[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-427":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2262191,4414,"Chapter 427: Dark Energy","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-427",427,"\u003Cp>Mo Xiaotian’s fingertips still tingled with residual electric sparks, but his nostrils were already choked with the salty, rotting stench; he staggered to his feet, his palm sinking not into the expected train floor, but into some slimy, icy granules—each grain oozing black-red viscous fluid, like crushed, decayed organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where… is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His trembling voice was swallowed by the waves; he looked up—the entire beach glowed a sickly gray-blue, as if steeped in formaldehyde. Along the tide line, instead of shells, lay dense clusters of jawbone-like bone fragments and heaps of trash, colliding with each swell to emit a chittering laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head spun dizzily as he struggled to rise; a chilling cold surged from his soles straight to his skull, making him shudder uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, strangeness, fear, and confusion festered in his mind—strange, he’d just been practicing his ability inside a warm carriage, so how had he suddenly appeared out here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the seawater ahead boiled and churned; Mo Xiaotian stepped back and crushed something soft underfoot. Looking down, he saw a bloated corpse in advanced decomposition, its ruptured skin crawling with countless bioluminescent sea lice, their needle-point compound eyes swiveling in unison toward him. He recoiled in alarm, but farther out, where the horizon should have been, a towering arc of deep blue light was rising like a hill—the sea split into waterfalls cascading down its smooth surface, as if something immense was slowly ascending from beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woo… woo…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange hum emanated from the seabed, making the air tremble. The arc continued rising, revealing a parasol-shaped translucent body—a jellyfish nearly a hundred meters in diameter. Its frilled edge rippled; at its center, a luminous organ emitted a deep blue glow, beautiful beyond words—but upon closer inspection, black veins resembling human cerebral vasculature pulsed within it. Twelve tentacles burst from the water, drifting and coiling in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight—like an alien creature bursting from the sea beneath a wonderland—was accompanied by a reverberating chant across the waves. All who beheld the colossal jellyfish felt both sacred awe and primal terror, their consciousness slipping like a landslide. Mo Xiaotian’s eyes widened, his face ashen; even as he clenched his teeth, thick black veins began spreading through his sclera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear Mutation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the giant bioluminescent jellyfish drifted closer, its cold light illuminating the entire beach. Its massive tentacles, like spectral serpents, curled toward Mo Xiaotian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the sound of the tide in Mo Xiaotian’s ears faded into distant, ethereal silence, a sharp cry rang out from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaotian, don’t look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several piercing sonic booms erupted above the beach. Lin Xian, clad in powered armor, hurtled down at high speed, raising his hand and firing a technique at Mo Xiaotian. Instantly, the Black Star Forge opened, ejecting dozens of nanodevices that swarmed over Mo Xiaotian, encasing him completely. Within moments, an exosuit enveloped his freezing body; the life-support system activated, warmth flooding in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could react, the powered armor triggered its autonomous cruise system, hauling him away, then enveloped him in an invisible psychic wave. Kiki immediately activated her ability; healing light swiftly purged the dark toxins from his body. He finally gasped for air, breathing heavily inside the armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin brother, Kiki sister… I didn’t mean to…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. First, stabilize your mindset. Focus. This might be a Special Class.” Kiki responded immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Master arrives!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a streak of fire slashed across the night sky like a meteor—Lu Xingchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What sea monster is this? Let the Master—burn the heavens, boil the seas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingchen’s voice, wrapped in roaring flames, tore through the mist. His crimson figure dove from midair, his flaming wings unfurling behind him to trail a thousand-meter-long stream of fire. Plasma jets erupted from his armor joints, vaporizing the fog within a hundred-meter radius into spiral vacuums. The usually jesting, otaku youth now had bloodshot whites of his eyes and a grotesquely wide grin—clearly, his nerves had snapped, and fury was exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine—Infinite Inferno Sword!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a pillar of molten-white flame erupted from Lu Xingchen’s palm. The Infinite Ring spun wildly, blue fire gushing forth. The crimson blade of flame, wreathed in supersonic shockwaves, struck the jellyfish’s central umbrella with pinpoint precision. A moment later, a translucent biological field appeared—but it shattered instantly under Lu Xingchen’s full, enraged strike. The fire-sword swept across, causing the transparent edge to curl and explode. Rotted flesh carbonized into a storm of black snow under 3,000-degree heat. From the boiling steam rose a piercing, ear-splitting shriek. The glowing core at the center contracted violently, revealing a massive, spiral-patterned mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep-beep-beep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Lin Xian’s side, the detector blared. Two squads on the beach had just been tagged Level 4—this meant the bioluminescent jellyfish was at least Class A, possibly Special Class!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the tag activated, the air seemed to freeze for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the distant city ruins came a rustling, like countless fine claws scraping concrete, or ancient metal slowly twisted by invisible hands. Suddenly, the glass curtain wall of a high-rise shattered, shards raining down—but no footsteps echoed. Only the slow, viscous drip-drip of some thick fluid spread from deep within the alleyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythm of the waves changed. The regular tide was disrupted; deep beneath, a muffled vibration thrummed, as if a colossal body had rolled in the abyss. The bone fragments on the beach began vibrating at high frequency, resonating with some low-frequency wave. Black-red viscous fluid seeped from the sand grains, converging into thin streams that crawled unnaturally upstream toward the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Lin Xian’s HUD, radar edges suddenly bloomed with countless red dots—no shapes, no outlines, only pulsing life-signals closing in from all directions. From the abandoned highway tunnel to the east came the shrill cry of warping metal. Near the tide line to the west, the sea suddenly receded, exposing honeycombed rock walls, as if gnawed by unseen jaws. In the thick fog to the north, a long-dead streetlamp flickered twice—then exploded. In that instant, a wail like a crying infant pierced the mist—and cut off abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level 4 tag… trouble’s coming!” Kiki felt intense waves of Spirit Disturbance surging from all sides. Before any creature appeared, everyone sensed their vision darkening further—the concentration of Dark Invasion was rising. Simultaneously, a suffocating pressure pressed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kiki, Bai Bai, let’s strike together—end this quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian realized this instantly and declared decisively: the monster was on the sea, and only Bai Bai, himself, and Kiki could launch rapid long-range attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai responded immediately. His specialized battle armor lifted him into the air; twin black-red laser beams erupted from his powered armor’s ocular emitters, slicing through the night like judgmental swords, piercing the jellyfish’s translucent umbrella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Kiki activated her flight-blade array, opening the launch ports. Thousands of VK electric knives, guided by psychic force, became a torrent of blades—each crackling with lightning arcs, forming a vast, flowing river of stars in midair. Her eyes glowed with ability energy as she directed them; her furious psychic force accelerated the blades past supersonic speed, hurling them toward the giant jellyfish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Lu Xingchen, Bai Bai, and Kiki all struck—the jellyfish’s biological field shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the jellyfish’s entire body began disintegrating, its central glowing organ erupted in a violent pulse of light. Instantly, Lu Xingchen’s flames froze midair; Bai Bai and Kiki’s abilities halted abruptly. Everyone felt their powered armor’s cooling systems emit abnormal hums—as if icy fingers were crawling along the coolant lines. The circulating oxygen inside the armor suddenly reeked of rot. Frost formed on the inside of their visors, the frost patterns resembling twisted human faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an attack Lin Xian had never encountered. In that instant, he sensed extreme danger—because not long ago, he’d felt the same energy fluctuation from the mysterious container that suppressed ability function. This was no good omen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Lin Xian fixed his gaze on the giant spiral-mouthed orifice now exposed beneath the jellyfish. He raised his hand and pointed directly into it—activating the Gravitational Lens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatial resonance rang out. All sound on the beach froze—suddenly, silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky and sea changed hue. The blue bioluminescence twisted violently. Everyone felt the jellyfish’s glow dim instantly. A warped region of space formed beneath its massive mouth—a swirling vortex of black water. The edges of the jellyfish’s core luminescence bent into curved lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the twisted space, darkness rapidly dissolved and reformed, as if smoke were being spiraled into oblivion. Through the warping ripples, an orange-yellow scene flickered intermittently into Lin Xian’s vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian stared—and his pupils contracted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sunrise over the ocean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image flickered, constantly being overwritten by darkness—yet constantly “erased” by the gravitational lens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Clang! Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the “daylight” world began shining through the twisted space, the warped region unleashed an overwhelming suction, instantly shredding the jellyfish’s mouth and core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Lin Xian, Lu Xingchen, Kiki, and Bai Bai all ceased their attacks. Under the combined assault, the colossal Special Class creature had been torn apart. Countless glowing jellyfish tissues rained down, splashing massive waves on the sea. The bioluminescent jellyfish emitted a low, resonant hum—several tentacles still twitched violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why isn’t it dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1545,"2026-06-19T18:20:07.351Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","87b523cdcd73e615bc8fa1dc326876522b76fb9370081f0f9024ea45e4d16496","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-428","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-426",541,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-cover.jpg"]