Apocalypse: I Built the Infinite Train-Chapter 455: Crossing the Deep Sea!

Witnessing that vast and dazzling "ocean galaxy" deep below the sea, everyone was filled with tension mixed with fear toward this bizarre ocean current.

At Lin Xian's command, Infinite and North Wind 09 immediately activated their thrusters as the volcanic magma from the earth's crust rose from the deep sea like hell itself ascending. The two submersibles, appearing minuscule under the massive deep ocean currents, began moving toward the "galaxy" vortex with thrusters at maximum power. All team members in every carriage were on high alert, with all available power armor activated, every possible protection measure taken, and every handhold firmly grasped.

Ning Jing, Qian Dele, and other powerful team members from Infinite gathered in carriage 89, joining Vanessa to collectively protect the ordinary Falcon Sea Group members who had boarded Infinite. On North Wind 09, every compartment section was already on high alert, with children secured in anti-roll baskets, people in rest areas interlocking hands and holding on tightly. The air fell completely silent, leaving only an atmosphere of tension.

Laine watched Infinite charging rapidly toward the vortex, removing his sunglasses and gritting his teeth with a determined expression that seemed both smiling and not, growling fiercely: "How spectacular, charge forward!"

Inside Infinite's cockpit, Chen Sixuan and Ding Junyi strapped themselves into the pilot seats with safety belts. KIKI floated in the air, releasing all her ability power as telekinetic force formed an invisible membrane gently enveloping Infinite, while Takahashi Ryunosuke was responsible for coordinating care of the following North Wind 09.

[Current speed 9 m/s...12 m/s...15 m/s! Attitude control failed, preparing to retract stabilizer fins, entering vortex outer ring.]

Whoo-whoo-whoo!

Alarms blared continuously throughout Infinite as the external current speed increased. The powerful ocean current began flipping and tilting Infinite, pulling it toward the vortex edge.

"Life or death, we're betting everything now."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered as he watched the azure water flow outside the portholes gradually intensify, the entire train's pressure hull emitting accelerating whining sounds. He took a deep breath as his nano power armor transformed six spider-like legs that firmly anchored him in place, then fully activated his Mechanical Heart.

At this moment, his Mechanical Heart had completely abandoned control, leaving only one thought: repair metal fatigue!

Hummm-hummm-hummm!

[Current speed 18 m/s...20 m/s...22 m/s!]

Viola's calm voice sounded exceptionally sharp amid the instrument alarms. Lin Xian and the others could only hear the restless ringing in their ears, their communicators reduced to static noise. Infinite was like a coin caught in a giant ocean washing machine, the ink-black seawater outside the portholes suddenly vanishing, replaced by a liquid galaxy of trillions of geothermal microorganisms stretching into endless blue light bands, extended by centrifugal force into light-silk ribbons spanning the abyss!

Beginning entry into super vortex center!

[Current speed exceeds escape thrust capability, flow velocity reaching 25 m/s! Carriages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 beginning metal deformation!]

Screeech!!

"I know!"

Lin Xian's roar was drowned out by the metal's mournful cries. The straight carriage passage behind them now twisted like a contorted piece of hemp, undergoing severe deformation.

"KIKI, don't let Infinite get torn apart!"

"I know that too!" KIKI gritted her silver teeth, eyes burning like hot electricity. The ability waves radiating from her entire body had begun causing energy distortion around her form. Her task was to solidly maintain Infinite's pressure hull external structure—as long as the external structure remained intact, Lin Xian could continuously repair metal fatigue through his ability to maintain stability.

Chen Sixuan closed her eyes, gritting her teeth against the enormous load force, while Ding Junyi beside her was nearly unconscious. Lacking combat experience, she was pressed pale-faced against her seat by the safety belt. In her drifting consciousness, she spoke intermittently:

"Xian... my ability... can it help?"

Telekinetic force shouted directly in her ear: "Focus on protecting yourself, forget everything else!"

[Ocean current velocity has reached 32 m/s, approaching vortex center. Estimated core maximum velocity will exceed 50 m/s. Warning: if reaching 35 m/s, stress will exceed pressure hull limit!!]

Fifty meters per second—almost reaching 17-level typhoon wind speeds. But they weren't caught in a typhoon;they were trapped in a deep ocean current with physical substance!

Boom!

In carriage 3, the seed package protected by Xiao Yuan's vine-covered hands suddenly exploded, seeds spraying throughout the entire carriage. In carriage 5, Xiao Lou's Black Dragon armor stood like an iron hammer anchored in the carriage center, protecting Monica and Shasha on either side. In the rest carriage, secured canned goods burst open one after another, covering the interior in spray. The rear carriages fared even worse, with many people completely disoriented in utterly miserable conditions.

The entire Infinite train, under the terrifying vortex centrifugal force, whipped about like a steel cable being struck. High-speed water flow caused the pressure hull to emit scalding heat waves, steam bubbles completely enveloping Infinite. Meanwhile, the scorching magma from Mount Garland's eruption rose like hell ascending, countless giant magma pillars shooting upward to form crimson pillars reaching toward the sky within this vortex galaxy. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

And Infinite and North Wind 09 were passively caught in this massive current rotation within it all—unable to control direction, unable to control flipping, unable to escape. The only things they could do were hold on tightly and pray the pressure hull wouldn't tear apart.

By comparison, North Wind 09 fared slightly better than Infinite. As a Federation-integrated abyssal-class nuclear submarine, its pressure resistance capabilities exceeded Infinite's. Although Lin Xian and Mochizuki Shinji had put considerable effort into design and materials when creating the deep diving module, Infinite was ultimately a land train merely wrapped in an outer shell—its resilience indeed had limitations.

As for Infinite, they could only completely rely on Lin Xian and KIKI's coordination to forcibly ensure Infinite wouldn't be torn apart by this gradually violent abyssal vortex. Lin Xian currently wished he could summon the Black Star Forge to help with automatic repairs, but he knew this was impossible. Now they could only rely entirely on personal willpower, cyclically scanning the train's main structure while frantically pouring power into repairs!

The rooftop honeycomb support structure emitted sharp sounds of metal fatigue. The connection between carriage 3 tore open a half-palm-width crack. A high-pressure water jet stabbed through, instantly pulled by KIKI's telekinetic field before being welded shut by Lin Xian's ability. When flow velocity broke through 35 m/s, the entire train suddenly sank. Everyone felt as if struck in the chest by a giant hammer. Lin Xian heard a booming sound and looked toward the portholes, discovering countless glowing blue bubbles the size of heads appearing outside, appearing extremely eerie.

"What... is that?!"

[Analysis indicates these should be ultra-pressure cavitation bubbles in the Silent Abyss Whirlpool core zone, a special phenomenon produced by high-speed water flow.] Viola responded steadily to Lin Xian's question like a guardian deity. [Ultra-pressure cavitation bubbles undergo microscopic explosions on metal surfaces, releasing energy and high temperature, causing *corrosive? phenomena on pressure hulls. They're one of the troubles submarines face underwater. The ultra-pressure cavitation bubbles we're encountering will cause greater ?dissolution? damage to the main structure.]

"What?" KIKI gritted her teeth: "How much longer until we reach stable flow?!"

[At least 1.4 nautical miles to stable flow, within vortex center. Estimated 3 more minutes, but the problem is we may not last 1 minute under this ultra-pressure cavitation bubble impact, and this vortex layer velocity may reach 39 m/s.]

"What do we do? Lin Xian?" KIKI asked Lin Xian.

Boom-rumble-rumble!!!

The entire Infinite now erupted with sharp sounds of metal fatigue. Pressure hull sections throughout emitted alarming disintegration noises. Lin Xian forcibly endured the terrifying load, half-opening his eyes to look at the screen data.

Azimuth 274, depth 2420 meters!

"There's... one method!" Lin Xian's face bulged with veins, growling to KIKI: "Find a stable angle, you directly shoot Infinite toward the center for me!"

"What?!"

[This plan not recommended. Actively entering vortex center horizontally, we will encounter massive ocean current tangential crushing force, turbulence, and shear stress—this will instantly disintegrate Infinite.] Viola immediately warned.

"What if we place the entire train within an AT force field simultaneously?!"

"The entire train?" KIKI said: "Can you withstand that?"

"No problem."

"What about Laine's nuclear submarine too?"

"Can withstand it!"

Hearing this, KIKI's gaze turned serious as she said solemnly: "Good."

"Takahashi Ryunosuke, can you hear me?" Lin Xian shouted: "Later, same as KIKI, hold onto North Wind 09 tightly for me!"

"Please rest assured, I shall not fail this commission!" Takahashi Ryunosuke's raspy voice came through.

"Good! Here it comes!"

Lin Xian gritted his teeth fiercely, simultaneously resisting Infinite's erosion within the ultra-pressure cavitation bubbles while continuously repairing mid-air, and forcibly preventing his consciousness from extinguishing. He watched the azimuth angle while constantly adjusting connection angles between Infinite's carriages.

275, 276

Carriage 3 and 4 adjustment.

277, 278

Carriage 7, carriage 8 connection points stabilized!

279, 280!

When azimuth angle adjusted to 280, Lin Xian suddenly shouted:

"Now!"

Hearing this, KIKI immediately shouted with determination, exerting all her power, coordinating with Takahashi Ryunosuke to envelop both Infinite and North Wind 09 with telekinetic force, then shooting them explosively toward the galaxy core of the super vortex. In that instant, the two abyssal submersibles broke through the violent vortex ocean currents within their telekinetic envelope, piercing through the deep water ocean current like arrows!

"Ah!!"

Merely one breath later, KIKI immediately cried out in pain. Takahashi Ryunosuke behind her didn't fare much better either. No matter how powerful an individual's ability strength, facing nature's super power was merely firefly glow compared to brilliance—especially this Pacific Ocean super vortex at 2500 meters depth with nearly 40 m/s velocity.

That terrifying power immediately caused both to completely exhaust their strength, mental energy collapsing, blood spraying inside their power armor visors as they lost consciousness.

But within this brief time, the two giant manned deep submersibles had already shot a great distance through the raging currents!

[Ocean current velocity has reached 42 m/s! Warning: already entered vortex channel, do not proceed further into core!]

Just as KIKI and Takahashi Ryunosuke lost consciousness, all telekinetic force vanishing from Infinite and North Wind 09's metal pressure hulls, Lin Xian in Infinite's cockpit suddenly opened his eyes. The six mechanical arms on his body now erupted with surging electric arcs, mechanical operation activating.

At this moment, within the deep ocean currents where Infinite drifted along with the flow, the three power units of Infinite's Whale-03E Heavy Gas Turbine Locomotive, Tianxing 5C nuclear power, and Gemini 11R Nuclear-Powered Electric Locomotive suddenly erupted with power roars. Three hyperstring reactor phase halos fully opened, nearly 500,000 kilowatts of energy violently converging upon him!

In that instant, Lin Xian's entire body shone with billions of electric arc lights, pupils containing violent energy beams beginning to erupt.

"AT force field, activate!!!"

Lin Xian shouted fiercely, milky-white AT force field suddenly vibrating outward from his body. Accompanied by 500,000 kilowatts of terrifying energy, it pushed outward like a polygonal protective shield spanning kilometer diameter, directly enveloping Infinite and North Wind 09 nuclear submarine before violently colliding with the destructive static water pressure of the deep ocean and the super vortex's high-speed turbulence.

In one moment, Lin Xian felt all sound around him instantly vanish, leaving only sharp tinnitus deep within his consciousness. His entire being felt spiritually displaced. Within his vision, the inverted azure ocean currents outside the portholes transformed into parallel light bands. The entire train seemed to enter that previous High-Altitude Corridor, activating high-energy acceleration!

Everything became a silent world. Infinite and North Wind 09 nuclear submarine now resembled warheads striking propellant blast shockwaves. The moment they entered the vortex center, the vortex current swept them into a winding ocean current stretching toward the distant ocean—a super current illuminated by azure microorganisms. And this high-speed ocean current was precisely—the Silent Abyss Whirlpool!

[Ocean current velocity reduced to 30 m/s....]

[Entered stable flow....]

[Adjusting confluence attitude, deploying preset stabilizer fins.]

[Conducting internal oxygen pressurization..]

Viola's voice reached Lin Xian's ears fading in and out. He tried opening his eyes but found his power armor HUD covered in his own sprayed blood mist. Excruciating pain shot through the back of his head, his entire body filled with the charred smell of electric arcs. He didn't know his current condition, but the sounds from Viola let him know his plan had likely succeeded.

At the very least, Infinite's cockpit hadn't flooded.

Beep-beep-beep-beep!!

Violent alarm flashes resounded incessantly. Lin Xian opened his eyes again, retracting his power armor visor. Lifting his gaze, he saw the already cracked stardust window ahead and the straight-flowing blue deep sea turbulence outside. Cockpit lights flickered with crackling sounds. He heard his lungs breathing like hourglass sand, his gaze sweeping over to see KIKI, Chen Sixuan, and Ding Junyi who had lost consciousness from impact force and inability to withstand the enormous loads. He immediately struggled to call out to Viola:

"Viola...."

[All auxiliary and medical drones deployed for full train rescue. Please rest assured, Miss Shiori and Qian Dele are assisting.]

Lin Xian slowly turned to discover the twisted carriage corridor permeated with dark energy fluctuations from Hellish Black Chrysanthemum and a green healing power. Shiori wearing that special power armor now hopped toward him rapidly like an astronaut:

"Lin, please hold on!" Shiori's anxious voice sounded in his ear.

When an incredibly cooling force rushed into Lin Xian's internal organs and brain, Lin Xian knew his insane plan had succeeded once again, and he had survived once more.

How much energy had the entire train's three power sources plus his hyperstring reactor unleashed altogether? He didn't know. He only knew he momentarily felt the field scale previously used when controlling Gray Mist Envoy—utterly violent.

"Crystal Lattice?" Lin Xian muttered to himself.