The colossal train, like an enraged giant beast, roared through the endless darkness. The iron wheels of the carriages began to slightly tilt and then heavily fall under the impact of the zombie tide, each collision with the tracks sending out dazzling sparks. This cold industrial machine was harvesting the endlessly surging zombies in an almost crazed manner.
At 6 a.m., with still at least 10 hours until daylight, everyone was on high alert, watching in horror as the zombie army surged forward like a tidal wave.
"This is so abnormal, why are there so many??" Chen Sixuan exclaimed in shock.
KIKI frowned, "Exactly, these creatures are acting like they’ve gone mad."
Even with increased speed, zombies continuously collided with the front of the train, the bloodstains almost completely covering the windshield.
Lin Xian quickly activated the water spray to clear the bloodstains, and seeing the obstructed view ahead, KIKI quickly ran towards Carriage 2.
With so many zombies impacting closely on the front of the train, the radar couldn’t detect the road conditions ahead. They could only use the electro-optic sighting system on the roof to attempt to navigate the path.
Thump, thump, thump...
On the roof, due to acceleration, the zombies that had climbed up continued falling, with the shrieks of the zombies filling the air.
On the vast black land, a red train like a roaring wild beast was smashing through the front zombie horde as if slicing through melons and vegetables, while behind the train, the wild zombie army surged forward like roaring waves!
The scene was extremely shocking!
At that moment, another sound of a zombie collision came from the front. Lin Xian’s face suddenly changed because he saw a frail monster, dressed in tattered clothes and grey in complexion, lying in front of the train. It had a human face, with deep-set eyes and a blood-red wide mouth with a creepy smile staring straight at Lin Xian.
"Ah!" The sight of the monster made Chen Sixuan scream.
Lin Xian immediately stood up and shielded Chen Sixuan. His gaze hardened, instantly feeling that the creepy face of the monster looked somewhat familiar.
He realized, and his expression drastically changed.
The monster, ’Tang Hai’, with its sunken eyes, fixated on Lin Xian, smiling eerily, and opened its mouth to emit a raspy voice,
"Run... run fast... hee hee hee..."
It sounded like it was coming through a broken sieve.
"What is this thing?" Chen Sixuan said nervously.
"Definitely not human!"
Lin Xian looked grave. He wasn’t sure what Tang Hai had turned into but was certain that his sudden appearance here was no coincidence.
"Not good, there’s a broken bridge ahead!!"
Just then, a loud shout from KIKI suddenly came from behind. The electro-optic sighting system that had just been brought online instantly triggered an alarm.
Lin Xian turned his head back only to discover that ’Tang Hai’ had disappeared from the front. The train’s headlights shone on the railway ahead, revealing a gaping hole spanning at least seven or eight meters in the middle of an iron bridge crossing a valley, with the tracks completely broken!
Lin Xian’s heart skipped a beat,
"This old bastard!!!"
He instantly realized that this must be Tang Hai’s doing. This creature had quietly followed them all this way, and who knows what abilities it had gained after evolving. It had managed to destroy the bridge and even lead the zombie tide?
"Stop the train!" Chen Sixuan yelled in panic.
In a split second, Lin Xian’s instinctual response was to brake and stop, but the ’Infinity’ had just accelerated past the zombie horde. The moment Lin Xian’s Mechanical Heart activated, he realized that at such a speed, it might be impossible to stop, and Tang Hai’s recent appearance made him miss the best timing to stop. Even if they managed to halt, they would immediately be engulfed again by the endless horde of zombies!
Lin Xian’s heart raced. At that moment, a beautiful figure suddenly rushed forward, her eyes emitting a fluorescent glow, indicating the burst of her superpowers.
"Don’t stop, we’ll break through!"
Seeing this, Lin Xian’s face looked extremely shocked, and he cursed,
KIKI looked at Lin Xian, her face trembling, her gaze unusually serious, "Hey! Didn’t you say this car could soar into the sky? If we work together, we can definitely make it!"
At these words, a crazy thought exploded in Lin Xian’s mind like gunpowder. Knowing there was no turning back, he gritted his teeth and yelled,
"Teacher Chen, hold on!"
He then pressed both hands on the dashboard, his body hair standing on end, his Mechanical Heart accelerating fiercely!
Facing a gap of several meters in a broken bridge, this industrial behemoth hauling hundreds of tons roared and accelerated again!
At this moment, KIKI’s face was pale, her eyes flashing with white light, bloodshot eyes continuously creeping in. She clenched her teeth, her gaze fixed deadly on the dark gorge that was about to engulf everyone.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
Boom, boom, boom, boom...
In an instant, blood vessels burst in KIKI’s eyes as she uttered a soft rebuke, then lifted her hands!
The first 200-ton section of the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive wheels slowly left the rails, followed by the 340-ton near Star 7F electric locomotive pulled up as well, the whole train as if lifted by an invisible force, drawing a thrilling arc in the air.
In an instant, the air seemed to freeze.
Chen Sixuan’s eyes widened in horror, Lin Xian’s face was stern, and KIKI’s eyes were stained red by blood vessels!
At that moment, it all calmed down, and it seemed that everyone could only hear the sound of their own heartbeat.
As if in an instant, yet as if an eternity had passed, accompanied by a massive crashing sound, the entire train jolted!
The sounds of wheels grinding on tracks and tracks tearing echoed thousands of meters away.
In the 5th coach, Lou Shasha and Lou Ye felt an earthquake-like force surge towards them.
As the first two locomotive sections successfully landed, the enormous inertia carried the lighter carriages straight over that gap of several meters. Starting from the 3rd coach, it derailed and tilted, scattering gravel and sleepers, but was quickly pulled back, the steel connections emitting a screeching hum!
The shackles on a flatbed coach shattered due to the immense centrifugal force, resulting in a jeep being flung out and crashing into the valley below.
Clang, clang, clang, clang...
Soon, the train miraculously returned to the right track and sped forward again.
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
Chen Sixuan, still unsettled, shouted, Lin Xian turned to see KIKI’s eyes and nostrils bleeding profusely, her breathing halted, slowly falling like a feather.
Lin Xian quickly supported her, realizing KIKI’s breathing was sporadic, his expression immediately solemn, "Quick, the medical kit!"
"Lin Xian, look at her eyes!" exclaimed Chen Sixuan
Lifting KIKI’s eyelids, Lin Xian was shocked to find her eyes being slowly invaded by a stream of black ink, her pupils dilating.
But as he looked into KIKI’s eyes, he suddenly felt an illusion before him, a strong force seemingly devouring his strength madly.
In an instant, a cry sounding like it came from Hell screamed in his mind, ringing in his ears and blurring his vision. Lin Xian staggered a few steps and collapsed with a thud.