Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 495 Rescue!

Inside the dimly lit bridge, yellow sand seeped in from the edges of the cracked observation windows, piling up on the control panel in undulating hills. A few streaks of scarlet light pierced through the sand curtain, turning the floating dust into a bloody mist. Below, a shriveled corpse lay curled up on the floor, its grayish-white skin clinging to the bones like dried leather, and a withered hand still gripping the groove of the emergency brake.

The wind howled outside the ship's hull, the fine scraping of sand against metal continued incessantly, a faint blue light shone from the information hub interface, a sharply angled drone was attached to the port, and the signal lights on the belly flickered rhythmically.

Lin, who was far away in the sheltered room, removed his optical mask. His face was ashen as he sat in the corner, tapping his fingers lightly on his knees.

"Teacher Chen led the Sky Train north to assist in the rescue of the railcar convoy, while Noah landed in Jako to meet the Dawn Center heading north. But now Jako has fallen, Noah is stranded, and it's unknown whether the Dawn Center has even crossed the Scarlet Zone of South America..."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered, and he pondered, "KIKI and Director Ding..."

The crimson world outside the porthole made Lin Xian's heart sink. He had woken up amidst the yellow sand and wreckage. If KIKI and Director Ding were with him, all he could think of now was that they had both perished in this war...

Lin Xian took a few deep breaths, reminding himself not to assume the worst. Now that he had the map and some information, he needed to figure out how to leave this place first. After all, 54 days had passed since the information was released, and he urgently needed to get the latest information.

So he immediately stood up, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, pointed his finger in the air, and a set of black nano armor quickly covered his entire body.

"Let's get out of here first, find the city rail and get the Infinite first..."

The Infinite has complete internal living facilities and powerful firepower and armor, which is a major guarantee of Lin Xian's sense of security. He couldn't help but recall when he first built the Infinite Train, that small No. 1 carriage was like an iron fortress, allowing him to get through countless dangers.

Woohoo~
Several transport drones lifted the containers of supplies manufactured by Lin Xian. In front, "Dragon Girl" shot out a high-energy cutting beam from her arm, cutting a clean slit in the bulkhead. Then the entire wall slid down and crashed into the sand pit, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Lin Xian jumped down, his thrusters slowed him down as he landed, and then countless small drones flew out in quick succession, forming a sentinel array with a diameter of 300 meters around Lin Xian, monitoring for danger in real time.

The scarlet zone has very little visibility, and the crimson liquid moving around in the sky looks like it's alive. Sometimes you can see a little further, and sometimes it's so thick that you can only see a few dozen meters away, giving you an incredibly oppressive and suffocating feeling.

Lin Xian opened the map, using the faintly visible black coastline in the distance as a simple reference, and then began to carefully move alone in the yellow sand in one direction.

……

On the south bank of Hako, the yellow sand stretches for thousands of miles, and eerie crimson vortexes appear and disappear on the hills. In the distance, four motorcycles fly close to the ground, speeding against the gale. The four drivers are all wearing specially made Nightwalker windproof cloaks, and under the cloaks are full-body powered armor with smooth metallic lines. However, these high-tech equipment are already battle-scarred in this yellow sand.

In addition, there was another person who flew at high speed along the side of the group without relying on a vehicle, creating a violent air wave that kicked up a cloud of yellow sand.

"Zizi..."

At that moment, the leader of the group on the flying motorcycle spoke into the communication frequency.

"...We only have two hours. Area 34 is close to Noah, and we must retreat before the giant cloak of the sky sweeps over us. If we alert the predators, we should avoid them and wait for an opportunity to act. Under no circumstances should we trigger the Crimson Tide!"

"The closer we get to Noah's, the more likely the pattern of its sweeping attacks will change, and the more prey we'll be hunting," another woman's voice came through the communication channel.

hum!
A heavy motorcycle roared up behind them, and a burly man on it said, "If there aren't more than two, we'll take them out. Perfect for testing our new weapon!"

“No!” the leader replied. “Our goal is to find someone. The crimson aura of the Hako battlefield is too strong. Besides the giant cloak in the sky, there are at least two more S-class enemies lurking in the sea and the yellow sand on the coast. If we are alerted, we won’t even be able to get back to the safe house.”

“Exactly.” Another man carrying a giant sniper rifle and with a special mechanical arm spoke up at this moment: “Don’t be too reckless, Aaron. We are a reconnaissance team, not the main force. Be smart.”

"Hey, I'm just curious about the new dark energy weapons~" the man called Aaron replied.

The leader turned his head to look at the person flying to one side and said, "KIKI, your actions yesterday were too drastic. I understand you were eager to save people, but it's best not to do anything like tearing the storm clouds apart again. Although we are all quite curious about what kind of monster swarmed over from the sky that day, we only have one life, so it's better to be careful!"

"it is good."

A faint voice responded in the frequency band, its tone somewhat low. The person flying close to the ground at this moment was KIKI. In the power armor's vision, her gaze followed the navigation light with a focused yet somewhat urgent expression.

Area 34 is a section of the Harko battlefield that was previously occupied by the 27th Corps of the Third Intercontinental Force. More than 11 ships crashed here, leaving wreckage everywhere.

Empty!

"Magnetic pole lock complete, 10 o'clock position, 7 meters depth." A ghostly blue arc of electricity flickered in Captain Raymond's armored palm, and the sand dune, under his magnetic vibrations, revealed a distorted outline of a metallic ship.
"The Albatross-class transport ship belongs to the Third Logistics Fleet of the 27th Army Corps."

Female investigator Song Wei knelt on one knee, her palm pressed against the scorching sand. An invisible wave of resonance emanated from her. A few seconds later, she frowned: "There are faint signs of life inside the ship, the form of which is unidentifiable... Something just left recently, or... it's still inside!"

The sniper rifle was named Lister, and he carried a heavy Gauss sniper rifle almost as tall as himself. His voice came through the mask: "Probability shows that non-human targets account for 99.7%, and the highest probability is that they are monsters. Boss, what do you say?"

Raymond glanced at KIKI and immediately said, "The standard Federation starship hibernation pod comes with a strong signal beacon. As long as it's still operational, we can definitely detect it within range."

His meaning was simple: if Lin Xian was still alive, it meant the hibernation pod must be in working order; otherwise, a living person could not possibly survive for so long lying in a sealed coffin. And since no signal beacon for the hibernation pod was found on the transport ship, it meant that Lin Xian was not on it.

Of course, he didn't say anything too absolute. KIKI said calmly, "Lin Xian's mechanical ability is very special. Even without a hibernation pod, he can create one himself, and he also has protective power armor."

"Power armor?" Aaron asked. "How do you wear power armor while in hibernation?"

Raymond looked at KIKI: "You really don't remember the hull number of that transport ship? Although the battlefield in Harko is very brutal and chaotic, from our search over this period of time, the positions and organization of the various units have not been completely disrupted. If we can find the positions, the search area will be much smaller."

KIKI shook her head and whispered, "Back then, that earth worm attacked the Shadow Ship and released a large amount of crimson gas. I was only concerned with throwing Lin Xian's hibernation pod onto a transport ship to escape the battlefield, and I didn't pay any attention to the hull number..."

"And then you went and took the shockwave of the earthquake catfish head-on?"

Lister clicked his tongue in amazement: "Amazing! That was a world-class disaster. It's hard to imagine that human superpowers can reach this level now."

"Using telekinesis to control the shockwave rebound of the earthquake catfish, it shattered half of the head of the S-class earthworm, and completely destroyed all its bio-force fields, allowing at least 10 more people to successfully evacuate. This is no ordinary superpower."

Song Wei walked over and looked at KIKI meaningfully: "The template for our Nightwalkers' ability development training and mental power operation is your performance in the battle of Harko."

Upon hearing Song Wei's praise, KIKI, who is usually quite outgoing, simply replied in a low voice, "Let's not waste any more time, let's hurry up and find Lin Xian."

Captain Raymond understood the suppressed emotions in KIKI, so he didn't say anything more and immediately gave the order: "Aron, prepare for breaching. Lister, set up your guns at the high point and lock on. Song Wei, continue scanning for abnormal energy sources. KIKI, pull this transport ship out!"

"Alright!" A purple glint flashed in KIKI's eyes. Without saying a word, after the others were ready, she stepped forward and grabbed at the air with her five fingers. Her immense mental power, like an invisible giant hand, forcefully pierced into the yellow sand! With a deafening roar, the entire wreckage of the hundreds-of-tons transport ship was lifted up as if by a deep-sea monster, and was forcibly "pulled" out of the ground, carrying a waterfall of sand!

Amidst the piercing groans of twisting metal, dried-up, blackened corpses and shattered supply crates crashed to the ground. Just as the wreckage was leaving the ground, a dark red shadow shot out from the fracture in the ship's belly, heading straight for Aron, who was closest to it! The thing resembled a skinned spider, with glowing tendrils protruding from the dark cavity of its head.

"You're asking for death!" KIKI sneered, her psychic power instantly condensing into an invisible giant hand, precisely grasping the scarlet worm. With a soft "plop," the worm's body was crushed in mid-air, splattering thick, dark brown liquid everywhere.

What a scare!

Aaron spat, lowering the muzzle of his exaggeratedly designed pulse shotgun. Just as he relaxed slightly, Song Wei's chilling shout pierced the crimson sandstorm: "It's a Hunter-Type!!"

Aaron's hair stood on end! Before he even turned around, he could already sense the rustling sound of the crimson aura behind him!

Raymond and KIKI looked in the direction of Song Wei's shout and saw a tall, thin, dark red silhouette a few hundred meters behind Aaron, like a bamboo pole stuck in a sand dune, resembling a giant standing man!
"Watch out! That guy is at least Crimson A-rank!" Raymond reacted immediately and warned him, but before the electric arc on his hand could be fully formed, the tall man seemed to dissolve in the wind. One moment he was more than ten meters away, and the next he was right behind Raymond's back! A withered claw wrapped in viscous crimson energy tore through the air with a sonic boom like a ghostly howl, and slammed into Aaron's back, who was closest to him!

*Whoosh!* Aaron's power armor's emergency force field activated instantly, and the pale blue shield shattered in a mere ten-thousandth of a second! A piercing metallic tearing sound rang out, and Aaron was sent hurtling forward like a cannonball, as if struck by a battering ram! His thick alloy mechanical arm and shoulder armor were ripped off, sparks and hydraulic oil gushing from the severed end!

"Drink——!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Aaron displayed astonishing combat instincts. While still in mid-air, he blindly fired his left-hand shotgun behind him without even looking! Boom! A burst of blazing white pulse energy exploded behind him, slightly hindering Gao Liren's relentless pursuit.

"Cover!" Raymond roared, his fists clashing violently together! Buzz—! A visible azure magnetic storm shockwave circle spread out violently from him! Wherever the shockwave passed, sand and gravel floated, the air distorted, and it slammed into Gao Liren's pursuit trajectory, causing its eerie and elusive figure to freeze for the first time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Raymond rushed to Aaron's side, and the two formed a back-to-back cover formation.

"Song Wei, focus!"

"it is good!"

Song Wei nimbly rolled to the side, her body radiating supernatural energy, and began to release shockwaves to lock onto the elusive crimson monster.

"locking!"

High above, Lister's sniper scope's crosshairs were locked on the twisted target. Gao Liren's body seemed to exist between reality and illusion, flickering erratically in the crimson mist, making him extremely difficult to lock onto. However, Song Wei's life resonance, like a clear ripple, parted the fog in the crimson blood mist for everyone, allowing the team members to quickly detect a moving shockwave that was drifting like ripples in the air. At this moment, Lister took a deep breath, his finger on the trigger as steady as a rock, calculating the gaps in that eerie flickering.

At this moment, KIKI also moved. She did not try to lock onto the rapidly flashing figure. Her vast mental power was like an invisible tsunami, instantly covering the space within dozens of meters around Gao Liren! The air suddenly became viscous like glue, and Gao Liren's ghostly speed was forcibly slowed down. Just as it tried to flash again, KIKI clenched her five fingers, and a dark energy that seemed to materialize directly pinched the monster, and its two strange long arms exploded violently!

Bang!
It's now!

Buzz! The air around Gao Liren's body was instantly compressed and solidified by his telekinetic power into a near-tangible cage! Although it only lasted for a brief moment, it was enough for Lister!
boom--! ! !
The heavy Gauss sniper rifle roared with a deep, thunderous sound! A blinding beam of bright blue light tore through the crimson, piercing precisely through the center of Gao Liren's seemingly intangible head! Gao Liren's body convulsed violently, emitting a silent shriek. Dark red energy emanated wildly from the pierced point, eventually turning into a pool of viscous black water emitting blue smoke, merging into the sand and disappearing as quickly as living water.

Before they could catch their breath, another unexpected event occurred!
Just as the team had successfully dealt with an extremely troublesome Crimson Hunter through coordinated actions, a piercing shriek suddenly came from the direction where the Noah was stranded! Several decoy missiles, trailing crimson flames, streaked across the sky and landed precisely in the yellow sand surrounding the team!

boom! boom! boom!
The explosion wasn't powerful, but it was like pouring cold water into boiling oil! A burst of dark energy instantly and invisibly rippled outwards, creating a storm that swept away the crimson blood mist in the entire area.

"Damn it, it's a decoy! Those bastards from Holy City are still hiding here!"

Raymond's eyes widened in fury, and he immediately shouted, "Retreat! Towards point B beach! Quickly!!"

(End of this chapter)