Chapter 111

"Lin Xian... what... what should we do?"

Lin Xian took a deep breath. He could hear the fear in Kiki's tone. Not just Kiki, but his own heart was also filled with shock at this moment.

He looked at the collapsed tunnel and half-exposed wall in front of him and fell silent.

The distance of the collapse wasn't far, about seven or eight meters. With the help of the inner side of the pit's mountain, he could directly forge tracks and support steel frames, and join forces with Kiki to fix the tracks here.

The two had already traveled over a thousand meters. If nothing went wrong, the freight terminal station at level 95 was not far ahead.

And at this moment, if they turned back directly, it would mean that their trip down to the underground city, aside from saving three unrelated people and a pot of flowers of unknown use, had been for nothing.

"Wait a moment, let me look first."

Lin Xian observed the outline in the darkness and hid into the shadows with Kiki. Perhaps he was overthinking this action, but he was truly unwilling to give up now. Since they had already come this far, it would be a pity to just give up.

Originally, he had planned that if he successfully secured the nuclear-powered electric locomotive and had enough time, he could also search other areas of this underground city—military preparation zones, industrial zones, or even the reserve energy, or take away the underground city's night-watch system.

But now, let alone searching, he even began to worry whether this trainload of people could drive out of this hundreds-of-meters-deep underground pit. If they went back, they definitely couldn't take the elevator, which meant the two of them would have to climb back to the freight loading station at level 65 along the tracks.

Lin Xian first forged a track and then let Kiki gently set it on the broken track.

Kiki's expression was nervous as she carefully used her ability to place it.

Clang~

A light sound, and both felt their nerves tremble.

However, nothing happened.

"No reaction."

"What do you say?" Kiki looked at Lin Xian.

"Go over first, see that locomotive, then we'll talk."

Having made up his mind, Lin Xian didn't say another word. He raised his hand and began to forge track steel and support steel pillars. Seeing this scene, Kiki looked at Lin Xian quietly, then didn't hesitate anymore, raising her hand to activate her ability to help Lin Xian repair the tracks.

Clang, clang, clang!

Soon, a suspended temporary track appeared before their eyes. Lin Xian set up iron plates in the middle to maintain stability and facilitate their passage.

Thump, thump.

The moment the two stepped onto the suspended track, their hearts couldn't help but rise.

Beside them was the open wall of the underground city, below them was a deep abyss of unknown depth, and the two were now almost completely exposed beneath that dark creature.

"Careful, that big thing shouldn't have noticed us."

A few steps felt like a long time. Finally, the two walked into the tunnel ahead, and the light was swallowed by darkness again.

Both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hurry, seize the time."

Turning on the flashlight, the flesh tissue in the passage became more and more numerous.

Lin Xian and Kiki's tightened hearts finally relaxed a bit, and their feet couldn't help but speed up.

Not long after walking, several more tunnel misalignments and fractures appeared, but none were as serious as the hollow from before. For the sake of safety, Lin Xian and Kiki repaired them as they walked.

Finally, the track slope became flat, and ahead, they began to enter a wide underground freight station.

Beep, beep, beep.

The Geiger counter began to sound an alarm. Lin Xian picked it up and saw it already displayed 127.46 mSv/h, belonging to a state of serious over-limit.

"We have to speed up."

This station had completely lost power, but it wasn't as dark as imagined because the city wall on one side of the station had completely collapsed, exposing the reinforced concrete frame. A broken giant elevator shaft hung in the air, with a few steel cables still hanging quietly inside.

"This place collapsed too..." Lin Xian's heart sank. He shone his flashlight and quickly explored forward. This station had 5 straight tracks and freight platforms, with a huge space. At the top, there were container gantry cranes with tracks used for lifting large cargo.

The wall hollow here was even larger. Lin Xian took a glance, and the giant creature's side outline at the bottom of the underground city pit looked like it had a giant head, while the torso part was completely unclear.

"Lin Xian, don't you feel like these pieces of meat seem to be flowing?"

Kiki shrank her neck, using her light to shine on the brownish-red flesh spreading on the wall. Looking at it as a whole, it seemed she could feel many flesh tissues constantly flowing inside.

It was as if it were absorbing nutrients.

Lin Xian saw it, but at this moment, he felt he had no mood to consider these things. All his attention was focused on finding that Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive.

Beep, beep, beep.

At this moment, the Geiger counter began to alarm crazily. Lin Xian was a bit surprised. He slowly picked up the Geiger counter and moved it close to the flesh, only to see the numbers on it jumping crazily, exceeding 300 in the blink of an eye!

And what was even more frightening was that as he moved the probe toward the flesh waterfall—that is, toward the direction of the giant black shadow outside the wall—the numbers kept growing.

"The source of the radiation is there!?"

!

Lin Xian was dumbfounded. Logically speaking, the No. 1 core melt pile was at the bottom of level 100 and had been completely sealed. How could a massive amount of radiation come from outside?

"Lin Xian, look, there!"

At this moment, Kiki discovered something. The flashlight shone toward a spare station, and in the light, a streamlined train head appeared, revealing the giant outline of an industrial creation in the darkness, making Lin Xian instantly happy.

Found it!

The two immediately ran toward that station. As they approached, in the light, a black-purple electric locomotive with a full sense of technology appeared in their sight.

With the great migration of the underground city, this Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive was like an industrial beast lying silent in the underground abyss. Lin Xian couldn't wait to walk up, put his hand on it, and start activating his Heart of Machinery.

【Heart of Machinery - Scanning...】

【Heart of Machinery - Overwriting...】

【Scan complete: Target Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive】

【Condition check: Main structure integrity 100%, Integrated power system: Good, Micro-star 152 micro-nuclear power DRX generator device: Cooled, Auxiliary energy group: Good...】

"How is it?"

"Everything is intact, the nuclear reactor has cooled down, but I can try to activate the auxiliary energy group first to perform a system self-check." Lin Xian didn't slack off for a moment and directly began trying to start the level-one system.

For this scale of mechanical equipment, it was extremely difficult for him to completely overwrite and drive it; he had to rely on the train system for control. What Lin Xian could do at the moment was only to activate and control the energy transmission switch. As for the system, it needed to be handed over to Kiki to take over.

Woo~

As Lin Xian started the level-one system, all the sub-systems of the entire locomotive began to operate. The train lights slowly lit up, and in an instant, the full appearance of a shocking nuclear-powered electric locomotive appeared in the sight of Lin Xian and Kiki!

"Wow, this thing is so cool."

Lin Xian's expression was glowing, his eyes full of desire. With this guy, the energy problem on the train would be completely solved. Heating, water circulation, driving, etc. —the 290-megawatt micro-nuclear DRX generator device was enough for Lin Xian to completely let go and charge, no longer relying on his ability to drive it. He could also free up more energy and time to strengthen defense and internal mechanical construction, while simultaneously enhancing his own strength!

The only problem was that he had to provide absolute protection for this locomotive; its durability was far inferior to a powerhouse like the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive.

"Let's go, let's go up and see first."

Lin Xian looked at the Geiger counter in his hand, his expression slightly stern. He looked at the train before him, knowing that its shell material must have used a very high standard of anti-radiation metal. For now, it was safer for them to hide on the train.

Not only was the reactor cooled, but there were also many mechanical parts waiting for Lin Xian to inspect one by one. He couldn't just stand foolishly in a high-radiation area to work.

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(End of chapter)