Chapter 380 The Light of Human Evolution
"Qin Feng, who is that?"
“Never heard of it.”
"A person who just appeared on the Light of Human Evolution Ranking." Jiang Yun clicked on an interface and showed it to everyone: "According to the calculation of the peak power, this person has reached the angel level. It is said that he has fought against an A-level weird body alone. He is now the focus of the Federation."
"What's strange is that there was no information about this person before." Ren Huiyan added with her arms folded across her chest
"It's normal to have no news. It's the apocalypse now. Even the official Phoenix Society has no information, let alone a convoy?" Ning Jing said at this time.
Jiang Yun shrugged: "But how could a guy with angel-level superpowers, and mechanical superpowers, remain silent for so long?"
He looked at Lin Xian and said, "Captain Lin's name is now well-known in both the Federation and the Phoenix Society. Most of the teams in Dawn City have heard about what your team did, so this is also what we think is a little strange."
"And he got the Silver Star."
Jian Xuwei's face darkened slightly: "The Silver Star has been docked at the Xingcheng Orbital Station and detained by Wen Dong. How did it end up in his hands?"
"This is the most important thing." KIKI said at this time: "This shows that this person's identity is not simple. It is very likely that he has a high-level background in the Federation, or he paid some price to get it from the Wen family."
"It will cost a lot to buy the Silver Star." Jiang Yun said seriously, "Director Jian has been updating this train, which has consumed a lot of resources. Now it can do everything except fly. The Federation knows the value of this train. Not only the Federation, but also many fleets know it."
"So this recruitment plan looks very tempting." Monica said with a smile.
"That's right."
Jiang Yun said: "Mechanical abilities are now so legendary that they are considered to have the power to create civilization, one of the top abilities. Less than six hours after the recruitment plan was released, the number of applicants has exceeded 100,000. You can imagine."
"100,000?!" KIKI was surprised: "The Silver Star can't accommodate so many people."
"That won't happen. His recruitment threshold is ridiculously high. Ordinary team members are required to be at the King Kong level or above. Only the Berserker and Destruction levels can bring a small number of family members. And it's not just the peak power level that counts. This team also has to select the type of power. They even held a grand underground recruitment meeting for power battles, and the meeting was held at the Gallagher Black Market." Jiang Yun said.
When several people heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
However, when Lu Xingchen heard about the battle of superpowers, his eyes narrowed slightly and he seemed to be interested.
"It's certain that this matter is related to the Federation." Jian Xuwei said in a deep voice.
"I think so too." Jiang Yun smiled. "The situation is tense now. The Federation is worried about the collective evacuation of the large convoy. It is definitely not easy for Qin Feng to hold this recruitment meeting under the noses of the City Defense Guard Battalion and the Night Patrol."
At this time, Monica looked at Lin Xian with a smile on her face and said
"What do you think, my captain~"
Everyone's eyes fell on Lin Xian at once.
Lin Xian looked calm as he looked out the window at the colorful mechanical city scenery of Night City. He said calmly, "Strictly speaking, apart from the Silver Star, this matter has nothing to do with us. We have more important things to do in the city. Of course, if there is a chance, we have to find a way to take the Silver Star back. Apart from that, I think that holding such a large recruitment meeting at this time may mean that someone in the Federation also wants to evacuate."
"I understand what you mean." Jian Xuwei's eyes narrowed slightly: "You think this may also be a means for the Federation to recruit manpower."
"Otherwise, the Federation will not sit idly by when an uncontrolled convoy is recruiting powerful psychics in such a high-profile manner."
KIKI picked up the mobile terminal, connected to the Dawn City intranet, opened the Human Evolution Light Ranking, and found that it was just like an entertainment channel. Not only was it ranked according to the peak superpowers, there was also a popularity list, and even the top 10 had character biographies and battle records. The survivors on the intranet also gave star ratings to these people's combat effectiveness, leadership, and superpower potential.
"Wow, wow, look at this."
KIKI spoke as he manipulated his fingers to project the ranking interface through holographic projection.
NO.1 "Meteoric" - Yu Huaian
Peak: 11200 Angel Level (highest in history)
Superpower: [Gravity Control]
Three-dimensional index: combat power | potential☆ | leadership☆
Results:
Kill the A-level monster "Echo" alone
A large-scale extermination of the strange body tide in Qilian Mountain (over 5,000 individuals)
Character tags: #invinciblepower#leadership#steady
Position: Leader of the Rangers Alliance
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NO.2 "Iron Curtain" - Mo Qi
Peak: 10800 Angel Level
Identity: Pure physical practitioner (no supernatural powers)
Three-dimensional index: combat power | potential | leadership
Results:
In the S-level battle in Dawn City, part of the Gray Mist Walker's bone tissue was shattered head-on.
Leading the "Iron Dome" convoy, rushing out of the strange night tide in Shenli City with 0 casualties
Character tags: #Human Limits#Self-discipline Maniac#Anti-superpowers activist
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NO.3 "Mechanical Commander" - Qin Feng
Peak: 10150 Angel Level
Superpower: [Mechanical Superpower]
Three-dimensional index: combat power☆｜potential｜leadership☆
Record: None
"Humanity is about to be exterminated by the polar night, but we are still creating entertainment products such as "rankings" and "popularity lists." Ning Jing said seriously: "What is the significance of this?"
"You can't think like that."
Qian Dele said calmly: "It seems absurd, but it is actually a distorted manifestation of the survival instinct of civilization. Whenever there is danger, human beings subconsciously hope that a strong leader will emerge to lead people out of the disaster. This is very logical."
"Yes." Jian Xuwei said, "What Dawn City lacks the least is recruitment activities. Major teams are here to expand their teams and accumulate resources. Anyone who hasn't entered the underground city is basically ready to escape the darkness, so it's normal for the survivors to be crazy about these powerful psychics. There are underground boxing rings, psychic exchanges, mechanical modifications, weapons sales, and everything you can think of and can't think of is here."
"Are the peak abilities of these people the same as the Phoenix Order's standards? Isn't it too fast to reach the Angel level?"
"You can't look at it that way. Some people have just gained superpowers, and their peaks have already surpassed ordinary people. For example, Yu Huaian from the Wanderer Alliance, this person's superpowers have reached the violent level on the first day of Apocalypse Day. He was one of the first testers of the Angel Project at that time." Jiang Yun said: "And now the concentration of dark invasion is constantly increasing. The disadvantage is that the mutations increase, but the advantage is that the evolution of the surviving superpowers is accelerating."
"And it's also related to killing an S-class." Jian Xuwei added: "After that war, the stats of many psychics have skyrocketed. Didn't you notice it in Xilan City?"
"I noticed it, but I just haven't had time to care about it."
Lin Xian sighed slightly. After coming out of Xilan City, they first encountered danger in Yijin, and then moved to Aksai. Before they could calm down, they were involved in Star Abyss No. 5 and fought a series of battles.
Of course he knew that the crazy transformation of Hell Black Chrysanthemum accelerated the evolution of Infinity's members. Every time Lin Xian obtained a mechanical source point conversion, it started at 1,000. It was conceivable that for other people, this improvement was very huge. Even the children in the car and the women in charge of logistics no longer had the fragile physical strength they had at the beginning of the apocalypse.
It’s just that what they were facing were either corpse drivers or abyss monsters, and Lin Xian really didn’t realize how much the abilities of KIKI and Brother Huo had increased.
Thinking of this, Lin Xian raised his hand and a light screen appeared. A peak value detector of the soul value that had been manufactured through the construction sequence fell into his hand. He immediately activated it. Suddenly, accompanied by the roar of the mechanical heart, his peak value of superpowers soared to 3650.
3650. According to Lin Xian's limit coefficient, this value will reach 7300, which means that his ability has reached the destructive level, which is three times higher than when he was in Xilan City.
Lin Xian immediately gave the detector to KIKI and others for re-testing, and the result was extremely surprising. KIKI's peak ability had increased to 4800, and Lu Xingchen's was even more exaggerated, increasing to 5300. If combined with the limit coefficient, Lu Xingchen's growth was already 9010, close to the angel level, surpassing KIKI's 7680.
"9010!" Lin Xian looked at Lu Xingchen in surprise: "You are making such rapid progress?"
"Hey, hey, hey, how come you've surpassed me?" KIKI was a little dissatisfied and took the tester again, running it at full power, but the peak value never exceeded 4800.
Lu Xingchen was quite proud at this time: "It seems that my diligent practice every day has indeed yielded fruitful results."
Jiang Yun on the side frowned and asked: "Did you use some kind of taboo substance on you?"
"Uh..." Lu Xingchen nodded after hearing this: "That's right, will it have any impact?"
"Forbidden objects will resonate with more soul-shaking values, which will have an impact, but no one will care about this. It will all be counted as part of your strength." Ren Huiyan said at this time.
"Okay, you're awesome." KIKI curled her lips and didn't want to argue about this at this time.
Lu Xingchen smiled slightly: "Thank you, thank you~"
At this time, Monica, Ning Jing and others also used Lin Xian's detector to retest. In fact, Lin Xian only obtained the latest detector blueprint after entering the Silent City. Before that, the people on the United Train had no chance to retest.
The results came out very quickly. It turned out that the fastest growing person here was Monica, whose ability index reached 7400, which was higher than Lin Xian.
Next is Ning Jing, whose ability index as a pure genetic evolver has reached 7200. Last is Qian Dele, with only 6600.
However, the girl Shiori, although not good at fighting, has an ability index of 6900. However, the girl is not surprised at all. According to her, after coming out of Xingyuan, she had a routine test at Mochizuki Shinji's place, so it had reached 6700 a week ago.
"According to this measurement, the most evolved humans can only fight against A-level, so the enhancement of superpowers still does not change the situation where we are hunted by darkness. Pessimistically speaking, there is no difference." Lin Xian said: "But for humans themselves, this increase in power is still very powerful."
Jiang Yun nodded in approval: "S-level, world-class, dark invasion, Xingyuan, so far we are not even absolutely sure of S-level, which is why the Federation has been planning Operation Broken Curtain, and we don't have much time."
After that, he checked the time and said to Lin Xian, "Captain Lin, the curfew will be lifted after daybreak. Although there will be some troubles in the Federation, at least it is safe in the city for the time being. You don't have to worry too much about the weird bodies and zombies. Of course, you can't take it lightly. You can take a rest first. There are people from our alliance in various areas of the old city who are responsible for gathering information. I believe it will be very helpful for your actions."
Afterwards, Jiang Yun, Jian Xuwei, Ren Huiyan and Lin Xian's team discussed some things in the city and some actual situations of the alliance convoy. Then Lin Xian asked everyone to take a rest and take action after dawn.
It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and a drizzle continued in Night City. Lin Xian was alone in a room covered with iron armor on the top floor, looking at the city view through the grating window.
Dawn City is huge, so big that you can't see the end of it. It was once one of the top three modern cities in the world, but now it is blocked by two high walls, maintaining some basic activities of human society.
Lin Xian thought about what Ye Lan had told him before and looked at the drizzle outside the window. He inexplicably felt reluctant.
Once upon a time, his Infinite Train Plan defined Star City as an important safe haven. Even after Dejiang City, he once thought that Star City might be one of the last cities under official protection that had not fallen, and that coming here could bring him a moment of peace.
Even though Dawn City became the Federation's last place of resistance, Lin Xian subconsciously did not want to see this magnificent and brilliant city completely engulfed by darkness. That would give people a great sense of loss and uneasiness. Even if he would embark on the journey again, all that would be left was a desperate escape across the endless ocean and the countdown to the polar night.
Lin Xian took out the Soul Value Detector and activated it. His peak value once again reached 3650.
But his expression remained unmoved, and he quietly activated the superstring reactor phase rainbow ring. In an instant, a reactor rainbow ring lit up behind Lin Xian. The blue aurora light seemed to contain endless energy, and even the air was vibrating.
At this time, the peak value of the supernatural power on the soul value detector on Lin Xian's finger instantly soared to 5000!
This means that his ability index has reached 10,000! Entering the angel level!
But Lin Xian was not surprised. With a thought, the second phase rainbow ring lit up, and the peak power was 7000! The power index was 14000!
Buzz!
The third phase rainbow ring lights up, the peak power is 9000, and the power index is 18000!
Sizzle!
The soul-dangling value detector in his hand emitted an overload sound, and the armored iron house also emitted a slight humming sound due to the extremely powerful energy fluctuations, as if a collapsed energy black hole appeared in the house, piercing and burning a large amount of invisible matter, and even the light from the overhead light tubes was constantly dislocated.
“Huh~”
Lin Xian let out a long sigh and turned off his superstring reactor phase rainbow ring. The house returned to calm and everything was back to normal.
He put away the broken soul value detector. Lin Xian had already guessed this result. The power source of his current Mechanical Heart has been enhanced by the superstring reactor phase rainbow ring, and the magnitude has increased exponentially. If nothing unexpected happens, even if the Infinity no longer has Gemini 11R, Lin Xian can now drive the Infinity along the 320,000-kilometer circumstellar orbit for unlimited endurance until the world is destroyed.
"Angel level... There are only 10 months left in the world. How far can humans evolve?"
"Will we have a chance to fight back against the darkness, or can we just flee to the distant stars?"
Lin Xian logged into the Dawn City's intranet as an anonymous user. Recruitment, rescue, alliance, material exchange, ability communication, power armor, arsenal, survival routes, in addition to these main survival contents, the rest presented was undoubtedly the release of the dregs of human nature under extreme conditions.
Various conspiracy theories, the inevitable defeat of mankind, and religious worship are rampant. The federal control is obviously only focused on a few key words related to the interests of high-level officials. Perhaps it is also out of the need to release pressure. Even pornographic content is completely open and unrestricted.
In a way, Lin Xian thought this was also a clever move by the Federation. Allowing these survivors who had the military power to vent their repressed emotions freely in the intranet would actually help with management. Or maybe they were simply too lazy to care. After all, how long was left in the world?
Lin Xian set an alarm for himself, but instead of sleeping, he adjusted the manufacturing sequence of the Black Star Forge.
[Congratulations, your mechanical manufacturing has been upgraded to LV.6! ]
As expected, as the five manufacturing sequences were fully operational, Lin Xian's proficiency in mechanical manufacturing increased rapidly and soon broke through the level. At this time, the speed of the giant star in the Black Star Forge seemed to have quietly increased a bit. At the same time, a new manufacturing production line was opened up.
At this time, there were already more than a hundred drones in Lin Xian's Black Star Forge Space, but these were not enough. If he wanted to deal with large-scale strange entities, the number would have to be at least in the thousands.
Just as Lin Xian was immersed in his research in the Black Star Forge, he was suddenly awakened by a strange noise. He immediately opened his eyes and heard the sound of intensive artillery fire coming from the distant block.
He rushed out of the room and went to the rooftop. The rain had not stopped all night. It was already past 9 o'clock in the morning, and there was less than an hour left until dawn. However, there was a heavy roar from the aircraft flying across the sky every once in a while. He looked towards the outside of the city, and saw flames burning outside the No. 1 city wall. A large amount of artillery fire could be vaguely seen, and the base defense weapons on the high wall were roaring at this time!
"The E5 defense zone has been hit by a wave of strange entities. There are several A-level strange entities, with a scale of over 100,000. They have already entered the outer city area!"
The team members came out one after another. Jiang Yun got the contact information and said to everyone
"Will they be able to break into City Wall No. 1?" Qian Dele asked.
"It shouldn't happen." Jiang Yun said solemnly: "This kind of attack is still within the controllable range. As long as there is no S-level attack or the monster tide increases in magnitude, it generally cannot threaten the No. 1 city wall."
"What about those people outside the city?" KIKI said at this time
"There is no way."
Jian Xuwei said: "In this situation, people in the outer city can either retreat towards the city wall or disperse and rely on the firepower of Dawn City to avoid danger. There is no other way."
"Won't you open the city gates to let the people outside in?" Ning Jing frowned.
Jiang Yun shook his head: "The monster tide is only staged. We must destroy all the dark marks. Part of the garrison is stationed outside. In addition to the garrison in the outer city and the survivors' convoy, the No. 1 city wall is basically the last line of defense. Even if a hole is breached, the No. 1 city wall will be built in vain. The last S-level outbreak did not open the city wall, let alone this kind of attack."
"If it were me, I would rather rush to the Dawn Center day and night than stay in the outer city. It's simply a monster hunting ground with no escape." Monica said with her arms folded across her chest and a serious expression.
Lin Xian looked at her and said, "It's not that simple. Those convoys are weak forces. They can survive by relying on the firepower of the No. 1 city wall. Running outside is a gamble for them. Ordinary people don't dare to take this gamble."
"Yes, they don't have much choice." Jian Xuwei said.
The fire in the distance illuminated the sky on the rainy night. Lin Xian and his group could hear nothing except the delayed deafening sound of artillery fire. But there was no doubt that the scene in the streets in that area must be tragic at this time.
Lin Xian recalled the scene of the endless sea of survivors' convoys and dense crowds in the camps that he saw when he entered the city last night. His eyes became heavy. When the survivors gathered in large groups, death might just become a number.
About ten minutes later, the sound of fierce artillery fire disappeared, and the raging flames were gradually covered by the drizzle of rain. City Wall No. 1 was safe and sound. Lin Xian and his companions did not even see a strange entity appear while standing here, which showed that the defense of the Dawn City wall was indeed solid.
"Lu Tianye's troops are over there. As long as they are not specific monsters, the casualties should not be too great. The trust between the survivors of the garrison is quite good, better than the Night Patrol."
Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Lin Xian.
"It's almost dawn, what are you going to do?"
"Let's go straight over there, someone will pick us up there."
Jian Xuwei said to Lin Xian at this time: "I will gather the team of the Silver Star and then meet up with you. If Chu Zhaonan's action is in the near future, we must be prepared to move at any time."
Lin Xian nodded: "Okay, we will synchronize with Jinhai at that time. The initial plan is to go from Changuan Qingbo to Shuguang City, but everything depends on the situation."
As he spoke, Lin Xian took out his communicator and set up a signal frequency band to synchronize with everyone else.
"01 is the Infinite Alliance channel. All team dispatches will be sent through this channel. 02 is our internal channel, mainly used for communication within Dawn City."
At 10:15, the darkness that originally shrouded the sky over Night City receded like the tide, and in an instant it turned into a rainy morning. The patrol drones of the City Defense Guard Battalion disappeared from the sky.
Curfew lifted.
In the E5 defense sector, the gray skylight seeped through the gaps in the clouds, like diluted lead water, pouring on the hundred-meter-high steel walls of Dawn City. A large number of pedestal weapons were densely arranged above the thick and huge walls. The muzzles of electromagnetic cannons, heavy artillery, howitzers, pulse cannons and other weapons were soaked by rain. The rain flowed along the grooves covered with monster claws and hideous cracks, and gathered into a turbid stream at the bottom, washing away the charred debris left by the monster tide attack.
Inside the city, the neon lights have not yet completely gone out.
The survivors stationed in various blocks swarmed out like a hive. Some convoys seemed to have been prepared in advance and set off immediately at daybreak. Modified vehicles of all sizes began to drive out of the narrow streets and poured into the main roads heading out of the city. However, there were many convoys with such ideas. Soon after daybreak, long queues and traffic jams had already formed on several main roads out of the city. Some people in some small convoys on the roadside held up various signs with the situation of their convoys written on them, hoping to merge or follow.
Lin Xian and Jiang Yun took a few team members on a modified off-road vehicle and drove towards the depths of the old city. Outside the window, they could clearly see a huge and magnificent city ring above the inner ring of the inner city's twin star towers. It was originally the Star City's urban aerial rapid magnetic levitation rail channel and also the iconic scenery of the Star City. This azure city ring can be seen even in low-Earth orbit.
But after the Day of Apocalypse, the ring of Star City has been completely extinguished, 1/3 of the passages have collapsed, leaving only a broken city megastructure, telling of the afterglow of human technology.
More and more residents appeared on the road. Long queues formed in front of the vending machines that used blood-sperm coins. The coin slot was rusty and a blood-sperm coin was occasionally stuck, drawing a few curses. A fleet of street vendors set up rain shelters to sell synthetic protein blocks, filtered bottled water, and some collected unexpired food supplies. The heat rose in the cold rain, mixed with the smell of damp concrete in the city.
In the watchtower on the city wall, the garrison yawned and rubbed his red eyes. On his display screen, except for the E5 defense sector just now, the surveillance images of other areas outside the city were jumping with snowflake noise, and the radar and soul value scanner did not detect any abnormalities.
Safety.
The day has dawned, and at least today, Dawn City is still alive.
(End of this chapter)
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