Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 388 Eight-Winged Angel! (1)
A thunderous boom resounded.

Thunderclouds gathered in the sky above Dawn City, and torrential rain poured down, covering the entire city in a curtain of rain.

At the south gate of the city, the garrison soldiers on the high walls all looked extremely tense. Under the apocalypse, everyone was extremely sensitive to the fear of the dark. There were no whispers or smiles; all their faces showed only fear of the unknown.

The sky was terrifyingly dark. The commander of the B2 defense sector looked at the crowded queue in the outer city through his optical binoculars, then checked the time, and his tension increased.

"There are at least tens of thousands of people here. Let's speed up our advance!"

"The city is already packed. We need to get those convoys to coordinate, otherwise all areas will be blocked!" someone shouted on the other end of the communicator.

"The Dawnwatchers, Windrunners, and the Common Alliance teams are already helping to manage the crowd, but there are just too many people."

The officer in charge of guarding the passage shouted, "There are too many vehicles, all large trucks and modified vehicles, blocking the streets. If this continues, the main roads in the city will be paralyzed. We need to make the convoys behind abandon some of their vehicles!"

"Abandon vehicles, people go in but vehicles don't, let the survivors go into the city to spend the night!!"

Once the order was given, all the city gates began to carry it out. The survivors who had not yet entered the city panicked. Their vehicles were their mobile shelters, and in this situation, few were willing to give up their vehicles.

As darkness gathered in the sky and thunder roared, some decisive survivors began to abandon their vehicles, pack their luggage, weapons, and families, and start running into the city on foot. This immediately drew in many other survivors who had been stuck in the traffic jam, and more and more vehicles were abandoned.

"How much longer until it gets dark?" The commander on the city wall looked at the dark sky, where the dark clouds and rain made it impossible to distinguish between day and night.

"Sir, there should be 30 minutes left!"

Upon hearing this, the commander frowned deeply. He seemed to hear some sound coming from below the city wall. He immediately walked forward and found the area below the city wall as dark as an abyss. It seemed that even the streets and houses that were originally in the outer city could not be seen at this time.

"searchlight."

"A1 A2 searchlights!"

At this moment, several guards surrounded the area with guns, but when the searchlight swept across, there was nothing there.

The commander retreated and reminded everyone, "The night tides of Star Abyss are expanding abnormally, and the predicted timing may be unreliable..."

Sizzle!

Before he could finish speaking, a huge tentacle covered in black scales suddenly appeared from behind, with a gaping maw of fangs at the front. It swallowed half of the commander's body in one gulp, tearing the power armor to shreds as well.

Da da da! !

In an instant, all the automatic cannons on the city wall opened fire. The soldiers were so frightened by this terrifying scene that they broke out in a cold sweat and only reacted a second later.

"A bizarre entity!"

"Fire!"

Bang bang bang!
Woo~
In an instant, the city's defensive weapons opened fire in a deluge, and searchlights swept across the area once more. Below the city walls, countless strange and bizarre creatures had climbed dozens of meters like a tsunami, covering large areas of the outer city streets and buildings. The black mist wave seemed to be a natural barrier, and no one would have expected the night tide to arrive so early.

The battle ignited instantly. Above the sky, various flying monsters surged densely under the thunderclouds. At the city gate, amidst the massive artillery fire and the roar of the monster tide, countless refugees abandoned their vehicles and began to flee into the city. A stranded couple had just gotten out of their car when they were swallowed whole by a giant black centipede emerging from the darkness behind them.

Centipedes, strange insects, and humanoid monsters, stitched-together humanoid monstrosities, and giant mist spiders swarmed in. Screams, gunfire, and thunder roared together in those few minutes. The survivors who had not yet entered the city were like prey hunted by darkness, dying in large numbers.

Darkness surged forth, and tens of thousands of survivors fled in terror.

"Run! Run towards the city wall!!"

The man pulled his wife and daughter through the overturned truck. The daughter lost one of her little leather shoes, and her foot was cut bloody by broken glass.

"Dad...I can't run anymore..."

The man suddenly bent down, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and began firing wildly behind him with his gun.
"Hold on tight!" The next second, a terrifying shadow pounced from the side—the wife shoved the father and daughter aside, but was dragged into the darkness, leaving only a short "Run—"

The outposts in the outer city were firing at full force. Many people who had been scattered by the monster tide could only resist while moving towards the outposts of the garrison, like isolated islands in the darkness.

"Quick, move this way!!" The garrison soldiers on the watchtower opened fire wildly while shouting at the scattered survivors.

"Come on, we've got plenty of bullets for today!" a soldier wielding a large Vulcan Gatling gun roared through gritted teeth.

Just as the hundreds of people approached the defensive watchtower, a giant shadow with wingspans of tens of meters suddenly swooped down from the sky.

boom!
The firelight over the entire watchtower area vanished instantly into the darkness and smoke.

buzzing.

Inside Dawn City, densely packed attack drones bombarded the monsters flying into the city from the sky, while pulsed laser arrays shot into the air like a blue net. Each 210mm destructive howitzer shell fired from the Great Wall Base cannon shattered the monster horde, covering an area equivalent to half a football field. Rotten flesh and insect limbs were scattered everywhere. Countless Thor's Hammer electromagnetic railguns fired dazzling electromagnetic barrages at the large, eerie creatures in the darkness, suppressing the raging tide.

"A total of 16 defense sectors are in contact with the enemy, exceeding level 4 in scale."

On the front-line city wall command tower, commanders of various defense zones are reporting the battle situation to Lu Tianye.

"The early warning aircraft will be deployed immediately to reconnoiter special-class and S-class units. All city gates will be closed in 5 minutes!" Lu Tianye coldly ordered, looking at the dark sky.

"Report from the quarantine zone!"

Boom boom boom!
In the outer city's isolation zone, the 1st Combat Regiment of the garrison, heavily armed and defending, was the first area to suffer a large-scale invasion of the monster tide. However, because they had made preparations in advance, they were not caught off guard. The entire regiment relied on its powerful firepower to withstand the first wave of attacks when the black tide arrived.

"Reporting to the general, the situation over at the quarantine zone..."

Huo Bing, the commander of the 1st Combat Regiment, was directing the battle when suddenly the ground shook violently beneath the defensive camp ahead. Buildings collapsed and streets caved in. A giant, monstrous creature covered in scales burst out of the ground. With a sweep of its tens of meters long body, it crushed and pierced more than a dozen soldiers and survivors, turning them into a pool of blood.

"A large, bizarre entity has appeared; it should be Class A. Requesting strategic weapon support!"

"3rd Battalion, drag that beast out of the block!"

"coordinate!"

"The coordinates are..." Before Huo Bing, the commander of the 1st Combat Regiment, could finish speaking, several giant figures slowly rose from the black mist beneath the defensive line.

"Fuck your mother..." he gasped, then cursed, his eyes wide with shock.

"Hey..."

In the next instant, the sound in the communicator turned into static, and a large amount of signal from the control center disappeared from the isolation zone.

Boom boom boom.

Dawn City was under attack from multiple directions, with flames shaking the sky and thousands of cannons, plasma beams, and electromagnetic railguns illuminating the rainy night. Large missiles were launched rapidly from the various military fortresses in the inner city, roaring past at supersonic speeds.

For a moment, the sounds of explosions and thunder mingled together, as if even the air itself was vibrating.

On the Twin Star Tower, Lin Xian and Chu Yan's team looked at the scene, which resembled a world war, with extremely solemn expressions.

"Darkness has come so early?" Lin Xian checked the time; it wasn't even 18 PM yet.

“The Star Abyss is acting strangely; the original method for calculating the Dark Tide is no longer working,” Chu Yan said coldly. “Now we can only passively defend.”

KIKI looked at the distant firelight with a tense expression: "What should we do, Lin Xian? The Infinite is still in Jinhai."

Lin Xian said with a solemn expression, "I can only hope that nothing is wrong over there. There are no dark markers in the industrial area, so it shouldn't encounter enemies on its own."

Even so, Lin Xian couldn't help but worry. The polar night was developing too fast, and so many of his team members were there. Now he could only hope that Ning Jing and Qian Dele could arrive safely.

After saying that, Lin Xian looked at Chu Yan: "Can you find information about that part of the large mechanical equipment?"

According to Lin Xian's deduction, if they can find traces of this mechanical equipment, they will likely be able to directly locate the base of the Crimson World's brain resurrection and the curtain-breaking device that cooperates with Dawn City.

"We're investigating, but don't get your hopes up too high. If even Wen Hui and Zhou Mingyuan are unaware of this, then it means that the Crimson World is very likely directly involved in this project. Zhou Jin and Qi Nuo's Nightwalker organization have already investigated the information about the underground strategic network, and it has been completely deleted. The level of secrecy surrounding Project Vanguard for Chu Zhaonan and the Crimson World is higher than expected."

Chi Chi.

"who?!"

Just then, Chu Yan's team members suddenly raised their guns in unison.

Lin Xian, Chu Yan, KIKI and the others turned around and were shocked to find a man in the shadows who had appeared on the rooftop at some unknown time.

"Lin Xian."

The man looked directly at Lin Xian and said politely, "Chairman Chu Zhaonan would like to speak with you."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group of people all changed.

Along the way in Star City's underground city, apart from the superhuman leading the way, Lin Xian saw almost no one else. The vast underground city seemed to have been emptied in a very short time. After the dissolution of the Federal Council, a large number of the underground city's high-ranking residents became ordinary people and could only hide in the crowded inner city.

Lin Xian never expected that he would meet the Federal Chairman one day, nor did he expect it to be under such circumstances.

The chairman's office was empty except for a desk and a tea table in the far corner.

While fighting raged outside the city, this place was quiet and empty, with no trace of gunpowder. As soon as Lin Xian entered, he saw a middle-aged man in military uniform standing quietly by the window. Outside the window was a huge underground city courtyard, several times larger than the No. 9 underground city that Lin Xian had visited before. The infrastructure looked very complete, but only a few lights were on at the moment. Looking around, he could still see a large number of residents evacuating.

"I've heard of you; several people have mentioned you to me." Chu Zhaonan's voice was gentle yet firm, lacking the imposing air of a superior. His tone was serious and unhurried, as if he were speaking calmly to Lin Xian: "Can we have a brief chat?"

Lin Xian glanced around, his expression tense yet wary: "What do you want to talk about?"

Chu Zhaonan turned around and looked at Lin Xian: "There are many, such as dreams, or responsibilities."

"Chairman Chu," Lin Xian said, looking puzzled, "tens of thousands of people are dying outside City Wall No. 1. Are you sure you want to discuss dreams and responsibilities with me here?"

“From a personal perspective, survival is a dream, and helping others survive is a responsibility,” Chu Zhaonan said earnestly. “But the Vanguard Project has nothing to do with dreams. It’s essentially the same as how you’ve repeatedly tied your fate to the collective to fight for a chance at survival.”

"Are you trying to tell me that the humans who escaped from the Vanguard Project bear the responsibility for the survival of civilization, or are you trying to tell me that all our efforts now are meaningless?" Lin Xian replied.

Chu Zhaonan shook his head: "Any effort is meaningful. Just now, the 1st Combat Regiment of the Garrison was completely wiped out. But without their desperate defense of the isolation zone, the chain reaction of the collapse of the defense line could have caused the collapse of multiple defense sectors in the south of the city. Tens of thousands of people may have survived because of this effort, which gave Dawn City more time and buffer, including our conversation, the implementation of the Vanguard Plan, and whether we can see the dawn of tomorrow again."

"This is the meaning of civilization. Civilization shines through the communication, cooperation, and co-creation among individuals. Humanity has multiplied since the Stone Age, and our civilization is growing rapidly. We have reached a considerable scale in our utilization of planetary and stellar energy. But this civilization, which has lasted for tens of thousands of years, is on the verge of extinction in less than a year. What does this mean? Is it a pity? But if I tell you that 3 to 9 million cells die every second in the human body, and if we expand human civilization to the cosmic level, there are countless civilizations far more brilliant than ours, we are just one of those 9 million dead cells."

Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian and said in a calm yet somewhat helpless tone:

"From the perspective of the vastness of the universe, what we have in abundance is civilization."

Lin Xian remained silent.

“I endorse all of Ye Lanli’s ideals of peace, I endorse the original intention of the Phoenix Society, and I respect and pay tribute to the choices of every sacrificed person, including you, Lin Xian.”

Chu Zhaonan looked at him and said, “In all these efforts, the choices you made have had a direct and indirect impact on the humans still alive in the world. Yubei Airport, you made a choice, Zhang Dingzhong made a choice, Bai Shuang made a choice, Jian Xuwei also made a choice, Xilan City, Zhao Yu, He Zhen, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, the Phoenix Society, and various human alliances, 7 people have all made their own choices. Similarly, the European Storm Alliance, the North American United Front, the Dawn Center, Qingluan Sky City, too many sacrifices, too much passion, because of these choices, Dawn City has been able to survive until now. In the darkness, we can find more possibilities.”

"While I respect the possibilities, I cannot choose to entrust human civilization to these possibilities. Humanity needs a decisive choice." Chu Zhaonan's words seemed to be addressed to Lin Xian, yet also to himself.

Lin Xian pretended not to understand: "So you know I infiltrated Starport, but you didn't stop me, and even talked to me specifically. Is it because you hope I can do something for you?"

“Join the Vanguard Program,” Chu Zhaonan said directly.

"You should be clear about your abilities. The creative power of mechanical abilities can quickly help interstellar colonization to achieve full industrialization, and after escaping Earth, you can live as a new human."

"Why?" Lin Xian asked in astonishment.

"Isn't soaring into the clouds and escaping the darkness your expectation?" Chu Zhaonan countered.

Lin Xian was stunned. For some reason, he was somewhat moved by Chu Zhaonan's words. He was too tired. If he could escape this damned darkness at all costs, perhaps he wouldn't have to be so tired.

He was struggling internally. In an instant, countless familiar faces flashed through his mind: Chen Sixuan, KIKI, Dalou, Sasha, Huo Ge, Shu Qin, Lü Chang, Miao Lu, Xiao Yuan, Lao Mo, Li Yi, Luo Yang, Liang Lei, Shi Diyuan, Ning Jing...

And those who have died and are about to be forgotten: Zhang Dingzhong, Zhan Wei, Ma Xiaotang, Bai Shuang, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, Zhou Wuer, Peng Peng, Chen Wei, Xiao He, Chen Xiao, Zhang Chengzhi, Wu Zhenhai, Liao Ming, Lu Yong…

Lin Xian stood there, his eyes inexplicably red. At this moment, he wished that these people had never appeared, never died, never witnessed the ice and fire, the blood and tears, never heard the Iron Guard Brigade's heroic hymn, and that he himself would have died quietly in the shelter of Jiang City on the day of the apocalypse, rotting away silently.

But how could he pretend he hadn't seen it, hadn't fought for it, hadn't looked forward to the dawn...?

They are all dead, yet they are all still alive!

After a brief silence, Lin Xian suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh.

“1500 years, I can’t live that long.”

He then said earnestly to Chu Zhaonan, "You know why I'm here."

"So I didn't stop you, because you won't disrupt the Vanguard Project or harm humanity. What you need to do is obtain information connecting to the darkness and acquire data on the energy conversion of dark-corrosion cells that allow humanity to resist the invasion of darkness. I support that."

"Can you tell me the location of the No. 1 curtain-breaking device?" Lin Xian asked, then realized that his idea was really too naive.

Since Chu Zhaonan chose to cooperate with the Crimson World, he was prepared to complete the Vanguard Project. Under such circumstances, why would he voluntarily reveal this and let the Phoenix Society sabotage it?

Even if Lin Xian and his group weren't planning to cause sabotage, some things are beyond Chu Zhaonan's or the Phoenix Society's control, such as the Crimson World. Therefore, if Lin Xian were Chu Zhaonan, he certainly wouldn't reveal any information to ensure the successful launch of Project Vanguard.

Chu Zhaonan remained silent, which confirmed Lin Xian's thoughts.

But at this moment, Lin Xian felt his blood rushing to his head, and he couldn't help but speak directly.

"Even if you don't expect that possibility, as the leader of humanity, could you leave us, the abandoned humans, with a glimmer of hope?"

Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian quietly, his usually calm face seemed to be slightly moved. Perhaps he had heard that Lin Xian had refused the invitation to join the Vanguard Project, or perhaps Lin Xian's words, "We abandoned humans," were somewhat sad. Chu Zhaonan's eyes flickered slightly.

Immediately, he stepped over, took out a small photonic memory from his inner pocket, and handed it to Lin Xian.

"What is this?" Lin Xian asked.

"Dawn City Galaxy Heart Continued Control Key".

Chu Zhaonan said, "When Project Vanguard launches, it will connect to the Heart of the Galaxy for overall control. I considered that this situation might give the Crimson World an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, so I set up a disconnection procedure in advance. When Project Vanguard launches, the entire city's neural network hub and weapon systems will be offline for 10 seconds. You can use this reconnection key to regain control of the Heart of the Galaxy, so..."

"So if the Crimson World were to attempt to invade the Heart of the Galaxy with its AI at this time, it could directly paralyze and capture it!" Lin Xian exclaimed in surprise.

"10 seconds is enough for you to use."

Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian: "Your mission is complete, Lin Xian. Good luck."

Hearing Chu Zhaonan's words, Lin Xian knew that their conversation had ended.

Lin Xian slowly grasped the key to continue control in his palm, and as he was about to leave, he suddenly asked.

"Chairman, do you believe that humanity still has a dawn?"

"When I was young, I was a mechanical engineer." Chu Zhaonan changed the subject, turning around as if looking at the sky above the earth: "I remember the first time I entered Star City, I saw the City Ring and thought that humans were really great, that they could create such a magnificent mechanical structure as a beautiful landmark. It could not only drive in the air, but also send signals to planetary spacecraft for space orbit positioning. It's a pity that I can no longer see such civilized engineering."

"Yes, human civilization is incredibly brilliant."

Lin Xian glanced at Chu Zhaonan's retreating figure and left the Chairman's Office.

At this moment, without any garrison troops or other members stopping Lin Xian, he returned to the Twin Star Tower and told Chu Yan about the continued control key.

Meanwhile, Zhou Jin and Qi Nuo's men had all gathered here. The battle on Wall 1 was in full swing, with countless survivors dying, and the countdown to the launch of the Vanguard Project was drawing ever closer.

"Chu Zhaonan still left some opportunities for humanity." Qi Nuo lit a cigarette in the rainy night. Behind him, the four Nightwalker teams, totaling more than 20 people, had been searching for a full 5 hours.

"But our key objective still failed." Zhou Jin looked at the continuous artillery fire, and even some streets in the outer city had been hit, indicating that some strange objects in the air may have broken through the defenses and entered the city, or that the fear caused by the darkness had led to mutations. He spat and said, "Damn it, judging by the movements of the three Star Abysses, Dawn City doesn't have many days left to live."

Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian: "Chu Zhaonan knew you infiltrated the Starport base. Did he just tell you something?"

Lin Xian did not mention Chu Zhaonan's invitation to join the Pioneer Project, but only said, "He also talked about dreams, responsibilities, civilization and such, but I didn't understand much of it."

After saying that, he said to Chu Yan, "By the way, aren't your psychic abilities very powerful? Can you directly search which people in this city are from the Crimson World?"

Chu Yan sighed, "If we could do that, would we need to go through all this trouble? Stealing minds is a very dangerous thing. Even if we capture the target, we have to do it while the other person is unconscious. A conscious person has a very strong mental strength, not to mention that human mental strength is constantly increasing. So the most I can do is give you a headache. Only in dreams is my domain."

After finishing her sentence, Chu Yan asked Lin Xian, "Speaking of which, your mechanical ability is the one that can truly perform scanning and searching. If it's a large-scale mechanical device like an S-class, it would definitely require a huge launch site. Couldn't you scan it?"

Lin Xian chuckled with a headache upon hearing this: "Please, this is a superpower, not magic. Just scanning this building would take me hours and would kill me. How big is Dawn City? Do you really think I'm a radar?"

After saying that, Lin Xian's smile faltered. He suddenly looked at the towering, massive city ring surrounding the Twin Star Tower in the rainy night. The huge architectural outlines appeared under the darkness, like a flying machine floating in mid-air.

"and many more."

"what happened?"

Lin Xian pointed to the ruins of the City Ring: "Was this originally the orbital stabilizer for the Moon Gazing Planetary Ring and the Southern Heavenly Gate?"

“That’s right.” At this moment, KIKI said in a serious tone, “Many people know that the orbital ground positioning of the Moon Gazing Planetary Ring was aligned with the center of Star City when it was first built.”

"So this is a super radar that can emit signals from the S-band to high-energy pulses, right?"

"More or less," Zino said at this moment, "but if the Crimson World is deep underground, radar won't be able to find them."

"That's not necessarily true!"

Lin Xian immediately said to everyone, "I can control the radar and use this wide-range electromagnetic wave to enhance my mechanical scanning!"

Upon hearing this, KIKI immediately frowned: "You want to conduct a city-wide scan?"

“Chu Yan is right. A mechanical device as large as an S-class definitely needs a huge launch site,” Lin Xian said. “If it’s underground, I don’t need a detailed scan. I just need to filter the mechanical structure over a wide area, and I might be able to find the launch site for the barrier device!”

"That works?" Zhou Jin asked incredulously. "What if it's in a very far place?"

"How far?" Lin Xian asked.

Zhou Jin couldn't answer, but at that moment, KIKI suddenly stood up, holding a mobile terminal and saying with a serious expression, "It's simple. If we want to establish a launch sequence docking and rendezvous before breaking through the giant curtain of the sky, we need to consider the starship's speed, launch time, and the curvature of Earth and signal delay. If we calculate based on the acceleration of a distant starship, with our current planetary engine capabilities, it can be achieved within 1000 kilometers. But now, after launch, without ground information transmission and affected by the darkness, even if the starship's VHF transmitter calculates the signal delay, this distance must be controlled within 50 kilometers. If we're being more cautious, 30 kilometers would be safer!"

Upon hearing this, Zino's eyes lit up: "Brilliant! Indeed, such an important project as the Pioneer Project, considering its special nature and technological limitations, certainly won't be too far from the Starport!"

Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian: "So what are you going to do now?"

Lin Xian immediately ran towards the bottom of the Twin Star Tower. Seeing his action, all the squads followed suit.

Soon, the group arrived at the original signal control room of the City Ring. It resembled a rocket launch hall and was originally an important government area, but it had long since been abandoned and vacant.

As soon as he entered, Lin Xian immediately said.

"Team Leader Zhou, Team Leader Qi, each of you take a group to help me inspect the signal base cabinets and connecting cables of the City Ring. Report any damaged ones to me, and I will directly manufacture and repair them. KIKI, please help with personnel deployment."

"Chu Yan, have your people help me clean up the site. Also, it will take a lot of time and effort for me to conduct a city-wide search later. Moreover, the energy of the City Ring may attract some aerial anomalies. I need your protective devices until I find them."

“Okay!” KIKI replied immediately.

Chu Yan and the others exchanged glances and then nodded in agreement.

"understood."

"Let's get started immediately."

The team present was composed of elites, each possessing unique skills. Following Lin Xian's instructions, they were all mobilized. The combat teams began searching for and setting up defensive positions, while information experts, ability users, and other mobile personnel all began assisting Lin Xian in his operations.

At the same time, Lin Xian opened the Black Star Forge, releasing Grace and hundreds of drones. These included drones he had manufactured himself, as well as those he had previously exchanged fire with Qin Feng, all used for defense. In addition, there were hundreds of construction drones that began to work with the team members to inspect and repair the City Ring.

For a time, this team of less than a hundred people seemed to have the operational capacity of an entire army, moving swiftly and efficiently.

Outside the city, artillery fire raged, while inside the control hall of the City Ring, cables were connected and lights shone brightly. Hundreds of meters above the city, the City Ring, guided by drones led by several squad members, began its inspection and repair.

"In the first loop, the QSR-7 signal repeater is damaged; there are three in total."

"Second ring, main power cable blown, waveguide array misaligned..."

"In the third ring road, the repeater flange rotating base is completely jammed."

"A 1.2-meter crack was found in the support beam of B-41 on the fourth ring road. This is a damage to the main structure and it is best to reinforce it. Otherwise, it is uncertain whether it can withstand the next full-power operation and it will fall down."

"The phase modulator of the control tower on the fifth ring road has burned out."

"The sixth ring road..."

"The Seventh Ring Road..."

The twelve ring roads of the city were lit up with lights of all sizes. Lin Xian had already used his mechanical abilities to scan and connect to the central control system. This was not the first time Lin Xian had used the radar system to enhance his scanning. He had used it before when scanning the photoelectric radar on the Infinite. The main reason was that his mental strength could not support the radar's high-power amplification of his scanning, which would exceed the limits.

However, Lin now possesses a superstring reactor phase ring, and he doesn't need to perform detailed scanning. He only needs to conduct a mechanical search, similar to how he sensed Unit-01 and searched the underground control room at the White City Research Institute. Theoretically, this is feasible.

"Can I help?" Shiori asked timidly while everyone was busy.

"You can be a great help!" Lin Xian immediately said to her, "Searching the entire city will take a lot of energy and time, so I need your special ability to support me. Can you do that?"

Seeing the look of entrustment in Lin Xian's eyes, Shiori immediately nodded seriously and said firmly, "Okay, I will do my best!"

Time passed by, and the work of repairing the city ring was progressing faster than expected. Lin Xian also received a message from Jiang Yun.

At Star City Rail Station, Jiang Yun, Jian Xuwei, and Huo Ge Monica led the Hongyuan Business Alliance, the New Era Engineering Corps, the Iron Shield Car Team, the Burning Phoenix, and other members of the original Windwalker Alliance to forcefully take down a group of Night Patrol members who had little resistance to begin with, and successfully recovered the Silver Star. Now, the Star City Rail Station stronghold has gathered more than 20,000 people. Adding the original defensive lines in various regions of the alliance and the people brought in by Jian Xuwei, Finger Group, and Jian Zeyang from the outer city, the total number exceeds 70,000.

"There's still no news from Jinhai. We've deployed several drones to try and make contact, but the signals have all been lost," Jiang Yun's voice came from the other end of the communicator.

At this moment, Jian Xuwei's voice rang out: "Lin Xian, the Infinite and Sky-class ships will be coming in after dawn. We need to negotiate with the garrison. If that doesn't work, we'll just leave the city and move Qingbo."

"Then let's leave it to First Vice President Jian. I might not be able to get it done before dawn." Lin Xian looked at the time. The launch of the Vanguard Project was at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and given the spread of the Star Abyss, it was very likely that it would not be dawn yet.

At 20:25, the battle intensified in the south and west of Dawn City, with even giant humanoid figures beginning to climb the city walls.

Boom boom boom!
Every now and then, the sounds of thermobaric bombs, subnuclear weapons, and giant aerial bombs would shake the earth. These were definitely heavy weapons that could only be used to deal with A-level or special-level enemies.

These types of bizarre entities possess defensive force fields or regenerative capabilities to defend against thermal or mechanical weapons, requiring large-scale strategic weapons to suppress them.

Finally, the City Ring was repaired, and each team began to take charge of the defense of the various tower areas of the Twin Star Tower and the City Ring. Only Lin Xian, Chu Yan and Shi Zhi remained in the control room.

rub rub!
At this moment, three energy phase rainbow rings lit up behind Lin Xian.

With a surge of enormous energy, the control screen, composed of 24 giant screens, lit up with the logo of China's aerospace industry. A majestic voice rang out as Lin Xian sat in a dusty chair and began operating the central control system to activate the [City Ring High-Energy Pulse].

hum!
At this moment, high above Dawn City, a giant band of light, like a beacon in the sky, suddenly illuminated, its intense beams completely lighting up the Twin Star Towers, making it appear like a 'Ring of God' suspended above the city.

This dazzling scene stunned millions of survivors in Dawn City. Countless people looked up at the night sky and exclaimed in amazement.

"Look! The city ring is lit up!"

"What happened!"

"The Twin Towers are lit up!!"

As the giant city ring is lit up, this dark and abandoned city, which had been dissolved by the Federal Parliament, seems to regain its vibrant life at this moment, with a beacon of cyber industry illuminating the sky!

At this moment, the garrison troops and survivors who were fiercely resisting in the outer city and on the city walls were inexplicably less afraid, and their firepower became more and more fierce!

"Kill! This is our human capital city!!"

"Our families and children are all in the city. Don't let the monsters get inside the city walls!!"

"The garrison troops are fighting desperately for us, let's fight them!"

"Damn it, I'll risk it all!!!"

Meanwhile, Lin Xian, inside the Twin Star Tower, was unaware that the illumination of the City Ring had generated a subtle, inspiring force of civilization throughout the city's inhabitants. He immersed his mechanical scanning intent into it, and with the radiation of the high-energy pulse, his intent soared like the eye of God. With a deafening roar, the City Ring erupted with a powerful ionization shockwave, and his consciousness began to surge from the Twin Star Tower straight into the ground, spreading outwards from there.

The moment his neural interface connected to the radar array, the world collapsed into a torrent of data before his eyes. His thoughts cut into the steel frame of the building like a blade. The glass curtain wall became transparent in his consciousness, revealing the interwoven stress frame inside. Bullet holes remained in the elevator shaft, and cables hung like dying snakes. Lin Xian fell along the data stream, passed through the B7 parking lot, and crashed into the darkness of the underground transport tunnel, where countless maglev trains were transporting ammunition and equipment at high speed.

On the No. 2 city wall in the inner city, most of the weapon arrays were pointed towards the sky. Tracer bullets and pulse cameras, like blooming flowers, caused the limbs and blood rain of the strange creatures to fall continuously from the sky. When his consciousness arrived in the old city, the densely packed convoys of cars and underground structures made Lin Xian's head feel heavier and heavier. Millions of people were firing into the sky, while in the basement, an old man protected a child in the middle, a woman used a shopping cart to build fortifications, an infant was crying, and a wife was shedding tears.

As the area expanded, Lin Xian's pressure increased exponentially. Shiori, who was standing to the side, began to unleash her full power to support Lin Xian. At this moment, Lin Xian felt the pressure ease, and he immediately gritted his teeth and continued.

Time seemed to slow down. He could no longer hear the gunshots outside, nor could he hear Zhou Jin, Qi Nuo, and the others shouting urgent battle cries through the communicator.

Lin Xian could only concentrate on expanding the scan. His consciousness finally reached the No. 1 city wall. In an instant, a huge defensive weapon and underground pipeline appeared. Darkness, death, thousands of corpses were everywhere, blood mixed with rainwater flowed into the sewers, and there were heart-wrenching screams everywhere, as deafening as the sound of artillery fire in a world war.

As you leave Wall 1, countless terrifying and grotesque creatures come into view. They howl, charge wildly, and feed on humans, mercilessly tearing apart and devouring men, women, the elderly, and children alike.

Lin Xian sank completely underground, and the original underground strategic fortifications revealed several completely hidden passages. These passages seemed to have been newly built after the Apocalypse Day and were not on Zhou Jin's confidential map. Following these passages, Lin Xian's splitting headache-inducing consciousness suddenly revealed a huge and magnificent underground city.

However, the underground city marked with plaque number 2 seems to have been abandoned after only being built halfway. It has since been transformed into a large underground base called the "Giant's Mount Launch Site".

Lin Xian saw countless drones and many armed personnel, who did not seem to be from Dawn City.

A large amount of resources and equipment were transported here, and beneath the circular underground city, Lin Xian finally saw the S-class Gray Mist!
At this moment, the Gray Mist Messenger, like the A-class anomaly implanted with flesh and blood underground in Jin Hai, stood upright, secured by a giant hydraulic restraint tower. This Gray Mist was fully equipped with mechanical armor similar to Unit-01, resembling an ancient god forcibly dragged into the human world. The armor was embedded in its head, and at the back of its head was a set of super-large brain-computer control modules. 24 EVA-style restraint locks were neatly inserted along the back of its spinal cord like 24 sharp swords, with countless liquid pipes connected to them, filled with a yellowish-brown liquid.

Its shattered tissues and bones were covered and connected by power components and armor. Dark red restraints were wrapped around its neck and joints. The metal armor engraved with warning signs was not to protect the monster, but to defend against the suppression module and restraints. A huge nuclear fusion turbine engine was mounted on its chest to power this device that was hundreds of meters long.

The most terrifying thing is that it has eight large plasma thrusters symmetrically installed on its back, each of which is hundreds of meters long, like eight sharp buildings hanging upside down on its body. This is more than three times the size of the first unit of Project Monarch!
Like an eight-winged angel!
"found it."

Lin Xian exclaimed in shock. Looking at the giant device in his consciousness, which was a combination of an S-class bizarre corpse and human mechanical armor, he immediately concluded that this must be the device they were looking for to break through the barrier!

(End of this chapter)