Chapter 70: Armor 1.0!

Beep, beep, beep~

The watch’s alarm sounded again.

The setting sun gradually descended. As planned, Dalou drove into the pedestrian street again, attracting the attention of a large number of zombies.

Lin Xian, taking advantage of the empty streets, charged directly into the square on foot. He placed a battery on the side of the road, created a loudspeaker and several large lights, and placed them in a circular pattern around the square. The loudspeaker was connected to a wire and placed in the center.

At the same time, he followed the predetermined route, placing tripwires and beast traps along the way. He could create these things almost instantly with a wave of his hand.

Swish, swish, swish!

In a small alley, Lin Xian ran quickly. After using his wind gun to deal with a few zombies blocking the way, he continuously set up some special traps in corners and narrow areas.

At one exit, he even placed a nail wall full of sharp spikes. The nail wall was hung high on the wall, and gravity would cause the wall, covered in sharp serrations, to fall down.

These were all relatively simple devices. Lin Xian’s goal was not to use these things to deal with anomalies, but to buy himself time to escape.

Facing an anomaly for the first time, he had to be extremely careful.

After setting everything up, Lin Xian rushed to the side of the road and saw Dalou’s off-road vehicle charging towards him with a large number of zombies in tow.

Screech~

The off-road vehicle braked, and Lin Xian directly got into the passenger seat. Dalou stepped on the gas and quickly rushed out of the city.

In order not to bring trouble back to the station, Dalou drove the off-road vehicle onto the main road, taking a few detours until he had shaken off a large number of zombies, and then drove back to Yuchi Station along a small road.

The off-road vehicle was reloaded onto the train. Back in the car, Chen Sixuan and Shasha also rode their motorcycles back along the railway, their lights on in the distance.

As soon as Chen Sixuan got off the car, she took off her helmet and said, “We didn’t dare to go too far, but we found that special branch line. That railway is indeed newly built. We don’t have the tools, so we didn’t change the switch.”

“It’s fine.”

Lin Xian nodded. “Since it’s a newly built railway, it was probably prepared for the underground city. We’ll change the track when we get there. You guys get on the train first.”

Next, he and Dalou continued to install the roof armor on the remaining cars, while Chen Sixuan and Shasha organized the things they had obtained today in the car.

In cars 1 and 2, Lin Xian had used his Mechanical Heart to create metal storage cabinets. Cars 3 and 4 were mainly for cargo, originally for Tang Hai’s convoy’s supplies. To prevent the supplies from scattering, Lin Xian had installed a partition net.

Only after the armor was upgraded could Lin Xian find time to start tidying up the inside of the cars, modifying the water supply system, and so on.

These all needed to be done step by step.

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +20, Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +10. Additional rewards: Strength +1, Speed +1!]

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +20, Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +10. Additional reward: Defense +1]

[Devour successful. Mechanical Source +15, Mechanical Devour skill proficiency +8. Additional reward: Defense +1]

[Decomposition: Obtained High-Manganese Steel *50, Hot-Rolled Forged Steel *50, Cold-Rolled Dual-Phase Steel Plate *15, Ordinary Carbon Steel *100, Non-metallic foam materials, non-metallic composite materials…]

Lin Xian decomposed and devoured the freight train cars while manufacturing the armored roof.

A freight car weighing more than ten tons actually gave him about the same amount of mechanical source points as a car. It really was a solid iron lump. Fortunately, Lin Xian’s purpose was only for the materials, and such a large thing had a simple structure, so it didn’t take too much time to devour.

[Congratulations, Mechanical Devour skill has been upgraded to level 3!]

At this moment, his Mechanical Devour had also been upgraded, and the devouring efficiency was greatly improved. It took him less than half an hour to deal with an empty car.

[Current Mechanical Heart Level: LV.2 (525/1000)]

[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 [93%] (Max speed: 10m/s)

Defense Level: 1 [76%] (Tough Bones and Skin)

[Mechanical Awakening]: Not Awakened

Mechanical Devour: 3 (15/1000) Increases devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 2 (120/500) Increases construction efficiency

Mechanical Passives: Scan/Repair/Decompose

[Special Skills]

Wind Cannon (Common) (LV 2, 86%)

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

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

Clang~ Clang!

Inside and outside the train, the work of refitting the vehicle was in full swing. With the completion of the welding of the last piece of armored roof, the entire Infinity, except for the flatbed cars being towed at the back, was now completely covered in black armor, exuding a powerful aura in the dark, like a steel fortress!

“I’ll use the armor material from that tank combined with Tungsten-Titanium Alloy as connecting parts to cast the ice-breaking shield for the front of the train.”

At the front of the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive, Lin Xian and Dalou began to prepare to install the most important front shield!

The intense sound of metal clashing continuously rang out. A fluorescent light shone from Lin Xian’s palm as a huge amount of metal materials flew out, condensing, shaping, forging, and assembling!

Clang, clang, clang! The metal forged, and a thick ice-breaking shield gradually took shape.

The ice-breaking shield weighed more than 5 tons. Lin Xian and Dalou used a crane and were busy for more than an hour before they finally finished installing it.

“This time, the roof, the wings, the wheel wings, and the front are all covered. It finally looks like an armored train.”

Lin Xian wiped away a thin layer of sweat. Looking at the giant masterpiece parked on the platform in front of him, he suddenly felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Not only was the armor upgraded, but the overall weight of the train had also been greatly increased. If they encountered that giant white monster again, Lin Xian estimated that it definitely wouldn’t be able to move it.

But the disadvantage was that with such a large weight, it would be difficult for KIKI to use her ability to lift the front of the train.

Unless her ability could be evolved and upgraded.

“Dalou, let’s get on the train and rest for a while.”

Looking at the time, it was already past 5:00 AM. The two of them had been busy for most of the night without realizing it.

“How’s KIKI?”

Lin Xian came to car 1 and saw that Chen Sixuan and Shasha had already organized the inside of the car neatly. He immediately felt a sense of relief.

The outside was fully covered in armor, and the living space inside was becoming more and more abundant. This fortress-like living train was becoming more and more complete.

“Still not awake.”

Chen Sixuan walked over, constantly wiping the sweat from KIKI’s face with a towel, her face full of worry. “I feel like she’s having a nightmare. She keeps sweating.”

Lin Xian walked over and checked KIKI’s eyes again. He found that the black ink-like substance was gradually covering them again, and his brow furrowed.

“Looks like the Anomaly Blood Crystal is not enough.”

“But we don’t know how much we need…”

Lin Xian took a deep breath. “If we have the chance to get a few more, we’ll keep one to activate the dark radio and try to trade with others for the rest.”

The Infinity still had a lot of supplies. Trading was a relatively safer and more secure way. And perhaps they could get some information from other channels. Otherwise, their blind use of the Anomaly Blood Crystal might not be the solution.

Chen Sixuan nodded and looked at Lin Xian.

“When are you planning to act?”

Lin Xian took a bottle of water and chugged half of it. “I’ll rest for a while and recover some stamina. I still have to deal with that car of capacitors and transformers. It’s safest before dawn.”

His speed attribute was about to break through, and the GK03 Electro-Blade was not yet complete. There was still a lot of time before dawn, so to be on the safe side, Lin Xian decided to make full preparations before setting off.