Chapter 112: Attacked

On the level 4 freight rail terminal platform of Underground City No. 9, 65 levels below ground, Chen Sixuan and Shasha anxiously awaited news from Lin Xian and Kiki.

Being underground, coupled with the recent earthquake, created an intense sense of oppression that made it hard to breathe.

They had originally thought this was a final gathering place for civilization, full of survivors, where they could use Kiki’s identity to achieve some goals. Instead, they found an apocalyptic tomb.

Even from Zhao Yan and Xu Wen, they could feel a desolate sense of the lingering souls of hundreds of thousands, a desperate aura constantly spreading from the depths of the earth.

Ting, ting, ting~

Shasha sat at the table, observing the Hell’s Black Chrysanthemum inside the plant cultivation chamber, her eyes full of curiosity.

After a good cry and some food, Zhao Yan and Xu Wen’s emotions had finally stabilized considerably. The two sat in a corner and began to observe the interior of the steel-armored train.

“Where did you guys drive from? Are you going to Yubei?”

Shasha glanced back at them but didn’t speak.

Seeing that Shasha wasn’t talking, Zhao Yan didn’t try to strike up a conversation again and began to whisper with Xu Wen.

Not far away, Dalou held his gun and watched them, his attention also constantly on the situation outside the train.

Inside the cockpit, Chen Sixuan waited by the transponder. Ding Junyi, having just eaten something, stood beside her.

“Miss Ding,” Chen Sixuan looked at the somewhat cold woman and asked, “Where did all the living people from this underground city move to?”

Ding Junyi’s gaze shifted, and she said in a serious tone, “The migration plan was to go to another underground city. As for which one, we were not notified. Of course, I also don’t know if those people successfully transferred.”

“Then besides you, are there any other survivors here?”

Ding Junyi nodded. “From a probabilistic perspective, perhaps, but the chances of survival are not high. Currently, the one main energy core and two backup cores of the entire underground city have been destroyed. Only the No. 3 backup core on the 75th sub-level is still online. After the city was sealed, we connected to this backup core for power. No other users have appeared in the entire subsystem, and no unmutated survivors have been found in the surveillance.”

Chen Sixuan was slightly taken aback, a sense of sorrow rising in her heart. This huge underground city, originally the hope of survival for countless people, had become a terrifying sinkhole that buried 370,000 people overnight.

Not to mention the countless refugees they saw on the snowy plains on their way here…

Beep, beep.

At this moment, a mechanical sound rang out. Just as Ding Junyi thought it was the transponder, Chen Sixuan suddenly stood up, pulled her, and made a shushing gesture.

Chen Sixuan pointed to the train’s radar, which showed that something seemed to be approaching in the darkness ahead.

Because the Infinity had entered from the ground, the front of the train was facing away from the exit behind them, while the cockpit faced the downward tunnel.

Chen Sixuan guessed it might be Lin Xian and the others coming up the track, but then she thought, they were just heading down the tunnel entrance on the 89th sub-level. She hadn’t received any news yet, so how could they suddenly appear on the 65th sub-level?

Chen Sixuan’s action immediately put Ding Junyi on alert. Not just her, but Shasha and Dalou in Car 1 also noticed some movement and became vigilant.

Zhao Yan and Xu Wen subconsciously looked at them and immediately became frightened. “What’s wrong? Are they back?”

“Shh!”

Shasha gestured for them to be quiet. She stood up, and just as she was about to open the blackout panel, a loud bang suddenly came from the side of the train.

Thud!

It was as if something had suddenly crashed into them from the darkness.

“Ah!!” The sudden loud noise made Zhao Yan and Xu Wen scream instantly. Shasha immediately pulled open the blackout panel. The orange light from inside the car shone out, revealing a blood-red desiccated corpse in the light. It charged forward, crashing hard against the train’s armor plate.

Bang!

The violent sound echoed throughout the freight train platform, extremely piercing.

“What is that?!”

“It’s a human anomaly!” Dalou’s expression was grave. He had just chopped one of these things not long ago. Although this one looked a little different, it was clearly not an ordinary zombie. It must be the kind of human anomaly Ding Junyi had mentioned.

Chen Sixuan in the cockpit noticed the situation in Car 1 and was about to run over when another soft sound came from the side of the train’s front, as if something had climbed on.

Argh!~

Ding Junyi’s expression darkened, and she and Chen Sixuan both retreated.

A low roar sounded. Several strange tentacles slowly appeared in their line of sight, spreading across the armored grille on the train’s cockpit windshield. The tentacles were blood-red and secreted a brown mucus. A human hand was gripping onto them, and a circle of sharp teeth and a mouthpart could be seen in the middle of the tentacles.

“This is also a human anomaly!” Ding Junyi frowned slightly and looked at Chen Sixuan. “Do we need to activate any defense mechanisms, or counterattack?”

Chen Sixuan’s eyes widened as she observed the strange monster outside the car. She took a deep breath and said, “No need! They can’t get in!”

Thump, thump, thump!!!

At this moment, more and more noises began to sound around the rear cars, some on the sides, some climbing onto the roof.

Argh!!

On the dark platform, countless strange things were attracted by the noise. Zombies and human anomalies began to surround the train.

In Car 1, screams rose and fell. Shasha walked up to Zhao Yan and Xu Wen and shouted angrily, “I told you not to scream! If you scream again, I’ll throw you out.”

Zhao Yan was startled. She didn’t expect this little girl who looked to be in her teens to speak so fiercely. She looked up and saw Dalou walking over with a murderous aura. Thinking they were really going to be thrown out, she and Xu Wen immediately hugged each other, covering their mouths in terror, not daring to scream again.

“Sister Chen, is there any news from Brother Lin?”

Shasha shouted towards the cockpit.

Chen Sixuan shook her head. At this moment, all sorts of attacking and crashing sounds were coming from above, below, left, and right. Many black, strange insects were climbing onto the roof from outside the car windows.

Ah!!!

A female anomaly let out a sharp shriek and rushed to the cockpit door at an extremely fast speed, constantly scratching the door with its bloody claws. The entire train was now surrounded by various monsters, and the echoes reverberated inside the cars.

Ding Junyi looked around in surprise. The sturdiness of this train’s armor was somewhat beyond her expectations. The scene of that female anomaly rushing out of the darkness and killing Professor Han was still vivid in her mind, yet such a monster seemed unable to cause much damage to the train’s armor. This was practically comparable to a military tank.

Beep, beep.

At this moment, the transponder rang. Chen Sixuan hurriedly pressed it, and Lin Xian’s voice finally came through again.

“Teacher Chen, we’ve found the locomotive.”

“That’s great! How are you guys doing now?” Chen Sixuan asked hurriedly.

“The situation… is a bit complicated. What’s the situation on your end?” Lin Xian heard the violent commotion on the train and asked immediately.

“We’re surrounded by a lot of zombies and human anomalies. I don’t know if there are any anomalies.” Chen Sixuan tried her best to remain calm. She looked at the roof and the direction of the cars. “But don’t worry, it should be fine here.”