Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 1046 - 399: After Dusk

At the moment when the concentrated torrent struck the surface of Dawn City, time seemed to freeze for a frame.

The entire Dawn City appeared to be illuminated by daybreak, with the sky and ground flooded by billions of monster tides, the soldiers fighting desperately with the muzzles of their guns, the faces of survivors joining the war torrent—all engulfed by blinding white light. The shadow covering the entire city was instantly shattered, infinitely stretching the darkness.

Next came silent annihilation, with the corpse chaser at the center, all matter within a three-kilometer radius was instantly evaporated into fundamental particles, the shock wave perfectly spherical in its diffusion, high-rise buildings crumbled like sandcastles, gigantic Abnormal Bodies regardless of being A-level or Special Level, with hundred-meter and kilometer-long torsos were decomposed into carbonized fragments, the ground melted into a glass state under millions of degrees of heat, boiling silicate magma propelled by the shock wave formed crystallized waves hundreds of meters high.

The energy aftermath lasted for a full 17 seconds.

All communication frequencies throughout the city were completely disrupted, the shock wave caused countless people to momentarily lose their sight and hearing.

When the beam dissipated, only a meteor crater five kilometers in diameter remained on the ground. The corpse chaser who could infinitely regenerate concentrated all remaining red mist and Defense Force Field, yet now even the ashes had vanished, along with the ruined building and the two survival pods.

Within the city, the red plasma flames like auroras shrouded the sky, illuminating the endless darkness.

Aboard the command ship, as Lu Tianye rushed from the dazzling light to look towards the bridge, all the artillery between heaven and earth had ceased.

The soldiers previously fighting fiercely at the front lines of the defenses and city walls lowered their arms shielding from the glow, struggling to look, hearing a dense rustling sound in their ears like the ebb tide. When they illuminated with spotlights again, all Abnormal Bodies had already vanished, fleeing into the darkness, leaving only heaps of monster carcasses within and outside the entire city.

At Double Star Tower, Ye Lan arrived at the observation deck outside City Ring, the thunderclouds in the sky dissipated, the smoke cleared, the three dark tides’ canopy rapidly retreated.

In the fiercely intense western side of Dawn City, the golden sunset like a sharp sword cleaved the smoke shrouding Dawn City throughout the night, the light was not harsh but carried a gentle cruelty that dyed the ruins of Dawn City amber, the shattered glass curtain wall reflected countless tiny specks of light, like embellishments of a brilliant elegy.

On the wall defense line, a soldier from the Iron Guard Brigade released the trigger, the bloodstains on his face dried into a brown map, silently looking towards the sunset.

Everyone stood quietly in place, underground in the shelter, dust-covered refugees began emerging from the passageways, seeing the streets, the ruins, under the city walls, amidst the dust countless cold bodies seemed to be gently caressed by the warm sunset, bringing solace to those dispersed souls.

17:02.

At the Dawn Center in Tianji Qionggu Strait, the Reykjavik European Storm Alliance, Phoenix City in South America’s Ushuaia, the North American Alaska United Front, Oceania Noah and Republican Sanctuary Islands... and in various survivor shelters striving to survive worldwide and countless convoys racing towards dawn, a frequency simultaneously resonated from every corner.

"Zzz..."

"This is the highest command center of Dawn City, I am Ye Lan."

"On behalf of the Phoenix Society, I officially broadcast to all of human civilization, after enduring 25 hours of arduous struggle, the defense of Dawn City ended today at 16:57. Including the garrison, Iron Guard Brigade, North American United Front, Infinite Alliance, Dawn Watcher Alliance, Common Alliance, Steel Barrier, and half a million survivors fought fearlessly, we successfully repelled the offensive probes from Star Abyss No.5, No.7, No.8, exterminated four S-Class creatures including the corpse chaser from Star Abyss No.5, creature No.11 [Earth Surge], creature No.16 [Sky Touch], creature No.18 [Wanderer], destroyed numerous Special Level and A-level Abnormal Bodies, succeeding in retracting the tidal expansion of Star Abyss to its original place..."

"Meanwhile, in this battle, we successfully mastered the Dark Energy conversion technology capable of completely shield against dark invasion mutations, allowing mankind to breathe for survival in darkness. We will restore resources such as agriculture and water supplies. For this, the Phoenix Society represents all survivors globally to thank [Civilization Pioneer] Colonel Chu Jing, Wireless Alliance’s Lin Xian, North American United Front’s Chu Yan for their outstanding contributions to humanity."

"This war is of milestone significance to humanity after Apocalypse Day, it represents our first chance to break passive balance after fighting against the darkness, gaining precious time for all humanity to confront the darkness..."

"In the vast universe, civilization is both the most brilliant light and the most dangerous shadow, we are both hunters and prey, peace in between always established on the possibility of mutual destruction."

"And next, let us step on the dawn, stay silent in the darkness, accumulate flames, explore the unbroken limits of human civilization, initiate resistance against this destructive crisis, launch..."

"Deterrence Era!"

The flames in the ruins of Dawn City burned for several nights, under the watch of Nightwalkers, the expansion rate of Star Abyss greatly slowed, returning to the initial expansion speed at the start of Apocalypse Day. As the central city, the Phoenix Society did not abandon Dawn City, Lu Tianye actively led the garrison to personally guard.

Survivors gradually evacuated in subsequent days, heading north and east, some stayed behind, joining the garrison, or settling within the city to assist in rebuilding.

Thousands of engineering vehicles shoveled over the ruins, dust drifted over countless cold bodies, heading onto the northern wilderness, the number of Dawn Watcher Alliance members nearly doubled, with many women and children joining, including most members from Steel Barrier, and Xu Yufei, seen as a fence-sitter, was the first to flee Dawn City but the first to rush back to support, dying on the eve before the sunset rose.

Also explosive-tempered, foul-mouthed Common Alliance captain Lei Zhen, lightweight rapid-raid loving Wind Talker Team’s Luo Heng, and the prideful Jian Zeyang and his Steel Fierce Sun Team formed by impoverished survivors from the Outer City District, all buried beneath the walls...

Ten days later.

At Yongcheng Port Rail station, after complete refurbishment, the Infinity hauled 10 carriages with improved deep-sea sections, equipped with ocean traction devices and storm detection devices manufactured by Silent City, carrying a team of several dozen elite, roaring the engine in the direction of the Star Orbit Ocean Segment.

Embarking towards the Pacific Ocean!

(End of Volume Four)