Chapter 103: Authorization (2nd Update, Asking for Monthly Tickets)

Lin Xian could certainly see the nervousness on the faces of Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and the others, but he had no intention of explaining. They had already risked coming here, and their purpose was not to play psychological games with a few researchers. Since they had arrived, Ding Junyi had to fulfill her promise immediately.

Ding Junyi frowned and glanced at Lin Xian, then at the mobile terminal Kiki presented to her. Her expression settled, and without hesitation, she reached out, entered her password, and pressed her fingerprint.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and Han Qiming’s hearts were all in their throats. They were afraid that the moment Ding Junyi completed this action, the other party would unhesitatingly shoot them all dead!

[Beep. Authorization complete.]

A notification sound came from the mobile terminal. Kiki took it with delight, looked at it in her hand, and sure enough, she had directly entered the underground city’s internal management channel. She immediately grinned at Ding Junyi. “Thanks~”

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian and said, “That Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive is currently docked at the level-five freight terminal, which is the 95th sub-level. The system on that level went offline five days ago. The last surveillance footage in the system log can confirm this.”

“System offline? Is it related to the subterranean creatures?” Lin Xian frowned slightly, thinking that it was indeed not that simple.

“Yes. I suspect it might be because the main structure of the underground city has been damaged. The tunnel track from the 89th sub-level downwards may have been affected to some extent.”

As soon as she said this, the air immediately became a bit heavier.

Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and the others could see that Lin Xian was very interested in that locomotive, but this news sounded completely negative.

“The… the permission has been given to you. You will take us with you, right?” Zhao Yan’s face was ashen, and she was trembling with nervousness.

Xu Wen also hid behind her, looking at Lin Xian with a frightened expression.

Lin Xian frowned, ignoring the others, and instead asked Kiki, “What’s the situation?”

“It’s about the same as what she said…” Kiki’s fingers tapped on the mobile terminal. “The system shows that there was indeed a Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive online at that station before, but it’s disconnected now. We’ll have to go down and see for ourselves.”

“Then let’s go and see.”

Having already come in, just obtaining system access would mean a wasted trip.

Lin Xian turned around, glanced at them faintly, and said, “I’ll give you 10 minutes.”

“10, 10 minutes? What do you mean?! Are you going to kill us?” Xu Wen exclaimed.

Lin Xian’s face darkened. He looked helplessly at the relatively rational Ding Junyi. “Miss Ding, please pack your things. We will return to the train in 10 minutes. It’s getting dark soon. You’d better be prepared. There are all kinds of monsters outside. If you fall behind, I will not turn back to rescue you.”

As soon as he said this, Ding Junyi’s somewhat tense face relaxed. She said in a deep voice, “We are already prepared. But what you just said is very constructive. 10 minutes is enough.”

This laboratory was just the workplace they had fled into when the disaster struck. Besides their usual work data, they had almost no personal luggage. If it weren’t for Ding Junyi’s reminder, these people wouldn’t have even thought to pack their work logs…

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, the other three also breathed a sigh of relief. Even the way they looked at Lin Xian changed. They immediately perked up and nodded in agreement.

“Understood, understood. Thank you, Mr. Lin.”

“We’ll get ready right away.”

“Quick, quick, pack your things.”

But at this moment, Ding Junyi did something puzzling in front of Lin Xian. She bent down, took off her shoes, forcefully knocked off the heels, and then put them back on. Then she put several portable hard drives into her pocket and said, “This is the research data from the institute, and some information about the underground city. Of course, now that you have the permission, you can view it directly. This is a backup. Other than that, if there’s anything else in this lab you want to take, I can help.”

After speaking, she picked up a Geiger counter from the workbench and handed it to Lin Xian.

“The No. 1 core reactor of the underground city has melted down. Although the isolation doors were urgently activated for complete sealing, since the main structure has already been breached, there will be nuclear leakage. If you are going underground, you should need this.”

“I appreciate your attitude.”

Lin Xian liked people who were direct and efficient in their words and actions. Getting along with such a cold person in daily life might be a bit tiring, but dealing with them at work was the most comfortable.

“Lin Xian.” Kiki walked over at this moment. She had found the data on the No. 1 Blood Calamity Plant and excitedly handed it to Lin Xian. “What do you think of this thing? Should we take it? I think it looks very mysterious. It might be very valuable.”

“If it’s convenient, I suggest you take this.” Before Lin Xian could speak, Ding Junyi at the side spoke up seriously. “From a researcher’s perspective, the value of this thing exceeds that of anomalous blood essence. We all speculate that it may have a strong connection to metahuman abilities and the apocalyptic dark night. This is also an important asset of the Federation.”

Hearing Ding Junyi’s words, Lin Xian turned back to examine the cultivation chamber and immediately had some ideas.

He then said to Dalou, “Dalou, carry it. But if there’s trouble on the way, just throw it away. Your life is more important.”

Dalou nodded obediently. “Got it.”

Lin Xian’s words caused a subtle flicker in Ding Junyi’s eyes. She carefully examined the man before her, who didn’t look overly mature, her mind pondering something unknown.

Dalou put away his heavy machine gun. Seeing this, Han Qiming next to him immediately scurried over to help. “This… this needs to be disconnected from the power source. It’s a self-adapting cultivation chamber with an internal circulation system. It can be done like this…” After speaking, he skillfully began to help Dalou dismantle it.

At this moment, Kiki looked around, her face full of regret.

“And this laboratory, there’s a lot of powerful research equipment inside. For example, the air circulation system here, and the plant cultivation incubators and stuff, they all feel pretty good.”

Lin Xian looked around, a little interested as well. However, the equipment in this laboratory was not their primary target this time. These things couldn’t be used immediately even if they were brought onto the train. Right now, energy and weapon systems were the top priority, followed by medical, life support systems, and so on. Including what Kiki had mentioned, if they could find the underground city’s AI module, it would be of great use.

But he no longer held out hope for that. From the information Ding Junyi had conveyed, the entire underground city was left with only subsystems and backup power, which meant the main control system had long been taken away.

Hearing their conversation, Ding Junyi frowned and looked at Lin Xian.

“Why would you need these things?”

Lin Xian responded with surprise, “As a scientist, don’t you know the value of these things?”

“Sorry, I didn’t express myself clearly.” Ding Junyi changed her wording. “What I mean is, these things are for research purposes. They are indeed important to us, but…”

“But we’re all in a life-or-death situation, so why are we still concerned about these things, right?” Lin Xian interrupted her and said directly.

Ding Junyi knew she had asked too much, but since Lin Xian had asked her back, she still nodded in response. “Yes, but you don’t have to tell me.”

Lin Xian replied coldly, “Haven’t you already analyzed my purpose? Since it’s a mobile doomsday train, besides supplies and food, other useful equipment is also what we need. This is also why I’m cooperating with you. I’m interested in the energy system, weapon system, air and water purification equipment, medical equipment, and so on. If conditions permit, I don’t mind taking a mobile plant cultivation chamber or a research lab. So I need you to tell me in detail the areas that have this equipment.”

Lin Xian’s words brought a hint of astonishment to Ding Junyi’s somewhat cold face. She said slowly, “You want to build the train into a mobile underground city?!”

“That’s right.”

Lin Xian said directly, “Do you have any comments on that?”

Ding Junyi was stunned for a moment. She sized up Lin Xian with a scrutinizing gaze, then spoke.

“No. As far as I know, in the GF4 internal crane station, there are two Cole-3 biological science research car-chambers. They are the highest J5-level experimental chambers, equipped with a micro-centrifuge, electric blast drying oven, constant temperature shaker, constant temperature water bath, plant cultivation incubator, illumination incubator, vacuum concentrator, desktop refrigerated centrifuge, as well as a bio-analyzer, horizontal electrophoresis equipment, UV crosslinker, and so on. It’s just that they use the Eternal-class train’s carriage connection standard, which is different from your freight train carriages. If you have a way, you can take them directly, and you won’t have to move all this equipment.”

“Wow~”

Kiki’s eyes lit up upon hearing this. She looked at Lin Xian with a smile.

“I was right, wasn’t I? There’s definitely an unexpected harvest!”