Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 658 - 314: Red Eyes

Chapter 658: Chapter 314: Red Eyes

Lin Wu reported to Maya that they had shaken off their pursuer, to which Maya responded through the walkie-talkie, "It seems the Spider Train needs a certain distance to start its pursuit. Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as we maintain high-speed travel, the danger will be greatly reduced."

Qinglang took the walkie-talkie and replied, "That’s somewhat dull."

"Haha."

Maya, "You don’t need the walkie-talkie to laugh, you can do that on your own."

Lin Wu glared at the train’s head, while Qinglang, who had just eaten a mouthful of salty rice, chimed in, "She’s teasing you."

"There will come a time when she’s the one crying," Lin Wu uttered fiercely, changing the subject and continued to watch the scenery at the rear of the train.

The Orient Express soon reached the next station, where the real name of the station appeared as it passed the platform: Red Eye Station. Lin Wu and Qinglang looked at each other, with Qinglang asking, "What’s Red Eye Station?" A number 1 Spider Train appeared two kilometers away, relentlessly pursuing them with a gnashing sound.

Lin Wu was unconcerned as he watched the approaching number 1 Spider Train, saying, "It’s said that in ancient times there was a disease called red eye disease, during which the eyes would become blood-red."

Qinglang nodded vigorously, "Right, right, Sharingan, I know it."

"Sharingan?"

"It’s the ability to copy someone else’s skills," Qinglang explained. "Could it be that the number 1 train is going to copy our abilities? Don’t you know about Sharingan?"

"I don’t."

Qinglang explained, "It’s said to be a very famous manga on Earth back in the day, about ninjas, and it featured a family with the Sharingan ability. Apart from the Sharingan family, there were also families with other abilities like ’Cataract Eye’ and so on. Shuihua knows, he’s into very niche manga." Over these thousands of years, Blue Star has produced countless outstanding manga. This particular book was only famous back in its day and has very few readers now.

While they talked, the number 1 Spider Train passed the station, and the distance between them had now exceeded four kilometers. Lin Wu waved goodbye to it. Unexpectedly, the number 1 Spider Train wasn’t shaken off and kept up with the Orient Express. Initially, Lin Wu thought it was due to terrain that stretched the visual distance. However, after a while, he had a bad feeling as the gap between them and the number 1 train was closing in.

"Maya, it’s catching up."

"Impossible."

"Yes, two kilometers away."

Maya was puzzled, "What’s going on?"

Qinglang put down the binoculars and reported, "Its eyes have turned from green to red."

"So that’s why it’s called Red Eye Station."

Maya ran from the driver’s seat to the bonfire carriage, took the binoculars for a look, and said, "Speed around 150 kilometers per hour. Qinglang, go to the front. While maintaining the figure-eight track route, change lanes and go through tunnels as much as possible. Prepare for combat." Maya believed Red Eye was a state, a state that would eventually vanish, but no one knew how long it would last.

Through the binoculars, the other train looked extremely angry due to its blood-red eyes, its eight legs spinning like small windmills, aiding the locomotive in its relentless advance.

Maya, holding a repeater gun, reminded Lin Wu, "Hold the dagger in your left hand, ready to cut the webs at the first opportunity."

Lin Wu nodded, "Understood, I don’t have a second chance."

Maya, "Not funny."

Lin Wu, "Why does it have to be funny?"

Maya, at a loss for words, said, "Open fire when it’s within three hundred meters. If it comes to close quarters combat, you handle the small spiders."

"Understood."

The Red Eye locomotive approached fiercely, and after coming close to the Orient Express, it started launching little spiders. Maya quickly discovered the differences between the Red Eye and Green Eye locomotives. The Red Eye was faster, its cooldown for launching small spiders was shorter—these were two buffed changes. Another change was that the webs it shot were red and non-sticky, non-elastic, but could inflict damage to both carriages and individuals they hit.

Lin Wu’s abdomen was hit by a web, which caused a sharp, burning pain without bleeding. System message: minor burn injury, self-healing, does not affect movement.

Armed with a revolver, standing on the flatbed carriage, Lin Wu blew the heads off one spider after another as they approached. Maya used the repeater gun from the bonfire carriage to damage Red Eye, with each shot knocking off 7% of Red Eye’s health bar. When Lin Wu’s bullets ran out, he retreated, and Maya stepped up with two shotguns.

Though lacking Lock Head’s skills, by relying on her excellent marksmanship and the shotgun’s wide impact, the little spiders were either blown to bits or knocked out of the carriage. At this point, the Red Eye train was less than a hundred meters from the Orient Express and still closing in. Although the game didn’t specify, Lin Ma knew that if the carriage was touched by Red Eye, nothing good would come of it.

After reloading, Lin Wu moved back to the front, and Maya retreated. Lin Wu killed two small spiders and then got hit by another web. He didn’t cut it immediately because he was too busy, not expecting the web to cause continuous burning on his skin. By the time Lin Wu cut off the web with his dagger, he had already sustained a moderate burn injury, affecting 30% of his mobility and doubling the pain.

Lucky for Lin Wu, his attributes were high enough, so even with a 30% reduction in mobility, his movements remained agile. By the time Lin Wu stepped up for the third time, the Red Eye locomotive had closed in to ten meters. Maya pulled out her revolver, and together with Lin Wu’s revolver, they fired at the remaining 20% of Red Eye’s health, ultimately causing it to burst.

The burst Red Eye contorted like an earthworm dug out from the ground, writhing and bouncing wildly on the rails, eventually ceasing its movement. Simultaneously, Lin Wu and Maya were bitten in several places by the small spiders, ending up in a mildly poisoned and mildly bleeding state. While these states had a minor effect on humans, if bitten multiple times, they would progress to moderate poisoning and moderate bleeding, which could be quite deadly.

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