Chapter 421: Appearing in Broad Daylight

"This... what kind of power armor is this?"

When Kiki saw this flying power armor, her first reaction was: "It feels so cute."

Everyone looked surprised, and Shizhi was even more bewildered: "This... is this for me?"

"You made this specially for Shizhi?" Chen Sixuan also asked, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"Not entirely, but you could say that."

Lin Xian said at this moment: "I modified this power armor using the drive unit from the original Dancer No. 1, then integrated a computing system and defensive armor. Besides possessing extreme mobility and defensive power, it also has an intelligent system that can adapt to combat in emergency situations."

"So this is more like a mecha?"

"Yes. Shizhi's abilities are suited for support, but her own mobility is limited. Although others can usually assist her, there are many times when she needs to act on her own. This power armor can help her solve many problems; for instance, it can assist in achieving certain mobile maneuvers, and incidentally, it can also train Shizhi's own mobility."

Upon hearing this, Shizhi's expression froze slightly, and she let out a long "Oh."

Although she was surprised, hearing Lin Xian put it this way, she immediately became very curious.

"It can assist my movements?"

"Yes, and there is a whole set of combat action systems," Lin Xian said with a smile. "But don't misunderstand; it's not entirely what you think. You can also adjust the access ratio of the intelligent system. Its primary purpose is to help you adapt to the battlefield and learn many techniques."

Shizhi's eyes lit up. Having understood Lin Xian's meaning, she immediately said:

"In past battles, Long Zhijie, Lu Tianye, and the others have all taken great care of me, and Xun also arranged for a mecha to protect me separately. Actually... I... also want to improve my own combat ability..." Shizhi's voice grew quieter as she spoke, but it was clear from these words that Lin Xian's power armor gave her the ability to further follow the battlefield. Although it sounded somewhat semi-automated, every beginning is hard. Zhensi arranging for her and Long Zhijie to come to the Infinite was naturally also in the hope that she could grow.

Seeing that Shizhi understood his intentions, Lin Xian nodded, then immediately continued to speak to the group.

"Additionally, I have integrated the intelligent systems of our squad's power armor, with Viola serving as the central hub for calculation and connectivity. This way, our information can be processed and interacted with as quickly as possible, and we can also directly request fire support from the Infinite."

"Fire support?"

Lin Xian nodded. He looked at the group and then snapped his fingers.

Woo~

At this moment, the roofs of several carriages behind the Infinite slowly opened, and electromagnetic cannons and rows of missile systems began to rise, along with two sets of Hyperion directional constraint cannons.

"So you weren't messing around with the Sky Dome Train during this time; you were upgrading the Infinite." Qian Dele stood up, pushed up his sunglasses, and said with great interest: "Not bad. With this firepower, our few squads might even be able to trade blows with an S-rank."

"Whether we can defeat an S-rank is hard to say, but with these power armors added to the support of the Infinite, our survival rate when facing an S-rank should have improved quite a bit."

Xiang Ningjing nodded at this time and said: "Lin Dui's deployment is very comprehensive. Let's arrange it this way then."

"O-okay." Shizhi nodded upon hearing this and came to the front of that power armor.

"Good," Lin Xian pressed his earpiece: "Then Ning-jie, Queen Mo, and Qian Dele, you three squads scout in three directions. I'll drive the Infinite over there."

"No problem."

In an instant, everyone took action. A dozen power armors emitted the sounds of mechanical activation as everyone began to put them on. Gao Ta, wearing that Black Dragon Battle Armor, also followed. The three squads quickly connected their signals, and the positioning and vital signs of every person were now much clearer on the information interface of all members.

Lin Xian's nano-power armor was stored by him in the Black Star Forge space, and it could be taken out at any time to automatically attach to his body and complete the dressing process. Seeing the three squads disperse to take action, he also immediately began to devour the train carriages blocking the front. Time was limited; there was only about an hour left until dark, so he could only have Kiki first forcibly separate the trains in front of the Infinite's tracks with telekinesis, after which the Infinite slowly advanced into the gap.

Lin Xian came to the top of the bridge and walked forward along with the Infinite, continuously devouring empty carriages along the way. The track section blocked below was piled up with trains and various debris, a scene of deathly desolation.

Standing on the bridge, he looked at the gradually dimming connecting port and the urban area of Haiyan City in the sunset, while simultaneously observing the footage transmitted back by each squad.

The afterglow of the sunset spilled onto the rails of the connecting port. Abandoned train carriages were piled haphazardly on both sides of the tracks, the rusted bodies seemingly telling of the desolation after the apocalypse.

"So many trains, they'll serve perfectly as materials for devouring."

Lin Xian devoured the carriages while observing the environment around the connecting port.

The orbital ring ran straight along the sea to a seawater port. Here, besides the orbital station, there was a large freight container port. Scattered around were a few small islands with dried-up trees. From the port inward was a crescent-shaped urban area, which began to spread toward the center of the island along a valley, presenting a cluster of cities under the dim red sunset.

Before the Apocalypse, Lin Xian was relatively familiar with these cities; he had traveled to some, and others he knew from the internet. Lin Xian had been to Haiyan Island once before he started college. It was for a vacation back then, and the white sand beach here was very beautiful. When taking a plane to the island, the beach and seawater swimming area were full of various recreational activities.

Now, as the Infinite train slowly entered along the connecting tracks, there was floating garbage everywhere along the coast, the beach was covered with corpse fragments, and the entire city was scarred and riddled with holes. A sense of loneliness and coldness rose from the bottom of his heart.

"If it weren't for Dawn City, we would have forgotten that there aren't many people left in this world."

Lin Xian said to Chen Sixuan on the communication channel.

"Blue Star is so big, tens of millions of people isn't much. So many cities are empty; this place looks the same." Chen Sixuan said, standing in the cockpit of the Infinite.

Lin Xian sighed and said: "It's been less than a year. I remember when I was in geography class, Professor Jin told us that if humanity went extinct, all high-rise buildings would collapse within 200 years, bricks and concrete would turn into ruins within 1,000 years, those iconic stone buildings would only have blurred outlines left after 10,000 years, and even plastic and glass, which are impossible to decompose, would disappear if the span were stretched to 1 million years. And after 100 million years, space junk and nuclear waste would also cease to exist..."

"But 100 million years, for Blue Star, or on the scale of the entire universe, might just be an instant."

Kiki couldn't help but respond upon hearing this: "You're getting sentimental again. Didn't you say we're living day to day and that every extra day we live is a profit? Is 100 million years something we need to consider?"