After crossing the waves, the Infinity advanced into the deep sea along the Star Orbit Ocean Segnt. Today’s weather was clear, and the ocean at this mont resembled a liquid blue plain. Sunlight spilled over the water like molten gold leaf, and tiny specks of light floated along the gigantic sea-based orbit on both sides, as if a train were running over a starry river studded with diamonds. Occasionally, flying fish leaped out, their silver bodies drawing a parabola in mid-air before suddenly plunging into the unfathomable deep blue.
Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan sat in the cockpit. Without a towing device, the train could only move on the track by automatic navigation, relying on radar and the navigation system to detect the state of the track.
After leaving the continental shelf and entering the deep sea, the sea surface turned deep blue. Lin Xian looked toward the far right side of the track, where the horizon and sea level were obscured by a black curtain like a storm. He knew that this was the edge of the 8th Star Abyss, and at the sa ti, the fracture zone of the Sea Ridge Deep Ocean.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Xian still felt a slight tension in his heart. He feared that the gigantic track might suddenly break, causing the thousands of tons of steel train to plumt directly into the deep sea from mid-air.
Although he had upgraded each carriage of the Infinity with deep-sea chambers and an underwater propulsion system, he was not keen on piloting a submarine in the deep sea unless absolutely necessary.
Swish~
The Infinity sped along the ocean track like a steel dragon, everything was calm and peaceful. A few hours later, there was only the sky above and the deep blue below, as if there was no end in sight.
Called to take a break, Brother Huo had set up a lounge chair on top of the Infinity, wearing sunglasses and leisurely watching the ocean all around, while Ryuji sat cross-legged in front, his gaze focused.
Both of them possessed flying abilities, ready for rapid maneuvers in case of an ergency, so Lin Xian had called them out for so fresh air.
It wasn’t long before Chen Sixuan in the cockpit noticed a layer of fog slowly forming on the sea surface, and the weather began turning gloomy. At first, she thought a storm was approaching, but the Infinity’s weather detection system did not detect any storms, as if this sea fog was rely a regional dispersion.
Quickly, the fog beca thick, and the surrounding light turned dark and murky. Lu Xingchen slowly sat up on top of the train, took off his sunglasses, and his expression beca serious.
"Brother Lin, the weather is changing peculiarly. This kind of dense fog could reveal evil spirits even in daylight."
"I’ve already slowed down the speed." Lin Xian responded with the communicator.
Sitting cross-legged on top of the train, Ryuji used his superpower to spread countless tiny grains of sand, swirling within a range of several hundred ters around the Infinity. These sand grains acted as his sensory radar; should anything co close, he would imdiately sense it.
"This fog is appearing rather strangely." In the cockpit, Chen Sixuan said to Lin Xian, "It reminds of the Fog Spider in Beibei Town."
Lin Xian nodded, "I feel the sa."
Viola was controlling hundreds of flying drones to scout ahead in a cyclic information chain fashion. At this ti, Lin Xian received a response.
[No anomalies ahead on the track. Approaching Taku Deep Water Port. No living organisms detected currently.]
[tal detection indicates severe rusting in the structures of the deep water port.]
"We’ve reached the deep water port..."
Lin Xian remarked in a deep voice. Soon, ahead, the fog parted from the sea surface like a shroud, revealing a massive steel silhouette.
Four drilling platforms stood in the leaden sea, with an area exceeding two square kiloters in the middle forming a steel deep water port. Originally a cargo transit port for the Star Orbit, it now resembled a steel graveyard. As the Infinity slowed to enter, one could seemingly hear the groaning sound of rusted steel under the gentle waves in the distance.
A large number of suspended corridors like the backbone of this segnt, decked with cobweb-like cables, and various large cranes precariously dangled in the air, seemingly ready to plunge into the abyss at any mont.
Before entering the port, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan discovered the platforms littered with burnt-out cha, fighter jets, abandoned trains, and countless already deceased corpses, those bodies having dried out and mummified. Inside power armor masks remained only desiccated faces, besides, the platforms and ports were covered with various decayed tissues of Abnormal Bodies that had also dried out long ago. This place seed to have witnessed so fierce warfare, now enveloped in silence.
[Clogging detected on the track passing through the port. No extensive damage to the track.]
At this ti, Viola’s voice ca through. Lin Xian promptly instructed, "Viola, deploy drones to clear obstacles, and inspect the track while you’re at it, survey the entire deep-water platform."
[Roger that, Viola.]
Woo~
In an instant, thousands of drones flew out, attack drones headed toward various parts of the drilling platforms and cargo ports for inspection, while engineering drones began clearing the debris piled on the track.
"Lin Xian."
At this mont, KIKI’s voice ca through, "The sonar system detected sothing underneath the port."
"Ah Bai and Shi Zhi sensed it too." Ning Jing’s voice also chid in.
"Check it out, beware of any Dark Mark." Lin Xian instructed.
"Got it!"
Ning Jing imdiately began searching with Shu Qin, Lv Chang, and others.
As fog enveloped the area, the entire deep-water port appeared like a steel lone ship floating on the sea, eerie and silent. The sea flowed slowly between platforms, with an oily sheen, and occasionally waves slapped against the rusted pillars, making a hollow echo.
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