Chapter 50

【Scanning complete, failed to acquire blueprint. Target core drive source does not exist, unable to generate blueprint information.】

"As expected..."

Lin Xian turned on the flashlight and looked at the giant humanoid machine in front of him, his face full of regret.

"Pity, it can only be consumed. But the materials recovered from this thing shouldn't be too bad."

Unable to repair, unable to scan the blueprint, the best way was to let it become the nourishment for Lin Xian's Heart of Machinery to grow.

He turned off the flashlight, stood up, and observed the dark wilderness around him. After confirming it was safe, he sat down and began to focus on consuming this big guy.

【Consumption progress 1%】

【Consumption progress 3%】

Lin Xian looked at the progress in front of him, estimating in his heart that it would take several hours to get this thing done.

The long night passed bit by bit, and it was finally completed.

【Consumption successful, Mechanical Source Point +100, Mechanical Consumption Skill Proficiency +40, Extra Reward: Strength 2, Speed 1, Defense 1!】

At this moment, a purple light suddenly appeared in front of him!

【Congratulations, you have obtained an extra skill reward: Flashback!】

【Flashback (Rare): Use the wind to complete a quick thrust forward. Upgrading this skill can greatly increase speed and thrust distance.】

"Holy crap, a rare skill, but this name sounds like it's very..."

Lin Xian was overjoyed. This was the first time he had obtained a rare skill, and it seemed to be some kind of movement and displacement skill, which instantly greatly improved his mobility.

"I wonder how powerful it is..."

And at this moment, he opened the decomposition space, looked at the metal materials inside, and his eyes were even more delighted.

【Decomposition: You have obtained Tungsten-Titanium Alloy Type I *5, High-Manganese Steel *10, Forged Inner Armor Steel *3, Titanium Alloy *3... due to mechanical consumption.】

"Tungsten-Titanium Alloy Type I, you can't see this stuff among civilians."

Lin Xian was greatly shocked. This kind of military-grade material could only be found on this kind of cutting-edge military armor level, and it couldn't be found on some ordinary thermal weapons.

Knock, knock, knock~

At this moment, a crisp sound of footsteps rang out in the darkness.

"Who?"

"Me." kiki walked out slowly from behind the train, looking at him with a grin.

Lin Xian was just about to consume that tank. Seeing her at this moment, he immediately asked, "Something up?"

"Uh..." kiki said with an unnatural expression, "I came to find you to say thank you."

Lin Xian raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly.

"And then?"

"Thank you for letting me live in the No. 2 carriage, and thank you for saving me before," kiki said in a low voice.

"That's nothing." Lin Xian walked to the side of that heavy TFV600 twin-barreled tank, put his hand on it, and while operating mechanical consumption, said to her, "Whether it was that big bug or this time at the military outpost, we would have definitely died without your help."

Lin Xian didn't expect kiki to come and tell him these things. His heart relaxed. Indeed, he was still very contradictory before.

On one hand, kiki's ability helped a lot in these two escapes. On the other hand, he was actually still wary of kiki's such powerful ability.

But kiki didn't know Lin Xian's thoughts. Hearing Lin Xian's words at this moment, her face was slightly happy, and she suddenly reached out to him.

"Then... this is for you."

Lin Xian saw her hand out a small silver object. He reached out to take it and realized it was a miniature mobile hard drive. "What is this?"

"The initial data of the 'Angel Project'. I have copies of everything. In addition, I found a blueprint for the GK03 electric knife from the old data. I see you always like to hold a broken knife. You can manufacture, right? Do you want to try this?"

"However, the materials for this thing might be a bit troublesome. It needs high-frequency current transformer devices or something..."

Lin Xian was slightly startled. Although his mechanical ability made holding a knife purely a last resort, as soon as he heard the name...

Good guy, GK03 electric knife?!

This is absolutely good stuff!!

He had seen it on military forums before. It was a standard melee weapon developed by Kehua Heavy Industry for the Interstellar Military Iron Guard Brigade. It was rarely equipped, but because of energy consumption and practicality issues, it was once criticized, and later the project gradually fell off the horse.

But it had to be said, this kind of thing is really cool. Using it to fight or even slightly modifying it using its electric knife principle might be of great use to his train!

Seeing Lin Xian's eyes were a bit eager, kiki couldn't help but tilt her head and look at him, "So, shall we... reconcile?"

Lin Xian found it a bit funny. He took the mobile hard drive, weighed it in his hand, and looked at kiki, "Are you talking about stealing bread?"

"And the ambush on you."

kiki giggled, "And also, I don't think your plan is boring now. I think it's a very genius plan!"

"Oh?" Lin Xian frowned and said meaningfully, "Aren't you the heir to the second-level investor of the Dawn Project? Why do you agree with my plan now?"

!

kiki took a deep breath, "I know you must think I'm lying to you again, but that Dawn Project is indeed true, and my identity is also true. My... father and I took a helicopter to the Dala Mountain area, which seems to be the No. 9 underground city of the Dawn Project. However, after the first Polar Night, the Federation government collapsed, and the Dawn Project must have been affected. And if it were me, I wouldn't want to be buried underground, waiting for those monsters to knock on the door every day."

"Sounds very sincere."

"Really!" kiki looked helpless, "I didn't lie to you this time, I swear." After speaking, she raised three fingers.

Lin Xian nodded, "Then do you know why I want to design this train plan, even if there are so many problems you worry about?"

"Isn't it because of your mechanical ability?" kiki probed.

"That's just a subjective factor, not an objective factor."

Lin Xian tapped his finger on the tank, his expression solemn, "You might think I'm delusional. I also heard the Apocalypse Federation's analysis of the dark tide on the doomsday radio before. My view is that perhaps all of us will eventually be unable to escape the invasion of darkness."

After the Federation government collapsed, the new Apocalypse Federation was established, which was an official organization that united the remaining national forces of Blue Star. At that time, many survivors could still receive many rescue and defense messages through long-wave radio. But after the Polar Night, perhaps because it was too close to the No. 3 Star Abyss, they could no longer receive such long-wave radio messages.

"Can't escape? Then you make this train." kiki looked puzzled.

Lin Xian's expression was cold, "The Jiang City advance team can escape the dark tide by going east and dawn early. This is a correct reference information. But the problem is, if the source of the Polar Night is not ordinary darkness, and the dark tide is not what people imagine—that you can escape just by going east—what should we do? Let me give you an example. We started from Jiang City. Every 300-plus kilometers can advance the next day's dawn by one hour. Then the problem comes. In the east 3000 kilometers away from us, do we not need to run? According to the initial observation of the Polar Night, if it is because of the Star Abyss, then should the people of the No. 4 Star Abyss in Mo City, 15,600 kilometers away from us in the northeast, go west or east?"

kiki's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said "Oh", "So you want to take the orbital ring because this line is almost away from all Star Abysses, or on the edge of the Star Abyss!"

"Not bad." Lin Xian said directly, "Then I ask you, assuming the No. 3 Star Abyss carries out a dark tide from the direction of Dingzhou at an expansion speed of 300 kilometers per day, how long will it take to cover the entire Blue Star?"

kiki frowned when she heard this, "Let me calculate."

"No need to calculate, 1066 days."

"So long?"

"Long?" Lin Xian's gaze was solemn, "Did you forget, there are... 13 Star Abysses on Blue Star!"

"Oh right~" kiki frowned when she heard this.

Lin Xian's gaze was slightly condensed, and he said loudly, "The orbital ring is fixed. In the end, it cannot escape the coverage of the Star Abyss. So this is my first-stage vision. And the mechanical ability I possess is not only to rush along the orbital ring but also to make this train break away from the restrictions of the track, or one day... we will make it fly!"

As soon as these words were spoken, kiki's eyes widened. She stared blankly at Lin Xian, her pupils full of horror. Lin Xian's bold vision instantly made her mind go blank.

She dared not imagine what kind of scene it would be to make a fully armed heavy train rush into the clouds!

Lin Xian saw her silent and continued, "I might not be very clear about the specific situation, and no one can peek at the truth about the cause of the Polar Night. In the process of fleeing, we will definitely enter the Polar Night area. So if we don't want to sit and wait for death, we can only escape to the dawn, or..."

"Conquer the dark night!"

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