Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 176 - 171: The Transformation Begins

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After communicating with Ding Junyi, Lin Xian gradually developed a vague outline of an understanding of the darkness.

Under the influence of this power, all surviving humans are like Chen Sixuan, undergoing unknown evolutions every day, which is also thanks to Teacher Chen’s increasingly strong inner self and belief, allowing a frail woman to persist until now.

Lin Xian also briefly communicated with Chen Sixuan and the Building, and it seems that, like KIKI, the Building’s evolution is also at the Superpower User phase of evolutionary development.

It should have reached the [Evolution Level] outlined in the previous Angel Plan, attaining the elementary level where one can truly develop their own Superpower. Even so, the Building’s current strength and healing abilities are already exceptionally powerful from an ordinary person’s perspective.

As for Chen Sixuan, subtle changes are happening with her, most notably in her perceptiveness. Countless times while she stood watch in the dead of night, her sensitivity to faint movements and observations in the darkness began to sharpen considerably—a development completely unforeseen by Lin Xian.

With Ding Junyi’s research analysis, the changes in the Building and Chen Sixuan, as well as the addition of the powerhouse Shu Qin, Lin Xian felt much more confident.

Coming down from the train, he immediately began the train’s modification work at a swift pace.

Although it was daytime, due to the need to dismantle the carriages and being outdoors for safety’s sake, Lin Xian specifically arranged for Lu Xingchen and several team members to keep watch around the area; even Sha Sha, the spirited girl, was actively patrolling.

Hiss!

With the help of Chen Sixuan and KIKI, the Unlimited Train began to detach each of its carriages.

This train maintenance and upgrade differed from past modifications; it was a complete overhaul from the inside out. Fortunately, now that Shu Qin’s team had joined, there were many more hands on deck. Men and women alike were invigorated, beginning organized and orderly work as directed by Lin Xian and others including Chen Sixuan.

Lin Xian had his people move everything out of his personal No. 1 carriage, completely emptied it, and then moved it to the rear to be converted into a defense carriage, while several comfortable, fully-equipped passenger carriages were used to create the No. 6 dining carriage and the No. 8, 9, and 10 Life Cabins. One of the high-class first-class carriages was re-purposed as his new No. 1 carriage for modifications.

His first step was to modify the carriage body, with No. 2, 5, 11, and 12 carriages needing body modifications for the creation of lifting platforms, weapon bases, and automatic explosion-proof doors and lifting boards, etc.

Then, there was the mass production of roof armor, side armor, and flap guards, to fortify the entire vehicle and turn it into an iron fortress!

He was not short of materials for these; he had even constructed a simple gantry crane on the platform. Once the armor plates were made, they would be assembled and welded by the Building’s team using the gantry crane and bolted on, greatly saving time.

On another front, Shu Qin led her team in transferring the materials from over thirty survivor vehicles, Lin Xian glanced over, it seemed there were still plenty of things: various firearms, bullets, food, equipment and more; the remaining heavy-duty truck was even fully loaded with living supplies.

After clearing these materials, Lin Xian was prepared to mechanically devour these vehicles, which would upgrade Mechanical Heart while also providing more materials.

The Close-in Weapon System required numerous high-end materials and a large cache of bullets; the PX-5 engineering robots were no different, both being high-tier gadgets he had never crafted before and not as straightforward to produce as a door panel.

Clang, clang, clang...

At this moment, Lin Xian was like a creator, conjuring heavy armor plates that were still radiating heat as they were hoisted away by the crane.

Next were the automatic explosion-proof doors for carriage No. 5 and 11, Lin Xian used the blueprint of the explosion-proof doors from the internal defense zone of the Airport.

Such doors not only offered strong protection but also facilitated the boarding and disembarking of passengers, much more effective than the original protective tailgate and cockpit door.

Then came the lifting platforms for the No. 2 and 5 carriages, the main purpose here was to create machine-gun emplacements on the roof; however, since the Building was equipped with mobile Gatlings and Chen Sixuan used a sniper rifle, there was no need to build separate machine gun towers.

Lin Xian’s idea was to construct a flexible personnel entry and exit point. Once the lifting board was extended, a bulletproof cabin cover that could open and close would rise, ensuring air tightness. If outside shooting was required, it could be actively opened from the inside.

Lin Xian left a large area in carriage No. 2 for future installation of the G3 electromagnetic railgun—like the 1130, it is also quite bulky and needs to be designed as a concealed, lifting type, making it a highly complicated task.

In addition, he also adopted KIKI’s suggestion and added several hidden firing ports on the sides of other carriages, which could be completely closed from the inside.

These were part of the train’s external modifications. Meanwhile, Chen Sixuan and KIKI led a team to empty the inside of the train, preparing to re-inventory all supplies, and then arrange the carriages according to the confirmed plan.

Within this, the living area needed to build bed frames, dining tables, desks, chairs, storage cabinets, refrigerators, as well as in-train toilets and water recycling systems, heating systems, and more—all requiring Lin Xian to engage in Mechanical Manufacturing.

In the eyes of others, Lin Xian was like a creator.

Those complex industrial components originally inside the carriages seemed effortless in his hands.

For example, the original Shu Qin team, who lived, ate, and cooked on the vehicle, utilized either spliced materials or ropes to fix things in place, making use of the simplest facilities.

But for Lin Xian, there was no need for such contrivances. In carriage No. 2, for instance, the space capsule-like Life Cabin bunk beds that KIKI desired were the simplest mechanical structure to him. As long as he had the materials and drafted a blueprint, it would take him just minutes to accomplish.

Most importantly, they could be directly fixed to the train, as if they came straight from the factory, without any trace of cheapness.

This left the freshly inducted team members awe-struck.

And when the No. 8, 9, and 10 Life Cabins were renovated, these individuals were overwhelmingly excited.

Not only did the carriage exteriors offer thick armor for immense safety, but the interiors were also clean and orderly, with each compartment containing a comfortable bed, which to those survivors who used to cram into cars day in and day out, felt like paradise.

"Wow, it feels so secure to live on this thing."

"My God, we can actually have our own rooms now..."

"It’s incredible, Captain Lin is so amazing."

"I’m utterly in love with this train."

On the Life Cabins, the newly joined survivors excitedly set up their new living havens, bustling in silent agreement, full of energy regardless of gender.