Chapter 89

The late-night thugs combined with the encounter with a large eerie entity left everyone in a cold sweat due to the level of danger.

Woo~

The side panels of Carriage 5 lowered, and two flashlight beams were switched on. Lin Lin Xian and Da Lou looked at the scene outside and couldn't help but have their expressions change slightly.

Aside from "tragic," Lin Lin Xian couldn't think of any other adjective.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The blizzard surged madly into the carriage. Lin Lin Xian closed the gate leading from Carriage 5 to Carriage 4. As the light shone over, the two vehicles on the flatbed carriage behind—other than the armored vehicle that could still be identified by its shape—had been reduced to a pile of scrap metal.

The tentacles of that atmospheric jellyfish had swept across the tracks, and the large fleet that had been raiding in the middle of the night was now completely wiped out.

Never mind the people, not even bones were to be seen. Both sides of the road and the hillsides were covered in splattered blood and various car fragments. The ground had been gouged into black trenches one or two meters deep, which were quickly covered by a layer of white from the blizzard.

Lin Lin Xian tightened his collar, jumped off the train, looked at the train's outer armor, and exclaimed with a solemn expression,

"It's a good thing we reinforced the roof of the train, otherwise we would definitely have been finished this time."

The armor of the entire train was now mostly deformed; the sturdy high-manganese steel armor was covered in drag marks, and the ballast stones on the tracks beneath the train were almost entirely shattered.

Lin Lin Xian felt full of relief in his heart; if he hadn't spent two nights in Yuchi upgrading the entire train's armor, he estimated that no one would have survived tonight.

"Brother Lin Xian, can this be repaired?"

It was the first time Lin Lin Xian had seen an expression of fear on this big guy's face. Indeed, Lin Lin Xian was also shocked.

However, the strange thing was that he found that after entering the fear illusion of the 1542 frequency band, his threshold for fear seemed to have increased quite a bit, and he actually didn't feel as afraid now.

"It's not a big problem." Lin Lin Xian let out a breath and looked at the whole train, "It'll just take some time. It's better than losing our lives."

In the apocalypse, everything is scarce; as long as you haven't lost your life, there's no problem.

"Let's go, let's get the tracks fixed first. If we run into any more trouble, we'll be trapped here to die."

At this moment, Kiki walked out of Carriage 5 and jumped down lightly.

"Lin Lin Xian, I'll come help too."

Lin Lin Xian looked at her, "Didn't I tell you to use the drone to scout the surroundings?"

"I checked, and guess what." Kiki pointed at the dark sky, "After that thing passed just now, there's nothing left moving in this area except us..."

Lin Lin Xian frowned.

"That brutal?"

Kiki nodded, "This thing is definitely not on the same level as the eerie entities we've encountered before. Lou Shasha told me earlier that she saw an Iron Guard Brigade during the day; I reckon they were here to deal with this thing."

"The military? Then we need to speed up."

Lin Xian's expression darkened slightly as he said, "If this thing crosses Daluo Mountain and enters Yubei City, we might not be able to reach the high-altitude corridor."

"That's why I'm here to help." Kiki put on a thick down jacket that Lou Shasha had found in Yuchi City earlier. The blizzard continued to howl, causing her small face to turn red from the cold.

She walked toward the front of the train. Lin Lin Xian watched her back and suddenly called out to her,

"Zhao Zhao Enqi, that's a nice-sounding name."

"What's nice about it? I'm just called Kiki, you bumpkin." Kiki spat at him and walked forward without looking back.

Lin Lin Xian smiled and said nothing more.

Judging by Kiki's reaction, she knew what had happened while she was in a coma.

Laying tracks is simple if you say it's simple, and troublesome if you say it's troublesome.

Lin Lin Xian had plenty of track steel in his decomposition space; the trouble was that the roadbed of the entire railway section had been destroyed, and it still needed to be filled with base soil and paved with ballast stones.

However, Lin Lin Xian chose a simpler method: using steel frames to make a makeshift paving. Fortunately, the damaged area wasn't large, so it wouldn't be a big problem to barely drive the train across.

Clang, clang, clang~

Steel frames and track steel were rapidly formed under Lin Lin Xian's Mechanical Heart manufacturing. Beams were erected and pillars welded; everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Kiki watched Lin Lin Xian repair the tracks and glanced at him, "How did it feel when the train flew that day?"

"Very exciting." Lin Lin Xian gave a helpless smile, "I didn't expect us to be so crazy."

"If we weren't crazy, we'd be dead!"

Kiki wrinkled her small nose, looking like she was asking for credit, "You said you wanted to soar into the clouds; look, I helped you achieve the first step, didn't I?"

"Indeed, I'll give you the top credit."

"Hehe~"

"However..."

Lin Lin Xian looked at the trench on the tracks ahead and sighed, "The night is full of crises. We've already encountered two broken tracks before even reaching the orbital ring. It looks like such problems will be frequent in the future; we must solve this problem first."

Kiki raised her hand to channel her ability, placing a section of track steel Lin Lin Xian had cast onto the steel frame, then said,

"If we follow your vision of letting the train run off the tracks in the first stage, the most direct method is to convert the drive wheels to tracks. However, there are many drawbacks: speed, energy consumption, noise, and failure rates are all problems..."

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Lin Lin Xian didn't refute her, but said, "It's impossible to become a fat man in one bite. The main line of the orbital ring should currently be clear; otherwise, the Federation Phoenix Society couldn't have mobilized the Interstellar Military Iron Guard Brigade in such large numbers. Actually, it's only been a few months since the Apocalypse. Whether it's the Federation Phoenix Society or the remaining survivors, everyone has already begun to adapt, investigate, and research during the constant process of fleeing..."

"Although we are hiding here and there now, what is certain is that we are obtaining more and more information. The true face of the eerie will gradually surface, and the exploration of ability spirit-swing values is also constantly growing. It's just that we don't have enough resistance power right now, so we have no choice but to flee east to gain time for survival, development, and breathing room. Therefore, whether it's tracks, magnetic levitation, or wheels, as long as we can solve the problem of broken tracks in the short term, we have achieved our goal..."

"I understand what you mean." Kiki let out a long breath, "Anyway, having one more choice is better than having no choice, and being able to live one more day is better than waiting here to die."

"Right." Lin Lin Xian nodded, "Solve the 'have or have not' problem first."

"So we have to go to Underground City No. 9." Kiki walked over and patted Lin Lin Xian on the shoulder earnestly, "We all have to rely on your mechanical ability. Lin Liechezhang, join the glorious mechanical evolution, ha!"

"What, have I been upgraded from a bad guy to a Lin Liechezhang now?" Lin Lin Xian looked at her with interest.

"That's right, you have now officially been upgraded to my, Kiki's, exclusive Lin Liechezhang."

Kiki winked at him, "Work hard, this young lady's life is in your hands."

Lin Lin Xian:...

Getting back on the train, the heating in Lin Lin Xian's train had already been turned on, and the carriage was extremely warm.

Although much of the armor was deformed, the Infinite as a whole hadn't suffered too much damage; the internal carriages were intact and there were no drafts.

Woo-woo~

The howling blizzard madly battered this heavy train parked in the night. Through the gaps in the blackout curtains, the inside of the train was full of warm, yellow light, giving people a great sense of security.

Chen Chen Sixuan, like a family head, cooked a large pot of "Apocalypse Hot Pot" using canned beans, canned beef brisket, canned braised pork, canned vegetables, plus bagged bamboo shoots and vermicelli. Carriage 1 was filled with the aroma of meat, and steam rose from the dining table. Chen Chen Sixuan also gave Kiki her favorite canned fruit, as well as the red wine confiscated from Tang Hai.

"To Brother Lin's safe return and Sister Kiki's recovery, cheers everyone!"

At the dining table, Lou Shasha looked excited and raised her glass high.

"To everyone living another day, cheers!" Lin Lin Xian also raised his glass.

"To the evolution of my ability, cheers!" Kiki gave a cheeky smile.

"Huh?" Everyone's eyes swept over in unison.

Kiki clicked her tongue and looked around at the four of them, "What are you staring at? Cheers first!"

"Cheers!!"

New book launch, begging for monthly votes, Infinite Train, soaring into the clouds!

Thank you very much!

(End of chapter)