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

As the Devourer approached Armored Maintenance Platform No. 12, the walls on both sides of the track began to widen.

Unlike the previous stations, the mechanisms here are not hidden in secret.

It puts everything out in the open.

The heavy armor plating hangs on the left-hand elevated platform, thick layers of armor overlapping each other, the edges still bearing traces of old paint. To the right is the track bay, rows of track sections hanging below the pylon, oil stains dripping onto the sleepers. Further inside, the turret base is stacked in three layers, the swivel ring, gear ring, and ammunition well all exposed.

In the center of the platform, an armored train was parked.

It lay across the platform, its width pressing down on the two rails. The track compartments on both sides flared outwards, and the three turrets on the roof slowly turned, their muzzles emerging from the darkness, all aimed at the right side of the Devourer.

Not the driver's cab.

It is a mobile refining furnace.

Wang Hu glanced at the truckload of protective plates and his lips twitched.

"This site has a lot of resources."

No one laughed.

The armored train's protective plates were so thick that there were black marks from the corrosion of living metal in the gaps. Unlike the previous automated systems, it could wait, aim, and target weak points.

The old radio wasn't working.

The speaker on the roof of the car opposite opened first.

"Mobile arsenal"

"Hand over the refining furnace, or smash it."

As soon as the words were spoken, dozens of thick armor plates on the enemy vehicle flipped outwards simultaneously, as if the originally fitted shell had been stretched open by half a foot. Behind the armor, the turret ring and armor-piercing chain gun were exposed, and the chain was slowly pushed into the gun barrel.

Enlarged image of the small torch.

"Enemy armored train has occupied maintenance platform number 12."

"The heavy armor plating compartment, track compartment, and turret base have all been taken over."

"The mobile refining furnace has been locked."

"The anti-seizure lock frame on the right side of the furnace body will withstand the first wave of attacks."

Tang Lan connected from channel 013.

"Casualty compartment 013 can withstand one more side impact. Don't let the shells hit us at point-blank range."

Someone over there was coughing up blood, and she quickly pushed them back into the restraints.

"Don't move. If the button comes loose, I'll use a gun to sew it back on for you."

In the third section, the veteran mechanic leaned over the guide frame and tapped on the newly installed anti-breakage lock frame.

"The third guide frame is stable. The recliner lock is not loose. The water cup is half full, so you can see the center of gravity."

At the tailgate of vehicle number 005, the young survivor had already pressed his body against the isolation box. The blood from his previous fall, clotted on his brow bone, hadn't been wiped dry yet.

"Isolation box No. 005 is normal. The second cargo compartment on the right is unmoved. The tail beam is 24.6."

Wang Hu holstered the welding torch back to his waist and pressed his hand onto the mechanical lever of the new hoisting arm.

"Collide?"

Su Yuan looked at the seams of the armored vehicles opposite him.

"Don't bump your head."

He paused.

"Disassemble the skeleton."

Wang Hu understood half of the sentence at once, but not completely.

"How do I disassemble it?"

Su Yuan did not reply.

The enemy turret gave the answer first.

All three armor-piercing chain guns fired simultaneously.

The projectiles didn't hit the cockpit or the front beam. They pressed against the right outer beam of the Devourer, and sparks exploded in rows on the anti-seizure lock frame outside the mobile refining furnace.

dong dong dong dong!

The furnace casing vibrated and felt muffled.

The outer layer of the first anti-snatching lock was shaved open, and black oil and metal powder were thrown out together. The second lock's reverse teeth gripped the external mounting position, and sparks flew in a line from the bullet jets.

The small fire caused the screen to turn bright red.

"The furnace body's anti-seizure lock frame was hit."

"The outer shell of the mobile refining furnace is offset by 0.4 inches."

"The material supply channel is vibrating upwards."

"Warning: Magnetic armor clips activated for maintenance."

The ground on both sides of the platform is opened.

Six sets of magnetic armor clamps rise from the side of the track, with large black suction cups at the front of the clamp arms, and attach directly to the outer shell of the mobile refining furnace.

They are not clamps.

They are peeling the furnace.

The remaining broadcast finally came on, carrying the flat tone of the old procedures from the maintenance station.

"An illegal mobile arms factory has been detected."

"On-site disarmament authority is now available."

"Prioritize the recycling of the furnace body."

"The rear-mounted trainsets can be disposed of as scrap parts."

The first set of magnetic clips was attached to the outer shell of the refining furnace.

With a hum, the furnace body tilted outward by half an inch.

Wang Hu's expression changed.

"It's really good at fighting!"

The second set of magnetic clamps secured the lower edge of the furnace body, while the third set extended towards the feeding channel. The anti-explosion plate next to the external bomb magazine was shaken loosened at one corner, and the flame at the furnace opening of the refining furnace was lowered.

The 013 unit was also pulled off course by the lateral vibration, and the sound of the restraints tightening could be heard from inside the casualty compartment.

Tang Lan pressed down on the brake lever.

"Number 013 is struggling on the right side, around points 27 and 28. It can still hold on."

The old mechanic cursed.

"The third cup bounced around once. Don't let it continue to puncture the stove."

The 005 tail anchor was pushed by the side shock brought by the blast wave, and the tail boom curve shot straight up.

The young survivors' throats tightened from shouting.

"Number 005, 27.9! Not yet 30!"

In the control room of Base 04, no one spoke in front of the main screen.

The veteran engineer stared at the sparks on the right side of the furnace body lock frame, his palm pressed against the table.

"This time it's not a procedural matter."

Lu Mingyuan watched the rhythm of the enemy's turrets.

"It attacks weaknesses."

In the AM relay channel, the fire control officer of the Slaughterhouse spoke in a low voice.

"This is troublesome."

The adjutant next to him asked, "What's wrong?"

The fire control officer stared at the three streams of bullets.

"It doesn't engage the Devourer in a head-on battle with the lead vehicle. It attacks the furnace first, then the tail. If the mobile arsenal form is destroyed, Su Yuangang will lose half of what he stole."

Someone responded in the Bonebreaker channel.

"Even No. 005 was shaken to 28. If it pushes sideways again, the tail anchor will be lost."

The leader of the Nighthound's caravan remained silent.

He stared at the patch of sparks to the right of the Devourer, his brows furrowing lower and lower.

The loudspeaker of the armored train opposite sounded again.

Final announcement.

"Hand over the refining furnace."

"Otherwise, the entire column will be smashed."

Wang Hu grabbed the main winch handle.

"Boss, should we take out the turret first?"

"Pinkish-gray".

Su Yuan's voice was not loud.

Wang Hu gritted his teeth, immediately picked up the lime bag, opened the front observation port, and threw it towards the enemy's left-side armored warehouse.

The dust particles landed on the edge of the enemy's armor, but instead of being attracted by the hull, they slid down the vertical grooves behind the armor plates. A few particles got stuck in the gaps of the hull beams, but were shaken away by the vibrations before the turret fired.

Su Yuan glanced at it.

"Knock on the bottom beam."

Wang Hu switched to a long hook, leaned out of the side window, and knocked on the crossbeam below the benchtop compartment from a distance of two vehicles.

clang.

clang.

On the third strike, a very soft clicking sound came from the thick armor on the left side of the enemy vehicle.

It's not a break.

It is the point of contact to unload force.

The small flame quickly pressed the waveform onto the main screen.

"The protective plate compartments share the same lock beam."

"The enemy's outer armor is a standard maintenance platform-mounted structure."

"Before the turret fires, the roof armor pylons release the load for a moment."

"The turret base is detachable."

Wang Hu stared at the line of words, a slow grin spreading across his face.

"It wasn't welded in place?"

Su Yuan looked toward the enemy's left-side armored warehouse.

"It was hung up."

Wang Hu chuckled, his throat filled with black ash.

"Then let's not break through the armor."

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"The lifting arm is loosely attached to the left side of the protective silo."

The newly acquired heavy-duty crane arm on the right side of the Devourer was deployed.

The folding arm is raised from the outside of the mobile refining furnace, the main cable passes around the vertical transfer pulley block, and the hook is thrown out by the boulders.

The first hit struck the enemy's protective plate and bounced off.

The second time, the hook tip pierces through the back of the guard plate and locks into the standard lifting point.

Wang Hu reported the numbers.

"It's stuck. It didn't kill it."

"Anchor hole".

The rapid bridging modules popped out from both sides of the Shihuang chassis, and two heavy-duty supports were inserted laterally into the anchor holes on the preparation platform. With two thuds, the entire train was pressed onto the original rails.

Su Yuan looked at the external magazine.

"Lock beam".

Wang Hu activated the mechanical safety mechanism he had stolen from No. 09 and selected two medium-to-low velocity armor-piercing rounds.

"beat."

Two muffled thuds came from the right side of the Devourer.

The armor-piercing round did not hit the thick armor front, but instead penetrated at an angle into the bottom of the enemy's left-side protective compartment.

The first shot broke the front locking beam.

The second shot penetrated the rear locking beam.

The enemy's outermost first row of thick protective plates suddenly sank down.

The armored train's turret was still firing, but the vehicle body was now without support. The entire thick left-side protective plate had come detached, still steaming, and flipped outwards.

"receive!"

Wang Hu pulled down the mechanical rod of the hoisting arm.

The main cable of the heavy-duty lifting boom is taut.

The thick armor plating didn't hit the rails; instead, it was pulled towards the right side of the Devourer by the crane arm. The bucket of the mobile refining furnace opened, and dark gold conduits extended from the furnace opening, piercing the locking beam holes on the back of the protective plate.

ka ka ka-

The entire row of thick armor was swept into the bucket.

The flame at the furnace opening suddenly rose.

The screen refreshes slightly.

"Recycling: Heavy-duty protective plates"

"Recovery: Standard Armor Hook Point".

"Recycling: Protective plate lock beam".

"Forging Preparation: Heavy Outer Armor"

In the control room of Base 04, the technician was stunned for a moment.

"The enemy's first row of protective plates on the left side has fallen off."

The veteran engineer's eyes lit up immediately.

"He wasn't armored."

Lu Mingyuan took over.

"He removed the attachment point."

The AM channel was silent for a moment.

Then it exploded.

"What happened? The skid plate fell off?"

"They didn't just shoot it through, they tore the entire row down!"

"Is the armor plating on that vehicle temporarily mounted on the maintenance platform?"

The fire control officer at the slaughterhouse slowed down the playback and his throat moved slightly.

"It thought it was heavily armored."

The adjutant stared at the protective plate that had been caught in the furnace opening.

"Su Yuan treated it as a ready-made armor package."

The enemy armored train came to a halt for the first time.

Its left side revealed the inner layer of old beams, and the turret's rotation speed was off track. The armor-piercing chain gun was still firing at the refining furnace, but the bullet trajectory was no longer consistent.

A suppressed, angry command came from the loudspeaker across the street.

"Close-range crushing."

"Side push of the track compartment".

"Smash the formation."

Both track compartments were lowered simultaneously.

The enemy armored train ceased its long-range suppression and began to move laterally. Its wide track sections gripped the side rails of the maintenance platform, and the train, carrying its remaining thick armor, squeezed towards the Devourer.

The abandoned armored vehicle pit on the right side of the platform has been opened.

Inside were piles of flattened old car shells and broken turret rings. Several sets of dismantling rollers at the bottom of the pit had already begun to turn slowly.

Urgent report from a minor fire.

"The enemy is pushing laterally."

"Objective: To squeeze the entire formation into the abandoned armored vehicle pit."

"The No. 005 tail anchor will make contact with the pit opening first."

Tang Lan's voice immediately tightened.

"Case 013 is partially immobilized. The wounded ward is secured."

The old mechanic roared in the third quarter.

"Lower the third bottom beam by half an inch! Don't let it lift up!"

At the tailgate of No. 005, the young survivor grabbed the deputy rope and pressed himself against the isolation box.

"Anchor No. 005, Twenty-seven! The pit opening is two feet to the right rear!"

Wang Hu watched as the enemy's entire train rolled in, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.

"If we try to tough it out, we'll lose our tails first."

Su Yuan cut off the active rail-switching chassis.

"Put it over there."

Wang Hu was taken aback.

"Sticker it on?"

"Displacement gliding".

Active track-changing chassis lateral movement.

The Devourer did not reverse or ram head-on. The lead car's front axle was pushed out by half a foot, and the car body slid past the outside of the enemy armored train.

Get so close that you can wipe the protective plate.

The sparks exploded along the middle of the two vehicles.

The enemy train pushed sideways, and the Devourer followed its force diagonally. Section 3, No. 013, and No. 005, under the segmented braking array, each pressed down on the point of force, and the entire train did not fall apart. Instead, it slid along the edge of the enemy train, leaving a narrow line.

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"Turret base".

The heavy-duty crane arm was extended for the third time.

The hook swept across the enemy vehicle's roof and directly latched onto the reverse locking hole of the first turret base.

Wang Hu opened fire simultaneously.

Two armor-piercing rounds from the external ammunition magazine were fired at the enemy's track lock pin.

boom!

The locking pin at the front of the left track compartment broke.

boom!

The rear locking pin exploded.

The enemy made a sudden, sideways thrust, causing the track compartment's outer shell to tilt outwards.

The bucket of the mobile refining furnace opened up close to the lower edge of the enemy vehicle, and the dark gold conduit pierced into the inner old beam after the protective plate had fallen off, and then plunged into the track compartment tooth ring.

"receive!"

The main cable of the lifting boom was suddenly pulled back.

The enemy's first turret was not destroyed, but rather its base and rotating ring were lifted up by half a foot.

The turret was still trying to turn, but the gear ring had already disengaged.

click!

The base is torn.

The entire main gun turret, along with the breechblock, swivel, and ammunition feed chain remnants, was pulled off the roof of the vehicle by the crane arm and slammed heavily into the bucket of the mobile refining furnace.

The furnace opening sank downwards.

Then, with a loud boom, flames erupted.

The small fire refreshes continuously.

"Recovery: Main turret base".

"Recovery: Turret Rotary Head".

"Recycling: Heavy track bag locking pins"

"Recycling: Old beams inside the armored train."

"Forging: Fully Assembled Heavy Armor".

A large chunk of the enemy armored train's hull was torn off.

The left side armor plate was missing, the track compartment was half detached, and the first main gun turret on the roof was gone. The remaining two turrets hurriedly turned, but the base was unstable, and the gun muzzles shook violently.

For the first time, a human voice roared from its loudspeaker.

"Suppress it!"

"Lift the stove down from the right side!"

"Don't let it continue to dismantle!"

Su Yuan did not give it time to make amends.

"The second one."

Changing the angle of the lifting arm.

Wang Hu led the maintenance team to the side platform, cursing as he lit the welding torch.

"Put the protective plate into the furnace! Don't let the track parts get stuck in the feed port! The turret rings must be intact, completely intact!"

The maintenance worker at Base 04, holding the freshly melted armor blank, shivered from the heat on his shoulders, but still managed to force it into the side slot.

"Fill out the outer section first, number 013!"

Tang Lan immediately opened the right-side inspection window.

"Leave ventilation openings on the outside of the casualty evacuation compartment. Don't block them."

"Keep it!"

A newly cast explosion-proof protective plate was snapped down along the right side of No. 013, and the locking pin was hammered in.

thump.

The patches on the outside of the No. 013 wounded ward, which had been burned by the Corruptors, were now covered by thicker protective panels.

Tang Lan touched the seam of the board.

"Connect plate #013."

In the third quarter, the old mechanic leaned half his body out.

"Just make sure the bottom of the life pod has shock-absorbing armor, don't stuff it with thick layers. The twelve reclining chairs also need to be kept cool."

The small fire will simultaneously provide the image.

"The third section's bottom shock-absorbing armor is complete."

Wang Hu threw a set of bottom armor with elastic interlayers over.

"then!"

The veteran mechanic used a crowbar to hold it in place, and then smashed the lock pin down.

The third cup holder wobbled half a circle but didn't tip over.

At the tail end of number 005, the young survivor's voice was hoarse from shouting.

"Anchor No. 005 is almost pushed back to the edge of the pit!"

Su Yuan glanced at the end of the screen.

The right side of No. 005 was only half a foot away from hitting the wrecked armor pit. The remaining track compartments of the enemy armored train were still pushing sideways, trying to use the remaining weight of the vehicle to push the tail anchor down.

"Thrust-resistant sheath".

The mobile refining furnace ejects a set of thick, arc-shaped protective sleeves with bevels and reverse teeth on the outside.

Wang Hu dragged the protective sheath and rushed to the side of the tail cable.

"Too heavy! Use a crane!"

The heavy-duty crane boom retracted halfway, the auxiliary hook was lowered, and the tail end of the protective sleeve was secured. The young survivor reached out from the No. 005 tail door and pulled out the guide pin.

"Over here!"

Wang Hu roared back.

"Pull your hand back, or it will get pinched!"

"I won't shrink back, you're wrong!"

Wang Hu cursed, but his hand remained steady by half an inch.

click!

The anti-thrust sheath is fastened to the outside of the No. 005 tail anchor, the reverse teeth bite the tail beam sheath, and the inclined surface faces the direction of the enemy's lateral thrust.

The next time an enemy vehicle squeezed in, No. 005 was not pushed into the pit, but instead slid back two inches along the slope to the center line.

The young survivor slammed his chest against the corner of the box, his face contorted in pain, but he still called out the number.

"Number 005 is returning to the center! The tail boom has dropped by 26.8 points! The second storage compartment on the right hasn't moved!"

The entire room fell silent for a moment.

Half of the enemy armored train's body was torn off.

The first main gun turret is gone.

The second turret base was torn askew by the crane arm, a row of tracks was missing, and the protective plates, like peeled-off shells, were sent into the furnace of the Devourer.

In the control room of Base 04, Lu Mingyuan stood up.

The technician stared at the main screen, reporting faster and faster.

"The heavy outer armor of the lead vehicle has begun to be applied."

"The first layer of the blast-resistant protective plate for casualty compartment No. 013 has been completed."

"The third section, the shock-absorbing bottom armor of the life pod, is complete."

"The anti-thrust sleeve for tail anchor No. 005 is complete."

"The outer armor of the mobile refining furnace is being formed."

The old engineer stared at the empty inner beam of the enemy's damaged vehicle for a long time before speaking.

"It was not defeated."

Lu Mingyuan watched as the new armor that kept being spat out from the right side of the Devouring Wasteland.

"It was disassembled into parts."

The AM relay channels are completely messed up.

"Station No. 12 is already half gone?"

"Isn't that heavy-duty train occupying a station?"

"Occupying a site turns you into a resource."

The fire control officer at the slaughterhouse had a dry throat.

"It was dominating the Devourer at the start of the game."

The adjutant continued.

"The armor is now on the Devourer."

In the Bonebreaker channel, someone was editing the image while watching it.

"Armored maintenance station No. 12, in the process of resource recovery."

Another person insulted him.

"What? Recovering? The enemy vehicle isn't dead yet."

In the scene, the remaining turrets of the enemy armored train suddenly slammed down together.

It no longer pushes horizontally, nor does it protect the furnace.

A row of rams opened at the rear of the vehicle, ready to be directly rammed by the remaining skeleton and thick front armor.

The commander's voice coming from the loudspeaker was hoarse.

"Smash it!"

"Even if only the chassis is left, we'll slam the furnace down!"

Su Yuan's finger landed next to the brake lever.

"Let it crash."

Wang Hu was taken aback.

"what?"

"The car body is half a foot off."

Active track-changing chassis fine-tuning.

The axes of the Devourer, Section 3, No. 013, and No. 005 were each pressed out by half a foot. The newly installed segmented heavy-duty braking array engaged in four beats, and the heavy-duty support that No. 10 had seized protruded again, locking the anchor hole on the preparation platform.

An enemy vehicle crashed into them.

boom!

The first impact hit the new heavy outer armor on the right side of the Devourer.

The outer layer of the protective plate dented, and the inner shock-absorbing layer directed the force to the ground anchor holes. The newly covered furnace body armor on the outside of the moving refining furnace shook slightly, but did not loosen.

The second impact hit the outside of number 013.

The blast-resistant protective plate absorbed the impact, causing the casualty compartment to sway half a foot horizontally, before Tang Lan half-hugs and presses it back down.

"Number 013 hasn't dispersed yet!"

The third press is directed towards the bottom of the third section.

The shock-absorbing underbody armor gripped the guide frame, but the reclining chair lock didn't spring back. The veteran mechanic held down the cup holder, but the water only reached the rim of the cup.

"Steady in the third quarter!"

The last remaining thrust propelled the 005 tail anchor.

The outer sloping surface of the anti-thrust sleeve braced against the enemy vehicle's frame, forcefully redirecting the impact into a crater in the side armor. The front of the damaged enemy vehicle shifted, and half of its frame scraped into the crater, accompanied by a piercing tearing sound from its chassis.

"Number 005 is still around!"

After the young survivor finished shouting, he immediately coughed, his hand still pressed on the isolation box.

Su Yuan watched as the enemy's damaged vehicle was caught in the wrecked armor crater.

"Suspend the chassis".

The heavy-duty crane arm secured the main beam of the enemy's chassis.

The main winch is inclined.

The dark gold conduit of the mobile refining furnace pierced the last section of the toothed ring in the track compartment of the damaged vehicle.

Wang Hu pulled down the main lever.

"Collect the materials!"

The enemy armored train was dragged back from the edge of the abandoned armor pit, its turret still trying to turn, but the swivel rings had been removed. Its tracks still trying to engage the rails, but the locking pins had been pierced. Only a few sections of the thick armor remained at the rear, which were then pulled off row by row by the crane boom.

The mobile refining furnace felt heavy and cumbersome.

The armor that comes out of the furnace is no longer just patches, but whole pieces that are fully formed.

The front beam of the lead vehicle is covered with a second layer of heavy outer armor, with the edges covering the old welds.

The right-side mobile refining furnace was encased in a ring of furnace armor, with the anti-snatching lock frame inside, and the reverse teeth protruding from the gaps in the armor.

The blast-resistant protective plate on the outside of the No. 013 casualty compartment was connected to the front and rear buffer beams, with a two-inch gap left in the ventilation opening. Tang Lan reached out and tested the airflow.

"Can breathe."

The third section's bottom shock-absorbing armor covered the area below the reclining chair, and the old mechanic tapped it twice.

"It bounces back. It's not rigid."

Two more side reinforcements were added to the thrust-resistant sleeve of the No. 005 stern anchor. The young survivor touched the seal on the second cargo compartment on the right to make sure it hadn't been touched before he leaned his forehead against the isolation box and took a couple of breaths.

The last turret of the enemy armored train was pulled down by the crane arm.

boom!

The turret base slammed into the refining furnace bucket, the furnace opening shook, and then the rotating ring was pulled in.

A long string of green text appeared on the main screen of Xiao Huo.

"Resource recovery of armored maintenance platform No. 12 is complete."

"New module: Heavy outer armor for the lead vehicle."

"New module: No. 013 explosion-proof protective plate"

"New module: Third section shock-absorbing bottom armor"

"New module: No. 005 anti-thrust sleeve"

"New module: Outer armor of the furnace body."

"The enemy's armored train's combat capability has been reduced to zero."

In front of the maintenance table, only a dilapidated chassis remains.

It still lies across the middle of the platform, its hull gone, its protective plates gone, its track bay empty, and only broken teeth remain of the turret base. Several pipes dangle from its sides, dripping black oil.

The loudspeaker that just shouted "Hand over the refining furnace, or smash it" is still hanging on the wreckage on the roof of the vehicle.

Wang Hu walked over and kicked the horn down.

The horn rolled twice on the track, emitting intermittent noises.

"Hand over... your essence..."

Wang Hu added another kick.

"You pay first."

In the control room of Base 04, the technician transmitted the last images to the AM relay.

"Armored maintenance platform number 12, enemy train has been dismantled."

The veteran engineer took over.

"The resources of the maintenance station have been transferred to the Devourer ship formation."

Lu Mingyuan did not sit back down.

He stared at the newly re-applied armor of the Devourer for a long time.

The maps of the wasteland caravans are updated faster than the broadcasts.

In the Bonebreaker channel, someone highlighted station number 12 in red, then changed it to gray.

Resource status: empty.

"Danger source: Enemy armored vehicle, unarmed."

The fire control officer of the Slaughterhouse stared at the new armor on the outside of the Devourer for a long time without saying a word.

The adjutant asked in a low voice, "Is it still considered a vehicle?"

The fire control officer looked at the outline formed by the external bomb bay, lifting arm, refining furnace, and bridging module.

"Calculate."

He paused for a moment.

"But it's not the kind of situation we can stop."

The leader of the Nighthound's convoy immediately turned off the broadcast.

A soldier nearby asked, "Should we rush over to Station 13 first?"

The team leader stared at the black screen.

"Whoever wants to become the next layer of armor, go ahead."

The Devourer didn't stop for long.

Wang Hu led the maintenance team to drag the last few usable protective plates into the furnace opening. Tang Lan re-inspected the casualty compartment and re-bandaged the two men whose wounds had been ruptured. The veteran mechanic lay prone at the bottom of the third section, hammering the last locking pin of the shock-absorbing bottom armor into place.

At the tailgate of No. 005, the young survivor wiped off the outer dust of the anti-thrust sleeve, revealing a newly cast black surface.

He read it aloud in a low voice.

"Number 005 is normal."

"Isolation box is normal."

"The second shelf from the right hasn't been moved."

Su Yuan looked at the enemy's wrecked chassis.

Xiao Huo suddenly looked up.

"Owner."

Deep within the wrecked armored train chassis, a black box that had been pressed down by a protective plate popped out.

It did not explode, nor did it broadcast any information.

The box's outer shell bears the old expeditionary force's stamp, and its edges have been bitten by living metal, revealing fine silver-black powder.

Wang Hu used a long hook to drag it to the side of the track without touching it with his hands.

Connect the small fire source to the external cable.

Only one line of light was on the screen.

"Fuel purification station No. 13 has been occupied by living metal."

"Stored nuclear fuel is being moved."

The driver's cab fell silent.

At the same time, a few wisps of dark silver dust rose from the edge of the newly installed heavy outer armor of the Devourer.

The black dust slid along the outer side of the furnace body armor without landing.

They paused for half a second near the core energy channel of the mountain-suppressing structure, then drifted towards the track ahead, skimming along the gaps in the armor.