Chapter 47

"No wonder that Tang Hai could be so arrogant in the fog and the dead of night for so long; it turns out those monsters wouldn't harm him at all..."

A realization dawned on Lin Xian. His doubts at the time were not without reason; it seemed that because Tang Hai was injured and emitting the scent of blood, he had been swarmed by zombies, yet that very incident had allowed him to complete his evolution.

Thinking of this, he felt some regret. He should have just blown that old bastard's head off beforehand; now, he had left behind a hidden danger.

However, at this moment, he also felt fortunate that his choice to repair that close-in weapon system to save his life had been absolutely correct.

At that time, kiki had already fallen into a deep sleep. He alone certainly couldn't have handled both the fog spider and Feng Yu Ming, let alone the overwhelming tide of corpses. Fortunately, neither Tang Hai nor Feng Yu Ming could handle that complex close-in weapon system, nor did they dismantle any critical equipment; otherwise, tonight would truly have been a dead end for Lin Xian and kiki.

Returning to the main topic, Lin Xian looked at kiki, "So, do you also know how your own ability upgraded?"

Who would have thought that as soon as these words were spoken, kiki gave a faint smile and shook her head, saying, "I roughly know that I might belong to the mental or telekinetic type. These are relatively rare in the records, but I also don't know how to upgrade, or rather, how to complete that 'ritual'."

"As for you..." kiki looked at Lin Xian, her gaze peculiar as she said, "To be honest, I don't know which type you belong to either. You can drive machinery, so it should be a functional ability. Although the Spirit-Oscillation assessment value for this type of ability isn't necessarily high, it is called a 'great strategic value' ability by the 'Angel Project'. I think yours looks more like the No. 27 inorganic control type, but how can you also use elemental abilities?"

Speaking of this, kiki looked at Lin Xian, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper, "Could it be that you have more than one ability?"

"Guess..."

Lin Xian said expressionlessly. At this moment, his heart felt a slight chill; he inexplicably had a strong premonition that perhaps his... was not an ability at all.

What kind of ability would have a progress bar?

"There is one more thing," kiki said. "It is said that a very small number of ability users have experienced a complete loss of their abilities, and among them, there were even those at the Diamond level."

"Complete loss, what do you mean?"

"How would I know... the records didn't say," kiki pouted. "I only know that in all cases, without any external interference, the ability user suddenly lost their ability. The Research Bureau's assessment believes it might be related to their own mindset, mental state, etc., but they have been unable to find the true cause."

kiki's information gave Lin Xian a nearly subversive understanding of the current world, but under the collapse of the apocalyptic order, although it had only been a few months, ability users had already become a massive group, and this group was tangibly influencing the survival trajectory of humanity.

After tossing and turning all night, everyone was a bit exhausted. For the sake of caution, Lin Xian kept the train moving at a low speed of about 50km/h, with Chen Sixuan on duty in the cockpit, while he also stayed in the cockpit to take a short nap and rest.

"kiki seems to have a lot of secrets," Chen Sixuan said, looking at the napping Lin Xian.

"Everyone has secrets. As long as it's helpful to us, we don't need to delve into it too much."

"What... did she just say to you?" Chen Sixuan's gaze flickered slightly. She knew this question was hard to ask Lin Xian, but she couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart.

Lin Xian closed his eyes and chuckled, "What else could it be? She made me promise her that I wouldn't have intimate relations with her without her consent."

Upon hearing this, Chen Sixuan gave a complicated "mm" in response.

Come to think of it, she didn't know if her relationship with Lin Xian could be counted as consensual or not; she only knew she was very fortunate to have been saved by Lin Xian. At this moment, Lin Xian was already her only reliance.

Moreover, he was quite good, and seemed to be the type of personality she liked, so she didn't seem to be that resistant to that happening.

Could this be the legendary suspension bridge effect?

Oh my, where did my thoughts go...

"Yesterday's dawn time was 16:26. We have advanced about 50 kilometers toward the Beiwan Station. If calculated, to arrive by 16:00 tomorrow, we need to cover at least about 370 kilometers."

Chen Sixuan kept calculating with the logbook, "But this section of the JY3365 will bypass Quguan and Yuchi. If we compare the positions of the No. 3 Star Abyss, Lucheng, and Dingzhou with the straight-line direction from Jiang City..."

"Chen Laoshi."

Lin Xian interrupted her calculations, closing his eyes slightly, "Do you think it's possible that the No. 3 Star Abyss is not the source of the Dark Tide?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Sixuan fell silent for a moment.

"I... don't know."

From a geometric perspective, if every Star Abyss is undergoing a Dark Tide, it is equivalent to these Star Abysses expanding at the same speed on Blue Star, meaning their radii grow linearly with time.

"If the range affected by the Star Abyss is fixed, then perhaps it could leave some corner space for humans to survive. But if the first Polar Night is not the end, and the range of the second tide continues to expand, then it is only a matter of time before the Polar Night covers the entire Blue Star." After the Polar Night, the internet and communications were paralyzed. As ordinary people, they could not peek at what was happening in the whole world and could only collect clues through information on the radio.

If it weren't for kiki, they wouldn't even know that the Federation government had already categorized ability users and even formulated a set of standards.

Lin Xian nodded, his expression somewhat uneasy. If this were the case, it would mean that everyone had nowhere to run, and humanity could only grope for how to survive in the dark night.

Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian, who was worried, and suddenly said, "Student Lin, do you still remember the school motto of Jiang University?"

Lin Xian looked at her, and the two said in unison:

"The struggle is a daily, ceaseless endeavor since the dawn of humanity!"

For a long time, the two looked at each other and smiled.

When the wheels were already moving, everyone was fleeing the dark night toward the dawn. Even if they were eventually plunged into darkness forever, as long as the last spark of survival remained, they must not give up the struggle.

Lin Xian's heart settled slightly. If his own abilities grew stronger, he could survive even in an environment where the long night was hard to brighten. This only strengthened his belief in building an ultimate fortress train!

Woo~

The fog ahead gradually thinned, and the view under the train lights became more open. Lin Xian stood up and looked at the outline of the mountains in the distance, his expression relaxing as he slowly stopped the train in a tunnel.

"Why did we stop?" Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian, puzzled.

!

As a result, as soon as she turned her head, she was picked up by Lin Xian in a bridal carry. The young man held a faint smile and said loudly, "Chen Laoshi, there is one more thing that has been 'ceaseless' since the dawn of humanity."

"..."

Chen Sixuan was caught off guard by his embrace, her face turning red instantly. She hurriedly avoided Lin Xian's gaze, her originally crystal-clear white earlobes and neck now as beautiful as peach blossoms in March.

"Aren't you very tired..."

Lin Xian carried her to the bed in the No. 1 carriage, his spirit vibrant as he said, "Suddenly feeling refreshed."

The gates of each carriage had already been closed; at this moment, the No. 1 carriage was already a living area exclusive to Lin Xian.

Chen Sixuan's face was flushed, and she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's, "Oh my, that..."

"Inconvenient?"

"No... it's not."

Chen Sixuan's skin was as smooth as mutton-fat jade, but when Lin Xian's lips pressed against it, even though they were in the apocalypse, he could still smell that alluring womanly scent—faint and heart-stirring.

At this moment, Chen Sixuan only felt a tingling sensation in her back. Lin Xian's breathing hit her skin, carrying a cool sensation and a scent that burrowed into her pores, giving her a sense of shame that she couldn't resist.

She covered her small face with the quilt and whispered, "... You take... take my bag, that thing is inside."

"Okay."

"Mm, ah... be gentle, mm..."

The heavy train sat quietly under the dark night. Outside the heavy armored iron skin was the deep and terrifying dark tunnel, while inside was the warm, goose-down soft couch, full of a sense of security.

The two were intertwined, shattering the taboo between the souls of men and women. One body was tall and slender, the other graceful and delicate. The figures, tangled together, rose and fell, like a charging chariot, and also like a giant ship breaking through the waves...

The night was like ink. At this moment, inside the No. 2 carriage, Lou Shasha on the upper bunk was already fast asleep, while kiki, who was covering her head with a pillow on the lower bunk, had a flushed face. Feeling the strange rhythm of the "papa-papa" next door, she gritted her teeth and couldn't help but curse in a low voice, constantly drawing circles in her heart to curse a certain bad guy.

She thought to herself that tomorrow she would install the soundproofing panels for the No. 2 carriage in advance, and weld another layer of steel plate!

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