Chapter 401 The Swordsman!
Clank, clank.
The iron wheels of the Infinity passed through the old transport track of Yongcheng Port and began to merge into the main track of Huanxing. The adaptive magnetic levitation device was activated, the sound of the iron wheels and the track disappeared, and it began to accelerate quietly.
Lin Xian had forgotten the last time the sun was so bright. The train passed through a barren plain. The heavy armored body was coated with a thin layer of gold. The window glass reflected the sky, which was so blue that it was almost transparent. Occasionally, cloud shadows passed by like silent ghosts.
Inside the carriage, the broadcasting system was playing melodious music. Dust particles were suspended in the light beams, spinning slowly. In carriage No. 2, Sasha fell asleep leaning against the window, her eyelashes casting tiny shadows on her cheeks. KIKI, dressed in refreshing shorts and sweatshirt, was spinning a few colorful lollipops with telekinesis, and was leisurely watching the variety shows before the Apocalypse Day in the swivel chair with a bright smile on her face.
The research carriage has completely turned into a forest of plants, crisp dark green, and it seems a little cooler as soon as you walk in. Under the guidance of Director Ding, Miao Lu and Xiao Yuan carefully record the growth of various plants under the abundant sunlight. Viola replaced Grace's job and became the intelligent butler on the new Infinity.
Except for the power carriage group, all other carriages have been replaced by Lin Xian's higher-specification Queen Mo automated carriages, and some of the weapons from the Silent City and the Emperor Project have been combined. Now, except for an Eternal-class 'Star 5C' nuclear-powered carriage and the Wyvern-class traction carriage that Lin Xian retained, all other carriages on the entire train have been readjusted.
In addition to the building and Brother Huo, there are two more people living in carriage No. 5. One is Brother Huo's apprentice, Sun Yuzhen's son Mo Xiaotian, and the other is Ryunosuke, an inorganic powered psychic from Silent City who has broken through to the angel level.
This was not Lin Xian's arrangement, but a special request of Shinji Mochizuki under the Phoenix Society's "Spark Plan". In the battle of Dawn City, Silent City suffered serious damage. Now the three major star abysses are stable. Shinji Mochizuki combined the Emperor Plan and the colonization technology of the Crimson World with the dark energy isotropic data of Dawn City to start the transformation of Silent City in Yongcheng Port. At the same time, he also supported and participated in the renovation project of Dawn City. This guy heard that Lin Xian was going to pass through the Republic Shelter Islands in the Pacific Ocean and then enter Ushuaia in South America, and he actually arranged Ryunosuke and Shiori, the two people with the greatest potential in Silent City, to be included in Lin Xian's ocean orbit journey.
The purpose is simple, to participate in the "protection" of Lin Xian. At the same time, Mochizuki Shinji hopes to make the abilities of these two people grow further and become a great help in the future.
Lin Xian knew what this guy was thinking, but he had a personal plan for taking the ocean track this time and could not bring too many people. For safety reasons, the Infinite Alliance joined the Phoenix Dawn Center, and Jian Xuwei, Jiang Yun, and Shi Diyuan led the Silver Star, the combined train and the huge convoy to the Qionggu Strait, while Lin Xian joined Ye Lan's "Spark Plan"!
The Spark Plan is an active defense plan announced by Phoenix Commander Ye Lan after he announced the start of the Deterrence Era in response to the 13 star abysses around the world entering an unknown stagnation state.
After the defense of Dawn City, the dark crisis underwent a huge change. After shrinking back to its original size, Star Abyss No. 5, 7 and 8 unexpectedly entered a state of slow expansion, which was better than the Phoenix Society had originally expected. Combining the summary of Lin Xian and Chu Yan's connection with the corpse chasers and Crescent Moon Operation, Phoenix Society commander Ye Lan believed that after humans mastered the same-potential conversion of dark energy and recaptured the space defense platform to counterattack the corpse chasers on Star Abyss No. 5, this unpredictable hidden threat caused the dark civilization to most likely produce a [caution] or other change in strategic intentions towards human civilization.
To put it simply, humans who can remain silent in the darkness and shield themselves from the invasion of darkness have become a kind of existence that is both resistant and threatening. This allows humans, who were originally like ants, to have the possibility of confrontation or actively choose a survival strategy when civilization information returns to a dark and opaque state.
So the Spark Project was born, with two purposes. The first was to use the advantages of dark energy shielding to reverse humanity's disadvantages in the dark, and then conduct a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of all star abysses, and try to use this technology to make humanity's biggest killing weapon: nuclear weapons, play a role again, and seek the possibility of establishing military deterrence. The second was to use S-level colonization technology to try to break through the sky curtain for the second time, with the goal of opening up the polar Kunlun center and investigating the possibility of restarting the Wangyue planetary ring.
The successful counterattack of Dawn City and the establishment of the Spark Project greatly boosted the confidence of the remaining human survivors around the world. The most important thing is that everyone knows that humans can survive the invasion of darkness, the infection can be shielded, and they can regain control of water resources.
In carriage No. 5, Lin was testing a new suit of armor on the building, while Huo Ge, Ryunosuke and Mo Xiaotian were drinking ice tea and curiously looking at the nearly two-meter-tall building's violent armor.
Woo~
Under the control of Lin Xian's mechanical ability, the mechanical units all over the building began to be automatically bolted. In addition to their combat effectiveness, the two specially made Kirin robotic arms were also equipped with underwater and deep space thrusters and a complete life support system. It could be said that they were absolutely powerful weapons.
"Yeah, not bad."
Lin Xian was looking at his masterpiece with a bit of satisfaction in his eyes.
"Building, give it a try."
The building looked at the two mechanical arms curiously and accidentally touched something. The mechanical gates on the arms opened, and several small destructive missiles rose up directly and aimed at Brother Huo and others who were drinking tea on the side.
"Hey, hey, hey...Brother Dalu!"
"Brother Lou, wait a minute!"
Brother Huo and Mo Xiaotian almost choked on their ice tea and immediately took defensive postures.
The building suddenly panicked, but in a moment of tension, the propulsion system suddenly turned on and the cooling fins on the legs began to work.
"Brother Xian!"
The building panicked.
Lin Xian on the side just snapped his fingers and immediately shut down the weapon system of the building's armor.
"Brother Xian... I have never used power armor. Will it be unsuitable for me? After all, my special abilities..." Dalou said with some embarrassment.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xian shook his head and spoke seriously.
"It suits you very well. I have wanted to prepare a set for you for a long time. Your ability is blood and energy, but you can't always fight with strange bodies. Besides, when we enter the Pacific Ocean, you will need to be mobile underwater and in the air. You can't swim in the Pacific Ocean with a steel-cutting sword."
"Brother Lin is right." Lu Xingchen nodded in approval and said, "Even if I can control fire in mid-air, I still need the assistance of power armor. This set of black dragon armor was specially customized for you by Brother Lin. I believe that you can fully utilize it, Brother Lou."
"Yes, yes, very handsome!" Mo Xiaotian said with bright eyes.
Lin Xian pointed at Ryunosuke who was drinking tea silently and said with a smile: "Look at this one, an all-round psychic, also wearing a power armor, which can improve combat effectiveness, mobility and defense. It's better to be prepared."
"Okay, Brother Xian, I'll study it."
The building was very happy to hear what Lin Xian said. As soon as he turned around, the black dragon armor made a hydraulic sound. It looked heavy, but it actually had a powerful energy core that could help the building generate greater explosive power.
Carriage No. 6 is now used as the train's storage and dining car. It is densely packed with all kinds of supplies. In the middle of the car is a specially made sunken corridor sofa that can accommodate more than 20 people in the car for dining and resting together, and can also be used for meetings.
At this time, the dining car was very lively. Chen Sixuan, Ning Jing, Shu Qin, and Sun Yuzhen were placing supplies and counting them, while on the sofa, Qian Dele, Luo Yang, and Lu Chang were playing cards. Not far away, Abai and Xiaoqing were sitting silently. Monica was sitting farthest away with a glass of red wine and legs crossed. When she saw Lin Xian come in, she smiled at him and then continued to look at the sunny scenery outside the car.
It can be said that the core backbone of the Infinite Alliance is basically here, while Liang Lei and Li Yi have to face childbirth, and Lao Mo who is not good at combat and a group of children and other team members all follow the Infinite Alliance land force to march and take a safer route.
"Captain Lin."
Seeing Lin Xian coming in, Ning Jing took the lead and walked over: "Are we entering the ocean orbit tomorrow?"
Lin Xian nodded: "The weather is good today, let's go to the coastline to rest for a night."
"Indeed, the weather is really nice." Qian Dele leaned back with sunglasses on, looking leisurely: "Compared to fighting in a war, traveling by train is much more comfortable."
"We are not traveling here." Luo Yang said seriously, "We are going to cross the Pacific Ocean and meet up with the maritime city of Noah and head to the Republic Islands. Who knows what troubles there may be in this sea."
"And we have to cross Star Abyss No. 13." Ning Jing turned around and smiled at Qian Dele: "It won't be so easy to take a detour this time."
"It doesn't matter."
Qian Dele remained calm when he heard this: "No matter if there are deep-sea monsters or zombies outside, as long as I regard it as scenery in my heart, it is a trip."
"You are quite optimistic." Chen Sixuan said with a smile, "The ocean section of the circumstellar orbit will be driven along the ridge line. In other words, we will move along the edge of the deepest trench in the Pacific Ocean. Didn't you say before that you have a fear of the deep sea?"
Qian Dele's smile suddenly stopped when he heard this. He raised his sunglasses, looked at Chen Sixuan and then at Lin Xian: "Now that you say that, it seems that I'm not so beautiful anymore."
"It's not too late to change your mind now." Lin Xian came over and said
“Forget it.” Qian Dele looked at Lin Xian, put on his sunglasses again, and said leisurely: “I’ll still follow you. Monica is right. There’s always a way to survive if I follow you. Dawn City was so desperate, but you turned the situation around with the South Heaven Gate. I have to contribute to saving the world.”
Lin Xian smiled and immediately gestured to Monica
"Thank you for your car, Queen Mo. This Infinity is now in prime condition. Aside from not being able to fly, it is fully functional."
Monica smiled slightly and said to him elegantly: "You're welcome. I'm still waiting to ride on your Sky Starship."
"soon."
After Lin Xian finished speaking, he turned and walked towards carriage No. 1. Behind carriage No. 6 was the living cabin for these core members. Except for Monica who still lived alone in a luxurious carriage No. 9, Qian Dele, Luo Yang, Lu Chang, Abai and others lived in carriage No. 8, Shuqin, Xiaoqing, Miao Lu, Ning Jing, and Shiori lived in carriage No. 7. The last carriage No. 10 was a special power carriage prepared by Lin Xian for emergency use - the Jujing 03E heavy-duty gas turbine locomotive.
This power war machine has accompanied Lin Xian all the way, and Lin Xian also brought it with him, perhaps it can play a role at some critical moments.
Walking forward from the rear carriage, Lin Xian arrived at carriage No. 4. As soon as he entered, he saw a large area of green plants. There were not only various green trees but also various vegetables, fruits and melons. When the transparent sunroof on the roof was opened, the entire carriage seemed to be in a forest, which was refreshing.
"Captain Lin!"
Xiao Yuan, who was picking fruits with Miao Lu, saw Lin Xian coming and quickly stood up and greeted him happily.
"Wow, there are tomatoes and cucumbers today." Lin Xian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but take a cucumber from the small round basket, rubbed it on his clothes, and took a bite. Immediately, a sweet and juicy taste came out in his mouth.
"The sun has been shining brightly these past few days, so the plants are growing very fast." Xiao Yuan smiled gently, "I heard that you need to supplement vitamins if you spend too much time at sea, so Director Ding has planted a lot of fruits and vegetables instead."
"That's right, Director Ding's ability now makes plants grow very quickly." Miao Lu on the side also nodded quickly in agreement: "These cucumbers were planted just yesterday, and they are all bearing fruit today!"
"Increasing the volume and production is simply a god-level ability."
Lin Xian took a bite of the cucumber and said, "This one is not in the official records of the Phoenix Society. The only one is in our car."
"The only mechanical superpower is also in our car." Miao Lu said with a smile.
Lin Xian smiled and walked forward.
Xiao Yuan followed from behind, and Miao Lu beside her pulled her back jokingly: "Don't look at it, your eyes are almost touching it."
Xiao Yuan blushed and said to Miao Lu, "I'm just very happy that Captain Lin brought me along on this trip."
Miao Lu was surprised and said, "What's so surprising about this? If you and Director Ding hadn't used the Silver Dragon 100,000 to save Captain Lin at the critical moment, Captain Lin would have been dead now. You are so powerful, Captain Lin must have taken you with him."
Xiao Yuan frowned slightly and said calmly: "That was Director Ding's plan. I was just helping."
"Hehe, are you hoping that Captain Lin is actually interested in you and that's why he brings you along?" Miao Lu narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"No!"
…
Car No. 3.
"To summarize the growth data, I need to create a file to verify the growth curves of different vegetables, light, and cold and dark reagents for all the mutants on the car at a specific time..."
[The key factors that may be affected include but are not limited to the personnel's own foundation, growth potential, gender, age, personal conversion rate, etc. This may require more than 3,615 comparative experiments to correspond to the experimental data you need for conclusion verification. ]
"I know. We should evaluate the major items first and then screen the minor items to obtain the greatest common divisor as a reference for Lin Xian."
Lin Xian came to carriage No. 3 and saw Ding Junyi lowering her head while doing research with Viola.
"Lin Xian." Hearing the footsteps, Ding Junyi greeted him without even raising her head.
"I heard that your supernatural powers have greatly improved?" Lin Xian walked over and said.
Ding Junyi took the time to raise her hand and pointed. In an instant, with a wave, the several pots of oasis on the table suddenly began to grow explosively, quickly spreading out like living things, and then all gathered towards Lin Xian, completely surrounding him like tentacles, and in a short time, they wrapped him up into a simple "cage".
Lin Xian looked at the green plants moving around him with a surprised look in his eyes: "Why do they look like living things?"
"Strictly speaking, plants themselves are living things." Ding Junyi raised her head and looked at Lin Xian: "But I know you don't like this answer, so the actual situation is that I make the growth fibers of the plants multiply and divide rapidly, and in this accelerated process they achieve a state of 'movement'. You can think of it as me speeding up this growth shot, but it only looks like it is moving."
Lin Xian nodded. "So it's one-way? I thought you could control plants like you control tentacles?"
"It's not that flexible. Plant fibers and muscle fibers are not essentially the same thing."
Seeing Ding Junyi was serious, Lin Xian smiled and asked, "I'm curious, how did you think that Silver Dragon Shiwancuo could save me?"
"I don't think so." Ding Junyi put down the work in her hands, looked at Lin Xian and said calmly: "I don't know how long Silver Dragon 100,000 Wrongs can help you resist the corpse chaser, one second or a moment, but for me, this is the only thing I can do for you."
Lin Xian had a complicated expression. He wanted to say something but was speechless. After thinking for a long time, he could only say one sentence.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome."
At that time, Lin Xian didn't know that at the moment Nan Tianmen opened fire, Chen Sixuan captured his position from several kilometers away, and Ding Junyi had already arrived with Xiaoyuan and Silver Dragon Shiwancuo. He also didn't know that Qian Dele and KIKI also rushed over at this time to rescue him. At this critical moment, the dimensional bubble expanded, and Qian Dele used his super speed to take Lin Xian away with KIKI, allowing Lin Xian to survive in the face of Nan Tianmen's destructive beam. This was something Lin Xian had never expected.
I can only say that my teammates are so awesome.
At this time, Lin Xian came to the new Eternal-class cockpit of the Infinity, looked at the field in the sun in front of him and took a deep breath. Then he sat in the driver's seat and a voice came to his ears.
"Although Star Abyss No. 13 is the only one in the ocean, it is also the largest one. It has formed a super-large storm area with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers at the junction of the Western Pacific Ocean and the Black Ocean. Even if you want to pass through that area through the circumstellar orbit, it is a very dangerous thing."
"It's dangerous for both of us to go anywhere."
Lin Xian looked at Chu Yan: "The corpse chaser's mental power spied on the two of us, so I told Professor Ye that the darkness might be targeting us."
"I know this." Chu Yan looked at him and said, "I'm just curious. Now that you are the 'Sword Master' of Nantianmen, why would Professor Ye let you cross the Pacific Ocean as an elite team?"
Lin Xian looked at Chu Yan's translucent consciousness and said, "So I have told Professor Ye that we must act separately, and you are now on your way to the Dawn Center. The Phoenix Society will guarantee your safety."
Chu Yan frowned slightly: "I don't know if I can contact Grace."
"You'll know when you wake up." Lin Xian smiled. "You should be free recently. I've told Professor Ye that you can help establish a connection with the South Heaven Gate. However, the shielding layer of the Sky Curtain should not be able to be fixed in a short time. For safety reasons, the two of us 'Sword Bearers' must be separated. You can take the land route to ensure safety to the greatest extent, while I can take the ocean track to reach the polar Kunlun Center as quickly as possible. These are two different arrangements."
"So you broke up your entire Infinite Alliance and took a group of elites to take the ocean track just to reach the Pole faster?" Chu Yan asked.
"Isn't this reason enough?" Lin Xian asked with a smile, "If I can reach the Pole faster, I can safely enjoy the resources of the Phoenix Society and improve my abilities. Besides, I'm tired, so now I don't have to worry about the survival of tens of thousands of people. This is a good thing, isn't it?"
"Lin Xian."
Chu Yan smiled and looked at him: "Have you forgotten that I have seen all your thoughts? Your mechanical ability is completely different from that of all other people with special abilities. Although you like to say that you are an egoist on the surface, in fact, you are bound by responsibilities. So do you think I will believe you just for this purpose?"
Lin Xian was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled helplessly.
"Well, I really don't have any secrets from you."
"Do you remember what we saw from the corpse chaser?" Lin Xian said calmly: "There are humans under the No. 13 Star Abyss."
Chu Yan nodded: "Yes, this is beyond common sense. There are actually humans in the depths of the ocean, under the abyss of stars..."
"Then do you remember that after you invaded Julius's consciousness, you obtained a lot of information related to the SIID Foundation?"
"Remember."
Lin Xian looked at the approaching coastline in the distance and said, "We previously believed that the SIID Foundation was just a consortium or organizer behind the Crimson World, but now that I have reviewed that information, I have found that many of my previous guesses have been confirmed."
"You mean, the SIID Foundation organization may have the 'prophet of the apocalypse' or 'human power' that exceeds the current level of civilization?"
"Yes."
"Professor Ye thinks so too?"
Lin Xian said, "She expressed her curiosity. I have synchronized some of this information. When you wake up, it should be more complete. At that time, you can help the Phoenix Society to comprehensively sweep the Crimson World. As for the humans under the 13th Star Abyss, Professor Ye and I both think that this may be unusual. After all, this is obtained from the perspective of the corpse chaser. Phoenix Society Noah and Phoenix City have sent people to investigate, and there may be some gains soon."
"Are you leading the elite team to investigate this as well?" Chu Yan looked at him.
Lin Xian shook his head: "Not completely. I have my own purpose, which I have not told Professor Ye."
"What is the purpose?"
"Mechanical abilities." Lin Xian said, looking at Chu Yan: "You have entered my consciousness and know my mechanical abilities, how to improve them, how to expand them, including my Black Star Forge. I now put the entire Sky Train in it for weaponization. Similarly, I am also working with Shinji Mochizuki to combine the Emperor Project and colonization technology to manufacture new suppressor systems and colonization weapons, including my robot army..."
"I know..." Chu Yan raised the corners of her lips slightly, looking at the scenery: "You have so many secrets, more than Julius."
Lin Xian heard this and said calmly, "Yes, Hell Black Chrysanthemum, Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube, Silver Dragon Hundred Thousand Mistakes, Blood Vine, but there is a problem, which was also reminded to me by Shinji Mochizuki."
Chu Yan turned her head and said, "You think your mechanical ability is the ability developed by some high-dimensional civilization combined with current human industrial civilization. Even if it is not, with your current ability, even if you obtain all the blueprints and materials, at most it is just..."
"At most, it's just a production line slightly smaller than Silent City." Lin Xian said directly: "In the battle of Dawn City, the flesh-and-blood colonization suits of the Crimson World, the top mechas of the Phoenix Emperor Project, and the former South Heaven Gate, we relied on these to repel the temptation of darkness. In Professor Ye's words, this may only be a temporary balance in the fog, and the counterattack of darkness will definitely come again."
Chu Yan was silent for a moment.
"I have been wondering how mechanical abilities can break the impasse. If I can only manufacture equipment or existing weapons that can be manufactured by the Order of the Phoenix, the Emperor Project, and Xinghua Heavy Industry, then essentially, my mechanical abilities will not change anything. When darkness strikes back, I may be unable to do anything."
Lin Xian looked forward: "So I was thinking, what will happen if my mechanical ability is upgraded to level 7, level 8, or even level 9 and finally awakens? If the SIID Foundation really has the "human power" that surpasses the current level of civilization, if my mechanical ability really comes from a high-dimensional civilization, or if my R&D center blueprint can be upgraded to break through the current limitations of civilization..."
As he spoke, he slowly looked at Chu Yan and said in a calm but expectant tone: "This may be the only way to truly have the power to fight against darkness, to truly achieve civilizational deterrence, and to truly become..."
"Sword bearer!"
(End of this chapter)
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