Chapter 178: Candlelight

Strange things were happening one after another, and Lin Xian’s heart was filled with a deep sense of unease.

The preparation factory in his hand lit up. Lin Xian looked at the material conversion progress inside. The materials needed for the 1130 were basically all there.

“I need to get one of these made quickly, or I won’t be able to sleep soundly.”

“Lin Xian.”

As soon as he walked into car number 2, KIKI’s voice came. At this moment, Chen Sixuan and Shasha were all gathered in front of the information center, looking at KIKI’s drone footage.

“Come and see,” Chen Sixuan also called out to Lin Xian.

He walked over and found that the drone was flying towards the town in the distance from the station. Strangely, under the night sky, many houses in the town were faintly lit with a weak light, as if they were lit by gas lamps or candles.

Seeing this, Lin Xian frowned.

“Are there so many people living in this small town?”

“Strange.” KIKI floated up on the stool with her legs crossed, constantly zooming in with the drone. However, because of the distance, she could only see the outlines of some buildings. “If they are survivors, who would light lamps like this?”

Lin Xian also instantly understood KIKI’s meaning. These lights looked as if it were before the apocalypse, with a power outage in the town, and the residents were all lighting candles.

To put it simply, it didn’t look like they had encountered the apocalypse at all…

“This small town is so strange. Not only are there people, but those monsters in the night can’t get in. Could it be that there is some special Esper?” KIKI rested her chin on her hand and thought.

“Wouldn’t an Esper with such an ability be invincible?” Shasha’s eyes widened beside her, and she said with an exaggerated gesture, “One person could protect everyone.”

Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian. “Lin Xian, what do you think?”

Lin Xian shook his head. He had no clue at the moment. “I don’t know either, but from the looks of it, we’re temporarily safe.”

“Kiki, I asked you to scout the road ahead just now. How is it?”

“It’s just a train of chemical tankers. We just need to move it. The road ahead is also fine.”

“Okay.”

“Then should we go to the town and have a look?”

“No need.”

Lin Xian looked at the dark and empty station outside the window, and the silhouette of the small town in the distance, and said, “Even if we go, we’ll wait until daytime. Let’s first move that tanker car to keep the train’s path from being blocked. Then we’ll see what happens tonight. Someone deliberately made us turn into this branch line, and I’m also worried that there might be trouble. Anyway, let’s stay put for now and use this place to avoid the brunt of the night.”

Chen Sixuan and KIKI nodded at the same time. Lin Xian was still very cautious. In this strange situation, it was indeed not a wise decision to rashly get off the train and explore the town.

Hiss~

The cockpit door opened, and Lin Xian and KIKI got off the train one after another. Da Lou and Lu Xingchen also got off the train to stand guard.

Rain Town’s train station was a large chemical freight station. There was also a closed warehouse on one side of the station. Under the moonlight, the dark station was shrouded in a layer of clear light, and it was quiet all around.

Lin Xian was agile. He quickly followed the tracks to the front of the freight train. The Mechanical Heart activated and began to cover the entire train.

Soon, the scan was complete. Vroom~

He began to start the freight tanker. KIKI helped him change the switch. Then, under the illumination of the Infinity’s lights, Lin Xian quickly moved the freight tanker off the track, opening up the path for the Infinity.

Chirp, chirp~

There was a low chirping of insects around. He was anxious and extremely vigilant, but the unexpected accident he had imagined did not happen. He completed the work of moving the car very smoothly.

After everything was done, he didn’t hesitate and had everyone get on the train.

When Lin Xian was about to step into the cockpit of the Infinity, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at the empty and dark station behind him. He inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Sixuan asked in a low voice.

Lin Xian turned his head, didn’t say anything, and got on the train directly.

Hiss~

The cockpit door closed, and everyone felt a sense of security.

But Lin Xian didn’t know why. He had a feeling just now, as if something was watching them.

“I’ll be on guard tonight. Teacher Chen, Kiki, you all go to sleep. Shu Qin and I will be on watch,” Lin Xian called everyone over and began to make arrangements.

“I’m not sleeping,” KIKI said at this moment. “I’m full of energy. Aren’t you going to assemble the 1130 close-in weapon system and the engineering robot tonight? I can help you debug the system.”

Lin Xian looked at her and nodded.

“Alright.”

At this moment, Lin Xian saw that Shasha’s expression was a little off and asked, “Shasha, what’s wrong with you?”

“Brother Lin~” Shasha frowned slightly. “I feel that this place is a bit scary. My heart is pounding.”

“Me too…”

Chen Sixuan also said in a deep voice, “Although those monsters are gone, this small town always gives me an uncomfortable feeling.”

“So we’ll just wait on the train until dawn,” Lin Xian said directly. “I’ll seal the train. Only I can open all the doors. You guys rest first.”

Although Lin Xian was also full of doubts at the moment, as the team leader, he didn’t want to deliberately convey any negative sense of unease. After giving his instructions, everyone felt a little more at ease. Those who needed to rest went to rest, and those who were on watch began their vigil.

“Lin Xian.”

After everyone left, Chen Sixuan stood at the door of the bedroom in car number 1 and said to Lin Xian, “Be careful.”

Lin Xian nodded. “Yeah, I know.”

He opened the Isomorphic Cube and rescanned the car body.

[Beep! Using non-mechanical force for reflection detection.]

[Detection successful. No fear risk inside the train. The invasion of dark-side power has been blocked.]

He then picked up the Spirit Fluctuation Value detector again. Click. He pressed the button on the detector.

“There seems to be nothing abnormal inside or outside the train.”

Lin Xian’s eyes flickered. He didn’t know why, but even though he had gotten a good result, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

“Can it block Aberrations… Espers?”

“Or…”

As he thought, he suddenly looked at the Isomorphic Cube he had just used, and his brows furrowed. “Could it be… some kind of forbidden object?”

The only two possibilities Lin Xian could think of were these, and after thinking about it, he was actually more inclined to the latter.

If a survivor had such an ability, they would be invincible, even more heaven-defying than his Mechanical Heart.

“If it’s a forbidden object…”

Lin Xian had some ideas in his mind at this moment. Having an artifact like the Isomorphic Cube on the train that could block the power of dark infection was already very heaven-defying. If there was something that could isolate Aberrations, wouldn’t the major survivor organizations in the world be fighting over it?

“Forget it, I’ll see what happens tomorrow.”

Lin Xian connected the train’s transponder system to his communicator, held it in his hand, and then inspected the cars all the way to the back.

Many people in the living cars were already asleep. Shu Qin, along with Lu Chang and a few other skilled people, had turned off the lights and were guarding the corridor outside.

KIKI followed Lin Xian into car number 11. There were three cars and a motorcycle parked here, which he had prepared for off-train maneuvers. Car number 12 was completely empty at the moment. Lin Xian planned to build a 1130 close-in weapon system here and turn this car into a weapon station car.

When they arrived at car number 12, it was brightly lit and empty. KIKI held a mobile computer and said to Lin Xian, “Lin Xian, since you can build Gatling guns now, why don’t you build a few more? Wouldn’t our firepower be much stronger then?”

“You think I don’t want to?” Lin Xian smiled wryly. “You little girl, you really think I’m a factory, don’t you?”