Chapter 68: The Great Scavenge

4:00 PM

The sun was slightly slanted, the sky clear.

Yuchi Station was covered in thick white snow. A heavy train, fully armored, was parked at the station, surrounded by a dozen or so zombies.

After the apocalypse, perhaps because of the original large population of Blue Star, wandering zombies seemed to have become an indispensable part of the scenery. These zombies continuously scratched at the train’s armor plates, making scraping sounds.

But even if these zombies scratched their fingers to the bone, they couldn’t even make a dent.

It was unknown whether it was because of the commotion inside the train or the smell of meat coming from within, but these zombies would occasionally let out a howl, as if their memories of being human had been stimulated.

Inside car 1, a rare afternoon of tranquility.

Braised pork, canned fruit, seaweed soup, cola—all seemed incredibly luxurious in the apocalypse.

“Oh no, we’re eating so well behind Sister KIKI’s back. When she wakes up, she’s definitely going to be angry,” Shasha said, taking a sip of soup and suddenly looking in KIKI’s direction.

“She won’t.”

Lin Xian said meaningfully, “When she wakes up, I’ll have to treat her to a big meal separately.”

“Really?”

“She put in so much effort, of course she should be rewarded.”

Shasha nodded repeatedly. “Right, right, we flew yesterday. Sister KIKI is so awesome.”

Swish, swish~

Lin Xian turned his head and saw that Chen Sixuan was already dressed and ready to go. She had put on a thick coat and was carrying an automatic rifle. For some reason, her face seemed to have a hint of excitement.

“Teacher Chen, you seem to be looking forward to it?”

“A little.”

Chen Sixuan’s face was solemn. “You’ve always had me guard the train before. Now that I can go out with you guys, I’m definitely willing to contribute.”

Actually, Lin Xian had originally planned to have Chen Sixuan guard the train this time as well. But considering it was a daytime search with limited time, he needed more manpower. Plus, he had already removed all the locks on the driver’s cabin door and turned it into a mechanical structure that could only be opened by him and from the inside. It was relatively safe, so he decided to take Chen Sixuan with him.

Plus, now that she had a weapon, she was no longer helpless and could indeed be of great help.

“Okay, then be careful. Don’t shoot randomly. Our main goal is to get things. If we encounter danger, let me handle it first.”

Chen Sixuan hummed in agreement.

After finishing the first hot lunch of their eastward escape, the four of them prepared to hurry into the city.

He had Dalou and Shasha drive the off-road vehicle, which had more space and could carry more supplies.

He and Chen Sixuan chose to ride the motorcycle.

It was the same old plan. He planned to find a truck in the city, and then pull the truck and the supplies onto the flatbed trailer. He would devour them all together, without wasting anything.

As the sun began to set, Lin Xian, Chen Sixuan, Dalou, and Shasha, fully armed, drove the off-road vehicle off the trailer. One team drove the off-road vehicle, and the other rode the motorcycle. They drove out of the station, turned onto the highway, and headed towards Yuchi City.

Vroom, vroom, vroom~

The off-road vehicle and the motorcycle, one after the other, their engines roaring, sped along the road.

Yuchi City, located on the plain at the foot of the mountain, was bathed in sunlight. The city was dead silent. The road was littered with all kinds of scrapped and paralyzed vehicles. Corpses and scattered luggage were buried under a thick layer of snow.

“Ha~”

In the car, Shasha, in the passenger seat of the off-road vehicle, breathed a white mist onto the window, her small face worried. “The snow is getting heavier.”

“Shasha, if you can find some warm supplies on the road later, like blankets, beds, clothes, and so on, find more of them.”

Lin Xian’s motorcycle passed by from behind, and he reminded her.

As the number of people increased, the need for warm supplies also began to increase. The things he had searched for in the furniture city in Jiang City had made car 1 look quite decent.

Now there were two people living in car 2, and Dalou was still on night watch in car 5. These were all indispensable.

“Mmm-hmm,” Shasha lowered the window and nodded.

Screech~

Dalou stepped on the brakes. On the street ahead, several cars were scattered across the road, completely blocking it.

“Wait a minute.”

Lin Xian, carrying Chen Sixuan on his motorcycle, bypassed the off-road vehicle and stopped. The street was desolate, and from a distance, they could hear various howls coming from the shadows of the dark alleys.

He saw a dump truck parked on the side of the road. The door was half-open, and the rotten, stiff corpse of a driver was hanging sideways by the seatbelt. He swung his blade and cut the seatbelt. The corpse fell down stiffly.

Then he climbed into the truck. His Mechanical Heart activated, and after sensing that the truck was in good condition, his eyes lit up with joy.

“Dalou, help me lift the motorcycle up.”

Lin Xian pulled Chen Sixuan into the passenger seat and said to Dalou.

“Are we going to use this truck to load things?” Chen Sixuan asked in surprise.

Lin Xian smiled and nodded.

Such a large dump truck could not only carry a lot of things, but it could also be used as a clearing vehicle to push through.

Clang.

After Dalou lifted the motorcycle into the empty bed of the dump truck, he closed the door, roared the engine, and shouted to Dalou outside, “You guys get in the car. I’ll drive this in front to clear the way.”

“Okay!”

Seeing Lin Xian’s posture, Shasha and Dalou were shocked. The two vehicles started. Lin Xian drove the dump truck and directly crashed into the cars blocking the middle of the road. The huge horsepower roared, and it quickly attracted the zombies from several nearby streets.

Vroom!

The dump truck pushed its way through, crashing into the surrounding vehicles with a series of bangs, and headed towards the city center.

Bang, bang, bang!

In the streets of Yuchi City under the setting sun, the dump truck charged through, and the huge commotion continuously attracted the surrounding zombies to gather here.

Whether it was cars or zombies, he ran them over directly. He stepped on the gas, and his Mechanical Heart operated at high speed, pushing the dump truck’s engine speed to the maximum.

If he were alone, the destructive power of his Mechanical Heart and those few skills would be limited.

But if he were to drive these industrial machines, the power they could unleash would be completely different.

The dump truck and the off-road vehicle, one after the other, soon rushed into a once-prosperous neighborhood. It looked like it was originally a pedestrian street. Both sides of the road were lined with various shopping malls and restaurants, but now they were all in ruins. A few scattered zombies stood wandering in the shops and alleys.

“This is it.”

After clearing the road, Lin Xian picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Dalou and Shasha. Then the two vehicles split up.

Shasha and her group drove towards the shopping mall and the electronics market, while Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan drove to the transformer station on the outskirts of the city.

Chen Sixuan, in the passenger seat, held her gun and tightly gripped the handle above her. Seeing her tense face, Lin Xian said, “It’s daytime now. There shouldn’t be any of those monsters.”

Chen Sixuan took a deep breath. “I… I’m just a little nervous.”

Lin Xian nodded. “It’s okay. Don’t worry.”

Vroom. The dump truck sped on, and a number of zombies began to follow behind. Soon, a substation appeared in their field of vision on the side of the road. “This is it.”

Then he turned the steering wheel sharply, drove over the curb, and charged towards the substation’s wall.

Vroom!!!

Bang!

The dump truck was incredibly domineering. It drove directly onto the curb, smashed through the wall, and rushed into the substation.

Crash! For a moment, bricks and rubble flew everywhere, and a large hole was knocked out of the substation’s wall.

Lin Xian immediately got out of the truck, walked to the outer wall that had been knocked open by the truck, raised his hands, and countless steel bars flew out, quickly being manufactured into a simple steel fence wall.

Clang!

The upgraded mechanical manufacturing speed was extremely fast, and this structure was very simple. In a few breaths, a wall forged from steel bars was created. Then he drove steel nails into the wall to embed it. Chen Sixuan had just gotten out of the truck when she found that the large hole that had been rammed by the truck had already been surrounded by a steel fence by Lin Xian.

Eee-ah!

The simple steel frame wall was still warm when countless zombies had already swarmed over, their claws scratching wildly at the steel mesh from the other side.

Lin Xian’s mechanical ability seemed to be used more and more maturely, and Chen Sixuan was also amazed.

“It can be used like this?”

Lin Xian glanced calmly at the gathering zombies and turned around. “We can’t kill them all. It will only waste time.”