Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 336 Reboot [Grace]

After obtaining the mechanical source point transformed from the Heterogeneous Cube, Lin Xian felt his energy was replenished with an extremely pure energy. This power transformed from the Hellish Black Chrysanthemum filled the Infinite and even some nearby convoys, bringing many people an improvement in their superpowers and physical evolution, and even restoring their physical strength. For the survivors who had experienced a fierce battle, it was undoubtedly a timely help!

Seeing the panel of the Mechanical Heart, Lin Xian sighed with relief that he finally had some good news. The great battle in the Star Abyss had helped him and everyone else improve their abilities. At the same time, if he could devour the remaining carriages of the Ocean and Parrot, his mechanical devouring would definitely be faster and more efficient after reaching level five.

"correct!"

Lin Xian's heart suddenly skipped a beat: "The Ocean's engineering-grade nuclear-powered locomotive has a thermal power of 170 megawatts, and the Parrot's has 140 megawatts. Adding them together, it exceeds 300 megawatts!!!"

Then wouldn't his surge be able to complete the amplification upgrade?
Thinking of this, Lin Xian immediately opened the skill panel.

Power Surge (Rare) (Level 3, Max Level): Can be amplified to: [Superstring Reactor Phase Iridescent Ring]

Increase conditions: Complete a nuclear power plant with a thermal power output exceeding 300 megawatts.

Increase time: 24 hours
Good heavens! Regardless of how many mechanical source points he could gain from devouring two nuclear-powered locomotives, if he were to unlock this new skill, he would possess the potential to withstand an AT field shield capable of withstanding an S-rank attack. Back in Xilan City, Lin Xian inexplicably used this skill ahead of time to convert the nuclear energy of Unit-01 and expand the AT field shield, thus blocking the ray attack from the Black Thorn in the Clouds. Although he didn't understand why he used this skill ahead of time, Lin Xian already knew how incredible this skill was.

Simply put, Lin Xian's original Mechanical Heart was to output power to drive the train, and all the energy came from his energy conversion. But this skill is the opposite. Lin Xian can gather electrical energy within a controllable range into himself. As long as the Infinity is there, Lin Xian is equivalent to having a 290-megawatt nuclear reactor behind him!
This is definitely good news!

With this in mind, Lin Xian perked up and went straight back to carriage number 1 to begin his work.

At this moment, the remaining team members of the Ocean and Parrot trains were dismantling weapons, equipment and supplies in the carriages with the help of other teams. Lin Xian had notified them in advance, and they all knew that Team Leader Lin needed to use mechanical ability conversion materials, so no one objected and they all came to help.

These carriages are not very important to other trains. Currently, the combined trains have more carriages than trains, and the core is still the locomotive.

Before long, both trains were emptied, while Lin Xian stayed in the No. 13 weapons car, remotely beginning to devour the other train cars, while continuously taking out the converted materials to manufacture ammunition.

In the current situation, he needs to supply all the convoys. Lin Xian has transformed himself into a mechanical manufacturing center, rediscovering the state of selfless creation he had experienced under the snowy night in Xilan City.

[Consuming progress 65%]

[Successfully devoured. Mechanical Source Points +50, Mechanical Devouring Skill Proficiency +10]

……

[Successfully Manufactured - Roarer K23 Electric Rotary Machine Gun]

[Crafting Proficiency +10]

……

The entire arc of the United Train was now covered by the faintly glowing film of the Heterogeneous Cube. The darkness here seemed to be very different from the outside of the film, just like clarity and thick fog were separated. Apart from their worries, the survivors did not feel the chilling feeling that they were originally in the darkness.

The surrounding dark forest seemed to be completely shrouded in dense black mist, making even the trees and rocks appear distorted. But when you looked closely, they returned to normal, as if you were experiencing some kind of visual poisoning.

Sasha pressed her face against the window, peering through the crack, her brow furrowed as she murmured something.
"KIKI, do you think we can escape this time?"

“Of course we can. Trust your brother Lin, Sister KIKI, Sister Chen, and your brother…” KIKI was operating the computer with a serious expression when she said, “We survived that desperate situation just now, which means we all have the constitution to survive great calamities.”

Sasha lay back on the bed and said, "Sally's ammunition is all gone. If only Brother Lin could build a giant mech like the one in Xilan City, we could all live inside it and take down even an S-class monster with one punch!"

KIKI's eyes darted around, and she nodded, saying, "Your brother Lin does have that plan, but it'll definitely be difficult~"

Sasha rubbed her tummy: "When I first got caught in the abyss, I almost threw up. It was so disgusting. I'm sure I'll have nightmares tonight."

She looked up at KIKI and asked, "Sis, what are you busy with?"

“That robot, the system analysis is almost finished, I’m…” KIKI clicked her tongue: “You wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”

"I don't understand!" Sasha sat up abruptly upon hearing this, and said excitedly, "Isn't it just an AI robot butler? I heard those things can even fight, and they're really powerful. Then all the dangerous work can be done by the robot, making things much easier for Brother Lin, right?"

Upon hearing this, KIKI's fingers, which were typing on the keyboard, suddenly stopped in mid-air. Then, she slowly turned her head to look at Sasha.

"Why are you looking at me like that..." Sasha looked surprised and turned around abruptly: "Is there a ghost behind me?"

Suddenly, KIKI's eyes lit up, and she darted over to pinch her cheek, then excitedly exclaimed, "So clever! You'll get a treat later!"

Before she finished speaking, she flew rapidly toward carriage number 13. At this moment, Lin Xian was focused on manufacturing ammunition and weapons while devouring the carriages outside. Da Lou and Shu Qin led their people to sort out the various types of bullets produced by the fully automatic bullet press and then use them to replenish the various convoys. Under Lin Xian's operation, the entire Infinite was like an automatic logistics supply mothership, continuously bringing hope to the various convoys.

At this moment, KIKI quickly darted across the carriage, came to Lin Xian's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said in an urgent tone...

"Hey, Lin Xian, I have an idea, do you want to hear it?"

Lin Xian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her: "Speak."

KIKI pointed to the rear compartment: "The overwrite program for [Grace] is almost finished. If we have this AI robot, along with the PX-05 maintenance robot, use the Longshan No. 1 track-laying machine to lay tracks all the way to Baicheng, do you think it's feasible? The robot shouldn't be marked with the Dark Mark, right?"

Upon hearing her words, Lin Xian's eyes flickered for a moment, and he pondered before speaking.

"I've never thought about this before, but it seems to be true. I've never seen a strange entity attack a non-living thing."

KIKI nodded sharply: "Laying tracks in such a complex area is definitely beyond the capabilities of those maintenance robots alone, but this AI has a quantum volume of 8192, a full (2^{13}) computing power. You just need to build the tracks in the camp and let her carry out the laying. Once it's built, we can rush out directly!"

Lin Xian's gaze flickered, and he perked up somewhat. He immediately focused and said, "Building bridges and paving roads isn't that simple, unless the terrain is perfectly ideal, but..."

At this point, Lin Xian hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "But this is indeed a method, worth a try. However, just to be on the safe side, after you overwrite [Grace], I will take a drone out of the camp to test it separately!"

Despite saying that, Lin Xian was still worried that such a proactive attack would trigger a chain reaction in the dark forest, which is why he decided to test it with a flying drone.

Although it's too far away to control by signal, Lin only needs to set up an automatic flight program to make the aircraft fly towards a specific area. If it doesn't cause any disturbance, then this plan will indeed work.

Lin Xian didn't have high hopes for this plan, but given the current predicament, he had no choice but to try it out. Even if it didn't work, he could still have Grace conduct reconnaissance, which was better than everyone being trapped here.

Moreover, he had long had his eye on this [Grace]. As a Crimson AI, she could provide him with a lot of assistance. Furthermore, the robot's materials were extremely special, making it a formidable weapon in combat. You should know that back in the Zero Element Center, even Ning Jing, the Queen of Strength, couldn't shatter its alloy panel with a single punch, demonstrating its formidable defensive capabilities!
Even if it doesn't work, this AI can still help alleviate some of the decision-making pressure.

“Hmm~” KIKI perked up at this moment. She rested her chin on her hand and suddenly had a whimsical idea: “Lin Xian, do you think those who want to create digital life might also be planning this, uploading their consciousness into a computer and becoming a robot, so they won’t be afraid of the dark?”

"Perhaps so. Although that wasn't the initial intention, the goal is the same," Lin Xian said.

Even if it's just an offline version, there aren't many robots of Grace's caliber in the world. The best way to perfect digital life is through cloud storage and computing, but right now the world's information networks are paralyzed. Uploading a single person's consciousness to an AI won't solve much. Of course, we can't be absolute; who knows what extreme things those Adventists might do...

“However, there is still one problem.” Lin Xian thought of what Ning Jing had just said: “Baicheng was swallowed by the Star Abyss on the day of the Apocalypse, and the orbital situation there is also unclear. If some complicated problems arise, [Grace] may not be able to solve them.”

【Grace】is merely an artificial intelligence, lacking the abilities of telekinesis and mechanical manufacturing. In special circumstances, even with her extremely high computing power, her lack of engineering capabilities renders her efforts futile.

KIKI nodded upon hearing this: "Then we can send Grace to White City to scout things out first, and then take action after we understand the specific situation."

"That's fine." Lin Xian looked at her and asked, "How much longer will it take?"

"It's been analyzed, but not much useful information was found. The Crimson World is very cautious. This AI was specifically designed to protect the Zero Element Center. After I export her movement module and thought model, I'll delete the rest of the irrelevant data and then overwrite the system. It should take about two hours."

"Okay," Lin Xian replied, "Then let's hurry up."

KIKI nodded and immediately ran back to start operating the controls.

Meanwhile, Lin Xian raced against time to manufacture ammunition and devour the carriages. The Ocean and Parrot had a total of 32 carriages. Apart from two nuclear-powered locomotives and two electric locomotives, the remaining 28 carriages were ordinary carriages with thick armor plating, which Lin Xian devoured one by one.

Each regular wagon yields more mechanical source points than a flatbed trailer, since it contains a significant amount of the wagon's electrical systems. Consuming one of these wagons can yield around 50 mechanical source points and a large amount of metal materials.

[Successfully devoured. Mechanical Source Points +50, Mechanical Devouring Skill Proficiency +10]

Congratulations! Your Mechanical Devouring skill has been upgraded to Level 5, granting you increased Devouring Efficiency!

After devouring four carriages, Lin Xian's mechanical devouring proficiency finally reached 2000 and completed the upgrade. In an instant, he felt his devouring progress had once again achieved a leap forward. Originally, it would take about 20 minutes to devour an empty carriage, but now it only takes 13 minutes, greatly improving efficiency!
[Successfully devoured. Mechanical Source Points +30, Mechanical Devouring Skill Proficiency +5]

After the upgrade, Lin Xian devoured another carriage. Sure enough, after the level was increased, the effects of low-precision machinery and mass devouring were reduced again. Lin Xian had already gotten used to this change.

It's as if this mechanical source point is a kind of learning of technology by his mechanical heart. The higher the level, the higher the demand for precision technology. It is obviously not feasible to take industrial products in batches for infinite upgrades. Now, Lin Xian only has a few mechanical source points left after consuming a car. Apart from materials, it is better than nothing in terms of upgrading.

After a while, KIKI's voice came through the communicator.

"Lin Xian, it's done."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately stopped what he was doing and ran towards carriage number 21. The weapon station there only had one 1130 weapon, and the rest was empty, with some miscellaneous items and tools placed there. [Grace], which Lin Xian had sealed in a metal cabinet, was also there.

Meanwhile, KIKI had already opened the metal cabinet, sat on the floor with a computer in her hand, and several WLAN data cables were connected to the back of Grace's head. "I've got everything set up, just waiting for you."

Where is Luo Yang?

"He led his men to set up an isolation electric fence and monitoring sensors along the front line."

"Alright." Lin Xian nodded. "You can operate it directly. I've already taken control of her mechanical unit."

To ensure everything went smoothly, Lin Xian was completely uneasy about the Crimson AI that hadn't undergone a system overwrite. Fortunately, although his mechanical abilities couldn't handle her quantum processor for the time being, they could at least control her motor unit, which prevented the robot from exhibiting aggressive behavior.

Da Da Da~
KIKI quickly operated the computer: "Okay, the overwriting has started and will take about 20 minutes. I completely erased her system logic protocol and then added a new one, only one."

"What agreement?" Lin Xian asked.

KIKI glanced back at him and said very seriously, "Basic Agreement: Full obedience to all of Lin Xian's instructions."

"Besides that, is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Lin Xian smiled upon hearing this: "This is enough. I haven't thought of anything else yet."

"That's fine."

Drop~
At this moment, under KIKI's control, the full overwrite of [Grace] officially began. Grace's secondary energy started up, the quantum core processor started running, and the superconducting quantum bit array on the back of her neck lit up with dense red diagnostic lights the instant the system overwrite command arrived. It completely disassembled and reconstructed the synaptic weights of the three million bionic neurons in her humanoid body, and an extremely strong computing state began to appear.

Lin Xian looked at this scene with a slightly solemn expression. He knew that a brain of Grace's level was definitely not an ordinary robot. Even Phoenix Society and Xinghua Heavy Industry, according to KIKI, would not have more than 10 brains with this computing power. They were mainly used for the construction and control of large space stations, spacecraft or super-large bases.

Lin Xian guessed that within the Phoenix Society, there must be an AI of a higher level than [Grace] used as the central decision-making unit for global strategic coordination. And in the Crimson World, an Adventist organization, it was actually used as an offline management base. Combined with Chu Yan's team's consciousness reconnaissance of Julius Litt at the Zero Element Center, Lin Xian concluded that the importance of the Zero Element Center was far greater than he had previously imagined.

"Lin Xian!"

Just as Lin Xian and KIKI were waiting for the system overwrite of [Grace] to be completed, suddenly, the holographic face of [Grace] began to flicker, and the face of 'Chu Yan' reappeared. This sudden scene made Lin Xian and KIKI's expressions change.

"What's going on?" Lin Xian shouted.

"It's a hidden program that stopped the overwriting of the underlying operating system!" KIKI exclaimed in surprise. "I'll erase it right away."

Just then, Grace, bearing the face of 'Chu Yan', slowly opened her eyes and looked at Lin Xian standing in front of her. Her holographic face flickered continuously, and she spoke through the broken audio system.

"Lin Xian, in...in beyond dimensions...no...don't try to understand it from your own dimension. The power of the dark world must have a resonance effect, or perhaps...it can communicate through the same matter..."

"Who exactly are you?!" Lin Xian immediately questioned loudly.

With a buzzing sound, the holographic face flickered and disappeared, the message was finished, and at this time, Grace's operating system was completely overwritten.

KIKI stared at this scene in surprise and asked, "She was... calling out to you just now?"

Lin Xian immediately looked at KIKI: "KIKI, can you still find the program document for that message?"

KIKI shook her head and frowned, saying, "No, it's all been overwritten. It seems like that backend system was deliberately arranged to take over the system before detecting the program's deletion, but..."

"It's like they knew we were going to do this beforehand?" Lin Xian's face darkened as he looked at [Grace], who was in the process of starting up the system, and a storm brewed in his heart.

Who was talking to him, and what did they mean by what they just said?
A reminder? A warning?
Why does Grace know about her current situation?
How does this robot know that I'm going to overwrite her program?
The tangled mysteries swirled in Lin Xian's mind like thick asphalt. Ever since he came into contact with Chu Yan and the Crimson World, Lin Xian began to feel an incredibly mysterious presence watching him. However, the 'warning' from the Zero Element Center turned out to be 'well-intentioned' for Lin Xian, which only made him more confused.

If it wasn't Chu Yan, why would the Crimson World help him?
In carriage 21, Lin Xian and KIKI were both stunned. What had just happened was too bizarre; even KIKI was caught off guard.

"Beyond dimensions, the same frequency effect... Is she telling us something?" KIKI said.

Lin Xian shook his head: "I didn't quite understand, but my intuition tells me that this information is crucial!"

"Then...should we tell others?" KIKI asked.
Lin Xian's expression darkened slightly as he repeated Grace's words in a low voice: "In a world beyond dimensions, don't try to understand things from your own perspective. The power of the dark world must have a resonance effect..."

"What exactly does that mean?"

"Does this mean that the power of the dark world uses its own dark dimension to interfere..." KIKI quickly reacted: "For example, the Hellish Black Chrysanthemum can sense S-class existences, the Heterogeneous Cube can shield against dark invasions, and the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes can clear the layers of dark space!"

Lin Xian stared intently: "Disaster plants and forbidden objects are both things that exist in the dark dimension. Now the Federation and the Phoenix Society are both studying dark existences to deal with disasters. Your idea is correct."

Counting the dark dimensions he currently possesses, Lin Xian has two calamity plants and two forbidden objects, and Brother Huo has a golden bracelet. Lin Xian thought of the silver bullet that Hu Lushou gave him, but the problem is that he knows too little about forbidden objects. Why didn't Brother Huo's golden necklace and that silver bullet bring fear and disaster, but the fish-lion giant encountered in the Aksai no-man's land dragged everyone into the Star Abyss?

"These problems will probably have to be left to Director Ding to figure out." Lin Xian took a deep breath and looked at KIKI. "Back to the present, can we now confirm that this AI is working properly?"

This question stumped KIKI as well. She frowned, unusually unsure: "Logically speaking, the underlying operating system has been overwritten, and you didn't find any other intelligent cores through mechanical scanning, so in principle it should be clean. However, if there is a force beyond mechanical influence on it..." She looked at Lin Xian as she spoke: "It's hard to say."

Grace's sudden change of heart left even the usually confident Kiki somewhat bewildered. Coupled with the many strange things they encountered along the way, Kiki began to have some doubts about the reliability of computers.

"This happened before. Grace's self-test is a program embedding. Since it has already been overwritten, let's start it."

If someone can directly control the AI, then that ability is several levels higher than Lin Xian's Mechanical Heart. Having finally managed to get his hands on an AI and waited for so long, Lin Xian decided to activate it immediately.

At least, the unusual alerts from Grace seemed to be 'well-intentioned' to Lin Xian at the moment. His immediate priority was to use Grace to solve the problem, so he could only put aside the strange situation and start activating Grace.

“Okay.” KIKI nodded. “Then I’ll start it.”

Lin Xian looked up at the exquisite mechanical face, then suddenly reached out and removed the beautiful mask that [Grace] used as facial decoration. Since Ning Jing had already smashed it, he could use it to devour and study this new material.

[Successfully devoured. Mechanical Source Points +20, Mechanical Devouring Proficiency +5]

[Obtained 2 super solid carbon condensed matter alloys]

With the new material in hand, Lin Xian's guess was correct; the level was indeed 5, even higher than the supercarbide alloy from Unit-01. It was indeed a rare item, and this was the first time Lin Xian had obtained a level 5 material.

If this material were used to manufacture battle armor or train armor, Lin Xian estimated that it could withstand the Snow Demon Tide head-on. However, Lin Xian was just thinking about it. The scarcity of Level 5 materials meant that even if Lin Xian devoured the entire Infinite Ship to produce them, he probably wouldn't be able to convert enough material into even one carriage. Currently, the Infinite Ship's latest armor plates only use Level 3 tungsten-titanium alloy with an inner lining, but it uses the armor layer design of the Evangelion Unit 1. This is already more advanced than the outer shell materials of the interstellar army's tanks and air gunships.

After removing her mask, Grace's face revealed a faceless state with the same metallic sheen as her body, which actually looked much more pleasing to the eye and at least lacked that eerie feeling.

"Wow, this looks much better!" KIKI couldn't help but exclaim.

Lin Xian weighed the mask in his hand: "Let's keep the conversation like this from now on, and cancel the holographic face."

"Hmm." KIKI pressed the restart button, and instantly, Grace's chest core lit up. Then, all the motion units in her body resonated and began to move smoothly. Under KIKI's control, Grace's faceless face looked at Lin Xian, and a light screen scanned Lin Xian's body.

[System launched. Current version: Crimson 3 AI offline version]

[Scanning for protocol command providers]

[Vital signs, iris scan complete. Hello Lin Xian, please issue your first command to help me identify your voiceprint information.]

Grace stepped out of the metal box, her hands behind her back, her feet tiptoeing, still using her previous elegant movement mode. She looked at Lin Xian like a proud ballerina housekeeper.

Lin Xian looked the AI ​​robot over and immediately said, "From today onwards, your name is Grace. Don't call you Crimson No. 3 anymore."

Voiceprint recognition successful

[Understood, from now on my name will be Grace.]

KIKI was typing on the keyboard and said to Lin Xian, "I've also entered the information of the other team members. She will identify them as friendly forces one by one. Now we need to give her some time to learn in depth."

"What should we study?" Lin Xian asked.

“Infinity, Apocalypse Day, Escape to the East, the Planetary Train Project, the abilities and superpowers of all members, including our current environmental situation…” KIKI finished in one breath: “That way, she will understand the circumstances under which your arrangements are made.”

"How long will that take?"

KIKI smiled upon hearing this: "If our computer or mecha system were to understand and train such an AI, it would take at least 30 days, but for her..."

She looked at Grace, who stood quietly in front of her, and said with great pride.

"It only takes 1 second."

　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)