Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 859 - 361: The Arrival of Dawn City

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Jin Hai, the Federation Star Port underground construction base was brightly lit up, giant mechanical arms interlaced and operated under the dome, surrounding the construction of a Constant Star-class starship weighing a full 300,000 tons. Its scale was equivalent to three Ford-class aircraft carriers, making even Dreadnought-class space battleships look insignificant in its presence. Welding sparks poured down like heavy rain, illuminating the floating holographic progress bar in the sky — "021 Constant Star-class Starship · Construction Progress 92%".

Suddenly, all the engineers’ communicators simultaneously lit up with an identifier.

"Federation Chairman Privilege Access — Channel Clearance."

The pneumatic door slid open with a hydraulic noise, and a tall man walked into the star port briskly with a group of people. Instantly, the noise of the entire D7 Star Port District seemed to be reduced by a few degrees. He walked at the forefront wearing the dark navy-blue uniform of the Highest Administrative Officer of Dawn City. His shoulder line was straight like the prow of a ship breaking through armor, and a dark silver Blue Star emblem on the collar shimmered with a metallic chill in the cold light.

This man was none other than the former Chairman of the Blue Star Federation Council and the City Lord of Dawn City, Chu Zhaonan.

At 52, his resolute face had a touch of weathered scholarliness, his eyebrows were somewhat sharp, but the gaze he exuded was very gentle.

"The currently confirmed location of Silent City is 230 kilometers south of Luling. Vice Chairman Zhou has already departed from Dawn City aboard a transport ship under the escort of the Blazing Angel team. Accompanying him are Wen Dong of the Linglong Group and Jian Xuwei, head of the Finger Group, taking the Jin Hai air-clear route and then turning north. They are expected to pass through here in 30 minutes."

The accompanying secretary reported in a low voice. Chu Zhaonan stopped in front of a silver-black giant space engine being transferred, scanned over it, and spoke aloud

"The progress is somewhat slow."

The chief engineer among the crowd nearby broke out in a cold sweat on the back of his neck: "Radiation shielding material transport was delayed, Chairman."

"Notify Wen Hui’s starship construction team to speed up a bit. There’s been another incident at Star Abyss No.5."

"Okay, Chairman."

Then Chu Zhaonan boarded a special armed transport ship prepared to fly back to Dawn City, surrounded by a group. Once he sat in the administrative room, a middle-aged man with a mechanical prosthetic eye in a suit beside him asked in a low voice

"Chairman, Silent City is coming to Jin Hai, should we strengthen the defense?"

This middle-aged man was named Luo Ming, former head of the Angel Plan, and now Minister of the Superpower User Department [Blazing Angel] in Dawn City. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Defense against who?" Chu Zhaonan smiled warmly: "Humans?"

"They’re here to collaborate, saved a lot of people along the way, we’re in urgent need of a batch of mechanical productivity, we’re barely welcoming them enough yet."

Buzz.

The transport ship vibrated slightly, took off slowly, and quickly flew towards Dawn City through the starry night. In the administrative room, besides Blazing Angel Minister Luo Ming, there was also Xu Yan, the head of the Senate and the Underground City Committee, a skinny elder with somewhat gray hair in a suit. He looked at the radar map at the moment and said

"Vice Chairman Zhou wants to use the starship construction order to keep Silent City near the outskirts of Dawn City. Besides providing productivity for construction, it can also help defend the northwest direction against Star Abyss No.5, quite considerate."

"That’s his business." Chu Zhaonan’s eyes drooped slightly, a hint of coldness flashed by, and then he said blandly: "Such a heavy burden, it’s indeed taxing for Vice Chairman Zhou."

"I’m worried about conflicts between Silent City and Dawn City." Xu Yan was frank: "Silent City got involved in Star Abyss No.5 this time, they must have investigated something, and their arrows will point at us."

"Then let them point."

After saying this, Chu Zhaonan picked up a mobile terminal and continuously browsed through various briefings, saying softly: "There’s news from the Jinhe East Sea that the Heavenly Calming Ship from the Phoenix Society Dawn Center has just appeared in the airspace radar, surely causing global chain reactions due to the situation at Star Abyss No.5."

"Heavenly Calming Ship? Ye Lan?" Xu Yan frowned slightly

"Currently, it is unknown whether it’s Ye Lan or Li Heping," Blazing Angel Minister Luo Ming said: "Phoenix Society currently only has the 83 Iron Guard Brigade stationed at Yongcheng Port in the south, responsible for guarding the construction of their Emperor Plan’s No.2 and No.3 Machines, from the North, only a Heavenly Calming Ship from the Dawn Center and the Enterprise of the North American United Front came, all traveling through the night, indicating they believe the situation is somewhat out of control."

"It should be Ye Lan." Chu Zhaonan said with a solemn expression: "If it was Li Heping, with his temperament, he would have at least brought five interstellar army heavy fleets, our outposts would have been overturned already..."

After saying this, he stood up, walked to the porthole with his hands behind his back, and said aloud

"They’re not here to declare war on us, but still notify Lu Tianye to make some preparations."

"Ye Lan... The Commander of the Dawn Center came personally? And the North American United Front?"

Hearing this, Xu Yan’s eyes slightly narrowed: "It seems Zhou Mingyuan and Julius are making things bigger and bigger!"

Xu Yan’s expression darkened slightly. Regarding some collaborations between Dawn City and the Deep Red World, they were naturally aware. Although the leadership group of Dawn City seemed stable and harmonious, as the head of the Senate, Xu Yan saw everything clearly. At the moment, Chu Zhaonan was channeling all his energy into the Far Star Plan, with affairs big and small other than the Dawn Defense Army, Blazing Angel Department, and Starship Construction being managed single-handedly by Vice Chairman Zhou Mingyuan. Instead of saying there’s factional discord, it’s rather that Chu Zhaonan lost interest in management under this apocalyptic situation.

Of course, in terms of collaborations with the Deep Red World, Chu Zhaonan actually turned a blind eye. His resolve was very clear, which was that the Far Star Plan must succeed. Even if only one Far Star-class starship escapes, it’s a victory for civilization’s continuation, regardless of how many people die, who they collaborate with, or how many resources are exhausted.