Chapter 848 - 357: After the Crisis (Part 3)

In Lin Xian’s hand, mechanical light sparkled, and countless materials immediately flew out, beginning to manufacture robots.

"So what I can do is race against time to improve my strength, build weapons, strengthen the train, so that everyone can live longer." Lin Xian said, glancing at KIKI with a helpless smile, "The end of the world is less than a year away, no time for talking about love, let’s do something practical."

"Smooth talker~" KIKI rolled her eyes at him, watching him start to manufacture drones, she said, "Then why don’t you have Mochizuki Masashi send you a batch of drones, making them one by one is more time-consuming?"

"When needed, I will."

Lin Xian found it hard to explain to others that every application of his superpower improved his metrics. Having acquired these blueprints now, only by making them himself can his [Mechanical Manufacturing] proficiency rise. This momentary escape from crisis is an excellent opportunity to enhance his skills. The higher the Mechanical Manufacturing Level, the faster and more efficient his production and scale will be in the future, which is most important.

Besides, he contacted Mochizuki Masashi to acquire some abandoned vehicles or machinery by purchasing or recycling, mainly to carry out Mechanical Devouring to raise his Mechanical Heart Level.

Mochizuki Masashi showed great interest and support for this idea, saying he would arrange some valuable mechanical equipment for him.

While the devouring of machinery was kept secret by Lin Xian, he returned tirelessly and prepared to make several construction and maintenance robots to practice.

Seeing Lin Xian start manufacturing, KIKI took out a mobile terminal and connected the Photon Storage Device. Instantly, the screen flooded with thousands of dense blueprint information, leaving her staring wide-eyed.

"My God, not only weapons and drones, but all sorts of mechanical components and integrated systems from Silent City are here." KIKI looked up at Lin Xian, "Mochizuki Masashi gave you Silent City!"

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief, speaking with deep meaning, "Actually, under the apocalypse, these things are inherently worthless; only a few large organizations retain industrial manufacturing capabilities, with no commercial competition between them. This stuff is useful only if I take it..."

KIKI nodded and suddenly smiled, "Seems right, though. Even with all kinds of officially secret weapon blueprints out there, who fears some Survivor Caravan or bandit members conjuring up electromagnetic guns by hand? You’re a rare exception."

"So, for Mochizuki Masashi, he loses nothing. He’s a smart guy."

Though Mochizuki Masashi’s goodwill was visible only to Lin Xian, it solved a problem for him by unlocking the blueprint vault.

Inside were a wealth of weapons and design blueprints enough for him to build a small starship.

Of course, the premise is if he can make it.

Hence, Lin Xian needed to quickly enhance his Mechanical Manufacturing Level, aside from increasing efficiency, he wanted to try through the Research and Development Center, seeing if his Mechanical Heart could break through current human technology to develop unprecedented new things!

Whizz, whizz, whizz~

Countless precise materials rapidly combined, and soon, a construction robot capable of 3D metal printing—Ant Worker-7—gradually formed its framework. With this, it could directly execute metal printing and manufacturing for Lin Xian, saving him the trouble of dealing with outer armor and tracks at least.

"Little gal."

"Hmm."

Lin Xian looked at KIKI, "Your superpower should have broken through to Destruction Level, right?"

KIKI blinked, lifted a hand, and summoned a new Spirit Vibration Value Peak meter into her hand. She picked it up, her eyes glowing with superpower, a mighty fluctuation passed, and the numbers on the peak meter continued to jump, finally stopping at a number.

1980!

"Based on Phoenix Society’s standard multiplied by limit factor, that would be 3168, reaching Destruction Level." KIKI put down the meter, her peak superpower improved by over a thousand compared to the previous test in Xilan City.

Bear in mind, this was less than ten days later, her superpower metrics had soared, thanks to the battle in Xilan, Extreme Night in Yijin City, and White City Star Abyss’s rapid growth.

However, despite the substantial enhancement, KIKI wasn’t excited at all, but rather sighed softly,

"Superpower keeps improving, but our danger becomes greater instead."

She sat beside Lin Xian, hugging her knees, head lowered, "The monsters we face are increasingly terrifying, no longer as simple as the initial red bugs, White Giant Monster, and Human Skull, not to mention those corpse chasers, Abyss Demon, world-level disasters, even A-Level and S-Class feel beyond our capability, and you’ve mentioned before, monsters are evolving too, sighs..."

Lin Xian noticed KIKI’s rare despondency, knowing this string of incidents has made the fearless dark cool girl somewhat doubtful of herself. Her superpower was already exceptionally powerful, a standout in the Xilan City superpower tests.

But in facing forces in Xilan City, Yijin, and even entering Star Abyss, she encountered entities overwhelming her capacity to resist, truly disheartening, even though her superpower skyrocketed, KIKI lacked the enthusiasm from when she initially acquired Flying Ability.

Seeing KIKI somewhat dispirited, Lin Xian’s eyes flickered, he snapped his fingers at KIKI, who lifted her head from her knees to look at him upon hearing the sound.

"What’s up?"

"Do you want a recharge?"

KIKI glanced at him, her eyes subtly shimmering, seeing no one around, she quietly flew over and landed in Lin Xian’s embrace like a koala, hugging him.

Previously, KIKI loved hanging onto Lin Xian like this during exhaustion, calling it "recharging", and Lin Xian was always at a loss dealing with her. Now seeing the girl so downcast, he initiated the offer.

Since arriving at Silent City, only Lin Xian managed a good sleep, while KIKI, Chen Sixuan, and others persisted till now. They didn’t utilize Flashing Bullets or observe Fish-tailed Lion Statue like Lin Xian and retained more energy, but after such endurance, KIKI felt extremely emotionally and physically drained, this time refraining from usual banter with Lin Xian, obediently settling into his arms.

At this moment, Lin Xian keenly grasped why Mochizuki Masashi stated that the closer to Star Abyss’s truth, whether Silent City or Dawn City or Phoenix Society, the clearer humanity’s faint hopes of overcoming the night were, yet most survivors were unaware of this, or they still clung to the hope of that remaining year plus 96 days.

Though it’s an unavoidable hope, at least Phoenix Society continues to lead this beam of hope, preventing the road-bound survivors from despair.

Smelling the soft fruity candy scent from the girl, Lin Xian murmured lightly,

"Monster evolution isn’t faster than humanity, at least those D-Level and C-Level monsters already find it challenging to threaten us. Now the issue is, the limits of this power remain unknown, and the truth of the dark night becomes increasingly clear. On the bright side, even if we can’t break through the Heavenly Veil, humanity has devised a method to purify and isolate dark infiltration. Once purification exceeds 50%, even amidst Extreme Night we can survive."

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, KIKI suddenly lifted her head abruptly, facing him nose to nose, eye to eye.

"Lin Xian, why do you think Dawn City dares to publicly claim a 95% purification rate?"

"What are you trying to say?" Lin Xian heard KIKI’s tone and perceived a new insight from her.

"I’m saying... such an easily debunked lie, Dawn City housing 6 million, can’t possibly all believe it, and intercity and outward information aren’t restricted; those wishing to enter the city wouldn’t easily be deceived, right?"

Lin Xian pondered a bit, silent momentarily, then said,

"I actually asked Mochizuki Masashi this question, he didn’t directly answer me. Now, as night falls, information between Silent City and outside isn’t being exchanged, but once dawn, various information should soon be disseminated. In a few hours, Jin Hai and Dawn City’s actual situation should surface."

KIKI plunged headfirst into Lin Xian’s chest again, "Good night."

"Don’t drool." Lin Xian reminded.

"Bite you to death!" KIKI bit Lin Xian’s neck.

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