The "Survival on the Train" game has bugs, it's really laggy!

As soon as the Devourer turned onto the right-side down rail, the vehicle was pulled forward by the slope.

The tires gripped the rails, making a dull groan. Train 013, pulled along by the steel cable, slid down, and the inertia caused the entire train to veer towards the dismantling pit.

"I can't stop." Wang Hu gripped the car door, staring at the yellow and black warning lights ahead. "This slope is too shady."

Su Yuan didn't reply, his gaze fixed on the boiler pressure gauge.

The hands of the watch are not steady.

Every few seconds, it would tremble slightly, as if someone inside was tapping the pipe wall with something.

He raised his hand and tapped the inner wall, whispering, "Turn off the high-power scan."

"It's already off." Little Fire lay on the control panel, its tail held high. "I've switched to voiceprint, temperature, and pressure loops."

Report.

"The boiler shell temperature is too high, and there are localized cavity echoes in the water jacket area. The pressure curve is incorrect; it's not a simple steam circulation."

Su Yuan didn't even blink. "Keep watching. Don't touch the main furnace door."

Lu Mingyuan's voice was hoarse on the communicator.

"The switch has been taken over by the underlying storage system, and I can't switch over. The right track is locked, and the left track is also rebounding. It's not letting the car out of the pit."

"Stop talking nonsense." Tang Lan grabbed the person next to her who was about to fire and gave the order directly, "013, reverse brake, don't let the front of the car go into the ditch."

"Captain, the tracks were just repaired, and they're not gripping the ground properly," someone shouted.

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp snapping sound came from the other end of the steel cable.

Wang Hu looked down and his expression immediately changed.

"The main traction pin is red-hot. If we delay for another half a minute, the pin will be worn off by the ramp."

Tang Lan stared at the approaching dismantling pit ahead and asked bluntly, "Should we unhook it?"

Su Yuan replied with just four words.

"Don't uncouple. Stop the entire train first."

No one in the carriage uttered a sound.

Maintenance and protective walls are being erected on both sides of the downrail, one after another, completely blocking the lateral escape route. Yellow and black warning lights are already lit at the pit entrance ahead, and four sets of hydraulic clamps are being raised from the ground, emitting a low hum as the oil pipes preheat.

The broadcast then began.

"Please turn on the boiler and verify the original engine."

"Please turn on the boiler and verify the original engine."

"Repetition is key; delays are not permitted."

Lu Mingyuan slammed his fist on the keyboard in the control room.

"This thing is insane." He stared at the constantly refreshing permission prompt on the screen, his eyes blazing with anger. "It's treating the boiler as an asset verification point. Turning on the boiler initiates the dismantling process, and it can't be turned off."

"What will happen if we take it down?" the young survivor asked weakly.

The old mechanic leaned over the observation window, his throat dry and tight.

"First, peel off the roof, then lift the boiler. The train crew and No. 013 will be separated. After being dragged into the pit, the outer shell, combustion chamber, and power supply lines will be cut layer by layer."

Tang Lan didn't say anything, but pressed the brake lever even harder.

Looking at the row of barbed brake teeth getting closer and closer, she finally asked Su Yuan, "How do we coordinate?"

Su Yuan's gaze swept across the track, then over the short distance between the front wheel and the pit.

"Slow down the car first."

Wang Hu immediately understood and turned to rummage through the side storage cabinet.

What do you want?

"Asphalt anti-corrosion material, dry sand, crushed track plates."

"Now?"

"Now."

Wang Hu didn't ask any more questions. He pulled open the cabinet door, dragged out all the remaining materials, and carried them, along with the deformed track plate that had been used on the bridge, to the front of the vehicle.

"This thing can still be used?" He stomped the lid off the bucket, and the smell of black asphalt immediately rushed out.

Su Yuan stared at the row of barbed teeth in front of him, his tone icy.

"It only prevents the tires from spinning in place, not from changes in the track surface."

Tang Lan's brow twitched, and she immediately continued: "Number 013, a brief three-second counter-attack, then lock onto the tracks."

The people in the carriage were stunned for a moment.

"Captain, push it back?" The young survivor in the passenger seat turned pale. "Isn't that just sending the car straight into the ditch?"

"Just push it when I tell you to." Tang Lan stared at Su Yuan. "He needs to borrow the rhythm."

The operator of No. 013 gritted his teeth and did as instructed.

The track twisted back half a turn, then suddenly stopped.

Suddenly, the entire carriage felt as if it had been pulled from behind, its momentum instantly propelling it forward, and the steel cables emitted a piercing screech.

At the same time, Wang Hu dumped dry sand and asphalt into the front wheel rail groove all at once, and then threw the broken track plates directly in.

Su Yuan stepped on the accelerator, and the front wheel of the Devourer pressed down on the track plate, forcing the tire to rise half an inch.

It's just this tiny gap that causes the barbed teeth to completely miss their bite.

The car's speed immediately dropped.

"It's done!" The veteran mechanic looked up abruptly, his voice changing. "He's using No. 013 as a towing anchor!"

Tang Lan immediately picked up the pace, slamming her hand heavily on the walkie-talkie button.

"Number 013, everyone follow my commands: release the brakes, hold them tight, release the brakes again. Don't panic, just follow the rhythm of the front of the train."

The young survivors were bewildered, but gritted their teeth and did as instructed.

"loose."

"Hold on to death."

"Relax further."

Each braking and rebound was compressed to its shortest length, turning the entire No. 013 carriage into a reverse metronome.

The train's slippage was gradually reduced.

In the monitoring room, Lu Mingyuan and several engineers had all crowded in front of the screen.

"Sixty meters."

"It's still falling."

"Fifty meters."

"The car has slowed down!"

"Can it really stop?"

After saying this, even the person themselves couldn't believe it.

The yellow and black lights at the dismantling pit ahead grew brighter and more glaring, and the four sets of hydraulic clamps began to press down faster. They didn't wait for the vehicle to come to a complete stop; they pressed down on the towing frame on the roof of the Devourer.

"The clamping arm has started," Xiao Huo reported quickly. "It needs to fasten the roof first, then open the furnace to verify."

The broadcast also changed its tune.

"Illegal heat source contamination has been confirmed."

"Please turn on the boiler immediately and remove the source of pollution."

"If you refuse to cooperate, initiate the external cold cutting process."

"The consequences of the division shall be borne by the asset holder."

Tang Lan's face immediately darkened.

"It will make its move before it has come to a complete stop."

Wang Hu looked up at the four giant mechanical clamps and cursed, "This isn't verification, this is taking lives."

The intermittent female voice came through the communicator again.

"Don't open the stove."

The sound was very soft, as if it were being squeezed out of a very narrow pipe.

"It's not trying to kill you... it's trying to kill the people inside the water tunnel. She knows how the original engine came about."

The carriage fell silent for a moment.

Su Yuan's hands stopped on the steering wheel, and his eyes swept over the side wall of the boiler.

He had seen that old structural diagram before. Early boilers on Blue Star had a water jacket inspection chamber. From the outside, nothing looked out of the ordinary, but inside, you could stuff people or hide things.

"Get the blueprints out," he said to Xiao Huo.

"It's been retrieved." The little torch projected the old structural diagram onto the screen. "Here, between the outer layer of the boiler and the main combustion chamber, there's a ring of maintenance chambers. Early Blue Star design, normally sealed off, only opened for pressure relief and cleaning."

"Where is the tapping point?"

"The temperature difference is most pronounced below the third pressure relief valve on the right side."

Su Yuan looked at it for two seconds, then turned to look at Wang Hu.

"Cold spring water to cool the outer wall of the boiler."

Wang Hu was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized: "You're trying to force open the inspection cover?"

"right."

"If the water is turned on now, can the people inside withstand it?"

Su Yuan simply said, "If we don't open it like that, those four armrests outside will drag someone to death first."

Wang Hu cursed under his breath, but still turned around to turn on the cold spring pipe.

"You really know how to pick your time."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Cold spring water was suddenly splashed out of the nozzle and poured onto the outer wall of the boiler, causing white steam to rise up.

The boiler pressure gauge then jumped.

It jumped again.

Then, the rhythmic tapping sound from inside the water jacket became clearer.

thump.

dong dong.

It sounded like someone inside was desperately pounding on the pipe wall.

The veteran mechanic suddenly looked up, his voice cracking: "There really is someone inside!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the carriage changed their expressions.

Tang Lan hadn't released the brake lever in her hand, and finally turned to look at Su Yuan.

Did you hear that?

"I heard you." Su Yuan stared at the boiler shell that was gradually cooling down. "So don't let them turn on."

The four front clamps have already pressed down to half a meter above the roof of the vehicle.

The first jaw on the right side descended first, ready to engage the Devourer's towing frame.

Su Yuan suddenly spoke up: "Wang Hu, the steel cable."

Wang Hu immediately swung the main rope over: "Where to catch it?"

"Clamping arm base".

Wang Hu was stunned: "You want to flip it over?"

"right."

"It's hydraulically pressed down; how can you hold it with a steel cable?"

Su Yuan looked at the clamp arm that was about to press down, his tone very calm.

"When it presses down, the base will bear the load first. While the car is still sliding, the steel cable will pull the base towards the side beam. Once it deviates a little, the wheel chock will come out."

The veteran mechanic felt a chill run down his spine.

"He's calculating the forces acting on the clamping arm."

The young survivor's lips were dry: "This counts?"

The old mechanic didn't return; he just stared at Su Yuan's hand.

Wang Hu had already wrapped the steel cable around, and the hook was wedged into the outer edge of the first clamping arm base.

He gritted his teeth and pulled hard and decisively.

"It's buttoned up!"

Su Yuan then jerked the steering wheel, causing the car to pause briefly on the rails.

It was during this pause that the clamping arm base was pulled outward by half an inch by the steel cable.

Half an inch isn't much, that's enough.

The downward-pressing mechanical clamp failed to engage the roof traction frame and instead struck the trackside load-bearing beam.

A muffled thud.

The old protective panel on the load-bearing beam first cracked, and then the whole panel collapsed.

The protective beam at the entrance of the dismantling pit tilted halfway, forming a wheel chock that was forcibly pushed out.

The front wheels of the Devourer jolted, and it came to a complete stop after hitting the wheel stop.

The following No. 013 was also dragged by the steel cable and stopped seven meters away, its tracks still spinning slightly before finally going out.

No one spoke in the car.

The yellow and black warning lights at the pit entrance were still flashing. The four clamping arms were stuck in mid-air, and the hydraulic pump emitted a low, rapid whirring sound, as if someone were choking it.

The broadcast paused for two seconds, then repeated.

"Please turn on the boiler."

"Please turn on the boiler."

"Please turn on the boiler."

But this time, no one listened to it.

The old mechanic leaned over the observation window and only managed to utter a single sentence after a long pause.

"It has stopped."

His voice trembled, not from fear, but from an uncontrollable tremor.

Tang Lan stared at the front of the Devourer, her palms sweating. She finally loosened the brake lever a little and whispered, "This isn't a recyclable."

Wang Hu pulled the steel cable off the clamp arm base and spat.

"Nonsense, could recycled materials pry the pit open?"

Lu Mingyuan stared at the monitor in the control room, completely frozen.

The Devourer stopped seven meters from the dismantling pit, its front end firmly pressed against the wheel chock, and the 013 behind it didn't crash into it. The four clamping arms were stuck in mid-air, and the warning lights at the edge of the pit were still flashing, but the dismantling process had been abruptly cut off.

Just as he was about to speak, a new notification suddenly popped up on the monitoring screen.

"Continuous life signals detected inside the boiler water jacket."

"Identity verification: Pending verification of being alive."

"The disassembly process will be suspended for thirty minutes."

Lu Mingyuan stared at the line of text, speechless for a long time.

The next second, the old broadcast system inside the base was forcibly taken over.

It is not a storage system.

It was Lu Mingyuan's own remaining emergency channel.

His voice was hoarse, but he could control it.

"All personnel in Unit 04, listen to my command."

"Life signals from Earth's personnel can be found inside the boiler of the Devourer."

"Any attempt to open or dismantle the furnace is tantamount to murder."

A series of short knocking sounds came from the casualty ward first.

Next is the water filtration chamber.

Then, echoes came from the boiler room, the corridor, and the oxygen supply pipe opening.

Someone is banging on the pipe.

Someone is knocking on the wall.

Some responded to the announcement in the oldest way possible.

Tang Lan looked at the front of the car and said in a low voice, "Now that's more like a lead car."

Su Yuan didn't look at her.

His gaze fell on the inspection cover on the side wall of the boiler, which had been pressed down by the cold spring water.

The knocking sounds are still going on inside.

It's very light.

It's urgent.

He reached out and pressed the pressure relief valve, then looked up at Wang Hu and said, "Open the cover."

Wang Hu reached out to twist it, but as soon as the steel handle was turned halfway, a gap was pushed up from the inside of the water jacket inspection cover.

A burst of hot air shot out.

Immediately afterwards, a woman covered in burns and with cracked lips rolled out of the box, clutching an old-fashioned record box tightly in her arms.

She coughed twice after landing, her throat was very hoarse, but her eyes immediately fell on Su Yuan's mechanical left eye.

"The original engine in your car wasn't an engine."

She took a breath, her fingers gripping the edge of the record box, her knuckles turning white.

"It is the key to the Great Wall defense line."

She raised her head, her gaze passing over Su Yuan, and looked down into the deeper darkness below the dismantling pit.

"Below storage compartment number 04, there are three spare carriages that are starting up. They will come and tow you back."