Chapter 58

On Lin Xian's side, the three of them drove back to the platform, reloaded the jeep, returned to the carriage, and then started the train directly. The train engine roared deeply, the wheels rolled, and it began to pull away from Quguan Station.

"I thought you would stay for a long time."

On the train, Chen Chen Sixuan saw Lin Lin Xian starting up quickly and asked.

"We can't stop for now..." Lin Lin Xian let out a sigh of relief. Looking at the dense blackness outside the train window, he needed to seize the time to devour the few vehicles they had captured and that large train.

He looked at the firearms on the ground and looked at Chen Chen Sixuan with surprise in his eyes.

"Are you learning to use a gun from Lou Shasha?"

Chen Chen Sixuan's expression froze, then she nodded nervously. "A lot of the time I can't help, and I see Lou Shasha is so young and can use a gun, so I want to learn too."

Lin Lin Xian nodded. In the doomsday, learning more means of self-protection is always good. Now that they had obtained a lot of weapons, Chen Chen Sixuan didn't want to be a vase and hold them back, so she started learning firearm knowledge from Lou Shasha.

Although Lou Lou Shasha was also a half-baked amateur, the little girl was very smart, precocious, and her temperament was much more mature than her peers. At first, she also learned from the big building, and later she became more and more proficient herself.

She didn't like holding pistols or rifles on weekdays and carried a grenade launcher all day long. However, she only had a few of these VOG-25 40mm grenades left. Although Lin Lin Xian had scanned the blueprints, he lacked many materials for ammunition, especially high-energy explosives like polynitrogen anion salts, so he couldn't replenish her ammunition for a while.

"Bad guy, hurry up and get that radio out."

Kiki said urgently.

Lin Lin Xian nodded, took out his radio, opened his mechanical manufacturing panel, and then, according to the method Jiang Yun mentioned, made a simple frame device.

Soon, Lin Lin Xian had drawn the blueprint and covered the outside with a layer of hard plastic material.

Hum~ A white light appeared in his hand, and the copper sheet material and black plastic flew out from the decomposition space, then were quickly manufactured into an external frame for the radio. Immediately, he took out that dark red strange blood essence.

Everyone watched in amazement and looked at the red bead again.

"Is this the thing left behind after a night monster dies?" Lou Lou Shasha asked with a face full of fear.

Kiki picked it up and looked at it. "It's icy cold, and it seems like there's some energy flowing inside."

"Be careful." Lin Lin Xian reminded, "Since it's something that doesn't belong to humans, we must be on guard. The Phoenix Society currently only announces the functions and advantages of this thing, but who knows if there are any side effects?"

Kiki stuck out her tongue upon hearing this and put it back into Lin Lin Xian's palm, avoiding it. "That's true, then you should get the radio done first."

Lin Lin Xian took it back, directly inserted the strange blood essence into a slot he had designed in advance, and then, under everyone's gaze, turned on the radio.

At this moment, a strange energy fluctuation seemed to flash by, making one's spine chill.

"Static..."

"Static..."

"Federal... Federal Radio YB area report: Strong soul-oscillation value fluctuations have appeared in the northern foothills of Daluo Mountain. Survivor convoys heading towards Yubei and Fengcheng along the G1523 and X556 routes, please detour. This message is provided by the Federal Phoenix Society rescue organization..."

"Wow, it really works!" Kiki exclaimed.

"Static... Static... City warning report: The Star-Ring No. 1 port in Yubei City has stopped operating and is blocked by a large number of survivor convoys. Please do not gather in the city. There are large numbers of corpse tides and strange entities haunting the city, which is very dangerous. It is recommended to detour!"

Chen Sixuan, who was on the side, looked surprised and covered her small mouth, saying, "Lin Xian, this section of the railway line JY3365 in Jiang Yu seems to pass through the northern foothills of Daluo Mountain, and there will be several tunnels."

"I know." Lin Lin Xian nodded.

"By the way, Brother Lin, if the climbing passage at the Star-Ring No. 1 port has stopped, even if our train lowers the horizon traction gate, we won't be able to use magnetic traction to get onto the high-altitude track, right?" Lou Shasha also said with some worry at this time. The Star-Ring track is a planetary-level human project built by the Federal Government on Blue Star. It is not just a simple railway track, but a super project that includes sea, land, and high-altitude construction. For sections like the high-altitude corridor, there are not only multiple tracks but also traction elevators for cars to climb, used for short-distance lanes to quickly cross Wanyuan Canyon and the Dazhu Mountain Range.

"Don't worry." Lin Xian's eyes were burning, but he looked at Chen Sixuan. "I had already considered this point. There's no need to worry about how we get up. On the contrary, the risks in the northern foothills of Daluo Mountain might be more troublesome for us."

Lou Shasha looked at Chen Chen Sixuan curiously and found that her expression was a bit nervous at this time, but she still nodded at her.

Chen Chen Sixuan naturally understood what preparation Lin Lin Xian was talking about, because she knew that this Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive was designed for the Star-Ring track in the early days.

Lin Lin Xian's Mechanical Heart activated. Woo~ The power turbine at the front of the Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive slowly rotated and began self-checking. This design, which was considered crazy at the time, was mainly used to deal with early high-speed passages or complex sea conditions. Later, after the electromagnetic traction system gradually matured, this gas turbine was gradually phased out.

Hearing this beast-like sound rising from under their feet, Lou Shasha and the big building looked at each other, seemingly surprised by Lin Lin Xian's plan.

"Bad guy, listen to this..."

At this time, Kiki urgently suppressed everyone's voices. She tuned to the AM07 frequency mainly used by the Wanderer Alliance that Jiang Yun mentioned, and at this moment, a man's urgent voice came from the radio.

"This is the Iron Fortress convoy. Warning people in Quguan, Yuchi, Ping'e Lake, and the eastern direction of Congshan: We have discovered the traces of the Black Crow four-person group in Hengxi Village. All survivors here have been slaughtered by them. Convoys nearby must be careful. Reconfirming: four modified mountain off-road vehicles with green and black graffiti, the wheels have rolling spikes. These people are all thugs, and three of them are ability users. Please be careful, please be careful..."

"My god, 4 people, 4 vehicles, and 3 ability users?!" Lou Shasha made a very surprised expression. "What bad seeds!"

Lin Lin Xian's expression darkened slightly upon hearing this. He looked at Kiki.

"It seems the trouble will be quite significant if we want to go to the No. 9 Underground City you mentioned."

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"Then you've guessed exactly wrong!" Kiki seemed to have guessed Lin Xian's reaction. At this time, she buried her head in her phone, quickly swiping through a map, and then showed it to Lin Xian. "Look, this is a branch line diverted from Yuchi, going around the southern line of Daluo Mountain from Ping'e Lake, but it breaks off here on the map. There is no clear marking behind it, and there is a large freight terminal between Yuchi Station and Yubei. There is also a branch line here that goes east and south. Guess why?"

Lin Lin Xian frowned and looked at Chen Laoshi on the side with a look of seeking advice.

"This situation is very common." Chen Sixuan said upon hearing this, "If it's not marked, it's usually a military stronghold like Beiwan, or an internal railway connection for some enterprises or mines. But Daluo Mountain doesn't seem to have any mineral resources, so could it be..."

"No need to guess." Kiki said directly, "The No. 9 Underground City must be near Daluo Mountain. Perhaps the former Federal Government dug out the entire underground of Daluo Mountain, and such a huge project must require railway tracks as a means of transport. So if it's a new line that hasn't been marked or was deliberately hidden by the Federal Government, it makes sense. Besides..."

She looked at Lin Xian as she spoke. "If we take this southern line of Daluo Mountain, wouldn't we just happen to bypass the area reported by the Federal Radio? As for whether that is the No. 9 Underground City, with such a large amount of engineering, we'll know immediately if we go and investigate a little."

"Hmm?!"

Lin Lin Xian's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood Kiki's intention. Taking a step back, if that line was a dead end, he could completely turn back. This section was at most only one or two hundred kilometers of driving. If it was really as Kiki said, with luck, he could both explore the No. 9 Underground City and avoid the strange area reported by the Federal Radio.

This was a very good plan!

Lin Lin Xian knew that after entering the Star-Ring track later, there would be many different track areas: high-altitude corridors, deserts, primitive jungles, no-man's-lands, deep oceans, and Star-Abyss areas. Simple track steel couldn't solve all the problems, so he had to consider upgrading the entire train in terms of power and drive modes.

And to achieve this step, the Mechanical Heart was the foundation, but mechanical scanning and manufacturing were the keys. If he couldn't come into contact with those cutting-edge technology systems and scan them into blueprints, he could only hand-craft some firearms and small appliances, which would be useless.

Just as Kiki said, those power source systems, high-energy weapons, self-armor, and propulsion systems—although Lin Lin Xian hadn't seen them, just hearing about them made him wish he could immediately scan a set of blueprints!

So, he must find a way to explore this Federal Government's No. 9 Underground City!

"I also agree." Chen Chen Sixuan said at this time, "However, the track conditions on the unknown section might be very complicated, so I suggest that section is best traveled during the day."

Lin Lin Xian nodded, and then he slowly stopped the entire train, parking the "Infinite" on an open wilderness.

"It's settled then. We'll rest tonight. Still according to the previous arrangement, Chen Laoshi, you take the first half of the night."

If they were to divert from Yuchi and it was an unknown section, it was best to observe the road conditions during the day. Lin Xian prepared to devour the last freight electric locomotive first, which might take a long time and physical strength. The Star-Ring 7F electric locomotive didn't have that much reserve power. Rather than taking risks in the dark, it was better to devour the burdens behind first, recharge, and then take that unknown southern line of Daluo Mountain after dawn.

After arranging everything, the few of them began to cooperate, resting as needed. Chen Chen Sixuan and Lou Shasha placed the canned goods they had exchanged, and then began to turn off the lights in the carriage. Lin Lin Xian went directly to the tail plate of Carriage No. 5, came to the place where the last freight electric locomotive was, and prepared to start devouring this hundred-ton big guy!

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