Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 347 High-Altitude Interception! (1.2 words, 2-in-1 bonus chapter!)
In the underground refuge hall of Baicheng Railway Station, the air seemed to freeze completely.

Zizizi!
The lighting system Lin Xian created emitted an eerie flicker, and a scarlet color began to fill the entire space.

Lin Xian, Chen Sixuan, KIKI, Huo Ge, and Shizhi stood in a row, all of them tensing up as if facing a formidable enemy!

Countless scarlet tentacles slowly grew in all directions, with a faintly glowing egg case covered in blood-red patterns at the center. It seemed to be filled with some kind of liquid and kept expanding. Finally, the scarlet thing stopped expanding after it had spread to cover an entire wall. However, the smooth red tentacles kept swaying, making it look strange and terrifying!
"Lin Xian, should we make a move?!" KIKI asked softly.
Lu Xingchen saw this and, with flames leaping from his hands, was ready to act at any moment.

Lin Xian got into position. It was high tide, and if they were marked, hiding in this sealed basement would be tantamount to cutting off their own escape route. They would definitely be surrounded by endless strange creatures. Therefore, he was ready to use the gravitational lens immediately to eliminate this strange thing at all costs.

Strangely, after the scarlet thing grew out, there was no further movement. The Spirit Dispelling Value Detector did not detect the dark mark, and apart from the terrifying scarlet scene, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

There was no attack, no sound.

All anyone could see were those countless tentacles slowly moving around.

Standing next to Lin Xian, Shiori looked nervous and whispered into the communicator, "There's a very strong dark aura, and... there's one outside too."

When she said "outside," she meant the passenger terminal hall and the subway station at that moment.

Thump thump thump, clang clang clang~
Even through the thick floor slabs, Lin Xian could hear the sounds of numerous creatures crawling and moving around in the parking lot and even the rail station above, constantly transmitted down through the concrete building, making one's scalp tingle.

Even the signal was severely affected by the rising tide. At this moment, Chen Sixuan suddenly spoke up.
"Lin Xian, something's coming down!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian looked at the scarlet object and frowned, saying, "We clearly don't have any dark marks, could it be this thing that's attracting us?"

“KIKI, Brother Huo…”

"Forest!"

Just as Lin Xian was about to call on a few people to eliminate the crimson object, Shinji Mochizuki's voice suddenly came through his earpiece. The signal delay allowed him to finally receive Shiori's reply, and she spoke to Lin Xian at that moment.

"That's a calamity plant! Quickly pick it and remove the roots, otherwise many strange entities will sense it. The allure of that thing is just as powerful as its prey marker!"

Lin Xian and the others changed color upon hearing this. Disaster?
How does this look like a plant?
Upon hearing Shinji's words, Shiori reacted and exclaimed in surprise, "Yes! We encountered one on the third night after entering the Star Abyss, but it was different from this one. It grew in the tunnel of the bunker. Ran pulled it out and collected it. We don't know its characteristics yet, but it is indeed a disaster plant."

She pointed to the huge scarlet egg sheath and said, "Pull it off first, otherwise it will attract a lot of strange creatures."

"KIKI!" Upon hearing Shiori's words, Lin Xian immediately ordered KIKI to take action.

KIKI nodded, gritted her teeth, and immediately stepped forward to use her telekinesis to grab the scarlet thing covered with countless tentacles that was attached to the wall, and then yanked it hard.

Chi Chi!

In an instant, everyone heard a sound of wall plaster and biological tissue being frantically torn apart. Under KIKI's psychic power, the crimson creature seemed to be frightened, and countless tentacles began to twist rapidly. But the next moment, KIKI used her powerful psychic power to tear its entire body off the wall. Countless red blood splattered, wall plaster fell off, and under the flickering light, the dense shadows of tentacles twisted and swayed wildly throughout the entire shelter hall. The scene was extremely horrifying!
KIKI gave a low shout and pulled back with her right hand. The scarlet object, which resembled a giant sea anemone, was finally torn off. Instantly, half of the hall's floor and walls were stained with the 'blood plasma.' At that moment, the flashing lights stopped immediately, and the countless tentacles on the scarlet object ceased their movement after being detached.

Seeing this, Lin Xian and the others couldn't help but back away. At this moment, the restless sounds on the upper floors gradually disappeared, and the crawling sounds from deep underground also stopped abruptly.

Chen Sixuan looked around, holding her breath. She saw the tentacles on the fallen scarlet object visibly fading, shrinking, and dissolving, turning into a pool of brownish-red liquid on the ground. The huge glowing egg sheath was twisting, and the light inside gradually contracted and disappeared. Finally, the thin egg sheath broke open, leaving only the liquid on the ground. In the very center, a scarlet blood vine emerged, with a few leaves scattered on it, looking like a seedling.

"It really is a disaster plant!"

Chen Sixuan looked horrified. This was the first time they had ever seen a plant grow like this. It didn't look like a plant at all; it was clearly a mutation caused by some kind of plant being parasitized by a strange creature.

Seeing this, Lin Xian's expression turned slightly serious. He raised his hand and created a plant cultivation chamber similar to the one that had previously held the regional black chrysanthemums. Out of caution, he had KIKI use her telekinesis to grab the blood vine.

With a flick of her finger, KIKI sent the blood vine, no more than ten centimeters thick and as thick as a little finger, flying over in a twisted motion. Lin Xian then put it into the sealed plant cultivation chamber. Upon closer inspection, the group realized that the blood vine's appearance was very similar to the smooth skin of the scarlet tentacles they had just seen. If it weren't for the leaves, it wouldn't look like a plant at all.

The refuge hall fell completely silent. The power armor detected that the air they were in was polluted, but fortunately, each of them was wearing full-body armor, which greatly increased their adaptability to the harsh environment.

The group retreated to a clean corner and waited quietly for the tide to recede. Lin Xian arranged for Grace to patrol and keep watch around the refuge hall to detect any subtle movements. After discovering that the refuge hall had not been attacked, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're lucky."

At that moment, Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through. He stood in the control room, watching the Bloodvine footage being transmitted back, and spoke.

"Disaster plants, forbidden objects, and human superhumans all share some similar characteristics. They are all mutations caused by the influence of dark forces on existence on Earth. However, the number of mutated plants is too small, and almost all living things except humans are extinct. In my opinion, humans have never seen the true existence in the darkness."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian replied, "You mean those S-class anomalies too?"

Shinji Mochizuki smiled slightly upon hearing Lin Xian's words and uttered a thought-provoking statement.

"As intelligent beings, we cannot describe something that does not exist at all. Everything you can describe essentially has a blueprint in human cognition, doesn't it?"

Lin was subconsciously thinking when he suddenly froze. Shinji Mochizuki's words had undoubtedly touched on a question that had long been on his mind.

From the white giant, the crimson centipede, the three-headed spider at the beginning, to the atmospheric mica and the black spikes in the clouds that they encountered later, they all seemed to be terrifying creations mutated from creatures in the natural world. It was after seeing the mother nest that Lin Xian began to have a completely new understanding of the strange creatures, which also proved that Shinji Mochizuki's statement was correct.

Looking at the blood vine in the plant compartment, Lin Xian guessed that if he brought it back to Director Ding, she would definitely know what family and genus it originally belonged to.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Xian felt that humanity's understanding of dark creatures might have been wrong from the beginning, or that our current understanding might still be zero.
“Oh, right.” Shinji Mochizuki turned around and said calmly to Lin Xian, “I’ve always believed that supernatural abilities, forbidden objects, and calamity plants—energy forms tainted by dark forces—are deconstructing our world. This power that can deconstruct the world both destroys it and gives us some ‘benefits,’ but essentially, we don’t need these ‘benefits,’ heh, except, of course, for those fanatics who want to build a new civilization…”

"So whether it's disaster plants or superhumans, the more concentrated they are, the stronger this deconstruction force will be. Perhaps I've put it in a complicated way, but the general idea is that dark power doesn't belong to us, so it's a double-edged sword. My personal philosophy differs slightly from that of the Phoenix Society in that the Phoenix Society is betting on both dark power and human technology to protect human civilization, while I only research dark power and do not advocate the strengthening and development of superhumans. Humans are ultimately just humans."

"A very insightful observation." Lin Xian did not offer his opinion.

At this moment, a message from the Infinite finally reached Lin Xian after a delay.

"According to the description, it should be a type of 'thorn vine'. If it matures, I can learn about its characteristics."

“Lin Xian, Silver Dragon… Ten Thousand Mistakes… has grown a second inflorescence.”

On the other end of the message was Ding Junyi. At this moment, far away at the edge of the Dark Forest of the Bottomless Lake, Ding Junyi was in carriage number 3 of the Infinite. She slowly activated a peculiar supernatural light in her eyes to make contact with the silver dragon Shiwan Cuo in front of her. Now she has a deeper and deeper control over her supernatural power, and her research on the disaster plant is beginning to show results.

"It seems that the growth rate of the Disaster Plants in the Star Abyss will accelerate, but this situation cannot be defined as 'growth'; it should be described as a kind of..."

She wanted to say a lot, but there was a significant delay in communication, and even Lin Xian's words were fragmented and difficult to understand.

"I'll explain when I get back."

In the underground shelter, Lin Xian only gleaned one piece of information from Ding Junyi: the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand had staggered its second inflorescence. This was undoubtedly a piece of extremely good news, meaning that the United Train Corps had another opportunity for 'elimination'.

However, although the power of this calamity plant is extremely valuable, Lin Xian also hopes not to use it. After leaving the Star Abyss, its growth slows down, and keeping it means having multiple life-saving trump cards.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xian pulled himself out of his thoughts and handed the blood vine to Chen Sixuan.

“Teacher Chen, it’ll be the same later. We’ll go out five minutes after the tide goes out, and you can take the high ground on the clock tower.”

"it is good."

“KIKI and Huo Ge, you two stand guard to the east and west respectively. I’ll be building the connecting equipment at the rail station. Next time the tide comes in, we’ll be back here 5 minutes early.”

"Shiori, stay by my side."

Shiori nodded, and KIKI then said, "Doesn't this thing attract strange entities? Is it really convenient for us to carry it around?"

"Did you throw it away?" Lin Xian smiled and said, "The fact that nothing happened to us means that the impact of this thing was limited after it was removed. You forgot that when we were in Rain Town, that fake man only discovered the existence of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum after he boarded the Infinite. That's why I asked Teacher Chen to hold it."

Chen Sixuan, clad in the Black Hawk armor and possessing exceptional reconnaissance abilities, was the best candidate Lin Xian could think of. If any monsters approached, she would be the first to react.

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Chen Sixuan held the small plant cultivation chamber in front of her and looked at it. She said, "This thing looks even stranger than our two disaster plants. I wonder what it will do."

"As long as it's not a side effect, it's fine," Lin Xian said frankly.

Shinji Mochizuki naturally took his words to heart. For the Infinity, there are now three calamity plants, three forbidden objects, and as many as 11 superhumans, not to mention the evolved-level experts such as Chen Sixuan, Shu Qin, Lü Chang, Miao Lu, and Sasha. With Lin Xian's high-energy weapons and unlimited ammunition supply, the Infinity's combat power and survivability are extremely strong. Shinji Mochizuki's words implied the negative effects of these dark forces coming together.

However, Shinji Mochizuki was unaware that Lin Xian's calamity plants and forbidden items were protective artifacts like the Regional Black Chrysanthemum and the Heterogeneous Cube, which mitigated most of the harm caused by the Dark Invasion to the entire group.

Lin Xian looked at the images from the several monitors he had left at the orbital station, his face solemn as he waited for the tide to recede.

At the entrance to the passenger terminal, outside the rail station, and on one side of the square, the surveillance cameras were filled with snowflake-like ripples caused by the distortion of dark forces. In the blurry, black-green images, various strange creatures could be seen wandering around from time to time. In the distant streets, a large number of bizarre entities rushed out of the city. The entire White City was in an uproar in the darkness.

13:35
As the dark tide receded, the 'boiling' scene seemed to vanish in an instant. According to Shinji Mochizuki's deduction, these bizarre entities sewn together from the mother nest were stretched by space to the dark far reaches of the Star Abyss with the ebb and flow of the tide.

Perhaps on the edge of the Star Abyss, perhaps in the polar night disaster zone, or perhaps in the shadowy corners of other areas not covered by the polar night, eerie whispers lurk, waiting for their chance to strike and hunt down fleeing human survivors.

Lin Xian and the others also felt as if a heavy pressure had been released from their bodies. Looking at the time, they opened the blast door of the underground shelter again and returned to the deathly silent White City Rail Station.

"Split up!"

Lin Xian seized the time and immediately arrived at the previously marked location. This was a section of track along the eastern line from Baicheng Rail Station to Wangshankou, leading out of the city. The terrain was open, and if the joint train were to fly over from a high place, this would be the best connection point.

However, even though it is the best option, it is also a last resort. The tracks here have been extensively decayed and must be partially demolished and rebuilt. Otherwise, even with the electromagnetic buffer array, the tracks would definitely collapse if a high-speed train weighing tens of thousands of tons rushed down.

At this moment, the two electromagnetic buffer array robotic arms hoisted by the drone began to be loaded at fixed points. Lin Xian directly started manufacturing with both hands, and countless materials flew out, and two new robotic arms began to take shape.

To ensure the calculations were accurate, Lin Xian asked Grace to assist him with precise positioning and adjustments, while KIKI, Huo Ge, and Chen Sixuan were responsible for keeping watch over the surroundings.

The girl named Shiori would occasionally help Lin Xian purify some of the dark invasions, and in the process, restore some of his energy.

Although Lin Xian knew that Shiori was transmitting the footage of him building the machine back to Mochizuki Shinji, he didn't care. The girl's ability had indeed provided him with a great deal of assistance. Previously, he had been building the machine overnight on the Infinity Ship because of the protection of the Heterogeneous Cube and the purification of the Hell Chrysanthemum. But now, alone in the Star Abyss Space, while KIKI Fire could concentrate on maintaining her rationality, he had to multitask and fully activate the Mechanical Heart. Without Shiori's help, the pressure on him would be enormous.

hum!
Every so often, Shiori would use a green light barrier on him, which instantly made Lin Xian feel a refreshing warmth all over his body, and even his concentration improved a lot.

Lin Xian looked at the team's vital signs on the holographic panel and found that Shiori's heart rate would increase dramatically every time she used it, which forced her to stop for a while before she could continue to use her ability. It was clear that such an ability was quite taxing on her.

"Thank you," Lin Xian said to her.

"Ah..." Shiori was surprised that Lin Xian would suddenly speak to her, and then politely replied, "You're welcome. We're teammates, this is what I should do."

In the main control room of the underground fortress, Shinji Mochizuki stared intently at the footage of Lin Xian creating the machinery. His nanomachine pupils contracted and dilated repeatedly as he muttered to himself.
"This is truly the most interesting creativity I've seen since Apocalypse."

"It seems that annoying businessman was right; there is indeed another thing in this world that interests me..."

On Lin Xian's side, with the information and technical support of Shinji Nozomi, apart from the situation encountered when they first entered the orbital station, the construction of the docking device went exceptionally smoothly. Qian Su Xun and Ning Jing encountered some troubles with the strange entities, but they were all resolved in a short time. It was precisely because of such precise control that the core team of Silent City was able to lie in wait here for two months.

The only problem is that the power of the darkness invasion cannot be resolved. Even with Shinji Mochizuki's combined wisdom, this core team cannot survive for long, which is why he plans to complete the evacuation within two weeks.

However, Lin Xian's appearance not only disrupted his plans but also might solve Shinji Mochizuki's biggest problem. The thousands of people on the Union Train could not wait for two weeks, so the plan to escape from the Star Abyss had to be brought forward!
19:05
At this moment, the inner tide was activated again, and Lin Xian and the others hid in the underground shelter.

"The docking device has been completed. From now on, we will wait here for the transport ships from the Crimson World to appear."

A flash of green light appeared, and KIKI and the others breathed a sigh of relief. She gasped for breath and said to Shiori...

"This environment is so oppressive, it's hard to imagine how you can stay here for so long."

Huo Ge nodded as well: "I also really hate days without sunshine."

Shiori then said, "We've stockpiled a lot of supplies, and we spend most of our time in the bunker. Besides the protection of the Blood Magnolia, we drink vegetable juice every day, so..."

Lin Xian looked at her and said, "The hundreds of people in the bunker should all be maintenance and armed personnel of Silent City."

“It’s only a small part,” Shiori explained. “Our main force has already escaped through City Two and is currently docked in the Luling Forest.”

"Should we just wait here?" Chen Sixuan asked. "The amount of supplies needed for 10 people is not small."

"With so many people here, and none of you key figures around, can things stay stable?" KIKI asked at this moment.

"This..." Faced with this question, the girl clearly had no answer.

Lin Xian did not continue the conversation. After the connection device was installed, he had Grace send the path information back to the United Train position. After that, as long as Shinji Mochizuki operated the Silent City to remotely launch the superconducting levitation magnetic anchor array device, the train could rush into the levitation magnetic field path along the acceleration track. There might be some risks involved, such as the car tearing apart or some people with mechanical prosthetics being injured by the strong magnetic field.

Although Lin Xian had already had Grace perform precise calculations on these circumstances, for a train that was 15 kilometers long and consisted of hundreds of carriages that had been spontaneously modified by survivors, it was impossible to be completely risk-free. However, as long as the train could be brought from that dark forest to the White City tracks, the plan would be half successful.

19: 20.

Zizi!

Just as the tide had passed its halfway point, everyone's communicators on Lin Xian's side suddenly made a loud bang. The sound came from Ning Jing's team at Baicheng Hospital. In the holographic light screen, the information of Team Two was instantly taken offline from the system.

Lin Xian's expression changed, and he immediately tried to contact Ning Jing.

"Sister Ning, Qian Dele, Monica!"

No one responded.

At the same time, Qian Suxun's voice came through the communicator: "They have encountered the Crimson Ghost. We will go to support them immediately after the tide recedes. Lin, you should hold your positions. The Crimson World may be waiting for an opportunity to strike!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian took a deep breath, and the others also tensed up.

"Five minutes left!" Lin Xian said.

Chen Sixuan frowned: "Is the Red Human Ghost that powerful? Ning Jing and the others must be strong enough to not even have a chance to fight back, right?"

KIKI shook her head: "No, this is more like some kind of electromagnetic shielding effect!"

At this moment, Qian Suxun said, "Yes, this is not the first time this has happened. The fact that the Crimson Ghost has been mobilized means that the transport ships from the Crimson World will also be deployed."

This situation was not unfamiliar to the people of Silent City. Judging from Qian Suxun's reaction, he was clearly on guard, so Lin Xian remained calm and spoke to KIKI and Brother Huo.

"The transport ship is also quite fast. If they monitor its path, we need to intercept it from the air immediately, KIKI."

KIKI nodded: "I know."

"Lin, be on guard. The people from the Crimson World are 12 times faster than us at gathering information about the city from outside the Star Abyss. They've already been maneuvering against us during our previous interceptions, so be careful. Those clones aren't stupid." Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through at that moment.

Lin Xian looked at the time on the screen. After the tide receded, they had one hour, and the Crimson World also had one hour. They could escape by using a flying vehicle to run out of the Star Abyss regardless of cost.

The Crimson World has practiced such death scenarios countless times, and their efficiency is outrageous. Due to the time difference between the inside and outside, if Lin Xian fails today, it means that he may have to wait for 6 days or longer. Artificial intelligence like Shinji Mochizuki is not a concern, but for Lin Xian and the Combined Train Brigade, it is absolutely impossible to wait that long.

19.30
At this moment, Qian Suxun and others, located in an underground facility in the central square, were staring intently at the time. Above their heads, the enormous mother nest was roaring, as if even the earth was trembling.

Qian Su Xun, however, calmly watched the monitoring screen while simultaneously operating multiple miniature drones operating in the shadows.

"The White City Hospital is experiencing an outbreak of corpse energy, and the signal has been jammed. It must be that red-faced ghost from last time."

"We must take it down this time," Ryunosuke said in a low voice from behind. "This one is a bit more troublesome than the previous one. It's more aware and runs faster." Ran, clad in high-energy armor, crossed her arms and her eyes were full of ruthlessness.

Qian Suxun said, "No, killing the Red Man Ghost is not the most important thing."

At this moment, in his surveillance footage, the water in the huge sewage pool of the sewage treatment plant receded to both sides, revealing a large aircraft lift platform below. Two transport ships, gleaming with light, slowly rose from the ground.

Seeing this, Qian Suxun frowned: "Two platforms, they're going to split up and run away..."

"And that means there's more than one Red Human Ghost in the city!"

At Baicheng Railway Station, Lin Xian and his group, fully armed, stood at the entrance of the refuge hall, waiting for the tide to recede so they could open the blast door.

But then, Qian Suxun's voice came through the communicator: "Lin, be careful!"

air!
Just as the communicator finished speaking, a huge explosion suddenly came from outside the blast-proof door. The two-meter-high circular blast-proof door blasted inward, creating a large crater, and a broken alloy bearing behind the door shot directly towards Lin Xian!

Lin Xian remained motionless, the broken bearing strangely frozen in front of his power armor door.

KIKI's eyes flashed as she threw the broken metal on the ground. Lin Xian said in a deep voice, "Get ready!"

Before Qian Suxun's voice came, Chen Sixuan had already caught the commotion outside, and the others were all prepared.

Catching his breath, Lin Xian realized that the blast door couldn't withstand a second impact, so he used his Mechanical Heart to forcefully pull it open.

Bang!
In the next instant, a giant axe flew out of the passage outside the blast door and slammed down on the crowd with tremendous force.

KIKI immediately used her telekinesis to grab the giant axe in mid-air. At that moment, a tall, dark figure, covered in a strange black leather coat and wearing a tall hat, strode into the hall with bloodshot eyes. This monster was emanating a boiling corpse aura, and its body was also emitting strong fluctuations in spirit energy, causing the spirit energy detector to flash continuously.

"Lin, there are two transport ships, one of which is on your path!"

"Understood!" Lin Xian replied coldly, and immediately dozens of pulse beams were fired from the drone!

At this moment, the tall, red-haired monster suddenly swung its left arm forward, creating ripples of silver scales in the air, as if distorting the air itself. The pulse beam from the Thunder Falcon drone struck it, causing a violent explosion. But the next moment, the red-haired monster charged forward as if unharmed. Everyone then saw that beneath the top hat was a humanoid creature resembling a black, desiccated corpse. The red light in its eyes seemed to be some kind of mechanical device. The monster's hands shone with a faint gray-white light as it charged forward, throwing its fists at Lin Xian and the others.

boom!
In an instant, an extremely strange aura of corpse energy, accompanied by energy vibrations, burst forth and rushed straight towards them.

However, the explosive energy seemed to have crashed into an invisible defensive shield covered with hexagonal patterns, and all the airflow bypassed Lin Xian and his group.

The red-haired monster's mechanical eyes glanced at the scene with a hint of hesitation.

"A shield, huh? I have one too." Lin Xian's body crackled with electricity, and his AT field shield protected everyone behind him. Just as the red-haired ghost hesitated, a powerful force swept it up and blasted it like a bullet into a distant wall. In an instant, a large crater appeared in the thick concrete wall, and dust and debris exploded out.

As soon as KIKI made her move, Lu Xingchen also launched a counterattack.

"You wicked monster, let me show you the divine fire of the Heavenly Dao!"

He levitated and shot out at high speed, simultaneously gathering fire in his hands and suddenly thrusting two crimson pillars of fire forward in the opposite direction.

"Zhou Lian!"

Whoosh! In an instant, the entire refuge hall erupted in blazing flames, and boiling hot air shot out. The two white-hot pillars of fire slammed directly into the red-faced monster. Just when everyone thought the monster had been melted, Chen Sixuan suddenly noticed that the area scorched by the flames was constantly spewing out grayish-white corpse energy, and numerous silver scales were trembling. She immediately said...
"Still alive!"

Lin Xian naturally witnessed this scene as well. He checked the time; the tide hadn't ended yet. This violent fluctuation immediately triggered a strange buzzing sound from above the building. He then immediately ordered Grace...

"Grace, block the stairwell!"

Grace understands.

The tide was about to end, and he needed to make sure the team wasn't marked before the strange tide surged in, so as to minimize the pressure.

At that moment, a green light enveloped everyone, and Shiori also used her purification ability.

KIKI used her telekinesis to tell Lu Xingchen, "Be careful, it can block your fire."

"Then let's intensify the burning!" Lu Xingchen had been cooped up in the darkness all night, and his mood was already depressed. If it were a monster, it would be one thing, but this mutated human monster could actually withstand his heavenly fire. Wouldn't his title of God of Fire be a waste?

Just as he finished speaking, a concrete block suddenly shot out and hit Lu Xingchen's power armor helmet head-on, causing him to black out and fly backward, the flames on his hands also disappearing.

"Fuck you..." Lu Xingchen's curse hadn't even finished when he crashed into the wall. Luckily, he was protected by his power armor, otherwise, that blow would have been enough to hurt him.

Before KIKI could react, the monster was actually throwing stones. Looking around, she saw that the entire wall was burning red and oozing lava, but the monster had already disappeared.

In the next instant, a strong gust of air came from the side. Chen Sixuan immediately turned and fired an armor-piercing bullet into the shadows. The bullet made a dull thud as it hit the target. A hoarse roar came from the air. KIKI caught this moment, raised her hand, and rolled up a wall of psychic power that swept into the shadows. She immediately grabbed the red-faced ghost and lifted it into the air.

At this moment, through the lighting in the hall, everyone could see that the red-clad monster's leather clothing had been completely burned away by Brother Huo's fire. It turned out to be a 'person' that looked to be at least 2.5 meters tall, with a muscular body and skin that looked like rotten, charred iron. What was most terrifying was that the monster's abdomen, shoulders, spine, and back of the head were all embedded with various metal mechanical devices. The joints were crudely sewn together with metal. Grayish-white corpse energy kept emanating from its body, causing Lin Xian and the others' information systems to send out signals that kept going off track.

"This thing is so strong!" Although she had managed to grab the red-faced monster with her telekinesis, KIKI felt a powerful resistance, which made her use her hands instead.

With a whoosh, numerous silver scales and ripples appeared around the strange creature, which let out a strange roar, seemingly struggling incessantly.

Lin Xian stood still. At this moment, he noticed that the red-faced monster's red eyes were staring at him. They were all wearing full-body armor, and the red-faced monster seemed to be trying to gather information from them.

"Scanning? No need."

Lin Xian's gaze sharpened, and with a swift movement, he devoured a section of the power transmission device from the red-faced monster's spine. In an instant, the red-faced monster's crimson eyes went out, and its violent struggle ceased.

"died?"

"No." Lin Xian then controlled 25 Thunder Falcon drones to fly close above the red-faced monster, focusing their aim on its head.

At this moment, the red-haired ghost, having lost some form of suppression, suddenly opened its eyes again, its entire body trembling violently.

Whoosh! In the next instant, countless pulsed lasers were fired simultaneously before it could react, and the high-energy pulsed lasers almost instantly and precisely erased the head.

At this moment, the completely dead red-faced ghost emitted a burst of black energy, and its body finally stopped trembling.

"Hiss~" On the other side, Huo Ge, who had gotten up from the ground, walked over with a frustrated look on his face: "This monster's ability is so strange, it can actually block fire?"

"It should be some kind of energy-based ability, but it can't be defended against all the time." Lin Xian looked at the large blood-red hole in the monster's chest, which was blasted out by Chen Sixuan's shot earlier, indicating that as long as the opportunity is seized, it won't be too difficult to deal with.

KIKI breathed a sigh of relief, threw the red-faced monster's corpse on the ground, and said, "It's not as powerful as they said."

Her words made Huo Ge, who was standing to the side, feel a little embarrassed. The girl named Shiori then said, "It must have used a lot of energy to block the flames."

Lin Xian nodded: "If this thing weren't mechanical, it would be quite tricky to deal with."

As he spoke, he looked towards the distance of the passage. At that moment, a series of booming and hissing sounds came from that direction, which must have been Grace encountering the strange entity there.

This trouble was also caused by the Red Man Ghost, whose ability to move in the dark was a huge advantage in itself.

Hearing Lin Xian and Shiori's words, Huo Ge's expression improved slightly. He said, "I was a bit careless too. Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. I should have used my divine killing move directly against this thing just now..."

Lu Xingchen did not immediately unleash his ultimate move. His habit is to test the waters first. At the same time, the confined space also limited his performance. However, being hit on the head by a monster with a rock was still a bit embarrassing.

Lin Xian didn't pay attention to these things. At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of spatial stagnation and immediately looked at the time.

19:35
The tide is out!

"Teacher Chen, protect Shiori! Kiki, let's intercept the transport ship! Brother Huo, clear the passage!"

"I can't ask for it!"

Holding his breath, Lu Xingchen flew out like a fiery meteor through the passage. Meanwhile, Grace single-handedly held off a large number of hordes of monsters, leaving behind a trail of monster corpses torn to pieces. As Lu Xingchen rushed over, Grace was being bitten on one side by a giant worm, which was trying to tear her apart.

"fire punch!"

Seeing this, Lu Xingchen unleashed a furious punch, charring the upper half of the giant insect. Grace landed lightly from the air, unharmed except for the blood splattered on her body.

After the tide receded, most of the strange creatures in the passage and the passenger station above disappeared instantly. The few remaining low-level ones were dealt with by Grace and KIKI, who arrived from behind. Then, KIKI took Lin Xian, along with Grace and KIKI, and flew into the sky. Chen Sixuan took Shiori to the roof of the rail station for cover.

Every second counted. Almost the instant the tide receded, the Silent City's surveillance system detected two transport ships from the sewage treatment plant rapidly ascending in two directions to the southeast. KIKI used her telekinesis to continuously increase their altitude while adjusting their direction from the Silent City's surveillance anchor point. Their goal was to lock onto the transport ships' course and altitude before they accelerated to supersonic speeds, so that they could intercept them.

This was a completely new experience for Lin Xian and KIKI, but the current situation left them no room for hesitation, as the other party was clearly also prepared in some way.

Wow!
As he ascended at high speed, Lin Xian felt the air and distorted black mist around him gradually becoming denser. A deathly oppressive atmosphere hung overhead. Looking down, the black silhouette of Baicheng below had gradually disappeared, and all around was a black void, making it seem as if he were floating in a black hole-like universe.

"3 seconds, target approaching!"

After Lin Xian finished speaking, he turned to Huo Ge in the airspace behind him and said, "Kiki Huo Ge, if you don't catch Grace, just blow the transport ship to smithereens!"

What Lin Xian needed to do was to capture the escaped clones inside and control their brain-computer interfaces before they activated their memory self-destruction. This operation was already second nature to Lin Xian.

The red-haired monster from before had incredibly complex mechanical suppressors all over its body. If he were to scan it, it would take him some time. But if he were just dealing with it, he only needed to melt down the power supply device on it to shut down the target directly.

For machines, Lin Xian is their natural nemesis. This includes how he dealt with Grace in Ejin City. However, in order to seize the AI, Lin Xian only controlled its power module.

The problem is that the transport ship's speed at this distance is likely already over Mach 1, and the instantaneous overload of the interception would definitely exceed 30G, which even if Lin Xian were wearing the Black Hawk armor, he simply couldn't withstand.

Grace was carrying a circular, absorbent bomb, part of Shinji Mochizuki's interception plan. If the bomb exploded, it would instantly shut down the transport ship's power and electrical systems!

However, just to be on the safe side, Lin Xian still included KIKI and Huo Ge as a second backup plan.

"Understood!" Brother Huo replied immediately.

The group was floating in the air, and KIKI had a serious expression on her face.

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Without a sound, a bright light suddenly pierced through the black mist in the dark airspace ahead, and instantly, a large silver-black human transport ship appeared before them. At that moment, it was as if all the sounds in the world had disappeared.

KIKI grunted and used her telekinesis to envelop Grace, pressing her directly down onto the top of the transport ship. At the same time, she used telekinetic waves to form a giant wall, attempting to slow down the transport ship.

In an instant, KIKI felt a jolt throughout her body, and she instantly released her control over her psychic power. However, in that brief moment, Grace had already smashed into the top of the transport ship like an iron nail.

boom!
At this moment, inside the transport ship, a dozen or so people dressed in uniform whose bodies had been modified with prosthetics all felt a huge tremor, as if they had collided with a super strong airflow.

These people included both men and women, and judging from their appearances, almost all of them were young. However, each of them had a strange and stiff expression, and their eyes carried a strong sense of aging, as if they were people over 40 years old who had been placed in these bodies.

After hearing a clang of metal on metal, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties stood up, his gaze turning cold as he looked up.

"what sound?!"

[External intrusion detected] An alarm sounded inside the transport ship.

At this moment, the dozen or so people all changed color, and a woman immediately said...

"It's that group; they're preparing to initiate the self-destruct sequence!"

"Oh no! Have we run into some kind of weird entity?" another middle-aged man said with a gloomy expression. His eyes were filled with panic. The mycelium on the back of his head had almost covered the back of his ears. Everyone here had a dark gold brain-computer interface device installed on the back of their head, with a large amount of white mycelium covering their skull.

"The Red Ghost has been deployed; we should be able to leave now..."

The woman immediately stood up, her gaze icy, and said sternly in a tone completely out of character for her age: "Dr. Zhao, you have a serious tendency to be a coward. Organizational secrets are sacred and inviolable. Even if you get out alive, you will be 'reclaimed'!"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant... I meant..."

Bang! Sizzle!
Just then, a huge explosion rang out, and the interior of the transport ship went dark in an instant. After the power was lost, a strong feeling of weightlessness began to come.

Woo~
The next second, the transport ship's emergency system began to respond. Inside the cockpit, the autopilot module had malfunctioned, and various alarm systems began to sound.

[Altitude decreases, danger warning]

[Pushing the system offline]

[Driving system offline]

At that moment, the entire flight began to fall.

At that moment, the dozen or so clones inside the transport ship immediately sensed the danger. The woman who had just spoken fell to the ground, her neck snapped by a cable, and a bloody head rolled on the ground. She still calmly gave orders.

"Researchers from batch 3056 of Shenzhen, all units should prepare to shut down their machines."

"Self-destruct procedure has been initiated for batch 3056 of Shenzhen. This instruction will not be repeated."

"Thank you all for your sincere cooperation in the journey of creating the Crimson Civilization. Farewell..."

Drop drop drop drop.

In an instant, the brain-computer interfaces in the back of everyone's heads simultaneously emitted a buzzing red light. Then, sparks exploded and flashed in the back of their heads, and they all lost consciousness.

Just then, a pair of iron hands suddenly tore a large hole in the top of the rapidly falling transport ship's cabin. Grace ripped open the top of the cabin, and at that moment, Lin Xian's mechanical scanner rushed in, capturing the frequency that was activated last. Without hesitation, he used mechanical devouring to erase the self-destruct module of that brain-computer interface.

"KIKI, the second one from the left!"

The man who had just been called Dr. Zhao by the woman looked surprised. He discovered that his self-destruct program had stopped, and at the same time, he was suddenly pulled out of the transport ship by an invisible force.

In the raging wind, he only saw several people in power armor grabbing him. He immediately understood his fate. The moment Lin Xian grabbed him, his terrified expression suddenly turned into a burst of wild laughter.

"Lin Xian, mechanical abilities, Infinity, we in the Crimson World will not..."

Click.

Lin Xian directly ripped a rectangular memory module from the person's brain-computer interface.

"Got it!"

KIKI raised her hands, grabbed Lin Xian, Grace, and Huo Ge, and stopped them in mid-air, watching the transport ship fall into the darkness.

Lin Xian examined the memory device in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief. It was a close call, but he had finally gotten his hands on it.

Just when Lin Xian thought the mission was over, Qian Su Xun's voice suddenly came through the communicator.

"Lin, come to Baicheng Hospital quickly! We've intercepted the second transport ship!"

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