Chapter 60: Broken Rail!

Boom, boom, boom!!

The giant locomotive roared like an enraged beast in the endless darkness. Under the impact of the zombie horde, the train cars began to tilt slightly before crashing back down heavily. Each collision with the rails sent out dazzling sparks. This cold industrial machine was harvesting the endlessly surging zombies in an almost insane manner.

It was 6:00 AM, at least 10 hours until dawn. Everyone was on high alert, watching in horror as the tide-like army of zombies continuously pounced.

“This is too unusual. How can there be so many??” Chen Sixuan exclaimed in shock.

KIKI also frowned. “Exactly. Why are these things acting so crazy?”

Bang, bang, bang!

Even as they picked up speed, zombies from the front continuously crashed into the locomotive, and a large amount of blood and gore almost completely covered the windshield.

Lin Xian quickly activated the water spray to clear the bloodstains. Seeing that the view ahead was blocked, KIKI quickly ran to car 2.

With so many zombies impacting the front of the train at close range, the radar couldn’t detect the road conditions ahead at all. They could only try to scout the path using the photoelectric aiming system on the roof.

Thud, thud, thud…

On the roof of the train, zombies that had climbed on were constantly falling off due to the acceleration. The sound of zombie hisses filled the air.

Clang, clang!

On the vast, dark land, a crimson train, like a roaring beast, smashed through the zombie horde ahead as if chopping melons and vegetables. And in the wilderness behind the train, a massive army of zombies roared and surged like a tidal wave!

The scene was extremely shocking!

Thump!

At this moment, the sound of another zombie crashing into the front of the train rang out, but Lin Xian’s expression changed. He saw a thin, gray-white monster in tattered clothes clinging to the front of the locomotive. It had a human face, sunken eye sockets, and a bloody mouth stretched into a strange smile, staring straight at Lin Xian.

“Ah!” The monster scared Chen Sixuan into a scream.

Lin Xian immediately stood up and shielded Chen Sixuan. His gaze hardened. For a moment, he felt that the monster’s strange face seemed somewhat familiar.

Tang Hai?!!

He realized it, and his expression changed drastically.

The monstrous ‘Tang Hai’ stared fixedly at Lin Xian with its sunken eyes. It smiled strangely, its mouth opening to let out a hoarse voice.

“Run… run… Jyejyejye…”

Its rotten windpipe sounded like a broken sand-filled basket.

“What is this thing?” Chen Sixuan asked nervously.

“Definitely not human!”

Lin Xian’s expression was grave. He didn’t know what Tang Hai had become, but he was certain that this thing’s sudden appearance here was definitely not a coincidence.

“Not good, there’s a broken bridge ahead!!”

At this moment, a loud shout from KIKI came from behind. The newly online photoelectric aiming system had suddenly sounded an alarm.

Lin Xian turned his head and only then discovered that ‘Tang Hai’ had disappeared from the front of the train. The headlights illuminated a railway bridge crossing a valley ahead, and in the middle of that iron bridge was a huge gap of at least seven or eight meters. The rails were completely broken!

“Holy crap!!”

Lin Xian’s heart leaped.

“That old bastard!!!”

He instantly realized that this must have been Tang Hai’s doing. This ghostly thing had been secretly following them all along. He didn’t know what abilities it had gained after evolving. It could actually destroy a bridge and even attract a zombie horde?

“Stop the train!” Chen Sixuan shouted in panic.

In that split second, Lin Xian’s subconscious reaction was to brake and stop. But the Infinity had just picked up speed and broken out of the zombie army. The moment Lin Xian activated his Mechanical Heart, he realized that at this speed, it was very likely they couldn’t stop. Tang Hai’s appearance just now had already made him miss the best time to stop. Even if they did stop, they would immediately be plunged back into the endless zombie tide!

Lin Xian’s heart pounded wildly. At this moment, a slender figure suddenly rushed forward, her eyes glowing with a fluorescent light—the state of an ability being unleashed.

“Don’t stop! We’ll charge through!”

Lin Xian’s face contorted in shock as he watched this scene, and he immediately cursed, “Are you crazy?!!”

KIKI looked at him, her small face trembling, her gaze unusually serious. “Hey! Didn’t you say this train could soar into the sky? If we work together, we can definitely make it across!”

Soar into the sky…

As soon as she said this, a crazy idea exploded in Lin Xian’s mind like gunpowder. He knew there was no turning back. He immediately gritted his teeth and shouted, “Teacher Chen, hold on tight!”

Then he also pressed both hands on the control console, the hair on his body standing on end, his Mechanical Heart operating at high speed!

Buzz!

Facing a gap of several meters on a broken bridge, this industrial behemoth, pulling hundreds of tons, actually roared and accelerated again!

KIKI’s small face was deathly pale, white light flashing in her eyes, and blood vessels continuously spread across them. She bit her silver teeth, her eyes fixed on the dark ravine that was about to swallow them all.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom…

20 meters!

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom…

10 meters!

Boom, boom, boom, boom…

5 meters!

In an instant, the blood vessels in KIKI’s eyes burst. With a soft cry, she raised both hands!

Clang, clang…

The wheels of the first 200-ton Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive slowly left the rails, followed by the second, nearly 340-ton Circumstellar 7F electric locomotive, which was also pulled up. The entire locomotive seemed to be lifted by an invisible force, drawing a heart-stopping arc in the air.

In that instant, the air seemed to freeze.

Chen Sixuan’s eyes were filled with terror, Lin Xian’s face was grim, and KIKI’s eyes were dyed red with blood!

Thump-thump, thump-thump…

The space fell silent. All anyone could hear was the sound of their own heartbeat.

BOOM-BUZZ!!!!

It felt like an instant, yet also like an eternity. Accompanied by a huge impact, the entire train shuddered!

Screeeech!!!!!

The sound of wheels grinding on rails and the tearing of the tracks echoed for several kilometers.

In car 5, Lou Shasha and Lou Ye felt as if an earthquake had struck, a huge force surging towards them.

Bang! Clang…

As the first two locomotives successfully landed, the immense inertia carried the lighter cars behind them directly across the several-meter gap. Starting from car 3, they derailed and tilted, sending crushed stones and sleepers flying, but were quickly pulled back. The steel connections let out a piercing hum!

The chains on a flatbed car were snapped by the huge centrifugal force, causing a jeep to be thrown off, crashing into the valley below with a boom.

Clang, clang, clang, clang…

Soon, the train, having narrowly escaped disaster, returned to the right track and once again sped forward at high speed.

Everyone was drenched in a cold sweat.

“Lin Xian!”

Chen Sixuan, still in shock, cried out. Lin Xian turned to look and saw that KIKI’s eyes and nostrils were bleeding profusely. Her breathing had stopped, and she was slowly falling like a light feather.

Lin Xian quickly caught her, realizing that KIKI’s breathing was now intermittent. His expression immediately became grave. “Quick, the first-aid kit!”

“Lin Xian, look at her eyes!” Chen Sixuan exclaimed.

Lin Xian lifted KIKI’s eyelids and was horrified to find that her eyes were being gradually eroded by a wisp of black ink, and her pupils were slowly dilating.

But when he looked into KIKI’s eyes, he suddenly felt his own vision blur. Some powerful force seemed to be crazily devouring his stamina.

In an instant, a sharp cry that seemed to come from hell rang in his mind. Tinnitus, blurred vision. Lin Xian staggered a few steps and collapsed with a thud.