Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 863 - 362: Code Phrase
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Silent City, inside the engine room of the Dragon Transport Ship on Deck 3, Berth 24, Lin Xian is devouring the nuclear power engine core while watching Mochizuki Masashi meet with the people from Dawn City. KIKI is floating nearby with her legs crossed, and she suddenly speaks up upon seeing Jian Xuwei come out:
"Isn’t this the woman from Silver Star, whom I heard has been looking for you?"
"Finger Group is one of the biggest operators and constructors of the Star Orbital, with long-standing cooperation with Jinhai Zhongche Group and factories scattered worldwide. Even after the apocalypse, they possess enormous resources and productivity." Lin Xian kept his gaze on the holographic screen showing Mochizuki Masashi meeting and shaking hands with Zhou Mingyuan and others as he said, "Silver Star is preparing to gather the group’s resources through the Star Orbital to reach Polar, and now suddenly it’s cooperating with Dawn City. It’s quite strange."
"Do you think Jian Xuwei was forced?" KIKI crossed her arms: "Though it’s no surprise the Finger Group would cooperate with the Federation. She’s still sticking with Zhou Mingyuan, and I wonder what’s her purpose."
"I remember she has a younger brother?"
"Yes, his name is Jian Zeyang."
"What do you think she wants to talk to you about?" KIKI asked with interest.
"How would I know." Lin Xian chuckled.
Watching the tall, cold and elegant Silver Star leader, dressed in high heels, walking in the footage, Lin Xian recalled Jian Xuwei’s support during the elevator ascent and her decisiveness in times of peril. He had always thought this woman is not simple, especially as the survivor confrontation with the Federation over the ascending elevator was still fresh in his mind. Under normal circumstances, Jian Xuwei should be more inclined to cooperate with the Phoenix Society.
Lin Xian noticed, apart from Dawn City’s Vice Chairman Zhou Mingyuan and Jian Xuwei, there was also a slightly chubby middle-aged man in a gray suit with a crew cut, thick eyebrows, square face, and a deep expression, silently walking behind Zhou Mingyuan, followed by a team of guards in advanced tactical power armor.
"I know this person too." KIKI’s eyes lit up: "Lin Xian, guess who he is?"
"He must be surnamed Wen." Lin Xian blurted out.
"That’s right, he is Wen Dong, the husband of Tang Yun from the Zero Element Center. I haven’t been in the Wen Family for long, only met him a few times."
"What’s he like?" Lin Xian asked.
"Pah, a smiling tiger, greedy and lascivious, he has seven or eight women closely contacting him just recently, what kind of character can that be?"
"You know that much?!" Lin Xian looked at KIKI in shock, while KIKI seemed nonchalant, floatingly saying: "He provoked me first, and do you think the Wen Family is simple? This is just a precaution for self-defense."
She turned to look at Lin Xian, squinting with a smile: "Know yourself and know your enemy, a hundred battles won, any problem?"
Lin Xian chuckled helplessly, and as he glanced over, the screen changed, showing Mochizuki Masashi leading Zhou Mingyuan and others to the Cloud District, but not the courtyard where Lin Xian and others were previously invited for dinner; instead, it was an exceptionally formal reception room.
The silver-gray alloy door silently slid open, Dawn City’s Vice Chairman Zhou Mingyuan and Mochizuki Masashi walked in side by side, followed by Linglong Group’s Wen Dong and Jian Xuwei, while Mochizuki Masashi was accompanied by Qian Suxun and Tianye Lan.
Zhou Mingyuan wore an appropriately concerned look, slightly nodding: "Mr. Mochizuki, it’s truly worrying that Silent City was drawn into Star Abyss. After detecting one of your Floating Cities missing in Luling Forest, Dawn City sent three rescue fleets immediately, sadly... Dawn City itself suddenly faced S-Class Abnormal Body Gray Mist attacks, coupled with the Monster Tide from Qilian Mountain, leading to threats on both fronts."
"To come out alive with tens of thousands from Star Abyss is simply miraculous!" Wen Dong’s loud voice asked Mochizuki Masashi directly after sitting down: "Chairman Zhou hurried us over overnight due to curiosity, given all major city alliances are now on the same boat, your experience dealing with Star Abyss is significantly crucial to us." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"Oh, is it?" Mochizuki Masashi calmly faced Zhou Mingyuan: "Thank you for your concern, but our Number Two City always docked at Luling Forest, pulled into Star Abyss, from their feedback, it seems Dawn City’s support was not received, rather a few reconnaissance teams kept watching. Surely... not from Dawn City, right?"
This statement caused a sudden awkward atmosphere. Lin Xian and KIKI watching the holographic screen did not expect Mochizuki Masashi to speak so directly and immediately paid close attention to Zhou Mingyuan’s reaction.
Yet, Dawn City’s Vice Chairman immediately adopted a surprised look.
"Number Two City is in Luling Forest?"
Zhou Mingyuan’s eyes showed concern: "Our intelligence observed it was paralyzed, main city missing, and survivors are on this?"
"Yes, before being drawn into Star Abyss, the main city and Number Two City had completed separation." Mochizuki Masashi spoke calmly, not exposing the other’s performance.
"Did you manage just with a few people to emerge from Star Abyss?" Wen Dong promptly asked.
"It wasn’t entirely just a few people." Mochizuki Masashi corrected: "There were also other survivors trapped in Star Abyss, who coincidentally banded together, and also discovered some truths within Star Abyss, such as many low-level Abnormal Bodies being stitched together through a kind of factory-like [Nest], spreading from Star Abyss, and how Star Abyss has a time dilation effect, making it apparent Star Abyss might be another dimension infecting and extending into our world..."
