Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 164 - 159 Dead City

This was the first time Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart had completely consumed his energy, making him feel as if the Mechanical Heart had initiated some kind of self-protection program and forcibly shut down.

When the Mechanical superpower began operating again, Lin Xian started to feel a cold touch on his skin, and... a sensation of weightlessness!

Infinity was rapidly descending.

Whoosh!

The tracks were humming, and the train was slightly trembling.

Lin Xian opened his eyes to find himself lying in the bed of Carriage No. 1, with Chen Sixuan’s light shout coming from the cockpit, "Slowing down, no obstacles ahead."

"Everyone hold on, Sha Sha take good care of your Brother Lin!"

His gaze shifted to see Lou Shasha pressing down on his shoulder with a tense face, afraid he would roll out of bed due to inertia, her little face anxiously watching the outside.

"Sister Chen, we haven’t received any broadcasts related to Jiazhou City yet," KIKI’s voice came from Carriage No. 2.

Lin Xian’s head felt groggy, and his subconscious told him that this slope they were descending was definitely the ascent channel.

Could it be that they had already arrived at Jiazhou City?

Ding~

A notification from the Mechanical Heart alerted Lin Xian that the Research and Development Center had completed the research on the M556 light machine gun several hours ago, indicating a new blueprint was available for him to acquire.

A flash of light, and a brand-new blueprint appeared in the Research and Development Center.

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Roarer K23 Electric Revolving Gun (Blueprint)]

Lin Xian craned his neck to have a look, his pupils trembled slightly, then he fell back down on the pillow.

"Am I seeing things?"

"What is this thing, the firepower enhancement research came up with such a toy..."

Lin Xian pondered for a moment, convinced that the Research and Development Center was not merely about simple blueprint upgrades. Just like that A1 grade Subcritical Reverse Osmosis Water Purifier, it was creating something out of nothing.

He even began to suspect that the end goal of the upgrades in that Research and Development Center might no longer be items produced on this planet...

"Huff!"

At the critical moment, Lin Xian couldn’t afford to think too much; he shook his heavy head and immediately got up.

When Sha Sha saw Lin Xian awaken, she immediately exclaimed, "Brother Lin, you’re awake?!"

"Where is this?"

"We’re on the descent route of Jiazhou No. 2 Airport, we’ve been flying in the high-altitude corridor for seven or eight hours," Sha Sha said.

Lin Xian sat up from the bed, and the whole carriage was in a descending tilt. He immediately operated the Mechanical Heart and discovered that Chen Sixuan was using the Horizon Gate to control the descent speed, which appeared to be proceeding smoothly at the moment.

The black armored train kept descending toward the ground, and in the cockpit, Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian enter, a flash of surprise in her eyes, "You’re awake?"

"Is everything going smoothly?" Seeing the train still speeding along, Lin Xian did not dare to be careless and began controlling the train to adjust its attitude.

"So far no other problems. In the high-altitude corridor, I’ve already increased the train’s speed to the maximum, but with our speed, we’re still several hours behind the others."

"It’s okay."

Lin Xian spoke gravely, "As long as we’ve made it here, this is already the fastest speed and the longest distance we’ve covered in a short time while escaping the night."

All car traction platforms were electromagnetically accelerated to a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour. Trains like the Silver Star and Dragon Mountain No.1, being fully equipped, were faster than Lin Xian’s currently configured Infinity, so it was normal that they couldn’t keep up.

But for the squad that had already traversed 4500 kilometers of the Dazhu Plateau, this was temporarily escaping the menace of the polar night.

"I wonder if anyone has stopped at Jiazhou Airport..."

"Others may not know, but Shu Qin and the others should wait for us," Lin Xian said.

After spending the night at the airport, he decided to extensively expand the train like Silver Star and Dragon Mountain No.1, taking on more passengers and fully exploiting the potential of his Mechanical Heart.

At the same time, an important issue needed to be addressed: the all-terrain moving capability of the train.

The Star Orbital would pass through major cities but would also encounter many extreme regions, so he had to have multiple route options like the Dawn Center of the Phoenix Society.

At this moment, as the gradient leveled off, the train sped down the climbing track and began to decelerate, a large railway hall appearing in view.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The train’s massive noise echoed in the hall, sounding very empty, but the view was devoid of any person. Jiazhou City’s No. 2 Airport was built on a mountain, with the tracks connecting to underground tunnels, following the underground railway all the way to see a burst of light!

Infinity didn’t stop at all, directly rushing out of the tunnel, and in an instant, the glaring sunlight enveloped the train, illuminating all the carriages, while at the same time, a warm feeling followed.

"Is it dawn?"

"The sun is up so early..."

Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan felt a bit of a sting in their eyes. At this time, Sha Sha, KIKI, and others also ran in.

Through the glass porthole, in the early sunlight, a quiet big city appeared in everyone’s line of sight.

The time was 7 in the morning, and the early morning sunlight was still quite chilly, but for the team that had just raced from the stormy and cold environment of Yu Bei City, this temperature was already considered warm.

"Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the sun up this early."

KIKI came over and exclaimed.

Chen Sixuan looked serene, "It feels like being resurrected from the dead."

"We’ve got a lot more daylight time all of a sudden," Sha Sha said excitedly.

Whoosh whoosh...

The train quickly swept across the high-speed viaduct of the airport, and the distant urban scenery caught everyone’s eyes, feeling both strange and familiar.

"4500 kilometers, from Jiazhou to Longjiang region is quickly approaching the middle zone between No. 3 Star Abyss and No. 5 Star Abyss," Lin Xian said.

Sha Sha was very envious, "Then the people here are really lucky, they have more daylight time than other places..."

"It’s easy to say that..." KIKI frowned and approached the window to look at the distant city: "But why do I feel like this city is too quiet?"

"It looks like a Dead City."

"Logically, there should be a lot of survivors in the middle zone of the Star Abyss."

Lin Xian shook his head, "You’re thinking too simply. No. 3, No. 5, and No. 7 Star Abysses are too close to each other, even if there is a temporary survival space in the middle zone, it’s just like boiling frogs in warm water, and the dangers of the night are the same..."

Cities further away from the Star Abyss indeed can have more survival space and time, but the contagion of global night is equally deadly. And because of the different ranges and expansion speeds of the Star Abyss, some regions will be covered by the extreme night more slowly and thus have higher chances of survival.

Jiazhou City, although far from the rapidly expanding No. 3 Star Abyss, is not far from the other No. 5 and No. 7 Star Abysses, and if the other two Star Abysses also expand rapidly, this area will be quickly covered and swallowed as if it were being encircled.

"Population, cities, these are all factors," Ding Junyi said as she walked over and stood in the distance: "No. 3 Star Abyss in Lu City, Dingzhou, is in the densest urban area of Tianhai Province, and like North America No. 1, Asia-Pacific No. 2, Europe No. 9, Republic No. 11, they belong to the Star Abysses with the fastest Dark Tide expansion speeds. This is why the Phoenix Society advocates finding survival space in mobility, such as the polar ice caps of the Arctic Continent. With the influence of the midnight sun, the calculations suggest it is likely to be the last region covered by the extreme night."

"There is no Star Abyss there, but it is also within the extreme night time, right?" Chen Sixuan responded.

"Four months later, there will enter a continuous six months of midnight sun, and without the impact of the Dark Tide, it will be the most suitable refuge area. The South Pole is also currently in the midnight sun, the same principle."

Lin Xian nodded, "Not bad, for us humans, it’s like a constantly shrinking safe zone."

As he spoke, he inexplicably felt that this was very much like a game from decades ago, where one had to flee from poison gas...

"You call that a safe zone?" KIKI was dumbfounded: "That place is the polar region, there’s nothing there, how can people survive..."

Lin Xian turned to look at her with a meaningful expression, "Trust me, when global night covers everything and monsters roam everywhere, that kind of sunny, uninhabited area will be the sanctuary everyone longs for."