CHAPTER 542: CHAPTER 288: SILENT EXTREME NIGHT (PART 2)

Lin Xian opened the Mechanical Heart panel, his face changed as he saw the overwhelming information on the light screen.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, gaining 1000 mechanical source points.]

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, gaining 1000 mechanical source points.]

[Congratulations, the Mechanical Heart has successfully upgraded to LV.5, fully enhancing remote control mode!]

[Remote Control Mode]: Enables remote mechanical scan, devour, control, and manufacturing. Control distance is affected by [Mechanical Manufacturing] level, currently 500M.

[Current Mechanical Heart level LV.5 (240/20000)]

[Special Skill]

Mechanical Energy Cannon [Enhancement]

AT Force Field [Enhancement]

Flashback (Rare) (Level 2, 50%)

Electric Surge (Rare) (Level 3, Max Level)

Gravitational Lens (Legendary) (Level 1, 99%)

Research and Development Center

[G3-electromagnetic railgun (blueprint) in development: 1 day 13 hours 59 minutes]

"Has the Hell Black Chrysanthemum absorbed so much dark energy that it converted 2000 mechanical source points?"

Lin Xian was secretly astonished, just as he was about to rise, another message popped before his eyes.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, gaining 1000 mechanical source points.]

Seeing this, Lin Xian’s expression instantly shifted.

"The Hell Black Chrysanthemum is still converting!!?"

How much dark energy did this Disaster Plant absorb during the battle in Xilan City??

[Current skills can be enhanced.]

Electric Surge (Rare) (Level 3, Max Level): Can be enhanced to: [Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring]

Enhancement condition: Devour a nuclear power device with a thermal power exceeding 300 MW.

Enhancement duration: 24 hours

"So this thing is real, but why could I use it before the enhancement was done..."

At this moment, Lin Xian was beset by doubts; he had already used the enhancement skill in advance, but now he could only contemplate the situation. A nuclear power device with thermal power over 300 MW was excessively stringent—a stark contrast, considering his Gemini 11R nuclear-powered train only had 290 MW. These conditions were truly harsh.

"But fortunately, the Mechanical Heart has finally leveled up." Lin Xian glanced at his hands, then his gaze fell on a small alarm clock he had made on the table not far away, grabbing it straight away.

Wham~

In an instant, the small alarm clock turned to ashes and vanished.

[Devour successful, gained 1 mechanical source point]

"The ability to devour and scan remotely and control it will save quite a bit of trouble."

Feeling the power increase, Lin Xian was momentarily soothed from the aftermath of the fierce battle.

Just as he was about to lift the communicator to call others, he snapped back to reality, as he felt the atmosphere inside the carriage was somewhat off.

The sound of the rails was slower than imagined, Lin Xian didn’t know how long he had slept or where he was now.

His first reaction was

The train was running too slow

The second was the realization

The carriage exhibited a bizarre silence

Lin Xian held his breath and focused, stepping out of the bedroom while all the lighting outside was turned off, leaving the hallway dark.

What’s going on, where are the people?

Just as Lin Xian was puzzled, a figure quickly approached, holding a faint cold-light night lamp; it was Chen Sixuan.

"Shh!"

Chen Sixuan’s eyes lit up with joy the instant she saw Lin Xian, yet she immediately gestured for silence, then couldn’t help but immerse herself in his arms.

"Thank goodness, you’re finally awake."

Her voice was extremely small, yet carried an unmistakable excited joy.

Lin Xian steadied his mind, embracing Chen Sixuan, instinctively whispering: "What happened?"

At this moment, Chen Sixuan pulled Lin Xian back to the bedroom, carefully closing the bedroom door, then solemnly whispered to him,

"Now, the whole fleet is maintaining a silent travel status." Chen Sixuan said, "We’ve entered the range of Extreme Night within Star Abyss No.5, but anomalies occurred just upon entering the tidal zone!"

"Anomalies?"

Chen Sixuan nodded: "Things appeared outside the train, within the Joint Fleet, a train called Flying Fish encountered a large-scale infection due to previous damage during the defense battle. An entire carriage of people died; specific causes are undeterminable, and that carriage is now isolated. We suspect it may be an air issue, thus all 22 trains have activated air filtration, and everyone’s trying to seal leaks."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian furrowed his brows, immediately activating the Mechanical Heart to sense the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube on the train, finding no alarms, he slightly relaxed.

"Furthermore, since you weren’t around, we, along with Brother Shi and leaders from several train groups, discussed—while no one has marked anything yet, there’s concern about marking something in Extreme Night—and knowing there’s surely something out there, everybody agreed to lower speed, turn off lights, and maintain quiet travel for safety."

Lin Xian nodded, understanding—having just endured the brutal battle in Xilan City, although survivors had succeeded in removing their marks, everyone knew they were now in Extreme Night, no one dared relax their vigilance.

Chen Sixuan informed him that, due to route restrictions of the train group, the 22 Doomsday Train had to traverse directly from the northern line, bypassing Star Abyss No.5’s peripheral coverage area to reach Quan City, yet because of crossing Extreme Night, everyone was exceedingly cautious.

"Luckily, now the snow isn’t as deep as it was on Palma Prairie; the fleet doesn’t need to speed up much."

Thunk!

Lin Xian operated the Mechanical Heart to open the nearby blackout curtain, gazing at the pitch-dark, endless snowfield, his expression slightly tense.