Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 842 - 356: Leather Rope and Whip
Mechanical army!?
Lin Xian’s heart trembled slightly. Mochizuki Masashi’s words touched upon his deepest thoughts. Reflecting on the journey, from wielding a simple Wind Cannon and hacking with a Short Knife, to now donning advanced Power Armor and commanding drone warfare, each armored steel plate of the Infinity Train’s sanctuary was meticulously crafted by his own hands, a struggle only he truly understands.
If he hadn’t possessed a Mechanical superpower, but rather a different Combat superpower, Lin Xian might have set his goals on honing his combat skills, expanding survival organizations, living a life on the knife’s edge. Ascending elevators, No.1 Machine - Pangu, these would have nothing to do with him.
Lin Xian is very clear about his role, he is not the frontline fighter but more like a role akin to Mochizuki Masashi or Qian Suxun. His output relies entirely on the strong firepower of the Infinity Train and his teammates, with his own individual combat strength being not particularly strong. Besides employing a Gravitational Lens to inflict large-scale damage, he still needs to rely on teamwork against slightly larger monsters.
The power of his Mechanical superpower lies in these operable external equipment, train defense, vehicle weapons, drones, Power Armor, armed teams, and then there are intelligent combat units like Grace and Dancer No.1. Coupled with possessed Taboo Items, Disaster Plants, and the team’s strong Superpower Users, they form the current combat strength of the Infinity Train!
Therefore, aside from upgrading vehicles, Lin Xian most wants to acquire various drone systems from Silent City. With these, his productivity can increase exponentially, and productivity equates to combat power. If Lin Xian had a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand combat drones forming a swarm effect, concentrating against the enemy, perhaps even S-Class Special Level threats could be confronted head-on.
This is also the reason for the Phoenix Society’s Emperor Plan, focusing on two directions: Super Large Mecha and drone swarm.
Seeing those countless blueprints, Lin Xian felt a surge of satisfaction. With these, he no longer needs to scan, he can start manufacturing right away, and even improve manufacturing proficiency, speeding up the Research and Development Center.
"AI Intelligent Brain plus drones, sounds like you and I are quite alike." Lin Xian looked at the Photon Storage Device in front of him and couldn’t help but speak.
"Alike? I see it differently."
Mochizuki Masashi smiled: "Lin, analyzing your superpower theoretically, first, you have the ability to scan and generate blueprints. In the current world, the time and investment to have a research team trace back a mechanical object is considerable. Second, you can engage in void manufacturing directly, skipping all parts manufacturing and processing, even saving space. Third, you can devour machinery, signifying a disintegration ability based on physical laws, beyond mere recycling... all engineering machinery, artificial weapons, Defense Systems pose no threat to you."
He looked at Lin Xian, saying something thought-provoking, "It’s fortunate you’re on the Human Camp side; otherwise, you’d be a bigger headache for current Human Civilization than an S-Class."
"This is the first time I’ve received such an evaluation; I don’t know whether to be happy or not." Lin Xian smiled wryly.
Mochizuki Masashi analytically said, "Perhaps, by combining the power of the entire Silent City, in theoretical terms, I could accomplish the same things as you. But the difference is, Silent City has a total weight of 131 million tons, a population of 109,561 people, 91,560 drones of various types, and the combined space area of all industrial, manufacturing, planting, and living zones exceeds 3.5 Manhattan Islands. Meanwhile, my quantum core processor consumes 325,000 KW of energy per hour, and the central AI cooling system of the whole city consumes 162 million KW per hour, requiring the power output of 6 Hoover Dams to operate at full capacity. Yet you are just one person, sitting here, having consumed a total of less than 2000 calories of food at the recent banquet, now... do you still think we’re alike?"
"Sorry, I said you weren’t human earlier. Now, listening to you, you seem more human than me." Lin Xian nodded with a sudden realization.
"However, there is indeed something I can help you with, which is the design system for maximizing your Mechanical superpower mentioned earlier." Mochizuki Masashi sat down with great interest, hands clasped in his sleeves, looking at Lin Xian, "Perhaps I can design that ’Sky Dome Level’ interstellar giant structure train into a genuine Doomsday Train with Far Star colonization abilities, then offer it to you as a gift. How about it?"
Lin Xian leaned back slightly, looking at Mochizuki Masashi with a peculiar gaze, "I thought you would be very interested in my Mechanical superpower and would want to invite me to join Silent City."
"I do have this thought, but... hmm, Silent City has everything. Weapons, ammunition, and buildings are already being constructed by automated systems, the framework is fixed, even if I gave you the entire blueprint of Silent City, all you could do is rebuild another Silent City, right?"
Lin Xian pondered: "Yes."
"Now, can you help with the hardware upgrades needed for Silent City’s Far Star voyage?"
"Seems like I can’t either."
"So," Mochizuki Masashi shrugged, his face calm, "Therefore, if you wish to stay in Silent City, I very much welcome it, but surely you are more focused on furthering the development of your superpower, which also piques my interest. So instead of this, let’s continue our cooperation, with Silent City as your partner providing you with all the assistance you need, rather than waiting with us at Yongcheng Port during Extreme Night. Isn’t that a better option?"
