Chapter 170

"Yay!"

Kiki cheered: "Finally, we're going to upgrade the train."

Although Hearing Shu Qin's people knew Lin Xian had mechanical abilities, they still looked at each other in dismay when they heard him talk about upgrading the train.

Lin Xian's heart stirred. He immediately raised his right hand, and fluorescent light emitted from his palm. Several materials flew out, condensed, shaped, forged, and assembled!

*Clang, clang, clang! *

A Roarer K23 electric Gatling gun was manufactured out of thin air. *Thud! * The massive gun body landed on the ground in front of Gao Ta.

"Gao Ta, a new toy for you."

Watching this magical scene, everyone in Hearing Shu Qin's fleet was shocked. Such a Gatling gun was simply a massive weapon for a fleet, usually only seen in medium-to-large convoys.

They hadn't expected Lin Xian to 'change' one out just by raising his hand, which truly stunned everyone.

"Wow!"

Shasha and Lu Xingchen stared blankly. Gao Ta's eyes widened as he bent down to pick it up.

*Click~*

The heavy feel, the six barrels carrying a destructive aura, combined with Gao Ta's own tower-like physique, instantly gave him the air of a war god.

"Brother! So cool!"

"Heh." Gao Ta licked his lips, holding the massive weapon in his hands with joy, and said to Lin Xian: "Thanks, Brother Xian."

"What are you thanking me for?" Lin Xian pointed to the "Infinity": "Since we have time now, let's properly upgrade our fortress train. We'll equip weapons where needed, refit carriages where needed. With so many people, shouldn't we build a better living environment for ourselves?"

"Great!" Kiki said excitedly: "My Carriage No. 2 needs an upgrade too."

"Team Leader Lin."

Hearing Shu Qin said with a happy expression: "Just give your orders."

Lin Xian nodded: "Take people and bring down everything useful from these cars, including your own, and then have Chen Laoshi take inventory."

"Understood, I'll do it right away."

Lin Xian said, looking at Lu Xingchen: "Fire God, take a few skilled people and be responsible for finding me a few places with good visibility here to keep watch. If there are zombies or other trouble, start cleaning them up."

"No problem." Lu Xingchen said cockily: "Leave it to me to handle."

"Gao Ta, Shasha, you two categorize all the weapons and ammunition." Lin Xian pointed to an open space: "Organize our firepower."

"Alright, Brother Xian."

"Yes!" Shasha was energized.

"The rest of you help me clear out those passenger carriages. Kiki, Chen Laoshi, let's re-plan the carriages."

"Okay." Kiki and Chen Sixuan agreed.

Lin Xian looked at the Infinity. Now that he had manpower, time, and space, he naturally had to seize this rare opportunity to properly upgrade the vehicles.

Thus, at Lin Xian's command, everyone began to take action.

This time, he prepared to first create the train's combat carriages, carriage doors, lifting platforms, as well as the outer armored electric blade devices, sentry systems, and the 1130. In Carriage No. 2, Lin Xian, Kiki, and Chen Sixuan were studying the carriage layout on the computer.

"The Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive as the head, the Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive as the tail—these two remain unchanged. There are just two problems that need to be solved."

Kiki pointed to the rough model of the train on the computer and said: "It's best to connect the nuclear locomotive's control system to me, so it's convenient for me to monitor the operation of the entire train. Then connect the sentry and radar systems, and integrate water, air, heating, electricity, and information systems. *Wah-cha-cha~* Our Infinity will become an intelligent train."

"And the second problem?"

"That would naturally be the armed firepower." Kiki pointed to the last carriage: "After adding 5 carriages, excluding the power units, we'll have 12 carriages. With such long carriages, if we encounter danger and want to defend, we can't keep running around with walkie-talkies like before, especially since this nuclear locomotive needs protection. So I think Carriage No. 12 should be refitted into a weapon station, and the 1130 close-in weapon system you're going to build should be placed there."

Lin Xian nodded. Kiki's idea coincided with his own: "That's what I'm planning too. With more people, if there are no accidents, our nuclear carriage will be closed daily, and refitting Carriage No. 12 into a defense carriage can also protect our power units."

"Then should we do more protection like Longshan No. 1?" Chen Sixuan said: "I observed Longshan No. 1's carriage layout last night. The light and heavy firepower and anti-aircraft defenses were distributed very evenly, and basically, the entire train could be covered."

"Hmm, makes sense. Then let's do this: Carriage No. 5 will serve as a flexible defense carriage, with a lifting Gatling gun and personnel entry/exit installed on the roof. Gao Ta and Lu Xingchen guarding the middle section should be no problem."

"Eh?" Kiki widened her eyes at him: "I thought you were going to install another 1130."

Lin Xian looked at her speechlessly: "Do you think I'm a mobile arsenal, able to build whatever I want? I don't even know if I can build one with all the materials in this maintenance workshop, and you want me to build two."

!

Kiki stuck out her tongue and peeked at him quietly: "Is that all the stock you have?"

Lin Xian: "..."

Why did that sound so strange?

"By the way." Kiki pointed to the roof: "Didn't you promise me you'd build an armed roof for Carriage No. 2 as well?"

"I am planning to build it."

Lin Xian said in a deep voice: "I'm planning to install a G3 electromagnetic railgun and a bulletproof shooting cabin in front."

"Wow, really..." Kiki's eyes lit up and she was about to stand up, but her expression suddenly changed, and she pointed at Lin Xian: "Is there a 'but'?"

"But..."

Lin Xian smiled: "It's the same—I can only build the bulletproof shooting cabin first. The electromagnetic railgun has to wait because of material issues."

With the preparation center, material issues were theoretically solved, but only theoretically. When it came to high-level materials, such as Level 2 or Level 3 materials, if Lin Xian could only use low-level materials to convert them, the efficiency would be very poor, and the output wouldn't be much. It would probably take quite a while before he could gather the materials for the electromagnetic railgun.

"Also, if this electromagnetic railgun is installed in Carriage No. 2, your living space will be much smaller." Lin Xian shrugged: "After all, this thing is quite large. For driving safety, it must be an embedded lifting platform, and it needs to be equipped with a supercapacitor device underneath, which will take up quite a bit of carriage space."

"So what?"

Kiki sat on the swivel chair, looking indifferent: "Shasha and I just sleep in a bunk bed. Most of Carriage No. 2 is empty. Each carriage is nearly 30 meters long; we don't need that much space."

She said, glancing at Lin Xian with annoyance: "Do you think we're like you two, liking to fuss around?"

Chen Sixuan didn't expect Kiki to suddenly blurt out something so nonsensical, and her face turned red instantly: "What are you saying? Aren't we talking about serious business..."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly: "Fine, then let's arrange it in Carriage No. 2. The server, drones, sentry system, nuclear locomotive control—everything will be integrated here for you. Satisfied?"

(End of chapter)