Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train Chapter 799 - 347: Fire Meteor! (Double-Length Bonus - )
Shortly after everyone hid inside, the tide began to rise, a chilling cold sweeping over the land, the ruins of the hospital inpatient building outside boiling with activity.
It’s clear that the burning flames and crashed transport ships have attracted the attention of many Abnormal Bodies.
In the underground morgue, Lin Xian and Qian Suxun opened that half rocket, and sure enough, it wasn’t some kind of missile, but a vehicle used by the Deep Red World to send goods outward. Upon opening the shell, they discovered to their surprise that the center was actually a small frozen chamber. This chamber was different because it was too small to hold an adult.
Through the transparent cover of the frozen chamber, a completely twisted and deformed clone appeared in the sight of the group, its limbs and prosthetics all dismantled. The eerie thing was, on the clone’s chest was a palm-sized Petri dish. In it was a kind of reddish-brown tissue, and this dish seemed to have been installed not long ago, a circle around it still seeping blood that had been frozen and dried.
Seeing this bizarre scene, everyone frowned.
"What is this thing?" Tianye Lan asked.
Ning Jing wondered, "Are they trying to launch the clone out?"
Qian Deli snorted, "If that’s the case, why not just launch the memory device..."
"No," Lin Xian said, "The way they’re launching it indicates that the memory device isn’t the main focus. It seems they need a living entity for transport!"
KIKI nodded, "That makes sense. This clone must still be alive, so that Petri dish is likely the real objective!"
Qian Suxun didn’t speak but quickly sent the details back to Mochizuki Masashi.
Mochizuki Masashi, watching the frozen chamber’s display at this time, looked curiously at the Petri dish and said,
"Xun, remove the memory device and decrypt its contents."
"Understood." Qian Suxun nodded, turning to Lin Xian, "Lin, I need to remove its memory device. Can you manage it?"
"Additionally," he said, looking at the Grace robot in the back, "we might need her computing power."
Lin Xian understanding Qian Suxun’s concern about a self-destruct program, directly used the Mechanical Heart to open the chamber cover and then devoured the self-destruct module of the mind-machine to extract the memory device.
Then Qian Suxun inserted the memory device into the control interface of the Lightweight Mecha. At this moment, Lin Xian called Grace over, connecting to the interface of the ACS mecha, and began parsing the memory device information.
[Successfully decrypted RSA encryption, accessing stored consciousness]
[Connection successful, personnel: Li Tai, 45 years old, former Deep Red Pharmaceutical chief bioengineering officer...]
At the same time, Lin Xian had Grace synchronize the captured key information with Mochizuki Masashi, who would analyze it in conjunction with the whole. During this time, Lin Xian hadn’t fully communicated White City’s information with Grace. Concerning Silent City’s information, Mochizuki Masashi had not allowed her to participate considering some security issues, so to analyze the situation now, it still had to go through Mochizuki Masashi.
In the control room, as one message after another was relayed back, all circuits in Mochizuki Masashi’s control room lit up, his Intelligent Brain rapidly operating.
"So that’s it, truly a troublesome bunch..."
Mochizuki Masashi sighed with deep meaning in the communication channel and said,
"It will take some time to fully parse it, but from the current partial information, it confirms that this memory device contains valid information and is a complete backup."
"Secondly, through recent search information, they successfully cultivated dark living cells. This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that through these living cells, unexpected significant progress can be made in human research on the Star Abyss and Dark invasions. Because all biological tissues of Abnormal Bodies lose vitality after being killed, this discovery may allow us to directly find a way to solve the Dark invasion, possibly even reversing humanity’s extinction. Of course, the premise is that we can fully take this out and conduct research."
"And the bad news?" Ning Jing asked.
"The bad news is that this was developed by the Deep Red World." Without waiting for Mochizuki Masashi to speak, Lin Xian said directly.
"Yes." Mochizuki Masashi responded, "And there’s an even more troublesome matter, which is that White City is about to undergo a Great Purge, but unlike before, this purge is not solely targeted at us, but rather their passive choice."
"Passive choice?"
"What do you mean?" KIKI asked.
Qian Suxun sternly said, "Meaning, this isn’t something the Deep Red World can control."
"Exactly."
Mochizuki Masashi said at this moment, "These guys conducted some experiment beneath that sewage treatment plant, disturbing Target 01. So, this evacuation plan is not only to deal with us but also to ensure they can completely remove the research backup and living cell samples before the purge and destruction!"
"Target 01!" Qian Deli exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, could it be the Star Abyss Dominator???"
Qian Suxun took a deep breath and nodded.
Instantly, the air in the morgue solidified.
The Abyss Demon arrives!
At this moment, above the dark curtain of the sky, wild thunder boomed, twisting black mist severing the sky and earth. At the edge of the Bottomless Lake, on the battlefield of the Joint Train with hundreds of cars, countless survivors gazed out at the surreal dark sky through the windows, feeling a subtle tremor in the air, an oppressive and suffocating aura pouring down from the Heavenly Veil above!
In the White City Hospital morgue, the atmosphere was cold and quiet. Lin Xian focused his gaze and continued communicating with Mochizuki Masashi amidst the group’s shocked silence: "Is there still time?"
Mochizuki Masashi, not wasting words, immediately said, "Target 01 has already started approaching from the center, but the White City target hasn’t been fully exposed, so the Deep Red World will surely ensure the retrieval of the living cell samples before issuing the internal activation command, fully exposing the target to complete the White City Great Purge!"
"These guys really are..." Qian Deli sneered at this, realizing he was lost for words to curse them.
Monica stood quietly in the back and said, "What if we intercepted that command?"
"Impossible..." Tianye Lan shook his head, "Intercepting their signal relay is like finding a needle in a haystack, and even if it succeeds, it would only slow down White City’s exposure. But that Star Abyss Beast is already approaching here."
"No, what she means is, we should directly enter the sewage treatment plant and address their device before the command is sent back!" Lin Xian said immediately.
Both Tianye Lan and Ryuji, including Shi Zhi, frowned upon hearing this.
"Shinji." And Qian Suxun looked at Lin Xian at this moment, using the communicator to inquire with Mochizuki Masashi: "Lin said, do we have enough time?"
"Perhaps... yes." Mochizuki Masashi took a deep breath, "In the Star Abyss, such a rocket can only use inertia guidance, setting a coordinate for retrieval by outsiders post-launch. However, due to signal delay and precision issues, retrieval takes time. According to the Deep Red World’s efficiency, maybe just a few minutes to over ten minutes."
"But we have twelve times the time!"
As soon as Mochizuki Masashi finished speaking, Lin Xian said firmly, "Even if it’s 5 minutes outside, we have an hour here. Subtracting the tide, we still have a chance before the next tide, right?"
Hearing Lin Xian’s words, everyone, including Qian Suxun, looked surprised. When put that way, the time flow disparity between the Star Abyss’s interior and exterior seemed to offer them a crucial opportunity!
Everyone held their breaths, waiting for Mochizuki Masashi’s response.
After a long while, a crisp voice from Mochizuki Masashi came through all of their communicators.
"Yes."