On the answering machine, Lin Xian heard that Infinity had been attacked, and his expression immediately became grave.
He also briefly relayed what he had witnessed to Chen Sixuan and the others. When they learned that Lin Xian and KIKI had seen that huge underground creature, everyone’s face turned pale, even the always calm Ding Junyi tightened her expression.
She and Zhao Yan and others had previously thought that the unknown underground creature was definitely more than just a human ghost or an Abnormal Body, but they hadn’t expected it to be even more terrifying.
Thinking of this, earthquakes, dark infection, the mutation of a large number of human ghosts, all seemed to find some origin.
Listening to such dangerous circumstances, and with the train being attacked, Chen Sixuan was momentarily at a loss. She immediately asked Lin Xian, "Lin Xian, what are your plans?"
"I’m preparing to come up immediately, you guys also get ready, if there’s no time for docking, you start Infinity and head up out of the Underground City first, we’ll follow behind and rush out!"
At the 95th floor’s level 5 cargo terminal platform, Lin Xian was communicating with Chen Sixuan while rapidly checking the systems of each component of the Gemini 11R Nuclear Power Electric Locomotive using his Mechanical Superpower.
Although the micro nuclear power DRX generator unit on this locomotive was in cooling state, Lin Xian’s Mechanical Superpower actually didn’t need to wait for the reactor to directly start.
However, to drive this big fellow and Infinity up to the surface from underground without the electromagnetic propulsion of the Underground City, relying solely on Lin Xian’s Superpower and the limited electric power from the Ringstar 7F electric locomotive was indeed a bit strenuous.
"Girl, you start stripping the control rods, I’ll be ready here in a moment."
Starting the reactor requires the system to start stripping the control rods, which takes some time to get the reactor to the expected working state.
Inside the cockpit, KIKI began to activate the system at the console.
[Nuclear core startup, control rod extraction, accelerating]
[Current core temperature: 76℃]
[Startup progress 3%]
With the first control rod stripped, the train’s central small reactor emitted a hollow sound. Due to Cherenkov effect, a pale blue light flickered, and it seemed that an invisible energy vibration spread around.
KIKI, looking at the progress on the system screen, suddenly thought of something and said,
"Lin Xian, theoretically the radiation should be inside the building, how come those disgusting pieces of flesh have such strong radiation, and that terrifying thing outside too has radiation, do you think, could it be that monster..."
KIKI suddenly blurted out, making Lin Xian who was inspecting the train components pause in surprise.
In an instant, a slight tremor sounded, and Lin Xian and KIKI turned their heads, looking through the cockpit window to see a hair-raising scene.
Beyond the void in the wall, the gigantic black silhouette at the bottom of the Underground City pit seemed to have moved.
It was as if the presence in the darkness had turned its head to look in this direction.
Lin Xian’s expression changed, subconsciously feeling that KIKI might have guessed right, perhaps that underground creature was here specifically because of the Underground City’s number 1 main core.
Thinking this, Lin Xian no longer hesitated: "Hold tight, we’re setting off."
In an instant, the Mechanical Heart operated at high speed, directly driving the entire train’s motor engines to start roaring.
The headlights turned on, the white light illuminating the blood and flesh-covered platform and tunnel ahead.
The dust on the Gemini 11R Nuclear Power Electric Locomotive slowly slid off, starting to move on the tracks!
At this moment, the entire tunnel suddenly began to tremble violently, dust flying everywhere. KIKI inside the driving cabin could hardly keep his balance. Just as the electric locomotive had just left the No. 5 freight terminal platform, a huge explosion erupted from behind. A shock wave along with dust blasted into the rising tunnel, causing the train to shake violently.
"It’s that big monster!"
Inside the driving cabin, as the smoke and dust thundered onto the rearview screen, the entire platform seemed to vanish in an instant, and a huge gray-white shadow instantly dominated the screen, completely unrecognizable.
Lin Xian’s eyes were splitting with rage as he activated the Mechanical Heart to make the electric train begin to accelerate crazily!
"Hurry up and have Teacher Chen start!"
In the high-speed sprint, he was worried that there was no time to dock with the Infinity at the No. 4 freight terminal platform, especially since that area was already under attack. At this moment, the only option was to have the Infinity start moving first.
If there’s not enough electricity in the Circumstellar 7F electric locomotive, Lin Xian could push from behind so that, with both sides accelerating, they wouldn’t directly collide.
On the other end, the responder beeped, and just as Chen Sixuan pressed to answer, KIKI’s urgent voice came through.
"Sister Chen, start the train and run upwards quickly!"
Hearing this, Chen Sixuan’s face changed drastically. She hurriedly ran to the electric locomotive, unlocked the restraints, and pushed down the driving rod. The driving direction had already been adjusted by her beforehand. At this moment, the engine of the Circumstellar 7F electric locomotive also roared to life, the lights of the Unlimited Car turned on, and it began reversing!
Countless zombies and human ghosts continually attacked the armored train, but at this moment, Chen Sixuan didn’t care.
As the motor of the electric locomotive drove, everyone aboard suddenly felt the vehicle tremble and start moving backward.
Meanwhile, Ding Junyi suddenly turned around, took out her laptop from her backpack, opened it, entered the subsystem control terminal of the Underground City, and said to Chen Sixuan and Lin Xian on the responder:
"To prevent accidents, I’ll open the entrance gate ahead of time and switch the platform’s track from GF2 to GF4. If you’re pulling those two Cole 3 Type Biological Research Cabins, this can save some time."
"Okay, everyone hold tight; I might crash into you soon!" shouted Lin Xian on the other end of the responder.
Chen Sixuan turned and shouted to Building and Sha Sha, "There are too many zombies on the trailer behind; go clean them up!"
Upon hearing this, Building immediately rushed toward the direction of the 5th car, with Sha Sha following him with her gun.
In the 5th car, Building opened the rear firing hole and fired directly outside, immediately smashing several zombies’ heads.
A human ghost with a head full of tentacles pounced toward the firing hole, quickly getting blown apart by the bullets.
The flatbed trailer crushed several zombies under its wheels and began to rush out of the platform, accelerating down the tunnel.
In the 1st car, Zhao Yan and Xu Wen were huddled together, shivering, continuously praying to survive the night.
Sha Sha called out. The siblings coordinated seamlessly—once Building’s light machine gun was out of bullets, Sha Sha immediately picked up an automatic rifle to provide additional firepower.
Since they were in the tunnel, she dared not use the Grenade Gun, fearing that an inadvertent blast might collapse the tunnel.
"The speed is picking up!"