I Have a Job

Chapter 266: A Break in the SnowChapter 266:

At 00:32, when the wind and snow stopped, the combined train entered the Xilan City Rail Station.

After entering Xilan City, the defense line's convoy separated. The Emperor Project Team was escorted by the Survey Corps to the Phoenix Society's base, while Qian Dele and other six convoys drove to the outskirts of the rail station near the Central Street to temporarily set up a doomsday camp. As there were many trains stopping at the rail station, the Infinity and Longshan No. 1 moved from the branch line to the rail area originally used for freight mining lines to stop.

There is a large mining area near the Fenglan Mountain. Because it is far away from the central street, there are relatively fewer survivor camps gathered in this area. However, Lin Xian still saw several convoy camps stationed in the freight platform area of ​​the former Xilan Mining Company. There are many containers placed here, and the mine car tracks extend all the way.

There is another advantage to choosing this area. There are many rail-mounted gantry cranes for lifting goods, and for Lin Xian, there are also a large amount of edible materials.

Having rushed all the way from Hengshan Pass and suffered repeated battles, the convoy has suffered great losses. Now even the basic armor has problems. We must take this opportunity to upgrade the protection of the train.

Like the Infinity, the Longshan No. 1 encountered a dangerous pursuit in a snowstorm. Everyone was on edge. As soon as the joint train arrived, the people on board started working non-stop under the arrangements of the team leaders such as Shi Diyuan and Ning Jing.

Chi~ At this time, the Longshan No. 1 all-terrain drive train was unmounted from the rear of the Infinity, and the temporary docking frame in the front was also cancelled, and this train with thousands of people on board was assembled together again.

Bang, bang, bang~

The car door opened. There were more than a hundred engineering and maintenance personnel on board the Longshan No. 1 car, plus the logistics support personnel. Soon this quiet freight area became bustling. Hundreds of people were busy loading the carriages and dismantling the outer armor. The armed personnel on duty on the roof were also working tirelessly.

In order to understand the situation in the city, Shi Diyuan greeted Lin Xian and immediately led his men towards the central area. The rest of the rest work was left to Ning Jing.

It has to be said that there is strength in numbers. This nearly 2-kilometer-long train was soon repaired by hundreds of people. After the power was turned on for maintenance, the store tower crane that had been stagnant for a long time was also started.

In the wind and snow, the engineers of Longshan No. 1 set up rows of headlights to illuminate the cargo area. Perhaps because it is close to Fenglan Mountain, the wind and snow in this area are not as violent as outside the city. The tall concrete walls also give everyone a great sense of security.

As for the Infinity, Lin Xian checked it and found that the armor plates of the train were also severely damaged, including the left side. Before entering the Uliyastai Mountains, it had encountered a whole day of snow monster tides, and the density of holes was very high. Fortunately, in this pursuit battle, the Longshan No. 1 all-terrain train protected the rear of the Infinity's nuclear-powered train, and in order to isolate the nuclear radiation, the Gemini used special lead plates to thicken the armor, so it did not suffer much damage.

However, this time it also reminded Lin Xian that he had always put the Gemini last because of concerns about nuclear accidents. Although carriage No. 12 was the weapon station, the protection at the rear was indeed a bit weak.

Therefore, Lin Xian planned to add a special carriage for protection and put it at the end. In addition, he also planned to add an electric locomotive as a power output to make up for the lack of power link caused by the previous upgrade of the Huanxing 7F.

In the wind and snow, Lin Xian looked at the busy maintenance team of Longshan No. 1. Here, he did not let others come down to help, but arranged for several key backbone members to rest first.

Because he planned to first find out if there were any available power units, and by the way, devour some more special steel machinery to obtain materials.

"Are you alone? Let me accompany you." Chen Sixuan said worriedly when she saw that Lin Xian arranged for everyone to rest.

"I've rested enough. There's still a lot of work to do tomorrow that needs you. It's you who needs to rest."

In the cockpit, Lin Xian had just finished talking to Longshan No. 1, and immediately said to Chen Sixuan: "From the situation we came in, Xilan City should be safe for the time being. This opportunity is rare. We have been fighting for a whole day, and it is rare to have such an opportunity. We must seize the time to rest, and you too~"

Lin Xian looked at Chen Sixuan. Teacher Chen's face was covered with blood stains and frostbite at this moment. She had been busy since Lin Xian fell into a coma and had no chance to rest. From the Foundation Research Institute, to the time she encountered the lamp-head monster when she left Hengshan Pass and now, this college teacher who was once unable to carry anything had completely joined the battle sequence. Her growth rate was astonishing. She had gradually become proficient in using the heavy anti-material sniper rifle in her hand and had solved a lot of troubles for the team.

Lin Xian took advantage of his coma to rest for a few hours and was now full of energy. In addition, his main purpose tonight was to devour the materials and redesign the vehicle's outer armor, so he didn't need too many people to help.

"Okay." Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian with a complicated expression. For some reason, when the roof of Lin Xian's car collapsed, she felt as if her heart was pulled tight.

Just when Lin Xian was about to turn around, she suddenly took a step forward, put her arms around Lin Xian's neck, and pressed her soft lips against his.

The tenderness was fleeting. After they separated, Chen Sixuan looked at him eagerly: "Take care of yourself."

Lin Xian was stunned by this unexpected "initiative", and immediately responded with a smile: "Okay."

Late at night, the wind and snow continued.

Buzz~

Lin Xian opened the Mechanical Heart and called out a special blueprint. This was a component with a strange shape. In fact, it was the configuration design of the composite armor on the right arm of Unit-01 that Lin Xian secretly scanned when he was in the Terracamar Ice Valley.

This was actually an idea he came up with on the spur of the moment. Although most of the materials used for Unit-01 were composite armor made of high-grade materials such as super carbyne alloys and nano-ceramics, it was currently difficult to convert them on a large scale through manufacturing factories for use as train exterior armor, but his idea was to make do with what was available and use titanium alloy plus tungsten-titanium alloy or tungsten carbide steel instead.

After obtaining the blueprint of this composite armor, Lin Xian was greatly surprised and secretly sighed that his move was indeed wise.

Compared to the outer armor plate that he had first drawn manually in Jiang City with no design at all and was just a rough splicing of steel plates, the composite armor plate design of Unit-01 was simply stunning to Lin Xian, and he couldn't help but sigh at the professionalism of the designers of the Emperor Project.

"Active defense layer..."

Composite armor structure (5 layers from outside to inside)

Active defense layer (0-5mm)

Material: Integrally forged tungsten-titanium alloy type II

Energy dissipation layer (5-15mm)

Material: Boron nitride ceramic/titanium alloy honeycomb sandwich

Main protective layer (15-25mm)

Material: Super carbyne alloy

Process: Laser additive manufacturing Porous-dense alternating structure

In addition, there is also a [buffer isolation layer] using basalt fiber three-dimensional braiding, a self-healing lining layer using magnesium-based composite materials and shape memory alloys...

After seeing this blueprint, Lin Xian deeply felt the awesomeness of his mechanical heart. He could almost single-handedly solve a complete industrial system including materials science, structural mechanics, metallurgy/chemical engineering/new materials, precision machinery/military equipment, etc.

Now that we have a research and development center, even R&D and design issues have been solved.

"It doesn't have to be so complicated. It should be OK if we simplify the materials..."

If armor plates are manufactured using such a design configuration, the level of protection will definitely be much better than the previous pure plate combination, and one more thing, it will look better.

The original Infinity was an orbital fortress armed almost entirely with black armor plates, which had no aesthetic appeal at all. Although aesthetics are completely useless in this doomsday world, it is better to have something than nothing.

After arriving in Xilan City, it can be seen from other convoys stationed here that the city seems to be relatively safe. However, Lin Xian does not dare to relax at all. He has to work overtime to produce the armor before he can feel at ease.

Because most of the personnel were arranged by Lin Xian to rest, there was not even a shift to stand guard. Now that the train has a sentry system and there are thousands of people on the Longshan No. 1 nearby, Lin Xian can let the team take a good rest under the big tree. After all, these comrades have just experienced a brutal battle and are exhausted. They need to recover their energy quickly.

In addition, there was another person who was also very tired, but was forced by Lin Xian to work.

KIKI.

"With this armor configuration design, the original armor grille may have to be eliminated, and a synchronous window design can be made directly with the train windows?"

In carriage No. 2, the lights were off, but the computer in the information center was still glowing. KIKI was sitting in front of the computer, adjusting the armor design of the train for Lin Xian.

The little girl's eyes were slightly dark and she was yawning continuously. She had almost exhausted her supernatural powers in the previous battle and was very sleepy at this moment, but she kept helping Lin Xian with the design and her hands were busy all the time.

"Will this be unsafe? Once the window is opened, it will be connected to the outside, and the whole train is airtight. It's too depressing." Lin Xian frowned.

The temperature in the car was warm. KIKI took off his heavy winter clothes and wore casual shorts. He floated in front of the computer with his legs crossed. He poked Lin Xian's chest with his finger and said, "You can't have your cake and eat it too, bro~"

"Why not just add a layer of high-strength polyester bulletproof glass in the middle of the grille armor? Open the windows when necessary. We can't just fire blindly outside during a battle." Lin Xian said directly.

KIKI pursed her lips when she heard this: "If that's the case, why not just make it an automatic turret, and have people in the car control it remotely using a monitor."

Lin Xian looked at her speechlessly: "Then just go to the orbital combat module group."

"Yes, yes, yes~" KIKI's eyes lit up: "All-round array cannon!"

"Then I will upgrade it directly to an orbital battleship."

"Okay, okay!"

Lin Xian poked her back with a finger: "You're getting more and more ridiculous. If I could handle these things now, I would just rebuild a train or a floating city. Why would I need to add armor?"

"Hehehe~"

KIKI giggled and said, "I was just teasing you, but the plan you just mentioned is good. I think it's feasible."

Lin Xian took a deep breath, stood up and nodded, "That's it, you take a rest first, I'll go get some materials."

He planned to take advantage of the time to produce the armor materials, and by the way, see if he could scan the blueprint of the modified Triangle Track strong magnetized all-terrain drive module of Longshan No. 1. If he could do it, it would be a solution to a problem. As long as it was manufactured before entering the ocean orbit, his Infinity would have an extra option and could also leave the orbital terrain and go to many places.

"Hey, are you okay? You looked like you passed out at first."

Seeing Lin Xian was about to leave, KIKI asked in a low voice in a casual tone.

"Just like you before, it's just overexertion of energy, it's nothing serious." Lin Xian responded.

"Then~"

KIKI said, and suddenly flew over and wrapped her legs around Lin Xian's waist like before, and hung on Lin Xian's body with her arms around his neck like a kangaroo, looking at him with her big eyes: "Do you want me to accompany you? I can protect you~"

Seeing the bloodshot in the little girl's eyes and her rosy little mouth which was now very dry, Lin Xian sighed in his heart, reached out and picked her up, walked to her bed, bent down and put her on the bed.

"Who can you protect in this state? Wait until you wake up~" In order not to disturb Sasha who was sleeping soundly above, Lin Xian said in a low voice.

Seeing that Lin Xian dared to reject her, KIKI was immediately furious. Although she was lying on the bed, she hung on him with her hands and feet tightly, and said unwillingly: "Oh, you look down on my superpowers, believe it or not..." After that, she became stronger, aimed at Lin Xian's nose with a sly look in her eyes, and immediately prepared to bite him, trying to teach him a little "lesson".

Unexpectedly, Lin Xian had already seen through the girl's actions. He leaned forward and kissed her little mouth.

Boo~

This sudden move made KIKI stunned immediately. She reflexively let go of the hand that was hugging Lin Xian's neck, covered her mouth and said: "You!"

Lin Xian took the opportunity to get away, frowned, touched his mouth and said to her meaningfully: "You dared to kiss me secretly, okay, then we are even now."

"I...I didn't kiss you secretly!"

KIKI was immediately confused by Lin Xian's shameless reaction. She realized that she was being outmaneuvered and was about to lose her temper, but she saw Lin Xian looking at her seriously and said, "You want to follow me so much, do you want to kiss me secretly when I'm not paying attention?"

"Bah!" KIKI's face turned blue and red, and she spat at him fiercely, pursing her lips and staring at Lin Xian. The next moment, she avoided his gaze with a guilty conscience, turned around, pulled the quilt over herself, turned her face away and snorted: "Hmph, if you don't want to follow me, then don't follow me. Who cares? Just let you freeze to death outside~ Bye, I'm going to sleep."

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief, a smile flashed in his eyes, and then he turned and left without saying a word.

Teacher Chen and the girl were the ones who had been with him since the first day that the Infinity set out from Jiang City. He could certainly feel that they cared about him. This feeling surpassed the loneliness in the cold winter at the end of the world and made his heart warm.

Lin Xian had just left. KIKI, who was lying on the bed, turned around quietly, looked at Lin Xian's back as he left, gritted her teeth angrily, with a complicated expression, and no one knew what she was thinking.

She immediately closed her eyes, thinking to herself, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep..."

The heterogeneous Rubik's Cube in the carriage blocked the terrifying invasion of the darkness and the blizzard, making the Infinity carriage less chilly and irritating than the outside. Seeing that the entire carriage had become completely quiet, Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and stepped into the wind and snow.

The lonely silhouette of Fenglan Mountain stood above in the snowstorm. Outside, the people of Longshan No. 1 were busy, welding various steel plates, and the sound of cutting machines never stopped all night.

Lin Xian saw the warm yellow lights in the double-decker carriages. Many families were already resting in the living compartments behind the armored cars. Some children who had come out of the safe were staring blankly out the window. When they saw Lin Xian passing by, they looked at him and waved at him.

Lin Xian smiled slightly and waved his hand in response.

He immediately climbed onto the top of the train and used the power armor's vision enhancement system to observe the mining freight station in the snow. A large square was filled with thousands of containers and cargo boxes, which were stacked high and covered with snow.

The track system extends all the way to the foot of the mine in the distance, which has been completely blocked and appears to have collapsed.

Lin Xian continued to climb up a tower crane and looked out. He found that he could see the surrounding city walls in the distance. There were still flickering flames in the sky over there, but the intensity was much lower than when they first came in. Although they were in the middle of a blizzard at this time, for some reason, Lin Xian felt a sense of safety for the first time in these few months.

I have been running away alone in the dark. I haven't felt this way for a long time.

So far, no zombies or strange creatures have been found in the city. At least thousands of survivor convoys have gathered in the city. Looking at the survivors who entered the city earlier than them and were resting peacefully in the wind and snow, Lin Xian believed that the members of both the Infinity and Longshan No. 1 would be extremely envious.

Looking in the direction of the mine, Lin Xian discovered that there seemed to be quite a few freight trains transporting iron ore parked there. He heaved a sigh of relief and set off immediately.

After walking for about ten minutes in the wind and snow, several abandoned mine cars came into view. Many of them were buried under the deep snow, with only the car bodies above the frames exposed outside the snow.

Freight cars are generally of no use to survivors and cannot even serve as shelters, so no one usually cares about them. However, Lin Xian has a mechanical heart, and these large mechanical structures can provide a large amount of materials.

Moreover, the materials Lin Xian needed this time were not only high-end but also large in quantity, so these freight carriages stretching for hundreds of meters became very useful to Lin Xian.

Moreover, this place is far away from other survivor convoys, so he can devour more freely. Although Lin Xian no longer minds his mechanical abilities being exposed, it is still very surprising to devour a large number of train carriages for no reason. The less trouble the better. He can't do this in a convoy of unfamiliar vehicles.

"That's it."

Lin Xian climbed onto the top of a mine car, swept away the snow on it with one foot, and murmured.

Just as he was about to start devouring, he glanced around and suddenly discovered something. His eyes lit up, so he jumped down again and ran forward along the track. He scanned the carriages one by one until he reached the front of the freight train. Only then did he see that there was a huge thing parked there.

It is a high-power electric locomotive of the Weilong class specially designed for freight transport. It is very heavy and is divided into two sections with a combined length of more than 60 meters. It is yellow and black in color. One of the two sections is a high-power traction motor and the other is an energy storage system and auxiliary motor. Although it looks a bit old, it appears to be very tough overall.

Lin Xian was not particularly familiar with this type of locomotive. After finding the locomotive nameplate, he realized that this traction locomotive was mainly used in the mining industry. It had a power of up to 70,000 kilowatts, which was more powerful than the previous Huanxing 7F electric locomotive.

"As expected of an industrial city, there is such a big thing."

Lin Xian directly put his hand on it, and the Mechanical Heart unfolded, but after a while, his expression suddenly changed.

"Broken? No wonder no one took it."

This kind of drive train itself has no value under the premise of lack of energy in doomsday, and it is a broken one. Lin Xian checked it and found that the problem lies in the circuit system. It is very simple for him to repair it, but for other survivors, it is not an easy task to repair the circuit system of a heavy electric locomotive in a doomsday environment.

Now Lin Xian understood why there was an electric locomotive parked in Xilan City when these survivors had been there for so long. After all, many doomsday trains now have small onboard nuclear power systems, so it should not be a problem to take a Wynn-class electric locomotive on the road.

If it wasn't a bad thing, it probably wouldn't be his turn.

"I just happened to get this bargain." Lin Xian became interested. This electric locomotive can ensure the voltage stability of the Gemini nuclear-powered locomotive very well. It is also strong and sturdy. As the tail car, it can provide nearly 70,000 kilowatts of power output at critical moments, which perfectly meets Lin Xian's idea.

Although the carriages cannot be directly connected, he only needs to cover it with thick armor plates and a monitoring system, and doesn't have to worry about anything else. At most, he can arrange for the PX-05 robot to be stationed in the carriage to perform command maintenance.

Speaking of the PX-05 robot, Lin Xian is going to build a few more of these things next. They can serve as a mechanical maintenance assistant to help Lin Xian solve many problems, and can be repaired during battle. They can also help teammates deliver things at critical moments. As long as the program is set up properly, they can be used as service robots on the Infinity.

Lin Xian immediately started to devour the freight cars behind him. After clearing the track, he planned to repair the Dragon-class electric locomotive and move it back to mount it behind the Gemini nuclear-powered locomotive, and then start to manufacture new armor plates.

Buzz~

The speed of the Level 4 machine's devouring is more than twice as fast as before at Yushan Station. It used to take about 30 minutes to devour a freight car, but now Lin Xian only needs about ten minutes to make an empty frame car weighing more than ten tons disappear on the spot.

Crash~

A large amount of snow fell quickly along with the carriages, turning into ashes. Lin Xian took advantage of the night and swallowed up more than a dozen freight carriages in less than two hours.

After all this busy work, the mechanical source points only increased by more than 100 points, but his purpose was to get materials. At this time, the decomposition center became rich again. After finishing all this, Lin Xian began to repair the Weilong-class electric locomotive.