Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 181 - 176 Rain Town (extra Chapter for monthly ticket, thank you!)

Chapter 181: Chapter 176 Rain Town (extra Chapter for monthly ticket, thank you!)

Da-da-da!!

The gunfire from the rear carriages roared, the monsters’ shrieks and attacks on the train’s armor plates never ceased.

Lin Xian was anxious, as the train moved forward, the view ahead gradually opened up to reveal a platform with numerous tank carriages and the silhouette of an industrial town in the distance.

"Rain Town Station?"

Chen Sixuan nervously checked the train’s driving computer: "This branch line connects with the Circular Star Main Track, we should be able to get back on the main track if we continue."

"No way!"

Lin Xian stared ahead, on that track, a tanker blocked the way for Infinity.

He immediately felt a sinking feeling and quickly controlled the train to emergency stop.

Screech!

All the wheels halted, sparks flew on the tracks, the rails glowed red, and everyone inside the carriages was thrown off balance by the inertia, screams echoing around.

With the brakes applied, dirty debris clattered from the top of the cars, and the hot steel scent mixed with a foul smell started to spread.

"What should we do?"

"Reverse! Break through!" Lin Xian clenched his teeth, helplessly preparing to reverse.

But at that moment, a bizarre scene occurred: the noise of attacks from behind the carriages suddenly stopped, as did the gunfire, and just as everyone was still in shock, KIKI through the monitoring system spotted something amiss.

"Lin Xian, those monsters seem to have stopped following us."

"What’s happening?"

"Shu Qin."

"Captain Lin, those Abnormal Bodies have disappeared," came Shu Qin’s voice through the communicator: "I checked, the rear carriage is intact, no damage."

"The middle section is also fine," said Building through the communicator.

In Carriage 2, KIKI checked through the Sentinel System, although the armor and the roof were a mess outside the carriage, the integrity of the armor wasn’t compromised, only filled with chunks of insect corpses in the crevices.

Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan, hearing Shu Qin’s words, exchanged glances, he immediately got up and ran to Carriage 2, indeed in the Sentinel System, there were no monsters outside Infinity anymore.

Shh~

Arriving at Carriage 5, Lin Xian opened the door, a strong putrid smell hit him, some remains of the monsters still hung on the top of the carriage, but indeed, there was no movement outside, so he closed the door and said to KIKI,

"Kid, use the drone to take a look."

"Was thinking the same."

KIKI knew Lin Xian was very cautious, immediately launched two drones to inspect the entire train in the dark night.

Through the drone’s view, the scene outside the carriages of Infinity was filled with a grim atmosphere, fortunately, the interior was not breached.

When the drone raised its camera angle, Lin Xian immediately saw a large number of dark shadows quickly disappearing into the old forest by the roadside.

"What is this situation!?" Sha Sha was standing by with a surprised look and said, "Brother Lin, it seems those monsters can’t get in."

Can’t get in?

Lin Xian was momentarily puzzled upon hearing this.

KIKI looked at the scene, her brow slightly furrowed, pointing at the screen she said,

"Look Lin Xian, does it seem like there’s some kind of... barrier?"

"Rain Town, not a famous place, there are many chemical factories here." Chen Sixuan spoke at this moment: "Could it be that some chemical factory leak is causing those monsters to not dare approach?"

Lin Xian shook his head, stood up and opened the blackout panel, looking out at the desolate cargo platform outside, his expression grew solemn.

"When something unusual happens, there must be an omen. Girl, you use the drone to scout the road ahead to see how long the train blocking the track is. Let’s not disembark for now and just observe the situation here."

"Shu Qin, is anyone injured in the back?"

"Captain Lin, everyone’s safe, no issues," Shu Qin’s voice came through, and Lin Xian sighed in relief.

It had just turned night when a series of events occurred, making Lin Xian tense up.

He was still troubled about how to escape the suffocating Abnormal Body insect tide when they suddenly entered this ghostly little town, and, most bizarrely, they actually became safer upon arriving here.

This was something Lin Xian had never encountered before.

It wasn’t any steel fortress, Lin Xian thought to himself, could there be something that invisibly keeps those monsters at bay?

Lin Xian walked along from the 1st to the 12th car to check everything, and although the interior of the train was filled with the smell of gunpowder and anxiety, fortunately, nobody was in trouble. Many people in the living quarters were also confused, while some were relieved to have escaped disaster.

"Wow! If we had stayed on the train tonight, we would have been doomed with all these monsters."

"Exactly, it was terrifying..."

"Captain Lin, are you alright?" In the living quarter, the young girl Miao Lu saw Lin Xian coming over and stood up warmly to ask.

Lin Xian responded: "I’m okay. When we entered the station earlier, did those monsters just suddenly run away?"

Miao Lu shook her head: "I didn’t notice much, it’s like all of a sudden, the monsters retreated and then there was no noise."

"Yes." At this moment, Shu Qin also came over: "It’s very strange, we’ve never encountered this situation before."

Lin Xian nodded: "Alright, everyone, stay alert. The situation with all those monsters might occur again, so be mentally prepared."

The entire train was crawling with Abnormal Bodies; not only Lin Xian, but people like Shu Qin were also caught off guard. If not for the thick armor, dozens of people on this train might have ended up as monster feed.

Lin Xian, using Mechanical Heart, inspected each car’s condition and also repaired some fasteners along the way.

When he reached Carriage 3, Ding Junyi stopped him.

Ding Junyi looked serious and pointed at the Blood Calamity Disaster Plant No. 1, taking a deep breath he said: "I’ve been continuously monitoring this. Just now, the Hell Black Chrysanthemum underwent a change."

Lin Xian’s heart skipped a beat, and hurried over, frowning at the black chrysanthemum, he immediately said: "The red light... has it dimmed a bit?"

"Correct."

Ding Junyi nodded and said: "Not just that. During the fight earlier, I saw a wisp of black smoke being absorbed by it, and afterward, its red glow considerably weakened."

"Black smoke..." Lin Xian frowned: "When we kill Abnormal Bodies, this kind of smoke appears."

"So during that process, we must have killed some Abnormal Bodies," said Ding Junyi.

"What does this mean?" Lin Xian asked.

Ding Junyi crossed her arms: "Mysterious Blood Essence also appears alongside that smoke. Following this logic, Disaster Plant should have the ability to absorb that kind of smoke."

"That makes sense." Lin Xian nodded with a somewhat serious expression: "But we also don’t know what this is for, or what it represents."

"In the laboratory, we can’t monitor these changes," said Ding Junyi. "So now we at least know some of its characteristics. If possible, please kill a few more, or capture a few Abnormal bodies for me to test, to understand the extent of changes in Disaster Plant after the death of an Abnormal Body producing that black smoke, or the distance factor it can absorb, etc., The more experiments, the sooner we can know the results."

Lin Xian was startled for a moment: "Huh?"

He thought he had heard wrong, pointing at his face, he said.

"Catching a few Abnormal Bodies, did you mean me?"

Ding Junyi tilted her head slightly, the gaze beneath her black-framed glasses earnest: "Yes, from a scientific standpoint, more experimentation helps yield more accurate conclusions."

Was she even speaking human language?

"Forget catching them. If later on, any monsters die near the train, you can just observe them." Lin Xian walked away speechlessly, knowing what Ding Junyi meant, but really wasn’t in the mood to argue about experimental matters right now.

Catching Abnormal Bodies? Who would do such a foolish thing? Impossible, not in this lifetime.

Lin Xian resented inwardly like this.