Chapter 93: Isomer (7th Update, Asking for Monthly Tickets!)

Lin Xian walked out of Car 2, rubbing his nose with a wistful expression.

“I’ve been bitten. I wonder if I’ll turn into a zombie…”

He walked through Cars 3 and 4. These two cars were previously confiscated from Tang Hai and were mainly used for storage. However, because there weren’t many supplies, both cars were somewhat empty.

In fact, Lin Xian had stored a certain amount of supplies in every car except Car 5, also to prevent any unexpected situations.

He arrived at Car 5. Dalou was sitting on a chair, holding a gun on guard. Seeing Lin Xian approach, he stood up and asked, “Brother Xian, are we leaving?”

Lin Xian shook his head and gestured, “No, you rest for a bit. I’ll watch the back.”

“Oh, okay.”

Dalou knew Lin Xian must have a plan and didn’t argue with his request. He was told to rest, so he immediately put down his gun and went to sleep.

Lin Xian opened the rear ramp, preparing to devour the broken-down off-road vehicle and see if he could repair the armored car.

The armored car was still very valuable to Lin Xian. When he needed to get out of the train later, having such a high-powered armored car would be much more convenient.

The advantage of this open-air flatbed trailer was that it was convenient for loading and unloading vehicles. The disadvantage was that it had no protection. In a situation like last night’s marauder convoy, it was really hard to prevent people from climbing on and driving your car away…

But it was also quite troublesome to prepare a separate car for a single vehicle. Lin Xian thought for a moment and decided to drive the car directly into Car 5. Anyway, Car 5 had a ramp, making it convenient to get on and off. It was just that when loading and unloading other supplies, the car had to be unloaded first, which was not as convenient as his motorcycle.

Lin Xian walked over to the armored car, placed his hand on it, and activated his Mechanical Heart to investigate.

“Good… it’s not broken. Having armor does make it more durable…”

“Let’s get it into Car 5 first…”

Looking at the thick snow on the flatbed trailer, Lin Xian thought about getting rid of these two burdens after going to Underground City No. 9.

But not now. In case he needed to tow any large machinery tomorrow, he would still need this large flatbed trailer.

So Lin Xian went out, devoured the damaged off-road vehicle, tidied up the tool racks at the rear of Car 5, pushed the armored car into Car 5, and then closed the ramp.

At this moment, he took out the old radio, took a deep breath, and looked at the track not far away.

There, the headless female ghost in the three-point bikini stood eerily. Only Lin Xian, holding the radio, could see her.

“A Forbidden Object, is it? Since you’re attached to a machine, I’m going to see what you really are.”

Lin Xian looked at the headless female ghost, his expression sharp, and thought to himself, “If you give me 1 point of Mechanical Origin, I’ll really strip you bare…”

Voom~

A faint light flickered, and Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart began to turn.

As this strange power emerged, the red-clad female ghost and the radio seemed to start resisting violently, trembling in Lin Xian’s hand.

[Devour Progress 50%]

For such a small mechanical device, Lin Xian’s devouring speed only took a few minutes.

[Devour Progress 99%]

Countless terrifying spectacles swarmed before Lin Xian’s eyes. The red-clad female ghost was also rapidly flashing, distorting, and screaming.

But in the next instant, just as Lin Xian thought the devour was about to succeed, a strange prompt suddenly appeared on his light screen.

[Devour Failed. Non-mechanical energy detected. Please upgrade the Mechanical Heart to complete awakening before attempting.]

[Prompt: Non-mechanical energy detected. To protect the Mechanical Heart, Mechanical Isomerization will be automatically enabled to seal the energy.]

Clack clack clack!

At this moment, Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart suddenly began to operate at high speed. Then, the radio in his hand suddenly began to flip like a Rubik’s Cube, instantly transforming into a rectangular, misaligned radio, with the silver antenna wrapped around the middle.

“Ah!!!”

With a shrill scream, the countless terrifying spectacles instantly shattered. An invisible force was rapidly gathered and sucked into the strange cube in Lin Xian’s hand.

“Holy crap, what’s going on?”

This was the first time Lin Xian’s Mechanical Devour had ever failed.

“Non-mechanical energy, automatically enable Mechanical Isomerization to seal the energy?”

Lin Xian was a little dazed. He looked around and found that all the terrifying scenes and the red-clad female ghost had disappeared. The strange, radio-like cube in his hand seemed to be gathering some kind of energy.

He immediately used his Mechanical Heart to scan it, but there were no results.

This thing seemed to have turned into a block of stone.

“Seal…”

Lin Xian muttered this word. Then he thought that this was an action taken by his own Mechanical Heart, so he could only calm down for now. “In that case, I’ll deal with this thing after the Mechanical Heart is upgraded to level 3.”

For some reason, Lin Xian had a feeling that the power of this Forbidden Object might really be usable by him with the help of his Mechanical Heart!

…

At 15:00 in the afternoon, the night passed without incident. The Infinity team had a rare night of rest.

Lin Xian planned to set off before dawn, because after entering the southern line, there was still a distance of one to two hundred kilometers. The daytime had been greatly shortened, so he had to take a risk to save daylight time.

After sleeping for more than ten hours, Teacher Chen’s complexion had recovered a bit of its rosy color. This was probably the longest and most comfortable night she had slept since leaving Jiang City. She was much more energetic.

In the dark night, the Infinity’s cars lit up with a goose-yellow light. Outside, the snowstorm continued, while inside, Chen Sixuan was already preparing food.

Now, besides being the train’s navigator, Chen Sixuan also took on the role of chef.

Dalou and Shasha were already fully armed, tidying up their guns and ammunition on the side. Kiki had been busy all night, not with the water-oxygen circulation system, but after Lin Xian’s reminder, she had made some detection upgrades to the radar system, mainly using the photoelectric probes to monitor the track conditions in the vertical direction of the train’s front.

Lin Xian thought Kiki’s idea was simply genius. It didn’t require a complex recognition module and could directly address a rather fatal problem for the Infinity right now.

Vroom~

The engines of the electric locomotive and the gas turbine started at the same time. The headlights turned on. After a night of rest, the Infinity slowly started up.

Not long after, the train reached the switch at Great Luo Mountain. Lin Xian went out in the dark to check and found that it was indeed a relatively new road, and it was a high-standard engineering-grade track. He changed the switch and merged the train onto the branch line.

Clang~ clang.

Because it was still dark, to be cautious, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan did not increase the speed, maintaining a slow advance and constantly paying attention to the road conditions.

The distant Great Luo Mountain range presented a majestic silhouette in the dark night. The train headed toward the hinterland of the southern foothills.

“Lin Xian, look.”

In the cockpit, Chen Sixuan pointed to the railway ahead. “Six tracks. It must have been a huge project to need so many tracks.”

Clang! Clang!

Suddenly, a wrecked car lying across the track appeared ahead. It was directly plowed aside by the Infinity’s icebreaker shield, making a roaring sound.

Chen Sixuan was startled. Lin Xian looked at the front of the train under the headlights, his brow furrowed.

As they continued to advance, the sides of the track began to widen. Dense rows of vehicles appeared in their line of sight, all blocking the roads on both sides. Many cars had even rushed onto the railway and were buried by the snow.

“So many cars?”

“Lin Xian, there are more and more…”

Clang~ clang clang…

More and more abandoned vehicles and various debris began to appear on the railway. Without any obstructions, the terrain became flat and wide. As far as the eye could see, there were all kinds of vehicles covered by the snow, which was suffocating.

Beep beep beep beep…

The driving alarm and probe radar kept sounding reminders. Kiki also ran into the cockpit with a nervous expression. “It’s all cars ahead. Both sides of the road are blocked. There are at least tens of thousands of them.”

Lin Xian saw it all, his eyes burning, and said in a deep voice, “It seems they were all trying to escape to the underground city after the apocalypse. I don’t know if these people were invited or if they were desperate and trying their luck…”

Chen Sixuan said, “Although the underground city project was by invitation only and had confidentiality agreements, such a large project would definitely be hard to hide. Even if only one percent of the people took the online rumors as a lifeline, that would still be hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.”

Kiki shook her head and sighed, “It’s useless. The underground city must have extremely strong armed forces. Besides, resources are limited. How could those despicable people let everyone in? The lives of ordinary people are worthless to them.”

16:45, dawn broke.

As if the tide had receded, the sky suddenly became clear. The reflection of the sun and the white snow became incredibly dazzling. Thump thump thump~ Shasha and Dalou also walked into the cockpit at this time. The group shielded their eyes from the glaring sun. As their vision gradually adapted, then… everyone’s expression began to grow heavy.

On the vast wilderness at the foot of the mountain range, the roads on both sides of the railway were jammed with thousands of cars buried by the snow. Countless zombies roamed among them. The wide, multi-line railway was also littered with all kinds of broken-down and abandoned cars and luggage.

Under the snow, various stiff corpses could be faintly seen in different postures. At first, everyone thought it was just uneven ground.

In fact, it wasn’t the ground, and the ground could no longer be seen. It was all dead people…

The congested highway stretched for several kilometers. Looking into the distance, a huge square underground pit appeared a few kilometers away. Layers of iron nets and steel walls separated the underground city. Countless various large construction machines were parked around it.

“Is that… Underground City No. 9?”

“Oh my god…”

Shasha covered her small mouth. “They actually dug such a big hole in the ground. How many people are going to live underground…”

Kiki had a grave expression. “But it looks like not only is it not finished, it seems to have completely stopped.”

“Something terrible must have happened here…” Chen Sixuan’s face was also grim.

On the snowy plains track, the black armored train continuously broke through the obstacles on the rails, slowly advancing. The huge noise caused the surrounding zombies to swarm over like ants.

The entire world seemed to be in a dead silence, with only the howling blizzard.