NOVEL NEXT Chapter 328: Run!_2
Although it's also a hard surface road, the Gobi Desert certainly can't compare to the highway. Even though their convoy vehicles have been modified and equipped with high-power electric motors for high-level combat vehicles, they still can't compare to the train running on tracks.
"Stop the chatter, just make sure you follow along the tracks, it's the closest route to Quan City." After resolving the situation with the train convoy, Lin Xian began repairing the damages on the Infinity, while taking materials out of the decomposition space to mass-produce bullets.
"All the convoys have been marked with a Dark Mark, surely it'll cause trouble once night falls." Qian Deli said at this point: "So we can't slow down now, we have to speed up. It's the same as usual, line up in a row, let the big vehicles in front reduce wind resistance."
"There's no other way!" Lu Zhao didn't waste words either. He and the Fu Lu Shou Team had the most and best-equipped large vehicles, so they took the lead in adjusting the convoy's formation, maintaining a long, snake-like line to speed up.
On the Queen Mo, Monica inspected all the carriages' combat situations along the way, saying through the communicator as she walked: "I suggest besides the track detectors, it's best to deploy drones to conduct high-altitude patrols alternately, to scout the road ahead. Otherwise, with this speed, it could be troublesome if we derail."
"Don't worry, our drones will always scout overhead with the vehicle." Ning Jing said.
The scorching high temperature, the horizon filled with mirages of heat waves, clink-clank sounds echoed as the train tracks vibrated. The surrounding yellow sands trembled, a black and green heavy armored locomotive covered in fragmented insect remains roared forward with wild momentum, followed by a steel dragon stretching endlessly to the edge of the earth.
On the Infinity, both the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive and the Dragon-level electric locomotive engines roared wildly, the whole train sped galloping forward, with more than a hundred people aboard in a state of anxiety.
In terms of configuration, the Infinity's firepower is already considered very strong. Even facing the large A-level parasite encountered previously in Rain Town can be destroyed with frontal fire. But as it gets closer to Star Abyss, the weird creatures encountered become increasingly troublesome, unpredictable and perplexing. Just in the last few dozen minutes, they faced enormous survival pressure.
"It's already dropped to Level 2 mark, but we can't remove it now." In car 12's weapon station, Luo Yang and Xiao Bai were at the information center, and the Infinity's core members gathered there.
Shu Qin wiped the bloodstains off the power armor panel with a burlap cloth, saying: "If we go into the night like this, the risk is high."
"Other convoys should be about the same as us..." Chen Sixuan also said at this time: "This is a no-man's-land, we can't go back to the sandstorms to clear the mark."
"Now we can only make more preparations."
Lin Xian didn't stop for a moment, because he needed to intensively manufacture a G3-Electromagnetic Railgun here. So everyone jointly agreed to set up here, and it's also the middle part of the train, where personnel can be better deployed. Next to it, car 13 is the armory, where several PX05-robots are operating the fully automated bullet stamping machine, producing batch after batch of bullets still emitting residual heat.
He said with a somber face: "Actually, the most troublesome are those pervasive insects. Otherwise, those massive bodies, as long as the fire frequency is sufficient, can be quickly resolved as well."
KIKI nodded with her arms crossed: "Mainly because when those things appear together, we all get a bit flustered, plus the sandstorm, otherwise our firepower across these many trains wouldn't be so strained."
"But we've been running for so long, unless it's S-Class monsters or those with obvious territories, we often face monster tides." Luo Yang sighed: "It's just that those sand ants are too disgusting."
"Exactly, using cannons and guns to attack is a complete waste, we can only hide, it's simply unsolvable." Lv Chang said with a look of grievance.
Lu Xingchen sat in the distance, saying with a calm expression: "How is it unsolvable? If it weren't for the consideration of other trains' protection issues, we could easily ignite a Big Fire outside the whole carriage, the sand-ant disaster would be solved in an instant."
KIKI glanced at him, speechless: "And then evenly roast the inside of the carriage, and simmer with the fire?"
"Wouldn't that mean before the sand ants even come in, we'd be cooked first?" Sha Sha clicked her tongue.
"Fortunately, we have the arc pulse string vibrator, this thing clears a lot faster." The big man Liang Lei and Da Lou stood together, the two were like iron towers. They had been most frustrated in the previous battle since they couldn't touch the big monsters, and without power armor for defense, they couldn't touch the small ones, it was a sure prison experience.
"This thing is too slow in frequency, it's meant to deal with the Abnormal Bodies climbing the train." Lin Xian, who was focused on manufacturing, also said helplessly: "I've thought of many solutions before, but none seem feasible."
Whether it's the arc pulse string vibrator, the Electric Blade Armor, or the Super High Temperature Plasma Beam Wire Cutting Array that Lin Xian hasn't manufactured yet, these are all meant to withstand large-scale monster tides, but the sand ants and those small beetles are indeed a headache.
KIKI said at this time: "I happen to know that the interstellar army has a kind of starship technology, it doesn't have physical isolation capability, mainly to resist charged particle streams or high-energy heavy ions and secondary radiation, perhaps..."
"Oh, this I know, the Static Electric Field Generator." Luo Yang's eyes also brightened.
Lin Xian smiled helplessly at this: "When we all board starships, would I still worry about sand ants?"
"Uh..." KIKI shrugged: "Better safe than sorry, but once we rush out of the no-man's-land, there may not be any more sand ants."