Chapter 484 Scarlet Arrives

With less than 8 hours left until dawn, Lin Xian came to the arsenal ship and called up the electrostatic force field blueprint designed for him by Shinji Mochizuki, preparing to upgrade the protection of the Sky Train first.

The main function of the electrostatic force field is to deal with energy attacks like the lightning storm projected by atmospheric mica. If a monster attacks head-on, it will mainly rely on the protective net composed of high-energy particle beams and firepower arrays to resist, or strengthen the armor of the Sky Train.

However, the current Sky Train is a starship. Unlike Lin Xian's Infinity, it cannot weld armor plates on the outside at will. In addition, the armor materials used in the Sky Train are almost the top protection of the interstellar army, so Lin Xian can only work on protective facilities. It seems unlikely to rely on materials.

Standing on top of the arsenal ship, Lin Xian directly started the construction of the force field generator. Unless he moved the train into the Black Star Forge again, he could only manufacture this large device manually. However, with Lin Xian's level 7 manufacturing level, these devices were already very fast for him. Now he knew that a G-3 electromagnetic railgun only took Lin Xian about 40 minutes, which meant that if he started 7 construction sequences at the same time, he could manufacture 7 electromagnetic railguns at the same time in 40 minutes. The efficiency was comparable to that of a large energy weapon manufacturing factory.

[Starship Electrostatic Force Field - Generator Manufacturing Progress 23%]

While manufacturing, Lin Xian was also paying attention to the "God-level" blueprint in his Black Star Forge. This time, the R&D center did not take as long to complete the research and development as before. It seemed more like the Black Star Forge's starry sky channel received the blueprint from the direction of a certain universe, and then construction could start directly.

This bizarre phenomenon made Lin Xian extremely curious about the true core of the Black Star Forge skill.

“Construction can start at any time, but how do we get these things done?”

Lin Xian used his super computing power to continuously analyze the information popped up by the Mechanical Heart. The most core of these were four items.

The first is the astronomical amount of materials. These materials are all level 5 materials, which are at least super metals that can only be possessed by interstellar military starships or Emperor Project mechas. Moreover, these materials seem to need to go through advanced preparation at the Materials Center to become alien materials that Lin Xian has never heard of. What's more terrifying is that this kind of material requires at least hundreds of millions of tons.

However, although it sounds scary, Lin Xian feels that at least there is a direction. As long as he keeps devouring, he can not only collect materials but also improve the level of the mechanical heart. If the mechanical devouring is upgraded, the speed can be further improved. It is nothing more than a matter of time and workload. At least there is still some hope. However, he has almost no idea about the other three contents.

These three contents were summarized by Lin Xian as follows:

1. Anchoring the orbits of massive quasars to build a strong interaction force confinement field

2. Capture iron-nickel asteroids and build stardust furnaces

3. Build a Casimir cavity vacuum fluctuation engine and use stellar energy to create a "flint" to ignite the stardust furnace

"Anchoring quasars, capturing asteroids, harnessing stars..."

"You really think too highly of me. I can't even leave Blue Star, how am I supposed to handle all this?"

Lin Xian felt extremely troubled looking at the light screen, he simply didn't know where to start. He thought that even if he was asked to deal with an S-class monster or a corpse driver, or find some high-level blood essence, he could still work with the Phoenix Society to make a plan, but these things didn't sound like they were something that current human civilization could master. Where could he find an asteroid?

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Throw in the materials first and get the first step done first."

Lin Xian took a deep breath, thinking that this thing must not be that easy. After contacting the Phoenix Society, maybe he could ask Ye Lan.

[Ding, I have completed the Cyborg-X and Reaper-X fusion blueprint design. Please confirm whether to calibrate it?]

At this time, Viola's voice sounded, and Lin Xian immediately turned his attention back.

"Has a system simulation been conducted?"

[Yes, I've run the blueprint through 32,518 combat simulations, with an adaptability rate of 99.578% and a failure rate of 0.0158%. The overall combat effectiveness of Cyborg-X (Iron Man) is 75.2% higher than the original version, and Reaper-X (Dragon Girl) is 217% higher than Dancer No. 1. The downside is that it requires an Interstellar-grade Power Armor [Microstar] power module and T3-level intelligent processing equipment, which is very expensive. The overall cost is close to 85% of your Interstellar-grade Nano-Power Armor individual soldier. Are you sure you want to use this expensive blueprint as a combat unit for your mecha army?]

"Of course."

Lin Xian said calmly, "The aliens are evolving very quickly these days. Their bio-force fields are so powerful that even standard military weapons can't penetrate them. The original drone array wasn't designed to deal with them, so there's already a generation gap. In this situation, simply increasing the number of drones won't be effective. A thousand or ten thousand is pure waste. We can only rely on new ones. Furthermore, the cost is meaningless to me; it just means more time invested in manufacturing them."

Although the cost of each mecha soldier is close to the most advanced power armor currently in Lin Xian's hands, Lin Xian is not under any pressure. He does not need to consider production lines and material preparation like Kehua Heavy Industry, and can invest in large quantities. The most important thing is that if he wants to exert the power of his Mechanical Lord, in addition to the super-large mechas like the Emperor Plan, his mecha army must also have elite-level combat capabilities.

Like the previous battle with the black snake in the submarine base, his thousands of drones had a hard time coping. Without his gravitational lens and KIKI's special ability, the drones couldn't even break through the monster's defense. In this case, even if there were tens of thousands of them, they would just be consumables, so Lin Xian's decision on this point was very decisive.

To create the best!

So without saying anything, Lin Xian directly started to put the blueprints of [Iron Man] and [Dragon Girl] into the construction sequence of the Black Star Forge to start construction. He used six construction sequences and built three of each to test the waters.

Woohoo! The construction sequence begins.

[Iron Man - Steel Bone X01 Intelligent Combat Mecha is under construction, 05:02:59]

[Dragon Girl - Reaper X01 Intelligent Combat Mech is under construction 05:07:59]

"It takes about five hours to make one, which is not bad. If all seven sequences are running at full capacity, we can make 30 in a day. Even if it consumes a lot of materials..."

Watching the all-metal mecha skeleton quickly taking shape in the manufacturing sequence, Lin Xian did not feel bad about the materials. He was full of expectations for his powerful mecha army. You know, before, a Dancer No. 1 was able to suppress the powerful Queen Ning Jing and Xiao Qing, who were already at the violent level at that time. If it weren't for Lin Xian's mechanical ability, they would not be so easy to subdue.

Now he has added a set of Phantom Wolf armor to Dancer No. 1, upgraded the outer armor, installed a VK electric knife combined with a high-energy plasma cutting harness, and added Viola's ultra-high computing power for combat calculation deduction. With such a set of [Dragon Girl] mecha, Lin Xian can hardly imagine how powerful it can be!

"Once it's built tomorrow, I'll let Shuqin try it out and check how the genetic evolutionists have progressed this time..."

Lin Xian's original plan was to find Ning Jing or Xiaoqing, but Ning Jing has now become a female giant and Xiaoqing is still unknown, so Shu Qin is suitable.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xian hurried to continue manufacturing the high-energy particle beam array device. The manufacturing difficulty of this device was relatively low. The Seventh Survey Corps in Xilan City had used this kind of weapon to launch into the air to resist the strange entities attacking from the air. However, Lin Xian's device was mainly used to form a set of "particle beam grids" with strong cutting power on the outside of the ship's armor. This was the protective device he had always wanted to install on the Infinity to replace the electric blade system. As a result, the first time it was manufactured, it was placed on the Sky Train.

With this thing, we can effectively deal with strange waves climbing onto the hull, which is much more effective than the arc pulse string vibrator.

It was not until 8 o'clock in the morning that Lin Xian finally built a strict high-energy particle beam array for the entire ship. At the same time, he used his remaining construction sequence to build 6 ship-borne G-6T electromagnetic railguns, took them out of the Black Star Forge and handed them to the maintenance robot for loading.

Now the Sky Train has a triple-mounted orbital star-shaking cannon for heavy firepower strikes on the main target, as well as 328 clustered honeycomb missile silos and a few Hyperion directional confinement cannons that Lin Xian has kept as the main means of attack. The other I-18 ship-borne multi-lobed plasma cannons, 1130 close-in defense guns, and G-6T electromagnetic railguns are all used as position firepower output. Combined, they are much more powerful than the firepower of the Dreadnought-class airship!

After completing the war preparations, he got off the train and loaded the intercontinental military train obtained from the 974th Defense Regiment of the Federal Interstellar Army onto the back of the Sky Train, allowing the Sky Train to be pulled by the front of the train and enter the ocean track branch line towards South America.

This military combat train has a total of 55 carriages, of which in addition to 15 fire carriages consisting of land-based automatic artillery lines, missile launch unit carriages, plasma pulse cannons and anti-aircraft gun carriages, the rest are flatbed carriages and material carriages for transporting supplies, as well as 6 living carriages for soldiers to live in.

Lin Xian reorganized the train, mainly by using his own drones to lift all the heavy TFV600 double-barreled tanks and military mechas onto the Sky Train, including a total of 30 tanks, 4 Vulcans, 12 Iron Guard-3 military assault-type tanks, 8 Guard-X assault-type tanks, as well as two "Burning Purgatory" FireWire Machines-MX, 17 armored vehicles, 4 College Entrance Examination UAVs and a sky survey machine.

These equipments took into account that if a track failure occurred, Lin Xian had to get the Sky Train into the air, and the flatbed trailers were completely unable to be lifted and fixed, so Lin Xian removed and swallowed the flatbed trailers, leaving only the closed train. At the same time, Lin Xian imitated the Infinity Train and strengthened the fixation of the remaining 20-plus train sections, added small external thrusters to maintain a stable flight, and deployed more than 100 transport drones and maintenance drones in case of emergencies.

By the time everything was ready, Lin Xian was already busy and sweating profusely. There was no other way. He didn't have enough energy to swallow such a sophisticated and huge train into the Black Star Forge. After all, he took into account that he might still need the firepower support of this train during the raid. If he was not afraid of not having enough time, he would even want to take out the Infinity as well.

"Once we're on land, I'll give you a thorough makeover and integrate you into my Infinite Fleet. Then my fleet will be even more armed."

Standing on the roof, Lin Xian patted the muzzle of the automatic artillery, took a deep breath and admired his masterpiece of the night. This armed train was like a dark green dragon connected to the back of the four-kilometer-long sky train, exuding an aura of martial virtue.

For some reason, looking at this column of armed fortresses comparable to alien science fiction dragging across the circumstellar orbit, Lin Xian inexplicably had an idea in his mind. He remembered what Chu Yan said about the coming of scarlet, and muttered to himself in his heart.

"If the world is covered in scarlet, this train might be our last fortress, an oasis. We can hide inside to escape, to resist, to fulfill our final wish in life..."

Beep, beep...

The reminder sounded, Lin Xian looked at the time, 10:45, it was almost dawn.

It is estimated that there are still two or three hours left before the lattice evolution of KIKI and Teacher Chen will be completed. That night, Lin Xian used Viola's computing port to observe every corner of the Sky Train indiscriminately. The vital signs information data of these people were always in Lin Xian's observation window. It was a very quiet night without any accidents.

"Captain, it's time to set off."

Qian Dele's voice came from the communicator.

Lin Xian activated his power armor and flew directly onto the train. He arrived at the main bridge. Shu Qin, Lu Chang, Qian Dele, Monica and others were already waiting there. Only Ning Jing went to the arsenal ship and greeted him on the communicator.

"How is your recovery going?" Lin Xian asked Qian Dele and Shu Qin.

"Perfect." Qian Dele shrugged, his face calm. He looked at his chest and said, "Having an extra alien battery isn't as bad as I expected. On the contrary, I can sleep better."

Shu Qin also nodded at this time: "My body hasn't fully adapted yet. I think we may need to activate the lattice once, otherwise we won't be able to fully perceive our own power level."

"I know."

Lin Xian smiled and said, "There will be a chance."

Sun Yuzhen and Xiaoyuan were currently monitoring Kiki and the others in the dormant cabin. Lin Xian then said, "We'll set off at daybreak and try to reach the G78 base station near Santo Island before dark. We'll rest there for the night and then land in Panama tomorrow."

"clear."

Buzz!

At this time, there was not much difference from the calculated time. A mysterious light flashed in the sky, and the originally black sky was instantly covered by the morning sunlight that was already in the sky. The sky and the earth were filled with brilliant light.

"What is that?"

Just as the Sky Train's engine roared and it was suspended above the track, dragging a military train and preparing to set off, Monica, who was standing by the porthole of the main bridge, looked out the window and suddenly spoke.

In an instant, everyone's eyes followed the sound towards the distant skyline outside, and everyone's gaze suddenly focused.

Unlike the normal clear blue sea and sky yesterday, at this moment, on the distant skyline of the west coast of Oahu, the dark cloud storm was like a black wall that refused to retreat, completely covering thousands of miles of water.

"Is that... the edge of the Star Abyss?" Shu Qin frowned and asked, "Is the polar night that fast?"

"No, it's not polar night."

Lin Xian walked over quickly, his eyes slightly focused, and the visual focus of his power armor quickly narrowed. At this moment, in the black wall of heaven and earth, a heart-pounding scarlet wave slowly rolled up, like an extended roar of hell bursting out, making everyone who was thousands of miles away at this time feel a bone-chilling chill.

"Scarlet..." Qian Dele's face slowly darkened, and he said coldly, "The Pacific Ocean is so big, but this happened much faster than we expected."

Lin Xian glanced over and immediately activated the Mechanical Heart, connecting Viola and the Sky with his thoughts. Woo~ the high-frequency vibration sound of the engine was heard.

"It won't be daylight there, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)