[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-337":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2262101,4414,"Chapter 337: Run!","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-337",337,"\u003Cp>2069, September 6, Revelation Day, D-100\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the 100th day of Revelation Day, the United Train, led by Longshan No.1 and Wuxian, departed from Akse and entered the vast, uninhabited zone to the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 10:02, the sun stabbed straight into the bare spine of the Gobi like a white-hot forge rod; the United Train raced at high speed across the rust-brown gravel plain, while salt-alkali flats on both sides of the rails steamed with mirages, twisting distant wind-eroded rock pillars into swaying candle drips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The train team, only just repaired in Akse, now bore heavy battle damage: many carriages belched thick smoke, scattered monster limbs and fragments littered the decks, corroded steel hissed with black blood fumes, revealing a grim post-battle state. Fortunately, the battle was brief and armor thickness was high; the monster insects’ egg fluid had not yet penetrated the armor or carriages. But the carriages struck by the massive black beam were another story entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the United Train, several carriages of one convoy had been torn open, their sides and roofs collapsed into shattered fragments—nearly two-thirds of their protection vanished, leaving only the undercarriage frame pressed against the rails. One carriage had even lost half its track wheels, half its body dragging the rest of the train, sparking violently as it hurtled forward—the battlefield was horrific.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dawn Convoy, the Akse Brotherhood, the Windwalkers, the Fu Lu Shou, and other vehicle convoys had lost over a dozen large vehicles and hundreds of personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before sorrow could spread, the entire convoy dared not slacken—still racing at full speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because less than nine hours remained until nightfall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to reach Quancheng before dark, yet the uninhabited zone still stretched over two thousand kilometers. Under this pressure, no one had time to stop and regroup, no time to weep or grieve, and no one dared fall behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh whoosh whoosh—the wheels clanged against the rails like funeral bells; quartz sand between the sleepers vibrated into powder, swept into golden dust clouds by the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve rebuilt the coupling hooks—hurry and move them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the rear of the damaged convoy, Lin Xian and Kiki arrived with their team; their goal wasn’t just to repair the damaged carriages, but to remove them entirely—left behind, they’d become safety hazards for the entire train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This convoy was the Crimson Rose; most aboard were women. During the battle, one living carriage had nearly been split in two by the black beam—only three of the Shiji  residents survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, those few women, aided by comrades, hastily evacuated the last remaining supplies from the damaged carriage without even tending their wounds. Kiki handled detaching and moving the carriage away so Lin Xian could destroy it, allowing the following carriages to accelerate and reconnect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This operation was no challenge for Lin Xian and Kiki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Captain Lin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry and move everything!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t care if it’s good or bad—take it all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage’s steel bones jutted like fishbones gnawed by a beast; charred metal curled into scale-like shards. Beneath the ruined carriage, Crimson Rose members frantically gathered whatever remained—even fragments of their fallen comrades’ bodies. The convoy had almost no men; their leader was a woman. All these women had survived the apocalypse by trading their bodies for scraps. Each carried weapons—varied, mostly crude—but their core fighters had better gear. They’d acquired Shiji  sets of powered armor and supplies in Yijin City, barely strengthening themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian felt no disdain for this convoy; he respected them. In this apocalypse, trading one’s body for survival wasn’t shameful. These women each fought back with guns when danger came. Seeing them now, with their crude gear, desperately scavenging scattered supplies—even pulling a thick-soled military boot from half a corpse and slinging it around their necks—showed how carefully they clung to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Lin…” After gathering everything, Zhou Hongqu, the Crimson Rose leader in powered armor, wiped blood from her suit’s surface and said with deep gratitude: “Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian nodded, then ordered everyone out of the carriage. He disassembled and consumed the steel connectors; Kiki used telekinesis to move the entire carriage away. As the following carriages accelerated forward, Lin Xian instantly manufactured coupling components and joined them at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also added full-range armor at the joint—just helping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damaged carriage was consumed and converted into materials. Once done, the two moved on to handle the other carriages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That giant thing—wasn’t a Special Class, it was at least Class A. Fuck, never seen something so damn unkillable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the leader’s comms, Shi Di, after finishing the post-battle damage report, cursed: “If not for Lin’s quick warning, I’d have lost several carriages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Lin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Lushou’s voice came through: “Should we accelerate further? Our vehicle convoy is falling behind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the sandstorm cleared, visibility improved and drivers finally breathed easier—but the train accelerated again, making it impossible for the vehicle convoys to keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the terrain was hard-packed, the Gobi couldn’t match a highway. Even their upgraded, high-power electric war vehicles couldn’t compare to a train running on rails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop complaining—just follow the rails. This is the closest route to Quancheng.” After handling the train’s situation, Lin Xian began repairing Wuxian, while using decomposed material to mass-produce bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All convoys have been marked by darkness—nightfall will bring plenty of trouble,” Qian Dele said. “So we can’t slow down—only speed up. Stick to the old formation: big vehicles in front to reduce drag.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the only way!” Lu Zhao didn’t waste words. He led the largest and best-equipped Fu Lu Shou convoy, immediately reorganizing into a single-file line and accelerating forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Mo Nika’s ship, Mo Nika inspected every carriage’s combat status as she walked, speaking into her comm: “I recommend assigning drones for continuous aerial patrols, besides the track sensors. At this speed, a derailment would be catastrophic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—we have drones circling overhead at all times,” Ningjing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense heat shimmered along the horizon; a sharp metallic vibration—dong dong dong dong—grew louder. Sand trembled as a black-green heavy armored locomotive, caked with insect corpses, roared toward them with violent force; behind it stretched a steel dragon winding to the earth’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Wuxian, the Whale 03e heavy gas turbine and Weilong-class electric locomotive engines roared furiously; the entire train hurtled at top speed, its hundred-plus occupants gripped by fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuxian’s firepower was already formidable—it could have obliterated the large Class A parasite encountered in Yuzhen. But as they neared Xingyuan, the strange creatures grew increasingly troublesome, unpredictable. In just minutes, the entire group faced crushing survival pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The threat level has dropped to Level 2, but we can’t remove the mark,” said Luo Yang and Xiao Bai at Weapon Station No.12, where Wuxian’s core staff gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shu Qin wiped blood from her powered armor panel with a coarse cloth: “Entering nightfall like this is extremely risky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Other convoys are probably in the same situation…” Chen Sixuan added: “We’re in the uninhabited zone—we can’t turn back into the sandstorm to clear the mark.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can only prepare more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian didn’t pause a second—he needed to build a G3 electromagnetic railgun. The group agreed to assemble here: central location, easier troop coordination. Adjacent Carriage No.13 was the armory, where several PX05 robots operated fully automatic bullet presses, spitting out batches of still-warm ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face darkened: “The worst problem is those relentless insects. Otherwise, the giant thing could’ve been taken down quickly with sufficient firepower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiki crossed her arms and nodded: “We panicked when they appeared together, and the sandstorm made it worse. With our combined train firepower, we shouldn’t have struggled so much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But after all this running, unless it’s an S-class or a territorial monster, we mostly face swarms,” Luo Yang sighed. “Those sand ants are just disgusting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! Guns and cannons are useless—only dodge. Totally unsolvable,” Lu Chang muttered bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingchen sat quietly at a distance, calm: “Unsolvable? If we didn’t care about other trains’ defenses, we could ignite fires along all exteriors—the sand ant plague would vanish instantly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiki glanced at him, speechless: “Then bake everyone inside evenly, and let the fire reduce the juice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So we’d roast ourselves before the ants even got in?” Sha Sha clicked her tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least we have arc pulse string Zhenqi —it clears them much faster,” said Da Ge Liang Lei, standing beside Da Lou, both towering like iron pillars. They’d been the most frustrated in battle—couldn’t hit the big monsters, couldn’t touch the small ones without powered armor—like sitting in prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This device’s firing rate is too slow—it was designed for climbing anomalies,” Lin Xian said, still manufacturing with focus: “I’ve considered many solutions, but none worked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether arc pulse string Zhenqi , electric blade exo-armor, or the ultra-high-temperature plasma beam array he hadn’t built yet—all were meant for large-scale swarms. But sand ants and those tiny beetles were a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiki spoke up: “I recall a starfleet technology from interstellar military—doesn’t provide physical isolation, mainly used against charged particle streams, high-energy heavy ions, and secondary radiation. Maybe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I know—electrostatic field generator,” Luo Yang’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian smiled helplessly: “When we’re flying starships, I’ll worry about sand ants?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…” Kiki shrugged. “Better safe than sorry. But once we leave the uninhabited zone, maybe the sand ants disappear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quancheng’s in the desert—how could there be none? Unless we exit Luling,” Li Yi added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. No casualties is already lucky. Our only option now is to push forward—tonight might be a brutal fight.” Lin Xian exhaled, turning to Shu Qin and Da Lou: “Shu Qin, Da Lou—organize ammunition production. Focus on 12.7mm and 30mm. Stock at least five baselines. Extra supply to other convoys. Also, our old Xinghuo 26 automatic rifles and ammo—we don’t need them anymore. Give them all to the small convoys.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian didn’t make this arrangement because he had too many weapons—he knew the United Train was one ship. If weak convoys were wiped out, the entire line would collapse, pressure would multiply. These thousands were all evolved humans with combat capability. Lives and comrades mattered more than weapons. One more person with a gun and ammo meant one less burden for everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Shu Qin and Da Lou nodded quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it—we’ll arrange it immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Longshan No.1 has bullet-loading machines too—they’re short on weapons,” Lin Xian said into his comm, relaying his plan to Shi Di and Ningjing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Shi, the people you rescued from the sand bandits can fight. If you can’t accommodate them, distribute them to other convoys. Let’s get through this first—what happens after is up to them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, I was just thinking that,” Shi Di said, rubbing his temples. “Over a hundred people—hard to absorb. I’ll keep some, but other convoys should take a few too. Oh, Mo, didn’t you want those Shiji  women?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem—I’ve prepared the carriages,” Mo Nika’s voice replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give me ten too,” Qian Dele said casually. “Fighters or not, doesn’t matter—just no whining.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re moving at high speed—how do we distribute them? Send flyers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian glanced at Kiki. She sighed: “Fine, fine—again, it’s me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Kiki set off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liang Lei—inspect and patrol the train’s condition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sha Sha.” Lin Xian turned to her: “Tonight, your Shali must deploy. I didn’t have time to test your new weapon—just make sure you test it yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha Sha nodded seriously: “Don’t worry, Brother Lin. Luo Yang and the others will help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miao Lu—check on Lao Mo’s condition. And Chen Laoshi—any radio signals?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sixuan shook her head: “No signals on any frequency. This is abnormal. I’m worried it’s connected to what you mentioned.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yang frowned: “Normally, in open areas, we should receive Phoenix Society’s global radio. But since leaving Yijin City, we haven’t heard anything—except when we neared Akse, we got a civilian frequency signal from Boss Hu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain Lin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Xian pondered Luo Yang’s words, Hu Lushou’s voice crackled over the channel: “Something’s wrong—all radio frequencies are static. This is exactly like what happened to us on the Wei River!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? Be specific.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All convoy leaders now focused on Hu Lushou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the RV, Hu Lushou sat in the passenger seat, scratching his head, face troubled: “No signal at all—not even my upgraded Dark Radio with Level 2 Blood Essence. Pure static. Several convoys noticed it back then. Now I wonder—is it linked to the instability of Star Abyss No.5?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s heart sank: “Anything else? Any other signs?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Signs…?” Hu Lushou said: “No signs—just night came, and we got lost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Lushou’s tone suddenly changed: “Oh! I remember—the night fell five minutes early. Does that count?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five minutes early? 18:40?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I even complained then—why was the Dark Tide so early?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why didn’t you say this sooner?” Qian Dele snapped. “So maybe nightfall tonight will come earlier than expected?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I didn’t know! I’d never seen this before. And that night, the darkness wasn’t black—it was deep blue. God, just remembering it gives me chills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Di spoke gravely: “Looks like we were right to leave early. Maybe Lin’s right—this is tied to that taboo object. This uninhabited zone is cursed. No one relaxes when night comes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zzzzz~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Hu Lushou sent a private message to Lin Xian: “Captain Lin, could this be connected to the silver bullet I gave you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s mind raced: “If it were, your radio in Akse couldn’t have sent any signal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, right!” Hu Lushou immediately understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Xian added: “Still, taboo objects are unpredictable. We can only proceed step by step. You said the sky was deep blue—was it blue all night?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Blue Planet, the night sky normally appears deep blue through the atmosphere; only extreme conditions make it pitch black. But Hu Lushou’s description felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t remember the second half. But before encountering the anomaly, I still had some memory. The deep blue wasn’t transparent—it felt solid, like a pure color projected onto my retinas. Weird… I can’t describe it properly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t interpret taboo objects through human logic. If you see them, don’t look. If you try to understand, it will defy reason. Don’t describe them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And never look at the sky!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do not peer into the sky...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Car 12, Lin Xian sat alone, assembling an electromagnetic railgun, repeatedly recalling those two phrases, a chill crawling up his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Awakening Day, the sky above had become a synonym for danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the sky danger bans issued by the Federation and the Phoenix Society, the floating giant corpses in Jiang City, the atmospheric mica on Dalaoshan, the black thorns in the clouds of Xilan City, or the unseen creature—let alone the Star-Eye Lin Xian had glimpsed during his test of the mech-energy cannon, shortly after defeating the insect swarm with the Great Eagle and the Chase-the-Sun convoy beyond Hengshan Pass—all sent shivers down the spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before all of humanity could react, the Awakening Day’s eternal night severed all contact between humans and low-orbit around Blue Star: the United Space Station vanished, global satellites went offline. Lin Xian knew the Phoenix Society and the Federation were surely pursuing starship projects—including the current Sky City—but so far, not a single success or credible report had surfaced. To most, the sky above was a despair deeper than the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To date, neither the Phoenix Society nor the Federation had found a single viable solution for human survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Federation held fast behind Jucheng, frantically building underground cities; the Phoenix Society rescued survivors while fleeing, trying to find the final answer before the global eternal night. Yet none of these desperate people knew where this flight would end. From Lin Xian’s perspective, humanity’s strength was still far too small—even after just a hundred days of evolution to Frenzied Rank, they remained woefully inadequate against the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap-tap-tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s mechanical heart was running at full power: his left hand assembling the electromagnetic railgun, his right hand extracting materials from the conversion center to supply the arms-manufacturing car. All other crew members were tense, working nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>16:40 PM—less than two hours remained until nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third G3 electromagnetic railgun aboard the Infinite was finally completed. For the first time, Lin Xian had manufactured two heavy weapons in a single day. Because Car 12 was the train’s central hub, this weapons station was now the only car equipped with both long- and short-range firepower—its purpose: to protect the arms car, supply car, and adjacent living cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Lin Xian’s disassembly center had only about 30% of its materials left. Besides continuing ammunition production, he was crafting Lei Sun 2000 drones during movement to enhance his combat capability. These drones were powerful, swift, and when deployed in dozens, even mid-sized anomalies couldn’t withstand them. Lin Xian planned to build several more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their precision rivaled that of the PX-05 robots, and production was slow. Fortunately, they were compact—he didn’t need to stay seated. He moved to Car 3 to find Ding Junyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Ding, any developments?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Xian entered, he saw the Hell Black Chrysanthemum emitting a faint crimson glow, and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Junyi set down her mobile terminal and looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three updates. First, according to effective monitoring, everyone’s physical resilience has improved significantly since leaving Xilan City. We still lack the Phoenix Society’s latest detection equipment, but our onboard Frenzied Rank personnel have certainly increased—perhaps even a Destroyer Rank has emerged.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, my ability has strengthened considerably. I’m currently learning applications to aid the team. Third—Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Errors.” Ding Junyi pointed to another growth chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s grown its first inflorescence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian immediately stepped closer. Indeed, atop the purple-fissured stem now grew a white bud, no larger than a Sichuan pepper grain—ordinary in appearance. Yet within the stem, the previously faint purple luminescence now flowed faster, noticeably different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Objectively speaking, once it blooms, this calamity plant may reveal its true nature,” Ding Junyi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian nodded. He noticed on Ding Junyi’s lab bench a container holding a pile of black material—seemingly fragments from the earlier black giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you studying this for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are human tissues,” Ding Junyi said, gloved, lifting a fragment and grinding it into powder between her fingers, her expression grave. “It looks as if it’s been subjected to some peculiar carving—dehydrated, yet easy to analyze for cells, proteins, even extract DNA. This is no longer ‘parasitism.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian, her gaze heavy. “They assemble their bodies from human corpses. From this, it’s clear: human form is merely a mimicry adopted by this species.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s eyes narrowed. He was about to speak when the communicator suddenly crackled with static.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled radio interference—but somehow, Lin Xian felt the noise was less like static and more like a chorus of piercing screams, eerily similar to the sounds they’d heard near the black smoke after eliminating the monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zzzt... Everyone, we have a situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice came from Shi Di.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lead car’s cockpit of Longshan No. 1, Shi Di peered through an electronic telescope toward a distant direction, his expression strange. Beside him stood Xiang Ningjing and several engineering staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alert had been transmitted by a drone. When Shi Di located the source, his face changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Ningjing, staring at the telescope’s display, also looked stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, on the northeastern desert plain along the train’s track, a strange white stone sculpture floated silently. It was colossal, with a lion’s face and a fish’s tail—clearly man-made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under the sun, its light differed sharply from the surrounding environment: dimmer, unnaturally abrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked as if someone had crudely photoshopped it onto the desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no one could ignore its immense size or the profound strangeness of its silent hovering. Even Shi Di, hardened by countless horrors, felt a chill crawl up his spine—a grotesque dread that made him forget to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Infinite, Lin Xian opened the car’s light-shield. His powered armor’s visual system turned toward the direction—and instantly, the entire system crashed into darkness, then rebooted urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Eagle - Silent Hunter Armor 01 Initializing, running self-diagnostic】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s heart lurched. A crushing terror surged through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed the communicator button and shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t look! Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3386,"2026-06-19T18:20:06.633Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9aa5ce4bdcf348383cb306fdf23a65ce1e1b9a20c10764dc7cc0d456f1d3f278","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-338","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-336",541,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-cover.jpg"]