Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 345 Blink Bullets
Silver bullets?

Lin Xian was somewhat surprised by Mochizuki Shinji's words, but seeing the other's expression, he guessed that this thing might be related to Silent City, so he directly admitted, "This thing is yours?"

"I guess so, but I'm not particularly interested in these kinds of things. I just want to use them to see through the truth of the darkness."

He looked at Lin Xian with a calm gaze, as if to tell him not to be nervous.

"Do you know the characteristics and containment requirements of this thing?"

Click.

Lin Xian took the metal box out of the device at the back of the power armor and shook his head: "I'm not sure."

Shinji Mochizuki, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, said, "It's very simple. Whoever gets it will keep it. Of course, I mean whoever gets it personally."

“However, its characteristics are quite interesting.” Shinji Mochizuki raised his hand, and at that moment, a drone flew over and slowly extended its mechanical arm, placing a shell casing without a bullet but containing a primer and propellant in his palm. He then handed it to Lin Xian and said, “Making this should be easy for you, right? As long as the holder fires this bullet, they can teleport to the bullet’s location at any time. Tsk tsk, isn’t that amazing? We’ll call this thing the ‘Blink Bullet’?”

Lin Xian was startled upon hearing this: "Spatial transfer?"

“Only in the dark,” Shinji Mochizuki added.

In an instant, Lin Xian felt as if ten thousand galloping horses were galloping through his mind. That silver bullet actually had the ability to teleport!

Shinji Mochizuki, seeing Lin Xian's surprised expression, didn't seem surprised at all. He said calmly, "The previous containr of this forbidden object was one of my mobile unit captains named Yoruichi. She was 22 years old. Although she was a bit willful, she was a good kid."

"He's dead?" Lin Xian asked, hearing Shinji Mochizuki's tone.

"On the very night we were swept into the abyss."

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian as if telling a story: "He proposed a plan that was just as audacious as yours."

"He wanted to observe the Merlion before we were swallowed by the Star Abyss, and use the silver bullet's ability to travel through the night to move the colossus..."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered upon hearing this; the plan was indeed audacious.

"and then?"

“The distance isn’t enough,” Shinji Mochizuki said. “He took the Colossus with him, but the maximum range that a 12.7mm bullet can travel using the kinetic energy of the flame is only 8 kilometers. It seems like a lot, but it’s far from enough for us to face the Star Abyss Tide in the dark.”

In the darkness?
Lin Xian felt a chill run down his spine. They had been swallowed by the Star Abyss Tide before nightfall, and the scene looked even more terrifying.

Hearing Shinji Mochizuki's words, he frowned and suddenly said, "Why must we use bullet propellant to fire?"

"If it's just about launching it, you can easily use electromagnetic force to increase its range."

Shinji Mochizuki didn't seem surprised by Lin Xian's words and smiled: "You see, this is the problem of creativity not keeping up with imagination."

After he finished speaking, a drone flew over and placed a rather peculiar-looking firearm on a platform that rose up on the ground. The firearm looked like some kind of arc pulse gun, with a black and white color scheme, no fusible battery, but a separate automatic magazine well.

"This is an electromagnetic sniper rifle that I developed. Although it is limited by energy density and cannot compare with electromagnetic railguns that fire rubidium projectiles, its initial velocity can reach 4000 m/s and its range can easily exceed 50 km. If a projectile trajectory is used, it can go even further."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately used a mechanical scanner and discovered that the gun was meticulously designed, and its unique design was not intended for spherical bullets.

With such high kinetic energy and speed, an ordinary 12.7mm alloy bullet simply cannot withstand it and will melt and disintegrate.

Clearly, this gun was specifically designed for that forbidden 12.7mm bullet.

Shinji Mochizuki walked up to the electromagnetic sniper rifle, a hint of regret in his eyes, and said, "This was designed for Yoruichi, but... well, it's a bit too late..."

After saying that, he turned to look at Lin Xian: "Before we were drawn into the Star Abyss, that Boss Hu found our Silent City, exchanged some information for some items, and then followed us all the way."

Lin Xian nodded: "Do you know that he gave me this bullet so that I would return it to you?"

"Do not."

Shinji Mochizuki said, "As I just said, I have no interest in these kinds of items except for research. The reason I dislike that merchant surnamed Hu is because he likes to lie, but I am also grateful to him for saving Yoruichi. Although he did not survive in the end, at least he was not buried in this darkness. That child does not like the night."

Lin Xian understood upon hearing this: "So this is why you saved Hu Lushou and the others?"

“Yes.” Shinji Mochizuki said earnestly, “Interestingly, I learned about your situation after I saved them. It was also because of this person that the conflict between our two sides was not escalated. Now that this bullet is in your hands, I’ll give you this electromagnetic sniper rifle as a gift.”

Lin Xian was somewhat surprised, and before he could speak, Shinji Mochizuki waved his hand.

"Don't doubt it. You can return it to me if you don't want it. When forbidden items provide special functions, they are often accompanied by unknown risks and disasters. I treat all forces beyond my control with rationality."

“So…” Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian: “Tell me your magnetic levitation leap plan.”

He wore a slight smile, his nanomechanical pupils holding countless stars, as if everything in the world was at his disposal, yet he never appeared arrogant. The only regret in his tone came from the passing of his companion named Yoruichi, not from anything else.

Lin Xianxin was deeply moved and developed a better impression of the Silent City Lord. He didn't mince words and frankly explained the current situation of the Joint Train and the plan to use the superconducting levitation magnetic anchor array device.

He sat opposite Shinji Mochizuki at the tea table. Shinji listened attentively, and after Lin Xian finished speaking, he paused for a moment before speaking.

"To complete such a plan, you need to be able to operate the Silent City's subsystems, launch the array device without a power supply, design and manufacture external distributed coil support columns for irregular vehicles like trains that don't have a flight launch shape, and coordinate the energy system, connection components, and docking devices..."

He rattled off a string of technical terms, then looked at Lin Xian and said, "Do you know how many engineers, construction companies, parts and materials suppliers, and computing power it would take to complete such a seemingly simple plan for you if it were handed over to modern industry?"

Lin Xian remained silent, while Mochizuki Shinji chuckled: "You've gone off on a tangent. So, your ability allows you to scan mechanical blueprints, generate materials to complete mechanical manufacturing, control the machinery, and provide driving energy, right?"

"More or less." Lin Xian did not describe his superpowers in detail, but he knew that it was not complicated to deduce that he possessed these superpowers from someone like Shinji Mochizuki.

Shinji Mochizuki nodded: "Then I highly approve of your plan, not only the maglev leap plan, but also your doomsday train plan. It really suits you. The sky is too risky, and the car platform is too small. With your ability developing further, creating a mechanical floating city and manufacturing billions of drone swarms and robot armies is just around the corner. Perhaps this will be one of the solutions to the Star Abyss doomsday..."

Lin Xian glanced at his watch, silently planning his time, and asked Shinji Mochizuki one last question.

"I have a question: how did you immediately know the characteristics of the colossus when you encountered it? There is already publicly available research data on this."

Upon hearing this, Shinji Mochizuki smiled and said, "No, the organization that currently conducts the most research on forbidden objects and calamity plants is called Divine Revelation. This organization is currently cooperating with the Crimson World."

"How did you know?" Lin Xian asked.

“I know more than just this…” Shinji Mochizuki looked up and pointed. At that moment, a photo of a man appeared in the holographic projection in the air. The man looked to be about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, with an ordinary appearance and a thin face. Only his eyes looked bright and piercing.

"Shen Tuo, the leader of Divine Revelation, was originally an ordinary administrator at the Dragon Kingdom National Museum. After the Apocalypse, he gained some kind of superpower and forbidden objects. Later, for some reason, he joined forces with Chen Yanxiu, the former head of the Special Items Research Department of the Angel Project, to form the Adventist organization Divine Revelation, which is fanatically worshipping the power of superpowers and forbidden objects. This organization has few members and keeps a low profile. Compared to the Crimson World, they are relatively peaceful, but they are not exactly benevolent. I guess the reason for their cooperation with the Crimson World is probably something like 'technical guidance' and 'item exchange'."

"The Divine Revelation provides the Crimson World with the means to research and contain forbidden objects, while the Crimson World gives them the calamity plants and forbidden objects it has obtained from the Star Abyss?" Lin Xian asked, frowning.

"That's about it." Shinji Mochizuki, his hands tucked into his sleeves, said, "They're nothing more than a bunch of schemers. They only started doing these things because they have superpowers. As for why I know..." Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian with a gleam in his eyes.
"When you can control billions of drones and tens of thousands of quantum computing power, these will be minor issues for you."

Lin Xian asked in surprise, "You want me to become a mechanical life form too?"

"No." Shinji Mochizuki shrugged and said to Lin Xian with interest, "It's not that I want to, it's that you want to."

Lin Xian's expression slowly froze. He subconsciously paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that the last time he felt this way was when he was driving to the Aksai Black Rose Bar. Lin Xian was manipulating the vision of several robots, which made him feel uncomfortable and nauseous.

At the time, he was thinking that if there were hundreds of millions of drones, it would definitely be impossible to control them through the thought processes and visual systems of the human brain...

hum!
Accompanied by an eerie sense of spatial stagnation, an intense, sinister chill completely ignored the hundreds of meters of mountain and the main structure of the underground fortress, instantly engulfing everyone.

Sitting in the control room, Lin Xian felt a chill run through his body, and that extremely uncomfortable feeling came over him again.

Shinji Mochizuki slightly raised his eyes and said, "The tide has begun."

Lin Xian immediately stood up: "Before the plan to intercept the transport ship begins, I need to get the connection equipment at Baicheng Rail Station ready."

"I have a better solution."

Shinji Mochizuki pointed his finger, and a mechanical arm device with coils appeared in the air: "It's safer to leave it to the program than to control it precisely yourself. This is a magnetic energy deceleration array. If you can manufacture this in a short time, it will be safer than a hard landing."

Lin Xian's eyes lit up immediately. He had been worrying about this problem. His initial idea was to build a track buffer ramp and then have KIKI adjust it in the air. It looked like acrobatics, but it was a last resort.

If we had this, the success rate would be greatly increased.

After leaving the underground control room, Qian Su Xun led Lin Xian's team to the upstairs lobby. Before setting off, the girl named Hoshino Shiori cleansed everyone of the dark invading power. Lin Xian noticed that the girl's armor was very special. Not only was the intelligent system extremely high, but the protection level was also not low. It seems that the girl has a very high status in the core backbone of the Silent City team.

With more than ten minutes left before the inner tide ended, Ning Jing and Chen Sixuan had already shared the situation and plans with the United Train. Shi Diyuan hadn't expected them to join forces with Silent City, but for the United Train, this was undoubtedly good news. With Silent City's assistance, the chances of everyone escaping the Star Abyss would be greatly increased.

"I just had a detailed discussion with Qian Suxun, and it seems that the Red Human Ghost might not be so easy to deal with."

Before setting off, the exploration team held a brief internal discussion. Ning Jing shared the information she had just obtained with Lin Xian: "They have intercepted several transport ships. There are two main dangers: the strange entities lurking in the city and the Red Man Ghost."

“The external transport teams will be dispatched in multiple batches. If any problems arise, the Crimson World may trigger a purge process, causing the strange entities in the city to riot.”

Lin Xian frowned slightly upon hearing this: "I've been wondering what methods they used. Logically speaking, clones shouldn't be able to carry the Dark Mark."

Chen Sixuan shook her head: "Qian Suxun and the others don't know either, so they have several underground shelters in Baicheng that have been cleared out, which are for emergency hiding in case this happens. They have already shared these locations with us."

"Lin Xian, what is this? Is it a gun?"

KIKI, who was standing nearby, saw that Lin Xian was holding a large black and white gun and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Xian picked it up and looked at it with a complicated expression, saying, "It's a gift from Shinji Mochizuki, a kind of handheld electromagnetic cannon." After saying that, he put the electromagnetic sniper rifle into the armor clip behind him.

After learning about the characteristics of the silver bullet, Lin Xian did not immediately contain it. Both Chu Yan and Mochizuki Shinji were wary of such forbidden objects, and Lin Xian was no exception.

The Heterogeneous Cube was the source of the 1542 eerie radio station that nearly wiped out the Infinite. After entering the Star Abyss, Fire Brother's Infinite Ring also significantly increased his mental burden. Moreover, he was about to solve a major problem with Silent City, so he kept it on his person for now, as it might be a trump card in a critical moment.

"Forest."

At this moment, Qian Suxun walked over and said, "If you want to build the connection device at the rail station, you should set off at the next low tide. Hurry up. We will split into three groups. I and Ms. Ning from Longshan No. 1 will lead the group to guard the central square and the north and south of Baicheng Hospital respectively. We will monitor the transport ship and also provide cover for you. How long do you estimate it will take?"

Lin Xian replied without hesitation, "Four hours should be about right, but due to the influence of the internal tides, the time will definitely exceed six hours."

“That’s no problem. You don’t have to be so strict with the timing. The key is not to disturb the strange entity, or it will be troublesome,” Qian Suxun said.

Lin Xian nodded and said directly to KIKI, Chen Sixuan, Huo Ge, and the others, "The members of Infinite will follow me and cover me. Ning Jie, you, Qian Dele, Monica, Xiaoqing, and Abai will be a separate team."

"and many more."

At this moment, Qian Suxun interrupted Lin Xian and gestured with his eyes. Then, the girl named Shiori from the Silent City team timidly stepped out.

"You are in charge of this operation, so Shinji instructed Shiori to assist you."

Hearing this, Chen Sixuan and the others were somewhat surprised. The Silent City was being far too generous, sending such a key figure out to assist Lin Xian alone.

Seeing everyone's gazes, Qian Suxun smiled faintly and said to Lin Xian, "Miss Ning's team has Dark Perceptionists, while my team mainly focuses on mechs, so you will probably need a team member who can provide you with Dark Shielding and support."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately understood Shinji Mochizuki's intention, and then nodded to the girl named Shiori.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"No...you're welcome, I'll do my best." Shiori looked young and spoke timidly, but her eyes were full of determination. She had gone through many fierce battles with Ryunosuke and the others, and danger seemed to her to be about the same as the pressure of speaking to a stranger.

"Everyone."

"Prepare to depart. This operation is centered around Lin. Xun, only use EMP to isolate the transport ship's path after Lin is ready. Strike quickly."

At that moment, Shinji Mochizuki's leisurely voice rang out in everyone's communicators, and at the same time, an incredibly clear holographic map of Hakujo appeared on everyone's power armor screens.

This map not only marks numerous dangerous areas where strange entities appear through surveillance and radar, but also includes real-time footage and a sentry system, as well as the timing of internal tides and the location of all safe havens within the city.

In an instant, the powerful aura of fully information-based warfare stunned the entire exploration team. There was only one word to describe it: professional!

Lin Xian's eyes burned with fervor. After meeting Shinji Mochizuki, he had gained a broader perspective on the development of his mechanical abilities.

First, there's the massive drone construction and information system. He could completely create it, using Grace's AI as the main controller, and then enhance the Infinite's construction capabilities. Automated construction would allow Lin Xian's goal of soaring to the sky to be achieved much faster.

"Understood." Looking at the countdown on the screen, Qian Suxun activated the nano armor on his body. This time, he brought three heavy intelligent control mechs and one ACS light guard mech, along with Ryunosuke and Amano Ran, to directly take charge of monitoring the mother nest area in the central square.

"lets go."

After getting ready, the group made their way to the entrance of the underground fortress passage, waiting for the tide to recede.

Meanwhile, on Lin Xian's side, Shiori had already used her special ability; a green light swept over everyone, completing the final 'cleanup' before departure.

12:04
In the darkness of the White City, twisted black mist permeated all the streets. The enormous "Mother Nest" in the central square frantically stitched together various bizarre creatures. Hundreds of thousands of human corpses stood in the streets, connected by black blood vessels in the ground. They seemed to be alive, yet also to be rotting. Those blood vessels constantly absorbed the flesh and blood information of these corpses, colliding within the Mother Nest like a runaway machine that was violently programming itself, constantly running.

Countless bizarre creatures howled wildly as they burrowed into the streets in all directions, like bio-warriors that had been produced and rushed to the battlefields to plunder and slaughter, spreading and infecting.

12.05
As the tide recedes, the raging mother nest, the surging, bizarre creatures, the hundreds of thousands of standing corpses, and the black veins in the ground slowly disappear.

The once noisy and bustling White City fell silent again, leaving only eerie whispers from the depths of darkness and indescribable crawling and pacing sounds hidden in the shadows.

At this moment, in a corrupt room in a high-rise apartment building, the steel plate door that Lin Xian had hastily made was torn open by a sharp claw. The metal groaned as it fell, and a huge figure wearing a strange trench coat stood eerily in the doorway, motionless.

Gazing into the darkness.

　Happy May Day everyone! It's Cola's birthday today, and I'm going out with my family, so I might have to take a day off. If time allows, I'll make up for it when I get back tonight. I'll try my best not to take leave and miss any updates.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)