Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 971 - 387: 8-Winged Angel! (10,000)_3

"Are you trying to tell me that the humans fleeing through the Vanguard Plan shoulder the responsibility of preserving civilization, or are you saying that all our current efforts are meaningless?" Lin Xian replied.

Chu Zhaonan shook his head: "Every effort has meaning. Just now, the entire garrison combat regiment sacrificed itself. But without their desperate defense and diversion at the quarantine zone, the chain reaction of collapsing defenses might have resulted in the collapse of multiple defense sectors in the Southern City, potentially saving tens of thousands of lives due to this effort, thereby granting Dawn City more time and buffer, which includes this conversation, the implementation of the Vanguard Plan, and even the possibility to see tomorrow’s dawn."

"That is the meaning of civilization. Civilization shines through the interactions, collaboration, and co-creation between individuals. From the Stone Age to today, human civilization has grown rapidly. Our utilization of planetary energy and stellar energy has already reached a considerable scale. However, this millennia-old civilization is on the brink of extinction within less than a year. What does it imply? It’s regrettable, isn’t it? But if I tell you, 3-9 million cells die every second in the human body. When we expand human civilization to the cosmic level, it exceeds our brilliant civilization countless times. We are like one of those nine million dying cells."

Chu Zhaonan looked at Lin Xian and spoke in a calm yet somewhat helpless tone:

"From the vastness of the universe, perhaps the one thing that isn’t lacking is civilization."

Lin Xian remained silent.

"I acknowledge all the ideals of Ye Lanli and He Ping, recognize the original intent of the Phoenx Society, and respect and salute the choices of every sacrificer, including you, Lin Xian."

Chu Zhaonan looked at him and said: "In these efforts, the choices you made have directly and indirectly affected the humans still alive in the current world. Yu Bei Airport, you made a choice, Zhang Dingzhong made a choice, Bai Shuang made a choice, Jian Xuwei also made a choice, Xilan City, Zhao Yu, He Zhen, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, Phoenix Society, the human alliances, 70,000 people all made their own choices. Likewise, the European Storm Alliance, the North American United Front, the Dawn Center, Qingluan Sky City, so many sacrifices, so much fervor, because of these choices, Dawn City may have survived to this day. In the darkness, we find more possibilities."

"But although I respect the possibilities, I cannot choose to entrust human civilization to these possibilities. Humans need a decisive choice." Chu Zhaonan said this as if speaking to Lin Xian, yet also as if speaking to himself.

Lin Xian pretended not to understand: "So you knew I infiltrated Star Port but didn’t stop me, specially talked to me—hoping I could do something for you?"

"Join the Vanguard Plan." Chu Zhaonan said directly.

"You should be aware of your own abilities. The creation ability of the Mechanical superpower can quickly help interstellar colonization achieve comprehensive industrialization, to survive as new humans after escaping the Blue Star."

"Why?" Lin Xian was shocked.

"Isn’t rushing into the sky to escape the night your expectation?" Chu Zhaonan retorted.

Lin Xian was taken aback. For some reason, upon hearing Chu Zhaonan’s words, he actually felt somewhat tempted. He was too tired, and perhaps if he escaped this cursed darkness by any means, he wouldn’t be so exhausted.

He struggled in his heart, and for a moment, countless familiar faces flashed in his mind: Chen Sixuan, KIKI, Da Lou, Sha Sha, Brother Huo, Shu Qin, Lv Chang, Miao Lu, Xiao Yuan, Lao Mo, Li Yi, Luo Yang, Liang Lei, Shi Deyuan, Ning Jing...

And those who have died, those who are about to be forgotten, Zhang Dingzhong, Zhan Wei, Ma Xiaotang, Bai Shuang, Wei Kexue, Sun Kai, Zhou Wuer, Peng Peng, Chen Wei, Xiao He, Chen Xiao, Zhang Chengzhi, Wu Zhenhai, Liao Ming, Lu Yong...

Lin Xian stood there, his eyes inexplicably red. At this moment, he wished those people had never appeared, had never died, had never seen those ice and fire, blood and tears, had never heard the heroic songs of the Iron Guard Brigade, and that he had quietly died in Jiang City’s shelter on Apocalypse Day, silently decayed.

Yet how could he act as if he had never seen, never fought, never hoped for the dawn...

They have all died, yet they are all still alive!

After a brief silence, Lin Xian suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.

"1,500 years, I can’t live that long."

He immediately said seriously to Chu Zhaonan: "You know my purpose for being here."

"So I didn’t stop you because you won’t sabotage the Vanguard Plan or harm humans. What you need to do is obtain information connecting the darkness and acquire the dark erosion cell energy conversion data to resist the dark invasion. I support that."

"Can you tell me the location of the No. 1 Breaking Curtain Device?" Lin Xian asked, then felt that his idea was really too naive.

Chu Zhaonan, having chosen to cooperate with the Deep Red World, is certainly prepared to complete the Vanguard Plan at all costs. In such a situation, how could he possibly reveal this, allowing the Phoenix Society to sabotage it?

Although Lin Xian isn’t sabotaging it, there are some things that not entirely under Chu Zhaonan’s control, nor Phoenix Society’s, like the Deep Red World.

So if Lin Xian were Chu Zhaonan, he definitely wouldn’t reveal any information to ensure the smooth launch of the Vanguard Plan.

Chu Zhaonan didn’t say anything, which confirmed Lin Xian’s thoughts.

But at this moment, Lin Xian only felt a surge of blood energy in his heart and couldn’t help but directly say

"Even if you don’t expect this possibility, as a human leader, can you give hope to those of us who have been abandoned?"