Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 445 Decoy Torpedo
Lin Xian had originally intended to discuss geothermal extraction and the gamma-ray issues he had encountered with Ding Junyi, but before he could even speak, he was captivated by Ding Junyi's words. His expression shifted slightly, and he couldn't help but ask...

"What does it mean that it doesn't exist in three dimensions?"

"Don't be nervous. This is just a conjecture that came to me while researching supernatural items and the origin of dark energy. In fact, based on a rigorous scientific attitude, I shouldn't be discussing this conjecture. After all, you tend to agree with what I say, and I'm honored on a personal level. However, in reality, this conjecture has not yet been proven, because for higher-dimensional beings, all forms of power are unknown to us."

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian with a serious expression and said, "Since you are considering the various phenomena that occurred after the Apocalypse Day in the direction of advanced civilizations, I will also boldly deduce in this direction. As far as we are concerned, in addition to survival, there is one most direct but unsolved question that humanity has not yet answered: what is the real purpose of these strange entities attacking humanity and the Star Abyss devouring Blue Star?"

Rumble.

Another underwater earthquake struck, the tunnel hummed, and the carriage trembled. Lin Xian grabbed Ding Junyi's hand to steady himself. A minute later, the earthquake stopped, but the amplitude of the tremors was greater than before, and less than half an hour had passed between the two.

"This underwater volcano looks like it could erupt at any moment." Seeing that the earthquake had stopped, Lin Xian released Ding Junyi's hand and said in a deep voice.

Ding Junyi glanced at the carriage and said calmly, "For people with superpowers like us and those with heavy vehicles like the Infinite, natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis shouldn't pose a significant threat. What you're worried about is the hunt by the supernatural entities, right?"

Lin Xian nodded: "That's what I wanted to talk to you about..."

After finishing speaking, he immediately told Ding Junyi about the discovery of the energy release port and his plan. Although it was a strange entity, Lin Xian still wanted to hear Ding Junyi's thoughts as a biologist. However, looking at the earthquake, Lin Xian felt that there might not be enough time. He might have to activate the energy release port to stabilize the device before dark.

Hearing Lin Xian's words, Ding Junyi's eyes lit up, and she nodded in deep agreement: "If the geothermal nuclear energy converted by this device has a special attraction effect on the strange creatures, this plan should be effective... I only meant attracting part of the strange creature population to Chasan Island, but what you said about increasing the release to attract the Oceanus to shift its target to Mount Garan and then hunting it ahead of time, that sounds..."

“I know.” Lin Xian sighed solemnly, “It’s just a hypothesis. Anyway, the energy release is something that has to be done. I don’t have high hopes. We can also monitor and observe it. Maybe we can find something.”

Lin Xian rubbed his trigeminal nerve. Even with his eyes closed, he could still see the damn countdown. He was really doing this as a last resort, and his primary plan was to save his life.

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian with a hint of admiration in her eyes. She greatly admired Lin Xian's attitude of never giving up under any circumstances and always having backup plans. As a teammate and the object of Ding Junyi's affections, this gave her a special sense of security in this apocalyptic world. This was also why she could calmly conduct her research in the carriage regardless of the raging storm outside.

"I'm particularly concerned about three issues."

Ding Junyi calmly stated, "First, what exactly is the attraction of this geothermal nuclear energy to the strange entities that draws so many large ones? Second, why does the Ocean God engage in hunting? Third..."

She looked at Lin Xian: "How can you be so sure that Oceanus will leave after completing its hunt?"

Lin Xian's face stiffened upon hearing this. Ding Junyi's question had hit the nail on the head. Yes, he was truly at a loss as to how to deal with the current siege. He was stranded on an isolated island, surrounded by strange creatures with secret manuals in the sky and sea. A slight mistake could lead to his annihilation. The oppressive force of those world-class creatures was like a boulder pressing on his heart, not to mention the bizarre countdown in front of him and all sorts of strange things that he still couldn't figure out.

“Uncertain.” Lin Xian sighed. “These are all observation records from the Foundation, but no one really knows what hunting is in this situation. We are like trapped in a snake pit. All we can do is try our best not to be marked with a dark symbol and not be discovered.”

Upon hearing this, Ding Junyi calmly put her hands in her pockets and said, "Using geothermal nuclear energy to attract and observe the hunting behavior of Oceanus, I don't know what the Foundation's true purpose is. However, the fact that they did this and built such a large base with geothermal extraction devices means they couldn't have been conducting experiments based on pure conjecture. They must have a clear purpose. Such a long period of observation indicates that they have achieved or are achieving a goal they expected. In the end, the situation we encountered was the same situation they would have encountered, but they all evacuated safely. Doesn't that mean that this operation is relatively safe, at least within this base?"

Lin Xian shook his head: "The activation of Mount Garan was something they didn't expect, which is why they evacuated. This place is no longer safe, and once the volcano erupts, there's nothing we can do to stop it..."

He stated his opinion directly, but stopped abruptly before finishing, his gaze slightly narrowed.
"Wait a minute." Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi: "What was your last sentence?"

Ding Junyi adjusted her glasses: "I said, the situation we're facing is the same situation they'll face."

Lin Xian's expression suddenly changed upon hearing this, and he seemed to realize something, saying...

"Brilliant, Director Ding!"

After saying that, he ran straight out of the carriage.

Watching Lin Xian's retreating figure, Ding Junyi smiled inexplicably, then got out of the car and followed Lin Xian towards the monitoring hall of the submarine base.

Inside the monitoring hall, KIKI and the others had already deployed all the surveillance cameras at the sluice gate. The seawater was dark and murky, but on the bio-radar monitoring screen, many large and small red dots could be seen swimming around.

"Lin Xian!"

Upon seeing Lin Xian approach, KIKI immediately called out to him, "The control valve for the energy release port is already connected and can be activated at any time."

"The stabilizing axis of the Deep 3 core heat extraction device has shifted. This is caused by the magma in the geothermal well exceeding the dangerous height. Judging from the situation, we don't even have 12 hours left." Ryan was also standing in the monitoring hall at this time, with Vanessa beside him. In addition, the other core members of the Falcon Squad were outside carrying supplies and the remaining weapons and equipment unloaded from the squadron.

The nuclear submarine base suddenly became much more lively. Among the hundreds of people in the Falcon Fleet were many children and women, and there was even a mech squad built by Azir and the team's mechanical engineers. Many of those who were disabled in the disaster were equipped with mechanical prosthetics, which improved their mobility.

"We need to open the vent as soon as possible; it might alleviate the situation."

Lin Xian nodded. Seeing that Qian Dele, Shu Qin, and the others were all there, he didn't stop and said directly to KIKI, "Start it immediately. KIKI and Ryan, you keep an eye on things. I'll go down and take a look."

Unexpectedly, Lin Xian didn't seem to care about opening the energy release port. He hurriedly walked towards the submarine's deep-water port below. KIKI looked surprised and wanted to call out to Lin Xian, but then saw Ding Junyi following behind him. She then took back her words, sat down, and started to release the energy through the control system.

"Lin?" Ryan pressed down his sunglasses, looking somewhat puzzled.

“We’ll start it directly; he has other things to do.” Without hesitation, KIKI remotely began to open the underwater energy release gate.

Empty!

As KIKI's fingertip swept across the holographic interface of the control panel, a mechanical vibration suddenly came from the waters beneath Chasan Island, southeast of the rocky island, dozens of kilometers away. Beneath the corpses of the vortex creatures and the seabed, the dark energy release gate was being torn open by orange-red cracks.

The alloy gate, several meters in diameter, shattered amidst a hydraulic shriek. The accumulated geothermal nuclear energy erupted as a torrent of molten gold, instantly vaporizing the surrounding seawater. The expanding cloud of bubbles swept across the cliff like a nuclear explosion. In the instant the radiation readings soared, most of the vortex creature's torso and a large number of strange corpses around it were charred and melted, releasing grayish-brown seabed dust!

The nuclear energy flow crashed into the seabed, creating a radial dust storm. Orange-red light pierced through the dark waters, illuminating thousands of sea worms in the whirlpool. At that moment, a column of steam hundreds of meters high suddenly rose off the coast of Chasan Island. Boiling seawater washed the charred corpses of the strange creatures onto the reefs. Inside the submarine base, all the people could see on the monitor was a bright white screen with no video signal.

"Look!" Shuqin, standing behind KIKI, pointed to the radar monitoring screen. The scattered red dots on the screen were now being attracted by something and began to rapidly converge toward the center of the radar. The number of red dots on the screen increased dramatically, and the expressions of the onlookers changed drastically. In less than a minute, the radar screen was covered with countless red dots.

Sasha looked at the dots on the radar screen and then at the white light on the monitoring screen. Her brows furrowed slightly. Just as she was about to say something, the monitoring screen finally showed a delayed flash of images. A terrifying giant eye suddenly appeared and flashed across the screen, startling many people present.

"Holy crap, those are huge eyes! This guy is definitely a superhuman!" Lu Chang cursed.

Ryan and Vanessa exchanged a glance, crossed their arms, and said, "It's exactly the same as the previous experiment. As soon as it's activated, the monsters will be attracted."

Qian Dele walked over and couldn't help but frown, saying, "Your decoy agent, could it be that it uses this stuff?"

"Pretty much." Vanessa nodded. "However, this thing can't be used directly. Before the invention of the same potential device, nuclear radiation and dark energy were essentially just marker bombs without specific materials."

"No wonder."

KIKI was monitoring the screen, tapping her fingers, and breathed a slight sigh of relief, saying, "Good news, it's really effective. The device's stability is decreasing, albeit only slightly. But if it's released at this pace, we can indeed gain some time."

"Tonight?" Vanessa asked.

KIKI shrugged: "What we need to worry about tonight isn't the volcano." She tapped on the keyboard and brought up the radar footage around the base. At this moment, the area around the island was already a terrifying scene of strange creatures gathering.

"Let's think about how we're going to deal with this. It's not even dark yet, and there might be even more terrifying creatures yet to emerge."

Everyone gasped when they saw the surveillance footage.

"Oh my god, there's so much! It's almost like the siege of Dawn City!" Sasha's face looked very unpleasant.

"Dawn City doesn't have that many special-grade beings."

Ning Jing got out of the car and came to the monitoring hall: "Large, strange creatures are appearing one after another, each one difficult to deal with, but this sea area is like a concert, they are everywhere."

"The concert..." Qian Dele smiled speechlessly, turned around, and said, "Where is our captain? Given this terrible situation, is he sure he doesn't want to come and see?"

“He knew this would happen,” KIKI said, looking at the monitor screen. “Now we’re just trying to increase the energy release to see if we can attract more monsters to this area. Although it won’t relieve much pressure, hmm… who knows? What if that giant ocean god sees so many monsters gathered together and gets greedy and starts attacking…”

KIKI's words sent a chill down everyone's spine in the monitoring hall. So many giant, bizarre creatures were treated like snacks; one could only imagine how terrifying the monsters were.

Ryan also let out a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice to Vanessa.
"Vanessa, go check on how the move to Neptune is going. Let go of anything unnecessary for now. Everyone must be accounted for, and no one should dawdle."

Vanessa nodded. "Okay."

After saying that, he immediately walked outside.

At this moment, Lin Xian strode through the corridor and up the stairs to the lower level of the base's deep-water port. As soon as he entered, a stench from the seabed hit him. Small ripples constantly spread across the huge black surface of the deep-water port, and the nuclear-powered submarine docked in the port bobbed up and down slightly.

Lin Xian knew that this was caused by an underwater earthquake. The submarine's deep-water port was directly connected to the underwater cliffs of the island, and there were countless deep-sea monsters below. However, he had no time to care about that at the moment. Instead, he jumped onto the submarine and entered the interior through the watertight compartment.

The interior of the submarine was more spacious than he had imagined. After all, it was a large nuclear-powered submarine that could accommodate 450 people. It was fully equipped and had powerful strategic weapons. However, Lin Xian’s purpose in coming here was not to find weapons. He went directly to the submarine’s control room, connected to the computer, and began searching.

KIKI had already searched through all the information here, so Lin Xian naturally didn't find anything. However, Lin Xian didn't give up. Instead, he activated the Mechanical Heart and began scanning the surrounding devices.

Ding Junyi followed Lin Xian in. Seeing that Lin Xian was focused on searching, she didn't say anything and stood quietly to the side.

After searching unsuccessfully, Lin Xian turned to Ding Junyi, who had followed him, and asked, "Director Ding, what are you doing here?"

"What are you looking for?" Ding Junyi asked in return.

Lin Xian took a deep breath and speculated, "I previously contacted someone from the Foundation and saw a scene in a submarine and the deep sea. At the time, I only thought it was in a submarine, but now that I think about it, the fact that this group of people from Holy City were cooperating with the Foundation and were able to come here and leave so smoothly is probably because the Foundation itself has a safe transfer plan."

"An alternative transfer route?" Ding Junyi asked.

Lin Xian nodded: "Yes."

“They definitely wouldn’t keep such information for you,” Ding Junyi said calmly.

“I guessed it.” Lin Xian took a deep breath: “I had Ning Jing and KIKI searched before, but I didn’t expect such a critical situation. Maybe we missed something. They must have detailed deep-sea hydrographic information. Otherwise, it would be impossible to escape from such dangerous waters by relying solely on decoy torpedoes.”

Hearing Lin Xian's words, Ding Junyi's eyes lit up. She was fascinated by Lin Xian's desperate search for a way out of his predicament. So she smiled slightly, suppressed the passion in her heart, leaned over and adjusted her glasses to look at him.

"What if we weren't in a submarine?"

Lin Xian frowned: "What do you mean?"

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian and curled her lips.

"We are the torpedoes."

(End of this chapter)