Chapter 374 Second Awakening, Black Star Forge!
Empty.
The roar of machinery became louder and louder in his ears. Lin Xian felt his vision was dark. He could not see the light curtain of the Mechanical Heart, nor could he see anything. It seemed that he was not in the train loading factory at this moment, but came to an extremely empty space.
There was tinnitus in my ears and my face was numb from the ionization. At this moment, the reminder sound of the Mechanical Heart finally appeared.
[The mechanical source point has been successfully prepared, and the mechanical heart is awakening]
[Complete awakening, Mechanical Lord]
[You get transfer manufacturing and black star forge]
[Integrating decomposition space, manufacturing factory, R&D center...]
[Black Star Forge is undergoing self-inspection]
[Black Star Forge successfully started! ]
Woo~
The roar of an engine changed from a low sound to a shrill one, and then a huge ring suddenly lit up in the dark space in front of Lin Xian, and the light reflected a giant structure like a mechanical engine. Blue and red energy lines gradually illuminated the entire space. Lin Xian's pupils shrank, and he found that he seemed to be in an endless black stone cave, and in front of him, the giant structure appeared in front of him like a large interstellar tunnel.
"What the hell is this?"
The engine roared, and Lin Xian was surrounded by endless fog. He stomped the ground and found that he seemed to be really in a strange space, but he didn't feel any pain. It felt like the state after his consciousness connected with Chu Yan.
Lin Xian opened the light curtain of the Mechanical Heart and found that the content in the light curtain had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The decomposition space, preparation factory, and R&D center all disappeared, and the passive introduction of the machine itself was gone, replaced by an interface with more complex content.
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.6 (20/50000)]
【Mechanical Awakening】: Mechanical Lord
Mechanical Devouring: 6 (100/5000) Increases devouring efficiency
Mechanical Manufacturing: 5 (1660/3000) Improves construction efficiency
[Special Skills]
Mechanical Energy Cannon【Amplification】
AT Field [Amplification]
Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring [Amplification]
Flashback (Rare) (Level 3)
Magnetic Shock (Rare) (Level 1)
Gravitational Lens (Legendary) (50% at level 2)
In addition to these, the original decomposition space, preparation factory, and R&D center have become a large interface UI called [Black Star Forge], which not only contains all material information and R&D information, but also has 5 vacant construction sequences waiting to be activated.
"Construction sequence?" Lin Xian frowned, he looked up at the huge mechanical passage in front of him, and seemed to understand something for a moment, so he tried to enter the passage. Unexpectedly, as soon as the thought came to him, he flew into the huge passage in an instant. The surrounding scenery changed rapidly, and an increasingly large world of mechanical structures appeared before his eyes.
He seemed to have come to the inside of an oversized mechanical device. In all directions, tens of thousands of mechanical units were running silently under the metal sky, flowing along a predetermined orbit like stars. The entire channel slowly rotated with a constant rhythm like a cosmic pendulum. The centrifugal force threw countless parts and materials onto the suspended conveyor track, and they were accurately captured at the precisely calculated nodes.
Lin Xian saw that there were 5 paths for making light curtains in the entire passage. He immediately tried to add the blueprint of the Lei Falcon 2000 UAV into the manufacturing sequence. Unexpectedly, the light curtain in front of him immediately appeared.
[Manufacturing Sequence 1: Thunder Falcon 2000 Attack Drone X1]
Rub, rub, rub.
In an instant, Lin Xian saw above his head that an entire construction sequence suddenly started moving, with bright lights and humming sounds, and various types of materials moving quickly on the conveyor track. Countless mechanical arms in the front shot out lasers, emitting light similar to holographic printing technology. In the blink of an eye, the metal frame of a drone was built, and finally a swarm of micro drones carrying screws and circuits weaved an electronic neural network inside and outside the body, stacking layer by layer in an orderly manner, which was pleasing to the eye.
In less than 10 minutes, a brand new "Thunder Falcon 2000 Attack Drone" appeared in front of Lin Xian, and the manufacturing sequence 1 was reset to zero again.
"Sure enough, this is the manufacturing space of my Mechanical Heart!"
Lin Xian's eyes were burning and he couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster. It was the first time he felt the [automation power] from the Mechanical Heart!
"It seems that this Black Star Forge is my large-scale automated manufacturing factory, and it also has 5 manufacturing sequences, which means I can open 5 manufacturing processes at the same time!"
"Is it because my mechanical manufacturing proficiency is level 5?"
Lin Xian did not hesitate and immediately gave each of the five construction sequences a task to manufacture a type of drone, namely a "Thunder Prison" magnetic storm drone, a "Destroyer" self-destruct drone, an "Ice Explosion 166" liquid nitrogen freezer, an "Iron Rain" hypersonic kinetic type, and an "Iron Curtain" defense drone.
Lin now uses completely different manufacturing blueprints at the same time to see if it is really as he thought.
Rub, rub, rub!
In an instant, five construction sequences were started at the same time, and the engineering assembly line operated automatically. The materials in Lin Xian's original decomposition space and preparation factory were also automatically converted, as if it had become an integrated operation. Various types of materials flowed along the construction sequence like blood, and soon, five completely different types of drones quickly took shape in the air ahead.
Lin Xian looked at the progress bar of his construction sequence and found that all five sequences were carried out at the same time, and there was an accurate time countdown. The manufacturing time of these five types of drones also differed slightly. The "Iron Curtain" defense type was the fastest, and the others would take a little longer due to technical difficulties. But the problem was that Lin Xian didn't need to worry about these at all. He could even directly change the manufacturing quantity of an "Iron Rain" drone to X99 and there would still be no problem.
However, when he added this number to X999, the Mechanical Heart sent a prompt
[Insufficient preparation materials, unable to add "Iron Rain" X999 manufacturing sequence]
"This is truly an automated industrial line. It's even more advanced, from raw material preparation to finished product manufacturing. And...what kind of space is this?"
What confuses Lin Xian now is this manufacturing space that seems like the real world. For the first time, he feels the perfect manufacturing process of the Mechanical Heart.
So Lin Xian moved his mind, and the scene in front of him moved backwards out of the engine channel at the speed of light. Then Lin Xian took a deep breath and found himself instantly back in the Huanxing Train Loading Factory. The surroundings were empty, and the ground was full of debris that had fallen from the train he had just swallowed.
"Where's the drone I just built?"
Lin Xian frowned, and opened the light curtain of the Mechanical Heart. He was shocked to find that the six drones he had just manufactured were all in the [Forging Completed] interface of the "Black Star Forge".
“No way…”
Lin Xian's heart skipped a beat. He raised his hand in disbelief and tried to release the six drones.
Suddenly, there was a roar of ionization, and the superstring reactor phase rainbow ring behind Lin Xian lit up, like a nuclear reactor. Then, above and behind him, the space gradually twisted, and a huge mechanical gate appeared out of thin air, and then slowly opened!
Woo woo woo~
In an instant, six drones of different types flew out and hovered in front of Lin Xian.
"Gift Crab!" Lin Xian looked at the drone in front of him, then looked at the horrifying scene behind him that was slowly closing like a door to another world, his eyes widened.
[Black Star Forge: Open the automated Black Star Forge factory. Activate the blueprint to prepare materials and carry out engineering manufacturing. The construction sequence number is affected by the mechanical manufacturing level. Opening the construction task will automatically prepare and match materials. The completed products will be stored in the Black Star Forge inventory area. The storage space is 1 billion cubic meters.]
"One billion cubic meters? That's enough to hold 100 kilometer-class cruisers. That's a huge amount of space!"
"So what does this transfer manufacturing mean?"
Lin Xian couldn't wait to open the skill introduction.
[Transfer Manufacturing: Transfer mechanical creations into the Black Star Forge, and can be modified, upgraded or repaired through advanced blueprints]
“Oh my god!!”
"I can transfer mechanical creations into the Black Star Forge. It has such a large volume, so can't I just put the Sky Star Train in there for transformation?"
"Mechanical Lord?! This is too outrageous!"
Lin Xian looked at his hands. The difference after awakening was like heaven and earth. In other words, not only did he not need to sit in the same place all the time to manufacture, but he could also automate multi-tasking construction. The most important thing was that this construction was in a huge alien space that only he could open. Finally, he could also transfer mechanical objects from the outside world into the Black Star Forge!
Thinking of this, Lin Xian suddenly had a crazy idea. He ran outside quickly and drove a small fleet of doomsday trains into the loading factory. Then, while there was no one around, he raised his hand and prepared to use the transfer manufacturing ability to try to drag this steel train with more than ten sections into the Black Star Forge.
Buzz!
As his mind moved, in an instant, the phase rainbow ring of Lin Xian's superstring reactor lit up again, and inside the factory, the huge mechanical gate in the void appeared again. This time, a huge electromagnetic driving force spread out from the abyss, and Lin Xian could even see the slowly rotating giant star body in the Black Star Forge through the hole.
At this moment, the Doomsday Train was covered by electric arcs, and the Black Star Forge was like a giant mechanical beast from the abyss of the universe, slowly swallowing the Doomsday Train.
But at the same time, Lin Xian could feel a powerful energy draining away as if a gravitational lens was used. Watching the Doomsday Train enter the Black Star Forge, Lin Xian was trembling all over. Cold sweat and a feeling of weakness came over him crazily. But he couldn't stop at this time. He could only watch the train enter one section at a time. Every minute and every second seemed to be infinitely stretched. Inside the factory, dazzling arcs flickered, as if an energy storm had erupted in another world. All the electronic components were strobing at this time.
When the last section of the train was swallowed into the Black Star Forge, Lin Xian felt cold sweat pouring down his face and even his vision became blurred.
boom!
The transfer was completed, and the mechanical gate of the Black Star Forge slowly closed. The dazzling arc light disappeared at this moment, and dust flew all around, and it was empty again.
Lin Xian sat down on the ground, breathing rapidly. This process was much more troublesome than he had imagined. It was not only energy-consuming but also extremely dangerous. However, he was somewhat fortunate at this moment. Fortunately, he had experimented with it and found that this doomsday train was neither too big nor too small. Lin Xian had used all his strength to just control it. Otherwise, if he wanted to move a large machine later and something went wrong halfway, he didn't know what the consequences would be.
After the false alarm, Lin Xian immediately entered the Black Star Forge. The scene changed, and he appeared in the giant star again. The black doomsday train just now seemed to have lost gravity, floating quietly in the air. More than a dozen trains were winding and intertwined, waiting for Lin Xian's control.
At this time, Lin Xian discovered that he could now perform any operation on the transferred train. He imported the standard hull blueprint of the Sky Train that Jian Xuwei gave him into the Black Star Forge. At this time, he could directly use a construction sequence to transform this Doomsday Train into a standard hull carriage.
[Please confirm whether to use construction sequence 1 to start the "Standard Ship Carriage" construction task, the construction time is 16 days. ]
[Tip: Improving the mechanical manufacturing level and increasing the construction sequence can shorten the construction time. ]
"16 days? What if I start all five construction sequences at the same time?"
[Please confirm whether to use construction sequence 1-5 to start the "Standard Ship Carriage" construction task, the construction time is 3.2 days. ]
"really……"
When Lin Xian saw the light curtain, he suddenly frowned. He inexplicably thought that this Doomsday Train was not essentially transformed into a standard ship hull carriage, because this was not an upgrade at all, but more like being disassembled and remanufactured. Could it be that the construction sequence of the Black Star Forge could support mechanical devouring?
Thinking of this, he immediately tried it. Unexpectedly, he guessed right. A mechanical swallowing task sequence appeared in the construction sequence!
[Please confirm whether to proceed with the automated mechanical devouring of "Target Machine 1" for 5 hours.]
"It is indeed true!" Lin Xian said excitedly, "If all five sequences are activated at the same time, then this train with more than ten carriages can be devoured in one hour?!"
"Absolutely."
So, without thinking too much, Lin Xian activated 5 sequences at the same time and started the devouring work. In an instant, a large number of robotic arms began to appear on the 5 manufacturing lines in the giant mechanical body. For a moment, countless cutting and disassembly beams flashed, and this huge doomsday train quickly disintegrated in front of Lin Xian.
At this time, Lin Xian regained consciousness from the Black Star Forge, looked at the empty space, took deep breaths, and thought in his heart.
If large mechanical items were transferred to the Black Star Forge, in addition to modification, upgrading and repair, they could also be directly devoured. This would not only save a lot of time and improve efficiency, but most importantly, it was very safe.
However, this transfer manufacturing is obviously not so easy to use. It almost exhausted his energy. It seems that it is not feasible to use this method to carry out large-scale devouring and decomposition. This function is mainly used to upgrade the manufacturing of important items.
"But... at a critical moment, you can use this function... to take away some large equipment..."
Lin Xian was breathing rapidly, his face was pale at this moment. Compared with the ability to operate actively, this kind of situation where his energy was forcibly drained by the function was something Lin Xian didn't want to see, which always made him very passive.
And this energy is not just fatigue. Lin now feels exhausted and even mentally depressed.
He looked at the time and it was already 4 p.m. The day had been long and he had no idea what news had come from Aurora City and Mochizuki Shinji. He locked himself in this factory and it seemed like an entire day had passed.
So Lin Xian staggered out of the factory, his heart full of joy and excitement after his superpowers were awakened and upgraded. He was ready to find Mochizuki Shinji and Jian Xuwei, but he could hardly stand.
"Captain Lin."
"captain?"
"Captain Lin, what's wrong with you?"
Along the way, the members of the joint train cast their eyes towards Lin Xian one after another. Everyone looked at the tired Lin Xian with concern, but Lin Xian just shook his head in response, his eyes looking for the direction.
Until a familiar face walked out of the crowd.
That's Chen Sixuan.
Seeing Lin Xian's condition, Chen Sixuan's face was full of surprise and concern.
"Lin Xian!"
"Teacher Chen..."
Lin Xian let out a long sigh, and then his vision went dark, and he fell directly into Chen Sixuan's arms.
He leaned in Chen Sixuan's arms, with a smile on his face, and murmured unconsciously
"I am now a Mechanical Lord. This ability... is very powerful. I want to upgrade the Infinity... to the Sky-class..."
"What did you say?"
Chen Sixuan didn't hear clearly what Lin Xian was mumbling. Looking at his pale face, she found that Lin Xian had fallen asleep.
…
"You finally slept."
This sentence sounded very strange, but Lin Xian knew that he must have heard it right. He opened his eyes and found himself in a bright conference room, spacious and clean.
As his eyes swept over, he saw a dashing figure standing on one side of the conference room, leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest, his long gray hair tied into a ponytail, and the energy lines of the mecha on his body flowing slowly. Before he could focus his eyes, Lin Xian knew that he had once again established a consciousness connection with Chu Yan.
To some extent, Lin Xian did not like this feeling. He had a sense of crisis that he could be controlled by others at any time. At the same time, he was also alert to this abnormal phenomenon happening to him, but for now, he had no way to deal with it.
The connection with Chu Yan's consciousness is not fixed. At least such a thing will not happen when Lin Xian is sleeping normally. In most cases, it happens after Lin Xian loses control of his mind or falls into a coma.
However, Lin Xian persuaded himself that at least the connection with Chu Yan allowed him to obtain a lot of useful information, so it was not a completely bad thing.
"From what you said, you are waiting for me?"
Lin Xian focused his mind slightly, and the surroundings began to become clear. He looked at the wall on one side of the conference room. A red phoenix badge was shining brightly, which made Lin Xian realize that Chu Yan must be in the territory of the Phoenix Society at this time.
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian and said seriously, "You guessed right this time. I was waiting for you."
"What's up?"
"After our last meeting, I thought carefully about it. Whether from my own responsibility or the overall interests of the organization, I have an obligation to report this link between us to the organization."
Lin Xian frowned: "Are you in trouble?"
"It's not a big deal. It's just that my mission has been adjusted. Of course, this is for me."
"Of course I'm asking about me." Lin Xian was a little speechless: "Does your North American United Front or the Phoenix Society want to investigate me?"
"Your worries are unnecessary."
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian and said calmly, "We have no hostility towards you, and the Phoenix Society also thinks highly of you, so I will wait for you here this time."
"What's the meaning?"
Chu Yan looked in another direction, Lin Xian's expression changed slightly, and he quickly turned back.
Only then did he realize that there was not only Chu Yan in the conference room, but also another person.
A lady who looked to be in her fifties was sitting at the head of the conference table, looking quietly at Lin Xian. She was wearing a gray formal suit and her short hair was as sharp as a frosty blade. Her weathered face contained a pair of eyes as majestic and steady as stars. She seemed to have seen Lin Xian, or she seemed to have judged Lin Xian's location only by the direction from which Chu Yan spoke. She had a slight smile on her face, and the first impression she gave was that of a serious and wise university professor.
"Hello, Lin Xian, I am Ye Lan, the commander of the Phoenix Society. I am sorry to communicate with you in this way."
Lin Xian's expression gradually became serious. At this time, Chu Yan came over, pulled out the stool on Lin Xian's left and sat down, and said to Lin Xian
"Professor Ye hopes to use this connection between us to contact you."
Commander in chief.
Hearing this title, Lin Xian instantly felt a little more respect for the person in front of him. Then his eyes fell from Ye Lan to Chu Yan.
"You're a translator?"
"Repeat." Chu Yan said calmly, "I'm the only one who can hear you."
"All right."
Lin Xian took a deep breath. Under the bright light, although there was a consciousness connection, he inexplicably felt a huge pressure at this moment.
Ye Lan seemed to have anticipated Lin Xian's reaction, so he said calmly: "Don't be nervous. In the many collaborations with the Phoenix Society, you have demonstrated wisdom and responsibility that impressed the world. I believe you should understand that the reason we found you is because in this catastrophe of human civilization, you are regarded by us as a comrade who is trustworthy and can unite and help each other."
"Thank you for your recognition, this... Commander Ye."
"Before the Apocalypse Day, Professor Ye was a professor of microparticle physics at Star City University and chairman of the Federal Science and Technology Promotion Development Committee, so you can also call him Professor Ye." Chu Yan said in a serious tone.
A complex look flashed across Lin Xian's eyes. He thought for a moment and said directly, "Okay, then you can also tell Professor Ye what I said. The starting point of the many collaborations with the Phoenix Society is based on personal survival needs. I don't have that much wisdom and responsibility, but I am honored to be trusted by the Phoenix Society."
Chu Yan's expression remained calm as she told Ye Lan everything Lin Xian had said, word for word.
Ye Lan smiled at Lin Xian and said calmly, "Survival is a human instinct. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It is the same for any life. But the reason why the fire of human civilization has lasted for tens of thousands of years is because of mutual assistance and solidarity. This is also the meaning of the birth of civilization. Now in the face of danger, survival is an instinct, but solidarity is a choice. And you made this choice when you were at Yubei Airport, didn't you?"
Lin Xian was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "Well, I don't want to promote hypocritical slogans like universal salvation, nor do I want to judge the philosophical meaning of the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. But in principle, I support the Phoenix Order. At least, from my own values and starting point, I recognize the efforts that the Phoenix Order is currently making around the world, so if there is anything I can do to help, just let me know."
Ye Lan looked in the direction of Lin Xian. That place was empty. There were only two people in the room, but there was a third person listening.
"Captain Lin, Xingyuan is about to undergo a dramatic change. On behalf of the Order of the Phoenix, I hope you can join us in our campaign against Dawn City and Crimson World..."
"Clean-up plan!"
(End of this chapter)
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