Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 389 Restart (1 words)
"Lin Xian, Lin Xian!"

A buzzing sound filled his ears, and the immense sense of detachment from the world made Lin Xian feel dizzy. At this moment, the sounds in his ears gradually became clearer. Lin Xian focused his gaze and saw a row of server racks gradually going out. As he shut down the superstring reactor, the central control room of the entire City Ring went out again. What followed was the still intense sound of artillery fire and Chu Yan's shouts.

"How about it?"

Seeing that Lin Xian's complexion was gradually recovering, Chu Yan immediately asked.

Lin Xian took two deep breaths and checked the time. It was 8:36. The city-wide search had taken him nearly ten hours!
"Found it. It's 35 kilometers southeast of Dawn City in sector E, outside the city. It used to be the unfinished No. 2 underground city base, but it has now been transformed into a place called... the Colossus Launch Site."

Lin Xian concentrated and quickly blurted out the information: "The people from the Crimson World are there too, not just the Action Brain, they...they're going to launch the entire S-class into space to use it as a curtain-breaking device!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan immediately pressed the button on her earpiece.
"35 kilometers in the direction of sector E, Mount Targon launch site, move out immediately."

Da da da!
Outside the Twin Star Tower, cannon fire roared, when Zhou Jin's voice came through: "Understood, we'll go through the underground network!"

"The fighting is still going on outside?" Lin Xian asked in surprise as he came to his senses.

“The polar nights of the three Star Abysses are rapidly approaching, and the strange tidal wave attacked all night. Now, the 83rd Iron Guard Brigade and the Zhen Tian Ship are also approaching the north and east of the city to provide support.” Chu Yan immediately said to KIKI, “Take good care of him.”

KIKI looked exhausted. Now, there were more than just a few squads from Operation Crescent Moon on the Twin Star Tower. A large number of garrison troops had been mobilized to resist the air attack.

"I am fine."

Lin Xian glanced at Shiori, then took a breath, took out the control key Chu Zhaonan had given him, and said to Chu Yan, "I'll go with you. The other side has a brain-computer interface device; I can prevent it from self-destructing!"

Just then, Zeno's Nightcrawler team fought their way in from outside, saying, "Hurry, time is running out!"

Lin Xian took out his Black Hawk armor and put it on. The group, fully armed, began their descent, preparing to transfer to the underground network. The elevator descended rapidly, and Lin Xian came to the window. Under the rainy night, large sections of the Dawn City No. 1 city wall were engulfed in flames, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and blood.

All night long, the attacks of the monsters did not stop. The outer city area under the No. 1 city wall had long been turned into ruins, and the piles of monster corpses were like a sea of ​​corpses. Incendiary bombs burned on the ruins and corpses almost all night long. Countless destroyed and charred mechs and soldiers wearing power armor died. Survivors were scattered among them. At this moment, all the city gates had been sealed off, and all the firepower was thrown outward from the city walls and inside the city.

Fighting all night long!

Looking at the catastrophic scene, Lin Xian's eyes kept flashing. Under these circumstances, he didn't know if any other survivors from Yunjiang Plain had made it to Dawn City, and he didn't know if Ning Jing and Qian Dele had returned safely from Jinhai.

There was no other choice at this point. They had to obtain information from the Crimson World about the S-class connection before the Vanguard Project was launched. Only by having equivalent information would the human camp have a chance in the remaining time. At the same time, Lin Xian also had to seize the control center of the Heart of the Galaxy after the Vanguard Project was launched.

Chu Zhaonan left himself 10 seconds. He had to seize the opportunity, otherwise, if all the city's weapons went offline and the battle lines came to a standstill, it could very likely lead to the fall of the city wall defenses, with unimaginable consequences.

"Many large convoys have gone to support the front line of the city wall. The city was in chaos several times overnight due to the anomaly. The problem is that many convoys' vehicles were destroyed in last night's battle, especially some small convoys. They abandoned almost all their vehicles in order to enter the city."

Upon arriving at the underground fortifications, the team members boarded a maglev transport vehicle and began heading out of the city.

In the car, KIKI told Lin Xian about the situation. At this time, the aftereffects of using radar for mechanical scanning began to appear. He felt a piercing pain in his head, and even his vision was somewhat unfocused.

"Why are there fewer people?" Lin Xian asked.

"Tong Silei, the heavy machine gunner from Zhou Jin's squad, two flying ability users from Qi Nuo's squad, and several others died in the resistance last night," Chu Yan said to Lin Xian.

Lin Xian's expression darkened upon hearing this. He glanced at Zhou Jin, Li Su, Qi Nuo, and the others in the car, all of whom looked disheveled from the fierce battle. For Lin Xian, scanning the entire city seemed to have only taken a few minutes, but he hadn't expected so much time to have passed. The deaths of his team members made Lin Xian feel somewhat heavy-hearted. He then said, "I'm thinking, we can't be sure who is the person who contacted us through the Gray Fog. What if we accidentally kill them?"

Chu Yan then said seriously, "You may not know much about the Crimson World organization. We have been tracking and investigating the Crimson World for a long time and have captured many of its high-ranking members. This organization is not simply anti-human or opportunistic. In a sense, their ideological foundation is the same as that of Chu Zhaonan and his fellow Federation members, which is the ideological imprint of 'humanity will inevitably lose.' Coupled with the technological concept of digital life, their understanding of survival has been fundamentally changed. Simply put, they do not want civilization to be wiped out and humanity to die out. Instead, they believe that they can use human power to communicate with, assist, and even assimilate dark creatures, and ultimately maintain a state of coexistence."

"In the eyes of the Crimson World, the dark civilization brought by the Star Abyss is nothing more than another form of life ruler. Therefore, they worship, fanatically pursue, and even try to change their own form of existence to merge with it. They call this a 'higher form of life,' and the superhumans are the 'blasphemers' who have been initially affected by this."

"A blasphemer?" Lin Xian frowned. "Why?"

"Because it is not perfect yet, superhumans cannot fully survive in the areas invaded by darkness, and at the same time, life is still fragile."

The maglev transport vehicle traveled at high speed through the underground network, the air pressure making one's eardrums bulge. Chu Yan continued, "So what we see as S-class beings are like gods to the Crimson World. And if they want to connect with such gods and peer into a life form and civilization at a complete location, they would not allow ordinary people or experimental subjects to do it."

KIKI nodded upon hearing this: "I understand. Just like the Red Man Ghost, their connection with S-class beings isn't just about exchanging information; they also want to use this method to become S-class beings themselves?"

Chu Yan nodded: "That's right."

"A bunch of lunatics," Lin Xian said.

Across from him, Zeno tried to light a cigarette but couldn't. He said, "The core idea of ​​Freud's 'death drive' is that there's an instinct in the human subconscious that tends towards destruction (including self-destruction). When fear exceeds the limits of what can be endured, it can transform into a morbid fascination with destructive forces."

"The fact that humans evolved superpowers from the darkness probably further solidified their belief in this idea."

"Yes."

Lin Xian nodded: "Then this S-level connection should be Julius, if nothing unexpected happens. But how many clones and replicants does this person have? I remember you dealt with one at the Bailutan Star Observatory, right?"

Chu Yan said, "He has many clones used for the management of many secret laboratories. In addition, there are several other 'co-creators' like him in the Crimson World, whose identities are currently unknown."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this: "Then is it possible that this S-level Unicom user is his true form? After all, it's such a tempting thing..."

“That’s possible,” Chu Yan said. “However, based on my many interactions with this person, he is a very cautious individual with extremely high intelligence.”

Lin Xian checked the time: "There's still a little over an hour left. The curtain-breaking device will definitely activate a second time. We just need to catch this person at that moment."

Chu Yan gave Lin Xian a deep look: "Lin Xian, you're not in good shape right now. We're bound to clash with the people from the Crimson World later. Don't get too close. Intercepting information is my main task. You need to make sure the Heart of the Galaxy isn't invaded."

“Yes.” Zhou Jin said at this moment, “My team’s mission is to protect you. If all the weapons in the city are offline for too long or are taken over by the Crimson World, then we’re doomed.”

"It should be around 10 o'clock, and dawn should be breaking soon." Lin Xian closed his eyes slightly. "I hope everything goes smoothly and the tide of strange entities will recede by dawn."

At 9 o'clock, the maglev transport vehicle drove from the underground network into a closed passage. After stopping, a huge explosion-proof gate appeared at the far end of the passage.

Various "Danger" and "Isolation" signs were prominently displayed under the flashlight beam.

Zhou Jin got off the car first, checked the ground, and then said, "The track is open, but it splits into two systems from here, completely isolated, which is why we couldn't find it before."

“Those supplies and equipment all need to be transported by rail, so this place must be extremely secure.”

hum!
At this moment, Lin Xian, who came out from behind, took out four large armored vehicles from the Black Star Forge space and then came to the blast-proof door to open it.

Suddenly, Shiori called out to him, "Be careful, there's a monster behind this door!"

Upon hearing this, each squad immediately grabbed their weapons and became alert.

Qi Nuo raised his hand and made a gesture, and the four teams of superhumans immediately scattered and formed formations: "Zhou Jin and Chu Yan, you take Team Leader Lin to the vehicle, we will provide cover and then cover your retreat."

"it is good."

Time was of the essence, and no one wasted words. Zhou Jin led his team into the first vehicle to prepare for the charge, while Lin Xian and his two teammates, along with Chu Yan's team, boarded the middle vehicle. The last two vehicles were left for Qi Nuo's group of about thirty people.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. The next moment, after the Nightwalker squad was ready, Lin Xian immediately used his mechanical abilities to control the blast door and forcibly opened it.

Woo!
At this moment, the huge blast-proof door opened from the middle, and with a cold gust of air blowing out, a dark passage appeared in everyone's sight.

The passageway inside was much larger than the fortifications outside, and the tunnel was also an order of magnitude larger. Chu Yan was driving, and KIKI was sitting in the passenger seat. Looking into the passageway, they could only see several rows of green emergency lights extending into the depths. At the front, Zhou Jin's team had already set up their guns and were on guard, with the headlights shining brightly, illuminating a pale area.

Heh, heh.

A muffled sound, like someone breathing heavily while wearing an oxygen mask, emanated from deep within, hoarse and eerie, sending chills down one's spine.

At this moment, a dark figure more than two meters tall slowly emerged from the darkness, followed by two Gatling guns gleaming with a dark light!

The charlatan!
Upon seeing this red-haired monster, Lin Xian's pupils suddenly contracted. Compared to the one he encountered in White City, this one was covered in thick power armor, with grotesque stitching on its head and neck like a butcher's, a double-barreled breathing mask on its face, and one eye shining with a red light. It looked like a terrifying combination of a human monster and a mecha.

"careful!"

Woo!
In an instant, the motors of the two Gatling guns were spinning rapidly, and a rain of metal burst forth. At that moment, a female superhuman from the Nightwalker team suddenly spewed out a large cloud of red smoke, instantly engulfing the entrance to the passage. The machine gun bullets that were wildly firing at the crowd were all blocked by the smoke, which immediately reminded Lin Xian of the ability of the strange python in the Star Abyss.

The female superhuman then pushed the red smoke forward, causing a massive explosion. Lin Xian immediately used his mechanical powers to disintegrate and eliminate the two Gatling guns. The gunfire ceased, but several shockwaves followed.

Boom boom!

KIKI immediately used her psychic shield to block it. After the violent explosion, the red-armored monster quickly rushed out of the darkness towards the crowd, accompanied by a loud commotion.

Under the headlights, several incredibly fast superhuman beings appeared, both male and female, with extremely agile movements. They all had devices similar to mechanical suppressors and lightweight armor on their bodies. As roars rang out, various superhuman abilities tore apart, and weapons began to explode.

KIKI's telekinetic abilities directly captured several of them. In the meantime, Lin Xian immediately used his mechanical abilities to dismantle the armor on their bodies. Strangely, these superhuman monsters did not have brain-computer interfaces. They were like monsters tamed by suppressors. After the suppressors were dismantled, they did not die. Instead, they became even more violent.

“These are not the famous ghosts!” Lin Xian said.

Bang!
A large magnetic storm bomb exploded in the middle, and Zeno led his squad to launch a counterattack, quickly blasting a passage through it.
"Quick, there's no time! Let's rush over there!"

Zhou Jin floored the accelerator, and the armored vehicle's engine roared to life. The team members with machine guns mounted on the roof opened fire with all their might, and Chu Yan's car followed closely behind.

At this moment, the Nightwalker organization and Zhou Jin's team went all out, using various superpowers and firearms to clear the way, and the two vehicles rushed into the tunnel and headed towards the outskirts of the city.

Uh-huh! !
As soon as they entered the tunnel, everyone immediately felt an increasingly intense, chilling darkness creeping in. At the same time, a large number of human-like creatures equipped with suppressors emerged from the depths of darkness and climbed out of the tunnel walls, densely attacking the convoy.

Qi Nuo's squad also boarded the vehicle and rushed in from behind. The supernatural explosive force helped Lin Xian and the others cover the rear. At this moment, the red-haired monster crawled out from the debris of the explosion. Half of its heavy armor was broken, but its flesh and blood tissue took the opportunity to grow wildly. It roared and sent a huge shockwave towards the convoy.

A deafening explosion was heard, as if the entire tunnel was being pounded inside a hollow metal drum, causing the air to vibrate violently and shattering all the emergency lights in the tunnel!

"Even with concentrated firepower, the Nightcrawler couldn't kill them quickly. The power level and vitality of these modified Red Humans are getting stronger and stronger!" Chu Yan said as she drove.

“They must have used higher-level superhumans as test subjects.” KIKI used all her telekinetic power to blast away the people rushing towards her.

Their primary objective now is not to kill these roadblocks, but to reach the Mount Targon launch site before the Vanguard Project launches.

Da da da!
The armored vehicle squad led by Zhou Jin opened fire in a frenzy, the wheels screeching against the metal ground. Lin Xian used his AT field to block the attacks from both sides of the vehicle. At the same time, he released hundreds of attack drones. Instantly, red pulse beams fired by the Thunder Falcon 2000, the magnetic storm field of the Thunder Prison, and the shrill sound of the Iron Rain filled the tunnel.

In a flash, dozens of "Iron Curtain" drones deployed their defensive armor and began to fly in formation around the two vehicles, creating a flying shield.

The pressure instantly lessened. Watching the large army of drones deployed at once operating precisely in the tunnel, Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian in the rearview mirror and asked, "Did you manufacture these drones directly? How can they be so fast?"

Actually, she had this question last night, because Lin Xian not only used drones to help in the battle, but also created a device to repair the city ring, which made her naturally assume that Lin Xian created these drones with a wave of his hand.

"I suppose so." Lin Xian handed control over to Grace and began checking the path.

With the firepower support of these hundreds of drones, and the ability to accurately kill and repel threats surging from the darkness via radar, lights soon appeared in the passage ahead, and visibility began to improve. The number of monsters had also decreased significantly, as if their presence could be controlled by area.

After breaking through the enemy's trap, the two armored vehicles gradually drove into a huge underground fortification building, where the space began to expand.

At this moment, the armored vehicle drove out of the passage, and the outline of a giant city shaft with a diameter of several hundred meters came into view. Just then, dense firepower suddenly appeared from the front, and a large number of drones swarmed into the passage from the underground city and engaged in battle with Lin Xian's two teams.

Bang bang bang bang!
In an instant, Lin Xian felt as if he were covered by a whole barrage of firepower. Dense bullets and pulse rays instantly obscured his vision, and his ears were filled with the deafening roar of bullets and the cracking sound of metal colliding.

"careful!"

"To the left!" Zhou Jin shouted into the communicator. Immediately, two armored vehicles braved the hail of bullets and crashed through a barbed wire wall on the left, rushing into an unfinished underground city district. The ground was made of standard precast concrete modules, and the brand-new office area walls had been abandoned before they were even put into use.

In the chaos, two armored vehicles crashed through a section of light steel wall and drove into an inner street.

If it weren't for Lin Xian's "Iron Curtain" drones and his AT field, the burst of firepower just now would have been enough to melt the armored vehicle. At the same time, Lin Xian's drones were locked in a fierce battle with the pursuing drones. Lin Xian used his mechanical abilities to paralyze these drones in large numbers. But from another direction, countless Crimson World armed men wielding guns and wearing power armor began to pursue.

In an instant, a frantic pursuit began. A flying vehicle fully loaded with armed personnel rose from below and followed the two armored vehicles, firing a barrage of pulsed rays. The high-temperature rays pierced through sections of walls and concrete pillars, and the armor of the "Iron Curtain" drones had already developed numerous holes.

Just then, Chu Yan abruptly swerved the steering wheel, turning the armored vehicle around in a swift motion. Immediately, her mechanical arm raised and used an electric hammer to pierce the front grille of the armored vehicle. Then, her eyes flashed red, and in an instant, a massive surge of psychic energy erupted. Lin Xian and the others sitting in the back felt a jolt of numbness. Dozens of armed personnel on the aircraft suddenly had a burst of blood mist erupt from their facial armor, collapsing motionless. Lin Xian's eyes widened at this sight: "This is what you meant by 'just a little troublesome'?!"

"It really gives me a headache," KIKI couldn't help but complain.

The power armor wasn't even breached before the person was instantly killed. Lin Xian, who was seeing Chu Yan use her superpower for the first time, felt his scalp tingle.

“Killing people is easier than killing monsters,” Chu Yan said calmly. “That’s why my special ability is more suitable for intelligence work in the Star Abyss.”

“There’s no road ahead!”

Zhou Jin shouted, and the special forces team fought their way through a bloody path.

At this moment, hundreds of armed personnel from the Crimson World appeared in the passageway of the multi-level underground city, firing at their vehicles along the way, but none of them used heavy weapons. At this time, the vehicles drove into a dead end, and the tires were completely punctured. The two groups of people had to get out of the vehicles while fighting and take cover behind cover.

"Grace, go!"

After dealing with a large number of drones, Lin Xian directly ordered Grace to lead her drone army to sweep away the enemy. Meanwhile, KIKI and Chu Yan used their superpowers to deal with the armed forces of the Crimson World. Chu Yan was right; compared to the supernatural beings, humans are still most powerful in terms of agility and firearms. With defensive armor and superpowers, Lin Xian's side blocked the sniper fire and bullet rain, and quickly turned the tables and suppressed the enemy.

With too many snipers around, Lin Xian couldn't rely on his AT field and power armor to fight them head-on, so he sent Grace out directly.

At the same time, he released more newly manufactured drones into the battle.

Upon receiving Lin Xian's order, Grace instantly summoned over 800 drones to surround her, forming a dense swarm. Her superior computing power, combined with the drones' electro-optical radar, allowed her to lock onto enemies on several floors, as well as various aircraft and drones, within 0.01 seconds. In an instant, precise firepower swept over them. Meanwhile, the enemy drones, seemingly controlled by some powerful AI, rapidly attacked Lin Xian and the other key figures. However, as a mechanical superhuman, Lin Xian found these drones to be like swatting mosquitoes with an EMP. With a single mechanical sweep, dozens of drones would immediately go black, short-circuit, and crash to the ground.

Shiori, who was not good at fighting, nervously followed behind Lin Xian. All she could do was occasionally cast a green healing spell on Lin Xian and then continue to hide.

Grace quickly took over the battle, and with the help of powerful superhumans such as Lin Xian, KIKI, Chu Yan, and Zhou Jin, the armed guards and drones were quickly wiped out on a large scale.

"This is a launch site, and also a base for the Crimson World to research S-class monsters, so there are no Crimson Ghosts or other monsters here!"

Upon seeing the information transmitted back from the drone, Lin Xian immediately synchronized with Chu Yan and Zhou Jin.

"Old Qi's team has tied up all the monsters in the passage, we need to hurry," Zhou Jin replied.

At this moment, Lin Xian and his team, cleared by the swarm of Grace drones, descended along the launch site corridor. As the last armed man was taken down, the gunfire abruptly ceased.

The deeper you go, the brighter the lights become, as if all the vitality of construction is unfolding from bottom to top. The roar of steel echoes in the cylindrical underground cavity, like the panting of some giant beast. This unfinished underground city was originally planned as a residential area to accommodate one million people as a backup city connected to Dawn City, but it has now been brutally transformed into a giant launch site.

Between the unfinished concrete framework, numerous robust hydraulic supports underpin the dome and the underground city walls. The central vertical passage is over 500 meters in diameter, and the well walls are inlaid with layers of maintenance platforms, which are currently illuminated by orange-red warning lights.

Lin Xian and Chu Yan's team slowly descended on an engineering radio platform. Gradually, a larger and more complex transmitting device came into view. Around the original underground city courtyard, various metal pipes were intertwined, along with arrays of fuel injection towers and a vertically erecting hoisting platform.

"There's a strong aura of darkness down here!" Shiori's face was pale, and she was exhaling cold air from her mouth and nose. It seemed that the temperature was getting colder the further down she went.

"Look!"

KIKI exclaimed in surprise, and everyone looked down. At a depth of 300 meters underground, the outline of a giant creature came into view.

It resembled both a living organism and some kind of colossal mecha device. Its sharp head armor integrated a large array of restraints, and the suppression devices beneath the armor emitted a sinister green glow. Under various lighting warning lights, this giant shroud-breaking device gradually magnified in everyone's eyes. Its white outer armor was made entirely of the same material as the starship's armor. It seemed that because it was in the process of preparing for launch, only the automatic devices were operating underneath.

Upon seeing this menacing armored appearance, Lin Xian seemed to recall the terrifying figure of the Gray Mist Messenger with its grayish-white skin and bone spurs all over its body that he and Chu Yan had encountered in their dream. At this moment, when everyone saw this super-large device, they couldn't help but gasp and hold their breath.

"My God, they've combined a starship and Unit-01 into an S-class ship!" Zhou Jin exclaimed in shock, his pupils focusing.

“Not just... 8 star-heavy thrusters, that's at least four starships…” Li Su murmured beside him.

"Can something this big even fly?"

“The core support is the torso of the S-class gray fog. As long as the main structure doesn’t have any problems, this scale should…” KIKI said with a surprised expression, “Sure…”

"After all, it's a combination of Dawn City and Crimson World, and the whole thing is designed for flight. The only purpose is to send this thing up into the celestial canopy."

Lin Xian understood why Dawn City was going all out to build starships. It turned out that a large portion of the components were used here. This was fundamentally different from the Phoenix Society's Emperor Project. Strictly speaking, the Emperor Project was more difficult to build. This one mainly utilized the brain-computer interface inhibitor technology from the Crimson World, and then added a layer of starship propulsion and armor. If it were just about building a super-large mech, it would be impossible for humanity to create such a large-scale support structure with current materials. At least it wouldn't be feasible on Blue Star due to gravity restrictions.

The engineering elevator descended to a platform located on the chest armor of the gray fog, which was the location of the nuclear power engine. The entire floor seemed to have been transformed into an engineering research institute. When Lin Xian and his group stepped into the institute, they were shocked to find the ground littered with the bodies of dead researchers and engineers.

Zhou Jin used his foot to flip over the nearest corpse, frowning as he said, "It just died, just before we came down."

Chu Yan's gaze swept across the research institute's corridor as she and Lin Xian entered. They found that the offices, research labs, and command center were filled with over a hundred corpses that had just been precisely killed by drones. Some of these were the same clones Lin Xian had seen in Baicheng, while a few were ordinary people.

“They were all silenced,” Chu Yan said.

"Silence them? Why?" Lin Xian asked immediately.

As soon as he finished speaking, a slightly magnetic voice suddenly sounded from the communication device in the command center.

"Because their sacred mission has been accomplished, they will all be reborn."

"Julius!" Upon hearing the voice, Chu Yan immediately exclaimed, "He really is here!"

Chi~
At this moment, a main control door slowly opened in front of the passage. Everyone looked at it warily and saw that inside was a huge white hall. The group walked to the door and found that the scene inside suddenly opened up. Countless cylindrical devices were neatly arranged on the floor of the hall. The transparent cabins were filled with light green liquid, and a human body was floating upright in each cabin.

The most bizarre thing is that all these bodies are of the same person!

In the center of the hall, there was a white desk, where a middle-aged white man in a suit was elegantly enjoying a glass of red wine and a plate of steak.

Apart from that, there was no one else in the entire hall.

"Oh, oh, oh, this is really rare. Chu Yan and Lin Xian, the two superhumans I most want to study, have appeared in front of me at the same time. It seems that today should be my lucky day."

The middle-aged white man in front of him was none other than Julius Litt, whom Lin had seen in his dreams and at the White Deer Beach Space Observatory. And those transparent experimental modules were all filled with him!
"Julius, we meet again." Chu Yan spoke first, her expression stern.

Julius put down his knife and fork, picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and then frowned slightly as he spoke to Chu Yan.

"In fact, this is the first time we've met, you know, based on 'individual life'."

Upon hearing this, KIKI, who was next to Lin Xian, whispered, "With so many clones, which one is the real him?"

"Damn it, there are at least several hundred!" Zhou Jin looked around and saw transparent experimental pods everywhere, with each person inside looking exactly the same, as if they were clones.

Julius seemed quite satisfied with Lin Xian and the others' reaction. He picked up a napkin, wiped his mouth, and smiled at Lin Xian and Chu Yan.

“As you should know, based on the information we have so far, S-class creatures, or creatures that have reached this level of disaster, are the ones who were truly born from the darkness. And communicating with the darkness is actually the first time that humanity has had a dialogue with a civilization outside of Earth. This…” Julius shrugged and smiled slightly: “It’s quite amazing.”

"Of course, it's also quite dangerous."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over a group of his clones: "The connection of half of the action brain caused me to lose 145 assets at the same time. And this is only half of the action brain. My God, what a scale of vitality this is."

Zhou Jin's squad all raised their guns and aimed them at Julius: "Chu Yan, what's the plan?"

Chu Yan shook her head at this moment: "He deliberately killed all the experimental personnel so that we would know that only Julius here has the information we want."

Lin Xian pondered for a moment and said, "He's waiting for us."

"Don't be nervous, everyone. I know why you're here. We're now in a cooperative relationship with Dawn City, and Project Vanguard is about to take off. Even Ms. Ye Lan from the Phoenix Society must have told you not to sabotage this operation, right?"

"What do you want?" Chu Yan asked indifferently.

Julius smiled slightly: "I admire you, Miss Chu Yan. You are very smart, have a mental ability, and can survive in the Star Abyss. For life in the new century, you are undoubtedly the most perfect one."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xian and said, "And you, Mr. Lin Xian, with your mechanical superpowers, you can replicate human industrial civilization. From a human perspective, you are also the most perfect superpowered individual."

Lin Xian frowned: "You want me and Chu Yan to give it to you for research?"

Julius scrutinized Lin Xian with a critical eye and said, "That is indeed a good idea, but that's not what I want most right now, oh, not for the time being."

"Then what do you want?"

"What I want is very simple: the Heart of the Galaxy!" Julius said to Chu Yan and the others, "or rather, the central hub of the entire city."

Lin Xian looked at Julius with suspicion: "Your cooperation with Dawn City is just for a smart brain?"

"NO! NO! NO!"

Julius chuckled inexplicably upon hearing this, then looked at Lin Xian with amusement and said, "Mr. Lin, you don't actually think that all we've done is to seize Dawn City, control the machines to rebel, and then capture all the survivors in the city as test subjects for some kind of evil plan you've seen in a movie, do you?"

"Haven't you arrested enough people already?" Lin Xian replied coldly.

“It seems you have a deep misunderstanding about us.” Julius pointed at Lin Xian: “If that’s the case, what’s the point of our cooperation with Dawn City? What benefits can Chu Zhaonan give us? Anyway, Dawn City will be swallowed up soon, so does it matter to us whether it’s sooner or later?”

He looked at Lin Xian with a subtle expression and said, "Mr. Lin, you need to understand that time is on my side, not yours."

"What makes you think we'd hand over the Heart of the Galaxy to you?" Lin Xian retorted.

Julius raised his finger and slowly walked over: "Because I have what you want: information about darkness, about the apocalypse, about how long the tens of millions of humans abandoned by Chu Zhaonan can survive, about a chance to choose, am I right?"

"Actually, this information isn't that valuable to me. I just need to confirm that Chu Zhaonan didn't tamper with the Heart of the Galaxy. After I rewrite the Heart of the Galaxy using Crimson III, I can tell you this information immediately. Oh, by the way, you can completely offline your weapons before then. Anyway, it's almost dawn, and you'll be evacuating Dawn City. A city about to be swallowed by the polar night doesn't mean anything to you, does it?"

Lin Xian's expression changed upon hearing this.

As if anticipating Lin Xian's reaction, Julius smiled slightly and said, "Surprised? I don't want to take over the weapons system, nor do I care about your resistance. In fact, to some extent, I hope the Vanguard Project succeeds."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers, and with a whoosh, the entire wall of the back hall began to open, revealing a transparent curtain. Outside, directly opposite the gray mist suit, frost condensed and fell continuously from the energy pipelines of the eight star-heavy plasma thrusters.

"Look, what a wonderful new life form in the new century! We call it 'angels.' Imagine if humanity developed and reproduced in this life form, possessing this vitality, destructive power, and intelligence. Wouldn't that allow our civilization to leap rapidly into a completely new era? With this power, wouldn't interstellar colonization and civilization wars become much easier?"

Julius turned around, checked the time, and said, "There are 10 minutes left before launch. We can wait here for the launch of Project Vanguard, and then you can get the information you want, or after you find out, you can shoot me dead, and I will gladly accept it."

Lin Xian frowned: "It's that simple?"

“It’s that simple.” Julius smiled. “I don’t care about death. Death is not the end. History has told us countless times that civilizations are reborn from destruction. Chu Zhaonan’s vanguard plan is just for the fugitives, while our Crimson World represents the true future of humanity. However… you probably won’t see that day. Hehe, what a pity.”

"Oh." Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this, seemingly lost in thought, and murmured, "So all your efforts to cooperate with Dawn City on the Vanguard Project were ultimately for an empty city and an AI, and you didn't even ask for weapon access, just so we could resist the tide of the strange entities and then retreat?"

Julius remained silent, while Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian.

“Let me think. I’m not sure if you’re too stupid or I’m too smart. The Star Abyss is fluctuating. You don’t have the technology to deal with the invasion of darkness, so if Dawn City is swallowed up, you will die too. But you want a Galaxy Heart. If you strip away the weapon system, what’s left? Hmm, city-wide surveillance, sensors, transportation, ecology, water, air, oh right… and access to underground orbit and strategic fortifications.”

Julius slowly frowned, his face turning cold.

Lin Xian continued, "Last night, the polar night broke out, and millions of survivors in the outer city abandoned their vehicles and entered the city. Strangely, a large number of convoys and vehicles were destroyed in the city last night. Where can they go after dawn? Oh, they can't go anywhere. But what if the underground rail system and fortification tunnels of Dawn City were all opened at this time?"

Julius's face was grim.

The other team members couldn't help but frown when they heard this.

Lin Xian sneered at Julius: "You don't want nothing, quite the opposite, you want everything. When the entire city is trapped and darkness descends, you can use Dawn City's entire system to conduct a comprehensive, clear, and planned large-scale study. The content of this study is to observe how millions of people mutated and how they awakened their superpowers. What you want is to restart Dawn City..."

"Apocalypse Day Disaster!"

(End of this chapter)