Chapter 335: Rushing in the Sandstorm

At 5:00 AM in Akesai, the sandstorm howled, and yellow sand obscured the stars in the sky. At this time, the 15-kilometer-long United Train suddenly made a trembling roar, instantly waking everyone up.

Lin Xian's voice exploded in the communication band, immediately causing many teams to panic.

"What's wrong?!"

"Are the monsters here?"

"Listen to Team Leader Lin, start the engines, quick!"

"Don't worry about anything, set off quickly!"

For a time, the voices in the full band were in a mess. At this time, the voices of Shi Diyuan and others came from the captain's channel.

"Brother Lin, what's going on?"

Lin Xian said immediately: "We must rush out of the no-man's-land before dark tonight, otherwise it will be too late!"

At this moment, Lin Xian didn't know how to explain it, but when he combined what Chu Yan said with the events that happened to Hu Lushou and Old Mo in Weihe, and then combined it with the events that taboo items had appeared in the no-man's-land recently, which even attracted people of Divine Revelation, it was not hard to see that Chu Yan's words were definitely not groundless!

Chen Sixuan heard Lin Xian's words without any hesitation. The two of them ran one after another, and she ran to the Weilong-class electric carriage to start all the engines pulling the train.

And on the Longshan No. 1 side, as the lead vehicle, Shi Diyuan didn't make any judgments and immediately let the driving team start the whole train.

"Don't ask, start it at full power for me, all armed posts stand by immediately, enter combat state!"

The order was passed down layer by layer. The carriages of Longshan No. 1, which were still resting and sleeping, acted quickly one after another. The intercontinental-class power carriage started, and this giant steel dragon began to move slowly.

At the same time, Hu Lushou, Lu Zhao, Xie Guan, and other motorcades were also awakened in the chaos at this moment. Looking at the already moving United Train, these motorcades started their engines one after another and prepared to set off.

"What's wrong, what's wrong..." Hu Lushou climbed up from the RV in a daze and grabbed the walkie-talkie: "Why are we moving suddenly?"

"Emergency situation, let's follow the train first." Sun Chang had already directed the motorcade to start moving.

At this time, the sandstorm swept across the entire Akesai. All the motorcades couldn't even see the road clearly and were already in a mess, and there were even collision and scraping accidents. But looking at the train that was already accelerating on the tracks nearby, these motorcades had no time to make any reaction and could only step on the accelerator wildly, following the tracks and starting to move.

"Can't see the road clearly?!"

"Don't worry about it, just follow the taillights!" Lu Zhao roared: "Everyone follow me, not one can be left behind!"

At this moment, everyone was extremely nervous. In the sandstorm where they couldn't even open their eyes, the lights of the train and the motorcade were constantly swallowed by the wild sand, leaving only spots of light moving rapidly on the Gobi Desert.

This situation was just an advantage for the train. As long as the tracks existed, they didn't have to worry about the direction of travel. But for this steel torrent of hundreds of motorcades, it could be called hell mode. The drivers gripped the steering wheels tightly, and apart from yellow sand, they could see almost nothing through the armored windshields. They could only drive by following the red taillights of the vehicle in front combined with the small radar on the vehicle.

And the speed of the United Train was constantly increasing, which was even more of a disaster for these motorcades.

At this time, the instruction 【Must rush out of the no-man's-land before dark】 reached the ears of every motorcade. The hearts of the entire moving motorcade were in their throats. They didn't know what unknown dangers were in the sandstorm in front of them, but the sword of having to cross thousands of kilometers of no-man's-land in 13 hours was already hanging over everyone's heads!

"All motorcades, arrange heavy vehicles with radar and obstacle recognition to walk in front, and the following ones should follow in a line to avoid getting lost and hitting obstacles. Everyone follow the train closely!"

In the walkie-talkie, Qian Dele, who had rich driving experience, helped direct the motorcades outside. Soon, this group of motorcades gradually stabilized their formation and began to follow closely on the flat road surface beside the tracks. Under the instructions of each motorcade, everyone began to maintain the same speed to follow, and finally managed to keep up with the rear motorcade of the United Train without being thrown off.

Queen Mo, Mo Nika's team reacted very quickly. All defense posts were in place, and Mo Nika also patrolled from the rear of the train wearing power armor, her face cold.

"Don't let your guard down."

On the Infinite, the team members of each carriage acted quickly at this moment, took their guns, and the fire control radar was also activated at the same time.

"Team Leader Lin!"

Shu Qin, Luo Yang, and others stood in the corridor of the living carriage, watching Lin Xian walk over quickly with a solemn expression, followed by a group of people like Kiki and Fire Brother, all feeling an extremely unusual atmosphere.

Lin Xian walked through the carriages all the way to the last Carriage 21.

Under the shadow of the light, 【Grace】 stood quietly in the center. Lin Xian walked over quickly, and the mechanical scan scanned her body again.

His purpose for coming here was very simple.

If the person who called out to him at the Zero Element Center wasn't Chu Yan, then who was the 'will' that warned him when 【Grace】 reminded him?

Thinking of this, Lin Xian felt a chill. 【Grace】 in the vehicle had a problem!

So while Lin Xian started the late-night escape, he came here for the first time.

Through the induction of the Mechanical Heart, 【Grace】 was still in a shutdown state, and only her quantum processor core was something Lin Xian couldn't spy on. But as long as the energy concentrator was under Lin Xian's control, he could confirm that this robot indeed didn't possess a threat.

Looking at that exquisitely beautiful mechanical face, Lin Xian's heart felt a bit cold. He clearly remembered that 【Grace】 had indeed warned him in a human tone at that time.

"Lin Xian, what's going on?"

Seeing Lin Xian suddenly act urgently and now finding this robot, Kiki's face was also a bit nervous.

Lin Xian looked back at Kiki: "How much longer until the parsing overwrite is finished?"

"It might take about another day, and the overwrite also takes time." Kiki replied.

*Ceng, ceng, ceng! *

Lin Xian immediately manufactured an alloy cabinet to put 【Grace】 inside, and then said to Lu Xingchen: "Fire Brother, you have been in contact with that golden bracelet for two days, is there anything wrong?"

Lu Xingchen immediately understood Lin Xian's worry, looked at the Infinite Ring on his wrist, and responded solemnly: "Since Brother Lin mentions it, these two days have indeed been a bit depressed..."

"The concentration of dark invasion on this is not small, pay more attention. I suggest that if it's not necessary, don't wear it on your hand all the time." Lin Xian said.

Lu Xingchen nodded, indicating he understood.

At this time, Lin Xian said to Kiki: "We are going to drive at full speed next. Kiki, you and Luo Yang keep an eye on the radar signal."

"Hmm, I know." Kiki sensed the seriousness of the situation from Lin Xian's tone and responded seriously.

Now in the sandstorm, and in the dark night, it was equivalent to the entire train driving blindly at a very high speed. If they encountered any problems, they wouldn't be able to react at all.

*Boom, boom! *

The night was soaked through the sky like spilled thick ink. The United Train roared and ran on the tracks. The headlights of the lead vehicle, Longshan No. 1, pierced the darkness and were instantly swallowed by the rolling sand wall. The metal armor made a boiling hum under the sweep of the sandstorm, as if the entire carriage was being repeatedly bitten by the teeth of an invisible giant beast.

The several train motorcades following outside were roaring inside their vehicles at this time. Hu Lushou on the RV was extremely nervous, holding the walkie-talkie tightly in his hand.

"Did we keep up? Their train is fast, let's not get lost!"

"Keeping up for now." Sun Chang's response was simple and clear. These survivors' vehicles were not ordinary vehicles, and they could reach very fast speeds on this flat Gobi Desert. The only problem was stability. With the current speed of the United Train, as long as the motorcades deviated slightly, they would be completely left behind and lost in the sandstorm.

So at this moment, the people driving the motorcades didn't dare to be careless at all. The vehicles kept a safe distance, the communication in the walkie-talkie was smooth, and they paid attention to the situation of the lead vehicle at any time.

Before long, the entire United Train motorcade had rushed out of the Sand Snake Mouth area and drove into the vast and boundless Akesai no-man's-land. The wind and sand rolled, the iron wheels roared, and all 22 traction locomotives of the train groups entered a cruising state. Lin Xian hadn't driven the train to a speed of 200km yet, because the sandstorm was really too big. If it were faster, it would easily cause problems.

He could only pray that there would be no trouble in this sandstorm and that it would end early so they could continue to accelerate.

At this time, Lin Xian told the no-man's-land and the abnormal movements of the No. 5 Star Abyss to the captains of each motorcade. He couldn't take his consciousness connection with Chu Yan to say it, but made a personal judgment combined with the encounters of Hu Lushou and Old Mo, plus the rumors of taboo items in the no-man's-land. Because Lin Xian had been in contact with the Deep Red World's brain robot with mechanical ability, when everyone learned that the abnormal movements of the No. 5 Star Abyss were very likely related to the Deep Red World's contact with taboo items in the Star Abyss, they quickly understood the reason why Lin Xian made such a decision.

"Team Leader Lin, so you mean, because of the bastard things done by the Deep Red World, we are very likely to be sucked into that polar night again in the no-man's-land?" Hu Lushou's legs went soft after hearing Lin Xian's words. He didn't want to experience that nightmare-like experience again.

"There is no groundless thing in this world. We have all seen S-rank scouts. I won't be surprised if any other strange things appear." Qian Dele was quite open-minded: "Anyway, I like trains more and more now. I don't have to worry about anything, the engine is running at full power, and I solve problems when I encounter them. At worst, I'll just die~"

On the Longshan No. 1 side, Shi Diyuan and Xiang Ningjing led a group of cadres to urgently analyze the situation Lin Xian mentioned. Shi Diyuan also pressed the walkie-talkie and said: "No matter what, avoid long nights and many dreams. Running early is better than running late. Let's enter Quancheng early and make further plans!"

On the Infinite information center side, the core members gathered. Lin Xian said at this time: "We won't make any stops next. The blackout curtains of all motorcades cannot be opened. Don't look outside. We have only one goal, which is to run. So the entire United Motorcade can only work hard for Longshan No. 1 to keep an eye on the track route and the driving console. I suggest arranging multiple people, and also people with relatively high Spirit-Oscillation indices to keep an eye on it."

"Don't worry!" Shi Diyuan said quite arrogantly: "Xiang Ningjing and I will keep an eye on it personally, and Boss Hu, Captain Lu, Captain Xie, you guys follow closely behind!"

"Okay."

"Understood!"

It wasn't dawn yet, and the tense atmosphere continued to accumulate. On the Infinite, Lin Xian also said to everyone: "Don't let your guard down before entering Quancheng, everyone keep an eye on their posts."

Everyone nodded. Li Yi and Liang Lei, the couple, were the first to say: "Don't worry, Team Leader Lin, we will manage the living carriage well."

"We are too." Luo Yang and Shu Qin responded.

Next was constant fleeing. Lin Xian didn't make too many arrangements, and the core personnel began to return to the carriages to be on guard. He went to Carriage 12 to start manufacturing an 1130 close-in defense gun.

Now there were three weapon stations on the Infinite. Except for the electromagnetic railgun in Carriage 2, only the weapon station in Carriage 12 was still vacant. Luo Yang and Xiaobai lived here. Lin Xian had already manufactured the automatic weapon platform on the roof of the carriage yesterday, just waiting to prioritize manufacturing an 1130 close-in defense gun.

The Infinite currently had two electromagnetic railguns and one close-in defense gun. The defense power of the middle carriage was not enough, and the functions of the electromagnetic railgun and the 1130 were completely different. Once they encountered dense monster groups or extremely fast anomalous bodies, they still needed the 30mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles of the ten-thousand-round cannon to shred the carbon-based biological energy!

This communication with Chu Yan was the longest of several times, and it was also the closest the two had been. But Lin Xian was now filled with the smell of crisis and didn't dare to hesitate at all.

As for what Chu Yan and those six people were doing at the Bai Lutan Starry Sky Observatory, and their purpose of going deep into the Star Abyss, these were not things he needed to care about now. As long as it was clear that this group of people was still in the human camp, it didn't matter. Lin Xian would find the reason for that kind of consciousness connection sooner or later!

Countless materials flew out of the manufacturing light screen in his hand, and the second 1130 of the Infinite began to assemble.

And on the Carriage 13 side, a group of people led by Shu Qin were using the fully automatic bullet press for ammunition loading. The 1130 in Carriage 21 currently had a reserve of three ammunition bases. Even so, each round of ammunition base was only '7 seconds'. Under the '7-second' true man's firepower barrage, even the Snow Demon tide could be leveled!

The train roared forward. The sandstorm seemed to cover a range of hundreds of kilometers. It drove for a full three hours, and the sky was still filled with yellow sand, and the sand and gravel were like blades.

In the bands of each motorcade, except for the motorcade side, everyone was silent. The United Train roared silently in the no-man's-land, unable to distinguish dawn from night, east, west, south, or north. In all the carriages, there was only the sound of sand and gravel cutting the armor plates and the rolling of iron wheels. Sparks flew on the tracks. The fleeing motorcade of more than 5,000 people started a tense escape before dawn, and no one dared to speak.

9:30 AM, dawn arrived.

The black sandstorm turned into a thick, dim yellow sky. In the cockpit of Longshan No. 1, Shi Diyuan sat in command, and several engineering team members stared nervously at the track detector and radar. They couldn't see anything outside the porthole, not even the iron tracks in front. They could only drive with the help of instruments. Even so, everyone's heart was tightly raised. With such high-speed rushing and a 15-kilometer-long United Train, once the tracks in front were damaged or giant boulders appeared, what awaited them would be a destructive derailment accident!

*Thud! *

Just at this tense moment, a loud noise suddenly rang out in the middle carriage of Longshan No. 1. The kinetic energy resonance made the entire train shake violently, and the inside of the carriage roared, as if it had been hit by some object outside the carriage.

Shi Diyuan immediately pressed the walkie-talkie and shouted coldly: "What's the situation?!"

"Boss, there's something outside!" The response came from Carriage 20.

*Thud! *

Another sound, this time it was outside Carriage 38. This section was a living carriage. The team members' faces changed drastically. The team members holding weapons all stood up at this moment. They could feel that it seemed to be some kind of creature hitting the grille armor outside the carriage.

"Abai!"

Xiang Ningjing had already rushed to Abai and Xiaoqing's carriage. Abai was already standing in the corridor at this time, pointing to the rear carriage.

"There's... a monster!"

*Beep, beep, beep. *

At the same moment, in Carriage 3 of the Infinite, the light alarm installed inside the Hell Black Chrysanthemum cultivation cabin sounded a buzzing sound. Ding Junyi, who was working seriously, raised her eyes slightly and immediately picked up the walkie-talkie on the table to report to the whole vehicle.

"We have been marked with a Dark Mark, level 3!"

In Carriage 13, just as Lin Xian heard Director Ding's information, a loud noise rang out on the side of the carriage!

*Thud! *

In an instant, the original high-manganese steel armor layer of the Sun-class in Carriage 13 dented inward directly, and several bulletproof glass windows shattered. Lin Xian's 1130 installation was still at the last critical moment, and he immediately shouted.

"Luo Yang!"

Luo Yang immediately rushed up. Wearing power armor, he tore off the shattered glass fragments and stared with red eyes directly into the sandstorm outside through the grille armor.

*Hum! *

An energy beam vibrated out, and a dark red explosion occurred in the dim yellow sandstorm outside. In an instant, a roar several times sharper than the sandstorm came from outside, carrying a large amount of dark invasion power, directly causing the lights and circuits in the vehicle to flicker!

"It's an anomalous body!!!"

The biological capture instrument of Luo Yang's power armor operated rapidly, and alarms kept coming from the sandstorm outside!

*Woo! *

At this time, the electromagnetic railguns of Carriage 2 and Carriage 6 of the Infinite had already risen, and the fire control radar of the 1130 close-in defense gun in Carriage 21 and various Gatling artillery were also activated by Kiki at the first time.

"There's a big guy outside, it seems there's more than one!"

In an instant, the signal of the motorcade being attacked spread. Lin Xian pressed the band: "Boss Hu, Captain Lu, on the right side, pay attention to the attack!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!" Hu Lushou's face turned pale when he heard Lin Xian's words. On the vehicle in front, Sun Chang had already picked up two arc pulse cannons, and the energy beams on her arms began to charge.

"1 o'clock direction, giant body, firepower prepare!"

*Woo! Zzz! *

On the Infinite side, the two electromagnetic railguns had already precisely turned their bases in the hurricane and sand, the fire control radar locked on, the main gun rose, and in an instant, two azure cannon beams roared out!

*Bang, bang! *

The ionization vibration was instantly swallowed by the sandstorm. In the sky filled with yellow sand, Lin Xian seemed to hear the sound of some giant force running, and even the earth was shaking. At this time, a terrifying black shadow approached the train rapidly in the sandstorm. In the whistling wind, Kiki's sentry system captured a giant claw several meters wide sweeping over!

*Clang, bang! *

The armored roof of the Infinite welcomed a huge shock. The arc pulse string vibrators on the right side of Carriages 10-12 reacted at the same time. Dazzling ionization sparks burned the air, and even the gravel nearby melted into dark red liquid together.

Even so, the entire Infinite was like being impacted by a mountain-like polarization force. Several carriages tilted, and the metal connection frames at the carriage joints made a metallic whimpering sound, *ceng, ceng* hissing!

It wasn't just the Infinite. At this moment, Longshan No. 1, including the Joker motorcade behind, and the middle section of the United Train, were all in danger at the same time.

In the information center of Carriage No. 2, Kiki had a solemn expression, quickly using the sentry system combined with the photoelectric observation radar to capture the unknown creatures outside, gradually beginning to detect a part of the torso silhouettes.

"Be careful, humanoid giant body, at least thirty meters high!"

After Kiki finished speaking, she immediately got up and prepared to take action.

On the Carriage 6 side, Dalou and Fire Brother were also fully armed.

"There are our own people on the rear side, be careful not to burn them." Dalou reminded Fire Brother at this time.

Fire Brother's face was fierce, and he nodded immediately.

Carriage 13, the wind whistled sharply through the broken window, and the sand surged. Several PX05 robots had already prepared the ammunition for the newly manufactured 1130. Lin Xian's face was solemn at this time. His left hand was accelerating manufacturing, and his right hand was already charged toward the outside of the window, ready to take action at any time!

"Team Leader Lin, it's coming!"

*Clang, clang! *

The sound of the ground shaking rang out, and the giant body seemed to be in a sprinting posture in the sandstorm, rushing toward the Infinite.

At the same time, all the aimable weapons of the entire United Train had opened fire. Fire lit up the sky in the sandstorm, and countless yellow sand vortexes surged.

Just as the black shadow rushed toward Lin Xian's Carriage 13, *ceng, clang*, the new 1130 in Lin Xian's hand finally completed the final manufacturing assembly. The magazine motor turned, the roof opened, and the 1130 close-in defense gun rose rapidly. While the entire gun body was still radiating residual heat, the artillery had already gone online and opened fire!

*Doo!!!! *

The all-metal storm poured out in an instant. The 11 30mm barrels roared at a crazy speed of 166 rounds per second. The metal torrent composed of tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles was like a thunder spear thrown by a god, splitting a dark red line of fire on the roof!

The giant body approaching rapidly in the sandstorm met this firepower head-on at this time. The huge claw just broke through the wind and was pierced and shredded into powder by the tungsten steel warhead with an initial speed of 1150 meters/second, turning into a piece of black debris.

In an instant, a sharp, ear-piercing wail of pain made the steel floor of the train carriage vibrate together. The monster's claw that disappeared in an instant seemed to make it feel pain. Just when Luo Yang and Lin Xian thought they had suppressed the monster outside, the sandstorm sky outside the window suddenly began to turn black visibly to the naked eye. In the distance, a small black hole that swallowed the tide seemed to appear in the sky, and the dim yellow sand became even darker at this moment.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian and Luo Yang subconsciously felt that it was bad. The giant body was using some kind of means!

"Fire Fist!"

*Boom! *

Who knew that in the next instant, a giant fireball exploded in the yellow sand vortex of the sandstorm. The rolling flames seemed to be rolled and spread by the yellow sand, and suddenly an dark red flame cloud with a diameter of hundreds of meters appeared. The massive hot air shook the yellow sand and dust in the surroundings, and an intermittent windless area appeared in this area.

At this time, Lin Xian, Luo Yang, everyone on the Infinite, and Lu Xingchen standing on the roof all saw the black giant body in the Gobi Desert on the right side of the train.

Only to see it presenting a withered humanoid shape, with electricity surging on its body. The damaged right claw just now was recovering under some kind of weird energy. At the same time, this giant body actually floated up under this power, presenting a posture of flying side-by-side with the train, and at its head position, a huge hole had black sticky light mist condensing.

The direction it was aiming at was exactly the Infinite!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 336 =====