Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 431 For Evolution
"Outrageous!" Fire Brother stood up from the ruins, completely enraged. Having dominated the Apocalypse for a hundred days, this was the first time he had suffered a great loss from fire-based superpowers, especially since it was a move he had created himself. He immediately prepared to retaliate in a fit of rage.

Lin Xian immediately called out to him over the communication frequency.

"Brother Huo, don't make a move!"

Huo Ge's superpowers are extremely powerful, and since they are currently in this underground base, it is easy for them to accidentally injure their own people. Moreover, Lin Xian immediately realized that if this monster can absorb superpowers, then if Huo Ge's fire-type superpowers are countered, it will be even more threatening.

After interrupting Huo Ge's counterattack, Lin Xian saw the eerie figure melt a large area of ​​Lin Xian's "Iron Curtain" drone's shield with intense heat. He decisively controlled more "Iron Curtain" drones to surround it, while at the same time he ordered a large number of "Thunder Prison" drones to consider and prepare to use high-voltage electric arc oscillation.

“KIKI”.

"I know."

KIKI and Lin Xian worked together seamlessly. When Lin Xian prepared to launch an attack with a drone, she immediately used her telekinesis to surround him.

Noisy!
The "Thunder Prison" drone's electric arcs rippled outwards, and the intense flashes of light enveloped the entire hall in a dazzling glow. As Thunder Prison erupted, the space fell silent.

Just as Lin Xian was preparing for his next move, the power armor system suddenly detected an extremely strong energy density release. The next moment, the white monster, which was enveloped in countless "iron curtains" in the air, suddenly burst out with thousands of electric arcs!
The electric arc seemed to be a response to Lin Xian's attack, and its power seemed even greater, even penetrating KIKI's psychic shield and shattering a large number of surrounding devices!
"This thing can absorb and transform all potential energy, not just superpowers!" Lin Xian deactivated the AT field shield, and saw the white figure violently emerge from the half-melted drone fragments. At that moment, an arc of light flashed, and Xiao Qing made a high-speed move, directly severing one of the monster's arms in mid-air. Whether it was due to the gap caused by the release of energy earlier or the inability to use the bio-field in time, the white monster crashed to the ground. Xiao Qing's grappling hook accurately nailed to its forehead, and she moved closer like a bullet, her gun blade flashing, ready to decapitate it.

The white monster seemed to sense the danger as well. It grabbed the hook on its forehead and suddenly aimed it at Xiaoqing. A trembling moan came from its mouth, which was sewn shut by black threads.

The sound caused shockwaves in the surrounding air, and Xiaoqing's slashing spearhead was instantly distorted.

Infrasound!
Bang!
Just then, a tremendous force exploded. Ning Jing quickly approached from the side and threw a punch. The monster sensed the danger, and its dark gray bio-force field became visible. At the same time, a sharp claw crackled with electricity and attacked Ning Jing directly. However, Ning Jing's punch was like a landslide, directly exceeding the pressure relief limit of her power armor joints. It produced a thunderous explosion in the confined space, shattering the white monster's bio-force field, along with its head and half of its shoulder!

boom!
Blood mist and tissue fragments sprayed out in a fan shape, staining most of the area with blood.

At this moment, the white monster twisted a few times, its flesh and blood twitching wildly as if they were a mixture of many different things, before collapsing into a pool of blood, lifeless.

Ning Jing stood up, panting, clenched her fists, and turned to look at Lin Xian.

"Team Leader Lin, this looks like a...person."

"Is it some kind of charlatan again?" KIKI asked.

The battle just now lasted less than a minute. Although it was quickly resolved, everyone felt a tremendous pressure. Lin Xian stepped forward and used the drone to pick up a piece of flesh and blood tissue: "Give it to Director Ding."

"This thing is amazing. It can absorb energy, fire, electric arcs, and even become invisible. It can also emit infrasound. It's not just one superpower," Ning Jing said.

"It seems the research on the Crimson World has made progress again," Xiaoqing said coldly, sheathing her weapon.

"Researching such evil things makes one want to kill them as soon as possible!" Brother Huo patted the blackened areas of his power armor, his face full of murderous intent.

When it comes to human monsters, the first thing that comes to mind is the Crimson World.

"Lin Xian."

At this moment, KIKI tapped on a computer in the monitoring center and said in a mysterious tone...
"Look what I've found."

Lin Xian walked over and saw that KIKI had opened several monitoring screens. One of them showed a black Abyss-class Borei-09 strategic nuclear submarine in a large underground deep-water floating harbor. At the same time, on the shore, a dozen members of the Holy City Organization in uniform were using a crane to lift what appeared to be a specially made torpedo onto the submarine.

In another scene, Lin Xian saw a large door open in an experimental area, with the system displaying a "dangerous" body type.

"We found them. They're in the submarine's inner harbor below. It seems they knew we were coming, so they released a monster to cause us some trouble," KIKI analyzed.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian focused his gaze on the surveillance screen and said in a deep voice...

"It's nighttime now, where are they thinking of going?"

……

The lights of the nuclear submarine's inner harbor cast dappled reflections on the dark water.

The Abyss-class Borei-09 strategic nuclear submarine resembles a sleeping steel behemoth, half-floating on the dark green water. Its jet-black hull gleams with a cold metallic sheen, and the sonar array at its bow is like a silent, gaping maw, ready to devour any threat from the deep sea.

On the dock, a dozen researchers dressed in white radiation suits were busy operating a huge hoisting arm to slowly lift up specially made torpedoes. The torpedoes were coated with special markings of decoy agents, which looked particularly glaring in the dim light.

"Be careful! Don't damage the stabilizer!" a middle-aged man wearing goggles shouted sternly, his voice echoing within the closed port area.

The hydraulic system of the lifting robotic arm emitted a low hum, the steel cable was taut, and the torpedo was steadily sent into the submarine's vertical launch compartment. Meanwhile, another group of people were checking the hull's airtightness, scanning the weld seams back and forth with handheld testing instruments. The beeping sound of the instruments sounded like some kind of eerie counting.

On the submarine's conning tower, several members of the Holy City, dressed in black uniforms, were communicating with the internal compartments via communicators. Their voices were low, but their tone conveyed an unquestionable authority.

"Loading progress?"

"70% complete, estimated to be eight minutes remaining."

"Speed ​​up, the tidal window waits for no one."

The surface of the water in the port area rippled slightly as the submarine's buoyancy adjustment system made fine adjustments to ensure stability during loading. Occasionally, water droplets would slide off the hull and drip into the unfathomable depths, creating faint ripples that were quickly swallowed by the darkness.

The air was filled with a mixture of smells of engine oil, seawater, and metal, and was damp and cold.

On a metal walkway along the floating harbor, a middle-aged man wearing an armored vest and sunglasses quietly watched the bustling activity below, fumbling for a silver pocket watch in his hand.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the entrance of the passage in the distance.

"Professor Chen!" A young subordinate rushed over: "The surveillance footage shows that they've dealt with Composite Experiment No. 3. They should have discovered us and will be engaging us soon. Should we retreat?"

"How about we open the floodgates and let that thing in? That should definitely stop them," an assistant next to Professor Chen whispered.

Chen Yanxiu slowly raised his head, pushed up his glasses, and calmly glanced at the monitor screen through the lenses.

In the scene, Lin Xian's figure is passing through the metal corridor, approaching the inner harbor.

Chen Yanxiu was silent for a moment, then spoke softly:
"Does a single Special-level being think it can stop the Phoenix Order's Swordholder?"

"This..." The assistant was speechless.

"The lord has already made arrangements," Chen Yanxiu waved his hand, "spread the word: everyone, if you don't want to die, lay down your weapons."

"Put...put down your weapons?" His subordinate looked surprised.

“That’s right.” Chen Yanxiu turned around and said, “Let’s go and meet this swordsman.”

"No need, I'm already here."

At this moment, a voice came from Chen Yanxiu's communicator. He was about to take a step but stopped abruptly. Everyone looked shocked. Chen Yanxiu looked at the communicator in his hand with a complicated expression. After a long while, he sighed in a gloomy tone.

"Mechanical superpowers..."

dong dong dong.

Below, everyone lowered their weapons and raised their hands. Footsteps echoed from the distance of the passage. Before anyone could be seen, numerous metal devices flew out of thin air, precisely locating each member of the Holy City Organization and binding their hands and feet. Simultaneously, a large number of "Thunder Falcon 2000" drones took off, their pulse cannons aimed at the foreheads of each person. The moment they entered the inner harbor, Lin Xian had taken control of all the communication devices.

"You're a smart guy. What you just said saved these people's lives for 30 minutes."

Lin Xian, along with KIKI, Ning Jing, Huo Ge, and their group, appeared fully armed, surrounded by drones. Although there were only seven of them, the firepower they displayed was no less than that of an armored regiment.

Chen Yanxiu looked at Lin Xian walking ahead, stood quietly in place, and said without changing his expression, "Hello, Captain Lin."

"Do you know me?" Lin Xian looked at the middle-aged man, his gaze sweeping over him, and a hint of wariness flashed in his eyes when he caught sight of the silver pocket watch.

Chen Yanxiu smiled upon hearing this: "We all know you. My name is Chen Yanxiu. You may have heard of me before."

Chen Yanxiu?
Lin Xian felt he must have heard this name before, and just then, he heard Shiori's voice and a document in his ear.

"He is the leader of Divine Revelation. He and a man named Shen Tuo founded the Adventist organization Divine Revelation, which is a fanatical worshipper of supernatural abilities and forbidden powers."

The screen in front of him displayed a file on Chen Yanxiu, and only then did Lin Xian recognize the person in front of him.

"Are you guys trying to run away?" KIKI looked down at the nearly 5-ton Abyss-class Borei-09 strategic nuclear submarine and asked with great interest, "At this time?"

Chen Yanxiu said, "Darkness doesn't necessarily mean an enemy. Sometimes, in times of crisis, changing your perspective can make everything clear."

"Oh?" Lin Xian pointed to the torpedo hanging in mid-air: "If you're so confident, why use something like this? I thought you'd allied with the Dark Civilization and that the monsters wouldn't eat you anymore."

Lin Xian's drone swarm hovered on both sides of the passage, and the red dots of the pulse cannons locked onto the foreheads of every Holy City member. Chen Yanxiu stood on the steel platform, his silver pocket watch flipping between his fingers, his gaze behind the lens calm to the point of indifference.

"Captain Lin," he began, his voice as steady as a laboratory thermostat, "Do you believe that civilizations are of different levels of superiority or inferiority?"

"Are you here to lecture us?" Lin Xian smiled. "I didn't kill you all. Guess why?"

"Of course I know your purpose." Chen Yanxiu chuckled and countered, "Aren't you curious why you encountered all of this?"

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this, paused for a moment, and then looked at Chen Yanxiu and said, "I also want to know, how did the former head of the Special Items Research Department of the Angel Project end up founding Divine Revelation, and now he has joined the Holy City Organization?"

“Oh, you misunderstood. We haven’t joined the Holy City Organization.” Chen Yanxiu adjusted his sunglasses and smiled. “Everyone is just acting under the Lord’s orders.”

"Also... don't misunderstand." Chen Yanxiu stroked the silver pocket watch in his hand and said to Lin Xian, "I just want to talk to you, the swordsman. Now that the master has canceled the order to kill you, you don't need to worry about me attacking you. Perhaps I am no match for you either, but please believe me, I am not your prisoner. If I want to leave, you can't stop me."

Lin Xian's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked at the silver pocket watch. He could sense the distorted dark energy fluctuations of the forbidden object and subconsciously used his mechanical abilities to probe it. Sure enough, mechanical manipulation and mechanical devouring had no effect.

"Hey, pretty arrogant." KIKI was displeased upon hearing this and immediately said, "Then let's see!"

After saying that, she used a telekinetic wave to grab Chen Yanxiu, but as soon as she made the move, she immediately realized something was wrong. KIKI's telekinetic power seemed to have disappeared around Chen Yanxiu, and she sank into the mud.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"this."

Chen Yanxiu smiled calmly, picked up the silver pocket watch and said frankly, "Number SIID-05, silver pocket watch. This forbidden item will continuously generate a characteristic similar to the spacetime force field in the Star Abyss, allowing it to expand the environment beyond 3 meters by about 7 seconds. So theoretically, if I want to leave, you will not be able to find me for 7 seconds. At the same time, all attacks on me will be slowed down. Isn't that interesting?"

Lin Xian and the others all changed their expressions slightly upon hearing this, but Chen Yanxiu continued speaking after finishing his sentence.

"In addition, I have more than one forbidden item on me, but for safety reasons, I will not tell you about its characteristics one by one."

Lin Xian looked at him: "Why do I feel like you're showing off?"

"No, I just mean that these powers are very advanced, far beyond human civilization, which is why they are so fascinating."

After saying that, Chen Yanxiu said to Lin Xian, "That's why I wanted to talk to you. You are someone the Lord has his eye on. You may not know, but this is an opportunity that can change everything."

Lin Xian thought for a moment and then asked directly.
"What do you mean by saying that the Lord has rescinded the order to kill me?"

"It's very simple. The Dark Civilization wanted to kill you, but the order was rescinded. We believe this means that the Master may have other ideas about you."

"You don't know the reason?" Lin Xian asked back.

Chen Yanxiu shook his head.

"Actually, you don't need to think too much. If the master wants you dead, you can't leave this island anyway." Chen Yanxiu chuckled. "Captain Lin, have you ever seen the tsunami unleashed by the Ocean God? That kind of power that can throw ten-thousand-ton ships into the clouds is nothing more than breathing to it. If that being wanted to kill you, would you still be standing here talking to me right now?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Lin Xian then opened his power armor visor and calmly looked at Chen Yanxiu: "I'm a stubborn person. I just happen to feel that your master wants to kill me, but can't, so I'm here. I don't think he'll give up on killing me because of any interest. Besides..." He looked down at the Abyss-class Borei-09 strategic nuclear submarine and said seriously...

“You say you can leave at any time, but I don’t think so. You know I have mechanical abilities, so you should know that crushing this thing is like a toy to me, right?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanxiu's pupils narrowed slightly, and his composed expression changed somewhat.

"You think darkness can't defeat you?"

"Isn't the answer that I'm still standing here?" Lin Xian retorted.

Chen Yanxiu closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "I have to say, and you must have a mindset like yours to have a chance of becoming the Phoenix Society's swordsman. You're so stubborn and unyielding."

He looked at Lin Xian and asked again, "What do you think of the Dark Civilization compared to human civilization?"

Lin Xian said in a deep voice, "Are you trying to say that the Dark Civilization is a more advanced form?"

"Isn't that right?" Chen Yanxiu said, "The Dark Invasion can actually be described with a different term, such as the Mental Limitation. You can understand it as a new ecological structure. Those environmentalists, oh, like that Gu Zheng, used to like to preach environmental protection to save Blue Star and the world. But in fact, Blue Star has existed for billions of years. There have been times when Blue Star's temperature was hundreds of degrees higher than it is now, and times when carbon dioxide was dozens of times more concentrated. There have been millions of years of continuous torrential rains and floods, and asteroids colliding with the continental shelf are commonplace. Humans cannot save Blue Star; humans can only save themselves. Any environmental change is like this; it's all about exploring how humans can adapt to this environment."

"So, if we understand the invasion of darkness as a new environment, it's not so complicated. Those who survived have successfully adapted, and evolution is nature's reward for these survivors, isn't it?"

"So you've become accomplices of the dark civilization, and killing survivors is also a form of evolution?" KIKI retorted disdainfully.

"No," Chen Yanxiu corrected, "The Crimson World and the Holy City Organization only represent the individual interests and actions of our human camp. These are not orders from the Dark Civilization. But isn't it pathetic that even in times of peace, there are racial conflicts, class oppression, hegemonism, struggles between the rich and poor, and suspicion among humans? Even after the apocalypse, there are still racial conflicts, class oppression, hegemonism, struggles between the rich and poor, and suspicion among humans. Doesn't this precisely demonstrate... that human civilization is a very low-level and backward civilization?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian said, "So, the Dark Civilization doesn't want to exterminate humanity?"

"Captain Lin."

Chen Yanxiu looked at Lin Xian and said seriously, "What kind of evolution do you think can eliminate problems such as racial conflict, class oppression, hegemonism, the struggle between the rich and the poor, and suspicion of interests for an advanced civilization?"

"what?"

Chen Yanxiu adjusted his glasses, his gaze sharpening. "When all life..."

"To merge into one."

(End of this chapter)