Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 44 - 40 Air Raid Alert

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In a dimly-lit underground room, the table was littered with various high-end canned food containers that had been emptied, and even a few almost finished bottles of red wine.

Tang Hai sat in a tactical recliner, his expression somewhat solemn.

"Yuming, I’m not quite at ease about those two young superpower users we encountered today."

Feng Yuming, with his legs crossed, casually responded while eating fruit from a can, "That girl is a bit tricky, but I’ve observed her—she’s actually very weak, just putting on a brave front, she shouldn’t pose any real threat. Plus, she’s now trapped in the hole, no chance to escape."

"Is everything ready on Da Huang’s side?"

"Don’t worry, Uncle." Feng Yuming smiled, "With the gear from those few teams, we can leave this damned place soon."

Upon hearing this, Tang Hai’s face darkened slightly, "That Black Serpent Team isn’t that simple, we need to be patient tonight."

Feng Yuming nodded, "Uncle, later I’ll see if we can keep a few women, for some fun on the road. The guys have been pent up for so long..."

Tang Hai scoffed, "The prettiest one is actually the most dangerous. Do you dare keep her?"

"Psh!" Feng Yuming said dismissively, "Even a superpower user is no immortal. No matter how strong she is, it’s just two people. I have ways to handle them."

"Right."

Tang Hai’s tone became grave, "There might be other superpower users we need to watch out for, like that big guy—doesn’t look easy to deal with either."

"I know, probably a strength type, but even he can’t survive a sweep of the machine gun." Feng Yuming sneered, evidently not taking it too seriously.

The uncle and nephew talked strategies, clearly having the fate of everyone all figured out, ready to harvest their spoils of war.

At this moment, although the hundreds of survivors within the courtyard of the outpost were highly vigilant, they were unaware that a man-made disaster was stealthily brewing.

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In the armory, Lin Xian relayed his discovery to KIKI.

"Another set of backup power, what does that mean?" KIKI rubbed her bleary eyes.

Lin Xian spoke gravely, "That power system is independent, meant to supply energy for the base’s defense system and... for electrifying a short stretch of railway track too."

KIKI frowned, "Railway track? Are you saying Tang Hai and his people plan to escape by train?!"

"It’s possible. Judging by the power provision and voltage, the distance should be limited. They won’t get too far."

"So they don’t need to get very far." Realization dawned on KIKI and she widened her eyes, "They just need to get beyond the fog, or... North Bay Station?!"

"Then if they have this device, why would they want to..."

KIKI paused mid-sentence, her expression suddenly alarmed, she gritted her teeth, "Oh no, that bastard. We need to get going, now!"

As she spoke, she prepared to get up, but Lin Xian grabbed her, a stern look on his face,

"Leave? Leave to where? If we leave now, other teams will surely panic, and that will only make things worse."

"But staying here, aren’t we just waiting to die?" KIKI said in panic.

Lin Xian’s gaze burned into hers, "Do you remember what you said at the beginning, something very true."

"Which words?" KIKI was confused.

"If we flee now, it will still be night outside the fog."

KIKI realized what he meant and uttered an ’oh’, "You mean, they are likely to act before dawn."

"It will be even earlier than that, so we still have time."

"What time?"

Lin Xian dragged over a dirty sleeping bag, "Sleep."

"You’re crazy?!!"

KIKI looked at Lin Xian in disbelief. She touched Lin Xian’s forehead, frowning, "Did the stench in here knock you out? In times like these, how can you think of sleeping?"

"We must sleep."

Lin Xian looked at her earnestly,

"You need to rest first, refreshed, you can help later and work with my plan."

After saying that, he pulled KIKI over and revealed to her a bold idea.

Lin Xian was certain Tang Hai wouldn’t act too rashly, firstly as KIKI said, to wait for the night to pass, and secondly, to catch others off guard when they are exhausted deep into the night. In any case, he needed to be prepared for both scenarios.

Only if KIKI restored some of her energy would they have a better chance of breaking out.

KIKI’s expression changed slightly after hearing Lin Xian’s plan, "What about Sha Sha and the others, should we...?"

Lin Xian shook his head, "We can’t worry about them now. Letting them know wouldn’t help, and might even spook the enemy."

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KIKI frowned but heeded Lin Xian’s advice, reluctantly bearing the foul smell in the room, and began to rest leaning on the sleeping mat.

Lin Xian, however, stopped talking and placed his hand on top of the generator set, starting to operate [Mechanical Devouring]!

[Devouring Progress: 1%]

Lin Xian saw the slow progress on the screen and beads of sweat began to form on his forehead.

He roughly guessed the true intentions of Tang Hai and his group, and couldn’t help but be shocked; compared to this, his initial caution was incredibly naive...

It was Lin Xian’s first time devouring such a enormous generator set along with energy storage equipment. The 1900KW diesel generator set, capable of supporting backup power for a small neighborhood’s worth, was immensely challenging to devour.

And now, having already expended much of his physical strength, he wondered if he could last until he completely devoured this behemoth.

So he took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. Fortunately, [Mechanical Devouring] had reached Level 2—a significant boost in efficiency compared to before.

Time ticked by. It was soon 5 o’clock in the morning.

Due to several days of intense tension, many of the weaker survivors, including women and children, were already deep asleep, even the men on night watch were growing distracted, some people began to wash their faces with water, and those who could afford it started drinking coffee to fight off the strong drowsiness.

Under the cover of night, mist shrouded the high walls of the sentry post, utter silence all around, with only the rustling sounds of insects to be heard.

Occasional cries of children were quickly stifled by their mothers, fearing to stir trouble in the darkness.

Everyone was tacitly in sync, all quietly awaiting the break of dawn.

Whoo~

But then, a shrill air raid siren suddenly exploded into the air, growing louder and more strident, shocking everyone into a cold sweat!

"What’s that noise?!"

"Air raid siren, damn it!?"

"What’s going on?!"

"Who did this..."

Over at the Black Serpent Team, Qian Yu, who was resting, suddenly woke and with a glare, angrily cursed "Not good, damn mongrels!" and then decisively picked up the radio "Everyone, on your guard!"

"Where’s that old beast?"

"Have not seen him since last night." Eagle, standing on top of another vehicle, gun in hand, consistently searched for Tang Hai’s movements, but there was no one to be seen.

The air raid siren quickly attracted countless Zombies, with agonizing howls resounding all around, causing hearts to tremble.

"We’ve been tricked!" Qian Yu roared. "No wonder that guy purposely invited everyone into the bomb shelter, it was a ruse!"

"Should we hide in the bomb shelter now?"

"Hide my ass, it’s definitely locked up!"

He had been cautious of Tang Hai planning something, but did not expect the other party to be so ruthless, to detonate a bomb in his own shelter? Could this be the work of a human?

Many teams at this moment also realized what was happening, and suddenly the entire compound erupted into chaos, countless curses at Tang Hai rang out as all the vehicles started up.

Some smaller teams came out of their cars and ran towards the direction of the bomb shelter.

But just then, when the Black Serpent Team’s people opened the gates of the sentry post, they were shocked to find that the outside was now filled with barricades and marble bollards. Upon seeing this, Qian Yu was so furious he cursed, "Clearance team, clear the way immediately!"

Buzz!

The modified heavy-duty truck slowly lowered its steel front shovel, and with a fierce stomp on the gas pedal, it charged out towards the gate.

Bang bang bang, a series of explosions thundered as the truck immediately cleared a path.

"Bro, are we leaving too?"

On the other side, Lou Shasha who was awakened on her pickup truck, looked at the chaotic crowds of the convoy, and anxiously shouted with a pale face.

"They..." Lou Ye’s gaze went towards the direction of the bomb shelter, uncertain.

"Should I call them?" Shouted Lou Shasha.

"Not yet!" Lou Ye grabbed her, looking out the window "They... have superpowers."

Lou Shasha nodded, frantic, "Okay, then we wait for them."

At this moment, the dozen survivors that were preparing to rush into the bomb shelter just reached the iron door when suddenly, there was a flash of fire and a massive explosion thundered!

Boom!

A fireball illuminated the entire sentry post courtyard, instantly engulfing those survivors.

"This is bad!"

"Is Sister KIKI okay?!"

Aaargh!!

The ghastly howling of the zombie horde quickly swarmed in, gunfire began to ring out all around as Lou Shasha’s face turned even paler with anxiety. After waiting for a long time, Lin Xian and KIKI were still nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, Lou Ye made a decisive decision and stepped on the gas pedal.

"Bro!!"

"We’re leaving first!"

If they hesitated any longer, they would not be able to escape, so with a firm decision, the pickup truck’s engine roared to life and they drove out of the sentry post.

At this time, countless Zombies, mysterious Monster Corpses, Zombie Dogs, and black centipedes swarmed into the sentry post amidst the fog like a tide, an unstarted van was instantly overwhelmed by the zombie horde, another SUV crashed into a concrete bollard amidst the chaos, the people inside, helpless, had to get out and run towards the bomb shelter, firing back as they ran.

However, they hadn’t run far when they were knocked down by Zombie Dogs emerging from the darkness.

"Ah!!"

"Help..."

"Honey, run! I’m going to fight these beasts!!"

The bomb shelter was completely blasted open, countless Zombies swarmed in, immediately causing horrific screams from within.

The agonizing screams echoed through the valley, a string of car lights moved through the fog, all the teams followed behind Black Serpent Team in a frantic escape, with all manner of monsters and Zombies all around, one car losing control leading to a chain of traffic accidents, and then being swallowed by the zombie horde.

Qian Yu’s armored car was driving behind the clearing truck, his eyes bloodshot.

"Car 4! Car 4! Respond to me!"

"Damn it!"

"Wu Songlin, did you find the route?!!"

"We can only get out through the city, we need to go back via that small road!" shouted his subordinate through the radio.

"Damn!"

"Boss, I feel something’s off." At this moment, the subordinate suddenly said.