Chapter 1374: Chapter 532: Rope Ladder! (Part 2)
[It is not recommended to consider this plan. Currently, the total length of the Joint Train’s 6421 carriages is 112,678 meters. The train does not possess a flight effect, and over 95% of the carriages have undergone apocalypse modifications. Simply adding Starry Sky Propellers cannot guarantee a smooth lift-off. The probability of disintegration in the air is almost 100%, and even if feasible, you would need to manufacture over 20,000 Starry Sky Propellers in a short time, which is impossible given your manufacturing efficiency.]
"This definitely won’t work, it’s too forced to fly, our train is so long!"
KIKI, gritting her teeth, said with telekinesis waves frantically surging through her body: "Besides, in this scenario, we don’t even need propellers, we’re about to fly as it is."
Lin Xian’s eyes lit up upon hearing this. He looked at KIKI, and KIKI looked back at him.
"If the train doesn’t need to take off..." KIKI said.
"Then just find a way to keep it moving forward!" Lin Xian replied.
Chu Yan frowned: "What do you mean?"
Lin Xian looked at her: "Remember the initial concept of the Star Orbital?!"
Chu Yan’s face changed dramatically upon hearing this: "To suspend the track into the sky?!"
"Exactly!" Lin Xian immediately turned to Viola.
"What if we manufacture all the tracks in a chimeric style?!"
If gravity fails and the train floats, he could manufacture tracks that can clasp the train’s iron wheels in an adaptive form, similar to using tracks like aerial ropes; like climbing ascending tracks in Yu Bei City, letting the train clasp the tracks and ’fly’ forward!
This was also the ultimate concept of the original Star Orbital, encircling the equator into the air!
Viola immediately responded: [Based on calculations, this plan is more feasible, but it requires flight units for traction. However, the risk is extremely high. The train will swing like a chain in the air, with the risk of carriages detaching at any moment. In such a situation, if detachment occurs, the rear train will lose control completely.]
"It’s better than the current situation!"
Upon hearing Viola’s calculation, he immediately made up his mind and pressed the communicator
"All trains, prepare to check the fixed carriage connections. I intend to let the train drive along the tracks in the air, so focus on one thing: ensure that the rear train doesn’t detach. If it breaks apart, we’re doomed!"
"What?!"
"Driving in the air?" Shi Deyuan was confused: "What do you mean?"
Ning Jing quickly headed towards the rear train upon hearing this: "He wants to climb the sky ladder!"
"Check the carriages!"
On the Silver Star, the engineers around Jian Xuwei’s face turned pale: "Why does he want to take off again? When will he realize that we’re running trains?!"
"Don’t talk too much." Jian Xuwei said sternly and decisively: "Activate the strengthening components. Our Silver Star is in the second train segment; the lives of millions behind us are tied to our Silver Star. We can’t afford any carelessness, hurry!"
"Alright!"
"Activate the carriage strengthening components!!"
On Utopia, Sean, Marcus, and others turned pale upon hearing Lin Xian’s operation.
"This guy’s crazy, is he really going to do this?" Marcus exclaimed.
"What exactly does he mean?" Jenny looked puzzled at this moment.
Sean licked his lips, looking stern: "It’s like climbing a rope ladder, the train clasping the track to drive in the air!"
"What?" Jenny was immediately anxious: "That’s impossible, even the strongest carriage components can’t withstand such pulling forces, they’ll definitely break!"
"Not necessarily!" Marcus shouted, his face flushed: "If the train can float, it means gravity is gone, in which case there wouldn’t be such strong pulling forces!"
"The only trouble is the aerial collisions," Sean added.
"Exactly!"
"Then let’s act quickly, inform each train segment!" Sean immediately ordered.
Leaving behind a shocked Jenny, wondering what that person was thinking by making the train climb a rope ladder in the air?
Rumbling away, the tension in hundreds of rear convoys burst into a frenzy at this moment, with most people not even understanding what Lin Xian meant.
But everyone understood one thing right now.
That is, the train carriage must not disconnect; once it does, it’s all over!
If your carriage disconnects, the rear is doomed; if the front carriage disconnects, the rear is doomed too.
Suddenly, activity broke out among the various train segments; any usable connection devices, hooks were immediately put to use.
Even steel cables, chains, all kinds of useful items began being welded on.
At this moment, all the focus was on strengthening the carriage components, not handling the zombies outside.
[Congratulations, your Mechanical Manufacturing Level has been upgraded to LV.8]
On the Infinity, accompanied by a light screen appearing, Lin Xian’s mechanical manufacturing continued to elevate to Level 8 with the continuous manufacturing at the Black Star Forge; the eighth Manufacturing Sequence has appeared.
At this moment, Lin Xian immediately canceled all the construction sequence content, completely changing to a chimeric-style rail, with very simple structure except for the chimeric design and magnetic levitation that could control the iron wheels in the magnetic channel’s center.
The purpose of this, in fact, is to reduce friction, thereby preventing the track from being torn apart by high-temperature dragging, but Lin Xian doesn’t know if the magnetic levitation will still work after gravity fails, treating it just as insurance.
At this point, time is passing second by second; on the Infinity, drones are strengthening the connection between 12 carriages, as the head car bears the greatest pressure.
If even such a heavy object as the train loses gravity, it means the whole crust will collapse, facing not just stones and tree trunks.
"Lin Xian."
At this time, KIKI suddenly asked: "If gravity completely fails, does that mean our planet is already doomed, in that case, is there any point in us fleeing elsewhere?"
Lin Xian stayed silent, aware that he had considered this problem. The entire planet losing gravity, the crust collapsing, indicates destruction or the completion of the High Tower Civilization’s ascension.
Then why would he flee south, what meaning is there?
He deliberately avoids thinking about it, lest he misses even one second of preparation, causing the subsequent survivors to lose even one second of survival hope.
Yet at this moment, Grace’s words confirmed that his preparations were indeed correct.
[The energy spreading in the Scarlet-covered area is increasing significantly, but the Polar regions have yet to be covered by this energy. I cannot observe the conditions under the sky cover nor conduct geomagnetic effect detection, but you have little time left to escape the South America cover.]
Upon hearing this, Lin Xian was invigorated: "Good! Then let’s head south!"
Just then, the light screen of the Mechanical Heart suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Non-mechanical energy converted, Mechanical Source Points +1000]
[Non-mechanical energy converted, Mechanical Source Points +1000]
[Non-mechanical energy converted, Mechanical Source Points +1000]...
The constant popping up of Mechanical Source Point increments baffled Lin Xian.
"What’s going on?"
"Lin Xian."
At this time, Chen Sixuan came forward from the rear, holding the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube, panting continuously
"This thing’s glowing, I brought it here."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xian was startled, realizing that the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in the carriage had absorbed the residual dark energy from that dead S-Class Sky Cover and then frantically released it, which was converted into Mechanical Source Points by his Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube!
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.7 (98650/100000)]
[Mechanical Awakening]: Mechanical Lord
Mechanical Devouring: 7 (5380/10000) Increase devouring efficiency
Mechanical Manufacturing: 8 (0150/20000) Increase construction efficiency
Meanwhile, with his manufacturing at the Black Star Forge, his Mechanical Manufacturing Level is about to upgrade to LV8!
Lin Xian didn’t expect that at such a critical moment, the item Chen Sixuan brought from the Sky Dome Train would provide such feedback.
"Great, truly a blessing in disguise!"
Chu Yan looked at him: "Will your Mechanical Heart upgrade have a better plan?"
Lin Xian immediately shook his head: "No, I just need energy supplementation, because next..."
"I’m going to manufacture 3000 kilometers of iron rails!"
