Chapter 22: The Destroyed Fleet

Beep, beep.

In Carriage 1, Lin Xian lay on the comfortable Simmons mattress, feeling the warmth and fragrance in his arms. Having not slept for two consecutive nights, he finally had a good sleep.

He checked the time: 14:00. Fortunately, it was a peaceful night.

It was still dark outside. Lin Xian preset the time to observe the accurate time of dawn.

The night was too long, and they had slept for too long.

Chen Sixuan, who was on top of him, had already woken up, silent. Seeing Lin Xian turn over and get up, she also quickly put on her clothes with a red face, pulled up her pants, and whispered to Lin Xian,

"They seem to have blocked the railway with stones."

Lin Xian pulled Chen Sixuan over, lowered his head, and pecked her fragrant lips lightly, saying, "I know, I already took care of it before I got on the train."

Chen Sixuan shyly moved away from his arms, picked up the logbook, and said to herself, "Counting the distance from Yushan Station, we ran 54 kilometers yesterday. If according to the news spread by survivors, today's daylight time should be before 17:00."

After a night of indulgence, she avoided Lin Xian's gaze while speaking.

"Let's see." Lin Xian looked at his watch. "This distance might not show any changes at all."

"Hmm."

Because it was still pitch black outside, the two lowered their voices and took out food and water to eat a little first.

Lin Xian leaned in the aisle, pressing one hand on the floor to check the situation outside the train, and by the way, checked his injuries. As he expected, they were recovering particularly fast.

The ability user's body already had a qualitative difference from ordinary people. At the same time, after yesterday's life-and-death battle with Liu Wei, Lin Xian's Wind Cannon skill had improved significantly.

【Wind Cannon lv. 1 25/100】

【Ice Shield lv. 1 6/100】

In yesterday's battle, Lin Xian felt that he was truly fighting for his life. It was the first time he knew he could be so ruthless and decisive, and he could maintain absolute calmness at critical moments. He also admired himself for having such a state of mind.

Time passed second by second.

Lin Xian watched the time on his watch jump.

15:00, it wasn't dawn yet.

16:00, it still wasn't dawn.

The later the time, the faster they needed to escape.

But what Lin Xian was most worried about at this time was that the time of dawn had not changed at all. That was the most desperate thing.

The temperature had dropped to around 0 degrees. Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan both put on long-sleeved clothes to keep warm. Fortunately, he had gotten a bunch of new cotton quilts and Simmons mattresses from the furniture store in advance, otherwise, they would only be able to sleep on hard beds in such cold weather.

Just as the time jumped to 16:48, a light flickered in the sky, the black curtain suddenly faded, and the setting sun hung high!

"It's dawn," Chen Sixuan exclaimed, joy appearing in her eyes.

According to the scheduled time, it should have been dawn at 17:00 today, but at this moment, the time of dawn was a full 12 minutes earlier!

Lin Xian opened the door of the passage and entered the driver's cabin with Chen Sixuan. The two looked at the sunlight outside, their eyes filled with both surprise and worry.

The joy was that the time of dawn was 12 minutes earlier than expected. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to show that they were escaping the polar night!

The worry was that this little time was just a drop in the bucket.

Chen Sixuan reacted first, picked up the logbook, and began to calculate.

"Dawn time is 12 minutes earlier. If we only count yesterday's 54 kilometers, that is to say, if we want to catch up to dawn at 17:00 tomorrow, we must drive at least 270 kilometers!"

"About that." Lin Xian nodded. "It's not much different from the news heard on the radio, but don't be too optimistic. We are not walking in a straight line, and to run 270 kilometers, our speed will take at least three hours, unless we speed up."

Chen Sixuan's eyes dimmed again upon hearing this. "Yeah, we can't be too fast. Who knows if someone will put cars and stones on the road to block us again..."

In just two days, almost every day there were situations, and every time it was a life-and-death situation. Thinking of this, Chen Sixuan began to worry.

Buzz~

The Infinite's ten-cylinder heavy gas turbine began to roar. Lin Xian sat in the driver's seat and turned back to say to Chen Sixuan, "Chen Laoshi, sit tight."

Chen Sixuan opened her mouth. She heard Lin Xian still calling her "Teacher," and felt a sudden panic and awkwardness. Clearly, the two of them had already...

Could it be that he had some kind of fetish and just liked that forbidden feeling?

Lin Xian didn't know the little thoughts in Chen Sixuan's heart at this time and drove the train to start reversing!

Seeing the train reversing, Chen Sixuan was surprised.

"Are we retreating?"

"Yes." Lin Xian said in a deep voice, "Let's go back to Yushan Station and see."

Liu Wei was killed by him. With night approaching, his fleet would inevitably be in chaos without a leader. Moreover, without an ability user like Liu Wei, as long as Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan were on the train, those lackeys with guns could do nothing to them.

He had even solved the other party's boss. If he didn't get any harvest, Lin Xian felt that the fight he had was too much of a loss.

And at this time, he was a little more confident. As long as he hurried on his way, he could escape the polar night, which was undoubtedly a positive signal for Lin Xian, who had survived for several months.

Clang, clang~

Before long, the heavy locomotive slowly retreated into Yushan Station, and the scene that came into view made Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan's expressions change.

!

The platform was devastated. The 【Oasis】 fleet had completely fallen. At this time, the off-road vehicles and jeeps parked there were covered in ferocious bloodstains. The ground of the platform was almost dyed crimson. Several fleet members had already turned black and become walking corpses, whimpering in place.

Chen Sixuan saw one of the men who had turned into a zombie; it was the middle-aged man who had pretended to be the "father" of the family of three with glasses yesterday.

Unexpectedly, after one night, everyone was dead.

"Ah~"

"Lin Xian, look quickly!"

Chen Sixuan exclaimed and pointed to the direction of the Yushan Station waiting hall. She saw that the small waiting hall had almost completely fallen, but what surprised the two most was that scattered on the ground at the entrance of the waiting hall were several legs similar to some kind of insect!

Chen Sixuan's expression was ugly. "My God, what kind of monster is this..."

Lin Xian frowned. He remembered the giant insect shadow in Warehouse 14 and felt a lingering fear.

He had clearly driven out more than 50 kilometers, how could this thing catch up?

Regarding that giant insect and the giant white monster, Lin Xian really had no clue. They seemed to appear out of thin air in the night and disappear suddenly after sunrise. If it weren't for seeing the giant insect legs at this time, who would believe that these terrifying monsters had appeared in the world for no reason?

Lin Xian stopped the train, leaned on the window, and observed carefully for a while before saying,

"Don't be afraid, it's daytime now, this thing shouldn't come out."

At this time, he really wanted to curse. He had just had the idea of acting at night, but reality immediately gave him a loud slap in the face.

This thing was following behind him, so how could he act?

"Do we still have to go down?" Chen Sixuan asked.

"Yes."

Lin Xian gritted his teeth. Since he was already here and the 【Oasis】 fleet had already fallen, he would take this opportunity to scavenge the remaining supplies.

"Okay, I'll go too." Chen Sixuan clenched her fists, but was stopped by Lin Xian. "Don't be in a hurry, let me go down and see first, and solve those zombies before talking."

"Hmm." Chen Sixuan nodded obediently.

Lin Xian held the short knife, drove the driver's cabin gate of the train to open, and then leaped out. As soon as he landed, he fired a few wind guns to blow the heads off the zombies on the platform.

Although it consumed some energy, Lin Xian didn't want to alert the enemy. The wind gun was very quiet when used, very suitable for sneak attacks.

Thump, thump, thump~

Several zombies fell one after another. Only then did Lin Xian notice a strong smell of blood rushing toward him, and he couldn't help but frown.

The entire platform was covered in bullet holes, various broken limbs and arms, which showed that there must have been a cruel battle here last night.

Lin Xian had seen the eeriness of that monster; ordinary firearms should be difficult to cause any major damage.

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====