Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 493 It's Getting Dark!

Bang!
The thrusters on the "Dragon Girl" instantly ignited, the powerful propulsion leaving an afterimage in place. The VK electric blade's hum as it tore through the air suddenly became sharp, and two intersecting beams of azure lightning flashed by. Before the monster could even let out a hiss, viscous, dark brown liquid gushed out from the precisely severed torso. Its hideous head rolled to the ground, and the glowing filaments in its compound eyes rapidly extinguished.

Seeing this, Lin Xian immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "They can kill him? It seems I was overthinking it..."

However, before the blood on "Dragon Girl's" electric blade could drip, a faster shadow silently swooped down from the ceiling in the thick darkness! Another one, which the dark energy scanner had failed to detect. In an instant, dozens of glowing tendrils, like living venomous snakes, precisely wrapped around "Dragon Girl's" right arm joint, which had just completed its slash and was not yet retracted. A strong energy interference pulse surged in along the tendrils, and with a piercing short-circuit explosion, the hydraulic pipe at her right elbow suddenly burst open with a cloud of oil mist, sparks flew wildly, and her entire arm instantly went limp, the light of the VK electric blade completely dimmed.

"Disconnect! Cut off the arm!" The sudden turn of events caught Lin Xian off guard, but he responded decisively and immediately.

The monster seemed to be able to devour and integrate energy; it appeared to be a physical force of material dissolution, which was even more terrifying than corrosion.

Without the slightest hesitation, as soon as Lin Xian gave the order, "Dragon Girl" swung the VK electric blade on her left arm backhand, and the cold blue light precisely swept across her right shoulder joint. Swoosh! Sparks and broken cables burst forth, and the heavy metal right arm, along with the glowing filaments wrapped around it, fell to the ground.

Almost simultaneously with the severed arm hitting the ground, the "Dragon Girl's" only remaining left arm rose with lightning speed, the armor on her palm sliding open to reveal a nozzle that was rapidly charging and emitting a blinding white light like the sun. The next second, three silver plasma beams shot out violently, instantly pinning the monster directly and precisely to the wall. There was no explosion, only a blinding white light and a teeth-grinding burning and vaporizing sound. The monster was silently burned away in the torrent of pure energy, leaving only a charred mark on the ground and a pungent ozone smell.

At this moment, Lin Xian immediately flew in all of the dozen or so micro drones he had prepared beforehand. The lights suddenly turned on, and they quickly checked the entire warehouse area. After confirming that there were no other living creatures, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Inside the sheltered room, Lin Xian looked through the holographic vision at the arm on the ground in front of the Dragon Girl, which had turned into a pile of gray metal slag, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

so close!

Fortunately, Lin Xian had a robot to probe the area. Repairing an arm was a piece of cake for him. This monster wasn't particularly powerful; the Dragon Girl could take it down with a single strike. However, the ability of those silken tentacles was giving Lin Xian a real headache. It seemed that once someone was touched by them, even an interstellar-level power armor wouldn't be able to withstand it? Wouldn't that be the death of him?

Lin Xian was in a complicated mood. While thinking, he had the drone and the Dragon Girl conduct a comprehensive exploration of the warehouse. Just then, he discovered some clues in the footage.

This cargo compartment even has a reserve energy system that is providing power at low energy consumption!
In the footage, the drone found an open functional pipeline that directly connects to a small high-energy capacitor system in another compartment. The two strange monsters from earlier seemed to be devouring this system, and it appears that the power has been out for several hours.

"Absorbing energy... Humanity's electrical and dark energy are now interconnected?"

Chi~
At this moment, the Dragon Girl mech remotely opened the door of the supply compartment. As soon as it opened, a burst of white, chilling air mixed with a faint crimson aura shot out. Lin Xian, seeing this, was moved and immediately ordered all the drones to fly in. This time, he quickly discovered that although many of the supplies inside had begun to decay as before, the degree of decay was far different from before. Some of them were even quite fresh and looked like they could still be eaten...

However, this only applied to canned goods and purified water that did not appear to have spoiled. The other fresh or ordinary food in the refrigerator had completely become moldy. This mold had nothing to do with the refrigerator. The drone could even detect that the temperature inside the refrigerator was not too high, indicating that the power outage had not been long. However, the food had already become moldy in such a short time, which must be related to the scarlet aura from earlier.

At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly realized a problem: this supply compartment might have a technology that could independently prevent food from spoiling, and it was only after the power was cut off that it was corrupted by the scarlet!
"Absolutely!"

Lin Xian immediately stood up, his heart beating faster than usual. If his guess was correct, it meant that the Phoenix Society had already developed a way to preserve food and survive in the Crimson Realm, which also meant that the Phoenix Society might still exist!
Humanity is not extinct yet!

Lin Xian's voice trembled slightly. He put on his power armor and headed back the way he came to the supply compartment. While carrying the supplies back, he needed to find the instruments or devices for storing the supplies, scan them, and then manufacture them. Otherwise, these supplies might not be able to be stored tonight, and all his hopes would be in vain.

Lin Xian moved swiftly and without any unnecessary actions, quickly arriving at the cabin. He immediately dispatched dozens of transport drones to begin moving the supplies he requested, and then Lin Xian began mechanically scanning the entire cabin.

Based on Lin Xian's experience, he quickly found an independent device with multiple pipelines in the mechanical structure of the entire storage compartment. This device had obviously been modified later and was designed specifically for the storage compartment. Most importantly, Lin Xian found blood essence on this device!
"As expected, it looks like a dark energy generator, some kind of frequency? Isolation?"

While scanning the blueprint, Lin Xian began to consume the contents of the supply warehouse for material conversion to facilitate future manufacturing. At the same time, he was amazed by the design, which looked like an upgrade of the dark energy potential device. Although he did not understand the principle, based on his understanding of mechanical structures, he quickly realized that it was a frequency generator that used dark energy conversion to create something that seemed to be able to isolate the crimson in some way.

"Strange, why isn't this device used on the entire starship? Why is it only used for supplies storage? Or is it a backup plan..."

"Ignore it for now."

There was no point in thinking too much at this point. He quickly finished scanning the blueprint, then took a level 3 blood essence from the device and prepared to return to the sheltered room to create a simple version to use for now. He didn't have a single blood essence on hand, so he couldn't let go of the readily available one.

"The blood semen is all with Teacher Chen. Sigh, the Phoenix Society's response was so quick. I hope everyone is safe and sound."

Back in the shelter, Lin Xian immediately activated all the manufacturing sequences without saying a word, creating a 'storage warehouse' the size of a small truck bed in a very short time. He put all the resources 'rescued' by the drones into it. After activating the level 3 blood essence and energy capacitor, he was surprised to find that the scarlet aura inside disappeared at an extremely fast speed!

"The effect is immediate..."

After finishing everything, Lin Xian plopped down on a stool, sweating profusely as he looked at the storage room in front of him. He hadn't dared to waste a single second of this operation, afraid of wasting the food and water he had finally found, otherwise tonight would be completely ruined.

After catching his breath, Lin Xian got up and went into his small storage room to open the two cans to check the situation. But as soon as he stepped in, his vision suddenly went dark, and everything became pitch black!
what happened! ?
Lin Xian was stunned. He turned around and looked at his brightly lit room. The small door to the storage room was clearly open, but the inside was pitch black, as if he had entered another world. "I understand..."

Lin Xian turned on the light and looked at the neatly arranged water and canned goods inside. He recalled the monster that had emerged from the crimson when he was escaping on the ocean track, and a strange thought came to his mind.

The world shrouded in crimson is on another frequency!
Or rather, it's like another dimension!
Although this guess was quite shocking, Lin Xian had no doubt about it, after all, it was the most plausible explanation.

Thinking of this, he immediately came out of the storage room, went to the edge of the room, and began to scan the area. He did not want to scan the entire starship wreckage, but focused the scanning area on a section of the outer armor. His main purpose was to confirm his conjecture.

A few minutes later, Lin Xian opened his eyes, his expression greatly shocked.

"Sure enough, the entire starship has this frequency system to isolate the crimson, so they can definitely survive!"

He turned around, raised his hand, and countless materials flew out of the air. This time, he quickly constructed the framework throughout the room, spreading the pipeline device throughout the room. After everything was completed, Lin Xian went to the porthole that was about to break, used his mechanical ability to repair it, and then looked at the crimson sand flying outside and pressed the switch.

bass!
The entire room suddenly transformed, changing from a somber, crimson space to a clear, bright one, as if even the air itself had become fresher.

Lin Xian unfastened his power armor, and a familiar feeling surged into his heart once again. Although the crimson aura inside the shelter was very faint and isolated by the building, it still made him feel very uncomfortable. He felt weak all over, as if his immune system was collapsing. Now that the device was installed, the crimson aura completely disappeared, as if he had returned to the night of the past.

"All done. Looks like a lot has happened in these three months."

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief. He then took out a bottle of water, opened the cap without saying a word, and gulped down a large mouthful. He didn't care how much the water had been corrupted by the scarlet blood. After drinking it, he felt incredibly comfortable all over, as if every cell in his body was cheering.

Chi Chi!

After the tub was filled with water, Lin Xian stood in it as three service drones sprayed water mist to clean the blood and grime from his body. The bloody wastewater was then collected by pipes for purification and storage before being reused.

Although he had mastered the device to isolate the Crimson, he didn't want to waste any resources. Next, he still needed to search for clues about the team and the Phoenix Society within the Crimson, and these things were undoubtedly very important.

Bang!
Inside the room, the right-hand mechanical arm that Lin Xian had manufactured was precisely fitted onto the Dragon Girl's right arm. The alloy right shoulder interface lit up with a faint blue light, and the maintenance robot silently slid away, completing the task assigned by Lin Xian.

Taking her out of the Black Star Forge wasn't too difficult, but putting her back in was extremely physically demanding, so Lin Xian didn't plan to take her back.

Drop drop, drop drop.

At 18:45, before Lin entered the hibernation pod, the notification sound of the electronic watch that had accompanied him all the way rang again. He curled up in the metal chair by the porthole, his gaze piercing through the starship's porthole to look outside. The scarlet wind swirled rust-colored sand and gravel, splashing a sea of ​​congealed blood across the sky. There were no clouds, no light, only a crimson dome pressing down on the earth.

He didn't know if there would be darkness, or if the night was any different from before. At this moment, he could only wait quietly. Outside, the world was crimson, and the red wind surged through the air like waves. The entire sky seemed to be hanging down, with no clouds in sight. It was as if there was a crimson barrier in the sky, completely covering the earth.

Lin Xian looked out the porthole, and darkness suddenly poured down upon him!
Like the silent shadow of some planet sweeping across the world, the crimson was stained into a deeper, almost bruised, dark brown, making Lin Xian realize that it was getting dark.

Another kind of darkness.

At this moment, Lin Xian's breathing suddenly tightened. Amidst the piled-up rubble, strange phenomena suddenly appeared. He seemed to see several twisted gray shadows emerge without warning from the surging red sand, like smoke blown away by the wind, or like dregs seeping from the depths of the sand. They had human-like outlines, but their limbs were folded and elongated in reverse joints, their steps were unpredictable, and they appeared and disappeared in the scarlet blood mist. When the wind swirled, they dissipated into mist, and the next moment they condensed into new grotesque shapes.

"A strange entity?"

Lin Xian's expression was somewhat grim. The crimson color made these things look illusory and unclear, yet at the same time, it made them seem incredibly deadly.

At this moment, his gaze sharpened. Further away, atop a sand dune torn apart by the broken wings of a half-buried starship, stood a "person." It was four or five meters tall, its torso withered like a dried tree trunk, but its limbs were strangely long and even. Silently standing against the crimson sky, it resembled a decaying obelisk.

It was motionless, breathless, and it was impossible to tell whether it was facing him or with its back to him; it was just a pure, pitch-black silhouette.

It was a 'person' that looked exactly like a human, with a head and shoulders, except for its eerily long limbs, like a lone, towering figure from a horror story.

Lin Xian squinted, his pupils contracting, trying to penetrate the dizzying darkness, but found that he couldn't see clearly at all.

However, in the blink of an eye, a gigantic human face with a pitch-black hole appeared eerily outside the porthole. It was a face without features, consisting only of a bottomless hole occupying its entire surface. Deep within the hole, a viscous, scarlet glow pulsed like a living thing, firmly "nailed" to the window.
Stare at him!
(End of this chapter)