Chapter 64: Frontal Kill

“Use this to cut!”

Lin Xian’s words seemed to carry a grim fighting spirit.

Unlike the GK03 Electro-Blade that KIKI had given him, this Steel-Cleaving Greatsword was something he had designed in his spare time. Besides being sharp, it had no special mechanical design.

But it was very suitable for Dalou, because Lin Xian had used weighted Tungsten-Titanium Alloy!

At Lin Xian’s current mechanical manufacturing level, as long as it wasn’t an overly complex mechanical structure, his manufacturing speed could reach an astonishing rate.

Dalou’s eyes widened. He reflexively raised his hand to catch it. A scorching, heavy aura instantly erupted. Feeling the sharpness of this Steel-Cleaving Greatsword, the fighting spirit in his eyes soared. With a low roar, he immediately charged at the giant white monster with the sword!

At the same time, Lin Xian tightly gripped the GK03 Electro-Blade made of Tungsten-Titanium Alloy Type I, his concentration absolute, waiting for that moment!

“Eee-ah!!”

A terrifying, sharp cry. The giant white monster seemed to have sensed something. Seeing its feet entangled by the iron chains, it immediately roared in anger. Its two-to-three-meter-long legs kicked fiercely, and it raised its sharp claws, pouncing at Lin Xian and Dalou.

“Go!” Lin Xian shouted, charging out with his blade held horizontally. His entire body seemed to turn into a white stream of air!

Flash Step!

“Ah!”

Dalou roared, using all his strength. He shot out, his arm muscles bulging, veins popping. He swung the Steel-Cleaving Greatsword so hard that the blade turned red and howled!

Screech!!!

In that split second, inside the car, Chen Sixuan held KIKI and Shasha tightly and pressed the emergency brake button on the white remote control. The several-hundred-ton Circumstellar 7F electric locomotive, which was traveling at high speed, suddenly stopped. All the iron wheels locked, creating intense friction on the rails. In almost an instant, the rails and wheels turned red hot!

Under this immense inertia, the giant white monster lost its footing and was sent flying forward.

At the same time, the fallen iron anchor got stuck in the pile of rubble by the roadside. The iron chain instantly tightened, yanking the giant white monster’s long arm and forcing its neck straight forward.

This was the chance they were waiting for!

Before the train came to a sudden stop, Lin Xian and Dalou had already leaped into the air!

In that instant, two swords slashed out!!

Clang!

The two sounds rang out almost simultaneously!

Buzz…

With one slash, the blades of both Lin Xian and Dalou’s swords hummed, letting out a pleasant, trembling cry.

Then, a huge head flew into the sky.

The dark night instantly fell silent.

…

On the roof of the train, only the whistling wind and the faint ringing of the cooling rails after the emergency brake remained.

The body of the giant white monster fell with a thud under the tracks, and its head also fell from the sky, landing on the roof with a thud. Half of Tang Hai’s arm was still in the monster’s mouth, and then it rolled off.

Thump! Thump!

At this moment, Lin Xian and Dalou’s hearts were pounding wildly, their blood rushing, and their adrenaline soaring. They never expected that their first time teaming up would result in such a shocking kill!

On the roof, Lin Xian sat down on the ground, breathing heavily. Dalou also bent over, leaning on the greatsword to catch his breath. This life-and-death battle had almost cost him half his life.

Hoo… hoo…

Gradually, the effects of the adrenaline faded, and the pain in his chest and extreme exhaustion began to take over his will.

Before this, he had spent nearly 10 hours devouring that short-distance freight electric locomotive and had gone through a fierce battle. If it weren’t for the stored electricity of the Circumstellar 7F electric locomotive supporting the train’s advance, he wouldn’t have had the spare energy to use Flash Step again, let alone complete the emergency brake.

Broken rails, Tang Hai, zombie horde, giant white monster, iron chain anchor, sword forging, braking…

Everyone had cooperated with each other, seamlessly. It was something Lin Xian hadn’t expected.

At this moment, Lin Xian’s mind was blank. The battle just now had suddenly made him realize that his mechanical ability was really not suitable for close combat.

He should be a god of machines, manufacturing high-energy weapons, combat mechs, and arming himself and his teammates along with the train. That was the way to go!

Relying on a few skills to fight for his life every day was really a waste of his mechanical manufacturing development potential…

At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly thought of something. His expression sank, and he immediately stood up.

“Dalou.”

“Yeah!”

Lin Xian pointed to the corpse of the giant white monster by the roadside. “Search it. See if there are any of those red beads. I’m going to check on KIKI.”

Her ability usage had exceeded her body’s limits. KIKI’s life was still uncertain. So he didn’t have time to catch his breath and hurried back into the car.

“How are you guys?”

The inside of the car was a mess. Leaping over broken rails, derailing, fighting with the giant monster—the several cars were in a sorry state. Lin Xian didn’t care about that and quickly ran towards car 1.

“We’re fine. Sister KIKI, she…”

Shasha’s small face was full of panic. Lin Xian looked up and saw Chen Sixuan helplessly wiping the blood from KIKI’s face, her expression anxious as she looked at Lin Xian.

“She’s still bleeding, and her heartbeat is getting weaker and weaker. What do we do?!”

Lin Xian’s face sank. He walked over to check. KIKI’s face was already deathly pale, covered in blood, looking extremely miserable.

“She probably overused her ability…” Lin Xian’s brow furrowed deeply. This situation was completely beyond his ability to handle.

“Shasha, has your brother ever been in this situation before?”

Lou Shasha shook her head, then took out her medicine box and showed it to Lin Xian. “No. I have some medicine here…”

In the medicine box, there were some colorful capsules of unknown origin, without even names, which made one frown.

The box of antibiotics they had traded for at the mutual aid bonfire was completely useless in this situation.

“By the way, Lin Xian.”

Chen Sixuan felt KIKI’s life rapidly fading, and her face couldn’t help but show panic.

“That… that ability, didn’t you guys say… that red bead…”

Because she was too nervous, she even stuttered.

Hearing this, Lin Xian’s pupils immediately shrank.

“You mean that Anomaly Blood Crystal?”

“Yes!” Chen Sixuan’s lips were dry, and she said in a panic, “Do you think it will work?”

Lin Xian immediately understood Chen Sixuan’s idea, and it instantly resonated with him.

If there was anything on this train that could help with abilities, it could only be that…

“Dalou!”

Lin Xian immediately stood up and quickly opened the blackout curtain, only to see Dalou holding the greatsword and a flashlight, searching the corpse of the giant white monster.

Shasha reacted and quickly ran outside.

“I’ll help look!”

“There’s no time!” Chen Sixuan exclaimed, putting her hand in front of KIKI’s nose and finding that she was no longer breathing at all.

Lin Xian made a decisive decision. He ran over, took the Anomaly Blood Crystal from the radio, and brought it over. But at this moment, he was faced with a dilemma.

How do you use this thing?

A crystal-glass-like bead. Do you swallow it?

Whatever. Lin Xian’s heart hardened. There was no time to hesitate.

He immediately pinched KIKI’s mouth and tried to make her swallow the Anomaly Blood Crystal. But as soon as he put it in her mouth, a strange thing happened. A cloud of crimson blood mist suddenly gushed out and then instantly poured into KIKI’s throat and nasal cavity!

Seeing this, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan were stunned.

They both stared intently at KIKI lying on the floor. The air seemed to fall silent.

The next moment, hiss~

A clearly audible sucking sound was heard. The unconscious KIKI suddenly took a sharp breath, and the black ink in her eyes seemed to recede a little.

“Lin Xian, it’s working!”

Teacher Chen cried out excitedly, her eyes full of alarm and excitement.

Seeing this, Lin Xian quickly checked and found that KIKI had resumed a weak breath. He immediately let out a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand and looked at his slightly trembling arm, his heart pounding.

…

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +300, Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +150. Additional rewards: Strength +20, Speed +5, Defense +20!]

After successfully devouring a freight electric locomotive, Lin Xian received the largest numerical increase ever. Although it was only a short-distance freight locomotive, it still weighed hundreds of tons. This devouring had cost him a great deal.

“The locomotive increased my strength and defense so much. It really is a tough and powerful thing.”

“Not bad. Killing Tang Hai and that giant white monster actually increased my stats so much…”

“Mechanical Manufacturing has also been upgraded.”

[Congratulations, Mechanical Manufacturing has been upgraded to level 2!]

This greatly increased the speed at which he could use the materials in his decomposition space for mechanical manufacturing.

Firearms were a bit more complicated. The only problem was the lack of gunpowder-related materials, so he couldn’t make bullets for now, which was a bit troublesome.

Unless he was making weapons like electromagnetic cannons, but he didn’t have the blueprints for those at the moment. However, after this battle, he felt that he could prepare more simple and useful mechanical components for use in emergencies.

For example, grappling hooks, shields, ground spikes, etc. These things were simple to make and might have miraculous uses at critical moments!

Lin Xian opened the light screen of his Mechanical Heart, somewhat surprised.

[Current Mechanical Heart Level: LV.2 (420/1000)]

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

Strength Level: 2 [73%] (Explosive force: 200 kg class)

Speed Level: 1 [89%] (Max speed: 10m/s)

Defense Level: 1 [71%] (Tough Bones and Skin)

[Mechanical Awakening]: Not Awakened

Mechanical Devour: 2 (478/500) Increases devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 2 (30/500) Increases construction efficiency

Mechanical Passives: Scan/Repair/Decompose

[Special Skills]

Wind Cannon (Common) (LV 2, 78%)

Ice Shield (Common) (LV 1, 69%)

Flash Step (Rare) (LV 1, 30%)

“It actually increased my defense so much this time!”

Lin Xian was secretly surprised. His Mechanical Heart was too human-like. Both Tang Hai and the giant white monster had extremely hard skin. As a result, after he killed them, his defense received a huge boost, even surpassing his speed in progress.

“Lin Xian,” at this moment, Teacher Chen’s slightly worried voice came. “She’s still not waking up. What do we do?”

“Wait a moment.”

Lin Xian stood up. “There must be more of these red beads on that big guy outside. We’ll find them and try again. If she still doesn’t wake up, we’ll stop at Yuchi and not head towards Mount Daluo for now.”

“Stop?”

“Yes!” Lin Xian nodded, his gaze sharp.

“Although Yuchi City is not big, I know there are many shopping malls there. Many parts of the train are damaged now. If KIKI doesn’t wake up, I’ll take Dalou and the others to collect some supplies and equipment to repair and refit the train. At the same time, I’ll use the radio to look for other teams nearby!”

“Since this red bead is useful, we’ll trade resources for it. If one is not enough, then two. If two are not enough, then four!”

After his Mechanical Manufacturing was upgraded, Lin Xian’s mentality also underwent a subtle change. He had to re-upgrade and modify the train. The original plan was to explore Underground City No. 9. Now that KIKI was unconscious, it was better to settle for the second best and go to Yuchi City to explore first.

If he could manufacture some ammunition, then he could manufacture and upgrade firearms!

Currently, all three of his main stats were close to upgrading. Mechanical Devour was also about to reach level 3. Most importantly, he had taken a big step towards the first awakening of his Mechanical Heart