At the mont of darkness, everyone seed to fall silent, along with their actions and breaths.
The entire Joint Train had turned off its lights, and the convoy outside had also locked doors and windows, turned off the engines, and the survivors hid in the small safe rooms within the steel carriages, quietly listening to the sound of the sandstorm passing by.
Woo woo~
Woo~
The wind over the Gobi Desert seed to never cease, with gravel making rustling sounds as they hit the vehicle’s armor, and various empty gasoline cans and tins clanged as they were blown down the streets or across the wilderness of Akse. In the distance, only the silhouettes of rolling hills remained. Although the area was open, no one knew what might appear in the wilderness. Ti seed to stand still at this mont.
Chen Sixuan sat down next to Lin Xian, who was both manufacturing an automatic bullet stamping machine and using the chanical Heart to observe the situation outside the train.
Having reequipped the train today, Lin Xian was not most worried about the passing sand ants; what concerned him more was the insect legs hanging from the sky, the fearso force released like Hell, which even steel armor could barely withstand.
He didn’t know what kind of monster that was, but its pressure was certainly not inferior to the S-Class Black Thorn Sea Urchin from Xilan City.
The survivors had long grown accustod to keeping quiet after nightfall, as this was the most dangerous ti of day. Relatively speaking, if nothing happened in the first half of the night, the likelihood of sothing occurring in the latter half was much smaller. This was also why survivors dared to set out an hour or two before dawn: not only to seize the limited travel ti but also because this ti was usually quite safe, and even if an issue arose, daylight would soon arrive.
Lin Xian initially thought tonight would be like the previous night, encountering sand ants, but after waiting for about twenty to thirty minutes, it was still incredibly quiet outside. He exchanged a glance with Chen Sixuan in the dark, both sowhat surprised.
"Tonight... seems really quiet."
"Let’s wait a bit longer," Lin Xian said softly. "If nothing happens for an hour, then we should be safe tonight."
The silence effect brought by the Dark Mark was imnsely beneficial to the survivors. Since leaving Xilan City, besides the common zombies, their train hadn’t been attacked by Abnormal Bodies, and their most dangerous mont was nearly encountering a corpse chaser after leaving Yijin City.
"All teams report the situation."
Lin Xian pressed the Joint Fleet channel and inquired about the other teams.
"No anomalies," Shi Deyuan responded from his side.
"Safe," Qian Deli responded promptly.
"Nothing happened," Monica’s calm voice ca through.
"Captain Lin, everything’s OK!" At that mont, Hu Lushou’s cheeky voice also sounded in the channel, filled with a sense of enthusiasm.
Soon, ssages ca from all Joint Fleets, including Dawn, the Akse Brotherhood, and the Windwalker Team rescued from J哥, all indicating no anomalies.
By now, it had been more than an hour into the night. Listening to the reports from all sides, Lin Xian sighed in relief and imdiately announced.
"Lights on!"
Tonight seed to be another safe night.
As soon as the words fell, all the captains in the joint channel also breathed a sigh of relief and imdiately announced to turn on the lights. Soon, hundreds of carriages began to light up one after another, and light trickled through the gaps in the blinds onto the Gobi Desert outside the tracks, bringing the entire Joint Train to life.
At this ti, mbers of each convoy began to move about. So started fires to cook als, counting supplies and celebrating today’s gains, while others took advantage of the night to prepare weapons or exchange combat techniques in the carriages to prepare for tomorrow’s unknowns.
The Infinity grew even busier, distributing weapons and ammunition. Luo Yang and Liang Lei led people to install arc pulse string vibrators and the Sentinel Monitoring system outside the carriage in the night, all manufactured by Lin Xian in the afternoon to ensure full coverage of the entire train.
Shu Qin and Lv Chang were exchanging combat techniques and experiences of using Power Armor among the Genetic Evolvers in each carriage. Now almost every team in the convoy was equipped with tactical Power Armor, forming a formidable Power Armor legion of over a hundred people when deployed. However, many were using this high-tech equipnt for the first ti, so even Shu Qin and Lv Chang had to consult Ah Min and Luo Luo, the two Geminis, for advice, as their proficiency and fluency in using Power Armor were evident to all.
With assistants like Liang Lei and Luo Yang in chanics and information, KIKI found herself much freer. Her main task was now the system analysis of Grace. At this ti, she walked into carriage No. 13 and saw Lin Xian manufacturing an automatic bullet stamping machine, so she said, "It feels great having plenty of hands; our train is quickly turning into a fortress."
"It’s not that simple," Lin Xian said with a smile.
Understanding Lin Xian’s implication, Chen Sixuan looked at KIKI helplessly and said, "Rember when we first left Beibei Town, we received a huge batch of supplies from Tang Hai. At that ti, there were only the three of us, and adding the newly joined Da Lou Shasha made five. Those supplies were enough for us to eat for half a year without worrying about water. Now, having wiped out a sand bandit alliance of a thousand, the supplies we’ve gathered are only enough for us to drink for a day and a half..."
Upon hearing this, KIKI’s smile froze, and she couldn’t help but frown. She nodded and said, "When you put it that way, the pressure is quite imnse~"
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