Moving to the Golden Courtyard

Chang Guang stood up and pressed a button on the experiment table.

Immediately, the brightness of the entire factory seemed to dim a bit, as electrical energy was supporting the operation of the machinery with an exaggerated amount of power.

Right in front of the two, the iron floor slowly opened, and Xia Ya could easily see an underground river below.

But immediately afterward, the surface of the river began to ripple slightly, and the sound of mechanical transmission made everyone realize just how heavy the object being transported upwards was.

And when the full appearance of that object was revealed to everyone... an undeniable sense of shock awed the hearts of everyone present.

It was a behemoth that was a full two people tall, and the crimson meteor-like design of the fuselage made Xia Ya fall in love with this Exoskeleton Armor at first sight.

This almost exaggerated size design could be said to have taken the definition of heavy Exoskeleton Armor to the extreme!

This is definitely an Exoskeleton Armor that belongs to me!

At this moment, in this underground factory, countless Anti-Entropy members couldn't help but stop what they were doing and began to admire their masterpiece of the past few years.

"Does it have a name?"

Seeming to sense Xia Ya's satisfaction, Chang Guang couldn't help but smile beautifully, and she confidently introduced it.

"MSN-04 – Sazabi!"

"Sazabi..."

Xia Ya moved forward, and this armor seemed to sense Xia Ya's approach! It actively opened its outer armor, revealing the accommodation pod inside the armor.

This thing can't really be considered an Exoskeleton Armor anymore—it's basically a real war weapon!

"This armor is equipped with biometric recognition. Because it detected you, it will automatically deploy and expose the cockpit. I think as long as it's here, your plan will not have any flaws."

"Are there any special functions?"

"Of course. Do you see those cylinders on the opened shoulder armor?"

Xia Ya moved closer. Each shoulder armor had 5 cylinders, and in front of these dark red cylinders, the dark black holes reminded Xia Ya of some bad things.

"What are these?"

"These little things are the real magic weapon for Sazabi to defeat the enemy—the time is almost up, Mr. Xia Ya, would you like to sit inside and feel it yourself?"

A strange smile couldn't help but spread across the corner of Xia Ya's mouth.

"Yes, very good."

"How could... this be..."

At this time, in Jiuting Base, everyone had gathered together. The time was 5:46 AM. Not to mention the earliest patrol car, even the first vehicle operating on the main line had already been launched.

It's just that not many people take the subway at this time.

And since everyone had gathered together, it meant that they had used Klein to check all the vehicles.

The conclusion was—no anomalies...

"How could there be no anomalies?" Xu Qi's eyes were full of disbelief. He wouldn't doubt Klein's inspection. The electrical signal transmission was normal, the condition of each cable was normal, and the air circuit experiment was normal.

In that case... where else could it be that could cause the brake failure?

Only Xin An was a little confused.

"It should be no anomalies, right... Engineer Xu, why are you so sure that Supervisor Xia would do... such a heartless thing?"

"Right in front of Xia Ya's house—Mei and I were attacked by terrorists."

Xin An suddenly widened her eyes.

"Terr... what!?"

"So I can almost be sure! Today! Xia Ya will cause the brakes of a train to fail completely! Could it be... I guessed wrong? Not Line 9?"

31, Mei: Are you taking advantage of my boyfriend?

Over at Jiuting Base, everyone fell into silence.

Elysia and the others had heard Mobius mention it a long time ago, but at that time, it was just said that Xu Qi and the others had encountered trouble, but who would have thought! This trouble would be terrorists?

"Can you be sure? Xu Qi?" Yae's expression was quite serious.

"One of them had a gun."

"Waaah!" Pardofelis was so frightened that she hugged Xu Qi from behind. The cat now desperately needed someone who could give her a sense of security.

Mei looked suspiciously, and for a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was really scared, or taking advantage of her boyfriend, um... no, no matter how you look at it, it looks like Xu Qi is taking advantage of her, right?

Just then, Xu Qi's phone made a sound—it was Vil-V.

"Sister Vil-V?"

"Xu Qi! Something's very wrong! All the cars on Jinqiao's side have been checked, and they're all normal! No anomalies have been found! What about your side?"

This time, Xu Qi was even more silent...

He silently replied: "Same."

"Is it possible that it's not Line 9?"

"But even with other routes, it's already too late." Five-thirty, the first trains have already departed! Not to mention the backup trains and track inspection vehicles.

Just as everyone was talking, several more trains were leaving the depot.

Why—what exactly did Xia Ya do!?

Meanwhile, at Jinqiao Base.

Hearing the others' discussion, Kosma couldn't help but frown.

The young man keenly noticed the seriousness of the situation; the other side had clearly used unconventional methods, preventing them from conducting proper checks.

But… the result won't change.

The boy named Kosma excelled at getting straight to the heart of the matter.

He looked at the trains in the depot, one after another preparing to head onto the main line, and a bold idea formed in his mind.

"Hold on, don't rush, Xu Qi. Think carefully. If the trains can't brake, what else can we do to stop them?"

Actually, the method is the same as how Xu Qi stopped 914 back then.

"Forcefully lower the pantograph! Once they lose their power source, the trains will slowly stop on their own. The reason I had to stop the train last time was because the test track didn't have a long enough runway.

But the main line is different! As long as we cut off the power source, there will be enough space for the trains to stop!"

"Then, cutting off the power is the same, right?"

Xu Qi was stunned—Vil-V's words were like a wake-up call! Xu Qi, who had been obsessing over the trains, had almost forgotten about everything else.

"Of course! And if we do that, there are many ways. We can also force the trains to stop by changing the switches and diverting them into powerless areas."

"Xu Qi, tell me first, do you think Xia Ya can think of these things we've come up with?"

"Yes!"

Xu Qi gave an extremely affirmative answer!

Not only because Xia Ya had been planning this revenge for who knows how many years, but also because it was Xia Ya! He would definitely be able to consider details like these.

He was even cautious enough to use the 914 train, which needed brake testing, to observe the feasibility of the plan. So what else couldn't he think of?

"Xu Qi, put yourself in Xia Ya's shoes. Aside from tampering with the trains, which we can't detect right now, what else? What other safety measures would he take!"

"The network center and the substations! The former controls the switches, and the latter controls the high-voltage power grid. In extreme cases, he might change the switches and cut off the power! Xia Ya can definitely think of that!"

"Oh? Engineer Tan, you're here so early."

At the substation's control center, a middle-aged man in work clothes greeted as he walked to his workstation.

"Little Li, is there anything unusual?"

"Reporting, Engineer Tan, the power grid is all normal and has entered the operational phase."

"Okay, report any abnormal phenomena immediately."

After Engineer Tan finished speaking, he saw that no one around him was paying attention, so he placed a black iron box from his backpack on the desk.

Such an insignificant action, but for the people of Golden Courtyard—it was the most crucial step in the plan. After all, you can never imagine what means others use to hack into your system.

And the same scene was also playing out at the network center.

The people who brought in these black iron boxes were all kinds of people, maybe engineers, maybe just small clerical staff, or even just a cleaner.

As long as the hardware can be delivered, then the rest… will be no problem.

"What do we do now? In a little while, it will be rush hour, and if at that time…"

"If the train braking system fails at that time…" Xu Qi's face turned pale, and his fists were clenched tightly together.

"Rear-end collisions between trains, nearly full carriages—this can already be called a disaster."

"We must gain control of the substations and the network center!"

However, these two things, one belongs to power supply, and the other belongs to operations. Everyone is not in the same unit at all, and they can't talk to each other at all!

"At this point… we can only do it the hard way."

On the other end of the phone, Vil-V smiled after hearing this.

"Understood! Kevin! Go to the network center first and try to hack into their system! And Kosma… Huh!? Where's Kosma!?"

On the train, as soon as the driver boarded, he saw a young boy with an overly youthful appearance waiting on the train. The driver scratched his head in confusion and said, "Um… you are…"

"I'm from the daily inspection team." Kosma lied expressionlessly.

The driver understood, then there was no problem.

"New here, right? The person who rides along left early in the morning. Why are you so late?"

"There was a malfunction. The team leader asked me to go to the main line to deal with it. This is the fastest way to get there."

Kosma remembered that when Xu Qi moved to Golden Courtyard, he seemed to have heard Xu Qi talk about his experience doing daily inspections.

He said that he was woken up at six in the morning, and then got on the train to inspect the faulty vehicles on the main line.

"I see... then you've had it pretty rough. Go take a seat in the carriage, don't stay in the driver's compartment."

"Okay."

It worked...

The train slowly pulled out of the garage. Just then, Kosma's communicator rang. Kosma saw—it was Vil-V.

"Kosma!" The moment he answered, Vil-V's roar blasted through the communicator. "Where did you run off to!? Are you on the train!? What do you think you're doing!?"

"Didn't you all say it yourselves?"

At that moment, Kosma was calmer than a high school sophomore should be.

"The train might experience brake failure on the main line. Since I can't help with anything anyway, I might as well take a gamble and see if I can get on the problematic train.

This train's number is 956, the same one that caused Romulus's sacrifice back then. We couldn't find any problems during the previous inspections, but I have a bad feeling about it.

If I'm on the train, maybe I can help somehow—Vil-V, this time, I want to do something in my own way."

This was the first time Vil-V had ever heard Kosma say so much. He must be really nervous right now...

What a... foolish kid.

32. Dare You Look Su in the Eye?

"All of them!? You mean... you're not sending out any of the remaining trains from Kune!? Are you kidding me!?"

Inside the dispatch room, Xu Qi dialed the main line operations phone, speaking in a tone that was absurd, yet sounded like he was completely serious.