195: Chapter 195 Fusion Complete, Land Battleship!

[Fusion Complete]

[queen elizabeth has successfully symbiotically merged with the Astral Express]

[New functional modules can be operated by the Train Conductor or designated passengers]

[New functional modules: Train Conductor Command Room LV.1, Naval Gun System LV.1, Living Armor LV.1, Autonomous Defense System LV.1]

Lin Xiao couldn't care about the commotion inside the Astral Express, his gaze scanning back and forth over the information prompts.

Eight main guns.

Living armor.

Plus a complete command and defense system.

The doomsday train had actually turned into a land battleship in just over ten minutes.

And it could continue to be upgraded in the future.

"Too powerful!"

Lin Xiao whispered to himself.

His tone carried a hint of surprise that even he hadn't noticed.

At this moment, a soft cry came from behind him.

"Xiao Lin!"

Jiang Wanwan walked out of Room 07-01, her footsteps much faster than usual.

Her expression was relatively calm, but her brows were slightly furrowed, and there was panic in her eyes that hadn't completely faded away.

"Our room... has become two levels!"

Lin Xiao turned around to look, his gaze sweeping past Jiang Wanwan and landing on the entrance to the territory behind her.

Then, he froze.

The doorway was no longer that ordinary security door.

Replacing it was a pure black hatch with a curved structure.

The surface had no unnecessary decorations, only a palm-sized hexagonal crystal embedded in the center, glowing with a faint, deep blue light.

"Where are Ranran and Xiao Tian?"

Lin Xiao only saw Jiang Wanwan run out alone, so he hurriedly asked.

Jiang Wanwan helplessly glanced behind her.

"The two of them were terrified and are hiding in the bedroom, not daring to come out."

She stepped aside to clear the doorway and beckoned to Lin Xiao.

"Come in and take a look."

"Coming."

Lin Xiao stepped forward.

Sensing someone coming, the crystal embedded in the center of the hatch flickered slightly.

Immediately after, the heavy hatch opened on its own.

Inside the door, it was no longer the territory he was familiar with.

The living room and bedroom had disappeared, replaced by a spacious airlock.

The floor was paved with non-slip metal mesh, and the walls were covered with a layer of grayish-white composite material that felt slightly warm to the touch.

Neither cold nor hot, like the skin of some living creature.

And at the end of the airlock was another heavy airtight hatch.

A double door.

Lin Xiao looked around, and the territory panel in the bottom left corner of his vision was flickering. With a slight movement of his mind, the panel expanded.

[Territory Core: Level 2]

[Traits: None]

[Infrastructure >>>]

[Double-layered Tempered Glass (Durability 40/40): Composed of two layers of tempered glass pressed together with PVB film, possessing strong impact resistance, capable of withstanding conventional explosive shockwaves and small projectiles]

[Granite Walls (Durability 91/91): Built with natural granite, surface treated with waterproof sealing, capable of withstanding heavy machinery impact and long-term corrosive environmental erosion]

[Airlock: Expand >>]

[Command Room: Expand >>]

[Work Area: Expand >>]

[Living Area: Expand >>]

Lin Xiao moved his gaze to the Airlock section and focused slightly.

The second-layer information panel expanded.

[Airlock: A double-layered airlock area with [Scan], [Disinfect], and [Exterminate] functions]

[Facility - Armored Airtight Hatch (Durability 130/130): An automatic hatch covered in living armor; the inner and outer doors cannot be opened simultaneously]

[Functional Module - Scan (Durability 25/25): Monitors all creatures entering and exiting the airlock area; if an unauthorized presence is detected, an alarm will be triggered]

[Functional Module - Disinfect (Durability 25/25): Decomposes surface organic pollutants, inactivating 99.99% of known microorganisms]

[Functional Module - Exterminate (Durability 60/60): If three warnings fail to drive them away, it will enter extermination mode, launching a saturated lethal strike against the locked target]

Lin Xiao stared at the last item for two seconds.

Saturated lethal strike.

This train was becoming less and less like a train.

At this moment, the sound of dense footsteps came from the corridor.

The captains, who were busy comforting the wounded and dispatching passengers, saw the changes happening to the Astral Express and thought something major had occurred, so they immediately rushed toward Carriage 7.

Fan Sinian and Jing Hua, who had been in the Carriage 7 corridor since early on, stood at the entrance of the airlock, curiously peering inside.

Lin Xiao walked to the center of the airlock.

He discovered two protruding visual sensors on the ceiling.

About the size of a fist, their surfaces covered with structures resembling compound eyes, slowly rotating.

On either side of the sensors, a thick tentacle was curled up, each tipped with a sharp bone blade.

Once unauthorized personnel forcibly intruded, they would likely be shredded on the spot.

Lin Xiao was thinking about how to add the people behind him to the whitelist to prevent any accidents.

As the thought appeared in his mind, a list suddenly popped up in the airlock panel within his vision.

All the captains' names, seat numbers, and even their biological characteristic data had been automatically recorded.

Jing Hua's name was also on it.

Leader of the old Merfolk faction, status marked as "Ally".

Lin Xiao didn't delve into how the system had obtained this data.

On this train, obsessing over the "why" was the biggest waste of time.

He waved to the dozen or so people behind him.

"Come on in!"

The airlock was very spacious; it wouldn't be a problem to accommodate thirty people.

Everyone filed in.

The moment the last person crossed the threshold, a muffled sound of the airtight valve closing came from behind.

The outer hatch closed seamlessly, and a circle of red light strips appeared on the walls.

The air inside the passage suddenly became dry, and one could feel their eardrums slightly swelling due to the pressure change.

The airlock began to pressurize.

Jiang Wanwan and several captains were not very accustomed to this feeling.

Some swallowed, others subconsciously opened their mouths to balance the ear pressure.

Jing Hua, however, felt no discomfort; she just stood quietly in the crowd, her purple pupils scanning the rotating sensors above.

Suddenly, several red beams of light shot out from the sensors.

Sweeping past Lin Xiao and Jiang Wanwan, they conducted a comprehensive scan of Fan Sinian and the others.

Fan Sinian's body stiffened.

"Brother Lin, this thing wouldn't..."

[Identity Confirmed]

[Fan Sinian, Carriage 08 Manager, Permission Level: Level 2]

[Chen Pingan, Carriage 05 Manager, Permission Level: Level 2]

[Fang Yuan, Carriage 04...]

The red lights turned green one by one.

A mechanical female voice sounded from the overhead speakers, devoid of any emotional color.

[Disinfection procedure initiated]

[Mode: Standard Biological Protection]

Before the voice finished speaking, a "hissing" sound suddenly came from above everyone's heads.

Six sets of atomizing nozzles hidden in the ceiling grooves were activated simultaneously.

A pale cyan aerosol with a hint of citrus scent poured down, instantly filling the entire space.

The spray lasted less than five seconds before the ceiling nozzles retracted back into the grooves.

The pale cyan gas faded, leaving only a few wisps of mist drifting under the lights.

The red light strips on the walls turned green.

At the same time, the inner hatch slid open with a "bang".

Subsequently, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a large command room with partitions.

Lin Xiao stood at the doorway, his gaze sweeping across the entire space.

This command room was much larger than he had imagined.

The light strips on the ceiling emitted a soft white glow, the floor was paved with dark gray non-slip flooring, and several blank drawing boards were embedded in the walls.

The room as a whole carried the cold color tone unique to military facilities.

The outer side was the meeting area.

An oval conference table was placed right in the center; the tabletop was made of black mirrored material, and one could vaguely see light paths flowing beneath it.

Twenty-one office chairs surrounded the table.

Lin Xiao noticed that the chair directly facing the doorway was half a finger higher than the others, with gold and silver decorative strips added to the backrest and armrests.

That was the seat for the Train Conductor.

In fact, there was originally a crew room in the 09 dining car, right next to the bar counter.

Under normal circumstances, letting the Astral Express upgrade on its own, that small room might have become the Train Conductor's room.

But now, this area with authority had been moved directly into his own territory.

Lin Xiao's mouth curled up slightly.

Then, his identity was self-evident!