[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-81":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2261845,4414,"Chapter 81: Double (Bonus Chapter—Thank You for Your Monthly Votes)","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the black prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re just annoying guys…” the four-year-old Kiki muttered softly, touching her chest. “But Enqi’s heart hurts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian was about to say something when he saw the little girl turn away; in his stunned gaze, she walked up to the eight-year-old Kiki and took from her hand…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian’s eyes widened in horror—damn, he was about to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in an instant, the Kiki outside the iron bars stood up, shaped her small hand into a gun, and slowly walked toward the end of the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the woman’s retreating back had not yet vanished…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, on the open ground, children’s laughter and shouts echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian shouted, gripping the iron bars, his mechanical heart surging wildly—but he couldn’t open them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately reached out to fabricate, thinking to create a machine to cut through the bars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fabricating a cutting machine took time and effort—he couldn’t finish it fast enough, even with all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck your dad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian roared, spun around, and fired a wind spear straight at the monster in the shadows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk-tsk-tsk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind spears struck an invisible wall, causing no harm to the terrifying anomaly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the white monster I just saw was the source of Kiki’s corruption, I already killed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then where did this thing come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Kikis of different ages all filled with fear, screamed in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fear? No, it wasn’t fear just now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fear is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly realized—the monster before him and the white corrupted creature on the train were two different things!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear—fuck! That silver antenna!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian looked at his hand—he remembered holding it, didn’t he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why was it gone now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian snapped his head up, saw the monstrous figure in the corner, stepped forward, and plunged his hand straight into the grotesque bloody maw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still trying to scare me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain now—the monster that grabbed and devoured Kiki in the carriage was the true corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since he was inside Kiki’s corrupted world, he must have collapsed unconscious—this other terrifying creature was the work of that silver antenna!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand plunged into the gaping maw and immediately felt a cold object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the ghostly shadow vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a “beep” sounded—the door of the iron bars suddenly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian paused, realizing he was right, and spun around to rush out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap-tap-tap…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down the long, dark corridor, Lin Xian sprinted, distant light ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he ran closer, the light grew blinding—he had to shield his eyes with his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he burst out into blinding sunlight. Lin Xian, eyes stinging, slowly opened them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside was the orphanage’s grassy yard; the fences and green belts had been torn down. The lone orphanage stood isolated in the wilderness, jarring against the towering skyscrapers nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No bloodshed. No corpses strewn about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of children played freely, laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard between buildings grew a massive ancient banyan tree, its canopy blotting out the sky. Beneath it, Lin Xian saw a tiny figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat quietly on the grass, holding a small bear, gazing down a distant path—lonely and desolate amid the surrounding laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that path, a disheveled woman walked farther away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her mother’s retreating back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice came from behind. Lin Xian turned and saw the Kiki he knew standing not far off, her expression light, smiling brightly. “Thank you, Lin Xian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>16:45\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snowstorm intensified. Inside Car 1, Chen Sixuan and Shasha anxiously watched Kiki’s condition. For some reason, after the earlier bloodshed, Kiki’s expression had noticeably improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing steadied; color slowly returned to her skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She seems… less severe,” Chen Sixuan frowned. She simply couldn’t understand—Kiki’s condition fluctuated wildly, impossible to predict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From last night until now, the events aboard the “Infinite” had been bizarre and unsettling; she was still shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with this clear improvement, the group could finally breathe a little easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But since then, we haven’t heard that footsteps sound again…” Shasha scanned the corridor, her face grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud-thud-thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, heavy footsteps approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women turned—their eyes fell on Da Lou striding forward, face grim. “Over there—a train!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sixuan and Shasha gasped. All three rushed into the cockpit and saw, on the railway segment where the northwest line merged into Jiangyu JY3365, a black train drawing near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that train wasn’t on the same track as the “Infinite”—it merged ahead at a distance, clearly heading toward Dalaoshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter-clatter~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the train neared, the three clearly saw—it was an interstellar military intercity train!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, the rails rumbled with a muffled roar as the interstellar military train sped past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Military? It’s the Taitiewei!” Shasha recognized the emblem on the black train and cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The train carried massive tracked armored tanks, the “Taitie 3” military assault armor they’d seen at T34 outpost, even three “Destroyer” heavy military siege units—and at the rear, a colossal mobile rail cannon, like a marvel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom-boom, boom-boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the train, countless aerial gunships and aircraft darkened the sky, their roaring engines and sonic booms rattling the windows nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All these heavy units are rushing toward Dalaoshan and Yubei City?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sixuan looked uneasy. “Perhaps it’s the extremely high-risk anomaly zone and the great anomaly we heard over the radio. It looks dangerous—we must detour via the southern route.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know how Lin Brother is doing… the radio’s useless now…” Shasha stared at the distant heavy forces like a black cloud sweeping past, her face filled with awe—this was her first time seeing such a massive deployment of the Federation Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry. We keep waiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Sixuan took a deep breath and looked at the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da Lou, while it’s still daylight, go check the train’s condition. Shasha, ride ahead to scout the southern route. I have a feeling—no matter which route, getting into Yubei City won’t be easy. I’ll stay here to watch Kiki and monitor Lin Xian’s condition. Night’s coming—we’ll stay parked and defend tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shasha nodded. “Alright, let’s move fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian opened his eyes to find himself lying on the floor of Car 1’s corridor, darkness all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white corrupted creature was gone. Kiki was gone. The entire carriage remained empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck, why am I still here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness kept devouring his spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head to the cold object in his hand—the silver antenna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian frowned. He knew this thing was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t let go—if he did, endless fear would rush at him. Yet if he held on, his mental energy and willpower were draining rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head spun. His vision darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian got up from the floor and sat on the couch. He picked up the radio—it was powered off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click—he turned it on. The display still showed 1542.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian tried adjusting the frequency, but no matter how he turned the dial, the orange numbers never changed—always 1542.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xian frowned. He’d checked the radio earlier—it wasn’t damaged. Why was every frequency stuck at 1542?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils widened suddenly—“Could I be trapped inside a single frequency?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New author seeking follows and monthly votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After launch on December 1st, there will be massive updates—don’t save the book; jump straight to the last chapter whenever a new one drops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1245,"2026-06-19T18:20:04.953Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a62590f21bf01abb5dd14e0f8dd587b09c93d142d1f9152dc301bf91d2505d11","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-82","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-80",541,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-cover.jpg"]