at Lu Xingchen, who had been flying all the way, and said with a faint smile.
"If we don't leave, how can he have the nerve to come back?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Sixuan smiled and understood Lin Xian's intention. She then turned and left to continue resting.

After KIKI returned, Lin spoke to Brother Huo via communicator.
"Brother Huo, we're in the polar night now. Using too much fire might be dangerous. Let's come back as soon as possible."

“Brother Lin is absolutely right,” Lu Xingchen replied immediately.

After Lin Xian finished speaking, he walked directly to the rear carriage. Once no one was around, Lu Xingchen tried his best to control the direction and then slowly flew into carriage number 5.

After landing, Lu Xingchen patted the dust off his clothes and found that many parts of his clothes had been torn into willow catkins by the strong wind. In addition, he had just crashed into the mountain and fallen face-first into the mud, so he was already in a sorry state. Then he looked at the empty carriages in front and behind him and sighed softly.

"Oh dear, this is really undignified."

Flying is exhilarating, but his control is still extremely unstable at the moment. However, with a little more practice in the future, he will definitely be able to become more agile.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Xingchen looked at the power armor suit that Lin Xian had arranged for him. Originally, he had no need for this thing at all, since it was not very convenient for him to use his superpowers. But now, he was interested again. At least when he wore this, he would not have to worry about clothing when flying, and it also had good defensive capabilities. Although his physical fitness was far beyond that of ordinary people, breaking through the wind barrier still almost tore his skin apart. How to put it... it hurt quite a bit.

Upon deciding to return to the carriage, Lu Xingchen immediately picked up the crucible. He planned to study the transparent flames emitted by the golden bracelet. He had noticed this from the beginning; the flames were extremely hot, even more so than his Burning Heaven Sword. Being quite sensitive to flames, he immediately went back to his room, changed into comfortable clothes, brewed another pot of tea, and continued his research.

"Forbidden object? What is forbidden? It is so wondrous, able to fly like the wind, and able to spin like a wheel and spew fire, with wind and fire like a wheel, then why not call it..."

"An infinite loop, perhaps."

Lu Xingchen took off the gold bracelet and saw that it was curled into an ∞ symbol, and he couldn't help but have a thought.

"Very good, very good."

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