Chapter 266: Lighthouse in the Storm (Explosion 110,000, seeking monthly tickets!)

"Star Army!!??"

"It's the support from the Xilan City Phoenix Society!!" Kiki exclaimed.

"That's right, the 7th Investigation Corps is the garrison force of Xilan City, we are saved!" Hearing the voice in the communicator, Company Commander Sun shouted excitedly.

At this time, everyone finally reacted. It turned out that Lin Xian's use of the Gravity Lens just now, besides shaking back the demon tide, was also to light up a lighthouse for the Phoenix Society Star Army support coming from Xilan City, using the form of a 'flare' to replace the signal blocked by the wind and snow, allowing the support to locate the direction of the combined train.

"It seems that Lin Ge should have captured the signal of the Phoenix Society, so he used such a move!!" Shi Diyuan said happily at this time: "Good guy, this move is simply divine!"

Qian Dele looked at Lin Xian with surprise and nodded: "Old Shi, I believe your words now. This handsome guy is indeed unusual."

"Fast, fast, fast, let Lin Dui receive treatment first. It's about to get dark, and we must also rescue the wounded and reorganize the train." Xiang Ningjing said decisively at this time. After a tragic battle, the entire front line almost collapsed. At this time, seeking a respite, no matter what the situation, reorganization at the first time was the best choice.

"Good, hurry!"

"Shu Qin, Miao Lu, rescue the wounded quickly! Dalou, Lv Chang, check the train!" Chen Sixuan arranged immediately at this time.

And Kiki hurriedly picked up Lin Xian with telekinesis and flew toward the carriage.

The Infinite and Longshan No. 1, plus the Emperor Project team and five convoys of hundreds of people, seemed to have gained a respite from the suffocating water surface.

Upon learning that the support of the Phoenix Society had arrived, everyone was extremely excited, and many people wept with joy.

Instantly, the interior of each convoy began to get busy, rescuing the wounded, counting losses, preparing weapons and ammunition, and waiting quietly for the arrival of the night.

On the Infinite, Kiki brought Lin Xian back to carriage No. 3. At this time, team members from other carriages surged over. Everyone looked at Lin Xian, who was undergoing treatment in the treatment cabin, with hot eyes. In the most desperate moment, it was their Lin Dui who ignited the hope of fire again!

At this moment, in everyone's hearts, Lin Xian was like a savior god!

Hum, hum, hum!!

Warhawk-class aerial gunships, Lightning 2 air-space fighter jets, H50 bomber formations, and even a 30,000-ton Dreadnought-class aerial aircraft carrier, escorted by an escort formation, tore through the sky amidst the air roar that shook the sky and earth.

At the same time, in the snowfield ahead, the ground forces turned from east to north, approaching the direction of the north line track.

This force was the Phoenix Society Star Army heading to support the Trakama Ice Valley. On the way, they received the automatic signal feedback set by Lin Xian's signal pillars. The electronic beacon fire of more than a hundred kilometers was like a signal network, successfully contacting the support force and guiding them to the direction of the north line track.

This was a small feedback device designed by Lin Xian out of caution. Originally, he didn't think it would come in handy, because he also thought that the Phoenix Society's support would be very difficult to successfully find them in the wind, snow, and darkness, and even the flying psychic who went to seek help might not be able to reach Xilan City.

As a result, this hand of his really contacted the reinforcements of Xilan City. The only problem was that the direction of those signal pillars had deviated at this time, and the train had started. When Lin Xian captured the patrol signal of the Phoenix Society responsible for searching, he hadn't had time to contact it before the signal disappeared.

So he came up with the plan of using the Gravity Lens as a flare lighthouse.

The sky was about to darken. The wounded on the Infinite were all receiving treatment. Longshan No. 1 also lost quite a few. Abai had spent a lot of energy in the pursuit battle. At this time, he had eased a bit, came to the roof, and observed the anomalies with his ability. At this time, no one dared to slack off on the danger after dark.

Abai on the train looked toward the rear of the traffic flow. His youthful face suddenly changed slightly. In the blizzard behind, he seemed to see a giant object covered in countless strange long legs swaying in the wind and snow, like a giant sea urchin standing in the snowfield. Red eyes flashed past, and with the acceleration of the train and the approach of the Phoenix Society's reinforcement troops, it soon disappeared into the wind and snow.

On the Infinite, everyone was busy at this time. The wounded Xiaoyuan and others had all been treated. Shu Qin and Chen Sixuan were also urgently charging the power armor, but at this time, the ammunition on the train was almost exhausted. Except for the electromagnetic railgun that could still be used, the others basically didn't have much left.

Lin Xian's head was dizzy. He opened his eyes and found that he seemed to have dreamed of himself in Jiang City again, on the roof of his apartment building. The floating giant corpse that blocked out the sky above the city had disappeared, and the giant mass of clouds was gone.

The setting sun was slightly slanted, and the city was desolate and barren.

Beep, beep, beep.

The watch's prompt sound rang. Lin Xian looked at the time.

18:40.

His face changed, and he ran downstairs reflexively. But when he reached the corridor, he found that the door of his shelter was locked. He was puzzled, reached out to urge the Mechanical Heart, opened the mechanical lock inside very easily, and then pushed the door open.

There was no one in the living room. Lin Xian held the short blade and closed the door gently, checking every room. Strangely, there was no one in any of the rooms.

Whether it was the living room, kitchen, storage room, or bedroom, it was all as it was after he left Jiang City. He remembered that the door was blasted by Kiki at that time, so the door behind him seemed to have been re-installed.

And because the escape was hasty and the plan was disrupted, he still had a lot of things he didn't have time to take away, including some food supplies, generators, and kitchen equipment he didn't have time to swallow.

But strangely, his shelter seemed to have been lived in by someone. There were opened cans in the kitchen and living room, and even fire had been used to cook some hot food.

This strange scene made Lin Xian realize that he didn't seem to be dreaming.

"Logically speaking, Jiang City should have been covered by extreme night by now. Just now the sky was clearly bright, but these are indeed changes after I left. What on earth is going on..."

Just when Lin Xian was puzzled, he suddenly heard movement coming from the bedroom, but he had clearly checked it just now, and there was nothing inside.

At this time, Lin Xian's head was heavy. He took a deep breath and walked toward the bedroom again. And when he reached the door, he found that in the bedroom, a black shadow was actually standing!

Judging from the posture of the black shadow, it seemed to be a woman.

"Who are you?!"

Urging the Mechanical Heart, Lin Xian found that he could use psychic power. Facing a human being at this time, he was not too wary.

Who knew that the woman heard his shout and actually turned her head suddenly, looking in his direction with fear, but it seemed she didn't see him.

"Who is talking?"

Lin Xian was also shocked at this time. He saw the woman clearly. She looked about 26 or 27 years old, not tall but extremely beautiful, with short curly hair, quite a fierce heroic spirit.

Suddenly, the woman looked at his position and pointed, and a very powerful force caused the position where Lin Xian was to begin to distort and deform like water ripples.

Lin Xian took a step back suddenly. The other party was not only a psychic, but this move was actually very similar to his Gravity Lens. He immediately prepared to fight back, but found that the woman walked up and grabbed a handful at the position where he was just now. The space began to fall frantically, and a strong sense of weightlessness struck!

Whoosh!

【Non-mechanical energy converted, obtained 600 mechanical source points.】

【Current Mechanical Heart level lv. 4 (4690/7000)】

The humming sound and the light curtain appeared in his consciousness at the same time. Lin Xian broke out in a cold sweat and sat up with a deep breath.

Clang, clang.

At this time, he was sleeping in the bedroom of carriage No. 1. The Infinite was driving quietly on the snowfield, and the outside of the window was pitch black, and the howling of the blizzard was isolated.

Inside the carriage, the heating system transmitted warmth. At this time, there was no one in the carriage.

Lin Xian, who had just woken up, felt his head dizzy and his face was very puzzled.

One was puzzled by the two dreams he had today, how could he return to Jiang City? Who was the woman who appeared in his shelter?

Secondly, he was also puzzled by his current situation. He raised his hand to check the time and found that it was already 23:12.

Near midnight, there was no monster tide, no attack, no sound of gunfire, and the outside of the vehicle was terrifyingly quiet.

Lin Xian was a bit strange. Did the support of Xilan City solve all the monsters?

Rubbing his heavy head, he had previously borrowed the Heterostructure Magic Cube to help him recover a little bit of energy and forcibly used the Gravity Lens, feeling a sense of weakness even more terrifying than in the high-altitude corridor. Lin Xian seemed to be able to experience the danger when Kiki lifted the train to leap over the broken track. The whole person seemed to be infinitely close to death. That kind of exhaustion was a terrifying feeling that even the heart and breathing could not maintain.

【Congratulations, mechanical amplification successful, ice wall has been upgraded to adaptive AT field shield!】

【Adaptive AT field shield: Generate a spectral color dispersion concentric polygon field shield, buffer and decelerate kinetic energy approach weapon damage, and weaken energy weapon damage to a certain extent.】

"Field shield, technology that even the Star Army technology hasn't realized..."

Lin Xian sat on the bed, spread his five fingers, and a nearly transparent warm white polygon light shield opened in front of his palm. The electric surge force in his palm constantly maintained the existence of the field and began to expand rapidly with his heart's thought.

"Can also adjust the size, maintain continuously."

Lin Xian felt some joy in his eyes at this time. He was originally worried about whether there would be excessive consumption when seeing the field maintenance. At this time, he found that although it was a bit more than the ice wall, it was still within the acceptable range. It didn't seem difficult to create a field shield to protect his front and maintain it for a period of time.

At the same time, he opened his R&D center again.

【R&D Center】

【TRP 4th Generation Special Industrial Active Exoskeleton Power Armor (Blueprint): 1 day 17 hours】

"You're awake?"

Lin Xian was still looking at his R&D center when Chen Sixuan's voice suddenly rang in his ears. He looked up and saw Chen Sixuan open the door and stand outside. Seeing him wake up, her face was overjoyed.

Lin Xian rubbed his head, pointed to the window with some confusion: "What's going on, has our mark been cleared?"

His first reaction was that the support of Xilan City eliminated a wave of monster tides and helped them clear the mark, so that they could drive safely at night.

Who knew that Chen Sixuan shook her head and walked over: "Yes, all marks have been cleared. It's very strange. After that wave of monster tide retreated, it never appeared again. We guessed whether it was because the 7th Investigation Corps was covering us."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this: "Mark cleared? How is it possible?"

Although his Gravity Lens was powerful, it only killed a part of them, and the vast majority of the monster tide was shaken back. Logically speaking, the mark could not be cleared.

"Now the Hell Black Chrysanthemum is no longer bright. Team Leader Ding confirmed that there are no marks on all of us at present."

"Okay..."

Lin Xian's expression pondered. This abnormal phenomenon always made him feel a bit uneasy, but at this time the combined train driving quietly in the blizzard seemed to be a fact.

Chen Sixuan was also a bit worried: "Actually, we also feel very strange, as if the situation suddenly became too fast. If the mark was not cleared, it is difficult to explain our current situation."

"Click, click... hey, hey, Lin Ge."

At this time, Lin Xian's communicator rang, it was Shi Diyuan's voice: "Lin Ge, are you awake?"

Lin Xian rubbed his head: "Better, what's the situation now?"

"Hey! It's good to wake up, you looked like that just now, it really scared people." Shi Diyuan heard Lin Xian's voice, was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Now we are returning to the city with the Xilan City support troops. Eh, I don't know what's going on, not a single anomaly popped out after entering the night. I guess either the firepower of the support troops was too fierce and deterred those ghost things, or it was the move Lin Ge made at the beginning that shook those Snow Demons so they didn't dare to come out in the snow!"

"Well, it should be like this."

"Since you're okay, that's great. After we enter the city and reorganize the train, I'll invite you to drink!"

Lin Xian responded, then fell into deep thought. There must be a reason for everything. He wouldn't think that those Snow Demon tides would suddenly be deterred by human troops and suddenly change their nature.

As for being scared by his Gravity Lens, it was even more impossible.

It seemed that it was because the mark was cleared. Although it was a bit unbelievable, it was a good thing for everyone, at least they could catch their breath and get their lives back.

On the Longshan No. 1 side, the aftermath of the great war was cleaned up until late at night. At this time, many combat personnel in each carriage had taken turns to rest, and personnel responsible for engineering maintenance and logistics were working overtime to repair the train's carriages and outer armor.

In the blizzard, many maintenance personnel wearing heavy work clothes were hanging outside the carriages for welding work. Inside and outside the Longshan No. 1 carriage, there were busy figures.

"The area of the armor on the right side damaged exceeds 35%. It's a big project to repair. The main problem is ammunition. The ammunition we bought from the Silent City and the Phoenix Society before currently has less than two-tenths left."

In the conference room of Longshan No. 1, Xiang Ningjing said with a solemn face, holding a mobile terminal.

Shi Diyuan waved his hand: "These are all irrelevant. When we reach Xilan City, we have plenty of time to replenish and prepare. Now the Nightwalker organization has also come. We choose to cooperate with the Phoenix Society now. With their support, our Longshan No. 1 can be considered a regular army."

After speaking, he looked at Lu Yong: "Talk about the casualties."

Lu Yong on the side had a sinking face. He held the list of those killed and injured, sighed and said: "27 killed, 133 injured, now 19 are eroded by darkness, are being isolated, have used the method given by the Nightwalker organization, should have improvement."

Slap!

Shi Diyuan slapped the table, his expression very complicated, and let out a breath of anger: "Hey... damn it, really a disaster."

"Fortunately, the Infinite provided a full-effect medical cabin, and many of our seriously injured personnel were

"What about A-Bai? How is he?" Shi Diyuan asked at this moment.

Ning Jing shook her head: "He hasn't woken up yet. It must be from overusing his ability; he's been unconscious until now."

"But Boss, isn't it too strange now? We haven't encountered any trouble at all from last night until now," Fatty Cat said with some worry: "Why do I feel so uneasy?"

"What is there to be uneasy about?"

Lu Yong gestured to the outside: "The entire 7th Investigation Corps has been dispatched to guard our formation. When have we ever had this kind of treatment?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Jing looked at Shi Diyuan: "Old Shi, don't blame yourself either. If it weren't for you assisting the Emperor Project team, the Xilan City side wouldn't have sent such a large force to assist. If we had encountered such a terrifying monster tide on our own, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to hold out until Xilan City."

The reason Longshan No. 1 was stranded in the snowfield was because it had encountered an attack by a snow monster tide. Seeing Shi Diyuan's face darken, Ning Jing could only comfort him.

Shi Diyuan waved his hand: "Let's save the wounded first. This isn't our first time fighting a big battle. Learn from your mistakes; armor that needs upgrading should be upgraded. The promised Longshan Fortress cannot be like something made of paper."

Boom, boom, boom!

In the snowy night, the heavy armored head of Longshan No. 1 broke through the deep snow, surging forward.

On the Emperor Project team's side, the fleet traveled steadily under the escort of the support troops.

Inside the vehicle, Yu Yuheng had just finished communicating with Commander He of the Investigation Corps via the communicator and immediately began making emergency deployments with the team.

"The experimental data has already been copied into four sets. Once we reach Xilan, we can hand them over to the Nightwalker couriers to take them out of the extreme cold vortex's shielding range overnight for relay transmission. It's just that the Stele Core is a bit troublesome..." He looked at a large silver metal box inside the vehicle. Inside was the 【Stele Core】 of the Prototype-Pangu. Simply put, it was the mecha's black box, storing a massive amount of mecha movement data and combat data. Most importantly, it contained data captured by various experimental instruments during the direct confrontation with the S-rank anomalous entity.

Besides helping the Emperor Project make improvements and upgrades to the super-large human weapon project, the most important thing was that it could help humanity gradually lift the veil of mystery from S-rank anomalous entities and find more secrets related to the darkness and the Star Abyss through research. Therefore, the value of the 【Stele Core】 in some respects even exceeded that of the Prototype itself.

"Team Leader Yu, the delivery of the Stele Core is a problem. Currently, all information from the entire Yunjiang Plain cannot be transmitted externally. The superior team has no idea of our location at all and cannot provide support even if they wanted to. Only after a courier goes out and transmits the coordinates will it be possible to deliver the Stele Core." Yu Yuheng nodded: "This thing is more important than the lives of our entire team. I have already cleared it with Commander He. Zhao Yu, the commander of the Xilan City branch, is the regional supervisor and has an intercontinental radio station. They will find a way to help our team send the item out."

On the Infinity side

"Click-clack... static... Synchronizing to all fleets, the aviation formation has returned. We are about an hour's drive away from Xilan City."

The voice of He Zhen, the head of the support troops, came through Lin Xian's communicator.

"Part of the 7th Investigation Corps' reinforcements are now following behind our train. The aviation formation has already returned early, and we will reach Xilan City in about an hour."

"By the way, Lin Xian," Chen Sixuan said at this moment: "There is a group of people from the Nightwalker organization in the support troops who are now on our train. They seem very interested in Kiki, Brother Huo, and your abilities."

"On our train?"

"Yes, they requested to board voluntarily. They are currently over at Carriage No. 2."

"I'll go take a look!"

Hearing about the Nightwalker organization, Lin Xian's spirit was jolted. This official ability user organization of the Phoenix Society had finally appeared!

He did not hesitate and decisively got up to walk toward Carriage No. 2 with Chen Sixuan.

!

In the Carriage No. 2 information center, most of the Infinity's core members were here. Two strangers had come into the carriage, a man and a woman, wearing standard-issue cold-weather gear with black trench coats draped over them. The trench coats looked very sturdy, as if they were made of small hexagonal plates of some special synthetic material spliced together, which seemed to absorb light and were very mysterious.

"Lin Xian, you're awake!"

Seeing Lin Xian walk in, Kiki floated up from her chair in surprise. At the same time, the gazes of Shu Qin, Da Lou, and Shasha also looked over.

Lu Xingchen had also been pulled in to help, but he was already leaning on a chair and asleep.

And Ding Junyi seemed to have already started chatting with the two of them.

The man and woman turned their heads when they heard the sound. Lin Xian then discovered that both of them were very young. The man looked to be 27 or 28 years old, with regular features and a cheerful, sunny appearance; a pair of eyes seemed to have flashes of electricity. The other woman was a bit younger, likely only 22 or 23, with short, neat hair, wearing strange black lipstick, and still chewing gum, looking Lin Xian over with one hand on her waist.

"Hello, Team Leader Lin." The man looked at Lin Xian, a flash of surprise in his eyes, and immediately stepped forward to extend his hand: "Nightwalker Division 1, Courier Group, Zhou Wuer."

"This is Peng Peng, my partner."

"Lin Xian." Lin Xian shook his hand: "Courier Group, what does that mean? Are you specifically for delivering messages?"

"That's right." Zhou Wuer nodded: "The Nightwalker organization is divided into three departments: Courier, Extreme Night, and Starfire. Everyone is responsible for different mission areas. Extreme Night Division 2 is responsible for Dark Tide and Star Abyss investigations, while Starfire Division 3 is responsible for assisting in the protection of survivor organizations and various important assets in various places. Our main job as couriers is information transmission. One of our tasks this time is to make contact with you."

"How did you know we were here?" Kiki asked curiously.

"We didn't. It's just that all Courier Groups in the Yunjiang Plain have received this task. We Courier Groups are all executing tasks in a saturation manner and are active in different areas. Whoever finds you will make contact and complete the mission." The other woman named Peng Peng also spoke up.

Lin Xian nodded. Wei Kexue had mentioned to him before that there were three ways for the Phoenix Society to conduct global coordination. The first was the drone signal pillar anchor point, which followed the same logic as the signal pillars he had inserted before, but to maintain a wider range, it required the input of Dark Blood Essence. Therefore, the vast majority of communication was carried out through couriers and radio codes.

At this moment, he looked at Zhou Wuer: "The Phoenix Society is specifically contacting me? What for?"

"Of course, it's to express our gratitude for your previous assistance to the Phoenix Society support team, and we also hope to cooperate with you." Zhou Wuer spoke with a natural smile and looked very cheerful: "The Phoenix Society Yubei City No. 4 Support Team uploaded a mission log that specifically mentioned you—a mechanical ability user with a very bold and brilliant 'Traction Plan' that saved tens of thousands of people. Judging from the mission log, the person in charge of that team holds you in high regard."

"Team Leader Bai?" Lin Xian was slightly surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected Bai Shuang to rate him so highly that the Phoenix Society would now specifically pay attention to him.

"Oh, right, I remember they were also crossing the Hengshan Pass," Kiki said: "I haven't seen them in a long time. I thought we might meet them at Hengshan Pass."

Hearing this, Zhou Wuer said with a serious look: "Yes, but... Support Team No. 4 has already cancelled its operation code."

"Ah? Cancelled? What does that mean?" Chen Sixuan asked upon hearing this.

"During the transfer operation at the Weihe, the 5,562 survivors successfully transferred by Support Team No. 4 were received by the Phoenix Society Weihe branch and are now being transferred toward the Long River. Team Leader Bai Shuang and most of her team members have already sacrificed themselves, so the team's operation code has been cancelled." Zhou Wuer explained to her.

"What?!" Everyone was shocked to hear this. Lin Xian frowned tightly: "When did this happen?"

"A few days ago."

Zhou Wuer looked at everyone, his eyes devoid of sadness, but instead filled with lofty respect: "The Yubei City Airport rescue was an unprecedented and successful rescue operation. Whether it was the Iron Guard 52nd Brigade or Support Team No. 4, these partners firmly defended the Phoenix Society's supreme program of protecting human civilization. This point has been absolutely affirmed by Phoenix City!"

Shu Qin in the crowd had a somber expression at this moment and spoke up: "Is the sacrifice rate of the Phoenix Society's Dawn Rescue operation currently this high? I remember the Yubei City emergency team also sacrificed three batches of people. Team Leader Bai and the others were already the fourth batch to successfully reach the airport, and that was under the premise of the Iron Guard Brigade escorting and resisting all the way from Fengcheng and Chong'an..."

Zhou Wuer was not overly surprised to hear this. He restrained the somewhat relaxed smile on his face and said:

"Sacrifice is inevitable. The occurrence of the Apocalypse Day and the disasters around the world was too rapid, and humanity did not have much time to react. In order to save more living forces, our Phoenix Society's emergency teams are all deployed in a saturation manner to provide support, including our Nightwalker organization. There are probably only about 500 Courier Groups active in the Asia-Pacific region now, but our operation numbers have already been updated to 2564. So, death is not unfamiliar to us..."

"Ah?" Chen Sixuan was very surprised to hear this: "Isn't the Nightwalker organization an ability user organization? Is the mortality rate also this high?"

"With great power comes great responsibility~"

The woman named Peng Peng said very nonchalantly: "It is precisely because of the strength of ability users that we are the ones to investigate the Extreme Night and transmit information, so the success rate will be higher. Of course, the danger is definitely also very great, and most of us have to use flight vehicles, so the casualty rate is even higher."

"However, ~ actually, I don't really like using flight vehicles. It's too dangerous, and I have a fear of heights. If it weren't for the mission, I would rather take the train."

Zhou Wuer seemed to be a person with a good mindset. He was very relaxed when saying this, but everyone could feel a huge sense of heaviness from his words.

Before this, many people's perception of the Phoenix Society was that it was a safe haven, and the Nightwalkers were an authoritative organization gathered by powerful ability users. They hadn't expected it to be such a cruel operating model.

Seeing everyone fall into silence, Lin Xian looked at Zhou Wuer and said: "Let's get to the point. What is the matter with you coming to find me?"

"To deliver two pieces of information."

Zhou Wuer did not drag things out: "The first thing is to express our gratitude for your previous assistance and to provide a special gift from the Phoenix Society. We also hope that you can join the Phoenix Society or reach an official cooperative relationship with the Phoenix Society. The second thing is that we hope to be allowed to conduct some measurements on your ability. Our ability research is currently very interested in the characteristics and mechanisms of mechanical ability users."

"And you, Miss Kiki." After finishing, Zhou Wuer looked at Kiki: "The psychokinesis type is also a rare type. Besides combat, it actually has many other uses, which are of strategic significance."

"For example?" Kiki raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms and asking curiously.

"For example, quantum consciousness theory, verifying the quantum consciousness hypothesis of the 'von Neumann–Wigner interpretation,' exploring whether consciousness has the ability to disturb wave function collapse, or building an 'consciousness-particle coupling experimental chamber' to measure the precision of the impact of thought on the double-slit interference experiment. These are all still in the realm of basic physics."

Zhou Wuer continued incessantly: "And in terms of neuroscience, psychokinesis can manipulate matter, so even if it is energy-driven by cold dark fundamental particles, what is the output form? A quantum entanglement channel? This aspect is very likely to improve neural decoding technology. You have already come into contact with the Emperor Project, so you shouldn't be unfamiliar with neural sensory driving technology."

"If you really want to talk about it, there are just too many."

Kiki looked surprised: "Good grief, are you trying to pry open physics with abilities?"

"Why not? Must abilities be theology? Now that cold dark fundamental particles have been discovered, doesn't that also show that this is just a way for matter to exist?" Zhou Wuer answered very seriously, like a top student.

Ding Junyi nodded: "I agree with this point. When human ancestors first discovered fire, they also thought it was a miracle, but with the development of science, it was discovered that the essence of fire is high-temperature gaseous or plasma matter. So, it is not impossible for abilities to be explained by science."

Lin Xian looked at Zhou Wuer and said meaningfully: "Using materialism to dissect idealism—the Phoenix Society is truly worthy of being the light of humanity."

"Relax." Zhou Wuer waved his hand with a smile: "We won't dissect you. That's what anti-human organizations do."

"Hey, but Lin Ge is our train captain. If you dig Lin Ge away and also dig Sister Kiki away, what will we do?" At this moment, Shasha asked Zhou Wuer a key question.

When this question was asked, Lu Xingchen, who had been sleeping, also squinted his eyes and looked over.

"Joining the Phoenix Society doesn't necessarily mean disbanding your team." The woman named Peng Peng said confidently: "The Phoenix Society is now a globally mobile organization. Even Phoenix City and Noah are not considered safe fortresses and cannot accommodate all survivors. The Phoenix Society is currently building the Dawn Defense Line and space elevators in the polar regions as a backup plan. Our main duty is global assistance, so joining the Phoenix Society doesn't necessarily mean waiting for orders at headquarters. Survivor organizations scattered in various places can also become part of that strength. As the saying goes, a single spark can start a prairie fire. Phoenix Society or Nightwalker branches can exist in any region and any survivor team."

"Including Longshan No. 1 and the other six fleets, they have already become partners of our Phoenix Society. This time, your rescue of the Emperor Project team has already gained the recognition of the Phoenix Society and is considered a reliable organizational partner in the situation of order collapse. Therefore, the Phoenix Society's attitude toward you is different from other ordinary survivors. What's more, you have also proven your excellent combat organization ability and survival resilience, which is even more rare."

Zhou Wuer nodded and added: "Yes, the enemy's power is currently unmatched and unknown. In this situation, first preserving humanity's living forces, proceeding step by step, looking for opportunities for survival, and widely mobilizing the power of the masses who have survived around the world is the only way to find a glimmer of hope in the crisis. Trying to find a once-and-for-all solution is not advisable, and there is no absolutely solid fortress. Therefore, the Phoenix Society can be at the top, or at the bottom; it can be in the main city, or among the masses—dispersed, surviving, and living on and on."

Hearing this, Lin Xian's pupils constricted. He opened his mouth and said somewhat dazedly: "You mean to say that even if I join the Phoenix Society, I don't necessarily have to be dispatched like you? Our team is like a mobile militia squad, cooperating with the Phoenix Society's actions in the form of guerrilla warfare!?"

"That's right." Zhou Wuer and Peng Peng said in unison. The two looked at Lin Xian in surprise, not expecting his comprehension to be so high.

Everyone's expression became incredibly colorful upon hearing this. Lin Xian looked at Chen Sixuan beside him. Guerrilla warfare? The two suddenly felt their backs go numb. Why did this set of guidelines sound so familiar, and so far-sighted!?

"Alright."

Lin Xian nodded. He roughly understood the Phoenix Society's operating logic, so he said: "If that's the case, it means that joining the Phoenix Society adds another layer of identity for us. But we are currently struggling to survive; what strength can we contribute?"

"Are you trying to ask what benefits the Phoenix Society can provide you?" Zhou Wuer blinked at him with a smile, wearing an expression that said, *Brother, I saw right through you. *

Lin Xian didn't speak. Although he recognized the goodwill from the Phoenix Society, he certainly wouldn't take up the banner for no reason. At the moment, he had just been pulled back from the line of death and was already feeling powerless about the survival of the Infinity; how could he have the heart to think about the heroic cause of saving humanity.

Come to think of it, Lin Xian had always insisted on the belief that in the apocalypse, he should be a bit more selfish so that he could live well.

But every time there was a crisis of survival, he would always do some stupid things. Although he would suggest to himself every time that this was to live for himself, rather than wanting to be a savior.

But after doing too many stupid things, he inexplicably had a sense of powerlessness of doubting himself.

"Of course there is."

Zhou Wuer snapped his fingers at this moment. A hidden fluctuation appeared, and then a silver metal box suddenly appeared out of thin air on the ground behind him!

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. What kind of ability was this?

Peng Peng immediately turned around, picked up the metal box, and placed it on the table. With a *click-click-click*, she opened the lock and then opened the metal box in front of everyone.

"First, let's talk about the special gift provided by the Phoenix Society to you, to express our gratitude for the Infinity fleet's assistance to the support team at Yubei Airport and for helping to complete the transfer of tens of thousands of people!"

*Ssh! *

At this moment, all eyes were focused on it. The metal box lid opened, and inside were neatly arranged 10 special reagent tubes containing some kind of pale green liquid. As soon as it was taken out, Lin Xian's Structural Rubik's Cube issued a warning.

【Dark Fear power invasion detected!】

Lin Xian immediately frowned. He could see that the liquid in the reagent tubes was definitely related to the dark invasion power. However, since the other party was from the Phoenix Society, he just kept it to himself.

At the same time, he also noticed that in addition to these 10 reagents, there was also a crimson circular badge in the box with a phoenix pattern on it. But Lin Xian discovered that it didn't seem to be a simple badge, because he felt a kind of precise mechanical power within it.

"What is this? It looks like Resident Evil?" Kiki leaned in, full of curiosity.

Everyone else also began to be very curious.

Zhou Wuer stepped forward, picked up a metal reagent tube, and said to Lin Xian: "The official name for this is Cold Dark Reagent. It is a liquid made by separating 【Cold Dark Energy】 from Blood Essence through a cold dark fundamental particle separation device and then diluting it with pure water. The dilution ratio is 0.5%. Drinking it can increase the energy density of the spirit-swinging value in an ability user's body. You can understand it as a drug used to upgrade abilities."

"Only 0.5%? This... can it be useful?" Shu Qin frowned upon hearing this.

Ding Junyi, however, said directly: "It must be because the energy density is too high, and it must be diluted for the human body to be able to withstand it."

Zhou Wuer nodded and looked at her: "As expected of the chief scientist of the Federal Biological Laboratory, truly smart."

After finishing, he shook the metal reagent tube in his hand: "Don't underestimate this little bit. Each one is separated from 10 Tier 1 Blood Essences. It's enough to trade for a vehicle."

"10 Tier 1 Blood Essences?!"

"So many..."

"Then there are 10 here, wouldn't that be 100 Tier 1 Blood Essences?" Kiki said in surprise.

The woman named Peng Peng nodded and said: "The energy density of this substance is extremely high and belongs to the category of extremely dangerous substances. This dilution ratio is already the limit that the human body can withstand within the safe range. Even so, drinking it will cause a certain amount of discomfort, so it is not recommended to drink too much in a short period of time."

"So it has been confirmed that consuming this stuff can artificially upgrade abilities?" Chen Sixuan asked at this moment.

"Uh..."

Chen Sixuan's question made Zhou Wuer click his tongue: "To be honest, in terms of R&D, this is actually not the first batch. You should be able to understand that the Phoenix Society is very cautious in this regard. Our Nightwalker organization also tested it through volunteers, but this is considered the official version now."

"Volunteers, who?" Kiki asked.

"Everyone in the Nightwalker organization is a volunteer." Peng Peng turned to look at her: "This was researched by our Nightwalker organization, so of course we are the ones to be the volunteers."

Zhou Wuer nodded: "Of course, we still cannot completely separate the power of dark invasion with current technology. This power of infiltration is still unknown. However, the concentration of dark invasion in the Blood Essence itself is also much less than in the dark night. After such separation and dilution, the harm to ability users can be considered very small. But we still can't be careless. Like our Nightwalker organization, we often use black water, and the risk of being corroded is also very high. Therefore, we have now also announced the countermeasures to the public, to balance or neutralize this invasive power in the body."

"What countermeasure?"

"Sunbathe more, and..." Zhou Wuer reached out and took a metal sealed water bottle from his waist, pressed the switch, and a straw popped out. He picked it up, took a sip, couldn't help but frown, and looked at the water bottle in his hand with helplessness: "Drink more vegetable juice."

"Vegetable juice?" Everyone exclaimed one after another.

Zhou Wuer had fully anticipated everyone's reaction. He nodded and said somewhat helplessly: "When I was a child, my parents always nagged me to eat more vegetables and sunbathe more for good health. I didn't expect that now that the world has ended, we would actually have to rely on sunbathing and eating vegetables to deal with dark invasion..."

"But it's a pity that everything is barren now, and even the soil has been eroded by black water. The preciousness of vegetables is higher than that of Blood Essence. You can't even eat them if you want to. The Phoenix Society has equipped specialized doomsday planting bases to maintain a small amount of production. Tsk tsk... it's really ironic. Humans always only know how to cherish things after they have lost them. I used to hate bitter melon the most, but now this bottle of bitter melon juice is something we Nightwalkers can only be rationed one bottle a week, and it's not enough to drink."

After Zhou Wuer finished speaking with a serious expression, he saw that everyone was looking at each other, and their gazes were all on Lin Xian.

Especially Ding Junyi, whose expression, which never changed in ten thousand years, couldn't help but reveal surprise as she looked at Lin Xian. She had previously thought that Lin Xian's preparation of the planting carriage was very visionary, but she hadn't expected that this matter could actually be linked to abilities!!

Lin Xian was also full of astonishment at this moment. He never expected that sunbathing and eating vegetables could resist and balance the dark invasion power in the body. If this hadn't been said by someone from the Phoenix Society, he would definitely have thought it was a joke.

But at this moment, Zhou Wuer's seriousness, and even treating the vegetable juice in his hand like a treasure, all indicated that this was indeed true.

Zhou Wuer felt the strange atmosphere with surprise, slowly put away the water bottle, and explained: "The Phoenix Society currently provides vegetable juice to our Nightwalker organization as an antidote to dark invasion. Because the effect is not particularly fast and mainly requires human body regulation, and there is no actual evidence, it has not been disseminated as official information. The external radio station has advocated it, mainly to avoid misinterpretation and triggering chain problems. However, it has already gradually spread among survivors..."

Hearing this, Ding Junyi's impression of Lin Xian became much grander in her heart. Paying attention to the adaptability of day and night, and preparing the planting carriage—these two points were preparations he had made beforehand. Ding Junyi had even begun to observe the changes in the ability personnel in the vehicle during the day and the observation data of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum.

*This man is indeed mysterious... * Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian expressionlessly at this moment, but her heart was thinking hotly.

(End of chapter)