Chapter 379: It is alive

"Savior, me?" Lin Xian was a bit caught off guard.

"Don't misunderstand." Jian Xuwei took a light breath and said: "This is just a psychological construction. You don't need to..."

"I know." Lin Xian interrupted her and smiled: "I agree to your request. In fact, even if you didn't propose it, I had such an idea."

Lin Xian said to Jian Xuwei: "We have cooperated before, you should know something about me. I am not a savior, and I don't have any desire for power or commanding people. Essentially, I built the alliance for survival, and everyone's purpose is the same. So from a reasonable point of view, I have no interest in being a leader or being above people."

"But."

Lin Xian's gaze condensed, and his expression toward Jian Xuwei became serious: "From a rational point of view, I must take this Sky-Dome-class, and only I can build it. The Silent City has to dock at Yongcheng Port. If we want to perfect the subsequent construction of this train, we can only rely on my mechanical ability. There is no other way."

Jian Xuwei frowned slightly: "You can already build starships now?"

"For me, as long as there is a blueprint, it's just a matter of construction efficiency." Lin Xian answered directly.

"Alright, actually I didn't mean to be at odds with you, it's just..."

Jian Xuwei had a natural aura of a strong woman. Lin Xian knew that this woman had a high spirit, so after expressing his intention, he immediately changed the subject.

"It doesn't matter, you are still Chairman Jian. In the future, I wouldn't be able to manage thousands or tens of thousands of people myself anyway. What I care about most is nothing more than the construction of our doomsday starship fortress and ensuring survival. In terms of management, you are definitely more capable and experienced than me."

Lin Xian said with a smile: "But let's not use the board of directors model. Let's just do regional division of labor. Under the doomsday, there is no need to make it so complicated."

Hearing this, Jian Xuwei's expression was slightly startled, then the corners of her lips lifted. She looked at Lin Xian and breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, then from today on, you are my ship commander."

She said, reaching out to Lin Xian: "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

After clearing the estrangement, Lin Xian asked Jian Xuwei: "What is the situation with Jiang Yun now?"

"Originally, he was prepared to bring people to the Silent City first to negotiate with you and Wangyue Zhenshi and synchronize intelligence. However, there was a sudden change in Dawn City. His last message was three hours ago. The city was blocked, and he couldn't get people out before dawn."

Lin Xian nodded: "With so many people wanting to flee Dawn City, the Federation is probably going to jump."

"Definitely."

Jian Xuwei said: "Your methods were just a fuse. Originally, because of population and resource problems in Dawn City, the convoys and survivors in the city had long-standing grievances. There is a saying: people underground, ghosts above ground, forced labor inside the wall, weirdness outside the wall. That's exactly the situation. Many people have long been dissatisfied with the politician Zhou Mingyuan. Coupled with the Red Man Gui crisis, everyone is in danger. Now that this kind of thing has broken out, plus the Star Abyss mutation, it is very normal for many large convoys to prepare to run away. It is already a blessing that they haven't rebelled and opened fire."

"So Dawn City is now suffering from internal and external troubles, but why is there no movement from Chu Zhaonan?" Lin Xian asked.

Jian Xuwei said in a deep voice: "Chu Zhaonan rarely shows up. Many people in the city even think that Zhou Mingyuan is the Federation Chairman and Dawn City Lord. After all, he is in charge of all aspects of the city. According to my understanding, Chu Zhaonan and Zhou Mingyuan should have a factional opposition."

"Except for the Garrison Army."

"Yes, the Garrison Army has 130,000 people on the roster. It has been expanded from the initial 40,000-plus people. There are many evolvers and ability users, well-equipped, and with impressive combat effectiveness."

"What about the others?"

Jian Xuwei said: "There are several thousand people in the city defense guard battalion, and an armed night patrol group with more than 20,000 people, all established by Zhou Mingyuan. Other population control bureaus, finance, construction bureaus, these are nothing. In my intelligence, Zhou Mingyuan has always wanted to win over and incorporate Lu Tianye. But Lu Tianye has a very strange temper. Before the Federation collapsed, his identity was the Deputy Commander of the Marine Corps. He is very good at fighting. The battle of the Gray Mist Weird Body was commanded by him personally. And this person has no bureaucracy, only likes to kill zombies and weird bodies on the front line. Many people have a good reputation for him, and he can be considered a pure soldier."

"So the actual decision-makers in Dawn City are Chu Zhaonan and Lu Tianye?" Lin Xian asked.

Jian Xuwei nodded: "Yes."

Hearing this, Lin Xian frowned slightly: "Then in that case, the withdrawal of troops from Jinhai, the full-line contraction, all this was arranged by Chu Zhaonan, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Mingyuan?"

"Correct."

"Then it's clear." Lin Xian sneered: "Chu Zhaonan is also cooperating with the Deep Red World. Now I just don't know what they are preparing to do besides taking action against the No. 5 Star Abyss?"

"No matter what they do, the disturbances in the No. 5 Star Abyss have affected the survival status of survivors all over the world. The Phoenix Society has already intervened, and it just so happens that the Deep Red World matter has been picked out again. So next, whether it is Dawn City or the Phoenix Society, there will definitely be corresponding actions." Lin Xian's eyes were burning: "I feel we need to hurry up. If a conflict occurs, with an unstable factor like the Deep Red World, it is very likely to make the situation in this area extremely complicated."

"I think so too. Those convoys that left also sensed the crisis. Dawn City has 7 million people, being eyed by the 5, 7, and 8 Star Abysses. If they can't enter the underground city, the high walls alone can't change anything. Now that they are colluding with the Advent Sect, early withdrawal is the best choice."

Lin Xian nodded: "Then let's hurry up. Build standard hull carriages, repair the train, prepare ammunition. I think that after dawn, the fire in Dawn City might be even bigger. In unavoidable situations, we may have to choose to bypass the Zen Pass."

"Good." Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian: "Then, ship commander, are you prepared to transfer the people from the Infinite first?"

"No rush." Lin Xian looked up at the surrounding cabins and said: "I will first connect the entire interstellar train to my mechanical ability for control, and then I will arrange it."

Jian Xuwei responded softly, then turned and left.

Lin Xian walked out of the passage, looking at the wide cabin passage with an eager expression. Although in terms of width, the "Sky-Dome Interstellar Train" appeared a bit slender, after all, it was used for Earth-Moon orbit transport, and the whole thing looked like a train several times larger.

But except for the peculiar shape, the interior was completely up to starship standards. Even compared to ordinary starships, it was much more powerful in terms of defense and power. As a space vehicle used for 'transport', the durability requirement was extremely high, and it needed to frequently enter and exit the atmosphere. The shell was made of super-carbon-alkyne alloy and composite thermal insulation layer armor, which could withstand continuous ablation at 2,000°C, and even had a self-healing gel sealing layer in the middle layer for space airtightness, and then various structural inner layers.

However, the problem also came. This interstellar train was very sturdy, but not sturdy enough. The composite thermal insulation layer did not consider the situation of dealing with weird body bombardment. So Wangyue Zhenshi gave Lin Xian a suggestion, which was to add pure defensive high-strength armor plates on the outside. This should be a big project, but Lin Xian now had dozens of manufacturing drones, and the Silent City was still here. He prepared to prioritize solving the armor problem. Otherwise, if this interstellar train was damaged, it would be relatively troublesome to repair.

Passing through the passage, Lin Xian entered the main bridge. According to the Federation starship management standards, this was the core command hub of the entire ship. Ship commander, first mate, helmsman, tactical officer controlling weapon systems, security supervisor for shield management and safety defense, as well as engineering teams, information officers, communication officers, etc., managed the driving, attack, and defense of the interstellar train.

Besides this, there were other personnel responsible for living area management, such as science officers, chief engineers, medical officers, internal security, etc.

Looking at this large bridge that could accommodate more than a dozen people, Lin Xian took a long breath and immediately sat down to perform mechanical perception. After completing the perception, his mechanical heart could connect to the entire "Sky-Dome Train". Every corner, every pipeline, every weapon was under his control. He could remotely repair and directly control the floating flight.

The interstellar train was at least 3-5 times larger than the Infinite in terms of size and scale. The length of the 4 main ships alone exceeded two kilometers. According to the data from Jian Xuwei's engineers, the Sky-Dome train in this unfinished state already exceeded 820,000 tons. It was equipped with an ionized air sheath layer. This thing could ionize the air in front into plasma through the microwave emitter of the ship's bow array, forming a low-density plasma sheath layer with a thickness of about 0.5 meters, mainly used for high-speed cruising in the atmosphere and reducing air friction when crossing the atmosphere.

Combined with the 8 starry sky thrusters of the "Sky-Dome Train", the cruising speed of this behemoth in the atmosphere could exceed Mach 4.2, faster than the Silent City. After entering space, there was also an electrostatic field generator, which could resist charged particle streams or high-energy heavy ions and secondary radiation.

The mechanical heart seemed to unfold its domain, quickly embracing the entire main bridge. For a time, all information equipment and the main body frame continuously extended in Lin Xian's consciousness. Dense integrated circuit systems unfolded quickly like a spider web. From the work passage all the way to the No. 2 ship, the huge starry sky navigation system gradually appeared, and then all the way forward, he saw the low-temperature hibernation cabin area.

Subsequently, consciousness entered the core power layer. The 5,000-megawatt "Star-Driver" nuclear power hub exploded like a deep blue supernova in the mechanical heart. The Helium-3 fusion storm was tamed by the beryllium alloy constraint ring. The 5,000-megawatt energy torrent surged along the superconducting pipeline. Then he saw the precision-manufactured magnetic levitation orbital bow, which was similar in form to the horizon gateway. This was the "landing gear" used by the interstellar train for track-sticking operation.

The further back he went, Lin Xian's mechanical heart came to the living area. A large number of honeycomb-grid living cabins flashed by quickly. The spaceship-standard living cabin design, some large and some small, but without exception, were all in a brand-new state, making people feel very safe.

Finally, Lin Xian felt his consciousness enter the engine power compartment. Suddenly, the magnificent starry sky thrusters slowly unfolded a deep blue blueprint like a nebula. As Lin Xian touched it, a huge mechanical picture appeared in his line of sight.

"What a big guy. Just perceiving it is about to exhaust my energy. Fortunately, Jian Xuwei has the complete blueprint, so I don't need to rescan..."

Lin Xian closed his eyes. Suddenly, his heart moved. The starry sky thrusters started with a roar, and a powerful energy shock was released. The superstring reactor phase rainbow ring behind Lin Xian seemed to have a wonderful connection with the "Star-Driver" nuclear power hub. For a time, Lin Xian inexplicably felt that the energy of the entire "Sky-Dome Interstellar Train" was gathered in his hands. As long as he had a thought, this super starship of over 800,000 tons could explode and start, rushing into the clouds!

At this time, everyone in the No. 1 factory felt this vibration and cast their eyes toward this behemoth one after another.

"What's wrong? The interstellar train started!?"

"It must be Captain Lin operating it."

"Now we have to call him Captain Lin!"

"Isn't it Alliance Leader?"

"What Alliance Leader, you've read too many novels."

"I'm talking about the alliance..."

In the "Sky-Dome Train" main bridge, Lin Xian's heart was surging, and he had already re-divided the work.

Except for himself as the supreme leader, responsible for decision-making and emergency judgment, Lin Xian handed over the management of so many people on the starship to Jian Xuwei, and he was happy to be quiet. And the original core backbone of the Infinite, as well as Mo Mo Nika, Qian Dele, Shi Diyuan, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, and these people, still acted with him in the mode of a strategic elite group. They didn't engage in any complicated management system, because among them, except for a few, none possessed the ability of professional starship crew. Forcing arrangements didn't make much sense. For example, the helmsman was actually train operation. No one in the current team knew how to do it. If trained, perhaps Luo Yang and others would get started quickly. However, Lin Xian still had Grace in his hands, and the subsequent full-ship control would be completely done by Lin Xian + Grace AI.

As for the chief engineer, Old Mo and many mechanical engineers on Jian Xuwei's side could fully qualify. As for the logistics end, Lin Xian had Li Yi, Xiao Yuan, Miao Lu, and these people, so he could rest assured.

After all, Shi Diyuan, Qian Dele, Mo Mo Nika, Shu Qin, Da Lou, Liang Lei, Huo Ge, Kiki, Bai Xiaoqing, A Bai, including Hu Lushou and Sun Chang, strictly speaking, were all combat elites under doomsday survival.

They would face survival crises in the future. By comparison, these internal things were all small problems, and Lin Xian didn't want to overcomplicate them.

"Eh, why does this look a bit like the Silent City?"

Thinking of this, Lin Xian suddenly reacted. The Silent City as a whole didn't have many management personnel either. Qian Suxun, Tianye Lan, and these were just simple divisions of labor. The entire Silent City was almost operated and maintained by drones, including the operation of the Silent City, or directly speaking, it was controlled by Wangyue Zhenshi, this AI. So the Silent City didn't have various management departments like Dawn City. And Lin Xian possessed the same ability as Wangyue Zhenshi, so even if the number of people increased later, he only needed to communicate with the core team, and the entire Sky-Dome train was under his absolute control.

Whoosh.

The mechanical heart perception was withdrawn. Lin Xian took a heavy breath. He opened the light screen and looked at the current information.

【Current Mechanical Heart Level Lv. 5 (17640/20000)】

Mechanical Devouring: 5 (2065/3000) Improve devouring efficiency

"A whole Dragon-type transport ship actually increased so many mechanical source points. Now it's really a rich battle."

Lin Xian looked at the panel. Now he was only more than 2,000 mechanical source points away from completing the second mechanical awakening. Now that he had the "Sky-Dome Train", he had to redeploy the weapon systems on it. This also meant that he could completely use the joint train, including his own Infinite, for devouring and rapid upgrading!

"By the way, this train hasn't installed a weapon system yet. After the fourth standard hull and the second layer of armor are built, let Wangyue Zhenshi help me get an orbital star-quaking cannon and a Hyperion directional constraint cannon first. I'll build the others on the road, which can save me a lot of time."

At this time, under the command of Jian Xuwei and the original captains of the various train convoys, a large amount of materials were moved to the material storage cabin of the Sky-Dome train. Other team members, including the children from the original No. 10 carriage and other trains, also moved to the standard hull cabin section under the arrangement of Li Yi and Sun Yuzhen. For a time, excited voices rose one after another in the connecting area of the magnetic levitation berth.

"Wow, spaceship!!" Mo Xiaole's eyes were sparkling.

"Are we going to fly into space?"

"So amazing!"

"So big, will there be an amusement park on this?"

"Don't talk, be quiet."

At the same time, all the core backbone groups also moved to the No. 3 main ship. The transfer of thousands of people was a big project. Although the four standard living hulls could accommodate 4,000 people, Lin Xian felt that there was no need to rush now, because the Sky-Dome-class didn't have a weapon system yet. Moving everyone up at once meant that the weapons on the joint train were wasted.

So on the Infinite, Lin Xian left Shu Qin, Da Lou, Li Yi, and these people. On the Longshan No. 1 side, Shi Diyuan also temporarily continued to sit in town. For the convenience of deployment, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, Bai Xiaoqing, and A Bai boarded the Sky-Dome train first. As for Qian Dele, he took the lead. He directly gave the train to Lin Xian, and then took the 100-plus people of his convoy to move into the standard cabin. He and Xiao Meng were on the No. 3 main ship.

Mo Mo Nika was even more carefree. She left all those male subordinates on the Mo Queen, waiting for Lin Xian and Jian Xuwei's subsequent arrangements, and then handed over the trained female team members to Lin Xian for deployment, while she moved into the main ship alone. In her words, finally, she didn't have to worry too much...

"Devouring Qian Dele and Mo Mo Nika's trains should be enough..."

Lin Xian looked at the situation in each cabin on the holographic light screen, calculating in his heart. At this time, Chen Sixuan walked into the main bridge and said to him: "Lin Xian, the construction progress of the Silent City side is very fast. Qian Suxun said that the unfinished cabin should be completed within 24 hours."

"So fast?" Lin Xian said in surprise.

"It was already 60% completed. Wangyue Zhenshi sent 6,000 robots to start work. This speed is okay..."

Kiki walked over from behind. The two looked at Lin Xian with different expressions. Chen Sixuan said with some emotion: "After coming out of the Star Abyss, our leap was too fast. Now we should never worry about track problems anymore, right?"

"Yes." Lin Xian nodded: "I was originally thinking about how to modify it, but ever since Old Mo told me, I knew that the Infinite could only be modified for all-terrain drive. If you want to fly, you can only rebuild it. This big guy is a god-given opportunity, giving thousands of us a chance to survive."

"And like the Silent City, it can also run on the ground." Kiki said somewhat proudly: "It's much safer than a starship. In the future, if you want to rush into space, you can completely do it."

Chen Sixuan smiled and looked at the two: "I remember when we just came out of Jiang City, Kiki said a lot of assumptions. Now most of them have been realized, right, Lin Xian?"

"Not yet." Lin Xian shook his head, took a deep breath and said: "Now we just have a larger vehicle, a vehicle that can fly, but the armor and weapons need to be reconfigured. And with more people, the internal living area, research area, and planting and breeding have not been done on a large scale. I want to make this a fortress where we can live safely. We can escape when we encounter danger, and our survival rate will be greatly improved."

"However, we can't just be optimistic. We also have to think pessimistically. Even if we have a starship, it is not safe. The 30,000-ton Dreadnought-class aerospace ship crashed, and the 400,000-person Qingluan floating city sank into the Pacific. Since the beginning of the Apocalypse Day, the Federation has had a large number of starships wanting to escape the Blue Star but none succeeded. So for the darkness, we are still fragile." Lin Xian had a worried expression: "I have to fully arm this big guy, make the weapons reach the scale of the Silent City, and the primary goal is to face S-level. Even if we can't defeat it head-on, at least we have the ability to retreat completely."

Kiki looked at Lin Xian with a giggle: "Hey, I said you've been nagging for a long time. We've been turning bad luck into good luck all the way. It's useless for you to worry so far. Why don't you go see your ship commander's living cabin? It's right across from me~"

"Have you all moved in?"

Chen Sixuan nodded: "It's very wide here, and there are four decks. I followed the original layout of the Infinite. A group of people live on the first floor, not far apart. The number of people who can live on this main ship is not many. Just as you said, most of them are core members here, and others are on the standard living cabin section."

Lin Xian became interested. He followed Chen Sixuan and Kiki to the core living area. There were dozens of living cabins here, all incredibly luxurious. Pushing the door to look, not only was the space huge, but it was also full of the clean feeling of interstellar travel.

"See, such a big bed~" Kiki said.

"Come to think of it, this thing originally had a share of your family." Lin Xian looked at Kiki and said.

Kiki rolled her eyes at him: "I don't care. These are all yours, and they are all mine~ Great, such a big bathroom~"

Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian: "Each room in the core living area has an independent bathroom. There is not only a special kitchen here, but also a dining room and even a fitness cabin, where you can swim..."

"I didn't expect us to be able to live a good life under the doomsday." Lin Xian said with a smile.

"Actually, the good life you've been leading us through has always been a good life."

Chen Sixuan said: "Before Shu Qin and the others boarded the Infinite, they were still eating dried rat meat. Our Infinite has already protected us very well, and the living space is also very large."

Lin Xian nodded and said with some reluctance: "Yes, if it weren't for the track problem, I really wouldn't want to give it up."

"Don't be reluctant. This largest one is yours."

Kiki walked in front and reached out to open an automatic door. Suddenly, a wide ship commander's living cabin appeared before Lin Xian. This room was the closest to the main bridge. There were only four rooms on the whole floor. As a result, except for Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan, the other three rooms were one for Kiki and Shasha, one for Jian Xuwei, and one for Mo Mo Nika...

Except for Lin Xian, they were all women...

He could understand Kiki and Shasha, but why did Jian Xuwei and Mo Mo Nika also live here.

Kiki looked at this big room, feeling comfortable and enjoying it: "Outside, zombies are roaring, monsters are all over the city, and we live in a luxurious room on a starship. It's really comfortable. I hope such stable days can last longer."

"By the way, where is Director Ding."

"Still on the Infinite doing research. She seems to have discovered something, and she hasn't slept at this time." Chen Sixuan said at this time.

"Good, I'll go see it right away." Lin Xian looked at the time. He had been busy all night. He originally planned to sleep, but in this situation, after he found Ding Junyi, he also planned to find Wangyue Zhenshi to see the situation of that giant colonial armor. It seemed there was no time at all.

On several aerial connecting passages of the interstellar train, the people of the joint train were busy moving. Lin Xian walked down quickly and returned to the Infinite. As soon as he entered the No. 3 carriage, he saw Ding Junyi wearing goggles, dripping some kind of chemical solution into a glass container, and inside was a piece of black biological tissue.

"Are you done?"

"Not yet. Teacher Chen said you discovered something here?"

"Remember the dark-corrosion cell tissue we brought out from the Star Abyss?" Ding Junyi said.

Ding Junyi took off her goggles at this time and said to Lin Xian:

"It is alive."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 380 =====