Chapter 213: Warm Sun

At 6:00 in the morning, Lin Xian and Ding Junyi had been up all night, both monitoring the energy dissipation phenomenon of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum.

The team members on duty were already up. Shu Qin, Da Lou, and the others began to prepare for departure. Everyone seemed to have had a good night’s sleep and was full of energy.

Ding Junyi had already gotten dressed. She and Lin Xian were in car number 3, monitoring the changes in the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, while the other was in car number 1, staring at the Isomeric Cube.

The changes in the other team members were perhaps not as intuitive as the conversion of his Isomeric Cube.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted. 200 Mechanical Source Points obtained.]

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

[Detection successful. No fear risk within the train. Dark side force intrusion has been shielded.]

After obtaining 200 Mechanical Source Points for the second time, the conversion of the Isomeric Cube finally stopped. Lin Xian watched this scene and quickly followed the faint light through the carriages. When he reached car number 3, he found that the phenomenon of the dissipating faint light had disappeared.

Ding Junyi looked up at him at the same time: “It has stopped.”

Lin Xian nodded: “Yes.”

“You two were up all night?” At this moment, KIKI, with a toothbrush in her mouth, slowly flew into car number 3 from the air. Seeing the two still busy, she couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong? Did that flower cause some trouble again?”

Lin Xian and Ding Junyi both looked at her.

“Little girl, how do you feel?” Lin Xian asked with a serious face.

“Huh?”

KIKI had a clueless expression: “What feeling?”

“I mean your Esper ability, do you feel any changes?” Lin Xian added.

“Esper ability?” KIKI frowned, her eyes rolling, and she twisted her neck: “It seems… I don’t feel anything. But I slept very comfortably, and my energy has been restored.”

Lin Xian and Ding Junyi looked at each other upon hearing this. Ding Junyi pushed up her glasses and said to Lin Xian in a low voice, “I’ll do a check-up and record for everyone on the train first. This situation may happen again in the future. After a few more experiments, there should be some changes.”

“What, what, what?” KIKI was a little baffled: “What are you guys talking about?”

Lin Xian let out a long sigh: “Nothing. It’s almost dawn. Get ready, we’re heading to Hengshan Pass.”

He didn’t want to publicize something that was still uncertain.

If this Hell Black Chrysanthemum could really help everyone on the train evolve and improve, its value would be inestimable. Thinking about it now, there was probably a reason why the Federation attached so much importance to this No. 01 Blood Calamity Disaster Plant.

With this thought, Lin Xian began to wonder about the other Blood Calamity Disaster Plants. It was said that these things were very likely to grow in the polar night regions. Perhaps he would have a chance to look for them in the future.

“Tch~”

KIKI pouted: “Got it, boss.”

At this time, Chen Sixuan, who had woken up early, also came from the rear carriage to complete the inventory work that was not finished last night.

Lin Xian took a deep breath and looked at Chen Sixuan: “How’s the inventory?”

“It’s about what you expected yesterday.”

Chen Sixuan sat down and opened the logbook: “We’re running low on food, and medicine is also becoming scarce. A few partners were slightly injured yesterday. Considering there were parasites in that small town, I took out some antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. I roughly estimated that if we maintain a basic supply of two meals a day, the food should only last for about 15 days. Even if we save a little more, it won’t exceed 20 days.”

“With more people, it can’t be helped.” Lin Xian nodded and said, “We found a lot on the cars from the Fireline convoy before. There wasn’t much in Rain Town. The food problem is a hassle for any convoy.”

With the team expanding, the basic supplies were not as abundant as when Lin Xian had only four or five people.

“It’s okay. Hengshan Pass is a major city and a transportation hub. There should be many survivor convoys there. We have a lot of weapons and blood essences now, so we can trade for some in advance.”

Now that there was a lot of combat power on the train, as the saying goes, supplies are combat power. To deal with future crises, he couldn’t just maintain simple subsistence. Main combatants like Da Lou ate a lot.

“And there’s medical equipment. Next, we need to get a medical car or an intelligent medical cabin. Even finding a doctor would be good. Otherwise, with more people, injuries and illnesses can’t be solved just by giving antibiotics and bandages.”

“Mmm, we need to pay attention to this problem.”

Chen Sixuan nodded. She had communicated with Shu Qin. No one on the train had professional medical and nursing knowledge. When problems arose, apart from randomly taking medicine, disinfecting, and bandaging, there were basically no other solutions.

After a quiet and stable night, not only did they sleep comfortably, but everyone on the train felt extremely energetic after waking up, as if their bodies were full of strength.

The information center in car number 2 became the place for Lin Xian and the team to communicate and discuss. Before setting off at dawn, Lin Xian gathered all the key members, paying attention to the official information on the radio and the information on the survivor frequencies, while discussing the next plan.

“Federation radio Yunjiang Plain area announcement. The S-class Aberration that appeared in the Parma grasslands has been officially named Creature No. 17. Its current trajectory is southwest…”

“We provide a safe shelter. As long as you are alive, please contact us at any time. We are the Steel Guardian Alliance. We accept any survivor willing to live together, regardless of gender, Esper or ordinary person. We survive together, obtain supplies, and guarantee two biscuits and one 2-liang dried rat per day, and one can of food per week. We are stationed at the police headquarters in the Longshan District of Hengshan Pass City and will set off for the Phoenix Society’s Dawn Center in 6 days. We look forward to your arrival…”

“The Akatsuki organization is recruiting Espers for the long term. Only Espers. Once you join, you are brothers for life. Uniforms will be issued. As long as you are an Esper, you get one can of food per day. If you are a brother, come and join us… Coordinates: East bank of Shijiu Lake, marked by the red leaf forest!”

“The Fu Lu Shou mobile convoy offers long-term supplies: blood essences, Spirit Oscillation Value detectors, water purifiers, weapons, ammunition, food supplies, medicine, vehicle-mounted equipment, generators, gasoline… Whatever you want, we have it. We accept any valuable items for exchange. Location…”

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“Wow, Espers only get one can of food a day. Has food become so scarce now?” KIKI said with some surprise.

“This…” Shu Qin on the side said with a complicated expression, “This is a relatively normal situation. Having biscuits and dried rats to eat every day can already supplement a lot of protein intake needs.”

“Then what was your daily food supply like before? Did you also eat dried rats?” Lin Xian asked with a frown.

Shu Qin nodded: “Dried rats are actually very good meat. Besides that, there are also dried lizard meat, some dried insects, etc. These creatures have basically not been infected by the darkness. We store them whenever we find them. Canned food is very precious. We usually distribute it once a week, or give it to the wounded.”

“Food and water have always been a big problem. It’s common for survivors to fight over a box of canned food.” Shu Qin looked at Lin Xian with deep meaning: “So when we ate so sumptuously last night, I felt like we were on a train to heaven.”

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