Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 395 The Gray Mist Messenger (1.2 views, please vote!)
As Dawn City descended into darkness early and global radio signals disappeared, the atmosphere in the city command center of the European Storm Alliance in Reykjavik was utterly silent. Outside, in the safe haven district, the convoy camps and tents of more than four million survivors stretched as far as the eye could see. It was still daytime here, but everyone could feel a dark cloud slowly obscuring the European sky.

At the Dawn Center in the direction of the Tianji Qionggu Strait, hundreds of thousands of various types of apocalyptic armed vehicles are parked on the entire strait plain, from base vehicles to off-road vehicles, from railcars to armed trucks, from aerial vehicles to marching convoys. Nearly 800 million homeless survivors have gathered here, and there are dozens of large convoys with more than 5 people each. Li Heping, the commander-in-chief of the Dawn Center, looked solemn. He was dressed in a trench coat and military uniform, with sharp eyes. After Ye Lan’s voice came out, everyone fell silent. Countless convoys and lookouts stood on the roofs of the vehicles and looked south.

Phoenix in Ushuaia, South America; the United Front in Alaska, North America; Noah and the Republic's Sanctuary Islands in Oceania... The few remaining survivors around the world are all gripped by an urgent sense of urgency for the survival of humanity. Countless people begin to pray that Dawn City can overcome this dark temptation and bring the dawn back to humanity!

Oxygen remaining: 95%...

[Low-temperature weightlessness detected; armor life support system activated]

The mechanical female voice echoed in his ears, and Lin Xian could almost hear the sound of breathing valves circulating inside the power armor mask.

Lin Xian slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was an upside-down starship cabin space, with countless fragments, instruments, and cables floating in the air, like a bizarre slow-motion silent film.

An extreme chill surged from all directions. Even though Lin Xian was wearing an interstellar-grade power armor, he immediately felt a powerful dark invasion that was no less intense than that within Star Abyss No. 5, assaulting his consciousness.

His mental energy was twisted wildly, his consciousness collapsed, his vision blurred, and he felt an icy chill!
Chi Chi.

The automatic obstacle avoidance system throughout his power armor continuously emitted subtle jet thrusters, helping him float stably in place without colliding with the compartments or sharp metal fragments.

Lin Xian was panting heavily, trying to adjust his state. Although he had been prepared, the violent dark invasion still made him feel as if he were being swallowed by the deep sea. At the same time, this was the first time he had experienced such a large-scale teleportation, which made him feel an extreme sense of time distortion. It was as if he was not teleporting through space as he had imagined, but was sucked into a node in a dark star abyss and then quickly passed through to appear here. It seemed to be an instant, but in fact, it was a long process.

He frowned slightly and reached out to grab the shimmering bullet that he had sealed in the lead box and was now floating in the air.

"I have this feeling that some eerie entity is flickering behind me when night falls..."

Lin Xian frowned, his expression turning grim as he looked at the time.

17:44
"Two hours? How could so much time have passed?"

Lin Xian's head was throbbing with pain. When he looked up, he found himself in the same scientific experiment module that he and KIKI had previously infiltrated on the [Civilization Vanguard]. However, the main cabin wall was now torn open by a ten-meter-long crack, and the metal at the edges was twisted and rolled up as if it had been gnawed by a giant beast. Through the crack, he could see the pitch-black universe—no sound, no temperature, completely black, as if he were in the abyss.

There was no air or pressure inside the cabin. A thin layer of frost had formed on the edge of the crack, which was the trace of the leaked liquid oxygen freezing instantly in the vacuum.

The body of a young woman wearing glasses and a lab coat floated by slowly. Her beautiful face was frozen bluish-purple, her mouth was wide open as if she was still screaming silently, and her hands were still outstretched forward, as if trying to grab something.

He recognized the face; it was the woman they had encountered when they left the starship.

Lin Xian quickly turned to the spherical experimental device, activated the thrusters to fly over, and peered through the observation port with a searchlight. He discovered that the dark corrosive cells inside had already turned black and lost their activity. Lin Xian then located the data cable and used his mechanical abilities to prepare to restart the circuitry inside the cabin and reconnect it.

However, as his mechanical heart operated, a strange spatial wave rippled up in the surrounding space, as if some kind of ripple had been generated.

This immediately made Lin Xian cautious. He immediately released Grace and several drones to probe from the direction of the cabin crack and the passage, but found nothing, only a pitch-black and infinite space.

Woo~
As Lin Xian activated the superstring reactor phase ring, part of the module's energy was restarted, and the lights flickered on.

"Grace, help me... connect to the starship system," Lin Xian said to Grace, enduring immense pressure.

【OK】

Grace quickly adjusted her position, fastened herself onto the experimental device, and then deformed her fingers to insert them into the data connector to begin receiving data.

Our current altitude has exceeded the geostationary orbit altitude of Earth, and due to perturbations, our orbital parameters are drifting.

"So, if we want to re-enter the atmosphere, we need a propulsion system, right?"

Yes, according to shipboard data, our current altitude is 46852 km above the ground. If we need to re-enter the atmosphere, we need to use a Hohmann transfer to descend from high orbit to low Earth orbit. We also need to calculate the velocity increment and perform at least two decelerations to ensure the correct re-entry angle.

Lin Xian frowned: "Quickly help me obtain the energy data of the Dark Corrosion Cells absorbing the Dark Invasion on this device. Also, check if there are any survivors or propulsion modules that are not offline."

[Okay, acquisition complete. Additionally, an unknown emergency signal was detected on the main bridge, but the section has separated and cannot be retrieved.]

"So fast?" Lin Xian asked as he flew from the cabin with Grace toward the main bridge on the upper deck.

[The emergency information transmission device of this starship is sending signals in all directions of Earth and the universe. After checking the command log, it has been confirmed that it is a continuous command issued by Captain Chu Jing. That is, as long as the system or emergency circuit is activated, the [Civilization Vanguard] will continue to transmit in a loop.]

"A distress signal?"

Lin Xian used a pulsed laser to cut open a twisted and damaged automatic door. The next moment, his eyes narrowed. Outside the door, the bow of the entire [Civilization Vanguard] had been completely broken into a 90-degree open opening. A large number of starship fragments and human corpses floated in the boundless darkness of space. The main structure keel and compartment fractures of this 50-ton giant human spaceship were all exposed, forming a horrifying and tragic scene.

Grace's voice came from beside my ear.

No, these signals include...

[1. Data on the absorption of energy by dark cells during the invasion of darkness]

[2. Ionization reflection, spectrum, neutron and radiation dose data under the condition of the broken curtain of the celestial canopy.]

[3. Low-frequency radio spectrometer (NCLE) data used to study signals from the Dark Ages of the universe.]

[4. Data on the abnormal physical characteristics of all personnel, including Chu Jing himself, after encountering the dark energy storm...]

Chi.

Lin Xian activated the propulsion system, dodging various debris as he entered the main bridge passage. He untangled the cables, bypassed the corpses, and finally entered the massive main bridge of the [Civilization Vanguard]. The huge bridge command room was deathly silent, with only a sliver of sunlight shining through the broken portholes to illuminate the bridge.

Meanwhile, in the captain's seat, a corpse in full military uniform, covered in white frost, stood upright. He was restrained by a seatbelt, seemingly having been in this position all along, fearlessly facing everything.

Upon hearing Grace's words, Lin Xian looked at the captain's corpse with a solemn expression.

He knew that this person was Chu Jing, Chu Zhaonan's son.

Lin Xian recalled that when he left the "Civilization Vanguard" that day, he had brushed past a young colonel in the passageway. Seeing him now, he realized that the man was Chu Jing.

"Don't worry, the message you sent won't be swallowed by the darkness. I'll take it back for you..."

Lin Xian looked at Chu Jing's face, which was covered with frost, and said in a low voice.

"Thank you, Colonel Chu."

[Signal acquired. This signal is a communication command sent by the Natural Selection spacecraft to a geostationary coordinate spacecraft. The command has been received and the information returned.]

Lin Xian turned around at this moment: "What coordinates?"

[Analyzing] Grace looked up at Lin Xian. [Through the orbital coordinates of the spacecraft, it has been determined that this spacecraft is part of the Dragon Kingdom's Planetary Orbit Defense Project—South Heavenly Gate.]

Lin Xian's pupils dilated upon hearing this: "They've connected to the South Heavenly Gate?!"

Yes, this message was sent by [Nantianmen] 5 hours and 21 minutes ago. The reply command was: The system will restart immediately upon completion and is adjusting its orbital position.

"Adjust to where?"

【here. 】

Grace said softly, then pointed out the direction from the bridge window.

"No way……"

Lin Xian immediately activated the jet propulsion system and quickly rushed out of the damaged porthole on the bridge. He adjusted his hovering angle amidst a pile of space debris, and then he saw the huge planetary orbital defense device that he had only seen in the news before. It was hovering in the silent starry sky at an altitude of 52660 km in the geostationary orbit of Blue Star, like a towering sword!
The giant ring-shaped energy storage array with a diameter of 12 kilometers, equipped with the "Thousand-Mile Eye" deep space radar and 24 "Candle Dragon"-class confined particle beam arrays, can instantly intercept small meteorites within 500 meters of vaporization. It is a defense platform built by the Dragon Kingdom United Federation for the ecological security of planets and lunar rings.

Platform code name: Nantianmen!

"Sure enough, the first thing the vanguard fleet did after breaking through the Heavenly Curtain was to try to contact the South Heavenly Gate."

Lin Xian looked at the huge man-made spacecraft and found that signal lights were still flashing on it, but all the working sections were turned off, and it was completely silent. The entire spacecraft seemed to be enveloped by an endless black mist.

Just as Lin Xian was about to fly out from behind a broken section of the structure to get closer and take a look, his power armor and his senses simultaneously detected a strange fluctuation. Lin Xian immediately called out to Grace and then hid in the shadow of the floating section.

Just then, countless black tentacles, resembling thin cables, spread out from behind the broken propulsion section of the Star Shepherd. Their numbers increased rapidly, like blood vessels clinging to the hull of the starship, quickly seeping into the torn gaps in the hull.

"What it is……"

Lin Xian's gaze turned serious: "A strange entity?"

Those pitch-black tentacles seemed to appear out of thin air from the starship wreckage, gradually spreading and growing larger and larger. Lin Xian slowly raised a drone to observe from the wreckage and was shocked to see that behind the broken remains of the [Shepherd], a huge biological mouth, resembling the accretion disk of a black hole, was slowly opening. Those tentacles were like a huge net covering the sky, constantly covering one starship wreckage from another!
At that moment, the drone's observation and aiming perspective suddenly detected a giant shadow appearing behind the black creature, far away on the other side of the Blue Star's atmosphere!
Three enormous space cities overlapped, silently suspended in an endless dark space under the illumination of the sun and moon!
Lin Xian immediately recognized it as the largest space infrastructure project in human history—the Moon Ring!

This space city, which harvests energy using tidal forces and solar energy, has a diameter of over 300 km and resembles a cosmic behemoth suspended in the distant orbit of Earth.

But at this moment, this enormous miracle of civilization seemed to be swallowed up by some kind of black energy storm in the dark universe. Below was the Pacific Ocean of Blue Star, where huge ocean storms and black clouds were swirling, resembling a scene of world destruction!

Just then, the strange sucker-like creature in front of them suddenly emitted a dark wave that seemed to be tangible, sweeping over them.

"Damn it!"

Lin Xian felt a chill run down his spine, cursed under his breath, and immediately activated his jetpack to rush towards the bridge wreckage through the porthole of the main bridge of the [Civilization Vanguard]. He quickly used the Spirit Dispersion Value Detector to check himself, and only after seeing that he had not been marked with the Dark Mark did he breathe a sigh of relief. Recalling the scene just now, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The South Heavenly Gate and the Moon-Gazing Planetary Ring seemed to be entirely eroded by a cosmic darkness surrounding the blue planet. Lin Xian originally thought that at most there might be strange beings on it after the mutation, but who knew that there were also strange entities in this space debris!

[Large-scale biological activity detected; immediate evacuation advised!]

Grace said at this point.

"I know."

After obtaining the data, Lin Xian originally planned to head to the direction of the Gray Mist Messenger immediately, but the situation he saw at this moment made him alert, and he immediately dispatched dozens of drones.

"Grace, check the path for me, and see if there are any strange entities on that Gray Mist Messenger!"

The dark energy fluctuations emitted by an S-class creature wouldn't be small. The commotion just now reminded him that if other strange entities were attached to the Gray Mist Messenger, then forget about saving Chu Yan. He would be marked with the Dark Mark, and who knows what terrifying things might be in this space, just like that sucker-like creature that unfolded like a two-dimensional object. He couldn't even determine what level it was.

[Path planning and biological detection are underway; signal relay anchor points need to be set up.]

While Grace was piloting the drone to scout the way for him, Lin Xian quietly peeked out of the porthole and looked at the South Heavenly Gate, which was at least thousands of kilometers away, and immediately began to make plans.

[Detection complete. No living organisms detected. Grace advises you to act immediately, as a creature has been detected approaching the [Civilization Vanguard].]

"understood"

Chi!
Half a minute later, Lin Xian maneuvered his powered armor flight device to speed out of the wreckage area and gradually approached the super-large, bizarre bio-armor floating in space.

The Gray Mist Messenger was hanging upside down, with the eight heavy plasma thrusters behind him partially charred. He landed on the suppression device behind the mech's head, using mechanical scanning while operating the control unit.

Subsequently, under Lin Xian's control, one of the tubular suppression devices slowly slid out. He opened a hidden cabin below and was surprised to find a full-metal life capsule cabin rising from the cold air. At the same time, inside the control center of this mecha, a robot almost identical to Grace was suspended in the air with a large number of cables connected to its body.

When Lin Xian opened the life capsule, he saw that the person lying inside was none other than Julius!

Compared to the clones they had encountered before, this Julius seemed to have aged significantly by 10 years. He was quite thin and his entire body was immersed in some kind of biomass liquid. His skull was completely open and cut open. Outside the transparent biomass liquid chamber, a large amount of white mycelium wrapped around him, making him look like a pupa that had not yet fully formed a cocoon.

[She is Crimson Viola III, my online version. Her digital life consciousness was uploaded via Julius, undergoing a human-in-the-loop evolution, giving her a 'self-personality' consciousness. Although I captured this part of her consciousness during Operation Crescent Moon, her stored memory should also contain an offline version like mine. Furthermore, her armor uses the same standard materials as mine, making it stronger than 'Dancer I.' Please be extremely careful.]

"That's easy!"

Lin Xian yanked off its main control cable: "Grace, help me rewrite it."

【clear. 】

Grace then stepped forward, inserting a neural cable into the data interface at the back of Viola's head, and simultaneously spoke to Lin Xian.
[Viola is the master AI controlling this fully armored mechanical unit. Do you want to retain her action module?]

"no need."

Lin Xian took a deep breath. He had already fallen victim to this trick before, so how could he be careless again?

Although... the matter concerning Hua Xiaoling did not cause any harm, Lin Xian felt that it would be better to have complete control over this kind of intelligent brain.

[Your plan is to re-enter the atmosphere by restarting this bio-system, which will be an extremely dangerous move. According to the Vanguard Project's log data, the Dark Storm and the large-scale mutation are very likely related to some effect produced by the S-class breaking through the Heavenly Curtain. In this case, the Dark Invasion is very likely to infect you.]

“I know, so I’m going to try it out…”

Lin Xian was sweating profusely as he took out the device that the Black Star Forge had already manufactured. He had created a dark energy potential device developed by Shinji Mochizuki, and then directly connected the device to the Gray Mist Messenger's action brain. Now that he had the potential energy conversion device obtained by the [Civilization Vanguard], he could completely convert dark energy with the help of the Gray Mist Messenger's action brain.

Woo!
At this moment, the small conversion device was activated. Lin Xian instantly felt the torso and armor of this S-class weird body suddenly shudder. An invisible light quickly spread out. Then, Lin Xian immediately felt the cold, dark feeling around him suddenly disappear, the distorted feeling of his consciousness shaking also disappeared, and even his vision became much clearer.

"It worked... It really worked!" Lin Xian said excitedly.

At this moment, Grace had finished overwriting Viola's system and said to Lin Xian.

Are you planning to upload Chu Yan's consciousness to Viola, allowing her to exist as a digital life form?

Lin Xian looked at Julius in the capsule and his gaze sharpened.

"She probably doesn't have that intention..."

So, how do you plan to bring her back?

“There’s only one way.” Lin Xian looked at the large amount of mycelium behind the Julius capsule life pod. The mycelium traveled along the system pipes, through the inhibitor, and directly to the [Gray Fog]’s action brain.

"Grace."

Lin Xian then looked at Grace and spoke.

【I am here. 】

"I have a task for you, and perhaps only you can accomplish it."

Grace stood with her hands behind her back, striking a proud ballet pose, and said to Lin Xian: "Grace is truly honored."

Chi.

In outer space, Grace, equipped with a small propulsion device manufactured by Lin Xian, flew through the area of ​​starship wreckage towards the Southern Heavenly Gate, thousands of kilometers away!

The heavy hatch closed, and the tubular suppressor retracted and inserted. At this moment, even with the massive mechanical armor covering the inside of the suppressor's cabin, Lin Xian could still smell a odor resembling formalin mixed with humus.

Lin Xian walked behind Viola, reached out and re-inserted the cable behind her, then used his mechanical abilities to restart her.

Whoosh~ Viola's chest core began to light up, and then all the movement units in her body resonated. Powerful computing power surged and quickly searched the entire system of the Gray Mist Armor. At this moment, a female voice that was extremely similar to Grace's voice rang out.

[Hello Lin Xian, this is Viola. I have copied Grace's system data. From now on, I will serve you in Grace's place.]

Lin Xian took a deep breath, his eyes immediately turning sharp. He walked to a survival pod he had just built and removed his armor.

"Viola, retrieve the bio-armor system and Gray Fog's vital signs!"

[Viola understands, searching, security protocol activated.]

[Report: Armor integrity 92%, LCL Apostle Suppressor intact, suppressor device detected a large amount of unknown bio-currents online.]

[Plasma thrusters have 34% power remaining; thrusters 1 and 4 have experienced circuit burnout; thruster 8 is offline.]

Lin Xian immediately released all maintenance and construction drones. At the same time, a scanning signal came in, and all six construction sequences of the Black Star Forge were activated to build backup components.

"Viola, calculate the repair time."

Based on your repair and manufacturing efficiency, the estimated repair time is 4 hours, 12 minutes, and 51 seconds.

Lin Xian glanced at the time, swallowed hard, and sat directly into the life pod, handing over the repair work to Viola.

"I'm now testing the connection to the action brain. If my abnormal heart rate or signs of death exceed 3 minutes, disconnect the hyphae brain-computer interface and activate the AED system on me."

Viola paused for a second, then said, "Viola understands."

Lin Xian then lay down in the life pod, his heart racing. He tried to calm his breathing and stay focused.

At this moment, the mycelium brain-computer interface device slowly adhered to the back of his head, and a surge of bio-current instantly flowed out.

At this moment, Lin Xian's pupils suddenly opened, and countless blood-red hues began to fill his eyes.

……

At 20:05, in Dawn City, dark clouds gathered, thunder roared, and the world seemed to be filled with nothing but destructive sounds.

High in the sky, from the Silent City and the Heavenly Warship, countless cannons fired into the depths of the clouds, and huge explosions and flashes of light constantly appeared from the clouds, revealing the outline of a terrifying atmospheric creature.

On the city deck of Silent City, Ran Amano, clad in power armor, leaped high into the air, her iron fists smashing one after another of the attacking flying monsters. Ryunosuke's powerful control field unfolded, crushing swarms of flying monsters into dust. Senju Shun, with a stern expression, controlled thousands of mechs in a cyclical battle. Tens of thousands of Silent City's combat residents joined the battle, and countless drones and all the city's weapons surged back under Shinji Mochizuki's control.

"Shinji, that guy's defensive field area is too large. It shouldn't last this long." Senju Shun frowned, constantly looking at the data transmitted by the AC robot.

“We have always believed that the S-class’s use of the strange swarm attack was some kind of ‘command’ action, but now it seems that this may only be one of the reasons.”

Inside the main bridge, Shinji Mochizuki stood with his hands behind his back, his expression remaining calm despite the onslaught of millions of monsters.

"The strange body can convert the power of the dark invasion for its own use. Therefore, the monsters that are eliminated are precisely the [energy source] for these large S-class monsters. By consuming soldiers, it both weakens the enemy and strengthens itself. This is the simplest hunting concept."

Around the Twin Star Tower, hundreds of air patrol fleets from various factions had scorched the air to a burning stench. Various drones, manned aircraft, and space fighters filled the sky. In addition to the large number of monster corpses falling, human fighters also burned and crashed. A Ray-class starship descended from the thunderstorm, missiles and main guns firing densely into the sky. Suddenly, several giant tentacles that scorched the air like meteorites fell rapidly from the clouds, instantly piercing through the bow and propulsion section of the starship.

boom!
The tens of thousands of tons of spacecraft emitted a dying "void, void, void" sound. The starship's hull and armor plates exploded layer by layer, causing the energy and weapons compartments to explode as well. In an instant, a huge mushroom cloud lit up the horizon.

The flames illuminated almost half the sky. Several fleet ships made way for them. The commanders on board looked at the monitors and saw their comrades falling like rain beneath the raging flames. Countless people were tumbling and falling from the sky. Some were futilely clinging to broken oil pipes, while others were still firing back at the monsters as they fell. Under the horde of monsters, these hundreds and thousands of humans were like ants falling into the abyss.

"Urgent report: Watcher has been damaged and crashed. Echo squadron, immediately relocate to airspace 13 to fill the gap. We cannot allow the air defense line to be breached!"

Buzz!
The massive crash turned the city streets below into a vast sea of ​​fire, leaving most of the streets in ruins. While the flames of the Watcher's wreckage were still burning, another fleet formation had already arrived at high speed, filling the gaps in the firepower network once again.

Inside the city, the defense lines of each district have been turned into a sea of ​​apocalypse. The strange creatures have not yet been driven back, and many changes have occurred among the survivors and within the army. If no decisive action is taken, the chain reaction could quickly wipe out a company or convoy camp.

On the street battlefield, Da Louliang, Lei Li, Guangwen and other melee ability users were covered in the blood of the monsters. They cut down the monsters that surged into the city walls. After several hours of bloody fighting, the Gatling guns had long been exhausted.

"There are too many of these!" Li Guangwen shouted from the rooftop, smashing a bat to pieces with a powerful punch. His face was covered in blood.

"Watch out!" Liang Lei, covered in metallic skin, charged from behind and blasted a winged demon away.

"careful!"

Unexpectedly, a bizarre creature swooped down from the sky, spraying acid at high speed. At that moment, the building's steel-slaying greatsword flew through the air, piercing the creature and pinning it to the wall.

Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.

Behind a defensive line, Hu Lushou, dressed in advanced armor and wearing a steel helmet, hid behind cover and fired wildly at the strange group of creatures in an alley.

I'll kill you all!

Kaka~
But at that moment, when the bullets ran out and the firepower was interrupted, the group of strange beings suddenly burst out and charged towards Hu Lushou, stepping on the corpses of their companions.

Hu Lushou's hands were trembling as he frantically loaded bullets, his face pale, and he kept backing away.

"Wait, hold, let me load my bullets..."

Just as the monster with its sharp claws was about to pounce on Hu Lushou, a mechanical iron fist crackling with crimson electricity suddenly arrived, blasting the monster into a bloody mess with a single electric hammer strike. The shockwave from this attack also wiped out all the monsters in the entire alley.

Sun Chang clenched her fist, glanced back at Hu Lushou who was sitting on the ground in fright, and whispered, "You better watch out."

"Thank you, wife, for saving my life!!!" Seeing Sun Chang descend like a divine warrior, Hu Lushou burst into tears.

On City Wall No. 1, dense firepower poured down like a waterfall into the darkness. The area outside the city had long since turned into a sea of ​​blood. The mountain of corpses piled up in front of the mech squadron's cannons meant that they had to step on the corpses of the monsters to stand higher.

Uh-huh! ! !

A ferocious black centipede emerged from the horde of zombies, biting through a Vulcan armored vehicle before rapidly charging towards the mech cluster.

hum!
At this moment, a dark red laser beam swept across, instantly slicing the black centipede into several pieces. Sun Yuzhen, carrying Ah Bai, flew in the air, maximizing the power of the laser beam.

"Godly Infinite Blazing Sword!"

A giant pillar of crimson flame swept across the battlefield, creating a sea of ​​fire, while a sword-blade tornado formed by thousands of sharp blades swept across the battlefield.

"Brother Huo, watch out from the sky!" KIKI shouted at him.

Outside the city, on the battlefield, Huo Ge, KIKI, hundreds of Destruction-level and several Angel-level ability users unleashed their berserk power!

In the command center of the Twin Star Tower, the battle situation is constantly being updated.

"Report! The surveyor has detected S-class creature number 19, the [Wanderer], 35 kilometers south of the city!"

On the large battle screen, amidst the smoke-filled ruins, a terrifying multi-legged creature appears in the frame!

Beneath its enormous form, rows of buildings collapsed, and an acidic shockwave caused the surrounding reinforced concrete structures to disintegrate and melt away.

"Report: Defense Sector 8, outposts 45, 46, 47, 48 and 51, 52 lost signal simultaneously and strong seismic waves were detected. The front torso outline of Class 11 S-level biome [Earth Surge] has been observed!"

Xu Zhenyue and several other high-ranking officials gathered around Ye Lan, their gazes fixed intently on the command screen.

"The superpowered team, concentrate your firepower! We can't let the [Earth Surge] break through the city walls!" Xu Zhenyue issued a command to the front line: "Deploy unmanned intervention units to try to change the target's direction of movement."

"What's the current situation with the anomalies?" Ye Lan asked.

“It has already reached level three deterioration. If these two strange entities arrive, it may escalate to level four deterioration,” Xu Zhenyue said at this moment. “If it reaches level four, the front-line troops may be in trouble.”

Besides Xu Zhenyue, Generals Lu Tianye and Huo Jiang were both commanding operations at the front lines. Ye Lan looked at the battle screen and calmly said...
"How is the deployment of the City Ring Synergy Tower going?"

"The deployment is complete." Su Jin, who was in charge of this work and was the former head of the Federation's Far Star Project, reported: "We have deployed multiple power supply lines, the device in Silent City is in place, and the Dark Corrosion Cells are active. Now, as long as Lin Xian breaks through the Heavenly Curtain and the data is transmitted, the Dark Energy Convergence Tower can be lit immediately."

As Su Jin spoke, her expression grave as she watched the rising casualty figures and various crashed fleets on the combat screen, the fallen streets, and the crumbling walls of the southwestern defense sector. She spoke in a chilling voice.

"It's just a matter of time..."

"There's enough time." Ye Lan said without turning his head, "The Celestial Team of the Emperor Project is in place. Notify the front lines that individual combat forces should retreat!"

On the No. 1 city wall, in the southwest direction, the key defense area of ​​the garrison and the Iron Guard Brigade, a thunderous roar resounded through the sky.

Huo Jiang stood inside the city wall defense command post, looking at the lights in the clouds above, and said with a solemn expression, "We've finally arrived!"

He immediately stepped forward: "Connect me to the Qin brothers and Bai Ye and Su Rui!"

"Yes!"

"Attention all units, IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) signals from A-1 Emperor-Vermilion Bird and A-2 Emperor-Black Tortoise have been uploaded to the intelligence compilation center. Prepare for attack!"

Upon hearing this information, the garrison commander, Lu Tianye, immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Special Armed Power Battalion, retreat across the entire front! Areas 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, provide artillery cover!"

"The Emperor Mech is here! Retreat!" the commanders of each squadron shouted.

"Special Abilities Team, provide air cover for the transport aircraft!" Seraphim Minister Luo Ming, directing operations from the edge of a transport ship, shouted into the communicator.

Woo! ! !
Soldiers from various advanced powered armor squads who were conducting mobile operations on the front lines of the city walls received orders to retreat.

At this moment, all the survivors who were fighting fiercely in Dawn City suddenly noticed that the clouds in the sky to the east of the city had been torn apart.

Two towering, god-like figures appeared in the clouds, accompanied by lightning, under the cover of endless artillery fire and anti-aircraft fire. The roar of the turbo engines of dozens of Hercules super-heavy transport planes grew louder as they approached, like the panting of ancient behemoths. Steel cables were taut in the hurricane as the massive black shadows being hoisted slowly pierced through the thick fog.

Those were two of the latest model Monarch Project Celestial Group war machines, each larger than Unit-01. Their composite armor, made of supercarbide alloy, gleamed with a cold, sharp light under the searchlights, like Titans that had stepped out of mythology!

The mecha on the left is deep blue, with two nuclear fusion turbine engines roaring and spewing orange-yellow plasma beams. It is a heavily armored replica of the [Unit 1 - Pangu]. The joints shimmer with a ghostly blue plasma light. Inside the cockpit, the synchrotron neural link between the Qin brothers, Qin Yue and Qin Chuan, is showing an unusual 98% synchronization rate. Their eyes are sharp, and their hand movements and gait are almost completely in sync.

"Target, Creature No. 11, Earth Surge."

"Black Tortoise, prepare!"

"Black Tortoise, prepare!"

"put!"

when!
Dozens of giant steel cables were released simultaneously from the transport ship, and the 2.6-ton super-large humanoid mech fell directly from a height of 400 meters!

Woo!
With a violent whooshing sound, the Emperor-Black Tortoise crashed into the Pujiang River, located southwest of Dawn City. The river water surged up into a hundred-meter-high wave. The Emperor-Black Tortoise knelt on one knee, and its magnetic rail shield was inserted into the Bund Wharf. The defensive force field that was activated instantly shattered the strange tide of beings and the building debris within a radius of three hundred meters into dust!
Inside the cockpit, the Qin brothers stared coldly at the mountain-like Creature No. 11, [Earth Surge], outlined by black mist in the holographic interface, and spread their arms wide!

"Destroyer launched!"

"Destroyer launched!"

The armor on the front of Emperor-Xuanwu's chest unfolded layer by layer, revealing a silo with 120-cell destructive missiles, from which twenty giant missiles were launched with a roar!
On the other side, the Emperor-Vermilion Bird mech was flowing with crimson energy. It was a highly mobile and explosive assassin-class mech, and its entire body was made of new shock-resistant materials. Inside the cockpit was a husband and wife, Bai Ye and Su Rui. Both of them were graduates of the Air Force Academy. When the steel cable was lowered, the Vermilion Bird's leg thruster nozzles were like the tail flames of a phoenix, bringing a violent wind pressure and landing directly. The cracked ground raised a cloud of dust!
Facing the countless long-legged, acid-rain-laden creatures number 18, the Wanderers, the couple exchanged glances but remained in their fighting stances.

"Activate the Vermilion Bird Plasma Diffraction Sword!"

"Activate the Vermilion Bird Plasma Diffraction Sword!"

Chi!
With its agile movements, the giant mech spread its arms, and two high-energy diffraction swords, emitting crimson plasma beams, illuminated almost the entire darkness of the battlefield.

"bring it on!"

"bring it on!"

The couple shouted at the same time!

Under the raging thunderclouds, the battle between the three S-class bizarre entities broke out at this moment, and the defense of Dawn City entered a fierce stage!
……

At this moment, in deep space orbit 46852 km above the ground, a humanoid mechanical colony weighing 160,000 tons floats silently among a starship wreckage, with eight plasma thrusters behind it like eight-winged angels, displaying its majestic scale.

Lin Xian felt his consciousness being torn apart instantly. Countless cracks appeared at the edges of his vision, and a viscous dark red liquid seeped out. A powerful sense of weightlessness pulled him down to the depths of the ocean, thousands of meters below. Countless screams echoed in his ears like the cries of hell. If he could hear the cries of millions of people when he was near the black mist before, Lin Xian now felt as if he had fallen into an ocean formed by the living dead.

Suffocation, weightlessness, a tearing of consciousness—the darkness was no longer darkness, but a living entity, constantly writhing and multiplying, from a point to a circle, from a triangle to a Euclidean geometry. Every angle was twisting, flipping, and self-devouring in a illogical way. His brain tried to understand, and those angles pierced his thoughts, turning cognition into a stinking soup of brain matter.

Lin Xian felt as if he was falling from space to the surface of the blue planet, passing through the atmosphere and thunderstorm clouds. The continental shelf and ocean were collapsing, and an enormous black hole was spreading chaotically across the ground.

His head was throbbing with pain, and his consciousness seemed to have traveled through countless universes, then to planets, dust, molecules, atoms, neutrons, protons... all the way to the unknown space of a black hole!

At this moment, Lin Xian felt his consciousness become 360 ​​degrees—or more than that. It was not just space, but an overlap of countless repeated spaces and worlds. His body had disappeared. Just as he was falling with this repeated dark space, a hand suddenly grabbed him!

At this moment, everything seemed to quiet down. The overlapping space disappeared, and his vision was left with only a black void. Lin Xian focused his gaze, and the person who reached out and pulled him was Chu Yan!

The Chu Yan before them was no longer a mechanical, prosthetic body, but a fully embodied consciousness.

The whole body is smooth and clean.

"Lin Xian." Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian in surprise: "How did you end up here?!"

"Speaking of which..."

Lin Xian was experiencing this completely new state of consciousness. He had no idea how much time had passed, but he knew that he could see Chu Yan now, which meant that he had survived for the time being!

He immediately told Chu Yan about the Phoenix Society and his plan, and even Chu Yan, who had strong mental power, found it hard to believe when she heard Lin Xian's crazy plan.

"madman!"

Chu Yan looked at him, frowned, and shouted, "You only said that there are flash bullets that can return to the [Civilization Vanguard], but you didn't consider how to control this Gray Mist Messenger to return."

The armor on the Gray Mist Messenger is just a suppressor and auxiliary action armor. Simply controlling its thrusters is not a big problem. The key is to activate and control its action brain to break through the Sky Curtain. Lin Xian actually had no plan for this.

Lin Xian shook his head: "Indeed, I haven't considered that."

But he looked at Chu Yan and said, "I just felt that you must have a way, so I came up here. Maybe it was a bit hasty, but there was no better way."

Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian with a complicated expression, then paused for a moment and said...
“Julius’s life has reached its limit. His plan was actually to use the S-level recognition of the Celestial Curtain to completely assimilate him into the same life form. But he miscalculated. There is indeed a darker existence on it, but to the darkness, he is just a piece of living tissue that has been resurrected into a brain…”

Lin Xian shrugged: "Now that this bio-battery has become me, as long as I don't die, I can use me and the Gray Mist Action Brain to bring your mental consciousness back. I think that deduction... should be correct, right?"

"Based on the link you shared with me before, theoretically, perhaps it's possible..."

“It’s just that I was in a near-death state before, while your body is temporarily dead.” Lin Xian said what she wanted to say: “But I think it’s okay, we have to give it a try.”

Chu Yan avoided Lin Xian's gaze: "You are right. The dark energy data of the [Civilization Vanguard] has played a crucial role in human warfare and survival. I admire your courage."

"Let's not shower you with lofty titles yet. Let's get down to business. I've taken control of the Crimson III mainframe." Lin Xian's gaze sharpened as he looked around. "Where exactly is this place? And how do we get back?"

Chu Yan said seriously, "You can think of this as a neuron that the mycelium has opened up in the action brain of the gray fog monster using human brain medium. It is the first time that the neurons of the two civilizations have collided. Our consciousness is temporarily located here, but our life forms are fundamentally different, so we cannot have direct dialogue or communication. We can only use experiments to make logical deductions. Moreover, the survival medium of the dark creatures is corrosive to us, so the restraint locks and inhibitors created by the Crimson World suppress its neural activity to more than 70%. In addition, this is only an action brain. Therefore, according to the data conclusions of the Crimson World, the mental activity of about 420 healthy young human brains can be on par with it."

"In other words, it's a reverse flow of consciousness; whichever side has stronger mental power will gain the upper hand."

Lin Xian was taken aback: "So that means it takes the brains of 420 people to equal a single S-level action brain that has 70% of its activity suppressed?"

"Yes."

"What about us?"

"Adding me would make it possible," Chu Yan said. "My mental strength exceeds the combined peak power of at least 1000 people!"

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chu Yan: "Looks like I made the right bet."

"Merging mental energy is not an easy task. It is different from neurosynesthesia. In addition to coordinating frequencies, we also need to cooperate to resist the dark reaction of the gray fog."

"no problem."

Chu Yan possesses powerful mental abilities, while Lin Xian has angelic mechanical abilities and already has considerable experience in resisting darkness, so he is quite confident in this regard.

Chu Yan tilted her head slightly and said to Lin Xian, "Besides, once our consciousnesses are connected, you will have no secrets from me."

Lin Xian frowned, looking at the naked Chu Yan, and said...
"I think at this point, none of these things matter anymore."

"you're right."

Chu Yan turned around at this moment, and with the surge of powerful mental energy, the surrounding darkness began to fade away. Lin Xian's perspective seemed to be magnified, and a blurry space scene appeared in front of him. It seemed that he was looking at the area of ​​starship wreckage from the perspective of the [Gray Mist] messenger.

At this moment, Lin Xian looked around and felt the violent surge of spiritual energy. Countless dark tides seemed to be converging on the two of them like a tsunami, and the violent bombardment sounded like thunder in the space. He immediately shouted loudly.
"So, what do we do next?"

Chu Yan's eyes sharpened, and she slowly raised her right hand towards Lin Xian, saying loudly...
"Hold my hand!"

"Then what?!"

Lin Xian immediately reached out and intertwined his fingers with Chu Yan's. In an instant, under Chu Yan's powerful mental strength, the violent thunder around them seemed to disappear, and the world became quiet.

Only Chu Yan's voice boomed in his mind.
"Our minds are one!"

(End of this chapter)