Chapter 61 Railway Track Repair: Flying Across the Sky
Although the enemy has fled, the crisis is temporarily over.
However, a real problem facing everyone is like a roadblock, firmly blocking their way.
The railway track ahead is broken.
Although the agents were stopped from blowing up the bridge piers, the gap in the previously damaged section of the railway track remains.
It is more than two meters long.
For a heavy-haul train, this is an insurmountable barrier.
"Platoon leader, I've gone to check."
Li Tie ran back from the front with several scouts, his face ashen as if he had swallowed a dead fly.
"The gap is too large, and we don't have any spare rails on our train."
"Moreover, this section is located at the approach bridge, below which is a riverbed of rocks tens of meters high."
"If we force it through without fixing it properly, it will definitely overturn."
Lin Jianguo frowned as he got off the train.
The air was still thick with the smell of gunpowder and blood.
The ground was a mess, littered with shell craters and enemy corpses.
He had no interest in looking at any of this and quickly walked to the broken track.
The two originally parallel steel rails appeared to have been snapped in two as if by a giant, with jagged and twisted cuts.
The middle is empty, except for the sleepers.
The wind blew through the gap, making a whistling sound, as if mocking their incompetence.
"Could we contact the nearby railway department for emergency repairs?"
Chen Zhiyuan followed, clicking his tongue as he looked at the broken edge.
"It's too late."
Lin Jianguo shook his head.
"Although communication has been restored here, it will take at least half a day for the repair team to arrive with their equipment."
"Those spies who escaped will definitely go and report back."
"If the enemy deploys heavy weapons, we'll become sitting ducks."
Although this train has amazing defensive capabilities after transforming, it is still an inanimate object after all.
Once trapped in one place, you will eventually be worn down and die.
"Then what should we do?"
"Are we just going to stand by and watch?"
Everyone was in a panic.
Just then, a childish voice came from behind.
"Father, are you looking at that broken iron bar?"
Everyone turned around and looked.
Zhao Di was riding on the shoulders of a special forces soldier, holding a half-eaten lollipop in her hand, curiously peeking her little head out.
Lin Jianguo gave a wry smile and picked up his daughter.
"Yes, that iron bar broke, and our vehicle can't get through."
"We might be stuck here."
Zhao Di blinked her big eyes and looked at the broken edge.
Inside her little head, the system was frantically generating solutions.
[Host! Your chance has come!]
This is a perfect opportunity to showcase the cutting-edge technology of this system!
[Obstacle detected ahead: Broken rails.]
[Solution: Activate the stock item – Molecular Adhesive (Industrial Enhanced Version).]
[It's that glue-like stuff you used to glue that broken bowl last time!]
Zhao Di remembered.
Last time in Linjiagou, she accidentally broke the chipped black porcelain bowl in two.
At that time, the fairy uncle gave her a bottle of white glue.
She applied a little to it, and the bowl was immediately fixed; even the crack was no longer visible.
Father thought it was a newly bought bowl.
"Daddy, I have glue!"
Zhao Di excitedly patted her little pocket.
"It was given to me by the fairy uncle!"
"We can glue the iron bars together!"
glue?
Sticking rails together?
Everyone present was stunned.
Li Tie almost couldn't help but laugh, but the atmosphere was too serious, so he held it back.
“Zhaodi, this isn’t about sticking paper boxes or bowls together.”
"This is steel! The steel that the train is about to run over!"
"How can glue possibly stick together?"
Chen Zhiyuan also squatted down and patiently explained.
“Girl, these rails have to withstand hundreds of tons of weight. Even if the best electric welder were used, the strength might not be enough.”
"Glue...that's for kids."
When Zhao Di heard that no one believed her, she immediately pouted.
"This is not something to fool children!"
"The fairy uncle said this glue is amazing!"
It can stick to anything!
As she spoke, she reached her little hand into the seemingly ordinary-looking small military satchel and rummaged around inside.
Lin Jianguo sewed it especially for her to store snacks and toys.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Zhao Di actually pulled out a silver tube that looked like toothpaste and had no label.
There was still a little bit of white paste-like substance hanging from the nozzle.
It looks like cheap glue that costs two cents a tube at a roadside stall.
"Give!"
Zhao Di shoved the tube of "toothpaste" into Lin Jianguo's hand.
"Daddy, you go and stick it!"
"Just apply it and it'll be fine!"
Lin Jianguo held the light, flimsy thing, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Can this thing be used to build railways?
Who would believe that if I told them?
But looking at his daughter's determined eyes, he recalled the earth-shattering "whack-a-mole" game he had just played.
How many unscientific things have happened to this girl?
What if... it's true?
"Platoon leader, how about... we give it a try?"
Li Tie whispered to himself.
"Anyway, we don't have any other options right now."
"We'll try anything, even if it's a dead end."
Lin Jianguo gritted his teeth.
"try!"
"Li Tie, take two men and keep watch!"
"Everyone else, come with me to apply the glue!"
A group of fully armed special forces soldiers lay prone on the railway tracks like thieves.
Lin Jianguo unscrewed the cap and carefully squeezed out the white paste.
There is no smell.
The texture looks no different from ordinary paste.
"This thing really works?"
Everyone was feeling uneasy.
But since the platoon leader had given the order, everyone did as he said.
Following Zhao Di's instructions, they did not go to find a new section of rail to fill the gap.
Instead, they directly applied the paste-like substance, like sealant, thickly between the two-meter-long gap.
"This...this is just drawing a line in the air?"
"Can a car drive on this?"
One soldier's eyes nearly popped out of his head from staring.
This is outrageous!
However.
Just as the last dab of cream was applied.
A miracle happened.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
The originally soft, white paste suddenly began to react violently.
It seemed to come alive, and began to expand, harden, and change color wildly.
First it turned gray, then it turned dark black.
Finally, it turned into the same metallic luster as the two rails!
Even more amazing is...
It also automatically spreads at both ends of the break, like healing a wound, and tightly bites the original rails together.
In less than ten seconds.
The two-meter-long, jagged gap has disappeared.
Instead, there was a section of "railway" that looked brand new and had no seams at all!
"Wow!"
Li Tie couldn't help but swear.
He tentatively tapped the newly grown "railway" with the butt of his rifle.
"when!"
A crisp metallic clang.
Sparks flew everywhere.
The gunstock was cracked from the impact, but not a single white mark was left on that section of rail.
hard!
That's fucking hard!
Harder than real steel!
Chen Zhiyuan knelt down on the ground with a thud, not caring whether the coal ash on the ground was dirty or not.
He pressed his face against the railroad track and stroked it with trembling hands.
"Molecular recombination...molecular recombination at room temperature..."
"This is not glue at all!"
"This is liquid smart metal!"
"Oh my god... oh my god..."
The old professor was already rambling incoherently.
If the deformation of the carriage just now was a mechanical shock...
What we are seeing now has completely overturned our understanding of materials science!
"Father, are you done yet?"
"I'm starving!"
Zhao Di called out from behind.
In her opinion, it was just a small matter of sticking together building blocks, and it wasn't worth these adults making such a fuss about for so long.
Lin Jianguo took a deep breath and stood up from the ground.
He looked at the "railway" that had appeared out of nowhere, and then at his daughter.
The shock I felt was beyond words.
"alright!"
"Everyone, get on the bus!"
"Cross the bridge!"
The train restarted.
This time, the driver's hands were shaking.
Although I saw with my own eyes that the section of rail had become incredibly hard.
But to actually drive a train weighing hundreds of tons over it would still require immense courage.
That's suspended in mid-air!
Below is a drop of tens of meters!
"Clang... Clang..."
The wheels slowly rolled over the repaired section.
Everyone's heart was in their throat.
He stared intently at the floor, as if he could see through it and understand what was happening below.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The car was so stable that it felt like it was gliding on flat ground.
There was no vibration, no unusual noise, and certainly no terrifying cracking sound.
The train continued until it had completely passed through the gap and reached the sturdy main body of the bridge.
A burst of barely suppressed cheers erupted from inside the carriage.
"It's over!"
"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"
"Long live Zhaodi!"
The soldiers were so excited that they threw their hats into the air.
far away.
Several surviving spies were hiding behind the hillside, ready to watch the train derail.
He was holding up binoculars at that moment, his mouth agape wide enough to fit a light bulb.
They watched as the train stopped and a group of people smeared something on the tracks.
And then, the broken rail just grew back to its original shape?!
Is this some kind of railway construction or magic trick?!
"Boss...am I...am I seeing things?"
A junior agent asked the one-eyed man, trembling.
The one-eyed man put down his binoculars, his eyes filled with despair and fear.
He took out the telegraph machine and typed out a line of text with trembling fingers:
"Mission failed."
"The target is using sorcery!"
"Those are a bunch of monsters disguised as humans!"
After typing that line, he kicked the telegraph machine into the river.
This job is impossible to do.
Whoever wants to do it can do it.
He wants to go home to find his mother.
The sun is setting.
The golden afterglow spilled onto the rushing Yellow River.
That black train, like an unstoppable dragon, roared across the chasm.
Heading towards the green hills and clear waters of the south, we sped away, leaving no trace behind.
Inside the train carriage.
The biggest contributor, Zhao Di, had already fallen asleep in Lin Jianguo's arms.
Her little mouth would twitch every now and then, as if she were eating something delicious in her dream.
Lin Jianguo gently patted her back.
Watching the scenery rush by outside the window.
His eyes were more determined than ever before.
With such a daughter, such a miracle has occurred.
What obstacle can this country not overcome?
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