Chapter 356: Flying Fire Meteor! (120k, 2-in-1 bonus!)

High in the sky, black mist permeated and twisted. Lin Xian had just obtained the memory module when he heard Qian Suxun's call. His first reaction was whether something had happened to Xiang Ningjing's side, so he didn't hesitate to let Kiki take the group to descend rapidly, find Chen Sixuan and Shizhi, and prepare to rush over from the low altitude of the streets.

"Lin, the sewage treatment plant side must have already received the feedback signal. You have 15 minutes to evacuate."

Mochizuki Zhenji's voice came.

Lin Xian at this time was watching the time while checking whether the memory module in his hand was damaged. This black memory module was worth a fortune and could store high-energy density brain volume information of an adult human. For digital life, it was already a version that had iterated through many generations.

He wiped off some cerebrospinal fluid and mycelium on it and handed it to Grace beside him.

"Grace, check if the memory module is intact."

Grace took it, the skin on her left wrist opened, and a slot extended. Afterward, she inserted the memory module and checked it, then said to Lin Xian:

【Confirmed intact. This memory module uses RSA encryption. My quantum computer can perform brute-force cracking.】

"Not yet." After confirming it was intact, Lin Xian took back the memory module. It was better to let Mochizuki Zhenji spend time dealing with this thing. Currently, their mission was to assemble and evacuate.

In the urban area of Baicheng, dilapidated old buildings stood in great numbers, and strange movements came from all directions. The signal bands in the earphones buzzed. Just as Lin Xian and the others arrived at Baicheng Hospital, they saw from afar that a burning transport ship in the air was firing at the ground below with dense firepower, and at the same time, countless silver drones were swarming and firing across each other. The sky and the ground were fighting into one piece.

Explosions continued in several blocks, and smoke rose everywhere!

This scene was clearly different from the transport ship they encountered just now. Not only was it fully equipped with firepower, but it also had a large number of drone escorts.

Bang, bang, bang!

The transport ship unfolded like angel wings, projecting dozens of large cylindrical devices toward the two sides. Those devices burst and disintegrated in the air, decomposing into countless spider-shaped robots. These robots climbed rapidly on the walls and the ground, and the main body above was a rotating round head, continuously shooting red pulse lasers.

Boom!

With a loud noise, the outer walls of half a street's buildings and the fragments of vehicles decayed on the ground were stripped away by a powerful force and then, like a tsunami, directly annihilated the large number of drones in the air and on the ground. Long Zhijie, holding a red samurai sword, had just landed on the roof of that high building. With a backhand slash, he cut a humanoid mech that was charging over into two segments, which then exploded with high energy.

Thud, thud, thud!

Two silver heavy-duty mechs were charging wildly on the street, continuously tearing off the spider robots pouncing on them, while also having to face a large swarm of anomalies. Qian Suxun was currently sitting in the shadows of a high building in the distance, manipulating the two mechs to provide cover for the ground, while also manipulating another one to fight fiercely on the transport ship.

"Lin!" Qian Suxun captured the signal of Lin Xian's squad arriving and immediately said: "The Red Human-Anomaly triggered a monster tide. This transport ship is the main force. Lan is on it. We must solve the battle quickly."

Lin Xian brought people flying over. Before they even reached the spot, Chen Sixuan had already discovered that a large-scale battle was taking place in the inpatient building of the dilapidated hospital in the distance.

With a huge explosion, a black shadow was punched out from the wall, and Xiang Ningjing leaped out from that hole.

"Lin Dui, there is a Prowler here, be careful."

Before the words fell, a series of explosions suddenly erupted in the hospital's open space, and a golden flash rushed out instantly, kicking the black shadow and blasting it away.

Qian Dele rushed out from the smoke, twisted his ankle, and a faint curse came: "What a tough guy!"

Who would have thought that before his words had even landed, the Red Human-Anomaly that had been kicked away suddenly lit up a pair of crimson eyes in the smoky darkness, gathered violent energy, and then sprayed it out!

Hum! Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

An energy that seemed to combine Ah Bai's laser rays and Luo Yang's explosive pulses instantly incinerated the place where Qian Dele had just stood, and dozens of fireballs ignited on the scene, directly blasting through one side of the hospital building and corridor!

Lin Xian looked over and saw that on the perimeter of the hospital, Xiaoqing was swinging a hook rope, holding a gun-blade, and rushing out from a monster tide. Above, Mo Nika was using sound blades to cover Ah Bai in dealing with a swarm of drones attacking from the air, and afterward, Ah Bai fired a laser ray at the transport ship.

But the transport ship currently had a strange black device suspended below the bow. At this time, it sprayed a pile of micro-devices like throwing heat-flaring foil strips, which exploded instantly, creating a patch of dark red mist. That mist was actually the same as what Lin Xian had encountered when fighting the strange python before. Ah Bai's laser rays were directly blocked when shot at it, but the extremely high energy caused the red mist to explode instantly, even blasting away a part of the transport ship.

"There are more and more anomalies. If this continues, no one will be able to run." Kiki said, looking at this scene.

"Fire Brother, you go help Qian Dele and Xiang Ningjing solve the Red Human-Anomaly. Chen Laoshi, you take Shizhi to help Mo Nika and Ah Bai. Let Ah Bai and Shizhi find that Prowler. If you don't solve it, killing more won't help at all."

"Kiki, Grace, we will shoot down the transport ship!"

"Good!"

"I'm going!"

Hearing Lin Xian's words, Lu Xingchen's fighting spirit surged instantly. Seeing the Red Human-Anomaly with a huge body, he burst out like a fire meteor. While still in the air, he crossed his index fingers, gathered a tiny fireball, and the Infinity Ring rotated crazily, turning that fireball blue. An intense high temperature burned even his power armor's plating red. Afterward, he held the blue fireball with both hands and sprayed it out like a gas wave.

"Divine · Infinity Burning Flame Sword!"

Pfft, boom!

Because of the frustration of facing that Red Human-Anomaly before, Lu Xingchen felt quite depressed in his heart. Now that he found a chance to perform, he didn't hold back at all. He raised his hand and unleashed a newly developed ultimate move!

In an instant, a white-hot spiral fire chain shot down from the sky. The huge light directly illuminated a radius of three kilometers. Xiang Ningjing and Qian Dele, who were closest, felt their eyes go white, as if they had lost their vision, and retreated violently. Even Ah Bai, who was firing laser rays on the roof, was grabbed by Mo Nika behind and ran toward the distance.

And the Red Human-Anomaly that had attacked Qian Dele below had just walked out of the smoke and dust when it suddenly realized that the sky had lit up. It raised its corrupted, stiff head, saw the spiral fire chain, and immediately used the explosive light wave to counterattack. But the next instant, the open space where the Red Human-Anomaly was, along with a corner of the inpatient building, disappeared instantly. The giant fire pillar directly annihilated the Red Human-Anomaly on the spot. The leather clothing on its body, the black body, along with the mechanical suppression devices on it, all melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The ability of those blood-red eyes hadn't even been unleashed before it melted on the spot!

Boom! A monstrous wave of flames centered on this point swept out like a tsunami, and large areas of buildings were burned and collapsed!

This sudden ultimate move, let alone Long Zhijie, Qian Suxun, Qian Dele, Xiang Ningjing, and others, even Lin Xian's side was almost blinded.

Qian Dele, who was retreating violently, felt the hot air bursting in the air and couldn't help but complain:

"Big brother, you're making such a commotion as if you're afraid the monsters won't find you!"

Kiki, who was taking Lin Xian toward the transport ship, also couldn't help but curse in surprise:

"Is this guy crazy??!"

"Drink!" Xiang Ningjing rushed out from a pile of collapsed rubble and said directly: "Be careful, that monster's defense..."

Before she finished speaking, she looked over and saw that the place where the Red Human-Anomaly had just stood had already appeared a molten charcoal pit with a diameter of several meters. Flames were raging all around, and half of a charred leg remained at the bottom of the pit, with countless debris falling down.

Looking at this scene, Xiang Ningjing looked with some surprise at Lu Xingchen in the sky, whose hands' armor had even been melted. Was this guy's ability evolved, or was he simply venting his anger? This strike was completely unreasonable.

Lu Xingchen in the sky looked at the burning earth below and then at his own scorching hands. The frustration of having that fire blocked just now had dissipated by more than half. He nodded in self-approval and said:

"The fire I wield can only burn cities and split stones, not yet reaching the realm of 'burning everything to ashes and boiling the seas'..."

"However, my Dao heart indeed needs to be tempered..."

The Red Human-Anomaly was solved, and the pressure on Xiang Ningjing's side was greatly reduced. They were encountering this monster for the first time and had been caught off guard at the beginning. With the strength of Xiang Ningjing, Xiaoqing, and Mo Nika, they soon gained the upper hand, but the monster tide suddenly arrived, coupled with the transport ship carrying a large amount of weapons pressing down, which caused the battle situation to expand.

Chen Sixuan's side, after connecting with Mo Nika and Ah Bai, immediately began to search for that Prowler together with Shizhi.

"That thing must be within the range where it can discover us. Only by solving it can we neutralize the marks on us and kill these monsters!" Shizhi said at this time.

On the other side, as the three squads converged, the transport ship also seemed to sense that the battle situation was unfavorable and began to activate its engines to accelerate and prepare to escape.

But above that transport ship, a heavy-duty mech was smashing the house wildly, and on the upper deck, Tianye Lan was fighting an humanoid mech to a standstill. As Lin Xian and Kiki approached, they were surprised to find that the humanoid mech was actually the same as 【Grace】, a female mech body. It looked like the material was about the same, the only difference being that the mech did not possess a quantum AI and looked more ordinary.

Calling it ordinary, but since this robot possessed Grace's skin material, dealing with it was certainly extremely tricky. It was not easy for physical experts like Tianye Lan and Xiang Ningjing to subdue it in a short time.

But at this time, Lin Xian and Kiki arrived. Facing this transport ship that hadn't accelerated yet, she directly used psionic power to grab it!

Woo!!

The transport ship's propulsion engine began to accelerate crazily, and at this time, Long Zhijie also rushed over from the air and immediately operated his ability, grabbing the transport ship just like Kiki.

One in front and one behind, the transport ship was completely "caught" in the air and unable to move. Lin Xian and Grace took the opportunity to land on the transport ship. The robot that was fighting Tianye Lan turned its head to look at Grace, its head tilted slightly, seemingly a bit curious.

And at this time, Tianye Lan directly blasted out a punch, dragging this robot along the top of the transport ship with sparks and lightning, leaving a groove. But after fighting for more than ten minutes, there were only a few dents on the robot, and it had not suffered any fatal trauma.

Just as she twisted her waist and turned over, preparing to stand up again, all the joints and power modules of the robot were suddenly controlled by an invisible force. In an instant, the robot flipped its head backward, its limbs curled back behind it, and it disarmed on the spot.

Tianye Lan walked over at this time, looking at the curled-up robot, and then looked at Lin Xian, who was raising a finger not far away. Although wearing a mask, a look of shock also appeared in Tianye Lan's eyes.

"Don't break this thing, leave it to me."

Lin Xian left a sentence and immediately let Grace proceed to use an EMP bomb to force the transport ship to stop.

Who would have thought that at this time, Qian Suxun suddenly said: "Lin, we have already used it. This transport ship has set up a plasma shield, and the people on it are also resisting with all their might. This situation is extremely unusual and likely possesses high-value targets!"

Lin Xian understood as soon as he heard it. He directly drove the mechanical scan and rushed toward the rear roughly, picking all kinds of simple circuit integration and control systems to devour. Dealing with these human machines, even if Lin Xian couldn't control them immediately, he could disintegrate their combat power extremely quickly, especially since he now possessed the ability to remotely manipulate. The more advanced the equipment, the more weaknesses it had for him.

Soon, the transport ship's flight control systems began to go offline, and internal alarms sounded crazily. Under the joint suppression of Long Zhijie and Kiki, the transport ship swayed and fell toward the ground, crashing into several houses with a huge mass before it stopped. Smoke and dust rose all around, and at the same time, anomalies in the surrounding streets began to approach from all directions. The members of the three squads were all marked with dark marks at this time, and the anomalies attracted were becoming more and more numerous.

And Chen Sixuan's side finally found that Prowler at the entrance of a sewer. The monster was directly cut into pieces by Mo Nika's sound blade while trying to escape. At this time, the members of the three squads of Qian Suxun, Xiang Ningjing, and Lin Xian began to strike like thunder to quickly eliminate the surrounding low-level anomalies, and soon stopped the snowballing trend that had been disturbed.

These three squads were all powerful elites, and precisely because of this, coupled with Silent City's meticulous contingency plans, they could curb the momentum of the situation expanding in a short time.

At this time, the group surrounded the transport ship. Because Lin Xian had already obtained the memory module, the current abnormal situation of the other party made Qian Suxun and Lin Xian not strike immediately, but chose to let the squad hide in various buildings around the transport ship to observe the movements of the surrounding anomalies, gradually stabilizing the avalanche trend. They solved any anomaly that appeared remotely and thunderously, until the surroundings gradually became quiet, and everyone cast their eyes on the transport ship.

Swish, swish, swish!

Long Zhijie in the distance used his ability to tear apart the transport ship's engines, damaged external devices, and various other remnants, completely ending its power capability. Qian Suxun then prioritized letting his mech go up. All operations were extremely cautious. Lin Xian and Kiki also retreated to the ground not far away, watching Qian Suxun act.

Who would have thought that at this time, the transport ship's cabin door opened slowly. In the thick smoke, a middle-aged man wearing a special lining suit and some kind of breathing mask walked out slowly. Judging from his appearance, this person was clearly different from other clones. There was an extremely advanced brain-machine system on the back of his head, but there was no white mycelium. He looked like an astronaut on some spacecraft. Through that transparent breathing mask, under the raging flames all around, one could see a pair of extremely unnatural pale white skin and a pair of long, narrow, gloomy eyes looking at the front flatly.

He raised his hands high just as he stepped out of the transport ship, and was aimed at at close range by the heavy-duty mechs' cannons. However, facing such a situation, this person didn't seem nervous, as if he was ready to be shot at any time, and actually opened his mouth to say:

"So lively, a group of poor wretches who are about to die. To be able to live in this for so long, I'm afraid it cost quite a price."

The middle-aged man looked at the monitor on the heavy-duty mech, as if he were looking at the person behind the monitor from afar. The voice under the breathing mask sounded hoarse and heavy: "Mochizuki Zhenji, your Silent City destroyed our Deep Red World's Yunlan Center and burned the Weihe Research Institute. The Lord cannot understand, and I cannot understand. Digital life, mechanical ascension—isn't this the path of new civilization that you have been obsessed with for decades? Why have you always been against the sacred evolutionary path?"

The surroundings became quiet. This person was actually talking directly to Mochizuki Zhenji.

At this time, in the main control room of the Baicheng West Mountain underground bunker, Mochizuki Zhenji, dressed in a plain robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the footage in the holographic vision in front of him, and said with a leisurely expression:

"This tone sounds very familiar. Let me guess, it's you again, Julius."

Julius?

Lin Xian, hearing the voice of Mochizuki Zhenji transmitted from the heavy-duty mech, couldn't help but frown. Why was this name so familiar?

He remembered.

Wasn't this the supervisor of the Zero Element Center, the Deep Red World executive who was subjected to consciousness infiltration by Chu Yan at the Baihetan Starry Sky Observation Base?

He was a bit surprised in his heart. Just as he was wondering how this guy was everywhere, he thought of the Deep Red World having already copied countless memory modules for Star Abyss exploration experiments. Combined with this guy's brain-machine device, it looked like he was a clone of Julius Lite...

"Gene compilation, alienation colonization, dark fusion? Hey, you really insult the significance of digital life to the existence of human civilization..." Mochizuki Zhenji said.

"Civilization? 100 days after the Apocalypse, exceeding the evolutionary progress of human civilization by 1 million years. Truly intelligent people should understand that this is not destruction, this is the opportunity for human civilization to break through." Julius said, looking at Kiki and Long Zhijie flying in the sky:

"Flight—it took humans hundreds of years of industrial revolution development to master this power. How long did you take? 3 days? 30 days? Manipulating all things is a subversive reconstruction of the original basic physics. Empty talk about saving the world and survival has no meaning. History will prove that we are the creators of the new era of humanity."

"Interesting! If you can tell me the truth about the power of the Star Abyss, I might be persuaded."

As soon as these words came out, Julius was suddenly speechless.

Mochizuki Zhenji had a profound smile on his face, watching Julius remain silent, and then whispered an order to Qian Suxun:

"Xun..."

After he finished speaking, Qian Suxun prepared to take action to solve the other party immediately.

"Wait." Julius suddenly looked toward Lin Xian's side at this time. He saw Grace, as well as Lin Xian standing next to Grace, so he took the initiative to say: "You should be Lin Xian, right? Mechanical ability, truly a perfect experimental subject."

"It's truly a pity for such a good experimental subject, about to be buried in this Star Abyss. Otherwise, your ability might really be an excellent solution for us to solve the bottleneck of mechanical life."

"Can I ask a question?" Hearing the other party speak to him, Lin Xian suddenly opened his mouth.

Although time was tight, this was the first time Lin Xian had come into contact with someone from the Deep Red World head-on, and the other party clearly held a high position. They had destroyed the Zero Element Center in Yijin City before, coupled with Chu Yan, and his understanding of this huge organization was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Hearing Lin Xian's words, Qian Suxun stopped his movements and did not shoot Julius immediately, but he also reminded him at the same time:

"Lin, don't reveal too much information. Even if there is a signal delay, the content of your communication with him now will be transmitted to the Deep Red World organization outside the Star Abyss."

Lin Xian understood, then looked at Julius and said:

"What I want to ask is very simple. Are the colossus anchors you have in Akse and Weihe aimed at Silent City and me?"

No one present expected Lin Xian to ask such a question. Only Mochizuki Zhenji in the main control room showed a bit of concern in his eyes.

Julius looked at Lin Xian and suddenly smiled silently.

"Truly a pitiful guy..."

"Do you think that the goal is about to be achieved, and you can leave without worries after stealing our research data? Oh, then I'll give you a gift by the way."

As soon as the words fell, the palm of his raised left hand suddenly split open, and a special device was revealed from inside. It looked like some kind of control button.

At this moment, Qian Suxun immediately sensed an abnormality and frowned, preparing to manipulate the mech to fire.

Julius was extremely fast. He completely ignored the gun muzzle and any attacks, and pressed his left thumb down directly.

"Goodbye, losers."

But at this time, just when everyone thought something was about to happen, the air suddenly became quiet.

Julius's smile froze on his face. He immediately turned his head to look, only to discover that his entire left palm had disappeared.

The so-called pressing... was just an action in the air.

"What a pity for such a good mechanical arm, installed on a pig's brain." In the distance, Lin Xian, wearing Black Hawk power armor, said faintly. Wanting to play some mechanical tricks in front of him was completely like showing off in front of Guan Yu.

"How is it poss..."

Beep!!

Julius subconsciously tried to understand what had happened to him. All his consciousness communications were being transmitted to the outside world in real-time, but the things that happened at this moment, he hadn't had time to process and calculate before his brain-machine core suddenly crashed.

That device was actually a destruction device on the transport ship. Aside from self-destruction, it could also leave great dark night pollution for everyone here. Although that was not a direct mark, it could increase the risk and crisis for Lin Xian and the others.

At this moment, in a research institute deep underground somewhere outside the Star Abyss, Julius Lite, with blond hair, sat in an office chair. The holographic screen in front transmitted intermittent, blurry audio.

Even with a large number of signal relay stations deployed, the information transmitted from inside had a loss of over 90%. Therefore, command of the Star Abyss interior could only be done through short texts compiled specially. And at this time, the audio transmitted from inside, he could only hear the blurry voices of Lin Xian and Mochizuki Zhenji.

Julius looked at the interrupted information on the screen, frowning and waiting for the 【Destruction】 instruction to be returned. According to the time flow inside, it should be received within a few seconds.

But he waited for a full few minutes and still didn't receive it.

"Destruction program failed. Mechanical ability indeed possesses remote manipulation characteristics."

A voice came from behind him. Julius turned around. On the big screen behind him, there were several faces that had been specially processed, each with a separate code name.

"Our Zero Element Center has been destroyed. This mechanical ability user cooperating with Mochizuki Zhenji will be a huge hidden danger."

"Julius, ensure the recovery work of Deep Red No. 3."

"The Lord has notified that Dawn City is about to have a big move, and the anchor expansion of Star Abyss No. 5 must be accelerated."

"Received." Julius looked at his watch with a calm expression: "Time is almost up. The purification work of Baicheng is about to start. Perform the next activation in 24 hours."

Baicheng Hospital, beside the crashed transport ship, the raging flames all around illuminated this piece of darkness.

With a thud, Julius, who was still speaking just now, collapsed to the ground.

"Thank you for the trust." Lin Xian said to Qian Suxun.

Qian Suxun breathed a long sigh of relief. Just as he was about to take action, Lin Xian quietly signaled him to stop. This made Qian Suxun, who always had a good mentality, couldn't help but feel nervous. If it weren't for Zhenji's order that everything should be centered on Lin Xian, he would never have hesitated. But currently, it seemed that Lin Xian had achieved his goal.

"It's okay. You wanted to obtain his memory module, right? It looks like you succeeded."

Lin Xian nodded: "His brain-machine system is different from others, so it took a little time."

At this time, Tianye Lan walked over, directly tore a memory module from the back of Julius's head, and turned to Qian Suxun: "It should be intact."

"Then let's evacuate quickly." Qian Dele to the side breathed a sigh of relief. Both transport ships were successfully intercepted and memory modules were obtained. Whether it was some researcher's or this one that seemed to be some leader's, the goal had been achieved for them. The rest was to let Mochizuki Zhenji crack the information in the memory module.

Kiki at this time said to Lin Xian with some suspicion: "That guy shouldn't have been activating the self-destruction program just now. That device of his might have some other conspiracy."

Lin Xian, hearing this, also said directly to Qian Suxun in the communication frequency band:

"Don't you think it's strange? This transport ship resisted with all its might. After crashing, he could have self-destructed at the first opportunity. I don't believe he came out specifically to say some boring words, and also gave me the opportunity to control him."

Lin Xian at this time saw Tianye Lan get the memory module and his expression became even more solemn. From his perspective, he would not assume that the people of the Deep Red World didn't know the characteristics of his mechanical ability, because Lin Xian's ability had been exposed to the outside world on a large scale in Yubei City, Hengshan Pass, and Xilan City. Perhaps for most people, they didn't have a particularly detailed understanding of Lin Xian's mechanical ability, but Lin Xian was now leading a team of thousands of people and had also experienced Yijin City, so he naturally wouldn't think that his ability was a secret to an organization like the Deep Red World.

Even if the other party really didn't know that he now possessed refined capabilities such as remote devouring, scanning, and control, Julius's actions just now were indeed a bit counter-intuitive.

The first transport ship they intercepted—those clones, after encountering trouble, performed self-destruction at the first opportunity, and this was precisely one of the troubles that had been plaguing Mochizuki Zhenji and Qian Suxun. Therefore, the situation at this time made Lin Xian sense something wrong.

Actually, it wasn't just him; Qian Suxun also had some doubts. Just as he wanted to say something, Mochizuki Zhenji's voice suddenly came from the earphone.

"Xun, immediately use the mech to check the clone corpses inside the transport ship."

Qian Suxun, hearing this, immediately operated that light mech and rushed directly into the transport ship. Soon, he got the footage and information.

"65 clones, already self-destructed. There is a suspicious explosive device inside, which should be what the other party wanted to enable just now."

"Xun, Lin, this is a conspiracy."

"What!?"

In the bunker, Mochizuki Zhenji focused on all the holographic screens. His quantum brain calculated millions of situations in one second, and he immediately found the problem.

"The total number of clone corpses on the two transport ships is 86. The previous batch sent at least 1600 people. According to the data we have contacted in the past two months, the lifespan and survival attrition rate of clones, excluding our interference, is around 87%. Therefore, the number of living bodies estimated to have boarded the transport ship to go out is around 368. This data fluctuation from the initial 91.1% to now is steadily increasing, which conforms to the Deep Red World's research on the Star Abyss and the benefit requirements obtained by increasing the survival rate. But this time, the number of living bodies is 70% less, so they are very likely to have other evacuation plans!"

From the judgment of survival rate, there are actually many factors that influence it, such as the special experiments of the Deep Red World coupled with the huge risks of the Star Abyss itself that humans cannot fully control. Therefore, there are many situations that can explain it from the calculation.

But Mochizuki Zhenji, in the logical operation of analyzing the organizational power of the Deep Red World, would prioritize thinking from the perspectives of 【bad results】, 【multiple preparations】, 【no information gap】, and excluding 【external factors】. Coupled with the unusual direction of this interception of the transport ship, he reached such a result!

On this side, Lin Xian and the others, after hearing Mochizuki Zhenji's information, all changed expressions.

Just at this time, countless sonic booms tore through the sky. Everyone looked up and saw dozens of small rocket-like aircraft launching from the direction of the sewage treatment plant, then turning rapidly and scattering, shooting rapidly in multiple directions!

"Not good!" Qian Suxun gave a light shout. Experienced, he immediately activated the propulsion system of that light mech. The mech rose into the air on the spot, and at the same time, Kiki and Long Zhijie also reacted for the first time.

"Crossing the sea by a trick?!" Qian Dele, seeing this scene, shouted immediately.

"Could it be that the Deep Red World knows our plan?" Mo Nika asked suspiciously at this time.

"The other party has always known that we are intercepting their transport ships, but they have never escaped at all costs like this before!" Tianye Lan, seeing this scene, said.

Chen Sixuan's expression was solemn: "There must be something on these aircraft that they must send out!"

Hearing Chen Sixuan's words, Lin Xian's heart skipped a beat. At this time, he took out the memory module just now. Intuition told him that all the clones on these two transport ships were likely cannon fodder. The two memory modules they obtained were very likely a waste of time.

Not only that, if it were just to send something out, these dozens of missiles and rockets launching together—Lin Xian and the others couldn't intercept them. Therefore, the other party was willing to take such a huge loss just to complete a "crossing the sea by a trick." This also showed that every one of these was a backup!

"It's impossible to catch up. Lin, call them back. The other party has performed such an action, and the next step will definitely be the great cleansing of Baicheng. We need to evacuate quickly!" Qian Suxun looked at the mech that was about to lose its signal, his expression sinking.

Those rockets could break the speed of sound in a very short time. Relying solely on his mech or flight ability users like Kiki and Long Zhijie, it was impossible to catch up. After sensing the seriousness of the matter, he immediately made a decision.

But at this time, an intermittent signal came:

"Brother Lin, wait for me!!!"

Boom!

Just when Kiki and Long Zhijie reached their top speed and were helpless, a fire meteor shot up into the sky, rushing directly toward the nearest rocket and disappearing into the black night vision!

At an altitude of 3000 meters, the thin air was torn into a cone-shaped sonic boom cloud. Above his head was the pitch-black sky curtain giant screen that swallowed the starlight. Lu Xingchen's entire power armor was red from air friction at this moment, and golden-red plasma streams gushed out from the joints. The helmet eyepiece flickered continuously with system alarms.

【High temperature alarm, high temperature alarm】

【Overload alarm, overload alarm】

Lu Xingchen's hands sprayed out high-brightness white-hot flames, and several Ma He rings shattered the air crazily!

Ma He 1!

Ma He 2!!

Ma He 3!!!

The outer layer unit of the combat suit began to peel off, and the sprayed flames transformed from crimson to deep blue. The dark twisted space ahead disappeared and reorganized continuously. In just a few seconds, Lu Xingchen used the Infinity Ring to accelerate himself to the limit of his life. He raised his head, and in the blink of an eye, he saw the rocket tail flame that was continuously burning and accelerating, and gritted his teeth!

"Monster, don't run!"

He held fire in his right fist, the Infinity Ring rotated crazily, and he directly used all his strength to punch forward.

"Divine Might!"

In Baicheng, disturbed by countless rocket sonic booms, in the dark streets, countless anomalies began to move. Huge bodies were awakened, screams were everywhere, and strange groups mocked!

Lin Xian and Qian Suxun's squad were currently gathered on the roof of a building next to the crashed transport ship, looking at the fire meteors scattering in the sky, their expressions solemn.

Sensing that the fear aura in the city was continuously increasing, Shizhi at this time unleashed her ability to help everyone alleviate the pressure brought by the dark invasion.

"The tide is about to rise!" Qian Suxun said.

Lin Xian checked the time. 5 minutes left.

"Brother Fire is back!" Kiki's voice came from the air. Lin Xian and the others immediately looked up, only to see a fireball rapidly approaching them from the distance. Kiki immediately ascended to meet him, discovering that Lu Xingchen, covered in flames, had his power armor almost completely burned away; he was flying over from afar, looking charred and disheveled, holding half a rocket in one hand.

Seeing this scene, Kiki immediately used psionic power to help him land. At this time, everyone looked at this fire-type ability user with surprised eyes, not expecting this guy to actually chase back a rocket.

"Lin Xian, mission accomplished!"

"Fire Brother, how are you?" Lin Xian discovered for the first time that this guy's state was a bit wrong.

Lu Xingchen, covered in embarrassment, was panting heavily at this time. His complexion was extremely weak, and his eye sockets were slightly red.

"Amazing, Fire Brother, I've looked at you with new eyes." Kiki, seeing Fire Brother's heroic strike at this time, also couldn't help but exclaim.

And Qian Suxun, seeing Lu Xingchen's appearance, frowned and immediately let Shizhi take action:

"Shizhi, purify him quickly. He is physically exhausted and has absorbed too much fear power."

"Hmm!" Shizhi nodded and used all her strength, concentrating the green light on Lu Xingchen. At this time, the red in Lu Xingchen's eyes slowly disappeared, and his complexion improved a lot.

Swish, swish, swish.

Qian Suxun operated a heavy-duty mech to walk over, the chest armor opened, and a narrow cockpit appeared inside.

"Quick, sit in and rest for a while. Your state is very bad."

"No matter, I am fine." Lu Xingchen tried to pat his sleeves, but he could hardly find a complete piece of cloth on his body.

Lin Xian saw his embarrassment, and at this time there was no other power armor for him to wear, so he said:

"Fire Brother, you go in and rest for a while. I will need you to descend like a god later."

"Since that is the case, then I will..."

Lu Xingchen coughed dryly and didn't talk nonsense anymore. Taking advantage of the fact that the key clothing on his body hadn't fallen off, he walked into the mech.

Qian Suxun operated the mech to close the cabin door. Soon, his holographic panel transmitted Lu Xingchen's vital sign information: "The state is a bit bad, but there is no injury. Let's go, the tide is rising immediately, let's avoid it first!"

The group immediately understood and went to the morgue below Baicheng Hospital nearby. This was the place where Xiang Ningjing and the others had hidden before. The door had been destroyed by the Red Human-Anomaly, but Lin Xian directly manufactured multiple sealed doors from the inside out and manufactured lights inside. In an instant, these dozen people, along with several mechs, were crowded into the cold morgue.

"Ho, you all came down together. This is much more comfortable than before." Qian Dele looked at the transparent and bright lights and couldn't help but say.

They had hidden here before and could only rely on the photoelectric light of the power armor. Originally, he didn't like places like the morgue, but now after Lin Xian's operation, the originally cold and terrifying morgue had become a temporary refuge for everyone to avoid the rising tide.

Those stored corpses had already rotted. There were communication devices installed by Silent City inside. Many metal cabinet doors for storing corpses in the cold storage area were half-open. The melted corpse water solidified into wax-like substances on the ground, mixed with broken bones and rotten fabrics. The corners were piled with body bags, and several of them had burst due to swelling, revealing several carbonized dried corpses.

Not long after everyone hid inside, the tide rose, and a cold chill swept across the earth. Outside, on the ruins of the hospital inpatient building, it was boiling.

It was clear that those burning flames and the crashed transport ship had attracted the attention of many anomalies.

In the underground morgue, Lin Xian and Qian Suxun opened the half-rocket. Sure enough, this rocket was not some kind of missile, but a vehicle used by the Deep Red World to transport goods to the outside. After opening the outer shell, everyone was surprised to find that in the middle was a small freezing cabin. This freezing cabin was different from others because its volume was narrow, and it couldn't hold an adult at all.

Through the transparent freezing cabin lid, a completely twisted and deformed clone whose four prosthetics had been removed appeared in everyone's sight. What was strange was that on the clone's chest, a palm-sized culture dish appeared. There was a kind of brownish-red flesh tissue in that culture dish, and this culture dish was clearly installed not long ago, and the blood that had been frozen and dried was still seeping around the circle.

Seeing this strange scene, the group frowned one after another.

"What is this thing?" Tianye Lan asked.

Xiang Ningjing asked suspiciously: "Are they trying to launch the clone out?"

Qian Dele snorted: "If so, why not launch the memory module directly..."

"No," Lin Xian said, "The fact that they are launching them this way shows that the memory is not the main thing. Looking at it like this, they need living hosts for the transport!"

Kiki nodded: "Makes sense. This clone must still be alive, so that culture dish is very likely the goal!"

Qian Suxun didn't speak, but quickly transmitted the details back to Mochizuki Zhenji.

Mochizuki Zhenji at this time looked at the footage of the freezing cabin, his eyes staring curiously at the culture dish, and said:

"Xun, take off the memory module and crack the content."

"Understood." Qian Suxun nodded. He looked at Lin Xian: "Lin, I need to take off his memory module. Can you control it?"

"Also," he said, looking at the Grace robot behind: "Might need her computing power."

Lin Xian understood Qian Suxun's worry about the self-destruction program, so he directly used the Heart of Machinery to open the cabin lid, then devoured the self-destruction module of the brain-machine, and took off the memory module.

Then Qian Suxun inserted the memory module into the control interface of the light mech. At this time, Lin Xian let Grace come over, connected to the ACS mech's connection port, and began to parse the memory module information.

【Successfully cracked RSA encryption, accessing stored consciousness body】

【Access successful. Personnel: Li Tai, 45 years old, former Chief Biological Gene Engineer of Deep Red Pharmaceuticals...】

At the same time, Lin Xian let Grace synchronize the captured key information to Mochizuki Zhenji, who would analyze it in combination with the whole. During this time, Lin Xian had not fully communicated with Grace about Baicheng information. Regarding the information content of Silent City, Mochizuki Zhenji did not let her participate considering some safety issues, so now to analyze the situation, it still had to pass through Mochizuki Zhenji.

In the bunker main control room, with information transmitted back one by one, the circuits of Mochizuki Zhenji's entire main control room were glowing, and his AI brain was running rapidly.

"So that's it. Truly a group of guys who will cause trouble..."

Mochizuki Zhenji sighed with deep meaning at this time and said in the communication frequency band.

"It will take some time to parse everything. However, based on the current partial information, this memory module should be valid content, and it is also a complete backup."

"Second, through recent retrieval information, they have successfully cultivated dark living cells. This is good news and also bad news. The good news is that through these living cells, humans can have unexpected huge progress in the research of the Star Abyss and dark invasion, because all biological tissues will lose activity after anomalies are killed. So this discovery is very likely to let us directly find a way to solve the dark invasion, and it is even possible to reverse the fate of human extinction. Of course, the premise is that we can bring this thing out completely and conduct research."

"Then what is the bad news?" Xiang Ningjing asked.

"The bad news is that this was researched by the Deep Red World." Before Mochizuki Zhenji could speak, Lin Xian said directly.

"Yes." Mochizuki Zhenji responded: "There is another more troublesome thing, which is that Baicheng is about to enter a great cleansing. But this great cleansing is different from before in that it is not just aimed at us, but their passive choice."

"Passive choice?"

"What does that mean?" Kiki asked.

Qian Suxun said sternly: "It means that this is not something the Deep Red World can control."

"That's right."

Mochizuki Zhenji said at this time: "These guys conducted some kind of experiment under that sewage treatment plant, disturbing Target 01. Therefore, their evacuation contingency plan this time is on one hand to deal with us, and on the second hand, they must complete the recovery of the institute's backup and the living cell samples they researched before the cleansing destroys everything!"

"Target 01!" Qian Dele said in surprise: "Hey, it wouldn't be that Star Abyss Overlord, right???"

Qian Suxun took a deep breath and nodded.

Instantly, in the entire morgue, the air solidified suddenly.

The Abyss Demon is coming!

At this time, above the dark sky curtain, wild thunder exploded, and the twisted black mist seemed to fault the heaven and earth. On the United Train position of hundreds of carriages by the Bottomless Lake Dark Forest, countless survivors looked at the strange dark sky outside the train windows, as if feeling a subtle tremor coming from the air, and an extremely oppressive and suffocating aura seemed to pour down from that sky curtain giant screen toward the bottom!

In the Baicheng Hospital morgue, the atmosphere was cold and quiet. Lin Xian's gaze condensed. Amidst the astonishment and silence of the group, he continued to contact Mochizuki Zhenji: "Is there still time?"

Mochizuki Zhenji did not talk nonsense and said immediately: "Target 01 has already approached from the center, but the Baicheng target has not been completely exposed. Therefore, the Deep Red World must ensure the completion of the recovery of the living cell samples before transmitting the activation instruction back to the interior, completely exposing the target and completing the great cleansing of Baicheng!"

"This group of guys is really..." Qian Dele sneered upon hearing this. At this time, he wanted to scold but found no words to use.

Mo Nika stood quietly in the back and said: "What if we intercept this instruction?"

"Impossible..." Tianye Lan shook her head: "Intercepting their signal relay is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And looking at this, even if successful, it only makes Baicheng not exposed so quickly, but that Star Abyss giant beast is already approaching here."

"No, she means, we directly enter the sewage treatment plant and solve their device before the return instruction is sent back!" Lin Xian said immediately.

Tianye Lan and Long Zhijie, including Shizhi, all frowned upon hearing this.

"Zhenji." And Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian at this time and asked Mochizuki Zhenji through the communicator: "What Lin said, is there enough time?"

"Perhaps... yes." Mochizuki Zhenji took a deep breath: "In the Star Abyss, this kind of rocket can only use inertial guidance, pre-setting a coordinate. After flying out, it is recovered by people outside at a fixed point. However, because of signal delay and accuracy problems, recovery takes a certain amount of time. According to the efficiency of the Deep Red World, perhaps it only takes a few minutes to more than ten minutes."

"But we have 12 times the time!"

Just after Mochizuki Zhenji finished speaking, Lin Xian said sternly: "Even if it's 5 minutes outside, we have 1 hour here. Subtracting the rising tide, we still have a chance before the next rising tide, right?"

Hearing Lin Xian's words, everyone including Qian Suxun had astonished expressions. Being said by him like this, the difference in time flow inside and outside the Star Abyss seemed to give them a key opportunity!

Everyone held their breath, all waiting for the response from Mochizuki Zhenji's side.

For a long time, Mochizuki Zhenji's crisp voice came through everyone's communicators.

"Yes."

(End of chapter)