Chapter 255: Dragon Mountain Predicament (Thanks to the alliance leader

【PS: During the New Year, thanks to the alliance leader "That Trace of Sadness" for the reward. Originally, there should be an additional update for the alliance leader, but because I am outside during the New Year, I really don't have any saved manuscripts, so I can only owe it to the boss first. Cola will add more updates later to make up for it. Thanks again!】

The tail section of the Dragon Mountain No. 1 train, the carriage door opened, and seven or eight heavily armed personnel swarmed out. In the snow, the few people who were holding guns and dragged out by kiki were struggling in the snow at this time, and the woman who was fighting with Shu Qin on the roof of the train also stopped.

Three pairs of people looked at the group of people in a confrontation. Lin Xian's gaze tightened, looking at the woman at the head, and suddenly felt very familiar.

"Don't take action, misunderstanding."

The woman was wearing a thick white down jacket and a high-tech cold-proof mask. Her figure was tall and straight, and she looked extraordinary. She shouted to stop her subordinates and looked at Lin Xian: "Team Leader Lin, I am Xiang Xiang Ningjing of Dragon Mountain No. 1. We met before at the Yubei Airport."

Both sides were wearing cold-proof suits and helmets at this time. Lin Xian really didn't remember it for a while. Hearing what the other party said, he remembered that it seemed to be the woman who followed Shi Diyuan before, the deputy train leader of Dragon Mountain No. 1, who had shown extraordinary strength in the airport defense battle.

Hoo~

Lin Xian took a deep breath in the cold-proof mask, and then he waved to Shu Qin on the roof of the train and kiki on the side. The two then put away their offensive. kiki piled the young man in her hand into the snow and said: "Oh, I remember you, but these two people seem very strange. I thought your train was occupied by others."

"These are our new teammates." Xiang Xiang Ningjing explained to Lin Xian: "It was my negligence just now, I didn't receive your response information. By the time I reacted, it was already fighting behind."

"Abai, Xiaoqing." She looked at the girl on the train and the young man under the train, and said to kiki and Shu Qin: "Is everyone uninjured?"

The girl named Xiaoqing on the train looked indifferent and shook her head without saying a word, while the young man who was thrown into the snow by kiki at this time climbed up, hurriedly tidied up the sunglasses on his face, and said to Xiang Xiang Ningjing with some restraint: "Sister Jing, it's okay, I'm okay..."

"This guy's eyes can emit laser light, your new teammates are quite powerful." kiki clapped her hands and said.

Shu Qin on the train also silently looked at Xiaoqing opposite. This girl did not use power armor, but her physical technique evolution was already at a very high stage. Fighting against her even made Shu Qin feel some pressure. However, Shu Qin knew that her manipulation of the power armor was not very proficient, which limited her performance to a certain extent.

Lin Xian's gaze swept over the other party and said straight to the point: "What happened to you?"

The rear carriage was empty, the transponder didn't reply, and coupled with Xiang Xiang Ningjing's heavy face at this time, it was needless to guess that something must have happened on Dragon Mountain No. 1.

Xiang Xiang Ningjing looked at the Infinite in the distance, and for some reason, her expression seemed to be relieved.

"Team Leader Lin, if it is convenient, let's talk on the train. It's too cold outside."

"Good." Lin Xian nodded.

Seeing Lin Xian agree, Xiang Xiang Ningjing immediately opened her mouth to the girl on the train and the young man under the train: "You two hurry up and get on the train, the other party is our own people."

The tense atmosphere was lifted. Lin Xian, kiki, and Shu Qin followed Xiang Xiang Ningjing into the rear carriage of Dragon Mountain No. 1. The temperature in the train was not high. Lin Xian's power armor system showed only 12~3 degrees, but compared to the minus 50-degree temperature outside, it was already very warm.

Taking off the cold-proof mask, Lin Xian looked out. The carriage was empty, and there was no one in the living carriage that was originally full of people. Everywhere was empty, and even the air had a cold taste.

"Have you been parked here for many days?" Lin Xian asked immediately when he saw this.

"Almost two days." Xiang Xiang Ningjing took the three to the rest area of a living carriage. Several Dragon Mountain No. 1 team members quickly brought a few thermos pots of hot water for the few to drink.

"We didn't want to leave, but we underestimated the scale of the blizzard. When we arrived here two days ago, there was no such big snow."

The middle-aged man standing beside Xiang Xiang Ningjing was named Lu Yong, and he was also a familiar face that Lin Xian had seen before. He said: "The situation now is that we can't start at all. The tracks are frozen, the train is too big and too long, and it is impossible to increase the speed. The most critical thing is that one of our driving motor groups has a problem. We have been trying to rush for repairs for the past two days."

"Ah? Can't move? Then what about so many of you?" kiki asked very surprised. Originally, she and Lin Xian both thought that Dragon Mountain No. 1 had encountered some huge attack change, but they didn't expect that the train couldn't move?

"Also, where is Shi Diyuan?" Lin Xian then asked the key question.

"He led the team toward a place called Telakama Ice Valley in the northeast direction." Xiang Xiang Ningjing said at this time: "Two days ago, we received a high-frequency distress signal in this area, which came from the Phoenix Society. Old Shi decided to lead people to rescue at that time, and we waited in place for 6 hours. The original plan was that if they didn't return after the time, we would drive to Xilan City by ourselves to wait for news."

"It's just that the extreme cold vortex came too fast, all communications were interrupted, and we also suffered attacks from a large number of Snow Demons. The traction locomotive of the front car had a failure, coupled with freezing and deep snow, so..."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing sighed: "We were completely stranded here."

"Led people to rescue?" Shu Qin beside Lin Xian was very puzzled: "Drive?"

"No." Lu Yong explained: "Our No. 2 and No. 3 power traction locomotives have been modified with triangletrack magnetic full-terrain drive modules. Captain Shi led the spare energy locomotive, traction locomotive, and 3 heavy firepower weapon station car groups."

Hearing this, Lin Xian recalled Shi Diyuan's style at the airport, thinking that this was really something he could do. This big brother is very righteous at the critical moment.

"What, you modified the full-terrain drive?" kiki was very surprised when she heard this: "Where did you modify it?"

"The point now is not this." Lin Xian interrupted kiki and looked at Xiang Xiang Ningjing and asked urgently: "How long have they been missing?"

Xiang Xiang Ningjing shook her head: "They lost contact after leaving. Normally, our communication equipment coverage is about 20 kilometers. If it is further, we don't know. Coupled with the extreme cold vortex, the radio frequency is also invalid, so we can only wait for 6 hours according to the original plan."

"Didn't expect the blizzard to come too fast, coupled with Snow Demons, we couldn't leave even if we wanted to."

"Two days ago, I already sent people to look for them in the northeast direction, but the wind and snow were too big. People couldn't even distinguish the direction in this heavy snow, let alone encounter Snow Demons. I was worried about greater casualties, so I withdrew the people."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing said in a deep voice: "Now, in order to reduce the attacks of Snow Demons, I have concentrated all the crew members to the front car. There is also concentrated heating there, and our combat personnel can also be relatively better protected there."

"Oh, I said why there was no one, so they were all concentrated in the front car."

kiki said at this time: "Then you are all empty here, aren't you afraid that anomalous entities will rush in?"

"We have combat personnel on patrol and duty here." Xiang Xiang Ningjing looked at the three: "Don't you know that those monsters can perceive the existence of living people, so they will only attack the carriages with people. These empty carriages, they are not interested instead."

"That's true..." kiki wanted to say it had something to do with the marker, but thinking about it, Xiang Xiang Ningjing was right. No matter if there is a marker or not, monsters will not attack areas without people.

After Xiang Xiang Ningjing finished speaking, her gaze looked at Lin Xian. Seeing that Lin Xian didn't speak, she took the initiative to say:

"Originally, I had planned to abandon twenty carriages and try to rush out of the snow layer to move forward, and at the same time send an advance team to Xilan City to seek help. I didn't expect to meet you..."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing knew Lin Xian's ability. In this situation, Lin Xian's appearance was simply a savior to her!

And in Lin Xian's view, abandoning excess carriage mass to exchange for the power to rush was indeed a relatively wise choice.

Dragon Mountain No. 1 has a total of 68 carriages, and there are more than a thousand people on the train. It is a living mobile orbital fortress. Such a large train is trapped in the wind and snow. If it cannot be driven, it becomes an iron coffin in the blizzard, which is the same crisis Lin Xian worried about before.

"Are there specific coordinates?" Lin Xian asked at this time.

"Yes."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing said: "Telakama Ice Valley is about 80 miles away from here, but the problem is that the wind and snow are too big and information is shielded. Once you leave the tracks, it is very difficult to distinguish the direction, and those Snow Demons..."

"So Old Shi's plan was to drive the all-terrain train directly over, which was also for the sake of stability."

Lin Xian's gaze tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "The distress signal sent by the Phoenix Society, I think the situation they encountered is not something ordinary survivors can solve. Brother Shi is really righteous."

He was not speaking ironically. If it were Lin Xian, he would have no way in this situation. The train was trapped in the blizzard. The only choice he could make was to accelerate to rush out of the wind and snow. To detour to other places to save people, he must have conditions.

Under the premise of this deep snow coverage, the few cars on the train are useless. The only thing with mobility is kiki and that Vulcan mecha. It is impossible to let kiki take people to fly over to find people in the vast snow sea.

"I don't know the specific situation very well."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing told Lin Xian the distress signal they received before: "When we first entered the Parma Grassland, we witnessed a giant mecha being hoisted by multiple transport planes to the southwest hinterland in the blizzard. I guess this should be some kind of weapon test project being carried out by the Phoenix Society. Two days ago, a strong earthquake broke out near Yazehu at night. Other survivors also saw it near Su Feng Village and Yazehu. It is said that there might be S-level anomalous entities appearing. So Old Shi also guessed that the rescue signal might be related to this operation, because normally, the Phoenix Society would not easily release such a distress signal..."

"Giant mecha?" kiki's eyes widened, and her gaze immediately looked at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian also understood. It seems that the information given by Hu Lushou is not false at all. The only problem is that the Phoenix Society's regional radio station reported that S-level anomalous entities appeared in the Cloud View Swamp, which is in the southern part of the Parma Grassland, near the East Line Wei River. Now it appears near Yazehu on the North Line again. Combined, it is either that the unknown creature is moving toward Xilan City, or there is more than one S-level anomalous entity on the Parma Grassland!

"I roughly understand." Lin Xian got up when he heard this. He looked at Xiang Xiang Ningjing: "First take me to see that damaged traction locomotive."

The top priority, he must solve the problem of Dragon Mountain No. 1 being trapped, so that the Infinite can continue to drive. According to the current situation, the two teams can only cooperate to rush out of the snowfield and drive toward Xilan City.

Fortunately, both teams are old acquaintances. Xiang Xiang Ningjing knows Lin Xian's ability, so there is no need to say much. She immediately took Lin Xian toward the front of the train. "Lin Xian, what do you think?" On the way, kiki whispered to Lin Xian.

"If the problem here is easy to solve, coupled with the weather conditions will not be bad before we set off, I want to go and see." Lin Xian said straight.

Shi Diyuan, Phoenix Society, no matter who it is, Lin Xian feels it is necessary to help. But he also knows that the situation in Telakama Ice Valley must be dangerous and complex. Shi Diyuan drove a heavy weapon station train over and did not return, let alone he can only travel light. Even with a powerful esper like kiki, it may not be useful under the influence of bad weather.

So Lin Xian is also a bit entangled. kiki understands Lin Xian's thoughts very well, so she said: "If the problem here is easy to solve, we can cooperate, and we can also send a small detachment to see that Ice Valley. If we really encounter any danger, we can run away. Now it is daytime. If we travel light, with our mobility, it should be no problem to get out."

Lin Xian looked back at kiki and said in a low voice: "You little girl, are you particularly curious about that giant mecha?"

Kiki crossed her arms: "You are a mechanical esper; this kind of thing is practically a nuclear-level weapon to you. Aren't you curious at all?"

Lin Xian was silent. Of course he was interested, but Lin Xian's character likes to start from a pragmatic perspective. Now the Infinite is trapped. The top priority is to solve the current predicament. The blizzard may come at any time. If even the Infinite cannot be saved, other ideas are fantasies.

But after all, it is related to the Phoenix Society and his old friend Shi Diyuan, so if the principle problem can be solved, he feels that this risk is worth taking.

A train that is too long has a very awkward problem, that is, it takes a lot of distance to walk from the rear carriage to the front carriage. The Infinite now has 14 carriages, and it takes at least one or two minutes to run from the front car to the back, and that is fast.

And on Dragon Mountain No. 1, not only is the train long, but the interior is also crowded. Although it can be seen that in order to facilitate scheduling, the middle corridor has been specially controlled, but a few people walking quickly also walked for nearly seven or eight minutes.

!

Walking all the way, Lin Xian, kiki, and Shu Qin saw various internal facilities, such as living carriages like honeycomb sleepers. A double-decker carriage can even accommodate more than 80 people. There are also material and weapon carriages, as well as medical rescue stations, radio broadcast centers, weapon stations, entertainment carriages, and separate manufacturing carriages, which are equipped with industrial lathes, intelligent presses for bullet reloading, and various 3D mechanical printers for the manufacture of basic mechanical items.

Walking further forward, there are special carriages that can be used for meetings and as classrooms, psychological counseling carriages with customized internal scenery, and even internal supermarkets, where crew members can take some items they have stored to exchange for other urgently needed items in the supermarket.

Lin Xian was secretly amazed. It must be said that the interior of this train has taken the form of a small society.

Passing by the living carriage of the front car, many curious crew members poked their heads out of the sleeping cabins, looking at these three strangers passing through the corridor below, and began to whisper curiously.

"New members again?"

"Isn't that the leader of the Infinite? I saw him at the airport."

"Infinite? Really met them again..."

"What are they here for?"

"Don't know..."

The further forward, the warmer the carriage became. In addition to the heating system, it was also because there were quite a few people crowded here. Xiang Xiang Ningjing almost concentrated all the firepower to make up for the difficulty of head-to-tail support when trapped in the snowfield.

If it is in motion, this situation does not need to be concentrated, but now it is not only trapped, but Shi Diyuan also took away a batch of combat power and heavy weapon stations. The pressure to protect these 1,000-plus people is great for Xiang Xiang Ningjing.

Xiang Xiang Ningjing and Lu Yong took Lin Xian and his party to the front car. In addition to an intercontinental-level nuclear-powered carriage, Dragon Mountain No. 1 also has two electric traction carriages, similar to Lin Xian's previous Star Ring 7F electric locomotive. Because the power consumption is powerful, the comprehensive power system in the train needs to be accurately supplied for the power demand of each carriage.

In order to ensure sufficient energy, Shi Diyuan drove away one small nuclear-powered carriage, one traction electric locomotive, and three weapon stations, and took 60-plus people to Telakama Ice Valley.

And the remaining power source and traction locomotive, if it were not for an unexpected accident, driving Dragon Mountain No. 1's 60-plus carriages to Xilan City would be more than enough.

"This is the one."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing took Lin Xian into a large electric locomotive. In front is the largest intercontinental-level nuclear-powered locomotive, which is also the train head of Dragon Mountain No. 1. Like the Infinite, it is equipped with a large armor shield, mainly used for rushing through corpse tides or obstacles. In ice and snow weather, it is used as an ice-breaking shield.

Shi Diyuan only modified the No. 2 power core with the triangletrack magnetic full-terrain drive module, but the No. 1 intercontinental-level power group did not change, which made Lin Xian feel a bit incomprehensible. He didn't know what his intention was.

"I'll take a look first, hope the problem is not too big."

Lin Xian checked the time. It was already close to 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The time for dawn was getting shorter and shorter. He was not sure whether this guy weighing hundreds of tons could be repaired before dark, but there was no way. Dragon Mountain No. 1 was lying across the tracks, and his Infinite could not fly over directly.

Without saying a word, Lin Xian directly activated the Mechanical Heart and began to scan the entire electric locomotive.

Soon, the precise electric traction transmission system, traction motor, microcomputer network control system, etc., began to appear in front of Lin Xian in the form of a light screen. As the scan gradually expanded, a blueprint of a high-power electric locomotive also appeared in front of Lin Xian.

After the inspection, Lin Xian took a long breath.

"Fortunately, it should be solved in 30 minutes."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing heard this, and her face relaxed immediately, saying: "Great, it seems that our life is not destined to end."

"Don't you have repair engineers on such a big train?" kiki saw Xiang Xiang Ningjing's relieved look and asked immediately.

"Yes."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing said helplessly: "Our engineering team also checked the problem, but they said..."

"Two sets of asynchronous/permanent magnet synchronous motors have failed, and the active pendulum mechanism is damaged." Lin Xian said first: "This situation requires dismantling the car body. It would be fine in other environments, but here, it won't work."

Things like active pendulum mechanisms can only be replaced with kits, or dismantled for recasting. If it were elsewhere, Lin Xian believes that an orbital fortress like Dragon Mountain No. 1 would definitely have a corresponding plan. But the problem is, in this ice and snow environment, dismantling and assembling the car body is not a small difficulty, and it is also constantly facing Snow Demon attacks.

This situation, no one dares to work outside the car. But for Lin Xian, it is not a problem instead.

What he is most worried about is the lack of some key parts or core devices. He can't even scan the blueprint for this, and he doesn't know how to repair it at all.

"We tried yesterday and 3 people died." Lu Yong sighed: "But it's strange, there hasn't been a single beast in the snow from last night until now. I don't know if they are dead."

"You too?"

kiki was surprised: "We killed a lot when we entered the night yesterday, but since then, not a single one has appeared, which is really strange."

"Perhaps this kind of creature is group-active and moved to another place." Shu Qin also analyzed at this time.

"I hope so." Xiang Xiang Ningjing said: "But I am also worried that it is a worse situation. After all, these clustered monsters disappearing in pieces often indicates the appearance of higher-level anomalous entities, just not appearing in front of us."

Lin Xian frowned when he heard this and said:

"You mean, territory?"

Lin Xian has encountered this situation

Therefore, Lin Xian no longer believed in the concept of "good luck."

"Hmm." Xiang Xiang Ningjing looked at Lin Xian and said: "It seems you have also encountered that kind of territorial large-scale anomalous entity, so in my view, this situation is not necessarily a good thing. Perhaps Old Shi and the others ran into this kind of trouble."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian said: "Sister Ning, do you have any snow vehicles?"

"We have spare all-terrain polar vehicles, why..." Xiang Xiang Ningjing frowned slightly: "What are you thinking?"

"After fixing the train, I want to go see if I can find Old Shi."

Lin Xian looked at his watch: "It will take about half an hour to repair this traction locomotive. If our two trains are to exert force together to break out, I will need to add a support traction frame between the two trains later. Coupled with an esper clearing the way, we should be able to get moving."

"Now that the blizzard hasn't arrived, a quick maneuver to the Tracama Ice Valley should take no more than 2 hours round trip. We might be able to find some clues."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing's spirits lifted upon hearing this: "Good! Actually, I had thought the same. Then I will take some people with you so we can look out for each other on the way."

Lin Xian nodded, then immediately began to make arrangements.

He contacted Chen Sixuan directly via the communicator, preparing to have Fire Brother bring the Longshan No. 1 lead car to park and prepare to clear the way later. The Infinite would be commanded by Chen Sixuan, while he and Kiki would go with Xiang Xiang Ningjing in the polar vehicle to the Tracama Ice Valley.

(End of chapter)