Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 1014 - 394: Gray Mist Messenger
"So fast?" Lin Xian asked as he flew towards the main bridge on the upper deck with Grace from the cabin.
[The emergency information transmission devices of this starship are sending signals in all directions to Blue Star and the universe. After checking the command log, it is confirmed as a perpetual order issued by Captain Chu Jing, meaning that as long as the system or emergency circuit is activated, the [Civilization Pioneer] will continuously transmit.]
"A distress signal?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
At that moment, Lin Xian used a pulse laser to cut open a twisted and damaged automatic door. His expression tensed in the next instant; outside, the bow of the entire [Civilization Pioneer] had completely snapped open at a 90-degree angle. A vast amount of starship debris and human corpses floated in the boundless darkness of space, exposing the main structural keel and section fractures of this 500,000-ton giant human spaceship and forming a horrifying and tragic scene.
Grace’s voice came from beside his ear.
[No, these signals include]
[1. Dark Erosion Cells absorbing dark invasion energy data]
[2. Data on ionization reflection, spectrum, neutron, and radiation dose during Sky Veil rupture state.]
[3. Low-frequency radio spectrometer (NCLE) data for studying signals from the cosmic dark ages.]
[4. Mutated biometric data of all personnel, including Chu Jing himself, after encountering the Dark Energy Storm...]
Buzz.
Lin Xian activated the propulsion device, dodging various debris as he entered the passage to the main bridge. He pushed aside the entangled cables and bypassed the deceased bodies. Finally, he entered the massive main bridge of the [Civilization Pioneer], where the large command room lay silent, illuminated solely by a single slanting beam of sunlight through the shattered porthole.
At the captain’s seat, a corpse in full uniform sat upright, covered entirely in white frost, bound by safety belts as if steadfastly facing everything from the beginning.
Hearing Grace’s words, Lin Xian looked at the captain’s corpse with a solemn expression.
He knew, this man was Chu Zhaonan’s son, Chu Jing.
Lin Xian recalled passing by a young colonel in the corridor when he left the [Civilization Pioneer]. Only now did he realize that person was Chu Jing.
"Don’t worry, the information you sent won’t be devoured by darkness. I’ll bring it back for you..."
Lin Xian looked at Chu Jing’s frost-covered face and said quietly.
"Thank you, Colonel Chu."
[Signal acquired. The signal was a communication command from the [Natural Selection] to a stationary orbit coordinate space device, and the command has received a response.]
Lin Xian turned around at this moment: "What coordinates?"
[Analyzing.] Grace looked up at Lin Xian [By referencing space device orbital coordinates, it’s been identified as the Dragon Country Planetary Orbit Defense Program—South Heavenly Gate.]
Lin Xian’s pupils dilated upon hearing this: "They connected to the South Heavenly Gate?!"
[Yes, the message from the [South Heavenly Gate] was sent 5 hours and 21 minutes ago, and the reply command was: System reboots immediately, adjusting orbit position.]
"Adjusting to where?"
[Here.]
Grace softly said, then pointed in the direction outside the main bridge porthole.
"No way..."
Lin Xian immediately activated the jet device, rushing out of the shattered porthole of the bridge. Amidst a pile of space debris, he adjusted the hovering angle and saw the huge planetary orbit defense device he had once only seen in the news, hovering silently in the starry sky, like a mighty sword at an altitude of 52,660 KM on the Blue Star’s stationary orbit!
The 12-kilometer diameter giant ring-shaped energy storage array, equipped with "Thousand-Mile Eye" deep-space radar, with 24 "Candle Dragon" class constraint particle beam arrays capable of instantly intercepting and evaporating small meteorites within 500 meters, is a defense platform jointly created by Dragon Country and the Federation for the ecological safety of the planet and the Wangyue Planet Ring.
Platform code: South Heavenly Gate!
"As expected, the first thing the Vanguard Fleet does after breaking through the Sky Veil is attempt to contact the South Heavenly Gate."
Lin Xian looked at the huge artificial space apparatus and noticed the signal lights were still flashing, but all the operating module sections were dark and silent, the entire apparatus seemingly engulfed by an endless black gas.
Just as Lin Xian was about to fly out from behind a fractured module structure to approach for a closer look, both the power armor and his senses detected a bizarre wave. Lin Xian immediately called out to Grace and then hid in the shadow of the suspended module.
At this moment, countless pitch-black appendages resembling cable filaments spread from behind the fractured propulsion module of the [Shepherd Star] in front, increasing in number, like blood vessels attached to the starship shell, rapidly infiltrating the torn hull gaps.
"What is that..."
Lin Xian’s gaze was heavy: "Abnormal Body?"
The pitch-black appendages seemed to emerge from the starship remnants, gradually spreading wider. Lin Xian slowly elevated a drone to observe from the remnants, suddenly seeing behind the fractures of the [Shepherd Star], a gigantic biological mouth resembling a black hole accretion disk was gradually opening. The appendages, like a massive net blocking out the sky, continuously stretched from one piece of starship debris to another!
At this time, the drone’s viewing perspective suddenly spotted behind the black biological mouth, a massive shadow appearing from the other side of the Blue Star’s atmosphere!
Three enormous space city rings overlapped, silently floating in a vast and endless dark space under the illumination of the sun and moonlight!
