My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 354 "Why did the signal drop?" (Seeking monthly votes)
But soon.

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization dismissed this ridiculous idea. Perhaps seven years ago, human civilization would have accepted his surrender, but now it was certainly impossible. It was best to just think about it.

There's only one thing he needs to do now.

The Good Cat Civilization will be forged into an impregnable fortress to defend against any attack from human civilization.

Stubbornly.

There might be a glimmer of hope.

Chen Mang did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, he looked at the large screen on the side of the train's interior, which displayed the dream scene of a cyber miner inside the train. The chubby boy was standing on the screen.

Less than a day had passed on the train.

Seven years have passed in the outside world.

In his mind, he and the chubby boy had just chatted not long ago.

But in the chubby boy's eyes, they had been out of contact for seven years.

"You finally came."

The chubby boy stood alone on a mining planet in the southern border of the Nami civilization, gazing at the mysterious travelers ahead. He looked much more mature and composed than before, with much less of his childishness.

Clearly, the chubby boy has grown a lot in these seven years.

The chubby boy looked at the mysterious traveler with a somewhat dazed expression: "You must have been very busy all these years. I originally thought you would never appear again. A lot has happened in these seven years, some about family and some about the internal workings of civilization."

"Let me think about where to start."

Perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for many years, the little fat boy had a strong urge to confide in others.

"First and foremost, it's my father."

"He has changed a lot. He no longer puts work first and has started to focus on his family. I heard he earns much less than before, but only less. I now know his true income."

"I never thought of that."

"He's actually the richest person in the 'Nami Civilization,' far richer than the publicly acknowledged richest person in the Nami Civilization."

"He is really rich."

"And they have started to formally train me to be their successor. I used to be somewhat resistant to this, wanting to make a name for myself with my own hands, but now I've come to understand that it's foolish to not take the shortcuts and insist on forging my own path."

"And one more thing."

"Seven years ago, an unknown 'Heavenly Palace' appeared within the 'Nami Civilization.' Over the years, the Nami Civilization has been studying this Heavenly Palace, and recently, they finally made new progress, discovering a hidden basement deep within it, where a safe was found."

"only."

"That safe was special. No matter what methods the government used, they couldn't open it. It was called a safe, but it didn't actually have a lock or a combination lock. It was just a heavy metal lump."

"It is said that the government even used heavy weapons to directly bombard the safe, but the safe remained tightly sealed without any signs of damage such as craters or gaps."

"Apart from that, there's nothing else."

The chubby boy stood there muttering to himself, while Chen Mang listened quietly, occasionally responding with a word.

The conversation is over.

Chen Mang sat in the train cabin, looking at the Doppler radar image on the control panel screen. The "Nami Civilization" was located on the other side of the "Cosmic Void," which was his next target. Soon, he would pass through the void to the Nami Civilization to retrieve his Heavenly Palace.

He hasn't decided yet how to get there.
The dumbest way is to create wormholes.

Creating a wormhole spanning 100 million light-years would require approximately 150 trillion units of iron ore.

If the "cosmic void" were 1000 million light-years in diameter, it would require 1500 trillion units of iron ore.

Although extremely expensive.

But it is not unacceptable.

The only problem is that the exact diameter of the "cosmic void" is unknown. If it is nearly 100 million light-years or even hundreds of millions of light-years, the resources required would be far beyond his means.

At that point, he will find himself in a dilemma.

retreat.

All the resources invested so far will be wasted.

Enter.

The road ahead is still unknown.

As for now——

After quickly handling the remaining matters on the train, Chen Mang did not linger and immediately prepared to head back to the "Good Cat Civilization." The wormhole he had created the first time had already been destroyed.

The refrigerator that was thrown out had already been destroyed by the wormhole.

A new wormhole needs to be created.

He consumed another 110 trillion units of iron ore to create a one-way, one-time wormhole that led directly to the "Good Cat Civilization" without any concealment or lingering.

It felt like returning to one's own backyard.

As the Star Train slowly emerged from the snake-mouth-like wormhole and appeared in an unfamiliar universe, it had once again arrived at the Good Cat Civilization.

this time!

They were no longer greeted with flowers, nor with broadcasts of surrender.

The instant it appeared.

Several nearby planets were lit up almost simultaneously, like light bulbs. Several originally blue planets suddenly became as bright as day, a sign that the planetary defense weapons on the planets had been activated.

Immediately afterwards——

Chen Mang then witnessed an extremely dazzling scene.

Good Cat Civilization welcomed his arrival with an extremely dazzling fireworks display.

Countless energy beams were fired from the planetary-level defense weapons on the planet, shooting towards the Stellar Train from all angles!

Following closely behind, more than a dozen wormholes sprang up in the surrounding space, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

A large number of train troops emerged from the wormhole, their radars locking onto the Stellar train. Without any warnings or provocative words, they opened fire upon sight.

For a while.

The alarms inside the carriage went off loudly.

This is the siren sound after the train is locked onto by radar. Because it is locked onto by too many radars, the short alarm sound has become like a long wail. However, a panel slowly appears on the train control screen.
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"No threat attack detected."
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Good Cat Civilization is very powerful.

A long-established Level 4 civilization.

but--

After all, that's how it is. The strength of the Stellar Train is not something a Level 4 civilization can match. One of the prerequisites for advancing to Level 5 civilization is having a Level 1000 rainbow-grade firepower component. Since the Good Cat Civilization has not advanced to Level 5 civilization, it means that the Nami Civilization does not have a Level 1000 rainbow-grade firepower component.

Despite numerous attacks.

But they were all like a mob, utterly useless.

"."

Chen Mang sat calmly inside the train, enduring the first wave of attacks. In the silent universe, countless scorching beams of light crashed into the armor of the Stellar train and were quickly annihilated.

Due to the vast difference in levels, it was not even able to break through the defenses.

Level 1000 armor.

Against a level four civilization, unless the Good Cat civilization can create another black hole, it will be an absolute crushing defeat.

So next.

That's the time to counterattack.

He slowly pressed the red button on the control panel.

The five "Akanon Solar Cannons" on the top of the train lit up and began to charge up. Then, several level 500 Akanon cannons began to accurately strike high-threat targets in the surrounding area.

Countless planets and trains were reduced to fragments in the blazing beam of light.

at this time--

Suddenly, another unique alarm sounded inside the train.

Chen Mang glanced at the Doppler radar screen and chuckled. Just as he had thought, the Good Cat Civilization had indeed secretly built a wormhole leading to the Niya Galaxy, and had already arrived in the Niya Galaxy through the wormhole.

Obviously.

The Good Cat Civilization dispatched an army to the Niya Galaxy, intending to kill him in the past timeline.

As long as the Good Cat Civilization's army begins indiscriminately bombing the Niya Galaxy, with a bit of luck, you'll eventually run into him on the past timeline.

This is a method that is almost impossible to solve.

No one can protect their past self. If the timeline were stretched into a Great Wall, each node would be a place that needs to be defended. There are trillions of such nodes on the timeline, and no civilization could protect them all.

but.
He found a solution.

"Time travel" is a civilization's means of advancing to a level four civilization. It is very useful, but it has a drawback: if you want to go to a certain region's past timeline, you must first go to that region.

In other words.

If the Good Cat civilization wants to travel to the past timeline in the Niya system to find him, it must first send its army to the Niya system and then perform time travel at the current location.

When in a "time-space rewind" state, it is impossible to leave the current area.

His ability to freely enter and exit the first and second universes while in a time-rewinding state is entirely a bug, or rather, a special mechanism.

The solution is quite simple.

It's enough to leave someone at home to look after the old house.

next moment--

On the Doppler radar screen, the Good Cat Civilization army that had emerged from the wormhole and arrived in the Niya Galaxy had barely appeared when it disappeared from the radar.

Outside the wormhole is not the Niya Galaxy.

But
A gaping, blood-red maw that stretches as far as the eye can see.

The entire army, along with the wormhole, was swallowed whole by Little Green.

That was his solution.

With Little Green watching over the house, he can see who comes.

"Failed."

Inside the study, the leader of the Good Cat Civilization looked at the information displayed on the screen with a somewhat grim expression. The assassination team's mission had failed, and the human civilization possessed an extremely terrifying cosmic behemoth.

Their army had barely arrived in the Niya system when they were swallowed whole.

"no!"

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization stood up, looked at the group of generals on the screen, and said in a deep voice: "Send out three more assassination squads. We don't need the main force on the front lines. Send the main force to the Niya system."

"You've seen it too."

"Even the main force of the army could not do any damage to that train."

"The train's armor is most likely level 1000."

"The gap is too big."

"Our only chance of winning is to reach the Niya system and attempt to destroy 'human civilization' from the past timeline. The Niya system is a full 10 light-years in diameter. We'll set the wormhole exit in another region, and immediately activate time travel after leaving the wormhole. That cosmic behemoth simply won't be able to catch up."

"I'm sorry, Chief, this plan is not feasible."

In the video, a general in military uniform shakes his head in denial.

"Why?"

The general, his face grave, said in a deep voice, "To create a wormhole, the entrance and exit must both be in a stable spatial state. At this moment, something has happened to the 'Niya Galaxy,' and the entire area inside and around it is in a state of spatial chaos and instability. In this state, it's impossible to create a wormhole." "There's only one area where a wormhole can be built, but that area..."

"That colossal celestial beast stood there."

"How did they manage to do that?" the leader of the Good Cat civilization asked. "How is it possible to put all regions of a star system in a state of instability and chaos?"

"I don't know for now, but I will send someone to investigate after the war."

"Forget about the post-war period. If we lose this battle, there will be no post-war period in the future. You damn procrastinators."

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization asked with a grim expression, "What about the second plan? How is it being implemented over there?"

Second plan.

It refers to...

They ventured hundreds of light-years into the "cosmic void," then initiated a time reversal, returning to 87 years ago, and fired a high-level "Akanon Photon Cannon" towards the "Niya Galaxy," gradually increasing its power over the long passage of time until it reached the "Niya Galaxy."

It dealt a heavy blow to the Niya Galaxy.

This is precisely the hidden weapon of a Level 4 civilization.

Although it consumes a lot of resources, in a war for the survival of civilizations, resources are no longer a concern.

This method eliminates the need for a wormhole to directly reach the Niya Galaxy, enabling long-distance, cross-temporal strikes. By the time human civilization discovers it, the attack will already be arriving or will have already struck in the past.

They can't give a very precise time yet, only an approximate time; the exact arrival time is unclear.

This is one of the drawbacks.

The second drawback is that traveling only 87 light-years doesn't significantly increase the power of the Akaganon's main solar cannon, and it doesn't achieve a decisive, one-shot kill.
but--

This was the only option left at that point.

Something is better than nothing.

However.
"I'm sorry, Chief."

The general on the screen shook his head again in a deep voice: "This plan has also failed."

"reason."

"Human civilization has already traveled back in time in the Niya star system and launched 100 rounds of the 500-level Akaganon solar-powered main cannon into the cosmic void. These cannons have a built-in tracking effect, and all the solar-powered cannons we launched have been intercepted by the enemy's cannons within the cosmic void."

"All three missiles launched so far have been intercepted."

"unless--"

"Unless we launch a total of 101 missiles, we can avoid all interceptions and have one successfully reach the Niya system."

"Then let's do it. What are we waiting for?"

"Insufficient resources."

The general shook his head again.

"A single shot from a level 500 Akagan solar cannon requires a full 1000 trillion units of iron ore."

"The three rockets we launched have already consumed 300 trillion units of iron ore. Adding the consumption from the time travel, this has exhausted all of our military's resource reserves. There are no more resources left."

Weapon consumption is extremely expensive.

The "Good Cat Civilization" possesses a level 500 Akagan solar cannon, but it simply cannot afford to use it. Each shot costs 1000 trillion units of iron ore. How many mining planets would it take to mine just one of those shots?

Normally, in regular battles, level 100 or 200 is enough; there's no need for level 500, that's a last resort.

He still can't understand it.

Where would human civilization get so many resources to fire 100 shots at once? The number of shots required for 100 shots of the 500-level Akaganon solar-powered main cannon would be astronomical.

An unimaginable number.

Even if you picked up the entire Good Cat civilization, turned it upside down, and shook it, you still wouldn't get this many resources.

"."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Good Cat Civilization looked rather grim. After a long pause, he continued in a hoarse voice, "What if we don't launch a level 500 missile, but instead launch a level 100 missile?"

"It's not feasible. The travel distance is too short, only 87 light-years. It can't significantly increase the power of the Akagane main cannon. If it starts at level 100, the power will only be smaller. Even if we successfully reach the Niya system, it will be like scratching an itch."

"What I mean is, how about using these lower-level main cannons to deplete humanity's interceptor main cannons, and then firing the level 500 cannons after they're all depleted?"

The words fell.

After a long silence, the general on the screen finally spoke: "Chief, when a low-level light energy cannon collides with a high-level light energy cannon, the lower-level one will be annihilated without any possibility of being consumed."

"actually--"

"This war can be stopped."

"Human civilization chose to fire 100 rounds of the 500-level Akaganon solar-powered main cannon into the cosmic void to defend against our attack. They chose defense, not offense, and the point in time travel was not 87 years ago, but some number in the middle."

"only."

"Chief, have you ever considered that if human civilization chooses to attack and travel back in time to 87 years ago, your 100 level 500 Akagan light-powered main cannons would have already traveled 87 light-years to reach our civilization?"

"The Good Cat Civilization was already defeated when that train escaped the black hole."

My suggestion is...

"Chief, please take a portion of the Good Cat Civilization's people and resources and escape to other areas through the wormhole as soon as possible. This might offer a sliver of hope for the continuation of our civilization, preventing a complete collapse."

next moment--

During the video conference, the image of the general on the screen suddenly went black, the picture was cut off, and the signal was lost.

"What about people!"

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization asked with a grim expression, "Why is the signal down?"

"Reporting to the leader." Another general on the screen listened to the phone for a few seconds before speaking: "Yu Gang on the command planet where General Qian is located has been blown up. He has already sacrificed himself."

"That train destroyed all of our first wave of attacks."

"And we have already begun rapidly clearing all of our military planets."

"Unable to resist."

"."

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization leaned back in his chair, remaining silent for a long time. After a while, he said softly, "I understand. Everyone, listen up! Take your families and resources and proceed to 'Wild Grass Star' as quickly as possible to prepare for evacuation."

Followed by.

Without uttering another word, he pressed a button below the table, stood up, grabbed his coat from the chair beside him, and strode outside.

The study door opens.

Outside is a tunnel made entirely of steel.

The tunnel was lined with armed guards.

When a civilization is developing, it will inevitably assume many worst-case scenarios and make defensive preparations accordingly; evacuation is one such plan.

During the annual population census.

"Good Cat Civilization" always brings a select group of orphaned boys and girls to "Wild Grass Star." These children will be the last spark of civilization to carry on during their escape.

We passed through this long, dark tunnel.

The leaders of the Good Cat Civilization arrived on the ground, where trains were parked everywhere, and large numbers of troops and soldiers were waiting in the open space, ready to go. This was an extremely terrifying force, one that dared to challenge any Level 4 civilization.

As a long-established Level 4 civilization, he still possesses this much foundation.

Unfortunately.

All that foundation, in the face of that train, was like a bubble, shattering at the slightest touch.

Dozens of wormholes, visible to the naked eye, appeared in the sky.

Large numbers of troops and trains are emerging from these wormholes and landing on the planet to converge. He cannot take everyone with him, only the military forces of the Good Cat civilization, the relatives and families of the officers, and all the resources he can take.

This is what a civilization can take with it when it flees.

I can't take anything else with me.

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization stood silently in place, looking ahead at the growing crowd that was arriving with more and more people. At this moment, a trace of regret began to rise in his heart.

he.
He was still too arrogant.

When the Stellar train was trapped in the black hole, he thought it was impossible for it to escape.

If he had been more decisive at the time and launched a devastating attack on the past timeline of the "Niya Galaxy," human civilization would have perished.

At that time, human civilization had almost no means of resistance.

In the end, I regained my confidence.

He never imagined that a train could escape the gravity of a black hole.

but--

Regret is pointless.

The reason he didn't choose to do it that way at the time was simply to save some resources. Can we say he was wrong? If he pursued perfection in every decision, how many more resources would he have consumed along the way? How could the Good Cat Civilization have possibly advanced to a Level 4 Civilization?

no way.

Just like it's impossible for everyone to use a silver needle to test for poison before eating.

What if one day his wife poisoned him and he didn't even notice?

If you die, you can only accept it.

He didn't think he was wrong; it was just a low-probability event that he was unlucky to encounter.

This tribulation was destined to befall me.

Unavoidable.

just
A look of confusion flashed in his eyes. Where could he escape to? Several star systems around him already had owners. If he wanted to escape, he would definitely have to escape to a million light-years away, out of the radar range of "human civilization".

We can only go to those non-galactic regions where resources are extremely scarce.

It belongs to the scraps of the universe.

Such regions often consist of only one star, a few small planets, and not even mineral-rich planets. After modification, they can barely be adapted for human habitation.

We can only escape to this place for now, and wait for a chance to come back and fight our way back.

As long as you don't die.

There is always hope.

at this time--

He spotted a general in the crowd, the same general who had told him in the video that General Qian was dead. The general had joined his soldiers there, preparing to flee together.

The leader of the Good Cat Civilization frowned as he looked at the refrigerator in the general's arms.

"You don't need to bring a refrigerator when you're running for your life, do you? Are you going to bring your microwave too?"

"This is not my refrigerator."

"It was captured by me."

"Before we leave, we have to take a piece of his flesh to let him know that we are not to be trifled with."

The general said in a serious voice.

"That train dispatched quite a few shuttles. After we destroyed several of them, we captured this refrigerator from inside one of the shuttles. It was exceptionally sturdy and could withstand the main guns without any damage. I found it rather peculiar, so I brought it back to study it slowly after the war."

(End of this chapter)