Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train Chapter 1173 - 452: And Then There Were None (Part 2)

Whoosh!

The Mechanical Energy Cannon was activated, and Lin Xian’s fingers felt as if encased in a metallic contraption. With a subtle whirring sound of an energy-accumulating motor, a blue energy glow emanated.

However, just as he instinctively prepared to unleash it, a blinding blue flash on his fingers caused a deafening roar within his mind. He momentarily froze before hastily retracting the Mechanical Energy Cannon.

In that instant, Lin Xian felt as if he had forgotten how to breathe.

His gaze fixed on the black hole before him, he finally grasped that the shadow emerging from it was, in all likelihood, himself!

He tentatively extended a finger to investigate, intending to deploy the Mechanical Energy Cannon, but immediately abandoned the thought. Hadn’t the fleeting dark ripple, the finger, the face, and the blue flash he just witnessed precisely mirrored his own actions?

It dawned on him that the terrified face was none other than his own.

Lin Xian’s brow furrowed deeply, his heart hammering. What shocked him most was that the actions of the 'opposite' entity were exactly what he would perform mere seconds later.

This meant the figure within the black hole was his future self, appearing a few moments ahead of time!

At this juncture, Lin Xian noticed the elongated light and shadow cast upon him, a recollection of a science fiction film surfacing in his mind. It depicted a fourth-dimensional world where time was tangible, with past and future coexisting 'simultaneously,' allowing one to perceive oneself at any given moment.

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

The countdown in Lin Xian’s vision continued its relentless progression.

"This countdown remains unaffected."

"So, this is the power of the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes flower bud blooming – not merely a dimensional bubble, but a dimensional entity?"

Thump, thump.

A sound like movement echoed. Lin Xian’s thoughts raced, but when he looked back at the black hole, he saw it had expanded, engulfing not only the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes Cultivation Chamber but also Ding Junyi’s hands entirely.

Within the black hole, a human silhouette materialized once more. Lin Xian frowned, contemplating approaching for a closer look, but then considered if his inaction might prevent a time paradox, thereby altering the original timeline.

No, he decided, the immediate concern was how to dismantle this dimensional anomaly of the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes, evade the deep-sea monstrosities, and escape through the super vortex array.

Suddenly, a peculiar thought struck Lin Xian.

"But if I can witness the timeline unfold, could I foresee our success in advance?"

With that, he turned his attention back to the black hole. The shadow within persisted, deepening as if 'waiting' for something.

Lin Xian furrowed his brows, took a deep breath, and resolutely moved closer. As he approached the black hole, his perception began to shift in an extraordinary manner. The black hole's perimeter flowed like molten paint, the once static cockpit control panel elongated into swirling ribbons of color, and the still seawater outside the porthole rippled as if viewed through a shimmering, heated film.

As Lin Xian’s gaze penetrated the black hole, he was astonished to discover that its center was not entirely devoid of light but revealed countless overlapping silhouettes of train carriages — Chen Sixuan and Xiao Yuan calibrating the Electromagnetic Gun in compartment two, KIKI and Sha Sha laughing while playing video games, the nascent lettuce sprouts at Ding Junyi’s fingertips in compartment three, Da Lou and Brother Huo sharing tea in compartment five. These scenes from various temporal points pierced his vision like fragments of glass.

These images were segmented into a fine grid, infinitely filling his entire field of view. Every individual was vividly engaged, as if life continued unabated, and Infinity was still hurtling down the zombie-infested tracks.

Witnessing these scenes confirmed all his suspicions: the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes had indeed manifested as a dimensional entity. Lin Xian sought answers, his eyes rapidly scanning these grid images for the timeline after their descent into the deep sea. His right hand, reaching toward the edge of the black hole, quantum-disintegrated upon contact with the boundary. His skin dissolved into flickering streams of gray data, his skeletal structure transformed into nebula-like specks of light, and he flowed within the currents of time. Soon, he glimpsed the Infinity submerged beneath the waves.

Simultaneously, the entire view within the black hole expanded dramatically. Just as Lin Xian was about to make contact, the scene was abruptly pulled away once more.

Is this vision going to vanish?

A thought suddenly surfaced in his mind, and Lin Xian promptly located the scene of the Infinity entering the deep sea again.

At last, a patch of utter blackness appeared, swallowing up his form within the dark ocean waters. The Infinity gently hovered, as time unfolded in every direction.

Lin Xian observed with sharp eyes the core heat device's detonation, his descent into the deep sea, the vortex of an undersea cliff, and the surrounding sea monsters. It was at this moment Lin Xian realized he was witnessing his own actions, adrift in bewilderment.

However, time was not stagnant within these visions. Magnifying his view, Lin Xian was utterly shocked to discover that at that exact critical juncture, Ding Junyi had deactivated the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes. The instant the flower bud fractured, a dimensional void was consumed by darkness. From afar, Lin Xian then laid eyes upon an entirely new region.

The flower bud's detonation seemed to displace time and space on the ocean floor!

Rumble!!

Beep beep beep beep.

"Lin Xian, all our markers have vanished!" Within the Infinity's cockpit, Chen Sixuan observed the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes after a spatial ripple flickered, promptly informing Lin Xian.

At this instant, Lin Xian regarded Chen Sixuan with a complicated expression, then surveyed KIKI, Ding Junyi, and Viola. His gaze faltered for a moment before he immediately yelled,