Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train
Chapter 97 - 92 Heterogeneous (7 more updates, asking for monthly votes!)

Chapter 97: Chapter 92 Heterogeneous (7 more updates, asking for monthly votes!)

Lin Xian touched his nose as he walked out of Carriage 2, a look of melancholy on his face.

"Got bitten, I wonder if I’ll turn into a zombie..."

He walked past Carriages 3 and 4, which had been previously confiscated from Tang Hai and were mainly used for storage, but due to the lack of supplies, both carriages were somewhat empty.

In fact, Lin Xian had stored supplies in every carriage except Carriage 5, also to prepare for any unexpected situations.

He arrived at Carriage 5 where he saw the Building sitting on a chair, guarding with a gun. Seeing Lin Xian approaching, he stood up and asked,

"Brother Xian, are we heading out?"

Lin Xian shook his head and gestured, "No, you rest for a while, I’ll take over the guard duty."

"Oh, alright."

The Building knew Lin Xian must have arranged something and didn’t fuss about his request, immediately putting down the gun to sleep.

Lin Xian opened the rear tailboard, preparing to devour the broken off-road vehicle and at the same time see if he could repair the armored vehicle.

The armored vehicle was very valuable to Lin Xian, as they would need to disembark later, having such a high-power armored vehicle would be very convenient.

The advantage of this open trailer platform is the convenience in loading and unloading vehicles, but the disadvantage is that there’s no protection. Encountering bandit fleets like last night, it’s quite hard to prevent someone from simply climbing aboard and driving it away...

But preparing a separate carriage for each vehicle is quite troublesome. Lin Xian thought about it and decided to drive the vehicle directly into Carriage 5. After all, Carriage 5 has a tailboard convenient for getting on and off vehicles, but it means that when loading and unloading other supplies, the vehicle must be unloaded first, which is not as convenient as his motorcycle.

Lin Xian walked over to the armored car, placed his hand on it, and activated the Mechanical Heart to start inspecting.

"It’s okay... It’s not broken, having armor means it’s more resistant..."

"First, get it into Carriage 5..."

Looking at the thick snow on the flatbed trailer, Lin Xian thought about dealing with these burdens after arriving at Underground City No. 9.

But not now; in case there’s any large machinery that needs to be towed tomorrow, such large flatbed trailers are still required.

Lin Xian then walked out and devoured the damaged off-road vehicle, organized the tool rack at the rear of Carriage 5 a bit, pushed the armored vehicle inside Carriage 5, and then closed the tailboard.

At this moment, he took out the old radio, took a deep breath, and looked towards the nearby track.

There, a headless female ghost in a bikini stood eerily, visible only to Lin Xian holding the radio.

"Taboo Item, huh? Since you are attached to a machine, I have to see what you really are."

Lin Xian stared at the headless female ghost, his expression slightly stern, secretly reasoning,

"If you give me even a bit of Mechanical Source Point, I will absolutely strip you down..."

Buzz~

A faint light flickered, and Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart began to turn.

This strange force surged, and the red-clothed female ghost along with the radio began to resist violently, shaking in Lin Xian’s hands.

[Devouring Progress 50%]

For such a small mechanical device, it would only take Lin Xian a few minutes to devour.

[Devouring Progress 99%]

Countless terrifying spectacles swarmed before Lin Xian, the red-clothed female ghost rapidly flickering, twisting, and screaming.

But the next instant, just as Lin Xian thought the devouring would succeed, a strange prompt suddenly appeared on his screen.

[Devouring Failed, Non-mechanical Energy Detected, Please Upgrade Mechanical Heart and Attempt Awakening.]

[Alert, Non-mechanical Energy Detected, Mechanical Heterogeneity Automatically Activated for Energy Containment.]

Click, click, click!

At that moment, Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart suddenly sped up, and the radio in his hand instantly flipped like a Magic Cube, transforming within moments into a misaligned rectangular radio, with the silver antenna wrapped around the middle.

"Ah!!!"

A piercing scream; the countless terrifying spectacles instantly shattered, an invisible force rapidly converged and absorbed into the bizarre cube in Lin Xian’s hands.

"Holy shit, what’s going on."

For the first time ever, Lin Xian encountered a failure in his mechanical devouring.

"Non-mechanical energy, automatic activation of Mechanical Heterogeneity for energy containment?"

Lin Xian was somewhat puzzled; he looked around and saw the frightening images and the red-clothed female ghost had disappeared, while the strange radio-like cube in his hand seemed to be harboring some kind of energy.

He immediately used the Mechanical Heart to scan, but no results came up.

This object was just like a block of stone.

"Contained..."

Lin Xian muttered this phrase, and upon the realization that it was an action taken by his Mechanical Heart, he could only calm down for now. "Since this is the case, let’s handle this thing after the Mechanical Heart reaches level 3."

For some reason, Lin Xian always had a feeling that the power of this Taboo Item could truly be harnessed through his Mechanical Heart!

...

At 15:00 PM, after a peaceful night, the Infinity squad had gained a rare night of rest.

Lin Xian planned to set off before dawn, as there were still one to two hundred kilometers to travel after entering the southern line, and daylight was significantly reduced, so he had to take the risk to save daytime hours.

Teacher Chen, who had slept for over a dozen hours, regained some color on her face; it might have been the longest and most comfortable night of sleep since she had left Jiang City, and she felt much more refreshed.

In the dark night, the carriage of the Unlimited Car lit up with goose-yellow lights, the snowstorm continued outside, while Chen Sixuan was already preparing food inside.

Now, in addition to being the train navigator, Chen Sixuan also took on the role of a cook.

Building and Sha Sha were already fully armed, organizing guns and bullets on the side. KIKI, who had been busy all night, wasn’t working on the water oxygen cycling system. After a reminder from Lin Xian, she upgraded the radar system’s detection, mainly using the photoelectric probes to monitor the track situation directly in front of the train.

Lin Xian thought KIKI’s idea was simply genius, it addressed the most critical issues facing the Infinity without needing a complex identification module.

Whoo~

The engines of both the electric and gas locomotives started up, headlights turned on, and after a night’s rest, the "Infinity" slowly began to move.

Soon, the train reached a switch at Daluo Mountain. Lin Xian got off the train in the dark to check and found that it indeed was a fairly new route with high engineering standards. He changed the switch to merge the train onto a branch line.

Clang-clang.

As it was still night and out of caution, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan did not speed up but maintained a slow pace, constantly watching out for the road conditions.

In the distance, the Daluo Mountains appeared as a majestic silhouette in the night. The train headed towards the southern slope hinterland.

"Lin Xian, look."

Inside the cockpit, Chen Sixuan pointed at the railway ahead, "Six tracks, there must be a massive amount of engineering work required for so many tracks."

Empty! Empty!

Suddenly, an abandoned car lying across the tracks appeared ahead, and was shoveled away by ’Infinity’s’ Ice-breaking Shield, emitting a thunderous noise.

Chen Sixuan was startled, Lin Xian watching ahead with a furrowed brow.

As they proceeded, the tracks on both sides began to widen, and in sight appeared an increasing number of densely packed vehicles, all congested on the roads on either side, many of which had veered onto the rails and were buried by the snow.

"So many cars?"

"Lin Xian, more and more are appearing..."

Clang~ Empty empty...

More and more abandoned vehicles and various debris began to appear on the railroad tracks. With no barriers in sight and the terrain becoming flat and expansive, one could see an unending stretch of vehicles covered by snow, suffocating to behold.

Beep-beep-beep-beep...

The driving alarm and radar probes continuously issued warnings. KIKI also, with a tense face, ran into the cockpit, "The front is full of cars, both sides of the road are blocked, there must be at least tens of thousands."

Lin Xian saw this and spoke sternly,

"It seems these are people who tried to escape to the Underground City after the apocalypse. I don’t know if these people were invited or if they were desperate and trying their luck..."

Chen Sixuan said, "Although the Underground City project was by invite only and confidential, such a large project could definitely not be kept secret. Even if only one percent of the people took the rumors online as a lifeline, gathering together, that would still be millions of people."

KIKI shook her head, sighing, "It’s useless, the Underground City must have extremely strong armed forces. Moreover, resources are limited. How could those vile people fit everyone inside? The lives of ordinary people are worthless to them."

16:45, dawn broke.

As if the tide had receded, the sky suddenly cleared up brightly, the sunlight and white snow reflecting so harshly it was blinding. Thump-thump-thump~ Sha Sha and Building also entered the cockpit at this time. Everyone shielded their eyes from the glaring oblique sun, slowly adapting their vision, and then... everyone’s expression began to grow grim.

Below the mountain range, on the vast plains, the roads beside the railroad tracks were stuffed with thousands upon thousands of vehicles buried by the snow, countless zombies wandered amongst them, and various stranded abandoned vehicles and luggage were scattered on the wide multiline railroad tracks.

Under the snow, various rigid bodies could faintly be seen, their forms varied. Initially, everyone thought it was the rugged ground.

But it wasn’t the ground, the ground was no longer visible at all, it was all dead bodies...

The jammed roads stretched for kilometers. Looking towards the horizon, a few kilometers away appeared a huge square underground tunnel entrance, with layers of iron grids and steel walls isolating the Underground City, surrounded by countless large engineering vehicles.

"Is that, the Number 9 Underground City?"

"My God..."

Sha Sha covered her mouth, "They actually dug such a big pit in the earth. How many people are going to live underground..."

KIKI looked grave, "But it looks like not only is it incomplete, but it also seems to have completely halted."

"There must have been something terrible that happened here..." Chen Sixuan also looked distressed.

Above the snowy railroad tracks, the black armored train continuously broke through the obstacles on the railroad tracks, moving slowly along, the loud noise drawing the surrounding zombies like ants swarming.

The entire world seemed utterly silent, with only the roaring blizzard filling the sky.

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