CHAPTER 787: CHAPTER 346: HIGH-ALTITUDE INTERCEPTION! (DOUBLE-LENGTH BONUS CHAPTER)

At this moment, the shelter hall fell completely silent. The power armor detected that the air environment around them was contaminated, but fortunately, each of them was clad in full-body battle armor, greatly enhancing their adaptability to harsh conditions.

A few people retreated to a clean corner, waiting quietly for the tide to recede. Lin Xian arranged for Grace to patrol the surroundings of the shelter hall, detecting subtle movements. Once they discovered that the shelter hall was not under attack, everyone finally let out a sigh of relief.

"You are very lucky."

At this moment, the voice of Mochizuki Masashi echoed. He stood in the control room, watching the transmitted image of the Blood Vine, and spoke.

"Disaster plants, taboo items, and human superpower users all share some similar traits. They are all mutations of existing entities on Blue Star influenced by the dark power. However, the number of mutated plants is too low, and almost all biological life, other than humans, has been exterminated. In my opinion, humans have not yet encountered the true essence of the darkness."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian responded: "Are you saying those S-Class Abnormal Bodies are as well?"

Mochizuki Masashi heard Lin Xian’s words, smiled slightly, and uttered something thought-provoking.

"As intelligent beings, we are unable to depict something fundamentally nonexistent. Essentially, everything you can describe has a prototype in human cognition, doesn’t it?"

Lin Xian instinctively pondered and immediately looked stunned. What Mochizuki Masashi said undoubtedly pointed to a longstanding question in his mind.

From the initial White Giant Monster, Red Slug, and three-headed spider to the Atmospheric Mica and Cloud Black Thorn encountered later, these seemed to be terrifying constructs mutated from biological entities of human nature. After seeing that Nest, Lin Xian gained a new understanding of the Abnormal Body. This also indicated that what Mochizuki Masashi said was correct.

Lin Xian, at this moment, looked at the Blood Vine in the botanical chamber, speculating that if brought back to Director Ding, she would undoubtedly be able to identify what original species this was.

Thinking this way made Lin Xian feel that humanity’s understanding of dark creatures might have been wrong from the beginning, or that current cognition is still zero.

"Oh, right." Mochizuki Masashi turned around, calmly speaking to Lin Xian: "I have always believed that superpower, taboo items, and disaster plants, these forms of energy tainted by the dark power, deconstruct our world. This deconstructive power destroys the world while providing us with some ’benefits’. However, essentially, we don’t need these ’benefits’. Of course, except for those fanatics who wish to establish a new civilization..."

"Therefore, whether it is disaster plants or superpower users, the more concentrated, the stronger this deconstructive force. Perhaps I complicate things; basically, dark power doesn’t belong to us, so it’s a double-edged sword. My philosophy slightly differs from that of the Phoenix Society, which bets both on the dark power and human technology to safeguard human civilization. I only study dark power, without advocating for the enhanced development of superpower users. Humans, after all, are merely humans."

"A very profound insight." Lin Xian offered no further opinion.

At this time, a message from the Infinity reached Lin Xian after a delay.

"According to... description, it should be a kind of... thorn vine species. If it matures, I can... identify its characteristics."

"Lin Xian, Silver Dragon... Ten Thousand Mistakes... has grown a second inflorescence."

On the other end of the message was Ding Junyi, currently at the Joint Train defense line on the edge of the Bottomless Lake Dark Forest, residing in Carriage No. 3 of the Infinity. Her eyes gradually activated a peculiar light of supernatural power, interacting with the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes before her. Now, she had an ever-deepening control over her superpower, and research on disaster plants was beginning to show results.

"It seems that the growing speed of disaster plants in Star Abyss will accelerate, yet this situation cannot be defined as ’growth’. It should be referred to as a kind of..."

She wanted to say a lot, but the information experienced massive delays, with many of Lin Xian’s conveyed messages being intermittent and unclear.

"We’ll discuss all of it when we return."

In the underground shelter, Lin Xian caught a crucial detail from Ding Junyi’s information, which was that the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes developed a second inflorescence. This, without a doubt, was absolutely good news, signifying that the United Train Team gained another opportunity for ’cleansing’.

While this disaster plant’s power was extremely valuable, Lin Xian hoped it wouldn’t be necessary to use. Once out of the Star Abyss, it would grow slowly, so preserving it meant an additional life-saving trump card.

With this thought, Lin Xian withdrew his thoughts and handed the Blood Vine to Chen Sixuan.

"Teacher Chen, remember, 5 minutes after the tide recedes, we exit; you occupy the high ground on the clock tower."

"Alright."

"KIKI, Brother Huo, you stand guard east and west, respectively. I will construct docking equipment at the轨道 station. We return here 5 minutes before the next surge."

"Shi Zhi, you’ll stay by my side."

Shi Zhi nodded, and at this moment, KIKI said: "Won’t this attract the Abnormal Body? Are we really going to take it with us?"

"Should we throw it away?" Lin Xian smiled and said: "Nothing has happened so far, which indicates that this thing has a limited range of influence once plucked. You’ve forgotten that when we were in Rain Town, that imposter only discovered the Hell Black Chrysanthemum onboard the Infinity, which is why I gave it to Teacher Chen."

Chen Sixuan was clad in the Black Hawk Battle Armor with highly capable reconnaissance abilities. Placing it with her was the best choice Lin Xian could think of. If a monster approached, she could respond first.