We moved to Golden Courtyard

Changguang stood up and pressed a button on the test bench.

Immediately, the sunlight in the entire factory seemed to dim, as electricity was powering the machinery at an alarming rate.

Right in front of the two, the iron floor slowly opened, and Xia Ya easily saw that there was an underground river underneath.

But then, the surface of the river began to ripple slightly, and the sound of mechanical transmission made everyone realize just how heavy an object was being carried afloat.

And when the object was fully revealed to everyone... an overwhelming sense of awe shook the hearts of every single person.

It was a colossal machine, as tall as two people, and its crimson, meteor-like design made Char fall in love with the exoskeleton armor at first sight.

This almost exaggerated body design can be said to have brought the definition of heavy exoskeleton armor to its extreme!

This is definitely an exoskeleton suit that's meant for me!

At this moment, inside this underground factory, countless members of Anti-Entropy couldn't help but stop what they were doing and begin to admire their masterpieces of the past few years.

Does he have a name?

Seemingly sensing Xia's satisfaction, Nagamitsu couldn't help but smile radiantly as she confidently introduced the situation.

"MSN-04 - Sazabi!"

"Sazabi..."

Char stepped forward, and the armor seemed to sense his approach! It proactively opened its outer armor, revealing the internal storage compartment.

This thing can no longer be considered an exoskeleton—it's a real weapon of war!

"This armored vehicle is equipped with biometric recognition capabilities. It will automatically deploy and expose the cockpit upon detecting your identity. I believe that as long as he is present, your plans will be flawless."

"Does it have any special effects?"

"Of course, do you see those cylinders on the open shoulder armor?"

Char leaned closer and saw that each of the two shoulder armors had five cylinders. In front of these dark red cylinders, the dark holes reminded Char of something ominous.

"what is this?"

"These little things are the real secret weapon that makes Sazabi so effective in defeating its enemies—time is almost up, Mr. Char, would you like to sit inside and experience it for yourself?"

A strange smile crept onto Xia's lips.

"Ah, very good."

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"how so……"

At this moment, everyone had gathered at the Jiuting base. It was 5:46 a.m. Not to mention the earliest patrol vehicle, even the first vehicle operating on the main line had already been put into service.

It's just that not many people take the subway at this time.

Now that everyone has gathered together in the crowdfunding group 456127940, it means that all the vehicles have been checked with the Klein.

The conclusion was—no abnormalities were found…

"How could there be no abnormality?" Xu Qi's eyes were full of disbelief. He had no doubt about Klein's inspection. The electrical signal transmission was normal, the condition of each cable was normal, and the gas circuit test was normal.

Given this, what else could cause brake failure?

Only Xin'an had some doubts.

"There shouldn't be anything unusual... Xu Gong, why are you so sure that Supervisor Xia would do... such a heinous thing?"

"Right in front of Char's house—Mei and I were attacked by terrorists."

Xin'an's eyes widened suddenly.

"Fear...what!?"

"So I'm almost certain! Today! Char will completely disable the brakes of a train! Could it be... I guessed wrong? It's not Line 9?"

31. Mei: You're not taking advantage of my boyfriend, are you?

At the Jiuting base, everyone fell silent.

Alicia and the others had heard Mebius mention it before, but at the time it was only that Xu Qi and the others had encountered trouble. Who would have thought that this trouble would be caused by terrorists?

"Are you sure, Xu Qi?" Sakura's expression was quite serious.

"One of them was carrying a gun."

"Whoa!" Pado was so frightened that she immediately hugged Xu Qi from behind. Right now, the cat desperately needed someone who could give her a sense of security.

Mei looked at him suspiciously, unsure whether he was genuinely scared or taking advantage of his boyfriend. Um... no, it looked more like Xu Qi was taking advantage of her.

Just then, Xu Qi's phone rang—it was from Wilvi.

"Sister Wilwick?"

"Xu Qi! Something's wrong! We've checked all the cars in Jinqiao, and they're all normal! We haven't found anything unusual! What about your side?"

This time, Xu Qi remained even more silent...

He replied quietly, "Same."

……

"Is it possible that it's not Line 9?"

"But even for other routes, it's already late." The first bus has already left by 5:30! Not to mention the backup buses and patrol vehicles.

Just as everyone was talking, several more trains had already left the depot.

Why—what on earth did Char do?!

At this moment, at the Jinqiao base.

Hearing the conversation, Kosmo couldn't help but frown.

The young man keenly noticed the seriousness of the situation; the other party had clearly used unconventional methods, which was why he was unable to conduct the tests properly.

But... the outcome won't change.

The boy named Kosmo excels at getting straight to the heart of the matter.

He looked at the trains in the depot that were preparing to head to the main line, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"Wait, don't rush, Xu Qi. Think carefully about what else you need to do to stop the train if it can't brake."

That method is actually the same as when Xu Qi stopped 914.

"Forced pantograph lowering! Once the power source is lost, the train will slowly stop on its own. The reason I had to stop the train last time was because the test track wasn't long enough."

But the main line is different! As long as the power source is cut off, there's plenty of space for the train to stop!

"So, is the same true for power outages?"

Xu Qi was taken aback—Vilvie's words were like a wake-up call! Xu Qi, who was so focused on the car, had almost forgotten about everything else.

"Of course! And that would allow for many different methods. We could also force the train to stop by changing the switches and making it enter an area without electricity."

"Xu Qi, tell me first, do you think Xia Ya could have thought of these things that we're thinking of now?"

"can!"

Xu Qi gave a very positive answer!

Not only because Char had been planning this revenge for countless years, but also because it was Char! He would certainly be able to consider such details.

He was so cautious that he first used the 914 train, which needed to be tested for braking, to observe the feasibility of the plan. So what else couldn't he have thought of?

"Xu Qi, put yourself in Xia Ya's shoes. Leaving aside any tampering with the car—something we can't detect right now—what other precautions might he have taken?"

"The railway network center and the substation! The former controls the switches, and the latter controls the high-voltage power grid. In extreme cases, the possibility of switching the switches and causing a power outage cannot be ruled out! Xia Ya must have thought of these things!"

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"Hmm? Engineer Tan, you're here for work so early."

At the substation's control center, a middle-aged man in work clothes greeted everyone as he walked to his workstation.

"Xiao Li, is something wrong?"

"Reporting to Engineer Tan, the network is operating normally and has begun to enter the operational phase."

"Yes, report any unusual phenomena immediately."

After Tan finished speaking, seeing that no one around was paying attention to him, he took a black iron box out of his backpack and placed it on the table.

Such a seemingly insignificant action is, for the people of Anti-Entropy, the most crucial step in their plan. After all, you can never imagine what methods someone might use to hack into your system.

The same scene is playing out in the center of the road network.

The people who brought this black metal box in were all sorts of people; they could be engineers, ordinary office workers, or even just cleaners.

Once the hardware can be delivered, then everything else... will be fine.

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"What do we do now? The morning rush hour is just around the corner, what if we do that then..."

"If the train brakes fail at that time..." Xu Qi's face turned ashen, and his fists clenched tightly together.

"A rear-end collision between two vehicles, with the carriages nearly full—this can already be called a disaster."

"We must gain control of the substations and the central road network!"

However, these two things, one belongs to the power supply and the other to the operation, are not even in the same unit and have no communication at all!

"At this point... we have no choice but to resort to force."

On the other end of the phone, Wilvi smiled after hearing this.

"Got it! Kevin! You go to the road network center first and try to hack into their system! Me and Kosmo... wait!? Where's Kosmo!?"

……

On the train, as soon as the driver boarded, he saw a boy who looked rather young waiting on the train. The driver scratched his head in confusion and said, "Um... you are..."

"I'm from the Japanese inspection station," Kosmo lied expressionlessly.

The driver suddenly realized, "Then there's no problem."

"Are you new here? The person who accompanied you left early this morning, why are you so late?"

“There’s a malfunction. The team leader told me to go to the main line to handle it. It’s the fastest way to get there.”

Kosmo recalled that when Xu Qi moved to Golden Courtyard, he seemed to have heard Xu Qi talk about his experience as a daily inspector.

They said they were woken up at six in the morning and then got on the bus to check the faulty vehicle on the main line.

"Oh... You must be having a tough time. Go sit in the carriage, don't stay in the driver's cab."

"Oh."

It was a success...

The train slowly pulled out of the garage. Just then, his communicator rang. Kosmo looked up and saw it was Vilvie.

"Kosmo!" The moment the call connected, Velvet's roar came through the communicator, "Where have you been?! Are you in the car?! What are you trying to do?!"

Didn't you say so?

At this moment, Kosmo was unusually calm for a high school sophomore.

"The train might have brake failure on the main line. Since I can't help with anything right now, I might as well take a gamble and see if I can get on that problematic train."

The license plate number of this car is 956. It's the same car that led to Luo Miao's death. They couldn't find anything wrong with it during the previous inspection, but I had a bad feeling about it.

"If I were in the car, I might be able to help in some way—Sister Wilvi, this time, I want to do something in my own way."

……

This is the first time Wilvie has heard Kosmo say so much. He must be very nervous right now...

What a silly child.

32. Do you dare to look Su in the eye?

"All of them!? You mean... none of the remaining cars in the warehouse will be delivered!? Are you kidding me!?"

In the dispatch room, Xu Qi dialed the main line's operating phone and spoke in a tone that was both absurd and not at all like a joke.