Chapter 222 Swallowing Missiles

Chapter 222 Swallowing Missiles

Chapter 222 Swallowing Missiles (Revised)

Lin Xian walked all the way from the upper deck to the engineering cabin. At this time, the hatch had been completely damaged, leaving only a small opening less than one person tall.

He walked over directly, raised his hand and pressed on the control panel. The mechanical heart started to work, and an electric current was activated. The automatic door suddenly made a whimpering sound as the motor turned, and it opened halfway. Lin Xian immediately got in.

Click~
Lin Xian adjusted the flashlight's light band, and the entire dark engine engineering room was illuminated by him. In the middle was a nuclear-powered turbine processor compartment. He took out a Geiger counter to check it out. Fortunately, there was no leak. Lin Xian stood above the engine compartment, and on both sides below were two huge floating power engines, like two industrial behemoths, quietly silent.

“I don’t know if it will work.”

Looking at this scene, Lin Xian's eyes were burning. It was not possible for him to scan a 10,000-ton Dragon transport ship. Moreover, the hull was damaged and it was impossible to obtain a complete blueprint. He just didn't know whether the flight engine was damaged.

Without hesitation, Lin Xian went directly down the mounting stairs from the upper level to the engine, put down his hand, and started to operate the mechanical heart.

hiss~
In an instant, he felt a huge amount of energy being frantically extracted, and the coverage of the Mechanical Heart continued to extend. Lin Xian tried to sense the structure of the entire floating power engine, but as the perception extended, Lin Xian realized that he was completely overthinking.

There are more and more systems connected in series with the levitation power engine, with so many subsystems that it makes your scalp tingle, and most of them are in a damaged state.

[Scan progress 21%]

20 minutes later, before the scan was even halfway done, Lin Xian was already sweating profusely.

"Grass!"

Lin Xian immediately let go of his hand and gave up the scanning process.

"Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. It seems that I have overestimated myself..."

"Scanning is not possible, unless we dismantle the entire engine and then slowly devour it."

Lin Xian sighed. That being said, to disassemble the engine of a 10,000-ton aircraft, even if it was sent to the ship manufacturing workshop of Kehua Heavy Industry, it would take a lot of time with the operation of professional engineers and various mechanical equipment. It would be impossible for Lin Xian alone.

Immediately, Lin Xian turned his gaze to the nuclear-powered turbine processor compartment. This ship-borne nuclear power unit was not large in size, but it was several times larger than the one on the Gemini 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive.

"Forget it, try this."

Just when Lin Xian was ready to make the trip in vain, he climbed up to the nuclear power turbine processor compartment to scan it, and found that not only was there no leakage, but it was also intact.

30 minutes later.

[Successfully scanned the "Night Star 2" nuclear power turbine processor (blueprint)]

"Whoo~"

Seeing the harvest in the light curtain of the Mechanical Heart, Lin Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although this thing was of no use for the time being, at least he had gained something.

He checked the time. It was already 15:16 in the afternoon, less than 4 hours until dark. If he wanted to devour the giant, he estimated that it would take at least 4-6 hours. If the devouring was successful, he might be able to obtain more than 500 mechanical source points and more than 200 devouring proficiency points. In that case, his [Mechanical Devouring] could break through level 4.

But even if the devouring is complete, it will definitely be dark by then, and rushing back at night will inevitably cause trouble.

"Let's take a look at the weapons system first."

Lin Xian didn't fight to the death. Anyway, he was in Hengshan Pass. In addition to the locomotive, there were also a large number of cars that could be used for devouring. As long as there was enough time, he could slow down the pace of escape and concentrate on upgrading.

The Dragon-type transport ship was once known as the "Air Hercules" and has a very strong carrying capacity. Its defense system is definitely not as powerful as that of gunboats and fighter jets, but it is also equipped with ship-borne close-in defense guns and short-range air-to-air missile counterattack systems. Lin Xian is more looking forward to this aspect.

Just as he passed through the middle deck and came to the shipborne weapons station above the center of the hull, Lin Xian suddenly saw a familiar face on the list of transport ship officers in a conference hall.

He stopped, nodded, walked over to take a look, and was immediately happy.

"Yunxiang Ship's Deputy Captain, Hu Lushou..."

"Oh my god, this guy is a pilot. No wonder he got the supplies from the transport ship. It turns out he is close to the water."

Liao Ming's rumors were not groundless. It seemed that Hu Lushou should be a survivor of the crash of the transport ship. With this in mind, it was understandable that he had so many federal standard materials.

Lin Xian didn't care. He stopped for a moment and continued to go up. Soon he arrived outside the shipborne weapons station. The door here had been severely deformed due to the fall. Lin Xian glanced at the light inside through the gap and immediately let out a cold breath.

Inside the weapon station are two air-to-air missile launchers, and two of the launch units are still loaded with missiles!

"Fuck, one Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile, two Guardian 86 air defense missiles..."

As a former military fan, he was quite knowledgeable about these weapons of the Federation. What surprised him at this moment was that these missiles, which he had seen on the Internet and in pictures, were obviously very small, but when they were close to him, they felt incredibly large!
"Yes, the Storm Eye F12 missile is 6.86 meters long, 0.36 meters in diameter, weighs 850 kg, and has a warhead of 200 kg. The Guardian 86 missile is 2.5 meters long, 0.18 meters in diameter, weighs 100 kg, and has a warhead of 30 kg..."

"Any one of them is much taller than a human being, so they can't be much smaller."

Lin Xian's eyes were burning. He pressed the communicator and said to KIKI, "Girl, I found some good stuff here. It may take some time to equip the transport ship with air-launched missiles."

Upon hearing this, KIKI immediately responded: "Missiles? Weren't they moved away by the survivors?"

Lin Xian sneered upon hearing this: "How is that possible? This is a missile, not a rocket launcher. Hoisting a missile requires professional equipment. How can the survivors carry it away with their bare hands? Even if you carry it away, how can you use it without a launcher? Are you going to carry it on your shoulders and crash it into the strange body?"

A missile system is not a single-soldier equipment, nor is it something that can be tinkered with by a large number of people. For this kind of thing, the missile body, launch device, search radar and fire control system are all indispensable, and they must also be maintained regularly.

Lin Xian looked at the weapon station, and even one of the Guardian 86 anti-aircraft missile loading racks broke and rolled to the ground. He guessed that the survivors would be scared to death when they saw this scene. It was a blessing that the weapon station did not explode. How could they possibly get up and carry the missiles back to the convoy?

On the transport ship, each cabin had been basically ransacked. All the useful individual equipment, supplies, and tools had been taken away without exception. The missiles on the weapon station had basically been fired. Fortunately, there were only three missiles left, so Lin Xian could put his mechanical abilities to use.

"That's true..." KIKI laughed and couldn't help getting excited: "That's great, let's get these things on our train, and when there are monsters again, we can kill them with a long-range cannon!"

"Let's just forget about moving."

Lin Xian took a breath and stood outside the weapon station hatch: "We only have two motorcycles, and we must take them away together with the radar system, launch device and missiles."

Even with KIKI's special abilities, it wouldn't work. It involves dismantling the cabin, and letting KIKI use his special abilities to grab a bunch of missiles and run outside. The scene is terrifying just thinking about it.

Disassembly is not possible, but scanning the blueprint + devouring is feasible.

Lin Xian asked KIKI to continue to keep watch for him outside, while he prepared to study these missiles carefully.

"Swallowing missiles... sounds exciting."

Lin Xian swallowed his saliva. He was very nervous at this moment. He was also afraid that the things inside would explode accidentally. Then, no matter how fast he reacted, he would not be able to escape.

After ensuring that there were no other living people in the transport ship, Lin Xian stretched out his hand to create a simple hydraulic press and slowly propped open the deformed hatch.

With useful gadgets at hand, Lin Xian's special abilities are very convenient for exploration.

Squeak~click.

A metallic squeezing sound was heard, and the deformed hatch was propped open. Lin Xian made a bracket to hold up the door, and then walked in. His eyes first fell on the white Guardian 86 air defense missile that had rolled to the ground and even its body was slightly deformed.

"Brother, listen to me, I'm only going to touch it once, don't get angry."

Lin Xian hesitated for a moment, then walked over, squatted down, and reached out to touch the cold missile.

[Scanning, progress 15%][Scanning progress 50%]

It took about 20 minutes for Lin Xian to finally complete the entire scan.

[Scan completed, obtain the Guardian 86 air defense missile blueprint]

There was no expected fault prompt, and Lin Xian felt a little relieved. It seemed that the missile was still very durable.

At this moment, he was also a little excited. It would be awesome if he could install the entire missile launcher and radar system on the Infinity.

You should know that the range of the Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile is at least 500 kilometers. It uses a scramjet engine and its cruising speed can reach Mach 6.

The only problem is that long-range signals and radars are blocked by the dark tides. In this case, only inertial guidance can be used for long-range targets, and the speed cannot be increased at close range.

"who cares……"

Lin Xian sighed and thought to himself that he was overthinking.

"To fight a monster, you don't need to break the air defense system, so why bother considering the cruising speed? Just smash it in the face!"

Lin Xian had enough time to scan all the missiles and launchers, so he acted decisively and walked towards the large Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile...

[Scan completed, obtain Storm Eye F12 supersonic air-to-ship missile blueprint]

[Scan completed, obtain MK-66 roll-on cantilever missile launcher]

[Scan completed, obtain T1 fire control radar blueprint]

[Scan completed, obtain T1-2 detection search radar blueprint]

[Swallowed successfully, mechanical source points +100, swallowing proficiency +40, speed +5]

[Successful swallowing, mechanical source points +120, swallowing proficiency +50, strength +6]

"I'm going!"

Lin Xian looked at the prompt on the screen of the Mechanical Heart with a look of surprise on his face.

It took him less than an hour to launch the two missiles, but he gained 220 mechanical source points. He didn't expect the return rate of missiles to be so high, much higher than that of locomotives!

"It seems that we made the right decision this time, but we don't have enough missiles. If we had more..."

Lin Xian looked at the remaining deformed Guardian 86 air defense missile in front of him and started to devour it without thinking too much.

Just as the devouring progress screen in front of Lin Xian lit up, KIKI's voice came from the communicator.

"Lin Xian, come out quickly."

Lin Xian frowned when he heard that, and immediately stopped what he was doing. He rushed outside without hesitation, and soon rushed out of the upper deck. He leaped out directly from the broken part of the transport ship and landed on the top.

"what happened?"

Lin Xian looked around and saw KIKI flying towards him quickly from the air in the distance, then landing on the deck, holding the mobile terminal in his hand and saying to him with wide eyes: "Look, it's the device distance I set that sent a signal. The communicator you installed on the armored vehicle before is to our northeast!!"

Lin Xian walked over and looked outside the town. In that direction, he could only see a dense forest by the lake.

"Strange. Logically, the communicator is affected by the dark tidal force and is only effective within a distance of five or six kilometers at most. But there seems to be nothing in that direction?"

"Is it really under the lake?" KIKI exclaimed, "Then it's hidden too deep."

Lin Xian looked at the mobile terminal in KIKI's hand and said directly: "Let's go and see what kind of monsters this foundation is."

KIKI frowned and looked at the transport ship behind him: "Are you done?"

"That's about it." Lin Xian clapped his hands: "I've already got all the useful things."

"Wow, you even made a missile, so awesome?!" KIKI said with admiration: "Then make one for me to play with~"

Lin Xian was ashamed: "Why play with missiles when there are so many other things to play with."

"Cut~"

KIKI rolled her eyes at him and said, "Let's go, let's go check out that research institute. Maybe there's something interesting there."

Lin Xian looked at the time and set off decisively. He and KIKI got off the transport ship, rode their motorcycles out of the zombie group, and drove out of the town.

hum~
The two drove out of Qingshui Town and drove along the road out of the city in the northeast direction. After a while, the signal capture on KIKI's mobile terminal became stronger and stronger, indicating that Lin Xian's tracking direction was correct.

"Strange, there's only a forest ahead. Where is the research institute?"

"Be careful." Lin Xian was also a little confused at this time. His first reaction was that perhaps his communicator was found by someone and thrown away on the side of the road. Thinking deeply, the only possibility was that the research institute was hidden in the woods.

The two men slowed down and drove into the woods.

This is a rather primitive old forest with dense trees. The branches block out the sun, and as soon as you drive in, you feel your vision is obstructed.

As soon as the motorcycle rushed into the woods, a large number of branches hit the front of the motorcycle, making a clanging sound. The road was rugged and undulating. Lin Xian raised his hand to create a protective iron frame to block the branches, while KIKI directly used his supernatural powers and was not affected at all.

Before long, the terrain became flat.

squeak~
Lin Xian rushed out of the woods first on his motorcycle, but at this moment, his motorcycle suddenly swept sideways and stopped.

Because at this moment Lin Xian discovered that the sky had actually turned dark!
Buzz, KIKI followed out closely, and when she saw this scene, she exclaimed immediately.

"Wow, what's going on? Why is it dark in here?"

Lin Xian didn't say anything. He looked back at the woods he had just passed by and found that the woods were also pitch black.

"Lin Xian, look quickly."

At this time, KIKI suddenly pointed forward.

Lin Xian immediately looked in the direction she pointed, and saw the outline of a small town appear in front of him under the night sky.

And that town seemed very familiar to Lin Xian.

"This... isn't this Qingshui Town?" Lin Xian was shocked.

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(End of this chapter)