Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 463 The Sky Train Departs!

"By flying?"

Sasha was overjoyed upon hearing this and jumped up: "Really? We're going to start using the Sky Train?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Lin Xian, while Ryan and his group from the Falcon Sea Group looked at him differently.

It sounds like you have another train?
“This will be a bit risky.” Lin Xian stated his thoughts directly: “With the orbit around the planet broken and being targeted by the Adventists, finding an orbit to cross the Pacific Ocean will not be an easy task.”

At this moment, Qian Dele, who was sitting on the sofa, said leisurely, "Flying directly across the Pacific Ocean is a good idea. Staying at sea is too depressing. It's completely different from the beach, waves, and sunset I imagined."

"So you really planned to cross the Pacific Ocean by train?"

On the Falcon Fleet's side, Vanessa looked surprised: "This is so exciting!"

Erica stepped forward and said, "A few months ago, the Federation used this line for many maritime supply operations. At that time, although it was fraught with danger, the line was temporarily operational thanks to the maintenance of the Federation and the Star Force."

“Yes.” Ryan nodded and said to Lin Xian, “When the slogan of fleeing eastward was shouted, many trains sped along the ocean line, but the situation did not last long.”

"Because of Oceanus?" Chen Sixuan asked.

“Not really.” Ryan shrugged. “After all, it’s just an orbital line. On land, even if a city is destroyed, there are other routes to take. But not here. The more people flee, the more attacks and damage to base stations and orbits there will be. For the Federation, the cost of maintaining this line will become extremely high, and the personnel losses will also be significant. After all, it’s too dangerous at sea. So the destruction of the ocean orbit is only a matter of time. Even if you continue to search forward now, you will probably only find sections of former maritime industrial ruins. It’s unlikely that you can escape unimpeded.”

“I think so too.” Lin Xian nodded. They had just arrived at Haiyan Island when they encountered a collapse that stretched for hundreds of miles. Even though they had managed to escape from Haiyan Island, he had lost confidence in the track ahead.

"But you said it would be by flying?" Vanessa's gaze swept across the interior of the carriage. "This train?"

“No, it’s a different kind of vehicle,” Lin Xian replied calmly. “I still have a starship.”

"What!" Gaddy exclaimed in surprise. At this moment, several core members of the Falcon Squad stared wide-eyed. Ryan lowered his sunglasses and looked at Lin Xian, then at his hand. Remembering that he had once summoned a giant mecha arm, he paused for a moment, then instantly understood.

"Lin, besides starships, do you also have a mech army?" Ryan asked curiously.

"No, not at all," Lin Xian said with a smile.

“Then I still have to remind you that flying over the Pacific Ocean is not a good idea either.” Ryan looked at Lin Xian: “Based on what I learned from the Foundation, in those storm clouds, things like Kikyo Mica are just small fry.”

Lin Xian nodded: "I know, so let's take a risk and do a high-speed crossing over the sea at low altitude."

"Where's the direction?"

"Viola." Lin Xian looked directly at Viola.

Viola stood before the holographic star map with her hands behind her back, and a mechanical voice steadily sounded:

[I have calibrated my current sea coordinates using nautical charts and a gyrocompass: 18°14′S, 177°25′E, and have developed three transoceanic flight routes.]

[The journeys from North America via the Kermadec Trench to Auckland and from South America via the Strait of Magellan to Santa Cruz both exceed 40 hours, with subsonic flights estimated to take over 31 hours and 15 minutes. The last option is to directly cross the super westerly winds to the Arctic ice sheet, which is the fastest way to reach the polar regions, taking about 22 hours. However, this option is quite dangerous, as the Arctic ice sheet and the Arctic Kunlun City region, in addition to the westerly winds and the Abyss No. 8, also have tens of thousands of kilometers of uninhabited ice fields.]

“Going directly to the polar regions is unlikely,” Ryan said. “Even the Foundation wouldn’t dare to take such a route. The polar regions experience polar day, but the Roaring Forties are in the polar night zone. Unless you’re tired of living, don’t even consider such a route, even if you have starships.”

“I won’t be that reckless. Besides, my convoy is still heading into North America, so it’s safer to go by land. I’ve heard that the Storm Strait is now a hellish zone, and many people who want to go to the polar regions have to cross this sea. We can’t escape it either.”

"When are you leaving?" Ryan asked.

Lin Xian glanced at him: "Right away."

"Are you planning to continue sailing at sea?" KIKI asked them.

Ryan glanced at his teammates and said calmly, "Sailing is too fancy a word. Our plan is to cross the Storm Strait."

He turned to look at Lin Xian and said solemnly, "Lin, thank you for your leadership. On behalf of the 532 survivors of the Falcon Sea Legion, I would like to express my gratitude to you. These are the spoils I collected with the copper ball. As I said, they should all belong to you."

As soon as he spoke, Erica led her men to drag over two large arms crates. When the crates were opened, a terrifying surge of dark energy rose into the sky. Everyone looked over and saw that the two arms crates were filled with dark red blood essence of various sizes. Each one was perfectly spherical. Surprisingly, these blood essences had no fishy smell and were exceptionally clean. They did not seem to have been deliberately cleaned; it was as if these blood essences were naturally like this.

"Wow, so many?!" Lu Chang exclaimed in surprise.

“Anyone who didn’t know better would think we slaughtered hundreds of Special or S-class monsters.” Monica crossed her arms and turned her gaze from the blood essence in the box to Lin Xian: “Now we won’t have to worry about supplies, weapons, or ammunition.”

"You're giving all of these to us?" Chen Sixuan asked a crucial question at this moment.

Ryan smiled casually and looked at Lin Xian, saying, "Lin, although I had Azir arrange for the fleet and the Neptune to sail towards the Republic Islands via unmanned navigation, given the power of Mount Garland, we don't have much hope. Now that so many people in the team are homeless, I want to ask you for this submarine, or until our people find other ships."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian said directly, "Since we've cooperated, both this submarine and these blood essences are our spoils of war. There's no question of an exchange. Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to get this smoothly, let alone acquire any blood essences. I think we should each get half of these blood essences."

Ryan nodded upon hearing this, and without further ado, readily accepted and said to Lin Xian, "Lin, I believe that your becoming the Phoenix Swordholder is no accident. I have witnessed it this time. If there is an opportunity, let's meet again in the Arctic!"

"it is good."

Lin Xian shook hands with him, then said nothing more. The daytime was getting shorter and shorter, and Ryan had to seize the time to lead the team to arrange the next plan. So he temporarily said goodbye to Lin Xian and the others, and after taking half of the blood essence, he led the core members back to the North Wind 09 nuclear submarine.

Before leaving, Vanessa gave Lin Xian two things. One was a crystal lattice incubator, a small device similar to a hybrid instrument. It looked very complex and was exquisitely crafted, clearly an industrial product from a large organization. The other was some information Vanessa herself had collected and researched about crystal lattice evolution. She knew this might be what the Infinite needed, so she gave it to Lin Xian as well. "Lin, thank you." As Vanessa left, she turned back to Lin Xian with a smile and said, "I have a feeling we will meet again. I look forward to fighting alongside you."

"Take care of yourself."

Rumble!
Amidst churning waves, the black submarine carrying hundreds of people slowly sank into the sea and then disappeared beneath the ocean currents.

Watching the Falcon Sea Group leave, Shuqin was puzzled: "The sea is so dangerous, I thought they wanted to come to land with us."

"Danger is relative."

Lin Xian closed the watertight door of the Infinite and turned back to the carriage, saying, "They can treat trouble like the Ocean God Hunt as an opportunity. Ryan is not a simple person, and he has the background of the Foundation and has many ways to save his life. In comparison, he would prefer to go by water."

"Perhaps escaping is not their primary concern."

Qian Dele stretched and said, "With so much blood essence, they could easily organize a medium to large organization by circulating it on the black market. I think they value prosthetic limb evolution and ability enhancement more. They're quite audacious."

“Actually, this idea is sound,” Monica said. “If you have the strength and the means, you can take this opportunity to improve your strength in all aspects and increase your chances of survival before the end of the world.”

Upon hearing this, Brother Huo unusually expressed his agreement.
"Ah! I wholeheartedly agree. Of all the hardships, cultivation is the most important. If one day our special abilities can rival that giant ocean demon god, then we will have nothing to fear from any calamity."

“You’re thinking too simply. That thing can smash an island with a single slap. What level of evolution would our abilities have to reach to resist it?” KIKI crossed her arms and flew through the air. “I think we should focus on how to deal with the giant celestial screen in the sky. As long as we can fly out of there, that’s what it means to forge a future.”

"Lin Xian," Chen Sixuan said to Lin Xian as they walked, "which path have you decided to take?"

Lin Xian walked to the dining table and pointed to a direction in front of the holographic projection of Viola.
"here."

When Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian pointing to the center of the two land lines, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she exclaimed, "Hawaii?!"

"Correct."

Lin Xian checked the time and immediately explained to everyone, "We only have less than 8 hours of daylight right now. To be on the safe side, we must stop before nightfall, so we'll head towards the Hawaiian Islands and spend the night there."

"While we're at it, we can see how things go. If flying is too dangerous, we can consider re-entering the orbit around the planet and heading to South America, since there's a major port there, right?" KIKI seemed to know Lin Xian inside and out, adding the information directly for him.

Lin Xian smiled, not denying that he did indeed think that way.

Using the Sky Train to skim low over the sea is a risky move. It's unclear what we might encounter. If it gets too troublesome or we run into an aerial battle, at least we'll have a place to rest and regroup, instead of crashing into the sea and being put on the defensive.

Lin Xian then opened a passageway through the roof of carriage number 5 and entered the semi-submerged Infinite. He raised his hand towards the open sea ahead, and with a deafening roar, a massive mechanical gate burst open in the void beneath the clear sky. From the depths of the dark gate, the sound of rubbing metal structures echoed, and countless arcs of electricity danced like lightning snakes. As the Phase Iridescent Ring ignited on Lin Xian's chest, the colossal Sky Train tore through the spatial barrier and descended abruptly!
The hurricane howled, the waves surged, and the more than four-kilometer-long hull cast a shadow like a steel mountain under the clear sky. The newly added arsenal section highlighted the menacing array of weapons. The triple-mounted orbital seismic gun turret rotated for calibration, the muzzle of the plasma cannon began to show its power, and the honeycomb missile launch silos and the 1130 close-in weapon system covered the top armor like thorns.

Strictly speaking, these weapons are not all finished yet. There are still electromagnetic railguns, ultra-high temperature plasma guidance arrays, and microwave protection arrays that have not been built. Including the ammunition recycling manufacturing plant that Lin is currently preparing to build, even if the number of kinetic energy weapons will be greatly reduced in the future, there is still a lack of ultra-large high-energy capacitors and dark energy potential devices to supply those energy weapons.

However, none of that mattered at the moment. With the clear sky and time ticking by, he had to get everyone on board as quickly as possible and reach their destination before nightfall.

Fortunately, Lin Xian had Viola and a large number of engineering and maintenance robots. Before the Infinite team boarded the ship, these mechanical assistants had already flown onto the huge aerial train. Viola arrived at the bridge and began to connect to the main control system, becoming Lin Xian's overall control brain.

Soon, the group began to fly onto the deck of the Sky Train. In carriage 3, Ding Junyi led Xiao Yuan and Miao Lu to take the research equipment and disaster plants onto the Sky Train. The only problem was that the plants in carriage 4 could not be moved immediately, so they had to be temporarily abandoned.

After everyone boarded the Sky Train, Lin Xian activated the Superstring Reactor Phase Iris Ring to increase his own power, and then fully activated the Black Star Forge to begin swallowing the Infinite in the water.

This is an extremely physically demanding activity. Whether it was the Dreadnought, the Sky Train, or the ship, these large mechanical creations all consumed a great deal of energy. Fortunately, Lin Xian is currently full of energy and has the power provided by the superstring reactor phase ring. He is also in a safe environment, so he can confidently bring his old companion into the Black Star Forge.

Crash.

A large amount of seawater fell from the sky, and as the mechanical gate in the void slowly closed, a heavy armed train disappeared.

At this moment, only a super-giant flying train with a length of over 4 kilometers remained, silently hovering in the air hundreds of meters above the sea. The hum of the space propulsion engine was drowned out by the waves. Lin Xian arrived at the bridge and found that everyone except Ding Junyi, who had gone to the science module, had gathered on the bridge, seemingly waiting for him.

At this moment, under Viola's control, the Sky Train slowly turned in the air, and then began to accelerate forward with a roar, the huge air pressure causing giant waves to rise from the sea below.

[Target cruising altitude: 2000 meters; cruising speed: subsonic.]

"You all should have your own cabins by now, right? What, are you waiting for me to show you the way?" As the Sky Train set off, Lin Xian noticed that everyone's eyes were on him and couldn't help but ask.

“It’s not Captain Lin.” Lü Chang glanced at everyone, then looked at Lin Xian, and said with a grin, “We’re waiting for your orders.”

"What order?"

“Our positions,” Monica said, turning around with her legs crossed as she sat in the information officer’s seat. “Are we all just lying down to rest?”

"Also, should we move onto this Sky Train completely, or return to the Infinity after reaching land?" Ning Jing asked at this moment.

Lin Xian looked out the window at the horizon, then took out the lead box containing the dark gear and said in a deep voice.

"It's hard to say. Some forbidden items seem to be off-limits, like the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube. However, I'm not sure what changes would occur if I put this thing on the Infinity or the Sky Dome..."

"Walk through the Star Abyss?"

(End of this chapter)