Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 849 - 358: Thorough Planning
Dawn City, 5:30 AM
Cold rain threads fell like silver strands, refracting a hazy glow in the neon-soaked air. The entire city seemed immersed in an electronic ocean of indigo and crimson. Below a hundred meters, the Old District was as crowded and noisy as a beehive, while above a hundred meters, the Inner City skyscrapers stood like silent giants, overlooking this apocalyptic steel jungle.
Jian Xuwei stood on the balcony of an arched skyscraper in the Star Harbor District, the hem of her black trench coat lifted by the high-altitude cold night wind, revealing the tactical bodysuit lined with dark silver metal fibers underneath.
She stood there motionless, her body slightly tense, the bodysuit outlining the graceful curves of her hips. Her long, beautiful legs stood straight, and her high-raised chest stretched the neckline open, white and deep.
"Yongcheng Port was attacked for the second time today by the Red Man Gu, and the detected superpower peak value of the attacking creature exceeded the Destruction Level." The deep mechanical hum came from behind, a man’s voice speaking through a mechanical mask. He was covered in dark red power armor, with energy lines slowly flowing through the armor’s seams: "Killed for an hour and a half before dying, four of our engineers are dead, and over sixty from the Phoenix Society perished."
"Did the dropper get caught?"
"Same as always, source-less drones."
"Got it."
She did not turn around, merely tapping the balcony railing lightly with her gloved index finger. The sound of metal and leather friction was enough for the man in heavy power armor to bow his head and retreat as if receiving a silent command, mechanical joints grinding out a mechanical crushing sound. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Jian Xuwei frowned slightly, looking towards the outline of the city in the distance. Two giant city walls, like the edge of the world, completely isolated the Inner City, Old City, and Outer Dawn City. The densely packed base weapon towers and outpost signal lights on the city wall flickered like breathing, extending to the end of sight, as if separating zombies and ordinary Abnormal Bodies outside while seemingly imprisoning the city’s inhabitants in this apocalyptic domain forever.
The neon lights suddenly flickered violently.
A shadow swooped down from a high altitude, cutting an arc trajectory through the rain curtain, landing steadily on the railing beside Jian Xuwei. The shadow stepped into the light, revealing a face that was undeniably handsome but already weathered despite its youth.
Jiang Yun.
"Nine hours ago, the Silent City in the Luling Forest activated. Your people in Jin Hai should have received the news by now." Jiang Yun shook off the raindrops on his windbreaker coat and quickly said.
"The Silent City has already transmitted regional signals. The main city and Silent City have completed docking, and Mochizuki Masashi actually managed to bring that city out from the Star Abyss."
"He didn’t do it alone."
Jiang Yun smiled: "There’s also a massive train convoy, but it seems the Silent City has sheltered this convoy without publicity, though people inside the city already know."
He said this while looking at Jian Xuwei: "It’s Dragon Mountain No.1 and Infinity!"
"Lin Xian and Shi Deyuan?" Jian Xuwei finally turned her face, the huge holographic billboard on the skyscraper exterior casting red light on half her face, while the other half remained in shadow.
"Yes."
Jian Xuwei’s gaze flickered: "Just now, Zhou Mingyuan invited me to Silent City tomorrow to discuss a large-scale manufacturing project. The Wen Family people will also be there."
"Ha."
Jiang Yun chuckled softly: "Those Federation people move quick, it seems not just your Finger Group, but they don’t plan to let Silent City go either."
Jian Xuwei’s expression darkened slightly at these words, then she looked at the night sky: "Star Abyss No.5 is getting closer, the Phoenix Society is gradually withdrawing. Before long, the evacuations of Luling, Baisha, Zen Gate, Xilin, Jin River, Kang City, and Quan City will also be taken over by the Federation. Yongcheng Port is just a matter of time. But strangely, ever since Silent City came out, people in the Underground City seem a bit...tense."
"Is that so?" Jiang Yun frowned: "Could it be because of Lin Xian?"
"Do you think the Deep Red World has set their sights on Lin Xian?"
"One hundred percent." Jiang Yun blurted out, tilting his neck and exhaling deeply:
"Mechanical superpower, plus connections with Silent City, Lin Xian has surely had confrontations with Deep Red World people already."
"Should we meet him? Though he might not want to be seen under the Federation’s surveillance." Jian Xuwei looked at Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun nodded: "Then it seems, before they reach Jin Hai, I must first meet this old friend..."
"Jin Hai..." Jian Xuwei’s cold and aloof eyebrows slightly furrowed: "The Phoenix Society should be arriving soon. The abnormal expansion of Star Abyss No.5 has caused disturbances in the other twelve Star Abysses as well. Do you think the Phoenix Society will have a frontal conflict with Dawn City?"
Jiang Yun sighed softly, gazing into the distance, saying helplessly:
"Who knows, natural disasters are troublesome enough, not to mention the disasters caused by people."
...
The sky remained shrouded in darkness. The Silent City, having just escaped the danger zone, resembled a sleepless city, bustling everywhere.
Cloud District, Harmony Courtyard, the original chamber of Cha Jifeng was now empty. The four walls had turned into holographic screens, with thousands of surveillance feed blue dots from various areas of Silent City, all swiftly processed by Mochizuki Masashi’s quantum core.
Mochizuki Masashi stood at the center, watching the vehicles and convoys gradually entering the Silent City berths and ground shelters, seemingly pondering something.
An old man fishing put away his fishing rod, quietly sitting in a corner of the hall, clipping wilting flowers with scissors, emitting a rustling sound.
