Chapter 291 Mycelium Head

Chapter 291 Mycelium Head

Chapter 291 Mycelium Head
On the Infinity side, Lin Xian heard Ning Jing's words and replied: "Laying 22 kilometers of track is a big project, even if it is the simplest standard."

"That's right." Ning Jing pondered and said, "My engineering team has already seen the drone reconnaissance images. There are many collapses, waterlogging, and countless blockages. The main problems are two points. One is the track material, and the other is time and safety issues."

"With so many doomsday trains, I'm sure everyone has emergency preparations for the tracks, right?" Shu Qin said at this time.

"We've already counted it." Ning Jing replied, "Everyone is just making emergency preparations. A few hundred meters is fine. All of us can only solve three or four kilometers at most. Of course, there is also a way to dismantle the tracks at the back to repair the tracks at the front, but this will take time..."

In Carriage No. 2, everyone looked at Lin Xian when they heard it.

"We only have 300 meters of emergency track on our train," said the building, "which is not enough."

"Lin Xian, more than 20 kilometers, even if you want to make it, it will take a lot of effort, right?" KIKI turned around and looked at Lin Xian while sitting on the swivel chair.

Lin Xian shook his head when he heard this. "It's very simple to make railroad tracks. It doesn't take much effort. We have so many superpowers. We can clear the roadblocks. Longshan No. 1 has a track laying machine. It's not complicated to solve the problem. The only problem for me... is the materials."

When he was repairing Unit-30, he had already cleared out all the materials in the decomposition space. At this moment, the decomposition space only had the g of iron that had just swallowed a small alarm clock...

"But if we mobilize all the trains to lay the tracks, it will definitely make a lot of noise. We don't know what will happen in this situation." Chen Sixuan said, "22 kilometers, can we use the Longshan No. all-terrain vehicle to tow it directly to us?"

“Towing a 15-kilometer-long train?” KIKI sighed, “Even if we wear out the tracks of Longshan No. , we can’t tow it. And once it derails, it won’t be easy to get back on track~”

"She's right."

Lin Xian said at this time: "The best way is to connect."

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this? We form a team and go to the city to get some materials. Then we can add the emergency tracks from other trains and directly supply the track laying machine of Longshan No. 1. This should be the most efficient way."

"It seems that this is the only way." KIKI turned around from the swivel chair and looked at Lin Xian with a teasing look: "You, the savior, will have to work hard again."

There was a hint of imperceptible heartache in the depths of her eyes, but it was concealed very well. Her acting skills were superb.

Hearing this, Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian helplessly: "I always feel that the situation in this city is not right, and the air..."

Lin Xian looked at KIKI and said, "Let's go down and take a look at the situation first."

"Yeah." KIKI nodded.

Lin Xian immediately discussed the plan with Ning Jing and others. Lin Xian took KIKI with him and asked her to open the telekinesis shield to isolate the outside air and prepare to get off the car. To be cautious, he also closed the car separately, leaving only the two of them to open the door alone.

"Everyone, please pay attention. I will get off the car first. All teams should remain silent and wait for further arrangements."

"Understood, Captain Lin."

The voices of more than a dozen team captains from the rear were heard at this time. No one had any doubts about the young train captain, and they all acted with Infinity as the leader. After all, the captain of the Infinity team was the key figure in solving the crisis in Xilan City. Even Luo Yang and others from the Sun Team were Lin Xian's loyal fans.

Wow~
The hatch of carriage No. 1 opened, KIKI opened the telekinetic shield to isolate the outside air, and then the two of them floated out of the Infinity together.

Outside the carriage, the air was extremely cold. Looking around, there were all kinds of luminescent mushrooms everywhere. They looked very special in the night. They were on the ground, walls, cars, and people...

"If this thing didn't grow on a human body, it would be really beautiful." KIKI couldn't help but speak as she looked at the patches of faint light.

"I'm not in the mood to appreciate the scenery of something growing in the polar night." Lin Xian asked her, "How is it?"

"I don't feel anything special." KIKI, who had recovered his spirit, reached out and grabbed a glowing mushroom on the ground. He squeezed it gently, and the mushroom exploded with a wave, and then sprayed out a stream of brown-yellow powder, which spread in all directions.

When KIKI saw it, he quickly used his telekinesis to fan it away.

"Fungal spores?"

Lin Xian glanced at the patches of human fungus: "It looks like this fungus is something that can parasitize humans."

"Isn't it some kind of parasite or fake person?" KIKI protested: "That would be too disgusting."

After saying that, she extended her telekinesis to the closest person to her, who seemed to be a tall man, still wearing a thick jacket, but it had completely changed color under the wrapping of mycelium. KIKI's ability grabbed the mushrooms and mycelium vines on the man's body, and they were directly peeled off from his body... along with the dried clothes and... skin and bones.

Click, click, click. An extremely strange sound was heard. KIKI felt more and more sick as he pulled, and his brows furrowed deeply.

At this moment, she felt as if she had accidentally peeled off the crispy skin of fried chicken. Looking at the wet and rotten internal organs under the fungus skin, she immediately had an urge to vomit.

vomit~
KIKI dry heaved. She didn't notice at all that while she was 'peeling' the mushroom, the eyes of the mushroom were spinning wildly, as if in extreme pain.

Lin Xian frowned as he watched this scene. This fungus seemed to turn people into some kind of plants. He didn't even know what form this thing took. If he was accidentally parasitized by it, wouldn't he be finished?
"Let's go up and take a look." Lin Xian pointed to the sky.

"Okay." KIKI released his telekinesis and threw the human fungus out. With a click, the human fungus's head broke off its neck. Like a rotten old wood, the head covered with hyphae and mushrooms rolled on the ground.

Immediately, KIKI used his telekinesis, and the two of them were wrapped in a telekinesis shield and quickly rose into the sky.

Soon, the two of them came to an altitude of several hundred meters. The cold wind blew up the mycelium fragments and hit the gas mask. Lin Xian fastened the cable and raised his head. His pupils suddenly contracted and he looked down. The dead silent Yijin City was actually shrouded in all kinds of strange fungi. The original famous western tourist city has now become the world of mushroom spores. The fungal vein network flows on the surface into fluorescent rivers, and spore clouds slowly surge in the gaps between buildings. Looking at this scene, Lin Xian was slightly shocked. He now agreed with KIKI's words. If it weren't for those weird human fungi, this place would really look like some kind of alien landform, full of strange beauty.

But he couldn't look too closely. As soon as he got closer, he saw the brown and yellow fungus vines tangled like spider webs, covering a large number of buildings and the ground. The water droplets condensed on the inside of the mask slid into his collar, making Lin Xian shiver. He looked at the luminous mushrooms that seemed to be flickering slightly, on and off. The whole fungus nest city made a rhythmic movement like the contraction of the uterus in the wind, which made people feel physiologically uncomfortable.

"I remember that before the Apocalypse, Yijin was a popular check-in spot. Many people would come here to travel and participate in the Western Flower Festival. There was also a steam train that traveled through the salt marshes and canyons. Oh, and there seemed to be many casinos here. It was a bit like the Las Vegas of Dragon Country. People always said that the roast lamb and rose pie here were delicious..."

KIKI looked at the outline of the city in the darkness and began to mutter to herself. At this moment, she suddenly looked at Lin Xian: "You said that the polar night covered these cities. Is it just for the growth of these little mushrooms?"

Lin Xian used the power armor's detection radar and air detection system to conduct a reconnaissance, and then he said directly to KIKI

"Okay, let's go back. The air is fine, but we have to be careful of these tiny spores in the air, and the dark invasion in the polar night may also be a big problem."

"you're right."

The two returned to the Infinity carriage again. Lin Xian checked the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube first. After confirming that there was no darkness invading the car, he felt relieved after taking double precautions.

"Everyone stay in the car. I will form a temporary team to go to the city to collect materials. Longshan No. 1 will prepare the track laying machine in advance."

"Captain Lin, I'll take Abai with me and go with you." Ning Jing said immediately after hearing Lin Xian's plan.

"And me!" Luo Yang also shouted, "Captain Lin, my night vision is very good, take me with you."

Lin Xian thought for a moment and said, "You all should prepare your power armor. If it is not a full-body armor, you must wear a gas mask."

Ever since the experience in Pseudo-Human Town, Lin Xian felt that it was absolutely right to bring a few more experts to protect him. Anyway, the 15-kilometer-long train stopped here, and the giant rats in the dark night could not cause any trouble to the train, so he might as well bring more people to provide more protection.

As for Lin Xian, KIKI was of course going. Besides, Brother Huo actually clamored to go with them this time.

"Don't you like guarding the car? Why do you want to go with us this time?" KIKI looked at Lu Xingchen with some curiosity.

Lu Xingchen smiled coolly: "In the polar night, we can't use gentleness to deal with the darkness, we have to use fire."

After hearing Lu Xingchen's words, Lin Xian was unable to refute for a moment, but he knew the real reason, which was that this guy was completely hit in Xilan City.

Obviously as a leader among the psychics, at the berserker level, let alone getting the first S-level kill, he was chased all over the city by big bugs and giant sea urchins, and had to be carried by two people. This was something that Lu Xingchen, who always regarded himself as the God of Fire, could not accept at all. From the beginning until now, Lin Xian could see that this guy was a little depressed, but when he heard that the team was going to go out, he immediately became energetic.

"Then the six of us..."

"And me." At this time, Ding Junyi suddenly walked out from the back of the crowd, with her hands in her pockets with a calm face. Before Lin Xian could speak, she said, "Fungi are fundamentally different from plants. They do not have chloroplasts, rely on decomposing organic matter to obtain energy (heterotrophic), and rely on secreting enzymes to decompose dead/living organic matter and then absorb it. I am very interested in this kind of night fungus that lives in the polar night. Moreover, I can now directly sense the dark mark on my body. Do you have any reason not to take me with you?"

"It seems there is no reason." Lin Xian let out a long sigh when he heard that. Then he remembered that Ding Junyi seemed to be very suitable. She could even directly absorb the dark invasion and transform it into pure energy for herself to absorb. It was simply against the sky. Moreover, this strange colony city really needed Ding Junyi's help in research.

"Teacher Chen," Lin Xian said to Chen Sixuan, "Then you guys just guard the car. With so many people with me, it should be safe." "Yes." Chen Sixuan nodded, "Then you guys be careful."

Soon, a team consisting of Lin Xian, KIKI, Ding Junyi, Huo Ge, Ning Jing, Abai, and Luo Yang was successfully assembled. Their purpose was very simple, which was to assist Lin Xian in entering the city to devour the materials, and then create tracks to escape.

The rest of the large force was quietly guarding the train, while the engineers of Longshan No. 1 had quietly started to act. They used temporary tracks and cranes to complete the installation of the track laying machine and took out a locomotive alone. At the same time, other fleets also sent a number of people to help, all wearing power armor and gas masks, while Stewart, Infinity's Chen Sixuan, Monica, Qian Dele, Li Yi and others were responsible for defense work.

The electromagnetic railgun on the roof of the Infinity quietly rose up and, under the surveillance of the radar, quietly searched for suspicious targets.

17:12
The doomsday train, which stretches 15 kilometers long and consists of more than 500 carriages, is quietly parked in the city of Yijin. All the lights and sunshades are turned off in the carriages. It is as quiet as a steel beast sleeping in the dark night. White mist continues to rise from the connection between the carriages. All kinds of people and fungi along the way are quietly "watching" the train in the dark, their eyes constantly moving, with a strange breath.

Snap.

Lin Xian, wearing TRP power armor and a gas mask, stepped onto the ground again. A cold wind blew, bringing up large pieces of dry and broken mycelium vines. There was not much snow on the ground, and all kinds of human clothing could be seen everywhere.

Everyone was fully armed. To ensure safety, Chen Sixuan handed the Black Hawk armor to Ding Junyi. After all, among these people, Ding Junyi's current combat power was the weakest. Although KIKI had a telekinetic shield, she couldn't keep it on all the time, so she also put on a gas mask. Lin Xian also asked everyone not to expose any skin outside just in case.

This kind of parasitic spores is more terrifying than parasites. If conditions permit, Lin Xian even hopes that everyone can wear full-covering power armor like the Black Hawk Armor, which is completely enclosed and equipped with an air circulation system, and can even move in water.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian planned to prepare more materials this time, and then go back to make a set for each of the core members. He also changed his TRP armor and gave it to ordinary team members first, and then iterated it later.

"Everyone, try not to get close to or touch these things." Lin Xian led a group of people out from the gap in the wire fence beside the track. Outside were some dilapidated old houses. He did not turn on the flashlight, but walked directly with the faint light of the luminous mushrooms.

And those human fungi seemed to just turn their heads around after hearing the sound, but they didn't move or attack them.

"How strange! Some of these people are survivors, and some are zombies..."

Luo Yang followed Lin Xian excitedly, like a fanboy. He stared at the bacterial colonies and human bacteria around him and said, "It seems like these things have been around for a long time."

At this time, Lin Xian took out his mobile phone which he had not used for a long time. After searching for a while, he found the map of Yijin City that he had saved before. He looked up the location and immediately came up with a plan.

There is a car city not far from here, and there are many shops along the way. Lin Xian's goal this time is just to collect metal materials, so he only plans to solve the problem quickly. After all, he doesn't want to stay in the polar night for too long, and with the spread of Star Abyss No. 5, the longer he stays, the longer it will take to escape.

rub rub!
An abandoned car covered with mushrooms on the street suddenly turned into ashes. The mycelium vines attached to it still maintained the shape of the car, and the roots continued to spread on the ground, looking a little weird.

It was the first time that Luo Yang and Ning Jing saw Lin Xian use his devouring ability. An entire car disappeared out of thin air, which really surprised the two of them.

"Captain Lin, can you make a car disappear from such a distance?" Luo Yang looked at Lin Xian at this time, as if he was looking at God.

I have to say, Lin Xian's mechanical abilities at this moment looked really terrifying.

With a wave of his hand, he could make an inorganic mechanical object disappear out of thin air. Even Lin Xian himself felt that his ability to control machinery had made a qualitative leap.

"Can you swallow it now without touching it?" KIKI asked while flying in the air and quietly approaching Lin Xian's ear.

"Yes, it can be considered... evolution." Lin Xian responded.

"Brother Lin's ability has improved so quickly. It seems that I have been too lazy." Lu Xingchen said in a hoarse voice while wearing a gas mask with a look of hesitation on his face.

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian's actions with a different gaze, and was also somewhat amazed at the change in his abilities.

"There seems to be a lot of monsters here."

Just as everyone was walking along the road covered with mycelium carpet, Abai beside Ning Jing suddenly spoke.

Ding Junyi blinked. She knew that Abai could detect the breath of monsters and dark marks, so she tried to sense them at the same time. She was wearing the Black Hawk armor, and there were all kinds of radars and intelligent information in front of her. She was very unfamiliar with the armor, so she could only look at the information captured by the armor and said to Lin Xian: "Those human bacteria seem to be alive, but they seem to be a little different from the weird body type."

"Everyone, please be careful. We don't know what kind of threat these things pose yet, so try not to get close to them." Ning Jing said seriously at this time.
"Sister Jing..." Ah Bai said nervously, "The aura I'm talking about is not these... fungus people."

As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped in their tracks.

Lin Xian was currently busy devouring the scrap cars on the roadside, and he also sensed something was amiss. They were being watched by countless people, but there seemed to be something different among these gazes.

"KIKI."

"it is good"

Lin Xian greeted KIKI. They had this powerful telekinetic user. If they encountered any trouble, he could take everyone into the air directly. His mobility was very strong.

At this time, everyone was surrounding Lin Xian warily, observing the surroundings, but Lin Xian, regardless of danger or not, seized every opportunity to devour, which was the most important thing.

They were not interested in any monsters or troubles in the city, nor did they want to search for any supplies here. They just wanted to repair the tracks and leave.

Gululu~
In the quiet and damp street, a strange rolling sound was suddenly heard, which sounded a bit dull. Everyone focused their eyes and saw a black spherical object slowly rolling out from the darkness of the street ahead.

"Be careful!" Ning Jing shouted, protecting Abai and everyone else behind her.

When the ball got closer, everyone discovered from the faint light of the luminous mushrooms that it was actually a human head covered with mycelium!
Suddenly, there were more rolling sounds, and more and more heads rolled out from the darkness. These heads seemed to have some kind of life. They rolled towards the corners of streets, telephone poles, city flower beds, and billboards, then stopped. Then, they slowly turned their sallow and lifeless faces covered with damp mycelium and "peeked" at these outsiders with their eyes.

"Lin Xian?"

KIKI felt a little scared by this scene. She whispered to Lin Xian and was ready to use her telekinesis to run away at any time.

The group of people did not use any light sources and the noise of their movements was very low. Lin Xian looked around and soon saw these rolling mycelium heads in every corner of the street, staring at them.

"It looks like a living human head, but I don't know whether the state under the parasitism of this fungus is biological or non-biological." Ding Junyi said at this time. She looked at the mycelium human head closest to them and said, "The best way is for me to take a few samples back for research."

Lin Xian felt pain in his trigeminal nerve when he heard this. If this kind of thing was brought on the train, then no one would be able to rest.

Back to the current situation, the increasingly weird situation made everyone nervous. Lin Xian pondered for a while, then raised his hand to repair a street lamp in the distance, installed a battery, and snapped his fingers. The abandoned street lamp began to emit a dim flickering light.

This was a terrible thing. The human fungi on the street began to twist violently with "cracking" sounds, pulling up the mycelium carpet stuck to the ground, pulling at their rotten leg joints, some walking, some climbing, moving towards the street lamp like puppets. At this time, a strange scene appeared, these human fungi began to surround the street lamp, gradually gathering into a ball, and the mycelium on their bodies began to grow wildly. In just a few seconds, the street lamp was completely covered, wrapped, and climbed. The mycelium intertwined into a biological dome that directly enveloped the top light. Within a few seconds, the battery made by Lin Xian quickly rotted and decayed, and the electricity disappeared without a trace.

The streets darkened again.

Everyone's faces changed drastically when they saw this scene. Ning Jing immediately said, "Fortunately, we didn't let these things climb onto our train..."

"It seems that this kind of hyphae can quickly absorb energy." Luo Yang frowned, "And if you attack them, there will be a violent explosion. It's really a bit tricky."

Lin Xian's heart sank, these things were too weird, if they were able to climb onto the Infinity, it would cause who knows what kind of trouble. They were simply the nemesis of machines. The most terrifying thing was that these spores floating in the air were extremely tiny, and if they were inhaled by people, it would be impossible to guard against them.

“The human body also has bioenergy.”

At this time, Ding Junyi said: "It seems that this kind of fungal spores is more dangerous than the virus, and it is difficult to solve it with physical methods."

Lin Xian looked at everyone and suddenly had a headache: "Oh no, if these fungal spores fall on us and we can't clean them up, how can we get back?"

"This is simple."

Unexpectedly, this problem did not worry Ding Junyi: "There are many ways to inactivate fungal spores. We can use the ozone chamber in the laboratory for fumigation, or use ultraviolet light in the clean bench to inactivate, but the premise is..."

She said, looking at the glowing mycelium carpet beside the street: "These things are really fungi, not some strange dark creatures."

"Director Ding, look." KIKI pointed at the mycelium heads around the street corners that were staring at them: "These are not attracted by the light, they just keep staring at us."

(End of this chapter)