Chapter 15: Devouring a Large Freezer

Huang Jie’s eyes turned red. He immediately stood up, raised his gun, released the safety, gritted his teeth, and fired a volley at the car window!

Rat-a-tat-tat!

Sparks flew, and stray bullets ricocheted, but the windshield still showed no reaction.

Of course, he didn’t know that this Giant Whale 03E heavy-duty gas turbine locomotive was the first generation of gas turbine locomotives designed for the Circum-Star Railway. Its top speed could reach 450 km/h, and its windshield was made of a special composite fiber combined with high-strength glass. Ordinary rifle bullets were indeed difficult to pose any threat.

“Can you fucking be quieter!!”

The loud gunshots echoed throughout the freight station, enraging his older brother, Huang Zhaojian, who cursed, “Are you trying to get us killed? If you attract those strange things, we’ll all die!”

“Brother… there’s a girl!”

Huang Jie was impatient at this moment. Looking at Chen Sixuan inside the carriage, he couldn’t stop swallowing his saliva, his face full of unwillingness.

His older brother, Huang Zhaojian, also climbed up at this time. He looked inside, and his pupils also trembled. His heart stirred, and his eyes flashed with a complicated look, but he quickly put on a stern face.

“Don’t be anxious, she can’t run away. Once we get that man out and get the train keys, we’ll have everything!”

“Right, right!”

Huang Jie nodded repeatedly. “Hmph!” He looked at the inside of the carriage with fiery eyes again. At this time, Chen Sixuan had already hidden, so he could only spit fiercely.

“Little beauty, you just wait for me…” Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, unzipped his pants with a lewd smile, and pissed on the car window, as if satisfying some evil addiction. Then he left with his gun.

[Scan complete. Obtained blueprint for Bing’er TG-56 commercial freezer.]

In the cold storage, Lin Xian listened to Chen Sixuan’s report on the situation outside the car, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

“Don’t worry about it. Just rest well in carriage 1. If you’re hungry, get something to eat.”

“Lin Xian…” Chen Sixuan’s voice trembled slightly. “You’ll be okay, right?”

“I will,” Lin Xian said calmly.

He put away the walkie-talkie. After completing the scan and collection of the freezer blueprint, Lin Xian placed his hand on the freezer and began to devour it, racing against time!

[Devour progress 1%]

As soon as the progress bar appeared, Lin Xian realized that the difficulty of this large freezer was comparable to the small truck from before.

And there was more than one such freezer in this cold storage.

“There’s plenty of time today, so I’ll just devour them all!”

Such an opportunity was very rare for Lin Xian. Although devouring was important, escaping the Dark Tide of Jiang City was the top priority. But now that he was trapped, he could only make good use of this opportunity to quickly improve his ability.

“What about that kid?”

Outside the cold storage, Huang Zhaojian returned with his younger brother, Huang Jie. At this time, his wife, Gong Li, and his son were both guarding outside. The old woman said angrily from the side, “He’s hiding inside. Let’s not worry about him for now. What’s the situation on that train?”

Huang Jie said excitedly, “Mom, my brother and I went to see. There’s really only one woman. I estimate there are a lot of supplies in those carriages. We’re rich this time!”

The old woman nodded. “You two brothers find some tools. While it’s still light, see if you can get the door of this cold storage open. The less trouble, the better. I’m worried that the longer we wait, the more things can go wrong. In a few days, it’s estimated that it will be dark all the time again. I’m afraid this old body of mine won’t be able to last that long.”

“I was thinking the same thing.”

Huang Zhaojian was also a little anxious at this time. It was a rare opportunity for them to come across such a good thing. Of course, the sooner they got it, the better.

The few of them briefly discussed and prepared to find some steel pipes and crowbars to pry open the door of the cold storage.

Time passed minute by minute. It was already 5:00 PM, and there were less than two hours until dark. If they couldn’t get the door open before nightfall, they would have to wait until tomorrow.

On the other side, in a dark corner of the cold storage, Lin Xian was enduring the foul smell while devouring the freezer.

[Devour progress 80%]

[Devour progress 95%]

Finally, after spending nearly an hour, the huge freezer in front of him was finally about to be completely devoured. At this time, a series of prying and kicking sounds came from the cold storage door.

However, he was not so worried in his heart. He had scanned the door when he first locked it. The thickness of this low-temperature cold storage door was 150mm. The outer layer was stainless steel plate and aluminum, and the inner layer was thick insulating polyurethane and fiberglass. With the door core locked by his ability, it was almost impossible to open it with bare hands or simple tools like steel pipes and crowbars.

Unless they had hydraulic pliers or a cutting machine, but if they had such things, they wouldn’t have been clanging and banging for over an hour.

So Lin Xian just endured the annoying noise and continued to devour the freezer calmly.

On the other side, Chen Sixuan, whose mind was in a mess, could only pace back and forth in the carriage. But she soon realized that being anxious was useless. She first checked the girl’s condition, then, while it was still light, began to organize the various supplies in the three carriages and also did some cleaning.

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +25. Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +8. Bonus reward: Your Strength has increased by 3, and your Defense has increased by 1.]

In the depths of the cold storage, looking at the light screen in front of him, Lin Xian’s eyes lit up.

A great harvest!

He took a quick look. There were a total of four such large freezers here. If he devoured them all, wouldn’t he make a huge profit?

[Mechanical Devour LV.1 286/300]

Mechanical Devour was also about to level up. If he succeeded in leveling up, his devouring efficiency should also be improved!

Thinking of this, Lin Xian was full of confidence. He didn’t waste any time and directly came to the second freezer to start devouring.

And at this time, outside the cold storage.

The Huang Zhaojian and Huang Jie brothers were red-faced and exhausted. All kinds of steel pipes and crowbars were thrown on the ground. They were sweating profusely and panting heavily.

“Damn it… it won’t open at all…”

The old woman stood by, her eyes flickering as she looked at the sky outside.

“Mom, we’ve been hiding in there at night for the past few days, and those monsters outside couldn’t get in. It must be very difficult for Zhaojian and the others to open this door,” Gong Li said anxiously at this time.

“Yeah, this damn door is too fucking hard, damn it!”

Huang Jie cursed and threw the steel pipe in his hand on the ground. Although he was cursing now, he actually prayed every night that this door would be stronger. He was really a bit schizophrenic.

“Alright, stop it.”

The old woman knew that it was futile to continue like this. And they were making too much noise, which had already attracted a lot of footsteps towards this warehouse.

“It’s getting dark soon. Let’s hide first. Anyway, it’s locked with an iron chain from the outside, so we’re not afraid of him running away.”

“It seems that without this man, the train can’t be driven. As long as they can’t run away, they definitely can’t outlast us.”

“Mom is right!”

“Then let’s do that…”

“Dad, aren’t we getting on the train today?” the little fatty was a little disappointed.

“Not for now. We’ll stay here for one more night.”

This family had actually been hiding in the cold storage where they had been fishing for the past few days. However, the lock on that cold storage was broken. They had tied it with a few steel pipes from the inside to spend the night safely.

Beep, beep.

The alarm on his watch rang. Lin Xian in the cold storage frowned, knowing that it was getting dark.

On the train, Chen Sixuan pulled all the blackout curtains and anxiously waited for Lin Xian’s response. At this time, her gaze fell on the sleeping girl again. She couldn’t help but walk over and check her breathing. After confirming that she was still alive, she showed a look of surprise.

This girl had been sleeping for two whole days…

6:45 PM, night fell, and the entire freight station was plunged into darkness.

The low roars of zombies, the strange footsteps of some bizarre creature, those rustling sounds were constantly amplified in Chen Sixuan’s ears. She lay on the sofa, hugging the walkie-talkie, and covered herself tightly with a quilt.

The Huang family had also hidden in another cold storage at this time. They had secured the door with steel pipes and crowbars. The whole family was huddled in a corner deep in the cold storage, discussing their plan while eating.

The time came to 7:32 PM. Lin Xian finished devouring the second freezer.

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +25. Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +8. Bonus reward: Your Strength has increased by 2, your Speed has increased by 1, and your Defense has increased by 1.]

At 9:14 PM, he finished devouring the third freezer.

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +25. Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +8. Bonus reward: Your Strength has increased by 1.]

Although this one didn’t give much attribute reward, what Lin Xian was more looking forward to at this moment was that his Devour skill had been upgraded to LV2