Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 331 Nightmare
Beneath the dark forest, a strange train appeared, lying across the mountains and trees. Thousands of trees were crushed and broken, and the metallic hissing of various carriages rose and fell. This giant modern industrial creation appeared here suddenly, without any warning.

Lin Xian tried to look into the distance using the drone, but under the darkness, he could only see the outlines of some mountains. However, due to the visual distortion caused by the thick black fog, the huge mountains in the distance seemed to be slowly writhing. The shadows dissolved and reformed in the fog. The sky was an eerie deep blue, without stars or moon, and the terrain was indistinguishable, making it impossible to tell the southeast from the northwest.

Lin Xian seemed to be the first to regain consciousness from his disorientation. When he grabbed Chen Sixuan and checked their current situation through the drone, the others finally came to their senses, or rather... came to their senses.

[A large intrusion of dark and terrifying forces has been detected]

The alarm on the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube kept going off.

sizzle

In the communicator, the internal frequency band of the Infinite finally returned to normal. KIKI had already rushed to the front carriage, and upon seeing Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan, she shouted loudly.

"Are you okay?!"

"How are the others?!" Lin Xian saw KIKI and immediately contacted the other carriages.

"fine!"

"We're all okay."

"The trunk is safe!"

In an instant, messages came from all the carriages of the Infinite, and the communicators were filled with panicked noise, clearly indicating that everyone had just recovered from the fear and disorientation.

"Brother Shi, how's it going over there?" After confirming the situation of the Infinite, Lin Xian began to inquire about the other trains.

After the intermittent signal was interrupted, Longshan-1 finally transmitted a message, but the first thing that rang out in the communicator was a burst of gunfire!
Bang bang bang!
Meanwhile, gunshots, screams, and shouts could be heard from other convoys.

"Dark mutation!" someone shouted.

"Old Chen, no!"

"Kill him now!!"

"The train carriage is out of control! Seal it!!"

Rat-a-tat-tat, bang-bang-bang!
"Wake up, they're on our side!"

In an instant, countless cries of pain and screams echoed across the public frequency band. Everyone understood at that moment that a dark mutation had erupted from within!
"Seal off all carriages and deal with the situation from within!" On the Longshan No. 1 side, Shi Diyuan led Ning Jing and her group to quickly rush through the carriages, constantly dealing with the internal anomalies, suppressing panic, and personally shooting and killing those familiar, beloved, and dear faces!
At the same time, he also shouted in the leader channel: "Brother Lin, other convoys, this place has an off-the-charts level of spiritual energy. Quickly deal with the internal troubles, there must be some strange entity approaching!"

On the Joker team's side, Qian Dele acted swiftly. A golden flash streaked through the carriage, and he coldly snapped the necks of several mutated henchmen. He was the fastest at dealing with this situation. Everyone watched with calm expressions as their comrades were killed by their boss's own hands. In the Joker team, everyone had long reached this consensus: mutation meant death, but if mutation harmed their own people, that would be a disgrace.

“We’ve already resolved that. The problem now is that we seem to have gone off track.” Qian Dele looked coldly at the dead chef, Lao Zhou, on the ground and sighed inwardly.

The Queen Monica's crew also experienced numerous problems, but all of Monica's subordinates were wearing power armor and connected to her control system. If any person's vital signs or heart rate information became abnormal, an alarm would be triggered immediately, and Monica would directly lock the power armor's program, preventing them from using weapons or attacking friendly forces, before eliminating them.

However, there happened to be more than a dozen women in one of her carriages who had been taken in by Old Scorpion. At this moment, three of them had already undergone a transformation and had bitten two other people to death before Monica killed them...

Looking at the environment around the train in the holographic interface, Monica quickly said, "We've found out why Boss Hu and the others got lost. It seems that Xingyuan directly tore us into another space or region."

On the Infinite, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan KIKI ran towards the back of the carriage. Ding Junyi in carriage number 3 was also shocked by this strange power. She followed Lin Xian to the back and saw the world outside the window visor. She couldn't help but say, "Is the Star Abyss some kind of black hole singularity? The closest one to the Aksai no-man's-land forest is at least 4000 kilometers away. This is really incredible."

"Team Leader Lin!"

Shu Qin arrived at this moment, followed by Luo Yang, Lü Chang, Lao Mo, and Sun Yuzhen.

"Captain Lin, this is exactly what happened to us before!!!" Old Mo, still recovering from his injuries, exclaimed in horror, "We have to get out of here right away, otherwise..."

boom!
Before he could finish speaking, a huge tremor struck, seemingly coming from other convoys behind them. It pulled all the carriages in front of him backward, almost causing Lin Xian and the others to lose their footing.

"What's wrong?!"

"A bizarre entity!!"

Boom boom boom!
A tremendous roar of attack erupted, and from the dark forest came a variety of eerie, chilling sounds, as if countless unknown creatures were rapidly approaching the Union Train.

"The convoy behind us has fallen into the water!"

"Falling into the water?"

"Captain Lin, we, along with the Sailboat, Great Victory, Iron Fortress... are all stuck in a swamp. The Ocean and Parrot have already sunk into the lake!"

Standing in the tilted carriage, Zhou Hongqu, the captain of the Red Rose Caravan, looked at the countless eerie tentacles writhing in the swamp outside and the indescribable monsters that had climbed onto the carriage. Unable to contain her panic, she reported to the caravan ahead.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

At this moment, while the internal problems of the hundreds of trains in the joint convoy had not yet been resolved, a fierce battle had broken out outside, with alarms and shouts blaring everywhere. All the heavy weapons on the Infinite, whose fire control systems were already activated, including the electromagnetic railguns and the 1130, started operating automatically, unleashing a furious barrage of firepower in an instant!
From the Red Rose train onwards, nearly one-third of the trains were already stuck in the muddy swamp, while the Ocean and Parrot trains, totaling more than thirty carriages, began to flood and sank into an unknown depth.

A huge lake!

The joint train is located on the edge of this lake.

"Flooded! Help!!"

"what to do?!"

"Open the doors and swim out!" The captain of the Ocean made a decisive decision, but by then the entire carriage was already half-submerged and floating on the lake. Black lake water kept pouring in, and even the nuclear-powered carriages were starting to take on water. The train's electrical system was flickering, and all the automatic valves were stuck.

He immediately called on the superhumans to manually open the doors of each carriage. But at that moment, a black, serpentine giant shadow suddenly snaked past outside the carriage. Under the flashing headlights, countless dark green scales could be seen, curling and twisting, creating swirling waves, seemingly some kind of terrifying creature from beneath the black water.

"Empty!" A second sound came from behind. It was as if the last carriage was being entangled by something, and began to collapse inward. The entire train tilted back and forth, and water kept flowing from inside the carriage to the rear carriage. People could no longer even stand up.

Under the immense force, the entire combined train was constantly being pulled backward, as if it were being dragged into the water by the unknown creature beneath the black lake.

Meanwhile, in the dark forest, creatures whose forms were completely indistinguishable began to surge toward the combined train. At this moment, the weapon systems of all the trains roared, and the sound of gunfire echoed throughout this dark and desolate forest.

"We're backing away!!"

"Something is dragging us into the water!"

The locomotives of each train convoy roared, but the hard iron wheels could not gain any grip in the swamp and mud.

At that moment, Shi Diyuan immediately shouted, "Mo Meizi, you and my all-terrain traction train set, start the traction drive switch immediately, and pull the convoy up first!"

"it is good!"

In the blink of an eye, the only two all-terrain locomotives in the combined train switched to tracked drive and began to roar and exert their power. In an instant, dirt and rocks flew everywhere and wood chips were crushed, but they only managed to stop the backward movement. However, the ground in the forest was all muddy humus soil, which was soft and deep, and could not play a significant role at all.

"No, we must use rail traction!"

At this moment, Lin shouted into the communicator: "It's wishful thinking to think that a train that is more than ten kilometers long and stuck in the mud and swamp can be towed by just two all-terrain vehicles. The only way is to push the carriages one by one onto the tracks and use the train's own weight and the friction of the tracks to pull the train. If that's not enough, cover more tracks. Only by doing this can we make use of the power of more locomotives!"
After Lin Xian finished speaking, he immediately discussed strategies with KIKI and the others.
"I wonder if it would work if we manufactured the tracks and then placed the trains one by one on them, and then pulled the guides to reset them."

“But that would require building a very long track, otherwise the traction wouldn’t be enough and it would definitely slip,” KIKI said.

“Yes, how about we use a car with a trailer hitch…” Shu Qin then added.

“No, with over 500 train cars stuck, what kind of couplers and cables can pull tens of thousands of tons?” Luo Yang also shook his head.

The situation was extremely urgent. A barrage of attacks came crashing down, leaving no time for discussion. The situation was critical!

Unexpectedly, Lao Mo suddenly said, "Captain Lin, the simplest way to stop a heavy train from derailing is the rail-forcing method. Do you remember the traction platform of a climbing elevator? If you can build a non-fixed track ladder, and then use the traction platform to pull the train onto the track ladder, you can use the train's power to reset itself. The track ladder can be made of simple piles in this area. You don't need to consider stability, but it only needs to be half a kilometer long to definitely stop the train. As long as it can move forward, you can just lay simple steel rails in front of it!"

Lin Xian immediately understood. Old Mo was indeed a senior engineer at Xinghua Heavy Industry; his solution was concise and to the point!
To put it simply, the all-terrain tractors of the Queen Mo and the Longshan No. 4 are used as towing platforms. Then, a temporary guide slope is created in front of the lead car by laying bricks/steel plates to pull it into the pre-built track with ground stakes. Although the tractors cannot pull it, Lin Xian and KIKI can directly build the track below. As long as the Mugen locomotive can be dragged onto the track, the Mugen, with its four tractors and two nuclear-powered car sets, can provide a great torque to pull the following cars.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian immediately shared his idea with the others, and Shi Diyuan and Monica understood his intention and immediately expressed their approval.

"Let's do it this way, Mo, you and Ning Jing will be in charge of towing the vehicle, Lao Qian, you and I will be in charge of holding off the monsters and covering Brother Lin and the others!"

"Alright!" "All units move out, quick!"

On Lin Xian's side, all personnel were also ready to fully engage in the battle.

"Lei Zi, protect Team Leader Lin!" Li Yi shouted to Liang Lei at this moment.

Liang Lei nodded, and immediately followed Lin Xian along with Lou Da and the other two, as well as Li Guangwen and the others.

"Assault team, mobile team, you suppress and cover me!"

"Teacher Chen, your investigation team, guard the car!"

"it is good!"

"Brother Huo, you know what to do!"

"I understand!"

bang bang!

In carriage number 21, the roof opened, and a Vulcan mech roared with firepower and jumped off the train. Sasha, sitting inside, shouted, "Watch how powerful I am!"

"fire punch!"

boom!
Lu Xingchen flew into the sky and unleashed a raging fireball down into the densely packed, twisted forest. The massive fireball swept across the forest, igniting hundreds of trees and sending flames soaring into the sky.

In an instant, all the Infinite members wearing power armor, as well as personnel from other convoys such as Dragon Mountain One, Queen Mo, and Joker, mobilized and fiercely fired at the creatures sweeping in from the forests on both sides under the train's firepower.

Those indistinct shapes and forms—twisted, humanoid, coral-like, insect-like, monster-like, and ghost-like creatures—emanated countless eerie odors, constantly eroding the survivors' retinal nerves and mental reasoning.

Deep in the forest at the front end of Longshan No. 1, a semi-transparent worm with a diameter of one meter appeared. Its length was unknown. Inside the semi-transparent worm, a corrosive blue-green fluorescent reaction could be faintly seen.

In the distance to the side of the Infinity, a black shadow larger than a mist spider slithered in and out at an extremely fast speed, without making a sound. Its purpose was unknown, like a low-frame-rate creature in a silent film. But every time it appeared, swarms of tiny ball spiders would surge from the forest below like a tide.

Chen Sixuan, holding the Meteorite No. 3, was on the roof of the Infinite vehicle with Miao Lu and other members of the reconnaissance team, constantly firing into the forest. When a strange rustling sound came from behind, she immediately turned around and fired a shot behind her. In the flash of the gunfire, a bizarre giant snake covered with human hands was climbing on a tall ancient tree in the forest!

A strange humanoid creature ran past the headlights of the Longshan No. 1, emitting a sinister laugh.

Behind the Red Rose convoy, countless eerie shadows slowly emerged from the mud and water in the swamp outside. In the Ocean, which had already sunk into the water, survivors were even pulled out of the broken windows by the strange creatures. While their teammates were rescuing them, they saw terrifying creatures growing on the rotting corpses through the flickering interior lights.

On the Hell Warriors' side, countless buzzing sounds, like bees, filled the sky. When Brother Da Dong's flamethrower ignited the forest, large areas of eerie 'beehives' appeared in the forest, encased in human corpses.

Aside from those insect-like and beast-like dark creatures, the vast majority were beings beyond the survivors' comprehension; they only knew that these 'things' were moving, approaching, and devouring humans…

From the front to the back of the vehicle, a 15-kilometer-long battle line was raging, with numerous deaths and bizarre events occurring frequently. Although only a few minutes had passed since entering the Star Abyss, time seemed to move incredibly slowly.

Lin Xian and KIKI were both wearing power armor. When the automatic explosion-proof door of the Infinite Train opened, they were greeted by an extremely cold and gloomy atmosphere.

It wasn't just temperature; it was a kind of oppressive, suffocating atmosphere that sent chills down your spine, instantly causing immense mental confusion and a shock to your consciousness.

Lin Xian felt a moment of dizziness, but without hesitation, he stepped on the black humus in the forest and rushed forward.

At this moment, Qian Dele, Monica, and the people from Longshan No. 1 also set off. The Queen Mo released its hook from the Infinite and drove forward, while the backup all-terrain vehicle from Longshan No. 1 drove back.

Bang bang bang~
The carriages behind were constantly reversing, and the situation was extremely dangerous!
Ugh, ouch!
More and more carriages behind began to sink into the deep water. Screams and cries for help rang out intermittently in the headphones, accompanied by eerie shouts from the surrounding dark forest. The monsters that were closing in were causing people's SAN value to drop wildly. The hum of the G3 electromagnetic railguns echoed through the night sky. The firepower of the two 1130s was leveling all the trees in the forest from the left and right!

"Starting from here, first build the guide ramp, then the steel rails, and use the steel structure in the middle to maintain the track gauge and pull the Infinite up!"

Lao Mo and Sun Yuzhen also rushed out of the car to help. Sun Yuzhen spread her wings and flew directly into the sky. She looked into the distance and quickly said to Lin Xian, "Set up in the 3 o'clock direction. The terrain there is a ridge alluvial area. There must be hard soil there. We can drive into the open area there!"

With a whoosh, KIKI manipulated the Silver Blade Torrent to create a storm on one side of the forest to block the monsters whose shapes were completely obscured, while also using a psychic shield to lift the lead vehicle of the Infinite, the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive, so that Lin could create a metal guide ramp below.

Lin Xian's hands produced countless materials, with sections of steel rails and iron piles continuously forming and falling. Liang Lei and Da Lou fought fiercely while leading the construction team to hammer the iron piles into the ground.

On both sides of the combined train, there were thousands of combat personnel clad in power armor. Some were firing wildly at both sides with weapons, while others were charging into the strange formation under the cover of the train's firepower.

In less than five minutes, Li Guangwen, Luo Luo, Amin, Shu Qin, Miao Lu, Lü Chang and others had all inexplicably developed a bloodthirsty feeling. Lin Xian naturally also felt this strong dark invasion force constantly bombarding his rationality. Even though he was wearing the Black Hawk power armor, he was sweating profusely. All the materials were frantically poured out to create the track.

buzz~
The all-terrain vehicle from Longshan No. 1 arrived at this moment, and the two vehicles, together with the Queen Mo, attached the Infinite to the tractor coupler. After Lin Xian laid the rails under the first three tractor cars of the Infinite, he handed over the remaining work to the track-laying vehicle from Longshan No. 1. His remaining task was to work with KIKI to build temporary guide plates under the other tractor cars with power output behind them to increase ground grip and allow most of the tractor cars to output power at the same time. Only in this way could they have a chance to pull all the trains forward at once.

Time ticked by, and the gap between the Infinite and the Joker convoy behind them grew wider and wider. Qian Dele and Xiao Meng's team were already engaged in a fierce battle, with dozens of white humanoid monsters rapidly charging into the convoy and taking many lives. At this moment, Qian Dele frantically shouted for everyone to disperse and concentrate their firepower.

"Xiao Meng, there's one hiding behind you!"

Boom boom!

The heavy weaponry on the train had almost leveled large swathes of forest on both sides, with thousands of trees falling. In the dark shadows, a white monster roared and ran towards them, with a barrage of bullets creating countless white droplets on its body. It seemed to be shattered and then twisted back into a human shape until it was completely shattered after being covered by heavy firepower, leaving behind a ground covered with wriggling white maggots.

Xiao Meng rushed up and grabbed a flamethrower, burning all the white maggots to ashes.
"careful!"

"Activate the high-voltage curtain wall!"

"The carriages can hold up, back up!"

The track-laying locomotive for Longshan No. 1 has arrived, and at the same time, two all-terrain traction locomotives have been connected to the Mugen-go.

"That's it!"

On Lin Xian's side, about ten train locomotives have already been laid on the tracks. Beyond that are swamps and shallow waters, so even if he wanted to lay tracks, it would be impossible.

"Brother Shi, Monica, Teacher Chen, get ready to start!"

"Lin Xian!" Just then, KIKI, who was in the middle of the United Train, pointed to the swamp behind and the section of train carriages that was about to sink further away. There, flames were raging, and many survivors who had fallen into the water were fighting with the strange creature. On the vast body of water, a giant creature that looked like a mountain range was churning.

boom!
With a violent tremor, a dark green giant shadow burst out of the shallows of the lake and swept across, instantly engulfing dozens of people. At the same time, its massive body crashed into the train carriages, deforming and twisting several carriages in an instant.

It turned out to be a giant monster in the lake!
Seeing this, Lin Xian took a deep breath and shouted into the communicator.
"Start all engines!"

Buzz! Whoosh! !!! !!! !
Having returned to the driver's cab of the Infinite, Chen Sixuan immediately increased the operating power of the four traction locomotives. The motor engines roared wildly, and the entire train, along with the temporary rails, sank several centimeters into the ground. Then, with a metallic hiss, it finally pulled all the trains behind it to a stop, and then began to slowly roll forward.

In an instant, two all-terrain traction locomotives, along with more than a dozen other traction locomotives on track, simultaneously exerted their power, pressing down on the segmented track below and moving forward. The originally twisted carriages were straightened, and the joints between the carriages made a clattering sound.

The joint train is moving forward!
"Don't push the power to the maximum all at once, or the drive wheels will slip!" Old Mo said to Chen Sixuan from inside the carriage.

"I see."

buzz~
Countless tow ropes were now taut, and the combined train, under the violent attack in the darkness, was moving forward on makeshift tracks. The Red Rose train caravan, as well as the Sail, Great Victory, and Iron Fortress caravans, which were stuck in the swamp behind them, also found that their trains were being forcibly pushed forward through the muddy swamp by a huge and violent force. Due to the strong friction between the swamp and the lake water, the metal structure connecting the carriages on the shore and the swamp carriages was making strange noises and even cracking sounds.

KIKI and Lin Xian, one in front and one behind, used their telekinetic powers to lift several carriages while the other tightened the connecting fasteners, finally increasing their escape speed.

In the swamp and black lake, countless survivors have died as the battle lines collapsed.

"Lin Xian, given this situation, even if we escape from the lake, we won't be able to speed up our escape from the dark area. There's only one way!"

At this moment, Ding Junyi, wearing power armor, flew into the sky under the guidance of Sun Yuzhen to help observe the surrounding terrain, while Huo Ge flew beside them to protect the two.

Ding Junyi's voice was cold as she spoke directly.
"According to the theory of territory, we can only gain a chance to catch our breath if we stay in place and kill everyone in the surrounding area. Running through the Star Abyss with the mark on us has a very small chance of survival."

Without tracks, it can't move at all, and it can't move fast; it can only stay in place.

"But this isn't the worst-case scenario..."

At this moment, Ding Junyi looked through the black mist at the outline of the distant mountains and rivers, those moving mountain bodies, and even a broken bay in the high sky!

The bay didn't look complete; it was all fan-shaped waves at a certain angle, with deep and shallow waters intersecting, and the hollow spaces in between were dark, empty spaces. It was like... another dimension of the world.

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