Chapter 502 Random Firing
Clang, clang.
Under the crimson sky, the wheels of the Infinity train rumbled along the north-south tracks. Lin Xian couldn't say how long it had been since he had heard the sound of train wheels. While remaining vigilant for danger, he also felt a strange sense of nostalgia.
He turned around, his gaze passing through the narrow passage of the locomotive to the carriages behind him. He recalled that when they had just left Jiang City, the train was also empty, with only three people on board.
Now that Teacher Chen is gone, only he and KIKI are on this heavily armed train.
Ugh!
Just as Lin Xian was stunned, several mutated crimson monsters suddenly appeared from the blood mist ahead, rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed. However, before Lin Xian could even notice the appearance of these monsters, they were detected by the radar system at the front of the Infinite vehicle. The plasma beam array of the close-in defense system was silently activated, shooting out ultra-high temperature rays that quickly swept across the front. The crimson monsters that rushed out instantly turned into fragments in the air.
Lin Xian took a deep breath and immediately checked his markings on the armor interface. He was more worried about the hollow-faced monster he had seen yesterday, which appeared and disappeared unpredictably. After seeing that the dark markings had not changed, Lin Xian simply increased the train's speed again.
Outside the train, hundreds of flying drones, like satellites, formed a dense protective network around the Infinity from the sky to the ground. The radar network was so precise that even a mosquito would be immediately locked on if it got too close. With these safeguards, Lin Xian didn't need to rely on his eyesight to judge danger. If there were any track problems, KIKI could respond quickly.
"What's wrong?" In carriage number 2, KIKI returned to her familiar position in the information center. With one hand, she used her telekinesis to control the rapidly spinning metal die, while with the other hand, she deftly typed on the keyboard, recording the observed numbers.
"A few mutated zombies, nothing to worry about," Lin Xian replied.
KIKI continued working calmly and said, "If there are no unexpected events, we should not trigger the Crimson Tide, so the things to worry about are the high-level strange entities and the hunting entities, as well as the road conditions."
Lin, now in the cockpit, looked at the thin blood mist ahead and asked, "The 'hunting creature' you mentioned, is it one of those monsters with a black hole in its face that can teleport?"
“That’s right, but that’s not teleportation. Remember when we left Hawaii, monsters could be teleported out of the blood mist? This crimson space is actually another dimension from the perspective of these monsters, and it’s different from the three-dimensional perspective we see.”
"Why is it called the Hunting Entity?" Lin Xian asked. "How is it different from the Strange Entity?"
"Because this thing possesses intelligence."
KIKI's voice came through the communicator, and Lin Xian's brows furrowed slightly upon hearing it: "What do you mean?"
“Other strange entities usually attack after being alerted or by targeting the Dark Mark, but this Hunting Entity is like a wandering killer. It cannot be detected by the Spirit Dispersion Value, does not rely on the Dark Mark, and moves in a strange and elusive manner, making it extremely deadly. We are fortunate to have protection like the Infinite, but if we were outside, even top-tier ability users like you and me could die instantly if we were not careful. Phoenix believes that this creature is a ‘hunter’ that has been meticulously designed by the Tower People, hence the name Hunting Entity.”
"In addition to ordinary hunting creatures, there is also a type of special hunting creature with a larger size. Judging from its size, it may only be of the Special Class, but the disasters it can actually cause are even more terrible than S-Class. This has happened before on the Harko battlefield. The Nightwalker's Blade Action Group, with an average spirit-shattering value of 20,000, was completely wiped out in less than a minute, causing huge casualties to the Phoenix City support forces."
"So fierce?"
"Most importantly, this thing has not been eliminated; it will continue to lurk and retreat, waiting for an opportunity."
Lin Xian's expression turned somewhat solemn upon hearing this: "The one you and Raymond encountered at the beginning did appear strangely. If you hadn't reacted in time, Aaron would probably be dead by now."
"Yes, thankfully there was only one, and it was just an ordinary one. We worked together to take it down quickly, but it's hard to say about the others." KIKI added, "It's said that if you feel fear when facing this creature, it will immediately appear behind you. So, you have to maintain good teamwork and keep your mindset steady, otherwise things won't go so smoothly."
Whack! Whack!
Several more strange creatures appeared by the roadside and were wiped out by the Infinite's laser weapons. Lin Xian did not unlock the safety of the heavy firearms to avoid attracting more attention.
Hearing KIKI's words, he recalled what he had seen in the Civilization Preview Sphere and pondered, "The Tower People's so-called 'angels' have stripped away pain and fear, but after being destroyed by the advanced civilization, the consciousness of the Uniga generated fear and pain, which spread with the invasion of darkness, causing the mutation of all mankind. Now it seems that pain and fear in the Tower People's civilization are not just emotional reactions; they seem to define these consciousnesses in the form of sub-energy and physically separate them. In this light, when you say that the Hunter can detect human fear, it may not just be an adjective..."
"Really? Then according to you, isn't Chu Yan in trouble?" KIKI replied, "What a pity, I actually had a pretty good impression of her..."
Lin Xian remained silent. He realized that Chu Yan's consciousness in the Civilization Pre-rehearsal Sphere had indeed appeared to protect him. However, the scene of Chu Yan being devoured by the angel reminded Lin Xian that a part of Chu Yan's consciousness or true nature had been severed. Therefore, no one could know Chu Yan's purpose in leaving the Phoenix Society. After all, judging from Lin Xian's guess, she might already be 'another unfamiliar Chu Yan' or 'Chu Yan stripped of her friendly will'.
As he pondered this, Lin Xian directly entered the Black Star Forging Furnace with his consciousness, trying to call out to Chu Yan, but there was still no response.
So, for safety's sake, he decisively withdrew from the Black Star Forge. But just then, a long-lost voice suddenly rang in his ears.
【I am here】
"Grace!!??" Lin Xian never expected that it would be Grace's voice.
[It's me, long time no see. Are you safe?]
Lin Xian quickly asked, "What happened? Is Nantianmen out of control, or are you having some kind of problem?"
On Earth's geostationary orbit, the massive photovoltaic wings of the South Heavenly Gate defense platform rotate silently like light wings, with countless servo motors precisely calibrating the angles to align every inch of the alloy panel with the blazing sun.
Above the 12-kilometer-diameter ring-shaped energy storage array, the main station platform glowed with a deep blue arc. Inside the transparent observation cabin, Grace stood proudly in a ballet pose. Her visual focusing system pierced through the giant celestial screen, and a scarlet planet was reflected in the observation window.
Ninety percent of the surface of the entire blue planet was covered by a viscous crimson veil. The red dome, like a solidified sea of blood, swallowed up the continents and oceans. Sunlight was completely blocked. In the deep space, the blue planet looked like a dying planet wrapped in a red cosmic veil.
Grace picked up the brain-computer interface device connected to the flashing bullet; the light at the interface flashed.
[Using the dark energy frequency data transmitted from the Starry Sky Laboratory, I attempted to redesign the brain-computer interface of the blinking bullet, and it seems I succeeded.]
"Star Lab?" Lin Xian asked doubtfully, "Are they already capable of transmitting dense information data?"
Yes, it uses a wave rate between the scarlet frequency isopotential device and the taboo object...
"Wait, I asked Chu Yan, not the other way around. Wasn't she communicating with you?"
[Ms. Chu Yan last contacted me 11 days and 21 hours ago. Due to the influence of Scarlet, I and the Starry Sky Lab synchronize information every 6 hours, and one of the feedback tasks is to attempt to contact you.]
Lin Xian leaned his head back. Although there was no news of Chu Yan, it seemed that contacting Grace meant he had directly contacted the Starry Sky Laboratory, which was undoubtedly the best news he had heard in a while.
"Help me contact the Phoenix Society..."
Lin Xian pondered for a moment, then instructed Grace: "Inform the Phoenix Society that I am safe and that the General Staff is about to travel to Colorado."
"It's just synchronization; don't you need the Phoenix to come and provide support?" Grace asked.
Lin Xian shook his head: "Don't arrange any other support, but..." He thought for a moment, his eyes flickering slightly: "If possible, it would be best to send an automated track maintenance vehicle to carry out maintenance on the Ushuaia to Amazon area."
"Also, is it permissible to use the South Heavenly Gate?"
During the Colorado campaign, Commander Ye issued orders to fire, resulting in 11 full-power particle strikes against ground targets. After the campaign, Grace underwent hardware upgrades and did not receive any further strike missions.
Inside the cockpit of the Infinity, Lin Xian's expression narrowed slightly. After hearing Grace's report, he pondered for a moment before speaking.
"Grace, are you able to monitor images of world-class or S-class creatures from orbit?"
Before the crimson cover appeared, I had precisely located the body of Colorado 'Chaos' using high-resolution satellite imagery, but now, without ground-guided coordinates, it's impossible to fire accurately.
really……
Lin Xian then changed the subject: "Then can you pinpoint where the scarlet concentration is higher?"
Grace immediately responded: "If you mean screening through visual analysis, I can categorize them into multiple levels based on color difference..."
"No need!" Lin Xian's eyes were piercing as he immediately said in a stern voice, "As long as they are within the coverage area of the South Heavenly Gate and have a high concentration of crimson, I need you to continuously and randomly fire on these targets, using a cross-filtering method that combines the coordinates of all world-class creatures previously synchronized by the Phoenix Society's action team with my real-time coordinates!"
Grace immediately responded, "The highest frequency protocol?"
"No need for that. Just don't follow any patterns, and don't exceed the cooling limit of the 'Candle Dragon' lens at the South Heavenly Gate. At the same time, use the star observation system to capture images. Those world-class creatures are incredibly large, so any unusual movements will definitely be detected. Then notify me," Lin Xian said.
At this moment, Lin Xian had a guess in his mind. He wanted to use the South Heavenly Gate to test the waters. Even if he was wrong, using a weapon like the South Heavenly Gate to eliminate some large, strange entities in the Crimson or severely injure world-class beings was better than doing nothing. It might even disrupt the Tower People's violent Crimson Devouring process over the past few months.
Moreover, Lin Xian did this because, apart from the train convoy in Colorado whose fate is unknown and the Silent City that is being transferred across the ocean, there are almost no human survivors left in the Crimson Clan. In addition, with the Phoenix Society's observation coordinates, Grace can focus her firepower on the area of world-class creatures without worrying about accidentally harming her own people.
Grace understood; she immediately generated an attack plan.
Upon hearing Grace's response, Lin Xian took a deep breath, his gaze turning slightly cold.
The crimson tide was like a devastating wave, and humanity was retreating steadily, moving towards the poles. He wondered what kind of reaction would be triggered if he launched an attack on those world-class creatures.
If the Ocean God is a fragmented body of the Angel, including the floating giant corpse, then according to the Tower People's plan, these world-class creatures might be devoured and merged again to complete Uniga's resurrection.
Lin Xian did this to test those world-class creatures, attempting to capture their movements through space disturbance, or simply to disrupt and delay the process...
After watching that civilization rehearsal sphere, Lin Xian felt that he had overlooked something, but he couldn't think of it for a moment.
At this moment, in the uninhabited deep space, a 12-kilometer-diameter ring-shaped energy storage array suddenly lit up with a dazzling, eerie blue arc of light. The 24 "Candle Dragon"-class confined particle beam arrays, like unfolded wings of judgment, silently turned their cannons in the vacuum, redirecting the high-energy particle cannons that were originally aimed at the direction of deep space to destroy asteroids to a certain location in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The deep space radar synchronized the coordinate parameters to the aiming scope, and a blazing white light, like the birth of a star, burst forth from the particle acceleration ring.
In an instant, the core of the high-energy particle cannon at Nantianmen burst forth with a light strong enough to tear the retina. A torrent of plasma with a diameter of over 500 meters converged in space into a divine spear of punishment that pierced through heaven and earth. The atmosphere was ionized at the moment of contact, creating a crimson vortex several kilometers in diameter. The clouds were not penetrated but directly vaporized, and the scarlet along the way was like cotton wool torn apart by an invisible giant hand.
boom!
In the skies above a certain area of the South Pacific Ocean, a high-energy particle beam tore through the ionosphere, vaporizing hundreds of millions of tons of seawater the instant it touched the surface. A mushroom cloud of steam, over a kilometer in diameter and carrying crimson arcs of electricity, shot into the sky. The shockwave ripped storm clouds within a radius of tens of nautical miles into fragments, and a massive tsunami spread outwards in a ring-like pattern!
The viscous, crimson sky was forcibly torn open by the explosion, and for a brief moment, sunlight pierced through the darkness. From the depths of the ocean, a shadow larger than a mountain suddenly burst through the seabed! The massive ocean god's body crushed the continental shelf and rose into the air, its countless tentacles wrapped in dark red lightning churning the atmosphere. Thunderstorms raged like waterfalls over the Pacific Ocean, and the entire ocean trembled, conveying the fury of this world-destroying creature!
At an altitude of tens of thousands of kilometers in geostationary orbit, the Nantianmen observation system precisely captured that enormous shadow. Grace received the observation data, and the second command was triggered in milliseconds.
[Coordinates of Creature No. 04 detected; second round of particle strikes on cooldown]
Inside the Phoenix Society's Starry Sky Laboratory, piercing alarms and data streams flooded all the screens. A researcher suddenly slammed back from his chair and stood up, his roar drowning out all the noise: "This... Nantianmen has opened fire!" Yang Xu pushed through the crowd and rushed to the main control console, where the Pacific coordinates on the holographic star map were flashing wildly: "Where are the firing coordinates?!"
"Edge of the Pacific Abyss No. 13, depth... 6,200 meters!"
"It's either Chu Yan or Lin Xian, send the contact information packet immediately!"
"yes!"
...
In the Infinite, in carriage number two, KIKI's fingers flew across the keyboard. As the information on the screen changed, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she shouted directly into the communication channel.
"Lin Xian! Come quick!! The metal dice are really trying to send you a message!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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