Chapter 150: Evolution

“Jiang Yun, that earthquake just now was unusual, very similar to the one at Daluo Mountain yesterday.”

Ren Huiyan quickly walked over, waved a hand to her side, and an invisible air blast shattered a strange corpse that had rushed up. Her expression unchanging, she said, “This situation, could it be the Corpse Herder?”

Jiang Yun looked towards the ascension elevator, his tone becoming a bit urgent.

“Whether it’s the Corpse Herder or not is no longer important. I have a feeling there are more of those things. We can’t let them attack the anti-air weapons again!”

“Let’s go,” Jiang Yun said to Dalou and Lu Xingchen.

“Organize the metahumans. We’ll handle air defense. We can’t kill all these zombies, so let’s ignore them for now.”

Jiang Yun had a strong premonition that something in the darkness was also wary of the heavy weapons at the airport. Once these weapons were lost, their pressure would multiply, and they wouldn’t be able to hold out for several hours.

…

On the other side, Wei Kexue looked at the information on his system, his face changing drastically.

“Not good, Electromagnetic Railgun No. 3 is offline.”

Lin Xian immediately stood up. “I’ll go take a look.”

“Not only that,” Wei Kexue’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, his face visibly paling. He anxiously operated something on the system, then slowly raised his head, looking as if he had lost his soul.

“There’s more bad news. The earthquake just now caused one of our main power cables to break. The current remaining power… is insufficient to operate the ascension elevator!”

Wei Kexue’s words made the already tense situation even more desperate. Lin Xian and KIKI’s expressions changed upon hearing this.

“What? The cable broke too? Then… what do we do?” KIKI asked with a frown.

“I… I…”

Wei Kexue was in a complete panic, stammering and unable to think of any countermeasures.

“We’ll discuss the power issue later. I’ll go fix that electromagnetic railgun first.” Lin Xian quickly stood up, his expression grim. He said to Wei Kexue, “The ascension elevator is about to be repaired. The air defense system can’t fail now. Otherwise, when those things break in, we won’t even have a chance to escape.”

“Little chick.”

“Here!”

“You come up with me first.”

“Okay.”

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, Wei Kexue managed to regain some of his composure. He nodded repeatedly. “Right… I’ll… I’ll go back to the control tower first to discuss it with Group Leader Bai and General Zhang.”

Without another word, Lin Xian took KIKI and ran towards the elevator entrance to the top platform.

The two groups split up. A superweapon like the electromagnetic railgun could not be allowed to fail; it was the primary defense against the sky jellyfish. If the defense system fell, the situation tonight would become even more dire.

*Whirr~*

The maintenance elevator rose rapidly, quickly bringing Lin Xian to the platform dozens of stories high. *Thud!* The moment he opened the door, an incredibly strong stench hit him. At the same time, a dense swarm of black insects suddenly crawled in through the doorway.

“Little chick!”

Lin Xian immediately sensed something was wrong. KIKI, beside him, didn’t hesitate. With a wave of her hand, the hundreds of thousands of black insects were instantly crushed by a massive force, bursting into a spray of green juice and emitting a few electric arcs.

Seeing this, he frowned. Outside the door, the sky was streaked with lines of fire. The sound of bullets and cannons was deafening. A fierce wind howled, carrying flurries of snow. A blizzard was coming!

He stepped out onto the platform and immediately saw a giant monster sprawled across it. The monster’s head had been blown to pieces, and dark blood flowed everywhere. Half of a giant black wing hung from the edge of the platform, swaying in the wind.

Behind it, the anti-aircraft electromagnetic railgun had gone dark, occasionally flashing with electric sparks.

“Wow, how did this thing get in?” KIKI exclaimed. She saw the black mist spreading from the front of the monster and, with a wave of her hand, a level 2 anomalous blood crystal fell into her palm.

Lin Xian had no time to focus on that. He ran directly to the railgun, placed his hand on it, and began to run a mechanical scan.

[Scanning, scan progress 1%]

The difficulty of scanning this large weapon was much higher than the maintenance robot from before. Lin Xian felt a bit of pressure and immediately said to KIKI, “This might take some time. Keep an eye on that other electromagnetic railgun for me. Don’t let any monsters get near it.”

KIKI nodded. She was sharp as a tack and understood the importance of these anti-aircraft weapons. Her purpose in coming up was to protect Lin Xian while he repaired them.

[Scan progress 20%]

On the airport platform below, the pressure on the Iron Guard soldiers and survivors on the front line was mounting. In Area D, where the train platform was located, large anomalies were continuously pouring in.

The anti-aircraft weapons on the Silver Star, parked on the platform, also activated their fire-control radar and began firing continuously.

The anti-aircraft cannons and rapid-fire machine guns on Longshan No. 1 shot out dazzling lines of fire, sweeping away wave after wave of threats pouring in over the high walls.

*Argh!!*

A lightning-fast crimson human anomaly rushed out from the zombie horde, streaking like a red shadow. It suddenly leaped onto the roof of Longshan No. 1 and instantly tore off half the neck of a gunner who was firing. Blood splattered, drawing a frantic barrage of fire from the defenders nearby.

“Be careful!!!”

“This monster is fast!!”

As soon as the gunner fell, another survivor from Longshan No. 1 lunged forward and continued firing.

The crimson human anomaly climbed rapidly across the roof, dodging a large number of bullets. For a moment, stray bullets flew everywhere, and sparks flew.

*Argh!!*

The crimson human anomaly let out a strange cry and rapidly approached a machine gunner on the roof. Seeing this, the machine gunner quickly swiveled his gun and fired. *Rat-a-tat-tat.* Many bullets missed. A few bullets tore through a chunk of flesh but failed to stop the anomaly’s assault.

As the sharp claws came at him, the machine gunner’s face turned pale.

*BANG!*

Just in the nick of time, the deafening roar of a gunshot echoed.

The human anomaly, just about to reach the machine gunner, suddenly exploded before his eyes into a spray of shredded meat, accompanied by the howl of a powerful airflow. A large amount of blood splattered onto his face.

“Killed it?”

“That was close! Chen Dong, are you okay?!”

A teammate shouted to him. The machine gunner’s mind went blank for a second. Coming to his senses, he quickly wiped the blood from his face and looked in the direction of the shot. In the distance, from the window of the black armored train, the dark muzzle of a heavy sniper rifle was sticking out.

“I’m fine, I’m fine…”

The machine gunner nodded nervously in that direction, then immediately raised his gun again to continue fighting the zombies.

On the Infinity, Chen Sixuan held the A33K heavy anti-materiel sniper rifle, constantly regulating her breathing.

Her shoulder ached, and her whole body felt like it was about to fall apart, but the feeling of firing the gun was becoming clearer and clearer. For some reason, after following Lin Xian all this way, she, who was once unable to lift heavy things, felt much stronger.

Most importantly, Chen Sixuan felt that her powers of observation had become much sharper!

“Such a precise shot, yet you seem very surprised.”

Ding Junyi’s indifferent voice came from the side. With her hands in her pockets, she watched Chen Sixuan quietly.

Chen Sixuan took a deep breath, continued to aim with the sniper rifle, and replied, “This is the second time I’ve fired a gun.”

“Is that so? Although I don’t know much about weapons, the anti-materiel sniper rifle in your hand is not light. Judging from the sound of the shot and the power of the impact, the recoil can’t be small. You haven’t had professional training, nor are you a combatant on this train, yet you have such talent. It seems you have also evolved.”

Chen Sixuan frowned slightly. “Evolved? What do you mean?”

“Literally what it means,” Ding Junyi said. “As long as you survive in the dark night, you will gain a certain degree of evolution. You don’t need to be afraid or treat it as a burden. Evolution is not necessarily a bad thing.”

Chen Sixuan was slightly stunned. She immediately understood Ding Junyi’s meaning. She pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, “I’m not afraid at all.”

“If I can also have enough ability to help everyone, I am very willing to accept this ‘evolution’.”

Ding Junyi’s expression did not change. “I admire your attitude. The people on this train all show a positive state. A team like this will not have weak survival capabilities in any environment.”

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