Doomsday Sacrifice

Chapter 201 The Station
Cheng Xi and Yu Qingming sat cross-legged on the roof of the last boxcar, watching the scenery on both sides recede slowly.

The speed of the train slowly increased, and the two rails met at the end of the line of sight. A round of warm red sunset fell on the rails, creating a halo. The mirror-smooth rails reflected orange light, accompanied by The rhythmic clicking sound freezes into a beautiful oil painting.

"It's so beautiful, Old Yu, have you ever seen the sunset on the railway tracks?"

"No."

"Ha, then you're lucky, now that you've seen it, what do you think?"

"It's not as good-looking as the one I saw on the TV tower before the end of the world."

"Oh, how long have you been working in that restaurant in the TV Tower?"

"More than three years."

"Can you often see the sunset?"

"No, I can't see it from the bottom, I just saw it once when I went up to buy things, and that's exactly what happened."

"Hey, it must be different. There should be a lot of people going to the top of the tower to watch the sunset, right?"

"There are indeed quite a few people who go to the top of the tower, but I don't know if it is to watch the sunset. According to my opinion, ordinary people open their eyes every day to eat food, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. How can they have the time to watch this?"

"That's right, in the last days, we're even more careless, that is, we still have this opportunity to sit in the car and see."

Yu Qingming fell silent, staring at the setting sun as it sank under the railway tracks until it disappeared completely, and asked, "Is the boss interested in this base?"

"Well, not necessarily. The location of this base is not bad. Although it is a little closer to the port, there is a usable railway, but this is only one aspect. The most important thing is to look at the surrounding supporting facilities. The base the boss wants to build and The bases of Tongli University and Lu Jian are different, so we must wait until we go to see the specific situation."

"Well, it's still convenient to have a base."

"Convenience is convenience, but there are advantages and disadvantages. It depends on what kind of base the boss wants to build." Cheng Xi said leisurely.

Li Xun kept the speed of the train at [-] kilometers, and turned to Hou Yuchen, "Is it okay to drive this?"

Hou Yuchen was shocked by his proficiency, and once suspected that he was a train driver. At the same time, he felt a deep sense of crisis. The only thing he could do was to drive a train, but now Li Xun can do it. Doesn't that mean he is dispensable?
Hearing Li Xun's question, he hastily replied: "No problem, I'm very proficient at driving internal combustion engines, and electric locomotives are no problem."

Li Xun nodded: "Then I will leave it to you."

"Don't worry."

Hou Yuchen took his place and stood in front of the console.

The space in the cab at the front of the car was not large, and it was a bit crowded with six people and a cat standing there. Li Xun stood on the side of the driver's seat and turned to ask Zhao Qinghe and Zhang Ying, "Where have you been the farthest?"

"The furthest we have been to the distribution center just now is about five kilometers to the west, and we are almost at Huanghua South Station." Zhao Qinghe said.

"Didn't go further west?"

"No, the flour mill is not far to the north of Huanghua South Station. Monsters often haunt there, so we didn't dare to go any further."

Lao Fan took out a tablet from his backpack, opened the map and found Huanghua South Station, and handed it to Li Xun: "Boss, here."

Li Xun adjusted the scale of the map and found that the railway line is divided into three lines not far to the east of Huanghua South Station. The middle line goes east to Huanghua Port Wharf, the top line goes north to Haijin, and the bottom line goes south to Donghai Gaoguanxin. city.

Pointing to the forked railway line, he asked, "Have you guys been here before?"

Zhao Qinghe glanced at it, and replied affirmatively: "I have been there. I heard from Lin Cheng that the railway line from Huanghua South Station to the east is divided into three lines, and finally it is divided into three directions from here. The farthest we have reached is here."

"Do you know what's going on with the railways going north and south? Can you run a sports car?"

"I don't know."

At this time, Hou Yuchen suddenly interjected: "Boss, I ran over the Huangchang Line heading south. It is a single line, mainly used to transport coal. It is similar to the Shuohuang Line we are running now. That line is usually cheaper than the cars on this side." Less, you should still be able to run.”

"Is there an oil depot at Huanghua Station?"

"Have."

"Boss, how far can this car run?" Lao Fan asked.

"It can run [-] kilometers on a full tank of gas."

"It's about 200 kilometers from here to Changxin, right? I can run two round trips." Lao Fan's eyes lit up.

"That's right, in the current situation, railway transportation is the most convenient." This is the biggest reason why Li Xun wanted to visit Huanghuagang Station.

"Boss, if you think about it carefully, those passenger lines may not be impossible to run. Although there are many cars, if the electricity stops, the cars on the lines will not be able to run. The probability of accidents is not very high, right?"

"Well, there must be a line that can run. This freight railway is an example. It depends on the situation. It should be useful."

Zhao Qinghe and Zhang Ying next to them were secretly surprised. Although they thought it was convenient for Lincheng to collect supplies along the train, they were only limited to the [-] to [-] kilometers to Huanghua South Station.

Even though I have thought about going further away, it is obvious that the farther the distance is, the more dangerous it is. After all, no one knows where a group of extreme beasts will run out, but now, listening to Li Xun and Lao Fan, it seems that they want to drive. Is it necessary to take the train to Donghai Province, or even further afield?

In fact, if the food from the flour mill is brought back, plus the things they have collected these days, the existing personnel at the Huanghuagang station base will not have to worry about food problems for at least three years.

Unless they want to make the base bigger.

Thinking of this, both Zhao Qinghe and Zhang Ying held their breath, and exchanged glances silently.

The sky gradually darkened, and the roar of the train never stopped. After crossing a small bridge, the speed gradually slowed down, and finally stopped slowly, and arrived at Huanghuagang Station safely.

There are eighteen lines in this station with only one platform, most of which are parked with long rows of freight cars, most of which are [-] knots, and the scale of freight is really not small.

As soon as the train entered the station, two to 30 people came out of several covered carriages on the third line near the station building. There were men and women, and most of them were women. These people were relatively young, and none of them were over 50 years old by visual inspection. .

The train stopped on the fourth line, the doors of the three boxcars were all opened, and more than 30 people who stayed inside got out of the car.

"Li Wei, how is the harvest today?"

"Da Liu, are you heading west again?"

"Brother Bian, did you find what I was looking for?"

People at the station greeted people they knew and asked questions they cared about. They joined the base, of course hoping to find as many supplies as possible.

But unlike usual, what responded to them was either forced smiles or silence. The people who got off all stood in front of the carriage and looked towards the front of the car, as if they were waiting for something.

Everyone in the station sensed that something was wrong, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly dignified.

Everyone saw Zhao Qinghe and Zhang Ying stepping down from the front of the car. These two are evolutionaries and everyone in the base knows each other.

Then there was Hou Yuchen. Several people knew him and knew that he was the third batch of ordinary survivors who joined the base.

But no one in the station had ever seen the two men and a woman who came down from behind and the two men who jumped off the roof.

Then they waited for a long time, but no one got out of the car, nor did they see Lin Cheng, the leader of the base, nor did they see the other two evolutionaries, and a few ordinary people were missing.

A pretty woman in her late thirties walked up to Zhao Qinghe and forced a smile: "Brother Zhao, where is Brother Lin?"

Zhao Qinghe looked at her, hesitated for a moment, seemed to be thinking about what to say, but saw Li Xun walking over and said: "I killed Lin Cheng, Xu Jing and Guan Dasheng, and now I will take over the base. Someone has an opinion ?"

Everyone was silent.

Lin Cheng was killed, who would dare to have an opinion?

Besides, judging from the situation, it is obvious that Zhao Qinghe, Zhang Ying and others have already considered the new leader.

The woman couldn't help but took a step back, her face paled, and she quickly shook her head.

Li Xun looked away from her face, glanced at everyone in the station, and said in a deep voice: "I have a principle, people don't offend me, I don't offend others, so you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about safety. What the base was like is what it is now."

"If anyone wants to leave, they can leave now. They can bring weapons and equipment, as well as food. I guarantee that no one will stop them. Does anyone want to leave?"

Everyone, including those who came back with the train, stood still, but in the dim twilight, several men showed hesitant expressions on their faces, and finally did not make up their minds.

Li Xun saw everyone's reactions and expressions in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He glanced around again and said, "Okay, since no one is leaving, I hope everyone will follow the arrangement. Let's talk ugly first." , if someone is looking for trouble, don't blame me for being rude."

After some intimidation, Li Xun turned his head and said to the people behind him, "Old Yu, find a few people to help, see if there is something to eat, and make a good meal for everyone, Lao Fan, you can arrange other things, learn about the base In the case of the situation, I will go around and contact you at any time if you need anything."

"Okay, boss."

Li Xun didn't talk nonsense, turned around and crossed a few railway tracks, and disappeared into the night.

Zhao Qinghe looked at his back and opened his mouth, finally said nothing, walked up to Lao Fan and said: "Well..., Brother Fan, it will be dark soon, the boss wants to see the surrounding situation, why not wait until tomorrow ,What do you think?"

Lao Fan smiled and said: "It's okay, the boss's eyes are really bright, and the night is no different from the day to him."

Zhao Qinghe was stunned, but he knew it clearly.

"Let's go, two, let's go to the station to talk. I just want to know something about you." Lao Fan first said something to Zhao Qinghe and Zhang Ying, and then arranged: "Hou Yuchen, come here... the station cafeteria knows Where are you?...Okay, you pick three more people to follow Lao Yu to get more food to cook, Cheng Xi, tell everyone to come in, Xiao Shen, look around to see if there is anything unusual."

Everyone moved quickly.

(End of this chapter)