Encountering an Ambush

As he was still within the main urban area, Lin Xian deliberately slowed the train's speed. The city was in chaos, and he worried about blocked tracks while also trying to avoid causing too much commotion with excessive noise.

As the light rail merged into the Jiangyu main line, the areas along the tracks gradually opened up. He simply crushed any wandering zombies or livestock that appeared between the rails.

Soon, the number of switches ahead increased, and a wide area appeared, with various freight trains parked on the branch lines.

There were even several container trains, but without exception, their cargo doors were all open. All sorts of supplies had long been looted by survivors, leaving behind only scattered cardboard boxes and plastic bags.

Besides these, the remaining trains were mostly mixed freight, including less-than-carload lots, flatcars, tank cars, and so on, all coupled together. But it seemed they hadn't been spared either, with several carriages overturned on the tracks...

The branch line connected to a loading platform and a lifting workshop in the distance. It was clearly Jiang City's rail freight loading and unloading center. Such facilities in cities were usually located before the passenger stations. Lin Xian parked the Infinite at the entrance to the double-track railway, observed the route, then opened the door and went to the switch next to the branch line track. He placed his hand on it and activated the motor!

Screech!

He changed the switch, then returned to the train and drove the "Infinite" onto the loading branch line, stopping in front of a platform marked "Loading Platform No. 4."

"Hold onto the walkie-talkie. Even if it's me, don't open the door, because I'll open it myself."

Lin Xian slung his backpack over his shoulders, grabbed his short knife, and instructed Chen Sixuan, "As long as you don't open the door, no one can do anything to you."

Chen Sixuan nodded. She now knew Lin Xian's ability was to control trains, so she obediently noted down all his instructions.

"Then... be careful," she replied with concern.

Ch-, the cabin's hatch opened. The "Infinite," apart from the hatch door of the front cabin and the tailboard of carriage No. 3, had all its living carriage doors welded shut and reinforced with steel plates. As long as they didn't encounter the eerie white giant monster from last night, ordinary people or zombies posed no threat to safety inside.

Lin Xian got out and closed the hatch. As soon as he stepped onto the railway, a biting cold wind hit him.

He looked up at the bright sun in the sky and immediately felt that this bizarre climate was a pain in the ass.

With his speed attribute increased, Lin Xian's movements became much more agile. Holding his short knife, he crossed several railway lines. Each time he passed a train, he looked towards the front and rear, searching for a suitable locomotive.

His plan was to fix the electric locomotive issue while it was still daylight. If he couldn't find one, he would search for some supplies here and then head to the Jiang City main station a few kilometers away to look further.

Lin Xian scanned the carriages one by one until he reached the head of a container train. There, he saw a silver Star 7F electric locomotive, and his eyes lit up.

The Star 7F electric locomotive was 60 meters long, predominantly silver with blue lines. Its streamlined body looked very futuristic, earning it the nickname "Star Hercules." With a power output of up to 58,800 kilowatts, it was a standard Star Orbital Ring freight locomotive.

This behemoth needed to be connected to the railway's power grid to operate. With the apocalypse, this industrial giant had lost all its value, left to gather dust on the tracks. Since there was no fuel or water, and its massive exterior concealed a surprisingly small interior, few people would bother with it.

The Star 7F was twice as long as the Juying 03E's heavy-duty gas turbine engine, a true electric monster. Its internal structure was precise, featuring not only drive motors but also advanced kinetic energy recovery and storage equipment, making it an excellent choice for a temporary battery for the "Infinite."

"This is the one."

Lin Xian reached out and touched it. The Mechanical Heart began scanning and driving, finding that the electric locomotive was in good overall condition and still very new.

He had struck gold.

Because of his special ability, things that survivors completely overlooked were treasures in his eyes.

Just as Lin Xian was about to activate this behemoth and disconnect the carriages, a intermittent sound suddenly came from behind him.

He immediately turned around cautiously. The sound was coming from a warehouse on the platform.

So, Lin Xian crouched and squeezed through the gap between the couplings of a freight car on the inner track, following the sound. He found that the noise was coming from a warehouse with the number 14 on its door.

Knock, knock, knock~ Knock, knock, knock~

A series of knocking sounds, very consistent, not like the mindless actions of zombies.

Lin Xian climbed onto the platform and then approached the warehouses one by one from the inside. By now, the knocking sound had become louder, and he could faintly hear someone shouting.

"Help! Is anyone there!!"

The voice was muffled, as if blocked by some soundproofing.

Lin Xian arrived at the door of warehouse No. 14. Peeking through the half-open door, he saw that it was a cold storage warehouse with two large white cold rooms inside. However, since Jiang City had been without power for a long time, an indescribable rotten smell filled the warehouse. Lin Xian took a whiff and almost vomited up the canned meat he had just eaten.

As he walked in, he finally saw that inside the isolation window of one of the large cold rooms, there were two women. One of them was frantically banging on the door.

The woman looked to be in her thirties, her face flushed red. The other was an old woman in her fifties or sixties, sitting on the ground, looking like she was barely breathing.

As soon as Lin Xian walked in, the woman saw him immediately and cried out in surprise.

"Please, help me open the door! My mother is dying!!"

Lin Xian's eyes sharpened at her words, and he realized something was wrong. He immediately lunged forward.

In an instant, a gunshot rang out behind him.

Bang!

An ambush!

He saw through the trick almost instantly. A woman trapped in a cold room shouting was too coincidental.

Her aimless shouting would only attract zombies. It was clearly a deliberate attempt to draw his attention.

Bang, bang, bang! Missing the shot, another burst of bullets followed.

Lin Xian didn't hesitate for a moment. His reaction was extremely fast. He directly rushed into another cold room door and then slammed it shut behind him.

Bang, bang. Bullets hit the cold room door, sparks flying.

"Holy shit, this kid is fast!"

"Don't let him get away."

"The idiot ran into the cold storage, haha..."

Just then, two men hurried over, each carrying a weapon, one long and one short.

The one in front looked to be in his early forties, with a grim expression and a large tattoo on his neck. He charged over and kicked the cold storage door, only to find it was locked.

"Huh, weird!"

The other, slightly thinner man, peered inside through the window at Lin Xian, who was on guard. He walked up to the door and tried the bolt, finding it wouldn't budge.

"Why won't this damn door open!"

Large cold storage doors are specially designed. To prevent cold from transferring through the metal handle and forming condensation on the outside, which could then freeze and make the handle inoperable, the handle can only be opened from the outside. However, for safety, there's an alarm button inside.

But strangely, after Lin Xian went in, the door couldn't be opened from the outside.

"Damn it."

The leading man immediately raised his gun and fired two shots at the cold storage's observation window. The shots echoed loudly inside the warehouse, but he didn't know the observation window was a full 200 millimeters thick. For insulation, the entire cold storage unit was like a sturdy fortress.

"Mom!"

At this moment, the man shouted.

Then, the door to cold storage unit number one opened, and the woman and old lady who had feigned distress earlier walked out one after the other. The group surrounded Lin Xian, their expressions unfriendly.

"This kid's pretty sharp..."

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