Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 420 The Storm Arrives
The once desolate city of Haiyan was now ravaged by howling storms. On the distant horizon, dark clouds hung like an iron curtain, pressing the sky low as if they were about to crash into the sea. The clouds churned and twisted, with flashes of dark purple lightning occasionally breaking through them, but there was no thunder, only a suffocating silence.

The ruins of the city streets appeared even more dilapidated in the dim light. Broken high-rises resembled skeletons gnawed by giant beasts, and shards of glass reflected an ominous glimmer. The palm trees along the seaside boulevard had long since withered, and their dry branches rustled in the wind, like the whispers of some creature.

Lin Xian, KIKI, and Shiori quickly flew low over the sky towards the direction of the Infinite Orbital Station. The holographic display screen of their power armor kept flashing, and the alarm of the Geiger counter continued to sound, as if all signals were being strongly interfered with by the storm.

"In the clouds, in the sky, there are the auras of many monsters..."

Shiori's tone was tense; the oppressive feeling of impending doom made her feel as if she had returned to Dawn City that night.

"Lin Xian, have you contacted them?" KIKI asked Lin Xian, using her telekinesis to create a shield against the strong wind.

"no!"

Lin Xian led the two through the street at breakneck speed, creating a violent gust of wind that sent debris flying. He looked up at the sky, where lightning was swirling, and said in a deep voice...

"They should all be retreating back to the Infinity. If they encounter any trouble, the squads should be able to handle it flexibly."

"it is good!"

Wow!
On the eastern coast of Haiyan Island, where the harbor's outer beach connects, the sea begins to boil.

It wasn't just ordinary surging; the entire sea seemed to be boiling, churning up murky foam. Beneath the black water, huge shadows could be vaguely seen moving about, occasionally surfacing to reveal their translucent, fluorescent bodies before quickly sinking back into the depths.

"The situation is not good." Ning Jing's face darkened as she looked at the scene. She immediately called all the members to prepare for evacuation.

"careful!"

"Where's Ah Bai?" Ning Jing called out to Huo Ge, but didn't see Ah Bai anywhere.

"Over there!" Xiaoqing leaped onto the roof of a seaside residential building and shouted in the howling wind.

"Look!"

Ah Bai's voice came through the communicator. At this moment, Ning Jing and Huo Ge both climbed up. Below the road was a rocky black rocky coast. As soon as they landed, Lu Xingchen immediately saw that a large number of whale carcasses had mysteriously appeared on the edge of the beach. These deep-sea creatures had become rare after the Apocalypse, but here, dozens of them had inexplicably appeared.

"Ah Bai, what do you see?" Ning Jing came to Ah Bai's side and found that Ah Bai was looking up at the low-lying dark clouds in the sky above the outer sea. He slowly raised his hand and said nervously, "Can't you see it? There's something there!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ning Jing and Lu Xingchen looked up, but all they could see was a dark, boiling sea under the storm, nothing else.

“Focus!”

Xiaoqing swung down from above, her voice grave, and said, "You need to use your mental power to block out the storm to see it!"

Ning Jing frowned and immediately activated the peak of her superpowers. In an instant, she felt the sea breeze blowing against the power armor shell become sticky and heavy. Amidst the howling storm, she raised her head and looked at the dark sea again. This time, her pupils narrowed as an extremely terrifying scene appeared before her eyes.

Beneath the dark clouds on the sea, several indescribable creatures, as large as mountains, floated above the sea like hunched and curled skeletons, moving slowly in one direction with the same posture and movements. Countless huge tentacles dangled on the sea surface, like giant trees hanging upside down!
"What kind of evil spirit is levitating and moving through the air in broad daylight!"

Upon seeing this scene, Brother Huo's expression changed drastically. The scene before him was extremely impactful. These several enormous monster bodies were all curled up in the same infantile posture, moving eerily in a certain direction. The shore was littered with a large number of whale carcasses, resembling a scene of apocalypse!

"We need to get out of here quickly; all communication has been cut off."

Boom!

Suddenly, a lot of noise came from the industrial port area. At the same time, Ah Bai looked at the boiling sea in front of him and said nervously, "Something is coming up!"

Ning Jing frowned, turned around and locked her gaze on a large warehouse, and decisively said, "Let's hide inside first, we can't get marked!"

Immediately, the group acted swiftly, rushing into the warehouse amidst the deafening roar from all sides.

Meanwhile, in a shopping mall in the coastal commercial district, Sasha's heavy mech made an emergency stop in an underground parking garage amidst the intensifying storm. Ryunosuke controlled the dust shockwave to cover the team members as they retreated inside. Monica stood in the mall's main plaza, her face sharp, and said, "Hurry up, before we're discovered."

After the squad members retreated, she suddenly turned her head, the nano-mask beneath her helmet opened, and she instantly fired an invisible sonic sword at an electric tower on a distant building. The sound of it tearing through the air exploded, and the next instant, the electric tower on the building immediately tilted in the gale and fell, shattering a section of the building's glass into countless fragments.

At that moment, Monica could clearly feel the sounds of the storm rushing around her moving toward the building. Taking advantage of this, she and Ryunosuke quickly retreated into the mall's basement for temporary shelter.

"Sister Mo, shouldn't we just rush back to the Infinity?" Sasa asked Monica.

“These things are coming very fast. Let’s avoid them first. We don’t have that kind of decoy. If we bring the marker back to the Infinity, it will be difficult to deal with.” Monica’s mind was very clear. Her sonic ability was extremely sensitive and she immediately detected the rapidly approaching creatures. The storm in the sky was full of unknowns. Under these circumstances, she had to make a decisive decision.

"It's not even 15 PM yet," the building said. "Let's wait a bit; the storm might pass."

“The radiation levels in this storm are very high. We’ve never encountered anything like this before. How could this happen?” Sasha operated the Flying Peach’s computer and immediately launched several reconnaissance drones toward the dark underground garage. At the same time, she said, “Could it be that the floating island that the Falcon Fleet mentioned is getting closer?”

“That’s possible,” Ryunosuke said calmly. “This storm seems to be alive.”

Monica lowered her gaze slightly, quietly observing her surroundings without saying a word.

On the west coast of the island, above the dome of the rail station, Qian Dele and Shu Qin's team were observing the wind direction with serious expressions.

"Have you seen Lin Xian and the others?" Chen Sixuan, fully armed, shouted into the communicator from below on the Infinite.

"Not yet," Shu Qin replied.

"This storm is too strange. Our information transmission is severely interfered with within a few hundred meters. This is definitely not ordinary." Luo Yang operated a handheld interrupt device. Hundreds of drones were patrolling and spreading at low altitudes. He controlled the formation through node transmission. Even so, the electronic system was still greatly affected and kept issuing power surge alarms.

Miao Lu and Xiao Yuan both grabbed their weapons and stood ready. Mo Xiaotian hid by the door, nervously looking up at the dark sky above the dome's opening. Sun Yuzhen flew over from a distance and called out to Chen Sixuan.

"We haven't seen anyone in any of the directions. Should I expand the search area to meet them?" "No need!" Chen Sixuan immediately shouted, "This isn't about meeting them. They might have run into some trouble if they haven't returned. Going out in this situation will only cause more trouble. Let Luo Yang patrol with the mechs and drones!"

"Yes."

Qian Dele jumped down from the dome and landed on the roof of the Infinity with Lü Chang: "We'll use the Infinity as a base and send robots to explore to avoid getting marked. This storm reminds me of the Parma Snowfield. Monster tides could break out at any time. Even getting a level one mark would be enough to give us trouble."

"Everyone, get on the bus!"

At this moment, Ding Junyi suddenly stepped out from behind Xiao Yuanmiao, wearing no protective suit and looking serious, and said to the group, "The blood vine is reacting. It's that same creature as last time. Don't stay outside!"

Chen Sixuan frowned and immediately said, "Okay, get ready to close the car door!"

"Damn it!" Qian Dele was about to tell Infinity to raise its weapons and wait to pick up the other team members, but when he heard Ding Junyi's words, he immediately cursed inwardly, his expression turned serious, and he immediately called Luo Yang, who was sitting on the roof of the car controlling the mech, "Come down and get in the car."

"it is good!"

With a series of clangs, all the doors of the Infinite armored vehicle slammed shut. Chen Sixuan, holding the giant Night Hunter, kept looking out through the portholes on both sides of the vehicle while trying to contact Lin Xian.

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

"Hiss..." But all that answered her was the noisy sound of electricity.

On the other side, Lin Xian and his two companions, who were originally flying at high speed along the coastline, changed course and hid in a secluded cave on the ridge of the coastal mountain at the reminder of Shiori.

"Shiori, are you sure there are atmospheric creatures?"

At the cave entrance, Lin Xian and KIKI hid to one side, their gazes fixed on the distant coastal city area, the direction of the Infinity Ship. Even though it was only a dozen kilometers away, Shiori urgently called them back, pointing towards the low clouds on the horizon.
Something terrible is coming!

Lin Xian and KIKI looked at the dark cloud, but found nothing except for flashes of dark lightning.

“How strange…” KIKI also noticed the anomaly. Shiori’s senses are always accurate, but they couldn’t see anything. “How did this storm come so suddenly and surround the entire island all at once? It’s too fast.”

Lin Xian said in a deep voice, "I've looked at Ryan's monitoring data. That floating island is at least 200 nautical miles away from Haiyan Island. At that speed of movement, it should take at least three more days before this area is affected by the storm. It shouldn't be this fast."

Although the sea is unpredictable, this sudden extreme weather phenomenon was completely unexpected. Lin Xian's power armor system can perceive and analyze weather and air pressure in all aspects and make climate predictions. This was prepared by him and Shinji Mochizuki when they were studying the power armor adaptation before setting sail, in order to provide better safety for all team members at sea. Who knew that this first storm would cause the intelligent weather system to malfunction.

Lin Xian also realized that this storm was definitely not an ordinary natural phenomenon.

"Lin Xian, are you able to get in touch with Teacher Chen and the others?"

"Let me try."

Lin Xian immediately summoned a large number of small drones from the Black Star Forge. Since Viola was not here, he could only manually set the parameters to make these drones fly towards the Infinity in a chain-like node pattern, trying to establish a means of communication.

Rumble.

The ground trembled, and rocks and rubble slid down the ridge. Below, huge waves crashed violently against the coastline, creating a deafening roar.

Just as he was about to release the drone, KIKI suddenly grabbed his hand.

"Lin Xian, look!"

Lin Xian stopped what he was doing and leaned down to look in the direction KIKI was pointing. What he saw made his hair stand on end and his face turn pale.

At that moment, in the sky above the distant coastal city, as crimson lightning exploded, the entire black cloud was illuminated as a dark red, like a scab.

Lin Xian's pupils contracted violently. In the instant the lightning flashed, a black shadow, as if the sky were collapsing, suddenly appeared in his retina. It was not a cloud at all, but the head of a giant beast curled up in the stratosphere!
Like a volcanic eruption lifting a 'canopy', crimson lightning flickered on its head, making it look nothing like a bizarre entity, but rather some kind of ancient Cthulhu god. The head, with only a portion of the thundercloud visible, appeared to be tens of kilometers in size. As the clouds surged, it slowly pressed down on the city, blotting out the sun. Just the exposed head and numerous tentacles obscured most of the city, and countless giant tentacles slowly swirled above it. The city's buildings below looked like miniature building blocks, utterly insignificant in comparison.

This was absolutely the largest creature Lin Xian had ever seen so far, and even the atmospheric creature 'Sky Touch' in the sky above Dawn City was nothing compared to it.

Rumble!
Lightning flashed, and Lin Xian, KIKI, and Shiori were completely shocked by this terrifying scene of world destruction. The evil god-like creature slowly twisted its huge tentacles in the sky, and the surrounding air was refracted like an oil film, making the horizon tens of kilometers away seem to be folded and stood upright behind its head, as if some kind of spatial distortion had occurred!

"What...what is this?!" Lin Xian exclaimed in astonishment.

KIKI said with a very ugly expression, "S-rank? No, this... is even bigger than that floating giant corpse in Jiang City, it's practically like..."

"A world-class disaster?" Lin Xian responded.

"Is it the creature from the depths of the Pacific Ocean that the Phoenix Society recorded?" KIKI asked.

"Creature No. 04: An unknown abyssal creature from the Pacific Ocean. First discovered on July 11, 2069, in the abyss of the Pacific and Black Oceans. Its form is unknown, but its observed size exceeds 13 kilometers. It once triggered the tsunami at Boer Island..." Shiori said at this moment, "I know this is recorded in the Phoenix Order, but there are no pictures. I only know that it was named..."

"Number 04 - Oceanus!"

Lin Xian recalled the records in the Phoenix Token, and seeing the world-ending scene before him, his expression turned solemn as he spoke.
"Ocean God...aren't we incredibly lucky? We encountered it as soon as we set sail..."

"A world-class disaster?" KIKI asked incredulously. "How could it suddenly appear here?"

"The devil knows..."

Lin Xian looked at the terrifying behemoth from the deep ocean, couldn't help but clench his fists, and spoke solemnly.

"The Pacific Ocean...it's a nightmare!"

(End of this chapter)