Chapter 355: High-Altitude Interception! (120k, 2-in-1 bonus!)

In the underground refuge hall of the Baicheng Rail Station, the air seemed to have completely solidified.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The lighting system manufactured by Lin Xian emitted strange flickers, and a scarlet color began to fill the entire space.

Lin Xian, Chen Sixuan, Kiki, Fire Brother, and Shizhi stood in a row, all with tense expressions, as if facing a great enemy!

Countless scarlet tentacles grew slowly in all directions. At the center was a glowing egg sac filled with bloody patterns, which seemed to be filled with some kind of liquid and was constantly expanding. Finally, this scarlet object began to expand to the entire wall before it stopped its expansion. However, those smooth red tentacles kept swaying, looking strange and terrifying!

"Lin Xian, should we strike!?" Kiki asked in a low voice.

Lu Xingchen watched, fire surging in his hands, also ready to act at any time.

Lin Xian set his stance. It was the time of the rising tide. If they were marked, hiding in this enclosed basement would be no different from cutting off their own retreat, and they would certainly be surrounded by endless anomalies. Therefore, he prepared to use the Gravity Lens immediately, sparing no cost to kill this strange object.

But strangely, after the scarlet object grew out, there was no further movement. The soul-oscillation value detector did not detect any dark marks. Aside from the terrifying scarlet scene, there seemed to be no abnormalities.

No attacks, no sounds.

Everyone only saw those countless tentacles swimming slowly.

Shizhi, standing beside Lin Xian, had a nervous expression. She whispered into the communicator: "There is a very strong dark aura, and... there is one outside too."

The "outside" she referred to was the passenger station hall and the rail station at this moment.

Thud, thud, thud, clang, clang, clang~

Even through the thick floor slabs, Lin Xian could hear the sounds of a large number of creatures crawling and wandering in the parking lot above and even in the rail station, continuously transmitted through the concrete building, making one's scalp tingle.

Even the signal was severely affected by the rising tide. At this time, Chen Sixuan suddenly spoke:

"Lin Xian, something is coming down!"

Lin Xian, upon hearing this, looked at the scarlet object and frowned: "We clearly don't have dark marks. Could it be that this thing is attracting them?"

"Kiki, Fire Brother..."

"Lin!"

Just as Lin Xian was about to call the others to strike and exterminate the scarlet object, Mochizuki Zhenji's voice suddenly came through the earpiece. The signal delay meant he finally received the footage transmitted back by Shizhi, and he said to Lin Xian:

"That is a Disaster Plant. Quickly pluck it out and remove the roots, otherwise many anomalies will detect it. The temptation of that thing is on par with prey marking!"

Lin Xian and the others changed expressions upon hearing this. A Disaster Plant?

Where did this look like a plant?

Shizhi, hearing Zhenji's words, also reacted and said in surprise: "Right! We encountered one on the third night of entering the Star Abyss, but it was not quite the same as this one. It was growing in the bunker's tunnel. Lan pulled it out and collected it. Its characteristics are not yet clear, but it is indeed a Disaster Plant."

She said, pointing to the huge scarlet egg sac: "Pull it down first, otherwise it will attract many anomalies."

"Kiki!" Hearing Shizhi's words, Lin Xian did not hesitate and directly let Kiki take action.

Kiki nodded, gritted her teeth, and immediately stepped forward to use her psionic power to grab the scarlet object attached to the wall, which was covered with countless tentacles, and then pulled hard.

Sizzle!

In an instant, everyone heard the sound of wall plaster and biological tissue being torn apart crazily. Under Kiki's psionic power, the scarlet object seemed to be frightened, and countless tentacles began to twist rapidly. But the next moment, its entire body was torn off the wall by Kiki using powerful psionic power. Countless red blood plasma splashed, and the wall plaster fell off. In the flickering light and shadow, the dense tentacle shadows twisted and swayed crazily throughout the refuge hall, the scene was extremely terrifying!

Kiki gave a low shout, and her right hand pulled back. The scarlet object, like a giant sea anemone, was finally pulled down. Instantly, half of the hall's floor and walls were stained with the "blood plasma." At this time, the flickering lights also stopped immediately, and the countless tentacles on the scarlet object also stopped swaying after detaching.

Lin Xian and the others couldn't help but retreat upon seeing this scene. At this time, the restless sounds on the floor above gradually disappeared, and the crawling sounds deep underground also stopped abruptly.

Chen Sixuan looked around, holding her breath. At this time, she only saw the tentacles on the detached scarlet object fading, shrinking, and dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a pool of brownish-red thick water on the ground. The huge glowing egg sac was twisting, and the light inside gradually shrank and disappeared. Finally, the thin membrane egg sac broke from the middle, leaving only thick water on the ground. In the very center, a scarlet blood vine emerged, with a few leaves visible on it, looking like a seedling.

"It really is a Disaster Plant!"

Chen Sixuan had a look of horror. This was the first time they had seen the appearance of a Disaster Plant growing. But this didn't look like a plant at all; it was clearly a mutation caused by a strange creature parasitizing some kind of plant.

Seeing this, Lin Xian's expression tightened slightly. He raised his hand to manufacture a plant culture pod of the kind that had previously held the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. Out of caution, he let Kiki use her psionic power to grab the blood vine.

Kiki hooked her finger, and the blood vine, about the thickness of a small finger and only a dozen centimeters long, flew over twistedly, and was then put into the sealed plant culture pod by Lin Xian. At this time, after a close look, the group discovered that the appearance of this blood vine was very similar to the smooth skin of the scarlet tentacles just now. If it weren't for those leaves, it wouldn't look like a plant at all.

At this time, the refuge hall was completely quiet. The power armor detected that the air environment they were in was polluted, but fortunately, everyone was wearing full-coverage combat armor, so their adaptability to harsh environments was much higher.

The group retreated to a clean corner and then waited quietly for the tide to recede. Lin Xian arranged for Grace to patrol and guard the perimeter of the refuge hall to detect subtle movements. After discovering that the refuge hall was not attacked, everyone's hanging hearts finally settled down.

"You are very lucky."

At this time, Mochizuki Zhenji's voice came. He stood in the main control room, looking at the blood vine footage transmitted back, and said:

"Disaster Plants, Forbidden Items, and human ability users all have some similar characteristics. They are all mutations that occurred when existences on Blue Star were influenced by dark power. It's just that the number of plant mutations is too small, while creatures other than humans have almost gone extinct. In my opinion, humans have never seen the true existences in the darkness."

Lin Xian responded upon hearing this: "Are you saying those S-level anomalies are also...?"

Mochizuki Zhenji, hearing Lin Xian's words, smiled slightly and said a thought-provoking sentence.

"As intelligent beings, we cannot describe something that does not exist at all. Everything you can describe, in essence, has a blueprint in human cognition, doesn't it?"

Lin Xian thought subconsciously, and his expression froze instantly. Mochizuki Zhenji's words undoubtedly pointed to a question that had always existed in his heart for a long time.

From the initial white giant monster, the scarlet centipede, the three-headed spider, to the atmospheric mica and cloud black thorn encountered later—they all seemed to be terrifying creations mutated from creatures in the human natural world. It was also after seeing the Mother Nest that Lin Xian began to have a brand-new understanding of anomalies, but at the same time, it also showed that Mochizuki Zhenji's statement was correct.

Lin Xian looked at the blood vine in the plant pod, guessing that if he brought it back to Director Ding, she would definitely know what family or genus of plant this thing originally belonged to.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Xian felt that human understanding of dark creatures might have been wrong from the beginning, or that current cognition was still at zero.

"Oh, right." Mochizuki Zhenji turned around and said to Lin Xian with a calm expression: "I have always believed that abilities, Forbidden Items, and Disaster Plants—these forms of energy infected by dark power—are 【deconstructing】 our world. This power that can deconstruct the world has both destroyed the world and allowed us to obtain some 'benefits.' But in essence, we don't need these 'benefits.' Hehe, of course, except for those fanatics who want to build a new civilization..."

"So whether it is Disaster Plants or ability users, the more concentrated they are, the stronger this 【deconstruction】 force will be. Perhaps I'm making it too complicated. The general meaning is that dark power does not belong to us, so this is a double-edged sword. My personal philosophy has some slight differences from the Phoenix Society in that the Phoenix Society is betting on both dark power and human technology to ensure human civilization, while I only study dark power and do not advocate the enhanced development of ability users. Humans are, after all, just humans."

"Very profound insight." Lin Xian did not express a view.

At this time, a message from the Infinity finally reached Lin Xian after a period of delay.

"According to... description, it should be a type of... thorn vine genus. If it matures, I can... know its characteristics."

"Lin Xian, Silver Dragon... Ten Thousand Mistakes... grew a second inflorescence."

On the other end of the message was Ding Junyi. At this moment, at the United Train defense line on the edge of the Bottomless Lake Dark Forest, Ding Junyi was in Carriage No. 3 of the Infinity, her eyes slowly driving a peculiar ability light to make contact with the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes in front of her. Now her control over her ability was becoming deeper and deeper, and her research on Disaster Plants was beginning to show results.

"It seems that the growth rate of Disaster Plants in the Star Abyss will accelerate, but this situation seems not to be defined by 'growth.' It should be said to be a kind of..."

She wanted to say a lot, but the message had a large-scale delay, and even Lin Xian's words transmitted back were intermittent, and many could not be heard clearly.

"Explain when I return."

In the underground refuge, Lin Xian only captured one thing from Ding Junyi's message, which was that the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes had bloomed a second inflorescence. This was undoubtedly an absolutely positive piece of news, meaning the United Train group had another chance for a "clearance."

However, although the power of this Disaster Plant was extremely valuable, Lin Xian also hoped not to use it. Growing slowly after leaving the Star Abyss meant that keeping it would mean having an extra trump card for survival.

After thinking for a while, Lin Xian withdrew his thoughts and handed the blood vine to Chen Sixuan.

"Chen Laoshi, it will be the same later. We will go out 5 minutes after the tide recedes, and you will occupy the high ground on the clock tower."

"Good."

"Kiki, Fire Brother, you guard the east and west respectively. I will build the connection equipment at the rail station. For the next rising tide, we will return here 5 minutes in advance."

"Shizhi, you stay by my side."

Shizhi nodded. Kiki said at this time: "Doesn't this thing attract anomalies? Is it really convenient for us to carry it?"

"Should we throw it away?" Lin Xian smiled and said: "Nothing is happening to us now, which shows that the influence range of this thing is limited after being plucked. Have you forgotten when we were in Rain Town, that imposter only discovered the existence of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum after boarding the Infinity? That's why I let Chen Laoshi hold it."

Chen Sixuan wore Black Hawk combat armor and had extremely strong scouting capabilities. Placing it with her was the best candidate Lin Xian could think of. If a monster approached, she would be the first to react.

"Rest assured, leave it to me." Chen Sixuan took the small plant culture pod, looked at it in front of her eyes, and said: "This thing looks stranger than our previous two Disaster Plants. I don't know what effect it will have."

"As long as it doesn't have side effects, it's fine," Lin Xian said frankly.

He naturally took Mochizuki Zhenji's words to heart. Now for the Infinity, there were three Disaster Plants, three Forbidden Items, and as many as 11 ability users, not to mention evolved-level experts like Chen Sixuan, Shu Qin, Lv Chang, Miao Lu, and Sasha. Coupled with Lin Xian's high-energy weapons and unlimited ammunition supply, the combat power and survival ability of the Infinity were extremely strong. And the implication of Mochizuki Zhenji's words was the negative effects produced by these dark powers gathering together.

However, Mochizuki Zhenji did not know that Lin Xian's Disaster Plants and Forbidden Items were shelter artifacts like the Hell Black Chrysanthemum and the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube, which could be considered to have offset most of the harm brought to the entire group by the dark invasion.

Lin Xian looked at the footage from the several monitors he left at the rail station, waiting for the tide to recede with a solemn expression.

At the passenger hall entrance, the rail station perimeter, and the side of the plaza, the monitors were full of snow ripples caused by the distortion of dark power. In the blurry black-green footage, various strange creatures could be seen wandering from time to time. In the distant streets, a large number of anomalies were rushing toward the outside of the city, and the entire Baicheng was boiling in the darkness.

13:35

The dark tide receded. At this time, the "boiling" scene seemed to disappear abruptly in an instant. According to Mochizuki Zhenji's deduction, these anomalies stitched together from the Mother Nest were constantly stretched to the dark ends of the Star Abyss by space as the tide rose and fell.

Perhaps it was the edge of the Star Abyss, perhaps the Polar Night disaster area, or perhaps the shadowy corners of other areas not covered by the polar night—strange whispers, waiting for an opportunity to move, hunting down fleeing human survivors.

Lin Xian and the others all felt as if a heavy pressure had been lifted from their bodies. Watching the time, they opened the blast door of the underground refuge again and returned to the deathly silent Baicheng Rail Station.

"Split up and act!"

Lin Xian seized the time and immediately arrived at the previously marked location. This was a rail section of the Baicheng Rail Station leading out of the city along the East Line toward Wangshan Pass. The terrain was open. If the United Train flew over from high above, this would be the best connection section.

But calling it the best was also a helpless move. The tracks here had already undergone large-scale decay. Lin Xian had to perform partial demolition and new construction; otherwise, even with the electromagnetic buffer array, the tracks would certainly crack when a high-speed train of tens of thousands of tons rushed down.

At this time, the two electromagnetic buffer array mechanical arms hoisted by drones began to perform fixed-point loading. Lin Xian directly opened his manufacturing with both hands, countless materials flew out, and two new mechanical arms began to take shape.

To ensure the calculations were correct, Lin Xian let Grace assist him in precise positioning and debugging, while Kiki, Fire Brother, and Chen Sixuan were responsible for helping Lin Xian guard the surroundings.

The girl named Shizhi helped Lin Xian perform partial dark invasion purification from time to time, and incidentally recovered some energy.

Although Lin Xian knew that Shizhi was transmitting the footage of him manufacturing machinery back to Mochizuki Zhenji, he didn't care, because the girl's ability indeed provided him with great help. Previously, he had manufactured overnight on the Infinity because of the protection of the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube and the purification of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. But now, alone in the Star Abyss space, Kiki and Fire Brother could concentrate on maintaining rationality, while he had to use both hands to fully activate the Heart of Machinery. Without Shizhi's help, the pressure on him would be huge.

Hum!

Every once in a while, Shizhi would use a green light screen on him, instantly making Lin Xian feel a burst of refreshing warmth throughout his body, and even his concentration was much more focused.

Lin Xian looked at the squad's vital sign signals on the holographic panel and found that every time Shizhi used it, her heart rate would increase significantly, which forced her to stop for a while before she could continue to activate her ability. It could be seen that such an ability was also quite a drain on her.

"Thank you," Lin Xian said to her.

"Ah..." Shizhi didn't expect Lin Xian to speak to her suddenly, was surprised for a moment, and then responded politely: "You're welcome, we are teammates, this is what I should do."

In the main control room of the underground bunker, Mochizuki Zhenji watched the footage of Lin Xian manufacturing machinery without blinking, his nano-mechanical pupils constantly shrinking and expanding, and muttered to himself:

"This is truly the most interesting creativity I have seen since the Apocalypse Day."

"It seems that annoying merchant was right, this world indeed has one more thing that interests me..."

On Lin Xian's side, with the information and technical support from Mochizuki Zhenji, aside from the situation encountered when first entering the rail station, the construction of the connection device was exceptionally smooth. Qian Suxun and Xiang Ningjing had encountered some trouble with anomalies, but they were all resolved in a short time. Precisely because of such precise control, it explained why this core squad of Silent City could lurk here for two months.

The only problem was that the power of dark invasion could not be solved. Even if this core squad concentrated the wisdom of Mochizuki Zhenji, they could not survive for too long, which was why he prepared to complete the evacuation within two weeks.

However, Lin Xian's appearance both disrupted his plan and might solve Mochizuki Zhenji's biggest trouble. The thousands of people on the United Train could not wait for two weeks, so the plan to escape the Star Abyss had to be advanced!

19:05

At this time, the inner tide was activated again, and Lin Xian, along with the others, hid in the underground refuge.

"The connection device has been manufactured. From now on, we will wait here for the appearance of the Deep Red World's transport ship."

A flash of green light passed, and Kiki and the others breathed a sigh of relief. She gasped for breath and said to Shizhi:

"This environment is really too oppressive. It's hard to imagine how you could stay here for so long."

Fire Brother also nodded: "I also detest days without sunlight."

Shizhi said at this time: "We have stored a lot of supplies, and most of the time we are in the bunker. Aside from the protection of the Blood Magnolia, we drink vegetable juice every day, so..."

Lin Xian looked at her and said: "The hundreds of people in the bunker should all be operation and maintenance and armed personnel of Silent City, right."

"Only a small part," Shizhi explained: "Our main force has already escaped through City No. 2 and is currently docked in the Lushan Forest."

"Waiting in place?" Chen Sixuan asked: "The supplies needed for 100,000 people are not a small amount."

"With so many people, if you core figures are not there, can you keep it stable?" Kiki also asked at this time.

"This..." Facing this question, the girl clearly had no way to answer.

Lin Xian did not continue to chat deeply. Currently, after installing the connection device, he had already let Grace send the path information back to the United Train position. Afterward, as long as Mochizuki Zhenji operated Silent City to remotely launch the superconducting suspension magnetic anchor array device, the train could rush into the suspension magnetic field path along the acceleration track. There might be some risks in this, such as carriage tearing or some people with mechanical prosthetics being pulled and injured by the strong magnetism.

Although Lin Xian had already let Grace perform precise calculations for these situations, for a train carriage that was 15 kilometers long and all spontaneously modified by survivors, it was already a device with hidden dangers in performance and quality in hundreds of carriages, so it was impossible to be completely risk-free. But as long as the train could be brought from that dark forest to the Baicheng tracks, the plan would be half successful.

19:20.

Buzz!

Just when the tide was only halfway through, the communicators of everyone on Lin Xian's side suddenly emitted a burst of explosions. The sound came from the Xiang Ningjing squad located at Baicheng Hospital. On the holographic light screen, the information of Team No. 2 instantly went offline from the system.

Lin Xian's expression changed, and he immediately tried to contact Xiang Ningjing's side.

"Sister Ning, Qian Dele, Mo Nika!"

No response.

At the same time, Qian Suxun's voice sounded in the communicator: "They encountered a Red Human-Anomaly. We will go over to support immediately after the tide recedes. Lin, you stay put. The Deep Red World might be waiting for an opportunity!"

Lin Xian took a cold breath upon hearing this, and the others also had their hearts raised at this moment.

"5 minutes left!" Lin Xian said.

Chen Sixuan frowned: "Is the Red Human-Anomaly that powerful? With Xiang Ningjing and the others' strength, it's impossible for them not to even have room to resist, right?"

Kiki shook her head: "No, this situation is more like some kind of electromagnetic shielding effect!"

Qian Suxun said at this time: "Yes, this situation is not the first time. The Red Human-Anomaly is dispatched, which means the Deep Red World's transport ship is also about to be dispatched."

This situation was not unfamiliar to the people of Silent City. Judging from Qian Suxun's reaction, they were clearly also prepared. Therefore, Lin Xian also calmed down and said to Kiki and Fire Brother:

"The speed of the transport ship is not slow either. If they monitor the path over there, we must intercept it in the sky as soon as possible, Kiki."

Kiki nodded: "I know."

"Lin, be careful. The people of the Deep Red World grasp the situation inside the city from outside the Star Abyss 12 times faster than we do. In the previous few interceptions, they have already been maneuvering with us. So, be sure to be careful. Those clones are not stupid." Mochizuki Zhenji's voice also came at this time.

Lin Xian looked at the time on the screen. After the tide receded, they had one hour, and for the Deep Red World, they also had one hour. Using aircraft to run outside the Star Abyss regardless of cost was completely feasible to escape.

And the Deep Red World had practiced such a death contingency plan countless times, and its efficiency was appalling. Because of the time difference between inside and outside, if Lin Xian did not succeed today, it meant he might have to wait for 6 days or longer. An artificial intelligence like Mochizuki Zhenji didn't need to worry, but for Lin Xian and the United Train group, it was absolutely impossible to wait this long.

At this time, Qian Suxun and the others located in an underground facility at the central plaza stared closely at the time. Above their heads, the huge Mother Nest was roaring, as if even the earth was trembling.

Qian Suxun, however, looked at the monitoring screen with a calm expression, while simultaneously operating multiple micro-drones to act in the dark.

"Corpse gas has erupted at Baicheng Hospital, and the signal has been interfered with. It must be that Red Human-Anomaly from last time."

"We must kill it this time." Long Zhijie's voice behind him was low.

"This one is a bit more troublesome than the previous ones, with a higher degree of consciousness and it runs fast." Lan, in high-energy combat armor, crossed her arms, her eyes full of ruthlessness.

Qian Suxun, however, said: "No, killing the Red Human-Anomaly is not the most important thing."

At this time, in his monitoring footage, in the huge sewage pool of the sewage treatment plant, the water flow retreated to both sides. Below it was actually a large aircraft lift platform. At this time, two transport ships shining with light slowly rose from underground.

Seeing this scene, Qian Suxun frowned: "Two. They are going to split up and run..."

"And it means there is more than one Red Human-Anomaly in the city!"

On the Baicheng Rail Station side, Lin Xian and the others, fully armed, stood at the entrance of the refuge hall, waiting for the tide to recede and then opening the blast door.

But at this time, Qian Suxun's voice came through the communicator: "Lin, be careful!"

Boom!

No sooner had the communicator's voice fallen than a huge impact sound suddenly came from outside the blast door. That circular blast door, which was two meters high, exploded inward, creating a large pit. A broken alloy bearing behind the door shot toward Lin Xian!

Lin Xian did not move. The broken bearing stagnated strangely in front of his power armor's faceplate.

Kiki's eyes flashed with light, throwing the broken metal to the ground. Lin Xian said in a deep voice: "Prepare!"

Before Qian Suxun's voice came, Chen Sixuan had already captured the movement outside in advance, and they were all prepared.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xian realized that the blast door could not withstand a second impact, so he directly used the Heart of Machinery to manipulate it and forced it open.

Bang!

The next instant, a giant axe flew out from the passage outside the blast door, hacking toward the group with great force.

Kiki immediately took action and used her psionic power to grab the giant axe in mid-air. At this time, a tall black shadow, wrapped in strange black leather clothing, wearing a top hat, and with blood-red eyes, stepped into the hall. This monster was permeated with a boiling corpse aura, and at the same time, there were strong soul-oscillation value fluctuations around its body, causing the soul-oscillation value detector to flicker continuously.

"Lin, two transport ships, one of which is on your path!"

"Understood!" Lin Xian responded coldly, and immediately dozens of pulse rays from the drones blasted out!

At this time, the tall Red Human-Anomaly suddenly waved its left arm forward, causing ripples of silver scales in the air, as if causing some kind of distortion in the air. The pulse rays from the Falcon drones hit it, emitting a violent explosion. But the next moment, the Red Human-Anomaly rushed over as if unscathed. At this time, everyone saw that under the top hat was a humanoid creature like a black dried corpse. The red light in its eyes seemed to be some kind of mechanical device. The human-anomaly's hands shone with a grayish-white light, and it lunged forward, swinging its fists at Lin Xian and the others.

Boom!

In an instant, an extremely strange corpse aura, accompanied by energy oscillation, sprayed out, rushing directly toward them.

But the exploding energy at this moment was like hitting an invisible defensive shield covered with hexagonal patterns, and all the airflow bypassed Lin Xian and the others.

The Red Human-Anomaly's mechanical eye scanned this scene with hesitation.

"Shield, is it? I have one too." Electric sparks flashed on Lin Xian's body, and the AT force field shield protected everyone behind him. Just as the Red Human-Anomaly hesitated, a powerful force directly swept it up, blasting it toward the distant wall like a bullet. In an instant, the heavy concrete wall caved in, creating a large pit, and smoke, dust, and debris exploded out.

Kiki made her move, and Lu Xingchen also fired.

"Evil monster, taste the Heavenly Divine Fire!"

He floated up and burst out, and while approaching at high speed, his hands gathered fire and suddenly pushed out two crimson fire pillars in the opposite direction.

"Zhou Lian!"

Whoosh! In an instant, a scorching fire erupted inside the refuge hall, and boiling hot air sprayed out. The two white-hot fire pillars directly hit the Red Human-Anomaly. Just when everyone thought the monster was melted, Chen Sixuan suddenly keenly discovered that the area scorched by the fire heart was continuously spraying grayish-white corpse aura, and large amounts of silver scale ripples were shaking. She immediately said:

"It's still alive!"

Lin Xian naturally saw this scene too. He checked the time. At this time, the tide had not ended, and this violent fluctuation immediately triggered a strange buzzing sound above the building. So he immediately ordered Grace:

"Grace, block the stair passage!"

【Grace understands.】

The tide was about to end. He wanted to prevent the squad from being marked before the monster tide surged in, so that the pressure could be minimized.

At this time, a green light enveloped everyone, and Shizhi also unleashed her purification ability.

Kiki unleashed her psionic power and immediately said to Lu Xingchen: "Be careful, it can block your fire."

"Then increase the burning!" Lu Xingchen had been stifled in the darkness all night, and his mood was already depressed. If it were an anomaly, that would be one thing, but this human-mutated human-anomaly could actually contend with his Heavenly Fire? Then wouldn't his title of Fire God be given in vain?

No sooner had he finished speaking than a concrete block suddenly shot over, hitting Lu Xingchen's power armor helmet head-on, making his vision go black, and he flew backward, the flames in his hands also disappearing.

"Go to your..." Lu Xingchen's curse hadn't landed yet, and he had already hit the wall. Fortunately, he had the power armor for protection; otherwise, this blow would have been enough for him to suffer.

Kiki hadn't even reacted. The monster could actually throw stones? She looked over and saw that the wall had been burned red and was flowing with plasma, but the monster had already disappeared.

The next instant, a strong airflow attacked from the side. Chen Sixuan turned sideways and fired an armor-piercing bullet into the shadows. The bullet emitted a muffled penetrating sound and hit directly. A hoarse, throat-like roar came from the air. Kiki captured this moment, raised her hand, and rolled up a psionic power like a giant wall, sweeping toward the shadows, immediately pulling the Red Human-Anomaly out and holding it in the air.

And at this time, through the lighting devices in the hall, everyone finally saw that the leather clothing on the Red Human-Anomaly had been completely melted by Fire Brother's fire. This was actually a "person" who looked to be 2.5 meters tall, with a sturdy body and skin like rotten, overgrown scorched iron. The most terrifying thing was that the monster's abdomen, shoulders, spine, and back of the head were all embedded with various metal mechanical devices, and the joints were roughly stitched with metal. Grayish-white corpse aura continuously overflowed from its body, causing Lin Xian and the others' information systems to continuously signal errors.

"This thing is so strong!" Although she held the Red Human-Anomaly with psionic power, Kiki felt a powerful resistance at this time, making her unable to help but use both hands.

Swish, swish, swish—large amounts of silver scale ripples appeared around the human-anomaly. It emitted a strange roar, seemingly struggling continuously.

Lin Xian stood in place. At this time, he noticed that the Red Human-Anomaly's pair of red eyes had been staring at him. They were all wearing full-coverage combat armor, and the Red Human-Anomaly seemed to be capturing their information.

"Scanning? That's unnecessary."

Lin Xian's gaze condensed. He reached out and grabbed, directly devouring a section of the power transmission device on the Red Human-Anomaly's spine. In an instant, the Red Human-Anomaly's crimson eyes went out, and the violent struggle just now stopped.

"Dead?"

"No." Lin Xian at this time manipulated 25 Falcon drones to fly at close range above the Red Human-Anomaly, focusing his aim on the head.

At this time, the Red Human-Anomaly, having lost some kind of suppression, suddenly opened its eyes again, its whole body emitting violent tremors.

Swish! But the next instant, countless pulse lasers fired simultaneously the moment it hadn't reacted. The high-energy pulse lasers almost instantly erased that head precisely.

At this time, the completely dead Red Human-Anomaly emitted a burst of black gas, and its body finally stopped trembling.

"Hiss~" On the other side, Fire Brother, who had climbed up from the ground, walked over with a depressed face: "This monster's ability is so strange, it could actually block fire?"

"It should be some kind of energy-type ability, but it can't defend at all times." Lin Xian looked at the bloody hole in the monster's chest, which was blasted out by Chen Sixuan's shot just now, indicating that as long as the timing was right, it wouldn't be too troublesome to solve.

Kiki breathed a sigh of relief, threw the Red Human-Anomaly's corpse to the ground, and said: "It's not as powerful as they said."

Her words made Fire Brother, who was to the side, feel a bit embarrassed. The girl named Shizhi said at this time: "It should have used a lot of energy just now to block the flames."

Lin Xian also nodded: "If this thing weren't mechanical, it would be a bit tricky to deal with."

He said, looking toward the distance of the passage. At this time, a burst of bombardment and screeching came from there. It should be Grace encountering anomalies over there.

This trouble was also brought by the Red Human-Anomaly. Its ability to act in the dark was itself a huge advantage.

Hearing Lin Xian and Shizhi's words, Fire Brother's expression also improved slightly, and he said: "I was also a bit careless. A lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit. Just now, I should have used my divine killing move directly against this thing..."

Lu Xingchen indeed did not directly unleash his ultimate move. His habit was to probe first, and the narrow space also limited his performance. However, being hit in the head by a stone thrown by a monster was somewhat embarrassing.

Lin Xian didn't care about these. At this time, a sense of space lag suddenly came, and he immediately checked the time.

19:35

Tide recedes!

"Chen Laoshi, protect Shizhi. Kiki, we go to intercept the transport ship. Fire Brother, clear the passage!"

"I'd be happy to!"

Lu Xingchen, holding back a breath, flew out directly, rushing out from the passage like a fire meteor. On this side, Grace was resisting a large number of anomalies alone, and the ground was full of anomaly corpses torn apart by her. When Lu Xingchen rushed over, Grace was being bitten by a giant insect on half of her body, which was trying to bite her to pieces.

"Fire Fist!"

Seeing this scene, Lu Xingchen directly unleashed a fire punch, burning the upper half of the giant insect to a crisp. Grace landed lightly from the air, and aside from the blood plasma she was stained with, she had no damage at all.

After the tide receded, the vast majority of anomalies in the passage and the passenger station above disappeared instantly. The remaining low-level ones were all solved along the way by Grace and Fire Brother and Kiki who arrived from behind. Afterward, Kiki took Lin Xian, along with Grace and Fire Brother, and flew into the high sky, while Chen Sixuan below took Shizhi and boarded the roof of the rail station to provide cover.

Time was of the essence. Almost the moment the tide receded, Silent City's monitoring information discovered that the two transport ships at the sewage treatment plant had risen into the sky at high speed in the southeast directions respectively. Kiki used her psionic power to continuously increase their altitude while adjusting the direction in Silent City's monitoring anchor points. The goal was to lock the heading and altitude before the transport ships accelerated to supersonic speed, so they could intercept them.

This kind of thing was a first for Lin Xian and Kiki's group, but the current situation did not allow them to have any hesitation. The other party clearly had some preparations.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

During the high-speed ascent, Lin Xian only felt the air and the twisted black mist around him gradually becoming intense. A deathly oppressive feeling hung high above his head. Looking down, the black shadow silhouette of Baicheng below had gradually disappeared, and all around was a black airspace, looking like it was floating in a universe like a black hole.

"3 seconds, target approaching!"

After Lin Xian finished speaking, he said to Fire Brother in the airspace behind: "Kiki, Fire Brother, if Grace doesn't catch it, you blast the transport ship to pieces for me!"

What Lin Xian needed to do was to catch the escaping clones inside and, before they activated the memory self-destruction, control their brain-machine devices. This operation was already something Lin Xian was familiar with.

The Red Human-Anomaly just now had an incredibly complex mechanical suppressor. If he were to scan it, it would take some time, but just to deal with it, he only needed to melt the power supply device on it, and he could make the target shut down directly.

For machinery, Lin Xian was their natural nemesis, including controlling Grace in Yijin City before. It was just that Lin Xian, in order to win this AI, only controlled its power module.

But the current problem was that the transport ship's speed at this distance was likely already over Mach 1, and the instantaneous overload of interception would definitely exceed 30g. Even if Lin Xian wore Black Hawk combat armor, he couldn't withstand it at all.

Grace was currently carrying a circular adsorption bomb, which was an interception plan arranged by Mochizuki Zhenji. As long as this bomb exploded, it could instantly cause the transport ship's power and electrical systems to crash!

However, for the sake of insurance, Lin Xian still let Kiki and Fire Brother serve as the second-layer contingency plan.

"Understood!" Fire Brother responded immediately.

The group was floating in the air at this time, and Kiki's expression was also solemn.

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There was no sound. In the dark airspace ahead, a bright light suddenly broke through the black mist. Instantly, a large silver-black human transport ship appeared before the group's eyes. At this moment, it felt as if the sounds of heaven and earth had disappeared.

Kiki gave a muffled groan, wrapped Grace with psionic power, and pressed her directly onto the top of the transport ship. At the same time, she used a psionic wave to form a giant wall, attempting to slow down a part of the transport ship's speed.

In an instant, Kiki felt her whole body shake, and the psionic power she controlled was instantly released. However, in this brief moment, Grace had already smashed onto the top of the transport ship like an iron nail.

Boom!

At this time, inside the transport ship, more than a dozen people wearing uniform clothing and whose bodies had been modified with prosthetics all felt a huge vibration, as if they had hit a super-strong airflow.

These people were both men and women. Judging from their appearance, they were almost all young people, but everyone had a strange and stiff expression, and their eyes carried a thick sense of twilight, as if they were all people over 40 years old placed in these shells.

After hearing a sound of metal clashing, a young man who looked to be in his twenties stood up and looked at the top with cold eyes.

"What sound?!"

【External intrusion detected.】 An alarm sounded inside the transport ship at this time.

At this time, these dozen people changed expressions one after another. A woman immediately said:

"It's that group of people, prepare to activate the self-destruction program!"

"Don't, did we hit some anomaly?" Another middle-aged man said with a gloomy expression. His eyes carried panic, and the mycelium on the back of his head had almost covered the back of his ears. Everyone here had a dark gold brain-machine device installed on the back of their heads, and a large amount of white mycelium covered their skulls.

"The Red Human-Anomaly is dispatched, we should be able to leave..."

The woman stood up immediately, her eyes cold, and said sternly in an old tone that did not match her age: "Dr. Zhao, your personality has a serious tendency toward cowardice. The organization's secrets are sacred and inviolable. Even if you live and get out, you will be 'recycled'!"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant... I said..."

Bang, hiss!

Just as they were speaking, a huge explosion sounded. In an instant, the transport ship's inner cabin went dark. After the power disappeared, a strong sense of weightlessness began to come.

Woo~

The next second, the transport ship's emergency system began to respond. In the cockpit, the automatic driving module had failed, and various alarm systems began to sound.

【Altitude decreasing, danger alarm.】

【Propulsion system offline.】

【Driving system offline.】

At this moment, the entire flight began to fall.

And at this time, the dozen clones in the transport ship's inner cabin sensed the crisis for the first time. The woman who spoke just now fell to the ground, her neck twisted off by a cable, and a bloody head rolled to the ground, still making orders with a calm expression.

"Deep 3056 batch researchers, all units prepare for shutdown."

"Self-destruction program has been activated. Deep 3056 batch, this instruction will not be repeated."

"Thank you all for your sincere cooperation in the journey of creating the Deep Red Civilization, goodbye..."

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

In an instant, the brain-machines on the back of everyone's heads emitted buzzing red light simultaneously. Afterward, sparks exploded and flashed in the back of these people's heads, and then they all lost their breath.

Just at this time, the top of the rapidly falling transport ship's cabin was suddenly torn open by a pair of iron hands. Grace tore the cabin top open. At this moment, Lin Xian's mechanical scan flooded in, capturing the frequency that was activated last. He did not hesitate to use Mechanical Devour to erase the self-destruction module of that brain-machine.

"Kiki, the second one on the left!"

The man who was just called Dr. Zhao by the woman had a surprised look in his eyes. He discovered that his self-destruction program had actually stopped, and at the same time, he was suddenly rolled out of the transport ship by an invisible force.

In the gale, he only saw a few people wearing power armor grabbing him. He immediately understood his fate. The moment he was grabbed by Lin Xian, his terrified expression suddenly turned into a burst of wild laughter.

"Lin Xian, mechanical ability, Infinity, our Deep Red World will not..."

Click.

Lin Xian directly tore off a rectangular memory module from the man's brain-machine interface.

"Got it!"

Kiki raised her hands, grabbed Lin Xian, Grace, and Fire Brother, and stopped in the air, watching the transport ship fall into the depths of the darkness.

Lin Xian observed the memory module in his hand, and his heart settled. It was a close call, but he finally got it.

Just when Lin Xian thought the mission was over, Qian Suxun's voice suddenly came from the communicator.

"Lin, come to Baicheng Hospital quickly, we have intercepted the second transport ship!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 356 =====