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Chapter 239 Ding Junyi's Superpowers (110,000 to make up for the arrears on the 10th, monthly votes requested)Chapter 239 Ding Junyi's Superpower (11,000 to make up for the overdue update on the 10th, please give me your monthly vote)

The sun is shining and the breeze is gentle.

Clank, clank.

The Infinity rushed quickly along the track along the shore of Shijiu Lake, returning towards the direction of Hengshan Pass.

When people in each carriage learned that there was a full-effect life-saving surgical medical cabin on the train, they became extremely excited. In this strange and suffocating doomsday, it was an extremely exciting thing to have a precious medical system in a mobile steel fortress.

You have to know that before this, an ordinary injury without medicine is likely to cause bacterial infection and death, and also suffer the pain of darkness invasion, leading to transformation into a zombie or a human ghost.

In carriage No. 4, the soilless cultivation cabin and the plant cultivation cabin have been completely built. Ding Junyi is now leading several assistants to start plant breeding. This matter is actually not at the top of Ding Junyi's schedule, but because of Lin Xian's needs, she put aside her research on the foundation's research institute information and chose to push this matter forward first.

From Ding Junyi's perspective, Lin Xian's decisions are meaningful and necessary, which is something she rarely sees from a rational perspective.

In front of the cultivation cabin, Ding Junyi bent slightly and looked at the nutrient soil in the glass cabin, raised his glasses, and completed the basic work. The assistants had already left. Ding Junyi was now alone, carefully making log records on a mobile terminal.

"The interior of the train is not affected by the invasion of darkness, and perhaps the growth of plants will benefit from this."

Ding Junyi pondered silently, and just as she was about to turn around and leave, her peripheral vision seemed to catch something, and she turned around and looked at the soil in the cultivation cabin.

In one of the planting areas, the soft soil seemed to move slightly, and this discovery immediately made Ding Junyi cautious.

In her opinion, any unreasonable biological phenomenon might be related to the dark mutation, which would most likely lead to the destruction of the safe environment inside the train. After the thought of noticing the abnormality flashed through her mind, she immediately turned around and began to observe carefully, not missing any tiny changes.

"Box 12A, lettuce seeds..."

Just as Ding Junyi looked intently, the soft soil moved again. This time, Ding Junyi saw a tender white bud tip pushing through the soil and appearing in her sight.

Seeing this scene, Ding Junyi frowned immediately and realized the seriousness of the matter.

The cold wind intensified, and the temperature dropped several degrees overnight. This extremely abnormal temperature change caused the death of large areas of green landforms such as lakeside mountains and swamps. The sky and the earth turned yellow and life faded, gradually turning into a wasteland.

Lin Xian was standing on the roof of carriage No. 1 at this time, gazing at the Shijiu Lake in the distance. The wind was blowing gently, and the vast expanse of water was sparkling in the sun. If he didn't know that there was a giant abyss monster thousands of meters under the water, this former tourist destination would seem extremely pleasant.

However, Lin Xian did not come here to see the scenery, but to try out his newly acquired skills.

"Gravitational lensing sounds awesome, but I don't know what the actual effect will be."

This was the only skill introduction that he couldn't understand.

Lin Xian took a deep breath, raised his hand, and started to use his skills directly towards the sky far away.

Gravitational lens!

As the skill was activated, Lin Xian's face suddenly changed, because at this moment he felt that all the strength in his body was being rapidly drained away. A huge feeling of fatigue came over him like a mountain collapsing, making Lin Xian's face turn a lot paler.

Hiss~

He took a breath of cold air, raised his eyes and saw that a piece of space in the sky a hundred meters above was rapidly distorted, and in an instant, a dazzling halo began to appear in that space.

At this time, the bright area seemed to be twisted along with the sunlight, and began to get brighter and brighter. Then, the next moment, a scorching ray about the thickness of a bucket shot out towards the lake below!

Boom!

The high temperature of the ray directly evaporated a wide area of ​​water, and a large amount of white water vapor rose up!

Lin Xian was stunned when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that when he moved his finger, the ray suddenly swept towards the direction of the train.

"Fuck!"

Buzz!

He was about to stop his gesture, but it was too late. The burning white ray swept directly from the water surface to the land, narrowly passing in front of the Infinite Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive!

At this time, Lin Xian finally ran out of strength and turned off the gravitational lens.

At this moment, he was covered in cold sweat, looking at the rear of the train. A charred path about 1 meter wide swept out a straight black road of several hundred meters. The ground seemed to have been shaved off a layer as thick as a palm. He was immediately shocked and scared.

"Damn it, they almost cut the train!"

Lin Xian was looking at his palm in horror at this moment, thinking that this gravitational lens was simply too awesome, its power was completely overwhelming compared to all his previous skills!

"The only problem is that it's too physically demanding." Lin Xian sat on the roof of the car, breathing heavily. In just two seconds, he felt as exhausted as if he had been tossed around by twenty women all night. It was terrifying!

"If I were at full strength, I should be able to hold on for 3-5 seconds."

Lin Xian pondered, and after using it, he understood how to use this skill. It was indeed as the introduction said, it could distort the light in a space.

"It looks like it's concentrating sunlight into extremely high energy..."

"Yeah." Lin Xian was quite proud at this time, looking at his fingers: "With this skill, I can use it to cause great damage when I encounter strange creatures at night."

Thinking of this, his expression froze, and he asked himself,

"Wait a minute, will there be sunshine at night?"

"It seems not."

"Then can this skill be used when there is no sun?"

"It seems absolutely impossible."

At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly fell silent.

An extremely absurd idea surged wildly in my mind, and it felt like I had invented a solar flashlight.

"Impossible, impossible…" Lin Xian pinched his swollen trigeminal nerve, and kept denying in his heart: "It must be that I haven't found the correct way to use it. If it can only be used during the day, then this skill is really too bad."

What's more, as the Star Abyss spreads, the daytime will become less and less. If this is the case, the opportunities he can use will be even fewer.

"It seems that I can only find another opportunity to test it." Lin Xian was exhausted at this time. This skill was too physically demanding. Just a few seconds might require him to rest for several hours to recover. From this point of view, the cost of testing was too high, and it could not be used when fighting the enemy. What if it didn't work and he wasted his physical strength and died in vain? This operation was equivalent to cerebral palsy.

Lin Xian stood up. Fortunately, he was still wearing power armor, so he was not out of energy. Before reaching Hengshan Pass, Lin Xian returned to the carriage, took a shower, drank a large bottle of water and ate something. After recovering some strength, he was ready to go to the nuclear-powered carriage to find Chen Sixuan. At this time, he suddenly remembered the mysterious containment device he brought back from the foundation.

After bringing it back from the building, Lin Xian placed it in the corner of carriage No. 1. Lin Xian felt it and found that after adding a layer of metal lead sealing box, the body functions would be affected only when it was very close. However, for safety reasons, Lin Xian still planned to seal this thing in the shielding compartment of the nuclear-powered carriage.

Bang.

Lin Xian opened the metal box, and the containment device inside emitted a faint red light. He triggered the matrix code light screen on it, thought for a moment, and then entered all '0'.

[Wrong password]

[Reopening time limit, 23:59:59]

Seeing this, Lin Xian frowned: "Oh my god, there is only one chance to enter the password a day, is it so strict?"

After coming back, KIKI also tried to unlock it using the computer, but failed after trying for a long time.

It seems that this thing is indeed some kind of important item rather than a trap. Moreover, under Lin Xian's mechanical scan, this device is indeed just a simple containment machine. Apart from the contents inside, there is nothing special about it.

However, Lin Xian still remained skeptical. He did not believe that such an important item would be lost. If it were not for the special resonance from his mechanical heart, Lin Xian would never have brought such a suspicious thing on the train.

But there seemed to be no clues now. Lin Xian thought about it and put his hand directly on it, ready to use mechanical swallowing to see if he could directly swallow the containment device.

[Devouring progress 10%]

But as soon as he started to devour, Lin Xian immediately stopped the action, because the containment device was not large, and his mechanical devouring had now been upgraded to level 4, it would only take a few minutes to devour it, so Lin Xian hesitated immediately.

"What on earth is in here that would cause my mechanical heart to react?"

This kind of strange situation was the first time that Lin Xian had ever encountered it, so he was extremely curious.

After studying it for a while, he didn't find anything special, so Lin Xian simply closed the metal box, drove the power armor to pick up the thing, and prepared to carry it to carriage No. 12 to seal it up and wait for another opportunity to deal with it.

"Lin Xian."

When passing carriage No. 4, Ding Junyi, who was concentrating on studying green plants, stood up and called him.

"What's wrong."

"I seem to have discovered my special abilities." Ding Junyi raised his glasses and said seriously.

Hearing this, Lin Xian quickly put down the metal box in his hand, walked over and asked, "What is it?"

Ding Junyi turned sideways and pointed to the cultivation cabin behind her to Lin Xian. Inside, three tender green seedlings had grown out of the soil and were a finger high. The green color stood out particularly on the train.

Lin Xian was surprised when he saw it and asked, "Growing so fast?"

Ding Junyi looked at her watch and said, "To be precise, only 20 minutes have passed from planting the seeds to this stage."

Lin Xian's eyes widened when he heard this: "Ah?"

"I found that my mental attention seemed to be able to capture the breath of these plants, so I tried to increase this attention and affinity. As a result, these three plants grew rapidly at a speed beyond the growth logic of plants. This is the limit of what I can do at present, but it also confirms that my ability should be related to plant growth." Ding Junyi said this with a serious look on her face. She didn't sound too shocked by her discovery of her ability. Instead, she spoke to Lin Xian in an analytical tone.

"It seems that you are very far-sighted in wanting me to grow green plants and vegetables for you. In addition, this ability of mine is probably the first to be discovered in the Federation's superpower research. I have also analyzed the characteristics of this ability. From a functional point of view, this ability may be of some help to the survival of our train, but it will not be of much help in combat and defense against enemies."

Lin Xian was dumbfounded. He stepped forward and grabbed Ding Junyi's shoulders. He said in an incredulous tone, "Can't help? Are you kidding me, Director Ding? Do you know how amazing your supernatural power is?!"

Lin Xian felt like he was going crazy, and he shouted, "The ability to grow plants is, at the most basic level, a creative attribute that combines survival and assistance. But now is the end of the world, and darkness has descended, causing plants all over the world to wither and die. In the future, which is about to enter a wasteland desert, it is not an exaggeration to say that having such an ability is the mother of life!!"

For the Dragon people, who have farming genes deeply in their blood, how could this ability only be of "a little" help?

You are too modest.

Ding Junyi didn't expect Lin Xian to be so excited. She was grabbed by him so fiercely that she was unable to react for a moment.

After hearing Lin Xian's words, she began to come to her senses. She opened her mouth and began to speak incoherently, "This... seems, theoretically speaking... well, it seems so."

Lin Xian looked excited, and said to Ding Junyi, "Director Ding, you must explore your special ability. This carriage No. 4 can be used as a training base or testing ground for your special ability. I think your special ability must have great potential to be explored!"

Ding Junyi's chest rose and fell rapidly as she adjusted her breathing. She quickly calmed down. She looked at Lin Xian and nodded, saying, "You're right. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions so early. Perhaps there are many other characteristics waiting for me to discover."

"Definitely."

Lin Xian was overjoyed. Plant growth, he could even imagine countless development paths at this time. There were hundreds of millions of plants on Blue Star, with countless characteristics. From the perspective of survival alone, that also meant an almost unlimited supply of food, and the most important thing was

fresh food!!

Based on this alone, Director Ding would probably have no problem going to the Phoenix Club to be the Minister of Global Food Supply. How could she not take such a heaven-defying ability seriously?

Baocai, I found a ghost.

"Oh, right." Lin Xian suddenly said seriously, "Director Ding, from now on, it's best to only use your special abilities in the car and not show them to others."

After demonstrating his mechanical manufacturing ability at the airport, he was soon noticed by organizations like the Foundation. He couldn't imagine how much attention Director Ding's ability would attract if others knew about it.

Now Lin Xian has not yet reached a complete cooperation with the Phoenix Society, and there are many different factions among the survivors around the world, so Lin Xian does not want to expose Ding Junyi's abilities too early, which might bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to Infinity.

"I see."

Ding Junyi looked down at Lin Xian's hand that was squeezing her shoulder tighter and tighter, then raised her eyes to look at him with a somewhat inexplicable look.

Lin Xian frowned, he immediately understood the look, which meant:

"Pinch it tighter, I like it very much."

He let go of her hand immediately, otherwise Lin Xian would feel that the way this masochistic woman in the scientific research community looked at him would almost make her feel sick.

"Come on, Director Ding, I'm rooting for you." Lin Xian looked at her with clear eyes, then nodded to Ding Junyi, then picked up the metal box and left.

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian's back as he left, and a rare smile broke out on her flushed face.

"So manly."

Lin Xian walked all the way to carriage No. 12. He found an empty fuel rod storage box and put the metal box in it. With the double layer of insurance, the functional inhibition effect brought by the heavy suspension fluid was finally completely blocked.

Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian coming in and said to him, "What's wrong with you? You were fine just now, but why do you seem so tired now?"

"I just used my mechanical ability." Lin Xian did not hide it from Chen Sixuan and said directly: "But fortunately, there is no effect."

Chen Sixuan looked at him with a little concern, and then said: "You should also take care of your body. You were away all night last night, and everyone is very worried about your safety."

Lin Xian walked over and took Chen Sixuan's hand, saying, "I will try not to take such risks in the future."

"KIKI's ability is very powerful, you should take her with you." Chen Sixuan looked at him and said, "We have been through so many life and death together, so we don't need to rest for one night."

"You forgot that she has a Level 3 mark on her body. We definitely can't take her into danger in this situation."

Chen Sixuan's expression darkened upon hearing this: "Yeah, I almost forgot about this. Sigh... This kind of marking is simply treating us humans as playthings."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at Lin Xian with a full gaze, and said with a firm look: "You...you can actually take me with you. I think I can protect you too."

"Okay." Lin Xian smiled, his heart warmed, and he embraced Chen Sixuan in his arms without saying much.

Just with this hug, Lin Xian could feel that most of his fatigue was swept away.

"We're almost into town."

Hearing the sound of the train merging, Chen Sixuan quickly escaped from Lin Xian's arms, looked ahead and said, "The intersection is not very smooth. We fought hard last night."

Lin Xian looked ahead and saw that the track ahead was filled with all kinds of black winged insects and a large number of crushed zombie corpses. The iron nets and guardrails on both sides of the track were covered with bullet holes and splashing green insect juice and zombie plasma. Swarms of flies were flying everywhere, and the scene was extremely tragic.

The Infinity train slowed down a bit, and soon the Hengshanguan platform where it had stopped before was visible in the distance. At a glance, it could be seen that most of the steel ceiling on the platform had collapsed, and as the train slowly approached, an even more tragic scene began to come into view.

The entire platform and tracks were littered with the bodies of various survivors, with broken limbs and arms scattered all over the ground. A black centipede's body, riddled with holes, was dragged across several tracks. In addition, there were giant fog spiders, white giant monsters with their upper bodies blown off, two winged elytra the size of cars, three-headed spider monsters that had been completely shattered, and even a truck with a broken arm of a red monster stuck in the cockpit...

At first glance, it was extremely tragic.

Chen Sixuan, who had seen many bloody scenes, also had a gloomy expression at this moment.

Lin Xian glanced around the entire platform and could hardly see any intact weapons or cars. Even the green train Yemei had derailed on the platform. Several carriages had overturned and were filled with all kinds of corpses, but the locomotive had disappeared.

Lin Xian frowned: "It seems that someone has come to clean up the battlefield."

The driving locomotive of the Night Charm is a small nuclear-powered engine from the Huanxing mining machine series. If it was there, Lin Xian would definitely take it without hesitation. He had just swallowed the nuclear-powered engine and gained a lot of benefits. Although this engine locomotive is not as good as the 'Night Star 2' nuclear-powered turbine processor of the Dragon transport aircraft, it is much better than ordinary electric locomotives.

But obviously, the battle at Hengshan Pass last night must have attracted the attention of many survivors' shelters nearby, and perhaps there were also convoys passing by from other rail lines. No matter who they were, they were already one step ahead of them.

This behavior is actually not shameful. The survivors are doing it purely out of survival instinct.

"Should we stop here?" Chen Sixuan frowned as she looked at the scene and asked Lin Xian.

Lin Xian shook his head: "Drive forward and find an open area to stop. I need to prepare the train for tonight's situation!"

Bang!

The Infinity train knocked over several carriages that had fallen on the tracks, and accelerated directly through the destroyed station. Not long after, it arrived at a freight track platform at Hengshan Pass, and the Infinity train directly switched off the main line and stopped inside.

In the freight rail station under the sun, there were wandering zombies everywhere. When they heard the shaking sound of the ground train, they rushed over from all directions.

There are many empty carriages parked in the entire freight rail station, most of which are rusted and even the weeds have withered.

In some abandoned houses on the roadside, porcelain cabinets fell into the potholes of the rotten floor, the plates in the cabinets were still neatly stacked, and yellowed baby carriages were soaked in the puddles. The air was filled with the smell of desolation and emptiness.

"It's been so long since the Apocalypse Day. The places we go to will surely become more and more desolate."

Lin Xian glanced at the scene and said, "I remember watching a documentary called "After Humans Disappear". It was about how animals and plants would gradually occupy human cities if humans disappeared three months later. The only difference is that in such a natural disaster, animals and plants would not be spared either. We can still find some traces of living people now, but if it were many years later, it would probably be a wasteland."

"Many years?" Chen Sixuan looked at him dimly: "Didn't the Phoenix Society say that we only have one year?"

Chi!

Lin Xian braked the Infinity train and slowly stopped it. He then looked at Chen Sixuan and said, "Darkness will not be the end of mankind. It will only be the eve of the burning of the spark."

"Shasha, Huoge, Miaolu, clean up the platform and set up a temporary camp!"

"Mr. Chen, you and the building will take people to inspect and clean the train."

"Shuqin, Lu Chang, divide into two teams to check the conditions of the northern and eastern routes out of the city."

"KIKI." Lin Xian gave the task through the communicator, and quickly came to the second carriage and said to KIKI: "Follow me, let's go find someone we know."

Under Lin Xian's arrangement, everyone on the Infinity quickly took action, opened all shooting holes, fired guns, and quickly cleared out the zombies that were swarming in.

Boom!

On the roof, Lu Xingchen leisurely swept his sword finger, and a large amount of flames burned the zombies surrounding the train to ashes. Soon, all the zombies on the freight platform were cleared out.

Miao Lu led several teams to quickly set up outposts on various walls and high towers for observation, and a small train camp was established.

Shuqin, Lu Chang and Lin Xian, three motorcycles drove out in different directions, while Chen Sixuan and Dalou began to clean and repair the train.

After a period of running-in, the Infinity team has begun to have a clear division of positions.

Chen Sixuan is mainly responsible for vehicle clerkship, driving, navigation, and long-range sniping.

Shuqin and Lu Chang, because they are the best and most agile, are mainly used as a quick response team to conduct exploration, search and terrain observation.

Miao Lu and Dalou serve as Chen Sixuan's internal and external assistants, and most of their tasks are parking defense, repairing trains, counting supplies, etc.

Lu Xingchen is the main force in guarding the car. Although he likes to bask in the sun most of the time, Shasha often takes him to search for supplies around the camp.

The duo of Lin Xian and KIKI mainly go out for work. Both of them have strong mobility and combat power, and they cooperate very well. They have escaped from life-and-death crises many times, so they generally don't bring more people with them.

On Lin Xian's side, the motorcycle was speeding all the way, accelerating towards a certain direction in the city.

"Are you so sure that Hu Lushou participated in the foundation's human experiment and won, or are you just guessing?" On the way, KIKI was very curious.

Lin Xian's eyes were deep. "Didn't you notice that the main vehicles in his convoy were all standard SU65 wheeled armored vehicles? Although they had been repainted, I initially thought they were assets of the Federation on the transport ship. Later, I discovered that they were not. Instead, the armored vehicle that Hu Lushou was riding in was the same model as the one that Hua Xiaoling from the SIID Foundation Institute was riding in. I noticed this before and thought it was a coincidence, but when I saw the supplies that the winner of the death game could get, I confirmed this."

"That's weird. Since you can really take away so many supplies if you win the game, how did Tan Meng die?"

Lin Xian looked at the huge gymnasium in front of him, started to speed up his motorcycle, and said in a stern voice

"Then only he knows."

...

Hengshanguan Sports Center.

The entrances here are blocked by layers of wire mesh doors, and many armed sentries are watching each entrance and exit.

Inside the wide stadium, more than 20 off-road vehicles surrounded several heavy trucks. A camp was set up in the middle with a bonfire and a canopy. Hu Lushou was holding a string of sausages and roasting them over the fire for a few rounds. He then took a bite and found it was scalding hot. He quickly hissed, "It's so hot, so hot."

Setting up camp on flat ground is a method that the federal garrison came up with after countless dark nights. In order to avoid surprise attacks by strange entities, they look for flat terrain at night. The field of vision will be wider and they can prevent surprise attacks. This method has now been learned by many survivor convoys.

Although this gymnasium is just a temporary camp for them, people have been assigned to take turns guarding each entrance, and the main emphasis is on safety and caution.

His bodyguard Sun Chang was standing beside him, taking off his mechanical arm and wiping the joint parts without saying a word.

At this moment

, the intercom suddenly rang, and the voice of a subordinate came from it: "Boss Hu, the captain of the Infinite Team is here with his men."

Hearing this, Hu Lushou stood up suddenly and almost choked on the sausage he had just swallowed: "What?"

He immediately looked at Sun Chang who was standing beside him: "Didn't they run away last night? Why are they coming back?"

"I'm afraid he is here with ill intentions!"

Sun Chang pressed her mechanical arm and stood up with a fierce look.

Hu Lushou's face was uncertain. He pressed the intercom and asked, "How many people are here?"

"There are only two of them, and they said they came here to discuss cooperation." said the younger brother on the other end of the walkie-talkie.

"Two people?" Hu Lushou and Sun Chang looked at each other, and he frowned: "What does this mean?"

"Will there be an ambush?" Sun Chang asked immediately.

Hu Lushou looked strange: "Ambush, who would come to ambush in broad daylight with only two people?"

"Don't forget, their team has very powerful psychics!" Sun Chang said sternly, "If they really fight, we may not be their opponents."

Of course Hu Lushou knew this. He had noticed yesterday that although this convoy did not have many people, it was full of hidden talents. There were at least three or four people with special abilities, and there were heavy weapons on board. Although his Fu Lushou convoy was strong and well-equipped, they would have no confidence at all if a real fight broke out.

At this moment, Hu Lushou's expression changed drastically, and he kept thinking,

"Damn, they really came here."

"Are you ready to use force?" Sun Chang's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Hu Lushou hesitated for a moment and raised his hand: "Let's take a look first. We haven't fought to the point of bloodshed, otherwise they wouldn't have let us go yesterday."

After that, he picked up the intercom and said, "Let them come in. Keep an eye on the surroundings and see if there are any other people."

"good."

After finishing his explanation, Hu Lushou winked at Sun Chang again.

Sun Chang nodded and called a few of his men back to the car to ambush.

Soon, the sound of a motorcycle came from far away. The people in Hu Lushou's convoy raised their guns and aimed, but the motorcycle drove directly across the withered lawn of the stadium and drove into the convoy.

"Oh, it's Brother Lin, what do you want to talk to me about?"

As soon as Hu Lushou saw Lin Xian, he immediately put on a flattering look and came up to him with a smile.

"We were attacked by a large number of strange entities at Hengshanguan Station last night. I wanted to ask if you knew about this." Lin Xian and KIKI walked over quickly and got straight to the point as soon as they met.

"This..." Hu Lushou's eyes changed, and he said seriously: "I'm afraid that many survivors' camps in this city have heard the noise. I was thinking about going to support them last night, but I also encountered trouble here..."

Lin Xian was amused when he heard this boasting. This profiteer still wanted to support him. He would not believe it even if he was lying to a ghost.

"What are you in such a hurry for?"

KIKI said: "We are here to gather information and buy things from you. Why are you pointing a gun at us? Is this how you do business?"

She crossed her arms over her chest, raised her finger and waved it. The guns pointed by Hu Lushou's brothers around her were disarmed and flew into the air. Those people quickly jumped up and down to try to grab the guns. The scene looked a bit funny.

Chi, woo!

Sun Chang, who was behind Hu Lushou, took a step forward, arcs flashed on the mechanical arm, and a strong breath rushed towards him.

Upon hearing this, Hu Lushou quickly stretched out his hand to block Sun Chang, looked at Lin Xian and KIKI, put away the fake smile on his face, and said, "Buying things?"

"Of course I'm looking for you to buy something."

Lin Xian said coldly.

"No, buddy, you've bought almost all the food I have here. You have to leave some for us to survive." Hu Lushou smiled helplessly and laid his cards on the table.

Lin Xian glanced at the people around him and then signaled to KIKI.

Pop.

KIKI snapped her fingers, and the guns fell down again. Seeing this, Hu Lushou quickly waved his hand and asked his brothers to take the guns and leave. At this time, he looked at KIKI with fear in his eyes.

This ability seems to be too powerful, and ordinary evolvers seem to have no ability to fight back at all.

So Hu Lushou could only adopt a good attitude and try his best not to cause conflict between the two sides.

"This time I'm not looking for food. I want to buy some supplies from you to keep warm." Seeing that the other party had withdrawn, Lin Xian directly explained his purpose: "I also want to ask you something."

"Winter-proof supplies? You're going to take the two lines in the northeast?" Hu Lushou reacted immediately.

Lin Xian nodded: "About the same."

"We do have some of these, but..." Hu Lushou looked at Lin Xian with some embarrassment: "These things are in short supply now, and we can't exchange them for the Spark Rifle."

"Why? Didn't you want to collect them all yesterday?" KIKI smiled with some gloating.

Hu Lushou immediately felt a headache when he heard this, and quickly begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, two big brothers, I really didn't know you were running a military factory, if that was the case, I would never come to clear your warehouse, now I have so many automatic rifles here, four or five for each person, they are too short to use as crutches, too long to use as chopsticks, and last night there was an outbreak of strange bodies, many of the survivors around ran away at dawn, now I don't know who to sell them to!"

Lin Xian glanced at Sun Chang behind him, and then said to Hu Lushou: "Boss Hu, your people must have picked up a lot of supplies from those unlucky convoys at the station."

Hu Lushou was stunned: "How... did you know?"

KIKI picked up a communicator and pressed it meaningfully. Then it started beeping. "You guys picked up all the communication equipment we sold. You searched them very carefully."

Hu Lushou's face immediately changed, he took two steps back, and waved his hand quickly.

"This attack has nothing to do with us. Besides, everyone is dead. It's understandable that the survivors are picking up supplies. We are all trying to survive!"

Seeing his reaction, Lin Xian frowned immediately: "Did we say it has anything to do with you?"

"Well..."

Hu Lushou heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Lin Xian's words: "Oh brother, you scared me to death, I thought you were here to seek revenge. Hey, speaking of this, I want to ask, what on earth happened to you last night? Why did you suffer so badly?"

"This is a large-scale attack by strange entities in the dark night. I suspect this is not a coincidence and may be related to a certain organization." Lin Xian said bluntly.

"Organization? What's the connection with the weird entity?"

"I'm not sure about the details." Lin Xian looked at Hu Lushou and Sun Chang and said meaningfully, "But I know there is a mysterious research institute in Qingshui Town called the Foundation Organization. Have you heard of it?"

Hu Lushou's face changed immediately when he heard this, and Sun Chang beside him also frowned sharply.

"Research Institute? I haven't heard of it." He forced a smile: "Why do you think I know?"

"Stop pretending." KIKI said directly, "We know you are the deputy captain of the Yunxiang, and we also know that you have been to that research institute. We came to you just to exchange information. There is no need to play tricks on you."

The smile on Hu Lushou's face froze instantly. He and Sun Chang looked at each other, and then his face began to turn cold.

Sun Chang looked at Lin Xian and asked, "Why are you looking for us?"

"We went to that research institute yesterday and learned about the Hatter's death game. Now the institute is deserted."

Lin Xian said directly: "So my purpose for looking for you is very simple. In addition to buying things, I want to know some information about that research institute. I wonder if you know a woman named Tan Meng."

"What? That research institute is gone?" Hu Lushou was shocked when he heard that.

Seeing Hu Lushou's reaction, Lin Xian and KIKI were now certain that their guess was correct.

"He should have run away. I don't know the specific circumstances." Lin Xian didn't want to waste time talking, so he simply told the other party about the situation at the research institute.

Hu Lushou had a complicated expression when he learned of the situation. He was silent for a while and then looked at Lin Xian.

"You were invited to the institute? Why?"

"Now I'm asking you." Lin Xian lost his patience: "Can you be more straightforward?"

Hu Lushou curled his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said directly,

"Yes, I was indeed the deputy captain of the Yunxiang. At that time, we encountered a strange object in the air and were forced to land in a forest outside Qingshui Town, but we hit an invisible building and crashed into Qingshui Town. When I woke up, I was already in that research institute..."

Hu Lushou came straight to the point. He rolled his eyes and looked at Lin Xian: "What do you want to know? But let's make a deal. I will charge for my information, including the cold-weather supplies you want to buy, but I don't want an automatic rifle."

"What do you want?" Lin Xian asked.

"Large-caliber weapons, 1130 close-in defense guns, Gatling electric rotary machine guns, and the power armor on you." Hu Lushou asked for a huge amount of money.

Lin Xian laughed when he heard this: "You want to exchange so many things for one piece of information?"

"Robbery!" KIKI took a step forward and immediately prepared to grab Hu Lushou.

Hu Lushou quickly pulled the stool back, waving his hands frantically, "No, no, no, what I mean is, I only have these things in exchange with you, I don't want all of them."

"Gatling gun is fine, but forget about the others, they are not worth that much money." Lin Xian could see that Hu Lushou was just testing him. How could he really exchange 1130 with him? Although he was envious, Hu Lushou knew that the only thing he could exchange was the Gatling gun, so he said that deliberately.

"Really?" Hu Lushou's eyes lit up. He was very interested in this kind of high-firepower weapon. With one, the combat effectiveness of his team would be greatly enhanced, and ordinary C-class monsters would be basically difficult to resist.

"Okay, I'll take one in exchange for intelligence, and three in exchange for cold-weather supplies for 30 people, including federal standard cold-weather clothing, body temperature maintenance devices, thick quilts, snow goggles, snow boots, and 6,000 rounds of ammunition. How about that?"

Hu Lushou and Sun Chang were stunned when they heard this.

With 4 Gatling guns, the firepower is simply super strong, no less than the heavy firepower projection of a company.

Hu Lushou's heart skipped a beat and he took a deep breath in excitement.

"Gatlin, do you have so many?"

"Change or not, stop talking nonsense."

"Change!" Hu Lushou shouted immediately.

"Okay, go ahead." Lin Xian leaned back in the stool and gestured to Hu Lushou, indicating that he could start talking.

"say what?"

Hu Lushou was stunned. A gust of autumn wind swept past him. He looked at Lin Xian and said, "Brother, you haven't even taken out your stuff yet. Are you going to buy it on credit?"

He looked and saw that the other party was riding a motorcycle. It didn't look like there were four Gatling guns.

KIKI next to Lin Xian didn't show any intention of taking anything. The two of them just looked at him as if they were preparing to eat a free meal.

Good man, they are making a fool of him.

Hu Lushou's face immediately turned cold.

"Are you kidding me?"

Lin Xian looked at Hu Lushou, took a deep breath, and then suddenly raised his hand.

His action frightened Hu Lushou immediately. At the same time, several people suddenly emerged from the corners with guns in their hands, and Sun Chang suddenly jumped out with the mechanical arm in his hand flashing with electric light.

Buzz!

At this moment, KIKI suddenly attacked, a shock wave blasted several people away, snatched the gun from their hands, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to grab Sun Chang in the air.

But Sun Chang was extremely powerful. Flames suddenly spurted out from the elbow of her mechanical arm. The huge recoil force allowed her to break free from KIKI's restraints and she punched KIKI.

Bang!

But at this moment, a heavy door suddenly appeared in front of KIKI. Sun Chang punched it, creating a huge dent, but KIKI standing behind it was unscathed.

"stop!"

Just as Sun Chang was preparing for the next move, Hu Lushou suddenly called him.

From his gaze, Lin Xian did not attack him. He used his right hand to create a thick iron wall in front of KIKI, and a light curtain in his left hand. Countless materials flew out quickly, forged, and assembled. Soon, a Roarer K23 electric rotary machine gun was assembled.

Bang~, carrying a scorching breath, this heavy firepower Gatling gun fell directly in front of Hu Lushou.

The more Hu Lushou looked at it, the more interesting his expression became. He was filled with surprise, shock, fear, and finally, he even had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

"This…this…"

"Don't you want Gatling?" Lin Xian's eyes flickered: "Give me 20 minutes."

Because he had prepared the materials in advance, his manufacturing speed was now extremely fast. Soon, four brand new Gatling guns appeared in front of Hu Lushou.

"What kind of supernatural power do you have?!" Sun Chang looked incredulous: "You can actually create weapons out of thin air!?"

Lin Xian glanced at Sun Chang's robotic arm and said, "Your robotic arm is pretty good. Give me some time and I can build one for you."

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Hu Lushou sat down on the

stool. He looked back at his truck, then at the Gatling gun in front of him. Before he could say anything, Lin Xian said, "No need to guess. The batch of Spark 26 fully automatic tactical rifles I sold to you were made by me. I didn't rob the arsenal because I am the arsenal."

"Oh my god!!!" Hu Lushou was stunned and looked at Lin Xian in horror, hesitating, "You… your ability is too amazing."

"good."

Lin Xian's face darkened slightly. He was in no mood to joke with him at this moment. He said, "Okay, here are the things. Tell me."

Hu Lushou's eyes changed, and he looked at Lin Xian silently. His expression was very interesting at this moment. He pondered for a moment, waved to Sun Chang, and then they walked over together and said, "Well, I don't know much. I was locked up in that research institute at that time, just like what you saw, and participated in the game of the Hatter. In that batch of games, only Sun Chang and I survived."

When saying this, Hu Lushou's expression lost its previous shrewdness and his eyes became a little heavy.

"So you took the supplies and formed a convoy together?" KIKI asked.

"Yes."

Hu Lushou seemed to be somewhat resistant to the response in the research institute: "At that time, I thought I was dead, but who knew that after we won, they actually gave us a lot of supplies."

He looked at Lin Xian and said seriously: "We were imprisoned in that research institute at the beginning. There are many survivors there. As far as I know, not everyone is doing the same games or experiments as us. That research institute is very weird. The things they are researching are very mature, such as superpowers, strange bodies, human ghosts, and night invasions. They seem to be much more advanced than the underground city laboratory of the Federation. We all have a feeling..."

Hu Lushou said seriously: "That means they have been studying darkness for at least more than 10 years."

Lin Xian and KIKI's eyes narrowed when they heard this. He remembered what Director Ding had said to him inside, and now what Hu Lushou said seemed to confirm this even more.

"How could that be? The Apocalypse has only happened for less than half a year. How could they have studied it for more than 10 years?"

Hu Lushou shrugged and said with a wry smile: "I don't know, we are just guessing. Such a large research institute is completely unknown in our federal system. This also surprises me."

"What's so surprising about this?" KIKI asked.

Hu Lushou said seriously, "As a military unit, our Yunxiang ship has the highest airspace rights in the Federation, but it crashed into the sky of the research institute at a low altitude. Isn't it strange enough that such a large base is not in our system? You can't tell me that the base was built in three months."

Lin Xian was silent for a moment after hearing this. He had asked Hua Xiaoling this question before, and the other party told him that this research institute used to be a large-scale military project in cooperation with the Federation. In fact, he always felt that something was wrong. When he heard Hu Lushou talk about it, he realized that the collision of the Dragon transport ship did look very strange, and a federal ship could not be unaware of the location markings of such a cooperative unit.

It now seems that the SIID Foundation is not an organization at all on the same side as the Federation and the Phoenix Order.

"As for the girl named Tan Meng you mentioned, I really don't know her. What happened to her?" Hu Lushou said.

KIKI said: "She was placed in some kind of submersible and entered Shijiu Lake for experiments. From what I know, she should be a person with special abilities."

Hu Lushou frowned and shook his head.

"What kind of a hell of an experiment is this? Since she won the game, didn't she leave?"

"So I'm here to ask you." Lin Xian said speechlessly.

"I really don't know about that." Hu Lushou spread his hands and said, "In fact, I also find it a little incredible that we can leave. Maybe they think she has other values. After all, you also said that she has supernatural powers. Maybe she is also very beautiful, hehe."

Lin Xian's eyes narrowed when he heard this. Come to think of it, the woman named Tan Meng was indeed quite pretty and had a good temperament. She also had the ability to fly.

"That's all?"

"That's all." Hu Lushou said directly, "I've told you everything I know."

He looked at Lin Xian: "Now I know why they invited you, brother. With such a supernatural power, you must have great potential. Logically speaking, you should know more than a prisoner like me. Is what I know useful to you?"

Lin Xian stood up and said, "It's really useless. Let your people prepare the supplies I want and send them to the freight terminal."

When Hu Lushou saw Lin Xian leaving, he immediately became anxious: "Hey, we agreed on four Gatling guns, don't go back on your word. Since we're making a deal, we Dragons won't fool Dragons!"

"No, I'll give it to you. If we have the chance in the future, I'll look for you to cooperate with me." After Lin Xian said this to KIKI, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Hey hey hey!"

Hu Lushou suddenly stopped Lin Xian at this time: "Wait, I, Old Hu, don't like to do business that cheats people. It just so happens that I have some information here. You want to go to the Northeast and the two lines. Although it has nothing to do with the foundation, it will definitely be useful to you. I'll give it to you for free. How about it?!"

Lin Xian stopped and asked curiously, "Oh, what information?"

Hu Lushou came over at this time, his eyes flickering, and in front of Lin Xian and KIKI, he lowered his voice mysteriously and said

"Do you know what the Phoenix Society is doing in Parma Prairie this time?"

"Isn't it just about blocking the S-level weird body?" KIKI crossed his arms and said, "Is this what you want to say?"

"Don't worry."

Hu Lushou looked mysterious and chuckled, "As far as I know, this operation in Parma Grassland is a large-scale experiment by the Phoenix Society against S-level weird entities. It is said to be one of the resistance operations, called... the Emperor Project!"

"The Emperor's Project?"

"That's right!"

Hu Lushou said, "Before the federal government was dismantled, there were two doomsday plans, which are now known to many people as the Underground City Dawn Plan and the Superpower Angel Plan. But there is actually another plan, which was originally proposed by the Interstellar Military Group Command. It plans to mobilize all human technological resources to manufacture powerful war weapons, thereby dealing a devastating blow to dark creatures. This Emperor Plan is divided into two directions, namely, mass production of drones - Iron Swarm, and manufacturing of super-large human war weapons - Planet Titans!"

Hu Lushou looked at Lin Xian: "Recently, I have specially collected the content of the operation on the Parma Grassland. The original purpose was to prepare for migration and evacuation, so I found that the operation on the Parma Grassland this time is very likely to be an experiment to release super-large human weapons!"

Lin Xian's expression changed when he heard this: "Super-large human weapon? How big is it?"

"Who knows." Hu Lushou shrugged: "But given the current situation, I think it has failed."

He looked at Lin Xian and said, "Brother, with abilities like yours, you are definitely the perfect candidate for the Emperor's plan. I think if you find the Phoenix Society, you will definitely be highly regarded. With such an opportunity, why would you still run around everywhere? Hehe, how about it, isn't this information more valuable than the previous one?"

Lin Xian looked at Hu Lushou with interest. He didn't expect that this seemingly snobbish guy was actually quite principled. This information was a complete extra gain.

"This is very useful information, thank you."

"Okay, I'll have someone load the cold-weather supplies for you right away. Brother Lin, can we say that we have a pleasant cooperation?" Hu Lushou stretched out his hand to Lin Xian and said with a licking smile.

Lin Xian shook hands with him and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

After saying that, he rode away with KIKI.

Seeing Lin Xian leave, Hu Lushou put away the smile on his face and said to Sun Chang beside him: "I didn't expect that in addition to the telekinesis system, there is another such an awesome supernatural power."

"It seems that the Foundation's Research Institute also has taken a fancy to this point." Sun Chang said directly.

Hu Lushou nodded: "With this kind of ability, no matter which force it is, they will definitely compete to recruit him. Damn, he can create a Gatling gun out of thin air. He is more powerful than a production line!"

Sun Chang suddenly looked at Hu Lushou: "Why did you tell him about the Emperor's plan?"

"Isn't he a mechanical superpower?" Hu Lushou shrugged: "It's better to make a friend than an enemy, and this friend is very special."

After saying that, he immediately said to Sun Chang: "Prepare the convoy and leave the city before dark."

"Leave now? Which direction?"

"Let's go south and chase after Silent City." Hu Lushou licked his lips, his eyes flashing with cunning: "That huge mobile mechanical city has cooperation with the Phoenix Order and the Federation, so I'm sure they are also interested in this information..."

"And a mechanical mutant!"

...

Infinity, the cold-resistant supplies have been delivered to the car for loading. Now the team members in the living area have begun to lay thick quilts in their nests, preparing for the upcoming extreme cold weather. Winter clothes and snow boots have also been distributed. Chen Sixuan was called by Lin Xian to car No. 2.

Lin Xian gathered everyone together, synchronized the information just obtained, and prepared to discuss the next route.

"It can now be basically confirmed that the marking bait at the station last night is related to the Foundation." Lin Xian said: "This may be an experiment, or it may be a warning. This means that the crisis facing mankind may not only be darkness itself."

"Are we being targeted?" Shuqin frowned.

"Won't."

Ding Junyi stood in the back and said, "For the Adventists, all survivors may be enemies who prevent them from building a new civilization. They are unacceptable from the standpoints of the Federation and the Order of the Phoenix. As for Lin Xian, they probably took a fancy to his abilities and may be recruiting him for more purposes."

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Xian said bluntly: "We have encountered convoys of thugs who target survivors before. For us, survival is the first priority."

"So what should we do now?" Chen Sixuan said, "KIKI and Director Ding have level 3 marks on their bodies. We are likely to be attacked tonight."

Lin Xian nodded: "So I will fix the electromagnetic cannon this afternoon, and I will also supplement the firepower of the mecha. KIKI~ you pick a few people and start the mecha to test the mecha co-modulus coefficient later. Let's practice in advance."

He is now wearing power armor, which can greatly enhance his combat power. If he only drives the mecha, it is equivalent to having one less person, so Lin is now preparing to find a suitable person to drive the mecha, especially a teammate who does not have special powers.

Ordinary people drive war mechas, while those with special abilities or those who evolve wear full-coverage armor. In this way, everyone can become a strong combat force. This is Lin Xian's long-term plan.

"Great!" KIKI immediately became excited when he heard that he could drive a mecha.

"Lin Xian, which route should we take tonight?" Chen Sixuan nodded, her expression becoming determined.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian opened the map on his mobile terminal with a serious expression.

The direction in which the team moves has a direct bearing on life and death.

"At present, the southern route has the lowest risk factor. It is far away from the extreme cold vortex. The biggest hidden danger is that it will be close to the spreading edge of the No. 7 Star Abyss. If we follow the original plan and take the main route of the eastward ring orbit, we will be close to the Egret Plain Swamp. According to intelligence, there are S-level strange bodies. We have a level 3 mark on us and have not yet removed it, so the risk is the greatest."

"The last one is the northern route, which is also quite dangerous. First of all, there is the extreme cold vortex. Both routes have entered the blizzard disaster. In addition, taking the northern route does not mean that you can definitely avoid the S-level weird body..."

Since the dark mark appeared, the escape route is no longer just a simple line of running to darkness, or escaping to wherever is safe.

There is no absolute safety in the darkness, and the dark mark on his body forces Lin Xian to make a choice.

Once you have the dark mark, you can no longer just run away. If you fail to deal decisively with some solvable strange entities, then the mark will be like a sword of Damocles that is always suspended above the Infinity, constantly overlapping and increasing the risk of destruction. No one knows if after escaping this darkness, the next time you are in the area will attract some kind of terrifying and unknown existence because of the mark.

When must you escape and when must you fight? If you can find this dark pattern, Infinity might be able to have peaceful and safe nights just like it did when it left Yu Town, and gain a lot of benefits.

But if the wrong choice is made, the outcome may be like the fire convoy that disappeared out of thin air, with hundreds of people not even leaving a sign of struggle.

At this time, in Carriage No. 2, everyone's eyes were on Lin Xian, and the air became a little quiet.

Huh~

Lin Xian exhaled lightly and broke the silence,

"I've decided. I'll take the northern route, pass Xilan, bypass the No. 5 Star Abyss, and go through the Western Gobi Desert to enter Quancheng."

"Northern line? Is it because of the Phoenix Society?" Chen Sixuan immediately understood Lin Xian's purpose.

"That's one of them." Lin Xian nodded and said in a deep voice, "First of all, Xilan is the closest to us among all the official doomsday bases of the Phoenix Order. In addition to the matter of the [Dark Mark], we also need to exchange many things from the Phoenix Order. I think the Night Walker Organization in Parma Grassland is likely to move closer to Xilan, so if we can contact the Night Walker Organization, we may be able to obtain information related to superpowers and blood essence."

Another point is that Lin Xian is indeed very interested in the Emperor's Plan that Hu Lushou mentioned, the super-large human weapon. He can even feel his mechanical heart trembling.

This plan does sound reasonable. In addition to relying on supernatural powers to fight back, the most important thing for humans is definitely to rely on their own industrial technology to launch an all-round counterattack. Mechas and drones are definitely a powerful weapon. As long as the industrial fire is protected and drones are manufactured in large quantities, arming humans with mechas and armor seems to be the most practical of all routes. Therefore, Lin Xian is not surprised that Phoenix will have such a plan.

So he did not choose the safest route. In addition to the Phoenix Society, he also had some expectations to get in touch with the high-end combat power of human technology. Even Hua Xiaoling once said to him, "Artificial intelligence and high-tech fields are the only remaining will of human civilization." After obtaining the Vulcan mecha, Lin Xian recognized this more deeply.

The research and development of superpowers is a completely unfamiliar field, and genetic evolution is still in its exploratory stage, but the mechanical industry is the most powerful and promising means of human civilization!

"Wow~" Sasha rubbed her hands excitedly, "I heard there are a lot of uninhabited areas over there. It looks like we're going to have a long adventure."

Shuqin had just taken the northern route to scout the route, and now said: "The track out of the city on the northern route is unobstructed, and there are more zombies gathered there, but once you leave the city, the terrain is more open."

Chen Sixuan nodded: "We have enough supplies now, so we are not afraid of a snowstorm." She took out her driving record and said

"We now have all the cold-weather supplies. If we have two meals a day, we can last at least 42 days. We also have a medical cabin. In addition, we have clothes, snow goggles, temperature maintenance devices, gloves, masks, goggles, soap, shampoo, sanitary napkins, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other hygiene daily necessities. We even brought back some entertainment items such as playing cards, books, music players, etc. In general, we have basically everything we need in the car."

Lin Xian was a little surprised: "So many, it seems that everyone has considered it very carefully."

"Where's the water?" Ding Junyi stood up and asked.

"The car already has a water circulation and purification system, so we don't need to store extra water, right?" KIKI said with a puzzled look on his face.

Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi: "Director Ding, is there any problem?"

Ding Junyi raised her glasses and said, "The information I've been paying attention to these past two days is that the snowstorm brought by the extreme cold vortex is unprecedented. There are a few problems we need to pay attention to in advance. The first is deep snow. The snow accumulation in some areas has exceeded 1.2 meters. At present, because the snowstorm is still increasing, some convoys are completely buried and cannot pass at all. Except for crawler vehicles and our rail vehicles, which can barely pass, basically no one can pass. Although we have ice shields, we definitely can't drive fast because of the road conditions and snow."

"Second, there are unknown creatures in the blizzard, which some survivors call snow monsters. It is not clear what kind of existence they are and what kind of threat they pose. We must pay special attention to them."

"Third, the snow water that was attacked by darkness is polluted. Although we have a water purifier, the information I received from the survivors' radio station seems to be much more serious than the previous snowstorm on the Dazhu Plateau. I suggest that we use the bottled purified water we had before to reserve more in case we cannot get water and the drinking water in the car runs out."

Ding Junyi's analysis made everyone's expressions become complicated. Chen Sixuan nodded and looked at Lin Xian: "Director Ding is right. I have the same feeling. This snowstorm may be much more serious than we thought."

"Um."

Lin Xian groaned for a moment, "That's great. Let's store more drinking water and fill up the water tank. In addition, we can adjust the water rationing every day according to our actual situation to avoid shortages."

It's more than 40 degrees below zero, and heating is also a big problem. If the nuclear-powered locomotive breaks down now, Lin Xian's Mechanical Heart alone can't supply heating to 14 carriages for even an hour. Moreover, heating the entire car will inevitably lead to faster water loss. The demand for drinking water and sanitary water is also not small. These are all things that need to be taken into consideration.

"Let's arrange it this way."

Lin Xian looked at his watch and said, "We need to hurry up. There may be another fierce battle tonight. Teacher Chen, you and Shuqin will be responsible for the preparations. KIKI, you pick a few people to start the mechas and conduct the mecha co-modulus test. Let's practice in advance. I need to get the electromagnetic railgun out now, and I need to get some more ammunition."

"good!"

"clear!"

After all the arrangements were made, everyone felt a sense of urgency that a storm was about to come, and they began to act according to Lin Xian's arrangements.

Although the sun was shining brightly in the temporary camp at the freight terminal, there was not much warmth. A bleak cold wind began to rage in Hengshanguan City. The temperature dropped several degrees overnight, and the Infinity crew also put on thick clothes.

After Lin is ready to manufacture the extreme energy capacitor of the G-3 electromagnetic railgun, he will also have to upgrade the sealing of all the joints of the train to ensure the warmth inside the carriage. In addition, bullets are a big consumer of bullets. The 1130 close-in defense gun, the Vulcan mecha, and the several Growler K23 electric rotary machine guns in the car are all big consumers of bullets.

Just thinking about Lin Xian makes him feel the pressure of having a long way to go.

After assigning the tasks, Lin Xian did not waste a single minute and started manufacturing the subsequent systems of the electromagnetic gun in carriage No. 2. Only 40% of his physical strength had recovered, but he had no time to rest.

Who knows what kind of emergency will happen tonight? Knowing that the Dark Mark is in the car, the feeling of dealing with the crisis makes everyone feel a little uneasy.

Click~

Materials from the preparation factory and decomposition center kept flying out, and various precision circuits were quickly manufactured and printed in front of Lin Xian according to the blueprint of the Mechanical Heart. A large-scale extreme energy capacitor device gradually took shape.

This thing occupies a large area and has a lot of high-voltage wire pipes, and the demand for materials is even greater. In order to configure this thing, Lin Xian had to arrange an isolation device in carriage No. 2 to block ionizing radiation. After all, KIKI and Sasha still live here.

Although the electromagnetic railgun is a big electricity consumer, it is still within the tolerance range for the Infinity, which has a Gemini nuclear-powered locomotive. However, Lin Xian is also considering backup plans for this issue while manufacturing it.

After coming out of Underground City No. 9, Lin Xian believed that Infinity had almost solved the problem of energy sustainability, but now he also had to worry.

Once a nuclear-powered locomotive breaks down or is damaged, Lin Xian's mechanical heart alone will not be able to support the long-term endurance of such a large train. The internal systems of traction, electric knife, power supply, heating, weapon station, and water circulation are becoming more and more complicated. It is no longer as simple as when he just came out of Jiang City and only needed to drive the train forward and then light a lamp.

"Energy needs a backup subsystem." Lin Xian thought as he made the high-energy capacitor.

"There is also the issue of the drive system. Modifying polar all-terrain tracks is a huge project. Although it can avoid the hidden dangers of tracks, the energy consumption is much greater than driving on tracks..."

"It seems that these problems can only be solved by either contacting the Phoenix Society or going to Dawn City."

Lin Xian calmed down and simply freed up one hand to start making bullets and ammunition, trying to improve his efficiency by doing two things at the same time with this simplest product.

Buzz~

A fluorescent light appeared in the palm of his left hand. As the mechanical heart turned, bullets began to fall.

Lin Xian gritted his teeth and tried to adapt to this operation. Due to distraction, the speed of making bullets could not be increased at all, and even the speed of making high-energy capacitors was affected.

He suppressed the confusion in his mind and tried his best to stay calm, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Gradually, the manufacturing speed of both hands began to increase a bit, returning to 90% of the normal speed. Even so, he was now manufacturing with both hands, and the overall efficiency had been greatly improved.

A large number of bullets began to be produced, and at the same time, the energy capacitor also reached the final stage.

bite.

[Manufacturing completed - G3 electromagnetic railgun extreme energy capacitor group]

Lin Xian opened his eyes and looked at the large black equipment group in front of him with excitement. He let out a long sigh: "Finally~"

So he stopped the bullet-making work on his left hand and connected and debugged the equipment group and the electromagnetic main gun first.

Not long after.

Woo~

The top hatch of the weapon station in carriage No. 2 opened, the electromagnetic cannon slowly rose up, the acceleration track line began to light up with a blue light, and a surging power seemed to be ready to go!

"Wow, the electromagnetic railgun configuration is complete!!"

On the open space outside the platform, a dozen young people were surrounding the Vulcan mecha. When KIKI, Shasha, Miao Lu and others heard the movement of the train, they looked back and were all surprised and spoke with joy.

"Our firepower is strong again."

"Captain Lin is awesome!"

"Of course!" KIKI looked at the cannon with a proud look on his face: "Someone did a good job, what an efficiency~"

"Okay, okay, whose turn is it?" KIKI glanced at them and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, everyone who wants to drive a mecha, come and try it."

As she spoke, her eyes caught a busy figure in the distance and she flew over immediately.

"Sister Chen, do you want to try and test your common mode coefficient index?"

Chen Sixuan was busy cleaning the water tank of the train with her team. When she heard what KIKI said, she turned around and looked at the huge war weapon. She quickly shook her head and refused, "I don't need it. I'm not very good at this and I'm definitely not qualified. I won't waste your time."

"Okay~"

"How did your test go?" Chen Sixuan asked when she saw that she had called a lot of people.

KIKI looked back and sighed, "Most of them are unqualified, only Lü Chang, Miao Lu, and Xiao Yuan are better. Driving a mecha is different from wearing a battle armor. Driving a mecha is more troublesome and puts a heavier burden on nerve control."

"Among the three of them, I thought Lü Chang had the best conditions, but I didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be even better. She actually tested out a level 2 common coefficient, which means she is very talented. Lü Chang and Miao Lu are both level 1, so I can only say that there is no problem with normal driving."

"What about you?" Chen Sixuan looked at her: "Aren't you the one who wants to open the most? Aren't you qualified too?"

"How is that possible!"

KIKI put her hands on her hips, raised her little face, and said proudly: "Sister Chen, you underestimate me. I am a genius girl, so of course I am the first one to be tested."

She raised three fingers and waved them in front of Chen Sixuan's eyes: "I'm rated level 3 in common coefficient, what do you think? Awesome, right?"

Chen Sixuan's eyes widened when she heard this: "So amazing, what is level 3?"

"To put it simply, it's about matching and sensitivity. Mechas are machines after all, and they're not as flexible as humans. The larger the mecha, the more difficult it is to control. There are many integrated systems, and there are several engine units on one leg. The higher the neural matching requirements for flexible control, for example, some people are born with a weak sense of direction or undeveloped motor nerves, so they can't drive a mecha at all, and driving is a big hassle." KIKI explained proudly.

Chen Sixuan nodded. She herself didn't have a strong idea about this mecha, but at this moment she could still feel the genius side of KIKI.

"KIKI~" Chen Sixuan looked at the large mecha in the distance and said to KIKI, "If that's the case, will you be the one driving this mecha from now on? I think your abilities are so strong, wouldn't it be a bit of a waste if you drive a mecha?"

KIKI smiled and waved her hand: "Oh~ I just like to play. It's okay to drive occasionally, but I usually like to fly everywhere."

For KIKI, she is interested in these things as if they were game toys, full of novelty. Of course, she also knows that her telekinesis ability is more cost-effective when used alone, but she is troubled by the fact that there is no mecha pilot with a higher commensurate coefficient assessment level in the team.

Woo~squeak! Bang-bang!

At this moment, the Vulcan mech suddenly made a sound of movement. KIKI and Chen Sixuan looked over and saw that the Vulcan mech was moving quickly, retreating, turning around, and raising its arms. It was very agile.

After becoming proficient for a while, he even tried to sprint, and then completed a very smooth jump!

Bang!

Smoke and dust rose up, and the onlookers were all surprised and applauded.

"Who is this?" KIKI widened his eyes and flew over quickly. Even Chen Sixuan looked over there curiously.

Chi~

After the mecha landed smoothly, the heavy Zangkai was slowly lifted up. At this time, a little face full of joy appeared in everyone's sight.

[New driver neural connection commonality coefficient evaluation level: 4]

A loud metallic voice sounded at the same time, and Sasha stood up from the cockpit and looked at KIKI who was flying over with a look of surprise,

"Sister KIKI, I got 4 points!!"

KIKI saw Sasha sitting in the cockpit at this time, and couldn't help but open her mouth with surprise. She stood directly at the cockpit door, stretched out her hands and pinched Sasha's face: "Good for you, at such a young age, you are even better than your sister KIKI. I asked you to try and you climbed up?"

She lectured him, but her eyes were filled with joy: "Come on, I'll take you to find your brother Lin."

"Oh~ I was wrong, I just wanted to give it a try~" Sasha begged for mercy immediately after hearing that, but KIKI didn't care at all, he just picked her up and walked excitedly into the car.

In carriage No. 2, Lin was packing the manufactured ammunition into boxes and letting the PX-05 robot tow them away for assembly.

At this time, KIKI was seen running in with Sasha.

"Lin Xian, look, I found you a level 4 genius mecha pilot~"

Lin Xian was very surprised when he heard that and looked over, only to see that the person behind KIKI was Sasha.

"Sasha?"

"Yeah, this little girl is even better than me!"

Lin Xian looked at Sasha. The little girl glanced at him secretly, then quickly looked away and giggled.

"If I remember correctly, this Vulcan mecha belongs to the heavy mecha series. To be able to use this mecha to test and reach level 4, it is definitely a genius level."

Moreover, Sasha is only 12 years old. She has not received any special mecha driving training, but she can have this level of commonality coefficient performance. Just thinking about it, you can tell that she is full of talent.

"Yes, yes, how about letting her drive this mecha?" KIKI suggested directly.

Lin Xian looked at KIKI thoughtfully, and then said to Shasha: "Shasha, do you want to drive a mecha?"

"Me? It's all right. I'll follow your arrangements, Brother Lin." Sasha looked at Lin Xian with a sensible face.

Lin Xian nodded: "Well, it's possible, but isn't Shasha too young..."

"What do you mean small? How can she be small? She's better than the others." Seeing Lin Xian's hesitation, KIKI became anxious: "I'm only level 3, Xiaoyuan and Lu Chang are only level 1 or 2. Shasha must be the most suitable. When she usually goes out to fight zombies with a howitzer, why don't you think she's small?"

Shasha didn't expect KIKI to be so excited, and quickly took her hand and said, "Sister KIKI, I'm not a child anymore~"

Lin Xian smiled faintly, and naturally saw through KIKI's thoughts. In fact, she just wanted Sasha to fight in a heavily armored mecha so that she could be safer. Lin Xian completely understood her desire to protect her child.

However, he did not expose it. Since Sasha could reach the level 4 commonality coefficient rating, Lin Xian would of course give priority to Sasha to drive. He had even thought about this before. Sasha was clever, proficient in weapons, and brave. Lin Xian would feel more at ease if he let her drive the mecha to support from the rear. It would be much safer than having her run after him with a howitzer backpack on her back.

"Okay, let Sasha drive then."

Lin Xian said directly to Shasha: "Shasha, you should take advantage of the daytime to get more familiar with the driving system. I will restock the ammunition of the Vulcan mecha before dark."

"Really? Yeah!!!"

Sasha's eyes lit up when she heard that, and she jumped up with joy.

"You have good vision." KIKI was satisfied and blinked at Lin Xian. Then she immediately prepared to take Shasha to practice mecha operation.

But halfway through the walk, she suddenly turned back.

"By the way, you drove it last night. What was your eumorphic coefficient level?"

"Level 5."

Lin Xian lowered his head to tidy up the wiring harness of the electromagnetic gun and said seriously.

KIKI's eyes widened when he heard that and he was stunned.

Lin Xian looked up at her and said calmly, "Have you forgotten my mechanical ability? All the mechas can be operated just like the clothes on my body. If the mechas are not flexible enough, it must be a problem with the power, drive, and materials of the mechas, not my problem."

The co-modal connection of mechas has always been a complex issue in the military industry. The difficulty of selecting an excellent mecha pilot is no less than that of a hypersonic fighter pilot. Although the mecha's intelligent integrated drive system has been continuously improved, robots cannot replace the battlefield combination efficiency of humans + mechas, especially large mechas with powerful firepower. The problems to be dealt with on the battlefield are often multi-situation, multi-perception, and extremely complex.

Therefore, level 4 or even level 5 mecha pilots can be said to be extremely valuable talent assets for the interstellar army.

However, this difficult problem in the mecha industry is of no difficulty to Lin Xian. Once his mechanical heart covers the entire body, he can use it as easily as using his own arm.

Just as he said, if he couldn't do the moves he wanted to do, it must be the mecha's problem, not his.

The Mechanical Heart is like billions of nerves covering the machine, turning it into a living being, which is freely controlled by Lin Xian. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Lin Xian, who possesses the Mechanical Heart, must be the best mecha pilot in the world.

KIKI opened her mouth, then let out a long sigh, and looked at Lin Xian meaningfully.

"That's true, you cyber-pervert."

"What the hell?!"

"Let's go, let's go test the mecha." KIKI left as if escaping.

...

In carriage No. 2, the G-3 electromagnetic railgun was manufactured, with a firing frequency of 15 seconds per time. After the configuration was completed, Lin Xian quickly began to manufacture ammunition for 1130.

At the same time, he began to cover the carriages with the Mechanical Heart. Some of the damage from the battle last night had not been repaired yet, and he also needed to patch some gaps to prevent air leakage in the train carriages.

Chen Sixuan walked into the carriage at this time. She knew that Lin Xian had been busy, so she brought him a bottle of water and some food.

However, Lin Xian couldn't free his hands at this time. He had turned into a spring water ox or horse, supplying the operation of the entire train.

"It would be nice if we could have a few more mechas like this." Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian who hadn't rested for a moment, and said with some concern: "You can rest more."

"One step at a time."

Lin Xian raised his chin towards Chen Sixuan. On the ground in that direction, there was a Meteorite No. 3 sniper rifle. He had made it in advance when he came to carriage No. 12 just now. But Chen Sixuan was busy outside, so he did not disturb her and concentrated on making bullets.

Chen Sixuan was shocked when she saw it, and walked over to pick it up. Her eyes wandered over the beautiful gun and she asked,

"Made for me?"

"It's lighter than the previous one and is equipped with an intelligent muzzle brake system. It should be more useful. You can try it." Lin Xian said lightly.

Chen Sixuan reached out and stroked the gun for a while, and said happily: "You have considered everyone?"

"That's what I had planned." Lin Xian opened his eyes, looked at Chen Sixuan and said, "After we get through tonight, I will start equipping everyone with power armor, which will directly improve our combat effectiveness and mobility, and will also further increase our survival rate."

He now has a team of more than 30 people, and most of them are psychics and genetic evolvers. Lin Xian only needs to use his mechanical abilities to upgrade the entire team into weaponized and armored ones, which will increase the overall risk resistance of Infinity.

Moreover, this can help improve his proficiency in [Mechanical Manufacturing], and the improvement of manufacturing level can also speed up the [R&D Center]'s research and development progress on new blueprints.

That's why Lin Xian decided to develop his mechanical abilities without stopping.

Devour faster! Create faster!

Build mechanized combat power and lead the entire Infinity into a glorious evolution!

Mechanical manufacturing: 3 (960/1000)

Looking at the proficiency of mechanical manufacturing in the light curtain in front of him, the speed of improvement has been much faster than before. The manufacturing of the extreme energy capacitor has improved a lot. In addition to manufacturing automatic rifles and Gatling machine guns for Hu Lushou, Meteorite No. 3 for Chen Sixuan, and a large number of bullets, he estimated that he could directly rush the mechanical manufacturing to level 4 before dark.

[Wind Cannon—Mechanical Amplification]

[Mechanical amplification begins: Wind cannon 12:44:22]

[R&D Center]

[TRP Fourth Generation Special Industrial Active Exoskeleton Power Armor (Blueprint): 13 days and 4 hours]

"After reaching level 4, the R&D center will probably be much faster."

"The wind cannon also needs to be upgraded."

Lin Xian looked at the time. It was already 16:50 in the afternoon, and there was still more than an hour before dark.

"Teacher Chen, gather everyone in the car and prepare, and arrange dinner in advance. We will depart from Hengshanguancheng at 17:30 and stop at a relatively open place before dark. There are many people in the city, and there are also many strange entities and marks gathered, so we will try to stay away from the city to prepare for the battle!"

"Okay!" Chen Sixuan nodded and started to act immediately.

Inside the freight terminal camp, the Infinity outposts received orders and began to withdraw in batches. KIKI also sent the Vulcan mecha back to carriage No. 11.

Lin Xian was looking at the Vulcan mecha that was lifted in by KIKI's telekinesis and lying horizontally, and was still thinking about how to put this thing later.

KIKI gave him a very awesome plan, which used the interstellar army's standard orbital mecha delivery car.

This is a rail carriage specially used to load mechas. The sides and floor of the carriage can be opened. A whole row of mechas are directly mounted in the mecha hangar, with only a very narrow passage in the middle.

This type of carriage is specially made and has very complex mounting, charging, and boarding systems, which can perfectly solve Lin Xian's problem.

However, KIKI only had a photo of this thing, and even if he had the blueprint, he couldn't build such a large mechanical carriage out of thin air. Unless he captured one, it would probably take a long time to realize the rail mecha delivery carriage.

Rub, rub, rub.

As Lin Xian produced batches of bullets, shells, explosives, and spare magazines, [Mechanical Manufacturing] was finally pushed to level 4 by him.

bite

[Congratulations, your mechanical manufacturing level has been upgraded to LV.4 (manufacturing scale and efficiency have been greatly improved)! ]

In an instant, Lin Xian felt that the smoothness of his hands' manufacturing had instantly improved a lot, and the speed had also become extremely fast, which directly led to a significant increase in the speed at which he consumed materials in decomposing space and preparing factories.

He immediately opened the R&D center, and when he saw the updated progress inside, his face suddenly changed.

[R&D Center]

[TRP Fourth Generation Special Industrial Active Exoskeleton Power Armor (Blueprint): 3 days and 16 hours]

"Fuck, 13 days turned into 3 days!"

"What is productivity upgrade? Awesome!"

The level of mechanical manufacturing directly affects his manufacturing efficiency and the efficiency of blueprint research and development, which is crucial for him to upgrade the whole vehicle!

With this efficiency, he can then manufacture the MK-66 roll-on cantilever missile launcher scanned from the Dragon transport ship, and then manufacture a batch of missiles as the train's killer!

At the same time, he was also looking forward to the blueprint of the newly developed power armor. Lin Xian could first equip several key members with power armor.

Carry out the first phase of mechanical upgrade for all members!