Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 411 Evil and Deceptive
18: 35.

it's dark.

The once desolate sea rock island seemed to have been submerged by the deep sea. The air was filled with the salty smell of the sea, mixed with the smell of rust and decay, like the breath of some ancient creature, slowly seeping into every inch of space.

This atmosphere of despair seemed even more terrifying than on land, as if the entire island had suddenly sunk into a bottomless ocean, filled with fear and suffocation.

Outside the station, on the previously deserted streets, rustling sounds suddenly came from, and countless eerie whispers arose, like countless wet limbs dragging on the concrete ground, or like some kind of sticky liquid slowly seeping out of the sewer.

"Tick."

A drop of black liquid fell from the platform ceiling, hitting the rails and instantly corroding them, producing a wisp of blue smoke.

Then, the second drop, the third drop...

The entire city seemed to be "awakened" by some indescribable force.

On the distant sea, darkness surged in like a tide, swallowing the last ray of light. Beneath the surface, countless twisted black shadows slowly emerged from the water. They had no fixed shape; sometimes they resembled humans, sometimes some kind of arthropod, or sometimes just a writhing mass of black flesh, their surfaces covered in a sticky liquid that gleamed eerily in the moonlight.

"Giggle..."

A low, muffled sound, like bones grinding together, came from all directions.

The streetlights outside the railway station flickered for a moment, then snapped off. In the darkness, something was climbing the wall, its sharp claws scraping against the metal surface with a piercing sound.

The Mugen's engine was off, the lights were off, and all the window shades were lowered.

"Here they come."

Vanessa's voice was low and tense. Through the gaps in the sunshade, she looked at the platform outside the station. The quiet station was beginning to fill with countless sounds. On the platform ahead, a "person" slowly stood up—if it could still be called a "person." Its limbs were twisted out of proportion, its head was drooping, and its neck was bent backward as if it had been broken, revealing a face without features.

The next second, it suddenly looked up, its empty "face" staring straight at the train.

A chill ran through them instantly, and the bulletproof windows of the Infinity suddenly began to frost over. A hand was placed on Vanessa's shoulder, pulling her away from the window.

Since emerging from Star Abyss No. 5, Lin Xian hadn't felt this fear of the approaching night for a long time. This time, he also felt a chilling and eerie atmosphere that made him feel solemn.

"Back off."

Inside the carriage, all the team members wore somber expressions, their breathing becoming labored. Chen Sixuan, sensing the chill, spoke in a low voice.
"It's like a parade of a hundred ghosts at night. How can there be so many? And... it looks like they're in a hurry?"

Bang!

Just as Chen Sixuan finished speaking, the entire Infinite carriage suddenly shook violently. It seemed as if some creature had climbed up from outside the carriage, emitting a dull, heavy sound, and the entire carriage shook with a hollow sound.

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became tense. Lin Xian frowned, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and prepared to retaliate at any moment.

Lin Xian was extremely uneasy. Viola's cleanup work at the East Port was not yet complete, and going out to sea at night was extremely dangerous. He did not want to start the Infinite to escape in the middle of the night unless absolutely necessary. Judging from the scene of hundreds of ghosts walking at night outside, it would probably not be easy for them to escape.

Giggle...

The vast railway station now seemed to have returned to its former bustling state, with eerie sounds emanating from each platform and passageway. On the platform next to the Infinite, numerous dark figures were passing by, and countless ear-piercing scraping sounds echoed on the armored carriages, sending chills down one's spine.

But at this moment, the commotion outside the carriage grew louder and louder, as if more beating monsters had climbed onto the Infinite. Rows of eyes slid across the armored plates outside the carriage. Everyone held their breath. Just then, the Mexican girl who had been rescued raised her hand and made a shushing gesture to Lin Xian. The black woman also signaled for everyone to remain calm.

She then pointed to her wrist, where a small screen displayed a countdown.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Just as the countdown on Gedi's wrist ended, the strange entity inside the track station outside the carriage seemed to suddenly become agitated, making continuous creaking and eerie roars, and the noise began to grow louder and louder, as if it was all accelerating in a certain direction.

In the darkness, the crew of the Infinite exchanged glances, listening to the dense noise outside. No one dared to breathe loudly. Sasha stood next to KIKI and pinched her nose, while Mo Xiaotian, standing beside her, also dared not breathe.

Lin Xian noticed the anomaly, slowly released the hand gesture that was about to incite the others to attack, and calmed down.

As expected, after a burst of intense noise outside, it quickly quieted down. Although there were still eerie sounds coming from some dark corners, the intense hunting frenzy from before was completely gone.

Seeing that the surroundings had quieted down, Lin Xian's eyes flickered as he looked at the black woman and asked a question.

"what have you done?"

"Decoy."

The Black woman then introduced herself: "Gadey, this is Vanessa. Thank you for letting us into your shelter."

"Lin Xian."

Lin Xian reached out and shook her hand, but upon hearing her name, Gedi's expression changed drastically. She grabbed Lin Xian's hand and said...
"Lin Xian, Infinity?!"

"Yes, you know me?"

"Are you really Lin Xian?" The girl named Vanessa also stepped forward, slowly took off her hood, and carefully examined Lin Xian.

"It's me, is there a problem?!" Lin Xian retorted.

Vanessa and Gedi exchanged glances, then smiled incredulously.

"My God, we've actually encountered the Swordholder."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately understood that with the Phoenix Society's global broadcast, his identity was no longer a secret. He had gotten used to it, but after venturing into the ocean, he now felt that he might need to keep a lower profile. After all, the Phoenix Society had not yet completely eliminated the Adventists like those in the Crimson World, and he might be targeted by someone.

"Tell me about the situation first," Lin Xian said in a low voice. "Why are there so many strange creatures here after nightfall? And what's your situation?"

"A lot? This is still quite normal." The woman named Gadi calmly said, "These strange creatures all 'walk' from the seabed. Even before dark, they can move in deep water, and after dark they will gather on the island's land, so their numbers are very large. They are both marching and hunting."

“No wonder…” Lin Xian said in a deep voice. He recalled the indescribable strange entities underwater in Taku Deepwater Port. It turned out that various strange entities were already scattered beneath the sea surface, just like hidden under the snow layer of a blizzard. As soon as it got dark, Haiyan Island was already surrounded by a tide of strange entities.

"Have those monsters spotted a target?"

At this moment, Monica keenly sensed that the sounds outside seemed to be converging in one direction, and immediately whispered...

"Is it the effect of the decoy you just mentioned?"

“Yes,” Vanessa said. “After nightfall at sea, the number of strange entities is too dense. Many times, even without the Dark Mark, they are very easy to detect. So we use a decoy agent, which is synthesized from cold dark reagent and bioactive enzymes. To a certain extent, it will have a higher mark fluctuation than those without the Dark Mark. Just a little bit is enough to cause an attack over a large area.” “You mean, Dark Mark decoy?” Chen Sixuan thought of the strange container she encountered at Hengshan Pass Station.

"Pretty much. These days, most survivors at sea have to rely on this method to escape," Gaddy replied. "The sea is too vast; otherwise, there are no other ways to escape."

"These monsters have such high spirit levels."

Inside carriage number 2, Sasha looked at the monitoring screen in the information center with a surprised expression: "How scary!"

KIKI looked at Lin Xian: "It's good that you retrieved all the drones. I felt that even the slightest movement could have been discovered."

Lin Xian checked the time and asked the two people...
"What organization are you from, and what are you doing here?"

“The Falcon Squadron,” Vanessa said.
"We are seafaring cruisers," Gaddi added.

"Seafaring expeditions?" Qian Dele frowned slightly. "You are survivors who used ships as shelters?"

"Correct."

The girl named Vanessa said, "We have all received the message from Dawn City. We originally thought that some train groups might go through the ocean section again. We didn't expect that the first train group we encountered would be your Infinite. Just a heads up, many deep-sea base stations in the Pacific G3-G9 have become shelters for some alliances. Many of them are the previous train groups. It won't be easy to get through."

"Robbery?" Lin Xian said.

"Pretty much. The orbit around the stars is too restrictive. The situation on the sea is more complicated than on land. Your train corps is not as safe as it is on land."

Lin Xian understood. Now that very few trains were entering the track section, the resources should be located at the various base station nodes, as well as on the sheltered islands and survivor ships. Encountering an incoming train would indeed attract attention.

This problem might be troublesome, but Lin Xian is more concerned about the special situation he is currently facing.

"The ocean, those strange creatures... how come they appear in broad daylight?" Lin Xian asked at this moment.

"Is that strange?" Vanessa looked at the group of people. "Your team of superhumans are quite strong. Haven't you seen the evil creatures that roam in broad daylight?"

"No."

“We’ve never seen any strange creatures that roam during the day. Of course, human-shaped strange creatures, zombies, or red human-shaped strange creatures don’t count. What you were facing just now must have been some kind of strange creature, right?” Ning Jing said at this moment.

Vanessa and Gedi exchanged glances, then said, "We call these 'Vicious Creatures.' They can appear during the day and come in many forms, the most common being the Cracktail and Redbone. However, they weren't always like this. In our observation, these creatures are constantly evolving. At first, they appeared during storms or on cloudy days, or inside buildings and in sewers, and for a short time. But in the past few months, these Vicious Creatures have become more and more adaptable. They can not only move in the sunlight, but they are also constantly evolving, becoming more and more threatening. Ordinary weapons are no longer enough to deal with them."

“However, they all have one thing in common: they have a very short lifespan, usually only two or three days.” Gaddy crossed his arms and said calmly, “They look like the vanguard of the Dark Tide.”

At this moment, Ning Jing spoke to Lin Xian, saying, "Captain Lin, when we made our move just now, we discovered that these monsters have evolved a bio-force field that can withstand basic energy weapons, unlike ordinary C-level and D-level anomalies."

"What, it possesses a bio-force field?"

KIKI was somewhat surprised. She floated up from the swivel chair, crossed her arms, and said, "Isn't this even more difficult to deal with?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned serious. If ordinary monsters could possess defensive force fields, it would definitely be bad news for the survivors.

"I didn't expect the evolution speed of the strange entity to be so fast?" Chen Sixuan frowned.
“Human evolution isn’t slow either,” Lin Xian replied, then looked at Vanessa and Gedi and asked, “Can you tell us who the group that attacked you was, and what’s the situation on Sea Rock Island?”

"of course."

Vanessa then said, "Even if we don't tell you, you'll soon become their targets."

"What do you mean?"

Vanessa looked at Lin Xian and the others with disbelief and said, "Come on, you are Lin Xian, the Swordholder, and your team consists of such powerful experts. Isn't it normal for you to be targeted?"

Lin Xian looked completely bewildered, but then the woman named Gaddy looked at him with a serious expression and said...
"The person I'm talking about is Weyland, the leader of the Holy City Organization, the Adventists. They gain power by hunting down bizarre entities and other superhumans through their crystal lattices. They are connected to the Crimson World and the Divine Revelation."

"and many more."

Qian Dele stepped forward and frowned, saying, "Is there some difference between the information of your sea cavalry and that of us land survivors? What do you mean by the crystal lattice you just mentioned? Doesn't this person from the Holy City Organization know that hunting superhumans doesn't help their own superhuman evolution much?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Vanessa and Gedi.

Vanessa's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt upon hearing this, then her gaze swept over everyone before finally settling on Xiaoqing, because she had seen Xiaoqing take action before.

So she opened her mouth and softly uttered two words.

"offend."

Before she finished speaking, the girl's figure suddenly flashed, appearing in front of Xiaoqing like lightning in an instant, and a small knife that she pulled out from somewhere swiftly stabbed out!

Ding!
In the blink of an eye, Xiaoqing acted swiftly, holding the gun blade in front of her face, precisely blocking Vanessa's attack.

Unexpectedly, Vanessa, who had suddenly made her move, saw this scene, slightly raised the corner of her lips, and said, "Excuse me."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing immediately sensed a sudden change in the other party's aura. An invisible shockwave from the dagger that had blocked her flashed with silver light, as if a bio-force field had materialized, and blasted her away. Xiaoqing's body sank, and she was thrown back several meters before she regained her footing.

Chi Chi!

In an instant, everyone's weapons were pointed at Vanessa and Gaddy, but at that moment, Vanessa raised her hands and said with a harmless expression.
"Sorry, I just wanted to test whether you have a crystal lattice."

After saying that, she looked at Xiaoqing, who was now stunned and had been knocked away by her, and continued...
"You probably don't have any special abilities. Your evolutionary peak has already reached the Destruction level, right? It looks like you're about to break through to the Angel level."

Xiaoqing sheathed her weapon and replied indifferently, "7200."

“Cool~” Vanessa responded.

Lin Xian looked at Gaddy and Vanessa, wondering what they were up to. Gaddy then stepped forward and spoke to Lin Xian and Xiao Qing.

"Captain Lin, my friend, Vanessa's peak ability..."

"It's 14,000!"

(End of this chapter)