Lin Xian closed his eyes, exhaustion washing over him like a tide. Compared to when he first set out from Jiang City, escaping the zombie crisis aboard the Infinite Train, his mind was now clouded with fatigue.

From the floating giant corpse to the Heavenly Mushroom Tower, from the uncanny human mutation to the dark invasion.

To this day, humanity still doesn’t know what kind of enemy it faces.

On Apocalypse Day, with the endless tide of zombies, invasive mutations, dark tide, Extreme Night, and Abnormal Bodies, and gradually the expansion of Star Abyss, the S-Class consciousness, and the mysterious scripts on the solar-winged surface of South Heavenly Gate, Lin Xian once thought that with the ongoing escape and war, humanity would gradually understand everything in the dark.

As if discovering the Dark Mark, Cold Dark Particles, Dark Energy Synchronization, Fungal Brain Machine...

When humanity feels like it’s about to unveil the terrifying fog, the next dark night remains as desperate.

This time, what unsettled Lin Xian was the dimensional entity Black Hole of Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes. After witnessing the timeline of dimensions, Lin Xian felt his worldview and optimism were severely shaken.

He realized that destruction isn’t necessarily an inevitable outcome; in higher dimensions, destruction itself is just a manifestation of an event. This thought may not be absolute and perhaps requires further deliberation, but it still chills him to the bone.

If time is an entity, then does the countdown in his eyes represent he’s already on a fixed event path, and all current actions and efforts will ultimately lead to such a result...

Lin Xian didn’t dare to think, but just now, he indeed changed the team’s fate of disaster.

"Should I talk with Director Ding about the Silver Dragon Ten Thousand Mistakes and that countdown..."

Lin Xian pondered for a moment, then dismissed the idea. Perhaps after a night’s sleep, he could try contacting Chu Yan and the Phoenix Society in the morning.

...

Thud, thud~

The muffled sound of water pressure in his ears made Lin Xian feel like he was in a can stewed in a soup pot. The oxygenator and air system filled the carriage with a fresh but metallic scent, suggesting the train was rushing across vast plains in the breeze, but Lin Xian guessed the Infinite Train was actually still thousands of meters below the Pacific Ocean, like a wandering ghost.

Opening his eyes, what he saw was the dim bedroom lit only by faint indicator lights from onboard instruments. Lin Xian lay flat on the bed, with no clattering of wheels on tracks in his ears; the train’s smoothness felt like drifting on clouds. If not for the sound of water pressure deep below, he would have thought he’d just awoken in the middle of the night in his bedroom at home.

Quiet, cool, comfortable—as long as he didn’t think about the abyss below the carriage, it seemed quite pleasant.

Beep, beep.

The alarm from his watch sounded, immediately making Lin Xian furrow his brow as he raised his hand to check the time.

8:00

He had slept nearly 9 hours!

"Damn it..."

He overslept!

Lin Xian immediately prepared to get up, only to find that someone was lying on him as he sat up. He pointed in surprise, and as the light turned on, he saw that it was Shi Zhi, the little girl had fallen exhausted without her Power Armor, lying on Lin Xian’s stomach, with one finger extended, maintaining the posture of activating her superpower.

"This little girl, did she use her superpower all night?" Lin Xian’s eyes flickered. He gently lifted Shi Zhi’s forehead and found that she was completely asleep, her face slightly warm, her hair pressing marks into her face from sleep.

Seeing this, Lin Xian sighed softly, "No wonder I slept so long."

Shi Zhi’s superpower had miraculous effects on spiritual power healing. In Star Abyss No.5, against the violent dark invasion forces, she could purify and heal everyone, being an exceptionally rare part of the superpower system. Being tended to by her all night, Lin Xian felt that not only was he no longer tired, but his whole body was refreshed, even feeling his concentration had significantly improved.

"Thank you."

Lin Xian said softly, then got up and carried the little girl to a nearby sofa chair, covering her with a blanket.

After finishing everything, he walked out the door to head to the driving platform, but upon opening the bedroom door, he found the cabin lights completely off, leaving only faint aisle lights outlining the contours of the cabin and corridor.

Lin Xian frowned, got up, and walked into the driving platform, discovering Chen Sixuan sleeping leaned against the driver’s seat, with only Viola standing there, her arms crossed, steadfast at the driving platform.

"Why is everyone asleep?" Lin Xian’s expression was ambiguous, "And, have we left the ocean current? Why wasn’t I informed?"

[Rest assured, I executed the plan you provided, everything is normal at present,]

Viola turned her head to look at Lin Xian, speaking calmly, [Our navigation group entered the current diffusion area south of Queensland Island around 5 hours and 32 minutes ago. The average depth of this area is 3300 meters. After analysis and probing, Miss Chen Sixuan agreed with my proposal to maintain low speed and silent advance towards the Republican Islands. For safety, I’ve set the cruise speed of the navigation group to 15 knots, keeping the depth at 1500 meters, a depth sufficient to deploy unmanned deep diving devices for observation mode protection.]

Lin Xian replied, "So we’ve been cruising towards the Republican Islands for 5 hours?"

[Yes, after leaving the dangerous area, the crew members inside the train began to gradually rest. Surviving the escape from the Island might have consumed too much energy, so currently, most passengers have fallen into deep sleep. I believe it’s a form of protection and evolution, hence I’ve adjusted the car’s lighting to allow everyone to quietly rest until dawn.]