Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 153 - 148 Earthquake

"So, is the current headquarters of the Phoenix Society now set up in the sky?" Lin Xian asked.

Wei Kexue nodded.

"As of now, the Phoenix Society has three main headquarters, all of which are globally mobile. The first headquarters is in the Phoenix City above the sky, currently near the 9th Star Abyss in North America. The second headquarters is the oceanic city called Noah, moving over the Pacific Ocean. The third headquarters, also our largest terrestrial mobile center called Dawn, is now deep within Yunan Ridge."

He shrugged his shoulders, looking towards Lin Xian. "The terrestrial mobile center is somewhat similar to your situation, with rail trains combined with motor groups progressing along the star orbit trajectory. So, this is indeed good news for you since most of the tracks are intact. However, the terrestrial mobile center has strong all-terrain capabilities, and we don’t maintain every place. If there are some severely damaged or geographically fractured areas, we’ll leave the track and detour."

"Currently, all the emergency squads in our Dragon Country are being coordinated by Dawn, supporting survivors in areas not covered by the Star Abyss, helping more people to survive."

Beep, the program started.

Another PX-05 engineering robot, successfully repaired by Lin Xian, started up, shakily flew up towards the high-altitude passage, and headed to the designated area to begin maintenance work.

"Just what I thought," Lin Xian took a deep breath. "The most important thing is to ensure we have living strength. The polar night arrived too swiftly, and no one around the world was prepared, so it led to a rapid global collapse."

"Yes, at that time I was still at work, and when I got back home, my wife and child were gone..."

Wei Kexue tapped on the computer, chuckling sarcastically, "Later, I constantly searched among the zombie hordes on the streets, trying to see if becoming zombies had made it easier for them, or if they were being bullied by other zombies..."

Lin Xian fell silent for a moment, then spoke comforting words,

"No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Since the world has reached the brink of destruction, the only path left for us is upwards."

"Right! Our superpowers will also strengthen, and perhaps in the future, instead of those creatures of the night preying on us, it’ll be the other way round, with us hunting them!" KIKI said through gritted teeth.

"I completely agree."

Wei Kexue nodded. "Although it’s only been a few months, the Phoenix Society has already made many breakthroughs in research on shadow invasions and superpowers. We keep synchronizing the data with survivors fleeing around the world through radios. Our policy is that if more people become stronger and survive, someday we will stop running."

"From order to chaos, and from chaos back to order, many motor groups have started to unite now. As the capability to survive improves, the speed of information exchange also becomes faster." Lin Xian continued working hard, his experience in Mechanical Manufacturing also improving significantly. This support mission also brought significant gains for him.

He planned to eventually scan the blueprints of the electromagnetic railgun and the battle armor and mechas of the Iron Guard Brigade when he passed through Jiazhou City to study and better equip himself and his team.

"Under the current Phoenix Society, the Nightwalker Organization, which originated from the core members of the Federation’s Angel Plan, is mainly responsible for researching superpowers and also recruiting superpower users," Wei Kexue continued.

"Recruiting?" Lin Xian asked: "Just for research?"

"Research is only a small part."

Wei Kexue explained, "During their explorations, the Nightwalkers are also continually cultivating superpower users and dispatching them to rescue missions and to collect abnormal objects. Currently, the Nightwalkers’ research on superpowers has advanced a lot compared to the early days of the Angel Plan."

"Captain Lin, your superpower is incredible, and so is this telekinesis girl. Nightwalkers need talents like you." Wei Kexue adjusted his glasses. "Actually, you could join the Nightwalkers or collaborate with our Phoenix Society. We can offer many forms of assistance you might need."

"What about this Nightwalker organization, it’s not in one of those previous headquarters, is it?" KIKI asked at this moment.

"Correct, the closest is Dawn Headquarters. After passing through the high-altitude corridor, it will take a few days to catch up."

"It’s not that easy to catch up," Lin Xian thought, "After passing through Jiazhou City, Hengshan Pass, Wei River, and Longjiang, to the northeast is the Western Desert devoured by the 5th Star Abyss, and to the southeast is the 7th Star Abyss in Haidong. To cross these two Star Abysses, one has to travel through Palma Prairie and pass Jin Hai and Star City. I guess, if Dawn Center is taking Yunan Ridge, then they’re not planning to cross the oceanic orbital to detour through the northern continental shelf over Qionggu Strait..."

Lin Xian knew well that collaborating with the Phoenix Society would provide substantial development potential for his superpower in this crisis-ridden apocalypse. Besides gangsters, who wouldn’t want to band together for warmth?

Even if he doesn’t join them, collaborating would be far better than their previous perilous escapes in the dark.

However, catching up to the main forces clearly wouldn’t be easy...

"Right," Wei Kexue nodded. "With so many people, it’s not possible for everyone to take the oceanic orbital. It’s still mainly land-based migration."

Lin Xian asked, "Now that there is no satellite communication, how does the Phoenix Society coordinate all these scattered emergency teams globally?"

"There are many methods, but speaking of which, it could get rather complicated. Firstly, unmanned flying devices guide on fixed paths. Before executing their action plans, all emergency teams have to submit the location anchors in advance. Contact points will undergo saturated launching. Besides that, there is also multi-point serial communication, commonly known as the ’postman’. If it concerns a widespread mobilization order, our long-wave radios also contain special codes, but, unfortunately, that I cannot reveal to you..."

"Location anchors, wow, cyber battlefield, huh?!" KIKI looked shocked: "Then why don’t you just use the principle of the dark radio, use Blood Essence to enhance the terrestrial signal relay device, and then deploy it over the maximum possible distance? Wouldn’t that connect the two places?"

Wei Kexue frowned upon hearing this. Lin Xian looked at her speechlessly: "Hey, listen to what you’re saying. Every unit is moving; what use would setting up a fixed signal relay device be, and it would require so much Mysterious Blood Essence. Even if survivors don’t collect it at night, wouldn’t those monsters devour it?"

"You’re right..." KIKI touched her forehead awkwardly.

Wei Kexue gave a wry smile: "Indeed, transmitting information is quite the headache..."

"After you evacuate from here, will you head directly back to the Dawn Center?" Lin Xian asked.

"No." Wei Kexue said seriously: "Our tasks are one-off. If the emergency teams don’t all perish, we will turn north at Jiazhou City and won’t take the Star Orbital eastern route."

BOOM!!!

Exactly when Lin Xian and Wei Kexue were working together to repair the maintenance robot, a sudden intense vibration arose across the entire airport, growing from weak to strong, lasting several seconds before gradually fading.

Outside on the Airport Square, numerous survivors only felt the ground dust swirling, heads dizzying, windows vibrating - immediately, everyone started shouting in panic.

"An earthquake?!!"

"What’s going on..."

"What happened?"

On the ’Infinity’, Ding Junyi was sitting in the research carriage with the dark radio on the table, collecting various information from the Phoenix Society while researching the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. At that moment, when the vibrations started, her brows quickly furrowed.

She immediately stood up, walked to the front carriage, "Ms. Chen, this earthquake reminds me of that underground creature we encountered last night in the Underground City 9. I suggest we immediately contact Lin Xian and the Airport Emergency Team."

"I’m already contacting them."

Ms. Chen was currently using the responder to call the control tower and using a walkie-talkie to contact Lin Xian.

Buzz! BOOM!

Just then, above the airport, the electromagnetic railgun seemed to automatically lock onto something, suddenly emitting a dazzling blue light. Kinetic launching immediately triggered a series of explosions on the high-platform.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

The blazing flames scorched the sky. The many survivors looked up and saw a huge, bat-winged exotic creature suddenly dive towards the outer wall of the high-rise climbing elevator platform from the darkness of the night. The creature had a pale body, extremely long arms, a torso with a snake-like neck, and atop the neck was a bizarre human head.

Thud thud...

The unknown Abnormal Body rapidly climbed down from the outer wall. Below, the electromagnetic railgun began swiftly turning directions, targeting and accelerating its lock on the target.

Buzz! BOOM!

Another electromagnetic gun was fired, directly blowing off one of the exotic creature’s wings, causing it to crash onto the platform. Suddenly, the creature’s extremely long neck fiercely elongated, biting into the magnetic barrel of the electromagnetic gun. Opening its wide mouth, countless Black Insects crawled out from its mouth, burrowing into the electromagnetic gun. Instantly, sparks flew everywhere and the gun’s arc light quickly extinguished.

THUMP!

Another electromagnetic gun fired at that moment, directly smashing the Abnormal Body’s head, splashing blood plasma, and immediately, all movement ceased.

"Does this thing attack weapons?!"

Below at the port, Jiang Yun was in Area A alongside Building Shasha and Lu Xingchen, resisting the surging zombie horde. Seeing this, they were immediately stunned.

Attacking weapons directly suggested that the creature must possess some intelligence, rather than blindly preying on survivors.