Apocalypse: I Built the Infinite Train-Chapter 285: Danger, Flaw

Screeeeech!!

Above the Trakamar Ice Canyon, the ear-piercing shriek of a Winged Demon sliced through the raging blizzard, sending ripples across the snowy plains. Just as the storm seemed moments from swallowing everything whole, a massive mechanical arm suddenly lunged out, clamping onto the tail of the airborne Winged Demon. With a fierce yank, the beast's colossal wings—dozens of meters long—flared wildly. Before it could let out a second screech, a massive, dark-red chain greatsword surged upward with a sonic boom and cleaved the monster—wings, half its body and all—straight in two!

The enormous blade glowed red-hot as it sliced effortlessly through the demon's rock-hard hide and bones like a hot knife through butter.

Clang!

Vrrrmmm!

Unit 01 let out a deafening mechanical roar that shook the earth. In a single motion, it hurled the severed carcass of the Winged Demon toward the Snow Fiends chasing after Jing Tian’s squad across the icy plains. Smooth as clockwork, it raised its right arm and retracted the High-Frequency Blade Chain Sword.

Clink-clink-clink— its mechanical fingers and wrist rapidly morphed into a Triangular Plasma Phase Ring.

“Activate the Plasma Cannon!”

“Activate the Plasma Cannon!”

Whooooo!

The triangle ring spun at high speed as the maglev acceleration rails lit up segment by segment. The hexagonal superconducting coils unleashed a shrill whine, tearing through the extreme cold.

Zzz-krrr! Zzz-krrr! Zzz-krrr!

Three rounds of multi-million-degree plasma bursts erupted, lighting up the sky above the canyon like midday sun, exploding dead center within the Snow Fiend horde!

From Jing Tian's squad’s vantage point, the sky flashed with eerie blue lightning. In the next instant, the pursuing horde was swallowed by plasma sparks. Even the steel-rending Snow Fiends and the snowy ground beneath them were instantly vaporized. Plasma splash exploded outward, tearing apart the monsters at the edges. Severed limbs and charred flesh flew in all directions with the shockwave.

Moments later, outside the camp, the world suddenly fell quiet—only the howling wind of the blizzard remained.

The Security Squad stood panting, wide-eyed. Through the low visibility, they could only make out the silhouette of a mountain-sized mecha, its warning lights and nuclear-powered engine pulsing like a lighthouse in the storm.

“That’s the mecha from the Emperor Project?!”

“Holy sht, that was insane!!”

“Did we do it?”

“F** yeah, wiped them all out!!”

Outside the camp, Yu Yuheng and the rest of the Emperor Team stared at the towering figure, expressions mixed with excitement and awe.

“We... we actually reactivated Unit 01!”

Yu Yuheng collapsed onto the snow, eyes full of disbelief as he looked up at the mecha’s heroic silhouette.

“Captain Yu, Jing Tian.”

Inside Unit 01’s Neuro-Sync Cockpit, Lin Xian stared coldly at the holo-display.

“We’re heading back. Now.”

01:54 AM – West Xilan City

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

At the Durga Radar Array Station in the south of the city, charred corpses of Snow Wraiths littered the hills. The air reeked of scorched flesh and burnt ozone. Raging firestorms left little trace of the cold—chaos drowned the storm.

Heavy machine guns lay wrecked across the defense line. The South City Wall’s anti-air guns had been firing for hours, filling the sky with nonstop thunder.

In the frontlines, several destroyed mechas lay buried in the snow, surrounded by countless corpses—both human and monstrous. The battlefield stank of blood and gunpowder.

BOOOOM!

“That worm’s on the move again—blast the sinkhole!”

“Bomber squad inbound!”

“We’re losing the mountain pass—too many wounded! Not enough men!”

“Drag the injured back—hold the front or we’re all dead!”

“Captain Xiao’s already charged up—Mecha Corps is barely hanging on!”

“Tell the kids to fall back! We’ll hold the line!”

DA-DA-DA! BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Along the multi-kilometer-long frontline, over 30,000 soldiers fought desperately. But the monster horde from the mountain and city seemed endless. After two waves of purges, two more sinkholes opened in the south. With the horde pressing from all sides, the defense was reaching its breaking point.

At the Eastern Weapons Factory, the first defense layer had already fallen. The Resistance was forced back inside the factory. Outside, industrial highways were overrun with Snow Wraiths. Half of the Torch Alliance’s forces had perished. Captain Chen Xiao’s remains lay scattered on the road, trampled by beasts.

Massive cratered blast pits turned the factory zone into prehistoric rubble. Two exploded rail-mounted electromagnetic cannons still smoldered in the pits—grim reminders of the brutal battle.

At the Northern Passenger Station, the horde breached the train lines. Several trains were crawling with Snow Fiends, and some carriages were already ablaze. The plaza was soaked in blood.

On the fractured frontline, Lu Yong, a geokinetic ability user, stood in the breach, halting the tide. But his stone armor was full of puncture wounds from the fiends’ stingers, and he was bleeding heavily.

DA-DA-DA! BOOM!

With supporting fire forcing the horde back a few meters, Lu Yong turned with a roar, bloodied but defiant.

“F*** this! Longshan One will never fall! Everyone's gonna make it out!!”

He smashed his fists into the ground, causing a mini-quake. Giant stone slabs rose from the earth, forming a wall that blocked the breach.

THWACK!

In the next instant, dozens of stingers and claws pierced him from behind.

“LU!!”

With bloodshot eyes, Shi Diyuan, transformed into a tiger-hulking beast, leapt from a container fortress, crashing down like a meteor. He tore through a cluster of Snow Wraiths, sending shockwaves across the battlefield.

Behind him, reinforcements rushed forward, setting up machine guns, arc cannons, and flamethrowers to hold the line.

Shi Diyuan reached Lu Yong, yanking out the fiend stingers from his back.

“D**n it, hold on, man! I’m getting you help!”

“Cap...tain...”

Lu Yong’s voice was a ragged whisper, blood frothing from his mouth.

“Forget me... Hold the line. They... they all wanna live...”

His eyes dimmed.

“You son of a b*tch—LUUUU!!”

Shi Diyuan roared and charged the horde once more.

URRGHH!!

From behind, another tide of Snow Fiends surged. A Steel-Slaying Greatsword sliced through the air like a blender, tearing monsters apart.

Da Lou, glowing crimson, burst out of the horde, grabbing the sword mid-swing and decapitating a diving Winged Demon in one brutal strike. Wounds covered his body, rapidly regenerating—only to be slashed open again.

“Bro, hang in there!”

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Shasha, piloting the Shali Mecha, had emptied the Vulcan Cannon. Only the main cannon and melee blade remained. She leapt into the fray beside Da Lou.

“We have to pull back!”

“Sister Chen, our flank’s crumbling!”

BANG BANG!

On the rooftop, Chen Sixuan kept sniping Winged Demons with her Meteor-3 Rifle. Miao Lu, drenched in blood, dual-wielding a pistol and a blade, shouted:

“Commander Chen, more incoming! What now?!”

WHOOSH!

A piercing sonic wave cut through, shredding fiends crawling up the track perimeter. Monica, in a now-battered fur coat, landed beside Chen.

“The next decoy wave’s headed this way. If another sinkhole opens, we’re screwed. We need to shift fire support now!”

“Won’t help much—our best shot is the North Wall and the aerospace squad. We’re too far to make a difference,” Chen snapped while firing.

“Our job is to hold this line, buy time for the Hunting Corps, and ease pressure on other fronts. If one side collapses, the chain reaction will be catastrophic!”

Monica’s chest heaved as she looked down at the bloodied station plaza.

“D*mn it... how are we supposed to hold until dawn?”

“We hold till the end!” Chen shouted.

Every nerve in her body screamed with tension, a single name echoing in her mind:

Lin Xian... we can’t hold much longer. Where are you?

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh— amidst the monster horde, the charged chainblades flashed like meteors. The two girls moved with perfect synergy. Their battle armor’s auto-tracking turrets and full-field situational awareness system locked onto every Snow Wraith in their path. They glided like phantoms, darting through the swarm, chainblades slicing through monsters left and right. In no time, they were closing in on the massive, three-tailed Snow Wraith.

"I’ll go left!"

"I’ll take right!"

Their white chainblades crossed in midair, crackling with high-voltage arcs before diving into the swarm like buzzsaws. In a blink, dozens of Snow Wraiths were sliced clean in half. The massive Snow Wraith, sensing danger, let out a roar, and the three sharp tail spikes behind it lashed through the air toward them.

Swoosh—swoosh.

Amin reacted instantly, propelled by her powered armor as she leapt away. Dodging the incoming tail strikes, she countered with a high-voltage arc slash aimed at the beast.

But to her surprise, the Snow Wraith suddenly raised a front limb, blocking its head. The arc only managed to slice halfway through the flesh. It roared and whipped all three tail spikes toward Amin.

"Watch out!" Lolo shouted, but it was too late.

Alarms blared from Amin’s mech. Her heartbeat spiked. She spun around and slashed at one incoming spike. Her other foot pushed off the ground, barely dodging the second. But the third came from above—

Shnk! It pierced clean through her left side.

"Ahhh!!" Amin screamed, the searing pain blanking her mind.

CRACK!

A golden blur zipped by—Qian Dele kicked the spike clean off and hurled Amin toward Lolo. "Take her—go!"

Boom! Elsewhere, a swarm of giant Snow Fiends veered toward them. Shen Yao and his team braced at the front line. Violet energy burst outward, blasting several enemies back, but the Fiend wall still sent them flying.

Qian Dele charged straight at the monster wall again.

"Amin! Lolo!!"

"Get her out of here!"

Sensing the frontline collapsing, the others rushed in to help.

Lolo caught Amin, but before she could leap away, two tail spikes from nearby Snow Wraiths stabbed into her thigh and abdomen. The power suit’s circuits snapped. Both girls were yanked down to the ground.

Snow Wraiths surged like a tide, closing in for the kill.

Just then, a black shadow flashed forward. Liang Lei threw himself over them, his skin transforming into metallic silver.

Clang-clang-clang!

Claws and spikes rained down, tearing through his clothes and gouging deep wounds across his metalized body. Blood flew.

"Ahhh!"

BOOM!

An explosion ripped through the horde. Luo Yang descended from above, swinging on a steel cable, his eyes glowing red with explosive energy. “Uncle Liang—move!”

Liang Lei struggled up, ignoring his injuries. He grabbed both girls and ran toward the defense line.

But the giant Snow Wraith roared again. Its tail swept like a whip, slamming Liang Lei back into the monster tide. The swarm swarmed in instantly.

"Lei Zi!"

Li Yi’s eyes reddened. "Don’t let them through!"

Boom! The Fiend swarm crushed a heavy armored truck, leaving carnage behind. Qian Dele dove in again, his super speed hammering away at the hulking beasts.

“Start the trucks! Block the breach!” he shouted.

“Bring in the incendiaries!”

Liao Ming, now transformed into his insect-armored form, rushed forward with Li Guangwen to intercept the giant Snow Wraith.

“Shatterfist!” Li Guangwen roared, punching with explosive force. The Snow Wraith’s front leg and half its head exploded into gore.

Seizing the chance, Liao Ming leapt onto the beast’s back. His mutated pincers clamped and tore, shredding what remained of the monster’s head.

The Snow Wraith thrashed wildly, trampling its own kind. As its brain matter splattered, one last tail spike shot toward Liao Ming.

BOOM!!

The jagged barb ripped off his right arm and half his chest, sending him flying. His bloodied claw crashed into the horde.

“Uncle Liao!!”

Li Guangwen blasted apart the horde around him with twin shock-punches, rushing to drag Liao Ming back—but stopped short at the mangled sight.

Liao’s shoulder and rib cage were torn open.

“Don’t look! Behind you!” Liao coughed up blood.

Thud-thud-thud! Li Xianwen didn’t hesitate. He took several tail stabs but surged forward, hoisting Liao with one arm and retreating fast.

"The line’s broken!!"

Heavy losses hit the frontline.

Li Guangwen had no choice. He hurled Liao toward Luo Yang and Liang Lei’s direction. Luo Yang gave up aiming and opened fire all around, blood streaking from his eyes from overusing his ability.

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!

Explosions rocked the horde. The blasts blew the enemies off. Amid the smoke, Liang Lei still lay shielding Amin and Lolo—barely conscious.

Tat-tat-tat! Members from the Chasing Sun and Running Far Convoys stormed in with rifles, surrounding Liang Lei’s position. Together with Luo Yang, they held back the monster horde while dragging the wounded toward safety.

But the rear defense had been breached. With no covering fire, the Snow Wraiths surrounded the group in moments.

"We’re surrounded!"

Luo Yang gritted his teeth, dragging Liang Lei, his bleeding eyes fierce. “AJie! Get out of the way—we’re breaking through!”

“AHHH!!”

“Can’t hold them!!”

“We’re outta ammo…!”

Screeches and wails erupted as the Wraiths closed in like a sea of locusts, tail spikes stabbing wildly, deadly from all sides.

“Let me!” Li Guangwen propped up Liao Ming’s remaining arm and fired off another shock-punch behind them.

BOOM! A gap opened for just a second—then the swarm surged again.

“We’re screwed! Too many!”

VROOOM!!

Suddenly, the roar of an engine.

A heavy-duty truck burst through the swarm, crushing dozens under its wheels.

Reinforcements from the Big Eagle Convoy arrived. Gunfire blazed, clearing a path for retreat.

“Get them inside first!” Uncle Wu yelled from the truck. “Save them—save them first!”

“Kill those b*stards!!”

Thump-thump-thump— the Snow Wraiths clambered onto the truck. Wu Zhenhai glanced at the breached line and the collapsing rear defense, gritted his teeth, and slammed the accelerator.

“Uncle Wu!!” Luo Yang, Li Yi, and the others cried out.

The truck surged forward, wheels churning through monsters. Wu flipped a special switch inside—red lights lit up on the rear explosives cabinet.

“Hold the line! You kids aren’t dying today.”

He whispered into the radio, ignoring the monsters clinging to the cab. He rammed straight into the sinkhole.

BOOM!!

The truck plunged in and exploded. A towering flame rose tens of meters. The shockwave leveled everything, burying all nearby monsters.

The Battle of Xilan Airport had turned into a bloodbath.

At the outer Spaceport Avenue, devastation stretched as far as the eye could see. Shells and missiles had erased all traces of civilization. Flames and smoke choked the sky. At ground zero, a massive sinkhole radiated outward, where Snow Wraiths and Fiends continued to swarm.

Endless. Like a tide. Like the sea.

The air reeked of death and despair.

The three main defense lines—north, south, east—were on the verge of collapse.

Inside the city, only 23 out of 35 Hunting Squads remained intact. Disbanded teams had either regrouped or were reassigned to the frontline to help repel the tide.

Those left continued sprinting through the city, trying to lure the Abyss Worm and fend off the elusive S-Class Eerie Entity in the clouds.

“That f***ing worm! Keeps digging and running like a damned eel!!” Qin Xueming swore mid-air. His squad was battered and breathless.

“We need to take out that sea urchin in the sky,” KIKI panted. “Every time we’re about to kill the worm, it shows up with some invisible barrier. It’s f***ing annoying.”

Earlier, they’d nearly taken down the Abyss Worm near the northern airport—until the cloud-dwelling sea urchin deployed its floating spines and blocked all missile and bomber strikes.

Lu Xingchen said nothing, staring at his hand. His Divine Flame had failed him for the first time. He was shaken.

Han Jun muttered, “That sea urchin’s drawing in more monsters… It’s following us but won’t show itself. Why?”

Team leader Wen Zhuo’s expression darkened.

“It’s waiting. Waiting for us to crack. The second we lose control—when fear mutates us—that’s when it’ll strike.”

“Then how the hell do we fight it?”

“We can’t.” Wen Zhuo clenched his fists. “It can sense fear. That’s how it tags people with Level-5 Marks. Hiding’s useless.”

“F***!”

“I’m taking the Hell’s Black Chrysanthemum into the air. If that thing doesn’t show, this whole city’s gonna burn.” Wen Zhuo popped open the chrysanthemum’s metal case. “One last chance!”

“The Dreadnought-class carrier is ready. We’ll hit the sea urchin first!”

VMMM—

High above, Zhang Chengzhi stood in the Dreadnought’s command center, monitoring the entire aerial fleet.

“Whatever happens, the primary target is the S-Class Black Thorn in the Clouds!” Zhao Yu barked from the east wall, glaring at the battle map.

“Yes, sir!”

“Monitor radar readings,” He Zhen ordered at the north wall. Outside, a million-strong horde surged. CIWS guns and Great Wall-50 rail cannons thundered non-stop. Railguns lit up the sky, outlining Winged Demons overhead.

RUMBLE— A quake shook the earth. The Abyss Worm was surfacing again.

“It’s coming!”

Wen Zhuo looked up. “Hold the line—I’ll find that bastard.” frёewebηovel.cѳm

He soared skyward with the Hell’s Black Chrysanthemum. A pair of aerospace fighters followed.

WHOOOO— The blizzard froze on Wen Zhuo’s face. He exhaled steam, staring into the storm. He flew straight into the clouds.

He looked at the chrysanthemum in its clear pod—now exposed, glowing with crimson light, drawing in the black mist swirling around them.

BOOM!

Below, the quake intensified.

The Abyss Worm was almost here.

He clutched the Blood Scourge Flora tightly, eyes sharp as he scanned the surroundings and the sky above. At this moment, a strange sensation crawled up his spine.

Something up there... was watching him!

Buzz!

Two fighter jets roared overhead, and almost at the same time, a message came through his earpiece from the escort team:

“Captain Wen, radar has picked something up—right above you!”

“Missile launch!”

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In a flash, both jets fired tactical missiles straight toward the unidentified target above.

Wen Zhuo looked up sharply—his expression froze. A massive black creature was slowly emerging from the clouds, covered in terrifyingly long black spines. It looked like a sea urchin... in the sky.

But this thing wasn’t just big—those black spines alone were longer than a skyscraper. They writhed and swayed menacingly, and the part emerging from the clouds already stretched hundreds of meters. The sight was downright horrifying.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, the missiles exploded mid-air in eerie bursts, shockwaves rippling like they’d struck some kind of invisible shield.

“You’re not hiding anymore, huh?!”

Wen Zhuo’s gaze turned cold. Several steel beams beside him instantly launched upward. As the cloud-urchin’s massive spines shifted, he sensed an invisible energy wave burst outward. One of the steel beams slammed into something with a sharp metallic clang, the tip warping slightly—as if it had hit a force field.

Wen Zhuo’s eyes lit up, his Ability surging. Now he could clearly feel it—that shield was real. Solid. Impenetrable.

Buzz!

A wind-splitting noise suddenly tore through the air. Wen Zhuo reacted instantly, dodging to the side!

A gigantic black spine swept through the air where he’d just been, bringing with it such intense air pressure that he was flung dozens of meters through the sky.

“Argh!”

He gritted his teeth, flipping through the air. Even as he was flung backward, he maintained control of the steel beams.

But then—he noticed something. The steel beams that had stopped midair were suddenly flying upward again. He quickly stabilized himself and used his magnetic control to hurl the beams toward the cloud-urchin’s spines.

Thunk!

The black spines opened again. This time, the beams were sucked in like they’d hit quicksand, unable to move.

The next second, those beams were crushed by a massive force into thin sheets, violently bounced back to where they’d stopped before—right where the missiles had exploded.

Wen Zhuo’s eyes widened as realization hit. He shouted into his comms:

“That urchin’s force field has a fixed range! And when it attacks, the shield goes down! This is our chance—hit it now!”

Instantly, the message spread through all units, sparking an adrenaline jolt in everyone.

Down below, KIKI immediately shouted,

“We’ll fake an attack on that giant worm! Once the urchin strikes, all your cannons—aim for the sky!”

“No problem!”

On the Dreadnought-Class Aerospace Carrier, Zhang Chengzhi snapped to attention.

Boom!

Fire Bro had already begun charging his flames.

“Redirect the cannons!”

On the North Wall, despite facing relentless monster tides, He Zhen instantly gave the order—turning the heavy artillery and railguns skyward.

“Recon-03 has located the aerial zone. Coordinates sent to Intelligence Command!”

“Meteorological report: conditions in Endzone meet missile-launch parameters!”

“LF21 rapid-response missile unit, lock firing data—prepare to launch!”

Rumble...

Shockwaves rolled through the city. KIKI and the others stood ready. The ground below cracked in layers, clouds of dust shooting up. The quakes made the pavement ripple like water.

Then—BOOM!

The earth erupted. Concrete crumbled in layers, rubble blasting skyward.

A giant, scarred Black Underground Worm burst from the ground.

KIKI, Fire Bro, Han Jun, and Qin Xueming were already in position.

KIKI used Psychic Power to lift the three into the air. Fire Bro held a massive fireball, fully charged.

“Divine: Flame Sword!!”

Whoosh!

Wen Zhuo dove from the sky like a meteor.

At the same moment, a terrifying limb dropped from above like a pendulum, swinging straight toward them!

“Now!!”

“Been waiting!”

But Lu Xingchen didn’t swing his flame sword down—he aimed upward. KIKI compressed the flame with a psychic pulse, launching a blazing jet skyward.

A crimson beam shot vertically into the clouds, lighting up the entire sky.

Simultaneously, from the North Wall, two LF21 missiles soared into the sky. From the air combat units, a barrage of missiles and high-temperature plasma cannons rained upward.

All attacks converged. As Fire Bro’s Flame Sword blazed into the sky, Wen Zhuo quickly led everyone away.

“Hunting Corps! Retreat!!”

Buzz—

The swinging black spine swept the street, kicking up dust. But this time, the Hunting Corps was ready. Everyone had received the signal and scattered—no longer caught off guard.

And then came judgment.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

A chain of massive explosions tore through the sky, igniting firestorms that lit up half the skies above Xilan City. Amid the crimson inferno, survivors at the Northern Passenger Terminal and Airport looked up...

And saw it.

A colossal sea urchin-like shadow backlit by fire. Countless black spines writhed like a spider hanging in the clouds. The sight made every scalp crawl.

“Did we hit it?!”

“Holy sh*t, that thing’s HUGE!!”

“An atmospheric lifeform?!”

“F***! Kill that thing already!!”

“Blast it to h*ll!!”

The whole city erupted in shock and fury.

Then—an explosive shockwave blasted out like a nuclear detonation, clearing the clouds and blizzard in a multi-kilometer radius. Within the eye of this storm, the S-Class Eerie Entity was now fully visible.

Hundreds of meters of black spines swayed like spears. And in the center... a dense cluster of glowing red compound eyes, like something straight out of h*ll.

CRACK—!!

A thunderous, throat-choking screech echoed from the skies. The blazing creature suddenly began to fall—plummeting from the clouds.

“It’s coming down!!”

“Move!! Evade!!”

WHOOOOOSH—BOOM!!

Dozens of massive black spines slammed into the city streets, shaking the ground and sending up a storm of dust.

“Hit it while it’s down!”

Zhao Yu’s urgent voice came through the comms.

“Full artillery, FIRE!” shouted He Zhen.

“Bomber squad, GO!” Zhang Chengzhi followed up immediately.

From the city walls came a barrage of cannon fire. In the sky, bombers dropped massive payloads. Railguns and plasma cannons unleashed a full barrage at the fallen black spines.

But the spines suddenly lashed out again, and all the attacks were once more blocked by that invisible shield.

At the same time, the central red compound eyes flared, triggering violent gales and electric arcs all across the surrounding districts.

Wen Zhuo and KIKI saw it and shouted—

“Crap! It’s about to launch another attack!!”

“Up in the air!!”

“Dreadnought, evade!!”

“Sh*t!!”

In the Aerospace Carrier's bridge, Zhang Chengzhi's face darkened. Before he could respond—

The creature’s core unleashed a giant laser beam, meters wide.

It pierced the Dreadnought-Class Warship.

The dark red beam sliced through the clouds. The 30,000-ton metal beast screamed in agony as the beam carved through its hull like a hot knife through butter, melting twelve layers of armor into molten red waterfalls.

In the engine room, the chief stumbled to his knees. Looking up, he saw the vessel cleaved in two. Through the gaping breach, his comrades tumbled from the sky—grabbing broken pipes, clutching fire extinguishers as they turned into flaming meteors—others just fell, like autumn leaves into the abyss.

Wail...

A terrible metallic shriek echoed across the city. Everyone on the frontlines watched as the flaming juggernaut plummeted.

“The Dreadnought... it’s going down!”

Wen Zhuo stared in horror.

“What?!”

“Cease fire!” He Zhen shouted in disbelief, yelling across all command channels—

“Zhang Chengzhi!”

“Zhang Chengzhi!!”

On the East Wall, Zhao Yu’s face turned pale.

“All airborne units, emergency evasive maneuvers!!”

Instantly, every pilot’s mind blanked—then pivoted into urgent motion.

But KIKI, still stunned, watched as the black spines began tearing through Xilan City’s skyscrapers, grinding everything in their path.

They were heading... toward the Xilan Passenger Rail Terminal.

“No!!” KIKI’s face drained of color. She launched herself toward it.

“Sis Chen! Shasha!!”

She screamed into the Infinite Train's comms, panicked beyond control.

“Zzzzt…” But all she heard was static.

“Sis Chen! Shasha! Big Lou! Lulu! Xiao Yuan! Someone answer me!!”

Zzzzt…

At last, the comms stabilized—but the first reply wasn’t who she expected.

A voice she knew all too well came through.

“Hold on, babe—I’m almost there!!”

“Lin Xian?!”

KIKI gasped, freezing in the air, stunned at what she’d heard.

“Target locked—S-Class Eerie Entity. Distance: 16 kilometers.”

“Activating rear rocket thrusters.”

“Ready for launch!”

Lin Xian. Chen Wei.

Far outside Xilan City, beyond the blizzard, thunderous tremors echoed—

BOOM.

BOOM.

Each one, like a lightning strike.

Screeeech—

A horde of Snow Wraiths converged on the East Wall, until suddenly—they stopped.

One turned around...

And a mountainous black shadow descended, stomping straight through hundreds of wraiths in one crushing step.

It was a colossal humanoid mecha, charging through the monster tide like a juggernaut, tearing a path straight toward Xilan City!