Chapter 270: Mo Nika

*Ssh*~

The Mechanical Heart operated, and Lin Xian opened the carriage door of this electric locomotive. A strong foul smell rushed towards him. He frowned, and the mechanical arm automatically set up a lighting flashlight on his shoulder. Lin Xian stepped on the pedal and climbed onto the carriage, only to find that the narrow carriage of this electric locomotive was a mess.

The already decomposed corpses of a man and a woman were frozen by frost at this time, looking very strange.

Lin Xian swept his gaze around and found that this narrow carriage was filled with a lot of finished material garbage, and there were sleeping bags, blankets, some broken lighting equipment, pots and pans, etc., on the ground.

Judging from the clothing of those two corpses, it seemed to be a worker couple from the factory here who hid here, but they had already died before the arrival of the extreme cold vortex, and the corpses were rotting quietly.

The ground was full of various medicine boxes. Perhaps due to illness and hunger, the two corpses were withered and desolate.

In the process of fleeing all the way, Lin Xian had seen many such survivors who died in despair. He just sighed in his heart, and then directly urged the Mechanical Heart to start repairing several faults in the electrical system and tried to reactivate the electric core.

*Drip, drip, drip. *

At this time, in the cockpit, the lights of various subsystems began to light up, and the roar of the engine began to sound slowly. The iron wheels and brakes that had been frozen for a long time made trembling and whimpering sounds, and the two giant power locomotives began to move.

*Clatter, clatter*~

Snow kept sliding off the locomotive. Lin Xian began to drive these two trains back, and very quickly stopped behind the Gemini nuclear-powered carriage of the *Infinity*.

Many engineers from Longshan No. 1 on the opposite side also paid attention to Lin Xian's movements here. Seeing him drive back a large traction electric locomotive group, they were also quite surprised.

Lin Xian did not connect the carriages directly. He prepared to arrange for team members to clean up these two drive carriages after dawn before connecting them. At the moment, he prepared to start manufacturing brand-new composite armor plates.

A large number of engineers from Longshan No. 1 looked at Lin Xian standing on the roof of the train alone, not knowing what he was going to do, but the next moment, everyone was stunned. Those who were welding steel plates, hoisting materials, and dismantling equipment stopped their movements one after another.

*Rub, rub, rub*, mechanical mysterious light flickered in Lin Xian's hands, and a large amount of materials flew out constantly, starting to combine and forge.

Very quickly, a hoisting frame and an assembly canopy began to be manufactured out of thin air, covering the *Infinity* and blocking the howling blizzard.

And on the rail hoisting frame, two rail cranes even rose directly from the ground...

*Clang, clang, clang*~

On the Longshan No. 1 side, a man who was working hard to move steel frames looked at this scene dumbfounded, and the steel frame in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

"This... did he temporarily build an assembly workshop?"

"Mom, what kind of ability is this..."

"Awesome!"

"..."

Lin Xian ignored these gazes. He prepared to manufacture the frame required for assembly first, and then get the armor plates done. The rest could be done after dawn, letting other team members help dismantle and then repair the carriage body before installing them, so he could save a lot of time.

At this time, several car lights lit up in the distance, and several tracked polar vehicles roared through the wind and snow, galloping towards the freight station area.

*Hum, hum*~

Very quickly, these tracked polar vehicles stopped in the large square. Lin Xian swept his gaze and found Shi Diyuan, Qian Dele, and a group of people in cold-proof clothing getting off the vehicles. They were all leaders of several fleets in the defense line before, and from the two vehicles behind, a group of strangers got off. Leading them was a woman with red wavy long hair and an extremely tall figure, plus wearing high-tube boots, even looking taller than the average man.

"Brother Lin!"

Shi Diyuan saw Lin Xian who was busy on the roof of the train at a glance, and led a group of people to walk over in a hurry.

"Eh, Brother Lin, how come you built a factory in just a short while!!?"

"It's not that exaggerated," Lin Xian walked over with an armor plate in his hand: "Brother Shi, this is?"

"Introducing a friend to you, haha."

Lin Xian looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile speechlessly. Shi Diyuan was really a warm-hearted person, and he had become familiar with others not long after arriving at a new place.

That woman stood among a group of men, full of aura. At this moment, she took a step forward, raised her head, and a pair of deep eyes under the wind goggles swept towards Lin Xian on the roof of the train, sizing him up.

"Brother Lin, I heard what they said. It's very safe in the city now, and you don't have to be so tight. They have a lot of information here that can be exchanged. After knowing that you are a mechanical ability user, they also have some things they want to ask you for help," Shi Diyuan said carelessly.

Lin Xian put down the steel plate in his hand and looked at the woman: "What help?"

"Hello, Lin Dui, my name is Mo Nika. Are you interested in getting to know each other?" The woman's voice was heroic and full of femininity.

This time Lin Xian guessed wrong. This woman named Mo Nika was actually an old friend of Qian Dele and the leader of another train fleet.

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this and jumped down from the roof of the train: "Lin Xian, *Infinity* fleet."

Mo Nika shook hands with him, and seeing the steel plate Lin Xian had just dropped, her eyes were subtle: "Mechanical ability, could it be that this entire train was built by you?"

Lin Xian looked at Shi Diyuan and Qian Dele with a strange face upon hearing this, thinking to himself, how did you introduce me? Listening to this tone, is it possible that you want me to build a train for her?

"No, if I had this ability, I would definitely build a spaceship. Why would I still be running on the ground?"

*Lin Gege, giggle, giggle*~

Mo Nika was made to laugh by his words, waved her hand apologetically and said: "Sorry, I was abrupt."

"Mo Nika, don't underestimate this handsome guy. Although he is not old, if it weren't for him, our group of people, including the Phoenix Society people, might not have been able to run out of the blizzard alive~" Qian Dele said slowly. After speaking, he wrapped his coat and looked at Shi Diyuan: "Old Shi, let's change places. Didn't you say there is a good place to drink?"

"Yes, yes, yes, follow me," Shi Diyuan laughed.

Longshan No. 1 had a special dining bar carriage. Besides living supplies, it also stored quite a bit of alcohol in special storage cabinets. It could be considered a carriage that combined a restaurant and a bar. Longshan No. 1 had several entertainment carriages, and this one was one of them, usually available for other passengers to relax.

The carriage was warm, and the sound of electric welding from the maintenance team outside was continuous. Inside the carriage, Shi Diyuan, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, Qian Dele, Lin Xian, Mo Nika, plus several other fleet leaders, a dozen people sat around the sofa. Shi Diyuan poured alcohol into large cups for everyone. The clear alcohol was poured out *ton, ton, ton*, and a strong aroma of alcohol suddenly overflowed. Lin Xian only then discovered that what Shi Diyuan poured was actually white liquor.

"This is our Longshan specialty, Longshan Burning Knife, most suitable for drinking in this freezing weather. Come, everyone try it!"

"Whoa, white liquor, smells quite strong!" Captain Zhou was rough by nature. Seeing the smell, his eyes lit up, and he immediately picked it up and took a sip.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, not bad, not bad~"

The woman named Mo Nika also picked up the wine in front of her at this time, put it in front of her to sniff, smiled lightly between her flickering eyes, and then drank it down in one gulp.

This scene immediately made the other few people dumbfounded. They didn't expect this woman to be so brave.

And Qian Dele next to her was not surprised, glanced at it, moved the wine glass in front of him a few inches away, and said lazily:

"You drunkard, don't go crazy from drinking later. I can't hold you down."

"Nonsense, who went crazy from drinking." Mo Nika giggled. With a gulp of strong liquor, a flush suddenly appeared on her face, but her eyes became clearer. She took off the coat on her body directly, revealing a tight red wool sweater and... a heroic bust, and said:

"Brother Shi is right, white liquor is most suitable for drinking in cold weather. I have all kinds of wine on my car, but only no white liquor. I have missed this sip for a long time."

As she spoke, she poured another cup, looking like she had opened up her interest.

"Hahaha, this girl is heroic enough, I'll give you a box later!" Shi Diyuan said with a smile, and then picked up the wine glass: "Come, everyone have a drink first, then talk about business!"

"Lin Dui." Xiang Xiang Ningjing noticed Lin Xian who was silent, picked up the wine glass and signaled to him with a smile.

"Good."

Lin Xian also picked it up and took a sip. Immediately, a sweetness mixed with spiciness rushed to the top of his head. In a few breaths, the residual cold on his body surface seemed to begin to dissipate. After drinking a few sips, he could even feel his ears and limbs beginning to heat up slightly, and his whole body was comfortable and hot, which was very comfortable.

Being able to have a small drink in this apocalyptic winter, the crowd who were fighting with the Snow Demon tide just a few hours ago couldn't even imagine it.

With a gulp of strong liquor, the crowd sitting around felt that the fatigue and cold on their bodies had dissipated a lot.

"Brother Qian... why don't you let this girl surnamed Mo introduce the situation in the city to us brothers first?" After Shi Diyuan finished speaking, he said to Xiang Xiang Ningjing and Lin Xian: "This girl surnamed Mo is an old acquaintance of Brother Qian. Her fleet arrived several days earlier than ours and is more familiar with the situation in Xilan City now. Plus, she happens to have something to ask Brother Lin for help, so we came together, and by the way, let everyone feel at ease first." Xiang Xiang Ningjing nodded upon hearing this. The Longshan No. 1 side had their nerves completely stretched and didn't dare to be slack at all. Hearing Shi Diyuan's words at this time, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just ask me directly~ No need for Old Qian to introduce. We saw you several fleets rushing into Xilan City late at night, you must have encountered a big battle."

Mo Nika skillfully poured herself another cup, then picked up the wine glass, crossed her jade legs, and said: "It's okay, many who just arrived are the same as you, especially in the last few days when the cold wave came, the fleets that came have been much fewer, basically all escaped from those Snow Demon tides."

"However, you can rest assured that Xilan City now is much safer than the places you have been to before, so everyone can relax a bit. Since you have come here, your lives are considered saved for now."

"Is it because of the city defense system here?" Xiang Xiang Ningjing frowned and said.

Mo Nika nodded: "There is this reason. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are very perfect defensive city walls and land-based heavy weapons. At the earliest time, the Federation was also prepared to build this place as a permanent city like Dawn City. However, after the government collapsed, their financial and personnel gaps were too large, so they had to give up and focus on repairing underground cities and Dawn City."

"Could it be that no anomalous entities have appeared in the city after the dark night?" Lin Xian asked at this moment.

"Very few."

Mo Nika looked at him and said with great interest: "Even if they appear, there is nothing to be afraid of. There are tens of thousands of people in this city. A few anomalous entities coming out are not enough for those big fleets to grab blood essence. Other survivors don't have to worry about this problem for the time being."

Everyone's faces changed slightly upon hearing this. It was the first time they heard someone talk about grabbing anomalous entities. In the past, they couldn't avoid them in time.

However, everyone could understand it as soon as they thought about it. If only a small number of C-level or B-level anomalous entities appeared, facing the tens of thousands of survivors who were well-equipped and strong after fleeing all the way, it really couldn't pose any threat.

!

"So you can rest assured to rest in the city for these few days," Mo Nika said: "Recharge your energy, recruit troops and buy horses. The Phoenix Society and the Arctic Wind Alliance have a lot of material supplies. Even without blood essence exchange, you can receive some basic supplies and defensive weapons for free from the Phoenix Society, or simply joining other fleets and the Phoenix Society is also a good choice."

"Recruit troops and buy horses?" Shi Diyuan felt fresh hearing this term: "Why, is it starting to grab people here?"

"Can't count as grabbing," Qian Dele said lightly at this time: "Once there are many people, it's like this. Small fleets want to find big fleets to huddle together, and ability users also want to find backers. The Phoenix Society just supports and cannot fully receive and take care of such a huge group. And the requirements to join the Phoenix Society are not only high, but they are dangerous missions at any time, and the death rate is not small, so it is better to be comfortable following a big fleet."

"Well said."

Mo Nika smiled slightly: "Joining the Phoenix Society is not a good job. Most fleets also choose to cooperate. After all, survivors are going to the place of rebirth, while the Phoenix Society goes to the place of death. Ordinary people also have to weigh whether they have such courage."

Once these words were spoken, the crowd present suddenly fell into a silence.

Initially, many people felt that joining the Phoenix Society was finding a big backer, but this point was precisely where the Phoenix Society was different from the Federal Dawn City.

Lin Xian actually figured this point out long ago. Although Dawn City collects protection fees, the survivors who are protected do not have to bear the responsibility of defending the city, unless the city is destroyed.

But the Phoenix Society has no city. They have no base, support the world, and guide survivors to follow the dawn. The purpose is to lead these survivors to resist the darkness together rather than protecting them. This means that joining the Phoenix Society is actually participating in the great task of saving humanity, which is not something ordinary people can have the awareness for.

In fact, this is also the reason why the Interstellar Military has always been respected. After the Apocalypse Day, the Interstellar Military became the only armed force capable of protecting survivors. When the world was in deep water and hot fire, only they chose to stand in front of the people without hesitation.

"Big fleets recruit powerful ability users, genetic evolutionists, and some people with special skills. Other fleets are the same. Accumulating and strengthening their own power is also to seek a bit more self-protection ability."

Mo Nika continued to talk to herself while drinking: "Now blood essence has become a hard currency, which can be exchanged for quite a few living supplies and weapons and equipment from those big alliances, organizations, and the Phoenix Society. Anyway, Xilan City now looks a bit like a survivor settlement area, and some temporary commercialization has been engaged in. Even if you go to the Tiannan Street over there, you might be able to buy spring."

Qian Dele rolled his eyes directly and spat at her: "What is this, it's all for survival. It's this period, customs and laws have no meaning."

"I didn't mean that~"

Mo Nika leaned her slightly drunk cheek against the wine glass, and her gaze swept across the men meaningfully: "Those women are all ruthless characters~ Special ability users' buying spring service, haven't experienced it, right?"

*Pfft*~

As soon as the words fell, several fleet captains who were drinking spat out immediately, and even Lin Xian and Shi Diyuan couldn't help but look stunned.

Special ability users...

Before Mo Nika said it, Lin Xian had never even thought about this aspect.

A group of men looked at each other. On the contrary, Xiang Xiang Ningjing hugged her chest with both hands and looked at Mo Nika lightly: "Say something serious, for example, what is useful to us in the city, or the Phoenix Society's plan."

Mo Nika smiled lightly upon hearing this, drank a sip of wine and said seriously:

"Anyway, after dawn, you can go to the streets where survivors gather near Central Avenue. Basically, everything you want is there. As long as you have materials you can take out or hard currency like blood essence, you can find anything."

"As for the Phoenix Society, I only know that the person in charge here is called Zhao Yu, and the Seventh Investigation Corps is also under his command. The current plan is to prepare to evacuate Xilan City before dawn on the 31st, which is the day after tomorrow. That is to say, everyone has two days and two nights of rest time. In addition, the Nightwalker organization is organizing ability users and genetic evolutionists to conduct ability tests at the Michel Church on Central Avenue. If they are ability users above the evolutionary level or genetic evolutionists above level 3, the Nightwalker organization will also give some supplies as a reward for participating in the test, and even more for Diamond level."

"However, I also want to remind you."

Mo Nika looked at the crowd: "There are quite a few powerful characters in Xilan City, whether it is a big fleet or Phoenix City, they are all staring there. If your own people test out powerful strength, they will certainly be targeted by some fleets. These big fleets offer all kinds of conditions. In other words, there are many temptations. It happens every day that ability users in your own fleet go to test and don't return, jumping to other people's fleets. It's not surprising at all."

"Hey~ I thought it was something." Who knew that Shi Diyuan would be indifferent when hearing this: "If people are willing to go, and the conditions are good and they live well, that is human nature and justified. If my people find a good place to cool off under a big tree, I will be ten thousand times happy, and it will save me so much pressure, hahahaha."

Shi Diyuan seemed to be completely indifferent to this. Lin Xian on the side could actually see that the vast majority of people on Longshan No. 1 were ordinary people. Except for the residents in Longshan at the beginning, the rest were survivors rescued along the way.

These people were protected by Longshan No. 1 on the road of fleeing, and Shi Diyuan and Xiang Xiang Ningjing and these people mobilized these ordinary people to train and arm themselves. Although from the perspective of individual combat power, these thousand people on Longshan No. 1 could not compare to those elite fleets, but being able to let such a large rail fortress survive until now naturally had its own simple aspects.

"Since it's safe here, that's perfect. During the day, you can let those little rabbits go out and walk around, pick up some materials and come back, and Abai and these ability users and enhancers can also arrange tests. It's not bad to receive some supplies back, and supplies are not the most important thing." Shi Diyuan said to Xiang Xiang Ningjing at this time.

Xiang Xiang Ningjing nodded: "Hmm, I already promised them when I was on the train. We are now partners of the Phoenix Society. Letting them go to test can also help our people increase their strength and boost morale. Supplies are not the most important thing."

Lin Xian secretly thought upon hearing this. It looked like the Nightwalker organization should have not only found his *Infinity* but also found Longshan No. 1. Looking at it this way, Shi Diyuan must have also obtained a Crimson Phoenix Order, just didn't know if he got the cold dark reagent.

And Mo Nika, who heard this, looked at Shi Diyuan curiously: "I thought Brother Shi's such a large end-of-the-world fortress was preparing to recruit more elite soldiers and strong generals, how come it doesn't sound like that?"

"Yes, we don't recruit actively."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing said bluntly: "We help those we can help, and we don't keep those who want to leave. The partners on this car are like a family. Everyone is fighting for survival together, and there is no such thing as treatment."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing's words also resonated with other fleets. They were also a group of survivors who gradually huddled together along the way. Internally, they shared food and drink, and never talked about any treatment.

"Then what about this handsome guy." Mo Nika looked at Lin Xian at this time and said with great interest: "Previously, I heard Old Qian and Brother Shi talk about your deeds. For a capable person like you, even the Phoenix Society will throw an olive branch to you. Have you ever thought about recruiting troops and buying horses to expand your power to seek more survival opportunities?"

"Me?"

Lin Xian saw that the topic suddenly came to him and said lightly: "I don't need to increase manpower now, so I don't have such thoughts. It's okay to exchange for other things or buy some supplies and weapons."

He released these words actually to refuse some troubles who sought protection because of his mechanical ability. Lin Xian knew that he couldn't protect so many people, but if there were suitable partners, he would also consider it.

Mo Nika gave a light "Oh" upon hearing this, and said in a slightly disappointed tone: "Is that so? Then it's a pity. Previously, hearing your deeds, I was completely shocked and admired you so much that I was thinking about whether to bring my mobile train to defect to you."

After speaking, she looked at Qian Dele complainingly: "Old Qian, look, people don't look down on me at all."

"Oh, bringing a train to defect, that's great!" Shi Diyuan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he said to Lin Xian: "Brother Lin, I advise you to consider it carefully. This girl surnamed Mo has an intercontinental train, taking the elite route. That carriage is an automated weapon carriage, all-terrain system, and the weapons on the car are all automated management, which is awesome! Don't look at it as only twenty people in a car, it can be worth the firepower of two hundred people!"

"She's joking, Old Shi."

Qian Dele hugged his chest with both hands and glanced at Mo Nika impatiently: "Tsk, tsk, tsk~ Didn't I tell you to drink less? You're drunk again, right? You still need people to help, if you say two more words and people treat you as a crazy woman, I can't help you speak."

Lin Xian was speechless upon hearing this. This woman drank cup after cup. Only then did he realize that the wine bottle in front of her had bottomed out, and she had drunk at least half a catty.

And she seemed to be getting clearer and clearer, and her speech became much more open.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 271 =====