Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 442 Viola Returns

Only then did the members of Ryan's team clearly see the mechanical gate that had summoned the giant mechanical sword earlier. Their faces were filled with astonishment, as if they had seen an alien creature.

"Is this still considered a superpower?"

"space?"

"I was curious from the beginning, where did so many drones come from?"

"That's amazing! So this is what mechanical superpowers are!"

The crowd buzzed with discussion. Gaddy and Vanessa looked at Lin Xian with surprise. "Now I think I understand why we couldn't detect his Spirit Affinity. Mechanical abilities seem to be more...mysterious than all other abilities." She carefully considered a single adjective.
“I feel the same way,” Vanessa nodded.

Ryan took a deep breath as he watched this scene. He now understood the terrifying power of this swordsman. It seemed that his plan was really of no use in front of Lin Xian. So Ryan immediately assessed the situation and said to Azir, "Iron Arm, send Haven's information and coordinates to Team Leader Lin."

Azir paused for a moment, then immediately did as instructed.

Lin Xian received the information and input it into the Iron Rain drone system. The operation was more complicated than expected. Although there might be fewer strange entities in this sea area, they could not let their guard down.

While the Iron Rain drone is somewhat weak against large, unpredictable objects, its special metal and waterproof properties make it perfectly suitable for use as an underwater information relay.

Wow!
Soon, under Lin Xian's control, the drones began to be launched into the water in large numbers. The first step was to confirm the underwater situation. If the backup programming port could be opened directly, then there would be no need for anyone to risk going down into the water.

At this moment, a small monitor appeared in Lin Xian's hand, and the underwater images captured by the drone's top camera were displayed on the monitor in real time.

Under Lin Xian's command, the drones dived into the sea. Ryan, watching Lin Xian's operation, reminded him, "Strictly speaking, the furthest distance between all the energy release ports of the Deep 3 device does not exceed the waters near Haiyan Island."

Lin Xian nodded and replied while operating the drone, "I know what you mean. These energy vents are all within the crustal layer of the underwater mountain range of Garan volcano. It is precisely because of this that the thing caused Garan volcano to revive from a dormant volcano."

"I can't be completely sure if that's true or not. The foundation keeps this information confidential. I just want to say that if the volcano starts to move violently, earthquakes alone could destroy all the geothermal facilities."

Lin Xian stated frankly, "So even if we can release the energy, it can only affect the geothermal wells at the submarine base at most. If the volcano erupts, we have no way to control it. However, the plan I just mentioned might be worth a try, as a last resort."

Ryan understood Lin Xian's arrangement, walked over and looked at Lin Xian's control panel, and immediately let out a soft "hmm," saying with some doubt, "Only corpses are left?"

The number of the strange creatures just now was so large that it would make one's scalp tingle just by looking at them. But now, beneath the surface of the water, it seems that only the corpses of various strange creatures are sinking continuously, and a large amount of black mist is spreading.

"With so much black mist, aren't any other strange entities getting close?"

"It's probably because this area used to be the territory of that vortex behemoth. Although the vortex behemoth was killed, its aura probably still lingers in the water, so the other strange entities dare not approach this area," Erica said.

“It’s also possible that you just absorbed all the blood crystals here, and since there’s no geothermal core emanating from this area, these strange corpses and the dissipating dark energy aren’t as attractive as other areas,” Lin Xian said.

Erica smiled upon hearing this and looked down at Lin Xian: "I think you're right."

"So it seems those strange entities didn't retreat, but were quickly drawn to other areas after losing their marked targets," Ryan said, adjusting his sunglasses.

“That makes sense,” KIKI said.

"I almost thought I was going to die here, but I didn't expect this area to become so deserted," Vanessa remarked.

"Even so, we still cannot let our guard down," Gedi warned in a deep voice.

The fact that there aren't many strange creatures underwater is certainly good news, but if you lose your vigilance towards this treacherous ocean because of it, you'll definitely suffer a big setback, and it's no exaggeration to say that you might even lose your life!
Lin Xian's drone continued to descend until the light was no longer visible, leaving only the submersible's lights and sonar scan signals. Under Lin Xian's control, the submersible quickly descended hundreds of meters. The seabed was rugged with strange rocks. As it continued to descend, countless relay drones floated in the deep sea like hammers. Guided by the coordinates and deep-sea hydrological information provided by Ryan, Lin Xian quickly found a metal pipe hidden among the rocks. This was clearly the backup energy discharge pipe that Ryan had mentioned.

The submersible continued forward along the backup energy release pipe and soon found the energy release port of the backup energy release pipe.

The energy release point is located on an underwater cliff, but the problem is that it is completely blocked by the corpse of that giant vortex monster. The giant worm carcass lies across the seabed, and the seawater is almost completely covered by large patches of black blood, which greatly affects the deep-sea submersible's camera system.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xian frowned. This was incredibly unlucky. The scan couldn't find the energy leak vent at all, and Lin Xian's deep-sea submersible consisted of small devices that were completely incapable of dealing with the massive wreckage.

“It seems to be completely blocked…” KIKI frowned, immediately looked at Lin Xian, and decisively said, “I’ll go down and move it!”

“Let me go. My machine can withstand that water pressure.” Gaddy, standing on Ryan’s side, stepped forward. “I should be fine with this.”

"Wait a minute."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered: "A large number of strange corpses are sinking now, so we can't be sure if it's really safe. I'll investigate again."

Lin Xian immediately released more drones to begin searching around the giant corpse, and several deep-sea submersibles probed towards the seabed cliff. As soon as they approached the seabed cliff, some strange sounds began to come from Lin Xian's control device. The sounds were mixed with the sound of water pressure and gradually became more intense, rustling and sending chills down one's spine.

"It sounds like a swarm of insects?" KIKI said, but before she could finish speaking, she saw a chilling scene.

The situation on the seabed is very complex. Ocean currents carry up silt and sand, and some kind of unknown flocculent material floats in the water, completely obscuring the deep-sea submersible's vision. Visibility is no more than ten centimeters, and you can't even see your feet when you look down. However, the seabed cliffs appear unusually calm, as if the seawater in the cliffs has been frozen by a spell.

The moment the submersible's lights came on, everyone was stunned by the image on the monitor!

The cliff face was riddled with holes, like a cheese, with large and small openings. In each opening, a strange creature was coiled up. Outside the openings, countless eerie dark red tentacles clung, covered with deep-sea worms. Just one look was enough to make one's scalp tingle. When the light shone down, less than five centimeters below the submersible, it was completely transformed into an ocean of deep-sea worms!

“Looks like we were wrong, there are still quite a few here…” Vanessa said.

“These things don’t seem to have just arrived. They shouldn’t be the kind of strange entities that can release dark marks.” Lin Xian observed them solemnly, then looked up at the elusive black floating island in the distance and said, “They seem to have been released by that insect hive.”

dong dong dong.
A strange knocking sound suddenly rang out.

Lin Xian looked closely and saw that deep-sea maggots had somehow climbed onto the submersible. They opened their ferocious mouthparts and kept gnawing on the metal parts of the submersible.

Just then, the screen suddenly went dark. Lin Xian immediately controlled the submersible to look up. A giant anglerfish had appeared in the sea above the submersible at some point. The giant anglerfish was covered with all sorts of strange tentacles.

Its tentacles were very long, swaying with the seawater like seaweed, but everyone present knew that this was definitely a special and bizarre creature!

Suddenly, the giant anglerfish opened its enormous mouth, a terrifyingly ferocious maw with rings of sharp, metallic teeth that, in the blink of an eye, swallowed all the deep-sea submersibles that were probing the seabed cliff.

zizi
The image on the monitor in Lin Xian's hand kept distorting and deforming, finally freezing on the huge belly of the giant anglerfish. Dark green gastric juice dripped down, and the deep-sea submersible was instantly dissolved, completely disconnecting from the network.

Seeing this scene, the atmosphere suddenly froze. If the people who went down to explore had been eaten, that wouldn't be the worst thing. The worst thing would be being marked again, which would make this sea area lively again.

"Hoo," Lin Xian let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "There are too many monsters in the surrounding seas. I didn't expect them to come back so soon. It seems... we have to abandon this energy release plan."

Upon hearing Lin Xian's words, everyone, including the Falcon Sea Legion, wore complex expressions. They all understood their current predicament. At this moment, Azir stepped forward and spoke.
"We don't have enough time. Rather than waiting for the device to completely malfunction and for Mount Garan to erupt, we might as well take a risk and rush out during the day!"

"Daytime? In the situation just now, what difference does it make whether it's day or night?" Gedi's tone was very heavy.

"Then what can we do? Are we all just going to stay here and wait to die?" Azir said helplessly.

Ryan raised his hand to silence Azir, then looked at Lin Xian.

"Lin, what are your thoughts?"

Lin Xian was also extremely troubled at this moment, constantly calculating in his mind. If there was no better way, then there was indeed only what Azir had said: to take a risk and rush in. But even if he were to rush in, in addition to the danger of Haiyan Island, he would also have to find a landing point along the broken ocean orbit line without satellite positioning, which was also a problem.

After thinking it over, Lin Xian decided to return to the Infinite City first and then discuss the matter further.

Just then, a loud sonic boom suddenly came from the distant storm clouds in the sky. Everyone immediately looked up on alert. The sound was buzzing and getting closer in the sky above the clouds. Just when everyone thought that some kind of monster had appeared, a familiar voice that had been missing for a long time suddenly came from Lin Xian's earphones.

[This is Viola, currently landing in the waters off Chasan Island.]

Lin Xian's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He said to the others, "Don't be nervous, they're my people."

Wow!
As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening whooshing sound began to pierce the air. A jet of fire suddenly broke through the clouds high in the sky, followed by a large swarm of drones like bees.

Boom!
With a crashing sound, Viola, still radiating intense heat, disarmed herself and emerged from the dust, standing proudly before Lin Xian.

[I am very sorry, but during the patrol mission, I encountered strong electromagnetic and gamma-ray interference, and was forced to restart the system near the g05 orbital base station. I also encountered an attack by a strange type of creature, which caused my mission to be completed 14 hours and 51 minutes later than scheduled.]

"Gamma rays?" Upon hearing this, KIKI was the first to express surprise: "Where did they come from?"

The source is still unclear.

Lin Xian's expression darkened upon hearing this. He immediately realized what had happened last night with the gamma rays. He hadn't expected that Viola would also be affected, in addition to Grace.

He looked at Viola's mech and saw obvious signs of battle, but no damage. He immediately asked, "How is the patrol situation?"

Viola, with her hands behind her back, calmly reported.
Starting from base station G3 east of Haiyan Island, track sections G4-G6, G7-G10, G13, and G15 all experienced varying degrees of track damage, mainly concentrated at the base station locations. Track conditions returned to normal from G16 onwards; however, my inspection only reached G18, and further investigation is needed to determine the extent of the damage.

"This is... a quantum AI robot?" Vanessa stepped out from the crowd, looking surprised, after seeing Viola's report.

"Correct."

Upon hearing the conversation, Ryan added, "As I said before, those base stations are either survivor shelters or armed outposts of the Holy City. The conflict between the Holy City and other survivors has never stopped. Perhaps it's because of the conflict or because of the attacks by the strange entities. In any case, the tracks will be affected. Using trains to travel is indeed not a wise decision for you."

“We’re not worried about that right now.” Lin Xian took a deep breath and looked at Viola, a thought flashing through his mind.

"You've come back just in time. There's something... rather dangerous that I need you to do."

"Please give your orders." Viola replied to Dorian without hesitation.

Lin Xian immediately handed over control of the drone to Viola: "Go underwater using these coordinates and open the energy release port."

Viola understands.

No sooner had she finished speaking than Viola deployed a precise action plan within milliseconds, mobilizing thousands of drones in an instant. She then leaped onto a deep-sea submersible and plunged into the deep sea.

Viola's mecha can maintain agile movement thousands of meters underwater, and its high-energy weapons are sufficient to destroy the monster's corpse, find the energy vent below, and open it. Although those monsters may launch an attack, Lin Xian does not need Viola to fight them. As long as the dark mark does not appear, things will be much simpler.

Buzz!

In the black seawater, Viola's figure descended like a sharp sword until she soon saw the corpse of the enormous vortex monster at the energy outlet.

Rumble!
Just then, a deafening earthquake struck. Everyone on the shore felt the ground shake, and the sea was filled with turbulent waves and murky bubbles.

"earthquake?"

"Motion from Garan Volcano!"

"Oops."

Ryan looked at Lin Xian: "Lin, a small-scale eruption may have already occurred."

Lin Xian's expression turned serious upon hearing this: "Then we need to speed things up."

[Warning: Viola has detected an undersea earthquake and a seismic zone originating from a volcano, with a magnitude of 3.]

[The fault line has extended to the vicinity of Chasan Island, and calculations indicate that the Garan volcano is becoming increasingly active.]

"Continue forward, and after opening the mechanical gate, return immediately," Lin Xian ordered.

【clear. 】

Viola arrived at the energy vent and faced the enormous, grotesque corpse. Her arm transformed into a plasma cutter, precisely cutting through the hole at high speed, and then she blasted it open and began to drill down.

[A pressure relief valve has been detected, and negative pressure is being activated in the pipeline. The pressure relief valve is covered by the target's remains, which may cause regional thermal overload. Should it be cleaned?]

Just then, Viola's voice came through.

Lin Xian stared at the gigantic vortex monster, which resembled an island, his eyes flashing, and suddenly said...

"No need, just stay where you are. I actually wanted to conduct an experiment..."

(End of this chapter)