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The green light from Supply Transfer Station No. 36 swept across the newly installed pre-orbit material scanning radar of the Devourer.

Within the fan-shaped scanning area, two parallel thermal marks extend from the direction of Station 35. One is a low-temperature wheel mark with clear edges and a standard wheel gauge, indicating it is the 014 spare cooling car. The other is heavier, with a wheel mark twice as deep and a coarser indentation on the rail surface.

Wang Hu squatted on the outer beam, his flashlight beam sweeping across the edge of the protective shell of the 012 heavy armor forward sled.

The rails were frosting over.

It wasn't snow, nor ice; it was a thin layer of frost that had naturally condensed on the metal surface. The frost spread from the front, clinging to the rails, and getting thicker as it went further forward.

"014 is still cooling down." Wang Hu stood up, his flashlight beam pointing forward. "It's been at least seventeen minutes since it was dragged out of material warehouse number 35. If it weren't cooling it down, it should have warmed up by now. The fact that the rail surface is colder now means its cooling box is still running at full power."

Xiao Huo's radar data was overlaid on the main screen.

"Supply truck No. 015. Fully loaded and currently towing. Speed: 12 km/h. Releasing a standard supply pulse every 30 seconds."

A periodic waveform appears on the main screen. The pulse interval is precise, once every thirty seconds. Each pulse lasts for 1.2 seconds, and the frequency is consistent with the supply chain handshake protocol of the old Blue Star expeditionary force.

"It doesn't run away," Su Yuan said.

Wang Hu turned to look at him.

"It's waiting for us to catch up."

In the control room of Base 04, a technician switched the live feed from Station 36 to the main screen. The platform entrance was lit by cool white lights, and the lettering on the metal sign was in standard printed font.

"Towing supply vehicles can legally swap trailers."

Rows of supplies were stacked on the right. Standard cooling pipes were neatly bundled together, each pipe diameter compatible with the existing piping of the Devourer. Heat dissipation fins were installed inside the crate, the lid of which was spray-painted with the old Blue Star supply code. Supply fluid barrels were stacked in three layers, with labels on the barrels indicating the coolant type and filling date.

On the left-hand open track, the low-temperature water mist hadn't yet dissipated. The mist layer clung to the track surface, slowly tumbling as it was pushed by the airflow. This was left behind when 014 was dragged over.

"The 001 lead car can connect to the 015 supply chain and retrieve the 014 spare cooling car."

The broadcast was steady.

There is no countdown timer. There are no guide wheels.

Su Yuan did not accelerate. The Devourer maintained a low speed of one and a half kilometers, with 012 pressing against the front rail, and the newly cast military-grade alloy steel hull rolling over the frost. On the 009 road sign commemorative bracket, a three-millimeter spring clicked softly in the halo of the headlights.

Wang Hu pinched a pinch of lime powder and sprinkled it onto the rails. The white powder landed on the frost layer and didn't move. He tapped the rails, and the echo was dull.

"It's true."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gate of the material warehouse on the right side of the platform opened.

Half open.

Behind the gate, three rows of supply racks were illuminated with green indicator lights. Cooling pipes were stacked in bundles, the heat dissipation fins were brand new, and the labels on the replenishment tanks were intact. Deeper into the material warehouse, there was a whole row of standard supply arms folded against the wall.

"Giving away so much?" Wang Hu stared at the shelves of supplies. "Is it free?"

The small fire brought up the thermal image of the material warehouse. There were no hidden devices behind the supply shelves. The walls were solid. There were no pre-embedded parts in the floor.

"The material storage has no trap structures," Xiao Huo reported.

At the same time, three sets of supply arms were raised directly in front of the main rail.

The boom lowers from the top of the platform, featuring a suspended structure with hydraulic cushioning. The coupling is a standard type, with interface specifications consistent with the traction rings of the Shihuang, 013, and 005 models.

The first group is aligned with the front beam of the Devouring Wasteland.

The second group is aligned with the external frame of the mobile refining furnace.

The third group aimed at the 005 tail anchor and sealed off the protective compartment.

The boom lifts did not forcibly lock the vehicle. They were stopped half a meter above their respective positions, and the hydraulic struts were slowly adjusting their angles, waiting for the docking signal.

The broadcast started again.

"Supply chain 015 is ready. Please connect the lead car 001." After a pause, "The spare cooling car 014 has been added to the supply list. The coupling will be completed automatically after connection."

Casualty compartment number 013.

The newly replaced cold-resistant cooling pipe was installed on the temperature-stabilizing auxiliary circuit of the medicine cabinet. The pipe wall was thicker, and the outer wall was wrapped with a layer of insulation cotton. Tang Lan stood in front of the medicine cabinet, her palm pressing on the cabinet body.

The cabinet is shaking.

It's not the pre-pressure vibration from the vent valve. It's a lighter, higher-frequency micro-vibration that travels along the pipeline.

"Someone is tampering with the cooling valve of 014," Tang Lan said.

The small torch pushed the real-time status of carriage 014 onto the screen in carriage 013. All four coolant tanks were lit up with green lights. However, the opening of the coolant distribution valve was changing. It wasn't automatically adjusted; it was being manually turned.

The injured man, whose leg was in a splint, stared at the screen, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"014 cannot be lost." His voice was very soft.

Base 04 control room.

The technician decoded the supply chain handshake signal of 015, and the data stream jumped onto the screen line by line.

"The supply chain follows standard procedures." The technician's fingers tapped on the keyboard. "It's in accordance with the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force standards. The lead supply vehicle tows a cargo wagon, and the handover is automatically completed after the lead vehicle joins the supply chain. The entire process is compliant."

The veteran engineer stood behind him, silent. He stared at the supply chain topology on the screen. The topology was clean. Lead car - supply car - cooling car, a three-stage chain. Each stage had an old Blue Star dispatch code.

"It shook hands again 36 seconds ago." The veteran engineer pressed his finger on the timestamp. "Compared to the regular 30-second resupply pulse, there was one more."

"Is it being tested?"

"No," the old engineer shook his head, "It's sending out location information. It lets the lead vehicle know the supply truck's location."

The Bonebreaker Channel.

The messenger's voice was muffled.

"Proper procedures. Supply trucks. Cooling compartments. Material warehouses. Everything is fucking legal. More legal than the last station."

The fire control officer at the slaughterhouse chimed in.

"It gets more and more formal as it goes on. Labeling on the 34th, changing the water on the 35th, resupplying and changing the equipment on the 36th. It's all standard procedure. You can check the old regulations for each step. But every step is dismantling your team."

015 emerges from deep within the platform.

The vehicle is large and heavy, a size larger than a standard towing supply vehicle. The outer shell is freshly painted gray-white, with the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force supply chain markings painted on the sides. It has six pairs of heavy-duty wheel sets, with yellow positioning markers on the rims.

It was towing the 014 spare cooling car behind it.

014's outer shell is covered in white frost. All four cooling boxes have green indicator lights. The coupling and 015's rear hook are engaged, and the locking pin is in place.

However, Xiao Huo did not report the crushing sound of the heavy-duty wheel set.

The sound of crushing came from the front of the 015 car.

Behind the front of the car.

Two rows of supply hooks extend from the rear of vehicle 015.

It's not marked with 014.

The two rows of supply hooks slid out from the rear chassis of the vehicle, with the hook heads not aligned with the 014's coupling, but with the direction of the Devourer.

A set of external fuel racks.

Another group is targeting the refining furnace to prevent armor theft.

The structure of the small torch supply hook is magnified and scanned frame by frame. The hook body has two layers: the outer layer is the standard supply coupling, and the inner layer is the collateral locking claw. The collateral locking claw has an independent hydraulic cylinder, and the biting force is the same as the coupling force.

「015一边拖014，一边把014当诱饵。」小火报出分析结果，「补给链交接协议。头车接入015补给链，015把014交给头车。同时，015用补给钩挂上精炼炉、外挂燃料架和005尾锚。」

It paused for a moment.

"This is a legitimate supply resupply and swap. The system will identify the refining furnace, fuel rack, and 005 as collateral for the supply chain. Once the collateral is secured, the three items will be transferred to 015's traction list. 015 will then drag them into the downstream recycling line. The entire process is compliant."

In carriage 013, the man who had previously suggested transferring the seriously wounded stared at the mortgage agreement on the screen, his face pale.

"This time it's legal."

Tang Lan didn't reply. Her hand rested on the protective cap. The cap didn't move. But a vein on the back of her hand throbbed.

In the control room of Base 04, the technician retrieved the old regulations of the mortgage agreement. The items and text were standard Blue Star Expeditionary Force logistics regulations. Each item had a number, a signature record format, and execution confirmation steps.

"If the lead vehicle actively connects to the 015 supply chain, it will be considered as agreeing to the pledge." The technician's voice was dry. "If it doesn't connect, 014 will be judged as 'having already received supplies.' It will be transferred to the downstream recycling line within thirty seconds. The system will execute automatically."

The Bonebreaker Channel.

"Both sides are in compliance with regulations."

"If you pursue it, you'll have to mortgage three items. If you don't pursue it, you'll lose the cooling truck."

Su Yuan took the bag of lime from Wang Hu's hands.

He didn't spit it out.

He instructed Wang Hu to sprinkle the powder and ash on the open track.

White powder fell onto the frost layer on the rail surface. It wasn't absorbed. It didn't sink. But the frost layer was vibrating. The vibration source was the 015 supply pulse. Each time a pulse was emitted, fine lines would vibrate out from the surface of the frost layer. All the fine lines pointed in one direction.

Underground platform.

"Knocking on the track."

Wang Hu lay down and tapped on the rails. Not the rail surface, but the side of the rails.

The sound returned from the void.

The groove beneath the track isn't empty. It's metal. A whole row of metal. The sound of gears meshing is carried up by the vibrations of the impact, fine and even.

"Synchronous geared rails." Wang Hu stood up. "A whole row of geared rails is buried under the exposed rails. The 015 supply pulse is consistent with the geared rail synchronization signal."

In the control room of Base 04, the veteran engineer suddenly stood up.

He stared at the structural diagram. The rack and pinion array beneath the rails was neatly arranged, covering the entire exposed rail. The rack and pinion were connected to the traction gearbox deep inside the platform via a drive shaft, and the drive teeth of the gearbox engaged synchronously with the supply hook of 015.

"This isn't a vehicle dismantling pit," the veteran engineer cursed. "This is a proper supply station's towing assist system. It's used to help supply vehicles tow heavy loads."

He pointed to the transmission diagram of the gear train array.

"It used the regular supply station as a winch."

Station No. 35 is a fake label for dismantling the waterway.

Station No. 36 is a regular supply station that has been converted into a winch.

Su Yuan's hand rested on the brake valve.

"Don't chase 014."

Wang Hu turned to look at him.

"012 Press the open rail rack".

The 012 heavy armor's forward-probing pulley pulls out the rail-fixing pin. The front end of the protective shell presses into the open rail inlet. Newly cast military-grade alloy steel presses against the synchronous teeth of the rack. The rack is pressed down by the bottom of the protective shell, and the gear meshing surface is locked. The sound of the drive shaft rotating comes up from underground, but the rack does not move.

"009 card left-side supply turnout".

Wang Hu lowered the old push hook at the front of the 009 road sign commemorative bracket. The fractured surface of the cast iron became stuck in the gap of the left-side turnout. The turnout switch was jammed by the cast iron.

"005 Sinking Mute Drop".

The young survivor pushed down the control lever. Five tons of counterweight pressed down on the rear of 005, and the entire carriage sank into the ground.

All the guide pins of the segmented braking array spring into the old lock holes.

The entire train was transformed into a steel ground anchor.

The 015 supply pulse continues to be released.

But the rack rail doesn't move. The switch doesn't engage. The train doesn't move.

Wang Hu pulled out eight steel cables from the outer beam storage tank.

The steel cable glided along the track surface, bypassing the transfer column at Station 36. The column was an old-style structure, with its base bolted to a concrete foundation.

The hooks grip the edge of the flange in the middle section of the column.

It wasn't tightened.

It's just a facade.

Su Yuan switched to the control interface of the 014 interface adapter. The adapter, removed from the material warehouse at Station 35, had interface specifications on its frame that matched the coupling of the 014 cooling car. The contact surface of the adapter had symmetrical friction marks and a regular distribution of residual heat marks.

"Slow fire. Calibrate the 014 cold umbilical cord frequency."

Xiao Huo retrieved the data for the 014 coolant tank. All four coolant tanks were operating. The opening of the coolant distribution valve changed regularly. Each change was accompanied by the second half of the 015 supply pulse. Coolant flowed from 014 to 015.

「014和015之间有一根临时冷却脐带没脱开。」小火把分析结果推到主屏，「015的补给阀在抽014的冷量。脐带接口是标準制式。034号站分析塔留下的接口数据可以匹配。」

Su Yuan cut off the frequency database of the fluorescent salt warehouse seized at station No. 34.

The match was successful.

"Eight cables. Hang the umbilical cord."

Eight steel cables were thrown out.

The steel cable glides along the rail surface. The hook catches the temporary cooling umbilical between 014 and 015. The umbilical is a flexible tube with an insulation layer on the outside and a quick-release valve at the interface.

The position is only partially secured.

Base 04 control room.

The technician leaned forward, his nose almost touching the screen.

"He wasn't chasing the car. He wanted to grab the rope that 015 was using to hold 014."

The old engineer's mouth opened for half a second.

"The umbilical cord hasn't fallen off. 014 is still being cooled. He needs to use this tube to pull it back."

The Bonebreaker Channel.

"That's for replenishing the umbilical cord. It's for drawing blood. How can you drag it away?"

No one answered.

The supply pulse at 015 suddenly accelerated.

The 30-second interval was reduced to 20 seconds.

It noticed.

The three sets of supply booms pressed down simultaneously. The hydraulic rod telescopic joints deployed locking claws. The first set bit into the front beam of the Devourer, the second set into the external frame of the refining furnace, and the third set into the 005 enclosed compartment.

The supply hook slid out from the rear chassis of vehicle 015.

The hook opens.

The collateral lock claw inside the hook pops out.

The two sets of supply hooks are respectively aligned with the external fuel rack and the refining furnace anti-snap armor. The hook head has a positioning pin on the meshing surface, which is consistent with the specifications of the fuel rack hook hole and the anti-snap armor lifting lug.

The material storage area on the right side of the platform begins to slide into the recycling tank.

The entire material storage base is a sliding rail structure. The sliding rail is connected to the recycling rack underground at the platform. The rack and the synchronous rack under the surface rail are from the same source. The material storage slowly sinks, and the green indicator lights on the material shelves begin to flash.

The broadcast came on for the fourth time.

"001 The lead car has not been connected to the supply chain. 014 The spare cooling compartment has been identified as 'supplied with supplies'. It will be transferred to the downstream recovery line in thirty seconds."

Carriage number 013.

The injured man who had been staring at the screen stood up. The splint on his leg hit the stretcher armrest, making him gasp in pain.

"014——"

"Shut up." Tang Lan pressed down on the unhooking protective cover. "The lead vehicle hasn't finished speaking."

Su Yuan pushed up the output of the heavy-duty cooling circulation cabinet that he had seized from Station 35.

The cooling cabinet is operating at full power.

Coolant is pumped from the buffer tank into the heat exchanger core. The inner layer of the heat exchanger core is a low-temperature plate, and the outer layer is the output pipe. The output pipe connects to the reserved port on the 014 interface adapter bracket.

The adapter frequency is matched with the 014 cooling umbilical cord.

The low temperature flowed back up the umbilical cord.

The refueling valve at the rear of vehicle 015 suddenly stopped rotating for half a beat.

The valve body is frozen. The valve core is stuck in the half-open position. Cold air is flowing back from 014 into the cooling pipes of 015. The exhaust fan at the rear of 015 suddenly slows down. White mist is spraying out of the exhaust vents.

014 The speed dropped instantly.

The distance dropped from 12 kilometers to 8 kilometers.

Wang Hu seized the opportunity.

"Eight cables are securely attached!"

All eight steel cables were tightened simultaneously.

The hook latches onto the 014 front beam. The 014 front beam is a standard structure, with old-style welding, and has pre-drilled holes for lifting lugs at the top. The hook latches engage with the lifting lugs.

The output power of the refining furnace is increased.

The steel cable is taut.

Wang Hu stood on the outer beam, his right hand gripping the steel cable locking handle. The muscles in his left arm were tense, and his glove was torn by the barbs of the steel cable.

"Tang Lan!"

Tang Lan pushed down the 013 brake valve.

013 Partially locked. The wheels and rails are engaged. The entire carriage is stuck to the ground.

The entire train suddenly sank.

The tension in the steel cable was transmitted to the 014 front beam. The 014 vehicle body was pulled to one side. A half-meter gap appeared between the coupling and the 015 rear hook.

"Click."

The coupling has disengaged.

014 slid off the hook from 015. The car veered, its left wheels scraping the rails and kicking up a large layer of frost. The green lights on all four cooling boxes flashed once simultaneously, then stabilized.

014 was pulled back by the eight cables.

The car slid over the frost on the exposed rails, leaving two deep grooves on the left wheels. The frost was crushed by the wheels, and ice shards splashed onto Wang Hu's trousers.

The front beam of the 014 collided with the newly installed 014 interface adapter frame at the rear of the Devourer.

The coupling engages.

The locking pin springs in.

The adapter contact surface and the 014 connector are in contact, and the residual heat marks overlap with the current heat distribution of the 014.

The entire channel went silent for a second.

Lu Mingyuan stood up, and his chair slid back half a meter.

"The 014 cooling car is assigned to the 001 train group."

The Bonebreaker channel exploded.

The correspondent cursed, his voice trembling with exhaustion.

"He didn't connect to the supply chain! He pulled it back directly!"

The fire control officer's voice was muffled.

"He doesn't want legitimate supplies. He just steals them."

The supply hook at the rear of vehicle 015 closes.

The hook head missed.

The collateral pawls close hydraulically, biting into the empty space. A harsh metallic scraping sound emanates from the hook body.

The broadcast stopped.

The chassis of car 015 cracked.

Four sets of heavy-duty traction wheels extend from the chassis. The wheel sets are tracked structures with rubber pads and metal track plates. The traction wheels press against the rail surface, and the rubber pads are compressed by the meshing of gears.

The 015 is not an ordinary supply vehicle.

It is a heavy-duty towing supply vehicle. The towing wheels are independently driven, with each set of wheels having its own independent motor and gearbox. With all four sets driving simultaneously, the traction force is six times that of a standard supply vehicle.

It abandoned its disguise.

The traction wheel starts at full power.

The track plates snapped into the rails. The metal teeth rubbed against the rails, creating a shower of sparks. The 015 hull lurched forward. The rear supply hooks reopened, this time aiming at more than just the 014.

The hook is aimed at the coupling device between 014 and the Devourer.

It will rush into the downstream recycling line along with 014.

Deep within the platform, a green arrow on the recovery line lit up. The arrow pointed to a downhill track. At the end of the track was the recovery gate. The gate was opening, and a dark red light shone through the crack.

Su Yuan removed his hand from the brake valve.

"Refining furnace. Dark gold conduit. Synchronous gear rail."

The side of the refining furnace cracked.

Four dark gold conduits protruded.

The guide tube glides along the ground, passes under the 012 protective shell, and embeds itself into the gear drive shaft under the exposed rail.

The high temperature melted through the drive shaft housing. The guide tube cut into the gear meshing surface. The gear rail was jammed. All the synchronizing gears on the exposed rail stopped rotating.

"Number 20, ring-shaped missile, inverse phase jamming supply rhythm."

External magazine pops out.

A calibration round slid into the bomb bay.

Xiao Huo has already calculated the 015 supply pulse cycle. It's once every 24.5 seconds. The calibration frequency is adjusted to be inverse of the supply pulse.

emission.

The anti-phase oscillation spread out from the roof of the Devourer vehicle.

The supply hook at 015 suddenly stopped for half a beat. The supply pulse was disrupted by the reverse phase, and the hydraulic control valve of the supply hook lost synchronization.

Four sets of traction wheels slipped.

The rubber pads spun freely on the rail surface, emitting white smoke. The track plates couldn't grip the rail, and the metal teeth slid across the surface.

The eight cables continued to tighten.

014 was fully pulled into the adapter bracket. The connector was then tightened a second time. The locking pin was reinforced.

The umbilical cord automatically reconnects after cooling.

The four cooling tanks of 014 are connected in parallel with the heavy-duty cooling circulation cabinet of the Devourer. The coolant begins to circulate. The cooling capacity of 014 is injected into the buffer water tank of the cooling cabinet. The water level in the tank jumps two notches.

The traction wheel of 015 is still spinning idly.

It dragged its empty hook into the downstream recycling line.

The recovery gate is fully open.

Dark red light surged out from behind the gate.

015 rushed in.

The gate began to close.

Su Yuan did not pursue.

"Dismantle the station."

The refining furnace is started at full power.

The dark gold conduit was pulled out of the drive shaft and turned to plunge into the synchronous gear rack array. The gear rack was pulled out of the ground section by section. The gears, racks, drive shaft, and gearbox housing all rolled into the furnace along the receiving slide rail.

The crane arm extends.

Wang Hu manipulated the grabber, sweeping across the right-side material storage bin. The bin had already slid halfway into the recycling tank. The grabber seized the steel beam on the side wall of the material storage bin and pulled.

The entire material warehouse was pulled out of the recycling tank.

The steel beams are deformed. The rivets are broken. The shelving has tipped over.

The crane arm drags the frame and materials together into the receiving slide rail.

The supply boom was secured by eight cables. All three boom sections were simultaneously pulled down. The hydraulic rod broke, and the coupling was ripped off.

The platform is underground. The traction gear array is exposed.

The refining furnace's gripper extended downwards.

The entire gear set was pulled out. The gearbox housing cracked when the grippers engaged.

The furnace roared.

The side slot begins to eject parts.

The first item is the long-distance cooling vehicle mounting bracket.

The synchronous geared drive shaft and gearbox housing are recast. The coupling bracket is attached to the rear of the 014 adapter bracket, and the bracket body has an independent hydraulic buffer. The coupling spacing is adjustable to adapt to the wheel track of the carriage.

The second item is a remote towing and supply arm.

The hydraulic rods, supply hooks, and 015 traction wheel track plates of the supply boom have been recast. The travel of the boom telescopic joint is one and a half times longer than that of the standard supply boom. The end is equipped with a quick-release coupling and a collateral locking claw counter-shear. It can hook onto the target at a distance and simultaneously cut the target's anti-tow hook.

The third item is the cryogenic supply umbilical cord countermeasure valve.

The valve core of the 015 supply valve, which had frozen, and the plunger of the No. 34 station water jet pump were recast. The valve body is connected to the 014 cooling umbilical outlet. External supply valves are automatically detected for cooling. Once reverse suction is detected, the valve core automatically closes, and simultaneously outputs a low-temperature pulse in the opposite direction to freeze the other valve body.

The fourth item is the grouped cooling bus expansion slot.

The heat dissipation fins, cooling pipes, and replenishment tank shell of the material warehouse were recast. Six expansion slots are connected in parallel, respectively connecting to the 013 medicine cabinet temperature stabilization auxiliary circuit, the 005 water storage tank antifreeze layer, the external fuel rack cooling ring, the Zhenshan energy conduction pipe rapid cooling jacket, the refining furnace cooling pipeline, and the 014 cooling car main circuit. Each slot has an independent temperature control valve.

Wang Hu accepted the package.

The maintenance team took action.

The long-haul cooling trailer's coupling is welded into the 014 rear beam. The coupling clips onto the 012 rear hook's pre-reserved position. The locking pins engage. 014 and 012 are connected in parallel, increasing the train's length by one section.

The remote-controlled supply boom is mounted on the roof of the Devourer. The boom folds into the roof storage compartment. The quick-release coupling retracts into the protective cover. The collateral locking claws and countermeasures shears are concealed on both sides of the boom.

The cryogenic supply umbilical reversal valve is connected to the 014 cooling umbilical outlet. Valve body testing is performed. Normal flow is unobstructed. Reverse suction test: the valve core closes in 0.2 seconds. Cryogenic pulse output test: the reversal temperature is -65 degrees Celsius.

The group cooling bus extension slot is installed on the outside of the heavy-duty cooling circulation cabinet. All six slots are simultaneously connected. The temperature of the 013 medicine cabinet's temperature stabilization auxiliary circuit returns to green. The water temperature of the 005 water storage tank's antifreeze layer is above 7 degrees Celsius. The external fuel rack cooling ring is activated. The temperature of the Zhenshan energy conduction pipe's rapid cooling jacket stabilizes in the green zone. The refining furnace cooling pipeline is functioning normally. The 014 cooling car's main circuit and the group are operating in parallel.

Top right corner of the main screen.

The stability of the Zhenshan core parallel connection jumped from 73% to 78%.

The temperature of the energy-conducting tube stabilizes at the center of the green zone.

The low-temperature indicator on the external fuel rack has disappeared.

The thermometer needle on the 013 medicine cabinet remained steadily in the center of the green zone.

The outer side of the antifreeze layer of the 005 water tank is -2 degrees Celsius, while the inner side has a water temperature of +8 degrees Celsius.

The stress of tail beam No. 05 is 14.2.

014 All four cooling boxes are green.

The green light in the independent water purification circulation chamber flashes once, indicating that the redundant module of the dual water tank is full.

Base 04 control room.

Lu Mingyuan pressed the full channel broadcast button.

"The supply rules for Station 36 are hereby repealed. The 014 spare cooling car has been officially incorporated into the fleet. Cooling redundancy in the train sets has been increased. All system broadcasts from Stations 19 to 36 have been confirmed as misleading, diversionary, or collateral traps."

He paused for a moment.

"Route 009 maintains 100% accuracy. Operating principles have been updated. Supply stations will only be dismantled, not taken over, will not be used for baiting, and no agreements will be signed. Formal procedures are also ineffective."

On the Bonebreaker channel, the communications officer breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eighteen stations".

The fire control officer at the slaughterhouse trembled slightly in his voice.

"Station 36 is a legitimate supply station. It follows the complete set of old Blue Star standard procedures. It has even dismantled the legitimate procedures."

Base 04 control room.

The technician moved the Devourer's formation data to full screen.

The long-distance cooling vehicle trailer, long-range traction and supply arm, cryogenic supply umbilical countermeasure valve, grouped cooling bus expansion slot, 014 spare cooling compartment, heavy-duty cooling circulation cabinet, dual water tank redundancy module, energy conduction pipe rapid cooling jacket, 005 water storage tank antifreeze layer, and 013 medicine cabinet temperature stabilization auxiliary circuit. All ten cooling-related equipment have green codes.

"The formation is 100% complete. The cooling system has more than twice the standard redundancy. The parallel stability of the Zhenshan core has reached a record high. There have been no casualties or unloading at eighteen consecutive stations."

The veteran engineer stared at the screen for a while before speaking.

"Station 36 is not a trap. It's a legitimate supply station."

He pointed to the structural diagram of the toothed track array.

"The legitimate supply depots have been turned into a winch. 015 is using the supply chain protocol as collateral. The process is legal. The rules are legal. The execution is legal. But every step is being dismantled and reorganized."

He paused for a moment.

"The lead vehicle didn't follow its rules. It directly seized back 014, dismantled the supply station, and kicked 015 into the recovery line."

The technician pulled up the map for 18 consecutive stations, from the 19th to the 36th. The gray squares formed a continuous area. The reason for the failure was noted next to each station.

No. 34: Fake label dismantling waterway.

No. 35: False label: water change, water pipe removal.

No. 36: Regular supply station mortgage dismantling and reorganization group.

Behind block 018, a new line of text has been pasted: 014 Backup Cooling Cart, now incorporated.

In the Bonebreaker channel, the communicator suddenly spoke up.

"All four cooling units in 014 are green. It was delayed for seventeen minutes, but it's still providing cooling."

"It's waiting for us," Tang Lan's voice came through the AM channel.

Carriage number 013.

Tang Lan released her hand from the protective cap. The cap snapped back into place. Sweat stains remained on the gun handle. The newly replaced cold-resistant cooling tube in the medicine cabinet's temperature control circuit was at a normal temperature. All the hemostatic agents, anti-infective injections, nerve pain relief patches, and frostbite repair gel in the cooling cabinet were stored at the correct temperatures.

She walked to the cooling cabinet and opened the door.

Rows of medicines were neatly stacked.

The aluminum seal of the frostbite repair gel is intact.

The injured man with a splint on his leg looked at Tang Lan.

"Are we 014 now?"

Tang Lan closed the cabinet door.

"Every section within the group belongs to us."

Carriage number 005.

The young survivor crouched beside the sealed protective chamber. The outer shell of the water tank's antifreeze layer was slightly cool. The water temperature inside the tank was stable. The antifreeze layer's locking pins were tightened, and the gap between the protective cover and the tank body was filled with insulating cotton.

He patted the protective cabin.

"This time, there's one more energy-saving car."

Heavy armor forward probing pulley No. 012.

Wang Hu crouched on the edge of the protective shell. The newly installed long-range towing and supply arm was folded into the roof storage compartment. The quick-release coupling was retracted into the cover.

He glanced at 014.

Frost clung to the car's exterior. The green lights on the four cooling units shone steadily in the headlights.

"This train wasn't a waste of time."

Top left corner of the main screen.

The fan-shaped scanning area of ​​the pre-track material scanning radar extends forward past the ruins of Station 36.

The remaining half of the wrecked train 015 is reversing and escaping in the dark track downstream.

The rear supply hook is damaged. Half of the track piece on the traction wheel is missing. The exhaust fan has stopped working.

It's not heading towards station 37.

It retreated deeper into the main road of the Great Wall.

Things kept falling down along the way.

It's not a part.

It is a standard supply nameplate.

The front of the nameplate displays the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force's supply number and specifications. The back has been newly engraved. The engravings are evenly applied, not hand-carved, but made with a mechanical engraving needle.

The same sentence is engraved on the back of each nameplate.

"016 is already fully staffed, so don't count the carriages."

Wang Hu picked up a nameplate and turned it over to face the car headlights.

The engravings penetrate deep into the metal surface. The lettering is the same as the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force standard lettering used on the 009 steel plate.

Compare the engravings on the nameplate of the small torch with those on the 009 steel plate.

"Same origin. Same model of engraving needle. Same batch of materials."

In the control room of Base 04, the technician retrieved the information from the nameplate.

"Station No. 37. Empty carriage refitting station."

On the map, Station 37 is marked deeper into the main road of the Great Wall. The station structure diagram shows that it was a maintenance station for empty wagons assembled by the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force. Empty wagons were stored and reassembled before being loaded and dispatched.

"016 is already fully staffed," the veteran engineer repeated. "Don't count the carriages."

Su Yuan looked at the radar screen.

The fan-shaped scanning area passes over vehicle 015 and continues to advance.

Heat marks appeared on the dark track ahead.

Not one.

There are sixteen sets of tire heat marks.

The wheel track, wheelbase, and tire width are all identical. They are wheelsets from the same model of carriage.

However, one set of wheel prints was different.

It has no vehicle body weight.

The heat mark temperature was exactly the same as the other fifteen groups. However, the wheel mark depth was much shallower. It looked like an empty car gliding on the track, but the heat source of the car body above its wheel mark was absent.