Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 489 Lin Xian's Crystal Lattice Evolution
A moment of silence fell over the hibernation pod hall. Several people looked at KIKI with strange expressions, while Lin Xian retrieved the data from the spirit-dispelling value detector and then frowned as he looked at KIKI.
"It should be around that time."

"You saw that monster?" KIKI asked back.

Lin Xian nodded: "Otherwise, there is no way to explain this data. There are only two possibilities: either it confirms Director Ding's theory that enemies and foes share the same origin, or there is a world-class disaster in the seawater we are currently in or in the sky above us."

call out!
Under a clear sky, the Sky Train, towing the intercontinental train, returned to the maglev low-speed rail and sped across the ocean like a silver sword.

A chill ran through the hibernation pod hall. KIKI's eyes darted around, then she shrugged, a wave of nausea washing over her. "Looks like it's the former..."

Chen Sixuan looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression: "What are you talking about?"

Lin Xian thought for a moment and then gave a brief explanation. Upon hearing this, Sasha immediately looked at KIKI with a look of astonishment: "KIKI, does Brother Lin mean that your special ability is very likely to be of the same origin as Creature No. 02?"

"I can only say that the possibility is relatively high." KIKI nodded, then looked at her palm. The fluctuation of her psychic power on her hand turned into a faint flow of light, which shimmered in the darkness. She sighed, "In your brother Lin's words, this should be considered...good news?"

"good news?"

“If we can identify this link and have a clear target, it would indeed be good news.” Ding Junyi looked at KIKI with a look of surprise and light in her eyes and said, “First of all, it can give us a clear research direction. With samples, the progress of theoretical experiments will be greatly accelerated. Secondly, if there is a crisis, we can at least be more proactive.”

KIKI crossed her arms and asked, "Like when we're fighting Creature Number 2?"

Lin Xian smiled and said, "Alright, let's get down to business. KIKI, your superpower combat strength has increased so much, have you noticed anything unusual?"

"abnormal?"

KIKI shook her head: "It was pretty good. I felt like I slept for a long time. Apart from having some nightmares, it was a good sleep."

“This is a very special experience.” Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian and said seriously, “Next, it’s your turn and Director Ding’s turn, you should be able to feel it.”

KIKI also said, "Yes, it's your turn. Don't worry, we should be able to handle any problems that arise. It shouldn't take you too long, right?"

"Brother Lin, Sister KIKI has improved so much, you must be able to exceed 3, right? Wow, I can't even imagine how much change your evolution will bring." Sasha also looked on with anticipation.

"Yes, Captain Lin!" Luo Yang exclaimed excitedly, "The leap in mechanical abilities is bound to be spectacular!"

Hearing these words, Lin Xian gave a wry smile. He wanted to say something but stopped himself. He couldn't make a direct judgment on many of the ideas, so he decided to just do it first and see what happened.

"it is good."

Lin Xian checked the time: "It's only 1 a.m. now. At our speed, it should get dark around 19 p.m. This is the furthest we've ever been from Star Abyss No. 13. We're also quite far from Star Abyss No. 9 in Miami and Star Abyss No. 10 in Bolivia. It should get dark later than usual, but..."

He paused, then continued, "Now that the Crimson Descent has arrived, it's said that even before the Dawn Center has crossed the Alaskan region, Star Abyss 12 and Star Abyss 2 in Alberta have already radiated large areas of the Crimson Zone. So we can't judge anything based on our previous experience."

Upon hearing this, Chen Sixuan nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand. Since we are currently escaping the spread area, the situation should remain stable until tonight."

"Ah."

Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi and Shiori: "Director Ding, Shiori, are you ready?"

“I’m available anytime.” Ding Junyi adjusted her glasses. “After this lattice evolution, I need to communicate with the Nightwalker team as soon as possible. Some of the data will be important for verifying the common origin of friend and foe, and perhaps some other issues as well.”

Shiori nodded to Hayashi, her expression resolute, and replied, "I'm ready, please."

hum~
Lin Xian then took out three sets of crystal lattice evolution devices and three level-four blood essences. He then went to the three hibernation pods, and the three of them took off their clothes and lay down in their undershirts. Chen Sixuan and the others then helped them install the evolution devices on their bodies.

"Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on you." Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian with concern and smiled at him.

"It's okay, at most I'll have a nightmare, just be careful not to wet the bed~" KIKI chuckled after saying that, looking at Lin Xian: "Hey, you can't stay too long, aren't you supposed to be building the Infinite?"

Lin Xian glanced over, smiled faintly, and suddenly raised his hand and waved. With a whoosh, several clanging and booming sounds of metal hitting the ground followed. Sasha, Luo Yang, and the others turned around and were shocked to see six heavy mechs, their bodies gleaming with a cold light, appearing neatly behind them.

Of the six mechs, the three on the left are as robust as iron towers, resembling silver versions of the Black Dragon Armor. Their super-carbon alloy explosion-proof composite armor is equipped with a magnetic storm system and an electrostatic field, and their eyes emit a shadowy gaze, exuding a ferocious and majestic aura from head to toe. The three on the right resemble Xiao Qing wearing power armor, except that their feet and hands are equipped with VK electric blades that can be launched. The original ballet-style stepping form of Dancer No. 6 has now been replaced by two mechanical, cold blades, making them like nimble killing dancers!
"Wow, Brother Lin, your newly designed battle armor... Oh, a mecha? No, what is this?" Sasha exclaimed in shock.
Luo Yang's eyes widened as he looked at the six war machines before him with fervent admiration. He said, "This isn't armor plating, it doesn't have external opening mechanisms or life support systems. This isn't a mecha; it should be an intelligent combat robot!"

KIKI looked at Lin Xian in surprise: "This is the new drone you were talking about?"

Lin Xian remained noncommittal, looking at her and Chen Sixuan: "I built six units first, and gave the combat permissions to Viola simultaneously. I originally wanted to test them out, but I didn't expect everyone's evolution to exceed expectations, so I took them out first. If I encounter any problems, I can use them. By the way, I also collected some combat data to make some improvements for the second batch."

"Alright~, don't worry, don't waste time, start early and finish early~ Goodnight, we'll wait for you." KIKI was secretly touched to see him still worried about the robot she had made, but she urged him on, closed Lin Xian's hibernation pod, and waved goodbye to him from outside. Looking at their faces, Lin Xian took a deep breath and, without hesitation, pressed the crystal lattice cultivation device on his chest.

With a soft hissing sound, Lin Xian felt a fierce surge of dark energy pierce his chest like a liquid, rapidly impacting his entire body through his heart and blood vessels. He felt a chill run through him and tried to take a breath, but his vision immediately blurred and his consciousness sank into the abyss.

thin!!

A piercing ringing sound gradually entered the core of Lin Xian's consciousness as it drew closer. Lin Xian suddenly opened his eyes and found himself in a dark, dilapidated room. The door was open, and in the shadows stood a completely indescribable humanoid scarlet creature whose body was constantly disintegrating and recombining, staring at the room with its huge, empty 'eyes'!
A wave of primal dread washed over him, and he instinctively took a step back. But then he suddenly realized that this seemed to be the room where Chu Yan had been hiding during their previous mental link.

When Lin Xian realized what was happening, he turned around and saw a strange, collapsing metal ball growing larger and larger in front of him. It then flew past him toward the door and rapidly expanded into a miniature black hole with a diameter of two meters during its flight!

At this moment, time seemed to be slowed down. The walls, bricks, floors, dust, and even the light from the cold spotlights on the ground were all distorted and drawn towards the center by the black hole, beginning to collapse.

"This is... a gravitational lens?"

At that moment, the eerie crimson creature at the entrance was also being rapidly spiraled and swallowed up. Lin Xian could almost see its distorted, hollow eyes sliding across his face. At the same time, Lin Xian's own consciousness was also drawn in and began to be sucked in, spinning around him.

"Chu Yan!"

Lin Xian tried to shout, but found no sound. He was unable to respond at the moment. His consciousness was stretched into an infinitely long thread and then fell into the endless abyss of blackness.

After his consciousness completely dissipated, Lin Xian found that he could no longer feel the existence of his body. No, strictly speaking, he had no concept of a 'body'. In the darkness and nothingness, he seemed to have turned into a piece of air, experiencing the world from all perspectives, from one-dimensional to three-dimensional.

At this moment, Lin Xian felt extremely panicked. It was a panic of completely losing control of himself and his self-awareness. No one in the world could withstand this feeling of complete collapse of both body and world dimension.

Is this the nightmare KIKI was talking about?
No, if someone else had this feeling, they would have said so. Lin Xian has never received similar feedback. Does that mean he is the only one experiencing this?
"Chu Yan?!" Lin Xian tried to shout.

No one responded.

Lin Xian's consciousness disintegrated in a void, as if it had never existed in this world. His consciousness floated in this abyss where even "existence" itself was denied. He couldn't feel his limbs, couldn't feel his heartbeat, and had even lost the boundaries of the concept of "I." Time had no meaning, space ceased to exist, only endless, suffocating emptiness remained.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but just as his consciousness was about to completely dissipate into nothingness, a point of light suddenly appeared without warning. He began to realize that the nothingness was gradually being illuminated, and he seemed to have appeared in a dark, deep space of the universe.

Like the first glimmer of a cosmic embryo, this light quickly spread, tearing through the pure black curtain, revealing a cold and desolate deep space of the universe before him. The stars were sparse, and distant nebulae emitted an eerie dark red and purplish glow, like unhealed scabs on a cosmic wound.

Then, he saw a bizarre scene: an indescribably enormous outline slowly wriggling among the stars. It was a "giant," an existence that transcended the concept of life, yet was clearly similar to the creatures Lin Xian understood. It was drifting in the starry sky. In front of "it," a planet with azure oceans and vast mountains and lands was like a tiny orange, slowly rotating in front of the cosmic behemoth's head. It was as if a single breath would completely shatter the planet's atmosphere, changing the appearance of its mountains and rivers.

A silent terror permeated the vacuum. Lin Xian could "hear" the mournful cries of the planet's core being squeezed by brute force and the continental plates fracturing in despair. It was a wail that directly affected the level of consciousness, a wailing of the utter trampling of physical laws. The head of the behemoth was composed of countless sunken vortexes of stars. In an instant, the blue ocean was evaporated, the green land turned into molten lava, and the entire planet was being torn apart and devoured inch by inch, bit by bit, merging into the chaotic furnace churning inside the giant's body.

Lin Xian then realized that the planet was being swallowed up!
What kind of monster is this? !
Just as Lin Xian was filled with shock as this gluttonous feast unfolded, another equally terrifying scene occupied a corner of deep space.

a head.

A head, as large as a giant planet, floats silently in the dust of the nebula.

It is dead, without a doubt. Its dark red surface shows a decay on a cosmic timescale, and its eye sockets are empty abysses, bottomless, as if leading to another extinct universe.

Its immense mass forms an invisible gravitational cage, trapping countless cosmic dust particles, fragmented asteroids, and even frozen gas clouds. These substances orbit it, following unseen paths, slowly rotating, colliding, and coalescing to form a dazzling yet eerie ring of stardust.
Lin Xian's consciousness trembled in horror. What was this thing? A dark civilization?

Or is it a bizarre creature he linked to?
Did these beings, whose scale transcends that of stars, once roam the universe? What were they? Why were they born, and why did they perish? Were they the ultimate form of natural evolution, or creations of some unimaginable civilization?

The empty eye sockets of the skull seem to travel through time and space, coldly "gazing" at the giant that is devouring the planet, and also "gazing" at Lin Xian in his conscious state, conveying the indifference and death of the universe itself.

In that instant, without any warning, a light appeared at the edge of my perception.

It didn't originate from a specific point; rather, it was as if a wound had been torn open in the cosmic background itself, transcending the concept of speed. By the time Lin Xian became "conscious" of its existence, it had already traversed the star field and reached its target.

Its target was the planetary giant that had just finished devouring and was radiating destructive energy.

The light struck the giant.

Giants, asteroid belts, nebula gas... along with the entire star system they inhabited, were utterly reduced to their "original form" under this incomprehensible beam of light, from the most basic one-dimensional lines to distorted three-dimensional fragments, and then to four-dimensional fragments that shattered into a honeycomb-like pattern, tearing through space and creating gravitational wave scratches...

A true 'annihilation' across all dimensions!
Lin Xian witnessed this utterly terrifying scene. His consciousness began to crumble under the sudden impact, experiencing a sensation far beyond pain. In the instant before his consciousness was completely shattered and utterly submerged into ultimate nothingness, in that fraction of a second of mental remnants, Lin Xian's perception, like a final burst of light, focused intently on the object that had delivered the final blow to his consciousness. It was the light that had shattered into countless starlight points, one of which flew towards Lin Xian and shattered his consciousness. But before it completely shattered, Lin Xian discovered in horror...

The point of light that flew past his eyes was actually a metal die!
(End of this chapter)