Chapter 194: Human Traitor

Rustle, rustle!

Under the rainy night, the black train sped through the valley. Gunfire illuminated the various strange monsters attacking from the darkness. The scene, like a tsunami, was very similar to a plot from a horror movie.

On the train, those with combat capabilities were resisting with all their might. Some women were also helping to move ammunition.

Rat-tat-tat!

Bullets were constantly being poured out of the train. The rain and blood plasma were constantly splashing on the train’s armor, making it look particularly tragic.

But the monsters seemed to be endless, appearing from the darkness. The entire Infinity was just as Director Ding had said, marked with the smell of blood, attracting a large number of dark creatures.

Just over ten minutes later, the Infinity reappeared at the far end of the Rain Town freight station. The iron wheels roared as they rolled over the corpses of some of the parasitic Impersonators that had died earlier, returning with a storm of blood and gore.

Bang, bang~

After entering a certain range near the station, the strange creatures in the darkness began to weaken as expected, gradually disappearing. The counter-attacking gunfire from the train also stopped.

Lin Xian and the others stood by the window, looking at the approaching dark station. They were all ready to have a big fight with those Impersonators right here. The PX05-engineering robot had already assembled the ammunition chain for the 1130, ready to fire at any time.

But strangely, when this heavy train rushed back, the freight station that had been full of Impersonator parasites just now was silent. Except for some remaining corpses and parasite fragments, there was only a pitch-black station.

The surroundings were as quiet as when they had just arrived last night.

“Strange, there were so many disgusting Impersonators just now. Why did they suddenly disappear?”

“Be careful.” Lin Xian glanced around and picked up the communicator. “Everyone, don’t relax. Prepare ammunition and be careful of sneak attacks from those parasites.”

After receiving Lin Xian’s notice, all the cars immediately began to change ammunition and clean the firing ports without stopping.

Everyone’s nerves were tense. At this moment, they had barely managed to catch their breath. In the living cars, no one spoke. They were all busy without saying a word.

Lin Xian and KIKI walked directly into car number 3. At this moment, the red light on the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in the plant cultivation chamber was already dazzling, indeed giving people a sense of bad luck and ominousness.

“Killing some parasites didn’t weaken the red light much. This mark must have been [marked] on us by the largest creature in this territory.”

Ding Junyi was closely watching the changes on it at this moment. Then she turned to look at Lin Xian and said with a solemn expression, “If we can confirm this problem, this discovery can save many people!”

“Let’s talk about it after we can survive tomorrow.”

Lin Xian took a deep breath. He didn’t come back to be a hero and save the world, but for the people on this train to live to see tomorrow.

“So, the group hunting effect also has some reference value,” KIKI said. “Two teams marked by a large number of dark creatures combine, causing more trouble. Then wouldn’t the large convoys, and even the Phoenix Society’s Dawn Center, be in even more trouble?”

“They never said the trouble was small,” Lin Xian said, looking at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. “Didn’t the sky city, Qingluan, crash? I think the situation encountered by the Phoenix Society headquarters is definitely much more serious than we imagined. The Phoenix Society can be said to be the only remaining strongest defense force of mankind. Plus, with the Nightwalker organization and the Starry Sky Army, I think they should still have the strength to fight. But if this information can be provided, it can indeed allow mankind to take some initiative, but we have to confirm it first.”

“Lin Xian, what are you going to do?” KIKI asked.

“Do you remember the storage tank in that chemical plant?” Lin Xian turned to look at her. “That thing is no joke when it explodes.”

KIKI’s eyes slowly widened. “Oh, you want to blow up the chemical plant!”

Lin Xian nodded. “We just need to repair that mechanical arm, or directly install a remote-controlled bomb on the metal preparation kettle above, and it can be done. But this can’t guarantee that we can kill the monster under the lantern flower. It might also completely enrage it.”

“Enrage it then. This young lady is already furious!” KIKI said with a huff. “That thing almost made me not come back. It should be blown up.”

“But…”

She then changed the subject and looked at Lin Xian. “Logically speaking, Ding Qing of that Vajra convoy should also have such means. They clearly know there’s a monster there. Why don’t they just blow it up? Why do they have to lead us there to die?”

“In the ocean, there is a kind of coral-like creature called a sea anemone. Sea anemones have many poisonous stingers, but they cannot move, and their hunting ability is limited. There is also a kind of fish called a clownfish, which can cleverly avoid these stingers and survive by eating the leftovers of the sea anemone’s digestion. More importantly, the sea anemone’s stingers can effectively protect the clownfish from being attacked by other creatures. This symbiotic relationship has gradually evolved, so that the clownfish can also be used as a ‘bait’ for the sea anemone to prey on other fish…”

Ding Junyi was recording information while explaining, “The situation in this town is very consistent with the biological properties of sea anemones. It has a territory, and it hunts through stingers and traps. Although it is also very dangerous, the night and day are relatively safer for us survivors than outside.”

KIKI frowned upon hearing this. “You mean, those people are using this place as a shelter? They want to coexist with those monsters?”

“It’s not impossible.”

Lin Xian remembered the message from the transponder. “Someone deliberately guided us in. It seems now that it must be Ding Qing’s group. Saying that it was dangerous and letting us leave was just a cover. The movie theater and the chemical plant are full of flesh and bone. They must be the former residents of the town and the unlucky ghosts who later hid in this town but were preyed on by the lantern flower.”

“But… but there are Impersonators in this town. They’re so terrifying. It’s impossible that those Impersonators only attack us and not them, right?” KIKI was a little confused.

“If that’s the case, we would have been besieged by now.”

“What do you mean?”

Lin Xian walked to the window and looked at the dark station outside. In the distance, Shu Qin, Da Lou, Shasha, and others were on high alert. He said, “They don’t dare to come out at night either. They probably have also figured out some of the habits of the Impersonators. Hiding in the shelter, their situation is not much better than ours.”

KIKI nodded upon hearing this and took a deep breath, feeling a little indignant. “That’s true. Then wouldn’t this group of people be human traitors?”

“Human traitors?”

“Traitors of humanity, being the running dogs of monsters, aren’t they human traitors?” KIKI said angrily.

“The words are rough, but the reasoning is not,” Lin Xian said, looking at Ding Junyi. “Director Ding, you said that this great parasite does not have strong defense or the ability to escape from natural enemies. You’re applying the biological theories of Blue Star to this dark creature, right? We encountered it this afternoon. It didn’t seem that easy to deal with.”

“No matter what kind of creature it is, survival and reproduction are the first priority,” Ding Junyi pushed up her glasses. “This creature is rooted in this small town and hunts by means of territory and traps. This shows that, like the sea anemone of the coral class, it does not have the ability to hunt on the move. Although parasites are very harmful, the host before being parasitized is very fragile. When we escaped just now, those Impersonators were all in a parasitic state, and they also used human muscles and joint tissues to move. This also confirms my argument.”