Chapter 331: Train modification and upgrade

Hum, hum, hum.

In the basement of the Black Rose Bar, Lin Xian could clearly hear a low humming sound of current, which seemed to be caused by this strange bullet head brought out by Hu Lushou.

"Taboo item? How do you know?"

Lin Xian's doubts arose. If the thing in front of him was really some kind of taboo item, then this should be the second one Lin Xian had encountered in a short time.

Hu Lushou's expression was a bit strange. He hurriedly closed the special storage box, and only after the surrounding space eased a little did he speak:

"Actually, I didn't know at first. It was after I got lost in the Star Abyss Polar Night that someone from a fleet used this to trade for supplies with me. At that time, I saw at a glance that this thing must have some background. Although I haven't seen a real taboo item, this thing is very evil as soon as it is taken out. Any light around this thing will become very dark. I thought, could it be the legendary taboo item?"

"But aren't the rumors about taboo items either weird or deadly? Who dares to touch them? But that person said it would be fine as long as it was packed in this lead box, so..."

"So you think this might be some kind of treasure that can be used to exchange for some benefits from the Federation or other forces, right?" Lin Xian saw through Hu Lushou's thoughts at a glance. He didn't have the guts to suppress bandits, but he had plenty of guts to accumulate wealth in the name of suppressing bandits.

Hu Lushou was well-informed, so he naturally knew that whether it was disaster plants or taboo items, they currently had extremely high research value for the official or various organizations. Ordinary people would stay away from them, but Hu Lushou was not an ordinary person. Even if he didn't know what it was useful for, someone else would.

"Hehehe..."

Hu Lushou, whose thoughts were guessed, didn't blush: "That is indeed the idea, but..."

As he spoke, his expression slumped again: "I didn't expect that although this thing is separated by a box, the power of darkness invasion is so strong. I'm afraid that before I find someone who knows the goods, I'll be dead first. So I thought that Lin Dui has a large force and many capable people here. Why don't you take it and study it?"

Lin Xian sneered in his heart when he heard this. This excuse was completely fooling ghosts. This guy first knew about the Emperor Project, and then he knew that mysterious Descender organization like the Holy Revelation was active. How could he not find someone who knew the goods? He estimated that this guy must have sensed that he was being watched by someone, didn't want to cause trouble, and wanted to hand this hot potato to Lin Xian, and also wanted to take the opportunity to repay Lin Xian for saving his life, making Lin Xian thank him. His abacus was really ringing loudly.

Taboo items were much more troublesome than disaster plants. He knew nothing about their characteristics, hazards, and containment methods. Brother Huo's golden bracelet was still under his attention, and he couldn't feel at ease at all. He didn't know what state the bracelet was in now, let alone that as soon as this thing was opened just now, the uncomfortable dark invasion was almost overflowing the room. It was obviously not a good thing.

So for a moment, Lin Xian was also a bit hesitant.

"Open it again and let me see."

Thinking of this, Lin Xian asked Hu Lushou to open the box, preparing to use his mechanical ability to test it.

Hu Lushou nodded when he heard this and hurriedly opened the lower box again. Instantly, Lin Xian only felt that the surrounding space seemed to have darkened a lot. The dizziness of radiation and the coldness of dark invasion struck again. Lin Xian gritted his teeth, immediately operated his Mechanical Heart, and tested the silver bullet.

【Scan failed, non-mechanical energy detected.】

Lin Xian frowned. It was indeed a taboo item...

So, Lin Xian prepared to use his Devour skill again.

But this time, unlike before, when his Devour started, the silver-black bullet immediately began to vibrate violently. Black-red arcs rose on it like a solar corona, and the powerful air pressure caused the debris in the basement to fly toward the bullet, like a black hole.

And at this moment, a shocking prompt appeared on Lin Xian's Mechanical Heart screen!

【Devour failed, Mechanical Heart cannot respond to content!】

Lin Xian was shocked and immediately stopped the operation of the Mechanical Heart.

Swish, swish, swish!

Paper scraps and smoke flew everywhere. Hu Lushou looked at this scene dumbfounded and hurriedly shouted to Lin Xian: "Lin Dui... this, this is not right!"

Lin Xian looked at the silver-black bullet that was constantly moving and immediately closed the box. In an instant, the arc disappeared, and the basement returned to calm.

Lin Xian took a long breath, feeling secretly shocked. No matter what this thing was, it was currently in an unknown dangerous state, and even the Mechanical Heart could not devour it.

Encountering taboo items three times, the Mechanical Heart gave different reactions, which made Lin Xian more and more curious about this thing.

"How much do you know about taboo items?" Lin Xian asked Hu Lushou at this time.

Hu Lushou shook his head immediately: "They are all side-angle news. Only the Phoenix Society, the Federation, and organizations like the Holy Revelation are specifically studying them. This thing is still very mysterious to us at present."

"Okay."

Lin Xian thought for a while and still took the box. Even if he didn't take it, the result of Hu Lushou following them this trip would be the same. If he was really watched by some Descender organization, it wouldn't matter. Anyway, there was more than one taboo item on Lin Xian's train. Because of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, he dared to confront the Federation people head-on, so being watched by some Descender organization didn't matter. He couldn't just send out the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube and Brother Huo's bracelet like Hu Lushou to avoid trouble.

Seeing Lin Xian accept it, Hu Lushou's eyes brightened, and his expression suddenly gained a lot of confidence.

Coming out of the Black Rose Bar, Lin Xian held the special alloy box in his hand, thought for a while, and made another lead box, preparing to put it in the special box of the Gemini Nuclear Power Locomotive for temporary storage. Later, he planned to learn more about taboo items before solving it.

As soon as he got on the train, Lin Xian used the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube to detect it for the first time. Fortunately, the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube did not issue an alarm, indicating that the thing still had a certain effect when sealed in the box.

Many people on the train were arranged to go out to clear the desert bandit lair. After Lin Xian put the things away, he immediately prepared to assemble and connect the train with Li Yi and the others' Sun at the Akse platform to facilitate team deployment later.

At this time, at the Akse platform and on the joint train far outside the platform, many people got off the train to move around.

This was the first free activity of the joint train after coming out of the Polar Night. Although it was only for one afternoon, every fleet seized this time to vigorously repair the damage in West Lan City and Yi Jincheng. At the same time, everyone had experienced the dark night for so long and needed to bask in the sun to clear the toxins of dark invasion from their bodies. In the city, several fleets were also rushing to clean up the battlefield and clear the usable materials left by the great battle of suppressing desert bandits, which made the area around the originally abandoned and desolate Akse City begin to become lively.

The Infinity side was busy. Chen Sixuan was not there, so Xiao Yuan helped lead people to clean the inside and outside of the train. At the same time, dozens of middle-aged burly workers on Li Yi's side all came down to help Lin Xian with the reorganization of the train.

Most of these people were former workers in Liang Lei's mechanical engineering team. After the doomsday, everyone dragged their families together and established the Running Far Camp. Everyone was honest, had strength, could hold up pillars, and had more than 60 combatants who could resist weird bodies in the front. The whole fleet had 110 people, plus the college student joint team on Luo Yang's side, the entire Infinity already had a configuration of 180 to nearly 200 people.

With so many people, the train combination was over 800 meters, 27 carriages, and Lin Xian had to consider many problems.

For example, the configuration of living carriages, dining car supply, sanitary environment, weapon station deployment, and personnel management of the carriages, etc.

On this point, Lin Xian learned from Shi Diyuan, chatted about the operation method of the carriages of Long Mountain No. 1 with thousands of people, and then decided to manage the members in a group mode by function.

First is the internal affairs distribution on the train.

Internal affairs, hygiene, medical, meals, etc. are managed by Chen Sixuan, and Miao Lu and Li Yi assist in carriage deployment.

Electronic information, defensive weapons, monitoring, intelligence, etc. are managed by Kiki, and technical experts Luo Yang and Xiao Bai are responsible for assistance.

Weapons, ammunition, equipment, etc. are managed by Hearing Shu Qin and Da Lou, and the little genius of ammunition, Shasha, is also together.

The Train Engineering Department and Maintenance Group are led by Liang Lei, composed of a large force of workers from the former Running Far Camp engineering team and a group of technicians from the Chasing Sun Team. Several people on Lv Chang's side who followed Lin Xian to understand the train condition also joined to assist.

Finally, there are the scientific research and planting carriages. Normally, all scientific research and medical care on the train are managed by Ding Junyi. But now that there is enough manpower, Lin Xian arranged Xiao Yuan and several young people from the Infinity and Chasing Sun Team to Ding Junyi. At the same time, Lin Xian also prepared to expand a carriage for planting use.

The reason is none other than that under the current influence of dark invasion, the team members have a higher demand for green plants and vegetables, and experiments have also shown that the planting carriage of the Infinity can play a certain role in resisting dark invasion. Although it is not as good as the Heterostructure Rubik's Cube, Lin Xian feels that this point is crucial. Even Long Mountain No. 1 learned from the experience of the Infinity and started some cultivation plant equipment in various carriages.

Not only them, in fact, ever since the news of Phoenix Society vegetable juice came out, planting plants has almost become a pursuit and obsession of all survivors.

It is not just for vegetable juice, it is more of an obsession. It seems that as long as green is still growing, people will not despair about the dark doomsday, and will be full of courage to chase the dawn.

So for a time, even in the tragic and suffocating escape, countless fleets around the world were trying to collect the remaining plants and seeds on the Blue Star, using simple containers, filtered water, and soil to plant green seedlings of hope.

Then there is the combat sequence of the Infinity. Lin Xian also grouped them according to the experience of doomsday escape and the characteristics and abilities of each team member to facilitate subsequent deployment.

First and foremost is the technical group led by Lin Xian and Kiki, responsible for electronic information technology, hackers, mechanical devices, radar, and other tasks. Luo Yang and Shasha also joined.

Then the train needs a group responsible for reconnaissance and maneuvering.

The Reconnaissance Group is led by sniper Chen Sixuan and her deputy Miao Lu, plus action experts like Min Luo Luo and Luoluo Amin. When needed, they are responsible for driving aircraft for regional reconnaissance.

The Maneuver Group is a partnership between Hearing Shu Qin and Lv Chang, joined by demolition expert Li Guangwen along with 20 physical experts wearing power armor. Personnel characteristics: climbing/parkour ability, strong environmental adaptability. Lin Xian will make special arrangements for their equipment, equipped with hook guns, high-fiber ropes, reconnaissance drones, etc., mainly responsible for rapid support and maneuvering.

Next, Lin Xian divided the remaining main combat power on the Infinity into two assault brigades!

Led by the two giant war gods Da Lou and Liang Lei, they are Assault Brigade 1 and Assault Brigade 2, with about 50 people each, all equipped with Lone Wolf S tactical power armor, individual arc pulse guns, Roarer K23 electric rotary machine guns, and Thunder Rain A1 grenade launchers, rocket launchers, and various pre-expended explosives. They belong to the main force on the Infinity when dealing with crises. Lin Xian is ready to equip them with all the heavy weapons that can be configured individually, with violent firepower!

Lin Xian also arranged a Flight Assault Group, led by Brother Huo and Lu Xingchen. Lin Xian is ready to expand this group after he can manufacture individual aircraft later. Currently, there is only Brother Huo.

However, after Lin Xian told him, Brother Huo was full of confidence, claiming that he alone was an army, no problem!

Finally, there are Kiki and Lin Xian. Strictly speaking, the technical group is more for internal and defensive aspects, but Lin Xian will still flexibly deploy Kiki, Luo Yang, and Shasha according to different situations.

For example, Kiki is too comprehensive. Whether it is technology, reconnaissance, or maneuver assault, this girl is completely all-around...

Luo Yang himself is a long-range combat force, even if he stays on the train, he is comparable to a heavy weapon.

Needless to say, Shasha, a Fire God was almost tossed into a Fire God Arsenal by her. This little girl would learn all kinds of mechanical knowledge from Lin Xian whenever she had nothing to do. All the weapons on the train were studied by her, and she almost dismantled the electromagnetic cannon. For these, Lin Xian not only didn't stop her, but also responded to all requests and cared for this little girl. Whatever she wanted, as long as Lin Xian had the blueprint, he would manufacture one for her. Don't look at her being only 12 years old, but the ruthlessness of her driving the Shali to kill in the monster tide was even better than her brother Da Lou.

So Lin Xian thought that if he could manufacture more powerful mechas or mass-produce a few, he would form a mecha brigade like the 7th Investigation Corps. With such a steel barrier, the safety level of the whole train could be raised to a level.

After the personnel configuration was settled, Lin Xian set out to prepare the carriage configuration of the Infinity. On this point, he had a bit of a headache. The situation of the Infinity was not quite the same as Long Mountain No. 1. There were too many functional carriages. Now there were two nuclear power carriages, one Gemini 11R nuclear power electric locomotive (intercontinental level 290 megawatts), and one Ling Long engineering-level nuclear power electric locomotive (200 megawatts).

Besides that, there were two Weilong-level electric traction locomotives, one Huanxing 10, and one Big Baby Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive...

Lin Xian sat in Carriage 12 with a heavy face, holding a mobile terminal to adjust the carriage layout. Standing next to him was 【Grace】. He glanced at this beautifully shaped robot and sighed in his heart. He originally thought that if he could use this Deep Red 3 brain AI, he would be relieved if he designed a train layout for himself. As a result, the computer in the information center needed several days just to parse the program of this brain, and it was not necessarily perfectly solved. Thinking of this, Lin Xian had a headache.

"If you want to solve this problem perfectly, the Weilong-level traction locomotive and the Gemini 11R nuclear power locomotive must be modified..."

"The Weilong-level is simple, but the nuclear power car must dismantle all the driving consoles. Instead of doing this, it is better to put the two nuclear power units at the end for towing. I will open the Weilong-level and put it in the front, so the power traction will not be heavy in the back and light in the front."

Currently, for the Infinity, both power and electricity are very important. Lin Xian will not easily take them to devour. Perhaps there will be a better plan after going to Jinhai, but in the current situation, this might be the best way.

"Just do it!"

Lin Xian's eyes fixed, and he immediately picked up the mobile terminal to start arranging the new Infinity carriage layout.

The head of the train is still the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive equipped with a thick shield. It is equipped with driving radar, active phased array radar, photoelectric probe, sentry system, and horizon gateway.

For Carriages 2 and 3, Lin Xian will open the two Weilong-level traction locomotives obtained from West Lan City, repeat the passage armor, and the power is as high as 70,000 kilowatts. Combined with the gas turbine locomotive, even if hundreds of carriages behind do not output power, it is enough to drag the joint train!

Lin Xian equipped the roof of these two traction locomotives with YJ03-anti-aircraft guns and an automated Fire God machine gun turret, all controlled by the integrated fire control system of the information center.

The fourth carriage behind is still the No. 1 main carriage where Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan live, and the No. 2 information center for Kiki and Shasha. Besides the two girls living here, there is also the comprehensive circuit system of the entire train and a G3-orbital electromagnetic cannon.

Carriages 3 and 4 are the Cole Type 3 biological scientific research carriage opened from Underground City No. 9, which is also Ding Junyi's living and scientific research carriage, and Lin Xian's planting carriage. Lin Xian is ready to put the dining car of the Sun behind Carriage 4 and add a planting carriage to supply the needs of the whole train.

In this way, the original Carriage 5 of Da Lou and Brother Huo also became Carriage 6 (the 9th carriage of the Infinity). Here, Lin Xian successfully manufactured a G3-electromagnetic railgun when he was in Yi Jincheng. At the same time, Lin Xian also prepared to add an 1130 here to make the 【Weapon Station】 truly possess strong firepower coverage, but because of this, very few people can live in the weapon station.

Carriages 7 and 8 are still the core material and dining car carriages of the whole train. In fact, most of the dining cars of the Infinity are also used to stack materials, because there are relatively few times when large-scale dining is needed. Most of them are prepared by the dining car or directly supplied by canned food, and they solve it themselves.

Starting from Carriage 9, it is a living carriage. This carriage is also equipped with YJ03-anti-aircraft guns and an automated Fire God machine gun turret. Hearing Shu Qin, Miao Lu, and Lv Chang mainly live here, with a total of 26 people. Hearing Shu Qin herself has a relatively large single room.

Carriage 10 is special. Lin Xian arranged 22 children including Duo Duo in this carriage, and this carriage has been treated with thick armor.

Lin Xian arranged Carriage 11 for Li Yi to live in, and for some people in their team who dragged their families and women to live in, which is relatively convenient.

Carriage 12 is still a weapon station, equipped with an 1130 close-in defense gun system. Lin Xian also plans to manufacture another G3-electromagnetic railgun here. At the same time, he arranged Luo Yang and Xiao Bai, the technical backbone of their original team, here to be responsible for guarding the weapon station.

Lin Xian left an empty tool carriage in Carriage 13, which is prepared to be used to manufacture a set of fully automatic bullet stamping machines, and at the same time used to store the weapons and ammunition of the whole train. This position is in the middle of the train, which is relatively suitable.

And the 5 carriages from 14-18 are all living carriages. Nearly 100 people will live here. Lin Xian arranged Carriage 14 for the 16 young girls from the original Luo Yang fleet to live in, Carriage 15 for 18 boys including Li Guangwen, and the three carriages 16, 17, and 18 are all lived in by people from the Running Far Camp. Most of them are former workers of Liang Lei, and there are also some families rescued on the road, so they are not all men.

Although something will happen between men and women under this doomsday, especially those who are single, these are other people's freedom. However, for the convenience of daily life, Lin Xian still tries his best to arrange men and women other than families to live separately. At the same time, considering the equipment of some combatants, the women responsible for internal affairs are almost closer to the dining car side, plus children, and material carriages, which are in the central area protected by the Infinity.

Next, in Carriage 19, Lin Xian transformed the previous tool carriage into a vehicle carriage, used to park the two Night-Flying Star hypersonic aircraft. Lin Xian needs to transform the carriage here into a fully automatic open type, which is convenient for aircraft to take off, but at the same time, he has to consider the armor, which is quite troublesome.

Carriage 20 is the previous mecha hangar, where Shasha's Shali and the 6-axis robotic arm used for hoisting are placed.

Carriage 21 is the last weapon station carriage of the Infinity, used to protect the Silver Star 10A traction locomotive and the Gemini 11R and Ling Long nuclear power locomotives behind. Similarly, Lin Xian also needs to manufacture an 1130 and a G3-electromagnetic railgun here.

This 21st carriage plus 6 power carriages form the new 27-carriage train set of the Infinity. Except for the gas turbine carriage, Lin Xian arranged a PX05-maintenance robot for other power carriages and weapon stations for daily maintenance, inspection, and ammunition supply.

After finishing the carriage configuration, Lin Xian decided to start the transformation immediately, using the current time to finish the train modification. He estimated that he should be able to finish the Weilong-level modification, the armor of the new planting carriage, and the 19th aircraft storage carriage this afternoon. As for the rest, he can only do it slowly on the road. Lin Xian has not slept for two days and two nights. He must rest tonight no matter what. The train will enter the no-man's land tomorrow. He also used the gravitational lens once today, and his energy is really not enough.

"Carriage 6 is missing an 1130 close-in defense gun, Weapon Station 21 is missing a G3-electromagnetic railgun, Weapon Station 12 is still empty, both sets need to be built..."

"Then the original armor of the Sun needs to be improved and upgraded to the level of the Infinity, but this is the least urgent. The fully automatic bullet stamping machine in Carriage 13 must be made first, and then there is the ultra-high temperature plasma beam cutting array used to replace the external armor electric blade device..."

"And the power supply, water supply, and information system of the whole train..."

Lin Xian closed his eyes directly. Expanding the team is really not a simple job. Fortunately, there are partners like Luo Yang and Liang Lei who understand engineering technology and machinery to help. Lin Xian only needs to complete the manufacturing, and the rest can be handled by everyone, which is considered a lot of peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian looked at the time on his watch and stood up immediately.

"Start working!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 332 =====