Sha Sha suddenly shrunk back a step, alarmed, "What the hell is this thing, is it alive or dead?"
"I saw its eyeballs moving, could it be a zombie?"
As they gradually entered Yijin City, more and more human-like fungi appeared in view, giving the survivors who initially marveled at the beautiful luminous mushrooms an indescribable eerie feeling. At the same time, while looking at those human-like fungi, everyone held a strong sense of vigilance, unsure of what these dark creatures were.
"No one has made a mark yet, all convoys synchronize and do not shoot!"
The words had just fallen when a violent explosion sounded from a kilometer behind.
Soon, a voice came through the communicator, the Infinity’s train captain urgently spoke,
"Sorry Captain Lin, someone in our convoy fired at those human-like fungi. Those mushrooms can burn and explode, with considerable force, everyone must be careful!!"
Instantly, the hearts of all convoys were raised, and they urgently conveyed the directive to prohibit firing.
Lin Xian ran all the way to the direction of carriage No. 2, preparing to dispatch drones to take a look. At that moment, the train suddenly made an emergency brake!
Starting from Dragon Mountain No.1, the trains behind felt the impact inertia causing everyone to feel a sharp jolt. The 15-kilometer-long iron dragon emitted a piercing metallic screech, throwing sparks along the tracks!
"All trains stop, there’s a track break ahead!"
Ning Jing’s urgent voice suddenly came through the communicator, causing many to panic. Lin Xian quickly halted the Infinity’s power output, but the powerful impact inertia of the train convoy continued to push the already braked Dragon Mountain No.1 forward several hundred meters.
Amidst the sharp friction sounds, the Xilan Joint Train convoy finally came to a stop.
This piercing sound echoed in the dark night of Yijin City, appearing especially abrupt.
Instantly, having just experienced the defensive battle at Xilan City, over 4,000 highly sensitive survivors became like startled birds, immediately grabbing their weapons and holding their breath, readying for battle.
"Did we encounter a monster?"
"Don’t shoot, listen to the captain’s orders!"
On the Infinity, everyone tightened up, Da Lou and Brother Huo were also awakened, even KIKI groggily climbed up, asking all over, "What’s going on, what’s going on?"
"Everyone, stay calm."
Lin Xian just happened to be standing in carriage No. 3, his gaze focused on Hell Black Chrysanthemum, and beside him, Ding Junyi shook his head solemnly.
So Lin Xian inquired to Ning Jing’s side, "Sister Ning, how’s the situation?"
Ning Jing’s words immediately made Lin Xian’s heart sink.
On Dragon Mountain No.1, Ning Jing looked at the large blank area on the track detector, her face stern as she spoke to Lin Xian, "Our track detectors cover a distance of at least one kilometer..."
As she spoke, she lifted her head to look in front of the cockpit. By the faint outline of the noctilucent fungi clusters, the city in front of the tracks was frozen with an icy crust, the city’s water accumulation area resembling a swamp. Further ahead was a pitch-black area where the track’s trace could not be seen at all.
Ning Jing breathed a sigh, clank, and opened the large spotlight of Dragon Mountain No.1.
In an instant, a dazzling train headlight illuminated the front of the track and buildings on either side of the road, making it as bright as day. The abandoned city buildings and the ground were still covered with a layer of thin snow, though the entire view was dead silent.
The headlights reached far, and at that moment, the train had just entered Yijin City, not yet at Yijin Station. In the distance, the street surface cracked like a spider web, each crack spraying coral-shaped fungi clusters. The billboards and various abandoned buildings were covered by various withered yellow fungal vines. All over the streets were various humanoid ’human fungi’, each with different forms. Some had their chest cavities open, while others had their feet rooted into the ground.
The fungal threads wrapped, forming a symbiotic entity akin to veins. The billboard reading "Welcome to Yijin City, Beautiful Western Home" was re-written by luminous fungal spots into "Welcome...to...Beautiful...Home."
As Dragon Mountain No.1’s lights were turned on, the large human-like fungi swathed in the lamplight began to retract their mushroom caps. Soon, these humanoid beings started to tremble violently, rumbling and snapping away the fungal tendrils. The roots anchored dead in the ground were also pulled up, and these bizarre ’humans’ moved mechanically, pulling their necrotic joints, all heading toward Dragon Mountain No.1.
Seeing this scene, Ning Jing immediately shut off the rooftop, watching cautiously while shouting in the communicator,
"Everyone be alert, these things move when they see light, do not turn on lights!"
She stepped back two paces; Shi Deyuan, half his body wrapped in bandages, limped up, eyeing the myriad outlines approaching in the darkness coldly and said,
"Damn it, haven’t rested for even a day, what is this crap now?"
"No idea, now the track is broken, we can’t run even if we wanted to." Ning Jing frowned and said, "We need to send someone to investigate the track situation and get it repaired quickly, or we’ll be trapped here."
Of the 22 Doomsday trains, only Monica’s Queen Mo genuinely has terrain-adaptive drive transformation; Dragon Mountain No.1 is only half-capable. In these road conditions, it’s impossible to drag away dozens of iron-wheel trains forcibly.
"Should’ve revamped everything when we encountered Silent City." Shi Deyuan grabbed a shotgun, quickly cocked it single-handedly, and, casting a fierce gaze at the increasingly nearby monsters, said, "Now it’s good, early trouble didn’t happen, late trouble didn’t happen, hell, the tracks break during Extreme Night, a real comedian."