Chapter 758 - 339: "Human

Even though they were prepared, the scene of the dark anomaly still caused Shi Deyuan’s face to darken. He looked towards the direction where Lin Xian and the others left, and their figures quickly disappeared into the darkness.

At first, the distorted darkness was considered as a kind of black fog by them, but now everyone understood that it was visual blur caused by space-time expansion over a short distance.

In such a place, the immense distortion of space-time could be felt with the naked eye for several kilometers around, creating an oppressive sense of unreality across the whole world.

"Prepare for firepower!"

On the Infinity side, Luo Yang, Shu Qin, and the others all stood atop the train. The G3 electromagnetic railgun and 1130 all rose up, and Sha Sha also positioned the Sally, loaded and armed, at the front line of the train. Everyone was on high alert.

In a surrounding Dark Forest, earthquakes were constant, eerie tides surged, but as far as the eye could see, the view was obscured by the twisted black fog, causing anxiety. The only thing visible was the towering ridge line in the distance.

"Look quickly!"

At this moment, someone shouted, "That mountain!!"

In an instant, all eyes turned toward the eerie, enormous mountain range in the west, discovering that the ’mountain’ had twisted into a solid form, the angles completely peeling away from the surrounding mountain contours.

By now, it was obvious that the ’mountain’ was not actually a ’mountain’, especially after seeing several gigantic spikes, like ridges, twisting skyward.

Everyone realized that this was an incomprehensively enormous unknown dark creature.

In a split second, an eerie silence fell over the entire train line, as it seemed like everyone’s breath was suddenly held; Shi Deyuan transformed, his tiger-like body tensed, and at this moment, his tiger-like eyes slowly concentrated, as an overwhelming sense of oppression swept over everyone!

More and more spikes began to appear, subsequently, the outline of that gigantic ’mountain range’ gradually rose, presenting a colossal insect-like entity with thousands of long legs, slowly moving in a certain direction.

"Damn it, this bug is bigger than the mountain!"

For a moment, someone within the Joint Fleet let out a cry of surprise.

"Did it discover us?"

"It’s... it’s not moving towards us."

"Is that direction the Star Abyss Center??"

"My god, it’s terrifying!"

Beep beep beep.

Shu Qin’s Power Armor radar performed a scan, and then she quickly said over the channel, "Everyone stay calm, there’s currently no creatures approaching in the vicinity!"

"Do not open fire!"

Da Lou and Liang Lei led two assault teams and also managed to suppress everyone’s anxious tension.

Under such extreme pressure, if someone panicked and fired first, it could cause a disaster.

In no time, panic was rapidly spreading throughout the camps of the train line.

At this moment, Shi Deyuan’s voice came over the public channel: "Everyone hold your ground, our line is safe, do not act rashly, and be patient!"

The captains of the ten-odd convoys snapped back to reality and started to control the panic.

"Don’t be afraid! Hold steady!"

"We are safe now!!"

"Take deep breaths, deep breaths!"

After more than ten minutes, the chaos was finally quelled, and as the train line had not been attacked for a while, the core leaders of the convoys, including Shi Deyuan, breathed a sigh of relief.

"The convoy is temporarily safe. Lin, how are things on your side?"

Shi Deyuan immediately contacted Lin Xian, and after a slight delay, Lin Xian’s voice came over the captain’s channel.

"Currently... proceeding smoothly."

On the other side, the exploration team, under KIKI’s superpower, swiftly flew over the Dark Forest. The sense of space-time distortion from time expansion seemed to suck the viscous world into their nostrils, causing ripping headaches. The biometric data in the Power Armor showed everyone’s heart rate skyrocketing.

Without the protection of the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube, the powerful environmental pressure and dark invasion weighed down on the few, making it difficult to breathe.

Meanwhile, in the barren forest and terrain below, shadowy figures continuously emerged. Surrounded in the center, Ah Bai’s heavy breathing was heard in the channel: "13 o’clock, 9 o’clock, 16 o’clock..."

"There are many, many!"

"Have we been marked?"

"No..."

"Faster!"

KIKI’s telekinesis was pushed to its limit, rapidly flying the group forward. Ning Jing and the others focused and held their breath, and although 85 kilometers wasn’t far for flying, the faster they went, the stronger the discomfort became.

Grace excluded.

[The current environment poses continuous lethal threats to human bodies; Outer Armor cannot resist. Staying on task for too long is not recommended.]

In the darkness, Lin Xian also noticed this issue. The terrifying sensation from Akse being engulfed by the Dark Tide constantly pressed on his nerves, knowing the others must feel similarly.

Upon hearing Grace’s reminder, Lin Xian calculated quickly in his mind.

The current plan’s top priority is the Superconducting Magnetic Anchor Array Device of Silent City and the docking design of White City Rail Line. Once these two points are resolved, the Joint Train Line can immediately activate.

Therefore, Lin Xian plans to head straight for White City Rail Station, scouting the terrain while also looking for clues about Hu Lushou’s group. Once the docking plan for White City Rail Station is solved, they would have achieved a third of their objective.

As for the bizarre giant statue, Lin Xian plans to avoid it; if necessary, he’ll arrange for a non-living entity like Grace to investigate.

The Elite Squad already ranks among the top in Peak Power Index among these thousands, but even so, Monica, Qian Deli, along with Ning Jing and others, all wore solemn expressions, indicating the severe physical burden was clearly weighing on them.