297: Chapter 297 Flanking and Stealing the Base, Naval Guns Fire Simultaneously!

The negative status was instantly cleared.

Lin Xiao's mental state stabilized once again.

[Wither Domain] activated.

Grey ripples rapidly spread outward.

The enchanted bullets that flew into the domain had their speed plummet, and their trajectories became clearly visible.

[Berserk] activated.

Lin Xiao's vitality dropped directly to rock bottom.

In exchange, he gained 50% damage reduction, 50% damage amplification, and a 50% increase in movement speed.

The slowed enchanted bullets still passed through the [Wither Domain] and struck him.

Sparks flew from the chest plate of the [deep sea aria], but under the high damage reduction of [Berserk], the warheads only embedded themselves in the surface of the armor without penetrating.

However, a dull pain radiated from his chest where the sniper bullet had hit.

But it was only a dull pain; he did not suffer any more serious injuries.

Lin Xiao's figure merged back into the shadows, disappearing among the rubble of the ruins.

The few people suspended in the air cursed in frustration.

"Deploy radar! Search carefully!"

On the ground, a man wearing deep red heavy armor roared.

Lin Xiao did not retreat, nor did he rashly launch an attack.

He moved quickly in the shadows while observing the equipment configuration of this group.

It was clearly more than one level higher than the group under Team Leader Chen Bin.

Although the armor was still standard military issue, the grade was above level 4.

Key areas were covered with modular alloy plates, and there were flexible anti-cutting fibers at the joints.

The helmets were full-coverage, with infrared thermal imagers embedded in the visors.

With just this infrared thermal imager, Lin Xiao's [Stealth] status would be exposed.

But there was a problem: the Silver-White Train had just crashed through the ruins, exposing the entire building to the scorching noon sun, and the ground temperature was so high that even the sand grains were reflecting light.

In this environment, the thermal imagers only saw a vast, overexposed white screen.

Still holding the advantage, Lin Xiao suddenly threw the [terminator] from the shadows.

The trajectory of the [battle axe] was kept extremely low, with the axe blade slicing across the sand and rubble on the ground.

This was not a throwing error, but intentional.

Where the axe blade plowed through, it kicked up several meters of dust, making the air, already murky from the collapse of the ruins, even more chaotic.

Dust filled the space between the broken walls, obscuring everyone's vision.

Those soldiers wearing full-coverage helmets instinctively raised their guns, but the laser sights turned into chaotic red dots in the dust, unable to lock onto any targets at all.

Someone fired a few shots; the bullets passed through the dust and hit the remains of a stone pillar, splashing up a few pieces of rubble.

Lin Xiao skirted the edge of this group and rushed towards the Silver-White Train.

With his skills fully activated, his movement speed was extremely fast, leaving only a blurred afterimage in the dust that almost merged with the heat waves.

He circled from the rear of the train to the side, and then stepped into the open carriage door.

That's right, in such a dangerous situation, Lin Xiao chose to flank and steal the base, entering the enemy's train directly.

The moment he entered, he grasped with his left hand, and shadow energy flew out, dragging the [terminator] embedded in the stone wall of the ruins back.

The [battle axe] passed through the dust, flew accurately back into his palm, and was put into his backpack.

The group outside was still cursing in the dust, ordering the detection devices to scan again.

No one noticed that the target they were looking for was no longer in the ruins.

At this moment, Lin Xiao tiptoed and crouched in the carriage connection.

Referencing his past life's experience and combining it with his encounters in this life.

Once entering a brand new train, the system would automatically connect to the new train.

Chat channels, online trading, etc.—all public functions would be reset.

But unexpectedly, nothing happened.

The member list of the chat channel had not changed at all, and the goods listed for sale in the online trading were still from the passengers of AE1001.

However, a cold system prompt caught Lin Xiao's attention.

[Boarding permission not obtained. Currently in a state of illegal intrusion. Please contact the Train Conductor for authorization immediately!]

Good grief, the Silver-White Train actually has a Train Conductor.

It looks like they are officially certified.

Lin Xiao closed the prompt and looked around.

The carriage in front of him was a second-class carriage.

The area was nearly half the size of AE1001.

Every row of seats had been upgraded and remodeled, replaced with vertically placed capsule cabins.

Cylindrical metal cabin bodies were arranged in twos and threes on both sides of the carriage, appearing very crowded.

Many of the capsule cabin doors were in an open state.

Those passengers wearing standard equipment were all crowded in the aisle, watching the battle in the ruins outside through the carriage portholes.

Their expressions were very relaxed, as if they were used to this kind of scene.

Lin Xiao did not intend to pass through the crowd.

Even if he entered [Stealth] status, passing through such a dense crowd would be extremely difficult.

If someone bumped into him, he would be exposed on the spot, inviting unnecessary trouble.

Lin Xiao searched around, and just a few steps away from the carriage connection, there was an empty capsule cabin with its door open.

He did not hesitate, immediately sidled inside, and closed the cabin door behind him.

Everyone was attracted by the situation outside.

None of them could have imagined that the enemy had already infiltrated the interior.

The interior space of the capsule cabin was large, with a small display screen and several control buttons embedded in the cabin wall.

The cushion behind could even be flattened to become a spacious bed.

It seems sub-space technology was at work.

After the cabin door closed, the surroundings became quiet.

Lin Xiao took out the treasure map; the black arrow on the paper, which was the AE1001 train, was still traveling along the established route.

And the location where he was now was at least over a hundred kilometers away from AE1001.

After confirming the distance and direction between the two.

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and tried to call out to the Astral Express in his heart.

Previously, when he left the territory, he discovered he could directly use the various functions of the control room.

But now, being over a hundred kilometers away, he didn't know if it would still work.

At this moment.

Inside the control room of the AE1001 train, in the 07-01 territory.

The [tide core], which was running smoothly, suddenly began to hum at high speed.

The runes inside the core lit up layer by layer, transitioning from light blue to deep blue, and then to a blinding, scorching white light.

Soon, the Astral Express, having received the order again, shuddered slightly, and the ship cannon system entered [stardust power mode].

On the roofs of the 16 carriages.

19 turrets began to rotate simultaneously, turning in unison according to the transmitted coordinate parameters.

76 ship cannons all pointed towards a certain location in the desert.

On the roof, Jiang Wanwan, who was organizing the [Scarab Beetle] remains, was the first to notice the abnormality.

The remains in her hands were still raised in mid-air, and when she looked up and saw all the turrets rotating in the same direction, the expression on her face became puzzled.

The surrounding Shark-people also put down what they were holding one after another.

The passengers even stood up from the poolside, curiously watching this scene.

Under everyone's gaze, the ship cannons began to charge energy simultaneously.

Inside the barrels, the [stardust] energy burned from dark red to orange-yellow, and from orange-yellow to golden-white.

The light became brighter and more concentrated.

Then, 76 brilliant beams of light erupted from the barrels simultaneously.

The beams of light propelled the energy cannonballs, shooting towards the distance at an initial velocity exceeding the speed of sound.

The tremendous recoil caused the entire train to shudder violently, and the surface of the swimming pool splashed up half-meter-high waves, splashing Wen Yiran who was standing by the pool.

The energy cannonballs lined up into a dense barrage, skimming over the sand dunes and dragging straight trails of light through the heat waves of the desert.

Any sand dunes in the path of the shelling were plowed into deep, bottomless gullies by the shockwaves, and the sand grains were instantly melted into glass-like substances by the high temperature.

On the other side.

In the corridor of the Silver-White Train, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Everyone prepare for impact!"