Chapter 388 Eight-Winged Angel! (10,000)
Boom, thunder exploded.
Thunderclouds rolled up in the sky of Dawn City, heavy rain poured down, and the entire city was covered in rain.
At the south gate of the city, the garrison soldiers on the high walls all looked extremely nervous. In this doomsday situation, everyone was extremely sensitive to the fear of the dark. There was no whisper or smile, only fear of the unknown on everyone's face.
The sky was terribly dark. The commander of the B2 defense sector looked at the crowded crowd in the outer city area with an optical telescope. He then looked at the time, and his expression became increasingly tense.
"There are at least tens of thousands of people here. Speed up the march!"
"The city is already crowded. We need to get those convoys to coordinate, otherwise all areas will be blocked!" someone shouted on the other end of the communicator.
"The Dawnwatch Alliance, Windrunner Alliance, and Common Alliance teams are already helping to disperse the crowd, but there are just too many people."
The officer in charge of guarding the passageway shouted, "There are too many vehicles, all large and modified, blocking the streets. If this continues, the main roads in the city will be paralyzed. We need to make the convoys behind us abandon some of their vehicles!"
"Abandon the vehicles, let the people go in but not the vehicles, let the survivors spend the night in the city first!!"
As soon as the order was given, all the city gates began to execute it. All of a sudden, the survivors who had not yet entered the city all panicked. The vehicles were their mobile shelters, and in this situation, not many people were willing to voluntarily give up their vehicles.
But as the sky became darker and thunderstorms rolled in, some resolute survivors began to abandon their vehicles, took their luggage, weapons and families, and started running into the city on foot. This immediately attracted many other survivors who had been stuck for a long time, and so more and more vehicles were abandoned.
"How long will it take until dark?" The commander on the city wall looked at the dark sky. The dark clouds and rain made it impossible to distinguish between day and night.
"Report to the commander, there should be 30 minutes left!"
The commander frowned upon hearing this. He seemed to hear some noise coming from under the city wall. He walked forward immediately. It was as dark as an abyss under the city wall. It seemed that even the streets and houses in the outer city area were no longer visible.
"searchlight."
"A1 A2 searchlight!"
At this time, several garrison soldiers surrounded them with guns, but when they swept the searchlight over, there was nothing there.
The commander stepped back and reminded everyone: "The night tide of Xingyuan is expanding abnormally, and the predicted time may be unstable..."
Chih!!!
Before he could finish his words, a huge tentacle covered with black scales suddenly appeared from behind, with a huge mouth with fangs at the front, which swallowed half of the commander's body in one bite, and tore the power armor into pieces.
Da da da!!
In an instant, all the automatic artillery on the city wall opened fire. The soldiers were frightened by this horrific scene and broke out in cold sweats. It took them a second to react.
"Strange body!"
"Fire!"
Bang bang bang!
Woo~
For a moment, the city defense weapons of Dawn City opened fire like a torrent. The searchlights swept again, and they saw that below the city wall, densely packed with various strange limbs and weird bodies had climbed dozens of meters like a tsunami. Large areas of streets and buildings in the outer city were covered. The black fog waves seemed to be a natural barrier. No one would have thought that the night tide would arrive so much in advance.
The battle broke out in an instant. Above the sky, all kinds of flying monsters swarmed under the thunderclouds. At the city gate, under the huge artillery fire and the roar of the monster tide, countless victims abandoned their vehicles and began to flee into the city. A couple in distress had just got out of the car when they were swallowed by a huge black centipede in the darkness behind them.
The ground was filled with centipedes, strange insects, human ghosts, stitched-up humanoid monsters, and giant fog spiders. Screams, gunfire, and thunder and rain gathered together in just a few minutes. Those survivors who had not yet entered the city were like prey trapped by the darkness and died in large numbers.
The darkness was like a tide, and tens of thousands of survivors were running wildly.
"Run, run to the city wall!!"
The man dragged his wife and daughter through the overturned truck. One of his daughter's small leather shoes was lost and the sole of her foot was cut bloody by broken glass.
"Dad...I can't run anymore..."
The man suddenly bent down, lifted her onto his shoulders, and shot wildly behind him with a gun.
"Hold on!" The next second, a terrifying black shadow pounced from the side - the wife pushed the father and daughter away, but she was dragged into the darkness, leaving only a short "Run -"
The defense posts in the outer city area were firing at full force at this time. Many people who were dispersed by the strange tide could only resist while moving closer to the garrison posts, like an isolated island in the dark.
"Quick, come over here!!" The garrison soldiers on the watchtower fired wildly and shouted at the scattered survivors.
"Come on, there are enough bullets today!" The soldier holding the large Vulcan Gatling gun gritted his teeth and shouted.
Unexpectedly, just as hundreds of people approached the defense tower, a huge shadow with wings dozens of meters high suddenly swooped down from the sky.
boom!
The flames in the entire sentry tower area disappeared in the dark smoke in an instant.
Buzz buzz buzz.
In the Dawn City, dense attack drones were bombarding in the sky to resist the monsters flying into the city. Pulse laser sky arrays were constantly shooting into the air like a blue skynet. Every 210mm damage howitzer fired from the Great Wall base cannon could destroy the monster tide in an area as large as half a football field, and rotten flesh and insect limbs were scattered everywhere. Countless Thor's Hammer electromagnetic railguns fired dazzling electromagnetic barrages intensively at the large strange bodies in the darkness, suppressing the violent waves.
"A total of 16 defense sectors have been attacked, with a scale of more than Level 4."
In the command tower on the front-line city wall, the commanders of each defense zone were reporting the battle situation to Lu Tianye.
"Send out the early warning aircraft immediately to detect special-level and S-level units. All city gates will be closed in five minutes!" Lu Tianye looked at the dark sky and gave the order coldly.
"Isolation area report!"
Boom boom boom!
In the isolation zone of the outer city, the heavily armed 1st Combat Regiment of the Garrison Army was the first to be hit by the large-scale strange tide. However, due to advance defensive preparations, they were not caught off guard. The entire regiment relied on its powerful firepower to withstand the first wave of attacks when the black tide arrived.
"Report to the general, in the quarantine area..."
Huo Bing, commander of the 1st Combat Regiment, was directing the battle when suddenly the ground shook beneath the defensive camp in front of him. Buildings collapsed and streets caved in. A giant, strange creature covered in scales suddenly emerged from the ground. With a sweep of its dozens-meter-long body, it crushed and pierced a dozen soldiers and survivors into a pool of blood.
"A large strange entity has appeared, it should be Class A, requesting strategic weapons support!"
"3rd Battalion, get that beast out of the neighborhood!"
"coordinate!"
"The coordinates are..." Before Huo Bing, the commander of the 1st Combat Regiment, could finish his words, several giant figures slowly stood up from the black fog under the defensive line.
"Fuck you..." He took a breath coldly, then cursed with his eyes wide open.
"Chi..."
The next moment, the sound in the communicator instantly turned into the sound of electricity, and a large number of signals in the isolation area disappeared from the command center.
Boom boom boom.
The city of Dawn was under attack from many sides, with flames roaring to the sky. Thousands of artillery fire, plasma beams, and electromagnetic railguns illuminated the rainy night sky. From time to time, large missiles quickly took off from various military fortresses in the inner city and whizzed past at supersonic speeds.
For a moment, the sounds of explosions and thunder mixed together, as if even the air was vibrating.
On the Twin Star Tower, Lin Xian and Chu Yan's team looked at the scene that seemed like a world war with extremely solemn expressions.
"The night has come so early?" Lin Xian looked at the time. It was not even 18:00 yet.
"Xingyuan is moving abnormally. The original method of calculating the dark tide is no longer effective." Chu Yan said coldly: "Now we can only passively defend."
KIKI looked at the fire in the distance, her face tense: "What should I do, Lin Xian, the Infinity is still in Jinhai."
Lin Xian looked solemn: "We can only hope that everything is fine over there. There are no dark marks in the industrial area, so it stands to reason that we won't actively encounter the enemy."
Although he said so, Lin Xian couldn't help but worry. The polar night was developing too fast and so many of his team members were there. Now he could only hope that Ning Jing and Qian Dele could arrive safely.
After saying that, Lin Xian looked at Chu Yan and asked, "Can you find out the information about that large mechanical device?"
According to Lin Xian's inference, if they could find the traces of this part of the mechanical equipment, it would be very likely that they would directly find the base of the Crimson World's action brain resurrection and the curtain-breaking device that cooperated with Dawn City.
"We are investigating, but don't hold out too much hope. If even Wen Hui and Zhou Mingyuan are unaware of this, then it means that the Crimson World is very likely directly involved in this project. Zhou Jin and Qinuo's Night Walker Organization have already investigated the information about the underground strategic network and have completely deleted it. For Chu Zhaonan and the Crimson World, the confidentiality of the Pioneer Project is higher than expected."
Tsk tsk.
“Who is it?!”
At this moment, all members of Chu Yan's team raised their guns in unison.
Lin Xian, Chu Yan, KIKI and others turned around and were shocked to find that a man in the shadows had quietly appeared on the rooftop at some point.
"Lin Xian."
The man looked directly at Lin Xian and said politely, "Chairman Chu Zhaonan wants to talk to you."
As soon as these words were spoken, several people's expressions changed.
In the underground city of Star City, Lin Xian saw almost no one along the way except for the psychic who led the way. The huge underground city seemed to have been emptied in a very short time. After the dissolution of the Federal Parliament, a large number of senior residents of the underground city became ordinary people and could only hide in the crowded inner city.
Lin Xian never thought that he would meet the President of the Federation one day, nor did he expect it to be under such circumstances.
The chairman's office was empty except for a desk and a tea table in the far corner.
There was a lot of fighting outside the city, but here it was quiet and empty, without any smoke. As soon as Lin Xian entered, he saw a middle-aged man in military uniform standing quietly by the window. Outside the window was a huge underground city patio. It was huge, several times larger than the No. 9 underground city that Lin Xian had visited before. It looked like the infrastructure was very complete, but only a few lights were on at this time. Looking around, one could still see a large number of residents evacuating.
"I've heard of your name. Several people have told me about you." Chu Zhaonan's voice was gentle and firm. He didn't sound like a superior. His tone was serious and not casual, as if he was having a very calm conversation with Lin Xian: "Can I have a brief chat with you?"
Lin Xian looked around, with a hint of urgency and caution: "What are you talking about?"
Chu Zhaonan turned around and looked at Lin Xian: "A lot, such as dreams or responsibilities."
"Chairman Chu." Lin Xian looked puzzled: "Thousands of people are dying outside Wall No. 1. Are you sure you want to discuss dreams and responsibilities with me here?"
"From a personal perspective, survival is a dream, and helping others survive is a responsibility." Chu Zhaonan said seriously, "But the Pioneer Project has nothing to do with dreams. This is essentially the same as you repeatedly tying your fate to the collective to try to survive."
"Do you want to tell me that the humans who escaped from the Pioneer Project are responsible for the survival of civilization, or do you want to tell me that our current efforts are meaningless?" Lin Xian replied.
Chu Zhaonan shook his head. "Any effort is meaningful. Just now, all the soldiers of the 1st Combat Regiment of the Garrison Army were killed. But if they hadn't guarded the isolation zone at all costs, the chain reaction of the collapse of the defense line might have caused the collapse of multiple defense sectors in the south of the city. Tens of thousands of people may have survived because of this effort, which in turn gave Dawn City more time and buffer, and even included our conversation this time, the implementation of the Pioneer Plan, and whether we can see the dawn of tomorrow again."
"This is the meaning of civilization. Civilization shines because of the communication, cooperation and co-creation between individuals. Human beings have been multiplying since the Stone Age. Our civilization is growing rapidly. We have already utilized planetary energy and stellar energy to a considerable scale. But such a civilization that has lasted for tens of thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in less than a year. What does this mean? Is it a pity? But what if I tell you that 3 to 9 million cells die in the human body every second? If we magnify human civilization to the cosmic level, there are countless more brilliant civilizations than ours. We are just one of those 9 million dead cells."
Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian and said in a calm but helpless tone:
“From the perspective of the vastness of the universe, perhaps the thing that is least lacking is civilization.”
Lin Xian was silent.
"I recognize all of Ye Lanli's ideas about peace, recognize the original intention of the Phoenix Society, and respect and pay tribute to the choices made by every sacrifice, including you, Lin Xian."
Chu Zhaonan looked at him and said, "In these efforts, the choices you made have had direct and indirect impacts on the humans still alive in the current world. Yubei Airport, you made a choice, Zhang Dingzhong made a choice, Bai Shuang made a choice, Jian Xuwei also made a choice, Xilan City, Zhao Yu, He Zhen, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, the Phoenix Society, various human alliances, 70,000 people have made their own choices. Similarly, the European Storm Alliance, the North American United Front, the Dawn Center, and the Qingluan Sky City, too many sacrifices, too much enthusiasm, because of these choices, Dawn City has the possibility to survive until now, in the darkness, we can find more possibilities."
“Although I respect possibilities, I cannot choose to pin human civilization on these possibilities. Humanity needs a decisive choice.” Chu Zhaonan seemed to be talking to Lin Xian, but also to himself.
Lin Xian pretended not to understand: "So you knew I sneaked into the Star Harbor, but you didn't stop me, and you even talked to me on purpose. What do you want me to do for you?"
"Join the Pioneer Program." Chu Zhaonan said directly.
"You should be aware of your own abilities. Your ability to create mechanical superpowers can quickly help interstellar colonies achieve full industrialization. After escaping from the Blue Planet, you can survive as a new human being."
"Why?" Lin Xian was stunned.
"Isn't it your wish to soar into the sky and escape from the darkness?" Chu Zhaonan asked back.
Lin Xian was stunned. For some reason, he felt a little moved when he heard Chu Zhaonan's words. He was too tired. If he escaped from this damn darkness regardless of the consequences, perhaps he wouldn't be so tired.
He was struggling in his heart. For a moment, countless familiar faces appeared in his mind: Chen Sixuan, KIKI, Dalou, Shasha, Huoge, Shuqin, Lv Chang, Miao Lu, Xiaoyuan, Lao Mo, Li Yi, Luo Yang, Liang Lei, Shi Diyuan, Ning Jing...
And those who died and are about to be forgotten, Zhang Dingzhong, Zhan Wei, Ma Xiaotang, Bai Shuang, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, Zhou Wuer, Peng Peng, Chen Wei, Xiao He, Chen Xiao, Zhang Chengzhi, Wu Zhenhai, Liao Ming, Lu Yong...
Lin Xian stood there, his eyes inexplicably red. At this moment, he wished that these people had never appeared, had not died, had not seen the ice and fire, blood and tears, had not heard the hymns of courage of the Iron Guard Brigade, and that he had already died quietly in the shelter in Jiang City on the day of Apocalypse, and rotted quietly.
But how could he pretend that he had never seen it, never fought for it, never looked forward to the dawn...
They are all dead, and they are all alive!
After a brief silence, Lin Xian suddenly laughed at himself.
"1500 years. I can't live that long."
He immediately said to Chu Zhaonan seriously: "You know why I came here."
"So I didn't stop you, because you won't destroy the Pioneer Project or harm humans. What you want to do is to obtain information about the dark world and the energy conversion data of the dark erosion cells that humans use to resist the invasion of darkness. I support this."
"Then can you tell me the location of the No. 1 curtain-breaking device?" After asking, Lin Xian felt that his idea was too naive.
Since Chu Zhaonan chose to cooperate with the Crimson World, he was determined to complete the Vanguard Plan. Under such circumstances, how could he take the initiative to reveal it and let the Phoenix Society sabotage it?
Even if Lin Xian and the others were not going to cause trouble, there were some things that were not completely under the control of Chu Zhaonan or the Phoenix Society, such as the Crimson World.
So if Lin Xian was Chu Zhaonan, he would definitely not reveal any information to ensure the smooth launch of the Pioneer Project.
Chu Zhaonan didn't say anything, which confirmed Lin Xian's thoughts.
But at this moment, Lin Xian only felt the blood rushing up in his heart, and he couldn't help but say directly
"Even if you don't expect this possibility, as the leader of mankind, can you leave us, the abandoned humans, with a hope?"
Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian quietly, his calm face seemed to be slightly moved, perhaps he heard that Lin Xian rejected the invitation to join the Pioneer Program, or maybe Lin Xian's words "we who have been abandoned" were a little sad, Chu Zhaonan's eyes flickered slightly.
Immediately, he walked over, took out a small photon storage device from his inner pocket and handed it to Lin Xian.
"What is this?" Lin Xian asked.
"The key to continuing to control the heart of the Galaxy in Dawn City."
Chu Zhaonan said: "When the Pioneer Plan is launched, it will be connected to the Heart of the Galaxy for overall control. I considered that this would give the Crimson World an opportunity to take advantage of it, so I set up a disconnection program in advance. When the Pioneer Plan is launched, the city's neural network center and weapon system will be offline for 10 seconds. You can use this control key to regain control of the Heart of the Galaxy, so..."
“So if the Crimson World tries to invade the Heart of the Galaxy with its intelligent computer at this time, it can directly paralyze and capture it!” Lin Xian looked surprised.
"10 seconds is enough for you"
Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian: "Your mission has been completed, Lin Xian, I wish you good luck."
After hearing Chu Zhaonan's words, Lin Xian knew that their conversation was over.
Lin Xian slowly held the control key in his palm, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly asked.
"Chairman, do you think there will be a dawn for mankind?"
"When I was young, I worked as a mechanical engineer." Chu Zhaonan talked about something else. He turned around and seemed to be looking at the sky above the surface of the earth. "I remember when I first entered Star City and saw the city ring, I felt that humans were really great. They could actually build such a gorgeous mechanical structure. As a beautiful landmark, it can not only drive in the air, but also send signals to planetary spacecraft for space orbit positioning. It's a pity that I will never see such a civilized project again."
"Yes, human civilization is very brilliant."
Lin Xian looked at Chu Zhaonan's back and left the Chairman's Office.
At this time, there was no garrison or other members to stop Lin Xian. He returned to the Twin Star Tower and told Chu Yan about continuing to control the secret key.
On this side, Zhou Jin and Qinuo's people have gathered here. City Wall No. 1 has been destroyed, countless survivors are dying, and the countdown for the Vanguard Plan to take off is approaching every second.
"Chu Zhaonan still left some chances for humans." Qi Nuo lit a cigarette on a rainy night. The four teams of Night Walkers behind him, totaling more than 20 people, had been searching for 5 hours.
"But we still failed in our key goal." Zhou Jin looked at the continuous artillery fire. Even some blocks in the outer city had already started firing, which meant that some strange creatures in the air might have broken through the defense line and entered the city, or because of the invasion of the night, causing fear and mutation. So he spat and said, "What the hell, according to the movements of the three Xingyuans, Dawn City will not survive for a few days."
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian: "Chu Zhaonan knew that you sneaked into the Star Harbor Base, did he just tell you something?"
Lin Xian did not mention Chu Zhaonan's invitation to him to join the Pioneer Project. He just said, "He also talked about dreams, responsibilities, civilization, etc. I didn't really understand."
After that, he said to Chu Yan: "By the way, your psychic ability is very powerful, can you directly search for those people in this city who are from the Crimson World?"
Chu Yan sighed, "If we can do this, do we need to go through so much trouble? Stealing thoughts is a very dangerous thing. Even if we catch the target, we have to do it when the other party is unconscious. A sober person has strong mental power, not to mention that the mental power of human beings is constantly increasing. So the most I can do is to give you a headache. Only in dreams is my home court."
Chu Yan asked Lin Xian, "Speaking of which, your mechanical ability is the one that can really perform scanning and searching. If it is a large-scale S-class mechanical colonization suit, it must require a huge launch site. Can't you scan it?"
Lin Xian smiled with a headache after hearing this: "Come on, this is my supernatural power, not magic. Just scanning this building would take me several hours and half my life. How big is Dawn City? You really think I am a radar..."
After saying that, the smile on Lin Xian's face froze, and he suddenly looked at the towering and huge city ring surrounding the Twin Star Towers in the rainy night. The outline of the huge building was visible in the dark, like a flying vehicle floating in the air.
"etc."
"What's wrong?"
Lin Xian pointed to the remains of the city ring and asked, "Is this thing the orbit fixer of the Moon-Watching Planetary Ring and the South Heaven Gate?"
"Yes." At this time, KIKI said seriously: "Many people know that when the Wangyue planetary ring was first built, its orbital ground positioning was aligned with the center of the star city."
"So this is a super radar that can emit from S-band to high-energy pulses, right?"
"Almost." Zino said at this time: "But if the Crimson World is deep underground, they can't be found by radar."
“That’s not necessarily true!”
Lin Xian immediately said to everyone: "I can control the radar and use this large-scale electromagnetic wave to enhance my mechanical scanning!"
KIKI frowned upon hearing this: "You want to scan the entire city?"
"Chu Yan is right. A large-scale S-class mechanical colonization suit must require a huge launch site," Lin Xian said at this time. "If it is underground, I don't need a detailed scan. I only need to filter the mechanical structure over a large area, and maybe I can find the launch site of the curtain-breaking device!"
"Is this possible?" Zhou Jin looked incredulous: "What if it's far away?"
"How far?" Lin Xian asked.
Zhou Jin couldn't answer, and at this time, KIKI suddenly stood up with a mobile terminal and said seriously: "Simple, if we want to establish a launch sequence docking and intersection before breaking through the sky curtain, we must consider the starship speed, launch time, and the curvature of the blue planet and signal delay. For example, if we calculate the acceleration of the distant starship, with our current planetary engine level, it can be achieved within 1,000 kilometers. But now after the launch, there is no ground information transmission, affected by the invasion of darkness, even if the starship's very high frequency transmitter calculates the signal delay, this distance must be controlled within 50 kilometers. If you are more cautious, 30 kilometers is safer!"
Qi Nuo's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Smart, indeed. The Pioneer Project is such an important project. Considering its particularity and technical limitations, it will definitely not be too far from the Starport!"
Chu Yan looked at Lin Xian: "So what are you going to do now?"
Lin Xian immediately ran towards the Twin Star Tower. Seeing his movements, all the teams followed him and started running.
Soon, the group arrived at the original signal control room of the City Ring. It was like a rocket launch hall and originally belonged to an important government area. It had long been vacant and abandoned.
As soon as he entered, Lin Xian immediately said.
"Captain Zhou, Captain Qi, each of you will bring people to help me check the signal cabinets and connecting cables of the city ring. Report any damage to me and I will repair them directly. KIKI will help with the personnel mobilization."
"Chu Yan, your people will help me clean up the place. Also, it will take a lot of time and energy for me to search the whole city later. The energy of the city ring may attract some strange creatures in the air to approach. I need you to protect the equipment until I find it."
"Okay!" KIKI responded immediately.
Chu Yan and the others exchanged glances and nodded in response.
"Understood."
“Start taking action now.”
Those present were an elite team, and all of them had unique skills. Following Lin Xian's arrangements, they were all mobilized. The team in charge of combat began to search for and set up fire defense points. Information experts, psychics, and other mobile personnel all began to help Lin Xian carry out the operation.
At the same time, Lin Xian opened the Black Star Forge, releasing Grace and hundreds of drones. In addition to the ones he made himself, there were also those that were previously exchanged with Qin Feng, all of which were used for defense. In addition, there were hundreds of construction drones that began to cooperate with the team members to inspect and repair the city ring.
For a moment, this team of less than a hundred people seemed to have exerted the mobility of an entire army, moving quickly and efficiently.
There was continuous artillery fire outside the city, but in the control hall of the city ring, the cables were connected and the lights were bright. The city ring, hundreds of meters high, began to be inspected and repaired under the leadership of drones of several team members.
"On the first loop, signal repeater QSR-7 is damaged, three in total."
"Second loop, the main power supply cable is blown, and the waveguide array is offset..."
"On the third loop, the repeater flange rotating base is completely stuck."
"In the fourth loop, a 1.2-meter crack was found in the B-41 support beam. This is considered major structural damage. It's best to reinforce it. Otherwise, we're not sure it will survive the next full-power operation and fall."
"The fifth ring, the control tower phase modulator burned out."
"The Sixth Ring Road..."
"The Seventh Ring Road..."
The 12 rings of the city ring were all lit up with lights of varying sizes, and Lin Xian had already used his mechanical powers to scan and connect to the central control system. This was not the first time that Lin Xian had used the radar system to enhance his scanning. He had used it before on the optoelectronic radar on the Infinity. The main reason was that his mental strength could not support the over-limit caused by the radar's high-power amplification of its scan.
But now Lin has the superstring reactor phase rainbow ring, and he does not need to do a detailed scan. He only needs to conduct a mechanical search like he did when he sensed Unit-01 and searched for the underground main control room in the White City Research Institute. In theory, it is feasible.
"Can I help?" Shiori spoke weakly when everyone was busy.
"You can be of great help!" Lin Xian immediately said to her, "It will take a lot of energy and time for me to search the entire city, so I need your ability to support me. Can you do this?"
Seeing Lin Xian's eyes that entrusted her with an important task, Shizhi immediately nodded seriously and said firmly: "Okay, I will do my best!"
Time passed by every minute and every second, and the work of repairing the city ring was faster than expected. Lin Xian also received news from Jiang Yun.
At the Star City Orbital Station, Jiang Yun, Jian Xuwei, and Fire Brother Monica led the Hongyuan Merchant Alliance, New Era Engineering Corps, Iron Shield Fleet, Burning Phoenix and other members of the original Wind Walker Alliance to forcefully capture a group of Night Patrol members who had no resistance to begin with, and successfully recovered the Silver Star. Now, more than 20,000 people have gathered at the Star City Orbital Station stronghold, plus the defense lines of the original alliance's various regions and the people Jian Xuwei's Finger Group and Jian Zeyang brought in from the outer city area, the number has exceeded 70,000.
"There is no news from Jinhai yet. We have arranged several automatic drones to contact them, but the signals have been interrupted." Jiang Yun's voice came from the other end of the communicator.
At this time, Jian Xuwei's voice sounded: "Lin Xian, after daybreak, the Infinity and Sky-class will come in. We need to negotiate with the garrison. If it doesn't work, we will just leave the city and transfer Qingbo."
"Then leave it to First Mate Jian. I may not be able to finish it before daybreak." Lin Xian looked at the time. The launch of the Pioneer Project is at 10 o'clock tomorrow. According to the spread of the Star Abyss, it may not be daybreak yet.
At 20:25, the fighting in the south and west of Dawn City intensified, and even huge human figures began to climb up the city walls.
Boom boom boom!
The sounds of fuel-air bombs, sub-nuclear weapons, and giant aerial bombs would shake the earth every once in a while. These were definitely heavy weapons that could only be used to deal with A-level or special-level weapons.
These levels of strange bodies have defensive force fields or regeneration capabilities to defend against thermal weapons or energy weapons, and require large-scale strategic weapons to suppress.
Finally, the repair of the city ring was completed, and each team began to be responsible for the defense of the tower areas of the Twin Star Tower and the city ring. Only Lin Xian, Chu Yan and Shiori were left in the control room.
Rub, rub, rub!
At this time, three energy phase rainbow rings lit up behind Lin Xian.
As the huge energy surged, the control screen composed of 24 giant screens lit up the logo of Longguo Aerospace. A magnificent voice rang out, and Lin Xian sat on a dusty chair and began to operate the central control system to start the [City Ring High Energy Pulse].
Buzz!
At this moment, in the sky above the center of Dawn City, a huge light belt suddenly lit up like a beacon in the sky. The strong light beam completely illuminated the entire Twin Star Tower, like a "ring of God" suspended above the city.
This dazzling scene stunned the millions of Dawn City survivors. Countless people looked up at the night sky and exclaimed in surprise.
"Look! The city ring is lit up!"
"What happened!"
"The Twin Star Towers are lit up!!"
As the giant city ring was lit up, this dark and abandoned city seemed to have regained its vitality after the dissolution of the Federal Parliament, and a bright light of the cyber industry illuminated the sky!
At this time, the garrison troops and survivors who were resisting fiercely in the outer city area and on the city walls were inexplicably less afraid, and their firepower became more and more fierce!
"Kill! This is our human main city!!"
"Our families and children are all in the city, don't let the monsters get inside the city walls!!"
"The garrison troops are fighting for us, fight them!"
"Damn it, let's fight!!!"
At this time, Lin Xian in the Twin Star Tower did not know that the lighting of the city ring actually produced a subtle force of civilization encouragement for all the people in the city. He immersed his whole body in the idea of mechanical scanning. With the radiation of high-energy pulses, his thoughts were like the eye of God in the sky. With a loud bang, the city ring burst out with a powerful ionization shock, and consciousness began to rush from the Twin Star Tower straight into the ground, and spread out from it as the center.
The moment his neural interface connected to the radar array, the world collapsed into a torrent of data before his eyes. His thoughts cut into the steel frame of the building like a knife. The glass curtain wall became transparent in his mind, revealing the interlaced stress frame inside. Bullet holes remained in the elevator shaft and cables hung like dying snakes. Lin Xian fell along the data stream, passed through the B7 parking lot, and crashed into the darkness of the underground transport tunnel. Countless maglev tracks were transporting ammunition and equipment at high speed.
On the No. 2 city wall in the inner city, most of the weapon arrays were facing the sky. Tracer bullets and pulse cameras were like blooming flowers, making the bloody rain of strange body remains fall continuously from the sky. His consciousness came to the old city. The dense convoys of cars and underground building structures made Lin Xian's head heavier and heavier. Millions of people were shooting at the sky, and in the basement, the elderly were protecting the children in the middle, women were building fortifications with shopping carts, babies were crying, and wives were crying.
As the scope expanded, Lin Xian's pressure increased exponentially. Shiori on the side began to use her supernatural powers to help Lin Xian with all her strength. At this time, Lin Xian felt the pressure eased a little, and immediately gritted his teeth and continued.
Time seemed to slow down. He could no longer hear the gunshots coming from outside, nor could he hear the urgent battle shouts of Zhou Jin, Qi Nuo and others in the communicator.
At this time, Lin Xian could only concentrate on expanding the scan. His consciousness finally reached City Wall No. 1. In an instant, a huge defensive weapon and underground pipeline system suddenly appeared. Darkness, death, thousands of corpses were everywhere. Blood mixed with rainwater flowed into the sewers. There were heart-wrenching shouts everywhere, and the sound of artillery fire was as deafening as that of a world war.
When leaving City Wall No. 1, countless terrifying and strange faces came towards them. They howled and charged madly, feeding on humans. No matter men, women, the elderly or children, they were ruthlessly torn apart and eaten.
Lin Xian completely sank into the ground, and the original underground strategic fortifications had several completely secret passages. They seemed to have been newly built after the Apocalypse Day and were not on Zhou Jin's confidential map. Following these passages, Lin Xian's consciousness, which was now filled with a splitting headache, suddenly entered, and unexpectedly a huge and magnificent underground city appeared.
However, the underground city marked with the nameplate No. 2 seemed to be abandoned after being only half built. It was now transformed into a large underground base called the [Giant God Peak Launch Site].
Lin Xian saw countless drones and many armed men, and they did not seem to be from Dawn City.
A large amount of resources and equipment were transported here, and under the circular underground city, Lin Xian finally saw the S-level gray fog!
At this time, the Gray Mist Messenger was standing vertically like the A-level weird body colonized by flesh and blood under Jinhai, fixed by a giant hydraulic limit tower. The Gray Mist was covered with mechanical armor like the Eva-01, like an old god forcibly dragged into the human world, with armor embedded in its head and a set of super-large brain-computer control modules at the back of its head. 24 EVA-style restraint locks were neatly inserted along the back of its spinal cord like 24 sharp swords, with countless liquid pipes connected to it, filled with yellow-brown liquid.
The broken tissues and bones on its body are covered and connected by power components and armor. The neck and joints are wrapped in dark red restraints. The metal armor engraved with warning signs is not for protecting the strange body, but for defending the suppression module and restraints. A huge fusion turbine engine is installed on the chest to provide energy for the device that is hundreds of meters long throughout the body.
Because the most terrifying thing is that there are 8 large plasma thrusters symmetrically installed on its back, each of which is hundreds of meters long, like 8 sharp buildings hanging upside down on its body. Its scale is more than three times larger than the Unit-01 of the Emperor Project!
Like an eight-winged angel!
“Found it.”
Lin Xian cried out in horror, looking at the giant device in his mind that combined the corpse of an S-class monster with a human mechanical colony. He immediately concluded that this must be the curtain-breaking device they were looking for!
(End of this chapter)
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