Chapter 173: External Armor Electric Blade Device

In car number 7, Chen Sixuan was leading people to move and inventory all the survival supplies in the storage room.

“172, 173… Xiao Li, put all the biscuits in Area C1,” Chen Sixuan directed as she counted.

“Okay, Captain Chen.”

Captain Chen? Chen Sixuan secretly pursed her lower lip, a hint of joy flashing in her heart, but her face remained serious. “Put all the jerky in the freezer. Be careful not to put it in the wrong place.”

Seeing that all the cars were being arranged in full swing, she went to car number 4 to find Lin Xian.

“We’ve got a lot of supplies. We have plenty of food, and we also found a lot of medical supplies, weapons…”

Lin Xian was currently manufacturing the soilless cultivation racks and plant cultivation chambers for car number 4. He nodded and said, “Food and medicine are key. For now, just collect the other weapons. By the way, did you find any blood essence?”

With Lin Xian’s mechanical manufacturing ability, he didn’t really need those mechanical equipment and firearms at the moment, unless they were very advanced. Other than that, blood essence was more crucial.

Shu Qin also walked over at this moment, holding a modified radio in her hand. “It’s strange. Even the blood essence on the dark radio is gone, but it seems like none of the supplies are missing.”

Lin Xian’s expression darkened slightly. “Then it seems that some kind of monster devoured both the people and the blood essence.”

The people and the blood essence were gone, but the important survival supplies and vehicles were left behind. Lin Xian felt a chill run down his spine. Even if they had encountered Aberrations or a corpse tide, it shouldn’t have been like this.

There should have been at least some resistance…

Shu Qin nodded. “We arrived in Jiazhou a few hours earlier than you. The night here seems to be different from the one in Yubei.”

“Different? Why?” Chen Sixuan asked.

“It might be related to the three Starry Abysses,” Lin Xian said at this moment. This was also one of his guesses. Although being far away from the several Starry Abyss tides gave them a longer daytime, at night, they were affected by No. 3, No. 5, and No. 7, so things might be different.

At this moment, Lu Xingchen ran onto the train. He had just been on watch and saw the train being assembled in full swing, so he quickly ran over to find Lin Xian.

“Brother Lin.”

“Go ahead.”

“The tea maker I mentioned before, remember to make one for me. I think the water on our train is very good. It would be perfect for making tea.”

Lin Xian looked at this guy with surprise, admiring his mentality. He still had the mind to study the art of tea while on the run.

However, Lin Xian didn’t say anything, just smiled faintly. “After all this is assembled, I’ll make a separate tea table for you.”

These things were not difficult for Lin Xian. For example, KIKI, that little girl, was also a bit scatterbrained. She had long forgotten about the entertainment equipment he had gotten in Jiangcheng, but that little girl had taken it and set up an entertainment area in car number 2. She would even play games with Shasha when she had nothing to do.

“Kindred spirit!”

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, Lu Xingchen’s eyes lit up. With an exaggerated ‘you understand me’ expression, he raised his finger and said, “With Brother Lin’s care, I, Lu Xingchen, will definitely protect our human race for all eternity!”

How did it escalate to protecting the human race for all eternity? There were less than thirty people on this train.

Lin Xian opened his mouth, but swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

He thought to himself that it was good for this guy to have such enthusiasm. Now that the entire train’s firepower had been upgraded, and with KIKI and Da Lou, both evolutionary-grade Espers, plus a fire-type evolutionary-grade Lu Xingchen, the sense of security had indeed increased a lot.

[Preparation Factory: Material conversion complete]

Lin Xian opened his preparation factory at this moment, and his eyes immediately lit up. He went to an empty car, preparing to try to build something new.

The PX-05 engineering robot! This kind of robot could perform more precise welding and fixing work. Lin Xian had been very envious of this robot at the spaceport. It could greatly improve efficiency and also help Lin Xian with a lot of car maintenance work.

“Let’s give it a try…” Lin Xian took a deep breath.

Light flashed, and many precision materials flew out, assembling in front of Lin Xian’s palm.

But this time, the manufacturing speed was slow. The materials kept changing in the air. Lin Xian was already sweating, but the robot’s core processor hadn’t even taken shape.

“Damn, is it this complicated?”

Lin Xian’s pupils narrowed, and he immediately stopped the manufacturing process.

Ting~ A small piece of black, unfinished object fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Lin Xian wiped his sweat, picked it up, and saw that it was a corner of an unformed chip. He immediately clicked his tongue.

“It seems my mechanical manufacturing level is too low.”

[Mechanical Manufacturing: 2 (420/500)]

Lin Xian opened the panel of his Mechanical Heart. His mechanical manufacturing ability had increased from the previous 260 to 420 after manufacturing a large number of train parts at the spaceport and just now. He was close to reaching level 3.

“Then I’ll raise my mechanical manufacturing to level 3 today and try again tonight.”

His concern was right. Lin Xian had indeed underestimated the difficulty of manufacturing such a robot. After all, it had a very high level of intelligence and came with a Hall-effect thruster with an anode layer. Although it was just an engineering robot, it was not something that could be manufactured at will.

“It seems that even with the materials, the manufacturing difficulty is also a problem. The 1130 will probably take a lot of time too.”

Lin Xian took a deep breath and walked down from the car.

Clank, clank, clank~

At this moment, the black Infinity was being dismantled section by section. The gantry crane was constantly installing new defensive armor plates. The upgrade work was in full swing.

“Alright, I’ll finish the rough work first, then deal with those precision systems.”

The cars, armor, living area, dining room, and material collection and organization were all urgent needs. If he got these done first, he could still run if a crisis occurred.

Although a precision system like a robot was very useful, its priority was definitely not as important as the external defense of the cars. It could be solved slowly later.

His many previous experiences had told him how important the train’s defense was. It had helped the team resist the disaster of being wiped out and escape to survive many times.

Having a whole day of daylight made all the members of the Infinity feel a little unaccustomed. The assembly work of the train lasted from morning to afternoon. With the help of dozens of people, the prototype of the Infinity, with 12 cars and two sets of power locomotives, was basically configured.

The black armor was tightly covered, and the two sets of automatic blast-proof doors looked very futuristic.

Inside the cars, Chen Sixuan and several women from the convoy were organizing food and tableware in the dining car.

In car number 2, KIKI and Shasha were happily arranging their new space. The onboard server of the nuclear-powered locomotive was moved here. Lin Xian even specially built a weapon assembly table for Shasha to tinker with.

Da Lou and a few people from Shu Qin’s group were laying the pipes that Lin Xian had manufactured inside the cars, connecting the vehicle’s water tank, water purification system, and heating system.

In car number 4, Lin Xian found a few young people from Shu Qin’s original convoy, Zou Yunyao and others, to help Ding Junyi. These were all young people with a higher level of education before the apocalypse. At this moment, they were helping her set up the soilless cultivation racks and plant cultivation chambers that Lin Xian had manufactured.

Click, click~

Small explosion-proof surveillance cameras were slowly manufactured by Lin Xian and installed on the side of the train’s roof. This kind of surveillance had infrared night vision detection function. After the entire train was installed, they would have a comprehensive monitoring of the entire train and could also design an emergency alarm.

Combined with the photoelectric sight and active phased array radar at the front of the train, the Infinity would have clear and sensitive external monitoring means, and its safety would also be greatly improved.

“Hiss…”

Lin Xian stood up, stretched, and rubbed his sore back. He felt sore all over, but time was waiting for no one. He had to finish all the external defense devices before dark.

“There’s one last thing left for the exterior, the external armor electric blade device!”