Lao Mo nodded, "Perhaps being too large is actually troublesome."
Lin Xian’s face darkened at these words; large-scale guided weapons failed, over 70% of major cities were directly devoured by the Star Abyss on Apocalypse Day, populations mutated, communications were cut off, using nuclear weapons not only failed to destroy the Star Abyss but even caused it to rapidly expand...
Many people didn’t understand why humanity fell so quickly, nor why powerful technological weapons couldn’t achieve their intended effects.
Hearing this news now reminded Lin Xian, stuck within the Star Abyss, of the enormous eye resembling a galaxy he saw outside Hengshan Pass while gazing at the stars.
He also thought of two individuals.
One was Wei Kexue, who had told Lin Xian during the campaign to fortify the city that the initial reason for the Phoenix Society’s Emperor Plan was because the destructive effect of nuclear fusion chain reactions hadn’t met expectations, so they were vigorously developing mega-mechanical weapons and swarm weapons to enter the Star Abyss.
The second was that Professor Wang on the radio when he was in Jiang City.
Lin Xian recalled his shout on the radio:
"Physics...so ridiculous, inescapable, no one can escape..."
Now Lin Xian speculated that perhaps it was because the Star Abyss exploration team from Lu City Dingzhou, upon entering Star Abyss No. 3, encountered horrors that completely overturned the human understanding of physics, shattering the beliefs and worldview of surviving scientists during Apocalypse Day and Extreme Night, plunging them into despair.
"So now the situation is that White City is inaccessible, and the Rail Plan can’t proceed. If even megastructures like Silent City have fallen, do we only have the car and all-terrain train evacuation options left?" Chen Sixuan said seriously at this point. Dıscover more novels at 𝗻𝗼𝘷𝗲𝗹•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"Lin Xian." KIKI crossed her arms, making a face that suggested life and death were in his hands, entirely awaiting his decision.
Everyone also turned to look at Lin Xian. At this moment, aside from Lu Xingchen who silently said nothing, the others all wore grave expressions.
Lin Xian fell into silence; asking him to abandon Infinity was nearly impossible. This was the protective fortress he had built with the Mechanical Heart all the way until now; losing this fortress meant that even if they escaped the Star Abyss, whether they could survive the next Extreme Night was questionable. Furthermore, without the fortress’s protection, more than 70-80% of Infinity’s 180 plus people might die...
At this time, Lin Xian looked at his Black Hawk Battle Armor beside him, and simultaneously, the Guardian 86 air defense missile he was making was gradually forming in his hand. Suddenly, he had a crazy idea, and after a long silence, he raised his head with a solemn expression to look at everyone: "If the rail isn’t feasible, isn’t it more convenient for us to let the train fly to White City?"
Everyone was startled upon hearing this, and KIKI looked at Lin Xian: "Ah, how to fly?"
Lin Xian’s eyes became more spirited, his face showed a fierce intent, then he turned to Lao Mo
"Lao Mo, if I’m not mistaken, large aerospace vehicles are equipped with a superconducting magnetic anchor array device for horizon hovering, right?"
"Yes!" Lao Mo nodded, "Special terrain hovering standby will use this technology, although it’s generally for emergencies, like overloads or when anti-gravity engines malfunction."
KIKI’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, seemingly instantly understanding Lin Xian’s idea, then looked at Lin Xian in amazement: "Hey, Lin Xian, you don’t mean to use the magnetic anchor array to... shoot... shoot the Joint Train out, do you??"
Luo Yang also reacted immediately: "Ah??? Magnetic levitation? Our train doesn’t have an EDS stabilization system, such a strong magnetic field would shred all our carriages!"
But Lin Xian slightly raised his eyebrows, his voice becoming calm, "Manufacturing distributed electromagnetic coils outside the carriages is much simpler than making a track in the Dark Forest of the Star Abyss, isn’t it?"
"This..." Luo Yang was stumped.
Lao Mo looked strangely at Lin Xian, "Is this...how you see this device being used?"
"Oh my god, this is way too thrilling!" KIKI said, her mouth slightly open.
The others watching the discussion, lacking deep mechanical knowledge, were entirely baffled, while Lu Xingchen suddenly stood out heroically: "This is a splendid strategy, my full support!"
"Do you even know what they’re talking about, and you’re supporting it??" Sha Sha glared at him, pointing at the railgun on the roof of the train: "Brother Lin intends to launch the 15 km long Joint Train like an electromagnetic gun!"
"Uh..." Who knew that after hearing this, Lu Xingchen’s eyes lit up even more, "The iron train soaring into the sky, wouldn’t that be more unrestrained!?"
He boldly declared, "With hands grasping the sun and moon, to pluck the stars, there’s no one like me in this world! Brother Lin, this plan leads to the heavens!"
Lao Mo was at a loss, as a senior engineer at Xinghua Heavy Industry, he naturally understood Lin Xian’s near-mad proposal and couldn’t help but be shocked and doubtful: "This indeed is a mad plan, yet the problem is..."
"Lao Mo, what exactly does this plan mean, is it really an electromagnetic gun?" Shu Qin asked.
Lao Mo looked at the puzzled crowd and explained: "The principle is quite simple. Large aerospace vehicles, like Silent City, are equipped with a superconducting magnetic anchor array device. This device, when aimed at a designated area, generates a strong magnetic field, creating a repulsive force through the high-energy magnetic fields at the base of the flying device, enabling the aircraft to hover 5 to 20 meters above the ground without engine lift. It works on the same principle as a magnetic levitation train, acting as an electromagnetic landing gear, and this device can be accurately projected over long distances. Lin Xian’s idea is to use Silent City’s system to send it over here and pave an aerial magnetic levitation track for us, so our train can indeed be launched like an electromagnetic gun using coil acceleration!"