Chapter 246 Upgrading the Mechanical Energy Cannon!
Bang, bang, bang~
Lin Xian was constantly manufacturing ammunition to replenish the convoy's combat power and logistics.
"The Hell Black Chrysanthemum should have absorbed a lot of black smoke this time, and it is estimated that it will increase a lot of mechanical source points, and other team members will also gain a lot of invisible benefits."
Lin Xian had never mentioned to the team about the improvement of Hell Black Chrysanthemum on evolution. Everyone was changing quietly. The most direct change was the team's energy. After each battle break, the members of the Infinity Team were in very good condition. And from the [Team Member Observation Record] that Ding Junyi gave to Lin Xian, people including Shuqin, Chen Sixuan, Lu Chang, Miao Lu, and Shasha had obvious improvements in the most basic strength.
Although there is a lack of observation of the physical functions of KIKI, Lu Xingchen, Dalou and other superpowers, it can be seen from this battle that they are gradually getting stronger in the control and development of their superpowers.
"Snow water is poisonous..."
Lin Xian, who was making bullets, suddenly thought of this problem, and a look of worry appeared on his face. He looked up at the roof of the train. Although it had been reinforced in many directions, he had not considered the problems of water seepage and sealing.
When Lin was planning the train, he actually considered problems such as toxic gas and lack of oxygen. At that time, his plan was to use the water-oxygen circulation system in the carriage to directly support the air of the entire train.
However, along the way, all his energy was spent on upgrading weapons and armor, and the priority of this issue was infinitely placed at the back. Now the upcoming snow poison problem forced him to pay attention to it again.
While Lin Xian was thinking about the problem, he did not notice a figure walking into the carriage.
"Captain Lin?"
A somewhat timid female voice sounded, and Lin Xian looked up and found that it was Xiaoyuan who lived in the living compartment.
At this time, Xiaoyuan seemed to have just taken a shower, with water droplets dripping on her wet hair. She was wrapped in a large towel and only wore thin clothes. Although they were not pajamas, they were obviously underwear for sleeping.
Seeing her timid look, Lin Xian immediately asked, "Are you looking for me?"
"Oh... no, um... yes." Xiao Yuan couldn't help but get a little nervous when she saw Lin Xian's gaze. She raised her panicked eyes and looked at Lin Xian: "I saw that you, Captain Lin... were still busy here so late, so I wanted to ask you... if you would like some hot soup?"
"Hot soup?" Lin Xian frowned.
"No, no!" Xiao Yuan immediately realized something when Lin Xian asked, and waved her hands in panic to explain: "It's the canned fruit I personally allocated. I didn't take any extra supplies from the team... If you want to drink it, I can cook it for you."
Under the light, her face was hot, and she avoided Lin Xian's gaze awkwardly, lowering her head and saying
"The pear soup I cooked is delicious. Drinking it can warm your stomach..."
Xiaoyuan has a good figure, is slightly plump and introverted, and is the kind of good girl who is very lovable when she smiles. She usually has a good relationship with other people in the team. Although she can't provide much help in combat, because she is young, smart, well-educated, and can cook, she often handles the internal affairs of the car with Miao Lu and Chen Sixuan, and now seems to be becoming the core of the team.
"Yes, sure."
Seeing her blushing face and somewhat unnatural posture, Lin Xian guessed something immediately. In recent times, he had consciously or unconsciously noticed Xiao Yuan's eager gazes towards him, but he did not say much, nor did he directly refuse. He continued to make bullets.
When Xiao Yuan saw Lin Xian agreed, she was delighted and nodded quickly, saying incoherently:
"Okay...Okay, Captain Lin, you, you wait for me."
After saying that, she immediately turned around and ran towards the car in front.
After a while, Xiao Yuan carefully brought him a pot of pear sweet soup in a lunch box. Lin Xian took it and drank a sip. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's really delicious. It seems that some spices were added to it?"
Hearing Lin Xian's praise, Xiao Yuan was suddenly a little excited. She couldn't help but take a few steps closer and pointed at the dried roots in the sweet soup.
"It's dried vanilla seeds and dried verbena..."
She bent down, and her large chest trembled in front of Lin Xian's eyes. Halfway through her words, she felt that she was too close, and immediately took a half step back: "I found it when I was collecting supplies before, and I took it in the car."
"Oh, that's great."
Lin Xian felt a little emotional. He knew that everyone in the living area had some life preferences. In addition to the main supplies, they collected a variety of items in their own safe houses. Human beings are always unwilling to be lonely in their living habits. Even at the end of the world, they are still full of love for life.
Lin Xian drank half of it in big gulps, looked up, and saw Xiao Yuan standing next to him. He couldn't help but say,
"It's a bit cold now, you should go back to sleep. I'll take it to the dining car later when I finish drinking."
Xiao Yuan heard this, a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and she nodded and said,
"Okay...Okay, then Captain Lin, you should also go to bed early."
…
The snow wind began to howl. At 3 a.m., the convoy camp was covered with a thin layer of snow. There were still lights on each convoy and the Infinity, indicating the team members on duty.
After entering the night, almost all the survivors' convoys got into the habit of taking turns to guard the night. The darker it was, the more restless they could be. Over a long period of time, many people had become accustomed to this reversal of day and night.
In carriage No. 12, Lin Xian had prepared a lot of ammunition. He looked at the time and prepared to take a rest.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the light curtain of the Mechanical Heart suddenly lit up.
[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, mechanical source points +1000]
Lin Xian's eyes focused, it seems that the energy of the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube to transform into the Hell Black Chrysanthemum is full!
He immediately walked towards the corridor of the carriage, looking at the tiny fluorescent light flowing in the air, feeling that his physical strength and energy were constantly recovering and growing. He had just produced a lot of bullets in succession, and his spirits were better than before.
Lin Xian began to walk towards the corridor of the living compartment. Along the way, the team members in each cabin were resting peacefully. Shu Qin was sitting on a bench in the corridor with a gun in her hand, looking out the window. She stood up immediately when she saw Lin Xian coming.
"Captain Lin."
"You should also take a rest." Lin Xian often saw Shuqin on duty in the middle of the night, and couldn't help but say: "We are fully staffed now, and we need you to save enough energy."
Shuqin shook her head and said, "I'm used to it. Now everyone feels safe on the Infinity, but this sense of security is also dangerous for us, so I will guard a little longer at night. The carriage is very long, and I will feel more at ease guarding the back."
Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this. Shu Qin's worries were not unreasonable. There still had to be cadres on duty at night, so it would be easier to deal with problems when they occurred.
"Okay, make sure you rotate. We're going into a blizzard area. The threat during the day is no less than at night."
"Yeah, I know." Shuqin gave Lin Xian a reassuring smile.
In carriage No. 5, Dasha was on duty at night. Lu Xingchen was already fast asleep, while Dasha was sitting on a stool, constantly wiping his steel-cutting sword.
"Building, since your ability evolved into blood and energy, your physical fitness has improved a lot compared to before."
"Brother Xian." Dalou grinned, "It seems so. It doesn't matter if you don't sleep."
"If you don't sleep, you'll die."
Lin Xian looked at the big sword and suddenly felt a headache. He originally positioned Dalou as a heavy-armored firepower warrior, but after Dalou evolved, his blood and energy abilities seemed to be more suitable for close combat and killing monsters. As a result, weaponized armor was of no use to him. It seemed that he could only work on weapons and mobility.
After a brief conversation with the building about his special abilities, Lin Xian came to carriage No. 3, ready to take a look at the new blood disaster plant.
As expected, after obtaining this new disaster plant, Ding Junyi broke her regular schedule without hesitation and worked overtime to study it.
"Judging from the leaves, stems, and inflorescence, it should be a plant of the genus Acanthaceae. The anthers are purple, so it should be the Silver Dragon Acanthus, but it is indeed a dark variant like the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, so it is definitely a blood disaster plant." When the footsteps of Lin Xian were heard, Ding Junyi said without even raising her head.
"A hundred thousand wrong? Are you sure this is the name of the plant?" Hearing this name, Lin Xian couldn't help but frowned.
"Yes, Acanthaceae, 100,000 wrong genus."
Ding Junyi raised her head and looked at Lin Xian: "But since this plant is a variant, I define it as the No. 2 disaster plant. If you want to give it a nice name, it's up to you."
"Forget it, let's just call him Silver Dragon Shiwancuo." Lin Xian didn't have Lu Xingchen's childish personality, and this name also sounded childish, so there was no need for him to change his name.
Ding Junyi paused, then walked towards Lin Xian. She pointed at the light flowing in the air and said,
"In theory, this energy is very likely the cold dark basic particles, or it appears in front of us in a special form due to the characteristics of the No. 1 disaster plant. This energy must also have some commonality with blood essence, the black smoke after the death of the strange body, and the dark invasion in the polar night. I think if we can decipher this energy, we will soon be able to confirm the existence of the dark mark on the human body."
"...After the Phoenix Society confirms it and develops a means of detection, the entire world will be able to observe the existence of the Dark Mark." Lin Xian added, "For all survivors, this will completely change people's understanding and planning of the doomsday and escape. The upside is that rational judgment will reduce deaths, but the downside is that the survival pressure on all survivors will become even greater..."
"Yes, this is a groundbreaking discovery for mankind." Ding Junyi raised her glasses. "It's like successfully isolating a virus strain in virology. At least it lets us know what this energy that can change consciousness and physical form actually looks like."
"You seem to be in a good mood?"
"For science, yes." Ding Junyi said seriously, "Idealism and theism are destructive to science, so I am glad that I can find a solid scientific theoretical basis for this so-called 'miracle' evolution, even though it is really magical."
Lin Xian walked into the Silver Dragon Hundred Thousand Cuo and found that the plant was still very young at this time. The whole body was preserved in a soilless jar. Looking closely, the purple lines in the roots and rhizomes were like some kind of passage in the microscopic world, which was fascinating.
Ding Junyi looked at Captain Lin's expression and walked towards him.
"The properties of the Blood Plague Plant far exceed our original knowledge. From the current point of view, this special plant is also a very rare existence. I believe that the Phoenix Order and other joint organizations are constantly increasing their exploration and acquisition of this plant. We are very lucky to have obtained two plants."
Lin Xian nodded: "I hope this thing can give us a little surprise."
Before Lin Xian could finish his words, he found that Ding Junyi had disappeared from his sight. He looked down and saw that Ding Junyi had squatted down and actively pulled down his pants.
"Wait, what is this for?" Lin Xian asked in surprise.
Ding Junyi's face was a little hot, and she gently pulled Lin Xian's pants and said, "Currently, the Hell Black Chrysanthemum is transforming and releasing energy. Under this energy, everyone in the car is undergoing evolution or some kind of change, so I want to do an experiment..."
As she spoke, she slowly raised her head and looked at Lin Xian with a strong hormonal desire: "The experiment is: when the human body is excited, will this evolution become more intense and passionate..."
Lin Xian was shocked and his understanding of Ding Junyi's way of expression was refreshed again.
"No, tell me the truth, do you really want to experiment?" Lin Xian asked in surprise.
Ding Junyi grabbed Lin Xian's vitals, thought for a moment, and even lowered her voice a bit,
"From the perspective of the main and secondary points, I want to be experimented on by you!"
Click~
The lights in carriage No. 3 were turned off. In the dark corner, Ding Junyi felt her whole body burning. The strong desire was washed into her bones during the siege by the insect swarm. She felt that she could no longer control herself. Originally, she was a Director Ding who was serious about her work and meticulous. Because of her pursuit of the lofty field of science, she had long since sneered and thrown away what she originally thought to be low-level and boring things in her genes.
But now it is the end of the world, and all the rules and social logic in the world collapsed on the same day. Since the destruction of Underground City No. 9, it seems that there is no Director Ding in the world anymore, no research topics, no dull, stale and depressing laboratories, but only this hero who suddenly appeared in Underground City No. 9 and saved her from the fire and water when she was dying, and the masculine aura that makes her feel irresistible.
So, okay.
I decided that he was the one, and threw away all the low-level and boring things, the reason for my existence as a woman in the world, the depression I had in front of my desk from adolescence to the time of preparing for graduate school and doctoral examinations, and the loneliness and pain in the laboratory where I couldn't even make any jokes!
It turns out that there is such a way to live life. In addition to the sense of accomplishment gained in the scientific community, this low-level and boring thing is actually so happy.
In the rest room converted from a disinfection room, Ding Junyi sat on a surfboard and surfed freely, as if she was riding a horse or sailing on the ocean. She wanted to transform herself into a heat wave and completely melt the savior, the sustenance of pain, the master of idealism, the king of the soul, and the warm mixer, whom she had identified as her lifelong partner!
"Hmm~!"
Ding Junyi suppressed the roar in her heart, transformed it into action, and accepted the signals coming from the various nerve sensory elements of the human body from a biological point of view.
But what followed was an even greater surge of sensations, like an electric current passing through, shocking!
Lin Xian was even at a critical point between controlling and being controlled. He was shocked and couldn't help but said, "Wait a minute..."
"No~"
Ding Junyi held him down, but did not stop riding. Instead, she increased the frequency!
She came close to Lin Xian in the dark, exhaling hot air from her nose, and said with a fiery breath:
"This...is part of an experiment. I need you to follow the standard steps of the experiment."
"I need to~get perfect experimental data... um, well~"
Ah?
Lin Xian was greatly shocked. The enthusiasm of the science masochist was too overwhelming.
The first snow fell, the convoy in the dark night, the vitality and the state of all things competing were still in front of him!
When Lin Xian woke up, a light curtain popped up in his mechanical heart.
[Congratulations, the mechanical amplification was successful, and the wind cannon has been upgraded to a mechanical energy cannon! ]
[Mechanical Energy Cannon: A beam of mechanical energy cannon is fired from the fingertips, which has strong destructive power. ]
"Successful?!"
When Lin Xian saw this scene, he was about to turn over and stand up, but unexpectedly he found a warm woman lying on him.
Ding Junyi seemed completely exhausted and was sleeping soundly. Lin Xian looked down and could even see that the small green seedling above her head had sprouted a small pink flower facing Lin Xian, which seemed to emit a fresh fragrance.
"All right..."
Lin Xian lay back down again, and without saying anything, he immediately began to mechanically amplify the ice wall.
[Ice Wall—Mechanical Amplification]
[Mechanical amplification starts: Ice wall 1 day 19:59:59]
"Hmm... Aren't the Ice Wall and Wind Gun skills of the same level? How come the mechanical amplification time is almost doubled?"
Lin Xian was a little depressed. After several hours of energy recovery, he felt that most of his energy seemed to have recovered. He immediately reached out and picked up Ding Junyi and put her aside. Then he got up and prepared to test the mechanical energy cannon. By the way, he went to the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube to see how many mechanical source points had been converted.
Coming out of carriage No. 3, he immediately ran to carriage No. 1 and lit up the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube.
[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, and 550 mechanical source points have been obtained. ]
[Ding! Reflex detection is being performed using non-mechanical force. ]
[Detection successful, no risk of fear in the train, the invasion of dark forces has been blocked. ]
"There are still 550 points..." Lin Xian was a little surprised. The mechanical source points obtained in this battle were actually more than those obtained by the previous big parasite. It seemed that those insects also contributed a lot.
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.4 (1690/7000)]
Unconsciously, the experience points of the Mechanical Heart increased by nearly 20% in one day. This increase can be said to be the largest in recent times.
Of course, the consumption was also not small. The Infinity's ammunition reserves, along with the other three powerful convoys, ran out of ammunition and suffered casualties.
Lin Xian opened a sunshade and looked at the sleeping team outside. He couldn't help but say, "I hope these guys can get better."
After a night of wind and snow, under the reflection of car lights, the outside began to be covered with a layer of white.
It was 6 o'clock in the morning. Except for the personnel on duty, most of the other three teams had already started to rest. It could be seen that this time, several teams joined together to solve the large-scale insect swarm. The personnel of these teams had a rare peaceful night.
"Captain Lin."
Lin Xian got out of the car and turned around to see Lu Chang and two teammates wrapped in thick winter clothes standing on the roof of the car and greeting him.
Lin Xian nodded. These young men were very active in keeping watch, which made the people in the car feel much more at ease.
He was wearing power armor and walked past the pile of insect corpses into the darkness. The people in the convoy were too alert, and any slight disturbance could cause a major chain reaction, so Lin Xian simply walked away.
The cold wind was howling, and the display screen of the power armor indicated his body temperature and the ambient temperature. The light of the flashlight illuminated several bluestones in front of him. Lin Xian looked back at the convoy in the distance, calculated that the distance should be enough,
so he raised his finger, aimed at one of the bluestones, and prepared to use the mechanical energy cannon.
Chiwu!
At this time, Lin Xian's fingers seemed to be wrapped in some kind of metal device, and he could vaguely hear the sound of some kind of motor storing energy and rotating!
As the sound of energy accumulation became sharp, the next moment, a bright blue energy body shot out from the hole on the fingertip!
Swoosh!
A slight whistling sound was heard, and the mechanical energy cannon shot out from Lin Xian's fingertips! With a sound, it pierced the bluestone in front!
There was not even any feedback sound from the bluestone. Lin Xian's eyes condensed, and he immediately walked over quickly. After searching for a while with a flashlight, he found a black hole as thick as a finger in the center. He reached out to touch it, and immediately retracted his hand. The temperature of the hole was still burning. When the light shone on it, it emitted a fine white smoke.
"So strong?!"
Lin Xian was a little bit unbelievable, and hurriedly walked to the back of the bluestone. Sure enough, he saw a small hole that was completely pierced by this shot!
Lin Xian frowned and quickly measured it. The thickness of the bluestone in front of him was at least more than 80 centimeters. Such a thick bluestone was actually pierced by his shot. The power was many times greater than the previous air gun!
"Oh my god..."
Lin Xian looked at his fingers at this time. There was a mechanical finger similar to a holographic projection flashing on his fingers, but when he reached out to touch it, it disappeared.
"Mechanical energy cannon, quite interesting."
A strange light flashed in Lin Xian's eyes. He calmed down and thought,
"The power has increased a lot. The only problem seems to be the firing frequency. It can't fire continuously like the wind gun before..."
It made him feel like he was replacing a machine gun with a cannon, but it was less efficient for clearing ordinary zombies.
However, he doesn't need to worry about this situation at all. After all, ordinary zombies are no longer a strong threat to him and Infinity.
After the test, Lin Xian prepared to go back. He planned to make some material and airtightness upgrades at the train connections while there was still time. Now the heating system of the entire train car had been turned on. Lin Xian picked up a handful of snow from the ground, his eyes solemn.
He didn't know to what extent the so-called snow water was poisonous. For safety reasons, it would be better to try not to let the snow water seep into the train.
Chapter 247 Rushing into the Snowstorm
Lin Xian's plan is that if there is still time after completing the train inspection and maintenance, he will try to make a set of TRP fourth-generation special industrial active exoskeleton power armor for himself. His first plan is to give it to Shu Qin or Chen Sixuan. Both of them are genetically evolved types and need to enhance their mobility, which will be greatly improved when used.
Originally, Lin Xian wanted to ask the Zhui Ri convoy to scan a copy of Amin and Luo Luo's military power armor, but after comparing them, he found that the military power armor only had good performance in weapon expansion and application system, but his special industrial type could provide good support in strength and protection. In comparison, he could completely install weapon expansion by himself, so he gave up.
Moreover, Lin's current R&D center is currently upgrading this set of power armor. Given the nature of the R&D center, the result will probably not disappoint him too much.
Just as Lin Xian was about to return to the camp, he inexplicably felt that there seemed to be something watching him in the darkness behind him.
Lin Xian, who was always cautious, turned around immediately and quickly swept the flashlight beam over, but found nothing unusual.
"Activate collision volume perception system, activate range radar!"
Lin Xian turned on the power armor's early warning system without hesitation. At this time, the system started running quickly, constantly searching in the darkness.
But after searching for a while, nothing was found. Lin Xian concentrated and held his breath, turned around and took a few steps. What made his back chill was that the feeling of being watched still existed.
So Lin Xian turned back again, but still found nothing.
Just when he looked solemn and puzzled, his sight seemed to catch something, and he slowly raised his head and looked up into the sky.
There are sparse stars in the dark sky, and the starlight is dim, as if the night is covered by an even darker night.
Lin Xian looked towards the black dome, his eyes kept fixed on it. In his sight, the vast sky seemed to become more and more vivid and concrete under the construction of some kind of brain image. The black curtain and the starlight in the sky seemed to be outlined...
Like a giant eyeball!
Lin Xian frowned deeply and shook his head, feeling like he was possessed. He looked again and saw an extremely cold vortex approaching above the sky. It seemed that the atmospheric ionization had triggered an atmospheric optical phenomenon similar to the "Aurora Ghost" (charged snow dust aggregate), which looked like a huge circular nebula. The illusion of being watched just now seemed to come from the eye-like atmospheric cloud.
"It seems that staying up late often does cause hallucinations."
Lin Xian let out a long breath, turned around, walked through the pile of smelly insect corpses, and returned to the Infinity.
As the extremely cold vortex gets closer, the temperature is dropping rapidly.
Entering the train compartment from the howling cold wind outside, the heavy armor and warm space suddenly make people feel like they are two completely different worlds. A strong sense of security and comfort comes, which seems extremely precious in this doomsday.
There are also some heating facilities in the living vehicles of other teams. At this time, the logistics personnel have already got up and started to manage the daily work of the team.
Prepare food, check the safety environment, and check the health of personnel.
The small vehicle spaces on those big trucks, buses, and RVs have been transformed into shelter cabins that are not spacious but give people a sense of security. They are fully equipped with warm and thick beds, toilets, storage cabinets, wire mesh and steel grille armor hanging outside the windows, and anti-collision steel frames added to the sides of the explosion-proof tires. The power systems of many cars have been upgraded for protection. It seems that enough work has been done for doomsday survival in the wild.
Lin Xian noticed that the all-terrain polar vehicle of the Big Eagle Team was driven by tracks. It was obviously a very high-value vehicle. He didn't know where Uncle Wu got it from.
Lin Xian looked at the track and had a headache for a moment. If the Infinity was replaced with this, it would be almost equivalent to a complete rebuild. The chassis of the train and the car's frame, power shaft, etc. are not on the same platform at all. The difficulty of the transformation can be imagined.
In every team, people who are good at vehicle technology and mechanics are valuable talents. A team often needs such talents to use the materials, tools, and accessories collected by the team to transform and upgrade the vehicles so that the team can improve its protection.
In fact, Lin Xian really likes the feeling of creating a living area in a safe space. He returned to the car, looking at the wind and snow outside and the unknown horror in the darkness, but the warm yellow light in the Infinity carriage gave people a comfortable and thrilling feeling.
Since ancient times when humans lived in caves, the need to live in a space that can shelter from wind and rain has been engraved in their genes.
It's just that now in the end times the demand for this kind of living house has turned into the interior carriage of a steel train fortress.
When Lin Xian has nothing to do, he likes to walk around in some living carriages. Seeing how the team members have made the interior of the train warm and full of life, he feels that the hard and cold steel armor on the outside has meaning.
Buzz!
Lin now sat down in carriage No. 1 and started to operate the Mechanical Heart, covering the nearest few carriages for inspection and fault repair. If some armor was broken, he would directly use the materials from the Decomposition Center to upgrade it.
"Fuck, so much damage..."
Lin Xian closed his eyes, and as the Mechanical Heart scanned him, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
The last time the whole train was maintained was when the train was upgraded in Jiazhou City. After that, it experienced many wars, but the main purpose was to install defensive weapons such as 1130 and electromagnetic railguns. Unexpectedly, many parts of the Infinity's armored shield had been damaged, and some parts had even been penetrated by the monster's claws into the roof air conditioning box...
"Fortunately, I am cautious."
Lin Xian's heart sank, and he quickly began to repair the entire car. A snowstorm was about to come, and these problems might become hidden dangers in the future.
Crack, crack, crack~
In the dark night, the carriages of the quietly parked Infinity train were silently repairing themselves, just like an organic life form healing. If the people from other convoys knew that the mechanical creations had such abnormal functional extensions under Lin Xian's supernatural powers, I wonder if they would doubt their lives.
As time passed, more people in the other three teams began to wake up from their rest and started preparing for the journey after dawn.
On the Infinity side, Chen Sixuan also woke up early and took care of the internal affairs of the carriage with others.
Click~
It was 9 o'clock in the morning, the sky was still dark, and the engines of several convoys began to start one after another. At this time, the voices of Wu Zhenhai and others were heard over the walkie-talkie.
"Brother Lin, it's almost time. We are ready to set off. We will experience a life-and-death battle together. I will not say polite words. I hope you can reach Xilan safely."
"Captain Lin, thank you." Liao Ming said.
"Brother Lin, we're leaving first. I wish you all the best!" Luo Yang's voice also came.
"Captain Lin, I wish you all the best!" Li Yi also said.
Lin Xian picked up the intercom and said directly: "Everyone, please be safe. You'd better keep the signs I reminded you of in mind. The snowball is getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later it will be unstoppable. The three teams of you are quite strong, and there will be no problem rushing to Xilan. See you at dawn!"
"Got it, see you at dawn!"
"See you at dawn."
"See you at dawn!"
Buzz!
The lights of hundreds of vehicles lit up, and with the all-terrain polar vehicle taking the lead, the traffic began to turn to the distant road and leave the track area. Soon, the mighty steel traffic disappeared into the night with a deafening roar, heading north.
"They've set off, so it's time for us to leave too."
Lin Xian had just finished repairing the train and walked into the cockpit. Chen Sixuan and KIKI were already detecting the route.
Woo~
The motors of the Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive and the engines of the Giant Whale 03E heavy-duty gas turbine locomotive roared at the same time, the iron wheels crushed the thin ice on the track, the white snow on the roof kept sliding down from both sides, and the Infinity began to move slowly towards the north line track.
The headlights of the train pierced through the darkness, and the tracks could be clearly seen ahead. However, Lin Xian knew that as the snow grew thicker, they would soon be completely unable to see the tracks, just like when they entered the snowfield on the southern foot of Mt. Daluo before. They could only judge that they were still traveling on the tracks from the track guardrails on both sides and the movement of the train.
In this situation, the speed cannot be increased, so while the snow layer is not thick now, Lin Xian directly speeds up the train, trying to quickly enter the Yunzhou Mountains from Yuankou after daybreak.
Infinity broke through the snow and began to move forward. Inside the carriage, KIKI was paying attention to the changes in the electromagnetic frequency and said to Lin Xian
"There is indeed something wrong with this snow. After the extreme cold vortex began to cover it, even the dark radio station using blood essence seemed to have its signal severely interfered with."
Lin Xian looked out the window at the world that was gradually turning white, and said sternly, "That means many people will become information islands in this snowstorm."
"Be careful."
After giving a few instructions, now that the train started running, Lin Xian prepared to take a nap to recover some energy.
The carriage was extremely warm. It was still dark, and under the care of his teammates, Lin Xian returned to carriage No. 1. He packed up briefly and fell asleep immediately.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw a huge eye like a black hole in the sky in the darkness. It looked like some kind of natural phenomenon or a change in the atmospheric halo, but in Lin Xian's dream, that "eye" seemed to have some kind of life, hanging in the outer space of the universe, staring at the earth.
The feeling of the earth being stared at made people feel a little creepy. Lin Xian did not sleep well at all. Weird and bizarre emotions kept popping up in his mind, as if they could not be shaken off.
"hiss."
Lin Xian sat up from the bed and took a long breath. He opened the sunshade and found that it was already bright outside. The pure white snow layer became even more radiant under the diffuse reflection of the sunlight, which was dazzling to the eyes.
The Infinity was moving steadily at a high speed, the ice-breaking shield on the front of the car cutting through the snow like a hot knife through butter and rushing forward.
Looking into the distance, the mountains are far away in the sky, and the trees covered with snow nearby are gradually becoming sparse and lonely. The vast snowfield is the Parma grassland, but at this time the lush green grassland is no longer visible, only the white snow between the sky and the earth.
"Are you awake?"
In the cockpit, Chen Sixuan looked at the driving radar intently, with an expression that showed no signs of relaxation: "The road is no longer visible, and the radar can basically detect nothing. I slowed down a little..."
Although she said that, there was still some nervousness in Chen Sixuan's tone.
In the view in front of the car window, only the occasional telephone poles and wire walls on both sides of the track can vaguely distinguish the path of the track, but as the track goes deeper into the snowfield, both sides have become completely open, and the Infinity is like entering a completely white ocean. It is magnificent as far as the eye can see, but Chen Sixuan, who is in charge of driving, knows that such deep snow is very dangerous for driving.
Wow!
The ice-breaking shield made of forged inner armor steel and tungsten-titanium alloy shoveled away the snow. This steel behemoth weighing thousands of tons rushed at high speed in the snowfield. Lin Xian looked at the temperature meter. The temperature outside the car had dropped to -12 degrees, and this number was still dropping.
The temperature inside the car was set at a constant 26 degrees, and everyone was still wearing casual clothes.
Click, click, click
In the howling cold wind, the armored plates outside the train made a slight freezing tremor. Lin Xian frowned slightly. He and Chen Sixuan were worried about the same problem, but there was no better way at this time. They could only bite the bullet and drive forward.
The current snowstorm has not yet grown to such a level that if we wait until there is one or two meters of deep snow coupled with a level 12 blizzard, we will be truly hopeless.
"Drive forward, be bold. We have a way to deal with it if it gets off track."
Lin Xian's eyes narrowed and he said to Chen Sixuan.
Fortunately, it is a grassland, and the changes in the terrain can be seen at a glance. If there is damage to the track or roadblocks, the worst that can happen is a collision or derailment. Lin Xian feels that this level is still acceptable. As long as there are no cliffs or caves, it will be fine.
At this time, the snow outside was already 20 to 30 centimeters high. From a distance, the track looked like a shallow high stalk rising above the flat surface.
The team members in the living compartment opened the sunshades and looked at the white outside. The sunlight in the sky was gradually obscured by the vortex of dark clouds from the blizzard, and the light began to grow dim.
[Detected the dark and fearful force invading the carriage! ]
[Detected the dark and fearful force invading the carriage! ]
The Heterogeneous Cube issued a reminder at this time. Lin Xian's face changed and he quickly picked up the communicator and asked everyone to start checking all the carriages.
"Check each carriage to see if there is anything unusual!"
Dong, dong, dong. With the command, all the carriages began to get busy.
"There are no abnormalities in carriages 2, 3, and 4." Sasha reported.
"567 is fine." The building also said.
"8, 9, 10, 11, 12 have all been checked, and no abnormalities were found." Shuqin's voice also came: "However, a water leak was found at the connection of car 11."
"Oh, there is also one at the connection between carriages 2 and 3!" Sasha said quickly after hearing this.
"Frozen water leaks were also found at connections 5 and 4."
Lin Xian frowned when he heard this, and immediately hurried towards the nearest carriage No. 2. As expected, he found that the melted snow had invaded the connection between the carriages, and water was constantly dripping from the connection between the carriages.
Could it be because of this?
Lin Xian was shocked. The snow and water carried the power of darkness. This was too scary!
He soon found the reason. Carriages 3 and 4 were originally advanced Cole 3 biological science research cabins. The cabin connection standards were different from those of other carriages. When Lin Xian dragged these two carriages from the underground city No. 9, he only made a simple connection and then did some closed operations. Last night, he also strengthened it. However, the difference caused by different carriage standards was far greater than Lin Xian imagined. Now, with the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the car, the melted snow on the roof began to enter the car through the gap, and the fear of darkness directly caused the heterogeneous magic cube to start the alarm.
"Everyone, don't touch this snow water."
When Lin Xian saw Shasha and the building coming over, he stopped them. He thought for a moment, turned back and shouted to KIKI, "Let the PX-05 robot handle it. I'll go and add a temporary roof!"
"Okay!" KIKI nodded immediately and started to do as he asked.
Lin Xian put on power armor and cold-proof clothing, took protective measures, and came to the roof from the lift platform of car No. 5.
Phew~!!!
As soon as he stepped out of the roof, the biting cold wind mixed with white snow blew in his face. The train was moving forward rapidly. Lin Xian went directly to the connection between the carriages and began to make a large car cover. Because the purpose of the installation was only to prevent the snow from accumulating and melting, he did not use heavy armor plates, but only used aluminum alloy with better ductility. Considering the shear force caused by the turning of the carriage, Lin Xian now added some flexible materials to the middle connection.
Soon, he had welded the covers at the connection between the two carriages, and Lin Xian came to carriage No. 11. This carriage was the tool carriage he brought out from Jiang City at the beginning. The main reason for the water leakage was the aging of the carriage, and the temperature in the living carriage in front was relatively high, so a lot of snow water flowed.
Lin Xian also followed suit and installed a cover. For safety reasons, after finishing car No. 11, he simply went to the last nuclear-powered car to prepare for a rainy day.
Just as Lin Xian came to the roof of the last driving locomotive of the train, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be some living creatures swimming in the snow on both sides of the track where the Infinity was passing.
He immediately stopped what he was doing, turned on the auxiliary combat system of the power armor, and began to observe.
The Infinity was like a lone black boat, sailing in the endless white ocean. The huge vibration sound of the track caused many "surging" marks to gradually appear in the snow layer behind it, as if there were some "fish" or sub-sand creatures burrowing under the snow layer.
Gradually, there were more and more of them. Lin Xian squatted down and looked back, and found that the shallow convex roads under the snow made a very slight rustling sound.
"Everyone, pay attention. There is movement in the snow on both sides. It might be the snow monster mentioned by other survivors!"
Lin Xian directly warned everyone through the communicator.
After saying that, he gave up the action of making the cover and returned to the carriage No. 11 from the lift platform.
Woo~~~
The PX-05 robot used a vacuum cleaner to quickly suck away the snow on Lin Xian's body. Shu Qin held a gun and walked quickly from the corridor with Lu Chang and Miao Lu, their eyes filled with anxiety.
"Captain Lin, something is wrong. It seems like we are being targeted by a group of creatures."
"Guard the rear car!"
Lin Xian took off his winter clothes and walked towards carriage No. 3.
"Director Ding..."
"Yes." Ding Junyi had already answered Lin Xian's question. She pointed at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum while carefully recording the data on her mobile terminal. "Although the change is small, the Dark Mark has been produced and is gradually developing towards Level 1."
"Trouble…"
He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. It was still daytime, but they had already been marked with dark marks by a large number of unknown creatures, and there were more and more of them. Once it got dark, wouldn't they be doomed?
Lin Xian frowned when he heard this. He remembered the convoy that he had heard on the radio that was destroyed because of its escape.
"Everyone, get ready to fire at moving objects under the snow!" Lin Xian acted decisively and immediately issued an attack order to the entire team.
"Received, fire!"
Da da da! Bang bang bang!!
In the snowy field where the cold wind was howling, violent gunfire suddenly rang out, and the shooting holes on both sides of the Infinity carriage began to launch a fierce attack on the unknown creatures moving under the snow outside!
The metal jet instantly raised a large cloud of snow dust in the snow, and soon some monsters with spikes all over their bodies and whose shapes could not be seen were hit by the bullet stream. They screamed miserably, and green blood splattered on the white snow.
At the same time, Lu Xingchen climbed directly onto the roof of the car and began to indiscriminately spit fire at the snow on both sides!
"You cowardly beast, what's the point of hiding? If you have the guts, come out and fight me!"
"God, the flames of war spread all over the land!"
Boom!
Lu Xingchen's moves were wide open and closed, and two fire dragon-like pillars of fire shot out from the ground, instantly evaporating a large amount of snow. His sweeping of a large area actually completely exposed many snow monsters under the snow layer.
In an instant, countless strange monsters that looked like white hyenas but with long spiked tails appeared in everyone's sight.
It seemed that under the suppression of the sunlight and the fire, these ugly monsters that could move quickly in the snow began to struggle frantically and actually jumped directly towards Lu Xingchen.
"Well done!"
Seeing these snow monsters rushing forward desperately, a flash of arrogance and coldness appeared in Lu Xingchen's eyes. He crossed his hands and pushed forward suddenly.
Boom!
A huge net made of flames suddenly appeared and pressed down all the snow monsters that tried to climb onto the train. It kept falling down with a hissing smell of burning.
In the carriage, as the Infinity opened fire, the red light on the Hell Black Chrysanthemum was also changing.
Just as Lin Xian guessed, these seemingly small strange creatures appeared in groups, and could move in the darkness of the snow during the day, marking the prey along the way with darkness. Only after dark would they enter their true hunting moment!
"Too many." Ding Junyi said at this time: "We may not have as many bullets as they do, and we can't keep firing from morning to night."
Lin Xian's face became solemn when he heard this. Ding Junyi was right, they couldn't possibly fight from day to night. Not to mention whether they had enough energy, ammunition was also a big problem. Even if Lin Xian used all his strength to produce ammunition, he couldn't keep up with the firing speed of the entire team.
"It seems there is only one way."
Lin Xian immediately called all the key members to carriage No. 3.
"Captain Lin, there seem to be more and more monsters, and we can't kill them all!" Shu Qin walked over and said anxiously.
The building also nodded: "Just like fish in the sea."
"The snow is getting thicker and thicker, and many bullets are wasted." said Sasha.
"I understand the situation." Lin Xian simply shared the marked questions with everyone.
"There is only one strategy at the moment, which is to stop the attack first, and then kill before dark!"