Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 356 Mechanical Army
Outside Shinji Mochizuki's private residence, rows of mechanical maids continuously served various exquisitely prepared foods, while inside the hall, the atmosphere was quiet.

Everyone looked at Lin Xian with surprise. Even Chen Sixuan seemed puzzled. KIKI, standing beside him, frowned and stared at him for a long while before saying...

"Oh my god, Lin Xian, you actually came up with this idea? That's amazing! You're getting bolder and bolder. Hehe, I'm the first to agree!" KIKI raised her hand, her face full of excited support.

The others had strange expressions, and Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian.

"Lin, do you mean you want to compete for the Southern Heavenly Gate or the Moon Gazing Planetary Ring?"

"Oh, don't misunderstand."

Lin Xian smiled slowly, and everyone was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he took a bite of food and continued, "But it sounds like it's worth a try, doesn't it?"

other people:……

"So you're going to compete with Dawn City and the Phoenix Society for it?" Qian Dele asked, looking surprised.
Lin Xian shook his head and said with a smile, "Actually, I'm just very curious about that giant celestial curtain. What kind of thing is it that can cover the entire globe? Also, are Dawn City and the Phoenix Society absolutely certain that the Southern Heavenly Gate and the Moon Gazing Planetary Ring still exist?"

Shinji Mochizuki smiled with narrowed eyes, his sleeves tucked in as he swept his gaze across the crowd: "That's why Silent City only plans to complete the modification and upgrade of the starship system, without making any other meaningless speculations."

Monica glanced at Shinji Mochizuki. The others could tell that Silent City, compared to Dawn City and the Phoenix Order, was more like an independent hunting organization. Although Shinji Mochizuki maintained cooperation with the Phoenix Order, his main goal was to improve his own strength. Therefore, he was considering how Silent City could remain unscathed in the worst-case scenario where the whole world was destroyed.

"So, you're saying that Silent City only goes as far as Yongcheng Port, and won't continue north to join the Dawn Center, nor are you planning to go to the Arctic?" Shi Diyuan asked.

Shinji Mochizuki nodded slowly, then said...

"That's right, so if you're heading to the Dawn Center, you can detour via Jinhai to minimize unnecessary trouble. Also, regarding your train..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xian: "Although you completed a beautiful train leap using the superconducting magnetic levitation array, this kind of overload maneuver will definitely cause great structural damage to the train. Lin, if you don't consider joining Silent City, you will definitely need to upgrade the train or change the vehicle, right? Also, given this situation, your concerns about the track will be even greater, right?"

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this. Shinji Mochizuki was right. Although the maglev jump was successful, it caused considerable damage to the train. Moreover, most of this damage came from the overall structure of the train, the drive chassis, and metal fatigue caused by the deformation of the body. Even if Lin Xian could repair some of the surface damage, the Mugen was, after all, a train made up of various types of freight and passenger cars. Apart from the research cars 3 and 4, the other cars were not brand new. After experiencing a series of severe blows and two large-scale spatial transfers, the hidden dangers were increasing.

If even the Infinite was like this, the other vehicles in the joint fleet were in even worse condition. Their bodies were cracked, deformed, their track wheels were torn off, their main structures were twisted, and so on. Optimistically, they all managed to get out of the maglev tunnel without being torn apart or falling from the sky during the spatial transfer. Most of the people survived, but the condition of the train was much worse. If it weren't for the alliance with Silent City, even if they had successfully transferred out of the space, they would still be trapped in the deep forests of Luling Forest, with no way out.

Another point is the potential dangers of the tracks. Lin Xian feels that it's time to address them. Otherwise, the more people in his team there are, the greater the predicament will become. Before, when there were fewer people and only a few carriages, KIKI could use her telekinesis to lift them, but now that's impossible.

Upon hearing this, Shi Diyuan and Ning Jing both looked somewhat serious. This was also a thorny issue for Longshan No. 1. On the other hand, Qian Dele and Monica were not too nervous.

Monica's train, with its all-terrain capability and integrated construction, performed the best during the maglev jump, with even the armor remaining intact. It seems the high price is justified. Qian Dele, on the other hand, had no such worries. For him, trains or cars were both fine. He was currently enjoying the comfort of not having to drive himself, so he was the only one here who was truly interested in joining Silent City. However, after hearing about Silent City's next arrangements, he seemed to immediately abandon the idea.

“Yes, I was thinking about how to make the train fly, but there’s a giant sky curtain in the sky, so it’s safer to stay on the ground. Does that mean I only have one option left?” Lin Xian said.

In addition to the main city and the second city, Silent City also has four small, circular floating cities, which serve not only as residences but also as the main city's launch engines and strategic extension platforms.

Shinji Mochizuki had previously planned to give one to Lin Xian, but now Lin Xian thinks it's pointless. Even Silent City doesn't dare to take off easily. Other flying vehicles are less secure on the ground than on the air, since they can still travel on the ground, but in the air, all that's left is crashing.

"All terrain?" Qian Suxun smiled at him. "We can modify it for you. It's not difficult for Silent City."

"Do not."

Lin Xian looked at Qian Su Xun and Mochizuki Shinji with a serious expression and said, "Do you think it's possible that when this train is safe, it can travel and stop on the planetary orbit, and when it encounters danger, it can fly over terrain to avoid danger. It can also be like an all-terrain vehicle, going off-road at high altitudes. If the track breaks in the ocean section, it can sail on the water. If it encounters storms and tsunamis, it can dive into the deep sea and move with the ocean currents. Finally, if the celestial curtain can be broken, it can even soar into the sky, cross the Carmen Line, catch up with the interstellar fleet, and board the Mochizuki planetary ring?"

Quiet.

As soon as Lin Xian finished speaking, the room fell silent. Everyone, including Qian Suxun, stared at Lin Xian in a daze. Even Monica looked at him with a rather interesting expression, as if she really couldn't figure this man out.

Highways, railways, off-road vehicles, navigation, diving, aviation... It sounds more complicated than Silent City. What kind of transforming spaceship is this?

“Brother Lin…” Shi Diyuan looked at him in surprise: “Is this thing you’re talking about still a train?”

"I didn't say I wanted to build trains," Lin Xian replied calmly. "The world is like this now, so there are definitely many factors to consider when it comes to vehicles."

Chen Sixuan turned her head and stared at him with wide eyes, then asked in a low voice, "Are you still planning to go diving?"

Lin Xian also responded in a low voice: "The fastest way to get to South America is definitely by taking the ocean track. If we encounter danger, we'll have to go into the water in addition to going to the sky."

“Going to heaven is easy, but going underwater is a bit more troublesome,” KIKI said at this moment. “Even starships can’t go underwater, it sounds really difficult.”

Lin Xian smiled at Mochizuki Shinji, his expression expectant.

The person in front of him was the world's top mechanical genius, and now he had also acquired a quantum brain. Even though Silent City's current scale could not match that of the Interstellar Army and Xinghua Heavy Industry Group, Lin Xian knew he hadn't asked the wrong person when it came to creativity. So he didn't hesitate to throw out his ideas all at once, wanting to see the other party's reaction.

To everyone's surprise, Shinji Mochizuki remained calm as he listened to Lin Xian's words, a slight smile slowly creeping onto his lips. He scrutinized Lin Xian, as if examining him or perhaps recalling something.

At this moment, the old man who was fast asleep fishing in the distance outside the window suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice.
"That's a really interesting idea!"

“Indeed interesting,” Shinji Mochizuki said to the old man.

After saying that, he turned to Lin Xian and said, "This was his childhood dream: an all-powerful spaceship, although from a commercial point of view, developing such a vehicle is meaningless."

"But... he still built the Silent City, didn't he?"

Lin Xian looked out the window at the old man's back and said with a smile, "A mobile city by land, sea and air, you never thought such a big track would be of any use, did you? Money talks."

“Technology and materials are constantly improving.” Shinji Mochizuki stood up and said, “For example, interstellar-class mechs can already do this: they can float, go underwater, move in all terrains, and have powerful firepower. However, they are limited by size. The larger the size, the more difficult it is to achieve all the necessary features. The Phoenix Society’s super-large mech project is also limited by this. Otherwise, it would not be a mech over a hundred meters long, but a mech of a thousand meters.”

“That would indeed allow us to confront S-class monsters head-on,” Lin Xian said.

"Silent City doesn't have the capability to manufacture medium-sized or larger starships. If the train can only be modified to have all-terrain drive, then..."

"Forest."

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian, then suddenly smiled seriously and said, "Jin Hai has the world's largest railcar production line. I know something there that you might be very interested in."

"what?"

"That's a train that Dawn City is building in conjunction with Linglong Group... well, a 5000-megawatt [Star Chaser]-class nuclear power center, equipped with a levitation engine and a space-based thruster, and adsorption-type superconducting electromagnetic orbital wheels. It's quite interesting..."

"5000 megawatts? And this thing is called a train?" Lin Xian was also shocked. Upon hearing the name Linglong Group, both Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan looked at KIKI.
Back in Yijin City, the woman named Tang Yun mentioned that Jinhai was building an Eternal-class train. But what kind of Eternal-class train could use a 5000-megawatt central hub?

"Isn't Dawn City going to build starships to run away? Why are they building this thing?" Qian Dele couldn't help but ask from the other side.

“The Phoenix Society has the same goal.” Qian Suxun smiled and said, “The starport of Dawn City is also not capable of building large starships, it can only dock them. And the starship base of Xinghua Heavy Industries, Yongcheng Port, is occupied by the Phoenix Society. So they can only build medium-sized starships through the construction base in Jinhai. However… the population that a starship can carry is limited after all.”

"So they're planning to build a flying train?" Shi Diyuan frowned. "Are these people out of their minds?"

“They’re very clever,” Monica chimed in, responding to Stiefon’s words. Her eyes sparkled as she spoke in an analytical tone.
"Leaving aside whether they can break through the Heavenly Curtain, firstly, the starships they built can only carry less than 5% of their population, and the heavy industrial clusters are all in the hands of the Phoenix Society. If Dawn City wants the remaining 90% of its population to not cause trouble, it must have a 'concept' plan to stabilize the lower classes. I guess even if this thing is built, the ticket price won't be something they can afford." "As expected of the most capable eldest daughter of the Cardia family, Miss Monica, it seems you have a deep understanding of the Federation's political circles," Shinji Mochizuki said.

Monica raised her eyes slightly: "I'm just used to thinking about things using their disgusting, habitual way of thinking."

Shinji Mochizuki smiled and said, "You're right."

"That project, named the Interstellar Ark Train, was designated as a 'Sky-class' by Dawn City. It was a massive, monolithic vehicle, reportedly designed to accommodate over a million people. However, its actual purpose was likely to serve as a supply transport ship for Dawn City, and also as Dawn City's 'fourth contingency plan' after the city walls, underground cities, and starships."

"That's quite a thorough plan." Lin Xian nodded with his arms crossed. "Once Dawn City and the Underground City have fallen, we can use this train to break out of the darkness and, like the Phoenix Society, buy time for a final gamble?"

“Shinji and I both think so,” said Shun Sensu. “However, according to our information, the construction progress is less than 15%. Ms. Monica is right. At present, the ‘conceptual’ and political significance of this construction plan is greater than its practical significance.”

"Then they probably want a mobile floating city like Silent City, right?" Chen Sixuan said.

“Well…” Qian Suxun took a meaningful sip of tea and said, “We don’t want to have a conflict with Dawn City, but Dawn City has been keeping an eye on Yongcheng Port. The Phoenix Society’s forces stationed there will gradually withdraw, so when we go there, we will inevitably have to deal with the Phoenix Society people from Dawn City.”

"Forest."

Shinji Mochizuki then said to Lin Xian, "When we get to Jin Hai, maybe I can use this to modify something you want as a little surprise, how about that?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

“Didn’t you just say you didn’t want to clash with Dawn City?” KIKI rested her chin on her hand, her gaze sweeping over Senju Shun and Mochizuki Shinji. “If you try to take this, wouldn’t that be tantamount to starting a war with Dawn City?”

Shinji Mochizuki smiled, his eyes narrowing. "To obtain this, you don't necessarily have to steal it. Actually, the most important thing is that I need a construction platform. Silent City is still too small. Lin definitely wants more than this scale. Besides, I'm not afraid of conflict with Dawn City. Speaking of which, they just gave us a big problem..."

As he spoke, Shinji Mochizuki's nano-pupils slowly converged, and an imperceptible sharpness burst forth with his smile, only to vanish in an instant.

At 4:20 a.m., the night wind picked up, and the simple dinner party came to an end. The group left the Japanese-style hall and went to the deck outside, but Lin Xian was left behind by Shinji Mochizuki.

The group went outside, their expressions somewhat complicated. From Shinji Mochizuki's words, it seemed that Dawn City and the Crimson World had a close connection, and Jin Hai was Dawn City's Star Abyss Outpost and heavy industrial base. Passing through here safely might not be easy.

Shi Diyuan and Ning Jing were discussing: "Silent City is going to dock at Yongcheng Port. Do you think we should upgrade our all-terrain drive and head north from Jinhai?"

"What a pity. I was thinking of sticking with this big tree forever, but it turns out they're not planning to leave indefinitely," Qian Dele sighed as he listened to Shi Diyuan's discussion.
“What’s the big deal? Their goal is to fly into space too. If you really want to, you can stay in this city and wait instead of going through all this trouble,” Monica said.
Qian Dele clicked his tongue and frowned, saying, "Then I'd rather see the sun for a few more months..."

"Captain Chen, what are your thoughts?" Ning Jing asked Chen Sixuan and the other woman.

Chen Sixuan said directly, "We don't want to enter Dawn City either, after all, we had conflicts with the Federation before. However, Lin Xian's most urgent task is to solve the vehicle problem, so we'll have to see when that can be resolved."

"Oh dear, actually we can only follow Silent City first. Everyone's cars will take a long time to repair. After fighting for so long, we should at least get a couple of nights of rest," KIKI said.

Ning Jing nodded upon hearing this: "That's true."

After saying that, he said to the others, "Let's go back and take care of the convoy matters. Contact me via communicator if anything happens."

"Okay." Qian Dele stretched: "I still want to go and explore that mechanical city. It's been a long time since I've been with zombies. These days are rare."

Monica nodded, gave a brief nod to the group, glanced in the direction of the tower, and then turned and left.

In the Japanese-style hall, only Shinji Mochizuki and Rin remained.

At this moment, a female robot stepped forward, carrying a tray with two items: one was the consciousness memory of a digital life form, and the other was a photonic memory emitting blue light.

"What are these?" Lin Xian asked, looking at the two objects with a puzzled expression.

"Don't misunderstand, this consciousness memory is empty. It is the memory with the largest storage capacity that can be created in the current world. It can be used as long as the consciousness is uploaded through a brain-computer interface. You were able to create brain-computer interfaces for the Crimson World before, so this should not be difficult for you. In addition, this is something that you will be very interested in."

"what?"

Shinji Mochizuki gestured, and Lin Xian reached out and picked it up, then placed it on the wooden table.

Instantly, a circle of light appeared on the desktop sensor, locking the memory. Then, a holographic screen appeared in the air. Lin Xian looked at it and saw that it was filled with blueprints of various drones!

The "Thunder Prison" ultra-high voltage magnetic storm drone releases ultra-high voltage electric arc pulses.

"Destroyer" self-destructs swarm of drones.

"Ice Blast 166" comes with a liquid helium mist sprayer. After freezing, it triggers high-frequency vibrations, causing the target to become brittle and pulverized.

The "Iron Rain" high-speed kinetic energy strike drone carries tungsten alloy kinetic energy projectiles for short-range pulse acceleration, reaching an instantaneous speed of Mach 6.

The "Iron Curtain" microwave plasma protective shield robot also possesses heavy armor for bulletproof protection...

In addition to these attack drones, there are also a large number of engineering drones.

The "Ant-7" nano-3D printed construction robot uses self-melting liquid alloy to build continuously 24 hours a day.

The "Steel Pulse" pipeline/circuit laying robot, equipped with a plasma cutter, autonomously plans energy networks.

The "Scavenger 006" cleaning robot is responsible for street cleaning and garbage disposal, and can also crush and transform organic waste.

The "Hive Guardians" are responsible for monitoring building structures...

The "Silver Shuttle-α" transport robot features automated loading and unloading of magnetically levitated containers...

"Sentinel 03A" radar + infrared vision...

Various blueprints for drones with countless functions were presented to Lin Xian. There were even robots for medical treatment, planting, education, and providing psychological services. They were all the same type of robots that Lin Xian had seen operating smoothly in the White City West Mountain Bunker. Shinji Mochizuki relied on these massive drone swarms to quickly open up an underground fortress, while also managing and maintaining the operation of the entire Silent City and the safe living conditions of 10 people!
Seeing Lin Xian's surprised look, Shinji Mochizuki said seriously.

"As a mechanical superhuman, I have conducted extensive simulations of your abilities and concluded that, although I do not know the upper limit of your ability growth, what you need most is a large drone swarm and an AI intelligent network to coordinate and schedule it in order to unleash your full potential. When you entered the West Mountain Bunker, I noticed that you were observing all the drones, so I judged that this would be what you wanted."

"It's not a good feeling to be guessed, but you're an exception, you're not human."

Looking at the dazzling blueprints before him, Lin Xian said in a deep voice that he had come with the purpose of obtaining the blueprints from the beginning, but he did not expect that Shinji Mochizuki knew his intentions better than he did and had prepared them for him in advance.

Shinji Mochizuki simply looked at him and smiled, saying, "You already have an AI brain, so now you can create your own according to your needs..."

"A mechanical army!"

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