Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 342 Shinji Mochizuki (1 words, please vote with double monthly tickets!)

"The Celebrity Ghost?"

"No! It's a human!"

Upon hearing this, the short-haired woman immediately performed a somersault in the air, and the power armor on her arms and feet displayed miniature propulsion systems. She made a sharp turn and shot straight at Grace, who was about to be covered in a lot of debris.

"I'll deal with this first. Ryunosuke, stop them!"

"Alright." The hooded man spoke in a low voice, turned in mid-air and waved his hands. Instantly, various brick, metal, car, and lamppost pillars from the surrounding streets began to float up in large numbers, then spun in the air into sharp objects of varying sizes that floated horizontally in front of him, creating a powerful aura.

"Don't be careless, I sense a very strong fluctuation of spiritual energy!" The girl named Shiori stood in the middle, unleashing a pale green light wave from each of her left and right hands, connecting them to Takahashi Ryunosuke and Amano Ran, causing their auras to surge, seemingly resisting even the invading power of darkness.

Rub rub.

At this moment, Ryunosuke also sensed an unusual aura rapidly approaching from the distant street. His eyes narrowed slightly, and the red katana at his waist automatically unsheathed and floated to his side.

Suddenly, a crimson flame appeared high in the sky, expanding from a tiny point to a giant fireball a hundred meters in diameter in an instant, almost illuminating the entire street, and hurtling towards Ryunosuke.

"fire punch!"

"Fire-type ability?" Ryunosuke pushed his hands forward, and all the sharp control objects in front of him shot out. At the same time, he created an invisible shockwave that shot upwards into the sky.

boom!
Flames exploded in the air amidst the shockwave, their bright light and intense heat spreading towards the plaza below.

Ryunosuke felt a tremendous bombardment force in his shockwave, and he immediately frowned. The intensity of the flames seemed to exceed his expectations. However, the sharp control objects that he wrapped with his power were not melted, but instead broke through the flames and shot rapidly toward the target in the sky.

Before Ryunosuke could confirm whether he had hit the arsonist, he immediately realized that he seemed to be locked onto by something.

Bang!
A muffled sniper rifle shot erupted, and the countless stones and steel blocks that Ryunosuke had been protecting instantly merged together to form a large wall. However, the 12.7mm armor-piercing round immediately pierced through these defenses and arrived directly in front of Ryunosuke's face.

Ryunosuke's eyes flashed with supernatural light, and with a powerful buzzing sound, he forcefully stopped the bullet that had been squeezed and deformed just before it flew into his face.

At the same time, two female figures appeared behind her, one rushing towards her and the other towards the girl named Shiori in the middle.

Ning Jing and Xiao Qing!
"Shun! Support Shiori!" Ran shouted coldly, then turned to face her enemy and threw a punch at Ning Jing who was attacking from behind.

Bang!
The two punched each other, and immediately a violent sonic boom occurred. The ground where Ran stood collapsed instantly, and debris shot out. The opponent's powerful strength shocked her. If it weren't for the special power armor material and the powerful electromagnetic charging joints on her body, she would definitely have been knocked back by this punch. Meanwhile, the opponent's power armor's hand armor had already shattered, and he was actually fighting back with his physical strength. Ran had never expected that someone could be slightly stronger than her!
Meanwhile, Xiaoqing swung her grappling hook towards Shiori's direction, only to find that a silver-black heavy mech suddenly burst from beneath the broken ground, wielding a high-frequency electric axe that came crashing down on her.

This mech is over two meters tall, with thick armor, and is full of explosive power!

Xiao Qing blocked with her sword, and the gun blade struck the black mech twice, causing her to flip backward. The black mech, which had launched a surprise attack, took two steps forward, preparing to grab Xiao Qing. Instantly, a dark red laser beam shot out from behind Xiao Qing, directly hitting the mech's chest. A high-frequency vibration erupted from the mech's body, blocking the attack for a moment. Then, the mech quickly turned around, and the laser beam left a scorching red mark on its arm!

On the other side, Grace, who had broken free from the rocks controlled by Ryunosuke, was also preparing to attack Amano Ran. But just as she was about to move, the radar system detected danger in the shadows behind her. She turned around and another heavily armored mech rushed out, grabbed her head, and then slid along the wall of a building, scattering sparks everywhere.

Grace was not injured at all. During the impact, she twisted her waist, wrapped her legs around the mecha's arm, hugged it with both hands, and then twisted it sharply, instantly severing a connecting bearing on the mecha's right arm. The mecha noticed the abnormality and immediately activated the ultra-high voltage electric hammer on its right arm. Sizzle! Blue sparks burst out, blasting Grace away.

On the balcony of a tall building in the distance, a thin boy wearing a holographic device is controlling two heavily armored mechs in battle. A smaller mech stands beside him.

"Wow, that's amazing. It doesn't look like someone from the Crimson World..." he muttered to himself as he intently piloted the mecha.

On the battlefield, Amano Ran also noticed the opponent's powerful offensive. She immediately released Ning Jing's force, turned around, and prepared to take down Grace along with the heavy mecha before retreating unscathed.

"Shun, protect Shiori. I'll deal with that AI first!"

Strangely, all of these people, including Amano Ran, regarded Grace as their core target. After she finished speaking, she dodged Ning Jing's fist by turning to the side and shot out towards Grace, attacking her from both sides along with the heavy mecha. But in an instant, she sensed a figure approaching at high speed. In the blink of an eye, a golden flash was already in front of her, kicking towards her chest!
Money is no object!
He was the fastest and was ready to finish off the opponent directly, but the masked woman was also quite fast. While she was still in the air, she raised her hand to block his kick, and then did a backflip in the air. In an instant, a short knife flew towards Qian Dele's face.

Qian Dele stood still, leisurely watching the short knife fly through the air in slow motion, his eyes filled with a profound meaning.

First of all, this woman is extremely fast and skilled. The fact that she could withstand his kick with just one hand shows that her physical strength and the material of her power armor are extraordinary. So Qian Dele tilted his head slightly and examined the short knife that flew past his face.

"Wakizashi?"

The wakizashi, also known as the kodachi, is a weapon from Neon Continent, and the Mochizuki Foundation and Silent City are from Neon Continent, which is under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Kingdom.

"Gentlemen, they might be from Silent City!"

Qian Dele immediately shared his judgment. At that moment, the short-haired woman had already launched herself into a burst of speed and charged towards Qian Dele, her speed as fast as a blur.

Just as Qian Dele was about to dodge, the earth and rocks on the ground around him suddenly grabbed his feet as if they were alive!

Telepathy system?
The opposing team was clearly well-coordinated, and in an instant, they had already put Qian Dele in a killing position.

Just as the short-haired woman's fist was about to hit Qian Dele, her pupils suddenly dilated, and she forcibly controlled all her strength, tilting her head back and quickly dodging half a meter.

call out!
An invisible sonic blade tore through Qian Dele's front door vertically, instantly cutting a narrow groove between the row of cars behind him and the ground.

Lan immediately glanced to the side and saw a woman in a bright pink power armor standing on a rooftop in the distance. The invisible cutting technique she had just witnessed made her tense up, and she immediately retreated and used her power armor to lock onto Monica's location.

On Ryunosuke's side, after realizing that there was a sniper on the other side, he grabbed countless cars and concrete on the ground and quickly swirled them around him to form a powerful barrier. At the same time, he noticed the positions of Monica and Chen Sixuan, so his eyes turned fierce and he raised his hands to create a huge shockwave, intending to blow Monica, Chen Sixuan and the entire battlefield away!

boom!
A powerful shockwave erupted across the sinkhole plaza, spreading out like a radiating wave. Just as the shockwave was about to engulf all the surrounding buildings, Ryunosuke suddenly realized that his shockwave was being suppressed by an invisible force, and then it was compressed back!
High in the sky, KIKI stood suspended in mid-air, her eyes flashing with dazzling light. She clenched her fists and forcefully suppressed the spread of the huge shock wave, crushing it back!

At the same time, Lu Xingchen gathered fire in one hand and flew past KIKI, not attacking immediately, but waiting for something.

"Strange...so many people with superpowers."

On the balcony of a distant high-rise building, the young man piloting the mecha spoke with a lazy yet serious tone, reporting while observing all the deployed monitoring units.

"Ryunosuke is also being suppressed, Shinji. Something seems wrong."

"Xun, you're being watched." At this moment, the small mecha next to the young man spoke up.

"Ok?"

[Alert, unknown target approaching]

At this moment, the young man named Xun suddenly noticed that the mecha next to him was constantly issuing alarms. His expression immediately changed. This mecha was his guardian robot, with built-in AI intelligence, specifically responsible for protecting his safety. However, even though the mecha was issuing alarms, the entire machine stood still and did not move.

[Alert! Motion module offline, weapon system offline...]

At this moment, Xun realized something was wrong. He changed his previous leisurely expression, pressed his chest, and a set of lightweight nano-powered armor immediately covered him.

Before he could synchronize his information with his teammates, suddenly, dozens of spherical drones slowly descended from the sky, their eye-like pulse ray emitters slowly focusing and locking onto him completely.

“Oh, shit!” Xun immediately muttered a curse.

On the rooftop above, Lin Xian, clad in the Black Hawk armor, controlled the power source of the armed mech with one hand and the Thunder Falcon drone with the other, his gaze sharp as he watched the opponent's movements.

Qian Su Xun didn't turn around. Hearing the voice, he slowly raised his hands: "Don't kill me directly, let me guess..."

"No need to guess, Xun."

At this moment, a voice came from the mecha controlled by Lin Xian. The voice was clear and crisp like a young boy's, but the tone carried a mature and calm style.

"They're not from the Crimson World. Didn't you notice your ACS intelligence core is online, but all the motion module weapon systems are being controlled by some force? Wow, the person behind you must be Lin Xian, right? Hello Lin Xian, hello. This is a misunderstanding. Perhaps no one is injured. If it's convenient, let's both sides stop fighting and take advantage of this limited safe time to... um, have a chat. Or I have some good tea here. Oh, and coffee too, but I don't really like the taste of black coffee."

Lin Xian looked at the mecha that was emitting a sound from the outside and said, "Shinji Mochizuki?"

"It's me, hello hello~, I've heard of you and I'm very interested in you, mechanical superpowers, amazing! We noticed that crimson robot a few hours ago, my guys probably didn't know it was yours, so I apologize for the conflict."

"Well, to be precise, I didn't expect it either. Oh, I mean, I didn't expect to meet you in this way. Your businessman friend surnamed Hu told me a lot about you, but I don't really like this liar, and he talks too much."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this. He realized that Shinji Mochizuki must be speaking to him remotely from a safe area via teleportation. However, what surprised Lin Xian was that Hu Lu Shou had actually been saved by Shinji Mochizuki...

"Everyone stop."

Lin Xian spoke through the communicator at this moment.

In an instant, after both sides received the order, the fighting in the street square suddenly stopped. Xiao Qing, Grace, Qian Dele, Ning Jing and others who were fighting with the heavy mechs stopped and retreated. At this time, Amano Ran and the two mechs stood in front of Shiori, looking wary.

The shockwave above the street dissipated and exploded. Ryunosuke landed slowly, his sharp gaze fixed on KIKI and Lu Xingchen, who were also floating and falling in front of him. Sparks seemed to fly between them.

Monica, Chen Sixuan, Abai, and others also came out from a distance.

"KIKI, this person's ability seems to be the same as yours?" Chen Sixuan walked to KIKI's side and said softly.

“A little…” KIKI frowned. The other person’s ability to control objects remotely was indeed exactly the same as hers.

Ran Amano stared at the group, her eyes darting around. The girl in the middle, named Shiori, looked particularly surprised. Judging from her expression, she seemed not to have expected that the other party would have such a powerful ability, capable of directly confronting Ryunosuke.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, Shinji Mochizuki's voice also came from the two heavily armored mechs.

"Uh~ they should be different. Ryunosuke's ability is to control inorganic matter within a field, while that lady named KIKI's is telekinesis. Their functions are somewhat similar, but there are still some differences. However, none of that matters now. The commotion just now must have alerted the Red Man Ghost. I suggest you come back quickly. By the way, Shiori, they shouldn't have been marked with the Dark Mark, right?"

"No...no." Shiori glanced at the group of powerful strangers and immediately replied in a low voice.

"OK, bring them back. They must have the same problems as us."

Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through, adding a sentence at the same time.

"Of course, if they're willing..."

In the distance, Lin Xian landed from the sky aboard a drone, while the young man named Qian Suxun arrived at the square with his mecha.

"Team Leader Lin," Ning Jing said to Lin Xian through the communicator, "It is indeed someone from Silent City. The one piloting the mecha is called Qian Suxun. We met him when Longshan No. 1 was being upgraded to all-terrain drive. He is the person in charge of Silent City's technology research and development."

Not only Ning Jing, but the others were also in a state of confusion. After the mother nest disappeared, Grace was suddenly attacked. From the information Grace scanned back, they found that the opponents were all humans. So Lin Xian led everyone to fight without hesitation.

The formidable strength of these individuals led Lin Xian's exploration team to immediately assume that they were members of an Adventist organization like the Crimson World.

"Lin Xian." Chen Sixuan looked at him, seeking his opinion.

Lin Xian took a deep breath. Seeing the forces of Silent City, he thought that perhaps the previous plan needed to be changed.

"Let's go, they've rescued Boss Hu."

"Silent City?"

No, somewhere else.

In Silent City, the team leader was Senju Shun. Lin Xian discovered that the city seemed to have many information relay devices and monitoring equipment, which appeared to be the work of Mochizuki Shinji.

Qian Suxun glanced at the group and said, "Time is running out. I suggest we set off before the Red Man Ghost discovers us."

After saying that, he turned to the girl named Shiori and said, "Shiori, help them filter it."

Shiori nodded, stepped forward and said to Lin Xian and the others, "I... my ability can clear away some of the darkness and restore some of your energy. Please don't misunderstand."

After the girl finished speaking timidly, she stretched out her hand, and a faint green light, like a tentacle, swept over Lin Xian and the others in an instant.

Instantly, a very familiar feeling surged over him, and the cold, twisted fear on Lin Xian's body was greatly eliminated, giving him a jolt of energy. He immediately realized that this was the effect of the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube.
It even comes with some Hellish Black Chrysanthemum energy replenishment, it's simply a divine skill!
No wonder this girl was able to support both Amano Ran and Ryunosuke in dealing with the combined attack from Kiki and the others; it turns out she's a powerful support in the dark.

Within this Star Abyss, the superpowers of both KIKI, Huo Ge, Qian Dele, and Monica are actually suppressed to some extent. This is mainly because they must devote a great deal of mental energy to resisting the dark invading force and maintaining their rationality.

At this moment, everyone on Lin Xian's side showed surprise.

"It can eliminate the invasion of darkness, and it also has this kind of superpower..." Ning Jing couldn't help but say.

"Can the dark mark be removed?"

"This won't do..." Shiori said softly.

At this moment, Qian Su Xun immediately led his team away.

Soon, Lin Xian and his group began to follow Qian Suxun rapidly towards the southern part of the city. They passed through a residential area and then entered an underground parking lot. "Are you hiding in the basement?" KIKI, who had been following behind, couldn't help but ask, observing their strange route.

"Incomplete".

Qian Su Xun said calmly, "A little bigger than that."

At this moment, the group suddenly turned from the underground parking lot into a passage leading directly to a mountain tunnel, and then rushed out of that passage. Looking back, everyone had already left White City and was sprinting along a winding mountain road. Because everyone was wearing power armor and running at full speed, they soon reached the foot of a mountain at the end of the misty forest road.

There, the dilapidated gate of a massive underground nuclear protection facility came into view.

Lin Xian was surprised to see this scene. The huge Silent City was now extinguished on the mountain ridge to the east of the city, but Shinji Mochizuki was hiding in a nuclear facility at the foot of the western mountain. What was going on?
"The former site of the Baicheng underground nuclear project..."

"You've all been hiding here?" KIKI asked in surprise. "What about your Silent City?"

"For now," Ran Amano replied. "You'll know the details later."

Lin Xian didn't speak. Judging from the distance, it was very close to Baicheng. It could be reached directly by car. It seemed that Hu Lushou and Lu Zhao's convoy had hidden here together.

At this moment, Qian Suxun maneuvered the two heavy mechs forward and forcefully opened the dilapidated and rotten door. When everyone shone their lights on it, they found that the inside was damp, dilapidated, and full of eeriness and terror. But just then, Qian Suxun typed something into the hand computer of his power mech, and a strange scene appeared.

As the holographic light and shadow disappeared, the damp entrance and the piled-up garbage and debris vanished in an instant, revealing a brand-new silver-steel explosion-proof door. At this moment, the explosion-proof door opened up and down, revealing a bright passage inside.

"time is limited."

After saying that, Qian Suxun led the group into the passage. When Lin Xian and the others followed, they discovered that the passage had multiple layers of protection. In addition to the outermost dilapidated and rotten door, there were at least three different types of isolation areas inside. After passing through the last door, there was a passage that went deep into the mountainside for hundreds of meters. The light was bright and the passage looked brand new, as if it had been newly built.

After passing through the passage, there was a main tunnel sloping downwards. Upon entering the underground fortress, Qian Su Xun removed the mask from his power armor and, with a sigh of relief, introduced it to Lin Xian and the others.

“This used to be a large underground nuclear facility, at least 80 years old. We made some minor modifications and it’s now our temporary shelter.”

"Slight modifications?"

Lin Xian asked in surprise. At this moment, the group walked out of the tunnel and a bright hall appeared in front of them. The silver-white alloy dome was tens of meters high, and the surface was covered with light blue holographic projections simulating the sunshine and weather of white clouds and blue sky. Hundreds and thousands of drones of various types flew slowly in front of them. There were construction drones that could modify the terrain, transportation drones, manufacturing drones that 3D printed various types of materials, and all kinds of maintenance robots. At this moment, they were all working in an orderly manner.

At this moment, some of these drones are repairing and renovating the underground fortress's structure, while others are maintaining various life support devices inside. The entire mountain's belly seems to have been hollowed out into a huge hollow fortress, with multiple layers below. One after another, construction drones are 3D printing new shelves, with nozzles spitting out liquid metal that hardens instantly after cooling. The whole process is without sparks or noise, only the subtle hum of metal growth.

Apart from the first floor, each floor below is a temporary residential area. Walking along the edge and looking down, I saw quite a few people moving around.

“Even a place like this can’t withstand the power of darkness, right?” Monica said, arms crossed, following behind Lin Xian. “Let alone in the Star Abyss. I’m quite curious, even with drones, it must have taken a lot of time to create such a shelter.”

Lin Xian and his group could tell that most of the area had indeed been temporarily modified, and the ability to complete such a large-scale project relied on the massive and meticulously planned swarm of drones.

However, despite Monica's statement, Lin Xian was still surprised to find that the situation here was significantly better than outside. Although it couldn't compare to the United Train Camp with its Heterogeneous Cube guards, it meant that they definitely possessed some kind of technology that could mitigate some of the effects of the dark invasion.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian opened the mask of the Black Hawk Armor and asked Qian Suxun.

"Are tens of thousands of people from Silent City all here?"

At this moment, Qian Su Xun's nano-soft armor activated, revealing a rather young-looking face with a head of lazy, slightly wavy black hair. He shrugged at Lin Xian and said...

"There are only a few hundred people at the moment, but if you include the group that came yesterday, there will be more than a thousand."

"what?!"

Ning Jing asked in surprise, "From tens of thousands of people, only a few hundred remain?"

“Of course not.” Qian Su Xun said with a hint of helplessness, “Before being involved, Shinji activated the escape from City Two. Most of the residents of Silent City flew away from the Star Abyss and are now in the Luling area, but our main city is trapped there for some reason.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xian and asked, "Are you here because of that ichthyosaur?"

Lin Xian nodded: "Time is of the essence now, can we exchange intelligence quickly?"

"Captain Lin!?"

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out. Lin Xian turned his head and saw Hu Lushou walking over with a group of people in the hall not far away. When he saw Lin Xian, he was stunned for a moment, then he rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not mistaken, and immediately rushed over with a look of eagerness.

"I can't believe my eyes, it really is you guys! Oh my god!!" Hu Lushou immediately burst into tears, looking at Lin Xian with a very distressed expression, and said, "I thought you all escaped, how did you get dragged into this too?"

Behind him, Lu Zhao, Xie Guan, Sun Chang, and others followed.

"Old Hu, weren't you cursing and complaining all day yesterday, saying it was all the train regiment's fault for running too fast? Why have you changed your tune now?" Lu Zhao was surprised by Hu Lushou's quick change of attitude and couldn't help but ask directly.

Upon hearing this, Hu Lushou's face paled. He glared at Lu Zhao, then quickly explained, "Hey, hey, hey, how could I have meant that? I'd love for Captain Lin and the others to escape so we could have a chance to be saved!!!"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Xian with a troubled expression: "Captain Lin, it's great to see you all. As long as you're here, we'll definitely find a way to escape from this hellhole if we work together."

Lin Xian scanned the group and could tell that their situation was no better than that of the United Train. They must have lost quite a few people as well, and they were all disheveled, with bloodstains covering their power armor. Only a few people remained of the Windrunner convoy that Lin Xian and his group had rescued in Rob, and the father and daughter were no longer there.

Qian Su Xun turned around and spread his hands towards Lin Xian: "It seems I already know how you got involved. It was also because of the expansion tide of the Star Abyss Anchor Point caused by the Merlion Colossus, right?"

"Yes," Lin Xian replied.

How long have you been in here?

Upon hearing Lin Xian's words, Qian Suxun understood what Lin Xian was asking, so he said, "It's not that long, about two months, but that's probably different from what you calculated."

He continued, "Actually, we also had a chance to escape, but it would have come at a great cost."

Lin Xian frowned slightly: "Silent City?"

"clever."

Qian Su Xun said, "We don't want to give up my main city, and there are other reasons as well..."

Just as he finished speaking, Senju Shun opened his mouth as if he had heard the voice in the earpiece, then smiled helplessly: "Uh, I'll just take you to see Shinji. He'll tell you what you want to know. Besides, he's also very interested in you."

"Hey Lin, I'm waiting for your good news. We're still brothers in the same boat, through thick and thin," Hu Lushou chimed in.

Lin Xian looked at him and nodded: "Don't worry, everyone's goal is to escape."

"Hey hey hey!" Hu Lushou nodded excitedly.

After saying that, Qian Suxun led Lin Xian and his group down the elevator to the lowest floor. There was no one there except for the drone. Behind a bright passage was a large cooling door. After they walked through, the door opened automatically, and inside was a large, independent room, like some kind of control room. The three walls were covered with holographic screens, and countless cables, like black snakes, were neatly gathered at a cylindrical mechanical device in the center.

At that moment, a figure stood with his hands behind his back in front of the equipment, looking at Lin Xian and the others with a smile.

Beside her, several exquisitely designed female robots were carrying trays filled with steaming hot tea.

Lin Xian looked at the figure and was immediately taken aback, because the person in front of him looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a fair complexion, wearing a dark blue plain robe like a Taoist robe, and with a small bun on his head. He looked like a young Taoist boy from a Taoist temple in some scenic area before the apocalypse.

Shinji Mochizuki smiled, his eyes crinkling, and said in a friendly tone, "Oh, you must be Lin Xian. In my mind, your name ranks 9th in search results. I'm sorry, but I'm really quite interested in you."

"There's an old saying that goes, 'We're all fellow sufferers in this world, why should we need to have known each other before?' I never expected to meet under these circumstances. But this is too much of a coincidence. From a rigorous calculation perspective, there might be some other factors involved."

"You're Shinji Mochizuki?" Kiki asked in surprise. "Aren't you... over fifty years old?"

Although most people have never seen this once top-tier teenage genius, the name Shinji Mochizuki has been around for quite some time. At least before Kiki was born, this name was already a world-renowned figure, and he could not possibly be sixteen or seventeen years old at the time.

"He is not a real person."

Lin Xian focused his gaze and, through Mochizuki Shinji's slightly narrowed eyes, saw the faintly glowing nano-pupils rapidly adjusting their focus. His Mechanical Heart swept over them and discovered that Mochizuki Shinji was merely a robot like Grace.

"Is this a robot?"

Everyone was shocked. Qian Dele then spoke up, "It is said that Shinji Mochizuki was once the leader of the Digital Life Project. It seems that you uploaded your consciousness into the machine?"

“Not entirely correct.” Shinji Mochizuki turned to look at the giant cylindrical device behind him. “Strictly speaking, this is part of my brain, uh.”

He pointed to Grace behind Lin Xian and said, "However, the difference between me and the Crimson AI is that I have a completely independent personality, while she is still a little short. If it were the Crimson 3 main body, with the addition of a fully conscious digital life to perform calculations, it would be possible to reach the initial deconstruction level of human consciousness."

"OK~" Shinji Mochizuki smiled slightly and looked at Lin Xian: "Let's not waste any more words. Please have some tea first. Out of courtesy and friendliness, let Shun explain the reason for the conflict to everyone first. Shun?"

Upon hearing Shinji Mochizuki's words, Senju Shun looked at Lin Xian and said...

“We have been monitoring the ichthyosaur statue and the Crimson Ghost in White City. A few hours ago, we captured your robot, so we sent a team to keep monitoring it. Just now, after the inner tide ended, it reappeared, and our people took action. So we mistook this robot for a target of the Crimson World. It was a misunderstanding.”

Shinji Mochizuki added, "However, it is incredible that you were able to obtain this Crimson Brain robot. As far as I know, with the resources of the Crimson World, this level of machine is a high-level asset. There are not many quantum processors with this computing power in the current world."

"Inner tide, what does that mean?" Lin Xian gleaned a crucial piece of information from the other party's words.

“It’s what you’re seeing,” Shinji Mochizuki said. “At our current location, the inner tide rises every 30 minutes and falls every 60 minutes. After the tide rises, you will be able to see those strange entities. After the tide rises, as long as there are no dark markers, there will be 60 minutes of safe time.”

Ning Jing frowned upon hearing this: "What? Aren't those monsters supposed to appear with the darkness?"

Shinji Mochizuki nodded: "That's an excellent question. It involves two concepts: first, what darkness is to monsters, and second, what darkness is to us."

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped the air, and immediately a huge holographic projection appeared in the air.

Shinji Mochizuki spoke rapidly, like a chatterbox with a boyish voice: "For us humans, darkness is vision and temperature, but for these creatures, it's not like that. So many people have a misunderstanding about dark creatures, that is, that the strange creatures only appear because of the darkness, but obviously, they do not disappear because of the light."

The holographic projection displayed a huge simulated image of the Star Abyss, like a vortex on the blue planet, and the Star Abyss vortex continued to expand under Shinji Mochizuki's fingers.

"Many people's understanding of the Dark Tide is just the literal meaning. In fact, the tide is not ocean waves. If we describe it in another way, like an elastic cloth or the surface of a balloon, the high tide is the cloth and balloon being stretched and the area is expanding, while the low tide is shrinking. And this cloth is the area where those creatures can live, or the area that overlaps with our world."

“Region, uh… to use a more academic term, dimension.”

Shinji Mochizuki tucked his hands into the sleeves of his Taoist robe, looking every bit the Taoist boy, yet he was explaining scientific concepts to everyone, creating a rather strange scene.

He continued, "You must have noticed the time dilation effect here, right? That's right, when you stand on this cloth, time is stretched out."

Lin Xian's expression changed upon hearing this. After 30 minutes of high tide, he suddenly understood something. If what Mochizuki Shinji said was true, their train position did not only clear the dark mark when the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes exploded, but it also meant that the tide was low at that time, so all the monsters disappeared, and they achieved an extremely delicate balance of safety at that moment!

"So you're hiding here just to find a way to take Silent City away?" Lin Xian asked directly.

Shinji Mochizuki smiled and glanced at Lin Xian after hearing his words: "Silent City is under my direct control and can be taken away at any time, but there are some issues that we must resolve."

"what is the problem?"

"The first problem is that the nuclear power center of Silent City has been locked onto by the Star Abyss Beast here. Once activated, there is a greater than 99% chance that it will be directly destroyed. However, some time ago, the monster headed towards Xilan City. Based on current observations, the crisis seems to have been somewhat relieved."

Shinji Mochizuki's words instantly startled everyone present.

Everyone immediately thought of the previous battle in Xilan City, when the scout, the Black Thorn in the Clouds, was trying to lure some terrifying creature to Xilan City. Now, combined with Shinji Mochizuki's words, they couldn't help but connect the dots.

"Star Abyss Beast, S-rank?"

“No.” Qian Su Xun, who had been silent, spoke up: “Judging from the observations, that is definitely the overlord of Star Abyss No. 5. Shinji now calls these kinds of creatures…”

"Abyss Demon".

"Then what is the second question?" KIKI asked immediately.

Shinji Mochizuki then looked at Lin Xian and the others, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Then we have to address the question of why we met here. Calculations suggest that something is at play."

"They don't want us to leave."

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