Chapter 305: Doomsday Train in the Tunnel

"Xiao Meng."

At this moment, Qian Dele called over his taciturn female deputy standing beside him: "Try on this power armor, check the detailed parameters, and while you're at it, see if there's any information identification."

Qian Dele's words immediately reminded everyone. Mo Nika spoke up: "Right, if these power armors are encrypted based on the personal information of those Deep Red members, it would be troublesome."

"Oh, right~" Kiki also said at this time: "Power armor of this level usually has permission settings. Even if we could crack it, there are 1,000 sets here; who knows how much time that would take."

"Then let's just try it first. Oh, and these pulse guns—as long as they work, our ammunition pressure will be reduced quite a bit," Shi Di said.

"Ammunition pressure will be reduced, but the electrical power pressure will go up," Lin Xian couldn't help but say at this moment. "But as long as they work, they're certainly much better than using submachine guns."

Qian Dele's female deputy, Xiao Meng, was a tall woman. Hearing Qian Dele's words, she immediately nodded and walked forward. Ignoring everyone's gaze, she took off her outer coat, leaving only her thin undergarments, revealing her well-proportioned figure. She then began to put on the power armor in front of everyone. At the same time, she equipped the primary weapon, secondary weapon, and holographic night-vision goggles, and completed the startup. Instantly, the image of a female mecha warrior appeared before everyone, looking full of technological flair!

Woo—

A faint sound of an electric motor starting up rang out. The black power armor's entire motor system began a self-check, and a series of mechanical clanking sounds echoed.

"No unlock permissions required, direct matching possible!"

The woman named Xiao Meng said to everyone. She then turned away from the crowd, faced the open space of the warehouse, and slightly crouched down, assuming a ready-to-sprint stance.

At this moment, hidden white energy circuits lit up all over her power armor. The power actuators in her ankles, knees, waist, and various joints automatically began to release their limiters, and a sound of mechanical components hissing—*chi chi chi*—could be heard.

In the next instant, as Xiao Meng pushed off with her toes, the power armor on her body outputted a powerful torque almost simultaneously. With a *ceng* sound, an explosive mechanical pressure burst forth. She shot out like a cheetah, and her speed kept increasing. In just a few seconds, she reached the end of the warehouse, then stepped directly onto the wall to shed momentum, crouched, and leaped out dozens of meters like a cannonball!

"Such strong explosive power!" Lin Xian exclaimed in wonder. Judging by this performance, it was completely more than a grade stronger than the power armor he was wearing!

"Wow, wow, wow, amazing," Kiki said excitedly. "I want to put on a set and try it too."

"Heh, we've struck it rich this time." Shi Di let out a long sigh of relief, then looked at Lin Xian eagerly: "Brother Lin, with such a huge weapons warehouse, we have to empty it out completely!"

"Old Shi, have you lost your mind? How are you going to move the trucks?" Qian Dele spoke up gloomily: "Have you forgotten we're a train group? These trucks, aircraft—they don't seem to have anything to do with us."

Lin Xian immediately said: "We can move them all. These will come in handy later. I can make some flatbed trailers, use metal to seal them into simple transport carriages, and take all these trucks and aircraft with us!"

How could he bear not to take such precious, specially-made doomsday trucks and the aircraft he had been coveting for so long? With this hypersonic aircraft, the *Infinite* would have an extra pair of high-altitude eyes. Most importantly, it could carry people—it would definitely be of great use!

"Eh, that's a good idea!" Shi Di's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "You're right, let's drag them away first. Not taking such good things would simply be a waste of heaven's gifts."

Qian Dele looked at Lin Xian in surprise, only then realizing: "Almost forgot you're a master of mechanics. Sorry, this is my first time running a train, I don't have much experience. Hearing you say that, I really do want to keep two of these trucks for my fleet's mobility."

Mo Nika was also looking at Lin Xian with an eager gaze, her beautiful eyes seemingly carrying a glow that wanted to devour him. After a pause, she looked at Qian Dele and said: "I told you my judgment is never wrong. Following this Lin Dui, no matter how big the trouble is, it will turn into an opportunity."

"Hey, who praises someone like that? Isn't it cheesy!" Kiki was choked by Mo Nika's words and immediately frowned in response: "Don't tell me you have some ideas about him?"

Who would have thought that Mo Nika would just smile charmingly upon hearing this and say loudly to her: "Yeah, I told your Lin Dui before that I wanted to join your *Infinite* fleet. Little sister, do you agree to let me and your train travel together?"

Kiki didn't expect Mo Nika to have this reaction. Hearing Mo Nika's slightly magnetic voice, she rolled her eyes and said: "Aren't we connected together now? How else do you want to connect with him?"

"Cough, cough..."

Once these words were out, Luo Yang, Shi Di, and the other men felt like they had been choked, and all of them wore strange expressions.

Lin Xian only felt his forehead darken and hurriedly returned to the main topic.

"Alright, let's discuss how to divide these things. The rest should be dismantled or moved. Everyone still has a lot to do on their trains, and it's not completely safe yet. It's safer to return to the trains for rest as soon as possible."

"Brother Lin is right. Let's get this settled first. We still have a party of strange entities above our heads, so let's not waste time," Shi Di also said hurriedly.

Mo Nika smiled gracefully, glanced at Lin Xian, said nothing more, and began to seriously join the discussion.

After some discussion, the *Infinite* side took a total of 40 sets of Lone Wolf S military-grade rapid-response power armor suits, which also included weapons and power packs.

Originally, everyone wanted Lin Xian to take more, but Lin Xian only had 30-something people on his train, and everyone already had a set. The extras were useless. In the end, out of respect for the support of all parties, he took 40 sets, with the extras serving as maintenance rotations—even though with Lin Xian's mechanical ability, maintenance wasn't even needed...

Besides that, Lin Xian also took one Night Star-3 super-cruise aircraft and two doomsday armored trucks. This was enough for him, because Lin Xian's biggest gain this time was the AI Grace. At the same time, he planned to dismantle a batch of usable maintenance robots and various instruments within the Zero Element Center for the various fleets before evacuating, while devouring whatever he could himself. As long as there was enough time, he would ensure not even a screw was left behind.

As for the overall plan, the *Infinite* took nearly 50 people's worth of food supplies, as well as plenty of red wine, frozen seafood, steaks, caviar, and various frozen chicken, duck, pork, and canned rice, flour, oil, and sugar. It could be said they were fully loaded.

And Mo Nika, just as she had said, took nothing except for some high-end food like red wine. The vast majority of basic food like rice, flour, and oil was taken by Longshan No. 1, the Joker fleet, and the *Sun*.

On the weapons warehouse side, of the 1,000 sets of Interstellar Level III individual weapon kits, Lin Xian took 40 sets, Mo Nika took 10 sets for internal upgrades, the Joker fleet and the *Sun* fleet took 100 sets each along with one truck and one aircraft each, and Longshan No. 1, having the most people, took 350 sets, two armored trucks, and one aircraft.

Finally, the remaining 400 sets of Interstellar Level III individual weapon kits were given to the remaining 17 fleets. There were also 4 trucks that Lin Xian didn't allocate for the time being, counting them as *Infinite* assets to be towed away together.

Upon learning the news, the captains of the dozen or so fleets that had followed the joint train were all excited and thrilled. They had originally thought they were hiding in an underground shelter, but they hadn't expected to obtain so many supplies. And the most crucial power armor was a real, substantial boost to the strength of each fleet, with a large number of main combat personnel being equipped.

"Wow, it's the latest Lone Wolf power armor, and plasma pulse guns!!"

"So much high-quality food. I never thought we'd be able to eat rice again one day..."

"Lin Dui and the others are so amazing. It's so reassuring to follow them!"

"Are they really not charging us for this equipment and these weapons?"

"Be good, Nannan, we have medicine now. You won't be in pain soon."

"Old Li, keep the noise down while you're repairing the armor. We need to be alert at all times for any movement in the darkness."

"The captain announced that we have canned fruit to eat today..."

"..."

For a time, the 15-kilometer-long train carriages were filled with a positive atmosphere. Countless people in the underground tunnel lined up with cold-light lamps, beginning to move supplies from the warehouse to their own carriages. In each carriage, many survivors who had just put on the armor were extremely excited. The entire underground tunnel was filled with busy figures moving things, like ants moving house.

After receiving instructions from leaders like Lin Xian, people from various fleets began to organize their trains and weapons after finishing the supply move, repairing the damage from the battle in Xilan City, encouraging their members, and boosting morale. Logistics personnel from many fleets began preparing long-lost hot food in the darkness with cold-light lamps.

In this dark, lonely underground tunnel dozens of meters deep, this doomsday joint train, 15 kilometers long and over 500 carriages, cautiously began its time for rest. Each carriage was filled with low-voiced conversation and laughter, and the air was filled with the fragrance of food.

On the *Infinite*, in the No. 6 dining car, the faint light of cold-light lamps made the carriage look somewhat dim.

On the table were steaming steaks, king crab, fresh vegetable salad mixed with caviar, and simple desserts made from flour and canned fruit. It looked incredibly sumptuous.

"Cheers~"

Lin Xian raised a red wine glass and toasted in a low voice: "To our narrow escapes time and time again, and to every partner who fought regardless of their own safety!"

"Cheers!"

Kiki, Chen Sixuan, Shu Qin, Da Lou, Lu Xingchen, Shasha, Ding Junyi, Miao Lu, Lv Chang, and all the *Infinite* crew members raised their glasses excitedly at this moment.

"To Lin Xian!" Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian eagerly at this moment.

"Right, to Lin Xian!" Kiki also giggled.

"To Brother Lin, who opened the big mecha and smashed the monsters to pieces!" Shasha looked over excitedly.

"Brother Xian."

"Brother Lin."

"Lin Dui!"

"Lin Dui!"

"Thank you, Lin Dui!" The injured Xiao Yuan stood not far from Lin Xian, holding her wine glass high, her eyes filled with excitement and eagerness as she looked at Lin Xian, her whole person filled with surging vitality and drive.

Lin Xian smiled, raised his glass in silence, his heart filled with surging emotions and sighs, and drank with everyone.

"To... being alive!"

00:30

The underground tunnel gradually quieted down, leaving only engineering and maintenance personnel working quietly, striving to make sufficient preparations during this short rest period and to solidify the train's defense work.

On Longshan No. 1, sparks from welding torches flashed in the passage from time to time as over a hundred engineers and maintenance personnel worked. Occasionally, when the sound got a bit too loud, people in an area would tacitly stop their work, look up, and listen and observe quietly. After confirming there was no abnormality, they would continue working.

Although this cautious maintenance didn't have high efficiency, everyone knew that they were in the polar night, and such an opportunity was very rare. So, even if there was only a one-second opportunity, they had to seize it. Especially in this strange area filled with spore mist, repairing every piece of armor plate could potentially save the lives of people in a carriage.

【Scanning complete, obtained Lone Wolf S military-grade rapid-response power armor (blueprint)】

【Scanning complete, obtained Phantom Light Annihilator - plasma pulse beam gun (blueprint)】

Inside the carriage, Lin Xian completed the scan of the newly obtained power armor suit. In the latest blueprint, the parameters of this new type of power armor were indeed incredibly precise. Lin Xian had already allocated a set to everyone on the train, and everyone on the entire *Infinite* was incredibly happy, starting to put on the latest armor and adapt to the combat mode assisted by the smart computer.

For the *Infinite*, this could be called a huge boost in strength. Even Xiao Yuan, with an ability evolution index of only 260, could reach the combat level of a Diamond-class after putting it on. However, there was one person who wasn't too interested: Ding Junyi.

For Director Ding, all her current work was research inside the train, and Lin Xian didn't need her to join the combat sequence. So, unless the situation required it, Ding Junyi didn't need to wear power armor at all times.

As for Lin Xian, he wore it to familiarize himself with it. His original plan was to manufacture Black Eagle armor to wear, as it was more advanced than the Lone Wolf S. However, he needed to immediately manufacture trailers to move the trucks and the Night Star onto the tracks, and at the same time, he was prepared to upgrade and repair the *Infinite*'s air circulation system.

There was a lot to do. Lin Xian had slept soundly before, so he let Chen Sixuan and the others who had been guarding the train sleep and rest first, while he continued to work in Carriage 12.

There was another important matter, and that was the AI Grace. For this, Lin Xian called over Kiki, who had also rested, and the two of them studied together how to complete the program overwrite for this mysterious robot.

In the dark Carriage 12, only one cold-light lamp was placed on the ground, and several metal ammunition boxes were filled with ammunition Lin Xian had manufactured while distracted.

At this moment, Lin Xian was sitting in the shadows on the side of the carriage, with a fuming little girl hanging on his neck, her two legs tightly wrapped around him, pinning Lin Xian down, her little mouth constantly biting at Lin Xian's lips.

Although Lin Xian felt a bit secretly pleased, he was also a bit speechless. After kissing for a while, he pushed her away: "Hey, is this what you meant by helping me keep watch?"

Who would have thought that Kiki would snort, wrap her arms around his neck again, and press her fresh, moist little mouth back onto his, saying in an imperative tone with a muffled voice: "Don't move, I'm just applying lip balm for you~ Don't get any wrong ideas."

Lin Xian felt Kiki's awkward, wolf-like gnawing and thought to himself that her excuse was too far-fetched. She wasn't wearing lip balm herself, and besides, who applies lip balm like this?

The two kissed in the shadows for a while longer. Lin Xian pushed her away again and said seriously:

"Alright, I have a lot of things to do. Our current situation isn't suitable for... Mmph!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was bitten on the mouth again, and the little girl's grip around him grew tighter and tighter, with a forceful posture.

"Hey!"

Lin Xian's heart sank. He pushed the wolf-like little girl away for the third time and said loudly: "Didn't I tell you? Our place isn't safe right now, it's not the time to let our guard down."

Although there were no dark marks in the fleet and no enemy situation for the time being, being in this dark underground tunnel right now, with Yijin City above like a terrifying vortex, made Lin Xian unable to set his mind at ease. Therefore, he had to seize the time. First, to store away all the spoils of war allocated from the permanent warehouse; second, the Zero Element Center still had a massive amount of resources waiting for him to deal with; third, although the robot Grace had been forcibly shut down by Lin Xian, he was always uneasy about this AI butler that had Chu Yan's appearance and acted strangely.

Finally, there was the current situation of the joint train. 30 hours was neither long nor short. Unlike past rest periods, this mode of having disaster hanging over their heads made it hard for people to feel completely at ease. The entire fleet had to keep its nerves taut at all times, ready to run for their lives.

Lin Xian was burdened with worries, but who would have thought that after he pushed Kiki away again, he found that the little girl had suddenly quieted down, sitting on his lap with her head buried, not knowing what she was thinking.

Lin Xian looked down and seemed to see, in the faint light, dots of moisture shimmering in Kiki's beautiful eyes. She bit her lip tightly, looked up at him with a somewhat resentful gaze, and said:

"Why are you so stupid? You have to play the hero and show off everywhere, and you don't even take me with you. What if you die?"

Lin Xian was inexplicably stumped by her words: "For the sake of all of us being able to survive, I have no choice."

"Then can't you worry less and let others go? We can all help you!" Kiki suddenly raised her volume.

"You have already helped me. Teacher Chen, Shu Qin, Da Lou, Brother Huo, Shasha, Lv Chang, Miao Lu, Director Ding, including Xiao Yuan and you—aren't we all fighting for our lives together?"

"Then do you know that everyone is very worried about you!"

"I know!"

"Then why don't you apply lip balm? Do you know that cracked lips are prone to zombie virus infection, which will make you grow red hair and green fingernails, and mushrooms will grow on your butt too!!"

"I don't want that either!"

"Then stop talking nonsense to this young lady!"

Kiki grew more anxious as she spoke, pounced on Lin Xian, and her little mouth came up again. Lin Xian only felt a warm, smooth sensation, carrying a bit of heat, a bit of stubbornness, and a bit of... cool.

Just like that, he closed his eyes and fiercely accepted the "serious consolation" from Kiki.

Lin Xian wrapped his hands around Kiki's slender, agile waist, feeling those soft, tender legs wrapped around his waist, and his heart also grew somewhat anxious. He couldn't help but move his palms down from her waist. Who would have thought that before he reached the spot, he felt the little girl tremble as if she had been electrocuted, and she directly pushed his hands back up. Lin Xian moved down again, and she grabbed them and slapped the back of his hand to show her "punishment" for his wandering hands.

"Don't move around!" Kiki bit Lin Xian on the nose and said in a warning tone in a low voice.

Lin Xian chuckled and leaned in to kiss her on her little mouth: "This can't be blamed on me, you're the one asking for it."

"Hmph, I didn't!"

Lin Xian shouted his innocence: "Hey, then who was hanging on me like a koala and kissing..."

"Mmph!"

"Uh,... applying lip balm for me?"

"Applying lip balm is nothing, what kind of dirty thoughts are you having!?"

Lin Xian responded solemnly: "None, actually this is a normal procedure. If you don't believe me, ask someone else. I'm following the standard procedure."

"Pfft, do you think I believe you?"

"If you don't believe me, I can't help it." Lin Xian spread his hands, looking helpless: "Men have switches on their bodies. If you continue this procedure, the next procedure will definitely come."

"I don't believe it!" Kiki leaned in, looking like she was testing him, and prepared to kiss him again.

And Lin Xian's hand moved downward again. This action seemed to touch her ticklish spot. The little girl's face burned, her body trembled, and as Lin Xian's hand got closer and closer to her little butt, she felt like her breathing had stopped for a moment.

In the end, the little she-wolf couldn't beat the big devil. Just as Lin Xian was about to succeed, Kiki bit her silver teeth, let go, used her telekinesis to fly out of Lin Xian's arms in a panic, and cursed while fleeing:

"Dream on, you pervert!"

Lin Xian smiled, felt a sense of relief in his heart, stood up, and changed the subject: "Let's go, I'm planning to go to that Zero Element Center to devour some materials. Come with me."

"Now?" Kiki rubbed her burning cheeks and avoided Lin Xian's gaze: "Didn't you say to go at the end? If you shut down those instruments now, there will be large-scale deaths inside."

"They're already mostly dead, and the rest don't look like they can be saved." Lin Xian recalled those Deep Red members connected to the white mycelium by their heads and said sternly: "But I'll definitely start from some unimportant places first. Besides, there are Deep Red people inside, how can I be at ease without keeping an eye on them?"

Kiki nodded upon hearing this: "Alright, I'll go with you."

After saying this, she remembered something: "By the way, I think that Mo Nika shouldn't be the first time she's mentioned wanting to join our fleet, right? What do you think?"

Lin Xian said expressionlessly: "I don't think much of it. My impression of this person can only be said to be okay, not annoying. Her ability and fleet strength aren't weak, and although her temperament can be considered a heroine among women, this person is slick and has a strong desire for control. She doesn't look like someone who likes to listen to others. I'll just listen to what she says casually, I haven't taken it to heart."

Kiki frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Then what if she really has this idea?"

"We'll talk about it later." Lin Xian didn't think that much: "Anyway, everyone is on the same path now. Whether they're human or ghost... let's observe for now."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 306 =====