Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 390 Launch (Double Update, 2 words - 13 characters)

A few days ago, in the silent city.

"I'm currently deconstructing the original structure of the flesh-and-blood suit from the Crimson World, combining it with their assembly data. I'll also share the information they're researching at the White City Research Institute with you later," Shinji Mochizuki said calmly.

"Uh... okay." Lin Xian asked seriously, "Am I being a bit abrupt?"

"It couldn't have been any more abrupt."

Lin Xian: ...

"It seems that powerful superhumans have all been targeted by the Crimson World."

Before leaving, Lin Xian mentioned to Mochizuki Shinji, "But you shouldn't be worried, after all, you're not a superhuman."

“I’m afraid you’re mistaken.” Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian calmly: “Judging from the preliminary experimental subjects we’ve obtained, a large portion of them are ordinary people, or rather, people who haven’t awakened any special abilities. Clearly, the Crimson World’s research on individuals follows different paths.”

"What do you mean?"

“Is this so hard to understand?” Shinji Mochizuki said, “Superpowered individuals are used to research the development of superpowers, as well as human-demon and armored systems. What the Crimson World really wants to understand is the process of why humans awaken superpowers.”

Lin Xian remembered Shinji Mochizuki's words. After seeing the huge group of clones in the hall, he was reminded of what Chu Yan had told him: the Crimson World had obtained her DNA to clone her, in an attempt to recreate the overpowered Star Abyss survival ability of mental abilities, but all of them failed.

So, during his conversation with Chu Zhaonan last night, and on the way here just now, when he talked to Chu Yan about the fanatical logic of the Crimson World, Lin Xian has been pondering a question.

That explains why the Crimson World so easily reached a cooperation agreement with Chu Zhaonan, providing them with mycelium brain-computer interface technology, suppressors, and constraint array technology. Regarding the failed A-grade implant in Jinhai's underground, Lin Xian initially thought their goal was to obtain the S-grade corpse for experiments. But now that corpse has been transformed into a barrier device about to be launched, what can the Crimson World take away from Dawn City's garrison, the Phoenix Society's Iron Guard Brigade, and millions of survivors after Chu Zhaonan dissolves the Federal Council and hands it over to the Phoenix Society?
It's impossible that they did all this just to silence their own people, then let Dawn City use them and run away in a panic.

Impossible. Logically speaking, Chu Zhaonan wants to use the Crimson World, and the Crimson World must also have the intention to use Chu Zhaonan.

Chu Zhaonan's reminder to Lin Xian last night, coupled with Julius's words at this moment, made him even more certain of this.

Mount Targon Launch Complex, the White Hall.

Julius's face turned completely gloomy. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Xian. Then he smiled, with a sense of arrogance.

"Chu Zhaonan is a meticulous person with an almost impeccable mind. Dealing with him is far more troublesome than dealing with politicians like Zhou Mingyuan. I once believed that he was willing to risk the destruction of the world for the Vanguard Project. Unfortunately... the fact that you can come here shows that his principles have wavered..."

"I guess the Phoenix Society has now gained control of the Heart of the Galaxy. Alas, the slow development of human civilization is precisely because the rigidity of thought and reason is insufficient, which is why there are weaknesses. Unfortunately, I have also made some preparations."

At that moment, a hissing sound came from the ground, and a ground gate opened. Behind Julius, a row of large cryogenic chambers rose up. Each cryogenic chamber was several meters high, and inside were all red-faced monsters in various forms.

There were ten of them, some enormous and some of average human size. Each one emanated a violent, dark aura of invasion, its spiritual energy fluctuating wildly. They were connected by various restraints and suppression pipes. The moment they appeared, the intense infection wave caused the lights in the entire hall to flicker abnormally. The 'Julius' clones that were originally dormant were now affected by this and underwent a large-scale zombie mutation. Even while still in the water, they began to struggle and roar wildly, their blood vessels turning black, blood splattering and polluting the air, and they stretched out their claws to scratch at the cabin walls.

Julius raised his hands, his tone tinged with regret, and said to Lin Xian, "You originally had the opportunity to lead most of the people away after dawn. After all, this replication experiment is meant to fully observe how the weak, those ordinary people in despair, undergo mutations in fear, how they evolve and awaken their superpowers. But now I've changed my mind. I think it would be a very interesting sight to point those large weapons and drones on the city walls at the 700 million survivors in the city. But don't worry, for the sake of the experiment, we will definitely selectively... leave a portion behind."

"You're dreaming!" Lin Xian replied coldly.

Julius shrugged with a smile: "Goodbye. I'll come back to collect your bodies later; after all, they have some research value!"

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

drop!
A sharp siren blared, and instantly, ten cryogenic chambers were activated simultaneously. The suppressors on the red-haired monsters inside stopped working, their heartbeats pounded like drums, and all ten pairs of blood-red eyes turned toward Lin Xian.

"KIKI!"

Lin Xian immediately shouted to KIKI, and KIKI immediately understood and used her telekinesis to prepare to grab Julius.

Suddenly, a pool of black water overflowed from the ground, bursting out over a large area. The water droplets shot towards everyone like sharp swords. KIKI's expression changed, and she reflexively activated her psychic shield to dodge!
Bang!
Like a tsunami crashing, a barrage of water jets sprayed out from KIKI's psychic shield.

Uh-huh! !
At this moment, the 10 red-haired monsters had already launched their attack. One of the giant butchers roared and tore off the cables connecting its body, then opened its mouth and spewed a torrent of flames at Lin Xian!

Fire-type superpower!

"Get out of the way!"

KIKI reacted first, taking a step forward and using her telekinetic energy to block the flames. The flames immediately exploded in all directions, instantly shattering most of the cryo-chambers in the hall and trapping these 'Julius' in a sea of ​​fire. Some of them, who had already undergone mutations, ran out of the fire with frantic roars, while others were burned alive.

"Don't let him get away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several terrifying, eerie figures suddenly appeared from the sea of ​​fire on both sides and attacked Lin Xian's team.

when!
After Zhou Jin emptied his magazine, he faced a black figure cutting through the wind. He immediately took a step forward, his entire body transforming into silver-black metallic skin. He slammed into the figure with a powerful shoulder strike, instantly unleashing a massive shockwave. The ground beneath Zhou Jin's feet shattered and rippled. Looking up, he saw a black man clad in heavy armor, his skin almost fused to the metal armor. His bloodshot eyes glowed darkly. The next moment, a powerful recoil force sent him flying backward.

"drink!"

Zhou Jin grunted and quickly relayed the message: "Xiao Yan, Li Su, protect Team Leader Lin!"

Holding two electric knives, their flashes of light illuminated her as she nimbly leaped away from the combined attack of the two cunning men, arriving directly beside Lin Xian: "Captain Lin, I'll cover you!"

At this moment, Lin Xian activated the AT field shield, simultaneously using his mechanical ability control and absorption. He quickly shredded the armor and weaponry of a tall, humanoid monster in front of him, and the mechanical cannon blasted two bloody holes in its body, but it did not cause much damage.

KIKI rushed over, raised her hand, and used her telekinesis to grab a small, humanoid creature that was attacking from the air, pushing Lin Xian and Shiori towards the back passage.

Buzzing, Lin Xian's drone army bombarded the entire white hall, with various laser beams and magnetic storm shocks suppressing the Red Man Ghost and Julius, who had mutated into a zombie.

"Grace!"

【I am here! 】

Boom!

Grace, who was holding a humanoid monster on its head and tearing its brain armor open with her five fingers, heard Lin Xian's order and immediately leaped to the ground to cover Lin Xian as he rushed into the passage behind.

As soon as he came out of the research institute's passage, Lin Xian immediately located the main control room.

boom!
At that moment, a rapid impact came from above the floor. Lin Xian reacted quickly, grabbing Shiori and pulling her back. On the other side, KIKI used her telekinetic ability to retreat quickly as well. With a loud bang, a black object smashed through the floor where Lin Xian had just been standing, like a meteorite, and continued downwards, smashing a large hole. It seemed to be a red-faced monster covered in iron armor!
The sudden collapse of the floor slab triggered a chain reaction, causing everything around them to crumble and collapse. Caught off guard, Lin Xian immediately activated the power armor's jet propulsion system, grabbed Shiori, and spun around in mid-air to a platform.

"Lin Xian!"

KIKI leaped over, and as soon as Lin Xian landed, he turned around and fired a mechanical energy cannon!

puff!

The azure light pierced through and struck a dark shadow that was approaching KIKI head-on. Then, he raised his hand and summoned four "Iron Curtains" to protect Shiori. With a thought, his energy exploded, and a magnetic storm with a diameter of more than 10 meters burst out from the center of Lin Xian. The scorching white plasma sparks suddenly exploded, forcefully shaking off a fist that was about to hit his back!

Triple attack!

*Whoosh!* Just as one wave subsided, another arose. Amidst the smoke and dust, a barrage of bullets swept directly towards Lin Xian and KIKI's location. Lin Xian activated his AT field and instantly dashed out in a flash.

"There's a superhuman, an angel-level one!"

Before he could finish speaking, a man clad in full power armor appeared before Lin Xian like a ghost, raising his hand and flashing a red light, ready to strike Lin Xian in the face.

click!
The next instant, his power armor joints were locked, and the slashing motion directly caused his arm power armor to crack. After Lin Xian blocked such a fast move, the man was obviously surprised. He was about to make another move but immediately stopped. An electric blade flashed with arc light and came flying through the air. The man retreated sharply and disappeared in a red flash.

Xiao Yan rushed out at this moment, retracted her electric knife, and was knocked away by another person. At this moment, Li Su arrived and fired several pulse cannon shots back, bang bang bang!

"Team Leader Lin, watch out!"

Lin Xian stepped back, only to see a shockwave erupt from the dust and smoke. A woman in a black bodysuit was blasted away by KIKI's telekinesis. Zhou Jin, who was fighting fiercely on the upper level, jumped two levels with his gun raised, punched a female ghost with a steel straight punch, and then grabbed a concrete boulder and hurled it at the woman in the bodysuit while facing a barrage of cannon fire from the red-haired ghost. The woman was not wearing power armor, and when she faced the boulder, she dispersed in the air like black mist, then quickly condensed in another place.

Bang! The concrete smashed into a section of the wall, creating a loud thud.

"Water-based superpowers?" KIKI looked surprised. She had seen Han Jun control the rain with his water-based abilities, but she never expected that someone could become elemental. Even Huo Ge couldn't do that. Could it be that superpowers undergo a qualitative change after reaching the angel level?
Lin Xian's face darkened. He picked up Shiori, who was still trying to restore his mental energy, and carried her on his shoulder. He was on high alert. His mechanical ability swept over the two people and found that they did not have any brain-computer interfaces. This meant that they were not clones like Qin Feng who were grafted with mycelium brain-computer interfaces, but were truly individuals with independent thinking!
"Note that two of them are superhumans, not human-demon beings!"

As soon as Lin Xian finished speaking, his mechanical ability immediately detected something and activated the jet system to leap in place. But at that moment, the floor beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and the giant shadow that had just crashed down like a meteorite stretched out a hand and grabbed one of Lin Xian's feet, trying to pull him down.

"you dare!"

KIKI reacted instantly, her eyes flashing with powerful psychic energy. Tens of thousands of tons of psychic power directly grabbed the black hand, squeezing and twisting it into a state one-third smaller than before. A metallic shriek erupted, and three superstring reactor phase rings lit up in the air. A chaotic ionization sound exploded. He turned his hand down, mechanically disintegrating the black hand's mechanical devices layer by layer. In the blink of an eye, a bloody, mangled monstrous hand appeared before him.

Just as Lin Xian was about to peel off his entire body, the master of the black hand seemed to realize the danger and suddenly launched a powerful explosion. Red ripples spread out, instantly causing the floors of several underground city streets to shake violently, and dust filled the sky. Then, four floors collapsed with a crash. KIKI opened her psychic shield, grabbed several people with her backhand, and blew a cloud of smoke upwards, finally rescuing Lin Xian and Shiori from the floor.

Lin Xian and Zhou Jin hadn't expected that the Crimson World would have such a formidable fighting force hidden here, with 10 Red-Honored Monsters and two at least Angel-level ability users.

"Lin Xian!"

At that moment, Chu Yan's voice came through the communicator: "I'm going to chase after Julius. You deal with the Heart of the Galaxy. We can't let the Crimson World control Dawn City!"

"it is good!"

Lin Xian, carrying Shiori, activated his jetpack and flew upwards through the broken floorboards of the underground city. Suddenly, a red flash shot out from the sky. Lin Xian's eyes flashed like lightning. As he summoned his AT field, 50 Iron Rain drones descended from the sky at hypersonic speeds, 10 at a time, circling around Lin Xian and crashing past him. The man hadn't expected Lin Xian to be able to control the drones so precisely. As he attacked at high speed, he was hit by one of the Iron Rain drones and tumbled out of the air.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Xian deployed 200 Thunder Falcon drones to gather power in mid-air, and immediately unleashed 200 pulse beams.

shhhhh!

The ultra-high temperature ray instantly sliced ​​apart an entire floor slab. Suddenly, the black-armored monster in front charged forward and threw a punch at Lin Xian's face. Clang! At this moment, Grace appeared and precisely kicked the fist in mid-air. Although Grace's toe looked small, the powerful material of her foot directly pierced through the black-armored monster's fist armor, and metal fragments exploded outwards.

Lin Xian immediately controlled two Iron Rain drones to fly back to the main control layer. He found that KIKI was being suppressed by the woman in the tight clothes and three other ghosts. Zhou Jin, Li Su, and Xiao Yan were overwhelmed. On his side, in addition to the red-flashing speed-force ability user and an incredibly powerful black-armored ghost, other ghosts were also rushing towards him.

A flash of red light appeared, and dozens of drones were destroyed and crashed to the ground, heading straight for him. Lin Xian used a dodge to evade them. The speed he used made the man who had missed his target gasp in surprise. He looked at Lin Xian with a hint of madness in his eyes and whispered something.
"Does mechanical superpower actually have such strong individual combat capabilities?"

"Well, you've seen the world today!" Lin Xian raised his finger and fired a mechanical energy cannon.

The man gave a strange smile, vanished from his spot in an instant, and appeared behind Lin Xian the next moment. Lin Xian's power armor immediately activated its thrusters, but the man grabbed his shoulder armor.

"Too slow, the evolution is too slow!" After saying that, the man immediately formed his hand into a knife, his red supernatural power flashing, preparing to pierce through the armor directly.

Bang!
A powerful shockwave, an arc of electricity flashed, and the smile on the man's face suddenly froze. A hexagonal transparent barrier appeared behind Lin Xian, completely blocking his hand strike. The next moment, eight mechanical chains appeared out of thin air, like serpents, about to entangle him.

The man realized what was happening and immediately used his supernatural ability to retreat, sneering, "Creative, but still too..."

boom!
Before he could even utter the word "slow," a train carriage inexplicably appeared above his head and fell vertically, blasting him and the floor through him, sending him crashing to the ground.

The man never expected that a train would suddenly appear out of nowhere and crash into him in this underground city.

Lin Xian put away the Black Star Forging Furnace, carried Shiori and rushed into the main control room, only to find that the intranet terminal here had been completely destroyed. His expression changed and he immediately checked the time. There were less than 6 minutes left!

He immediately summoned all the manufacturing and maintenance drones and put Grace in charge.
"Grace, check the damage!"

[Scan complete. Internal network terminal equipment maintenance in progress.]

[A broken internal network cable has been detected.]

Lin Xian frowned: "Can you pinpoint the location?"

[Yes, but it's time-consuming, and if it's cut manually, the number of breaks is uncertain.]

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian felt a chill in his heart and froze for a few seconds. His eyes flickered, and when he looked at the huge gray mist messenger outside the window, he immediately realized what was happening.

"It must have been deliberately cut off. The launch of the Gray Mist Messenger requires a connection to the Heart of the Galaxy. This channel cannot be broken. We can access it from here!"

"Lin Xian!"

After a huge shockwave, KIKI's voice came through the communicator: "There's another problem. This is the internal network root server configuration point. If Julius deliberately damaged the terminal equipment and cables, he may have also set some kind of key!"

"Fuck your mother!"

Wow!
Just then, a torrent of water rushed into the control room, sweeping Lin Xian and dozens of drones out of the room. An arm reached out from the black water and grabbed Lin Xian's neck, and countless streams of water began to try to seep into the gaps in Lin Xian's mecha.

At the same time, a man flashing red light emerged from the shadows and spoke in a low voice.

"There's no chance anymore. Give up, you mechanical superhuman. Perhaps you could join us..."

Drop drop drop!

Lin Xian looked at the alarm information on the mecha's holographic panel and immediately used the magnetic storm shockwave. In an instant, the blazing white electric arc exploded, instantly evaporating a large amount of water vapor. As soon as Lin Xian got away, the black-armored monster descended from the sky again and punched Lin Xian in the chest.

Unexpectedly, a particle shockwave suddenly struck, blasting the black-armored man away and pinning him against the wall, causing the building to shake.

At the same time, several bursts of supernatural energy erupted in various places, and a storm of bullets swept over, instantly relieving the pressure on Lin Xian, KIKI, Zhou Jin, Li Su, and Xiao Yan. The man with the red flash quickly fled at this moment.

Lin Xian looked up and saw that Qi Nuo's team had finally arrived to provide support.

"Sorry I'm late!"

Qi Nuo jumped down from the floor and punched out a series of resonant waves that blasted a fire-breathing monster away. He then asked Lin Xian, "How's the situation now?"

"No time to explain! Hold off these freaks for me. I need to connect the cables first. Be careful, there are two angel-level ability users among them!"

Without saying a word, Lin Xian immediately activated the power armor's propulsion system, carrying Shiori as they flew towards the Gray Mist Messenger on the other side.

At this moment, countless black raindrops shot towards Lin Xian like bullets, but just before they hit him, a strong updraft engulfed them all. KIKI stood in mid-air and said to Lin Xian, "You go quickly, leave this to us!"

In the upper floors, more and more of the previously popular ghosts began running down the corridors. In the main control room corridor, Zhou Jin's team was also engaged in a bloody battle. Outside, in the underground city's several floors and streets, KIKI, Grace, the drone legion, and Nightcrawler Zino's squad were fighting fiercely against the two superhumans and numerous armored ghosts.

Lin Xian arrived at the launch pad of the Gray Mist Messenger's berth. The mechanical scanner quickly detected the information connection terminal. Then, he created a repeater and began to reconnect the cables to the main control room.

The closer Lin Xian got to the giant S-class suit, the more he felt a strong dark force constantly tormenting his sanity. Shiori looked terrified and used all her powers to help Lin Xian suppress it.

Buzz!
At this moment, Lin Xian even directly activated the superstring reactor phase ring to enhance his peak ability, and his mechanical heart started running wildly.

Empty~
At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly heard strange noises coming from below the underground city, as if countless dark creatures were stirring. He didn't know if it was simply because of the darkness or because of the power resonance generated by the S-class gray mist.

"There seem to be a lot of monsters down there, but they're being blocked by something."

"valve."

Lin Xian recalled that when they first entered the city, Ke Zai led them into the already sealed underground transportation system. Those systems were sealed off, but it seemed that this place was connected to something else.

He immediately opened the topographic map of the underground fortifications that Zhou Jin had given him earlier and found that several ports were outside the No. 1 city wall. Once opened, billions of strange entities would crawl into the underground fortifications, and the city would fall directly into hell!
Shiori then realized what was happening and asked in a terrified voice, "If those monsters crawl into the city from here, where will they lead?"

"Dungeon Number One!"

Lin Xian's eyes flashed with a chilling light: "Right in the center of Dawn City! The Crimson World wants to turn Dungeon No. 1 into a monster fountain. When night falls, the whole city will be in panic, besieged from both inside and outside. Dawn City will become their massive testing ground, with millions of people as their experimental subjects..."

“This…this is terrifying!” Shiori exclaimed.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Chu Yan and her team were engaged in a fierce battle against several red-haired monsters chasing Julius.

The shaft passage at the Mount Targon launch site was a bloodbath, with several Red Humanoids wiped out and the young lives of Chu Yan's team members also left behind. On a platform at the edge of the launch site, a small transport ship was docked.

Meanwhile, the remaining team members were still fighting with the two monsters, while Chu Yan chased them to the platform of the transport ship.

Julius stood at the boarding gate, when suddenly, another Julius, dressed in a suit, stepped off the transport ship.

Chu Yan's expression changed slightly upon seeing this scene.

"Surprised?" Julius glanced calmly at the corpses along the way and said, "It's all thanks to you. In order to deal with your mental energy squad, I have to do more things."

The two Julius looked at Chu Yan with smiles on their faces, one on the left and one on the right.

Swish!
Suddenly, a red flash struck, but Chu Yan used her mental energy to shake off the attack, and her mechanical body tumbled to avoid it.

"Do you know why I'm waiting for you here?" one of Julius sneered. "Because I'm curious whether the people of the Phoenix Order even know what despair is."

Chu Yan's delicate face was now covered in bloodstains. She looked at the man with the Speed ​​Force whose gaze swept over the two Julius and then warily eyed the red flash.

The opponent was too fast. Although it was difficult for the opponent to get close to her within her mental energy field, she also found it difficult to focus and defeat him.

Julius sneered: "Psychic abilities, you can kill with just a thought, what a perfect power, comparable to God, huh, the ace of the North American United Front, why are you hesitating now?"

"Oh, because you can't kill me, and you still want to get all the information about the dark world from me. Ye Lan will definitely tell you that this may be the last chance for humanity to take the initiative."

Chu Yan did not respond. At this moment, she remained vigilant and contacted Lin Xian through her communicator.

"Lin Xian, how's it going on your end? Can you guarantee you'll take down the Heart of the Galaxy?"

"It's not that simple..." Lin Xian was covered in sweat. He cleared all the manufacturing sequences of the Black Star Forge, manufacturing cables and intranet terminal equipment.

When he used a repeater to connect to the intranet cable, he indeed found that, as KIKI had said, the entire Mount Targon launch site was equipped with a strict authentication key. He immediately changed his expression and said to Chu Yan, "Now there is a problem. To connect to the intranet for central control, Julius's iris authentication is required."

Chu Yan frowned at this moment: "Can we force it open?"

"Double encryption with root server iris key is not enough time; he must be there in person!"

"I'm also having some issues here." Chu Yan looked at the two Julius in front of her and relayed the situation to Lin Xian.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian frowned and said, "Do you know which one is him?"

“I can scan the differences in mental energy fluctuations between individuals. The clones will be different due to time and training, but these two seem to have undergone the same training, or rather, neither of them is Julius himself.”

"So cunning, what can we do?!"

If neither of them is Julius himself, then they cannot be certain who is the one who connected to the Dark World.

Chu Yan naturally realized this as well.

Boom!

On Chu Yan's side, her supernatural power erupted, and another fierce battle ensued. Her teammates behind her killed a red-haired monster and came to her aid, but they were struggling to cope with the man flashing red light. At this point, both of her remaining teammates were injured.

Chu Yan seized the opportunity to back away and said to Lin Xian
"Right now, we can only deal with the problem of the Heart of the Galaxy. The Zhen Tian Ship and the 83rd Iron Guard Brigade have arrived to provide support. We don't know how long it will be before dawn. If the weapon system is captured by now, both inside and outside the city will be doomed!"

"I know!" Lin Xian, covered in sweat and frantically operating the repair project, shouted, "Moreover, the Crimson World has tampered with the underground network fortifications. Those anomalies can directly enter the city from the launch site or other means. They want to conduct city-wide experimental observations under this atmosphere of widespread fear!"

Chu Yan's eyes flickered upon hearing this, and she said to Lin Xian, "Regardless of whether these two people are really Julius himself, I can be certain of one thing!" "What?!"

"If authentication is required, the activation of the Fog Messenger is also included, so the one capable of iris verification must be among them!"

Lin Xian realized: "That makes sense. Given Julius's caution, he must make sure that Crimson Three has completed the takeover of the city's central hub, otherwise their long-prepared plan will be in vain."

Lin Xian's mind raced. He said, "Chu Yan, don't let Julius get away. I'm coming to find you right away. I have a way to solve this problem remotely!"

Chu Yan wiped the blood from her face and whispered.

"it is good!"

Beep, beep, beep!
At that moment, a loud alarm sounded at the Mount Targon launch site.

The launch plan is about to begin; the launch silo is being opened.

Far outside Dawn City, in a suburban area, the streets and buildings shook violently, the ground cracked open, and a giant gate hundreds of meters long slowly opened.

In an instant, a large amount of rubble, along with countless bizarre creatures rushing through the darkness, fell from the sky like rain.

Boom!

A rumble of thunder echoed throughout the launch site, and torrential rain poured down from the Mount Targon launch site, drenching the gray fog messengers and various engineering supports.

Seeing this, Lin Xian, after installing the repeater, suddenly handed a photonic memory to Shiori: "Shiori, I'll be done soon. You'll be responsible for inserting this repeater key later."

"Ah?!" Shiori's face turned deathly pale upon hearing this, and she stammered nervously, "I...I..."

"listen!"

Lin Xian grabbed her shoulder and, with a heavy heart, said to her, "There are still 3 minutes left. As soon as we connect at 10 o'clock, the Heart of the Galaxy will open its ports due to the activation of the curtain-breaking device. The Crimson World will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to control the Heart of the Galaxy. Although Julius has set up a key on the server here, he doesn't know that Chu Zhaonan deliberately left it offline for 10 seconds. Because even with the computing power of Crimson 3, it would take 10 seconds to take over the entire city, so we will have 10 seconds to reclaim the control center!"

“But…” Shiori looked nervous, not expecting Lin Xian to give her such an important task.

Lin Xian, panting heavily, whispered in Shiori's ear, "Don't be afraid, I believe you can do it."

"I...I..." Looking at Lin Xian's determined gaze, Shiori's face flushed red, and then she nodded seriously.
"I see."

Lin Xian gave the control key to Shiori because she was the only person here, besides Chu Yan, who was not greatly affected by the darkness.

He had originally considered having Grace carry out this mission, but now that Grace needs to deal with the Red Man and operate the drone to repair the terminal, only Shiori has the spare capacity to do it.

Afterwards, Lin Xian completed the cable connection and flew back to the floor where the main control room was located with Shiori using the thrusters. A large area of ​​the street and buildings had collapsed, and the entire command post was on the verge of collapse.

"Zhou Jin, Qi Nuo, protect the control room and Shiori!"

"understand!"

Boom! On the other side, KIKI was overwhelmed by the seemingly invincible black water, her psychic power feeling like it was hitting the ocean and the air, leaving her struggling to cope.

The black water sometimes transformed into rain and mist, and sometimes flowed in the air, appearing incredibly agile.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xian immediately realized, "She has a real body! This water is just something she controls and transforms!"

"Grace! Find the source of the superpowered individual!"

"Grace!"

Grace understands!

Whoosh! Hundreds of drones spun and scanned like a storm, and sure enough, they found a dark figure on a higher floor. In an instant, countless drones opened fire on the figure, and Blackwater quickly flew away.

KIKI seized the opportunity to overpower them, and the two began to clash with their supernatural abilities.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Xian entered the main control room and summoned Iron Curtain Drones and Construction Drones to surround the entire control room.

"Captain Lin!" Zhou Jin, covered in metal, leaned closer. "Those people are getting more and more cunning!"

"You guys hold this control room!"

"it is good!"

Instantly, all the squad members fought and retreated, all beginning to converge on the main control center. Lin Xian operated the powered armor jet system and several drones to fly upwards towards the launch site.

Seemingly aware of Lin Xian's actions, countless black water arrows suddenly shot out from inside the building, like a torrential downpour trying to stop Lin Xian.

Boom! The psychic wave struck, and KIKI arrived quickly, gritting her teeth, and used her full power to form a protective shield to block it for Lin Xian, causing a large amount of blood to flow from her nose.

Lin Xian was about to intervene when he saw this, but KIKI, without turning her head, used her telekinetic power to lift him upwards:

"Don't worry about me, you go quickly!"

Two minutes left!!
Lin Xian didn't have time to think. With the help of KIKI's telekinetic power and the propulsion system, he braved the storm and rushed straight up, finally breaking through the surface.

At this moment, the outline of the night was indistinguishable between heaven and earth. In the distance, outside the No. 1 high wall of Dawn City, dense bombardment and artillery barrage were like a storm. The tidal wave of strange creatures seemed endless. The tall strange creatures climbed and bombarded the city wall. The reinforced concrete and metal armored city wall had already developed gaps of various sizes.

Millions of survivors were battling the sky and the mutated crowds in the city. The smoke from the battle rose into the sky like dark clouds. Even from more than ten kilometers away, Lin Xian could smell the blood and burning odor through the rain.

From the direction of the main control room.

When Zhou Jin saw the key to continue control in Shiori's hand, he immediately understood their mission. At this moment, the black-armored monster rushed over. He gritted his teeth, roared, and stood tall and fearless as he charged straight at it!
"Li Su, Xiao Yan, hold this place at all costs!"

"Roger that!"

"Old Qi, don't fucking destroy the command post, or the battlefield will be separated!"

"I know!" Zino, covered in blood, was trembling. His four squads had been fighting since last night, all the way to the underground tunnels, and now less than 20 of the original 40 men were gone.

The fire-breathing red-haired monster burst out of the passage, and Zino, along with two teammates, rushed forward.

"Wei Chen, Zhang Xufeng, gag it!"

"it is good!"

boom!
Inside the main control room, countless drones were rapidly repairing terminal equipment, while fierce battles were raging at both ends of the main control room. Li Su, Xiao Yan, and several small teams from the Nightwalkers were fighting desperately, while outside the main control room, a massive battle raged across several floors, a scene of utter carnage.

At this moment, Shiori stood in front of the server rack, her hand still holding the key, her eyes fixed on the time. Through the window, she could see that the giant S-class armor outside was radiating a terrifying, world-destroying black aura.

One minute left!

Under automated operation, the fuel tower cables begin to detach, and the hydraulic support tower slowly separates.

beep!beep!
The yellow alarms blared throughout the Mount Targon launch tower, each sound like a heavy hammer blow!
In the passage, Xiao Yan, whose chest cavity had been pierced by sharp claws, roared before dying and plunged two electric knives into the red-faced ghost's jaw, piercing through its skull!
With only one arm remaining, Li Su detonated the explosives placed in the passageway, burying himself and the people who followed him alive, completely blocking the passageway on this side of the hall.

Outside the main control room, the Nightwalker team had been forced back outside by countless monsters, leaving less than 10 people. Zhou Jin, with his steel-like body, grabbed the black-armored monster and smashed through several concrete walls. The black-armored monster was incredibly strong, even breaking Zhou Jin's wrist joints despite his metallic skin. Zhou Jin's blood boiled, and he bit down on the monster's neck, tearing off a piece of its breathing tube and jaw.

Bloody battle!
On the other side, as soon as Lin Xian flew out of the launch silo, his gaze immediately fell upon Chu Yan, who was making her final stand outside the small transport ship at the edge of the platform, as well as two 'Julius's'!
"careful!"

Before he could speak, Chu Yan's voice came through the communicator.

Whoosh! The sound of wind breaking came in an instant. Lin Xian was still in the air when a red flash came flying by at lightning speed. He subconsciously raised his AT field shield, but he was blasted away by the force and crashed to the ground like a cannonball. Before he could get up, another red monster had already raised its fists and was heading towards him.

Bang! At the critical moment, a female member of Chu Yan's team quickly arrived and used an air blade to sever half of the red-haired monster's arm. She then blew Lin Xian away, but was hit in the back by another punch, causing her to spit out blood immediately.

Lin Xian, who had dodged the punch, pulled the female team member out from under the fist, grabbed a Destroyer drone, and immediately activated the Black Hawk Armor's back propulsion system. He then flipped the female team member in mid-air and delivered a powerful electric hammer punch to the head of the Red Man Ghost, causing her to fall face-first into the Destroyer drone.

boom!
A deafening explosion erupted instantly. In the blink of an eye, Lin Xian had already activated the superstring reactor phase ring and released a large AT force field shield to protect himself. The huge shockwave sent both of them flying dozens of meters away.

As the smoke cleared and debris flew everywhere, Lin Xian could only hear his own breathing through his mask. The violent explosion made him feel as if his entire body was about to fall apart.

The holographic screen on the power armor kept flashing as time ticked by.

He wiped the dust off his power armor visor, glanced at the female teammate beside him, unsure whether she was alive or dead. He staggered to his feet, preparing to walk towards Chu Yan, only to find that the man with the red flash had vanished.

Lin Xian immediately became alert, and at that moment Chu Yan's voice finally became clear in the communicator.

"Lin Xian... Lin Xian, can you hear me?"

"I can hear you."

"The launch is imminent. Has the internal network equipment been repaired?"

Lin Xian looked at the progress information sent by Grace on the holographic interface.

98%.

“Absolutely.” Lin Xian said in a deep voice, “There’s someone here who can unlock things with their iris. Perhaps, this person also knows information about the Dark…”

Julius looked at Lin Xian, who was struggling to get up from the rubble, with a disdainful smile.

"Chu Zhaonan proved the theory that 'humanity is doomed to defeat' with his actions. He broke the principle, but he also taught your Phoenix Society a lesson."

Julius glanced at the time and then held up his watch to the two men.

"Oh, it seems you don't have time."

Lin Xian and Chu Yan looked up and saw that the time on the screen had just jumped from 9:59 to 10:00!
[Launch procedure initiated, thruster ignition countdown begins!]

boom!
A tremendous tremor shook the earth as it swept through the Mount Targon launch site, accompanied by mechanical noises, and all alarms ceased.

At the same time, on the distant No. 1 city wall, the sounds of a large number of weapons and automatic cannons suddenly stopped!

At this moment, before dawn, under the cover of darkness and rain, a raging, bizarre tide of beings suddenly arrived.

The garrison troops and millions of survivors who were fighting desperately on the city walls suddenly felt a great deal of quiet in the world. Instantly, an extreme fear arose from the depths of everyone's hearts.

"Weapons have been grounded!"

"Out of ammo?!"

The garrison on the city wall shouted, and the commander, his face covered in cold sweat, yelled: "Personal weapons, return fire! All mech units, get on the city wall!"

When all the automatic weapon systems stopped working, the defensive firepower of Dawn City seemed to decrease by two-thirds all at once. In an instant, a large number of bizarre creatures surged onto the city walls, and the giant creatures began to crash into the areas of the city walls that had already been breached. In the sky, countless flying creatures swarmed out, and Dawn City was filled with despair and screams.

At the Mount Targon launch silo, mechanical voices began announcing the launch countdown.

[Launch sequence countdown begins, 10 seconds]

【9】

"Lin Xian!" At this moment, Chu Yan's face was filled with emotion, and she shouted to Lin Xian without hesitation, "Listen to me, I'll control Julius in a moment, you scan his iris immediately, and then..."

【8】

As Julius watched the weapons come to a standstill, a smile finally appeared on his gloomy face: "Look at this spectacular scene. I won't kill you, after all, you two are still my most promising test subjects."

"Now, let the Phoenix take over this mess and get out of my testing ground as soon as possible. Maybe you can take a million or two of your remaining vehicles with you. Hehe, but it doesn't really matter. Anyway, for you, taking those old, weak, sick, disabled, children and the weak is of no use to you. Those large convoys and those advanced evolved powerhouses should be more than happy to get rid of these burdens. So, our Crimson World is actually solving your problem, isn't it?"

"I'll take care of your mother!" Lin Xian said to Chu Yan at this moment, "If it were a dead person, could you still use your psychic abilities to steal dreams?"

“Even if his brain dies, his brain cells will not immediately lose their activity. The micro-electrical signals of each neuron will be completely cut off, and all his ‘thoughts,’ ‘memories,’ ‘judgments,’ and ‘organ perceptions’ will remain for a few minutes…” Chu Yan replied.

Lin Xian checked the repair progress of the intranet terminal: 98%!

"Then kill him!"

【7】

Julius remained calm upon hearing this: "How naive. Do you really think that this body of mine contains information about the dark world, and that I'm just leaving it here for your psychic squad to seize?"

"I won't fall for the same trick twice."

After saying that, the two Julius immediately prepared to board the transport ship.

【6】

At this moment, Chu Yan shouted, "Lin Xian, grab him!"

"None of you will escape!!" Lin Xian shouted, activating his mechanical abilities. In an instant, he manipulated the boarding stairs of the transport ship behind him to transform into two hinges, binding both Julius together.

【5】

Julius immediately frowned, because he saw that on the other side, Chu Yan's eyes had already activated her psychic abilities.

boom!
In an instant, both Julius had blood seeping from their eyes and their minds went blank, clearly having been forcibly controlled by mental powers.

【4】

Just then, the man with the red flash suddenly appeared, but instead of attacking Lin Xian and Chu Yan, he plunged a dagger directly into the temple of Julius on the right.

"Sorry, I already guessed this trick of yours. If a psychic ability dies within the target's consciousness, the user will also die."

The man with the red light gave a strange smile.

But instead of seeing surprise on Lin Xian's face, he saw Lin Xian extend a finger toward him.

【3】

His expression suddenly changed, and he tried to retreat in an instant. But in the blink of an eye, the space behind him suddenly distorted, and a small black hole instantly captured the red light on his body along with his flesh and blood. The man was extremely terrified at this moment because he found that his speed force could not escape!

"impossible?!"

Lin Xian gritted his teeth and roared, using his right hand to pull out the gravity lens and his left hand to summon the Black Star Forge.

【2】

Buzz!

A massive thundercloud appeared in mid-air, and a terrifying mechanical gate slowly opened. From within, a complete set of root server network and intranet terminal equipment, along with cables, coiled out like a black python, condensing at the front into a terminal iris recognition device, which lunged directly at Julius, who had a dagger stuck in his temple!

This scene is like a mechanical wonder!
At the same time, on Lin Xian's holographic panel, the intranet terminal repair finally reached 100%.
Network data flickered, cables moved like serpents, and the identification light screen swept across Julius's face, emitting a green light with a beep!
The voice was extremely soft, yet at that moment it sounded like a booming bell, causing Julius on the left to suddenly awaken from his mental control.

【1】

boom! !

Beneath Mount Targon, the eight super-heavy plasma thrusters of the Gray Mist Messenger ignited with a roar. The powerful thrust caused the ground to tremble for several kilometers. Huge gusts of air surged violently into the sky from the launch site shaft, dispersing all the rain curtain. The raging heat wave continuously melted all the launch pads and support structures.

At this moment, this super-large S-class bio-armor, hundreds of meters tall, slowly ascended into the air!
"What have you done?!" Julius roared. Before Lin Xian could respond, all the automated weapons on the distant Dawn City walls suddenly ignited, unleashing a devastating barrage of fire. These weapons weren't aimed at the survivors or the garrison, but rather at the dark horde, violently unleashing a full-metal storm of human industrial civilization!

"How is this possible?!" Julius's expression changed drastically upon seeing this: "Crimson Three has clearly taken over Dawn City!!"

click!
A mechanical motor sounded, and Lin Xian, standing opposite him, pointed his finger at Julius's forehead with the mechanical energy cannon, and coldly said...

"It's obvious that you don't really understand how to be a person."

Julius was furious and snarled, "Lin, I swear, you will..."

Bang!
The mechanical cannon pierced through his forehead, and the clone of Julius collapsed before he could even finish speaking.

Lin Xian immediately rushed over and helped Chu Yan up. At this moment, bright red blood was flowing from Chu Yan's eyes, nostrils, and mouth. She tried to open her eyes, but kept trembling, her head was twitching, and her body's mechanical devices were frantically sounding alarms.

Heart rate overload, heart rate overload...

[Veterinary signs detected, AED system automatically activated]

Whoosh!
The AED system on Chu Yan's body activated automatically, and a series of ionizing sounds rang out. Chu Yan seemed to regain some consciousness, and she tried to speak while still with her eyes closed and her whole body trembling.

Seeing this, Lin Xian quickly put his ear close.

"This is...the only...choice...Lin...don't...give up on me..."

As his panting subsided, Lin Xian slowly raised his head. The woman before him had stopped breathing, and the crimson blood bloomed like flowers on her beautiful face.

Lin Xian stood up, and KIKI's voice came through his earphones.

"Lin Xian...we have successfully obtained the Heart of the Galaxy."

Inside the main control room, Shiori successfully inserted the control key into the control panel at the last moment, and before Crimson Three could completely control the Heart of the Galaxy, its consciousness core was captured by Grace.

The air was thick with the stench of blood. At the main entrance, Zhou Jin, his chest completely ripped apart, was holding the black-armored monster in his arms, both of them perishing together. Qi Nuo, with half of his leg broken, leaned against a corner, lighting a cigarette for himself. Shiori, her face already streaked with tears, was trying to treat him.

Zino's gaze swept across the room, finding his former teammates and partners everywhere.

Apart from a few construction drones, most of Lin Xian's drones had been destroyed in the war. Grace rescued the exhausted KIKI from the ruins and took her to the passage outside the main control room.

Rumble!
At this moment, the few remaining people looked at the sweltering heat and smoke that filled the entire launch silo after the launch of the Gray Mist Messenger, as if they were in another world.

Lin Xian stood at the entrance of the massive launch silo, looking up amidst the surrounding battle as the enormous gray fog messenger slowly ascended into the dark, rainy night. At the same time, in the starport of Dawn City, seven giant starships, under the cover of countless anti-aircraft weapons and air combat vessels, trailed a string of dazzling arcs of light as they all headed towards the sky.

That arc of light was like the last torch before darkness fell, illuminating the night sky while seemingly taking away the last glimmer of Dawn City.

Hearing the sound of the Heart of the Galaxy being reclaimed, Lin Xian felt an indescribable mix of emotions. He knew they had survived the night, but he also knew that the remaining humans might only have a final, desperate escape.

(End of this chapter)