"Sister Chen, how did you manage to drive the car over?" After getting in, Kiki looked surprised and asked impatiently ever since she and Lin Xian stepped into this fog-shrouded area, finding that the wireless signal here seemed to have been completely blocked by an invisible giant hand, completely cutting off contact with the outside world, including contact with Chen Sixuan.
Chen Sixuan hurriedly took out a medical kit and handed it to Lou Shasha, a hint of urgency in her tone: "Here, treat your wound first."
"Thank you, Sister." Lou Shasha looked at Lin Xian and Kiki, knowing that Chen Sixuan and Lin Xian must be together, and said gratefully, "So the big train you guys drove..."
Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian, her face carrying a hint of apology as she said:
"Last night I found this train driving out from the No. 3 branch track of Beiwan Station, and I felt something was a bit off, because that branch wasn't originally on any maps or data. I guessed it must be a special military route, and the place you were going to should be there too. Plus I kept failing to reach you, so..."
Before leaving, Lin Xian had told Chen Sixuan that the electric locomotive had reserve energy available for use. Seeing that train in the thick fog carrying more than a dozen gunmen, Chen Sixuan had a gut feeling that Lin Xian might run into trouble over here, so she made a split-second decision and drove Infinite directly from Beiwan Station along the track switch Tang Hai's train had cleared into this military branch line, never expecting it would block Tang Hai's retreat route.
Ugh-ah... ugh-wa!
At this point, a small wave of subsequent swarming zombies had already appeared inside the outpost and platform, except that there were no other movements left now; hundreds of innocent survivors were already dead, leaving these monsters with nothing to do but wander around.
Without that Mist Spider, Infinite was temporarily out of major danger. Hearing Chen Sixuan's words, Kiki couldn't help marveling: "Clever, Sister Chen, you've really been a huge help this time."
Hearing this, Chen Sixuan swept her almond-shaped eyes toward Lin Xian, only to see Lin Xian also smile with relief.
"Yeah, great job!"
Hearing Lin Xian's words, the heart that Chen Sixuan had been hanging in her chest finally dropped back down. She had still been worried that she might be scolded by Lin Xian for moving the train, and now a little surge of hidden joy welled up inside her.
"Wow, that guy surnamed Tang is really ruthless, actually wanting to treat all of us survivors as live bait to help him lure the monsters away in the fog so he could run for it himself!"
Kiki crossed her arms, wearing an indignant expression. "Good thing this young lady is smart and saw right through his scheme in one fell swoop."
"Was it you who saw through it?" Lin Xian looked at her speechlessly.
"Fine, fine, fine, you're smart too."
"..."
After some pleasantries, Lin Xian's gaze turned to Lou Ye. Although the latter's complexion looked somewhat weak at the moment, judging by his appearance it hadn't damaged any vital organs, and plus he was an esper in the first place, his flesh and blood's recovery speed was much stronger than an ordinary person's.
"What are the plans for next time?"
Lou Ye looked out the window wanting to look for their pickup truck, but couldn't even spot a ghost's shadow.
Shasha carefully helped her older brother bandage his shoulder with gauze. Hearing this, she looked at Lin Xian and said in a pleading tone, "Brother Lin, can your train give us a ride for a bit? Once my brother's wound heals, we'll find a car..."
"I don't think that's necessary."
Lin Xian said with a serious expression: "You two siblings can get straight onto my car, and stick with me from now on. Going through thick and thin together gives you a higher chance of survival."
Hearing this, Lou Shasha's eyes instantly lit up: "Really!?"
"Hey!"
At this moment, Kiki at the side was displeased. She glared angrily at Lin Xian: "You bad guy, you agreed straight away when others wanted to get on the car, but you're all fierce to me and even want to kick me off. What's the big idea?"
Lin Xian let out a snort.
"You brought that on yourself..."
"Me, me, me..." The matter of sneaking food inside the car was destined to never be brushed past with Lin Xian. Kiki was in a rush of exasperation, only to hear Lin Xian say, "Shasha and the others saved us. I'm letting them get on the car, do you have a problem with it?"
"Of course I don't." Kiki rolled her eyes at him, sitting on the sofa with her slender legs crossed and arms folded. "But you're the boss, so of course I have to listen to you."
Chen Sixuan stood to the side, her face carrying a hint of joy upon hearing that two more people were joining the train.
After all, there is strength in numbers. Just like before when only Lin Xian went out to scavenge for supplies while she guarded the train alone, it really still wasn't very safe.
"Thank you."
At this moment, Lou Ye, who had always spoken very little, suddenly spoke up. He looked at Lin Xian, his eyes carrying thick gratitude.
Lin Xian nodded. Actually, he also wanted to recruit some teammates. Lou Ye and his sister were good people, they had even saved his and Kiki's life, and moreover Lou Ye was an esper powerhouse. Letting him get on the car made Lin Xian feel reassured.
Chen Sixuan said: "Then what do we do now?"
Lin Xian looked out the window, let out a long breath, and said: "All the supplies Tang Hai scavenged are on that train, which just happened to save us the trouble of gathering them ourselves. In a moment we'll tow it away directly."
"That's right!"
Kiki reacted at this point, patted her hands and said: "Then we're going to be rich! And also, also all the stuff left behind by the vehicle convoy down there—oh right, and the information equipment in the operation room, oh right right right, and that Close-In Defense Cannon..."
Lin Xian broke out in a sweat.
"You're overthinking it. The ammunition feeding and power systems connected underneath that Close-In Defense Cannon add up to anywhere from tens to hundreds of tons. Do you have a crane to move it? Besides, thousands of rounds in that magazine chain would all be fired off in ten empty seconds. With no bullets and no supplies, are you expecting to pick up 30mm Tungsten-Core Armor-Piercing Rounds on the road?"
To be honest, Lin Xian actually wanted to devour that Close-In Defense Cannon as well, but right now he genuinely didn't have a single ounce of energy left to spare. Once he recovered, it might even take him more time than that generator set.
Fortunately, when he resolved the generator set and the Close-In Defense Cannon subsystem, he had already obtained a complete Type 1130 holographic blueprint through scanning!
With this thing, as long as he had materials later on, he could directly hand-craft one on the train.
"Uh... I guess so..." Kiki smacked her lips. "But the photoelectric sighting and phased array radar on top can be dismantled. Combining it with the driving radar at the front of the train, building a small radar sighting system should be fine, right?"
Lin Xian frowned, looking at her strangely, thinking to himself that this actually worked...
"Good idea!" he agreed.
"I'll help too." Hearing that they were preparing to clear the battlefield, Lou Ye ignored his injuries and took the lead in standing up.
"Me too." Shasha patted the dust off her face, wearing the look of a little adult. "Right, my brother and I still need to go look for the vehicle. There's quite a lot of stuff on it."
"Alright, everyone be careful." Lin Xian nodded. He looked outside, then turned to say to Chen Sixuan: "Teacher Chen, you come with me to couple the carriages. Once we back up to Beiwan Station later, we'll readjust the carriages."
At the same time, he picked up a few guns confiscated from Tang Hai's subordinates and handed them to Lou Ye and Shasha. "We're not in a rush tonight, let's take a bit more and set off without waiting for dawn."
It wasn't that Lin Xian was greedy; in order to devour that large generator set while simultaneously connecting and repairing the Close-In Defense Cannon system, Lin Xian had nearly exhausted all his stamina. During his clash with Feng Yuming just now, he couldn't even use an Ice Shield. If he weren't allowed to rest up, he was afraid he wouldn't even have the strength left to stand.
Besides, this place had already been purged once, so there shouldn't be any big monsters coming out anymore. They might as well thoroughly loot this military base.
What surprised Lin Xian the most was that Tang Hai had dragged over several flatbed trailers, loading them up with all the jeeps, off-road vehicles, and Qian Yu's armored vehicle that he had scavenged. He estimated there were at least dozens of firearms of all sizes, instantly providing them with a substantial amount of firepower.
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