The next moment—

"Roar!"

Countless monsters had already surged out from the Mechanical City below amidst the roars, the gunfire reverberating above the Mechanical City had silently faded away, with only a sparse couple of gunshots ringing out.

The hundreds of robots standing here seemed to be the last soldiers in this Mechanical City.

"Charge!"

The cold, emotionless mechanical voice came from the mouth of this robot, clearly charging towards death, yet no hint of fervor or fear could be heard, as if mechanically executing some command.

And then.

Hundreds of broken-bodied robots, wielding weapons, launched the final charge against the monsters that outnumbered them by thousands.

Chen Mang silently controlled the train to enter the gigantic glass-surrounded elevator before him.

At the instant the elevator doors closed.

He saw countless parts flying in the air, the batch of robots had already disappeared.

The next moment—

The elevator began to rapidly ascend, speeding up gradually, the Mechanical City below, emitting billowing black smoke, started shrinking quickly, countless roaring monsters were quickly climbing up the steel frame at the bottom of the elevator.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Countless explosions rang out one after another, the steel frame at the bottom of the elevator began exploding rapidly, cutting off all the monsters' paths of climbing up the pole.

The elevator speed continued to increase.

This elevator is very large, able to accommodate a train with thirty carriages.

Yet this elevator is very small, only able to accommodate one train.

The Mechanical City below had been completely overrun by monsters, only one train escaped, the Fixed Star Train... was the sole survivor, and carried the hopes of everyone in this Mechanical City.

This elevator.

Was the only escape route in this Mechanical City during the city's destruction crisis.

As the speed increased, the elevator pierced through the clouds, the Mechanical City was completely out of sight, the scene outside the elevator began to blur rapidly, even flickering with crackling black spots, as if traversing a wormhole.

"Squeak!"

A piercing sound suddenly rang in the ears.

The surroundings instantly fell silent.

The Fixed Star Train appeared once again atop the floating high-altitude plaza, as though it had never moved from beginning to end, while in front of the train, a light screen emerged again.

-

"Fourth level, successfully passed."

"Reward for this level: A random yellow-grade accessory blueprint, currently randomizing... randomized to yellow-grade Vehicle Accessories Blueprint 'Super Tail Spray', the fifth level starts in thirty minutes."

"ps: All accessory blueprints obtained in the Adventure Map can only be sourced from this particular Heaven-Reaching Tower Adventure Map."

-

"Whew..."

Sitting in front of the control room, Chen Mang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sticky sensation on his back. After lowering the window, he lit a cigarette with a complex expression, staring at the data displayed on the control panel screen.

Energy Stone consumption... unchanged.

Copper consumption... unchanged.

That means—

Everything that just happened in the fourth level didn't happen in reality, the consumption during the third level didn't actually reflect on the Train Panel, just... the aftermath seemed a bit profound.

It felt like watching a cutscene from a AAA game.

"Fixed Star..."

He murmured the three words absent-mindedly.

He naturally knew that these three words were only altered according to the name of his train, everything experienced in the fourth level should resemble the technology of a Combat Training Virtual Space, allowing a person to be in an almost real world.

But, this scene should have truly happened.

A long time ago.

Perhaps even longer, at that time, the Mechanical City faced such a disaster, and in the end, only one train escaped via the "Train Elevator", he didn't know what the name of that train was specifically, maybe it was one or two, or possibly three or four.

He only knew one thing.

The elevator was always open there, allowing any train to enter and escape, but everyone tacitly assumed they should sacrifice themselves, escorting his train to escape, which meant the train that escaped in the fourth level must have had something special.

It must have carried the hopes of many.

Perhaps saying people isn't quite accurate, he didn't see a single person, only saw robots, but those robots seemed to have all gained wisdom.

"..."

Chen Mang fell silent, glancing down at the slowly burning cigarette between his fingers, as gray and heavy ashes slowly increased, much like the doomsday gradually consuming all hope.

"Ai."

"I am here."

"Do you want to say anything?"

Ai, standing in the corner, remained silent for a long time before emitting a mechanical voice: "I feel somewhat... sad, yet somewhat proud."

"Proud?"

"Yes, everyone is going to their deaths for their hopes, if one day the Fixed Star Train also reaches a point where I need to sacrifice myself, I will proudly go to my death, it is my honor."

"You have such deep affection for the Fixed Star Train?"

"No, it is for you, Train Captain."

"Sigh."

Chen Mang sighed lightly, flicking ash out of the train, avoiding Ai's gaze: "Don't say such cheesy stuff, your main body is the Train Assistance AI, embedded in the control panel accessories, it's not your turn to die. If your main body gets damaged, I would be about ready to die with you."

"But it looks like..."

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