Chapter 316: Soaring ninety thousand miles! (Extra update, ask for monthly tickets!)

"Taboo object?" Shu Qin looked puzzled.

"Regarding the rumors and research on taboo objects, there was a department called the 【Special Item Investigation Department】 in the Federation before. This organization is specifically responsible for investigating bizarre phenomena that appear in the polar night. They don't investigate bizarre entities, but a type of item that can trigger specific bizarre phenomena. These items are a certain type of item that originally existed in our Blue Star, and it was only after the Apocalypse Day that they began to trigger bizarre events, being considered to be contaminated by some special power and becoming extraordinary things. This kind of item is called a 【Taboo Object】 by the Angel Project, referring to 'specific items that can cause regional or infectious bizarre/extraordinary events'." Ding Junyi said at this time.

"We already knew this." Kiki opened her mouth at this time: "In fact, before you got on the train, we encountered the 1542 Bizarre Radio Station at Daluo Mountain before Yubei City. That was a bizarre phenomenon triggered by a taboo object."

"Right, right, we were all scared to death at the time, thinking it was haunted." Shasha nodded and said.

Shu Qin's gaze was very surprised upon hearing this. She participated in the bonfire trade fair at Qu Guan with Lin Xian and knew about the 1542 radio station. Only after hearing Lin Xian's words did she know that the Infinite had encountered it. At that time, 3 convoys had received it at night, and personnel disappearance occurred.

"So Team Leader Lin, you encountered that Bizarre Radio Station, was there any personnel disappearance?" Shu Qin said immediately.

Lin Xian shook his head, then briefly told the situation at that time, and then said,

"Although it wasn't really haunted, this thing is very dangerous. It can transmit people into a certain radio frequency, and can carry out mental intrusion through the power of fear, making people build the most terrifying scenes themselves!"

"So the danger of this type of item cannot be understood by the means of bizarre entities, and even transcends the scope of the current known esper system."

Ding Junyi said upon hearing this: "This point is somewhat similar to the mycelium illusion of the Mushroom Tower. The difference is that one is terror, and the other is the illusion of ultimate joy."

"So some kind of illusion in the polar night will affect some items and become taboo objects?" The building asked.

"It can only be explained this way at present."

"Don't talk about other things." Lin Xian looked at the golden bracelet floating and rotating, his gaze sank slightly. He felt a headache as soon as he heard the three words "taboo object". This thing had harmed him miserably last time, but the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube had now become the shield artifact of the Infinite, and could directly convert black smoke into mechanical source points for him. So he was actually both loving and hating it, and had considered that if such existence appeared, he might have the intention to understand it.

But at this time, this thing appeared on his train unexpectedly, which made him passive all of a sudden. No one knew what kind of harm this thing would cause.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian signaled everyone to stay away, and then he raised his hand to manufacture a simple metal long arm and probed toward the golden bracelet.

Who would have thought that as soon as the clip of the metal arm approached, the bracelet immediately began to spray extremely fine blue flames toward all four sides, looking like transparent air. But this was just for a moment, and a scorching air suddenly washed through the carriage, the temperature rose a lot all of a sudden, and Lin Xian's metal clip was melted into molten iron in an instant, dripping into the crucible.

Not to mention his metal clip, even the crucible was quickly reddened and collapsed under this almost transparent blue flame!

In an instant, the high-temperature breath of the entire Carriage No. 5 rushed up, and everyone's expressions changed greatly and retreated repeatedly. A heat wave rushed directly toward the front and rear carriages!

Lin Xian had already activated the AT field shield for defense. He broke out in a cold sweat on his back. Fortunately, this flame only lasted for a few seconds and then stopped. If this thing continued to erupt, I am afraid the entire Carriage No. 5 would be melted by it. At that time, he wouldn't even have time to throw it away.

"This thing can actually release such high temperature!!"

"How terrible!"

"Be careful, Lin Xian!"

"Team Leader Lin, do not be careless."

"Lin Xian." Kiki flew over at this time: "I will throw it out!"

"Wait!"

Just as Kiki was about to use telekinesis, Lu Xingchen, who was standing next to the crucible with his trouser legs burned off, had a change in his eyes. He looked at the floating golden bracelet. After the flame spray just now, the fluorescence above had dissipated a lot, and its floating state had become unstable. Lu Xingchen's chunibyo heart was majestically activated, and he said sharply:

"I understand, this is a fire-type treasure, it needs me to drip blood to recognize the master, only then..."

"Recognize your ass!" Kiki threw a canned shell from the trash can directly onto his head: "What time is it now? What if the train is burned?"

Lu Xingchen's expression was a bit embarrassed, then he said seriously: "My meaning is, this fire of it, seems to be the fire I just burned, and then it was absorbed by it."

Lin Xian looked at him: "Are you sure?"

"I..."

Lu Xingchen was speechless for a while. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and reached out to grab the gold bracelet in his palm!

And this action of his really scared everyone else. Even Lin Xian's heart jumped. Who would have thought that in the next second, the gold bracelet grabbed in Lu Xingchen's hand really didn't spray flames again, but just like an ordinary bracelet.

At this moment, everyone's breathing seemed to stop for a moment.

Lu Xingchen's heart was beating wildly at this time, but seeing that everyone's eyes were staring at him, he hurriedly put on a confident appearance, turned his body to the side, and said in a high-and-mighty manner:

"Look, I wasn't lying."

After finishing, he opened his palm and let the gold bracelet float in his palm.

Just when Lu Xingchen thought he had judged correctly and others should breathe a sigh of relief, who would have thought that everyone's gaze at him at this time became even more horrified. The little girl Shasha widened her eyes, looked at him with her mouth wide enough to stuff an egg, and said in shock:

"Brother Huo... you..."

"Hmm?" Lu Xingchen felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and looked around hurriedly. But at this time, what made him feel a bit bizarre was, why did the heights of Lin Xian, Kiki, Director Ding, Team Leader Chen, Brother Lou, and others become more and more... short?

And when he looked down, he was shocked to find that he had actually left the ground!

"Brother Huo is flying?" Chen Sixuan's voice was the first to break the silence of the crowd.

Lin Xian and Kiki looked at this scene in surprise. At this time, Lu Xingchen was floating lightly like an astronaut flying into space, just like the gold bracelet.

"Ah, this...!"

Lu Xingchen couldn't hold it anymore. He waved his hands as if swimming in the air, but no matter how he acted, he couldn't land. Just when his head was about to hit the top of the carriage, he raised his hand to support it and landed.

This bizarre scene stunned all the onlookers.

Even Ding Junyi showed an extremely serious expression and said three words: "Anti-gravity?"

Although the theory of gravity has never excluded the existence of negative mass in the scientific community, there has never been evidence to support the hypothesis of anti-gravity.

But seeing Lu Xingchen's phenomenon at this moment made her think of this term immediately.

Lin Xian saw that Lu Xingchen was not only not hurt by the flame but also floated up, and the heart he was holding fell half down. He said to Lu Xingchen: "Do you have any discomfort?"

Lu Xingchen felt that he had no image floating in front of everyone, so he reached out and grabbed the door panel, barely maintaining a standing position and said:

"Brother Lin, no discomfort found yet."

After finishing, he picked up the gold bracelet and handed it to Lin Xian: "Does Brother Lin want to check it?"

Lin Xian wanted to reach out and take it, but immediately dismissed the idea. He wasn't stupid. Brother Huo was a fire-type esper, perhaps because of this reason, he wasn't affected. Thinking of this, Lin Xian directly activated mechanical scanning from a distance.

【Scan failed, non-mechanical energy detected.】

Lin Xian frowned. At this time, he had confirmed that this thing was indeed a taboo object, so he immediately tried to use mechanical swallowing. After all, his previous Heterostructure Rubik's Cube was also a product formed after being swallowed and modified by the Heart of Machinery.

As soon as the swallowing started, the information of the swallowing progress appeared on the light screen in front of him.

【Swallowing progress 10%】

【Swallowing progress 30%】

【Swallowing progress 50%】...

【Swallowing progress 80%】...

【Swallowing is about to be completed, this item cannot be deconstructed, confirm whether to swallow as material: Gold*0.05】

Just when it was about to be swallowed, the light screen in front suddenly popped up. Lin Xian frowned immediately, pondered in his heart, and stopped the swallowing progress.

His gaze shifted slightly, and then he looked at Lu Xingchen and said:

"Brother Huo, try this thing again, maybe it can be utilized. If this taboo object can keep you in an anti-gravity state without other harm, then wouldn't your fire spraying be able to provide you with flight assistance!?"

This thought was what Lin Xian suddenly thought of just now. He wanted to swallow the Bizarre Radio Station before, mainly because he couldn't control the invasion of that fear power, and felt it was a pity to throw it away. When swallowing, he happened to touch the reaction of the Heart of Machinery by mistake, so he obtained the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube.

But this gold bracelet, whether it was fire or anti-gravity, was something that Brother Huo could control. If it was just used to convert materials, it would be too wasteful. Lin Xian thought about it. It seemed that the understanding of taboo objects was still too shallow. Not all items could be swallowed. Instead of this, it was better to leave it to Brother Huo to enhance his ability, and by the way, keep alert and see if there was anything else about the characteristics of this thing that had not been discovered.

His guess was correct. Lu Xingchen heard Lin Xian's words, and a light that seemed to be enlightened suddenly shot out of his eyes. He took back the hand he handed to Lin Xian, looked at the gold bracelet floating in his palm with sharp eyes, and his thoughts turned quickly in his heart.

Lin Xian's words reminded him immediately!

If this thing could keep him in an anti-gravity state, wouldn't he be able to fly by spraying fire lightly!!

Then the God of Fire would really be the God of Fire!!

At this time, in Lu Xingchen's mind, a scene of himself flying with fire and having the posture of an immortal had already emerged. He was immediately excited, and even his breathing began to get heavy.

"Brother Lin's words are very true! I will try it immediately!"

After Lu Xingchen finished speaking, he immediately reached out and grabbed the door panel, floating toward the direction of the automatic door of Carriage No. 5. Everyone also dispersed and looked at his actions with concern.

"Hey, he is like this... is it really ok?" Kiki frowned.

"I think Lin Xian is right, let him try." Chen Sixuan said.

Shasha curled her lips and hugged her chest: "Looking at his impatient look, he has to try it."

"Still have to be careful, we know too little about this kind of bizarre object." Ding Junyi said.

The building and Shu Qin also nodded.

"Brother Huo, be careful."

"The train speed is very fast now, so rashly..." Shu Qin said cautiously.

Lin Xian looked at Kiki: "Little girl, you go with him. It's best to test out the details and characteristics of this kind of thing, otherwise it won't be safe to stay on the train."

Kiki glanced at Lu Xingchen upon hearing this and sighed: "Okay."

Ssh~

At this time, the automatic door of Carriage No. 5 of the Infinite, which was rushing at high speed, opened, and a biting Gobi wind and sand rushed toward them, driving away the heat in the train just now.

"Let's go." Kiki flew at the door with her arms crossed, looking at Lu Xingchen.

And Lu Xingchen was also very bold. He turned his palm over, put the gold bracelet into his wrist, and then his left hand was behind him, performing fire-type esper ability. In an instant, a burst of crimson flame light sprayed out, and Lu Xingchen was taken out by the reaction force of the sprayed flame, flying directly out of the carriage at a very fast speed. Everyone hurriedly gathered at the door and looked out.

Only then did they see that Lu Xingchen was indeed as Lin Xian said, relying on the fire of his hands to rush into the high sky, and the speed was extremely fast. But he had never flown before, and he was in the Gobi night, only feeling the world spinning, and couldn't distinguish where the ground was and where the sky was. But Lu Xingchen knew that he was being watched by all his partners at this time, and besides that, other convoys might have seen him, the God of Fire who was flying. At the same time, Kiki was ready to perform "rescue" on him at any time. But if he couldn't even do this, how could he call himself the God of Fire?!

Thinking of this, Lu Xingchen's fighting spirit erupted, gritted his teeth fiercely, and soon recovered his sanity, and gradually adapted to it.

Although he couldn't hover and control the direction as Kiki did, he soon could fly steadily by controlling his own flames and posture. Above the night sky of the Xidi Gobi, the sprayed flames with Mach rings made Lu Xingchen gradually accelerate. He became faster and faster, starting to soar, breaking through the wind barrier and rushing into the clouds!

"Although the polar night is full of crises, there are still many things waiting for human exploration." Ding Junyi stood with her hands in her pockets, looking at the fire line in the distant sky, and said with a solemn expression.

Anti-gravity energy, consciousness uploading plant bodies, Mushroom Tower, Corpse Driver, and growing disaster plants—all of this was just what they encountered in less than a day at the very edge of the polar night. Many of them were major discoveries that could directly overturn the laws of physics and biology of the Blue Star, so it was no wonder she would make such a sigh.

Lin Xian's expression was also complex upon hearing this. This time rushing into the polar night, they were the luckiest of the lucky. He knew that many people didn't have their good luck, such as the Phoenix Order convoy and the Night Blade convoy. Now they could only flee all the way, and the only purpose was to try every means to escape the polar night and rush out of the dawn.

But one day, mankind would be completely covered by the polar night. By that time, the remaining humans would have to face all the dangers in the polar night.

"Taboo objects, disaster plants..." Chen Sixuan sighed: "We know too little about the dark night, but from that Mushroom Tower, the dark creatures' understanding of us might be more than we imagined..."

Chen Sixuan's words made everyone feel a bit heavy in their hearts, but Lin Xian's gaze was solemn, and he said loudly: "Think on the bright side, Brother Huo can fly, can't the combat effectiveness of our Infinite convoy be enhanced again?"

"The power of dark invasion can make humans evolve, and these dangerous taboo objects may not be able to be utilized by humans." Lin Xian said while looking at Ding Junyi: "Isn't the purpose of that 【Special Item Investigation Department】 you mentioned also this?"

Ding Junyi nodded: "Yes, we study darkness, and the ultimate goal is also to find a way to survive in the darkness, or to defeat the darkness!"

"Woohoo!"

As soon as the words fell, an excited shout came from the dark wilderness, resounding through the sky!

It was Lu Xingchen's shout.

Lu Xingchen was extremely excited at this time, with thousands of excitements in his chest ready to go. Flying in the air had long been a skill he had been thinking about day and night. Now that it was truly realized, he couldn't help but shout wildly!

Mankind's yearning for flight is engraved in the genes. Under the vast Gobi night sky, Lu Xingchen flew wantonly. He was like a silver arrow breaking free from the bowstring, galloping on the sky curtain. The gale roared in his ears like the sharp sound of tearing brocade. The airflow wrapped around every inch of his skin. Every dive was like using flames to cut through the satin of the atmosphere, and every climb was like stepping on the debris of the stars as stairs, as if even his soul was dragged into this boundless carnival.

He dived down from the high altitude all the way, like a meteor fire line breaking through the night sky, and arrived in an instant. At this time, he flew in parallel with the Infinite driving at high speed at the same speed.

"Brother Lin!"

Lu Xingchen shouted to Lin Xian, who was standing at the door of Carriage No. 5, while flying: "Thank you for the reminder, this thing is very strange!"

After finishing, his gaze swept over the crowd at the door of Carriage No. 5 and Kiki, who was watching him helplessly while flying synchronously above the carriage. He smiled sternly and chanted heroically:

"Everyone, the roc rises with the wind in one day, soaring ninety thousand... boom!"

Who would have thought that before a heroic poem was finished, he hit a sand wall stone by the track directly with the train, the sound stopped abruptly, and then disappeared from everyone's sight instantly.

"Brother Huo!"

Everyone was stunned, all looking out of the carriage door at this moment to find Lu Xingchen's figure.

Lin Xian just wanted to curse. This guy didn't look ahead when flying. Damn, wouldn't he be dead at such a fast speed?

Who would have thought that before the words fell, a helpless voice came from the top of the carriage.

"Can't die, I caught him." Kiki rolled her eyes, raised her hand and waved, and then continued to hug her chest.

Then in the next second, Brother Huo, who was pushing the fire line, appeared in everyone's sight again. He had a slightly transparent telekinetic shield on his body to protect him. The huge speed directly shattered the sand wall stone just now, rolled on the ground several times, and then flew up without stopping.

All the heroism and excitement just now seemed to change face and suddenly disappeared. Lu Xingchen said to everyone with a serious and solemn expression at this time.

"Everyone, I have checked, everything is safe ahead!"

"Brother Lin, the train condition is good, our Infinite's armor is special armor!"

The way he said this, it was as if nothing had happened just now...

Everyone:...

"Hey..." Shasha covered her eyes directly and said in a very disgusted tone: "Brother Lin, can you let him fly further away? I want to go to sleep."

"Go to sleep."

Lin Xian couldn't help laughing, patted Shasha's head, and then the little girl left yawning.

And Ding Junyi turned and left without saying anything.

Shu Qin and the building both had complex gazes.

"Team Leader Lin... I'm going to rotate."

"Brother Xian, my gun hasn't been finished yet."

The two hurriedly found an opportunity to retreat.

Leaving Chen Sixuan looking at Lu Xingchen flying outside with complex eyes, then looking at Lin Xian, and said worriedly: "Is this really ok?"

"It's ok."

Lin Xian hugged his chest and sighed: "He is Brother Heroic. He has been walking on thin ice all his life. What kind of scene hasn't he seen? How could something happen? Let's leave quickly, and Kiki too."

"Why?" Chen Sixuan looked at him in confusion.

Lin Xian glanced at Lu Xingchen who was flying all the way, smiled lightly and said:

"We don't leave, how can he be embarrassed to come back?"

Chen Sixuan smiled upon hearing this, understood Lin Xian's intention, and turned and left, preparing to continue to rest.

After Kiki came back, Lin Xian said to Brother Huo with the communicator:

"Brother Huo, now in the polar night, using too much fire may have hidden dangers, so it is better to come back as soon as possible."

"Brother Lin's words are very true." Lu Xingchen responded immediately.

After Lin Xian finished speaking, he walked directly toward the rear carriage. When no one was around, Lu Xingchen tried his best to control the direction and then flew slowly into Carriage No. 5.

After landing, Lu Xingchen patted the dust on his clothes and found that many places on his clothes had been torn into willow-like shapes by the gale. Coupled with the fact that he had just hit the mountain and fell into a dog-eating mud, he was already embarrassed. Then he looked at the carriage that was already empty in front and back, and sighed lightly.

"Hey, it's really indecent."

Although flying was cool, his control was extremely unstable now, but as long as he mastered it a little later, he would definitely be more flexible.

After thinking about it, Lu Xingchen looked at a power armor battle suit Lin Xian arranged for him. Originally, he couldn't use this thing at all, because it was inconvenient to use his esper ability, but now it seemed that he was interested again. At least wearing this thing, he didn't have to worry about the problem of clothes when flying, and it had good defensive power. Although his physical fitness had far exceeded ordinary people, breaking the wind barrier

Having decided to return to the carriage, Lu Xingchen's first move was to pick up that crucible. He prepared to study the transparent flame emitted by the golden bracelet carefully. He had noticed this detail from the very beginning; the temperature of this flame was extremely high, even more formidable than his Heaven-Burning Sword. Being quite sensitive to flames, he immediately returned to his room, changed into a set of comfortable clothes, brewed a fresh pot of tea, and began his continued research.

"A Forbidden Item? What makes it forbidden? It is so miraculous, capable of flying with the gale, and can spin and spray fire like a wheel. Since the wind and fire are like a wheel, why not call it..."

"The Infinite Ring."

Lu Xingchen took off the golden bracelet and, seeing it curled into the symbol of infinity (∞), could not help but have his heart stirred.

"Very good, very good."

(End of chapter)