Chapter 286: City-Casting Plan Expedition (10,000 explosion!)

Phase 1 of the City-Casting Plan.

Mobilize all 1,072 vehicle teams in Xilan City, totaling more than 65,000 survivors and 12,256 Investigation Corps soldiers, divided into three defensive barrier centers.

They are the 【Chengdong - Steel Plant - Weapons Factory】 defense line. General Commander Zhao Yu leads the Mecha Regiment and the 3rd and 5th Battalions of the Investigation Corps to guard the Chengdong Wall. 80 vehicle teams including the Arctic Wind Alliance are responsible for guarding the Steel Plant Industrial Zone. Warrior Vehicle Team, Torch Alliance, and other 160 vehicle teams are responsible for guarding the Xilan Weapons Manufacturing Factory. Because the east city line is the tightest and the span is not large, the number of people here is the smallest of the three points, but the firepower of several large vehicle teams such as the Arctic Wind Alliance is comparable to the sum of dozens of vehicle teams, which cannot be underestimated.

【Beicheng - Rail - Airport】 defense line, General Commander He Zhen, leads the 1st, 2nd, 4th Battalions of the Investigation Corps and the 7th Artillery Battalion to guard the Beicheng Wall defense line. 22 doomsday train groups including Longshan No. 1, Infinite, and Queen Mo, and 78 vehicle teams including the North Wind Alliance, Great Eagle Vehicle Team, Chasing Sun Vehicle Team, and Running Far Camp Team, totaling 100 vehicle teams, guard the Xilan Passenger Rail Station. 300 large and small vehicle teams including the Joker Vehicle Team and Zhou Li Vehicle Team are responsible for guarding the Xilan Airport defense line.

【South City - Dujia Radar Array Station】 defense line, General Commander is Xiao He, leads the 6th Battalion of the Investigation Corps, the 9th Artillery Battalion, the Support Force, and the Reconnaissance Battalion to guard. This connects to the southern mountain range of Mount Fenglan, and the terrain is relatively open. 432 vehicle teams including the Universe Vehicle Team have deployed a defense line several kilometers long along the radar array station, connecting to the South City Wall, forming a complementary posture.

The total number of people in the south city is the largest, but because it relies on the mountains and the radar station, the resistance pressure is not particularly great, so most small vehicle teams have gathered here.

General Commander of the Aviation Combat Formation Zhang Chengzhi sits in the Fearless-class air carrier, leading the War Eagle-class gunship, Lightning 2 aerospace fighter, and H50 bomber formation to deal with air defense and bombing missions, responsible for providing air support to the three lines.

Phase 2 of the City-Casting Plan.

Form an ability hunting group consisting of 35 Rampage-level and 140 Diamond-level members, concentrated in the Central Square for mobile hunting, while other ability users and enhancers participate in resistance at the defense barrier centers.

General Commander Wen Zhuo, divided into 35 5-person squads, with squad leaders. Each squad has ability users or enhancers at the Rampage level, and according to ability characteristics, each squad has ability users with extremely strong mobility or who can assist teammates in mobile and cover defense. However, flying ability users are limited after all, and some squads are entirely composed of enhancers equipped with powerful power armor, who are extremely agile and can climb buildings and sweep the sky.

For example, on Lin Xian's side, the defense and command work of the Infinite was handed over to Chen Sixuan, Miao Lu, and Dalou, plus Shasha who pilots the mecha, while Kiki, Huoge, Shu Qin, and Lv Chang were all selected to join the ability hunting group.

Kiki, Wen Zhuo, Han Jun, Qin Xueming, and Lu Xingchen formed a core attack squad, responsible for carrying the Hell Black Chrysanthemum for baiting work. The task is extremely arduous and the danger is also extremely great.

Finally, there is the No. 1 machine squad led by Lin Xian, Chen Wei, and Yu Yuheng, restarting the No. 1 machine as a key link in the city-casting plan, which is highly likely to have the power to change the entire battle situation.

"The overall plan is like this. After transferring the defense lines, the Phoenix Society will conduct a final replenishment of ammunition resources."

06:00

Inside the Gospel Hall command center, Zhao Yu checked the time and said coldly to everyone present: "From now on, we expect to have 12 hours of preparation time. During this period, we need to do a few things."

"1. The defense lines in the three areas will quickly mobilize the Investigation Corps, various survivor vehicle teams, and ability users to build defensive fortifications. Whether it is dismantling concrete walls, steel plates, barbed wire, or anti-cavalry obstacles, use everything that can be used. Use armored vehicles, trucks, and strong armored carriers to set up a stable formation."

"2. Strictly set up firepower points to ensure firepower coverage and smooth ammunition supply. At the same time, it is necessary to assign tasks to ability users and enhancers in each war zone according to the difficulty of the defensive area."

"3. Set up traps to disturb the enemy. We have dealt with those Snow Demons and Blood Monsters more than once, and their action modes are very familiar. The purpose of the traps is not to kill, but mainly to slow down the impact speed of the monster tide."

"The fourth point is very important," Zhao Yu scanned everyone: "Do a good job of pre-war mobilization. Many casualties last night were caused by internal mutations due to panic and fear. This point must be paid great attention to. Morale is very important!"

"Understood," Shi Diyuan responded immediately: "There is no way back in this battle, fear is useless."

"Yes, we have no way back," Han Jun said with a face like sinking water: "As long as there is no fluke mentality, people will burst out with greater courage than usual."

Then he looked at Lin Xian: "Lin Dui, Team Leader Yu, I hope your secret weapon can arrive in time."

"I will do my best," Lin Xian said coldly.

Zhao Yu nodded and then looked at Wen Zhuo: "Wen Zhuo, your hunting group must explore the environment in advance, and the preparations that need to be made must be fully made."

"Eh, wait."

At this time, Zhou Wuer, who was standing at the back of the crowd, spoke: "Supervisor Zhao, why didn't you arrange our courier group in? We also have combat power."

"That's right, that's right," a group of courier group members behind him were a bit puzzled at this time.

"Our mobility is very strong!"

"Definitely not weaker than the Spark team..."

Zhao Yu's expression stabilized upon hearing this. He looked at Zhou Wuer and others and said slowly: "You have other tasks."

Clang.

As soon as the voice fell, the door was pushed open. Several people headed by Guo Sicheng from the scientific research team ran in hurriedly, holding several boxes with urgent expressions.

"Old Guo, are you ready?"

Guo Sicheng still had bandages on his head. At this time, several people put the boxes on the tactical table and opened them one by one, discovering that they were 12 cylindrical containers made of titanium alloy, with a faint green light flickering on them.

"All... all here," Guo Sicheng said while panting: "All our research in Xilan City, including the complete experimental data of the Dark Mark, as long as these can be taken out of the extreme cold vortex and uploaded to the headquarters, they will soon be able to restore the experimental results, and then... conduct a global broadcast!"

Lin Xian in the crowd condensed his gaze upon hearing this. Only then did he think that if everyone in the city was buried here, the Dark Mark would still not be able to be passed on to other survivors around the world. Then the experimental data that Wei Kexue captured at the cost of his life, and everyone's efforts, would all be in vain...

Zhao Yu stepped forward, picked up a beacon, and said: "There are 12 information beacons here, which I asked the scientific research team to make urgently. They contain the hard work of the Xilan scientific research team and all the colleagues who sacrificed for this. Even if all 70,000+ people in the city are destroyed, we must pass on this information about the Dark Mark. Only by announcing it to all survivors struggling to survive through global broadcast will more people be spared from encountering similar situations to ours."

"The sooner the Dark Mark is discovered, the faster our Phoenix Society's research on dark creatures will be, and fewer people will die."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present understood the meaning and importance of this task. As a leader, he was prepared for total annihilation, so Zhao Yu must pass on this information that could affect all of humanity's resistance against darkness.

But he also knew that the courier group all carried Level 5 marks. Such a task could almost be said to be a narrow escape from death.

Zhao Yu looked at Zhou Wuer and said: "Courier group!"

"Here!"

Zhou Wuer stood out with a smile. At the same time, Peng Peng and a total of twenty-four Nightwalker couriers all stood out with a sense of solemnity.

"Each of your 12 courier squads has one copy. The direction can be Daliang, Quancheng, or toward Xilin. There is only one goal: escape the coverage of the extreme cold vortex and complete the information transmission!"

Everyone's eyes condensed upon hearing this.

Saturated transmission. In an instant, an extremely cruel atmosphere arose in everyone's hearts. The expressions of everyone looking at Zhou Wuer and others became somewhat subtle and complex.

"Yes!"

Who knew Zhou Wuer would grab the beacon and mutter: "Guarantee to complete the mission, but it's a pity, I can't help you fight monsters together. We have to evacuate first, hehe~"

"Exactly, such a simple task~" another Nightwalker courier also walked over with a smile and took one.

Soon, all 12 beacons were taken away, and no one hesitated.

Peng Peng, who was standing beside Zhou Wuer, was chewing gum, her face slightly nervous. Zhou Wuer hurriedly patted her on the shoulder and whispered: "It's okay, just like usual."

Peng Peng nodded.

"Time is of the essence. I announce that everyone act immediately."

At this time, Zhao Yu officially started the city-casting plan. Everyone in the hall prepared to leave the command center and start acting.

"Good luck to you." Lin Xian walked to Zhou Wuer and looked at the two: "I hope there is still a chance to see you again."

"Don't say depressing words~"

Zhou Wuer smiled: "We will definitely see each other again."

Lin Xian nodded and turned to leave.

Seeing everyone leave, Zhou Wuer took a deep breath and turned to his colleagues: "Let's go, everyone be careful. The headquarters is waiting for you to drink."

"Haha, definitely, definitely."

"Don't be too slow. It would be embarrassing if the headquarters receives 11 duplicate messages~"

"Fart, I must be the first."

"Stop joking, can you be faster than me?"

The courier group members joked and teased, as if they didn't care about the danger behind this mission at all.

"Zhou Wuer."

Just as Zhou Wuer and Peng Peng were about to leave, a voice behind him called him.

Zhou Wuer turned his head and suddenly found something flying in the air. He immediately caught it, and his face was full of joy when he saw it in his hand.

"Hehe, you kid, you are actually willing to give it to me to drink~"

Wen Zhuo gave him a complex look and whispered, "The snow is heavy on the road; consider it a way to warm your hands and feet, run faster."

"Oh my, thank you for this kindness."

Zhou Wuer weighed the bottle of Xinghua Fen wine in his hand, waved to Wen Zhuo, and turned to leave.

Wen Zhuo looked at Zhou Wuer's departing back, his expression desolate, and sighed in a low voice: "Brother, don't die..."

Under the cover of the black tide sky, the cold wind howled through the streets and alleys of Xilan City with snow particles. The battlefield of the night battle had not yet been cleared. Everywhere were strange entity corpses, human remains, and damaged vehicles. In less than a few hours, they were hurriedly buried by the blizzard again.

Under the night, the evacuating vehicle teams had already left Xilan City, and the lights of the vehicle flow soon disappeared into the vast blizzard. At this time, the vehicle lights in the city converged into flowing light strips. The remaining survivor vehicle teams, under the command of the Investigation Corps and the Phoenix Order vehicle team leaders, began to move toward the three major defense lines in an orderly manner.

Unlike the emergency grouping last night, at this moment, these countless survivor vehicle teams were all orderly, and the communication frequency band was also very quiet.

Everyone knew that they would face a very cruel test in a short time.

"Don't worry, small vehicles go inside, all armored vehicles, trucks, polar vehicles, and other large vehicles wait for dispatch on the periphery!"

"Different vehicle teams can disperse, focusing on firepower and defensive formations!"

"Flamethrowers, heavy machine guns, various cannons, arc weapons, transport to the periphery, wait to set up firepower points, other mobile firepower units disperse and replenish."

"All air defense firepower units report upward!"

Looking from high altitude, the night was full of mighty steel vehicle flows moving. The lights gathered in the three areas of the south, north, and east of the city were getting more and more numerous.

In the Chengdong Steel Plant, the originally empty factories and warehouses were all occupied by various doomsday vehicles. The streets around the industrial zone had been surrounded by large armored vehicles layer by layer. The heavy artillery group of the 7th Investigation Corps poked their barrels out of the factory skylights. The rusted conveyor belts were stacked into ring-shaped bunkers. On the commanding heights above each factory, YJ-03 anti-aircraft guns with anti-freeze covers and various heavy machine gun towers were entrenched. People surged, barbed wire walls, door panels, stone piles—more and more defensive fortifications were set up.

Under the command of Han Jun and others, from the steel plant to the weapons manufacturing factory, the entire industrial zone seemed to have raised a circle of steel high walls. Thousands of vehicles gathered inside, and even several streets were blocked, sealing the originally empty industrial zone into a temporary fortress with only three streets open. The nine electromagnetic railguns there were unfolding their bases, dealing with the monster tides surging from three directions with an attitude of one man guarding the pass and ten thousand men unable to open it.

South City Dujia Radar Array Station, thousands of vehicles were arranged together along the trend of the mountains. From the air, it looked like a "V" shape, which just happened to form a class-triangular defense line with the south city wall. The Phoenix Society engineering group was pouring steel anchor points on the frozen soil and adding seismic sensors. As long as the roar of the abyss worm came from underground, the vehicle team on the front line would light up strings of cold light signal flares, and the continuous vehicle lights almost illuminated the entire mountain trend.

Behind the glass curtain wall of Beicheng Airport, He Zhen and a group of defense line commanders were calibrating the placement of the high-voltage ionization walls. The giant terminal building was surrounded and secured by nearly 2,000 vehicles from 300 vehicle teams. The scrapped passenger planes lying on the runway were transformed into mobile fortresses and automatic machine gun towers. The rapid-fire gun platforms welded on the wings turned with the warning drones. On the airport runway, engineers and survivors braved the strong wind to bury various anti-impact landmines, ground thorns, lightning lines, and burning trenches. Even the tower was added with heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. Various high-voltage ionization walls and barbed wire were constantly being set up, and the dense machine gun towers made people's scalps numb.

And the rail station side was much simpler. More than twenty steel trains with Infinite and Longshan No. 1 as the core stood horizontally at the rail intersection in an inverted "T" shape with the passenger station building. The narrow directions at both ends of the track had all been sealed with giant rocks, and all the rear paths were no longer there. The doomsday trains parked here all became fixed fortresses. Except for the sky, those monster tides almost all converged from the huge square in front of the passenger station building and several roads on the main street, which can be called a hub-level defensive barrier.

Infinite and Longshan No. 1 both drove to the north city rail. The joint vehicle team of Wu Shu and Shen Yao also began to set up a defense line on the square in front of the passenger station building. The front of the square was stacked with three rows of container-modified anti-impact trenches. Thousands of heavy machine guns, various cannons, Gatling machine guns, flamethrowers, arc pulse string shockers, high-voltage ionization walls, and all vehicle teams including Infinite took out all their bottom-of-the-box items.

Lin Xian even temporarily manufactured a batch of Gatlings for firepower replenishment of various vehicle teams in front of the square. In addition to Shasha's Shali on the square, there was also a mecha company from the Investigation Corps and several other survivors' mechas.

In the Infinite carriage, Lin Xian was urgently discussing with the vehicle team members.

"Level 5 marks, everyone should not be unfamiliar. The scale is unprecedented. Be prepared, it will definitely be larger than our rush out of the snowfield and the battle last night. But what is different this time is that the goal is not to kill all the monster tides, but to drag out time!"

In Carriage No. 2, Lin Xian looked at the crowd and said: "The longer we persist, the better, because our purpose is to lure out that S-level black thorn in the clouds. As long as we kill it and clear the Level 5 mark, we will have survived."

Chen Sixuan, Dalou, Shasha, Kiki, Lu Xingchen, Shu Qin, Lv Chang, Xiaoyuan, and others were all called here. Everyone's eyes were cold, and even Shasha, who was always fearless, had a heavy face at this time.

Ding Junyi brought the box of cold dark reagents sent by the Phoenix Society before, and at the same time prepared several bottles filled with some kind of green liquid. Lin Xian opened them, then took out the cold dark reagents and gave one to each person.

And the bottles of green liquid were vegetable juice prepared by Ding Junyi.

"I asked Zhou Wuer. Using this won't necessarily have a big improvement in a short time, but there is one benefit, which is that it can quickly restore ability and improve mental power, but it may bear a certain degree of dark invasion, so I asked Director Ding to temporarily prepare some vegetable juice."

"There is vegetable juice for everyone in the whole train to prevent accidents, but there are only so many cold dark reagents, so I can only give them to you first."

Shasha looked at a reagent tube and a bottle of vegetable juice in her hand and couldn't help frowning: "Then can't we drink it now? Wouldn't it be better to fight after improving?"

"That's also possible."

Lin Xian nodded and said: "I mainly considered that tonight is a hard battle, a protracted war. Genetic evolvers can drink it first."

He said, looking at Kiki and Lu Xingchen, and gave the remaining two in the box to them.

"As for ability users, you two consume more energy, so take one more just in case."

Kiki held the two cold dark reagents and looked at Lin Xian with some worry: "What about you?"

"You don't have to worry about me," Lin Xian said, picking up a bag beside him: "I took all 5 test rewards. It might take a lot of energy to deal with that mecha."

"5, aren't you afraid of dark invasion?" Kiki asked in surprise upon hearing this.

"I will pay attention to it myself."

"According to Team Leader Yu's description, that S-level strange entity might not use ordinary attack methods. You should pay attention to this," Ding Junyi knew that Kiki and Lu Xingchen were the main force of the ability hunting group this time, so she reminded: "Also pay attention to that abyss worm. You are carrying the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, and you may encounter a situation of being attacked from both sides."

"No problem."

Lu Xingchen held the two cold dark reagents, his eyes not only without panic but full of expectation: "Lin Dui and the whole city have given me such a heavy responsibility. Isn't this kind of slaying demons and defending the way, saving people from fire and water, the right time for me to break through the shackles? Thank you, Brother Lin."

"You're right about that," Kiki rarely didn't choke him, but said: "If we really kill that S-level this time, not only will we save tens of thousands of people in the city, maybe you can also get the achievement of the world's first S-level kill."

"First kill?" Lu Xingchen frowned slightly: "Alas... this... the Venerable simply..."

He swallowed hard, his eyes changed constantly, and he immediately turned and walked rapidly toward the rear carriage.

"Hey, where are you going!"

"The Venerable has been lazy in cultivation for more than 30 minutes, how can I miss the first... no, miss the cultivation!!" He turned and left, as if he had made some kind of determination.

"Lin Dui, please pay attention to safety," Shu Qin said to Lin Xian at this time: "Don't worry about this side, we will definitely guard the train well."

Lv Chang and Miao Lu also nodded. Xiaoyuan carefully put away the cold dark reagent and also nodded firmly.

"Brother Xian, don't worry," Dalou patted his steel-slashing greatsword and said firmly: "Even if I die, I will protect the people on the train."

"Okay."

Lin Xian's gaze stabilized, and then he looked at Chen Sixuan: "By the way, Shu Qin and Lv Chang have joined the hunting group. You give your set of TRP power armor to Lv Chang to improve his mobility."

"Ah?"

Lv Chang exclaimed upon hearing this: "How can this be, I..."

Who knew Lin Xian would raise his hand to interrupt: "Just listen to my arrangement, because the Infinite side is commanded by Chen Laoshi, so I rebuilt a set for her."

The brand-new Black Eagle power armor possesses full-state perception and battlefield information summary functions. Lin Xian hurriedly made a set for Chen Sixuan in his spare time. On the one hand, he considered her safety, and at the same time, it was convenient for her to observe the defense line, and he also happened to spare a set for Lv Chang. After all, he had to carry out city-wide mobility. Although enhancers like Lv Chang are very agile, without power armor, they cannot climb walls and cross ridges, and the risk of facing endless monster tides is extremely great.

"Oh oh, okay, thank you Lin Dui." Lv Chang was excited and said immediately.

!

"Okay, let's arrange it like this. I must act immediately. I will leave the defense construction to you."

Time is of the essence. Lin Xian ended the meeting quickly and let others go to prepare.

Lin Xian got up immediately and called Chen Sixuan to Carriage No. 1. At this time, he opened a metal cabinet and displayed a newly built power armor in front of her.

"Try it. The functions will be more complex, but there is an intelligent control system. It is best to put it on now and adapt to the sports mode."

Chen Sixuan looked at the brand-new power armor in surprise: "This... how to put it on?"

Beep.

Lin Xian reached out, and a holographic spectrum automatically lit up on the mecha, scanning Chen Sixuan's face. Immediately, the chest plate in front of the power armor automatically opened. At the same time, the bolts and retainers of the leg armor and each armor unit began to "limit-release" automatically, making a series of chirping mechanical sounds, which was exciting.

"There is a body temperature maintenance system inside, so you don't need to wear such thick clothes," Lin Xian said to Chen Sixuan.

Chen Sixuan nodded, immediately took off the thick cold-proof clothes on her body, and walked up lightly and carefully stood into the fully covered armor.

【Black Eagle - Silent Hunter Armor activated, performing program self-check.】

A cold mechanical female voice sounded.

Chirp, chirp~

A light curtain flickered before her eyes, the progress bar was imported, and various subsystems such as movement, defense, radar, situational awareness, and life support appeared on the light curtain interface one by one. Then the armor units on her body began to close, and the bolts automatically tightened.

【Self-check successful, multi-faceted torso armor unit is fitting the user's physical signs, adjusting power armor perception shape.】

【Adjustment complete, whether to perform...】

Voices sounded in Chen Sixuan's ears, and countless information appeared in front of her. The brand-new power armor made her feel a very strong power output and defensive ability, and she didn't need to wear bloated outer clothes, making her actions more agile and rapid.

Clang, clang.

At this time, Chen Sixuan stepped out of the metal cabinet, covered in black armor, the holographic situational awareness sensor on her face emitting blue light. The multi-faceted torso armor unit perfectly fitted her figure. Standing there, she was like a mechanical goddess flying from the stars!

Lin Xian was a little stunned at this time. This kind of mechanical beauty made his heart surge. He didn't know what level of technology this power armor had reached, but seeing the scene in front of him, his mechanical heart inexplicably had a feeling of sublimation from the sky.

This is the direction he wants to build!!

"Chen Laoshi."

"Hmm?"

"You are beautiful." Lin Xian took the opportunity to kiss her, but before he got close, the lower half of the face armor on the mecha automatically rose to cover it. Lin Xian was stunned for a moment, smiled helplessly, and could only sigh.

"I'm going to perform a dangerous mission, and you won't even let me kiss you."

"No..." Chen Sixuan hurriedly studied the operation mode of the power armor: "Wait, I'm not very good at this yet..."

"No need, let's kiss when I come back," Lin Xian said with a smile: "Time is running out. I'll go early so I can come back early."

"Hey..." In the holographic combat interface, Chen Sixuan felt a pinch in her heart as she watched Lin Xian turn and leave just like that.

"Lin Xian, you must pay attention to safety. If you dare to get hurt, or... or don't come back!"

Looking at Lin Xian's back, Chen Sixuan shouted at him through the communicator.

"I will... deduct your credits!"

Lin Xian, who had just taken a few steps, couldn't help but stumble upon hearing this, almost falling.

"Don't worry." Lin Xian looked back.

"I will definitely come back, we will definitely see the dawn of September!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

The cold wind howled. Lin Xian was in Kiki's telekinesis shield. The boundless blizzard fell endlessly, making it almost difficult to see the city below.

Lin Xian asked Kiki to take him to the airport. The people of the Emperor Project squad were waiting for him there. In order to save time, the restart squad would risk using an aircraft to rush to the Terrakama Ice Valley.

Kiki didn't speak along the way. Lin Xian looked sideways and found that the girl's face was cold, and she seemed a bit unhappy.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Xian asked.

"Why didn't you take me with you when you went to Terrakama Ice Valley?" Kiki asked.

Almost every mission, Lin Xian would take Kiki with him, and the cooperation between the two was already very tacit. But this time, Lin Xian rarely didn't take her.

In fact, Lin Xian had considered this issue, but after repeated consideration, he decided to let Kiki stay here.

The main reason was his judgment that all the monsters in the snowfield had gathered near Xilan City. This was the final goal of the monsters, and even that "scout" was staring at the prey, serving the higher existence that was about to come.

If this were the case, going to Terrakama Ice Valley alone might have much less pressure. Lin Xian also hoped that the result would be like this. This was a big benefit for both the restart plan and Zhou Wuer's courier mission.

Another point was based on the needs of the hunting group. As the top three in ability index level among survivors, if both left, the pressure on the hunting group would be much greater.

After all, the real threat has always been above Xilan City. Kiki, as a telekinesis type, is not only powerful but also comprehensive in defense, cover, and mobility. With her, Huoge's performance will be even better, and she can also take care of Shu Qin, Lv Chang, and the Infinite train group in the north of the city.

So after comprehensive consideration, Lin Xian decided to keep Kiki. He didn't know how long it would take to repair the No. 1 machine. If the city completely collapsed, it would be meaningless even if he repaired it.

"Now most of the monsters in the snowfield are estimated to be concentrated around Xilan City. It would be better for your ability to cooperate with Huoge and the others to hunt in the city," Lin Xian thought for a while and explained to her patiently.

"Cut, is it absolutely safe for you to go over there~" Kiki said with dissatisfaction.

Lin Xian knew that this little girl was worried about him, so he said: "It's the same. There is nothing safe or unsafe now. If we can repair that mecha, maybe we will have one more trump card to deal with that guy in the sky. You just be obedient and cooperate well with Huoge, Wen Zhuo, and the others here."

"I know, you don't need to tell me," Kiki glared at him with a complex expression, puffed up her cheeks, and turned her face away on purpose.

Soon, Xilan Airport in the wind and snow appeared in front of them. On an empty apron, several Lightning 2 aerospace fighters and a transport plane were parked. Dozens of staff members were moving a large amount of equipment, computers, tents, and the No. 1 machine black box - monument core in the black box to the transport plane.

The disheveled Yu Yuheng was wearing thick cold-proof clothes and checking the equipment one by one in the cold wind, while Chen Wei was fully armed and sitting in the transport plane, with medical lines inserted in his body, quietly waiting for takeoff.

Besides that, Lin Xian also saw several familiar faces.

Armed company commander Sun Lian, Sun Kai.

"Lin Dui!"

Seeing Lin Xian and Kiki flying down from the air, Sun Kai and several others walked over immediately.

"Company Commander Sun, you are?"

"I have already requested instructions from the command center, and now I am appointed to be responsible for the guard work of the restart squad!"

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this. The Nightwalker Jingtian was also standing behind Sun Kai at this time, nodding to him, looking like it was arranged by Wen Zhuo.

"It will be ready to depart in about 15 minutes. The south city side has already sent an advance aircraft to scout the airspace for us, but... there is no news yet."

"It's not dawn yet. Carrying Level 5 marks, if it doesn't cause chaos, it only shows that the discipline of those strange entities is much better than we imagined."

In fact, to some extent, Lin Xian hoped that the monster tide would rush again at this time. If so, they could quickly weaken the marks and then transfer immediately. There was no need to face the terrifying S-level existence head-on.

However, from the rapid retreat of the monster tide after the marks appeared last night, Lin Xian knew that for the Xilan survivors, what they had to face was a giant net covering the sky!

"Lin Dui!"

At this time, Luo Yang and others who were busy setting up defensive fortifications also ran over, followed by Liang Lei, Li Yi, and these people like Wu Shu, Liao Ming, and Shen Yao.

Lin Xian turned around and looked: "The layout is very thoughtful, using so many passenger planes as bunkers, and so many high-voltage ionization walls."

"Luo Yang and this group of tender dolls have many ideas," Wu Shu Wu Zhenhai said: "They have helped Commander He a lot. Young people's brains are better than ours."

"Yes, yes, yes," Liao Ming said with a smile.

"However, it's too empty here, and it's not easy to defend well," Shen Yao of the North Wind Alliance said at this time.

"There is no other way. In the city, not only can we not move, but we are also easily blocked. Although it is open here, it can accumulate the power of more than 10,000 people, and logistics supplies can keep up."

At this time, Lin Xian said, "And you won't face the problem of being surrounded on all sides. After all, the north city wall is less than ten kilometers away from here. You mainly face the monster tide coming from the city, and then there is the north city passenger station to contain a part, so we mainly deal with the southwest direction."

Luo Yang and others nodded upon hearing this.

"Lin Dui, I heard that you are going to perform a very dangerous mission. Please be sure to pay attention to safety," Li Yi looked at Lin Xian with a big belly and urged him.

"Yes, we will definitely persist until you come back," Liang Lei also said.

"Lin Dui."

At this time, Yu Yuheng with dark circles under his eyes walked over: "It's almost time, let's go."

"Okay."

Lin Xian looked back at Kiki: "Go back, prepare well, pay attention to safety, wait for me to come back."

Kiki glared at him, then sighed and whispered:

"Then you have to come back quickly..."

"Hmm."

The cold wind howled. Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Xian boarded the transport plane. The cabin door closed slowly. Under the cover and escort of several Lightning 2 aerospace fighters, the transport plane took off rapidly and flew toward the southeast.

On the transport plane, Yu Yuheng held a computer and explained to Lin Xian in detail the current situation of the No. 1 machine and the difficulties they encountered.

At this moment of sharing weal and woe, the Phoenix Society no longer had any need for secrecy, and Lin Xian saw a magnificent plan that made him marvel.

And Yu Yuheng also revealed to him simply that, according to the planning of the Emperor Project, the super-giant humanoid weapon actually had three versions of design drafts in the early stage. Limited by energy and the difficulty of pilot integration, the No. 1 machine is actually a very conservative version...

"The S-level strange entity we encountered before was named 'Gray Mist'. At that time, when we encountered the attack for the first time, the situation was actually much better than we estimated. That night, Chen Wei and the others piloted the No. 1 machine and fought fiercely with that monster for more than 4 hours. The final result was that the S-level strange entity disappeared mysteriously. At that time, we once thought that the power of the No. 1 machine deterred and defeated the opponent. I didn't expect..."

Yu Yuheng adjusted his glasses and said: "Later, we didn't know about the Level 5 mark on our bodies. After entering nightfall in the Terrakama Ice Valley, we encountered the most serious attack since the mission. Two giant worms almost swallowed our entire armed company. In the air, there was also a wing-wing demon at least 70 or 80 meters in size. We responded in a hurry and were caught off guard, suffering heavy losses. We had to send a full-frequency distress signal."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this: "No preparation after nightfall?"

Yu Yuheng's expression changed slightly, and just as he was about to open his mouth, Chen Wei opposite directly said: "Preparation? If it's one-on-one, or one-on-two, one-on-three, Pangu has the strength to compete with these beasts, but what if there are ten thousand, one hundred thousand?"

"To put it bluntly," Yu Yuheng sighed: "The purpose of our experimental group itself was to attack S-level, and we didn't consider the situation of this monster tide. The mode of Snow Demons and Snow Monsters being ordered by high-level creatures to carry out group tide attacks in the extreme cold vortex is actually rare. For us, we were completely unprepared."

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this. Even elephants are afraid of many ants. He thought that the secret mission of the Emperor Project would be better to fight S-level head-on in a scene like Yubei City. He didn't know why it had to be kept so secret.

"Can I ask a presumptuous question? Why is the Emperor Project so top-secret? Is it to keep it secret from the Advent Sect, or is it afraid of leaking something?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Yuheng, who was operating the computer, was stunned. He opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer him.

Instead, Chen Wei opposite looked directly at Lin Xian: "Actually, I had the same question as you before, and I asked them. The reason they told me I felt was very absurd, but since joining the Emperor Project, I don't think so anymore."

"What do you mean?"

Chen Wei took a deep breath, his expression solemn: "In the early days of the Apocalypse, the Starry Sky Army used tactical nuclear weapons on a large scale to launch counterattacks against dark creatures and Star Abyss. For this reason, the Phoenix Society and the Starry Sky Army learned two lessons."

"1. Star Abyss accelerated expansion."

"2. Strange entities are also evolving, especially in terms of dealing with nuclear radiation!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Xian's expression changed immediately.

"You mean to say, you are keeping it secret from the darkness?"

"That's probably what it means, but not entirely. There is also the original intention of keeping it secret from survivors," Yu Yuheng shrugged: "At least before this plan matures, the headquarters does not want to conduct large-scale exposure. On the one hand, the design of the No. 1 machine may have many defects and problems. On the other hand, once this kind of weapon integrating human technological core fails, the blow to the confidence of all survivors is also very great."

"I understand."

Lin Xian felt a chill in his heart. He had to say that the Phoenix Society's consideration was all-encompassing. However, Chen Wei's words also made him feel shocked.

This seems to indicate that dark creatures are intelligently and consciously countering or even evolving against human weapons. It sounds strange and terrifying. Now that I think about it, no wonder the Starry Sky Army and the Phoenix Society did not directly flatten the Star Abyss through nuclear power. It turns out they hadn't tried it...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 287 =====