When natural disasters ran rampant, with extreme cold and storms spreading endlessly…
When the world mutated, zombies surged like tides, and eerie horrors emerged…
When the apocalyp...
Chapter 332: Strange Python
"I know, let's pull the train up first!"
Woo woo woo, Lin Xian's drone was spinning non-stop above his head, and red pulse rays were flashing continuously. He watched the train moving forward while rushing back towards the direction of Infinity with KIKI. The giant snake was causing huge waves in the Black Lake, and with the speed of the Longshan No. 1 track laying machine, the entire train might be dragged into the water, so he had to go back and continue building the track for the journey!
In the current communication frequency band, we can no longer contact Hu Lushou, Lu Zhao and other members of the motorcade. We don’t know what their situation is.
The conditions of the convoys along the way were extremely tragic. Lin Xian's heart was pounding. He was now also worried about the situation of his team members. At the same time, he was also thinking that in extreme cases, some of the convoys in the rear must be abandoned. The towing hooks of all the train convoys here were made by him. As long as he wanted, he could directly disconnect any train. The most likely ones here were those carriages that had not yet come ashore and were still in the lake and swamp.
Lin Xian was making plans while watching the train moving slowly forward. If the giant snake appeared, he would have to use the gravitational lens to try to strangle it even at the risk of exhausting his energy. However, his primary goal now was to build tracks for the train, otherwise no one would know how many giant creatures there were under the black lake!
"Where the hell is this place?" KIKI took Lin Xian and flew all the way. The two of them helped the convoy along the way to kill some monsters, which relieved some of the pressure on them.
Lin Xian looked at the rapidly spinning compass on his watch and shook his head, saying, "I don't know. This place is even weirder than the Ijin City in the polar night. The mountains don't look like mountains, and the water doesn't look like water. I don't even know if this is still a blue planet."
His feeling was not groundless. Through the optoelectronic system of the power armor, he observed the moving mountains in the distance, the floating bay fragments in the air, the strange deep blue sky, and the starless and moonless sky. If it were not for the trees and soil in this forest, Lin Xian would definitely feel that he had come to a world in another dimension.
"careful!"
Suddenly, a group of dark shadows swept in from the black fog in the sky. As Lin Xian's power armor sounded an urgent alarm, KIKI also took action immediately.
KIKI raised his hand and waved, and the torrent of silver blades surrounding him rushed straight up and rushed towards the black shadow.
Lin Xian looked up and was shocked to find that above his head was a group of strange tides composed of countless twisted flying insects. They were extremely fast, like the speed of a hummingbird, and caught a convoy defender below off guard. In the chaos, several people were bitten away. The monster then used the spikes on its abdomen to suddenly pierce the abdomen of the survivor, as if it was injecting some unknown substance.
KIKI's silver blade storm directly crushed the group of strange insects flying towards the two of them. For a moment, sparks flew in the sky. It can be seen that the skin of the strange insects was extremely hard.
Woo!
Lin Xian's twenty-two Thunder Falcon drones also flew into the air at this time, firing pulse beams rapidly to suppress the momentum.
[High-speed object approaching on the left! 】
The Black Hawk Power Armor reacted immediately. Lin Xian's heart trembled. Before he saw what was in the dark forest, he had already raised the AT force field shield reflexively.
Ding ding ding!
In an instant, dozens of black spikes shot out and hit his force field shield, and a cloud of black smoke spurted out. KIKI saw it and immediately pushed the shield with his telekinesis to shake it open.
“Go back quickly!”
There were more and more strange attacks, and Lin Xian felt heavy in his heart. Under such circumstances, he estimated that the entire joint train would suffer heavy casualties, but all he could do at this moment was to speed up the train.
Soon, Lin Xian returned to the front of the car again. The Longshan No. 1 and Infinity No. Queen Mo areas were already engulfed in flames. It was not known whether it was because the energy and firepower were the greatest here, or because it was located deep in the forest. All kinds of strange creatures gathered in this area, making it difficult for even Shi Diyuan, Qian Dele, Monica, Ning Jing and others to breathe.
The Infinity's 1130 had already hit two bases and entered the reloading interval. Three electromagnetic cannons and several Gatling guns continued to fire in all directions.
There are enemies everywhere and defensive lines everywhere.
Sasha's Sally is firing at full power with a flamethrower in one hand and a Vulcan machine gun in the other!
"It's a big spider again. I hate big spiders the most. I'll let you try this!"
Sasha saw the fast-moving giant spider in the woods, pressed a button to activate a device on the chest of the Vulcan, bang!
In an instant, a modified plasma beam shoots out a high-voltage guide cable that directly hits the abdomen of the giant spider. Immediately afterwards, the exploding dark blue plasma beam directly detonates the abdominal cavity of the giant spider, and a large amount of internal organs and juice falls down.
"Oh Yeah!!!" Sasha shouted excitedly when she saw the secret weapon was successful.
On the other side, Lou Da and Liang Lei's assault teams were on both sides of the Infinity, each with fifty people and heavy weapons, standing in a defensive formation to suppress the dark monsters attacking from the forest. The two of them rushed to the front and chopped down the corpses and blood.
The mobile team, including Shuqin, Lu Chang, Li Guangwen, Luoluo Amin and more than 20 other agile physical skills masters wearing power armor, constantly shuttled in front of the formation to hunt down some fast monsters.
Chen Sixuan led the reconnaissance team to guard the roof of the car, using anti-aircraft guns, various sniper weapons, electromagnetic guns and other weapons to defend against enemies invading from the sky.
Anti-aircraft guns and arc pulse cannons continuously rushed into the sky, flashing with light, and the air was filled with a tragic feeling of fighting to the death!
Several large vehicle groups in front were fighting around the Infinity and the traction locomotive.
“Brother Lin, we can’t run away at this speed!” Shi Diyuan, who had transformed into a tiger, pounced on a bug monster from the air and stomped it to death. Then he said in the communicator: “This damn place has no direction. We don’t even know where to run.”
call out!
A sonic sword swept past, and large tracts of trees and monsters in the forest were cut off one by one. Monica responded coldly, "This is definitely not the polar night. Maybe we are already inside the Star Abyss. Look at the sky. Even the laws of physics have been distorted here."
"Why are all the people in those car convoys gone? Didn't Boss Hu rush out? Can't we just rush in one direction?!" Qian Dele said at this time.
"What the hell, we are a train, not a car!"
Shi Diyuan cursed: "Do you think you are still driving a car?"
"It's not like we don't have cars." Qian Dele responded, "We have two all-terrain trains, ten base vehicles, and several other vehicles. We can at least carry three or four hundred people and run away. It's better than having them all die here!"
When Shi Diyuan heard this, he frowned and immediately shouted at him: "No, if other teams hear this, our defense line will collapse in an instant. Let's pull the train out first!"
Lin Xian and KIKI had already arrived at this time. He sped up the construction of tracks in front of the two all-terrain tractors and said, "You are right. The current situation is not the time to let hundreds of people run away. These thousands of people must work together to reduce casualties."
Once morale is low, these team members may be invaded and mutated by darkness out of despair before they can kill the monsters. By then, they will be defeated beyond control.
Many people had been lost just because of the darkness when they were swallowed by the darkness. The situation of the United Train Regiment was different from that of Lao Mo and Hu Lushou before. The chance of survival was extremely low if they abandoned all the train protections because those spare vehicles had no weapons. Moreover, once this time came, there would definitely be internal strife in each team. So Shi Diyuan immediately pointed out the key point and prevented Qian Delu from saying this in the communication channel.
Although he also knew that Qian Dele's words were not without reason, when things got into a desperate situation, this might be the best way to keep some people alive. A few hundred people alive was better than the entire army being wiped out.
Lin Xian was quickly creating the track at this time, his mind racing.
No one expected that after entering the night, the first trouble encountered was the disappearance of the train tracks, a suffocating situation that restricted all train groups!
Therefore, unless everyone can really kill all the strange creatures in this area as Ding Junyi said, otherwise after killing one wave, the dark marks on their bodies will be marked by the next strange creature, and the cycle will repeat over and over again. It is only a matter of time before the United Train Group is destroyed.
But compared to killing all the strange bodies, Qian Dele's plan is obviously more practical. At least escape is a way to survive, and there is also the precedent of Boss Lao Mo Hu. The feasibility is much higher than defending the place.
After all, who knows whether all the monsters can be killed? The firepower of the joint train is limited, and many people were killed in the beginning because of the dark mutation. Now everyone is firing at full power, and they will run out of ammunition and food in a few hours at most. If that time comes, desperation will cause the mutation to spread, and they will not even have the money to drive away.
At this time, as more traction trains entered the track, this mobile front continued to move towards the depths of the forest and its speed increased. The front of the train was changed to Infinity, while the original Longshan No. 1 stayed where it was, relying on three kilometers of firepower to support the trains coming in from the rear. Several convoys including Red Rose also successfully got ashore from the muddy swamp. The track wheels had been covered with black mud, and the black soil on the ground had been rolled into deep grooves by the trains. A large number of crushed trees had become sleepers and were run over by the wheels.
Qian Dele ran quickly, killing several monsters in front of the convoy formation. His supernatural power made him extremely mobile, so he was very strong in support. However, his disadvantage was that his own defense and power were not enough to deal with large monsters, so he generally would not go deep into the Monster Tide Forest.
At this moment, he kicked a black monster that was crawling towards him and landed next to Monica, who was constantly using her supernatural powers to kill the fan-shaped monsters. He looked at this old friend with some surprise.
"At a time like this, your Queen Mo has a better escape route than the rest of us. Do you have any ideas about my plan?"
Monica glanced back at him and said, "Why, do you regret replacing the car with a train?"
Qian Dele smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I wouldn't be surprised if you die anywhere in this awful world. What is there to regret? As for you, I feel like you are not like me if you don't say something."
Monica snorted coldly, and suddenly spit out an invisible whistling sword towards a strange flying creature in the sky. In an instant, the ripples in the air shook, and a large piece of shattered tissue fell down.
"Am I so idealistic and self-serving in your eyes?"
"Not really, I'm just analyzing the situation rationally, and your teammates must have their own ideas as well." Qian Dele said in a deep voice.
Monica said seriously, "They are short-sighted, but I am not stupid. Just because Boss Hu and his men are lucky doesn't mean everyone is the same. In this situation, if we follow the main force, we may still have a chance of survival. But if we run around with the dark mark without any direction, we will definitely die. I am not a gambler. Even if I am, I would rather bet on that one."
"Um?"
Hearing this, Qian Dele followed Monica's gaze and looked at Lin Xian who was making tracks in the distance. He raised his eyebrows and said strangely, "Hey, heroism? Although I like that guy very much, you don't really think of him as a savior, do you? Or do you like him?"
Monica turned back to deal with the strange tide and said
"No, it's my intuition..."
The critical moment in Xilan City and the thrilling escape in Yijin City, although now they are in another predicament, it is undeniable that if Lin Aksai had not woken up everyone at night to hurry on their journey and kept them armed, alert and prepared all the way, the situation might have been worse than it is now. No one expected the disaster to happen in the daytime. If it had been earlier, or if there had been no sandstorm, perhaps the united train could have really escaped the swallowing of the Xingyuan anomaly.
Monica is emotional, but also rational. Besides that, she also has her own pride. If she were to leave with the entire team now, the morale of the entire United Train Regiment would surely be in turmoil. She doesn't want to be a sinner for that unrealistic fantasy.
Is a queen on the run still worthy of being called a queen?
But even though Monica thought so, the rest of the team was already in a panic, with despair filling the communicators.
"What should I do? The darkness here is so strong, and the changes can't be stopped!"
"Too many monsters?"
"Without the track, we can't escape this time..."
"Fight hard, don't be a coward!"
"Captain Lin, Captain Shi, save us..."
“…”
Boom boom boom!
Around the traction train group, the brutal fight intensified. In the dark forest, endless monsters of all kinds kept refreshing the lower limit of everyone's SAN value. Many people died at the hands of unknown attacks and sudden changes in teammates. Seeing this situation, Lin Xian knew that the top priority at this time was to stabilize people's hearts, so he said to Shi Diyuan.
"Brother Shi, how about we make the track circle around the woods and then have the entire train spiral into a few circles to form a temporary defense line?"
Shi Diyuan was sweating heavily at this time. The number of casualties of his Longshan No. 1 was constantly increasing. When he heard Lin Xian's words, he immediately said
"What, hold on?"
Lin Xian shook his head: "I just found a giant green snake in the lake over there. I think it might be the most powerful guy in this area. We are now in an unknown area. Building a good defense line can not only reduce casualties but also give us a breather and shrink the battle circle. If the giant snake attacks, we will kill it, maybe we can..."
The plan Lin Xian proposed was really a helpless move, but now the long snake formation was attacked from both sides, and the trains could not disperse into a defensive formation to resist as quickly as the car convoy, so he looked at the temporary track that was being built, and thought that since he couldn't escape, he might as well make the track into a spiral arc directly, which would greatly reduce the battlefield, increase the density of firepower and reduce casualties, especially allowing those with special abilities and strong combat forces to be concentrated.
This idea came from Xilan City's previous experience in reducing the battle circle, and the train's defense layer was very high. If they made two detours to resist, the entire battle circle could be reduced to less than two kilometers. Then it might be easier to deal with so many heavy weapons and combatants on the train.
As for solving the green giant snake, Lin Xian had no confidence at all. Not only was he sure about solving it, he was also unsure about whether he could get the team out of the predicament after solving it.
But now, he has no better plan. Like Shi Diyuan, he does not support abandoning the train and running away. Almost all the people here rely on the train as a shelter for survival. Once abandoned, not to mention life and death, it will cause huge trauma to morale and spirit. Ever since he truly felt the fear brought by the dark invasion, Lin Xian can understand those survivors of the painful mutation. Strictly speaking, the dark invasion is the main culprit for the collapse of the entire human society!
Upon hearing this, Shi Diyuan nodded solemnly: "It can be considered a strategy. It's better than now."
Seeing that Shi Diyuan agreed, Lin Xian immediately told the plan to Qian Dele and Monica. They all agreed with this plan, so Lin Xian informed all the convoys on the communication frequency about the plan of surrounding the car and killing the giant snake to gain a chance of survival.
The people in other teams were extremely excited when they heard this. In the current situation, as long as there was someone taking the lead, it meant that the backbone of the team was not panicking, and Lin Xian's two plans appropriately solved the two problems.
Everyone can recognize and understand that surrounding the vehicles and establishing a defensive line can reduce casualties and increase firepower. At the same time, everyone can also feel the determination of these powerful convoys to unite everyone, which greatly boosts the morale of all the survivors.
But increasing the momentum cannot completely solve the problem, so there is the plan of killing the giant snake. Regardless of whether this plan is feasible or not, it is a clear hope in the eyes of these thousands of people. Moreover, these people all came from Xilan City and escaped from the danger of killing the Black Thorn in the Clouds. As long as Lin Xian says it, everyone will habitually agree with this idea.
Having a plan and a way out gives people hope, and once people have hope, their fighting spirit will be high!
Sure enough, as the two plans were passed down, the defenses of each convoy, which had been gradually weakening, gradually began to heat up. Countless people seemed to have grasped the hope of life and began to burst out with powerful combat power. The leaders of those teams or the commanders of those squads also gritted their teeth and began to constantly adjust the lines and firepower configuration. With more and more trains escaping the swamp and more and more carriages driving onto the tracks, the will to survive that had been suppressed by the dark monster tide was ignited again.
"God Brahma Fire!!!"
After entering Xingyuan, Lu Xingchen seemed like a different person. He looked at the thick darkness and endless strange tides. The value of his fire ability soared wildly, and the infinite ring in his hand spun rapidly. In an instant, a giant white fireball continued to grow in the sky above the dark forest, like a small sun, and its scorching light illuminated a huge area of several kilometers.
"If I, Lu Xingchen, had not been born, the night would never be bright forever!"
Lu Xingchen flew into the air, with the wind whistling around him. He once again uttered the bold words he had said when he first joined Infinity. He waved his hands and slammed the giant fireball down.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
The scorching white fireball burned fiercely, and even a fiery fluid appeared on it. Countless team members below were watching this scene, and their pupils shrank, shocked by this majestic move.
“Wow!!”
“Amazing!”
"Heavenly fire is coming!!"
"handsome!"
…
boom!
A heat wave came like a shock wave, instantly submerging an area of half a kilometer. The scorching hot fire sprayed wildly in all directions, and in an instant, countless strange bodies were thrown into the high-temperature fire, burning wildly, and corpse oil gushed out!
Swish, swish, swish!
On the traction train side, hundreds of silver blades were spinning at high speed beside KIKI, turning into a sword blade storm. She wrapped herself in a telekinetic shield, and rushed directly into the strange tide with a hurricane. In an instant, groups of monsters and forest trees were all cut up. The huge transparent worm rolled up its body and sprayed a large amount of strange green juice at it, which was all blocked by KIKI's telekinetic shield. The rotating sharp blades cut through its twisted insect body and cut it into three sections in an instant. The green liquid inside the insect body suddenly exploded, forming a fluorescent fireball in the forest. The sprayed juice affected all the strange bodies around it. For a while, all kinds of strange screams were heard, and the corrosion sound was scorching and piercing!
Buzz!
Abai's laser beam swept across a large fan like a windshield wiper, Xiaoqing's sword blade shuttled through the jungle to harvest the undead, Li Guangwen's explosive fist blasted out a gully area with one punch, and Luo Yang's pulse eye exploded in the swarm of insects in the sky...
In a short period of time, the panic in the entire united train quickly disappeared, and what came instead was order, counterattack, the courage and belief to survive. The thousands of survivors began to unleash their potential and united together for survival!
Lin Xian took this opportunity to speed up the manufacture of tracks. He directly abandoned the track machine and took the tracks prepared by Longshan No. 1 and various teams in Yijin City to splice and manufacture on site. At the same time, he continued to manufacture new tracks through the Mechanical Heart. Fortunately, he had swallowed a lot of carriages before to replenish the materials. In addition, the rails themselves were extremely easy to manufacture, so Lin Xian's speed was getting faster and faster.
The Infinity, which was on the track, began to accelerate, and the Queen Mo began to return to the rear of the Infinity. The locomotives of the trains behind it began to contribute traction after returning to the track. As a result, the derailed and chaotic train returned to the track.
At this time, the last Parrot and Ocean also surfaced from under the lake. Except for those who drowned, a large number of team members had jumped into the water to survive. In the dark lake, hundreds of people swam frantically, and the lake was filled with an atmosphere of terror and despair.
Because every moment someone is dragged into the water by strange creatures!
The lake was full of flashlights and gunfire. Countless people began to climb up the mudflats and return to the shore, shouting:
"There's a snake under the water, a very big snake!!"
"It must be S-rank!!"
“Run!!!”
"Help! There are still people who can't swim!!"
At this time, people from the Sail and Red Rose convoys were covering their retreat to the shore. At this time, when the last few carriages of the Ocean train were dragged up, everyone on the shore saw a horrifying scene.
I saw a giant python with green scales quickly wrapping around the carriage. The giant snake was thicker than the train carriage and its length was unknown. This scene immediately reminded people of the abyss worm they had seen in Xilan City.
But snakes are creatures that naturally trigger humans' fear, let alone the huge creatures in the deep black water?
At this time, a team of people dragged a white boat out of the car, and several people lifted it into the water together, started the engine and quickly rescued seven or eight survivors who were about to drown. Just as they turned around, a supernatural being flying in the sky shouted at them:
"Run!!! That giant snake is coming!"
"Where is it?!" the people on the boat responded anxiously. They had already turned the engine to maximum speed and were heading towards the shore. They looked behind them as they ran, but the lake behind the boat was calm and there was no movement at all.
But at this moment, the psychic in the sky shouted a terrifying word to them.
"It…it's underneath you!!"
(End of this chapter)