Chapter 166

The sky full of corpse crows devoured everything. Perhaps for other fleets, it was like a natural disaster, but for Lu Xingchen, who possessed fire-type abilities, it was entirely his domain.

The crow swarm in the sky, resembling dark clouds, burned and exploded one after another, and a large amount of ash fell like rain.

Yet, despite this, a large number of corpse crows that flew up from the roadside still rushed out and crashed into the jeeps and off-road vehicles of Hearing Shu Qin's fleet, splattering flesh and blood everywhere.

Scrape, scrape, scrape!

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian was anxious and immediately created metal plates one after another to shield those vehicles.

But there were still fish that slipped through the net.

Boom, boom!

Lu Xingchen landed on the roof of the train with his upper body bare, his hands constantly spewing fire to clear the corpse crows for Hearing Shu Qin's fleet.

"Divine Fire Wall!"

Lu Xingchen looked at the protective walls on both sides of the tracks and sprayed fire directly to ignite them, shielding both sides of the fleet.

Finally, as the train's speed increased, the corpse crows began to lose their ability to keep up, and the pressure from the collisions dropped sharply.

And as the Infinite drove away from the outskirts of the city and further and further away from Jiazhou City, the ear-piercing shrieking finally ceased.

At this time, Hearing Shu Qin's fleet, having been forcibly pulled out of the fire and crow swarm by Lin Xian using trailer chains, was in a mess. The exterior armor plates and windows of the cars were covered in blood and black bird feathers, and various shredded carcasses had accumulated in a thick layer like ketchup.

The strong, fishy stench made the people in the cars unable to open their eyes. If they hadn't been held by the train's chains, the fleet would likely have flipped and perished long ago.

Lin Xian scanned the area and found that the paint and coating on the outside of many cars had been gnawed away, revealing the silver metal layer, which made one secretly terrified.

"What terrifying parasites, to think there's such a thing in the darkness..."

Fortunately, those black insects had been burned away by the flames. Without this method, they would likely have had to abandon their cars and run even if they had escaped.

"Hearing Shu Qin, how is the situation?"

Lin Xian picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Temporarily fine." Hearing Shu Qin was driving nervously, looked at the rearview mirror, and saw no cars had fallen behind, so she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Xian looked at the fleet, but noticed something was wrong, and raised his hand to unhook all the connecting chains of the cars.

Clang, clang, clang!

At this moment, the last off-road vehicle suddenly lost control and crashed into the metal high wall beside the tracks.

Something happened.

Lin Xian's expression sank, and he immediately controlled the train to start accelerating. The people in Hearing Shu Qin's fleet also discovered something was wrong and stopped their cars one after another.

Everyone ran toward the out-of-control car. Hearing Shu Qin opened the car door and discovered that the inside of the car was left with only a bloody mess; the three people who were originally in the car were gone.

"Ah!!" Someone exclaimed and covered their mouth.

"They were eaten by the crows!"

"Heavens!"

Lin Xian walked over. Hearing Shu Qin widened her eyes, looked at him, and said with a somber face: "It's... Zhong Jiahao's family."

"The car has already been gnawed through; there might still be black insects inside." Lin Xian stepped back and said to Lu Xingchen: "Burn it."

Lu Xingchen sighed and directly raised his hand, spraying a ball of fire.

Boom~

In an instant, the car ignited into a raging fire.

The others watched this scene with sad and complex expressions. Lin Xian looked over, and many people's faces were even somewhat numb.

Every time they faced danger, there were almost always casualties for this fleet; everyone seemed to have gotten used to it.

Hearing Shu Qin's eyes flashed with a bit of sorrow, and she turned around and said: "Let's go quickly, we might not have shaken off those crows yet."

Lin Xian glanced at Hearing Shu Qin without speaking. He restarted the train, climbed onto the roof, and began to run toward the Infinite. At the same time, he pointed at the roof for Lu Xingchen: "Fire God, disinfect the train too, and watch out for fire safety."

The so-called disinfection was to let Lu Xingchen clear away any black threadworms that might remain on the train to avoid hidden dangers.

"Leave it to me." Lu Xingchen nodded.

Lin Xian ran back to the Infinite's cockpit. At this time, Chen Sixuan was observing the route: "Lin Xian, there will be a small station about 100 kilometers ahead called Pukou. It's a level 3 station, and the main route trains usually don't stop there. Should we stop there to check the vehicles?"

Chen Sixuan was also very worried about the black threadworms and felt it would be better to do a deep inspection.

"Okay."

Lin Xian walked over and said: "If we shake off those crows, we'll take advantage of the daylight to reorganize the train so that Hearing Shu Qin and the others can stay on the train, which will be relatively safer."

Lin Xian felt a bit heavy-hearted, grabbed a bottle of water, gulped down more than half of it, and let out a long sigh.

The team had just expanded, and they had already encountered casualties; this was truly hard to take.

"Lin Xian."

Chen Sixuan looked at him: "You don't have to blame yourself. You did everything you could. I know if you had time, you would definitely find a way to make this train safer and protect more people. Now that they have just joined, and we have no way to put their cars into the train—look at the whole Jiazhou City, there isn't even a living thing—we are already very lucky to have escaped from the mouths of those crows."

Lin Xian nodded: "You watch the road, I'll go to the back to take a look."

In carriage No. 1, Lin Xian opened the R&D center and chose to put Sasha's VOG grenade launcher into the upgrade page.

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【Please select the R&D direction for this weapon:】

【Firepower】 (13 hours)

【Mobility】 (12 hours)

"Firepower, mobility?" Lin Xian looked at the options on the interface, thought for a moment, and decided to enhance firepower first.

【Reminder: The VOG grenade launcher blueprint is undergoing upgrade R&D, 12:59:59】

This time was acceptable to Lin Xian for now. In less than a day, he could obtain a powerful weapon blueprint, which was definitely a cost-effective deal.

The PX-05 engineering robot blueprint and G3 land-based electromagnetic railgun blueprint he obtained from the airport were very high-level things. There was also the 1130 blueprint and a set of mechanical arms Hearing Shu Qin obtained from that Guo Laoer. He hadn't built these things yet, so he wasn't in a hurry to upgrade them.

Anyway, his mechanical manufacturing level wasn't high, and upgrading blueprints was a waste of time. Even if he upgraded them, he couldn't build them. Considering the increasing pressure of the crises he was encountering, he decided to upgrade the gear of his team members first to improve their immediate combat effectiveness.

"Lin Xian, didn't you scan the electromagnetic railgun at the airport? Are you going to build one on the train?" kiki saw Lin Xian sitting alone in carriage No. 1 with a serious expression, so she walked over and asked.

"I will, but not that fast."

Lin Xian saw kiki walking over and responded.

"By the way, what about the robot? You build one, and I'll write a program into it so the robot can specifically help us maintain the train. Wouldn't you be able to relax a bit more?" kiki floated in front of Lin Xian like a little sprite, looking cunning.

"I do have that idea."

Lin Xian nodded: "I have the blueprint, but I've never built such a complex thing. When I have a chance, I'll try it."

"Then build it now?" kiki stared at him with her big eyes.

Lin Xian poked her on the forehead with his finger: "Build my foot. Don't you see we're still running away? Even if we build it, we have to get the new carriage armor and such sorted out first."

Of course, he knew a robot could help improve efficiency, but Lin Xian also knew from the blueprint that this thing was quite difficult for his current mechanical manufacturing level. It had to start from the basic chip control architecture, and there was also the Hall electric propulsion engine. If he wanted to build it, he would need material conversion and preparation. From a pragmatic perspective, in a dangerous environment, his first priority was definitely to get the train carriages sorted out. These precise things could wait until they were in the carriages to be built slowly.

"Fine, then my carriage No. 2 also needs a good renovation."

"How do you want to renovate it?"

"A bed, a bathroom, and the central control server for the nuclear-powered locomotive—isn't it going to be moved over? It definitely needs to be rearranged."

Lin Xian raised an eyebrow, indicating approval: "Okay, if there's enough time, I'm also preparing to renovate the interior."

kiki was overjoyed: "Hee hee, you're so nice."

At this time, Lu Xingchen walked over with his shirt off.

"Brother Lin, for carriage No. 5, this master needs a dressing room, a tea-brewing machine, and a few well-fitting tops. I wonder if Brother Lin is willing to lend a hand..."

(End of chapter)