Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 349 Mechanical Squad (Bonus Chapter for 10,000+ Views, 2 chapters combined!)

At 20:35, the 14th internal tide begins.

The desolate mountain town was shrouded in endless darkness, decaying silently. Eerie rustling sounds came from the dark alleys, and occasionally the silhouettes of many-legged creatures would flash in the shadows. In the underground morgue of the White City Central Hospital, the joint train exploration team and several key members of Silent City were discussing plans with tense expressions.

As more and more information is deciphered, the current situation is becoming increasingly clear and serious.

Lin Xian guessed correctly. The memory samples obtained from the first two transport ships were all cannon fodder. They were memory samples whose critical mission information had been erased, and apart from finding some personality consciousness and memory knowledge, they were useless.

The missile that Lu Xingchen managed to retrieve at the last second was the real key.

Through ACS Gagrace's analysis and Shinji Mochizuki's information processing, a catastrophe catalyzed by the fanatical Adventists is gathering in the celestial storm of Star Abyss 5.

Combining the information originally obtained from Silent City, Crimson World conducted cruel and bloody human experiments through mycelial mediums, and obtained a living tissue sample called "Umbra-Cell" through the White City's Mother Nest Research Institute.

Currently, they do not know the purpose of the Crimson World's live tissue cultivation. They only know that some kind of experiment they are conducting seems to have alarmed the Abyss Demons. If the sewage treatment plant's [Great Cleaning Device] is activated, then without a doubt, the entire White City, including Silent City, will be affected. If they are all marked with Level 5, Shinji Mochizuki's plan to use the loss of a floating city to restrain and evacuate may very well fall through.

Therefore, the amount of key experimental information obtained from the Crimson World Memory, and the potential impact of the Dark Corrosion Cells, are not things they need to consider at the moment.

At this moment, they only had one thing to consider: escape!

"So, we need to enter the sewage treatment plant within an hour after the tide ends at 21:05 to disable their so-called cleaning device, and then we have to evacuate?"

Qian Dele disdainfully lifted a shroud from the mortuary table, then leaned against it and asked in a questioning tone...

"It's unrealistic to complete the transfer between the Union Train and Silent City in just one hour, isn't it?"

“Impossible.” Qian Suxun said directly, “Lin’s idea is to buy us time for the next low tide by disabling that cleaning device. As long as we are not marked with a high-level tag, we still have a chance to transfer.”

"What on earth did these guys do to actually trigger the Star Abyss Beast?" KIKI said irritably, "Being trapped in the Star Abyss was troublesome enough, these guys are really annoying!"

Chen Sixuan's expression was relatively calm at this moment: "But didn't we say there was that giant fish-tail statue above the sewage treatment plant? How do we solve this problem?"

“I remember you said that you would only get infected if you observed it, so does that mean as long as you don’t look at it, you’ll be fine?” Monica asked.

“Actually, we’ve only dealt with this thing once,” Ran Amano said, arms crossed. “However, Shinji said that if they have a way to send living people in, then they must have a way.”

"A living person? Is this... even considered a living person?" Ning Jing frowned as she looked at the clone in the rocket's cryogenic chamber. Its brain was connected to a brain-computer interface and white mycelium, and its limbs had been modified. Combined with the high-G force of the rocket earlier, the person was almost completely flattened. Only its heart and brain were protected by some kind of device, allowing them to maintain basic activity. According to what Shinji Mochizuki had just said, this person had been used as a preservation bag for "living express delivery." The most valuable things on it were the memory and the dark erosion cell sample in the culture dish.

Ryunosuke, Shiori, Xiaoqing, Abai, and the others stood silently to the side without saying a word. Lu Xingchen, who had just made a great contribution, was sitting in Qian Suxun's heavy armored mecha. Although he felt much better after being purified by Shiori's superpower, he didn't have the strength to interrupt at the moment.

Qian Suxun glanced at Lin Xian, took a deep breath, and said, "Lin, besides intercepting the cleansing order, there's another problem: we don't know where the Abyss Demon is, or how much time it has left to arrive..."

Boom! !
A thunderclap boomed, and everyone in the entire White City, including those in the underground morgue, felt a tremor in the air.

Qian Suxun rolled his eyes and continued, "Perhaps it's right above White City."

All eyes turned to Lin Xian, who remained silent for a moment before speaking softly to Grace.

"Grace, how long will it take for the joint train to start, accelerate, and land?"

Based on the current preparation status of all convoys, a track device is still needed for the train to exit the defensive line and ascend. This requires corrective calculations based on the initial landing point of the superconducting levitation magnetic anchor array device launched by Silent City. Therefore, the main time-consuming part of this plan is the startup phase, with an estimated total time of approximately 21 minutes and 40 seconds. Excluding unfavorable factors, this result assumes that you personally construct the track. If not, the total time may be extended by more than 30 minutes.

Twenty minutes was originally good news for Lin Xian, as everyone could quickly enter the White City track and escape. However, he now felt that this time was too long. He had to go back and personally drive the Infinite. If he let other team members lay the track, it would not only take a lot of time, but more importantly, once they left the defensive line, it could trigger a monster tide.

In 30 minutes, the casualty figures could be unimaginable, and the plan might even be disrupted by that giant snake.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian was about to ask Shinji Mochizuki again, but before he could even open his mouth, Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through.

“Well, okay. The bunker can be evacuated in 40 minutes, and it will take 25 minutes to get to Silent City. The activation time of Silent City can be ignored because I can activate the core engine of Silent City in advance. The problem is that once Silent City is activated, it may attract the attention of Creature 01 even more than the cleansing device in the Crimson World. Lin, I know what you are thinking. It is necessary to deal with the cleansing device, but if we want to complete the transfer of everyone at the same time, there are too many influencing factors. This... is indeed a bit risky.”

Lin Xian shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Of course I understand. I didn't intend to solve it all at once either. But the problem is, putting aside how to get into the sewage treatment plant, even if we get in, we don't know what the cleaning device is. Whether we can disable it is the first question. Even if we can disable it, if that monster has already been alerted, your hydrogen bomb decoy plan will have to be brought forward. Moreover, since the Crimson World outside wants to bury us in the Star Abyss, there's no guarantee they won't use other methods. So we may only have one chance. With the current time difference, with your calculation ability, you must have calculated that the further we go, the fewer chances we have, right?"

After Lin Xian finished speaking, the other members of Silent City fell silent. Shinji Mochizuki, in the bunker's main control room, also remained silent. He stared at Lin Xian, clad in power armor, on the monitor screen, his fingers tapping rhythmically on his arm. After a few seconds, he smiled slightly and sighed softly.

“You’re right. Calculations show that all the unfavorable factors are converging, and it’s time to prepare for evacuation. Hmm, let me check the time, 20:40. The next low tide is at 21:05, so from now until the next high tide, there are 85 minutes. I will have all the personnel in the bunker complete the evacuation preparations within 40 minutes, including those businessmen.”

Lin Xian also checked the time: "I will immediately arrange for the joint train to make preparations. After the tide ends, I will first go to the sewage treatment plant with Xun and the others, and then rush back to the train line to wait for your superconducting levitation magnetic anchor array device!"

"So, does that mean we have to evacuate during the next tide?" Ran Amano looked surprised. "This..."

“There’s no better way, Lan,” Qian Suxun smiled helplessly. “Once Silent City is activated, it will definitely disturb the S-class anomaly or the Star Abyss Overlord. But if it’s not activated, the Joint Train won’t be able to get here. However, the Abyss Demon is already approaching. There’s no point in waiting here. So compared to facing the Abyss Demon, the Tidal Storm is nothing.”

Upon hearing this, Ran Amano fixed her gaze on the spot, then took a deep breath: "That's true."

Lin Xian then looked at Ning Jing, their eyes met, they nodded, and he then informed the United Train Front, which was in the Dark Forest, of the next action plan.

When Lin Xian's message arrived, Shi Diyuan and the others immediately understood the seriousness of the situation. The atmosphere in the previously quiet front line suddenly became tense. The captains of each convoy reported to their subordinates level by level, and each post began to prepare according to the contingency plan that Grace and Lin Xian had previously formulated.

On the Infinity, all the roof-mounted weapon systems were lowered, and the atmosphere inside was tense. As the lead vehicle, the Infinity was about to be the first to charge into the hover array. Luo Yang and Lao Mo led a group of engineering workers to make final preparations.

"Okay, Captain Lin, we'll get ready right away!"

"There are no other abnormalities at the position at present."

"The radar didn't detect that giant snake either..."

"understand!"

In the rear compartment, Sasha operated a six-axis robotic arm to reinforce the Sally, while Li Yi and Sun Yuzhen tightened supplies for all the Infinite ships. Lou Shuqin and Liang Lei arranged for ammunition replenishment. In compartment number 3, Ding Junyi, upon hearing the message from Lin Xian, immediately spoke...

"I understand. Have Grace send me some key information." Ding Junyi knew Lin Xian didn't have time at all. Fortunately, Grace could handle many tasks simultaneously. Although there was a significant delay in information transmission, she didn't mind. Obtaining more information might be helpful for her.

At the Baicheng Hospital morgue, the evacuation plan was finalized, and both sides began preparing to leave. Meanwhile, Lin Xian started discussing the sewage treatment plant issue, which was the most pressing crisis at present!
"There are still 15 minutes left."

Qian Suxun maneuvered the ACS robot forward and projected a holographic image, a panoramic view of the sewage treatment plant. Lin Xian could tell at a glance that they must have done a lot of contingency planning and investigation beforehand.

"According to our observations, there are very few strange objects within a 500-meter radius of the sewage treatment plant. Therefore, we speculate that the giant statue was intentionally brought to that location and has not moved for a long time. However, for some reason, the giant statue has been floating and rotating, and it will rotate once every 2-3 minutes."

"Hmm? Why does it sound like a searchlight they installed?" KIKI asked doubtfully. "They're using this to protect their research institute. Aren't they a bit crazy?"

“This is definitely not normal.” Lin Xian looked at Qian Suxun and said, “How large is the observation range of the front of this colossus?”

Qian Suxun smiled upon hearing this, and said helplessly, "You've stumped me. Didn't I say before that the Crimson World's characteristic data was filled in with human lives? We don't know much about this stuff."

"And that place has considerable firepower; it's difficult to break through using only drones and mechs." Ran Amano twisted the mech components on her wrist and said in a stern voice.
“We tried using drones for reconnaissance before, but they were all blocked by the EMP defense system.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian's expression hardened slightly, and he understood why Silent City, with its powerful lineup, was unable to break through an unguarded replicant research institute.

First of all, being inside the Star Abyss is fraught with danger, with its internal tidal cycles, and there's also a terrifying giant fish-lion. Lin Xian glanced at it once and his entire body, along with his Black Hawk Armor, crashed and restarted. Presumably, other ability users experienced the same thing. The difficulty was simply like climbing to the heavens.

"Hey, don't your ACS and heavy armor mechs both have microwave plasma shields? The EMP defense system shouldn't be effective, right?" KIKI asked Qian Su Xun at this moment.

Senju Shun nodded: "Well, Shinji and I have discussed this, but the problem is that once the mech enters the EMP defense system, even if the mech is unaffected, I can't control it, and no information can be transmitted back. The main reason is that we know too little about the internal situation. Moreover, compared to breaking into the research institute, intercepting the transport ship is more effective and less risky. The other side knows this, which is why they made a move on the transport ship this time."

Hearing Qian Suxun's words, Lin Xian knew that Silent City was worried that his combat mechs might not return. Ordinary drones were one thing, but Qian Suxun's few were obviously powerful treasures with extremely strong combat capabilities. Moreover, the core of these robots was that Qian Suxun remotely controlled three heavily armored mechs to fight through ACS, and they did not have a strong AI intelligence system of their own.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian had an idea. He looked at Grace, and at the same time, there was a robot of the same type as Grace that he had just captured on the transport ship. After quickly overwriting Grace's system, Lin Xian could start it up immediately.

"What about her?"

“Uh…” Qian Suxun frowned slightly: “You want your AI to go in and destroy the defense system first?”

Lin Xian took a deep breath: "I don't think we superhumans can withstand heavy weapons like electromagnetic cannons and high-speed artillery."

As someone who personally manufactured multiple 1130 and G3-electromagnetic railguns, Lin Xian was very clear about their power. In fact, when facing the monster tide, the firepower of these heavy weapons was simply insufficient.

In the Battle of Xilan, even hundreds of Great Wall-50 base railguns on the city wall could not stop them, but these weapons were powerless against the endless horde of monsters. However, if they were to turn their guns on these superhumans, they would be outmatched. They had just used heavy weapons to massacre a group of powerful bandits in Aksai. Which superhuman could easily face Gatling guns?
Even if they were wearing power armor, they couldn't possibly go head-to-head and fight an assault.

"This plan is feasible."

At that moment, Shinji Mochizuki's voice came: "With the intelligence level of this Crimson 3, it can carry out such a mission."

Lin Xian said directly, "Actually, you already thought of it, you were just waiting for me to say it first, right?"

Shinji Mochizuki, standing in the control room, crossed his arms and said noncommittally, "After all, it's your asset, and you may not yet fully understand the value of an AI with a volume of 8192 quantum units. Julius just saw this robot, and the Crimson World will definitely not give up on recovering it."

"Then let's wait for them to come and collect it."

Lin Xian said calmly, then looked at Grace: "Grace?"

Grace walked gracefully forward with her hands behind her back.

[Understood. You need me to go into the facility to destroy the EMP defense and weapon systems and conduct internal reconnaissance. This mission is very challenging for me, but I can do it for you.]

[Additionally] Grace glanced at the robot curled up on the ground beside her, which resembled her, and said, [I suggest activating this Crimson Dancer series combat robot unit as my deployment unit to support my operations. This will help increase the mission's success rate.]

"no problem."

Lin Xian raised his hand and grabbed, and the dancer robot's power module was restored. Grace had completed the system overwrite. As the system was activated, a "whoosh" sound came from the internal power source group, and all the robot's rotating joints began to return to their positions, standing up on the spot.

【Program start】

The robot dancer walked up to Grace and spoke in a completely emotionless, mechanical voice.

The agreement has taken effect and is currently importing controlled procedures.

At this moment, two ballet dancer robots stood together, each with a different posture, revealing an artistic beauty that combines machinery and the human body.

"You can name it, or we can call it Dancer 1; its basic protocol is the same as mine," Grace said.
"Let's call it that." Lin Xian didn't have time to care about that right now.

"Forest."

Rub rub.

Just then, several heavy mechs standing at the back stepped forward. Qian Suxun pointed to the ACS robot and said sincerely, "In that case, please bring my mechs along as well. Let the Crimson AI temporarily take over command. I think they should be of some use."

Lin Xian looked at him and nodded without any hesitation, saying, "Okay, let's do it this way."

With the assistance of Qian Suxun's mechs, the success rate would be higher. Lin Xian certainly didn't want this important Crimson AI to be damaged, but there was no better way at the moment. He knew that Qian Suxun was doing this to show his sincerity in fighting side by side.

"Lin Xian, after we solve the defense system, what do we do with that colossus?" Chen Sixuan asked at this moment.

KIKI suggested an idea: "If we don't need to observe anything, could we just drive a car straight in?"

“The aircraft in the Crimson World are all fully enclosed, so perhaps this is one of the reasons,” Ning Jing added.

Qian Su Xun nodded and said, "We have monitored the takeoff of transport ships from the Crimson World. They take off from the opposite direction of the rotating colossus. We can take advantage of this opportunity, but we need to calculate it precisely."

“That’s what I was thinking too.” Lin Xian checked the time and said, “After the tide comes in, Grace will lead the machine team through, and KIKI and I will take down the two transport vehicles from that transport ship. As long as the defense system is successfully destroyed, we’ll find a chance to drive in.”

Since the exact angle of observation is unknown, the only option is to enter when the Ichthyosaur is rotating behind it.

"Splitting into teams?"

"The fewer people, the better," Lin Xian said directly. "That giant statue has a strong dark invasion power. Since it's uncontrolled inside, we don't need too many people to go in. Just KIKI and Huo Ge will go in. The others can stay on the outside to defend against the strange entities. Our breakthrough into the research institute will definitely cause quite a stir."

Senju Shun nodded: "In that case, Shiori and I will go with you. Lin, we can't let you risk your life alone. Shiori can help resist the forces of darkness, while Shinji and I know the most about the White City and the Crimson World. Besides, without the mecha, I can't help you outside." He said casually.

"Brother Lin, this mecha itself is a bit difficult to operate!"

At this moment, Lu Xingchen, sitting in the mecha, spoke urgently.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot." Qian Suxun glanced at the mecha and then at Lin Xian.

Huo Ge just burned his power armor to ashes and temporarily sat in Qian Su Xun's heavy armored mech. However, since this mech is going to enter the research institute for operations soon, Huo Ge definitely can't stay inside it any longer.

Unexpectedly, Qian Dele walked up, opened his power armor, stretched, and said, "You can have this one. I feel really cramped wearing it."

Qian Dele's words were partly modest and partly true; he himself did not really like wearing heavy power armor, especially since the power armor itself did not offer much resistance to the invasion of darkness.

"Thank you very much, Brother Qian!"

Lu Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to stay in the heavy mech forever, but the problem was that his clothes were burned and in a sorry state. Going out would really damage his image as the God of Fire. And given his personality, he would never back down from such a crucial mission, so he was in a dilemma. Qian Dele's action directly solved his problem.

The plan was finalized quickly.

First, Grace led Dancer No. 1 and several heavily armored mechs to storm the sewage treatment plant research institute to destroy the EMP and defense systems. Then, Lin Xian, KIKI, Lu Xingchen, along with Qian Suxun and Shiori from Silent City, the five of them seized the opportunity to break through the Colossus's observation and enter the interior.

Outside, Ning Jing, Xiao Qing, A Bai, Qian Dele, Monica, Ryunosuke, and Amano Ran were responsible for guarding against and resisting the strange entities in the city, and protecting the breakthrough point for evacuation.

At 21:00 PM, in the underground nuclear fortification in Baicheng West Mountain, the team members from Silent City, Hu Lushou, Lu Zhao, and others began to prepare for the evacuation in full swing. A large number of drones were orderly hoisting supplies and loading them onto the large base vehicle that Silent City was responsible for evacuating. The drone swarms of each combat group were quietly charging, and the lights were flashing in unison. The entire bunker was filled with an atmosphere of impending doom.

Shinji Mochizuki, on the other hand, stood quietly in the control room. He could stand there motionless for an entire day. The powerful quantum core, Silent Heart 18, was constantly performing calculations. Most of its computing power was not used for evacuation scheduling and bunker control, nor for mission communication with Lin Xian's team. This amount of computation was nothing to him.

Maintaining such massive computation is almost entirely achieved by calculating the formulas for the Dark Invasion using data collected from all the Star Abyss locations. Every second, exponential assumptions, calculations, revisions, and restarts are performed. Meanwhile, in the bunker's several layers of basic automated laboratories, thousands of robots are repeatedly processing these formulas and experimental content.

The entire bunker is like a huge automated intelligent brain experimental center, and the Silent City team of several hundred people and Hu Lushou's team are only a very small part of it.

This is the real reason why Shinji Mochizuki and his core team have been based in the Star Abyss for two months. If it were just for the purpose of escaping, he would have had the 100,000 people of City Two flee before Silent City was drawn into the Star Abyss. The core members, including Senju Shun, also know that what Shinji Mochizuki is doing is a game of wrestling with the Dark Dimension and the Crimson World!
At the White City morgue, Lin Xian checked the time. There were only 5 minutes left before the tide receded. Based on the speed of the rockets, the dozens of rockets carrying the cryogenic capsules of the clones should either be destroyed or have already flown out of the Star Abyss. The people of the Crimson World should be carrying out recovery and confirmation work in the designated area.

Perhaps in just a few minutes, the order for the Great Purge will be transmitted to the White City Research Institute through a secret signal center. At that time, regardless of whether the order for the purge can completely alarm the Star Abyss Overlord, at least the uprising of the strange entities in White City will be inevitable.

Each cleansing operation takes only 12 hours or a day for the Crimson World Organization outside.

But for Lin Xian and the people of Silent City who are inside the Star Abyss, it will take 6 or 12 days, or even longer for the United Train located in the Dark Forest of the Bottomless Lake!

"Lin Xian."

In the morgue of Baicheng Hospital, Chen Sixuan walked up to Lin Xian and said, "Our train is so far away from here. If Baicheng Xingyuan goes out of control, the maglev leap plan will take at least 20-30 minutes. Do you think we have enough time?"

Lin Xian looked at her and said, "Are you worried that we won't be able to catch up with Shinji Mochizuki's plan to lure the enemy with the floating castle?"

Chen Sixuan's expression darkened slightly. She took a deep breath and voiced her concerns: "I just feel that if we're targeted by that kind of monster, we probably won't have many 'perfect' 'opportunities' left..."

"It's alright," Lin Xian comforted her. "As long as Silent City launches the superconducting levitation magnetic anchor array device, our train can get out of trouble. How we get away then will be up to us. Silent City can't help us."

Chen Sixuan was taken aback upon hearing this, but then she understood. Once Silent City took off, how could it possibly wait to travel with their train? However, according to the plan of Mochizuki Shinji and Lin Xian, Mochizuki Shinji was to wait for the joint train to land in White City before arranging the plan to lure the enemy with the hydrogen bomb in the floating city. But Silent City couldn't wait indefinitely. If it was threatened by the Star Abyss Overlord or some other S-class anomaly, Mochizuki Shinji couldn't just sit and wait to die. So whether they could seize this opportunity depended on Lin Xian and the others.

"Also, if it has to be done, I have some other options," Lin Xian said, seeing Chen Sixuan's concern.

"What method?" Chen Sixuan asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'll let you know when the time comes."

Lin Xian glanced at the handheld electromagnetic cannon on his shoulder out of the corner of his eye. This special weapon, named "Flash 1" by Shinji Mochizuki, was specifically designed for the Silver Bullet. Lin Xian thought to himself that if time was of the essence, he might be able to use this to quickly return to the train line and activate the Mugen.

"Lin," Qian Su Xun called out to Lin Xian.
At 21:04, the team members in the morgue were all keeping a close eye on the time. The massive purge device, which could explode at any moment, was like a time bomb hanging over everyone's heads. The atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense. Even Monica, the composed train queen, had a tense expression. This feeling of powerlessness, where life and death were not in her own hands, made her feel somewhat suffocated.

21:04:59
Time stopped again at 59 seconds!
59
59
21:05! The tide is out!
A ringing sound, like a vacuum opening, echoed in everyone's ears, and the once bustling hospital ruins and streets suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Xian.

Lin Xian immediately took a step forward: "Grace, move out!"

【clear】

rub!
The manufacturing gates opened one by one, and Grace, Dancer No. 1, along with an ACS robot and three heavy mechs rushed out. A few seconds later, the sounds of mechanical bombardment and combat came from outside, accompanied by the hissing of various bizarre creatures.

"Once the cleaning is complete, let's split up and get back to work," Lin Xian said, turning to Ning Jing and the others.

So the team immediately split into two groups. Ning Jing, Tian Yelan, and Long Zhijie headed directly to the designated coordinates of the sewage treatment plant. They needed to clean up the area in advance and remain hidden and on guard. Lin Xian went to the transport ship they had captured and, together with KIKI, took down two transport vehicles.

This armored personnel carrier wasn't equipped with any weapon systems, but Lin Xian didn't expect to use the vehicle's weapons for resistance; it was simply meant to be used to rush into the sewage treatment plant.

[Distance to target: 3 kilometers.]

Lin Xian and Qian Suxun's men boarded two transport vehicles, while Grace kept sending messages.

Meanwhile, they drove their transport truck toward the sewage treatment plant.

Huo Ge sat in the back row, concentrating and adjusting his state, looking like he was about to fight a big battle, while KIKI used the holographic system to help Lin Xian report information through the surveillance cameras deployed throughout Silent City.

"Lin Xian, go this way, turn left ahead. Ryunosuke and the others have cleared this area. We can drive directly into that unfinished building and then wait for Grace's situation."

"Lin, let's not be too far apart. Shiori can send two vehicles to support us from this distance," came Senju Shun's voice.

"Okay!" Lin Xian replied, and then drove into the darkness.

"Lin Xian, a large, eerie creature has been spotted in the old factory building southeast of the sewage treatment plant. You should detour via Heping Road." On a high-rise building, Chen Sixuan and Ning Jing stood in the wind, watching a huge black figure hundreds of meters away standing motionless in the corner of the building with its head down and its back to the street. It was quite eerie.

"There are floating creatures above the office building plaza on Yulong Street, at least Class B, in large numbers. Ryunosuke and I didn't directly take action, but we've already dealt with the others in other places." At a street corner, Amano Ran squatted on a high-voltage power tower, with Ryunosuke flying behind her.

"The robot team is about to enter."

On a shopping mall building some distance from the main entrance of the sewage treatment plant, Monica used her mecha's detection radar and her supernatural abilities to precisely observe Grace's movements. Her gaze fell upon the massive sewage treatment plant, where a strange, gigantic, floating statue revealed its dark silhouette, slowly rotating. Monica frowned, sensing a terrifying wave of darkness sweeping towards her. She immediately crouched down and said, "Adjust the angle, due south, counter-clockwise..."

Lin Xian was simultaneously monitoring his teammates in several directions and receiving messages from Grace. They drove into the dilapidated factory and stopped in the shadows beneath an unfinished building.

There was a low wall in front of us, which blocked the view of the sewage treatment plant.

Of course, in such a dark environment, there is little to no visibility, but just because Lin Xian cannot see it does not mean that they will not face the giant fish-lion statue in the dark sky.

[Target distance 1000 meters, activating tactical action mode.] At this moment, Grace's voice sounded in Lin Xian's earpiece.

Boom boom boom!
Just as Lin Xian stopped the car, a sharp alarm sounded in the distance, and at the same time, artillery fire roared, and Grace's invasion began!
Under the cover of night, the Baicheng sewage treatment plant was as quiet as an abandoned steel tomb. The rusted pipes gleamed a sickly dark red in the moonlight. Suddenly, several sounds of the ground trembling broke the silence. From the thick fog of the night, three heavy mechs suddenly rushed out and sped toward the gate of the sewage treatment plant.

When the sentry systems on the abandoned factory buildings detected an approaching danger, the entire factory suddenly groaned as if awakening from a mechanical slumber. The metal covers disguised as sludge drying beds were abruptly lifted, and twin-mounted electromagnetic pulse cannons rose up like black bone claws reaching out from hell. The blue-white arcs of electricity leaping from the muzzles exploded into a blinding white in the drone's view. At the main gate and on the rooftops, countless concealed automatic cannons flipped out and opened fire in an instant!
beep! ! !
Countless cannons fired wildly at the heavily armored mechs, and then a large number of red-glowing drones poured out of the ventilation ducts and swarmed toward the intruders.

Noisy!
An electromagnetic sonic boom erupted, the EMP defense system activated, and the communication signals between the surrounding streets and Lin Xian's several squads were instantly cut off. Even the car motors and engines stopped working. In front of the sewage treatment plant, all three heavy mechs activated their microwave plasma shields. At the same time, a thick alloy shield transformed in front of their mechanical arms. In an instant, countless metal storms exploded on the shield, sparks flying everywhere.

Under the barrage of fire, two of the three heavy mechs were destroyed in just a few seconds by the concentrated firepower and electromagnetic cannons, but this also gave the other side an opportunity!
In that instant, Grace, Dancer 1, and the ACS immediately launched a counterattack against the concealed defensive weapons, firing various pulse lasers and destroying one automatic cannon after another.

On a distant high-rise building, Chen Sixuan used long-range sniping to help the robot squad clear out those firing points, while Monica, Abai, and other long-range combat units also joined in.

Soon, a large number of machine guns, drone swarms, and electromagnetic cannons were quickly removed. Even the alarm devices were shattered by Chen Sixuan in the dark with a single shot. The battle situation changed in an instant. Grace and Dancer No. 1 were as agile as ghosts in the night. The metal skin on their bodies seemed to be even harder than the thick shield of Qian Suxun's heavy armor. They managed to rush into the factory area under a hail of bullets.

Under the cover of night, Grace and Dancer No. 1 danced like two ballet dancers in the darkness, amidst a raging storm of metal.

As the first electromagnetic cannon shot tore through the air with its tungsten steel projectile, her super-solid carbon condensed alloy toes had already left the ground. Her slender mechanical limbs stretched out, cutting into the gaps in the barrage like a drawn samurai sword. The exhaust plumes of the swarm missiles illuminated the two beautiful, streamlined armored bodies of the robots. The black paint now glowed with a faint blue light, like phosphorescent flames floating on the sea at night.

"Ballistics prediction complete."

Grace's quantum processor calculated the trajectories of all the incoming fire in 0.0003 seconds. Her right wrist popped out a high-frequency blade and elegantly slashed horizontally. Three approaching micro missiles silently split into six pieces and exploded into orange-red fireballs behind her.

Under cover of fire, the two Gemini Ballet dancers quickly entered the factory.

As the last heavy mech was destroyed, the secret research institute, which had been roaring with firepower, fell silent once again. However, the massive battle had alerted a large number of strange entities in the surrounding streets, causing them to riot. The giant creature that had been standing in the shadows with its head down suddenly appeared beneath the building where Chen Sixuan and Ning Jing were.

On Ryunosuke and Ran Amano's side, countless bizarre and twisted floating creatures surrounded them from above. On Monica's side, Qian Dele, who was sitting in the shadows, seemed to sense that some crawling creatures were rapidly approaching them from the mall's stairs...

An anomaly has erupted, and a marker has been generated!

At 21:22, communication was not restored, but Lin Xian and his group, hidden in the shadows, could already sense that large-scale battles had begun in several directions. Ryunosuke's inorganic matter-driven ability had already blown half the ground of the street into the air, and Abai's laser beams illuminated the sky!
"They started fighting."

"Zizi..."

A green light enveloped the two transport vehicles in the darkness, purifying a large amount of the dark invading power.

Lin Xian had just breathed a sigh of relief when he immediately felt a terrifying force, like an abyss, sweeping over him.

The ichthyosaur is spinning!

He suppressed the turmoil in his heart, staring intently at the time and at Grace's response.

1 minutes.

2 minutes.

3 minutes…

At 21:27, Grace's voice, along with the signals of other squads, suddenly lit up simultaneously.

[The base system overwrite has been successfully completed. All weapon systems are now under my control. Captain Lin, you may now enter the research institute at an opportune time.]

"Well done, Grace!" Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately prepared to move in with Qian Suxun to observe the angle of the ichthyosaur.

【You're welcome】

Grace's voice remained calm in the headphones.

You can always trust Grace.

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(End of this chapter)