Chapter 37: The Outpost

Beep, beep.

18:45, the curtain of darkness fell.

On the Beiwang platform, the “Infinity” was quietly parked in a thick fog. Chen Sixuan on the train was extremely anxious at this time. The walkie-talkie only transmitted a deathly silence, without the slightest fluctuation of a signal. This made her heart involuntarily rise to her throat.

She looked out the window uneasily. The thick fog seemed to have a life of its own, wrapping around every inch of space, infinitely amplifying the darkness of the night.

The cold air condensed on the car window, and in the depths of the fog, there seemed to be some unknown and terrifying existence hidden, which made people feel cold and couldn’t help but think of all kinds of ominous premonitions.

Swish.

Chen Sixuan pulled down the sunshade. She found a handy crowbar from the toolbox in carriage 3 as a self-defense tool. She leaned quietly on the sofa alone, paying attention to the surrounding situation at all times.

“They are both ability users. They should be able to handle any situation.”

This was not the first time she had encountered a situation where Lin Xian did not return in time. At this time, the only thing she could do was to guard the train and at the same time not attract the attention of any monsters.

Omm~

Just then, a low and powerful engine roar suddenly sounded in the distance, piercing through the barrier of the fog and hitting Chen Sixuan’s eardrums. This sound was extremely abrupt, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding silence, and instantly aroused her high alert.

She immediately got up and went to the cockpit, looking out through the car window, but she didn’t expect to see a locomotive with bright lights slowly passing by on a track on the other side.

Clang, clang.

Seeing this scene, Chen Sixuan immediately covered her mouth.

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On the other side, the progress of the matter was much smoother than expected. The convoy of dozens of cars drove out of the main road. Except for a few strange corpses on the road, the convoy did not encounter any trouble. So for safety, the convoys tacitly did not open fire to startle more monsters.

Soon, the convoy passed through a mountain forest, and a sign with [Military Forbidden Area, No Entry] appeared in front. Not long after, a military base of considerable size appeared in the convoy’s sight.

However, the once heavily guarded military outpost was now desolate and bleak, lying alone at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by silence and desolation.

Inside the high-walled sentry post, a group of survivors who were already hiding here opened the steel gate, moved away the barricades, and let the convoy drive into the outpost one by one.

At this time, the night was already pitch black. Countless car lights illuminated the outpost that had been looted. In the courtyard, there were a few jeeps that had been dismantled into car frames, a heavy TFV600 double-barreled tank with a broken track and even the sight removed. In addition, the most eye-catching was a damaged ‘Iron Guard 3’ military assault armor.

“Damn, there’s this thing too!?”

On the Black Jiao convoy, a young man with glasses who was obviously the convoy’s technician quickly jumped out of the car, his eyes immediately lit up.

“It’s already broken.”

Tang Hai directed his men to close the gate of the outpost, and then walked over and said, “The Starry Army has all withdrawn before the last polar night. This thing is basically just a piece of iron. We have already looked for anything useful.”

No one doubted his words, but it was the first time for many people to see this kind of military armor, and it soon attracted many survivors to watch.

“Wu Songlin, Eagle, look around for anything useful. If you can take it, take it.” Qian Yu obviously had more confidence in his professional men. He immediately arranged for them to look for usable things again. Even if it was useful armored steel, they also had high-speed cutting machines that could be used for the convoy’s assembly.

“You don’t mind, do you?” Qian Yu looked at Tang Hai and said in a probing tone.

“We don’t mind.” Tang Hai smiled awkwardly, looking very easy to talk to.

He looked back at the foot of a mountain. Not far away, a behemoth came into view – it was a large air-raid shelter, its entrance tightly sealed by a heavy steel door. Although it had been eroded by wind and rain, it still revealed an unyielding sturdiness and majesty. “There were 46 of us, and we stayed in that air-raid shelter for almost three months. Now, there are only these last 20 or so people left. This place has high walls and thick doors. Everyone can rest for a night together. As soon as it gets light tomorrow, we’ll set off.”

“Wow, Lin Xian, look!”

At this time, KIKI and Lin Xian also got out of the car and walked towards the crowd.

As soon as she saw the nearly three-meter-tall humanoid war armor, her eyes immediately lit up. “So cool. It would be great if I could drive it. But I still prefer the Guardian series, which is not so clumsy.”

Lin Xian naturally also saw the behemoth. At this time, a bit of heat flashed in his eyes, and his Mechanical Heart was full of desire.

These military behemoths were his long-sought-after targets. It was just that since the apocalypse, he had been in the city and had no chance to come into contact with such things.

He had made a relatively clear assumption before. In order to strengthen his combat power, in addition to attribute improvement, he could further develop his Mechanical Heart ability.

For example – self-armorization!

Combat prosthetics, rapid weapon systems, etc., were all more reliable than his short knife fighting.

In addition to various industrial and military armors, other things such as tank cannons, railguns, close-in weapon systems, and various automated weapon system intelligent machines, if he could complete the devouring or scan a blueprint and apply it to his “Infinity,” it would be very exciting to think about.

“By the way, where are your other teammates? Or are there just the two of you?” Qian Yu looked at Lin Xian and KIKI and suddenly asked.

“We don’t have many people,” Lin Xian replied casually. He didn’t want to talk too much with Qian Yu. His attention was on the damaged ‘Iron Guard 3’ military assault armor. He then walked over and quietly activated the scanning system of his Mechanical Heart, but found that many subsystems of this armor were missing, and the core drive had long been hollowed out, so he could not scan a complete blueprint.

He then sighed in his heart and could only prepare to give up. In fact, he was like Wu Songlin under Qian Yu, and had the intention of dismantling the protective plates. He also wanted to dismantle the body of the heavy TFV600 double-barreled tank.

But at this time, he had no tools at hand. With just him and KIKI, besides devouring, he could not do anything else.

“Not many people?” Qian Yu raised his eyebrows and said bluntly, “Then why don’t you join my convoy? Whether it’s weapons or food, I have enough here. How about it?”

As soon as these words were spoken, including that Tang Hai, the gazes of the other convoys began to become complicated.

In this situation, he directly started to poach people, which was really a bit arrogant.

However, the Black Jiao convoy had a reason to be arrogant. A medium-sized armed team had a very strong ability to survive in the apocalypse. This could be seen from the configuration of their team.

Not only did they have armored vehicles, trucks, and oil tankers, but they even had professional technicians. Even many other small convoys had thought about joining.

In the drifting apocalypse, who didn’t want to find a big tree to lean on?

Who knew that as soon as Qian Yu spoke, Lin Xian directly refused with a faint smile, “No, thank you.”

Lin Xian’s refusal made Qian Yu’s face change immediately, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

“What about this beautiful lady?” Qian Yu suddenly turned his gaze to KIKI and said arrogantly, “Do you want to consider joining my team?”

Hearing this, KIKI glanced at Lin Xian with a strange expression, and then looked at Qian Yu. “What, are you talking about me?”

Qian Yu looked at the two of them, a fake smile on his face. “What, are you a couple?”

“No.”

“Relatives?”

“No either.” KIKI squinted and smiled.

Hearing this, Qian Yu’s expression lit up. He looked at Lin Xian with a strange gaze and said loudly, “Since you’re not related, it doesn’t matter. My convoy welcomes capable people. If this beautiful lady is willing, I can prepare a separate RV for you, with enough food and drink, and someone to protect you 24 hours a day.”

As soon as these words were spoken, a trace of killing intent flashed in Lin Xian’s eyes.

Puff!

A sharp wind exploded. Slap! The sunglasses hanging on Qian Yu’s forehead were suddenly shattered, and the huge force sent him staggering back.

Click, click, click, click!

The next moment, Eagle and a group of his men behind him raised their guns, and the smell of gunpowder suddenly rose!

“Are you a fool? Poaching my people in front of me. Do you think I’ll be embarrassed to kill you?”

Lin Xian’s eyes were slightly cold, and a powerful deterrent force came from him. No one saw how he made a move!

“You!”

Qian Yu staggered and fell towards his men. In that instant, he felt a chill of near death on his forehead. When he reacted, he immediately exploded with anger and pulled out his pistol, aiming it at Lin Xian.

“I’ll kill you!”

“Really? Then shoot.”

Facing more than a dozen guns, Lin Xian’s expression did not change, and he looked at Qian Yu with a cold gaze.

“Let’s see who dies first, you or me?”

Tang Hai, who was watching the show on the side, had a gloomy expression, while Feng Yuming behind him was watching this scene with great interest, as if he didn’t mind this fragile ‘temporary alliance’ starting a fire fight right away!

At this time, KIKI walked over and put her arm around Lin Xian’s shoulder. She raised her small face and looked at the row of gun muzzles.

“What, you want to fight? I’m also greedy for your dozen or so cars of good things. Hey, bad guy~” she said as she looked at Lin Xian. “Why don’t we…” Then, she made a throat-slitting gesture.

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the people from the other convoys around them immediately changed, and they all unconsciously stepped back, for fear of being implicated.

The terrifying scene of KIKI destroying a car with one hand was still lingering in everyone’s minds. At this time, no one could imagine what the chances of winning a fight with such a woman would be.

Hearing this, the anger in Qian Yu’s eyes suddenly froze. He raised his hand to stop the people behind him, his expression uncertain as he looked at the two of them. He suddenly felt a little uneasy.

To be honest, he was indeed a little angry and provocative after being rejected by Lin Xian, so he turned to KIKI. But he didn’t expect Lin Xian to attack him directly!

And listening to the other party’s tone, it was as if his hundreds of men were surrounded by the two of them?

At this moment, Qian Yu broke out in a cold sweat and felt a great sense of threat. But the harsh words had already been spoken, and he was suddenly in a dilemma.

On the contrary, a trace of surprise flashed in Lin Xian’s eyes at this time. He looked at the small hand that KIKI was holding on his shoulder and muttered in his heart.

First of all, he and KIKI had not known each other for a long time. For now, they could barely be considered comrades who had shared hardships for a few days, not even friends.

Moreover, Lin Xian did not give KIKI any benefits to ask her to stay. On the contrary, his attitude towards her was not even cold, so Lin Xian would not be surprised at all if KIKI wanted to leave or join another convoy.

However, facing Qian Yu’s arrogant and annoying operation, he had to respond.

He didn’t expect KIKI to stand with him so firmly. Looking at it this way, this girl was indeed not stupid.

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