Chapter 504: Gazing

Thunderclouds roiled in the sky, and the vast seas surged with wild waves. Within a few short minutes, the Sky Train broke the sound barrier amidst the gale, dragging the military train at high speed along the oceanic tracks that were already nearly invisible, repeatedly submerged by the waves. Lin Xian stood on the main bridge, watching the terrifying tsunami annihilating everything behind them, as well as the scarlet tide of the black curtain in the distant sky, his expression cold and sharp.

At this moment, they had clearly surged out of the expansion range of that black canopy, and the dark marks on their bodies had been completely cleared following the might of Lu Xingchen's sword strike, which had annihilated a large swath of unknown, bizarre entities within the tsunami!

For a time, the Sky Train, which had been roaring with frantic firepower just moments ago, suddenly fell silent. Only the gale howled, and below, giant waves of tens of meters surged continuously in the black water.

"We should be out. That was close."

Xiang Ningjing returned to the bridge. By now, her figure had slowly shrunk back for the most part, appearing to be just under 1.9 meters tall. Although still very tall compared to her previous self, she clearly looked much more normal now.

"We were lucky. If this scarlet had erupted last night, we probably would have all been done for here."

Lin Xian turned back to look at her, his brows slightly furrowed: "You can control your body size now?"

Xiang Ningjing unlatched the helmet of her power armor and nodded at Lin Xian, covered in sweat: "Although it's still a bit chaotic, after fully activating the lattice, I've managed to find some ways. I had always doubted my ability type; the Phoenix Society defined it as a super-body technique gene evolution type, but now it seems there are some differences."

"You suspect you are some kind of ability system?" Lin Xian asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Xiang Ningjing frowned: "If I actively release that ability now, I should immediately revert to my previous size, and perhaps I could even..." She paused, not continuing further.

At this time, Long Zhijie, Lu Xingchen, and the group from the building also quickly entered the main bridge. As soon as Shasha saw Brother Fire return, she immediately stood up from her stool, looked at him in surprise, and said loudly:

"Wow, well done, Brother Fire. You've made me admire you a little bit today~"

"Truly very impressive." Shu Qin followed her in and also echoed, looking at Lu Xingchen: "If I hadn't been mentally prepared, it would be hard to believe this is power that we humans can currently display. I think the current Brother Fire could perhaps even fight an S-rank."

"Exactly, exactly!" Lv Chang looked like a fanboy at this moment: "Too cool, splitting a tsunami in two with one sword. Hey buddy, that was a bit too exaggerated."

"Decided. I used to think it was a bit chuunibyou, but starting today, I acknowledge your title of Fire God." The automatic door opened, and Qian Dele's voice came through. He and Mo Nika entered one after the other.

The others from the building, and Long Zhijie, all looked at Lu Xingchen, clearly quite approving of his feat just now.

"Just a small effort. The danger just now was overcome by everyone working together."

Lu Xingchen was clearly enjoying the moment of praise from the crowd. He stood straight as a sword, hands behind his back, but in his eyes was an unconcealable pride and exhilaration. At this moment, he inexplicably felt a sense of immense heroism; the pent-up frustration he had felt in Xilan and Dawn City seemed to have been swept away at this moment.

"Brother Lin, and everyone, rest assured. Our combat power still has vast room for improvement. I believe we can overcome even greater dangers in the future."

Lin Xian smiled and interrupted: "Alright, we haven't completely passed through this area of black gas yet. However, the high-altitude reconnaissance plane has already transmitted data. The power of the dark side invasion is gradually decreasing, which means we are indeed moving out of the danger zone."

Mo Nika stood at the back, her gaze falling on Lin Xian from afar, and she spoke softly: "High-altitude reconnaissance plane? When did you launch it, or did you already make other preparations just now?"

"Let's just call it multiple insurance. But since we've already run out, let's focus on this problem."

Lin Xian did not explain too much, but raised a hand and pointed. His eyes flashed with azure information ripples. The Mechanical Heart linked precisely with Viola's wisdom core, controlling a holographic projection to fall before the crowd. He organized and categorized the footage captured by monitors in various areas of the city and played it.

At this time, Ding Junyi and Xiao Yuan from the scientific research laboratory also arrived here one after another. Looking at the situation in the footage, everyone had complex expressions.

"It looks like the zombies mutated due to the influence of the scarlet?" Xiao Yuan asked softly.

"So fast. It showed effects as soon as it covered them." Xiang Ningjing frowned and said in a deep voice: "This situation is just like..."

"Like what?" someone asked.

"Like that night of the Apocalypse, right?" Shu Qin responded.

Xiang Ningjing nodded.

"So, this is like the second world-ending disaster of the Star Abyss eruption?" Qian Dele crossed his arms. Among everyone, only his expression was relatively calmer: "How should I put it, couldn't finish killing them the first time, so you have to increase the offensive?"

Lv Chang sighed and said somewhat negatively: "Really evil. I originally thought the biggest hurdle was S-rank corpse-drivers and the like. Our abilities finally improved, but the Star Abyss has even more desperate power. This..."

"Lv Chang, you don't have to think about it entirely like that."

Lin Xian looked at him and expressed his thoughts: "Setting aside the conspiracy theories about so-called civilization experiments, from a strategic perspective, putting all efforts into one battle is the best policy. And although we don't know if humanity can survive the changes in the Star Abyss now, if you look at it calmly, it's actually not as terrifying as it was during the Apocalypse."

Upon hearing this, Lv Chang looked puzzled: "Ah, Team Leader Lin, how come I don't understand what you mean..."

"Oh, stupid." Miao Lu said directly at this time: "Team Leader Lin means that assuming the dark civilization possesses higher-level power to destroy us, yet didn't use its full strength from the beginning, that means the enemy either has a lack of intelligence about us, or this trump card has a certain cost!"

"That's right." Xiang Ningjing nodded: "I also don't like the theory about using humans for experiments. In my opinion, this is the Star Abyss releasing greater danger factors, which also shows that the resistance of the survivors has made the darkness feel threatened."

"But..."

Shasha shrugged at this time: "Although it makes sense, this scarlet descent seems truly terrifying. If the Phoenix Society and the Dawn Center are both scattered, then many people might not be able to reach the poles."

"Even if they reach the poles, it's the same. This unpredictability is too troublesome." Qian Dele leaned back in his chair and said leisurely: "If we can't stay in the scarlet, that means all cities and fixed factories, as well as residential strongholds, will have to be abandoned. Not to mention what monsters are in the scarlet, or the troublesome nature of the space channels we saw just now, just material supply will be a great difficulty."

His gaze swept over the crowd: "The safe city strongholds in the Asia-Pacific, South America, North America, and Europe will probably all be scrapped. The arsenals and green plant cultivation bases set up by the Phoenix Society and those organizations can't be taken away either. What does this mean?"

"It means that all future production and living activities can only be done on the train." Lin Xian said coldly.

Upon hearing this, the air among the crowd froze.

Lin Xian slowly exhaled: "Although I want to say it might not be that bad, those of us with full-coverage power armor should be able to move around in the scarlet, but it definitely can't be compared to the previous black nights. The danger coefficient is too high. After we rendezvous with the alliance fleet, I estimate everyone will only be able to live on this doomsday train and flee all the way."

"Then your plantation might not be enough~" Mo Nika said with a smile.

Lin Xian tilted his head and said: "Just in time, I plan to connect that intercontinental train with the Infinity, expand the planting carriages, and I also plan to do some farming, raise some chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep."

Xiang Ningjing looked at him and smiled slightly: "Team Leader Lin, I have always felt that you have an energy in you, that is, no matter how desperate the situation you encounter, you can always find the belief to keep people going."

"If you don't persist, what else can you do? End it yourself?" Lin Xian teased: "You are all like supermen now, one punch comparable to a cannon, one sword splitting waves, and there are those who turn into giants, control magic puppets, and fire lasers. To survive, you are risking your lives. No matter how difficult the situation is, you can only find ways to deal with it, right?"

After speaking, he stood up on his own and walked towards the gate: "Shizhi said there are changes in those in the sleep pods. You guys keep an eye here, I'll go down and take a look."

"I'll go with you." Ding Junyi followed.

"I'll go too~" Shasha's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly followed behind Lin Xian.

Lin Xian handed the defense task to Mo Nika and her group. Now that these few people's lattice evolution had made their combat power terrifying, coupled with the firepower of Viola and the Sky, he could completely hand over the bridge to everyone, while he hurriedly arrived at the sleep pod hall with Shasha.

The time was not yet 11:00 AM, the sky was dark, and although waves were surging outside, the interior of the Sky Train remained incomparably steady. ===== CHAPTER 505 =====