Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train

Chapter 1366 - 528: Dimensional Collapse (Part 2)

"Sky Cover? S-Class?" Jian Xuwei asked in the holographic projection."That’s right, and it’s a very peculiar S-Class. According to reports from the reconnaissance team of the Nightwalker, this thing is like a UFO, it doesn’t actively attack but hides in the clouds to hunt, acquiring energy through sunlight and tidal forces," KIKI said.

Sha Sha frowned: "What kind of bizarre thing is this?"

"Look~"

KIKI tapped the keyboard, and a few captured photos immediately appeared on the computer. In the photos was a thick white cloud, with some edges and the middle showing a regular black creature.

"Wow, isn’t this that Black Disc?"

Luo Yang said at that moment, "The one we took down in Red Stone Rift Valley."

Chen Sixuan furrowed her brow: "This one seems bigger, and..."

"Wow, such a huge cloud, covering at least several dozen square kilometers? Isn’t this size considered world-class?" Miao Lu also remarked.

Lin Xian shook his head: "They detected it’s not world-class; this thing moves very fast within the clouds, like a black umbrella, flat and likes to hide in clouds. It’s large-scale but doesn’t actively attack. I’ve already informed the Air Fleet to maintain radar search status."

"What must come can’t be avoided." Jiang Yun said in the holographic light screen: "Our travel path is only this one, if we encounter it, we must eliminate it immediately. Right now, a single S-Class isn’t too much of a threat to us."

"The key concern is how much destructive power this thing might have. After so many people painstakingly escaped, no one wants more deaths," Chen Sixuan said.

"Brother Lin." Lu Xingchen stepped forward with confidence: "Why don’t I lead the way ahead? If we run into this monster, even if I can’t kill it in one strike, I can unleash Heavenly Fire to give everyone a tactical advantage."

Lin Xian waved his hand: "No need, the current dense fog crisis is dangerous, even I don’t dare to move too far from the convoy. Once lost, it’s like falling into a deep abyss at sea, completely directionless. I’ll let the drone swarm conduct a large-scale aerial search ahead; it’s better not to go out alone."

"That might be better..."

"Alright, everyone return to your positions," Lin Xian said to everyone: "Once we pass through Panama and enter South America, we might encounter the orbital support team of the Phoenix Society, then our speed crossing South America will increase significantly."

The simple meeting concluded, and the entire team began full alert. Lin Xian instructed Viola to deploy thousands of drones to spread out a massive flight array network flying ahead of the train, forming the first line of defense for the Joint Train.

Besides that, Lin Xian also had Grace conduct aerial searches on the silent orbital track. Due to the thick fog covering the entire continental dome, precise positioning at South Heavenly Gate had become difficult.

This was also the reason they lost the map coordinates.

After the meeting, Lin Xian went to the No. 6 carriage for some food, then directly sat in the cockpit, guarding the front while examining the Heavy Suspension Liquid Container.

"It’s been so long, it should be opened now."

Lin Xian held it in his hand, looking at the pink liquid inside, frowning slightly, as the power of Mechanical Devouring surged immediately.

But in the next moment, a danger alert appeared on the container again.

[Alert: Forceful opening will cause internal disintegration of Heavy Suspension Liquid, damaging the containment item]

"This thing can’t be damaged; external damage will destroy the contents inside... Who invented this?"

Along the way, Lin Xian had Grace and Director Ding research this item, but the term Heavy Suspension Liquid wasn’t even in Grace’s intelligent brain database. He also asked Mochizuki Masashi and got the same answer.

It seems there’s no way besides cracking the code, even Lin Xian’s mechanical superpower, with its otherworldly ability, couldn’t open it.

"Lin."

The communicator intermittently transmitted Mochizuki Masashi’s voice from the high-altitude Silent City.

"So, any progress with that Black Gear?"

"Of course, Holy Revelation contains a very rich method of containment for Taboo Items. I’ve already found a way to use it," Mochizuki Masashi stood in the control room, staring at the floating Black Gear, as countless data streams flashed rapidly within his pupils.

"How to use it?"

"Quenching and electrostatic breakdown, not complicated. Chen Yanxiu should have a special device for activating this Taboo Item."

"I didn’t notice that, just knew he had a pocket watch that can create a Time Bubble for escape," Lin Xian said: "If it’s electrostatic breakdown, I do have several plans."

"I’m not interested in what device you create for activation."

Mochizuki Masashi said, "I’m more interested in your urgent necessity to use this Taboo Item; tell me, what’s your true intention?"

Lin Xian chuckled: "I know you admire me, but there’s no need to see me as a genius so much. I did tell you, this item can conduct Star Abyss walking. It might be useful for some dangerous area exploration under the crimson fog. Didn’t I just sync a copy of the Sky Cover data to you? I suggest you use this thing for aerial reconnaissance and prepare in advance."

"Hmm... That sounds like a good plan."

"Right." Lin Xian added: "This Black Gear has a negative mechanism, so be careful."

"Go on, I’m listening."

"Once activated, it will be locked by some kind of gamma ray burst, generating a Star Abyss singularity after a countdown. I don’t know what physical phenomena might occur if the singularity appears under the crimson dimension, but it’s likely not a good omen, so I suggest it be used by someone with high maneuverability. Or I can recommend someone to you, Qian Deli, he’s witnessed the dangers of this thing and can provide considerable reference advice."

Qian Deli is currently with his team on the Sky Dome Train, but at this moment, I suspect he’s enjoying himself in Silent City, since in this apocalypse, cities like Silent City with complete urban environments are rare.

"Star Abyss singularity... truly interesting." Mochizuki Masashi’s eyes glimmered with the light of high computational power: "I understand your intention, Lin. You must have thought about utilizing the star abyss burst as a spatial weapon, right?"

Lin Xian smiled: "You’ve got me there. However, my primary idea was to conduct Star Abyss walking to assess the crises for our train convoy."

"After all, Star Abyss burst isn’t exactly a good thing."

"Not necessarily," Mochizuki Masashi said: "The Star Abyss can be considered a theoretical world based on the time dimension, while crimson is in the spatial dimension. Combining the two can establish the dimensional layer of High Tower Civilization. If released and collided, there could be countless possibilities. The first possibility is material collapse, forming an unstoppable Black Hole. The second possibility is material release, forming a White Hole that sprays high-energy. The third is quite frightening: dimensional collapse."

"Dimensional collapse?"

"Yes, just like a missing block beneath a jenga tower causing the entire tower to collapse. Dimensions always collapse from higher to lower ones, which means the world could collapse from three dimensions to two dimensions."

Lin Xian’s complexion changed upon hearing that.

"That’s terrifying, I might have been too naive, forget it, better not let Qian Deli handle it. Once this thing starts the countdown, there’s no stopping it. The world is covered by crimson now, causing this sort of trouble would be digging our own grave."

Unexpectedly, Mochizuki Masashi couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Lin, you’re quite amusing. With our technological power and civilization knowledge, everything we compute is only limited to theory, and not even that, just mere speculative ideas. If dimensional weapons were that simple, how could High Tower Civilization be defeated by higher-dimensional existences in wormholes?"

Lin Xian felt somewhat speechless: "I thought you were quite rigorous. Fine, just be cautious yourselves."

"Then, what else, don’t you have a backup plan?"

Lin Xian furrowed his brows: "You know about that?"

Mochizuki Masashi said at the moment: "I’ve heard your Silver Dragon Disaster Plant is no longer just a bud, right?"