Beep, beep.
Lin Xian cut off the alert on his watch. After going without rest for two consecutive nights, he was already somewhat dazed.
Listening to the various eerie sounds outside and smelling waves of foul stench from the cold storage, Lin Xian finally endured until 16:00 the next day.
Daylight had come.
But it was already afternoon, and only two hours and forty-five minutes remained until nightfall.
Without relaxing his vigilance for even a moment, Lin Xian peered out through the observation window. The warehouse was brightly lit now, and he could finally see the scene outside clearly.
A huge hole had been torn open in the doors of Cold Storage 1. The thick doors, specially made from stainless steel combined with composite materials, had twisted into a bizarre curve. Bright-red blood stained the ground, while scraps of flesh hung everywhere—from the doors and the floor alike. Several Zombies still wandered outside the cold storage, and a few were gnawing on half of a corpse lying on the ground.
Lin Xian spotted a familiar tattoo on the corpse. It seemed to belong to that middle-aged man. A surge of satisfaction immediately rose in his heart!
Good riddance!
Anyone who played fishing games in the apocalypse deserved to end up with their entire family dead.
Lin Xian's gaze turned cold. He hurriedly took out the radio and asked about the situation on the other side.
"Teacher Chen, are you all right?"
After a night of terror, Chen Sixuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Lin Xian's voice and hurriedly replied, "I... I'm fine. What about you?"
"I'm fine too." Hearing that nothing had happened to Chen Sixuan, Lin Xian felt somewhat reassured. He kept surveying the outside, and only after confirming that the terrifying insect was nowhere to be seen did he continue, "I'm coming back now. We'll follow yesterday's plan. There's an electric locomotive on Track 4. Remember to coordinate with me later."
"Okay!"
After saying that, Lin Xian opened the cold storage door again. Through the gap, he fired a Wind Gun directly at the chain and blasted it apart!
The Zombies outside heard the noise and immediately shrieked as they lunged toward him.
Lin Xian struck with his blade while firing several Wind Guns in succession, easily dealing with several Zombies.
Because of the commotion from the previous night, too many Zombies had been drawn over. Only after walking out of the warehouse entrance did Lin Xian realize that at least dozens of Zombies were still wandering outside.
After thinking for a moment, he quietly ran to the distant Warehouse 1. It was an empty building-materials warehouse. He immediately fired several Wind Guns inside, rat-tat-tat, creating a commotion. Before long, he attracted the dozens of Zombies on the platform over there.
As long as there were no bizarre creatures from the Black Night, Lin Xian's abilities and attributes made dealing with them relatively simple.
Soon, he ran down from the platform and arrived beside the Huanxing 7F electric locomotive he had seen the previous day. He activated Mechanical Heart and opened the automatic door to the Cockpit.
He then uncoupled the locomotive from the front car and disengaged the gangway connection. With a deep rumble, the traction motor slowly propelled the gigantic electric beast away from the platform.
Meanwhile, Lin Xian also disconnected Carriage 1 from the Juying 03E. After completing the sequence change and with Chen Sixuan's assistance, he finally connected the Huanxing 7F electric locomotive precisely into the second position.
From then on, the "Infinite" had five carriages. At the front was the armor-reinforced Juying 03E heavy-duty gas turbine locomotive, which was also the Cockpit. The Huanxing 7F electric locomotive was positioned second, serving as kinetic-energy recovery and power storage. Behind it were Carriages 1–3.
Because the Huanxing 7F electric locomotive was twice as long overall as the Juying 03E, it looked somewhat futuristic. Moreover, both locomotives had gangways connecting them, allowing people to walk directly from the front of the train to the rear.
However, since it had been added temporarily, Lin Xian had not had time to upgrade the electric locomotive section with armor. Once the connection was complete, there was no time left either. Before night fell, Lin Xian directly started the brand-new "Infinite" and drove eastward along the Jiangyu Line.
Clang, clang.
The train began speeding along.
Lin Xian raised the speed to around 80 kilometers per hour. At the same time, because of the additional load, his stamina was being consumed much faster.
"There are no tunnels on this stretch to Beiwan Station, and the terrain is relatively flat. We just need to watch out for rocks blocking the tracks."
Chen Sixuan reminded Lin Xian while recording the train's speed beside him.
Lin Xian nodded. "Okay. If anything happens, I'll stop immediately."
"How did things go with those people from yesterday?"
"They're dead."
Lin Xian glanced at Chen Sixuan. "Not one of that family was any good. They set a trap there to rob and kill people. The Zombies devoured them all last night."
Chen Sixuan's expression changed slightly. She knew Lin Xian had certain methods, but hearing him say that the entire family had died still made her turn pale. In such a short time, a harmonious and safe world had suddenly become a hell where people fought to the death.
For a rich beauty like Chen Sixuan, who had grown up in the sheltered comfort of a highly educated family, it was still difficult to accept all this at once.
"Static~ This is the [Oasis] convoy. Final announcement, final announcement. As long as you have supplies, weapons, or possess a certain Esper ability, you can join our group and gain hope for survival. We must band together for warmth. Don't cling to fantasies..."
"Static~ 312 Avenue, the route out of the city, is completely paralyzed and blocked. You can only detour via Forestry Road. A massive Corpse Tide has gathered in the Eastern District. Everyone, don't fire your weapons casually, or no one will make it out..."
"Static~ [Jiang City Bunker] welcomes all Espers and beautiful women. We are based in the military nuclear-facility bunker in Jiang City. We number more than three hundred, with clearly divided duties, and can withstand the Polar Night..."
"Static~ Today is the final day. I'll say it again: I'm in Building A, Room 1304, Mingwang Residential Area. I have abundant supplies and the safest apocalypse survival shelter. I only accept beautiful women aged sixteen to thirty. Two spots remain..."
"Static~ Announcement from the Yubei City Patrol Battalion: Yancheng and Fengcheng have both entered the Polar Night. Along the Linshan Mountains eastward, from Jiang City and Luolin City to Hechi, a large-scale outbreak of Aberrant Entities has occurred across an area extending one to three hundred kilometers along the Minjiang River. The radiation index is unknown..."
On the radio, Yancheng and Fengcheng, not far from Jiang City, had also completely fallen. According to data reported by many survivors, if one could flee two to three hundred kilometers eastward, one could reclaim an hour of daylight.
From this, they could roughly calculate the speed at which the Dark Tide of the third "Star Abyss" was devouring the world.
Two or three hundred kilometers might not sound far, but in an apocalyptic environment like this, transportation had collapsed and Zombies were everywhere. Once night fell, there was only endless terror and death. Escaping two or three hundred kilometers was by no means simple.
Chen Sixuan took out the Logbook and calculated. "If the survivors' information is accurate, and we pass Yushan today and reach Beiwan Station, it should be daylight around 16:30 tomorrow."
"We won't make it that far."
Lin Xian shook his head from the driver's seat. "Once night falls, we can only stop. I have no confidence in driving at night right now. Besides, the road conditions and visibility are problems too."
At this point, Lin Xian began to realize that he might need a radar or drone to help check the road conditions. Otherwise, if he drove blindly the whole way and encountered a broken track or a huge boulder blocking the route, the best outcome would be a derailment; the worst would be the destruction of the train and everyone's deaths.
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