Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 484 The Crimson Arrival
With less than eight hours until dawn, Lin Xian arrived at the Arsenal Ship, retrieved the electrostatic field blueprint designed for him by Shinji Mochizuki, and prepared to upgrade the protection of the Sky Train first.

The main function of the electrostatic field is to be extremely effective against energy attacks such as the lightning storms projected by atmospheric mica. If it is a frontal attack by a monster, it is mainly necessary to rely on the protective net composed of high-energy particle beams and fire arrays to resist it, or to strengthen the armor of the Sky Train.

However, the Sky Train is now a starship, unlike Lin Xian's Infinity, which can freely weld armor plates onto its exterior. In addition, the armor materials used in the Sky Train are now almost the top-tier protection of the interstellar military, so Lin Xian can only focus on the protective facilities, and relying on materials seems unlikely.

Standing atop the arsenal ship, Lin Xian immediately initiated the construction of the force field generator. Unless the train was moved back into the Black Star Forge, he could only manufacture such a large device manually. However, with Lin Xian's level 7 manufacturing skill, these devices were already very fast for him. Currently, it only takes Lin Xian about 40 minutes to manufacture a G-3 electromagnetic railgun. This means that if he activates 7 construction sequences simultaneously, he can manufacture 7 electromagnetic railguns in 40 minutes, an efficiency comparable to a large energy weapon manufacturing plant.

[Starship Electrostatic Field Generator Manufacturing Progress 23%]

While manufacturing, Lin Xian also kept an eye on the 'God-level' blueprint in his Black Star Forge. This time, the research and development center did not take much time to complete the research and development as before. It seemed that the Black Star Forge's star dome channel received the blueprint from a certain universe and could start construction directly.

This bizarre phenomenon made Lin Xian extremely curious about the true core of the Black Star Forge skill.

"Construction can start at any time, but how do we get all this stuff done?"

Lin Xian used supercomputing power to continuously analyze the information popped up by the Mechanical Heart. Among these, there were four core items.

Firstly, there are astronomical amounts of materials. These materials are all Level 5 materials, which are super metals that only interstellar warships or Monarch mechs can possess. Moreover, these materials seem to need to undergo advanced processing at the materials center to become alien materials that Lin Xian has never heard of before. What's even more terrifying is that this kind of material requires at least hundreds of millions of tons.

Although it sounded terrifying, Lin Xian felt that at least there was some direction. As long as he kept devouring, he could collect materials and also improve the level of the Mechanical Heart. If the mechanical devouring was upgraded, the speed could be improved. It was just a matter of time and workload. At least there was some hope. However, he had almost no clue about the other three items.

Lin Xian summarized these three points as follows:
1. Constructing a strong interaction force confinement field by anchoring a massive quasar orbit.
2. Capture iron-nickel asteroids and build a stardust furnace.

3. Construct a Casimir cavity vacuum fluctuation engine and use stellar energy to create an 'ignition stone' to ignite the stardust furnace.
"Anchoring quasars, capturing asteroids, utilizing stars..."

"You really overestimate me. I can't even leave Earth, how am I supposed to handle this?"

Lin Xian looked at the light screen with a headache, completely at a loss. He thought to himself that even if he could deal with an S-class anomaly or a corpse driver, or find some high-level blood essence, he could still work with the Phoenix Society to make a plan. But these things just sounded like they were beyond the reach of current human civilization. Where was he supposed to find an asteroid?

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Let's put the materials in first and get the first step done."

Lin Xian took a deep breath, thinking that this thing was definitely not that easy to come by. He thought that once he contacted the Phoenix Society, he might be able to ask Ye Lan.

[Beep, I have completed the fusion blueprint design for Steel Bone-X and Reaper-X. Please confirm whether to proceed with calibration?]

At that moment, Viola's voice rang out, and Lin Xian immediately turned his attention back to her.

"Has a system simulation been conducted?"

Yes, I have conducted 32518 combat simulations on the blueprint, achieving an adaptation rate of 99.578% and a failure rate of 0.0158%. The overall combat capability of Steelbone-X (Iron Man) is 75.2% higher than the original version, and Reaper-X (Dragon Girl) is 217% higher than Dancer 1. The drawback is that it requires an interstellar-class power armor [Microsun] power module and T3-level intelligent processing equipment, which are extremely expensive. The overall cost is close to 85% of your interstellar-class nano-power armor individual soldier. Are you sure you want to use this expensive blueprint as the combat unit of your mech army?

"of course."

Lin Xian calmly said, "The current monsters are evolving very quickly. Their bio-force fields are impenetrable to ordinary military weapons. The original drone arrays were not designed to deal with the monsters and are now outdated. In this situation, simply increasing the number of units is ineffective. A thousand or ten thousand units would be a waste. We can only rely on new ones. Moreover, for me, the cost is irrelevant; it's just that the manufacturing time will be longer."

Although each mech soldier costs nearly as much as a set of the most advanced power armor currently in Lin Xian's possession, Lin Xian is not under any pressure. Unlike Kehua Heavy Industries, he does not need to consider production lines and material preparation, and can invest in large quantities. Most importantly, in order to unleash the power of his Mechanical Lord, in addition to the super-large mechs of the Emperor Project, his mech army must also have elite-level combat power.

Like when he fought the black snake in the submarine base, his thousands of drones were struggling to cope. Without his gravitational lens and KIKI's superpower, the drones couldn't even break through the monster's defenses. In that case, even tens of thousands of drones would just be consumables. So Lin Xian's decision on this matter was very decisive.

We must create the best!

Without further ado, Lin Xian immediately began to input the blueprints for [Iron Man] and [Dragon Girl] into the construction sequence of the Black Star Forge to start construction, using six construction sequences to build three of each type to test the waters.

Whoosh! Construction sequence initiated.

[Iron Man - The Steel Bone X01 Intelligent Combat Mech is under construction, 05:02:59]

[Dragon Girl - Reaper X01 Intelligent Combat Mech is under construction 05:07:59]

"It takes almost 5 hours to build one machine, which is not bad. If all 7 sequences were running at full capacity, we could build 30 machines a day, but it would consume a lot of materials..."

Watching the all-metal mecha skeleton rapidly take shape in the manufacturing sequence, Lin Xian felt no pity for the materials; his only concern was his anticipation for his powerful mecha army. He knew that the Dancer 1 alone had been able to overpower Ning Jing and Xiao Qing, who were already at the berserk level at the time. If it weren't for Lin Xian's mechanical abilities, he wouldn't have been able to subdue them so easily.

Now he has added a set of Ghost Wolf armor to Dancer No. 1, while upgrading the outer armor, adding a VK electric knife combined with a high-energy plasma wire cutter, and also using Viola's super high computing power for combat calculation and simulation. Lin Xian can hardly imagine what kind of power the [Dragon Girl] mecha can achieve with such a set of armor!
"Once it's built tomorrow, we can have Shuqin try it out, and also check how well the gene-evolved individuals have progressed this time..."

Lin Xian's original plan was to find Ning Jing or Xiao Qing, but Ning Jing has now become a female giant, and Xiao Qing's situation is still unknown, so Shu Qin is the only suitable candidate.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xian hurried to continue manufacturing the high-energy particle beam array device. This device was relatively easier to manufacture. The Seventh Survey Corps in Xilan City had previously used this weapon to launch it into the air to defend against the strange entities that attacked from the air. However, Lin Xian's device was mainly used to form a 'particle beam grid' with strong cutting power on the outside of the ship's armor. This was a protective device that he had always wanted to install on the Infinite to replace the Electric Blade system. As a result, the first one he manufactured was placed on the Sky Train.

With this device, we can effectively deal with the strange tides climbing onto the ship's hull, which is much more effective than the electric arc pulse string vibrator.

By 8 a.m., Lin Xian had finally completed the construction of a sophisticated high-energy particle beam array across the entire ship. He also used his remaining construction sequence to create six shipborne G-6T electromagnetic railguns, which he then retrieved from the Black Star Forge and handed over to the maintenance robots for installation. The Sky Train now possesses triple-mounted orbital seismic cannons for heavy firepower against primary targets, along with 328 clustered honeycomb missile silos and several Hyperion directional restraint cannons that Lin Xian had reserved as primary offensive weapons. The other weapons—the I-18 shipborne multi-bladed plasma cannon, the 1130 close-in weapon system, and the G-6T electromagnetic railgun—serve as positional firepower. Combined, their firepower is significantly stronger than that of the Dreadnought-class airship!
After completing the war preparations, he got off the train and loaded the intercontinental military train, which he had obtained from the 974th Defense Regiment of the Federation Interstellar Army, onto the rear of the Sky Train. The Sky Train was then pulled by the locomotive and entered the Ocean Rail Branch Line to head towards South America.

This military combat train has a total of 55 cars. Apart from 15 firepower cars consisting of land-based automatic artillery arrays, missile launcher cars, plasma pulse cannons, and anti-aircraft gun cars, the rest are all flatbed cars and supply cars for transporting supplies, as well as 6 living cars for soldiers to live in.

林现将列车链接重组，主要就是将那些托运重型TFV600双管坦克和军用机甲利用自己的无人机全部吊运到了天穹列车上，总计包括坦克30台、火神4台、铁卫-3军用攻坚型12台、卫士-X突击型8台、以及两台‘焚烧炼狱’的火线机-MX、17辆装甲车、4架高考无人机和一架巡天机。

These equipment were designed with in mind that if a track malfunction occurred, Lin Xian would have to take the Sky Train into the air. However, the flatbed trailers were completely unsuitable for takeoff and securing. Therefore, Lin Xian removed and absorbed all the flatbed trailers, leaving only the enclosed train. At the same time, Lin Xian also reinforced and secured the remaining 20-plus train cars, replicating the Infinite, and added small external thrusters to maintain flight stability. In addition, he deployed more than 100 transport drones and maintenance drones in case of emergencies.

Once everything was ready, Lin Xian was already sweating profusely. He didn't have the energy to swallow the entire complex and massive train into the Black Star Forge. After all, he was considering that he might need the train's firepower support during the raid. If he wasn't worried about not having enough time, he would have even taken out the Infinite as well.

"Once we get to land, I'll give you a proper makeover and integrate you into my Infinite Car Fleet. Then my fleet will be even more heavily armed."

Standing on the roof of the vehicle, Lin Xian patted the muzzle of the automatic cannon, took a deep breath, and admired his masterpiece of the night. This armed train, like a dark green dragon, connected to the four-kilometer-long Sky Train, exuded a strong aura of martial virtue.

For some reason, looking at this row of armed fortresses that resembled alien science fiction stretching across the orbit of the planet, Lin Xian had a strange thought. He remembered what Chu Yan had said about the Crimson Descent and murmured to himself.

"If the world were covered in crimson, this train might be our last bastion, an oasis, a place to hide and escape, to resist, to fulfill our final wishes..."

Beep beep, beep beep...

The notification sounded, and Lin Xian looked at the time: 10:45, dawn was approaching.

It was estimated that there were still two or three hours left before KIKI and Teacher Chen's crystal evolution progressed. All night, Lin Xian used Viola's computing power port to observe every corner of the Sky Train without discrimination. The vital signs data of these people were always in Lin Xian's observation window. The night was extremely quiet and there were no surprises.

"Captain, shouldn't we set off now?"

Qian Dele's voice came through the communicator.

Lin Xian activated his power armor and flew directly onto the train. He arrived at the main bridge, where Shu Qin, Lü Chang, Qian Dele, and Monica were already waiting. Only Ning Jing had gone to the arsenal ship and greeted him via communicator.

"How is the recovery going?" Lin Xian asked Qian Dele and Shu Qin.

“Perfect.” Qian Dele shrugged, looking calm. He looked at his chest and said, “Having an extra alien battery isn’t as bad as I expected. In fact, I can sleep better now.”

Shu Qin nodded at this moment: "The body has not fully adapted yet. I think we may need to activate the crystal lattice once, otherwise we will not be able to fully perceive our own power level."

"I know."

Lin Xian smiled and said, "There will be opportunities."

Sun Yuzhen and Xiao Yuan were responsible for keeping an eye on KIKI and the others in the hibernation pod. Lin Xian then said, "Let's set off as soon as it's light and try to reach the G78 base station near Santo Island before dark. We'll rest there for one night and then land in Panama tomorrow."

"clear."

hum!
At that moment, not too far off from the calculated time, a flash of light appeared in the sky, and the originally black sky was instantly enveloped by the morning sunlight that was already high in the sky, and the world was filled with radiant light.

"what is that?"

Just as the Sky Train's engines roared and it hovered above the tracks, towing the military train and preparing to depart, Monica, standing by the porthole of the main bridge, looked out the window and suddenly spoke.

Instantly, everyone's gaze followed the sound and looked towards the distant horizon, their eyes suddenly focusing.

Unlike yesterday's clear blue skies and seascape, the dark clouds and storm clouds on the distant horizon off the west coast of Oahu now resemble a black wall that refuses to recede, completely enveloping thousands of nautical miles of water.

"That's... the edge of the Star Abyss?" Shu Qin frowned and asked, "Is the polar night that fast?"

"No, that's not polar night."

Lin Xian quickly walked over, his gaze slightly narrowed, and the power armor rapidly zoomed in. At this moment, within that black wall of heaven and earth, a chilling crimson wave slowly rolled, like the roaring extension of hell bursting forth, causing everyone thousands of nautical miles away to feel a bone-chilling cold.

“Scarlet…” Qian Dele’s face slowly darkened, and he said coldly, “The Pacific Ocean is so big, but this is happening much faster than we expected.”

Lin Xian's gaze swept over, and immediately the Mechanical Heart was activated, connecting his thoughts with Viola and the Sky Dome. The high-frequency vibration of the engine rang out.

"It won't be dawn there yet, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)