Chapter 416 Sea Fortress

At 10:05, it was dawn.

It was as if a black curtain was lifted in an instant, and the city that was originally under the dark sea curtain was immediately illuminated by the sun. The monsters in the night retreated like a tide, leaving only a devastated city. This once prosperous coastal tourist city now only has broken streets, collapsed buildings, and ruins eroded by the sea breeze.

The morning light shines on the empty seaside boulevard. The pedestrian street that was once crowded with tourists is now left with only broken railings and overturned parasols. The sea breeze, carrying sand and dust, passes through the broken glass windows, making a whimpering sound. In the once bustling seafood restaurant, tables and chairs are overturned and cutlery is scattered on the ground. The graffiti on the wall and the faded menus still vaguely record the fireworks before doomsday.

In the Haiyan City Huanxing Rail Transfer Station, the morning light shines through the broken dome glass, and the mottled light and shadow cut out fragmented patterns on the platform floor. The once busy high-speed rail platform is now dead silent and desolate. There is a vast expanse of space around the Infinity Train, and only this heavy train is parked on the entire platform. It is hard to imagine how crowded and weird it is outside the carriage in the dark night.

Chi.

The carriage door opened, and Qian Dele led his team members out to observe the surrounding situation. The scene of the night parade of a hundred demons had disappeared. On the platform outside, scattered luggage carts were parked crookedly on the edge of the platform. Some were overturned, and some wheels were stuck in the gaps in the tracks. The metal frames were rusted and peeling, as if they had been twisted by some huge force. The conveyor belt had stopped long ago, and the rubber track was broken and lifted up. Thick dust and broken glass accumulated in the gaps. The electronic station announcement sign had a black screen and was shattered, with some sticky liquid hanging on it, which seemed to indicate that many indescribable monsters had appeared here in the dark night.

"Luo Yang, let's occupy the commanding heights and wait and see." Qian Dele stretched and looked upward. The huge steel dome structure was still standing. "There may be other forces targeting us, so we should be more careful."

"No problem!" Luo Yang picked up the mobile terminal and controlled two heavy mechas manufactured by Lin Xian to walk out of the carriage and immediately deployed a patrol route.

Shu Qin and Lu Chang, fully armed, set out from behind the docking station to check the direction of the beach.

The automatic door of carriage No. 5 opened, and Lin Xian and a group of team members walked out. After deployment, he arranged Ning Jing's mobile team to go to the east of Haiyan Island to check the tracks and sea transfer stations along the way to complete Viola's unfinished work, because today he was going to take Viola with him to go to the Falcon Sea Corps' offshore base with Vanessa and Gaddy to make contact. His main purpose was to get some information about the lattice configuration device and the sea area.

The power displayed by Vanessa was somewhat beyond Lin Xian's expectations. He did not expect that this dark energy would have a higher form of destructive effect, not just an increase in the peak power. This made him more curious about the lattice.

"Monica, Building Sasha, Ryunosuke, your team will follow me. Sister Ning will investigate the track line. Qian Dele and Teacher Chen will guard the car and assist Sister Ning's team. Use Infinity as the reference point to set up drone signal transmission devices along the way. Make sure the communication is smooth."

"Understood, Captain Lin." Ning Jing nodded, closed the power armor mask, and immediately took Xiaoqing, Abai and Brother Huo with her to set out immediately, accompanied by dozens of auxiliary drones.

When Shasha heard that they were going out, her eyes lit up immediately: "Great~, then should I drive the Flying Peach?"

Flying Peach is the name Sasha gave to the floating bomber mecha. There is a lot of space for expansion on this flying platform. Sasha can directly control this big guy to take off by putting on the power armor. Its power is an order of magnitude stronger than the previous Vulcan.

"We have to be fully armed wherever we go in unfamiliar waters and be ready for battle at any time." Lin Xian looked at Shasha: "And you won't drive if I don't let you?"

"Hehe~" Sasha giggled with a cunning look on her face, and immediately turned around to start the floating mecha.

"It's right to be cautious." Gaddy of the Falcon Sea Group said to Lin Xian seriously at this time: "There are not many zombies on these islands, but there are many weird bodies. There may be zombies in the dark alleys and sewers in the city at any time. There are also some spies from other forces or the Holy City. It's best not to provoke them easily."

"Indeed, your attractant is a double-edged sword. It's easy to dodge an open attack, but hard to guard against an attack from the dark." KIKI said with her hands on her hips.

Chen Sixuan glanced at the two of them, and immediately said to Lin Xian: "Be careful, I'm here."

Bang, bang.

A man wearing black dragon armor walked out of the building slowly, and the ground shook with a clanging sound, which was awe-inspiring.

"Brother Xian, I'm ready."

Lin Xian nodded. The Black Dragon Armor should be the most powerful power armor of all. It looks bulky, but its mobility is not weak. Combined with the blood and energy of the building, the destructive power it bursts out is no less than a smaller version of the interstellar killer. At the same time, Shiori and Monica are also fully armed.

Monica looked at Vanessa and Gaddy and asked

"You don't have a flying vehicle, how did you get to the island?"

"Of course we do." Vanessa put one hand on her waist, looking confident. She operated a device on her wrist for a few times. Not long after, the roar of a motorcycle came from the direction of the exit of the railway station.

Everyone looked and saw two unmanned Suzuki Hayabusa 2066s coming from a distance one after the other. Although they had many signs of wear and tear, it did not affect their unique appearance.

"Suzuki Hayabusa?" KIKI was intrigued and tilted her head to look at it: "Omnidirectional wheels, vector propulsion nozzles, gyroscope array, why is the rear exhaust changed to pneumatic control surfaces, how can this motorcycle fly?"

"certainly."

Geddy came out and stood in front of his motorcycle. He moved his mechanical arm with one hand, and with a rubbing sound, the armor plates on both sides of the motorcycle body slid open, the omnidirectional wheels deformed and deployed four micro plasma thrusters, the exhaust manifold was reorganized into a honeycomb nozzle, and the rear exhaust pipe split into six tungsten steel spoilers. The pitch/yaw angle was adjusted through mechanical hydraulic linkage, and soon there was azure blue turbine jet from the nozzle, and the motorcycle slowly floated up on the spot.

"Awesome, a very complete flight kit." KIKI's eyes lit up.

"Is this kind of transformation also carried out in your offshore black market?" Monica asked.

"It's not just the black market, many large organizations have this transformation capability." Gedi said: "Of course, the black market can buy a lot of things you want."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian asked, "Where is this black market?"

"The Polaris Abyss Market, the largest black market on the sea, is a mobile market. If you are lucky, you can easily receive the sea broadcasts they send out and find their location." said Geddy.

Lin Xian nodded: "Okay, let's go, time waits for no one."

Vanessa looked at Lin Xian with excitement in her eyes: "No problem, just follow us."

After saying that, she and Gaddi got on their motorcycles, put on windproof helmets, and immediately took off into the air. Lin Xian's two teams immediately followed. The propulsion system of the power armor made a loud sound of breaking through the air. A group of people rushed into the sky and followed the two flying motorcycles along the coastline.

The sea surface was sparkling like a broken mirror. Lin Xian and his party drove power armor and flew at high speed along the coastline of Haiyan Island. The Black Dragon Armor of the building and Sasha's Flying Peach were the two largest mecha devices, roaring in the air. Looking down from the sky, the landforms of the west coast of Haiyan Island were in full view. After leaving the city, there was a jungle, and then the terrain began to turn into steep cliffs. The rock walls were eroded by sea water with countless honeycomb-shaped holes, and then the flight direction began to leave the coastline and flew towards the deep sea in the northwest.

"Wow, we are flying over the sea, it's so magical." Sasha controlled the huge Flying Peach floating bomber, and the plasma thrusters under the wings made a low hum.

Vanessa on the flying motorcycle looked back, the corners of her mouth slightly raised under the helmet: "Be careful, don't fall into the sea. If you sink 200 meters into the dark area, it is very likely to disturb underwater creatures."

"You use the ship as a shelter. Once you encounter a monster, it will be difficult to escape, right?" Lin Xian asked at this time.

"Weird creatures usually don't attack our ships directly. They don't think of sinking ships and then capturing prey. But you're right. When encountering large weird creatures, it's hard to shake them off with the speed of the ship. So we will use attractants. If they are marked, the marked combatants will leave the ship to fight and try to protect the main ship."

After Gaddy finished speaking, he continued to say to Lin Xian: "Strictly speaking, although the deep sea is very dangerous, the probability of encountering strange bodies at sea is much lower than on land. Because the sea area is very large, those monsters will follow the seabed and move towards the city or the island continental shelf. We, the refugees at sea, are not easily targeted by underwater monsters."

Lin Xian was a little surprised when he heard this: "The place that seems to be the most dangerous is actually the safest?"

"Yes, so our marine group never approaches islands or shores. Only the team members responsible for field exploration will frequently encounter danger. At sea, we rarely encounter critical situations. As long as we use the attractant well and keep silent, we can resolve the crisis most of the time."

"That's pretty smart." KIKI said, "Those strange creatures will crawl onto the land and move towards the urban cluster. It's hard for you to encounter them directly on the sea. I didn't expect that."

"But I still don't dare to stay on the sea." Sasha said at this time. She looked down from the sky. The light blue water on the coastline suddenly turned into bottomless darkness as it entered the deep sea, which gave people a great sense of fear.

If monsters are limited to zombies on land, then hiding on an aircraft carrier at sea is equivalent to a safe haven. But who knows what unknown deep-sea creatures are hidden under the deep water. When Sasha thinks that there will be only endless deep sea on all sides after nightfall, she feels a little breathless. In comparison, she still prefers to stay in the train and fall asleep listening to the clanging sound of the rails.

After flying for dozens of minutes, Lin Xian and his group, following Vanessa, finally approached their destination.

Under the clear sky, in the center of a tranquil sea, a huge doomsday aircraft carrier was quietly anchored.

"The former Neptune nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been retired for 15 years. Now we have transformed it into a sea fortress and home. There are a total of 736 survivors." As we approached, Vanessa's voice was filled with pride.

Lin Xian glanced over and found that it was a 150,000-ton Longshan-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier belonging to the Federation. It had a huge flight deck. As a former naval behemoth, it was gradually eliminated after the maturity of star engine technology. After the apocalypse, it has now been completely transformed into a maritime survival fortress.

Thick armor plates are welded to the edge of the flight deck, forming a circle of steel walls about two meters high to prevent the impact of waves and possible monster attacks. Shooting holes and machine gun towers are set at regular intervals on the wall, and high-energy arc cutting wires can be used as a defense. On the watchtower, many fully armed patrol members are holding weapons and vigilantly scanning the sea.

Part of the original island was flattened, and solar panels and wind turbines were installed on the top, which seemed to be auxiliary power in addition to nuclear energy. Lin Xian understood at a glance that although this big guy had a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy was extremely easy to expose. There was also a supply ship and several small boats next to this aircraft carrier.

The most shocking thing is that the deck originally used to park fighter planes has now been transformed into neat planting areas. The soil is placed in special metal planting troughs, and various vegetables, wheat, and even a few dwarf fruit trees are planted. Before approaching, Lin Xian and his companions have seen from afar many survivors wearing simple protective clothing working in the planting area, some watering, some picking, just like a doomsday farm.

"They are growing vegetables...on the sea?" The voice in the building was full of surprise.

"We can't rely entirely on plundering for food, otherwise we will starve to death sooner or later." Vanessa explained: "We have our own fresh water purification system, plus a solar greenhouse, so we are basically self-sufficient."

"You are doing adaptive navigation?" Lin Xian saw this scene and immediately said, "The nuclear reactor should not be ignited."

"Yes."

Vanessa said: "We are not in a hurry to travel slowly by tugboat and ocean currents. This method is also the safest. It is like a floating island on the sea. In addition, we have underwater sonar and drone sentinels, so the overall safety is much higher than on land."

"How did you find this aircraft carrier?" Lin Xian asked.

"It's not found, it's robbed." Gaddi's voice came: "Initially, this aircraft carrier belonged to a large organization that plundered resources everywhere. The leader of the sea group was a bastard who made himself the emperor of the sea. Later, we wiped out the organization and the ship became ours. We also spent a lot of time to transform it. Now it is the main shelter of our Falcon Sea Group."

Vanessa used the radio to contact the Neptune, and Lin Xian soon discovered that many people came out on the front deck. An empty platform was opened, and then Lin Xian and his party landed from the air and boarded the aircraft carrier.

Seeing that this group of people, all in advanced flying power armor, had landed, many survivors on the Neptune began to gather around. A group of armed men with live ammunition and driving weapon mechas stood on both sides. Vanessa's flying motorcycle landed steadily on the deck of the "Neptune" aircraft carrier, and Lin Xian and his group followed closely behind. The power armor thrusters spewed out light blue tail flames, drawing several dazzling streaks of light in the sun.

The deck was already full of Falcon Marines, some of them were on guard with guns, some were curiously looking around, all their eyes focused on the group of people wearing advanced Iron Man armors that dropped from the sky. The leader was a blond, blue-eyed white youth, wearing a tactical vest, a pair of aviator sunglasses, and a cool smile on his face, like a doomsday version of Tom Cruise. Behind him were a few people who looked quite powerful.

These people had different skin colors, some yellow, some black, and some white. There were also warriors like Gaddi who had undergone prosthetic limbs. They all seemed to have learned that these visiting strangers were extraordinary. As soon as they came over, they surrounded Lin Xian's team with scrutinizing eyes.

"Ryan." Gaddy took the lead in introducing the white youth to Lin Xian, who had taken off his power armor mask: "Our BOSS."

Ryan looked at Lin Xian in surprise. He stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly frowned and asked, "Are you Lin Xian?"

Lin Xian raised his eyebrows: "Do you know me?"

"Know him? Of course I know him!" Ryan laughed. "Swordsman of the Phoenix Order, captain of the Infinity, a legendary figure who rescued 100,000 people from the 5th Star Abyss! Although our Falcon Sea Group is far away at sea, we have heard your name mentioned by other survivor organizations on the radio many times!"

A tall woman with a high ponytail behind him crossed her arms and said coldly, "Swordsman? He doesn't look special."

Ryan turned around and glared at her: "Erica, don't be so rude."

Erica shrugged: "Just telling the truth."

As she spoke, she looked at Lin Xian and said, "Did Shuguang City really withstand the attacks from the three Xingyuans? I heard that they even killed a corpse chaser?"

"Is there anything unbelievable about this?" KIKI asked back.

"Of course." Behind Ryan, a tattooed man with a pigtail on his head who looked like a Viking crossed his arms and said coldly, "Some organizations don't believe that humans can kill the corpse drivers. They think these battle reports are just a trick used by the Phoenix to gain confidence."

"Azlan, our armed mechanic." Ryan introduced, then sighed and said, "There are still many pessimistic people now. Some people think that if humans can kill the corpse drivers, there will be nothing in Xingyuan that humans cannot solve. Ha, they are all a bunch of idiots, don't take it to heart."

"Oh, this is just a pessimistic self-consolation? This is indeed normal." Monica said leisurely, "Star Abyss No. 13 has the largest area and the slowest expansion. According to what you said, the pressure on the sea shelter should not be too great."

"This lady is wrong." Ryan took a deep breath and pointed to the various planting areas and defense posts on the rear deck. He said, "It's not easy for so many people to survive. We can't dock yet. We can only rely on the field team to search for supplies. Haiyan City has long been searched into an empty city. How can the pressure be small?"

Sasha jumped off the Flying Peach mecha's suspension bracket, untied the power armor visor and said with a grin, "Wow, what a big aircraft carrier! You guys are actually growing vegetables on it."

"No way." Ryan shrugged, smiled at Lin Xian and his group, and said with his hands spread out: "We can't catch fish to eat."

"Who knows what we'll catch?" Azlan grinned. "There's nothing to eat in the black water, unless we use filtered water for aquaculture. We have a special aquaculture area on our boat, but with so many people, there's not enough food."

"Vanessa." Erica looked at Vanessa: "Do you have any purpose in bringing back the Swordbearer of the Order of the Phoenix?"

"They want to develop the lattice." Gaddy said first, and then said to Ryan: "We ran into some trouble last night. It was Weland's people. Captain Lin saved us."

Ryan nodded upon hearing this and looked at Lin Xian eagerly: "OK, but in the field of crystallization, the Phoenix Society should have more say than us."

"I haven't paid attention to this matter before, and the Phoenix Society has not made it public, so I want to learn more about it." Lin Xian said.

"I understand." Ryan looked at Vanessa and smiled: "Vanessa?"

"Yes, I told Captain Lin about the hunting plan," said Vanessa.

"That's what I guessed."

"Are you really going to hunt down the special level?" Monica asked at this time.

Ryan's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "Actually, this matter is quite complicated. Captain Lin, I guessed correctly that your Infinity is taking the ocean track, right?"

Lin Xian said: "Yes, but strictly speaking, I just want to learn about the crystallization device and replace some blood essence. As for hunting weird bodies, I'm sorry, I don't want to take the initiative to invite trouble."

Ryan nodded, was silent for a moment, then smiled and looked at Lin Xian.

"That's unfortunate, Captain Lin. You may not be able to escape this fire, whether you want to be hunted or not."

Lin Xian raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"The floating island that appeared in the abyss is now 196 nautical miles east of Haiyan Island, shrouded by the eye of the storm, and the 3215th base of the ocean track segment was broken there." Behind Ryan, Erica, with a cold look, crossed her arms and looked at Lin Xian seriously and said, "And we have detected a deep abyss under the sea east of Haiyan Island, which is extremely unusual."

“So if you want to leave Haiyan Island... you can either take a boat or take off, but as long as you go east, unless you take a large detour, you will definitely encounter that floating island on the sea.” The big man Azlan also said at this time.

"Floating island on the sea?" KIKI frowned and asked, "What is that?"

Ryan took a deep breath, looked at Lin Xian and the others, and then said something that made their expressions change.

"We think it should be a building floating on the sea..."

"The mother nest of the strange body!"

(End of this chapter)