Chapter 347

"Is this Silent City? Why does it seem to be paralyzed here?"

"Could it have suffered an S-class attack, or did some kind of malfunction occur?"

Looking at the blurry photos under the dark night sent back by Grace, Lin Lin Xian discussed the situation with the other members of the fleet.

"The relay is used up; Grace is currently on standby," Lin Lin Xian said.

If Grace were allowed to continue forward, all signals would be cut off, and she would have to rely entirely on her own AI to conduct unknown exploration.

Xiang Xiang Ningjing of Longshan No. 1 said at this moment: "That Forbidden Item appeared in Baicheng, yet there are still people appearing there; this is all too strange."

"And then there is the issue of time dilation." On the Joker fleet's side, Brother Qian Qian Dele leaned back in his chair, his expression a mix of a smile and a smirk as he said: "We've certainly gained some perspective this time. Over ten days pass in here while only one day passes outside; it's truly interesting..."

Mo Mo Nika analyzed at this moment: "If that's the case, counting from the time Boss Hu and the others fled the Star Abyss until now, hasn't this Silent City been stranded in here for over a hundred days?"

Once these words were spoken, everyone reacted immediately.

Hu Hu Lushou had escaped from the Akse No-Man's-Land about two weeks ago, plus the one day spent wiping out the sand bandits; if calculated by comparison, Silent City had indeed been docked in here for nearly three to four months.

Since the Apocalypse Day, 100 days were equivalent to 1,200 days, and with the accelerated erosion from the encroaching darkness, the decayed and desolate state of Baicheng seemed to be explainable.

Rugged terrain, corrupted tracks, time dilation, the Merlion Colossus, the paralyzed Silent City...

Although the joint fleet had gained a clearer understanding of their current situation through Grace's exploration, all these various circumstances were developing toward an even more troublesome predicament.

"Boss Hu and the others must have encountered an attack just like us, but judging from the scene, they weren't completely wiped out. Their remaining people might have already run out!" Shi Shi Diyuan analyzed at this moment.

Brother Qian Qian Dele also said: "Looking at it this way, the method of laying tracks is too risky. If we want to survive, I propose we travel light and run for it, abandoning most of the trains. As long as we can reach Baicheng, we can drive out via the hardened highway. Boss Hu might have run away like that. They are in Baicheng, making it easier for them to figure out the direction than us, and the success rate would be much higher."

Mo Mo Nika did not speak. If they were to travel light, her Queen Mo could almost be said to be the greatest asset here; just by packing people in, she could fit at least five or six hundred. However, in this situation, she did not want to take the initiative to express an opinion, but instead listened quietly to everyone's discussion.

On Lin Lin Xian's side, the devouring progress of the Parrot nuclear-powered locomotive in the Mechanical Heart panel had already reached 36%, and the MK-66 roll-on/roll-off cantilever missile launcher had also been manufactured. While devouring, Lin Lin Xian was also manufacturing Guardian-86 anti-aircraft missiles, and at the same time, he had to discuss and think about the current predicament with everyone. It could be said he was multitasking, and he felt as if his brain were burning.

"Old Mo, you've had contact with Silent City; what do you think of this situation?"

Hearing the words of Shi Shi Diyuan and the others, Lin Lin Xian first turned his gaze toward Old Mo, who was in the group.

Old Mo, this cool old man, leaned against the missile launcher Lin Lin Xian had manufactured, his expression solemn as he said:

"The scale of Silent City is even larger than the Qingluan Air City that crashed before. Aside from Phoenix City and the synchronous orbit, this thing is the largest man-made floating craft that has lost contact, besides the South Tianmen and the Moon-Watching Planetary Ring. The Moon-Watching Consortium spent 14 years just building it. Xinghua, Finge, and General Aerospace all participated in it. The current head of the Moon-Watching Consortium, Wangyue Zhensi, is not only a person at the forefront of the global rich list, but also a genius in physical engineering. You all should have heard of this person."

"Oh, I know~" Kiki said with her arms crossed, looking quite disdainful: "That's the one whose IQ was assessed by the Alpha High IQ Association as about 270, described as a 'top genius far beyond the reality of the world,' right?"

"He completed dual degrees in physics and engineering at Kehua Institute of Technology at 15, and participated in the Galaxy AI No. 1 at the Galaxy Research Institute at 17..." Chen Chen Sixuan also said: "I remember in the news before, this person once led the wave of the Digital Life Act; he is a world-class influential figure."

Old Mo nodded: "Although the design of Silent City being amphibious in sea, land, and air is a bit strange, since it has floating engines, logically speaking, if we fleets could all run out that night, Silent City shouldn't have fallen so easily with its firepower scale."

"I don't understand. This Silent City possesses the same floating engines as Phoenix City, so why does it use giant crawler wheels for ground travel?" Shu Qin was very confused.

Old Mo said: "Currently, all aircraft are unable to fly into airspace above 10,000 meters. Even Phoenix City can only maintain a cruise altitude of about 9,000 meters, and any other aircraft that flies above 5,000 meters will encounter attacks from atmospheric creatures. Those monsters are at worst behemoths of A-level or higher."

"So that's how it is..."

Old Mo sighed: "According to news from Dawn City, besides the strange entities, it is said that there is a Sky Canopy Giant Screen above the 10,000-meter airspace that covers the entire planet. That is why all our satellite communications, space stations, the South Tianmen, and the Moon-Watching Planetary Ring have all lost contact. The Federation's initial plan for starships to carry the seeds of civilization and flee also failed... Therefore, Silent City choosing the ground is actually a safer plan. Logically, they could float and take off at any time..."

"Sky Canopy Giant Screen...?"

Old Mo nodded: "Perhaps the target being too large is actually the trouble."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lin Xian's expression darkened. Large-scale guided weapons were malfunctioning, over 70% of major cities were directly swallowed by the Star Abyss on Apocalypse Day, the population was mutating, communications were interrupted, and using nuclear weapons not only failed to destroy the Star Abyss but even caused it to expand rapidly...

Many people did not understand why humanity had fallen so rapidly, as powerful technological weapons could not exert their intended effects.

Hearing this news now, Lin Lin Xian, who was in the Star Abyss, recalled the giant eye that looked like a galaxy he had seen while looking up at the starry sky outside Hengshan Pass.

He also remembered two other people.

One was Wei Wei Kexue. When the City Casting Project was setting out, Wei Wei Kexue had told Lin Lin Xian that the original intention of the Phoenix Society in launching the Emperor Project was because the destructive effect of the nuclear fusion chain reaction had not achieved the expected results, so they vigorously developed super-large mechanical weapons and swarm weapons specifically to enter the Star Abyss.

The second was Professor Wang from the radio station when they were in Jiang City.

Lin Lin Xian recalled his shouting on the radio:

"Physics... is so ridiculous. You can't escape; no one can escape..."

Now Lin Lin Xian guessed that perhaps it was because the Star Abyss exploration team from Lucheng Dingzhou, after entering Star Abyss No. 3, had witnessed horrors that completely subverted the physical scope that humanity could understand, causing the faith and worldview of those scientists who had survived the Apocalypse Day and the Extreme Night to collapse, thereby falling into despair.

"So the current situation is that Baicheng is unreachable, and the track plan cannot proceed. If even a scale like Silent City has fallen, are we left only with the plan of fleeing by car and all-terrain train?" Chen Chen Sixuan said with a serious expression at this moment.

"Lin Lin Xian." Kiki crossed her arms, wearing an expression that said life and death were up to fate and it all depended on his opinion.

Everyone also looked at Lin Lin Xian one after another. At this very moment, except for Lu Lu Xingchen, who was silently standing to the side, everyone else had a solemn expression.

Lin Lin Xian fell into silence upon hearing this. It was almost impossible for him to abandon the Infinite; this was the survival fortress he had manufactured all the way to the present with his Mechanical Heart. If he lost this fortress, even if he escaped the Star Abyss, whether he could survive the next dark night would be a question mark. Moreover, without the protection of the fortress, 70% to 80% of the 180-plus people on the Infinite would likely die...

At this moment, Lin Lin Xian looked at his own Black Hawk armor to the side, and at the same time, the Guardian-86 anti-aircraft missile he was manufacturing in his hands gradually took shape. At this moment, he suddenly had a crazy idea. He was silent for a long time before raising his head and looking at everyone with a solemn expression: "If the tracks won't work, wouldn't it be more convenient if we let the train fly to Baicheng?"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this. Kiki looked at Lin Lin Xian: "Ah, how do we fly?"

Lin Lin Xian's gaze became increasingly spirited, a ruthless look appearing on his face, and then he turned his head to look at Old Mo.

"Old Mo, if I'm not mistaken, large aerospace craft are all equipped with superconducting magnetic anchor array devices for horizon hovering, right?"

"Yes!" Old Mo nodded: "This technology is used for hovering and standby in special terrain, but it's usually for emergencies, such as overload or a malfunction in the floating engines."

Kiki's eyes lit up upon hearing this. She seemed to understand Lin Lin Xian's idea in a second, and then she looked at Lin Lin Xian in surprise: "Hey, Lin Lin Xian, you don't mean you want to use the magnetic anchor array to... shoot... shoot the joint train out??"

Luo Yang also reacted instantly: "Ah??? Maglev? Our train doesn't have an EDS stabilization system. This kind of super-strong magnetic field will shred all our carriages!"

But Lin Lin Xian raised his eyebrows slightly, his voice becoming calm: "Manufacturing distributed electromagnetic wire coils outside the carriages is much simpler than building tracks in the dark forest of the Star Abyss, isn't it?"

"This..." Luo Yang was stumped.

Old Mo looked at Lin Lin Xian with an even stranger expression: "This... is this how you see this device being used?"

"My god, this is too exciting!" Kiki opened her mouth slightly.

Others looked at the discussion between the few, completely confused as they didn't have a deep understanding of mechanics, while Lu Lu Xingchen suddenly stood out with a heroic expression: "This is a brilliant strategy to break the heavens; I fully support it!"

"Do you even know what they're talking about, and you support it??" Lou Shasha rolled her eyes at him and pointed to the electromagnetic railgun on the roof of the train: "Brother Lin wants to launch the 15-kilometer-long joint train like an electromagnetic railgun!"

"Uh..." Who knew that after hearing this, Lu Lu Xingchen's eyes lit up even more: "An iron train flying into the firmament, wouldn't that be even more unbridled and wild!?"

He said heroically: "With the sun and moon in my hands, I pluck the stars; there is no one in the world like me! Brother Lin, this plan is heaven-reaching!"

Lou Shasha: "..."

Old Mo was stunned at this moment. As a senior engineer at Xinghua Heavy Industry, how could he not understand Lin Lin Xian's near-crazy proposal? He couldn't help but say in surprise and doubt: "It is indeed a crazy plan, but the problem is..."

"Old Mo, what exactly does this plan mean? Is it really an electromagnetic railgun?" Shu Qin asked.

Old Mo looked at the confusion of the others and explained: "The principle is very simple. Large aircraft, like Silent City, are equipped with a superconducting magnetic anchor array device. By launching it to a predetermined area and generating a strong magnetic field, it creates a floating repulsive force with the high-energy magnetic field at the bottom of the aircraft, allowing the aircraft to hover 5-20 meters in the air without engine lift. It's the same principle as a maglev train, effectively acting as electromagnetic landing gear. Moreover, this device can be precisely projected over long distances. Lin Lin Xian's meaning is that he wants to use this system from Silent City to launch it over here, lay a maglev aerial track for us, and then our train will really use the coil acceleration force to float and rush out just like an electromagnetic railgun!"

With Old Mo's explanation, not only did everyone immediately understand Lin Lin Xian's astonishing idea, but even Shi Shi Diyuan, Brother Qian Qian Dele, Mo Mo Nika, and others on the communication frequency at this moment had their expressions change drastically!

These fleets were also gathering the technical and engineering backbones of their teams at this time. After hearing Lin Lin Xian's intention, the communication frequencies of each fleet exploded.

"Launch the entire train line out??"

"Holy crap, isn't Lin Dui's imagination a bit too big..."

"Oh my god!"

"Sounds like it might work; flying out is safer?"

"Safer? Engineer Chen, you're only considering flying, have you considered landing? We're a train, not an airplane; we don't have lift components or flight engines!!"

"High-energy acceleration and leaping in electromagnetic coils, it's quite romantic, the light breaking through the darkness."

"Stop being so damn chuunibyou. At 20 Gs, you'd disintegrate on the spot, and you're talking about breaking through light..."

"Lin Dui says it will work, it will work!!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, get the computer to calculate the feasibility..."

The public channel was roaring, while the captain's frequency was surprisingly quiet.

Shi Shi Diyuan couldn't sit still at this moment, his eyes constantly focused on the engineer team arguing in a group. Brother Qian Qian Dele was much the same, but he himself wasn't annoyed at all. On the contrary, he had a smile on his face. Every time Lin Lin Xian proposed an idea, besides making him feel it was wildly imaginative, it gave him more of a sense of exhilaration at seeing a genius shine.

On the Queen Mo's side, a group of engineers, including the onboard AI, were constantly calculating Lin Lin Xian's plan. Mo Mo Nika stood quietly in Carriage No. 1, looking at the communicator on the table with a faint smile on her face.

These captains did not speak immediately, but were waiting for Lin Lin Xian to finish explaining his idea.

*Scrape, scrape, scrape. *

In Carriage No. 21, a Guardian-86 anti-aircraft missile was manufactured by Lin Lin Xian. This missile was 2.5m long, 0.18m in diameter, weighed 100kg, and had a 30kg warhead, belonging to the small missile type. It was manufactured very quickly. Lin Lin Xian had also thought of this crazy idea while manufacturing the missiles.

"Each array of this large aerospace craft's superconducting magnetic anchor array device can build a field of at least 200 meters. It's 85 kilometers from here to Baicheng, so a floating path can be completed by laying 425 arrays. And for the EDS stabilization of the joint train, we can use Grace's AI to scan the entire train to plan and design distributed maglev wire coils, then I will manufacture them, and all fleet engineers will cooperate in the installation. This plan has three difficulties in total; these are the first two, and both are theoretically achievable."

"The third key problem is that I must personally go to Silent City to find this device and realize the path launch."

Lin Lin Xian's tone was steady. Amidst the gazes of everyone, he listened to the chaotic arguments on the public frequency, his brain constantly repeating the feasibility of this thought.

But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that although it sounded crazy, it was indeed a plan with a very high success rate.

First of all, the superconducting magnetic anchor array device was originally a mature technology for current aircraft. As long as he could start that subsystem of Silent City and plan the launch path according to the terrain explored by Grace, the first problem would be solved.

And the second technical problem, which seemed the most difficult, became possible once Grace's AI was combined with Lin Lin Xian's mechanical manufacturing. Moreover, the entire joint train had a large number of engineers providing detailed solutions, so this problem could be solved in a short time.

Only the third problem possessed great risk.

But compared to these three thousand-plus people slowly laying tracks and struggling forward in the dark forest, the risk of Lin Lin Xian taking a team of elite personnel to Silent City would obviously be much smaller. Even if they encountered trouble, high-mobility personnel like Kiki, Brother Huo, and Brother Qian Qian Dele would have no problem getting away in a short time.

There was another point: if there were people in Baicheng, then in Lin Lin Xian's view, they were either people from Silent City or people from the Deep Red World.

Lin Lin Xian remembered Chu Yan once saying that the Merlion Colossus that appeared in the Akse No-Man's-Land was created by people from the Deep Red World at the Bai Lutan Star Observation Base. This showed that it wasn't just the Akse No-Man's-Land; the Star Abyss expansion that previously caused the abnormalities for Old Mo, Hu Hu Lushou, and Silent City in the Wei River was also very likely related to them. And now, Grace had discovered that strange giant statue in Baicheng and had also detected signs of human existence.

Therefore, Lin Lin Xian speculated that there must still be many secrets in the Baicheng and Silent City area. There might be danger here, and there might also be other opportunities. But regardless, as long as Lin Lin Xian could enter Silent City, starting that giant city would be impossible, but Lin Lin Xian was still very confident in using the Mechanical Heart to handle the superconducting magnetic anchor array device.

"Grace loses signal beyond 100 kilometers, so I've already had her return. This time, I will arrange for Grace to conduct targeted path scanning. After Grace returns, we can use this time to completely perfect this engineering plan, and then we can organize a team to head to Silent City!"

In the train line, as long as the current safety balance was not broken and with the protection of the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, they still had plenty of time to prepare.

And Lin Lin Xian would take advantage of this time to complete the devouring of the two nuclear-powered locomotives. He had a premonition that regardless of whether the plan went smoothly, the Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring was a skill he urgently needed!

"Lin Lin Xian's idea is very much to my taste~" After hearing Lin Lin Xian's words, Brother Qian Qian Dele said with great support: "There's a main plan, and we can explore unknown situations along the way to seek other opportunities. Although it sounds a bit risky, it's better than us all huddling in this ghost place and racking our brains. If you want to survive, you have to be bold; there is no 100% safe strategy."

On Longshan No. 1, Xiang Xiang Ningjing looked at Shi Shi Diyuan: "I'm in favor of it. If we don't enter the darkness to explore the situation, all the methods we think of might be wrong."

Shi Shi Diyuan nodded. He certainly understood this principle. If Lin Lin Xian hadn't sent Grace to Baicheng to explore, they wouldn't even know that time dilation and information redshift effects had appeared in the Star Abyss area, nor would they have discovered that giant mobile city paralyzed above the Baicheng valley. He thought for a moment, then said into the communicator:

"That giant statue is also a problem. We were all dragged in by that thing, and we still don't know what secrets it has. If we go, we must also consider this point."

Lin Lin Xian responded in the communicator: "The main thing is that the signal delay has too much of an impact, so if we go to Baicheng, I will have Grace investigate the sewage plant area; our goal is to head straight for Silent City."

"One more thing, if we are marked with the Dark Mark, how will we come back?" Mo Mo Nika also said at this moment.

Lin Lin Xian took a slight breath, his eyes cold as he said: "After the train suspension coils and carriage fixation are completed in advance, the rest is the problem of internal high-magnetic field human protection. As for the Dark Mark, we must consider the worst-case scenario, so if the plan succeeds, we must be prepared for a grand escape and rush out of the Star Abyss all the way!"

"A grand escape? Sounds exciting." Mo Mo Nika smiled slightly: "May I ask Lin Dui, can I participate in this adventure plan of yours?"

"I want to go too." Brother Qian Qian Dele followed up at this moment: "This kind of opportunity is too rare."

If he brought the whole team, Brother Qian Qian Dele might have had a lot of pressure, but he was free and easy by nature and didn't want to miss this opportunity to experience life and death in the Star Abyss. However, having said that, the essential reason was still that the Joker fleet needed him.

"Okay, then it's decided. The time is now 4:00 AM. On Grace's return journey, I've already had her generate a phase-one plan. I will synchronize it with everyone later. All engineer teams will participate. After formulating a perfect plan, I will carry out the manufacturing, then the exploration team will set out, and the rest will carry out internal and external modifications to the train. We will try our best to save time and proceed simultaneously!"

"Good!" Shi Shi Diyuan clapped his hands: "It's decided."

On the Infinite's side, as the major fleets passed Lin Lin Xian's crazy plan, the atmosphere in the carriage seemed a bit strange.

Kiki, Chen Chen Sixuan, Lou Shasha, and several girls wore smiles; Da Lou and Shu Qin looked serious and determined; Li Yi, Luo Yang, Liang Lei, Old Mo, and others who had newly joined were still a bit hesitant, but they had no objections and all took deep breaths to cheer themselves up, thinking seriously.

But Lu Lu Xingchen had a proud expression, eager to try.

"What is there to fear in the vast firmament? We should just use fire to burn this sky!!"

He was still making his chuunibyou remarks, enjoying himself, but for some reason, in this situation, everyone felt a sense of inspiration from his words.

Hearing Brother Huo's words, Lin Lin Xian smiled slightly. The transition of everyone from panic and despair to the loss of direction after becoming safe now was exactly what required this courage to dare to step into the darkness.

"Lin Lin Xian." Chen Chen Sixuan looked at him.

Lin Lin Xian saw Chen Chen Sixuan's intention and said: "You go this time, and Kiki, Brother Huo, everyone else will guard the train as usual."

Chen Chen Sixuan's eyes lit up, and she nodded seriously.

"Understood!" At the same time, everyone responded.

At this moment, the chaotic discussions of the various fleets gradually turned into a serious and earnest plan. Launching the joint train through the superconducting magnetic anchor array was not as simple as a maglev train; it was equivalent to building an electromagnetic tunneling channel in the air, so the entire structure of each train carriage would be subjected to a great test, and a large number of external devices needed to be removed. Therefore, this was an escape plan that required all fleet engineers to act together!

On the Infinite's side, Lin Lin Xian had already manufactured 6 units including the launcher and anti-aircraft missiles, and was preparing to actually manufacture a large Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile to serve as a high-power backup.

The Storm Eye F12 was 6.86m long, 0.36m in diameter, weighed 850kg, and had a 200kg warhead. It was the first time Lin Lin Xian had manufactured such a large explosive. A large amount of material was converted in the decomposition center and preparation center, and the missile's dual-pulse engine gradually took shape in the carriage space.

At the same time, the Parrot's engineering-grade nuclear-powered locomotive was also about to finish being devoured.

【Devouring progress 99%】

【Devouring successful, Mechanical Source Point +700, Mechanical Devouring skill proficiency +300!】

【Power Surge: Precondition for mechanical amplification upgrade, 140 megawatts completed!】

"Sure enough!" Looking at the light screen of the Mechanical Heart in front of him, Lin Lin Xian let out a heavy sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn't ask him to devour a 300-megawatt-level nuclear reactor all at once. In this way, as long as he finished devouring the Ocean, the precondition for the upgrade of the Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring would be completed!

"Continue!" Lin Lin Xian checked the time. Grace's node reporting time was gradually shortening, indicating that Grace was rapidly approaching the train camp.

【Correcting route, completing environmental scan.】

Grace, who had been scanning for the magnetic anchor array plan all the way, sent information at this moment: 【Through my preliminary observation, the main external structure of Silent City has not suffered huge damage. The reason for the air city's extinguishing remains to be verified, but after judgment, your plan of modifying the train and using the superconducting magnetic anchor array to escape has a feasibility calculation as high as 23.1%, exceeding the track-laying plan.】

"The greatest risk comes from the darkness. Taking thousands of people to move slowly in the darkness is the biggest constraint; technical problems are actually the simplest." Lin Lin Xian said.

【I admire the way you think about problems; please allow me to express my praise for you.】

Lin Lin Xian frowned, feeling a bit strange: "Are you... complimenting me?"

【Yes, your mental stress is an important variable affecting decision-making. Through observing your interactions with multiple women in the team, I believe that expressing praise and recognition for you from the perspective of human women will increase your sex hormones and excitement levels, which will help you think and make decisions.】

Lin Lin Xian:...

At 6:00 AM, the Ocean's nuclear-powered locomotive had been devoured to half its progress, and at the same time, a white Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile was gradually taking shape in Carriage No. 21.

This was definitely the highest-intensity operation Lin Lin Xian had performed since possessing mechanical superpowers. It should be known that when he was in Qingshui Town, he had devoured the nuclear engine of that Dragon-class transport ship and directly exhausted himself.

But now that the Mechanical Heart and Mechanical Devouring had both been upgraded to level 5, this pressure was much smaller. Of course, there were two other factors.

One was that the nuclear engines of the Ocean and the Parrot could not compare to the scale of the Dragon-class transport ship.

The second was the Infinite's Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, which was still continuously converting mechanical source points to provide to Lin Lin Xian, allowing him to recover his energy.

At this moment, Lin Lin Xian felt like a nuclear-powered ox. He spent the whole night manufacturing ammunition and missiles, and also devoured two doomsday trains. The material conversion of the decomposition center and preparation factory never stopped, and even the fully automatic bullet stamping machine in Carriage No. 13 was working at full capacity.

At this time, after inspection and monitoring by Longshan No. 1's A-Bai, Director Ding, and Chen Chen Sixuan, Grace, carrying 4 PX05 robots, returned to the camp. The group of people including Da Lou and Liang Lei, who were responsible for guarding, also let out a sigh of relief. As long as the camp line was safe, their plan would not be disrupted.

As soon as Grace returned, she was immediately arranged by Lin Lin Xian to conduct a full-line train scan, and at the same time, combined with the parameters of the Federation aircraft's superconducting magnetic anchor array, she began to automatically generate a train external structure modification plan.

【Train air resistance solution: Plasma fairing, the train head releases low-temperature plasma, ionizing the air in front to form a low-resistance channel】

【Propulsion and stabilization system: Distributed electromagnetic wire coils, providing propulsion and maintaining suspension balance, resonating synchronously with the channel magnetic field】

【Member protection system: Reverse Helmholtz coil, generating a canceling weak magnetic field to prevent strong magnetic fields from causing neurological disorders】

【Emergency safety device...】

Grace, possessing powerful computing power, quickly generated a large number of applicable plans at this moment, which were synchronized and transmitted to the engineer groups of each train fleet. After multiple rounds of repeated verification, the blueprints for the various devices that needed to be manufactured were generated by Grace.

These devices sounded complicated, but the manufacturing difficulty was not high; it was more like putting a protective shell on the train to stabilize it in a strong electromagnetic field.

At the same time, Lin Lin Xian also had to consider speed control, as well as the buffer for connecting to the tracks after arriving at Baicheng. And all of this, besides needing to be well-designed, also required Lin Lin Xian to manufacture it in advance after arriving at Baicheng.

The joint train position, shrouded in the twisted, thick dark night, was like a circular fortress covered by a thin film of glimmer, appearing extremely abrupt in the dark forest by the bottomless lake.

In the distance, the silhouettes of mountain ranges, like writhing black shadows of mountains, dissolved and reorganized in the fog. It seemed possible to see some kind of giant biological entity moving and sweeping through the black fog. The survivors in the train line did not dare to look directly at the dark forest outside for too long. It was not just fear, but as long as they looked, their retinas would burn with pain, as if countless rusty steel needles were piercing into the cerebral cortex along the optic nerve. It was a kind of intense, suffocating environmental pressure.

If there were no protection from the glimmer film of the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, the infection and environmental pressure of this dark encroachment would likely have caused constant mutations and deaths within the joint train team.

Lin Lin Xian began to manufacture distributed electromagnetic wire coils at this moment. All the people in the train engineering team were busy. A large amount of equipment was lifted out of the Infinite, and the installation of each carriage was also proceeding simultaneously. Circular wire coil support structures, like the exoskeleton of an insect, were installed on the outside of the steel carriages, and the light of welding constantly flickered.

Lin Lin Xian observed the changes in the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube while manufacturing. Mechanical source points were still being converted, but the amount had decreased.

【Non-mechanical energy converted, obtained 1,000 Mechanical Source Points.】

"Silent City is said to have 90,000 people; it should be impossible for them to have survived for so long in here..." Lin Lin Xian pondered to himself. With a heaven-defying artifact like the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, the joint train line still didn't know how many days it could hold out. He really couldn't imagine how 90,000 people could survive. The greatest possibility was that after Silent City extinguished, the vast majority of people had already fled.

It was just that when he was in Akse, Lin Lin Xian had not received global broadcast information, and could not know the situation of Silent City, so he could only guess.

However, Lin Lin Xian was quite interested in that top genius in physics and engineering. Before the Apocalypse Day, he could only follow such figures on TV news. Moon-Watching Technology, under the Moon-Watching Consortium, occupied nearly 1/3 of the world's prosthetics, artificial mechanical limbs, and robot production, and was also one of the main suppliers of exoskeleton armor for the Starry Army. The earliest Wolf Youlang-class/Iron Hunter-class were named by Moon-Watching Technology, and the concept of the world's first star-level combat armor was led and developed by Wangyue Zhensi. This person could be said to be a true mechanical genius.

Moon-Watching Technology was different from Xinghua Heavy Industry. Moon-Watching Technology belonged to the cutting-edge giants of private technology companies, while Xinghua Heavy Industry was a super behemoth that merged dozens of technology manufacturing enterprises around the world, led by the original Kehua of the Dragon Country.

Therefore, the Moon-Watching Consortium was the only family that possessed an air city not under Federation jurisdiction.

When Lin Lin Xian first learned of the existence of Silent City, he was extremely shocked, because this city was different from Phoenix City, starships, etc.; it seemed to have completely built a giant, independent, mobile mechanical city.

Such a mobile city should have become the most precious wealth of the Moon-Watching Consortium after the doomsday. It was just that what Lin Lin Xian didn't expect was that such a behemoth would just extinguish in the Star Abyss.

It was extremely sigh-inducing.

【Devouring progress 98%】

At this time, the time reached 9:00 AM. The Ocean's nuclear-powered locomotive was about to be finished being devoured by Lin Lin Xian, and his mechanical amplification skill could also immediately enter the upgrade countdown.

【Devouring successful, Mechanical Source Point +800, Mechanical Devouring skill proficiency +400!】

【Power Surge: Precondition for mechanical amplification upgrade completed, whether to enter mechanical amplification.】

Power Surge (Normal) (Level 3, maxed out): Can be amplified to: 【Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring】

Amplification materials: Supercarbon acetylene alloy *10, Tungsten-titanium alloy Type I *50

The light screen flickered. Lin Lin Xian only felt a shock in his heart and immediately confirmed:

"Amplify!"

【Mechanical amplification started: Power Surge 23:59:59】

Seeing this scene, Lin Lin Xian finally let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, he opened his Mechanical Heart panel. In this Star Abyss, in just one night, his Mechanical Heart had gained a huge improvement!

【Current Mechanical Heart level lv. 5 (8640/20000)】

Mechanical Devouring: 5 (965/3000) Increase devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 5 (1560/3000) Increase construction efficiency

【T8-Z Vulcan Assault Type (Blueprint) R&D time: 25 days 22 hours 36 minutes】

"Phew~"

Lin Lin Xian stood up and stretched. After a full-load operation all night, if it weren't for the energy brought by the black energy converted by the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, he wouldn't have been able to support it at all.

"If only there were a device to convert blood essence into cold dark reagents." Lin Lin Xian thought about the many blood essences on the train that hadn't been put to use yet. If there were cold dark reagents, the combat effectiveness of several superpower users would be greatly improved.

Looking at the missile launcher in front of him, the 6 Guardian-86 anti-aircraft missiles and 1 Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile, Lin Lin Xian's expression was shocked. The Infinite had added another major weapon!

"If I had this thing when I fought that strange python..." Lin Lin Xian's expression was cold: "It would definitely be very powerful!"

Everything was ready. All the distributed electromagnetic wire coils were manufactured and piled in the middle of the circular camp. Together with various stabilization devices and plasma fairings, the rest was left to the engineers of each fleet to install.

On the Infinite's side, the engineering team led by Luo Yang, Old Mo, and Liang Lei, along with the PX-05 robots, were also preparing.

This time, the Infinite would serve as the lead train. The plasma fairing was installed in front of the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive. Fortunately, when Lin Lin Xian designed all the weapon stations before, he had considered the issues of lifting and sealing, so no other dismantling work was needed.

Lin Lin Xian seized the time to drink a large bottle of water and eat some food. After completing the charging work for the Black Hawk armor and all the Thunder Falcon drones, he prepared to assemble the team and set out.

At this time, Kiki called him to stop.

"Lin Lin Xian, should we consider bringing the Hell Black Chrysanthemum or that Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes?" Kiki pondered: "Regarding the reminder from that 'Grace' before, I think if it's something from the Star Abyss, it might play some role."

"It has already played a role."

Lin Lin Xian said directly: "The Hell Black Chrysanthemum would instead attract strange entities, and as for that Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes, I just went to check it, and no new flower buds have opened, indicating that the characteristic is very precious. Moreover, it is also a disaster plant, so it will definitely attract strange entities."

Lin Lin Xian knew what Kiki meant, but if something could really play a role, it must be the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube. The Infinite Ring of Lu Lu Xingchen currently showed only the energy density of anti-gravity and accelerated flame plasma. Coupled with the terrifying natural disaster caused by encountering the Merlion Colossus, this was enough to show that the difference in characteristics between Forbidden Items was very large. Perhaps as Chu Yan said, Forbidden Items were not treasures; they were just some kind of power existence in the dark world, and Forbidden Items were nodes connecting the two worlds, and the characteristics reflected were vastly different. Some could be used by humans, but some might simply be disasters.

Heading to Baicheng, Lin Lin Xian could not take the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube away. This team could only rely on its own strength to resist the dark encroachment, so they were all the elites of the team.

Just as Lin Lin Xian finished speaking, his eyelids twitched inexplicably, and he suddenly remembered something else.

So he went all the way to the Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered carriage and took a metal box out of a lead-sealed box. It was the silver-black bullet head that Hu Hu Lushou had given him. The reason he had this thought was because he remembered Hu Hu Lushou telling him at the time that it was obtained by exchanging supplies with other fleets after being dragged into the Star Abyss.

But Lin Lin Xian obviously didn't quite believe this statement, so he had a vague premonition that this thing might be related to the strange things happening in the Star Abyss. Coupled with the fact that Hu Hu Lushou had carried this thing all the way without any abnormalities, Lin Lin Xian thought for a moment and brought it along.

For a 12.7 bullet head, as long as Lin Lin Xian used mechanical manufacturing, he could immediately load it into a bullet.

"What if it has a miraculous effect when used to hit strange entities?"

That was what Lin Lin Xian thought.

On the open ground of the line outside the Infinite, the Silent City exploration team had already assembled.

On Longshan No. 1's side, it was still Xiang Xiang Ningjing paired with Bai Xiaoqing and A-Bai, all three wearing full-coverage power armor. Bai Xiaoqing held a gun-blade, and hook guns were equipped on the wrists of the power armor. A-Bai wore power armor only for protection and to follow the action.

On the Joker fleet and Queen Mo's side, there were only Brother Qian Qian Dele and Mo Mo Nika. Their fleet size was not large. On the Joker fleet's side, Brother Qian Qian Dele also had Xiao Meng, while Mo Mo Nika had even fewer people, so no mobilization was needed.

On Lin Lin Xian's side, Chen Chen Sixuan, who was also wearing Black Hawk power armor like Lin Lin Xian, followed along, and then there were Kiki and Brother Huo. With Grace leading the way, everyone else was responsible for guarding the train.

Except for Lin Lin Xian, Chen Chen Sixuan, and Mo Mo Nika, who were wearing Wolf Youlang-class power armor, everyone else wore Lone Wolf S tactical power armor for safety. In addition, all kinds of equipment were fully prepared.

At this time, Shi Shi Diyuan, with a large number of combat personnel and members of the Infinite, had already armed themselves and stood guard. This situation was obviously different from when Grace set out before. These people were humans who would be marked with the Dark Mark, which was very likely to directly break the dangerous balance of the train position.

Therefore, Lin Lin Xian's arrangement was to have Kiki take everyone at once and fly out of the camp quickly!

"Brother Lin, stay safe. I'll wait for your news."

Shi Shi Diyuan's face was as calm as water. His superpower was not suitable for rapid maneuvering, and the entire train group needed him to sit in command, so Lin Lin Xian would not call him for such a mission. Moreover, with Shi Shi Diyuan here, Lin Lin Xian would also feel more at ease.

"Okay, let's synchronize our watches."

Lin Lin Xian adjusted the communication frequency of the team inside the power armor: "Remember, don't go more than 1 kilometer away from us. Time dilation differences will appear within a short distance, so vision will be severely blocked. We can only rely mainly on the radar and situational system of the power armor to judge."

"It's 9:15 now." Chen Chen Sixuan said.

"Received."

Brother Huo clenched his fists, and even he couldn't help but breathe faster.

Mo Mo Nika and Brother Qian Qian Dele both nodded in response, and everyone stood ready!

Lin Lin Xian took a deep breath and looked at Kiki: "Are you ready?"

Kiki nodded, and then her eyes flashed with light. She raised one hand, and all 9 people plus 【Grace】 floated up together. Then she looked at the dark forest in front, her eyes cold as she said:

"Everyone, let's go!"

*Whoosh! *

In an instant, the team, wrapped in an invisible psychic barrier, erupted with a gust of wind and rushed directly into the high sky, sweeping rapidly toward Baicheng above the dark forest.

For a time, strange tremors sounded on the ground, and strange whispers frequently sounded in the dark forest all around. Inside the joint train position, everyone felt that even the light coming through the train windows dimmed a bit, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly arrived!

"Everyone be quiet, don't make any sound!"

Shi Shi Diyuan whispered in the communicator.

The hearts of more than three thousand people seemed to be lifted at this moment!

(End of chapter)