Chapter 458: Infinite Proliferation

At 2:35 PM, the sky over Haiyan Island was completely covered by dark clouds, and a storm was raging. The seas on all sides of the island were surging, and the air was filled with a strange, fishy, murderous scent, as if it were not in the world of the living.

In the low altitude, a floating black train broke through the gale and landed with a roar on the outer tracks of the old military base on the isolated island, sparks flying and dust rising.

"That was close."

Chen Sixuan looked at the fluctuations on the vehicle radar and said with lingering fear: "There must have been something in the sea just now that targeted us. Fortunately... we cleared the mark in time."

"This place no longer has the restrictions of day and night. Those things can appear at will," Lin Xian said: "And they are too dense. If we are not careful, it won't just be as simple as a monster tide siege."

The gate of the abandoned military air-raid shelter opened, and the Infinite slowly drove into the submarine base along the original material transport channel. The roar of the engine awakened the dust that had accumulated for many years, echoing in the huge mountain cave.

"Are we spending the night on this island tonight?"

Behind, Mo Nika walked into the cockpit, looked at Lin Xian, and said: "I've known you for so long, this is the first time I've seen you look so unsure."

Lin Xian shook his head: "We've burrowed into the hunting circle of strange entities, and there is a World-class one lurking. I truly don't have a better plan to take everyone away from here right now."

"Perhaps you are too nervous," Mo Nika's gaze slowly fell from Chen Sixuan to the front, watching the empty material tracks gradually drive into the interior of the mountain, and said: "Even if the volcano erupts and a tsunami floods the place, for us, it's just another crisis we cannot escape. Since the Apocalypse Day, we have been living on the edge of life and death. What is different now compared to before?"

Chen Sixuan's brows relaxed slightly upon hearing this, and she immediately said: "I agree. When the car reaches the mountain, there will be a road. We have encountered so many desperate situations; I believe we can survive tonight too."

Lin Xian nodded, remained silent for a moment, and then smiled faintly.

"That's a really good mindset. Alright then~"

After speaking, he called Viola. Viola quickly walked through the carriage to the cockpit. At this time, Lin Xian began to arrange:

"Viola, you take over all the drones and the Falcon Sea Group's equipment to set up a defensive line at Haiyan Prison. Incidentally, have all of Ryan's people retreat below."

Chen Sixuan looked at him: "Resist entirely with robots?"

"Yes," Lin Xian said decisively: "The point is not to resist, but to clear with a purpose."

Lin Xian scrutinized Viola and analyzed: "With so many strange entities surrounding the island, leaving people to resist has no meaning. Being marked will only become a fuse. So Viola's task is to ensure that some wandering monsters cannot enter the underground base below. If necessary..."

Lin Xian's gaze turned cold: "Blow up the channel between Haiyan Prison and this base, and bury us alive below!"

Viola tilted her head slightly, then replied: 【I have clearly understood your deployment requirements and will arrange it immediately.】

After speaking, she immediately turned and took action.

"Hmm," Mo Nika said at this time: "This is not bad. Perhaps we might even have a peaceful night."

Rumble!

As soon as she finished speaking, a violent tremor suddenly came. Dust fell crazily inside the old material tracks, the lights flickered, and a roar that shook the eardrums buzzed inside the Infinite!

"An earthquake?!"

"It should be the Garan Volcano," Lin Xian frowned tightly. At this time, the earthquake lasted for about half a minute. It didn't cause too much damage, but the time and intensity were clearly much higher than before. This was not a good sign.

"It looks like that submarine volcano is on the verge of erupting," Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian: "Didn't you say that this place is also on a volcanic crater?"

"Yes."

Lin Xian nodded: "It's just a geothermal well, but it should be on the same mid-ocean ridge volcanic mountain range as the Garan Volcano."

Seeing the dust in the tunnel slowly stop falling, Lin Xian let out a breath and continued to drive the Infinite along the channel toward the depths. Soon, they arrived at the channel gate with the nuclear radiation sign. Just after Lin Xian used his mechanical ability to remotely activate the gate, a blast of scorching hot air suddenly gushed out. That heat directly caused the water vapor on the Infinite to evaporate immediately!

This place was boiling too!

Lin Xian's expression darkened slightly. He drove the train from the channel into the interior. The light ahead gradually turned crimson. The tracks slowly drove along the edge of the heat well of the huge Deep-3 geothermal nuclear device. Through the porthole, one could see the huge channel below. The crimson magma light increased the brightness of the entire geothermal well significantly. Before even getting off the train, Lin Xian and everyone else had already felt an astonishing amount of heat.

"Activity is increasing. When the drill bit and the induction device of this machine reach a level they cannot withstand, they will shut down or even be destroyed. In this way, the heat source points set up in several sea areas around Haiyan Island will disappear," Lin Xian said: "This is the trouble."

"So, is it certain that without this thing, the monster will attack the Garan Volcano, which led to the revival of a dormant volcano?" Mo Nika said.

Lin Xian sighed: "Whether the abnormality of the Garan Volcano has anything to do with the strange entity activity, and the nonsensical experiments conducted by the Foundation—I actually don't care at all."

The Infinite drove into the material loading and unloading platform of the nuclear submarine base at this time. Lin Xian stopped the train, then turned and walked toward the rear carriage while saying to Mo Nika:

"But one thing is certain: while this device is here, we are the ones fishing. Once this device is gone, we are standing on top of a natural bait. By then, even without dark marks, we won't be able to run."

Lin Xian walked through the carriages all the way to Carriage 3. Upon entering, he didn't see Ding Junyi. It wasn't until Carriage 4 that he saw her busy next to a few tomato seedlings. Just as he was about to ask, he saw the small flower on top of Ding Junyi's head gently swaying, and it was emitting a faint glow of some ability.

Lin Xian couldn't help but lean over. The next moment, his gaze suddenly sharpened. He saw that on the tomato seedlings in front of Ding Junyi, many tender green vine threads of some melon-like plant had appeared, climbing and entangling at a speed visible to the naked eye. Under Ding Junyi's control, the tips of the vines mutated into some incomparably sharp blood thorns. Those vines, like human hands, deformed and grew at high speed. After sticking to the cabin wall of the culture chamber, they instantly covered and spread over the cabin wall, completely obscuring even the light!

"Your plant-based ability can already develop this fast?" Lin Xian said.

"Actually, what you see is only a small part." Ding Junyi had long noticed Lin Xian's arrival, but she seemed very grateful that Lin Xian hadn't interrupted her. At this time, after the vines wandered around, they suddenly began to shrink and wither. A large amount of pale green aura was released. Ding Junyi raised her hand, and a strand of dark green bud grew out of her palm from thin air, quickly absorbing those pale green auras.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian was quite amazed. Who would have thought that the next moment, Ding Junyi would do something that caught him off guard? He saw Ding Junyi, after absorbing the pale green aura, suddenly turn around and blow a breath toward Lin Xian. Lin Xian only felt a cool aura like a mint breeze rushing toward his face. Then, his vision began to blur, his ears rang, and the beautiful face of Ding Junyi before him constantly overlapped.

He shook his head. A few seconds later, his sanity returned to normal. Lin Xian was stunned for a moment and quickly looked at Ding Junyi.

"This..."

"Solanaceae plants can generate a type of scopolamine, which can cause excitatory hallucinations, mental confusion, and distortion of space-time perception. In the past, it would be used to make anesthetics, but in excessive amounts, it will trigger coma or even death." ===== CHAPTER 459 =====