81: Chapter 81 Ascension! Anti-gravity levitation train

In her palm, at some unknown point, a fist-sized mysterious metal core had appeared, featuring a strange polyhedral structure and frantically emitting a blinding silver-blue light.

As soon as this core was exposed to the air, the gravitational field within a ten-meter radius instantly distorted, and even several small pebbles on the ground uncontrollably floated into the air!

“This is... the [ancient anti-gravity core]?”

In Su Chen's deep eyes, which were usually as calm as an ancient well, a beam of ecstatic light, almost tangible, suddenly burst forth the moment he saw this core!

He never expected that by simply taking a hitchhiking order, he would receive such a ultimate gift at the final station, one capable of changing his destiny against all odds!

This was an absolute divine artifact that could completely ignore gravity, existing only in the legends of the top-secret laboratories of the Old Era!

Su Chen didn't stand on ceremony; he reached out his large, well-defined hand and grabbed the core emitting the blinding light.

It felt ice-cold to the touch, but he could clearly feel the terrifying anti-gravity field energy contained within, enough to send the entire train into the clouds.

“I'll accept your gift.”

A domineering and satisfied smile curled at the corner of Su Chen's mouth as his gaze swept wantonly over Serena's curvaceous body.

“You are a very smart woman. For the Scarlet Fortress to have someone like you is an honor for the entire Blood Clan.”

Receiving Su Chen's praise, an alluring blush actually appeared on Serena's pale, pretty face, and she bowed deeply once again.

“To be of service to you is the greatest honor of Serena's life.”

“Respected King, I look forward to our next meeting. As long as you have any commands, the gates of the Scarlet Fortress will always be open to you.”

After saying this, the noble and beautiful Blood Clan Duchess, with a heart full of awe and a hint of reluctance she was unwilling to admit even to herself, slowly turned and walked towards the massive bronze city gates that had swung open for her, her high heels clicking.

Watching Serena's figure disappear into the shadows of the fortress, Su Chen immediately turned around impatiently and strode towards the luxurious master bedroom of the Train Master on the second floor of the train.

“Ling Yi, take over all of the train's defense systems immediately and initiate maximum-level physical lockdown!”

“At the same time, completely cut off all sensory detectors between the main control room and the outside world. No one is allowed to come within a single step of the master bedroom!”

Accompanied by Su Chen's unquestionable and domineering command, the entire [abyss roarer], like a dormant steel hedgehog, instantly lowered all its armor plates and entered a state of absolute closure.

Although Zhang Man, Chu Qingxue, and the other Valkyries didn't know what the Train Master was doing, they all obediently stood guard at the stairs leading to the second floor, weapons gripped tightly in their hands, ready for anything.

“Bang!”

Su Chen kicked open the heavy alloy explosion-proof door of the master bedroom and locked it behind him.

He walked quickly to the large metal experimental table, his deep eyes now burning with a heat called frantic creation.

Without any hesitation, Su Chen took out three peerless treasures from his storage space, each emitting distinct yet equally terrifying energy fluctuations.

The first was the [level 2 military train core] he had just forcibly extracted from the Northern Military District's flagship train, emitting a deep blue glow.

The second was the [ancient anti-gravity core] Serena had just presented, its silver-blue light stinging the eyes.

And the third was an ancient parchment fragment that Su Chen had looted by any means necessary from the secret vault of that fanatical priest's Underground City.

This fragment shimmered with a dazzling dark-gold radiance, and it clearly read—[golden grade: Anti-Gravity Levitation Train Chassis Blueprint (Incomplete)]!

Any one of these three items would be enough to trigger a bloodbath among hundreds of thousands of players in the entire wasteland region.

But now, they all lay quietly before Su Chen, waiting for the supreme creator who could perfectly fuse them.

“So what if the blueprint is incomplete?”

“Before my SSS-grade talent, there is no physical law in this world that cannot be mended!”

Su Chen took a deep breath and slammed his hands onto the incomplete golden grade blueprint.

His full mental energy foundation of one hundred points, deep and unfathomable as a vast ocean, erupted at this moment like a bursting dam!

“SSS-grade server-unique talent—[Omni-Modification]!”

“Activate! Forcefully complete the fusion!”

Accompanied by Su Chen's thunderous, god-like roar that echoed in the master bedroom.

A terrifying power of modification laws that could not be explained by science, as if transcending the dimensions of the entire universe, instantly gushed out from the palms of Su Chen's hands!

“Buzz————!!!”

In an instant, the [level 2 military train core] and the [ancient anti-gravity core] exploded in mid-air, turning into countless microscopic energy particles invisible to the naked eye.

These particles, emitting blue and silver light, were frantically compressed and guided by Su Chen's immense mental energy, surging like a hundred rivers into the sea into the incomplete golden grade blueprint!

The parchment blueprint, which was originally only half-complete, began to self-repair and extend at a visible speed under the infusion of these two peerless energies. Countless extremely complex anti-gravity array formulas and mechanical diagrams were frantically completed upon it.

“Ugh...”

Su Chen let out a low groan; he felt his vast mental energy being drained at an incredibly exaggerated rate.

The consumption brought by modifying a golden grade item was more exhausting than tearing apart a hundred military mechs by hand; even his powerful physical body began to tremble slightly.

But there was no sign of retreat in Su Chen's eyes; instead, a near-manic light of excitement erupted.

“Condense for me!”

As the last few drops of mental energy were completely squeezed out, the incomplete blueprint finally erupted in a brilliant golden light more dazzling than ten thousand suns!

This golden light ignored the heavy armor of the train, instantly enveloping the entire [abyss roarer], which was dozens of meters long!

“Rumble—!”

Following that, a series of intense mechanical restructuring sounds, like an ancient beast shedding its skin, frantically echoed from beneath the train's massive chassis, making one's scalp tingle.

Zhang Man and the other girls waiting outside were shocked to feel the metal floor beneath their feet undergoing a world-shaking distortion and reshaping.

If someone were standing outside the train at this moment, they would see a shocking scene that would be recorded in the annals of wasteland history.

The rows of massive steel wheels of the [abyss roarer], which were originally so heavy they made the tracks creak, now began to fold inward, deform, and eventually retract completely into the armored compartments at the bottom of the car amidst a series of tooth-grinding metallic grinding sounds!

Replacing them...

On both sides of the mirror-smooth dark-gold chassis, rows of exaggeratedly styled anti-gravity engine nozzles, filled with the aesthetics of extreme sci-fi violence, ejected one after another like bamboo shoots after rain!

Inside these nozzles, dense high-precision quantum gears were spinning frantically, and beams of pure blue high-purity anti-gravity plasma flames were slowly being spat out.

“Psh————!”

Accompanied by a long release of air pressure, like a giant dragon awakening.

This invincible heavy-duty train, which originally weighed hundreds of tons and could only travel on tracks.

Under the counter-thrust of this blue flame, it completely violated Newton's law of universal gravitation, forcefully breaking free from the shackles of the ground and hovering extremely steadily in mid-air!

“Ding—!”

A crisp and pleasant, yet supremely majestic Heavenly Dao System notification sound boomed in the depths of Su Chen's mind without warning.

[Congratulations to train no. 0099 Train Master Su Chen for successfully completing the perfect modification and forceful completion of the server's first golden grade peerless blueprint with incredible creative power!]

[[abyss roarer] has successfully fused the golden grade unique core component—Anti-Gravity Levitation Chassis!]

[Your exclusive vehicle form has undergone a subversive ultimate advancement, officially evolving into the current version's absolute dimensional strike vehicle—Land-Air Amphibious Armed Levitation Train!]

Before Su Chen could fully recover from this massive surprise, the Heavenly Dao System, which usually only broadcasted within the region, took the unprecedented step of using its highest authority. It scrolled these three server-wide announcements, shimmering with blinding golden light, across the retinas of every survivor player in the world three times, forcefully embedding them into their brains!

[Global Regional Golden Ultimate Announcement: Congratulations to East China Region train no. 0099 Train Master Su Chen for successfully unlocking the server's unique golden grade anti-gravity levitation module. His vehicle has permanently broken free from the physical shackles of the tracks!]

[Global Regional Golden Ultimate Announcement: train no. 0099 has officially initiated the “Wasteland Cruise” A New Era, this player has completely bypassed the “Railroad Survival” stage, forcefully advancing the server's technology tree progress by an insurmountable era!]

[Global Regional Golden Ultimate Announcement: The earth of the old days will no longer be his shackles; the endless firmament has opened its gates to the new overlord. All players, please pay your highest respects to this pioneer who leads the era!]

As these three golden announcements, carrying the power of rolling heavenly thunder, slowly dissipated in the sky, the entire global public chat channel, which had been lifeless due to natural disasters and beast tides, instantly fell into an unprecedented state of total avalanche, like a volcano injected with tens of thousands of tons of boiling magma.

Countless low-level players who were still fighting low-level mutant rats for a few pieces of poor-quality coal stared blankly at the blinding golden words in the sky, the rusty iron pickaxes in their hands falling to the ground with a “clang.”

“Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! Am I hallucinating because I haven't eaten for too long? An anti-gravity levitation train? Is this a wasteland survival game or StarCraft?!”