Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 350 Here we go! (Bonus chapter for 120,000 words, please vote!)

Woo~
With a system shutdown sound, all the remaining defensive weapons in this mysterious laboratory went offline, the muzzles of the automatic cannons lowered, the electromagnetic cannons were de-energized and retracted, and swarms of drones fell like raindrops.

Meanwhile, on Lin Xian's side, his and Qian Suxun's holographic panels were transmitting back Grace's calculations of the crucial opportunity based on the real-time angle of the ichthyosaur.

Based on your location and distance, the optimal start time is after 23 seconds.

[At this time, it is still within the observation range of the left front of the colossus; please be cautious.]

Grace's voice came through the screen. Lin Xian and KIKI could clearly see the floating giant in the monitor slowly rotating. The area it swept across, the dark space and fog were twisting and deforming wildly. A thin layer of scarlet color appeared on houses, streets, power towers, signal lampposts and other decaying man-made objects. At the same time, fine frost began to condense, and the surfaces of those metal objects were trembling at a microscopic level!

In 15 seconds, the colossus began to sweep towards the unfinished factory area where Lin Xian and his group were located. Even though they were hundreds of meters apart and there was a wall between them, Lin Xian and the others instantly felt a deep, bone-chilling fear that seemed to ignore all obstacles and pierced through their bodies. A large amount of dark invading power continuously took away their body heat and mental rationality. Their heart rates began to accelerate, and their brainwaves erupted with an abnormal resistance spectrum.

10 seconds left

5 seconds left

Lin Xian gripped the steering wheel tightly, his eyes fixed on the screen. KIKI beside him had already raised her hands, her eyes surging with psychic energy.

3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second!
The time has come!

boom!
With a sudden push, KIKI tore apart the several-meter-high wall, leveling the lampposts and barbed wire along with it, clearing a path for Lin Xian. At the same time, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan started the transport vehicle, the high-energy motors unleashing torque, and the two vehicles sped out of the darkness, heading towards the gate of the sewage treatment plant!
In the southeast, north, and west, Chen Sixuan, Ning Jing, Xiao Qing, A Bai, Qian Dele, Monica, and Amano Ran were all fighting together. The area around the sewage treatment plant was constantly filled with fluctuations of supernatural power. The huge humanoid creature in the darkness could not see its face, but just by suddenly appearing in front of Chen Sixuan and the others, it brought a sense of horror.

Lin Xian accelerated to the extreme, rushing through the steel gate that had been shattered by the storm of bullets, smashing through various broken robots and barriers, and bursting into the office building.

As soon as they entered, a musty, rotten smell hit them. Under the car headlights, it was a completely dark factory and office building. Rain dripped down the rusty pipes, making hollow echoes on the concrete steps. Lin Xian and the other five people got out of the car. Although they had successfully avoided the giant statue's observation, they could all feel an extremely oppressive and eerie atmosphere above them. The density of darkness here was much greater than in other places.

With a whoosh, Shiori exerted her purification ability to help the group suppress the intense darkness encroaching from all around.

"This way!"

Lin Xian didn't waste any words and followed Grace's directions directly to the middle of the factory. What used to be a pile of decaying, collapsed control cabinets had now been split open, revealing a circular elevator. Grace stood in the middle of the elevator, her hands behind her back, and said to Lin Xian...

[I have taken over the research institute's system; no biological targets have been detected so far.]

"Red Human Ghost, clone, didn't you notice?"

Woo~
At this moment, the group stepped onto the elevator platform, which began to slowly descend.

This research institute is divided into multiple research areas and has several secret exits, connecting to the underground parking lot of Baicheng Commercial Street, Yuxiu Park, and Baicheng Rail Station. Currently, Dancer 1 and ACS are still scanning and exploring below.

Grace then looked at Qian Suxun: "The infiltration plan is complete. I will now return command of the ACS robots and assault mechs to you."

Qian Suxun smiled faintly: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Lin Xian nodded to him, giving a simple indication. Qian Suxun's three heavy mechs played a crucial role this time. If it weren't for these three mechs drawing fire, they really wouldn't have been able to break through such a dense line of fire. Faced with heavy machine guns, needle missiles, and electromagnetic cannons, Lin Xian and his armed power armors simply couldn't withstand them.

Qian Su Xun regained control of ACS, and upon receiving the transmitted information, his expression immediately changed.

"It's much bigger down there than we expected."

“We’re sending in one or two thousand clones each batch, it’s not a small number,” Lin Xian said. He then looked at Lu Xingchen, who was standing quietly to the side, and asked, “How’s it going?”

"Ah...it's alright."

Lu Xingchen nodded to him: "I've gotten used to being in the dark these past two days."

When the elevator descended to the bottom floor, the first thing that came into view was a huge hangar. At the very back was a medium-sized transport ship like the one they had encountered before. Apart from that, there were only some automated vehicles. Most of the space was empty. There were automated transport lines on the ground, which stretched all the way to the end of the hangar along the yellow danger signs.

As they reached the end of the hangar, the airlock slid open automatically under Grace's control, and the five men held their breath!
Corpse warehouse!

Hundreds of enormous, transparent culture chambers stretched from the ground to the ceiling, densely packed like oil tanks in a large factory. Each chamber contained hundreds or even thousands of corpses, men and women, mostly between 20 and 40 years old. They all wore the same Crimson World uniforms, and their brains were implanted with brain-computer interfaces, but they no longer had any memories. Large amounts of white mycelium spread and grew, like a spider web. Some chambers seemed to have been left for a long time, completely covered by mycelium, while others were empty, with shattered glass scattered on the ground, leaving dry brown trails. The few "specimens" closest to the door were liquefying, their skin melting like wax, revealing dark red muscle tissue underneath.

"These should be the clones that 'normally wore out' after being sent in..." Qian Suxun said calmly, "There must be another purpose for the Crimson World in preserving these corpses, otherwise there would be no need to store them separately."

The image was transmitted back to the center of the bunker, and Shinji Mochizuki's voice also came through.

"Corpses also have their uses. Those clone researchers who came in were themselves experimental subjects."

"Huh?" KIKI frowned upon hearing this: "Even if they are clones, they still have their own independent consciousness. They're not robots. Would they be so obedient and fanatical?"

Seeing these scenes, Shiori, who was in the middle, shrank her neck and walked forward without saying a word, occasionally using her purifying power to help the others, and dared not look at them for long.

“There will definitely be individuals who exhibit cowardice, but the Crimson World must have corresponding solutions to deal with this situation,” Qian Su Xun said.

"For example, the memories they import must be the latest version and the most fanatical stage of people who have been over-brainwashed, in order to reduce the chances of rebellion and cowardice in creating clones. This is similar to genetic screening. They can just take the consciousness versions of the most fanatical and determined researchers in the organization and clone them. They can also classify and sequence them. Once a clone of a person has a high chance of rebellion, the original person will definitely be implicated. For them, managing these is as simple as managing a program."

KIKI shook her head: "It's hard to imagine. If my consciousness becomes a program that can be mass-produced, would I still be myself? Would a digital life still be a life?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Suxun looked at her with great interest, as if he wanted to say something.

At this moment, Shinji Mochizuki's leisurely voice came: "The programmability of digital life and the exploration of programming human DNA are essentially the same. What's the difference between reducing errors and reducing genetic diseases, replicating excellent thought processes and replicating excellent scientists, athletes, and artists? Therefore, philosophical discussions about the essence of life are meaningless. It's just that human civilization has not yet developed to that stage. The social model of advanced civilizations will definitely become simpler and simpler. The increase of disordered entropy is the beginning of destruction. Of course... now is not the time to talk about this issue."

"I just checked with ACS and the transport ship is up and running. You can use it to evacuate afterward," Shinji Mochizuki said, getting back to the main point.

Lin Xian remained silent. He knew that the people of Silent City were also staunch supporters of digital life, but the issue KIKI had just raised was one of the reasons why Shinji Mochizuki's digital life project was halted before the end of the world—it was a question about the ethical nature of life.

However, he didn't have time to discuss these things with Shinji Mochizuki right now. The group quickly continued walking forward. A large door opened, and Dancer 1 stood in the center, waiting for Grace and Lin Xian's group. Immediately, the two robots cleared the way and scouted ahead for Lin Xian and his group.

Qian Suxun was right. Below this sewage treatment plant were automated research institute programs. There were almost no living areas here. Each laboratory had an automatic transmission channel that delivered a fixed amount of energy blocks and water. The laboratories were completely enclosed, and the personnel inside communicated through holographic communication. There was no private space or individual activity paths. Each experimental area was isolated and separated. There was an eerie sense of cleanliness here, like a prison filled with experimental instruments.

“The difference between a distributed lab and my automated lab is that it’s staffed and unmanned; they shield you from any communication outside of work.”

In the bunker's main control room, Mochizuki Makoto watched the transmitted images and analyzed, "If we don't consider it from a humanitarian perspective, to some extent, they have initially constructed a social production model of an intermediate civilization..."

“If they don’t treat the other survivors as sustenance for cloning,” Lin Xian replied coldly.

"Ironically, their technological progress is indeed faster than ours," Qian Suxun sighed.

Lin Xian paused for a moment, not continuing the discussion, but instead released 25 Thunder Falcon drones: "Grace, take control of the drones and conduct a full search."

【clear】

Wow~
Under Grace's powerful computing control, 25 Thunder Falcon drones instantly flew out at high speed in all directions. At the same time, the 25 images transmitted back were processed by Grace's quantum computer and integrated into concise information for Lin Xian.

This is something Lin Xian cannot do right now. If he really wants to build 100 or 1000 drones, he can only do so with Grace as his assistant. Therefore, for Lin Xian, Grace will definitely become an important tool for his mechanical abilities, and he needs to pay more attention to her.

“Brother Lin,” Lu Xingchen said at this moment, “If there’s no other way, why don’t we just destroy this place? If the power is cut off, the cleaning orders outside will be issued immediately…”

"No."

Before he could finish speaking, KIKI interrupted him, saying, "We don't know what that cleaning device is. What if it's a standalone device that only requires a remote control signal to activate?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingchen shut his mouth again.

At this moment, the group walked to a place that resembled a central hall. It was brightly lit and eerily quiet. In the holographic display, dozens of drones appeared before Lin Xian's eyes through the scans calculated by Grace. Below this research institute, apart from the transport hangar and the body pod, there were hundreds of various classification laboratories. But strangely, the huge underground base did not have a program control room, which made Lin Xian feel somewhat puzzled.

"Grace, where is the system integration controller?"

Each classification test zone has a separate main control room, but the control units do not have a central control room or similar integration center.

“Strange…” Qian Suxun said, “The Crimson World needs to manage the entire laboratory. It’s impossible to have a separate control unit for each area. Logically, it doesn’t work, unless they also have a Crimson 3-like intelligent robot here to manage the entire system.”

"Xun is right, but there is another possibility."

Shinji Mochizuki then said, "Special research facilities like this, in order to prevent invasion by external enemies or to obtain critical backup data, might set up a stealth system independent of all other systems. This system would disconnect from the base and exercise one-way control after being threatened, commonly known as..."

"Secret room."

Qian Suxun nodded upon hearing this: "It seems very likely that's the case, but this place is too big."

After saying that, he looked at Grace: "Crimson 3, can you find any relevant clues from the consciousness information just now?"

I have already searched and found no such setting.

“Those clones only understand their own field of work. Apart from the Dark Corrosion Cell, their research data is limited. After all, they are just one of thousands of researchers.” Lin Xian looked back at the laboratory, which was like a cage with countless passages in all directions, and frowned. “This kind of information is definitely irrelevant to these clones.”

"What should we do?" KIKI looked at the time. Twenty-five minutes had passed since the tide receded, while Chen Sixuan and Ning Jing were still fighting the strange entity outside. Their time was running out.

Lin Xian's eyes sharpened, and he immediately stepped forward, speaking in a deep voice.

"Then we'll have to use the most basic method."

After saying that, he stood directly in the middle of the central hall, with his hands down, and the Mechanical Heart was at maximum power, starting the mechanical scan!
Although this was extremely energy-consuming for Lin Xian, he now possessed remote scanning capabilities. As his domain rapidly expanded, a vast amount of circuitry and architectural structures throughout the base began to rapidly construct and generate in all directions, centered on him, like a hologram.

Pipes, wiring, guide rails, ventilation openings, data connections, information desks, experimental instruments, lighting, along with the ground steel structure, elevators, corridors...

The appearance of the Crimson World, this underground secret base, began to unfold in Lin Xian's mind from every angle.

This rapid expansion caused Lin Xian's energy consumption to skyrocket, and cold sweat poured down his body. But there was no other way at this point, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

But as his energy was depleted, the terrifying power of the encroaching darkness began to gradually take over his reason. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and even the bright light had dimmed. The bodies of the members of the squad next to him were constantly twisting, and countless terrifying and desperate scenes were attacking him wildly.

At this moment, a strong energy suddenly surged into his body, instantly dispelling most of the fear and making Lin Xian feel a sense of warmth, and even his mind began to clear.

Shiori!

Upon noticing Lin Xian's change, the girl immediately took action, concentrating all her purification abilities on Lin Xian to help him perform a mechanical scan.

With this power, Lin Xian felt as if he had been recharged by the energy transformed by the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube. Instantly, the expansion of the mechanical scan began to accelerate, and at this moment, he finally discovered a special area.

This area is located at the very bottom of this multi-story secret research institute. Countless cables connect to a sturdy bunker of about 200 square meters, but these cables are not powered. In one of the laboratories there, a hidden elevator goes straight down.

"found it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xian immediately withdrew the mechanical scanner and led a group of people to the lowest level of the testing area by elevator. They then arrived at a laboratory marked A1 and had Grace open the automatic door.

At that moment, Lin Xian rushed in, his mechanical powers quietly activating a hidden switch. Instantly, the metal wall slowly opened, revealing a small elevator.

The elevator looked very small, and it was quite crowded even for a few people to stand in. Just to be on the safe side, Lin Xian let the Grace Twins go down first, and after they took over the system in the main control room, they went down.

Sure enough, after Grace finished taking over, Lin Xian and the others took the small elevator down and found that the place below was a main control room filled with a large number of control cabinets. However, something even stranger happened: in this main control room full of various cables and cabinets, they actually found a living area.

The living area was right in the center of the main control room. It was a circular area enclosed by a glass curtain wall. Inside, besides a number of monitoring computers, there was a bed, a simple bathroom, and many food supplies displayed on the cabinets around the room. There was even a TV next to the bed playing an old movie. The tables and floors were dirty and messy, with leftover food wrappers and empty cans scattered everywhere. It looked very slovenly and disheveled. On the bed, there was even a life-size, fair-skinned mechanical silicone doll with its erect penis pointing straight up to the ceiling. It was obvious at a glance that the person living here was a man.

"There's someone here!"

"Grace," Lin Xian said immediately.
Instantly, the group scattered, and the mech's system scanned them but found nothing.

Qian Suxun walked to the television, reached out and touched the still-warm instant noodle bowl, and said in a stern voice, "This guy is right here. He should have noticed us when we stormed the upper level, so he cut off the system connection between the main control room and the upper laboratory."

KIKI scanned the surroundings, but the power armor's radar system still couldn't see anything. Shiori also tried to use her special ability to search, but Senju Shun interrupted her: "Shiori, this is a person, don't waste your special ability."

"Strange, this place isn't big, how could a living person just disappear? Could it be some kind of invisible superhuman?" Fire Brother didn't believe it, so he went outside and swept a few thin streaks of fire towards the shadowy corners of the server racks.

Seeing his actions, KIKI couldn't help but remind him, "Hey, be careful, if it gets burned out we really won't be able to find the cleaning device."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a scream suddenly rang out from the shadow of a server rack in front of Lu Xingchen. In an instant, Lin Xian and the others rushed over and saw a dark figure engulfed in flames tumbling and crawling out of the shadows. Strangely, even though the person was right in front of them, Lin Xian's power armor radar system still could not detect the person's presence.

"What kind of monster is this!" Lu Xingchen spoke first, not expecting that his fire would actually pull a 'person' out of the darkness.

KIKI immediately used her telekinesis to subdue the person. Just as she grabbed him, she heard him begging for mercy.
"No...don't kill me, don't kill me! I'm useful, I have intelligence!!!"

"KIKI." Lin Xian felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, so he called out to KIKI. KIKI pulled him out of the shadows. At this moment, the lights on the power armor of the group shone on him, and they realized that he was a fat man who looked to be in his thirties. He was wearing a mechanical collar around his neck and casual clothes, and was obviously not a combat personnel.

But the moment Lin Xian and KIKI saw this guy's face, both of them froze, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.
"It's you!"

"Huh??? You know me??" The fat man was terrified. Seeing these people in power armor, he suddenly felt like he was about to die.

Lin shone his flashlight on the fat man's face, simultaneously activating his power armor mask, and said with a look of surprise and doubt.

"You're really lucky to be alive."

The fat man was momentarily blinded by the flashlight's bright beam, and it took him a long time to adjust. When his pupils focused and he saw Lin Xian's face clearly, he was immediately stunned, and his face turned pale.

"It was you guys!

The person in front of me is none other than Zhou Lei, the fat guy who betrayed Qian Yu in Beiwan and then stole Lu Xingchen's RV in Yubei!

"Didn't you steal Brother Huo's RV and run away? How come you're still alive without going up the high-altitude walkway?" KIKI recognized him too, and then she realized and said, "Even the radar couldn't detect you, so you're a superhuman."

Lin Xian was also extremely surprised at this moment. He never expected to see this guy in the underground control room of the Crimson World!

This Zhou Lei, in Beiwan Town, allied with Qian Yu of the Black Dragon Caravan, Lin Xian, and Da Lou Shasha, preparing to break out of the Beiwan fog. Later, this guy secretly colluded with Tang Hai and Feng Yuming to betray them in the middle of the night, killing Qian Yu and stealing half of his heavy armored caravan before escaping. As a result, before his power could expand, he was wiped out by the Black Crow Four. Relying on his silver tongue, he managed to survive in the ruthless four and even became a small leader. However, the Black Crow Four was completely overwhelmed by Lin Xian and Shu Qin's caravan in Yubei City. At the critical moment, this guy stole Lu Xingchen's doomsday RV and ran away, which is why Brother Huo joined Infinite.

Logically speaking, only the tens of thousands of people who rushed to the high-altitude corridor survived that night in the entire Yubei City. Lin Xian really couldn't figure out how this guy survived in Yubei City, where there was a strange tide, a nuclear explosion, and corpse drivers.
"Huh? What?"

Upon hearing KIKI's words, Lu Xingchen, who was standing to the side, was taken aback. How could he be involved in this?
So his gaze fixed on the fat man's face, which was both extremely unfamiliar and strangely familiar.

Suddenly, his expression changed, he took a deep breath, and cursed angrily.

"You villain!!!"

Lu Xingchen realized that this guy was actually the culprit who stole his precious car, leaving him without clothes to wear. The thought made Lu Xingchen feel like he was about to vomit blood, and he immediately prepared to explode, shouting, "Heaven has eyes, fate is a wheel, today I swear I will punish you..."

"Brother Huo!" Just as Lu Xingchen was about to lose his temper, Lin Xian immediately called out to him.

Senju Shun and Shiori, who were standing nearby, were also quite curious about what was happening.

"Shinji, you didn't expect there to be a living person here, did you? Heh, looks like he's an 'old friend' of Rin and the others..."

"Not really an old friend..."

Lin Xian wasted no time. He looked at Zhou Lei and said coldly.

"I'll give you two minutes. If your intelligence is useless, I'll make sure you die a complete death."

"I'll talk, I'll talk!" Zhou Lei was both shocked and terrified. Seeing that the other person was Lin Xian, he inwardly groaned. How could he run into this guy everywhere? With anyone else, he might have been able to negotiate, but this man had witnessed his repeated betrayals and knew his true intentions. Zhou Lei had to suppress his last shred of hope. After thinking for a moment, he swallowed hard and said...
"Captain Lin, I'll tell you everything I know, please spare my life?!"

"1 minute and 58 seconds." Lin Xian looked at the time, his voice cold. He had no intention of haggling with this guy.

Zhou Lei's expression changed drastically, and he quickly said...

"The higher-ups in the Crimson World and Dawn City are colluding. They've created something that's expanding Star Abyss No. 5!"

After saying that, seeing that Lin Xian's expression remained unchanged, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and continued...
"They're researching the evolution and cloning of superhumans here, but this path is wrong. Superhumans can't be cloned at all. However, they've created something that can be implanted to control zombies and humanoid creatures. They're even planning to try it on supernatural beings—B-grade, A-grade, giant beings..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately raised his finger, aimed the mechanical energy cannon at Zhou Lei's forehead, and prepared to charge it up.

Woo~
A cold, metallic crackling sound rang out.

Lin Xian's actions caused Zhou Lei's pupils to dilate, and he quickly shouted...

"And there's more..." he said, frantically trying to break free from KIKI's telekinesis, but found he couldn't move. He could only gesture with his eyes to a blue-glowing device in the center of the main control room not far away, and said with dry lips, "There is the latest data summary of this research institute there. It is a complete backup of the latest progress of all 930 laboratories here."

"Wow~"

Qian Suxun looked disdainful and said, "You mean the Crimson World left all its research results here, and you, a talent, are responsible for guarding them, right?"

"No no no!!"

Zhou Lei quickly explained, "These assembly data are verified and recorded with the outside every 12 hours, otherwise they will be automatically destroyed... because... because the researchers who send them in are unaware of the latest research progress, and they need to update the records here. This is to prevent leaks, and also because only specific 'people' can leave each time. They need to conduct internal and external information reviews, and my main responsibility is to stay here, monitor all batches of clones and external verification..."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this: "How do you know all this, and why are you here?"

“Yeah, most of the people sent here don’t survive. This place is all automated. How come you’ve survived for so long?” KIKI questioned directly.

“I… I just said that the researchers they sent in were all unaware of the research progress… All the information here, including their location and the content of the experiments, must be unknown to them. After they come in, they need to be assessed based on their survival and psychological screening before they can be connected to the latest research progress and start working. I am here because they need someone like this to supervise and isolate the clones, and also to… ensure that the system is not hacked.”

Zhou Lei, expressionless, rattled off a long string of words. Lin Xian and the others realized that Zhou Lei was a "double insurance" system placed here by the Crimson World. He was also the "circuit learning" target of the base's AI, ensuring that if the system was invaded from the outside or encountered some kind of supernatural interference, there would be a living person who could forcibly disconnect the important main control center below to protect the data security. Even if he died, the stored data would be automatically destroyed after 12 hours, leaving the Crimson World with no worries.

In addition, he had an important task: to monitor the replicants. Although they controlled the brains through memory and mycelium, the technology in the Crimson World was not mature enough. The original consciousness would often interfere, or the researchers' consciousness would spontaneously resist, rebel, be cowardly, or deceive. But what these awakened replicants did not know was that there was a living person monitoring them!

After Zhou Lei finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xian and the others, and said with some struggle on his face.

“I know you won’t believe it, and not only you won’t believe it, but the Crimson World would never believe someone like me either. But the reason I was chosen is because… I am a person of divine revelation.”

"You joined Divine Revelation?" Lin Xian asked.

"I didn't want to join!" Zhou Lei said with a miserable expression, "After that encounter with you guys in Yubei City, I turned around and ran into a huge sky jellyfish. I almost died, but the jellyfish was burned to death. I survived and drove out of the city, hiding in a supermarket warehouse on the outskirts. Later, there was a night of fighting in Yubei City, and a huge explosion happened. The warehouse collapsed, and then... then I found a candle..."

"Then, out of nowhere, I was found by a group of people called Divine Revelation. These people were a bit sinister. It turned out that they discovered that the candle was a forbidden object. As long as the candle was lit, I could hide in the shadows and not be discovered, not even by the strange entities. But as soon as the candle burned out, I would die... Later, they asked me if I wanted to live, and I said yes... Then, I was sent here..."

Lin Xian was both surprised and amazed: "So if that candle burns for a month, you can survive in here for 12 months?"

Zhou Lei nodded.

What kind of candle can burn for a month?

Zhou Lei: ...

"Nonsense, Brother Lin, let me burn his candle ahead of time!" Brother Huo said bluntly.

"I...I really didn't lie to you!!!" Zhou Lei immediately begged for mercy upon hearing this, "The people from Divine Revelation told me that I would die if I left Star Abyss because my life is in their hands. In addition, they coveted the special effects that this forbidden object brought me, so the Crimson World arranged for me to be here. In fact, I know that I am just a pawn of the Crimson World and Divine Revelation. Otherwise, how could I have survived here for so long...Captain Lin, you agree, right???!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Suxun narrowed his eyes: "That does explain why the radar can't find him, and why he's been able to survive in this Star Abyss for so long. Is he a forbidden object? Heh."

Zhou Lei's words sounded somewhat strange, but the logic made sense. Moreover, in Lin Xian's view, there was no point in him lying about this issue, because Lin Xian was no longer concerned about the conspiracy of the Crimson World and Dawn City, the research data, or why Zhou Lei was here. He was only concerned about the upcoming purge plan. Otherwise, all the intelligence secrets and research data would be meaningless.

So Lin Xian said directly, "Since your job is so important, you must know where the cleaning device in the Crimson World is, right?"

"Cleaning device? What cleaning device?" Zhou Lei looked confused upon hearing this.

"Trigger a riot by the strange entities and wipe out the entire city," Lin Xian said quickly. "You're not telling me you didn't know that, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lei immediately realized what was going on. He looked at Qian Su Xun and Shi Zhi next to Lin Xian and hurriedly said, "They're from Silent City, right? Didn't you come here to steal the research data?"

"Don't change the subject."

Zhou Lei immediately panicked: "I didn't change the subject! There's no cleaning device here at all. The purpose of the monster's riot wasn't because of you. We... oops, the Crimson World has indeed been eyeing the people of Silent City for a long time, but that's not its main objective!!"

As soon as Zhou Lei spoke, Lin Xian and the others' expressions changed slightly, and even Shinji Mochizuki, who was standing in the main control room of the West Mountain Bunker, narrowed his eyes.

Zhou Lei glanced at the clock in the control room and hurriedly said, "Actually, I don't know much either, but the spatial disturbances that have erupted here several times weren't aimed at you. It's because the Crimson World is using some kind of weird device or forbidden object to expand the Star Abyss, frantically filling the gaps with human lives. A lot of people have died. Every time that device is activated, all the strange entities in the entire Star Abyss No. 5 will riot. Didn't it happen the day before yesterday? They fought all night from here to the swampy shore of Buto Lake to the west. Didn't you feel it?"

Lin Xian gasped, "What did you say?!"

Lake Buto, isn't that where the United Train's current front line is located? He immediately turned around and exchanged glances with Senju Shun and KIKI, and they all seemed to understand something.

The so-called cleansing plan sounds like the internal turmoil in the Star Abyss caused by the Crimson World using the Merlion statue to induce an abnormal expansion of the Star Abyss!

Qian Su Xun frowned and spoke into the communicator.
"Shinji, the situation is more complicated than we thought."

"Oh, I know what you want!!" Zhou Lei saw the expressions on Lin Xian's face and immediately realized what was going on. He quickly said, "Every time we need to carry out this kind of expansion, I receive an order in advance to enter silence and disconnect the main control room from the upper research institute. So if I receive the order, you will be safe here as long as you don't have the dark marker."

Lin Xian took a deep breath, his face turning completely grim. Given the current situation, they had no way of stopping the Xingyuan uprising.

It seems that Zhou Lei was unaware that the research in the Crimson World had triggered Creature 01, nor that the instruction he received this time might be the last one.

Lin Xian checked the time; 40 minutes had passed, and they only had 20 minutes left.

“Xun, Lin”.

Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through: "Quickly check the assembly backup information; the complete content must be here."

Lin Xian and Qian Suxun exchanged a glance and immediately prepared to take action.
“Code,” Lin Xian said to Zhou Lei, pointing to the blue data cabinet.

A hint of panic flashed in Zhou Lei's eyes: "Captain Lin, you won't kill me if I tell you, will you?"

"Your life hangs by a thread, you live here every day, are you still afraid of dying?" Lin Xian retorted.

Zhou Lei's eyes dimmed, understanding the implication in Lin Xian's words. He seemed deflated, and whispered, "Verification code 5A6H0, Captain Lin, after you succeed, can you let me live a few more days in this godforsaken place?" As he spoke, tears streamed down his face, and he began to wail, "This damn apocalypse has tormented me beyond recognition, but I really want to live a few more days... Waaah..."

Over here, Lin Xian and Qian Suxun ignored his wailing and successfully retrieved the assembly backup. Immediately, the ACS robot and Grace linked up again to begin extracting useful information.

[Forbidden Item SIID-04: The Merlion]

[Location of discovery: Singapore]

[External features: Three colossal sculptures, each 16 meters tall, with lion faces and fish tails, and the statues' eyes emitting a fearful red glow]

[Assessment Feature 1: Direct visual observation will cause a large influx of fear energy, which will instantly teleport to the observer's location.]

[Assessment Characteristic Two: By removing it from the Star Abyss and Polar Night regions, a "black edge" phenomenon will be triggered at the edge of the Star Abyss, causing abnormal expansion of the Star Abyss. Simultaneously, the anchor point of entities within this region will be shifted. This phenomenon will only occur after the Star Abyss has stabilized.]

[Containment Conditions: Observer is dead; no containment conditions have been found.]

Grace quickly extracted information about forbidden objects from the divinely revealed records.

At the same time, Shinji Mochizuki also retrieved an important piece of information.

"Lin, it seems this isn't the first time they've expanded like this. The bad news is that the Crimson World's next expansion area is Luling."

"Luling?" KIKI looked at Lin Xian in surprise and said, "East of there?!"

If the anomaly started from the direction of Luling, wouldn't they be walking right into the line of fire by escaping Xingyuan eastward via orbit?

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian's expression changed drastically, and he immediately felt an urge to curse.

At this moment, not only Lin Xian, but also Ning Jing, Qian Dele, Chen Sixuan and others who were fighting desperately outside the sewage treatment plant in the channel all took a deep breath, and an aura of despair rushed in!

"I don't understand..." Brother Huo looked at Zhou Lei with unwavering anger and said, "You villain, you say that the Crimson World and Dawn City are conspiring together. If this is accelerating the expansion of Star Abyss, isn't Dawn City just courting death?!"

"I...I...I don't know!" Zhou Lei cried out in despair, "There are hardly any normal people in this Crimson World and Divine Revelation. You know that if you've dealt with them, you know they're a bunch of evil things!"

"Lin." Qian Suxun also sensed that the group was somewhat disorganized. He looked at Lin Xian and said, "There's not enough time. Let them go down here to hide from the strange entity first. When the tide comes in, they won't have a chance to get rid of the Dark Mark."

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this and immediately called out to his teammates outside.

“I’ll have Grace come out to cover you. Everyone, get back down first.”

The current situation is not about the purge order; they can only wait for the Star Abyss uprising to occur.

Soon, with the help of Grace and Dancer No. 1, Chen Sixuan and the others finally escaped safely and arrived at the underground control room of this crimson world.

"Given this situation, even if we fly to White City via maglev, it won't make a difference. We're surrounded by enemies, and there's even a Star Abyss Overlord in the sky?!" Qian Dele wasn't wearing power armor; he was covered in dust and the blood of some unknown, strange entity.

Monica was also extremely exhausted, but with Shiori's help, she calmed down a bit and said her thoughts: "Perhaps we can avoid this riot and find another opportunity to leave?"

“That’s right, the people of Silent City have been hiding in the West Mountain bunker for so long and they’ve been doing fine, haven’t they?” Chen Sixuan said. “As long as we don’t have any markings, we don’t have to worry about being targeted.”

Ning Jing nodded: "I think so too."

Lin Xian then looked at Qian Suxun: "The problem now is not just about our joint train and the West Mountain bunker, right?"

"What do you mean?"

Chen Sixuan and the others followed the gaze and looked at Qian Suxun, and found that Qian Suxun, Tianye Lan and the others all had a gloomy expression.

At that moment, Shinji Mochizuki's voice came through the communicator.

"You're right, Lin, the original plan is no longer feasible."

Shinji Mochizuki stood in the control room, watching the solution information that Grace kept sending back. His tone was noticeably heavier than before.

The reason is not hard to guess, because he had already told Lin Xian about it.

Silent City No. 2 is currently in the Luling Forest!
Lin Xian's mind was a mess at this moment, his eyes flickering. He glanced indifferently at Zhou Lei, who was tied up in the corner, and then spoke to Shinji Mochizuki.
"Tell me your plan."

“I do have a new plan.” Shinji Mochizuki’s voice rang out: “Lin, your hovering leap plan remains unchanged. Once you reach Wangshan Pass, in addition to the plan to lure the enemy, I will release one of the four floating cities to you, enough for several thousand of you to escape. Of course, the premise is that there is enough time.”

Lin Xian's heart sank upon hearing this. He looked up at Qian Suxun and the others and asked, "You're not planning to evacuate, are you?"

"It seems so."

Senju Shun smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about life and death. After hearing Mochizuki Shinji's plan, the others immediately understood.

"If City Two gets involved, we will definitely go to save our residents."

Amano Ran clenched her fists and said with a fierce expression, "That's right. Since that's the case, there's no point in us retreating. We might as well rush into the depths of the Star Abyss. With our strength, we might be able to save quite a few people."

Ryunosuke remained silent, silently expressing his stance. Shiori, who was purifying Ning Jing and the others, immediately rushed to stand next to Senju Shun, her small face beneath the power armor mask tense yet resolute.

Upon hearing this, an extremely heavy and solemn atmosphere suddenly arose, and Ning Jing, Chen Sixuan, Qian Dele and the others looked at Qian Suxun and the others with disbelief.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a sharp turn, and the original evacuation plan suddenly changed.

As for Lin Xian, Shinji Mochizuki did indeed give him a plan that would allow everyone to evacuate successfully: a floating city, where the entire Union Train team might be able to survive.

Seeing the decision of Senju Shun and the others, one could instantly feel the almost fateful influence of Mochizuki Shinji. What kind of person could make a group of people like Senju Shun choose to die for him without hesitation? And the plan that Mochizuki Shinji proposed to Lin Xian under such circumstances also infected him with a sense of heroism!
22:00, 5 minutes left until the tide.

"Lin Xian..." Chen Sixuan's voice came. She looked at Lin Xian, wanting to say something, but didn't.

Lin Xian knew she wanted to ask about Shinji Mochizuki's plan. It was indeed a good plan to survive: abandon all the trains, enter the small floating city, and escape from the Silent City's plan to lure the enemy. Their several thousand people, plus Hu Lushou's several hundred, would have a great chance of leaving.

"Lin." Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian solemnly and said, "Let's go with this plan. After this tide ends, it will be the last chance. You need to complete the train leap and transfer personnel to the floating city within one hour. We also need to activate Silent City to prepare for the enemy."

Tied up in the corner, Zhou Lei listened to their conversation, his eyes widening in shock. His keen senses immediately told him that a major upheaval was about to occur in Star Abyss No. 5. This time, survival might not be so easy. With the control room down, he was no longer of value to the Crimson World. Perhaps the people of the Crimson World and the Holy Revelation would simply extinguish his candle. Thinking this, his eyes darted around as he pondered how to survive…

All eyes were on Lin Xian, and the atmosphere in the control room was heavy.

Lin Xian lowered his head, his mind filled with chaotic thoughts.

Aksai, Star Abyss, Time Dilation, Cleansing Project, Merlion Colossus, Anomalous Expansion, Star Abyss Beast, Flesh and Blood Armor...

Countless enormous troubles weighed on his chest in this short period of time, making it hard to breathe.

At this moment, Lin Xian slowly looked at Grace, his eyes narrowing. He gathered all his thoughts and then slowly raised his eyebrows.

Suddenly, he broke the silence and whispered to Shinji Mochizuki.
"Shinji Mochizuki, I appreciate your kindness, but I've suddenly come up with a plan that might interest you. Would you like to hear about it?"

"Oh?" Shinji Mochizuki, who was alone in the control room, smiled in confusion upon hearing this.

"Is this yet another daring and risky plan?"

"Correct."

"Even bolder than your maglev leap project?"

"It's a hundred times crazier than that, and it might even save all 100,000 people in your Silent City No. 2!"

Before Shinji Mochizuki could reply, Shun Senju suddenly lost his composure, looking at Lin Xian with astonishment. Ran Amano, standing beside him, exclaimed in surprise, "What did you say?!"

Shinji Mochizuki's smile froze slightly, and he asked in a serious tone.

"Where do you need my Silent City to fly to?"

Lin Xian's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Here!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)