Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 344 Planetary Terraforming (Seeking monthly votes on the last day of the month!)

"Flesh and blood armor, interesting!"

Shinji Mochizuki agreed with Lin Xian's description and said directly, "There is still a certain technical difficulty between the two. In a sense, the human monster is just a variant of the zombie, that is, a mutation of humans. Of course, we have every reason to guess that they are trying to expand this technology. Not only the Crimson World, but other organizations, including the Phoenix Society, are also conducting similar research, just with different purposes."

Since humanity captured the first bizarre creature on the day of the apocalypse, research into dark creatures has never ceased. To overcome the global polar night disaster, the first challenge is to defeat these unknown creatures.

However, official organizations like the Phoenix Society study the existence, communication, survival, and weaknesses of such creatures, while the fact that the Crimson World has brought up the cult technology of flesh-and-blood armor is somewhat unbelievable to Lin Xian.

"However, whether it's the mycelium brain converter or the dark energy invasion suppression device, the fact that they can do this is enough to show that the Crimson World's research in the dark realm is indeed far ahead of ours," Shinji Mochizuki added.

Ning Jing's expression was somewhat complicated. She frowned and said, "So, this kind of red-faced monster not only possesses human consciousness, but can also survive in the dark?"

"Only in theory."

Qian Suxun explained seriously, "I have encountered them a few times and concluded that they are powerful and unaffected by darkness, but their consciousness is not entirely controllable. It can only be said that they are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary people."

KIKI rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought: "I understand. They must have used digital life forms and mecha neural interaction technology. However, controlling the mycelium brain is still a problem. Otherwise, humans could really implant supernatural beings to fight back against the darkness..."

Lin Xian sat next to KIKI and was slightly startled when he heard her words, because he inexplicably felt that the myriad thoughts in the darkness seemed to be gradually converging towards a core direction.

That is adaptation.

During their escape, all the survivors realized that darkness was adapting to the world, and humanity was also adapting to the darkness.

After Shinji Mochizuki explained the expansion principle of the Star Abyss, it further proved that the Dark World might be using the "Dark Tide" pattern to affect Earth.

Planetary terraforming!
After seeing the mother nest, Lin Xian's understanding of the existence of these dark creatures became even more blurred. He originally thought that the so-called C-level, B-level, and A-level strange entities might be the social and group relationships of this 'dark civilization' of strange entities, but now it seems that it is completely impossible to explain using human sociology.

But he knew that the Phoenix Fist, Silent City, and Shinji Mochizuki were on the right track. The most crucial issue for humanity at present was not expanding its military power or evolving itself, but understanding the darkness.

Only by understanding the invasion of darkness and the enemy can we understand what humanity is facing.

Since the day of revelation, there has been no plan, no goal, and as of day 100, the official government is still in a state of confusion.

It is precisely because humanity is completely unaware of its enemies and what the end of the world is that the entire world is in such a chaotic state of total collapse as dawn breaks.

"So you want us to cooperate to take down the White City Research Institute in the Crimson World, obtain their research data, and then leave," Lin Xian said, looking at Shinji Mochizuki.

"That's right, mycelial technology, mechanical implantation, and all their research data on the Abyss, Dark Invasion, Disaster Plants, Forbidden Objects, and so on."

Shinji Mochizuki smiled, his sleeves tucked into his sleeves. "If we assume that the Crimson World has been researching this for more than a month, then according to the flow of time here, it has already exceeded a year."

"And it's a research effort involving 1000 professors working around the clock, using the consciousness memory to iterate, sparing no expense," Qian Dele chimed in.

“Wow!” KIKI crossed her arms and said with sparkling eyes, “And they definitely… have more than one research institute like this.”

After everyone's discussion, they began to realize how terrible this matter was.

Of course, for everyone, the primary problem is that the people of the Crimson World are targeting them. After all, according to Lin Xian's plan, even if the electromagnetic catapult shuttle is successfully completed, it will still have to start from White City. If this problem is not solved, both the United Train and Silent City will be at great risk.

"So what's your idea of ​​fixing the self-destruct mechanism of the memory mycelium converter?" Qian Suxun asked Lin Xian at this moment.

This is an extremely thorny issue at present. The people of the Crimson World have obviously put a lot of effort into secrecy. Putting aside the encryption level of the consciousness memory, the self-destruct device alone is troublesome enough.

Those clones have extremely short lifespans, and their self-destruct mechanisms activate immediately upon encountering danger or death. Coupled with the inherent dangers within the Star Abyss, even with Shinji Mochizuki's advanced industrial technology and strong team capabilities, it would be difficult to resolve this problem.

"Oh, that's easy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian simply pointed to Qian Suxun's table and said, "Is this the thing you're talking about?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Suxun looked down in surprise, and his pupils suddenly contracted. Beside his teacup, a brand-new silver brain-computer interface device had quietly appeared, which was exactly the same as the one on the two researchers' corpses in the Crimson World!
"what!"

Qian Su Xun was utterly shocked: "You...you don't tell me you just created this?!"

"More or less, I know a little about mechanics," Lin Xian said directly.

After the two corpses appeared, Lin Xian had already scanned the brain-computer interface devices on them. The devices were highly integrated, but Lin Xian had previously devoured and scanned the large survival pods and conversion devices of the Zero Element Center. In comparison, this new brain-computer interface device was simpler. With his manufacturing skills, he was quite adept at creating such a conversion device.

For Shinji Mochizuki, the goal was to insert the existing consciousness memory into it, but that's where the trouble lies. Once it's destroyed, no useful information can be obtained. As for Lin Xian, he can directly control this conversion device. Even if the clone researcher is destroyed, as long as the brain is left, Lin Xian can ensure that the consciousness memory on it will not be destroyed. That's why he didn't take it too seriously when Shinji Mochizuki mentioned this issue before.

Qian Su Xun stared blankly at the mycelium brain-computer interface on the table for a moment, then couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

"Ha, it took us a week to complete the microelectrode array and FPGA chip replication of this thing, and a bunch of troublesome nanoscale neural probes. We still haven't finished analyzing the hyphal barrier material. You finished it in 5 minutes?"

Seeing this, Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian with great interest, as if he was becoming more and more interested in him.

"Wow, you guys are pretty amazing, finishing in a week."

KIKI said with some surprise. Her words were not sarcastic, because she knew how troublesome it would be to handle these things under such extreme circumstances. If Lin Xian, the BUG factor, were removed, replicating the microelectrode array and FPGA chip in the face of a complex and unfamiliar brain-computer interface would require highly specialized equipment and a large research institute, not to mention reverse engineering such as analyzing unknown metal materials.

"Now, let's get back to the second question." Lin Xian then asked Shinji Mochizuki, "If you achieve your goal, how do you plan to leave Silent Castle?"

In Lin Xian's view, the biggest trouble still comes from the Star Abyss and the Strange Entity. If Silent City is targeted by the Star Abyss Beast, he can't think of any way to solve this ultimate problem.

Kill the Star Abyss Overlord?

It's likely that even the combined efforts of all humanity wouldn't be enough to achieve this, let alone for this group of survivors who can only eke out a living in the safe zone...

"good question!"

Shinji Mochizuki replied directly, "This is indeed quite tricky. My original plan was to use the power of the special disaster plants. Hmm, these things are extremely tempting to the strange beings, especially those at the Lord level or above. But after comprehensive calculation, the success rate of escape can only be increased by 2%-3%. However, I now have a new plan that can give your Union Train convoy, oh right, including those people surnamed Hu, more than a 7% chance of escaping the Star Abyss."

"What plan?"

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian and smiled slightly: "Let Silent City take off to attract the Star Abyss Overlord. As the old saying goes, 'Luring the tiger away from the mountain', wouldn't that perfectly solve the problem?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, even Senju Shun was stunned, and looked at Mochizuki Shinji with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian couldn't help but frown.
"I don't understand. Didn't you just say that you were trapped here because of your main city, but now you want to abandon it?"

They were just talking about leading human civilization to distant stars, and now their solution is to use Silent City to lure the monsters away and leave?

Isn't this inconsistent?

KIKI, Chen Sixuan, and the others were also puzzled, completely unable to understand Shinji Mochizuki's thought process.

Shinji Mochizuki seemed to have anticipated everyone's reaction. He walked leisurely to Lin Xian, squatted down again, looked at Lin Xian, and said with great interest.

"Lin, your potential is enormous. Be bold. As long as we can get out, we can definitely..."

“Rebuild another Silent City.” Upon hearing this, Kiki’s eyes widened and she gasped. Lin Xian looked at Shinji Mochizuki with a hesitant gaze. The guy had a smile on his lips and spoke with utmost seriousness, which made him somewhat puzzled.

The entire room fell silent. Before anyone could react, Shinji Mochizuki, noticing Lin Xian's hesitant gaze, changed the subject and smiled.
"It was just a joke, don't take it to heart. But, just imagine, wouldn't you like your train to fly into the sky or cross ocean tracks? Even if it reaches the polar regions, it will eventually have to solve the problem of the celestial curtain, right? With your mechanical abilities, creating a super-large floating city to protect billions of people would be very fulfilling."

Lin Xian smiled slightly and didn't say anything. He naturally saw that the other party's words, which seemed like a joke, were actually a test. How could the other party really use Silent City to run away for him?
But what Shinji Mochizuki just said must have shocked him. All his previous plans were based on the Mugen, and he would develop and upgrade them using his mechanical abilities. He had never had such a grand vision before.

When this former world-class genius, the Lord of Silent City, shared such a vision with him, Lin Xian was undoubtedly thrilled. However, he knew very well that with his current level of mechanical ability, even rebuilding an Infinite was extremely difficult, let alone a floating city.

“OK.” After saying that, Shinji Mochizuki stood up and said leisurely, “The actual plan is for me to use one of the four separate floating cities of Silent City to launch into the air, inject an excessive amount of tritium to make the reaction rate increase exponentially, resulting in a tritium multiplication effect. After exceeding the magnetic field constraint limit, it will overload and go out of control, blah blah blah~ In this way, we will have a large hydrogen bomb. Although it may lead to increased instability in Star Abyss 5 and the strange creatures of the Mother Nest to improve their adaptation and conversion to nuclear energy, but... whatever... we will gain the key escape opportunity and time, and the goal will be achieved.”

Shinji Mochizuki finished speaking in one breath, and it sounded like he had already planned this for a long time. Moreover, it was not difficult to carry out. This confirmed Lin Xian's previous guess that Shinji Mochizuki had more ambitions than just escaping from Silent City.

Shinji Mochizuki then opened a holographic view, which explained his plan and its contents in detail.

According to his plan, the entire team could only hold out for about 15 more days. During this time, Shinji Mochizuki had already made considerable progress. His AI core rapidly calculated the analytical formulas for the dark invasion and prepared a material structure called "Black Crystal," which could achieve a 10% shielding efficiency against the dark invasion for a short period of time. Although this thing was clearly still in its infancy, it was an absolutely exhilarating breakthrough for all of humanity, indicating that Shinji Mochizuki had very likely found the right direction. At the same time, he also obtained a lot of useful information from the Star Abyss. If these successes were shared, their impact would be no less than the shock to all of humanity caused by the discovery of the 'Dark Mark' in Xilan City!

However, due to Lin Xian's appearance, Shinji Mochizuki decided to advance the cooperation between the two sides and the evacuation plan!
As for Lin Xian, the original plan for the maglev leap remained unchanged. Cooperating with Shinji Mochizuki actually saved him trouble. Otherwise, without Shinji Mochizuki's reminder, venturing to Silent City might have caused a lot of trouble.

Leaving aside the abyssal behemoth, the bizarre inner tides and the red-haired ghost alone would give Lin Xian a run for his money.

After Lin Xian and Mochizuki Shinji reached a consensus, Mochizuki Shinji summoned the core members and asked Senju Shun to share the information they had obtained about Hakujo.

From the other party, Lin Xian and the others learned that the secret research institute of White City in the Crimson World was located below the sewage treatment plant, and that it was protected by a number of robots and monitoring equipment. In addition, there was the Crimson Ghost... and the giant Merlion statue floating above.

“Every 4-6 days, according to the inner tides, a transport ship will sail from a specific direction outside the Star Abyss toward White City, carrying a ‘research team’ of about 150 people. According to the outside time, it is only about 12 hours. Their route must have gone through countless ‘death’ experiments. The probability of encountering dark and strange entities is very small. If they die, they will continue to transmit the information returned by the signal relay. Due to the redshift effect, the information nodes that can be received by the outside are already very weak. Therefore, the Star Abyss will also choose a time to transport ‘experimental data’ out. What we need to do is intercept these clones who go out.”

Qian Su Xun stood in front of a holographic map, explaining the plan in detail to Lin Xian and the others. At this time, core members of Silent City, such as Ryunosuke and Amano Ran, were also present.

Upon hearing this, KIKI narrowed her eyes slightly and said very seriously, "But those clones must be alive to take the memory out, right? In the Star Abyss environment, which is more than a thousand kilometers away, signal repeaters are not very effective."

“Yes, but there are quite a few clones in the Crimson World.” The short-haired woman, Ran Amano, spoke in a deep voice, “We’ve seen too many. They were originally just pitiful survivors.”

Lin Xian said to Qian Suxun, "What she means is that the research data of the Crimson World in White City cannot be sent entirely based on the unknown. Some key research and development nodes definitely need to be backed up. If this trip cannot get out, the next group of people coming in will be able to catch up with the research progress."

“You’re right.” Qian Su Xun nodded. “According to our speculation, there must be an integrated backup in the research institute at the sewage treatment plant. But compared to that, intercepting the clones that go out is less risky and more efficient. This is because the clones that go out must be carrying the latest progress of the ‘consciousness memory’ and research data. In addition to the Red Human Ghost, the sewage treatment plant also has a giant fish-lion. As long as someone observes its front, it will release a high-intensity dark invasion and trigger some kind of spatial effect, so it is very difficult to get close.”

Hearing Qian Suxun's words, Lin Xian and the others understood the characteristics of the fish-lion giant statue. No wonder Shi Diyuan, Ning Jing and Lin Xian almost had a mental breakdown after seeing the giant statue. It turned out that they had seen the front of the giant statue.

Ning Jing then spoke up, "I understand what you mean, but besides that giant statue, the biggest trouble is some robots and the Red Human Ghost, and the rest are some researchers. With so many of us, it might not be difficult to destroy it all at once."

"What they're worried about is alerting the enemy. Once the Crimson World's stronghold is breached, it must have some kind of self-destruct mechanism to destroy data," Qian Dele said seriously.

"Hmph, didn't we already say that the people of the Crimson World know of the Silent City's existence? Why would we need to stir up trouble?" Monica crossed her arms. "I just don't understand why they're so fearless, knowing they're being watched. Do they think they can control that colossus?"

"Huh, why did that giant statue appear in Aksai and then here again?" KIKI asked.

“That Merlion statue was transformed from the symbol of Lion City. There are three in total. The Crimson World took two of them out of the Star Abyss, which triggered a kind of black wave anchoring effect in the Star Abyss, causing it to expand irregularly,” Qian Su Xun replied.

"Aren't colossi supposed to be unobservable? How did they manage to take them out?" Ning Jing was puzzled.

“It’s simple. One person dies every time you see it. Just use human lives to pull them out.” Ryunosuke, wearing a black hood, spoke in a deep voice. He sat there, his hood and mask almost completely covering his face, but his gaze seemed to be fixed on KIKI’s direction. In his opinion, this telekinetic girl’s abilities made him both wary and curious.

"But... what's the purpose of doing this?" Chen Sixuan looked at Mochizuki Shinji in surprise and asked, "Is it just to target Silent City and us?"

“We don’t know much about that right now.” Qian Su Xun shrugged. “We can’t get information from the outside world, but Shinji has deduced that if Star Abyss No. 5 and No. 7 expand rapidly to both sides, then all the survivors in the Yunjiang Plain will not be able to escape and will only be able to wait to be swallowed up by Star Abyss No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6.”

Upon hearing this, the control room immediately fell silent.

"Let's get back to the White City Research Institute. Actually, they have a very simple self-defense procedure." At this moment, Shinji Mochizuki answered everyone's questions: "If the research institute is attacked, they only need to use the clones to trigger the Dark Mark, causing a large-scale monster tide in the city. Because those clones are just consumables, once they are all dead and cleaned up, they will send in the next batch. Anyway, if there is a day of massacre inside, only two hours will have passed outside. It is extremely efficient, which is why they are so fearless."

Lin Xian looked at him and said, "But you've been active here for so long, they'll definitely take it seriously now."

"So we need to hurry, after all, one of their days is equivalent to 12 days in the White City area, and we can't live that long," Shinji Mochizuki said with a smile.

Lin Xian nodded. At this moment, the plan to intercept the transport ship had been formulated. What the Joint Train's exploration team needed to do was to cooperate with the people of Silent City, take advantage of the brief one-hour ebb tide of the inner tide, seize the Crimson World transport ship at an extremely fast speed, and ensure that the surviving consciousness memory inside was not damaged. Then, taking advantage of the delay in information between here and the outside world, they would quickly complete the Joint Train's leap, and together with Shinji Mochizuki's plan to lure the enemy away from their floating city, they would escape overnight!

“The next operation in the Crimson World will likely be in 9 hours and 15 minutes.” After explaining all the plans, Qian Suxun checked the time and said, “Our predictions may not be entirely accurate, so we need to stake out the area in advance. The error should not exceed the tide time twice.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian exchanged glances with Ning Jing and the others, and then said, "Alright, since we're going to act together, you'll be in charge of the command."

Silent City is clearly more familiar with the situation in White City than Lin Xian and his group, and they were the ones who formulated the plan, so it's better to let them take the lead.

"No." To everyone's surprise, Senju Shun smiled and said, "I'm not in charge. All the surveillance cameras in the city are under Shinji's control, so we just need to unify the channel."

"Row."

After Lin Xian finished speaking, he stood up, preparing to lead his team out to discuss the matter and also to share the information and plans with the Joint Train team by the Bottomless Lake.

The entire plan must be coordinated. Judging from what Shinji Mochizuki said, time is not actually on their side, so they must seize the opportunity. If they miss it, they will have to wait several days. Moreover, they will face the countermeasures that the Crimson World may prepare. If they succeed, they must take advantage of the low tide to quickly complete the leap. Any oversight could lead to complete failure.

"Forest."

At that moment, Shinji Mochizuki suddenly called out to Lin Xian, looking at him meaningfully: "Would it be convenient for us to talk alone?"

Lin Xian glanced at him, then turned back to look at Ning Jing and Chen Sixuan.

Ning Jing immediately understood: "Don't worry, Captain Lin, I'll coordinate with Lao Shi and the others."

Chen Sixuan nodded to Lin Xian as well.

Immediately, everyone from Silent City and the exploration team left the control room, leaving Lin Xian alone to face Shinji Mochizuki.

"You want to know all my special abilities, right?" Lin Xian looked at the relaxed-looking Shinji Mochizuki and asked directly.

"I suppose so." Shinji Mochizuki made no attempt to hide it: "I'm very curious about your ability. Ever since that annoying merchant used your information as intelligence to exchange for a lot of supplies, I've learned about you through many channels. Mechanical ability, wow, don't you think your ability... is very different from other people's abilities?"

"Of course there's a difference," Lin Xian said speechlessly.

“No, no, no, that’s not what I meant.” Shinji Mochizuki said meaningfully, “You were able to control Shun’s ACS robot in such a short time and even connect it to the motion module offline, so your ability isn’t just like Ryunosuke’s simple grabbing and taking down, nor is it some kind of physical mutation caused by the influence of darkness or elemental control. Your ability has rules and creativity. How should I put it, your ability is more like…”

Shinji Mochizuki stared intently at Lin Xian and asked, "A specialization program from higher-dimensional humans?"

Lin Xian was startled upon hearing this. He hadn't expected Shinji Mochizuki to come to such a conclusion, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Shinji Mochizuki smiled at him and said, "Sorry, I was just guessing."

Before Lin Xian could respond, he changed the subject, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Lin Xian.
"Oh, by the way, is that silver bullet with you?"

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