Chapter 106: Downward (5th Update, Asking for Monthly Tickets!!)

Lin Xian didn’t dare to be careless. He led the group out of the elevator, using a flashlight to scout the path, and soon arrived at the location of the Infinity.

The cockpit door opened. After the perilous journey, the group of six finally returned to the train.

Clang~

As the heavy cockpit door closed, Lin Xian turned on the lights inside the car, and a long-lost sense of security washed over them.

After boarding, Zhao Yan and Xu Wen were taken by Lin Xian to an empty area in Car 1. The three of them were drenched in sweat, so scared that they collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath.

“Are you guys okay?”

Seeing Lin Xian return, Chen Sixuan and Shasha immediately breathed a sigh of relief and ran over with concern.

“One of them died,” Lin Xian said softly, catching his breath.

Chen Sixuan covered her mouth. She looked at Zhao Yan and Xu Wen, who were paralyzed with fear on the floor, and then focused her attention on Ding Junyi.

“Is she the one who contacted us?”

“Ding Junyi,” Ding Junyi looked at Chen Sixuan and introduced herself directly.

“Are we saved?”

Zhao Yan had recovered a little from her terror. She panted as she looked at the train car.

“You won’t die for now.”

“Teacher Chen,” Lin Xian glanced at Zhao Yan and Xu Wen and called out to Chen Sixuan, “Get them something to eat first. We’ll rest for a while.”

“Ah! Really? Thank you so much!!!” Hearing that Lin Xian was going to give them food, Zhao Yan immediately recovered from her fear. Her survival instinct kicked in, and she realized that she was about to starve to death. Where would she find the time to mourn for Professor Han?

“Thank you, thank you, Mr. Lin…”

“Wuwuwu… Teacher Zhao, we’re saved!”

Xu Wen was both scared and overjoyed at this moment. After experiencing such a long period of despair, these people’s spirits had collapsed countless times.

Now that they were on the Infinity, which was comparable to a fortress-like safe house, and heard that Lin Xian was going to give them food, they could no longer control their excitement, and the two of them started crying again.

On the other hand, Ding Junyi, the deputy director of the Biological Research Department, just looked tense, her eyes observing Lin Xian’s teammates and the environment inside the car, her thoughts unknown.

Lin Xian paid them no mind. He watched as Dalou brought back the cultivation chamber and told him to put it on the table.

“Wow, what is this, a flower?”

Shasha ran over in surprise when she saw the glass cultivation chamber her brother had brought back.

“What’s it called again…” Kiki scratched her head.

“No. 1 Blood Calamity Plant. If you like, you can also call it Hell’s Black Chrysanthemum…” Ding Junyi said coldly to Kiki. “It’s not an official name, just what we all call it.”

“Hell’s Black Chrysanthemum, that sounds very unusual.” Chen Sixuan frowned and looked at the black flower stamen with a look of amazement. In her eyes, this strange flower had a peculiar beauty, especially the red part in the middle, which gave off a demonic feeling.

“This thing…” Lin Xian looked at it. “Let’s put it away for now. The Federal Phoenix Society should have relevant information later. We’ll see how to deal with it then.”

Before he understood it, Lin Xian decided not to increase his curiosity. If it was really an item related to metahuman abilities, it might be truly priceless.

Night fell, and the blizzard intensified.

On the vast southern plains of Great Luo Mountain, the cold wind howled, and the white snow continuously buried the tens of kilometers of abandoned cars and thousands of corpses under a thick layer of snow.

The zombies wandering on the snowy plains made crunching sounds as they stepped on the knee-deep snow. Many zombies were already completely frozen, turning into black, humanoid sculptures.

On the deathly silent freight terminal of the 65th sub-level of Underground City No. 9, the Infinity was parked quietly. The warm light from inside the train continuously dispelled everyone’s fear.

After resting for about an hour and eating something, Zhao Yan and Xu Wen’s emotions finally stabilized a little.

Lin Xian didn’t have time to care about them. He was in the information center of Car 2, studying the internal situation of the underground city with Kiki.

Because Ding Junyi was more familiar with the internal situation, Lin Xian also called her over.

“In this GF4 platform, there are indeed two more train cars. Judging from the paint, they should be assets of the former Federation.” Kiki opened the surveillance and switched to the No. 4 platform on the ground.

Lin Xian looked at the two train cars and immediately felt that this trip was not in vain.

And Ding Junyi hadn’t lied. From this point of view, his decision to risk entering the rescue was currently a success.

“After we go up, we’ll redeploy the train cars on this platform, and then set off for Yubei City.”

“Then what’s our next step?” Kiki kept searching for available information within the underground city, but because most areas were already disconnected, only a very small number of areas were still connected to the subsystem.

“Of course, it’s to get that Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive. It’s dark now, and there might be those human anomalies everywhere, so we’ll prioritize getting this. As for the rest, we’ll see how it goes.”

“Then how do we get down?”

Kiki opened the schematic of the underground city and was constantly studying it.

Ding Junyi walked up at this moment and said, “If you want to go down, there are two options. The first is to drive the train directly down, which is the fastest, but it won’t work if the track is broken or there are other blockages. The second is to take the elevator to the 89th sub-level and then take the stairs down. But if the track is broken, even if you find that electric locomotive, it will be useless.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

Kiki stood up with a proud look and patted Lin Xian’s shoulder. “We have a secret weapon.”

Ding Junyi glanced at Lin Xian with a surprised expression but said nothing.

Lin Xian pointed at the structural diagram of the underground city and said after a moment of thought, “It’s simple. We’ll take the elevator to the 89th sub-level first, then enter the tunnel through this safety passage, and follow the tunnel all the way down to the platform on the 95th sub-level.”

Currently, it could be confirmed that the track section from the 65th to the 89th sub-level was still usable. So Lin Xian thought of exploring downward along the track on the 89th sub-level. If the track was damaged or something, he and Kiki could solve it directly. He was not prepared to drive the Infinity down, because if it couldn’t dock at a platform, it meant the train would have to be parked on a track with a slope of 59.5‰. Not only was it risky, but driving down would also make a lot of noise. If the brakes failed, they would all be buried.

So, to be safe, he had to first figure out the situation of the track below and confirm the condition of the target locomotive. With the situation below unknown, Lin Xian didn’t want to rashly drive the entire train to the bottom level.

If he could confirm that the track was fine, then he and Kiki would directly operate that Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive and drive it up, connect it to the Infinity, and leave the underground city together.

“Hey, that could work!” Kiki agreed.

“Then let’s do that.”

Without further ado, Lin Xian decided to set off immediately. “Dalou, you stay on the train.”

“Brother Xian, let me go with you.” Dalou was a little surprised. Why not take him at such a dangerous time?

Lin Xian shook his head directly. “You and Shasha will protect the train.”

There were three strangers on the train, plus the strange human anomalies in this underground city. Lin Xian was somewhat worried. He felt it would be more reliable to leave a metahuman like Dalou behind.

Moreover, his and Kiki’s abilities were more flexible. Whether it was encountering a tide of zombies or solving track problems, they could be of use.

“Dalou, watch them.”

Dalou understood Lin Xian’s meaning upon hearing this and nodded. “Don’t worry, Brother Xian. Leave this to me.”

Just as Lin Xian was about to leave, he saw Ding Junyi walk up to him.

“If you follow your plan, I can navigate for you.”

Ding Junyi pointed to the mobile terminal in Kiki’s hand. “The walkie-talkie won’t work. You can use the underground city’s subsystem for information transmission to communicate.”

“OK.”

Lin Xian gave her a deep look and didn’t refuse. He knew this woman could be helpful.

Then, Lin Xian and Kiki put on their gas masks. He also took the Geiger counter and set off again into the dark night.