[{"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-541":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},2262305,4414,"Chapter 541: Chaos","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-541",541,"\u003Cp>The furious North Shore sniper battle raged brutally, artillery thundered across the sky, yet the command channel was eerily silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lao and all the military officers of the Taitiewei were plunged into stunned silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lao’s expression was grave: “Commander Lin, are you suggesting the Tower Civilization’s angels will merge on this continent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If all five world-class entities have gathered here, we’re doomed?” Zeng Weiguo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not necessarily. According to Captain Lin, they need to absorb a substantial amount of energy,” Sean from Utopia, monitoring the upper atmosphere, said: “The crimson storm here is too massive—it must be charging Chaos!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. I’m only speculating, but everything points to it being 80 to 90 percent accurate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian spoke now—he couldn’t explain the metal dice, but given the current situation, this was the only logical conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew into the air, his powered armor’s visual system locking onto the giant eye in the sky, his face grim: “So that’s why it hasn’t moved directly—it’s restoring its energy right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier battle at Dawn Center inflicted massive losses, but also severely wounded the demon god. Professor Ye strictly controlled nuclear strikes, instead directing the South Heaven Gate to fire precisely thirteen rounds—under that power, even if this thing were a mountain, it must have been injured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we have to flee while we still can,” Kiki gasped: “If those giants arrive, we’ll be completely surrounded!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right!” Jiang Yun said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So far, our transfers have been systematically harassed—its purpose was to delay our movement. This monster must have been hiding in the crust, replenishing energy through the crimson storm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And after we prepared for full evacuation, it suddenly launched the horde,” Chen Sixuan said: “There must be a Foundation agent inside, transmitting our plans to the Tower Civilization.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, they couldn’t have anticipated our strategy so precisely. Based on the intensity of previous crimson tides, our breakout shouldn’t have been this catastrophic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Knowing this now doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yan spoke up: “At the Foundation, all human strategic intentions are laid bare—except…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, her gaze sweeping over Lin Xian, then continued: “From the current situation, Chaos hasn’t fully recovered—but the storm has already formed. It won’t take long. We must act quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Xian, toward Arizona…” Chen Sixuan suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the Great Ocean God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian frowned at the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine! The train unit must accelerate further—we must break out of North America before dawn, or…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the crimson sky contracted violently, like the pupil of a cosmic beast focusing intensely. The giant eye in the sky erupted with fierce dark-red light, instantly turning the entire land into a sea of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air began to hum low and deep, like billions of dying insects flapping their wings at once. Fine sand and gravel detached from gravity, hovering and rising strangely. Then, the low hum exploded into a roar that tore the earth apart—the entire wasteland surged upward like a drum struck by an invisible hammer, then slammed back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fall back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the deafening roar, dust erupted skyward, blotting out all light as boiling sand and thick fog swallowed the world in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Lin Xian and those around him were engulfed in dust—beyond the faint glimpse of the speeding train below, not even a hundred meters were visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaagh!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the artillery barrage paused, monstrous crimson dust surged from all directions like a howling tide. The train’s firepower line collapsed instantly. Dozens of kilometers of train lines lost ground at once; communication channels became intermittent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad!” Chu Yan’s voice pierced through the earpiece: “Does the monster know our strategy?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Can it understand our speech, or sense our thoughts?” Kiki frantically expanded her psychic field, shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! It’s definitely the Foundation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yan’s tone was icy: “Damn it—they know every word we say inside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do we do?” Jiang Yun, swirling storms from above, descended: “It looks like the monster’s about to strike directly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t solve this now—Lin Xian?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Save lives first!” Lin Xian deployed his mechanical gate; all drones launched en masse, transforming into makeshift flyers to rescue everyone across the battlefield while stabilizing the disconnected trains to keep them moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZZZT! PLOP! PLOP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet within moments, the dozens-of-kilometers-long temporary rail line began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lin Xian’s vision, the earth trembled violently, tectonic plates cracking open. High-temperature gases erupted skyward, as if the entire land were visibly undulating like ocean waves. Then, dozens of kilometers of train tracks fractured, derailed, and were surrounded by the horde—countless train units were instantly obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This steel lifeline, carrying the final hope of millions, twisted and snapped continuously. Solid alloy rails shattered like brittle pretzels, twisted and flung away by immense force, screaming in tortured metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sleepers and shattered stones were hurled into the sky, mixing with towering columns of smoke and dust, swallowing the already thin light completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world plunged into a churning, chaotic darkness reeking of rust and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disaster struck in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaah—!! Derailed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help! The carriage flipped!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The coupling broke! The rear cars are ramming us—!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The public communication channel was instantly drowned in shrill screams and desperate cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liefengchedui ’s trains were the first to be struck. The massive inertia turned the armed train into a toy overturned by an invisible hand—dozens of heavy carriages tilted violently, rolled over, and smashed into the parallel vehicle columns with horrifying metallic shrieks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel monsters crushed and collided, exploding in blinding sparks and towering flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fuel-laden transport truck was struck by a rolling carriage, erupting into a colossal fireball. The searing shockwave, laced with burning debris, swept hundreds of meters, instantly engulfing Taitiewei soldiers resisting the horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams drowned out the artillery fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report! Left flank… left flank position lost! 7th Regiment… wiped out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right flank needs support! The monsters are coming up! We can’t hold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Headquarters! Headquarters! Respond! General Li Sheng!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And General Li Sheng’s command post, 13th Taitiewei, was completely cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of connected carriages behind, torn by terrifying forces, toppled like dominoes—each one lifting high, then crashing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shriek of shattering glass, the groan of twisted steel, the muffled crunch of crushed bones—all merged together. The rear trains had no time to react; they slammed into the wreckage ahead in the fog and dust, triggering even more horrific secondary collisions and chain explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the flickering firelight, countless figures were flung from shattered windows like broken dolls, instantly buried and torn apart by the surging insect-like horde, never even having time to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian, clad in powered armor, sped through the dust storm, pushing forward against the searing heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grace, open fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grace…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gra…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1119,"2026-06-19T18:20:07.351Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6295141e38afb594b9679d03effa8695def00c7d95e03dba8345d576d99a6406",null,"apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-540","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-cover.jpg"]