Chapter 82: Investigation

On a wilderness heading from Yuchi toward Mount Daluo, a heavy train sat silently.

The night was like ink, and white snow flew.

Lin Lin Xian was not there; the "Infinite" had stopped moving. The two hours of daylight passed quickly, and by night, the three of them could only return to the carriage to discuss and continue waiting.

Chen Chen Sixuan brought over a few quilts, added a layer for Kiki who was sleeping, and took one for Gao Ta.

Carriage No. 5 had been converted into a simple sleeping cabin. Gao Ta lived inside, and other places had been welded with tool racks, storing a lot of steel and equipment.

"How is it?" Chen Chen Sixuan asked.

Lou Shasha sat on the sofa, looking at the radio from afar, her expression somewhat fearful as she said:

"I don't know why, but I always feel like this thing is still ringing..."

The air fell silent.

Chen Chen Sixuan stood where she was, her chest heaving. She stared at the radio, trying to control her mindset.

Reason told her not to think about things she couldn't understand. Since someone could control the train, she was certain that person was Lin Lin Xian!

"It hasn't made a sound for several hours. Lin Lin Xian perhaps... encountered something..."

"Chen Jiejie..." Lou Shasha's expression was somewhat ugly. Someone vanishing into thin air—no one could think in a positive direction.

"It's okay, he definitely has a way." Chen Chen Sixuan's words sounded like self-consolation.

Lin Lin Qingyu nodded.

Chen Chen Sixuan turned off the train's lights and heating, conserving critical electricity.

At the same time, she, Lou Shasha, and Gao Ta divided the work, with the three of them guarding the front of the train, Carriage No. 1, and the tail carriage respectively, observing the external situation at all times.

Outside the armored windows, it was pitch black. In the wilderness under the dark curtain, eerie whispers always seemed to be ringing out, and ear-piercing roars echoed in the darkness, making one's hair stand on end.

Inside the cold driver's cabin, Chen Chen Sixuan wrapped herself in a blanket and leaned against the driver's seat, looking at the darkness outside the train window with unease.

The inside of the train could be considered safe. The front radar detection system was running on low power. Gao Ta had just gone down to check, and the train's external armor, including the top armor, was still intact.

Since their narrow escape from Yuchi Station last night, including that white climbing monster, who knew how many more there were.

Those collisions, tearing, and attacks had brought immense pressure to everyone. How much unknown terror filled the night? Perhaps they hadn't even explored the tip of the iceberg.

But escaping successfully from such a dangerous situation showed that Lin Lin Xian's armor upgrade had played a role. If it had been before, the roof might have been ripped off by the monsters, and the outcome would have been obvious.

However, one wave after another, they had just broken out of the encirclement of eerie dark creatures, and as a result, an eerie radio frequency appeared on the train.

In the darkness, Chen Chen Sixuan carefully exhaled.

Thinking of that eerie radio station that had started ringing for no reason, Chen Chen Sixuan felt a chill. Could it be that some things couldn't even be blocked by steel armor?

More and more strange things were happening—zombies, insect monsters, fog, mutations. One terrifying thing after another followed. In such a short time, Chen Chen Sixuan felt like she had had countless nightmares.

"It will be okay..."

She cheered herself up in her heart. Currently, aside from the reserve energy in the Huanxing 7F electric locomotive, the "Infinite" also had over a thousand liters of gasoline scavenged from Tang Hai. Some of this gasoline had been poured into the gas turbine's fuel tank, and the rest had been left by Lin Lin Xian for backup.

At the same time, the material reserves were considered sufficient. The few of them staying on the train could be considered temporarily worry-free. The only problem was that if they stayed in place, the swallowing speed of the dark tide would cause the entire Yuchi City to enter polar night in a few days. By then, they would have to leave it to fate.

*Woo~*

On the distant mountain road, several car lights flickered constantly; it seemed to be an escaping convoy. Chen Chen Sixuan noticed the sound getting closer and became cautious.

But not long after, that string of vehicles followed a road several kilometers away and drove toward Yubei City.

Chen Chen Sixuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Throughout the night, one could occasionally hear large and small convoys rushing in the night, but because the railway line and the road line were far apart, not many people noticed this giant train parked in the wilderness.

Coupled with the fact that the radio couldn't be used and couldn't receive any external information, this train was like a lonely boat in a pitch-black ocean, making one feel a sense of despair rising in their heart.

*Beep-beep, beep-beep... *

The alarm on her watch rang. Chen Chen Sixuan woke up from a light sleep; the time was now 1:00 AM, deep in the night.

She immediately got up and came to Carriage No. 1. Kiki was still unconscious, and there was still no clue about Lin Lin Xian.

Even the footsteps like before had vanished.

!

"Chen Jiejie."

A voice with a hint of sleepiness broke the silence in the carriage. Lou Shasha slowly sat up from the sofa, the heavy quilt sliding to her waist. She rubbed her still-sleepy eyes and looked toward Chen Chen Sixuan. "Should we switch shifts? I'll go guard the front."

Chen Chen Sixuan waved her hand and whispered:

"It's okay, you sleep for a while. I'll observe here and see if there's any other movement."

"I can't sleep," Lou Shasha muttered. "Brother Lin hasn't returned, and I can't sleep either."

"Okay, don't worry too much. Lin Lin Xian is an ability user; he definitely has more ways than we do." Chen Chen Sixuan forced a smile. Although she was nervous in her heart, she still tried her best to comfort Lou Shasha.

"Hmm." Lou Shasha nodded.

There were no lights on in the train, and all the sunshades were closed, with only a few faint rays of light.

Carriage No. 1 was currently the best-equipped carriage on the "Infinite," which Lin Lin Xian had spent the most time building. In the twenty-meter-long carriage, there was a living area, a sofa, a dining table, and the material storage cabinet contained food, water, and some weapons.

That A33K heavy sniper rifle was also kept here by Lin Lin Xian. The black gun body was 1557 millimeters long, with a total weight of 14.8 kg, and used 12.7mm (. 50 BMG) tungsten-core armor-piercing rounds. According to Kiki, this thing was a proper anti-materiel killing weapon.

Lin Lin Xian had wanted to hand it to Gao Ta to use, but Gao Ta said his eyesight wasn't very good and his hands and feet were clumsy, so holding it was no better than a fire poker; he preferred light and heavy machine guns full of vitality, so Lin Lin Xian had temporarily placed it here.

"Lou Shasha, can you teach me how to use this?" For some reason, looking at this gun, Chen Chen Sixuan suddenly had a strange idea.

"Huh?!" Lou Shasha exclaimed in surprise. "Chen Jiejie, this thing is very heavy!"

Chen Chen Sixuan took a deep breath. "I know."

"But if I can help provide cover fire, when we encounter monsters, we can have one more firepower point and share some pressure for everyone."

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