"They are just annoying guys..." 4-year-old KIKI whispered softly, touching her chest, "But En Qi here hurts."
Lin Xian was about to say something, but saw the little girl turning around and leaving, then to his astonishment, she walked up to the 8-year-old KIKI and took the pistol from her hand!
Lin Xian was shocked and immediately tried to stop her.
But in an instant, the KIKI outside the iron bars stood up, shaped her small hand like a gun, and slowly walked toward the end of the corridor.
There, the silhouette of a departing woman had not yet faded away...
Outside, the laughter and cheers of many children could be heard...
Lin Xian shouted, gripping the iron bars, his Mechanical Heart pumping wildly, but he couldn’t open them.
He immediately tried to concoct a device to saw through the iron bars.
But crafting a cutting machine was time-consuming and laborious, and despite all his efforts, he could not catch up.
Lin Xian roared, turning his head to shoot at the monster in the shadows with the Wind Gun!
The Wind Gun shots seemed to hit an invisible wall and did no harm to the terrifying Abnormal Body.
Lin Xian was horrified.
If the white monster he had seen earlier was the culprit for KIKI’s gradual transformation to a Fallen, he had clearly already killed that monster.
Where did this thing come from?
The three KIKIs from different times showed fear in their eyes, screaming.
"Fear? No, that wasn’t fear just now."
Lin Xian suddenly paused.
He then realized, the monster before him and the white Fallen Demon on the train were not the same thing!
Fear, damn! That silver antenna!
Lin Xian looked at his hands, he remembered holding it, didn’t he?
But now why were they empty?
Lin Xian abruptly looked up and saw the terrifying monster in the corner suddenly step forward and directly reach into the bloody maw with his hand!
"Still trying to scare me?"
He could now be sure that the monster that was grabbing and devouring KIKI in the train compartment was the real Fallen!
And now, he himself was definitely lying unconscious on the ground in KIKI’s Fallen world, and this other terrifying monster was the trick of that silver antenna!
He reached into the large mouth and immediately felt a cold object.
In an instant, the ghostly image disappeared.
Just then, a ’beep’ sound rang out, and the door of the iron bars suddenly opened.
Lin Xian hesitated for a moment, knowing he had guessed right, and immediately turned and rushed out.
Running down the long dark corridor, Lin Xian sprinted towards a distant light.
The closer he ran, the more blinding the light became, and he had to shield his eyes with his hands.
Finally, he emerged, blinking slowly under the dazzling sunlight.
Outside was a green lawn of the orphanage, the surrounding fences and green belts long gone, leaving the lone orphanage standing starkly in a wasteland, contrasted by nearby tall buildings, giving it an abrupt appearance.
There was no bloodshed or dead bodies scattered.
A dozen children were playing and laughing freely.
Between the buildings, a huge ancient banyan tree spread its canopy wide, and under it, Lin Xian saw a small figure.
She sat silently on the grass with a teddy bear, her gaze fixed on a distant path, somewhat lonely amid the surrounding laughter.
On that path, a disheveled woman slowly walked away.
That was the back of her departing mother.
A familiar voice sounded from behind. Lin Xian turned around and saw the KIKI he knew standing not far away, her demeanor light and her smile radiant.
"Thank you, Lin Xian."
The snowstorm intensified. In Carriage 1, Chen Sixuan and Sha Sha anxiously monitored KIKI’s condition, not understanding why, after the recent bleeding, KIKI’s complexion had significantly improved.
Her breathing became steady, and her facial skin gradually regained some color.
"She looks like... it’s not so serious after all," Chen Sixuan frowned, perplexed by KIKI’s fluctuating condition that was hard to comprehend.
Since last night, the events occurring on "Infinity" had been bizarre, and she was still feeling uneasy.
However, the noticeable improvement now allowed them all to breathe a little easier.
"But since a while ago, we haven’t heard those footsteps again..." Sha Sha observed the carriage corridor left and right, her face grave.
At that moment, a series of heavy footsteps resounded.
Both women looked up, only to see Building walking briskly towards them, his face serious. "There, a train!"
Chen Sixuan and Sha Sha were startled, the three of them quickly ran into the cockpit, indeed seeing on the railway section of Jiangyu JY3365 to the northwest, a black train gradually approaching.
However, this train and "Infinity" were on different tracks; ahead in the distance, the tracks converged, the train’s clear destination being Daluo Mountain.
As the train neared, they gradually saw that it was an Intercontinental Train of the interstellar army!
At that moment, distant railroads rumbled as the interstellar army’s Intercontinental Train sped past.
"The military? It’s the Iron Guard Brigade!" Sha Sha recognized the insignia on the black train, exclaiming.
The train was transporting a large amount of heavy tracked armored tanks, including the ’Iron Guard 3’ military assault armor they had seen at the T34 outpost, and even three ’Destroyer’ heavy military assault types, with a giant mobile Railgun trailing at the end!
At this time, countless air gunboats and Flying Devices thickly crossed the sky above the train, their thundering engines and sonic booms keeping the windows rattling non-stop.
"All these heavy forces, are they all heading towards Daluo Mountain and Yu Bei City?"
Chen Sixuan looked uneasy. "Perhaps it’s the highly dangerous Abnormal Area and Big Strange Body we heard about on the radio. It looks perilous; we must detour south."
"Brother Lin’s situation is also unknown, and we can’t use the radio now..." Sha Sha, seeing the passing heavy troops like dark clouds, was surprised. This was her first time witnessing such a large-scale deployment of the Federation Army.
"No worries, we’ll continue to wait."
Chen Sixuan took a deep breath, turning to the others,
"In that case, Building, take advantage of the daylight and check the train condition. Sha Sha, you ride the bike to scout the southern route. I have a feeling that, north or south, entering Yu Bei City won’t be easy. I’ll watch over KIKI and monitor Lin Xian’s condition. It’s getting dark soon, and we should maintain a defensive stop tonight."
Sha Sha nodded. "Okay, let’s hurry."
Lin Xian opened his eyes and found himself lying in the corridor of Carriage 1, surrounded by darkness.
The white Fallen Demon was gone, and KIKI had disappeared too; the entire carriage was still empty.
"What the hell, why am I still here."
The darkness was continuously consuming his spirit.
He turned his head to look at the cold object in his hand, the silver antenna.
Lin Xian furrowed his brows, sensing something odd about this thing.
Yet, he dared not let go. If he did, an endless fear would envelop him, but holding onto it, his spiritual power and willpower were rapidly draining.
His head spun, and darkness began to cloud his vision.
Lin Xian got up from the floor and sat on the sofa. He picked up the radio, which was turned off.
Click, he turned on the radio, still tuned to channel 1542.
Lin Xian tried adjusting the channel, but no matter how he twisted, the orange number remained unchanged, perpetually at 1542.
Lin Xian frowned; he had checked earlier, and the radio was not damaged. Why were all the channels fixed at 1542?
His pupils suddenly dilated. "Could it be that I’m trapped in a single frequency?"