Chapter 68

16:00

The sunny day slanted, and the sky was clear.

Yuchi Station was covered in thick white snow. A heavy train full of armor was parked in the station, surrounded by more than a dozen zombies.

After the apocalypse, perhaps because the original Blue Star population was too large, the wandering zombies seemed to have become some kind of indispensable scenery between heaven and earth. These zombies constantly scratched at the armor plates of the train, making creaking sounds.

But even if these zombies scratched their fingers to pieces, they couldn't scratch it at all.

I don't know if it was because of the movement inside the carriage or the bursts of meat fragrance coming from inside, which made these zombies howl from time to time, as if stimulating the memories of once being human.

Inside Carriage No. 1, there was a rare afternoon tranquility.

Braised pork, fruit canned food, seaweed soup, cola—it seemed extremely luxurious under the apocalypse.

"It's over. We're eating so well behind Sister Kiki's back. When she wakes up, she'll definitely be angry." Lou Shasha drank a sip of soup and suddenly looked toward Kiki's direction and said.

"That won't happen."

Lin Xian said meaningfully, "When she wakes up, I'll have to treat her to a big meal alone."

"Really?"

"She put in so much effort, so she must be rewarded."

Lou Shasha nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes. We all flew yesterday; Sister Kiki is too awesome."

Swish, swish~

Lin Xian turned his head and found that Chen Sixuan was already fully prepared, wearing a thick coat and carrying an automatic rifle. For some reason, there seemed to be some excitement on her face.

"Chen Laoshi, you seem to be looking forward to it?"

"A little."

Chen Sixuan said solemnly, "Before, you always let me guard the train. Now that I can go out with you, I'm definitely willing to contribute more."

Actually, Lin Xian had originally planned to let Chen Sixuan guard the train this time. However, considering it was a daytime search and time was limited, he needed more manpower. Plus, he had removed all the cockpit door locks, turning them into a mechanical structure that only he and the interior could open, which was relatively safe, so he simply brought Chen Sixuan along.

Plus, now that she had a weapon, she wasn't powerless, and she could indeed help quite a bit.

"Good, then pay attention. Don't fire casually. We are mainly here to get things. If you encounter danger, let me handle it first."

Chen Sixuan nodded, indicating she received it.

After finishing the first hot lunch during the escape, the four of them prepared to seize the time to enter the city.

He let Gao Ta and Lou Shasha drive the off-road vehicle, which had a larger space and could load more supplies.

And he and Chen Sixuan chose to ride a motorcycle.

It was still the old plan. He prepared to find a truck in the city, and then load the truck and supplies onto the flatbed trailer, which he would devour together, wasting nothing.

The sunset rose. Lin Xian, Chen Sixuan, Gao Ta, and Lou Shasha, four people fully armed, drove the off-road vehicle off the trailer. One team drove the off-road vehicle, and one team rode the motorcycle, driving out from the platform and around into the highway, heading toward Yuchicheng.

Hum, hum, hum~

The off-road vehicle and the motorcycle were one in front and one behind, the engine roaring, speeding rapidly on the road.

Yuchicheng, located under the foothills, was shrouded in sunlight. The city was silent. Along the way, there were all kinds of abandoned and paralyzed vehicles, dead corpses, and scattered luggage buried under thick snow.

"Ha~"

In the car, Lou Shasha in the passenger seat of the off-road vehicle breathed a puff of white air at the window and said with a worried little face, "The snow is getting heavier."

"Lou Shasha, later on the road, if you can find some warm supplies—quilts, beds, clothes, etc. —find more of them."

Lin Xian's motorcycle drove past from behind and exhorted her.

With more people, the warm supplies needed also began to increase. He had searched for things in the furniture city in Jiang City before, which made Carriage No. 1 look decent.

Now Carriage No. 2 lived two people, and Gao Ta was still guarding at night in Carriage No. 5. These were indispensable.

"Mm-hmm." Lou Shasha lowered the window and nodded.

Squeak~

Gao Ta stepped on the brake at this moment. On the street ahead, several cars lying horizontally and vertically blocked the road directly.

"Wait a moment."

Lin Xian rode the motorcycle carrying Chen Sixuan and stopped. The street was lonely, and from the shadows of the dark alleys in the distance, all kinds of hissing sounds could be heard. He saw a dump truck parked by the roadside, the door half-covered, and a rotten, stiff driver's corpse was hanging diagonally to one side by the seat belt. He hacked with his blade, cutting the seat belt, and the corpse rolled down straight.

Then he climbed onto the car, the Heart of Machinery operated, and after detecting that there was no problem with the car condition, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Gao Ta, help me lift the motorcycle up."

Lin Xian pulled Chen Sixuan into the passenger seat while saying to Gao Ta.

"Are we going to drive this car to load things?" Chen Sixuan said in surprise.

Lin Xian nodded with a smile.

Such a large dump truck could not only load quite a few things but could also act as a clearing vehicle to push horizontally all the way.

Clang.

Gao Ta lifted the motorcycle into the empty bucket behind the dump truck. He pulled the car door, roared the engine, and shouted to Gao Ta outside,

"You guys get in the car. I'll drive this to clear the way in front."

"Okay!"

Seeing Lin Xian's posture, Gao Ta and Lou Shasha's expressions shook. Two cars started. Lin Xian drove the dump truck and crashed directly into those cars blocking the middle of the road. The huge horsepower roared, and soon attracted the zombies in the surrounding streets.

!

Hum!

The dump truck pushed all the way, crashing into the surrounding vehicles with a bang, bang, bang, heading toward the direction of the city.

Bang, bang, bang!

In the streets of Yuchicheng under the sunset, the dump truck crashed and bumped all the way, the huge commotion constantly attracting the surrounding zombies to gather toward this side.

Whether it was cars or zombies, they were all directly crushed by him. He stepped hard on the accelerator, the Heart of Machinery operated at high speed, pulling the engine speed of the dump truck to the highest.

If he was alone, the destructive power caused by his Heart of Machinery and those few skills was truly limited.

But if he were to urge these industrial machines, the power exerted would be completely different.

The dump truck and the off-road vehicle were one in front and one behind, and soon rushed into a prosperous street area. It looked like it should be the original pedestrian street. There were all kinds of shopping malls and restaurants on both sides of the road, but they were already dilapidated. There were sparse zombies wandering in the shops and alleys.

"This is it."

After clearing the road, Lin Xian picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Gao Ta and Lou Shasha. Then the two cars began to split into two groups.

Lou Shasha and the others drove toward the shopping mall and the Electronics City, while Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan drove to the power substation on the outskirts of the city.

Chen Sixuan in the passenger seat held the gun, tightly gripping the handle above the passenger seat. Lin Xian saw her face tense and said,

"It's daytime now, so there shouldn't be that kind of monster."

Chen Sixuan took a deep breath. "I... I'm just a little nervous."

Lin Xian nodded. "It's okay, don't worry."

Hum, the dump truck rushed all the way. Behind it, quite a few zombies began to follow. Soon, a substation by the roadside appeared in the field of vision. "This is it."

Then he turned the steering wheel hard, drove directly over the shoulder, and rushed toward the wall of the substation.

Hum!!!

Bang!

The dump truck was incomparably arrogant, directly driving onto the shoulder and crashing through the wall, rushing into the substation.

Clatter, clatter, for a time, bricks and tiles flew, and the wall of the substation was crashed into a big hole.

Lin Xian got off the car immediately, walked to the outer wall crashed by the car, raised both hands, and countless steel materials constantly flew out, being quickly manufactured into a simple steel fence wall.

Clang!

The upgraded mechanical manufacturing speed was extremely fast, and this kind of structure was very simple. In a few breaths, a wall surface forged with steel bars was manufactured. Then he hit steel nails into the wall surface and embedded them. Chen Sixuan had just gotten off the car and discovered that this big hole crashed into by the car had been surrounded by Lin Xian with steel fences.

Ugh-ah!

The simple steel frame wall still had residual heat, and countless zombies rushed over. Zombie claws scratched wildly inside through the steel mesh.

Lin Xian's mechanical ability seemed to be becoming more and more mature, and Chen Sixuan also looked surprised.

"Can it still be like this?"

Lin Xian calmly glanced at the zombies gathered around and turned around. "Killing them won't finish them, it will only waste time."

Seeking follow-up reads and monthly tickets for the new book, I am very grateful!

(End of chapter)