Chapter 10: The White, Bizarre Creature

Lin Xian frowned and held his breath.

Crack~ Crack~

The sound grew closer, sounding somewhat muffled. His heart skipped a beat. This didn’t sound like any kind of zombie.

It was more like the sound of a crutch or a wooden stick poking at the gravel.

He slowly opened his eyes, unsure if the light in his eyes could be seen. But when he opened his eyes and looked around, he found nothing. There was still only the blurry black outline of the small truck in front of him.

He turned around. The “Infinity” was parked quietly on the tracks. Even Chen Sixuan inside, because of the arrival of night, made no sound. He didn’t know if she was asleep.

Everything was completely silent!

Lin Xian’s heart was uneasy. He was sure he had heard something, and his keen sixth sense told him that he was being ‘watched’ by some existence.

Thinking of this, his heart was in his throat, and he began to anxiously activate [Mechanical Devour].

Faster! Faster!

At this moment, Lin Xian no longer had the relaxed feeling he had when moving furniture in the furniture store in the afternoon. He thought of ‘Old Man Li’ from last night, and his whole body felt cold. He wished he could get back on the train immediately.

[Devour progress 98%]

Almost there! Almost there!

Although it had taken almost an hour and a half, as long as he succeeded, it would all be worth it.

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +30. Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +10. Bonus reward: Your Strength and Speed have increased by 5, and your Defense has increased by 2.]

[Congratulations, your Speed attribute has been upgraded to LV.1 3/50.]

A light flashed before his eyes. Lin Xian looked at the soaring Mechanical Source points and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And as his Speed attribute increased, his vision blurred for a moment and then sharpened.

Gradually, he found that his vision had become clearer and brighter.

Whoosh~

As he completed the devour, the entire small truck suddenly turned into flying ash. Some of the small items on the truck clattered to the ground, causing a commotion. At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly heard a low hum from above his head.

Omm~

The sound was extremely strange, as if it were the sound of a ship’s broken whistle coming from a rusty iron pipe.

It didn’t sound like a person, nor like any kind of machine.

Lin Xian immediately felt a chill run down his back. He suddenly raised his head, and then, he saw a terrifying scene that almost made his soul fly out.

A grayish-white humanoid creature, three meters tall, had appeared next to him at some point. Its body was slender, its two arms almost hanging below its knees. On its strange head was a bright red, blood-red mouth, and its two round eyes were completely red, staring straight at Lin Xian with its head lowered.

This thing had been standing next to Lin Xian for a long time, and it was only the commotion after the small truck disappeared that attracted its attention. Thinking of this, Lin Xian felt his scalp tingle, and his heart was filled with horror!

Omm~

The empty, low roar sounded again. The grayish-white monster suddenly raised its long hand, its five fingers like five steel spears, and viciously grabbed at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian’s pupils shrank, and he took a sharp breath.

If I get caught by this claw, I’ll be skewered like a kebab!

Fortunately, his Speed attribute had just been upgraded by one level. His body’s agility completely exceeded Lin Xian’s self-awareness. Before the white claws arrived, his whole body had already instinctively taken a step back!

Clang!

A piercing sound of metal clashing rang out. The white monster’s claws grabbed the railway track, instantly sending sparks flying and making a piercing scraping sound. Lin Xian’s heart pounded as he heard it. He raised his hand and aimed an Air Cannon at the monster’s head!

Puff!

Only a dull thud was heard. The monster’s high head seemed to have been hit by something. Its body swayed, and it took a few steps back.

Lin Xian was shocked. This thing’s skin is so tough, the Air Cannon can’t even penetrate it!?

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Lin Xian didn’t hesitate for a moment. He immediately sprinted and jumped into the “Infinity” carriage, while at the same time activating his Mechanical Heart to raise the tailboard and start the train moving forward.

The lights came on. Chen Sixuan, who was startled by the commotion, shouted at him from carriage 1, “Student Lin, what’s wrong!?”

“Quick, go to the cockpit and help me watch the road!”

“Okay!”

Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian frantically closing the door and immediately realized the danger. She turned and ran into the cockpit without hesitation.

Whoosh~

The hydraulic tailboard door slowly closed. For the first time, Lin Xian felt that the door was closing too slowly.

Sure enough, when the door was halfway closed, a grayish-white giant hand suddenly grabbed the tailboard. The black nails on its sinister fingers dug into the steel tailboard, immediately creating several dents!

“What great strength!”

Lin Xian’s eyes widened. With the light from inside the carriage, he could now clearly see the monster outside.

On its strangely shaped head, there were only two red, blood-red eyes, like an abyss. Then there was the blood-red mouth that took up half of its face, with dense, sharp teeth that made one’s scalp tingle.

This is definitely not a zombie!

Lin Xian’s first reaction was that this thing was definitely not some kind of infected and mutated dead person. This was not a creature of this world at all!

“Fuck you!”

In his urgency, Lin Xian ignored the fear in his heart. With a burst of ferocity, he immediately drew his short knife, leaped forward, and slashed at the grayish-white giant hand.

Clang!

The response he got was not the satisfying feeling of cutting through flesh, but the hardness of steel. This full-force slash directly made the web of his thumb go numb.

Looking at the notch on his short knife, Lin Xian sucked in a cold breath!

Damn it, it’s so hard!

Omm~

The white giant monster seemed to move slowly. One hand was grabbing the tailboard, and it was dragged by the huge force of the train, falling down with a crash. It was dragged forward on the tracks by the “Infinity.” It seemed to be angry. It raised its other hand and grabbed at Lin Xian’s entire carriage.

Screech!!

Because it was being dragged by a huge force, the wheels of carriage 3 and the railway tracks sparked, making a piercing screeching sound.

When Lin Xian saw this, his heart pounded wildly. This thing was extremely strong and invulnerable to knives and guns. If it overturned the train and derailed it, he would definitely die here today.

So he made a decisive decision. He raised his finger, gathered all his strength, aimed at one of the giant monster’s blood-red eyes, and shot out another Air Cannon!

Puff!

This time, with the help of the light, the Air Cannon hit its mark accurately. Dark red blood gushed out from the giant monster’s left eye, dyeing its pale face red. The blood slowly flowed into its mouth, and the giant monster immediately let out a shrill, miserable scream!

“Ah!!!”

The sound was high-pitched and piercing, making one’s hair stand on end and almost shattering one’s eardrums.

And with this attack from Lin Xian, the giant monster’s hand also let go of the tailboard. At this time, the tailboard of carriage 3 finally closed slowly, emitting black smoke.

Clang, clang~

The train’s speed gradually picked up.

Lin Xian immediately got up to look. Because there were no lights outside, the white giant monster disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

Phew~

At this time, Lin Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on the ground, staring in shock at the three ferocious claw marks on the tailboard in front of him.

This was the first time in months that he had encountered such a terrifying thing!

“If the polar night is full of things like this, damn it…”

He murmured. At this moment, he finally experienced the terror of the night firsthand.

Escape!

He had to escape the Dark Tide of the Star Abyss. The strange insect controlling the corpse last night, the white giant monster today, who knew what other strange things there were in the night. Those survivors who wanted to survive in the dark were simply delusional.

The only way out for humanity was to escape the tide, escape the polar night