Chapter 364: Dawn City and Phoenix Society (9k 2-in-1)

September 9th, d103, 3:45 AM

On the edge of the Luling Forest wilderness, under the starry night, a huge mobile mechanical city was parked. The ground tracks like mountain ranges crushed the withered black forest into two large trenches several meters deep. The multi-layer hull deck of the mechanical city, a large number of radars and attack-defense weapons were on 24-hour alert. Under the patrol of various photoelectric observation and aiming systems and drones, countless base weapons, high-pressure defensive power grids, plasma cutting wire harnesses for anti-climbing, and four giant orbital star-shaking cannons on both sides of the edge deck were in a low-frequency dormant state, together forming this copper-walled and iron-walled defensive system.

Lin Xian took Kiki and Chen Sixuan to the upper deck and stood by the steel sentry post in the night wind. This was already several hundred meters high. The wind whistled in his ears. Looking at it, one side was the vast land plain under the dark night, and the other side was the edge of Star Abyss No. 5, which divided the horizon like a storm, looking eerie and unpredictable.

"There is a giant sky screen at an altitude of 10,000 meters, but it seems impossible to see it by visual inspection."

Kiki looked up at the sky and said: "I heard that Dawn City launches lifters to try to break through every once in a while, but they all failed."

"At first we all thought it was affected by the Star Abyss and dark invasion, so it led to communication interruption..." Chen Sixuan said solemnly: "I remember when I was in Yubei, Wei Kexue also mentioned that aircraft are more dangerous than land marching. I thought it was just because there were more terrifying monsters in the sky..."

"In a completely unknown situation, the risk of flying is huge." Lin Xian held the cold railing and looked at the huge hull below and the dark forest swept by searchlights, and said: "Even for large floating devices like Silent City and Phoenix City, this is the case. But there is another main problem, where to fly?"

There is no absolutely safe place in the world. Since there is no destination, essentially everyone is fleeing to avoid the expansion of the polar night. So flying fast and high or staying in the air is far less safe than hiding in the basement. This is also why Silent City, despite having floating capabilities, mostly chooses to travel on the ground.

Of course, except for Silent City, there are no such large land vehicles in the world at present, even the various large base vehicles of the Dawn Center cannot compare.

"Oh, Brother Lin, you are here."

A familiar voice came. Lin Xian turned his head and found it was Shi Diyuan, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, as well as Qian Dele and Mo Mo Nika. They were all invited by Mochizuki Shinji to go to the central tower of the Cloud Area to discuss and synchronize some information.

"What a huge city. Life, industry, planting, medical care, and weapon equipment can almost achieve self-circulating manufacturing. This is the real doomsday fortress."

"I also went to the city to shop, and it's really good. It's clean, tidy, and convenient. It's a good place. It seems that there are many people, which is good." Qian Dele was in a casual suit. It could be seen that after escaping from the Star Abyss, he had relaxed a lot and restored his exaggerated style of shiny leather shoes and black sunglasses.

"It's not that simple. Do you know how many supplies 100,000 people need to consume every day? And such a large mobile city, it's not easy to keep silent in the dark night." Xiang Xiang Ningjing helplessly said to him.

Shi Diyuan laughed: "Exactly, your vehicle team's chores are all handed over to Xiao Meng. If you really let you manage such a large city, are you willing?"

Qian Dele frowned when he heard this, and said without thinking: "Then forget it..."

Then Shi Diyuan took a deep breath, his gaze swept over the various floating large and small ships on the lower deck, and said to Lin Xian: "I heard that they have dozens of large and small fleets, specializing in entering some cities and strongholds that have been swallowed by the polar night and have federal reserve supplies, including cargo transit and large and small ports for material maintenance, so they have a large amount of raw materials and basic supplies. Raising so many people is not an easy thing. My Dragon Mountain No. 1 has more than 1,000 people and it's enough to give me a headache."

"So there are advantages to having many people, and there are advantages to having few people." Mo Mo Nika was also in a simple outfit, taking off her power armor. She was wearing a cyan silk tight-fitting long skirt, the side of the skirt was tightly closed, perfectly outlining her full and moving figure. She was draped in a luxurious mink windbreaker, and her aura was powerful. She looked at Lin Xian and said:

"After being out for so long, I haven't thanked our great hero in person yet. Team Leader Lin, train leap, space transfer, can you be any more magical?"

Lin Xian smiled bitterly: "When people are forced to a dead end, they will always have some inexplicable ideas. The giant statue that dragged us in also sent us out. Speaking of which, this is thanks to the Deep Red World."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, this group of guys only does disgusting things. If we meet them, we definitely won't give them good fruit to eat." Kiki said with disdain, and then she looked at Mo Mo Nika and asked: "By the way, wasn't that Zhou Lei locked up by you? How is he?"

Mo Mo Nika shrugged, her eyebrows flat: "He was crying when he first came out, and after so long, he found that he didn't die, and he got his spirit back. He eats whatever is given to him."

"Didn't this guy say he would die if he came out of the Star Abyss?" Chen Sixuan frowned: "Or is it just a pretense, trying to trick us into bringing him out..."

"He has the aura of a taboo object, which is true." Xiang Xiang Ningjing looked at Lin Xian at this time and said: "Abai said he felt that the other party had some kind of aura in common with Lin Dui, it should be correct. It's just that this person is cunning, how much of his words can be believed is unknown."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered: "Black Candle... If it really exists, either the people of Divine Revelation lied to him, or the candle light was not extinguished, letting this guy save his life first."

"Speaking of which..." Mo Mo Nika swept her gaze across Lin Xian's face and said indifferently, "How long do you intend to keep him?"

"Let's ignore him for now." Lin Xian looked at the progress of the gathering point, and said: "Let's go, Mochizuki Shinji is waiting for us. I haven't enjoyed the top-tier rich man's dinner yet."

"Right, let's get down to business first. This kind of guy lives on a little information. Maybe Mochizuki Shinji is more interested in his information than we are." Shi Diyuan said.

Lin Xian nodded. Although it was a dinner, it was mainly for the leaders of several core teams to discuss the next arrangements, so Lin Xian only brought Kiki and Chen Sixuan. The others went to the No. 2 city to relax, while Grace, Dancer 1, and several PX-05 maintenance robots were left on the train to perform basic maintenance on the Infinite.

At this time, a leading robot came to guide several people toward the high tower. Lin Xian had just taken a few steps when he heard a subtle whisper from Mo Mo Nika beside him that only he could hear.

"Neon cuisine is light and tasteless, and high-end dinners are not on the table. The top rich man's dinner is only dragon food and French food. If you really want to, I will treat you to real dragon country delicacies another day."

Lin Xian frowned slightly, couldn't help turning his head to look at her, and found that Mo Mo Nika was looking ahead, so he asked:

"It's the doomsday, where are there any delicacies..."

Mo Mo Nika's lips lifted slightly, her figure moved forward quickly, leaving a thought-provoking sentence.

"In my car."

Lin Xian was startled when he heard this. He thought, does this woman still hide any top-tier ingredients in the doomsday?

But he was actually just saying it casually, and he didn't care much about what he ate. Letting him eat delicacies was not as good as letting him swallow the Mo Queen, which might directly let him break through to lv. 6 and complete mechanical awakening!

This is the most important thing, Lin Xian thought. Now that he is in Silent City, he must make good use of this opportunity to enrich the previously barren mechanical theory and blueprint library, and by the way, strengthen his ability.

Following a leading robot, the 7 people took the elevator all the way to the upper deck of the Cloud Area, located behind the top of the floating city. This deck was designed as a private space, as if suspended in the sanctuary of the clouds, a Japanese-style sanctuary.

After the mechanical door opened, under the retractable steel curtain top was a large Japanese-style courtyard. In the center of the courtyard was a clear pool, the bottom of which was paved with bright white jade sand. The water surface reflected the bamboo fences and stone lanterns around it. Several landscape stones stood by the pool, shaped like distant mountains, secretly matching the essence of the "built mountain garden" landscape. A bamboo "deer scare" by the pool tilted slowly, and the bamboo tube knocked on the bluestone, making a clear sound, rippling ripples in the quiet courtyard.

The further in, the top increased the holographic projection of blue sky and white clouds, simulating the changes of the four seasons in Neon. Cherry petals fell in spring, fireflies dotted the summer night, autumn maple was like fire, and winter snow covered the courtyard silently. The light and shadow fell on the moss and sand patterns in the courtyard, and the reality and reality were intertwined, making people feel as if they were in a luxurious mansion in the quiet countryside far away from the hustle and bustle.

The sound insulation technology here is superb. When the curtain top is completely closed, the mechanical roar of the outside world disappears completely, leaving only the rustling sound of bamboo leaves rubbing and the dripping of pool water. Several people feel as if they are not inside a mechanical floating city, but in a luxurious mansion in the beautiful countryside.

Walking to the end of the corridor, a familiar figure stood there with a smile, as if waiting for them all the time.

Qian Qian Qian Suxun.

"It seems you rested well." Qian Qian Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian and said with a smile.

"You recovered well too."

Like him, he also experienced the terrifying situation of observing the Merlion giant statue head-on for several minutes. Although there was the blood orchid of Silent City and Shizhi's shot, this guy was indifferent at this time. It seems that his spiritual level is definitely not ordinary.

After speaking, he turned around, and the door behind him opened slowly: "Please."

Behind the door was a huge Japanese-style hall, paved with light grass-colored tatami mats. In the center was a boat-shaped dining table made of beech wood, five rooms long, with natural wood grain preserved. On both sides were neatly arranged purple sandalwood seats. In front of each seat was placed Wajima lacquerware and Bizen-yaki wine sets. At the farthest end of the long table, Mochizuki Shinji stood quietly in a plain robe.

The artificial night wind blew, and the cherry petals fell into the Tenmu tea bowl on the dining table. At this moment, the hustle and bustle of the mechanical floating city seemed to be completely isolated from this wabi-sabi universe.

"You're welcome, please sit down." Mochizuki Shinji was as peaceful as ever. Seeing the curiosity of the crowd about the scene inside, he looked at a direction outside the window and said: "Don't misunderstand, I have no preference for the quality of the environment space. Building such an area is just to arrange a habitat for an old friend."

Everyone heard this and followed his gaze, only to find that by the clear pool outside the house, an emaciated old man with gray hair was holding a simple bamboo pole and fishing. The old man was hunched and sat there motionless as if he were asleep. The fish float floating on the clear pool swayed gently with ripples.

Lin Xian looked at the old man's back and then at Mochizuki Shinji, with a bit of doubt in his eyes. After a long while, his eyes froze, and he said:

"Is he you?"

As soon as Lin Xian's words came out, the others changed their expressions.

Mochizuki Shinji smiled faintly: "No, he is him, I am me, we are both independent individuals. If you have to say it, before the Digital Life Act was passed, in terms of human roles, I cannot inherit his identity, but for now, the relationship between him and me is actually a teacher-student relationship."

Hearing Mochizuki Shinji's words, Chen Sixuan, Kiki, and others finally determined that the old man fishing by the clear pool was actually Mochizuki Shinji himself!

"I said Mochizuki Shinji is not fifty or sixty years old, so the machine body image you are using now is when you were young?" Kiki asked.

Mochizuki Shinji nodded: "That's right."

After speaking, he signaled to everyone: "Please sit down. He is at this age and likes to be quiet. Let us handle the troublesome things."

Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan looked at each other. I don't know why, when hearing Mochizuki Shinji's words, an indescribable mood rose in the hearts of several people, just like a person saying goodbye to his own life. Looking at the old fisherman, and then looking at Mochizuki Shinji, who was leisurely and had the mind of the world, Lin Xian's mood was a bit complicated.

"It's no wonder that the Digital Life Act will not be passed. In the peaceful era, this form of existence is indeed difficult to accept." Chen Sixuan said slowly.

Mochizuki Shinji smiled and said: "You must have heard of the Ship of Theseus paradox in philosophy class at university. It says that a wooden ship on an expedition gradually decays over time. People constantly replace it with new parts. The problem that arises is, is this ship still the original Ship of Theseus? If so, what is the reason? If not, when did it stop being?"

Chen Sixuan nodded: "I remember this, about philosophical self-thinking."

"Hmm, yes, human lifespan is actually related to cell division and replacement. There was once the same problem, saying that human cells complete an update every 7 years. Of course, this is a misunderstanding..." Mochizuki Shinji shrugged: "Actually, the update rate of different cells is very different, but... whatever, let's just use this 7-year statement. Then the problem comes, are you now, and you 7 years ago, still the same person?"

"I am definitely still myself..." Shi Diyuan frowned and said frankly: "At least the brain, torso, hardware, etc., are still me..."

Snap~

Mochizuki Shinji snapped his fingers, looked at Shi Diyuan meaningfully, and said: "That's right, if you compare a person to a machine, all the internal organs are the hardware of this machine, and the hardware needs to be updated, whether it is cell iteration or irreversible damage. For example, if the limbs are broken, you can install prosthetics, if the eyes are blind, you can install artificial eyes, and the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys can all have substitutes. After these are replaced, is he still himself?"

"But the brain is different!" Kiki retorted: "The brain is a person's thinking consciousness center, which has self-recognition!"

"Bingo!"

"So the problem is actually here." Mochizuki Shinji sat down slowly with his hands folded in his sleeves when he heard this, and said: "Are you you because of your memory, or because of your thinking?"

"That's of course... uh..." Kiki thought about it, but found that she didn't know how to answer this question.

Mochizuki Shinji continued to ask: "When the brain degenerates and thinking ability declines, you will get Parkinson's, amnesia. If you compare it to a machine, it is that the core processor has a problem. So when we retain its original memory and replace it with a core processor, the only difference between human brain operation and quantum computer operation is the calculation logic and efficiency. Is he still himself?"

Lin Xian nodded and let out a long breath: "I know you are right, but I can't understand it for me now."

Mochizuki Shinji said to the point. He looked at Lin Xian and said meaningfully:

"That's because you know that you after uploading your self-consciousness has nothing to do with you."

"But do you know what is very interesting?" He said and stood up, opened his hands, and in an instant the whole room was occupied by gorgeous holographic images, which were the glorious history of human development from tribal agricultural civilization to the present: "The history of human development is actually a process of constant trial and error, the destruction and reconstruction of dynasties. Every period is a breakthrough in science. But the problem is that the limit of a civilization is precisely the limit of these individual lives and the limit of knowledge carrying. The simplest example is that a top scientist wants to participate in frontier research, at least 35-40 years old, which means that 2/3 of his life is constantly repeating the knowledge that already exists, starting from 1+1, repeating over and over again. But when the world's technology tree becomes larger, one person cannot control so much knowledge, what can be done is to constantly differentiate disciplines, differentiate and differentiate again, just like multi-threading, let us have thousands of thousands of disciplines!"

"But when a person's brain computing processing ability is strongest, it is actually 15-20 years old. The contradictory place comes. The brains of dead great scientists cannot think anymore, and new brains need to re-establish worldviews... But the problem is that society, politics, family, environment, disasters, networks, religion, everything is making this repeated iteration process have more and more risks and unpredictability. So the development of civilization will definitely be limited by the limits of lifespan and knowledge reserves. So have you ever thought about why processors can iterate from light bulbs, vacuum tubes, semiconductors, and quantum bodies, why can't human brains?"

"So once humans complete the iteration from brain thinking consciousness to digital consciousness, lifespan and thinking boundaries will have an infinite upper limit. This is the key key to the leap of civilization!"

Everyone was silent. Mo Mo Nika participated in the discussion with great interest. She rested her chin on the table: "Actually, I have also heard a theory that humans are also a kind of machine. All phenomena in the organic world can be explained from a mechanical perspective. The only problem is actually the progress limit of social recognition and civilization iteration."

She said and pointed to the old man fishing in the distance outside the window: "For example, this situation."

Lin Xian laughed dumbly when he heard this: "Genius scientist Mochizuki Shinji cannot be immortal, but you who inherit Mochizuki Shinji's knowledge can iterate infinitely."

"Smart."

Mochizuki Shinji smiled, and then looked at the old back outside the window, and said lightly:

"He and I are not the same individual, but the reason why I am me and he is my teacher is because I need to further correct perceptual errors in the process of 'human in the loop' learning."

"Alright, having said so much, let's arrange the dinner."

Mochizuki Shinji pointed his finger, the holographic image disappeared. At this time, the door opened, and the maid robots walked in neatly and served exquisite dishes. Everyone looked, and they were all fresh vegetables and meat. The freshness of the oily green vegetables came to their faces. Lin Xian was not surprised that such a large Silent City had a green plant cultivation base, but those meats made Lin Xian a little shocked.

Because in addition to chicken and beef, there was even fresh sushi made of sea fish!

This represents that there may be large aquaculture ponds in Silent City, which is simply arrogant.

"Isn't the water body seriously polluted by dark invasion now, how can you still raise fish?" Qian Dele picked up a piece of sea fish sushi and put it in his mouth, and couldn't help asking.

"Do you need water to raise fish?"

Qian Qian Qian Suxun opposite smiled and said: "Just like your plant cultivation cabin, growing vegetables doesn't need soil. Moisture, oxygen, and energy, oxygenated gel can satisfy survival conditions. This is not a difficult thing, right."

Lin Xian looked at the two: "Have most of the people in Silent City completed digital consciousness upload?"

"Most of them are." Qian Qian Qian Suxun shrugged: "Consciousness memory bodies are also valuable strategic assets at present. We also have to conduct some screening and assessment. In addition, due to computing power problems, it can only be saved in Silent City's cloud network at present. Individual liberalization requires a large amount of industrial construction power, which is still being realized."

"Lin."

Mochizuki Shinji looked at him: "If you are willing, you can export a copy of your own consciousness backup. Perhaps you will use it later."

"I use myself?" Lin Xian said in surprise.

Mochizuki Shinji smiled and said: "For yourself, this looks very strange, but for the people around you, you are still you. I don't know if you can understand what I say?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Sixuan, Kiki, Qian Dele, Shi Diyuan, and others looked at Lin Xian, their eyes a bit subtle.

"Hehe, you can consider it, everything follows your personal wishes."

"Let's talk about business next." Mochizuki Shinji saw Lin Xian silent, smiled slightly, and then said to everyone: "Thank you for cooperating with Silent City to overcome the difficulties. Inviting everyone here this time is on the one hand to express gratitude. If you have any need for Silent City's help, whether it is supplies, ammunition, or weapons, I can provide them. On the other hand, it is to synchronize some information with everyone and the... hmm, some directions and arrangements of Silent City next. Perhaps you will be interested."

"I know you should be planning to turn north to find the Dawn Center or take the circum-star orbital ocean section to enter the Pacific. If you want to leave, Silent City will send you to the nearest orbital line. Of course, or if you are willing to join Silent City, I express my welcome."

"That's good." Shi Diyuan drank a cup of clear sake on the table and said half-jokingly: "Now that there are crises everywhere, who doesn't want to find a big tree to lean on."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing asked very seriously when she heard this: "What is Silent City's plan?"

"I have already said this before." Mochizuki Shinji said with a flat expression: "Actually, it's not just us, Dawn City, Phoenix Society, they are all the same. The ultimate goal is to escape Blue Star."

Chen Sixuan frowned: "Is the Phoenix Society also running?"

"Otherwise?"

Mochizuki Shinji smiled and said: "The difference between the Phoenix Society and Dawn City is essentially just the difference in ideology for dealing with world crises. The Federation is elite politicized. The arrival of the Day of Apocalypse is despair for the whole world. Do you think the underground city project was the plan at the beginning? No... that was only after the Federation lost all satellites, sky-based systems, Nantian Sect, and Mochizuki planetary rings, and had to seek survival. It was precisely under this despair, fear, and confusion that the Federation disintegrated into two camps. One is the old Federation... oh, that is, the group of people represented by Chairman Chu Zhaonan who represent the wealthy and elite classes, forming Dawn City."

"This group of people wants to quickly condense the resources and elite population of the world that have not been swallowed by the Star Abyss to save themselves. They play the slogan of protecting the last seeds of human civilization. In fact, logically speaking, this idea of theirs is very consistent with the direction of an inhuman society, but the problem is that they cannot do this, and our current social development has not reached this stage, so it has become a game of interests for those who seek survival."

"What about the Phoenix Society? The Phoenix Society is pragmatism, republicanism, and humanism. Their original intention is to save first, save the survivors of the world first, condense resources, build temporary safety cities, and then gradually transfer, making a final struggle in the polar regions. This is indeed much more humane, so it has also been recognized by almost all survivors. Even people in Dawn City, many also recognize the Phoenix Society, but it is all for seeking survival. Any way of living is living."

"But the problem is, the underground city plan is obviously just waiting to die in place?" Kiki folded her arms: "According to the location of Dawn City, it will be swallowed by Star Abyss No. 5 and Star Abyss No. 8 in at most one or two months. In this situation, what is the use of building walls and underground cities?"

Mochizuki Shinji looked at Kiki when he heard this, and said:

"Then you think the Phoenix Society has a solution?"

He shook his head and said calmly: "No, they also have no way to solve the darkness. They are just using the gaps that have not been swallowed by the Star Abyss to survive, and then in this process, they are resisting in the area where the last two or three million people in the world are swallowed by the Star Abyss. So I said that the Phoenix Society and Dawn City are the same in the final guidance of solving the world doomsday."

"Dawn City's starship port launches detection aircraft every two or three days, and they all crash without exception. In order not to alarm the terrifying atmospheric creatures on the giant sky screen, they can only launch them far away. And the Phoenix Society also built the Kunlun Star Hub in the polar regions for the same purpose. The difference is just that they want to save as many people as possible, and then use the time before the polar night to build more aircraft."

"Is it true that we only have to escape?" Xiang Xiang Ningjing said with an ugly expression: "Humans have been able to defeat S-levels, in this process..."

"Standing on humanism, I 100% recognize your idea, Miss Ning." Mochizuki Shinji smiled faintly and interrupted her: "The pity is that from the current point of view, humans have no chance of winning. Fighting those endless monsters in one year? You saw that brood, not just humans, the number and strength of anomalous entities are getting stronger every day, not to mention the 13 star abysses whose centers we haven't even seen?"

"So in fact, the reason why the Phoenix Society can be the world official at present is mainly because this darkness is unsolvable. If there were no giant sky screen, the Federation would not disintegrate, and the 'seeds' representing human civilization would have already left the solar system. What everyone left can do is not escape east..."

Mochizuki Shinji's gaze swept over the crowd, meaningfully saying: "But to snatch all the remaining aircraft..."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly stagnated. Everyone had different expressions. It had to be said that Mochizuki Shinji's words suddenly seemed to let everyone see some essence.

Mo Mo Nika nodded, very approvingly: "That's true, only when it's unsolvable will there be unity. It is precisely because it is unsolvable that there is the Phoenix Society."

"Because even if it is an escape, the Phoenix Society's plan to gather the world's resources to build more aircraft to take more people away will also win people's hearts, because everyone can have hope." Chen Sixuan also added.

"But it's absolutely impossible to build starships that can accommodate tens of millions of people in one year, right?" Qian Dele shook his head.

Lin Xian looked at him and said: "First of all, this is definitely the final plan of the Phoenix Society. Teacher Chen is right. Only with hope will there be fighting spirit, and only then can the survivors of the world be united. This is very important. In addition, if we can only escape, it is not that there is no way for tens of millions of people."

After speaking, he looked at Mochizuki Shinji and said sternly: "Because we still have the Mochizuki planetary ring, right."

Mochizuki Shin

"That's right. Although the Wangyue Planetary Ring is only 85% complete, as the largest man-made space structure in human history, it was designed to accommodate 15 million people. Coupled with the United Starships, this can indeed be achieved."

Upon hearing this, Kiki immediately frowned and hurriedly said, "Then the Dawn City keeps launching starships; their goal must be this as well!"

"Yes."

Wangyue Zhensi said calmly, "So much time has passed since the Apocalypse Day; they have long known that the Underground City project is unfeasible, so Dawn City is also doing its utmost to seize the initiative."

"Then what about your Silent City?" Lin Xian asked the key question at this moment.

"What makes me different from them is that I don't need the Wangyue Planetary Ring. But if we are to embark on a deep-star journey, Silent City still requires major upgrades. Therefore, Silent City will next bypass Dawn City from Jinhai and head toward Yongcheng Port. That is one of the largest starship ports jointly built by the former Wangyue Technology and Kehua Heavy Industry, and the main city of Silent City was built there."

"So Silent City won't go to the polar regions?"

Wangyue Zhensi said directly, "Haven't you noticed? The 13 Star Abysses are mainly concentrated on the continents, and humans are being gradually forced off the continental areas. Only the oceans, South America, and the polar regions are the final directions. Everyone can only be forced to flee eastward. For us, the biggest problem is the Sky Curtain, so it's the same wherever we go, isn't it?"

"Lin."

Wangyue Zhensi looked at Lin Xian and smiled, "Currently, apart from the Phoenix Society, the largest joint organizations in the world are Dawn City, Reykjavik (European Storm Alliance), and the North American United Front. Among these, except for Dawn City, all are large alliances that cooperate with the Phoenix Society, including Silent City. However, only Phoenix City and Silent City possess floating city capabilities, so we can cooperate to build a super-large mechanical starship. With your mechanical ability, you can use humanity's most cutting-edge technology to create the most powerful weapons and save more people. Are you interested in this?"

The eyes of everyone present fell on Lin Xian in unison. Not only Chen Sixuan and Kiki, but also Shi Di and Xiang Xiang Ningjing of Longshan No. 1, as well as Qian Dele and Mo Mo Nika, were actually tempted by Wangyue Zhensi's recruitment.

In the end, everyone's train plan was ultimately for survival. If humanity could not defeat the darkness before the global polar night, the ultimate goal would be to board a starship and escape the Blue Star. If it had to come to that, wouldn't joining the super floating city of Silent City now be obtaining a ticket in advance? Moreover, gathering in this huge mechanical city would greatly increase the survival rate. Why not do it?

This even directly caused Shi Di to begin wavering in his previous plan to go on an expedition to rendezvous with the Dawn Center.

Lin Xian was silent for a moment, as if thinking, and also as if hesitating. At this time, he suddenly looked at Wangyue Zhensi and said with a serious face,

"Uh, do you think that Nantian Gate and the Wangyue Planetary Ring have any potential?"

Pfft!

As soon as these words were spoken, the mouthful of wine Qian Dele had just taken into his mouth suddenly sprayed out with a pfft.

(End of chapter)