Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 1010 - 393: Nightfall

Li Jian gritted his teeth at this moment but couldn’t say a word.

Immediately, Wen Dong turned his gaze toward a young man deep in thought and said,

"Chairman Zhou, the core personnel we can gather from the Night Patrol Team and the City Defense Camp are all here. Although the number isn’t large, the strength and equipment are top-notch."

The young man had a handsome face and retained a neural interface at the back of his head. Although his body emanated powerful superpower waves, his life aura seemed somewhat chaotic. This person was none other than Zhou Mingyuan, who had transformed his body using fungal threads.

After finishing, Wen Dong glanced at a frozen chamber at the back of the carriage. Out of caution, Zhou Mingyuan even brought his original body along.

Seeing the middle-aged politician in the frozen chamber, Wen Dong merely sneered inwardly. Both he and Li Jian knew that although the body Zhou Mingyuan transformed into exhibited Angel Level peak superpower, it fundamentally wouldn’t survive more than a month. By then, all the personnel and resources organized by this convoy would naturally fall into the Wen Family’s hands, providing them a foundation to possibly turn the tables.

However, Wen Dong had no heart to think ahead. The urgent task was escaping Dawn City, which was about to face destruction!

"Okay."

Zhou Mingyuan nodded, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened his eyes: "It’s just external possessions."

"Speed up. We must reach Qingbo before nightfall; there are many convoys there, and we can merge some of them."

"Merge?" The bemused Li Jian mumbled, "What if they’re unwilling?"

Zhou Mingyuan chuckled lightly, "Young man, as the ancients said, regardless of how the world changes, all methods stem from the same principle. Power is the foundation of authority, which paves the way for everything. When you have absolute power, are you still afraid of not being able to forge a throne of power?"

He finished and slowly clenched his fist, sensing a powerful superpower wave. The shadow on his face faded slightly, replaced by a sense of ease.

Li Jian slightly frowned upon hearing this, and nodded in agreement.

"That’s right, but the Phoenix Society’s global broadcast made it seem so serious; I wonder if it’s true." Li Jian showed some concern: "If we lose this battle, will there really be no dawn?"

"Hmph."

Zhou Mingyuan sneered dismissively, "Politicians’ words are just for listening."

After speaking, a hint of coldness flickered in his eyes: "If it weren’t for Chu Zhaonan’s maneuvers, Dawn City could at least hold a population of tens of millions."

"What’s the use of more population?"

Li Jian looked puzzled, "If devoured by Star Abyss, it’s over anyway."

"You don’t understand. The larger the scale, the more resources available. Research on darkness infestation and human superpowers has rapidly advanced in a short time. When the boat reaches the bridge, it will go straight..." Wen Dong sneered, "Anyhow, in the end, some people will survive. Why can’t it be us?"

"Your uncle is right." Zhou Mingyuan said defiantly, "The Phoenix Society is just a doomsday organization that rises with populism. Their slogans claim to be for human civilization, for the world, but they’re setups to overturn the Federation’s power, ha! They even rallied those who’ve fled to return and die, what a joke!"

Wen Dong nodded and communicated to the convoy,

"Accelerate fully; we must reach Qingbo City within 3 hours!"

...

Dawn City, Star City Orbital Station.

Jian Xuwei and Monica led a team of heavy firepower personnel to reinforce the defenses of the Star City Orbital Station.

Monica stood on the deck of the Sky Dome Train, gazing at the sky, her beautiful face slightly furrowed.

The sky was densely overcast; though only afternoon at 3 o’clock, it was already ominously dark, as if night had prematurely descended.

"The timing of nightfall is unpredictable. Looking at this, anomalous bodies could appear any moment."

Jian Xuwei listened to the voice in her earpiece and said gravely, "We’ve done all we can; now we can only give it our all."

High up, Jiang Yun overlooked the dense defensive lines being constructed below in the Old District, rain-soaked crowds bustling. From the perspective of an S-Class monster, humans seemed like ants.

Ren Huixian hovered beside him, observing his serious expression, and spoke, 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"It’s rare to see you so tense."

"More than three million people... perhaps lost in a single night." Jiang Yun looked toward the distant horizon, where black clouds and rain curtains hung upside down, without any firelight or convoy in sight.

No one came to aid, no one returned to Dawn City.

At this moment, Dawn City was like a lone boat under the black sky curtain.

To the west and south, the sky was terrifyingly dark, as if a black world akin to an abyss slowly approached behind the rain curtain.

Under Qilian Mountain, in the forest, the ground was dotted with rain hitting the dry grass and barren land; the forest seemed utterly quiet except for the sound of rain.

Yet as the sky grew darker, some bizarre silhouettes suddenly appeared and vanished, leaving footprints without continuity, quickly disappearing.

In the forest, on the plains, along small town streets, highways, fields, and hills, such anomalies seemed to begin appearing.

Above Wall Number 1, the frontline commander saw the outer city district grow increasingly dark and immediately picked up the communicator to shout.

"Attention, attention, the situation is unusual, Extreme Night may be approaching. All fire control units, activate!"