Chapter 457: Stable Runoff
Including Lin Xianxian, everyone on the Infinity and Falcon Sea Group probably didn't expect that a train could travel thousands of meters under the sea like an interstellar voyage.
In the Pacific Ocean, 2,650 meters underwater to the east of Haiyan, all light is obscured by the deep water. However, in this dark ocean filled with a vast breath of death, a path of ocean current light meanders like a starlight bond. It is the circulation under the ocean ridge, and the water flow driven by the strong heat flux difference and water pressure difference flows at an extremely fast speed, like a high-speed channel under the ocean.
Normally, this terrifying undersea current is a forbidden zone of death for all but a few microorganisms and fish before the Apocalypse. It is also considered a dangerous sea condition by human submersibles, and most people have never thought of using it in this way.
At this time, in the circulation zone lit by geothermal microorganisms, a train and a nuclear submarine were swept forward quickly by the strong current, passing through the dark sea.
Although no shots were fired on the Infinity and the Beifeng 09, it was as if they had just experienced a fierce battle. The cabins were in chaos, the main structure was twisted, there were cracks in the portholes, and broken and scattered supplies were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of blood. Countless survivors had bloody heads, and scratches and fainting were minor issues. Fractures and punctures were everywhere.
The horror just now was no less than putting these people into a high-speed centrifuge and stirring them. In just a few minutes, everyone felt like they were living in a year and they didn't know how many times they had been to the gates of hell. If it had been longer, who knows how many people would have been crushed alive.
The situation inside Beifeng 09 was like this, not to mention Infinity. Such a slender train-converted submarine was not torn apart in such an extreme vortex. It was all thanks to the solid materials used by Lin Xian when he was in Yongcheng Port. The pressure hull was made of starship-grade special steel. In addition, Lin Xian and KIKI repaired it one by one, and finally prevented this deep-sea iron rod from breaking and tearing.
The situation in carriages 8 and 7 was the worst. Dozens of people from the Falcon Sea Group were almost all injured. On the Infinity side, Ryunosuke and KIKI were injured and fainted, and the others were mainly slightly injured. They all had interstellar power armor provided by Lin Xian, which was much safer than the ordinary protection of the Falcon Sea Group. However, even so, the powerful overload still made Miao Lu, Xiao Yuan, Lu Chang, Mo Xiaotian, Sun Yuzhen, including Shasha and Luo Yang, vomit all over the place, and became unconscious, with extremely pale faces.
Vanessa, on the other hand, was in a relatively good situation. She was already rescuing the team members with Shuqin, Dalou, and others.
Monica took off her power armor and staggered over from the rear carriage. Although she pretended to be calm, her face was obviously not looking good. She had just overused her supernatural powers, and being in the last carriage of the train, this was definitely the worst experience she had had since the Apocalypse.
"You can still stand, not bad." Qian Dele leaned on the sofa in carriage No. 6, looking tired. He had just acted as the fire captain in the carriage. The golden flash repeatedly rushed to save people and put out fires, which made him exhausted. His condition could be said to be the best in the entire train. As a person with super speed, the super-strong load was a piece of cake for him.
"It's better to die."
Monica came over and supported herself on the edge of the sofa with one hand, her eyes sweeping around. Ryunosuke was lying on the sofa to rest, still wearing a mask even though he was unconscious. Sasha had an ice pack on her forehead and kept rolling her eyes. Sun Yuzhen was applying medicine to the scrapes on Mo Xiaotian and Luo Yang. The only one standing was Xiaoqing. Her expression remained unchanged, but she was looking in one direction with a frown. Lu Xingchen was sitting in the corner of the sofa, holding a trash can in his arms, and vomiting violently every once in a while. His face was ashen, and he seemed to have lost the cool and imposing aura of the "God of Fire".
"Lin Xian, how are they?" Monica asked at this time.
Qian Dele raised his chin. "Shizhi is receiving treatment. I don't know what crazy thing Lin Xian did again. Shizhi said he was so exhausted that he couldn't even focus his mental energy. But it shouldn't be a big deal. Our captain is no pushover, he's very capable."
"It's amazing~" Sasha touched her swollen head and said quietly, "I was scared to death. I thought we were dead just now."
"That's not the case." Ning Jing sat on the sofa, kneading her brows and said, "In the worst case scenario, if the car body is broken, we should be able to break out of the water with the power armor."
Qian Dele shook his head and said with a smile, "It's not that simple, Captain Ning."
"In this kind of environment, if the train explodes instantly, even with our interstellar power armor, few can withstand it, right?" He pointed at Ryunosuke. "But people like this, Kiki, me, and the blood-energy user, Building, might be able to withstand it. Everyone else has little chance. A gradual descent and an instant explosion are two completely different things, not to mention inside that terrifying vortex."
"Okay, then I really underestimated the power of the ocean." Ning Jing responded at this time.
"Look."
At this time, Mo Xiaotian looked out the porthole and said in surprise: "The light has dimmed."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked out of the porthole and saw that the ocean currents that had been moving through the light band had become much dimmer. The sea water began to become deep and dark, and the faint blue lights gradually became scarce.
Monica's eyes flickered as she slowly spoke, "The number of geothermal microorganisms has decreased, indicating that we are far away from the submarine volcanoes."
Several carriages of the Infinity train have shown visible deformation and distortion, and the inside looks like it has been twisted into a doughnut, but the outer pressure-resistant shell does not show any tears. This situation is entirely due to the distortion of the car body caused by Lin's constant repairs and the inability to reset it.
However, these don’t matter to Lin Xian. As long as the car doesn’t crack, he can repair it slowly later.
Many pipelines inside the carriages burst as a result. The interiors of the scientific research carriages No. 4 and No. 3 were in a mess and severely damaged. Many scientific research instruments and laboratory benches were damaged.
In the medical cabin, Chen Sixuan, Ding Junyi, Xiaoyuan, Miao Lu and others are gathered here. The one lying inside is KIKI, and the full-effect medical cabin is scanning her.
"Just like Ryunosuke, there's nothing serious. It's all caused by mental overload, but it will cause some damage to the body."
Ding Junyi took out two cold dark reagents from the box and handed them to Xiaoyuan: "Give one to Ryunosuke and the other to KIKI. It will relieve a lot."
"Also," she said to Miao Lu, "carry Hell Black Chrysanthemum to carriage number 6. The Black Chrysanthemum's energy is very high right now. It must have been absorbed and transformed after the explosion on the outlying island and the appearance of the Giant Ocean God. Putting it there will help everyone recover faster."
"Okay." Xiaoyuan and Miaolu both responded.
Seeing that KIKI's condition was stable, Chen Sixuan immediately turned around and came to the cockpit. Lin Xian was sitting in the driving seat, drinking water and looking at the dark ocean current ahead. The light of the searchlight pierced the abyss, but there was no end, only endless sea water.
Shiori sat in another position, raised her hand and seriously cast her spiritual purification ability towards Lin Xian, and the whole space was filled with flickering green.
"We've escaped from that sea area, at least one or two hundred nautical miles away."
Seeing Chen Sixuan come in, Lin Xian said without turning his head.
Chen Sixuan walked over to Lin Xian, glanced at Shizhi, and then looked ahead with a complicated expression: "We still don't know where this current is going. Now it's dark, and it will be troublesome if we encounter other monsters."
"Not for now." Lin Xian closed his eyes slightly, his expression relaxed. "So many big monsters have gathered on Haiyan Island. It's even busier than Dawn City. I'm afraid all the monsters within hundreds of miles of the surrounding sea have been attracted there. The remaining ones are either small Karami or S-level. We're unlucky enough, so we shouldn't encounter any."
Chen Sixuan couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and said to Lin Xian inexplicably, "This is the first time I've seen you so optimistic."
Lin Xian sighed, with a look of despair.
"It doesn't matter. I really don't have any strength left. The direction of the current is also eastward. Although it will deviate from the ocean orbit, it shouldn't hit any monster head-on. Let's just go wherever the current takes us, right?" He looked at Viola.
Viola stood with her hands behind her back, acting as the brain and helmsman of the Infinity, all the controls and sensors inside the vehicle being calculated by her.
According to data, this vortex channel flows primarily northeastward along the East China Sea shelf, passing through the waters south of the Queensland Islands before spreading eastward. This means that if we follow this steady flow, we could reach the Queensland Islands in about three hours, which is 1,100 nautical miles away from the Republic Islands.
[In addition, my analysis is that this vortex channel differs from other ocean currents and warm currents in that, due to its unique formation, it flows rapidly, with a relatively small width and vertical thickness. Strange objects will not appear in this runoff. Furthermore, our high-speed movement, aside from structural issues, will make it relatively safer. However, after entering the East China Sea shelf, this vortex channel will expand and its flow rate will slow.]
"At that stage, it would be best for us to break away from the ocean current and surface, or... stay on the seabed and wait for daybreak." Lin Xian now stated his plan.
Chen Sixuan nodded and looked towards the dark abyss outside with a stern expression: "I didn't expect that we could survive such a terrible vortex."
"Thanks to KIKI and Ryunosuke."
Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If it weren't for the two telekinetic masters, I really don't know what I would have done. I would have been dead for sure."
After saying that, Lin Xian suddenly stood up and said unexpectedly
"I'm going to get some sleep, Viola. I'll leave it to you."
"Sleep?" Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian. Although she felt sorry for Lin Xian's hard work, the Infinity was in a mess and it was still thousands of meters deep in the seabed runoff. There was a turbulent abyss outside. According to Lin Xian's original personality, he would definitely be on full alert in this situation. Why did he suddenly want to sleep?
Lin Xian stood up and walked towards the bedroom in carriage number 1. He said to Chen Sixuan, "There's a volcanic eruption and a giant ocean god hunting in the back. Outside, there's the tide of Star Abyss No. 8, and strange things are spreading under the sea. The front is completely unknown. Anyway, it's all like this, why not take this opportunity to... get a good night's sleep."
Lin Xian hadn't slept for a few days, and he was exhausted just now. At this moment, he looked at the countdown in his eyes.
14:19:11
He felt mixed emotions. It seemed as if the countdown would never stop no matter what happened. It was like some kind of omen hanging over his head. Lin Xian even thought for a moment that if he died, would the countdown still exist? Or there was a possibility that he would not die before the countdown ended.
When this thought came to his mind, Lin Xian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, so he simply ignored it. He felt that the best way to deal with the current situation was to go with the flow. This Jingyuan vortex was like an underwater highway, which was safer than running around. Now that he could neither find land nor take off from the sky after rushing out of the water, it was better to let nature take its course. This was actually the best policy. In addition, he was physically exhausted, and he was relieved that there were no casualties on the Infinity and North 09, so he planned to take a nap.
Lin Xian's heart was getting bigger and bigger. Although there was a deep abyss outside, he felt that he could definitely fall asleep.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xian walked towards carriage No. 1, and Shizhi hurriedly followed him in small steps, following behind him like a little nurse holding an IV bottle, continuously using her healing ability to help Lin Xian recover.
After taking two steps, Lin Xian stopped and turned back.
"I'm going to take a break, Shiori, go help others."
Shiori shook her head: "No, I sense that there is something wrong with your mind. My intuition tells me that I must help you completely repair it."
"Mental problems?" Lin Xian frowned, then raised his eyes and looked at Chen Sixuan again: "Do you think there's something wrong with me?"
Chen Sixuan looked worried: "Viola and I will watch here, you should listen to Shiori."
Lin Xian looked at Shizhi and found that the girl was determined. He simply said nothing and walked out of the cockpit and went to the bedroom of carriage No. 1 to remove the power armor on his body. Then he lay back on the soft bed, looked at the ceiling and sighed. There was a porthole made of stardust glass in the bedroom. Lin Xian looked outside and found that the bright blue plankton was no longer visible at this time. There was only darkness, and only the lights in the carriage were there.
It was silent, yet we were in a huge, high-speed ocean current. Outside was a bottomless abyss, but no fish or shrimp could be seen.
Loneliness, silence, suffocation, endless unknown, and fear of the deep sea.
Shizhi followed Lin Xian into the bedroom and sat on the stool beside the bed. Although she was a little tired, she continued to heal Lin Xian without saying a word from beginning to end.
"Have you never thought that you would take a train and dive into the deep sea?" Lin Xian said this as if he was talking to Shiori, but also as if he was talking to himself.
Shiori nodded, but Lin Xian didn't see it, as if no one answered.
"Shiori, there are dangers everywhere outside. Are you afraid?" Lin Xian continued, looking at the darkness outside the porthole.
"No."
Shiori said softly.
"Why?"
"Because..." Shiori thought for a moment and said, "Shinji once said that even if the Blue Planet is gone, the atmosphere is gone, the ocean is gone, the Silent City will fly into the universe. He will build a safe haven and take us to travel the galaxy. We can withstand all dangers because the Silent City is our home. This feeling... is great."
Lin Xian was silent for a moment after hearing this, and murmured, "Yeah, that sounds really good. I've had that thought before."
Build a sturdy steel train, a fortress train that includes living carriages, material carriages, medical, planting, energy, production and other functional carriages. Fully armed and unstoppable, it escapes the polar night eastward along the 320,000-kilometer circumstellar track. Even if it stops halfway, the fortress-like body armor can withstand the zombie tide and strange attacks in the dark!
This is romantic enough and crazy enough!
Thinking about it now, Lin Xian felt deeply moved by Shinji Mochizuki's idea. Perhaps, his own mechanical ability should be developed in this direction.
for example……
The thing in the R&D center...
Planet Titan?
(End of this chapter)
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