Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 325 Interior Construction of the Train Car
"Why, an acquaintance?"

Qian Dele, who had just returned with his team, was holding a handheld hair dryer and blowing away his sweat as he walked onto the platform. He and Hu Lushou and his men had swept through several of the Tulong Society's strongholds and had reaped a great harvest.

Lin Xian nodded: "An old friend from before, but his appearance here is a bit strange."

After saying that, he looked at Hu Lushou, who was walking up behind him. Hu Lushou was leading a large group of people, including Sun Chang, and they were also walking over with excited expressions.

According to what Lao Mo just said, they were also swept into Star Abyss No. 5 along with Silent City, and then appeared in this western Gobi Desert, a strange situation.

"Hey, Captain Lin, you have no idea! That Bone-Melting Dragon is a real slippery eel. It has more stuff hidden in its cave than ten of my regiments combined. Hehe, we've really struck gold this time." Hu Lushou said with a grin.

On the other side, Chen Sixuan, Ning Jing, and Shi Diyuan, who had finished counting, also gathered around.
“Red Eagle has quite a few resources. This guy has left a lot of people in the stronghold, at least seventy or eighty.” Ning Jing said in a cold voice, “It seems that he has a backup plan, and it’s not against us.”

“We’re on guard against our competitors. It’s the same on my side. It took some effort.” Qian Dele shrugged. “Pshaw, what Iron Alliance? It’s a joke to think that a bunch of bandits can work together so closely.”

Chen Sixuan then explained the situation of the Sand Scorpion Gang. When she mentioned that there was a luxurious palace in the air-raid shelter that housed more than a dozen 'favored concubines,' everyone looked speechless.

In fact, Lin Xian had seen many similar situations after the apocalypse. Liu Wei of the Oasis Car Team in Jiang City was a perfect example. He had just gained superpowers and immediately started recruiting soldiers, taking wives and concubines, and initiating a chaotic carnival of humanity after the rules were broken. However, this guy was unlucky enough to run into Lin Xian as soon as he left Jiang City...

Even so, everyone was still incredibly surprised when they heard about the old scorpion's situation.

"Damn, this bastard, I heard he's quite strong, how come he didn't die from a woman's belly?" Shi Diyuan snorted. "Damn it, I'd be merciful to just crush any of these bandits."

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Xian and said approvingly, "It's Brother Lin's method that's so satisfying. Those girls were rescued, weren't they? Tell them about it later and let them feel better too!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian said in a deep voice, "They brought back dozens or even hundreds of people. What should we do with them?"

"Let's investigate these people first," Ning Jing said. "We can gather some information and then discuss it tonight."

Lin Xian nodded; that was exactly what he was thinking.

Hu Lushou stood to the side, rubbing his hands together and said, "Hehehe, captains, our convoys have been following us all the way into the no-man's-land. Feel free to ask us to do anything we need."

"If you can keep up, then keep up, but let me make this clear first." Shi Diyuan crossed his arms and looked at Hu Lushou, saying, "Follow my orders. Stop when I tell you to stop, move when I tell you to move, and be quick about closing the windows and turning off the lights, or else..."

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Hu Lushou grinned, showing off his big gold teeth, and patted his chest confidently. "Once we're in the no-man's land, we're all in the same boat. We definitely won't hold you back!"

“Okay, then you can go back and prepare,” Shi Diyuan said to him.

Hu Lushou's smile froze upon hearing this. He thought to himself, "We just finished counting the loot from the bandit's lair and were about to divide it up. What's the point of sending him back?" He looked at Lin Xian with a bitter expression, as if to say, "Boss, I've already sold those two. I'm one of them now, and I did put in some effort to clear out the lair. You should at least give me a little something."

Seeing Hu Lushou's expression, Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh, so he said directly, "Let's talk about the harvest first..."

"Hey! Okay!" Hu Lushou's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Xian's words, and he immediately perked up.

Led by Chen Sixuan, Qian Dele, and Ning Jing, a large amount of supplies were seized from eight strongholds of the Sand Scorpion Gang, the Crimson Vulture Group, and the Earth Dragon Society. Combined with the supplies cleared by the three convoys that attacked the city in the morning, the supplies are now piled up in a small mountain on the open ground outside the Aksai station.

Among them, there were 1126 hematosperm beads of Grade I and 94 hematosperm beads of Grade II.

Several large trucks were filled with various canned fish, meat, beans, fruits, and vegetables, as well as dehydrated foods such as biscuits and chocolates, weighing a total of more than ten tons. There were also a considerable amount of honey, sugar, salt, oil, and other supplies.

Then there was the weaponry: thousands of automatic rifles, over twenty arc pulse cannons, more than a hundred rocket launchers, hundreds of drones, as well as light and heavy machine guns, mortars, air mines, vehicle-mounted artillery, missiles, flamethrowers, grenades, sniper rifles, shotguns, modified harpoons, poison gas shells, and even three old 155mm military self-propelled howitzers and a self-propelled rocket launcher vehicle without ammunition, along with a whole bunch of other miscellaneous items such as various types of explosives, fuel, napalm, etc.

Aside from the bizarrely modified killing weapons, the vast majority of them were brand-new federal standard weapons, clearly a level above those of ordinary survivors. This may be one of the reasons why the bandits were so arrogant in the Western Gobi Desert.

Besides, the bottled water or usable fresh water collected from various locations totaled less than 5 tons. After deducting bottles and buckets, Lin estimated that it was only a little over 4 tons.

Based on an adult's daily water intake of 1000 ml, the combined train and several convoys in Aksai carrying over 5000 people would only have enough water for one day...

Of course, 1000 ml a day is already a luxury in such a place. From the perspective of survival alone, you need at least 300 ml a day, and that's assuming no other activities. But in the face of darkness and constant danger, that's simply impossible. If you drink 500 ml, it would only last for two days at most.

Even so, Lin has not yet calculated the issues of water supply for the train and cooling water for the nuclear reactor.

However, this replenishment is already a lifesaver. The convoy still has some reserves, and if they can successfully cross the no-man's land to Jinan in two or three days, the situation will probably be much better.

In addition to the supplies, there were more than 120 prisoners captured by the bandits, including Old Scorpion's dozen or so "favored concubines". Lin Xian glanced at them briefly and found that all the women were silent. He didn't know if it was a stress reaction from being imprisoned for too long or if they couldn't believe they were saved. After all, they had begun to treat him as an "object", simply to be taken from one group to another.

It wasn't until they were clothed, their chains removed, and given food and water that some women began to sob with tears in their eyes, while others, already numb, silently ate their food and water.

The distribution of these supplies is different from that in Yijin. In this battle against the bandits, all the caravans contributed manpower and resources, and water resources were scarce for each caravan. Therefore, Lin Xian discussed with each caravan and decided to distribute the food and water equally according to the number of people.

"I don't need the weapons. If any caravan wants mine, they can trade me water for them."

At this moment, Monica, who had enjoyed a leisurely afternoon rest, came over surrounded by her umbrella-wielding attendants and spoke directly.

"Also... as for those dozen or so women, if the investigation shows no problems, I'll take them in."

Upon hearing this, Qian Dele was the first to be surprised. He immediately looked at Monica with bewilderment and asked, "Are you kidding me? You would take women?"

“Why can’t we accept them?” Monica crossed her arms and said, “They may be cowardly, numb, or have lost their personality and self-respect, leaving only the instinct and rationality to survive. But such people will not hesitate to kill if they have the power. Besides, I will keep them away from men.”

Lin Xian was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He had originally thought that Monica wanted to use these women to balance the imbalance of male dominance in her team, but Lin Xian realized that he had been too simplistic and vulgar in his thinking.

Monica actually wanted to form an all-female team, and separate it from her male teammates. Lin Xian could practically see the look of despair on the faces of her underlings behind her, who had gone from excitement upon hearing that Monica was going to recruit a dozen or so women to utter despair.

This woman is simply a demon. Given the closed conditions of the Queen Mo's carriage, it would be one thing to have a sexy queen that you can see but can't touch in this desolate apocalypse, but to add a dozen or so beautiful women, all of them separated, wouldn't her male crew members all suffocate?

Upon hearing this, not only Lin Xian, but all the other team members looked at Monica with strange eyes, as if they couldn't see through this woman's expression.

"Let's get back to the main topic. I don't need weapons right now. Which caravans are short of weapons? Could you spare some water for me?"

Lin Xian broke the silence at this moment. There are now two green-planted carriages on his train, so the demand for water is also extremely high.

Lin Xian's Infinite Caravan and Monica's Queen Mo were both well-equipped, with each vehicle more advanced than the last. Moreover, for Lin Xian, there was no need to scan and manufacture those weapons, so he simply asked for more water.

There was another caravan, the Fu Lu Shou Caravan. Boss Hu had a lot of money, and his group was equipped with high-end equipment. Sun Chang's high-end mechanical arm alone was worth as much as a set of Ghost Wolf-level armor, which showed that Hu Lu Shou was willing to spend a lot of money on his subordinates. He did not ask for weapons or food, but only for some water and some blood essence.

"I can switch!" As soon as the words were spoken, a team immediately stepped forward.

Soon, the distribution of supplies was finalized, and the Aksai bandit suppression plan officially came to an end.

The Blood Essence Lin Xian, along with Longshan No. 1, JOker's team, Queen Mo's team, and Hu Lushou's team, took 70% of the profits, and the rest was distributed to other teams according to their unit affiliation.

Infinite received 150 level 1 blood essences, 15 level 2 blood essences, some canned food, and 300 liters of water. Although this water was not much for 180 people, it was enough to temporarily relieve their immediate crisis.

With the addition of the 10 level-two blood essences that Hu Lushou gave Lin Xian, Lin Xian now has 191 level-one blood essences, 25 level-two blood essences, and one level-three blood essence. If he finds the Phoenix Society or the Federation, he can exchange these blood essences for a lot of supplies.

It was 17:30 PM. The various convoys, having completed the distribution of supplies, were driving back to their respective convoys in a flurry of activity. As darkness approached, everyone who had experienced the terrifying scene of the previous night was quickening their pace. All the personnel responsible for the repair and maintenance of the trains also began to speed up their work.

After the train carriages were refitted, the Infinite returned to the Union Train's sequence. The Longshan No. 1 still led the way, followed by the Infinite, the Queen Mo, the Joker train, and the trains in Aksai City gathered around the Aksai station platform, forming a camp and waiting for nightfall, ready to set off with the Union Train into the no-man's land.

On the Mugen train, the triumphant crew, looking at the brand-new train layout, were both excited and busy helping with the interior preparations.

The living quarters of the three carriages that originally belonged to Shuqin have now been moved to one carriage, which is not too crowded. The original carriage was already too spacious, with less than 10 people per carriage. Now, 26 people live in one carriage. Except for Shuqin, the living quarters of the others are still two people per cubicle.

Xiao Yuan was the only one with slightly complicated feelings. She had moved to carriage number 4 and was responsible for taking care of the plants in the two carriages with Ding Junyi. She was reluctant to part ways with her friends and live alone, but she was also a little excited because Lin Xian had assigned her an important task. Although it was just managing a garden, she felt that it was a sign of Lin's trust in her.

Carriages 9 through 18 were bustling with activity. Men and women were excitedly setting up their new shelters. Families were grouped together in the same cubicle, which could be closed and resembled a small safe house, with plenty of room to store personal belongings.

In carriages 10 and 11, Chen Sixuan, along with Li Yi, Miao Lu, and others, were busily working. These carriages were mainly inhabited by children like Duo Duo, as well as single women and families from Li Yi's former train crew. Overall, there were more women and children than children. The carriages were filled with chatter and laughter, and the joy of the group was palpable.

Between carriages 11 and 14 was a military train carriage and a weapons station carriage. Carriage 14 was the carriage for young girls like Luo Luo and Xiao Min, with only 16 people, which was relatively few. After Miao Lu and Xiao Yuan finished their work, they helped them set up the living area.

"The sunshades cannot be opened casually; they are under the unified control of Team Leader Lin. Of course, they can generally be opened during the day."

"The toilet is working normally, but we can't take a shower for the time being. We are currently in the Gobi Desert and we are not allowed to take showers for the next few days."

"People can walk around in the planter compartment when they have free time, but they can't touch the flowers and plants. The air there is very fresh, and it's a good place to relax. We usually treat it like a small garden..."

Miao Lu and Xiao Yuan quickly became familiar with the group of girls and began to introduce them to the situation inside the car.

Further back, Da Lou, along with Lü Chang and Luo Yang, were arranging the accommodations for carriages 15-18. There were seventy or eighty people there, and apart from about ten families with women, it was all men. The atmosphere was quite chaotic. These people were efficient and worked hard.

After tidying up his safe house, the burly Old Zhou patted the armored wall of the carriage and said excitedly, "This train is much more comfortable than living on it. The compartment shelters that Captain Lin built are spacious and comfortable, and the glass is even bulletproof. It's simply amazing!"

"Yes, just like a mobile city, we don't have to worry about bumps anymore!"

"Yes, it feels so good!"

"Team Leader Lin is really amazing. He built such a safe train. We can all feel much more at ease now."

"We have more people now, and there's a medical bay on the vehicle, so we won't be afraid of getting hurt when fighting those monsters in the future!"

"Hey, you still have to be careful not to fall. Once your head falls off, you can't put it back on," Lu Chang, who was helping out, couldn't help but say.

"Hahahaha!"

The group of men burst into laughter. Just then, Sasha swaggered down the corridor. One of the big men looked at the girl and couldn't help but say, "Brother Lou, is this your sister? Why is she running towards the back?"

"My Sally is right behind here!" Sasha glanced at everyone smugly, then said, "If we encounter any monsters, I'll be ready to go at any time, so you'd better put your pants on!"

After saying that, she hummed a little tune and walked right past the strange looks from the crowd.

Lou chuckled awkwardly and said, "Uh... Don't underestimate my sister just because she's small. She's better than me at piloting mechs and killing monster hordes."

Upon hearing this, the group of burly men were dumbfounded. They never expected that a little girl who looked to be eleven or twelve years old would be so brave. In their previous caravan, the children would hide in the car or help with whatever they could. But this little girl was going to charge ahead of them, a group of grown men, to kill the monster horde. Whose subordinate was she?
Lin Xian was sitting on the floor of the No. 13 military train carriage, manufacturing a fully automatic bullet press. This carriage had no windows and was completely sealed off and protected by high-strength steel armor. On both sides were densely packed weapon racks, which were loaded with all kinds of firearms, from automatic rifles to shotguns, Gatling guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, arc pulse guns, light machine guns, and so on. Crates of bullets of various calibers were also piled up.

Receiving firearms and ammunition here requires the consent of Lou Da and Shu Qin. At the same time, these two will also provide firearms and physical training to the team members. As long as you are suitable and skilled, you can use any weapon you want. If you want to learn how to operate mechs and aircraft, you can even find Sasha.

Meanwhile, Liang Lei, under KIKI's guidance, was familiarizing himself with the train's piping and circuitry. Afterward, he would be in charge of the train's engineering department, leading a team of mechanical repair technicians to maintain and manage the train. The PX-05 robot would also be there to assist. With this division of responsibilities, Lin Xian would no longer have to run around because of a broken pipe or a leak.

After Chen Sixuan, along with Li Yi and Miao Lu, completed the inventory of all the supplies on the train, she led the twenty-odd women who would later be responsible for the train's internal affairs to familiarize themselves with the situation inside the Infinite, the use of supplies, the functional areas of different carriages, and so on. She also divided and assigned the cleanliness and housekeeping of different train carriage areas. For example, Li Yi would be in charge of the meal arrangements, while Miao Lu, who was a nursing major, would manage the all-purpose medical cabin and various medical supplies on the train.

Meanwhile, Miao Lu and Xiao Yuan also take on the task of monitoring the growth of everyone's superpowers and physical functions for Ding Junyi.

With a whoosh, the manufacturing light screen appeared in carriage 13, and a large amount of materials flew out continuously. This large industrial equipment finally began to take shape.

Once this thing is manufactured, and a PX-05 robot is assigned to control and maintain it, Lin Xian will only need to take out the bullet materials converted from the decomposition space, and then it can be automatically stamped and reassembled. Although it cannot be solved in one go, 90% of the problems have been solved. Now there are more people on the vehicle, with at least 120 combat personnel alone, plus multiple 1130s. When it comes to fighting a battle, the amount of bullets consumed will be enormous.

So after weighing the options, Lin decided to prioritize manufacturing this thing before it got dark.

The prisoners are currently being housed on Longshan No. 1 and are receiving rescue. At the same time, Ning Jing is also arranging for people to investigate their situation and then compile this information.

Lin Xian also plans to release information about Star Abyss No. 5 at the same time, and then he can ask Hu Lushou and Lao Mo about their situations.

In the weapons station of carriage 12, Luo Yang and Xiao Bai lived alone. They turned the computer on their train into a simple information center, connecting it to the sentries and radar systems of the Infinite. After that, KIKI no longer had to guard the situation alone at night, as both sides could respond simultaneously.

As it approached 18:30 PM, and darkness drew ever closer, the carriage gradually quieted down. Chen Sixuan, having already arranged everything, went to carriage 13 and looked at Lin Xian, who was still busy, and said...

"You haven't slept for two days and two nights. We're going into the no-man's land tomorrow, you should get some rest."

“That’s what I was planning to do too.” Lin Xian glanced at her, then looked at his watch, and said with a serious expression, “It’s getting dark soon. If nothing goes wrong tonight, Brother Shi and I will discuss the information that Lao Mo and the kidnapped people have gathered, and then we’ll rest.”

Chen Sixuan nodded: "I have already arranged for the food to be distributed. Because I am worried about what happened last night, I will not be providing hot food for the time being."

Lin Xian noticed that Chen Sixuan's gaze was a little strange and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is something on your mind?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Sixuan came to Lin Xian's side and sat down on the ground with him. Her eyes flickered as she said, "Perhaps my old problem has relapsed. What I saw the Sand Scorpion Gang did today made me feel a little uncomfortable."

Lin Xian looked at her: "More uncomfortable than killing someone?"

Chen Sixuan shook her head and said in a clear voice, "The night is of course the most terrifying thing for us. It is death and the extinction of civilization. But these sand bandits, in terms of combat strength, may not even be able to stop a wave of snow demons in Xilan City. But the things they can do are a thousand times more terrifying than those monsters."

Lin Xian sneered upon hearing this, saying, "Yes, the more like-minded people are, the more they know how to cause greater harm to their own kind. Do you know what that old scorpion said to us before he died?"

Chen Sixuan looked at him.

"He said he knew he was no match for our combined team, but they could still deliver a little surprise to us in the dark..."

Chen Sixuan's expression hardened upon hearing this: "KIKI called those descendant faction members traitors, but these people are even worse than traitors."

Drop drop, drop drop.

The watch beeped, and Lin Xian, listening to the howling sandstorm outside the car, said solemnly, "Now we are gradually beginning to unravel the secrets of the night, we know the Dark Marker, and we know how to enter a state of silence. If someone can truly establish contact with the night and help it annihilate human civilization, then perhaps that is..."

"The greatest tragedy of mankind."

hum~
On the deathly silent Gobi Desert, night falls. Everyone, please seal the cracks in the doors and windows!

　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)