Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 68 - 64: Straightforward Kill

"Use this to chop!"

Lin Xian’s words seemed to carry a chilling combativeness.

Unlike the GK03 electric knife KIKI gave him, this steel-cutting greatsword he designed in his free time was nothing special apart from its sharpness—it didn’t have any intricate mechanical design.

But it was perfect for Tang Hai, because Lin Xian used the heavied tungsten-titanium alloy!

For Lin Xian’s current level of Mechanical Manufacturing, as long as it wasn’t too complex a mechanical structure, his manufacturing speed could be astoundingly fast.

Tang Hai’s eyes bulged as he reflexively reached out to grab it, and a hot, hefty momentum instantly erupted from him. Feeling the sharp edge of the steel-cutting greatsword, his fighting spirit surged, and with a muffled roar from his throat, he immediately lunged at the white giant monster with the sword!

At the same time, Lin Xian gripped the tungsten-titanium alloy Type I GK03 electric knife tightly, fully focused, waiting for the right moment!

"Ugh ahh!!"

A terrifying scream erupted, and the white giant monster seemed to sense something. Spotting its feet entangled by chains, it roared furiously and with a powerful kick from its two-to-three-meter-long legs, raised its claws, and pounced toward Lin Xian and Tang Hai.

"Go!" Lin Xian yelled, rushing out with his knife horizontally, transforming into a streak of white blur!

Backflash!

"Ah!"

Tang Hai roared with all his strength, launching himself like a missile, his arms’ muscles bulging, veins protruding, spinning the steel-cutting greatsword until its blade turned red, howling fiercely!

Squeak!!!

In an instant, Chen Sixuan held KIKI and Sha Sha tightly as she pressed the emergency brake button on the white remote, and the several-hundred-ton, high-speed Huanxing 7F electric locomotive suddenly screeched to a halt, its iron wheels stopped turning, rubbing violently against the rails, almost instantly heating the tracks and wheels red hot!

Under this immense inertia, the white giant monster stumbled and flew forward.

Meanwhile, the fallen anchor snagged among the roadside rubble, the chain stretched tight in an instant, yanking the white giant monster’s long arms fiercely, forcibly pulling its neck forward.

This was the moment they had been waiting for!

Before the train emergency stopped, Lin Xian and Tang Hai had already leaped up!

In that instant, both swords slashed out!!

Ceng!

Two sounds almost simultaneously rang out!

Buzz...

With one strike, both Lin Xian’s and Tang Hai’s sword edges buzzed and vibrated with a delighted tremor.

Then, a massive head flew high into the sky.

The night quieted down in an instant.

On the roof of the train, only the whooshing wind and the faint cooling tinkle of the rapidly cooled track remained.

The white giant monster’s body thunderously crashed down onto the tracks, and its head also fell from the sky, thudding onto the roof of a car, still with half of Tang Hai’s arm in its mouth, before rolling off again.

Plop! Plop!

At this moment, Lin Xian and Tang Hai’s hearts pounded wildly, blood surging, adrenaline soaring – they had not expected their first coordinated effort to result in such a stunning decapitation!

On the train roof, Lin Xian sat down hurriedly, gasping for breath, and Tang Hai too bent over, using the greatsword to prop himself up as he gasped for air – this life-and-death struggle had nearly cost him half his life.

Hoo... Hoo...

Gradually, the effects of the adrenaline waned, and the pain in his chest and the extreme fatigue began to dominate his will.

Before this, he had spent nearly 10 hours devouring the short-haul freight electric locomotive and then going through a fierce battle – if it weren’t for the Huanxing 7F electric locomotive’s stored power supporting the train’s advancement, he wouldn’t have had any energy left to use Backflash, let alone execute an emergency stop.

Broken track, Tang Hai, horde of corpses, white giant monster, chain anchor, sword-making, brake...

Everyone worked closely and seamlessly together, something Lin Xian hadn’t expected.

Right now Lin Xian’ mind was blank, the recent battle suddenly made him realize that his mechanical superpower was indeed not suitable for close combat.

He should invoke Mechanical Awakening, create high-energy weapons, battle mechas, and arm himself, his teammates, and the train altogether – that was the true way!

To rely on a few skills every day to risk his life was truly a waste of his potential for Mechanical Manufacturing...

At that moment, Lin Xian suddenly remembered something, his expression darkening as he quickly got up,

"Tang Hai."

"Eh!"

Lin Xian pointed at the white giant monster’s corpse by the roadside. "Look for those red beads. I’ll check on KIKI,"

Having overused her superpower beyond her physical limits, KIKI’s life and death were still uncertain, so he hurried towards the train car interior without sparing time to catch his breath.

"How are you guys doing?"

Everything inside the train was a complete mess. They had survived jumping over the broken track, derailment, and the battle with the giant monster – the train cars were a total wreck. Lin Xian didn’t care about all that and quickly ran towards the direction of car No. 1.

"We’re okay, but Sister KIKI..."

Sha Sha’s little face was full of panic. Lin Xian looked up to see Chen Sixuan looking at him with anticipation, wiping the blood from KIKI’s face, desperately asking,

"She’s still bleeding, and her heartbeat is becoming weaker and weaker, what should we do?!"

Lin Xian’s expression sank, walking over to check. At this moment, KIKI’s face was pale as death, covered in blood, looking terribly miserable.

"She must have overused her superpower..." Lin Xian frowned deeply; such a situation was completely beyond him.

"Sha Sha, has your brother ever been in this situation before?"

Lou Shasha shook her head and then rummaged out a medicine box for Lin Xian to see. "No, I have some medicine here..."

Inside the medicine box were some colorful capsules from an unknown origin, nameless and causing a frown to form upon seeing them.

The box of antibiotics they had swapped for at the mutual aid bonfire was utterly useless in this situation.

"Right, Lin Xian."

Feeling KIKI’s life quickly slipping away, Chen Sixuan’s face couldn’t help but show panic,

"That... that superpower, didn’t you guys say... something about red beads..."

Because she was so nervous, her words came out stuttered.

Lin Xian’s pupils shrank immediately upon hearing this.

"You’re talking about the Mysterious Blood Essence?"

"Yes!" Chen Sixuan’s lips were dry as she asked in panic, "Do you think it’ll be of any use?"

Lin Xian instantly understood what Chen Sixuan was thinking, which resonated with him deeply.

If there was anything on this train that could help with superpowers, it would be that...

"Building!"

Lin Xian stood up immediately, swiftly opened the blackout panel, and saw Building at that moment, searching the corpse of the White Giant Monster with a flashlight while holding that greatsword.

Sha Sha realized what was happening and hurriedly ran outside.

"I’ll help look!"

"It’s too late!" Chen Sixuan shouted in alarm, reaching out to check KIKI’s breathing, only to find there was none at all.

Lin Xian made a snap decision, ran over to retrieve the Mysterious Blood Essence from the radio and brought it over, but then he encountered a dilemma.

How to use this thing?

A bead looked like crystal glass; was she supposed to swallow it?

No time to hesitate, Lin Xian steeled his resolve as there wasn’t a moment to doubt.

He immediately pinched KIKI’s mouth open, trying to make her swallow the Mysterious Blood Essence, but as soon as it was placed in her mouth, something bizarre happened—a cloud of crimson mist erupted, then instantly surged into KIKI’s throat and nostrils!

Watching this unfold, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan were both shocked.

Both of them stared unblinkingly at KIKI lying on the ground, as the air seemed to fall silent.

The next moment, hiss—

A clear suction noise was heard, and the unconscious KIKI suddenly gasped for air, the darkness in her eyes seeming to recede slightly.

"Lin Xian, it worked!"

Teacher Chen yelled excitedly, his eyes filled with panic and exhilaration.

Seeing this, Lin Xian quickly examined KIKI and found that she had regained weak breaths, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

He lifted his hand to see it was trembling slightly while his heart was racing.

...

[Devouring successful, Mechanical Source Point +300, Mechanical Devouring Skill proficiency +150, extra rewards: Strength 20 points, Speed 5 points, Defense 20 points!]

After successfully devouring a freight electric locomotive, Lin Xian received the largest ever numeric boost, and although it was just a short-haul locomotive, it still weighed over a hundred tons. This devour came with a considerable cost.

"So much strength and defense added from the locomotive, indeed a tough and powerful thing."

"Not bad, killing Tang Hai and that White Giant Monster, and got such an upgrade in attributes..."

"Mechanical Manufacturing also leveled up."

[Congratulations, your Mechanical Manufacturing has advanced to level 2!]

This made his pace of using the Decomposition space’s materials for Mechanical Manufacturing significantly faster.

Firearms were a bit more complicated, but the sole issue was lacking gunpowder-related materials, making it impossible to produce bullets, which was a nuisance.

Unless he could make something like an Electromagnetic Gun, but currently he lacked blueprints. However, after this battle, he thought he should prepare some simple and useful mechanical components for emergencies.

For instance, grappling hooks, shields, spikes, and such—simple to make and might prove exceptionally handy in critical moments!

Lin Xian opened the interface of the Mechanical Heart, somewhat surprised.

[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.2 (420/1000)]

[Hint: Upgrading the Mechanical Heart to receive special skill rewards, Mysterious Awakening obtained when the Mechanical Heart reaches LV3 LV6 LV9]

Strength Level: 2[73%]（Burst 200kg-class）

Speed Level: 1[89%]（Maximum 10m/s）

Defense Level: 1[71%]（Tough Bones and Skin）

[Mechanical Awakening]:Unawakened

Mechanical Devouring: 2（478/500）Increase devouring efficiency

Mechanical Manufacturing: 2（30/500）Improve construction efficiency

Mechanical Passive: Scanning/Repairs/Decomposition

[Special Skill]

Wind Cannon (Common) (2nd level 78%)

Ice Shield (Common) (1st level 69%)

Backflash (Rare) (1st level 30%)

"I actually gained so much defense this time!"

Lin Xian was secretly alarmed within, his Mechanical Heart was indeed too humanized, both Tang Hai and the White Giant Monster had extremely tough skin, but after he had slain them, he gained a tremendous increase in defense, even surpassing speed in progress.

"Lin Xian," at this moment, Teacher Chen spoke up, sounding somewhat worried, "She’s still not awake, what do we do?"

"Wait a bit."

Lin Xian stood up, "That big guy outside must have more of these red beads, we’ll find some more to try on her. If she still doesn’t wake up, let’s stop at Yuchi and not head towards Daluo Mountain for now."

"Stop?"

"Yes!" Lin Xian nodded, his gaze sharp,

"Yuchi City may not be large, but I know there are quite a few malls there. Now many parts of the train are damaged, if KIKI doesn’t wake up, I’ll take Building and the others to gather some materials and equipment for fixing and refitting the train. At the same time, we’ll try to use the radio to find out if there are other convoys nearby!"

"If this red bead is useful, we’ll trade resources for it, one is not enough then we’ll get two, two is not enough we’ll get four!"

After the upgrade of Mechanical Manufacturing, Lin Xian’s mindset subtly changed; he had to upgrade and remodel the train. The original plan was to explore the Underground City No. 9, but now with KIKI in a coma, it seemed better to head to Yuchi City as an alternative.

If he could make some ammunition, then he could upgrade the manufacturing of firearms!

At the moment, all his attributes were close to improving, and Mechanical Devouring was about to reach level 3. Most crucially, he had taken a significant step towards the first awakening of the Mechanical Heart!