Chapter 378 Outer City District

Perhaps Lin Xian would never have thought that after the end of the world, he would have to sneak into the largest human city in Asia-Pacific.

Everyone looked solemn. The Swordfish transport ship was docked in a dilapidated street far away from the outskirts of Dawn City. Dozens of zombies were attracted by the noise and howled as they gathered around. The hatch was opened at this time, and the figure inside did not move. A sharp metallic light flashed out silently, and instantly cut a group of zombies into pieces. Soon the metallic light was retracted, and a girl with purple hair and twin ponytails flew out with mental power surging all over her body. Countless sharp blades rushed back to her side and overlapped evenly.

At this time, Lin Xian quickly got off the transport ship. Although it was still more than 20 kilometers away from the No. 1 wall of Dawn City, the place where they docked was already the outskirts of a densely populated urban area. Looking up, the dark and dilapidated city stretched like the sea, and in the distance was a huge wall that seemed to stretch across the sky and the earth. The hundred-meter-high wall was like an industrial wonder, surrounding the huge Dawn City. In the sporadic moonlight tonight, the dark outline of the Twin Star Towers could be vaguely seen.

"Buildings above 100 meters won't have lights on, so basically all you can see from the outside is the city walls."

Jian Xuwei walked away from Lin Xian and spoke.

"Is it really useful to build such a high city wall?" KIKI asked at this time.

"It will still be of some use." Monica smiled lightly at this time, stood next to Lin Xian, glanced at him, and said meaningfully: "In the battle of Xilan City, if it weren't for the defense of the industrial city wall, we wouldn't have been able to hold out for two nights."

Lin Xian nodded: "Yes, this wall is not prepared for S-level. If it weren't for the Abyss Worms, it wouldn't be so easy for ordinary A-level or special-level creatures to break in. The firepower of Dawn City is hundreds of times stronger than that of Xilan City."

"It's just a pity. There are walls and dungeons, but I can't see any hope."

Qian Dele said seriously, "Chairman Jian, are we stopping here to walk directly into Dawn City?"

Jian Xuwei said nothing, staring coldly at the dark street ahead.

"Everyone be careful, there are many targets approaching ahead." Lu Xingchen hadn't exercised for a long time. Now he followed Lin Xian to Shuguang City. Combined with the previous information, he felt a sense of solemnity as if he had received a great mission from heaven. His eyes were sparkling, as if he had detected the movement in the distance.

"They're not weird monsters, they're people." Shiori said quickly, "A lot of people."

Lin Xian's eyes became serious. At this moment, a roaring sound gradually came from far away, flames appeared, engines roared, and in the dilapidated dark street ahead, a well-armed convoy was coming at high speed. The zombies and abandoned vehicles on the street were knocked away by a locomotive like an all-terrain train, followed by more than a dozen modified heavy trucks and special vehicles.

However, in Lin Xian's opinion, this convoy was indeed a bit strange. Although the vehicles were equipped with various patchwork steel plates, wild graffiti, and various rainproof cloths, they looked like a doomsday-style convoy. But the strange thing was that Lin Xian noticed at a glance that the configurations of those vehicles were much more advanced than they looked on the surface. Perhaps because they were worried about alerting the enemy, this convoy did not use any weapons and just drove forward like this.

Jian Xuwei stepped forward at this time and immediately raised her hand to stop everyone's alertness: "They are our people, don't worry."

Hearing this, Brother Huo and the others restrained their fighting spirit. They waited for the convoy to rush over and stopped a hundred meters in front of the transport ship. The flashing headlights dazzled Lin Xian and his group. At this time, car doors kept opening, and a group of people gathered together and walked towards Lin Xian.

The equipment of this group of people was also extremely advanced, almost all of them were Phantom Wolf or Iron Hunter-level power armor, and the weapons in their hands were quite powerful. Lin Xian watched a group of people coming over, and the leader quickly came to Jian Xuwei, opened the power armor helmet, and a slightly young face with a distressed look appeared in front of him.

Lin Xian recognized him. He was Jian Xuwei's younger brother Jian Zeyang. Lin Xian had had contact with him before when he was at Yubei Airport.

"Sister, everything is ready!"

Jian Xuwei nodded, and she turned back to look at Lin Xian: "Zeyang has been under my arrangement to be active in the outer city of Shuguang City. On the one hand, it is convenient for transmitting intelligence, and on the other hand, there are many survivors here, and we can accumulate a lot of strength."

Lin Xian was a little surprised and said, "I thought your brother was controlled by Zhou Mingyuan?"

"No, I was forced to cooperate mainly because of the overall situation. Finger Group has too many assets and team members, and I do need the help of Dawn City in many aspects."

Jian Zeyang saw Lin Xian at this time, his eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly, wiped his hands, and then stretched out his hand to Lin Xian.

"Captain Lin, long time no see. I haven't thanked you for your help in Yubei City. I have a foul mouth and I was a bit rude to you before. Don't take it to heart."

Lin Xian was a little surprised when he heard this. Jian Zeyang seemed like a different person after not changing for a while. He looked much more mature. He no longer had the arrogance that he had before, but was more stable.

"I don't remember you offending me in any way. Anyone would have doubts in that situation." Lin Xian stretched out his hand to shake his hand, but Jian Zeyang looked at him eagerly and kept saying, "No, it's mainly because I didn't know you were so awesome, Captain Lin. I've heard about Xilan City, the super-large mecha, the first kill of S-level, awesome." He grinned, and his words showed his admiration for Lin Xian.

"Zeyang likes to study mechanical mechas. Ever since you used gas turbines to pull thousands of our cars onto high-altitude tracks, he has always admired you." Jian Xuwei said.

"Sister." Jian Zeyang coughed dryly, feeling a little embarrassed, so he quickly changed the subject and said seriously

"Captain Lin, I have already arranged the route into the city. The city defense patrols are getting more and more intense now, so we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be difficult to escape if we are discovered."

Lin Xian nodded and said immediately: "Okay, let's go."

At this time, Jian Zeyang called to a subordinate behind him and arranged for him to handle the transport ship. At the same time, Lin Xian and his party boarded the all-terrain train. The convoy quickly turned around and drove at high speed towards Dawn City.

"Zhou Mingyuan has arranged martial law for the entire city. A-level strange bodies appeared in the west of the city. The garrison fought for several hours and caused a lot of strange bodies. They were just put out. This is the fifth time in the past 48 hours that A-level strange bodies have attacked the main city. I don't know what the reason is, but now many people have linked this to the abnormal movements of the Crimson World and Xingyuan."

On the action train, Jian Zeyang quickly synchronized the situation in the city with Lin Xian's team.

"How is the strange body in the west of the city related to the unusual movements of Star Abyss No. 5?" Qian Dele asked at this time.

"It's not Star Abyss No. 5, it's Star Abyss No. 8!" Jian Zeyang said immediately: "The expansion of Star Abyss No. 8 is accelerating. The entire Funing area and half of Liaohai have disappeared. Now the polar night area is close to Tianwei. According to the news from the outpost over there, a large S-class has been observed in the polar night area, but no one has encountered it, because some people in the sky thought they saw an illusion."

Lin Xian frowned slightly when he heard this: "Tianwei, the straight-line distance to Star Abyss No. 8 is not much closer than Yongcheng Port, right?"

"Yes." Jian Xuwei said at this time: "According to the time calculation, the time difference in entering the polar night will not exceed one week."

"Then, the number of teams leaving the city is increasing, which has caused some chain reactions. Then Zhou Mingyuan and the people from the Population Control Bureau found an excuse and banned people from leaving the city after dark. So now Shuguang City looks calm, but in fact many people want to leave." Jian Zeyang said

"No one wants to take the risk of the Federation and the Crimson World colluding with each other," Qian Dele said leisurely.

"This is just one of the reasons." Jian Zeyang turned around and said, "In fact, many large convoys do not want to stay in Dawn City for a long time. The main reason is that the polar night is approaching and everyone wants to run towards dawn. Only small convoys and ordinary survivors have no choice, so they can only rely on high walls and underground cities to relieve the pressure of panic. Most people can't enter the underground city, let alone the underground city, it's difficult to get into the high walls."

"Shuguang City is so big, it shouldn't be difficult to accommodate such a small number of people." Lin Xian said sternly, "It's just that resources are scarce."

Jian Zeyang nodded: "Yes, water, food, medical care, and sanitation are all limited, and the denser the population, the greater the casualties will be once a chain reaction of mutations occurs. During the time we have been in Dawn City, the dark mutation crisis has erupted every night, and the death of dozens of people is considered a peaceful night, and 80% of large-scale mutations occur in the outer city area outside Wall No. 1."

"So, the interior of Dawn City is really safe?" KIKI said at this time.

"Compared to that, it is." Jian Xuwei said, "With City Wall No. 1, there are no zombies or strange entities in the city. The only threat is the invasion of darkness."

"There are also famous people." Jian Zeyang added: "But it is indeed safe inside. There are businesses and entertainment, as well as supernatural competitions, underground boxing rings, and even black markets. Many large teams come here to strengthen themselves, so recruiting powerful supernatural people is open. It all depends on who bids the highest."

"The Federation is also recruiting itself, right?" Lin Xian asked at this time.

"Yes." Jian Zeyang said, "The Federation is the best at recruiting. They are even fighting for people internally, mainly the Seraphim and Night Patrol. After all, they are from different factions. For this reason, Zhou Mingyuan also created a Human Light Evolution Ranking. Anyone on the list will not only get permanent residency in the Dawn City Underground City, but also receive a large amount of bonuses."

Lin Xian frowned when he heard this: "Rankings? That's a good idea."

"Indeed, so the Federation has also recruited many powerful psychics to join."

"Destruction level?" KIKI asked.

"More than that." Jian Zeyang said: "After killing that S-level last time, several powerful ones on the Evolution List have grown to the Angel level."

"That's the peak power of 10,000?"

“That’s right!”

As soon as these words were spoken, KIKI, Huo Ge, Qian Dele and others all changed their expressions. To be honest, they had been facing constant crises since the supernatural power test in Xilan City until now, and had not paid much attention to the growth of their supernatural powers. Lin Xian didn't know what the peak supernatural power of several people had reached now.

After all, when we were in Xingyuan, those crises didn't seem to be able to be solved by supernatural powers.

Buzz.

At this time, as the convoy moved forward, the surrounding noises gradually became noisy, and from time to time the sound of gunfire rang through the sky.

Lin Xian and his companions opened the sunshade, and in an instant, a scene like the end of a disaster appeared before their eyes. As the convoy gradually drove towards the city wall, a large number of convoy camps appeared on the streets of the dilapidated city outside, ranging from scattered to dense. Countless tents, steel machine gun towers, and vehicles of all sizes densely occupied all the open spaces in the city, leaving only the main road leading to Dawn City unobstructed.

The propaganda slogans and alarms of helicopters, drones, and patrol mechas continued to sound in the air. All areas looked like an endless refugee camp, with flames extending to the end of the sight.

"Be careful at night, please check the soul value detector at any time, being careless will lead to disaster."

"Warning, convoys in the G67 Xianglan Street Plaza camping area, please extinguish all campfires immediately!"

"The Dawn City Night Patrol reminds you that it is everyone's responsibility to jointly build a safe zone. Be vigilant, test frequently, take precautions, and do not miss any dark marks or changes."

In the sight, the convoy camps of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of doomsday survivors formed a grotesque urban scene. Some large and sturdy buildings were occupied by survivors. The roofs were full of machine guns and watchtowers, and each block was covered with barbed wire walls. Even so, the howling of zombies and the sound of gunfire in the distance made it difficult for people to fall asleep.

Seeing this scene, Qian Dele and others all looked solemn. This doomsday scene was even more suffocating than the one in Xingyuan. They hadn't even entered Dawn City yet, but it was already a scene of a million refugee camps. It was hard to imagine what a tragic scene it would be if this place encountered a large-scale monster tide or a large-scale weird experience.

On the buildings along the roadside, countless survivors' eyes were fixed on the convoy speeding past. Lin Xian discovered that most of the convoys here were composed of elderly people, women, and children, while there were relatively few young and middle-aged people. However, whether middle-aged women or gray-haired elderly people, they were all fully armed with guns. There was even a dozen children of varying heights patrolling on the roof of a supermarket, all holding heavy machine guns. The oldest among them was probably no more than 15 years old.

Seeing the surprised looks of Lin Xian and the others, Jian Xuwei said, "According to the city entry regulations, the ratio of combatants to family members cannot exceed 1:2. There are no restrictions on the age and gender of family members, but they will be assessed for combat effectiveness, that is, the peak value of the Dangling Value. However, Shuguang City does not measure the limit coefficient, which seems to be very relaxed. However, it is difficult for the peak value of the Dangling Value of the elderly and children to grow higher than that of young and middle-aged people, so the majority of the members of the convoys left outside are the elderly, the weak, women and children."

"I guessed it."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered and his face looked a little gloomy. At this moment, he didn't know what to say except sighing.

From the day of doomsday, everyone silently accepted this cruel elimination, even Lin Xian himself. When he first established the Interstellar Train Plan, he also required strong combat power and sufficient resources. At this time, except for family members, no one would sympathize with the elderly, women and children around others. The Boai team died quickly, and even Shuqin's team was reduced in number all the way. It was not until they joined the Infinity that the team's survival rate was improved.

Lin Xian's mentality began to change only after the United Train became stronger. He accepted the teams including Li Yi's team to join. In fact, strictly speaking, although Mo Xiaotian, Duoduo and other children are sensible and obedient, and can help with logistics, they are not of much help to the team. However, Lin Xian's current team allows him to accept and accommodate these people, rather than just calculating by cruel value.

At this time, the convoy drove into a place that looked like a school. There were more and more armed convoys on the streets. Homemade steel plates, iron walls, barbed wire, fences, and machine gun towers surrounded the entire school. It was obviously a large alliance convoy. There were hundreds of modified cars parked in the open space and on the playground alone, and there was even a row of aircraft. Two small nuclear-powered polar vehicles were parked in front of the teaching building and in the playground to provide power to all the camps. Judging from the neatly arranged convoy and internal order, the strength of this convoy was definitely not weak.

"Zeyang, how many people do you have here now?" Jian Xuwei asked as the convoy drove in from the armored school gate.

"Almost 8,000." Jian Zeyang licked his lips, looked in the direction of Lin Xian, and said with some pride: "I have merged with several teams in the past two days. They are all strong. There are very few medium and large teams coming here now. Even if there are, they will not enter the city. Many teams in the outer city are expanding their alliances and are preparing to head towards the Dawn Center."

"Eight thousand, so much?"

"As long as the restrictions are lifted, 80,000 will be fine." Jian Zeyang said helplessly at this time: "What Shuguang City lacks the least is people. Everyone wants to survive and unite, but a team can't support too many people with no or low combat power. In order to enter the city with blood essence, many teams have to run back and risk their lives to kill weird bodies. Tell me, what can we do about it."

"Strictly speaking, the apocalypse is only 100 days away, and 99% of the world's human population will die overnight. Even with the existing supplies, the remaining 1% cannot be used up at all." Monica said in a loud voice at this time: "It's just a pity that more than 85% of the main city was lost. Those strategic materials and food were contaminated in large quantities, otherwise they would not be so scarce."

"Yes, there is also water." Jian Xuwei said: "Now water resources are basically relying on resistance, so the mutation rate in the outer city area is so high."

"Sister, Captain Lin, we're here."

At this time, the convoy stopped at an open space behind the school's scientific research and teaching building. Lin Xian and several others got out of the car. Jian Zeyang led the group into a teaching building that was almost half collapsed and tilted, and walked through the dilapidated corridor filled with water.

"The civil defense offensive under this school is connected to the original maintenance section of Xingcheng Metro Line 12. We enter the city through this channel to obtain supplies." Jian Zeyang walked in front with a headlight, introducing as he walked.

Several people turned down the stairs into an empty basement, and then came to an abandoned subway track through a man-made hole.

An old electric locomotive was quietly parked, pulling several subway cars. The cars seemed to have been simply modified to hold various supplies.

"Sister, do you really not need me to go in with you?" Jian Zeyang sent Lin Xian and others to the car. The driver was a younger brother of Jian Zeyang. He couldn't help asking when he saw Jian Xuwei getting in the car.

"No need." Lin Xian said at this time: "Your sister asked you to stay outside so that it would be convenient for you to support us later."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and a burst of electric arc lit up in the tunnel. Everyone was startled. Before they could see what was happening, they saw Lin Xian pointing behind Jian Zeyang.

"I'll leave an assistant here so I can communicate with you later."

Jian Zeyang turned around suddenly and was shocked to find that a ballet dancer robot had appeared in his team at some point. This was Lin Xian's Dancer No. 1. Although its intelligence level was only that of an ordinary combat robot, its built-in very high frequency transmitter could transmit farther than ordinary communication devices and was not easily intercepted, so Lin Xian stayed behind to learn about the situation outside the city.

"Lying on the grass..."

Jian Zeyang rubbed his eyes fiercely: "When did this thing appear?"

All the men were filled with horror at this moment, and they all shook their heads.

Even KIKI and Monica next to Lin Xian were puzzled. Where did Lin Xian bring the robot from, and why did no one notice it along the way?

Only Qian Dele, who was sitting in the corner at this time, witnessed everything with his extraordinary speed. At this moment, he stared at Lin Xian and couldn't help but smile in surprise.

This guy...did he just open the door to another world?

Without much explanation, Lin Xian, Jian Xuwei and others set off immediately. The subway locomotive traveled at high speed on the abandoned track, with only the lights on the front of the train illuminating the darkness.

"It's impossible that the people in Dawn City didn't know about this thing driving into the city, right?" KIKI said at this time.

"Yes, but it doesn't affect it." Jian Xuwei said lightly: "It's just a matter of price."

She looked at KIKI and said, "In this apocalypse, everything can be priced, and professional ethics and conscience are the cheapest."

"That's true." Hearing this, Qian Dele smiled.

Lin Xian turned around and looked at Shizhi who had been silent all the way. After meeting Lin Xian's gaze, Shizhi looked back at him innocently, as if to say, do you need me to speak?

No response was received.

Then she slowly moved to the side and hid in Lin Xian's blind spot.

"Tell me about the plan." Lin Xian said to Jian Xuwei, "It won't be easy to take control of the main control center."

“It depends on who it is for.”

Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian: "It should be very simple for you."

(End of this chapter)