Chapter 381: Second Awakening, Black Star Forge!

Empty.

The surging mechanical roar became higher and higher in his ears. Lin Xian felt his vision was pitch black. He couldn't see the light screen of the mechanical heart, nor could he see anything. It seemed that he was not in the train loading factory at this time, but had come to an incredibly empty space.

Tinnitus, ionization made his face numb. At this time, the prompt sound of the mechanical heart finally appeared.

【Mechanical source points preparation successful, awakening mechanical heart】

【Awakening complete, Mechanical Lord】

【You have obtained Transfer Manufacturing and Black Star Forge】

【Integrating decomposition space, preparation factory, research center...】

【Black Star Forge is performing self-check】

【Black Star Forge started successfully!】

Woo~

The sound of an engine roar turned from low to shrill. Suddenly, a huge ring lit up in the dark space in front of Lin Xian. The light illuminated a giant structure device that looked like a mechanical engine. Blue and red energy lines gradually illuminated the entire space. Lin Xian's pupils shrank, discovering that he seemed to be in a boundless black stone cave at this time, and in front of him, that giant structure device was presented like a large interstellar tunnel.

"What the hell is this?"

The engine roared. Lin Xian circled around, surrounded by mist. He stomped on the ground and found that he really appeared in a strange space, but there was no pain. That feeling was like the state after his consciousness connected to Chu Yan.

Lin Xian opened the light screen of the mechanical heart and found that the content in the light screen had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Decomposition space, preparation factory, and research center all disappeared, and his mechanical passive introduction was gone, replaced by a more complex interface.

【Current Mechanical Heart Level Lv. 6 (20/50000)】

【Mechanical Awakening】: Mechanical Lord

Mechanical Devouring: 6 (100/5000) Improve devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 5 (1660/3000) Improve construction efficiency

【Special Skills】

Mech Energy Cannon 【Amplification】

AT Field 【Amplification】

Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring 【Amplification】

Flashback (Rare) (Level 3)

Magnetic Storm Oscillation (Rare) (Level 1)

Gravitational Lens (Legendary) (Level 2 50%)

Besides these, the original decomposition space, preparation factory, and research center became a large interface UI named 【Black Star Forge】, which not only contained all material information and research information, but also had 5 vacant construction sequences waiting to be enabled.

"Construction sequence?" Lin Xian frowned. He looked up at the huge mechanical tunnel in front of him, and for a moment, he seemed to understand something. So he tried to enter the tunnel. Who knew that as soon as his intention moved, he flew into the giant tunnel instantly. The scenery around him changed rapidly, and a world of increasingly huge mechanical structures appeared before his eyes.

He seemed to have come inside a super-large mechanical device. In all directions, tens of thousands of mechanical units operated silently under the metal firmament, flowing along established tracks like stars. The entire tunnel rotated slowly at a constant rhythm like a cosmic pendulum, centrifugal force throwing countless parts and materials toward the floating conveyor tracks, and being captured accurately at precisely calculated nodes.

Lin Xian saw that 5 manufacturing light screen paths appeared in the entire tunnel. He immediately tried to add the blueprint of the Lei Sun 2000 drone to the manufacturing sequence. Who knew that the light screen in front of him immediately appeared:

【Manufacturing Sequence 1: Lei Sun 2000 Attack Drone x1】

Ceng, ceng, ceng.

Suddenly, Lin Xian saw that above his head, a whole construction sequence suddenly started. The lights were bright and buzzing. Various types of materials moved quickly on the conveyor tracks. At the forefront, countless mechanical arms shot out lasers, emitting light similar to holographic printing technology. In the blink of an eye, the metal frame of a drone was built. Finally, micro-drones like a swarm of bees carried screws and circuits, weaving an electronic neural network inside and outside the fuselage, layer by layer, in an orderly manner, which was pleasing to the eye.

In less than 10 minutes, a brand new "Lei Sun 2000 Attack Drone" appeared in front of Lin Xian, and Manufacturing Sequence 1 returned to zero again.

"Sure enough, this is the manufacturing space of my mechanical heart!"

Lin Xian's eyes were burning. At this time, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster. It was the first time he felt the 【automated power】 from the mechanical heart!

"It seems that this Black Star Forge is my large-scale automated manufacturing factory, and there are 5 manufacturing sequences, which means I can open 5 manufacturing tasks at the same time!"

"Is it because my mechanical manufacturing proficiency is Level 5?"

Lin Xian didn't hesitate and directly gave 5 construction sequences a manufacturing task for a type of drone, which were a "Lei Yu" magnetic storm drone, a "Destroyer" self-destruct drone, an "Ice Blast 166" liquid nitrogen freezer, a "Iron Rain" hypersonic kinetic type, and an "Iron Curtain" defense drone.

Lin Xian used completely different manufacturing blueprints to enable them at the same time, wanting to see if it was really as he thought.

Ceng, ceng, ceng!

In an instant, 5 construction sequences started at the same time. The engineering assembly line operated automatically. The materials in Lin Xian's original decomposition space and preparation factory were also automatically converted, as if they had become an integrated operation. Various types of materials moved forward like blood along the construction sequence. Soon, 5 completely different types of drones formed quickly in the air in front.

Lin Xian looked at the progress bar of his construction sequence and found that all 5 sequences were proceeding at the same time, and there was a precise countdown. And these five types of drones had some differences in manufacturing time. The "Iron Curtain" defense type was the fastest, and the others took longer due to technical difficulty. But the problem was, none of these needed Lin Xian to worry about. Lin Xian even directly changed the manufacturing quantity of an "Iron Rain" drone to x99, and there was no problem at all.

However, when he added this number to x999, the mechanical heart gave a prompt:

【Insufficient preparation materials, cannot add "Iron Rain" x999 manufacturing sequence】

"This has really become an automated industrial line, even more advanced. From material preparation to finished product manufacturing, and... what space is this?"

Now what made Lin Xian confused was this manufacturing space that looked like reality, which made him feel the perfect manufacturing process of the mechanical heart for the first time.

So Lin Xian moved his intention, and the picture in front of him exited the engine tunnel at the speed of light. Subsequently, Lin Xian took a deep breath and found that he had instantly returned to the circum-planetary train loading factory. The surroundings were empty, and the ground was full of debris and fragments from his devouring of the train just now.

"Where are the drones I just manufactured?"

Lin Xian frowned. At this time, he opened the light screen of the mechanical heart and found that the 6 drones manufactured in total were all in the 【Forging Complete】 interface of the "Black Star Forge".

"No way..."

Lin Xian's heart jumped, and he raised his hand in disbelief, trying to release the 6 manufactured drones.

Suddenly, an ionization sound roared. The superstring reactor phase rainbow ring behind Lin Xian lit up, like the dharma image of a nuclear reactor. Subsequently, above him and behind him, the space gradually twisted, and a huge mechanical gate appeared out of thin air, then slowly opened!

Woo, woo, woo~

In an instant, six drones of different types flew out quickly and then hovered in front of Lin Xian.

"Holy crab!" Lin Xian looked at the drones in front, and then at the terrifying scene of the gate slowly closing like a gate to another world behind him, his eyes staring straight.

【Black Star Forge: Open the automated Black Star Forge factory. Enabling blueprints will perform material preparation and engineering manufacturing. The number of construction sequences is affected by the mechanical manufacturing level. Opening construction tasks will automatically perform material preparation and matching. The finished products will be stored in the Black Star Forge inventory area. Storage space 1 billion cubic meters】

"1 billion cubic meters? This damn thing can park 100 kilometer-class cruisers. This span is too big!"

"Then what does this transfer manufacturing mean?"

Lin Xian couldn't wait to open the skill introduction.

【Transfer Manufacturing: Transfer mechanical creations into the Black Star Forge, and can perform modification, upgrading, or repair engineering through advanced blueprints】

"Damn!!"

"Can transfer mechanical creations into the Black Star Forge, with such a large volume inside, then can't I directly put the Sky-Dome interstellar train in for modification??"

"Mechanical Lord?! Too heaven-defying!"

Lin Xian looked at his hands. This was completely different from before after awakening. That is to say, he didn't need to sit and manufacture all the time, and he could perform multi-task automated construction. The most critical point was that this construction was in a huge different space that only he could open. Finally, he could also transfer external mechanical objects into the Black Star Forge!

Thinking of this, Lin Xian suddenly had a crazy idea. He ran out quickly, drove a small convoy's doomsday train into the loading factory, and then, taking advantage of no one around, raised his hand to prepare to use the transfer manufacturing ability, trying to drag this 10-plus-carriage steel train into the Black Star Forge.

Hum!

As his intention moved, in an instant, the superstring reactor phase rainbow ring behind Lin Xian lit up again. And inside the factory, the huge mechanical gate in the void also appeared again. This time, a huge electromagnetic driving force permeated from the abyss. Lin Xian could even see the giant structure star body of the Black Star Forge slowly rotating inside through the void.

And at this time, the doomsday train was covered by electric arcs. The Black Star Forge, like a mechanical giant beast from the abyss of the universe, slowly swallowed the doomsday train.

But at the same time, Lin Xian could feel a powerful energy loss like using a gravitational lens. Watching the doomsday train enter the Black Star Forge, Lin Xian was trembling all over, cold sweat and weakness coming crazily. But at this time, he couldn't stop at all. He could only watch the train enter carriage by carriage. Every second seemed to be infinitely stretched. Inside the factory, dazzling electric arcs permeated and flickered, like an energy storm erupting in an alien space. All electronic components were flashing at this time.

When the last carriage of the train was swallowed into the Black Star Forge, Lin Xian only felt cold sweat dripping, and even his vision became blurred.

Boom!

The transfer ended, the mechanical gate of the Black Star Forge slowly closed, the dazzling electric arc light disappeared, dust flew around, and it was empty again.

Lin Xian sat on the ground, panting rapidly. This process was much more troublesome than he imagined. It not only consumed energy but was also extremely dangerous. However, he was a bit glad at this time. Fortunately, he experimented now. This doomsday train was not too big or too small, and Lin Xian just managed to control it with all his strength. Otherwise, if he wanted to transfer a large piece of equipment later and something went wrong halfway, he didn't know what consequences would occur.

After a false alarm, Lin Xian immediately entered the Black Star Forge. The picture changed. At this time, he appeared in the giant structure star body again, and the black doomsday train just now was quietly floating in the air as if it had lost gravity. More than a dozen carriages were winding and intersecting, waiting for Lin Xian's control.

At this time, Lin Xian found that he could perform any operation on this transferred train. He imported the standard hull blueprint of the Sky-Dome train given to him by Jian Xuwei into the Black Star Forge, and at this time, he could directly use a construction sequence to transform this doomsday train into a standard hull carriage.

【Please confirm whether to use Construction Sequence 1 to open the "Standard Hull Carriage" construction task, construction duration 16 days.】

【Tip: Increasing mechanical manufacturing level and increasing construction sequences can shorten construction duration.】

"16 days? Then what if I open 5 construction sequences at the same time?"

【Please confirm whether to use Construction Sequences 1-5 to open the "Standard Hull Carriage" construction task, construction duration 3.2 days.】 "Sure enough..."

Lin Xian saw the light screen and suddenly frowned. He inexplicably thought that this doomsday train was essentially not transformed into a standard hull carriage, because this was not an upgrade modification, but more like re-manufacturing after decomposition. Could it be that the construction sequence of the Black Star Forge could support mechanical devouring?

Thinking of this, he immediately tried. He didn't expect that he guessed right. A mechanical devouring task sequence appeared in the construction sequence!

【Please confirm whether to perform automated mechanical devouring "Target Machine 1", devouring duration 5 hours.】

"Sure enough!" Lin Xian's expression was excited: "If 5 sequences are opened at the same time, then this 10-plus-carriage train can be devoured in 1 hour?!"

"Definitely."

So, Lin Xian didn't think much and directly opened 5 sequences at the same time to start the mechanical devouring work. Suddenly, a large number of mechanical arms began to appear on the 5 manufacturing lines in the giant structure mechanical star body. For a time, countless cutting and dismantling beams flickered, and this huge doomsday train was quickly disintegrated in front of Lin Xian.

At this time, Lin Xian returned his consciousness from the Black Star Forge, looked at the empty space, kept breathing deeply, and pondered in his heart:

If large mechanical items are transferred to the Black Star Forge, besides modification, upgrading, and repair, it can also directly help him complete devouring. This can not only save a lot of time and improve efficiency, but the most critical point is that it is very safe.

It's just that this transfer manufacturing is obviously not easy to use. It almost exhausted his energy. It seems that it is not feasible to use this method to perform a large amount of devouring and decomposition work. This function is mainly used for the manufacturing and upgrading of important items.

"However... at critical moments, you can... use this function... to take away some large equipment..."

Lin Xian was panting rapidly. His face was pale at this time. Compared to active operation ability, this situation of being forced to extract energy by the function was something Lin Xian didn't want to see. This would always make him very passive.

And this kind of energy was not just fatigue. Lin Xian had a state of exhaustion where even his spirit was withered.

He looked at the time. It was already 16:00 in the afternoon. He didn't know what news came from Dawn City and Wangyue Zhenshi during the day, and he locked himself in this factory, passing a day in a flash.

So Lin Xian staggered out of the factory, his heart full of joy and excitement after the awakening and upgrading of his ability. He prepared to find Wangyue Zhenshi and Jian Xuwei, but he couldn't stand still.

"Lin Dui."

"Ship commander?"

"Lin Dui, what's wrong with you?"

Along the way, the team members of the joint train cast their eyes toward Lin Xian one after another. Everyone looked at the exhausted Lin Xian with concern, and Lin Xian just shook his head in response, his eyes looking for a direction.

Until a familiar face walked out of the crowd.

That was Chen Sixuan.

Seeing Lin Xian's state, Chen Sixuan was full of surprise and concern.

"Lin Xian!"

"Teacher Chen..."

Lin Xian sighed long, then his eyes went black, and he fell directly into Chen Sixuan's arms.

He leaned in Chen Sixuan's arms with a smile on his face, muttering unconsciously:

"I am a Mechanical Lord now. This ability... is very powerful. I want to upgrade... the Infinite... to Sky-Dome-class..."

"What did you say?"

Chen Sixuan didn't hear clearly what Lin Xian was muttering. Looking at his pale face, she found that Lin Xian had fallen asleep.

"You finally slept."

This sentence sounded very strange, but Lin Xian knew he definitely didn't hear it wrong. He opened his eyes and found himself in a bright conference room, spacious and clean.

His vision swept over. A heroic figure stood on one side of the conference room, arms crossed and leaning against the wall. Her gray-white long hair was tied into a ponytail, and the energy lines of the mecha on her body flowed slowly. Before his vision focused, Lin Xian knew that he had once again had a consciousness link with Chu Yan.

To some extent, Lin Xian didn't like this feeling. There was a sense of crisis that he was being manipulated at any time, and he was also vigilant about this abnormal phenomenon happening to him. But at present, he had no way.

The consciousness link with Chu Yan was not fixed. At least Lin Xian sleeping normally wouldn't cause such a thing. In most cases, it was after Lin Xian's mental breakdown or coma.

However, Lin Xian persuaded himself that at least the link with Chu Yan allowed him to obtain a lot of useful information, which was not entirely a bad thing.

"Listening to you, are you waiting for me?"

Lin Xian condensed his mind slightly, and the surroundings began to become clear. He looked at a wall of the conference room, where a bright red Phoenix badge was shining, making Lin Xian realize that Chu Yan must be in the territory of the Phoenix Society at this time.

Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian and said seriously: "After we met last time, I thought about it carefully. Whether it is from my own responsibility or the overall situation of the organization, I have an obligation to report this link between us to the organization."

Lin Xian frowned: "Is there any trouble?"

"Not trouble, it's just that my mission actions have been adjusted. Of course, this is for me."

"I am of course asking about me." Lin Xian was a bit speechless: "Is your North American Allied Front, or the Phoenix Society side, going to investigate me?"

"Your worry is redundant."

Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian and said calmly: "We have no hostility toward you, and the Phoenix Society also highly values you. That's why I am waiting for you here this time."

"What does that mean?"

Chu Yan looked in another direction. Lin Xian's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked back.

At this time, he discovered that there was not only Chu Yan in the conference room, but also another person.

A lady who looked to be in her fifties was sitting at the head of the conference table, quietly looking at Lin Xian. Gray suit, short hair cut like a frost blade. Under her vicissitudes of face, she had a pair of majestic and steady eyes like stars. She seemed to see Lin Xian, or she just judged Lin Xian's position through the direction Chu Yan was speaking. She had a light smile on her face, giving people the first impression of a serious and wise university professor.

"Hello, Lin Xian, I am Ye Lan, the commander of the Phoenix Society. I am sorry to initiate communication with you in such a way."

The expression on Lin Xian's face slowly became serious. At this time, Chu Yan walked over, pulled the stool on Lin Xian's left, sat down, and said to Lin Xian:

"Professor Ye hopes to use this connection between us to contact you."

Commander.

Hearing this title, Lin Xian felt a sense of awe for the person in front of him. Subsequently, his gaze fell from Ye Lan to Chu Yan.

"You are the translator?"

"Relayer." Chu Yan's expression was calm: "Only I can hear you speak."

"Alright."

Lin Xian took a deep breath. Under the bright lights, although it was a consciousness link, he inexplicably felt a huge pressure.

Ye Lan seemed to foresee Lin Xian's reaction, so she said plainly: "Don't be nervous. In many cooperations with the Phoenix Society, you have shown wisdom and responsibility that impressed the world. I believe you should understand that the reason we found you is because in this catastrophe of human civilization, you are regarded by us as a comrade worthy of trust and capable of uniting and helping each other."

"Thank you for your recognition, this... Commander Ye."

"Before the Apocalypse Day, Professor Ye was a professor of micro-particle physics at Star City University and Chairman of the Federation Science and Technology Promotion and Development Committee. So you can also call her Professor Ye." Chu Yan said in a serious tone.

A complex look flashed in Lin Xian's eyes. He thought for a while and then said directly: "Alright, then you also relay my words to this Professor Ye. The starting point of many cooperations with the Phoenix Society is based on personal survival needs. I don't have that much wisdom and responsibility. However, I am honored to be trusted by the Phoenix Society."

Chu Yan's expression was calm, and she said Lin Xian's words to Ye Lan word for word.

Ye Lan smiled and looked at Lin Xian's side, saying in a calm tone: "Survival is a human instinct, and this is not shameful. Every life is the same. But the reason why the fire of human civilization has continued for tens of thousands of years is because of mutual aid and unity. This is also the meaning of the birth of civilization. Now that danger is imminent, survival is an instinct, but unity is a choice. And this choice, you already made it when you were at Yubei Airport, didn't you?"

Lin Xian was silent for a long time before sighing: "Alright, because I don't want to label myself with hypocritical slogans like universal salvation, nor do I want to judge the philosophical significance of greater ability and greater responsibility. But in principle, I support the Phoenix Society. At least, from my own values and starting point, I approve of the efforts the Phoenix Society is currently making all over the world. So if there is anything I can help with, please feel free to say."

Ye Lan looked in Lin Xian's direction. That position was a void. There were only two people in the room, but a third person was listening.

"Lin Dui, the Star Abyss is about to undergo drastic changes. On behalf of the Phoenix Society, I hope you can join our... against Dawn City and the Deep Red World this time."

"Cleaning plan!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 382 =====

"Cleanup Plan!"

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