Chapter 519

"Of course," Shi Weidong replied: "The Foundation didn't release too many Civilization Preview Orbs."

Lin Xian waved his hand: "No, you just said that many researchers in the Phoenix Society have studied this game, but they haven't simulated it intuitively, am I right?"

Shi Weidong's gaze sharpened, catching the implication in Lin Xian's words. He immediately revealed a piece of data:

"The Night Walkers have indeed secretly conducted investigations in this regard. At least 95% of the high-level personnel who defected had come into contact with this Civilization Preview Orb. After we subsequently studied the preview content inside, we discovered that personally experiencing the civilization preview brings a more comprehensive mental shock. Perhaps..."

"95%?" Lin Xian immediately looked at Shi Weidong in confusion, placed the Civilization Preview Orb in his hand on the table, and asked in return: "Then aren't you worried that after I simulate this civilization preview game in front of you, I'll defect too?"

Once these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room suddenly stalled.

Song Wei and the others had complex expressions, while Shi Weidong shrugged quite normally and said directly to Lin Xian: "The Commander's order is to support all actions and stances of the Sword-Bearer."

"Strictly speaking..." Lei Meng flicked his cigarette ash at this moment and looked at Lin Xian: "At Outpost 374, you call the shots."

Hearing that Ye Lan and the Phoenix Society leadership trusted him so much, Lin Xian was stunned for a few seconds, then his brow relaxed. He took a deep breath and roughly recounted the situation he had just seen.

The detailed specifics regarding the No. 39081 Tower Civilization had actually already spread within the Phoenix Society and even among many survivors, but what Shi Weidong and the others didn't know was that Lin Xian had actually seen Chu Yan!

"How could that be? How could she appear inside there?" Kiki frowned tightly, unable to figure it out for a moment.

Lin Xian also shook his head, fell silent for a moment, and then said: "Perhaps this is related to her mental-type ability. I was already able to form a certain link with her consciousness..."

"However..." Suddenly, he changed the subject: "This civilization preview game must have something special. Chu Yan told me that a certain part of her consciousness was devoured, as if it were a type of fusion devoured by the Tower Civilization angels. So I'm thinking, could it be that those who have played this game all encountered the same situation, which is why their personalities underwent a 180-degree change?"

Upon hearing this, Song Wei's eyes widened, and she exclaimed: "You mean, they were all forcibly brainwashed??"

Lin Xian opened his mouth, wanting to find a better adjective: "It should be about the same, but it wasn't that direct."

"Damn it, so this thing is a mind controller!" Lei Meng looked at the Civilization Preview Orb on the table and clicked his tongue in wonder: "Aliens really have many tricks. I thought this thing only existed in games."

Kiki realized at this moment: "Then was Chu Yan's consciousness devoured, but because she possesses mental abilities, she used that part of her consciousness to protect you, preventing you from being devoured, while simultaneously letting you understand the entire history of the Tower Civilization?"

Shi Weidong nodded in approval: "A very reasonable deduction. Chu Yan is the ace of the North American United Front and a person trusted by Commander Ye. In that case, Chu Yan didn't defect..."

Lin Xian stood up abruptly: "Team Leader Shi, there's no time to lose, I must leave immediately!"

"Ushuaia?"

"No," Lin Xian's gaze was burning: "North, to the Colorado Grand Canyon. I have to find a way to bring the convoy out!"

"What?!" Song Wei looked shocked: "Captain Lin... the north-south railway line is already broken. The Dawn Center previously combined the forces of Phoenix City and the Noah Third Intercontinental Troops in Hako and sent a large number of aerial fleets to rescue them, but they all failed..."

"The Night Walkers have already lost who knows how many guys from the First and Third Divisions," Lei Meng also said at this time: "Scarlet is not like the Polar Night; the level of danger is completely unpredictable!"

Shi Weidong also said: "That's right, I understand your feelings and know your convoy members are in danger there. But the North American continent has been completely swallowed by Scarlet, and the Colorado Canyon's very terrain has been reconstructed by that world-class disaster. It's simply impossible to save people in a place like that!"

Lin Xian shook his head, looked at Lei Meng and the others, and said earnestly: "I certainly know how dangerous it is. From the day of the Apocalypse until now, I have never been as stupid and emotional as I am now, but I must go. For one, the rail convoy is carrying a massive amount of resources. Without these resources, the Polar Kunlun City might not be able to hold out until the time to escape the Sky-Veil Giant Screen, not to mention that several mechanized units with powerful firepower are trapped inside."

"Secondly, those are my people. No other reason is needed."

"But..."

"Besides," Lin Xian interrupted Shi Weidong's words, his gaze steady: "Didn't you just say that I am the will and role model among the survivors? As the train group leader, if I abandon all my teammates and go to Kunlun all alone, then what will I represent in terms of will and role model?"

Shi Weidong's expression stalled, and he fell into silence.

"Well said. I knew it, so I've already prepared!" Kiki's eyes shone with brightness, and she stood up with a smile, looking at Lin Xian: "Let's go, let's go and brave it together!"

"I'll send all action teams with you!" Shi Weidong looked at Lin Xian at this moment and said solemnly: "You can mobilize the entire outpost's armed forces."

"No need. I need you to evacuate as soon as possible. The news about the civilization preview and Chu Yan must be sent back to headquarters immediately to avoid further waves," Lin Xian replied.

Shi Weidong was stunned: "Then how do you plan to go?"

Lin Xian's gaze swept across Kiki's face, then looked at Shi Weidong and the others:

"Forgot to tell you, I have a heavy armored train in my possession."

Shi Weidong:?

Boom!

At the abandoned rail station in the town of Parita, violent dust and smoke flew up. As the covering sniper, Lister was hiding at a high vantage point, calmly setting up his Gauss sniper rifle to watch for threats in the Scarlet. But the next moment, on the tracks that were previously empty, accompanied by a burst of metallic screeching, a black-and-red heavy mechanical train eerily revealed its majestic silhouette from the Scarlet mist. It immediately made this sniper, who had seen plenty of big scenes, drop his jaw.

"WTF?? What is that thing?? Where did he pull it out from?!"

Song Wei, standing to the side holding binoculars and crouching in alert, couldn't help but gasp upon seeing this scene: "Now we know why the people in the Shengcheng didn't even dare to let go of his corpse..."

"Sshh..."

Shi Weidong personally led the defense team. At this moment, he was hiding in a building, using his power armor's communicator to contact Lin Xian on the train:

"The various data on Scarlet that you wanted from the Night Walkers has already been transmitted to you. However, you must be careful; we discovered that Blood Essence might have an attractive effect on creatures in the Scarlet. This cannot be shielded by energy fields, so you must be extremely cautious."

"Thank you very much!"

Lin Xian was sitting in the armed cockpit of the Infinite-class 'Sky Star 5c' nuclear-powered carriage. Kiki was sitting next to him with a mobile computer, connecting to the sentry monitoring system on the original train and restarting the photoelectric aiming and LiDAR systems.

He thought for a moment, then pressed his earpiece and said to Shi Weidong: "I suggest you move in batches. The people in the Shengcheng should be watching you. If you head south, they might think you have a mission to escort me."

"Don't worry about that," Shi Weidong replied immediately: "According to the scheduled time, we should begin evacuation in 33 days, and the main force of the Interstellar Military in Ushuaia will not exceed 40 days. Because by then, the entire South American continent and the world's oceans will be covered, and the polar day will also begin to have darkness. So if you really succeed, do not exceed this evacuation time."

"Alright, I understand." Upon hearing this, Lin Xian frowned immediately, and he had some calculations in his mind.