Chapter 107: Level 89

Lin Xian, fully armed with a backpack, and Kiki once again stepped onto the dark platform. Perhaps because it was night, a bone-chilling cold emanated even from the tunnels deep within the underground city.

The underground city’s mobile terminal successfully connected with the Infinity’s transponder system. Ding Junyi could use the transponder to communicate directly with Lin Xian via the city’s information terminal. When they entered the elevator, they indeed found that they could connect to the train’s communication.

“The entire underground city from levels 20 to 60 is the main living and working area. Levels 60 to 70 are for industrial production, scientific research, and storage. Below that, levels 70 to 80 are for third-class citizens, and it’s also the most populated. Level 89 is the permanent storage level for the city’s civilization. It mainly stores various species fossils, plant seeds, as well as a gene cryobank and various art pieces. Very few people usually work there, and there are no survival-valuable resources, so not many people should have gone to that floor after the infection broke out. However, the space there is very large, so you must be careful.”

In the elevator, Ding Junyi introduced calmly.

“Wow, 40 floors for the least numerous first and second-class citizens, and 10 floors for the most numerous third-class citizens. That’s so messed up…” Kiki clicked her tongue and complained.

Lin Xian glanced at her. “If you were here, you definitely wouldn’t have to live below level 60.”

Kiki’s tone was full of disdain. “I don’t like it here at all. I can’t breathe. My Car 2 is much more comfortable. When the time comes, we’ll rush out of the Parma Prairie, the Romu Desert, the Pacific Ocean… Anyway, dying any of those ways is more comfortable than dying here.”

“It’s just a pity. I thought we could find a lot of supplies, a lot of weapons, and a lot of equipment…”

Lin Xian, however, didn’t mind. “I’ll be very satisfied if I can get that Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive, not to mention the two research cars on top. Won’t our planting base be realized immediately then? When the time comes, I’ll expand the air and water circulation systems in those cars, and our train won’t be any worse than an intercontinental-class one.”

“That’s true~”

With the polar night approaching, hundreds of thousands of people in the underground city had fallen, and there were unknown subterranean creatures. Under these conditions, Lin Xian would be thankful for such a harvest. How could he extravagantly hope to search the entire underground city? Even if he had that ambition, he didn’t have that many lives.

What’s more, he hadn’t gotten anything yet.

Except for three more women on the train, and a pot of flowers…

Whirr~

The No. 3 freight elevator, with its dull sounds and various advertisement jingles, slowly arrived at the 89th sub-level, which was already offline in the system.

Hiss~

The elevator door slowly opened. Lin Xian and Kiki, one on the left and one on the right, held their guns and faced the elevator entrance with vigilance.

The light from inside the elevator projected onto the dark ground outside as the door opened. The two of them scanned their surroundings and found that the outside was an incredibly dark space. They could vaguely see many towering, large shelves.

Kiki operated the mobile terminal, navigating the route to the rail safety passage.

“It’s very empty here. Let’s be careful.”

The huge space gave Lin Xian a great sense of insecurity. Apart from the light spilling from the elevator, the space outside was dead silent.

“Let’s go.”

Thump~

Stepping out was like a stone dropping into a quiet lake in the empty room, making one’s heart tighten.

On the 89th sub-level, the two were now almost 450 meters underground. A huge sense of oppression spread from the bottom of their hearts.

Lin Xian walked in front of Kiki. He turned on the tactical flashlight mounted by his ear and observed his surroundings.

He found that the ceiling height of this level was much higher than the 52nd level they had just been to, at least 10 meters high. And these tall shelves, displayed in the darkness, gave the feeling of towering mountains.

Various insect specimens were neatly arranged on the shelves. The passage was straight and long, as if there was no end in sight.

“This is passage 117 in Area G. We need to turn right first and go down the passage near the gene cryobank.”

Kiki’s voice was not loud, but it sounded like thunder in this quiet space.

Lin Xian walked quickly, then suddenly stopped.

“Did you hear something?”

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, Kiki immediately tensed up and looked around vigilantly. “No… I didn’t?”

The two stood quietly for a few seconds. Besides the sound of their own breathing, they indeed didn’t hear anything else.

“Don’t scare me…”

Lin Xian made a shushing gesture to her, then walked into the darkness again.

He quietly took out the GK03 electric knife and slung the automatic rifle over his back. In this quiet space, if they encountered danger, his first reaction to use Flashback or Electric Surge to deal with the situation might be much better than opening fire.

Otherwise, if the noise was too loud and attracted a tide of zombies, they wouldn’t even be able to find a direction to escape in this place.

Turning out of passage G117, the two came to a shelf area storing fossils. As far as the eye could see, there were all kinds of skeletal shadows.

Kiki followed behind. The longer she walked in this empty place, the more her hair stood on end. So she said in a low voice, “Lin Xian, talk to me. This place is so scary.”

“About what?”

“Anything is fine. For example, after I fainted, did you try to save me, or give me artificial respiration or something?”

“You’re in the mood to talk about this now?” Lin Xian was a little speechless.

“I’m scared…”

Kiki took a breath and quickly followed behind Lin Xian. “Or for example, are you going to let a lot of people on the train later? Should our train have an intelligent driving system installed? If the track breaks when we’re on the sea, and we can’t fly, will we have to modify it into a sea train or a submarine?”

Lin Xian: “The more people, the better, of course. More people means a better chance of survival.”

“Then are you going to take those three people with us today?”

“I don’t have that plan. We’re not a relief train. Besides, these scientists don’t seem to need to escape with us. They’re still thinking of finding the new federal government to seek refuge.”

“Tch~ Let them go then. It might not even be as safe as our Infinity.”

“What I’m more worried about now is the problem with the high-altitude corridor,” Lin Xian said as he walked. “That Director Ding said that during the great migration of the underground city, many aircraft and airships evacuated together, but all these air units were wiped out. This means there are no fewer monsters in the sky than on the ground, and they might be even more terrifying. Since the Day of Apocalypse, all kinds of aerospace and satellite equipment have been unlucky. What’s in the sky might not just be that big jellyfish.”

Lin Xian thought of the huge floating giant corpse he had seen in Kiki’s degenerative illusion, and his heart still trembled faintly.

The sky was not necessarily safer than the ground. On their journey of escape, if it weren’t for the thick armor of the Infinity, this carload of people would have died countless times already.

After walking a long distance, the surroundings began to get colder and colder. Turning out of the fossil area, the two came to a larger area. On the display shelves were various numbered glass containers, all filled with dried and stored plant seeds.

“Lin Xian, look, so many seeds.”

Kiki shone her flashlight along the shelves, her eyes sparkling with amazement. “Didn’t you want to grow vegetables on the train? Do you want to take some to plant and cultivate?”

Lin Xian glanced over and didn’t hesitate. “Yes. Since we’re here, we’ll take some along the way.”

Good breeding seeds were not so easy to find. Now that the black rain had struck, the plants in nature had suffered a devastating disaster. Many vegetables and fruits could no longer be found, and Lin Xian couldn’t possibly search for them on the road.

Since there were ready-made ones right in front of him, he would just take some. It wouldn’t take up much space anyway.

So he took off his backpack and began to select some suitable seeds to put inside.

Creak… whirr…

Just as the two were collecting seeds, a strange sound rang out, like a wooden stick being dragged on the ground.

The two immediately stopped and listened intently.

This time, Lin Xian was sure he hadn’t misheard.