Chapter 30: Unexpected Gains

In the dark night, the “Infinity” in the valley was like a mechanical monster, quietly parked on the tracks.

In carriage 3, Lin Xian’s eyes glowed as he began to activate the [Mechanical Repair] skill, repairing the tailboard and side armor. Chen Sixuan was not idle either, using the medical kit found from the “Oasis” convoy to disinfect the wounds on Lin Xian’s hands and face.

“Hmm?”

At this time, Lin Xian looked at the light screen in front of him, his pupils full of shock.

Because he found that his attributes and skill proficiency had all increased by a large margin!

[Current Mechanical Heart Level: LV.1 310/500]

[Tip: Upgrading the Mechanical Heart can grant special skill rewards. Reaching LV3, LV6, and LV9 will grant a mysterious awakening.]

[Base Attributes]

[Strength: LV1 47/50]

[Speed: LV1 16/50]

[Defense: LV0 28/30]

[Current Base Skills]

[Mechanical Devour LV.2 8/500]

[Mechanical Crafting LV.1 112/300]

[Mechanical Scan (Passive)]

[Mechanical Repair (Passive)]

[Mechanical Operation (Passive)]

[Special Skills]

[Air Cannon LV.1 66/100]

[Ice Shield LV1 18/100]

“I didn’t devour any machinery, so how did my attributes increase?”

After the great battle, the Air Cannon had directly increased from 25 to 66, and the Ice Shield skill had increased by 5 points last time against Liu Wei, but this time it had directly increased by 12 points!

If these were because he had fought against a strong enemy, then the changes in his base attributes made Lin Xian not understand.

Because in the past, attribute increases were all obtained through the extra rewards of mechanical devouring.

But this time, his strength had increased by 14 points, his speed had increased by 7 points, and even his defense had increased by 8 points, which was no less than the gains from devouring 4 large freezers.

“What’s going on?”

Lin Xian was both surprised and happy. He never knew that attributes could be increased in this way.

“Then I’ve killed so many zombies, why haven’t I improved at all?”

At this time, he fell into deep confusion.

“Could it be that killing strange creatures can improve my abilities?”

After thinking about it, this idea was the most reasonable. Lin Xian thought of the black centipede on ‘Old Man Li’ at the beginning, and the white humanoid giant monster in the furniture store. He didn’t kill either of them. Only the giant insect tonight, which had appeared three times in his memory, was finally resolved.

He sighed lightly. Who cares? It’s better to have gains than nothing.

From the current attributes, his strength and defense were about to be upgraded, which was really good news.

Every level of attribute increase was a great improvement in his strength.

…

At this time, in Jiang City, hundreds of kilometers away, the entire city had entered a polar night!

The streets and corners of the city at night were filled with all kinds of zombies and strange creatures. There was no sound on the radio.

High in the sky, in the huge cloud layer, the sky-covering floating giant corpse suddenly shook, and the clouds dispersed, like a mountain covering the galaxy.

The zombies in the entire city suddenly became manic. Monsters in countless corners began to howl. Black blood was uncontrollably drawn from their bodies, and a strange gravitational force gradually attracted them. It was as if the sky and the earth were reversed. The zombies fell to the ground and died like a tide of wheat. The entire city was instantly shrouded in an atmosphere of death!

Then, the floating giant corpse, like a continent, slowly turned and moved towards the east!

…

After a night of rest, the damage to carriage 3 was restored by Lin Xian by 70-80%. The damaged parts were also repaired by him with steel armor. Overall, it was repaired.

Because he was too tired, when he opened his eyes again, he was woken up by Chen Sixuan.

“Lin Xian, Lin Xian.”

Opening his eyes, Professor Chen’s beautiful eyes were full of excitement. “It’s light!” She took Lin Xian’s hand and pointed to his watch.

“Look.”

Lin Xian’s eyes focused. Feeling the sunlight outside the window, the time on his watch was now 16:26!

It was an hour and a half earlier than expected!

Lin Xian’s eyes shook, and he immediately lost his sleepiness. He asked Chen Sixuan, “How far did we run last night?”

“At least 400 kilometers. If the mileage is not displayed incorrectly, we are only about 50 kilometers away from Beiwang Town.”

He glanced at the sofa on the side, but saw that KIKI had already woken up. She was sitting on the sofa, waving at him with a smile in her eyes.

“Are you better?” Lin Xian asked.

“I’m better.” KIKI looked energetic. “I slept for a while, and I feel much more comfortable!”

Lin Xian frowned and suddenly looked at her. “I seem to have forgotten to tie you up.”

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, KIKI’s little face immediately darkened, and she said nervously, “Hey, I saved you yesterday. Are you still going to tie me up?!”

“It’s okay not to tie you up.” Lin Xian said seriously. “For your performance last night, I can forgive you for stealing food. But now I’m asking you a question. If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll still throw you down.”

KIKI frowned and looked at him with some fear, stammering, “What… what question?”

“About you saying that your dad is the boss of the Linglong Group and a second-level investor in the Aurora Project, is it true or false?”

KIKI asked doubtfully, “Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in this matter?”

“Answer my question!” Lin Xian said unceremoniously. He could see that this girl’s personality was a bit jumpy, and he didn’t know how much of what she said was true. In addition, she now knew how to use her ability. If Lin Xian didn’t make her take a stand, he couldn’t keep her at all.

Seeing Lin Xian being so strict, Chen Sixuan on the side couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

She thought to herself, why didn’t she see that Lin Xian had such a deep mind and decisive momentum before? When he was strict, it was as if she was not his teacher, but his student.

“It’s true!” KIKI looked at Lin Xian angrily, thinking that this person was really fierce.

“Where were you going in the helicopter?”

“I’m not very clear about this. I only know that it was in the direction of Daluo Mountain…” KIKI said.

Lin Xian listened to her tone and didn’t think she was lying, so he continued to ask, “Then do you know why the plane crashed?”

Hearing this, KIKI’s little face changed, and she shook her head. “I don’t have much impression. The plane suddenly lost control. There seemed to be something in the sky…”

Lin Xian frowned.

Sure enough, in the huge cloud mass above Jiang City, there must be some terrible thing, which was heart-stopping.

That sense of oppression even surpassed the arrival of the dark night!

“Okay, last question.”

Lin Xian let out a long breath and looked at KIKI with a scrutinizing gaze. “You’re not old, but you seem to know a lot about technology and equipment. Why is that?”

Hearing Lin Xian say the last question, KIKI’s whole body tensed up. Who knew that when she heard his question, she let out a sigh of relief, her eyes lit up, and she said very confidently, “Then you’re underestimating me. This young lady is proficient in all kinds of cutting-edge information systems you can think of. There’s no place on the Internet that I can’t go. If it were before, I could even get you the parameters of the most advanced super-heavy integrated armor of the Starry Army. Have you heard of the compound multi-aperture array wave radar? Have you heard of the I-17 multi-lobe plasma cannon, which is called top secret and is still in the experimental stage… I know a lot about these fun things.”

“Your Giant Whale 03E heavy-duty gas turbine locomotive, produced in 2028, has been retired for almost 10 years. It’s already difficult to adapt to the dry surges and high-salt gas storms on the transoceanic tracks. Of course, you’ve only driven less than 1,000 kilometers, and you’re still far from the ocean track section. Food, water, air, information, defense, medical care, it can be said that except for the temporary trouble of no energy, everything else is still blank. Am I right?”

Hearing this, Chen Sixuan on the side was full of disbelief. It was hard to imagine that this girl actually knew so much.