Chapter 370 Finger Group (ask for the monthly ticket at the end of the month!)
Lin Xian found it difficult to find words to describe the shock he felt at that moment.
If the red man ghost encountered in the Star Abyss can be understood as a kind of intervention colonization costume after human mutation, then the one in front of him has completely exceeded the scope of human understanding.
"You are right. This is indeed the secret manufacturing factory of the Crimson World."
Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian: "This is the original heavy mecha and aircraft loading workshop. It is highly confidential and is generally used for wartime productivity manufacturing. I only knew about this place after I took over the main control center of the manufacturing plant."
"So this is also an abandoned construction base?" Chen Sixuan asked.
Jian Xuwei said: "I don't know. The operation of the Crimson World is extremely secretive, but only a background of the Federation can provide them with a highly confidential operating site like this."
"Oh my god, what on earth are they going to do?"
Lin Xian looked up at the huge strange colonial suit. It was different from the Unit-01 Pangu he had seen in the Emperor Project. The Unit-01 exuded an extreme mechanical and heaviness of the pinnacle of human industrial manufacturing, while this flesh-and-blood colonial suit gave people a sense of evil. The strong smell of disinfectant made people feel as if they were in a specimen pool of alien creatures soaked in formalin, and their whole body was a little creepy.
"KIKI, let's go take a look."
"good!"
Without saying a word, KIKI immediately took Lin Xian and flew up to the top of this strange body-building suit.
Lin Xian looked over there. It was standing in the shadow of the hangar, like an old god that was forcibly dragged into the human world. Its head was fitted with some kind of armor, and at the back of its head was some kind of large brain-computer control module. Two giant biological suppression devices were inserted behind its back like two sharp swords, with countless liquid pipes connected to them, filled with yellow-brown liquid. The foul smell seemed to come from here.
The neck and joints are wrapped in dark red restraints, and the metal armor engraved with warning signs is not for protecting the strange body, but for defending against suppression modules and restraints.
Lin Xian looked at the monster's head, and through the eye armor he saw gray-green and black compound eyes inside. The flesh and blood tissue had become stiff, and it was obviously dead. But the moment Lin Xian looked at it, a strong dark invasion suddenly flashed by, and both KIKI and Lin Xian felt as if they were hit by a gust of cold wind. Lin Xian slowly put down his hands that were protecting his eyes. At this moment, his eyes suddenly froze, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he actually saw that the monster's eyes glowed green at this moment, the mouth armor opened and closed, the fangs in the mouth slowly opened, and the spine made a twisting "click" sound!
Just when Lin Xian was horrified, the next moment, everything returned to its original state and nothing happened.
The strange body covered in mechanical colonization suit was supported by the factory's fixing devices and hydraulic system to stand in place. Lin Xian took out the soul-dangling value detector and saw that not only was there no dark mark, but even the soul-dangling value could not be detected, indicating that this strange body was completely dead.
"KIKI."
Lin Xian pointed to a computer on the console and signaled to KIKI.
KIKI nodded and flew over immediately, while Lin Xian used mechanical scanning to check the restraints and inhibition modules on the colonial suit.
Chen Sixuan, who was below, saw Lin scanning now and immediately asked Jian Xuwei
"Don't people above know about this huge thing being built underground?"
Jian Xuwei shook her head: "There is a secret transport track underneath, which not only leads to the starport, but also to several military airports and bases. The Crimson World likes to operate underground, and now it is the apocalypse, no one can find their movements."
"No." Qian Dele frowned and looked up at the giant colony suit: "Is this thing used as a weapon? Do they want to control the strange body?"
"This is at least the size of an A-level weird creature." Ning Jing said to Monica, "We encountered one when we were evacuating White City. It was standing next to a tall building. Do you remember?"
"Of course I remember. That thing is hard to deal with without heavy firepower." Monica crossed her arms and said doubtfully, "From the Star Abyss, we came into contact with the experimental subjects and red human ghosts from the Crimson World. Their purpose seemed to be to transfer their self-consciousness to these creatures. But clones and human ghosts are still human after all. Could this strange body be the same?"
"It's very likely." Shi Diyuan nodded.
"Isn't this their purpose? But I'm also curious, if the strange body is so easy to control, would humans still be so miserable?"
"So this is a dead body."
At this time, Lin Xian and KIKI fell from the sky with complicated expressions.
"I've checked it. It's the same technology as the Red Man Gui's mycelium brain machine and biological inhibitor. But this one looks more like an experiment."
"What experiment?"
"I don't know." KIKI was operating the mobile terminal at this time: "The log information has been cleared. The time was three days ago, but this thing has been here for a long time."
"Three days ago?"
Chen Sixuan frowned and said, "Then this should have nothing to do with our entry into Jinhai."
Lin Xian nodded and said, "Yes, it is an abandoned device."
"Is it useful?" KIKI looked at Lin Xian with some anticipation in his eyes: "Can it be activated and used as a large mecha?"
"no."
Lin Xian raised his hand and pointed at the chest of the colony suit: "This is not the same as the mecha. In addition to the suppression module and the restraint device, there are only those armors. But the original purpose of these armors should be used for action testing, so apart from a small number of power units, there is no device that can drive its movement."
"There's no driving device..." Qian Dele sneered, and said in disbelief: "So this thing completely relies on the living body of the strange body to move, and the colonial suit is just a saddle and a lasso?"
"In theory, yes."
"What's the benefit of this?" Shi Diyuan looked puzzled.
Lin Xian said: "If the Red Man Ghost's mode can be realized, it is essentially equivalent to humans controlling the consciousness and body of the Ghost. In this case, the movement intensity and agility are definitely stronger than the super-large mecha of the Emperor Project."
"And there's no need to worry about the invasion of darkness." Jian Xuwei added.
"That's right."
"Damn it." Shi Diyuan's eyes widened and he realized, "These guys are quite ambitious."
"I'm just guessing, but it's definitely not that simple." Lin Xian said with a complicated expression: "First of all, it's very difficult to kill an A-level weird body, let alone capture it alive? Secondly, the use of digital life technology to replicate humans, clone humans, and even human weirds is theoretically feasible. Director Ding knows this best, but weird bodies are not human beings."
"So they are studying mycelium technology." KIKI said at this time: "Lin Xian, you forgot that they really want to upload consciousness through mycelium to achieve true consciousness transfer rather than copying."
Lin Xian nodded when he heard this: "That's right, I almost forgot about this."
After saying this, he looked at the experimental colony and said sadly: "Let Director Ding and Mochizuki Shinji and his group study it first. It seems that these people in the Crimson World really want to 'become gods'."
"I also discovered this when I was investigating the Red Man Gui in Dawn City, but the current situation has changed beyond my expectations." Jian Xuwei said at this time
"strangeness."
KIKI frowned and said, "It was said before that Jinhai was the base of the Crimson World. So, according to this, these guys have withdrawn?"
“That’s the second thing I want to say.”
Jian Xuwei said, "The Crimson World is not a fixed organization. They actually have very few operatives, but through the intelligent brain, digital life and the Red Man Gui series of technologies, their productivity and action are very strong, and they are extremely secretive. We have captured the Red Man Gui before, but it was useless. The brain and storage content would self-destruct, and we could not obtain any useful information."
"Because they all rely on parasitism on the kidnapped mutants to operate, they are so vicious." Qian Dele said.
"There have been frequent cases of missing people and red ghost incidents in Dawn City before, and they are all large organizations with powerful supernatural beings. We have been watching for a long time and found that these red ghosts did not break in from outside the city."
"Are you saying that Dawn City and Crimson World deliberately let him in?" Lin Xian said with a deep breath.
"No."
Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian: "I suspect that part of the Crimson World may be in Dawn City!"
"What?!"
"This is too outrageous!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Because their actions are extremely secretive, and they even know the city better than the Night Patrol, so I have this idea. Moreover, apart from the Red Man Gui, there is no way to identify the other people in the Crimson World. Even if there is someone standing in front of you, would you know what organization he belongs to?" Jian Xuwei said.
"That seems to be really troublesome."
Lin Xian said and looked at Jian Xuwei: "So what is your plan?"
"Same as you."
Jian Xuwei said: "Our people will be withdrawn one after another. Now that the Phoenix Society has arrived, the people from the Night Walker Organization will definitely arrive as well. All we can do is prepare to retreat while Dawn City and Crimson World are too busy to pay attention to us."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and turned it over. The mecha unit on her wrist opened, and a scarlet Phoenix Order slowly rose out.
"Believe me, the cooperation between Dawn City and Crimson World is far from as simple as you think."
"Red Phoenix Order?" Lin Xian looked at her and said, "Are you assigned by the Order of the Phoenix to investigate Dawn City?"
Jian Xuwei shook her head and said seriously, "No, I came to Jinhai for the Sky Train. It was originally part of the Ring Star Project. It was a test unit for the space orbit, and it was used to transport between Blue Star and the Moon Planetary Ring. Originally, Finger Group, Xinghua Heavy Industry, Jinhai CRRC Ring Star were all involved in the construction, and even included..."
She glanced at Monica as she spoke, but Monica smiled sweetly, folded her arms and said indifferently
"The Cartier family is all dead, and there is no business or assets. You guys can discuss your own business, I don't care about this. But if Captain Lin takes this Sky Dome-class, can you leave a position for me? Monica will be very grateful for this. Is that okay?"
The topic suddenly changed. Listening to Monica's sexy voice, Lin Xian looked helpless: "Okay, if I win, I'll prepare a first-class cabin for you."
"That's great." Monica came over with a smile and whispered in Lin Xian's ear: "As a thank you, you can swallow the Queen Mo at any time." She deliberately emphasized the last two words, which sounded intriguing.
"Sounds good." Lin Xian's eyes lit up. His mechanical ability could be upgraded again.
Jian Xuwei looked at Monica calmly, but found that the latter gave her a strange look. Jian Xuwei looked away coldly and continued
"This unfinished project will be forcibly incorporated into the Doomsday Project by Dawn City after the Apocalypse Day. Although the Silver Star is an Eternal-class ship, it is not sure to enter the ocean orbit in such a harsh environment. So I had to change my plan and prepare to go north. As a result, Zhou Mingyuan of the Federation seized my Silver Star and all the group assets of Jinhai and Dawn City under the pretext of cooperation negotiations. So I can only cooperate with Dawn City temporarily."
"I didn't expect that they were going to use the resources of the Finger Group to build the Sky Train. Then I found out that this project was proposed by Wen Hui of the Linglong Group."
"Ah? Didn't the Linglong Group say that this train was invested and built by them? But it turns out that you are the ones building it." KIKI looked strange.
"Linglong Group is the main partner of the Federation's underground city project. It also manages bulk maritime trade and has abundant resources. They have reached a close alliance with the Federation. Later, Zhou Mingyuan handed the Sky Train plan to Wen Dong. However, after I received the construction plan, I found that for the Federation, this is just a political product. An interstellar train that claims to be able to carry one million people requires the construction of at least 1,000 standard Sky Dome carriages. You must know that this is not an ordinary carriage. Each Sky Dome carriage meets the standards for interstellar navigation. With the current productivity of the Federation, it will take 20 years to complete the production." Jian Xuwei said.
"But with such a plan, Dawn City is one step closer to becoming the light of mankind, isn't it?" Lin Xian said calmly.
"Yes."
Lin Xian looked up at the huge strange body suit, fanned away the strong smell of disinfectant with his hand, and frowned.
"So you're looking for opportunities while cooperating with the Federation, and investigating the Crimson World at the same time?"
"I have no other choice." Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian with interest: "But you, cooperating with Mochizuki Shinji, actually made such a big move. You should have planned it in advance with the Phoenix Society's Sky-Suppressing Ship."
Lin Xian smiled bitterly: "We are doing this purely for self-protection, and it has nothing to do with the Phoenix Society."
Jian Xuwei's face changed when she heard this: "Didn't you... contact the Phoenix Society?"
"No." Chen Sixuan said, "Since we came out of Xingyuan, Silent City has been targeted by Zhou Mingyuan. When you, Zhou Mingyuan and Wen Dong came to Silent City, we actually had no preparation."
Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian with complicated eyes, paused, and then said
"It's really strange, is it such a coincidence?"
"That's a real possibility," said Shi Diyuan. "The Federation has already established its anti-human image by colluding with the Crimson World. I guess they are worried that the Phoenix Society will completely overthrow them and seize the jurisdiction of Dawn City. Now Silent City is on the left and the 83rd Iron Guard Brigade of Yongcheng Port is on the right. In their view, this is a pincer attack that surrounds them, so they are forced to gather all their fleets and resources, otherwise we will take advantage of them."
"I think so." Monica walked out and said, "They are so nervous now, maybe they think all this is a trap set by the Phoenix Commander."
"That makes sense." Qian Dele nodded.
Jian Xuwei nodded after hearing this: "Okay, it seems that this is the only explanation."
Lin Xian looked at Jian Xuwei, his words revealing a bit of surprise. When they were in Silent City, he and Mochizuki Shinji had guessed that Jian Xuwei might have arranged for the Phoenix Society to seize the train factory. As a result, although both sides were members of the Crimson Phoenix Order, no one had communicated with the Phoenix Society in advance. Now the tense situation in Dawn City seemed to be only explained by Shi Diyuan's speculation, which seemed more reasonable.
However, Lin Xian does not like coincidences, especially when they are facing the Federal Dawn City and the Crimson World. These are not those stupid bandits of Aksai. If he cannot explain it, Lin Xian believes that Dawn City may have other actions. Perhaps the reason why Phoenix will go there this time is not just the superficial reason of Xingyuan's abnormal movement.
"I have a question." Chen Sixuan asked Jian Xuwei at this time: "Shuguang City claims that the purification of drinking water from the dark invasion has reached 95%. Is this true?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Jian Xuwei.
"Yes." Jian Xuwei said directly.
"Ah?!" KIKI said in shock: "Is it true?"
Everyone had a look of surprise and doubt on their faces. Currently, the Phoenix had gathered the strength of tens of millions of people, and the European Storm Alliance, the North American United Front and the Dawn Center had been fighting for so long, but they had only reached 18%.
"Could it be... that this is related to the Crimson World?" Ning Jing asked at this time.
Unexpectedly, Jian Xuwei shook her head, looked at the others and said calmly:
"I was also curious at first, because the inner city and the underground city really have a supply of 95% pure water. Although it is expensive, the whole city can more or less have access to this drinking water. Even people in the old city can drink some. Many people began to believe that Dawn City really has this technology. However, I soon found out that it was not the case."
Jian Xuwei said: "It's actually very simple, because Shuguang City has the best urban pipeline system in the world."
Lin Xian frowned when he heard this: "What do you mean?"
"What she means is that these 95% pure waters are actually waters that have been filtered out of human toxins." Monica's voice suddenly rang out among the crowd.
Everyone's expression changed when they heard this.
"Ah? This...is this how the drinking water comes from?" KIKI rolled her eyes.
"That's right." Jian Xuwei glanced at Monica and continued, "The population of Dawn City is close to 7 million. All the stored clean water will be infected by the dark invasion no matter how well it is protected. The concentration will increase over time, but the human body can filter out this toxin. So as long as the sewage from the city's pipes is filtered and treated at the sewage treatment plant, it will become 95% pure water and then be supplied at a high price."
Lin Xian's face was full of black lines, and a thousand horses were galloping through his mind. Human body filter, this is simply a marketing genius.
"It's fake." Shi Diyuan cursed, "There's nothing wrong with the circulating water system. Every car has this system."
“But supplying it at a high price and counterfeiting the technical capabilities is too much.” Ning Jing also said.
"Only politicians can come up with such a way to make money and publicize it." Monica sneered: "I know these people too well."
"Who cares? We're not going to Dawn City." Qian Dele looked calm and said to Jian Xuwei, "So what's the current situation of that Sky Dome-class machine? Can we take it down?"
"The main body of the Sky Train has been completed and is docked at the berth area of the No. 1 loading plant. Currently, the four main hulls have been basically built, and the weapon system is half built. The remaining parts are the gravity ring and standard carriages."
"Let's go and take a look."
Lin Xian said
"By the way, contact Silent City to see what's going on at Jinhai Star Port, and then we can discuss it together."
"Let's go."
Jian Xuwei looked at Lin Xian: "The defense wall of the industrial zone was built by the Federation and Linglong Group. There are also some iron wall barriers built by other survivors outside. This area is relatively safe for the time being, or... safer than Dawn City."
"That's true. After listening to Chairman Jian's analysis, we can't stay in Dawn City. I would rather face monsters and zombies than that!" said Shi Diyuan.
The group took a large elevator car and returned to the ground. Although there were deafening gunshots around the factory area, the interior was very quiet.
As soon as he came up, Lin Xian contacted the direction of Silent City through the communicator and synchronized the situation with the other party.
"A-level monster's flesh and blood colonization suit? Interesting, it seems that they have been researching it for a long time." Mochizuki Shinji still spoke in a flat voice.
"Do you think this path can succeed?" Lin Xian frowned.
"It's hard to draw a conclusion on this." Shinji Mochizuki said, "At least for now, they did create that disgusting red man ghost by combining mycelium with brain-computer technology. If we treat dark creatures as living things, this may work in theory. By the way, there is an authoritative doctor of biology in your car. I suggest you listen to her opinion."
"Okay, how's the situation at Star Harbor?" Lin Xian asked
"It's done. There's only one squadron guarding it. The others have all run away." Behind Mochizuki Shinji, Senju Shun spoke up, "Except for a few aerospace ship modules and some unfinished aircraft, everything that can move and is useful has been evacuated."
“So soon?”
"They must have had a plan. My reconnaissance team has already set out, and there will be news from Dawn City soon."
"Okay, then we'll keep helping each other."
The Industrial Zone Star Port Base and the Ring Star Train Loading Factory are more than ten kilometers apart, which is not too far. They form a triangular defense posture with the Silent City in the western suburbs. Now the Star Port has been taken over by the people of the Silent City, which means that the entire Jinhai has temporarily become their territory.
There was neither a large-scale attack from the Crimson World nor a counterattack from the Dawn City garrison. This was the first time that Lin Xian had inexplicably occupied the main city of a large city.
However, he didn't care about anything else at this time. Instead, he called all the leaders and backbones of the Infinity and United Trains. A group of dozens of people followed Jian Xuwei towards the largest factory No. 1.
Before entering the factory, Lin Xian saw the giant carriage floating in the berth ring of the magnetic levitation array in the distance, and was immediately shocked.
Others were even more shocked.
"What is this?" Lin Xian asked.
"The standard hull module can be described as an ordinary carriage of the Sky Interstellar Train." Jian Xuwei said at this time.
"This... is a train. Isn't this a starship?" Hu Lushou followed Lin Xian happily. When he saw the huge carriage, his eyes almost popped out.
“It’s both a train and a starship.”
An old engineer beside Jian Xuwei introduced loudly at this time: "This ship module has the ability to propel itself. You can understand that the Sky Train is a standard module starship, and it can be connected infinitely!"
"Let's introduce it after they see the main ship." Jian Xuwei said.
(End of this chapter)
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