The Expedition of the Tianlong

According to the plot, this should be the first chapter of the fourth volume, a new story, a new beginning.

October in golden autumn was originally the season for harvest. In the area where Morikawa City is located, it is often possible to experience four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter in a single day.

In the morning, the cold dissipates and the sun rises, bringing warm and bright light to the earth. This is the gift of spring.

At noon, the bright sun shines brightly, and people can even stroll around wearing short sleeves. Some people even have to turn on electric fans to calm the hot and dry body and mind, which is the dominance of summer.

When the sun sets in the west, the sunlight near the horizon envelops the entire city in a golden world. The coolness slowly resurfaces, clashing with the heat emanating from buildings and land, which brings the comfort of autumn.

In the late night, cold dew falls, and the unique humidity of the south makes this cold night even colder. This is the prelude to the approaching winter.

The people here are accustomed to the climate here, and even if it is constantly changing, they can face it calmly.

And now, the former owners and passersby of this city have picked up weapons, rolled up their sleeves, and fought for survival and dignity.

The once bustling, bustling, and bustling subway station was now pitch black, with a cool breeze pouring in from the opening of an isolation door that had been blasted open.

And right next to this glass isolation door, dozens of toy cars of different sizes were parked, and hundreds of people gathered around them.

The campfire and lights illuminated this small world, and within a two meter range, it was as bright as daylight, while further away it gradually turned into darkness.

After falling off the platform behind the isolation door, a huge door shaped shed was built on the track where the subway train was running. A three carriage train was preparing to depart in the shed.

The first carriage of the train has a width of 12.3 centimeters, a length of 75.5 centimeters, and a height of 14 centimeters. The front of the car is equipped with two large light bulbs, illuminating a distance of two meters ahead. There are also two headlights installed on the roof, and several small LED bulbs on both sides of the carriage, which can be said to illuminate the surroundings of the train.

The second carriage is a fuel tank train, the same size as the first carriage, responsible for supplying fuel to the front of the car.

The third carriage is wider, reaching 32 centimeters and 74 centimeters in length, making it an open type carriage. In addition to bundling a pile of material boxes, six heavy machine guns were also placed on both sides. There are also four LED searchlights here, which can be adjusted in the direction of illumination as needed.

This is the new achievement of Haiwei Mini Industry, the gasoline powered train "Tianlong" that runs on the subway monorail.

They arrived at the industrial station subway station on the afternoon of October 13th, and a huge convoy pulled several major components of the Tianlong to the negative second floor.

The metal shaped awakener opened an isolation door and stuffed two crystal bombs, blasting a large hole in the glass of the isolation door. Then Tom and Ouyang Haotian jointly "drove" the male ant armor, responsible for removing the various components of the Tianlong from the platform and handing them over to workers to assemble on a subway track.

A mixed team of over 500 people is taking strict precautions to ensure the installation progress and safety of the Tianlong vessel. Finally, the assembly was completed at 10pm the next day, followed by the final inspection for departure.

During this period, there were still biological attacks such as cockroaches and mice, but after their last crackdown, there were very few creatures in the subway station, and the mutated ones were even rarer. These attacks did not have the scale to threaten them. Nevertheless, the team's vigilance and security work has not slackened at all, and has remained stable until the current testing stage.

With the help of others, Tom and Ouyang Haotian took off their heavy ant armor. The Tianlong is too heavy. The two-stroke engine alone accounts for half of the weight of the Tianlong. Dr. He originally planned to have a crane to carry these heavy things down, but with Tom's ant armor, it was much easier.

Liu Lian threw two bottles of water to them, and Tom pulled out the stopper to watch the soldiers line up and gather on the platform.

The Tianlong is about to depart, and at this time, the team is gathering and distributing. Some soldiers from the security department and special investigation department will follow the Tianlong, including three special ability teams. The rest will return to the shelter.

Once departing, Tom and other armor awakeners need to wear armor to guard the second carriage, which is the only rest time for Tom not to wear armor.

Taking advantage of this moment, he walked into the first carriage. Two thirds of the space here is used to carry soldiers, who will rest here until they reach their destination or are attacked.

At the front of the carriage is the driver's cab. In fact, the train driver can do very little, but without anyone, it's not possible.

According to Dr. He's explanation, the Tianlong is powered by a two-stroke gasoline engine. They can stop at stations along the way and then return to the ground to search for fuel.

Morikawa City is a city that never sleeps, and even at 2am, there are still many cars driving. They only need to find a car nearby and extract gasoline from it to supply fuel to the Tianlong.

Speaking of this two-stroke engine, its technology still comes from the data in Fan Jie's father's USB drive. Tom, Zhao Xin, and Yuan Feipeng were sent to Zhenhua Machinery Factory for this purpose.

According to Dr. He, after completing the production of the Tianlong, the shelter will gradually replace small cars that use gasoline as fuel, so that the exploration team's activity radius can be further expanded. They can also find a nearby car outside to refuel, without the need for electric vehicles like today, they can only return to the shelter to be charged.

This can also significantly reduce the electricity consumption of shelters, making it easier to store them with batteries as backup.

Soon, the departure test of the Tianlong was completed, and all functions were normal. So it was time to set off. And those who did not participate in the expedition stayed behind to hold their positions and wait for the return of the Tianlong.

At this point, Tom had already put on the worker ant armor, which he had upgraded and transformed using the Jade Rabbit type armor from the shelter.

According to the shift rules, he is stationed in the first shift position. Zhao Xin was also with him. Out of trust in Tom, Zhao Xin and his shark team voluntarily participated in this expedition mission.

The other two Awakeners teams are the first ranked Wild Wolf team, with the captain being Pan Mingda, who has fought against Tom before. There are 8 members, and it is said that they are all good players. The other team is the 12th ranked Pasha team, with up to 11 players.

Liu Lian's voice echoed behind Tom, "Dingdong, passengers, thank you very much for taking this train. This is a non-smoking and clean train, with a top speed of 680 kilometers per hour. It will arrive at the final station, Jinrui Hotel Station, in two and a half hours."

Tom shrugged helplessly and turned his head, "Where did the Dragon reach a speed of 680 kilometers per hour this day? The fastest speed is only 68 kilometers per hour, and the arrival time may take three and a half hours. This is for safety reasons. It's not easy to travel too fast for the first time, to avoid the risk of collision if there are obstacles on the rail line, after all, it's too dark here."

The strong wind made Liu Lian's clothes snap, and he shrunk his neck and said, "We've shrunk so much. It's not a problem for us to increase the speed by 10 times at 68 per hour... Well, I know it's not calculated like that. I'm just using an analogy, an exaggerated analogy. If we collide at such a speed, we'll have to turn into meat cakes. What's the speed of 68 before? It's just the speed of a two wheeled electric vehicle."

Sitting on top of a three-layer box, Ouyang Haotian, dressed in the Jade Rabbit armor, loudly added, "The speed of a bicycle is between 15 and 18, which is the speed that a person can reach when riding a bicycle. A regular electric toy car has a speed of 8 to 5, but a remote-controlled model car is a scaled down version of a real car. It has the same power system as a car, engine, gears, and suspension system. It has high-performance tires that can withstand the centrifugal force of 4 Gs equivalent to F1. I have played a 1:8 internal combustion engine remote-controlled model car, which can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers in just 2 seconds."

Liu Lian was stunned and said, "Is there a shelter now?"

Ouyang Haotian excitedly said, "Yes, there are a few cars that can be used, but most of the engines have already been destroyed in the big fire before the disaster. I just heard from Dr. He that their team can spare manpower to start repairing the engines after finishing the Tianlong, and then high-power engines can be produced."

"It's great! With a gasoline powered car, our range of activities can be even larger," Liu Lianyan said enviously.

Tom looked around under the searchlight, and the dark tunnel was extremely cold. In theory, there should be very few creatures around here. But now they have all become smaller, no matter what, they cannot be careless.

The industrial station is 15 kilometers away from Jinrui Hotel Station near Jinrui Hotel, and can be reached in half an hour at the highest speed of 68 hours on the Tianlong. However, the subway line itself is not a straight line, and now this line still has a few bends. Fortunately, this line does not require a transfer route, otherwise the Tianlong will have to be dismantled midway, moved to another line, reassembled, and continued forward. Spending more time that way not only increases the likelihood of encountering attacks, but also significantly increases.

So now it seems that they are still very suitable to choose this route. Firstly, the distance is long enough to test the endurance of the Tianlong; Secondly, one can also explore and search for possible survivors and supplies at the Jinrui Hotel.

According to Dr. He, they plan to gradually cover the entire Morikawa subway line and build multiple monorail trains, even double track trains. By covering multiple routes at that time, it can ensure that the exploration team of the shelter can reach any place in Morikawa City through the subway line.

Of course, what Tom needs to consider now is how to explore the towering Jinrui Hotel. After all, according to the information, Jinrui Hotel has an area of 60000 square meters, which is a true super five-star hotel.

The Jinrui Hotel covers an area of 60000 square meters, which is already very large just before. For Tom, who has shrunk down, it has suddenly become very huge. After all, the shelter is only 3800 square meters, and the area of Jinrui Hotel is 15 times that of it. In the past, it used to be 345000 square kilometers, which was more than half the area of the county town.

Of course, this is not fatal, but even more so, this hotel has two 28 story tall buildings. Finding someone is really like looking for a needle in a haystack. But for Tom, since he has made up his mind to find clues for his sister, he will go ahead and do it.

Anyway, the initial plan of the exploration team was to go to the hotel lobby first, obtain the hotel floor plan and guest accommodation registration information, and then proceed to the next step. Tom was also in a hurry.

He was on guard, thinking about potential dangers, when suddenly the Tianlong stopped rapidly, causing Ouyang Haotian and others to almost fly out.

"Hey... damn it, what's wrong?" Liu Lian grabbed the edge of the cargo box and almost fell off the car.

Tom grabbed his hand, pulled him up, and loudly said, "Liu Lian, activate the sound radar alert! Big guy, be careful!"