Chapter 69: Hunting Trap

The main purpose of the capacitors in a substation is to balance the three-phase voltage and avoid line losses and equipment damage caused by voltage imbalance. This thing was of great use to Lin Xian.

In the future, the Infinity would have a large-scale demand for electricity. Installing capacitors could improve the power factor of the circuit, reduce the loss of reactive power, and thus improve the utilization efficiency of the power grid.

For example, if he wanted to set up high-power weapons or change the drive mode, he would need this thing.

Moreover, he could currently obtain a large amount of capacitor materials such as metallized polypropylene, liquid dielectrics, and aluminum foil by devouring them. These were the basic materials required for the high-energy capacitors in the GK03 Electro-Blade blueprint.

“Lin Xian… how do we dismantle these things?”

Chen Sixuan followed Lin Xian into the substation and looked at the neat rows of huge metal equipment, feeling a little dazed.

“It’s simple, Teacher Chen. You come and be my lookout.”

Lin Xian turned around, opened the truck bed of the dump truck, climbed up, and activated his Mechanical Heart. Countless materials slowly flew out, and a small cantilever crane was rapidly taking shape.

“Ah, okay.”

Chen Sixuan immediately raised her gun, took a deep breath, and released the safety.

Although the substation was quiet at the moment, she didn’t know if a zombie would suddenly jump out from some corner.

She kept encouraging herself. As a teammate, she also had to take on the responsibility of protecting Lin Xian. With a gun in her hand, ordinary zombies shouldn’t pose much of a threat.

About 20 minutes later, Lin Xian had built a temporary truck-mounted crane.

Then he jumped out of the truck, created mechanical tools with his left and right hands, and began to remove the fixing screws of the capacitor bank.

“Lin Xian, your hand…”

Chen Sixuan saw that the back of Lin Xian’s hand was a little red and figured that he must have gotten frostbite while assembling the armor in the wind and snow all night.

“It’s nothing.”

Lin Xian threw one end of the steel cable to Chen Sixuan. “Come and help me put it on.”

The two of them were busy for more than an hour and finally hoisted a set of 110KV shunt capacitor banks onto the truck. Although it was a makeshift job and both of them were amateurs, thanks to his mechanical ability, the process was quite smooth.

Vroom!

The dump truck started again, directly and arrogantly broke through the wall, ran over the heads of the howling zombies, and headed back the way it came.

“I took a look when we came over just now. The terrain of Yuchi Pedestrian Street is open, and several streets are connected. So later, after we load the things onto the truck, Dalou and I will come over and set up some traps in advance to see if we can catch anything…”

Lin Xian planned to take advantage of the daylight to observe the terrain here in advance and also deploy some traps. After returning, he would first finish installing the armored roof and ice-breaking shield of the train, and then come back in the middle of the night to see if he could actively search for that terror in the dark.

A few days ago, Chen Sixuan would have definitely thought that Lin Xian, who said this, was crazy.

But now she knew Lin Xian’s intentions and just said with a worried expression, “Then why don’t we take advantage of the fact that it’s not dark yet? Shasha and I will ride the motorcycle along the railway to scout the fork in the road ahead. If the plan changes, we’ll be prepared.”

Bang, bang, bang~

The dump truck sped on. Hearing this, Lin Xian looked at Chen Sixuan with a serious expression.

“You can ride a motorcycle?”

“Shasha can. I can go with her. It’s convenient for two people to look out for each other.”

Lin Xian had to be responsible for refitting the train, and Dalou, being tall and strong, needed to help. Shasha and Chen Sixuan, two girls, were light and agile. It seemed like a good arrangement for them to do some scouting work.

Hearing this, Lin Xian looked at Chen Sixuan with some surprise and smiled.

“Okay, but you and Shasha be careful. If you encounter anything wrong, just run.”

“I know.” Chen Sixuan took a deep, solemn breath. “We’re going to scout the road. If we encounter trouble, we definitely won’t linger.”

Lin Xian wanted to actively search for anomalies in the dark tonight, but this plan was full of risks. No one knew what existed in the dark.

So just in case, the Infinity was ready to evacuate at any time. In this situation, scouting the route of some areas ahead in advance was obviously a wise choice.

After facing the broken rail incident last night, Chen Sixuan had become more cautious about this kind of situation.

“Okay, then it’s settled.”

Vroom~

The dump truck rushed onto the platform of Yushan Station. Lin Xian raised his hand and fired a few wind guns to deal with the few zombies on the platform, and then drove the dump truck onto the flatbed trailer.

A moment later, Dalou and Shasha also returned in the off-road vehicle. The back seat and trunk were filled with all kinds of strange supplies.

Shasha sat in the passenger seat, holding a large bag of clothes of various colors. As soon as the car stopped, she opened the door with an excited face and greeted the two of them.

“Brother Lin, Sister Chen, look at all the things we found.”

Chen Sixuan quickly came over to help. As she took the things, she said, “Why so many clothes?”

“They’re all new. There are a lot in the mall.” Shasha got out of the car and opened the back seat door. It was stuffed with various home appliances. Lin Xian glanced at them. They were mainly TVs, computers, and robot vacuums, which were of little practical value in the apocalypse.

In the apocalypse, with their lives at stake, energy was a scarce commodity. These lifestyle appliances were obviously not as valuable as water purifiers and communication equipment.

In addition, Shasha and Dalou had also found a microwave, an oven, and a pile of pots and pans.

“Okay, let’s load them onto the train first.”

Lin Xian had Dalou unload the motorcycle, and then the few of them quickly unloaded the items from the off-road vehicle into car 5.

“Shasha, you and Sister Chen ride the motorcycle and scout the road ahead along the railway. Dalou and I will drive to the city again.”

Without any slack, as soon as they returned from scavenging, Lin Xian immediately arranged the next step of the plan. The group set off again without stopping.

The time was 5:50 PM, less than an hour before dark.

Lou Shasha slung her grenade launcher on her back, put on a helmet, and rode the motorcycle with Chen Sixuan down the platform, disappearing into the distance in a flash.

Lin Xian got into Dalou’s off-road vehicle. “Shasha is so young, yet she’s so good at riding a motorcycle.”

Dalou shrugged. “She learns everything quickly. She’s like a boy, likes to tinker with those things…”

“Let’s go.” Lin Xian smiled. It was obvious that between the two siblings, Shasha was the brains.

The off-road vehicle re-entered Yuchi City. This time, Lin Xian and Dalou didn’t charge directly into the neighborhood, but stopped from a distance and began to observe.

“That area…”

Lin Xian pointed to a circular square. “There are more zombies. In terms of Ethereal Fluctuation, the index there should be the lowest. But this is just my speculation. Later, Dalou, you drive around and lure the zombies away. I’ll set up a loudspeaker and some lights there.”

Then he pointed to the direction of several small alleys.

“There, there, and there. I’ll arrange some trip chains, beast traps, and nail walls. At night, you’ll cover me with a gun from the observation deck on the second floor. The car will be parked behind for a quick getaway.”

“Okay, Brother Xian.”

Dalou had been a soldier before. Although he was not good with words, his combat quality was very good, and he quickly understood Lin Xian’s intentions.

“These are all preset situations,” Lin Xian’s eyes were a little heavy. “They may not all work. If things go wrong, we’ll disengage and run back. Shasha and the others will be waiting for us on the platform, and then we’ll get on the train and leave directly.”

Lin Xian’s plan was not complicated. It was simply to set up a loudspeaker and lights in the open square of the pedestrian street to attract anomalies in the dark. He and Dalou would first observe from a distance.

If it was something they could deal with, they would try to use the terrain and traps to fight. If they accidentally attracted something terrifying, they could only run.

For the Anomaly Blood Crystal, he had to try even if it meant biting the bullet.

Now that he didn’t have a dark radio, even if he wanted to trade supplies for it again, he couldn’t find any other convoys.