Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 198 - 193: Treacherous People (Double Monthly Tickets! Thanks to the Good Book Uncle Alliance Leader)

Chapter 198: Chapter 193: Treacherous People (Double Monthly Tickets! Thanks to the Good Book Uncle Alliance Leader)

Swish, swish!

Under the rain-soaked night, the black train dashed through the valleys, gunfire illuminating the bizarre monsters attacking in the dark, their form reminiscent of scenes from a horror film.

On the carriage, those capable of fighting were doing their utmost to resist, while some women helped transport ammunition.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

Bullets poured continuously outside the train, with the torrential rain and blood splattering onto the train’s armor, appearing especially gruesome.

Yet those monsters seemed endless, emerging from the darkness, making the entire Infinity, as Director Ding said, seem marked with a bloody scent, drawing hordes of Dark Creatures.

In just over ten minutes, the "Infinity" reappeared at the far end of Rain Town’s freight platform, its iron wheels roaring over the corpses of previously fallen Parasite pseudo-humans, rushing back laden with carnage.

Bang, bang~

Upon entering the vicinity close to the platform, the noise from the Abnormal Bodies began to diminish as expected, gradually falling silent, and the gunfire fighting back from the train ceased as well.

Lin Xian and the group stood by the window, watching the approaching dark platform, all poised and ready to engage in a massive slugfest with those pseudo-humans here. The PX05 engineering robot already fitted with the 1130 ammo chain, ready to fire at any moment.

But strangely, after the heavy train charged back, the platform that had been filled with pseudo-human Parasites was eerily quiet, aside from some leftover corpses and Parasitic debris, leaving only a pitch-black platform.

The surroundings were as quiet as before, as if it were just like when they had arrived here the previous night.

"Strange, there were so many disgusting pseudo-humans just now, why did they suddenly disappear?"

"Better to be cautious." Lin Xian scanned the area, picked up the communicator: "Everyone, stay alert, prepare ammunition, watch out for sneak attacks by those Parasites."

Each carriage received Lin Xian’s notification and immediately began the nonstop reload of ammunition and clearing of firing ports.

Everyone maintained a taut tension, at this time barely gaining a moment of respite, in the living carriage here, no one spoke, all were busy in silence.

Lin Xian and KIKI directly walked into Carriage 3, where the red glow on the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in the Plant Cultivation Chamber already carried a piercing sense, giving an impression of ominous misfortune.

"Killing some Parasites hasn’t weakened the red glow much, this mark must have been given to us by the largest creature in this territory."

Ding Junyi was closely observing the changes above, then turned back to Lin Xian, solemnly saying: "If we confirm this issue, this discovery can save a lot of people!"

"Let’s talk about it after we survive tomorrow."

Lin Xian took a deep breath, he wasn’t back to play the hero saving the world, but to ensure everyone on this train lives to see tomorrow.

"So, the herd hunting effect also has a certain referential value then." KIKI said: "Two teams marked by large numbers of Dark Creatures combined together, attracting more trouble, wouldn’t those large convoys, even the Dawn Center of the Phoenix Society, face bigger troubles?"

"They didn’t say it’d be any less troublesome." Lin Xian looked at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum: "The Sky City - Qingluan crashed, I think the situation faced by the Phoenix Society’s headquarters is certainly more serious than we imagine. The Phoenix Society is probably humanity’s last stronghold of defensive power, along with the Nightwalker Organization and interstellar army, I think, there should still be some strength left to fight, but if this intel can be provided, it could indeed give humanity some advantage, but we have to verify it first."

"Lin Xian, what are you planning?" KIKI inquired.

"Do you remember those storage tanks in the chemical plant?" Lin Xian turned to look at her: "Those things exploding are no joke."

KIKI’s eyes slowly widened: "Oh, you want to blow up the chemical plant!"

Lin Xian nodded: "Just need to fix that robotic arm, or mount a remote-controlled bomb on the metal mixing pot above, and it could be realized. However, this also can’t guarantee it will definitely eliminate the monster under the lantern flower, perhaps could also completely enrage it."

"If it gets enraged, so be it, this lady is fuming too!" KIKI puffed angrily: "That thing nearly kept me from coming back, it should be blown to pieces."

"But..."

She then shifted her tone, looking at Lin Xian: "Reasonably speaking, that Jingang Team’s Ding Qing should also have such means, if they knew there was a monster there, why not just blow it up, still want to lead us there to meet our doom?"

"In the ocean, there’s a kind of cnidarian called sea anemone, sea anemones have many poisonous stingers, but they can’t move, have limited hunting ability. There’s also a kind of fish called Nemo, which can cleverly avoid these stingers and can survive by eating leftovers after sea anemones digest them. More crucially, the stingers of sea anemones can effectively protect the clownfish from other biological attacks. This symbiotic relationship evolves, enabling Nemo to even serve as ’bait’ for sea anemones to prey on other fish..."

Ding Junyi was narrating while recording information: "The situation in this town fits well with the biological nature of sea anemones, it has territorial range, preys through stingers and traps, although inherently dangerous, nighttime and daytime provide relative safety for survivors compared to outside."

KIKI frowned upon hearing this: "You mean those people are treating this as a sanctuary? Co-existing with those monsters?"

"It’s not impossible."

Lin Xian recalled the message from the intercom: "Someone deliberately guided us in, now it seems, it was definitely Ding Qing’s group. Saying there was danger and urging us to leave was just a facade, the cinema and chemical plant filled with so many bone remnants, likely were former town inhabitants and unfortunates who later hid here but were devoured by that lantern flower."

"But... but there are pseudo-humans in this town, so terrifying, it’s impossible the pseudo-humans only attack us and not them, right?" KIKI was somewhat puzzled.

"If that were the case, we’d already be under siege."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Xian walked to the window, looking at the dark platform outside, further away in the train carriage, Shu Qin and Lou Shasha were vigilantly on guard, he said: "At night, they don’t dare come out either, I guess they’ve also figured out some traits of the pseudo-humans. Hiding in a sanctuary isn’t much better off than our situation."

KIKI nodded upon hearing this, took a deep breath somewhat indignantly: "That’s true, doesn’t this make them human traitors?"

"Human traitors?"

"Traitors of humanity, lackeys of the monsters, aren’t they human traitors?" KIKI said angrily.

"Blunt but fair." Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi: "Director Ding, you said this large Parasite doesn’t possess formidable defensive power or the capability to evade predators, are you applying Blue Star’s biological theories to these Dark Creatures instead? We encountered them in the afternoon, which doesn’t seem easy to deal with."

"No matter what kind of creature it is, survival and reproduction are always the primary factors." Ding Junyi lifted her glasses: "This creature is rooted in this town, hunting through territory and traps, indicating it’s similar to cnidarians like sea anemones, doesn’t have the mobility to hunt. While Parasites are very harmful, their host before being parasitized is very fragile. When we escaped earlier, those pseudo-humans were all in a parasitized state, utilizing human muscles and joint structures for mobility. This also confirms my point."