300: Chapter 300: Severely Damaging the Enemy Vehicle, Escaping Unscathed!

The effect of the fourth bombardment was significantly better than the previous few.

The golden barrage formed by the energy cannonballs landed squarely in the path of the Silver-White Train, approximately several hundred meters directly ahead.

By the time the shells landed, the Silver-White Train had coincidentally traveled into this area.

It was equivalent to it crashing into the fire coverage zone at high speed.

Several carriages in the middle section were hit directly; the self-repair capability of the liquid metal began to show obvious lag under the continuous strikes.

Before the holes blasted open could fully heal, subsequent shells poured in through the same breach, once again causing the metal filaments that had just been pulled out to Rend.

As the bombardment continued, the holes on the roof became more numerous and larger.

The Astral Express showed no signs of stopping.

Consequently, affected by the airflow from the high-speed travel, the sandstorms outside poured in frantically through the breaches, carrying the lingering high-temperature waves from the exploding ship cannon energy shells, forming scorching sandstorms along the carriage corridors.

The people in the corridors were unable to open their eyes due to the whipping sand.

Those who were lucky stumbled into the still-intact capsule cabins, managing to escape the torment of the sand and dust.

Those who were unlucky, whose capsule cabins had already been destroyed by artillery fire, could only endure the assault of the sand and dust, their faces battered bloody by the grains of sand, wailing in misery.

The capsule cabin where Lin Xiao was located saw its durability instantly drop to zero at the moment the tenth round of bombardment landed.

The tiny cracks on the cabin walls suddenly expanded into piercing fissures.

The entire cabin structure could no longer withstand the external pressure; finally, after emitting a final groan, the metal structure collapsed inward by several inches.

The cabin lid was stuck fast by the deformed frame, and Lin Xiao pushed it twice, but it didn't budge.

With no other choice, he had to lift his foot and kick open the scrapped cabin lid, standing back on the carriage corridor.

As far as the eye could see, the roof of this carriage had been blasted into a tattered state.

The corridor was filled with raging sand and dust, making it almost impossible to see people in the distance.

And nearby, some people lay under the destroyed capsule cabins, having already lost their lives.

Some were lying in corners trying to avoid the sandstorm, but were already on the verge of death.

At this moment, some people wearing higher-grade military standard suits were running back and forth at the carriage junctions.

Lin Xiao quietly followed them, using the cover of the sand and dust to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Only then did he learn that the Silver-White Train was about to activate some kind of teleportation mechanism to completely escape the bombardment coverage area.

Combined with the discovery of the teleportation anchor.

The Silver-White Train intended to use a portal to escape to a pre-prepared safe zone.

Perhaps to facilitate the teleportation, the speed of the Astral Express was beginning to decrease.

Lin Xiao quickly walked through the corridor, found a restroom with decent durability, pulled the door open, and slipped inside.

The restroom on the Silver-White Train was a size smaller than the one in the AE1001, barely enough for one person to turn around.

He leaned against the cold metal wall panel, took out the teleportation anchor from his backpack, and simultaneously sent a private message to Chen Pingan.

[ Car 07-01: Activate the teleportation anchor and report the anchor sequence number to me! ]

The Silver-White Train was about to teleport.

Judging by past experience, the connection of the teleportation anchor might have a distance limit.

If the Silver-White Train teleported beyond the connection range, the anchor in his hand would become a useless device.

At that point, he would be trapped on this train.

Or, he would have to risk being shot down and escape by flying shuttle.

Therefore, to prevent any unexpected situations, Lin Xiao planned to evacuate before the other party teleported.

After the private message was sent, Chen Pingan immediately replied with a string of numbers.

Lin Xiao entered the sequence number into the teleportation anchor, and a prompt bar popped up in his field of vision:

[ Target teleportation anchor detected, establishing connection... ]

[ Connection established, portal is about to unfold... ]

Four folding supports automatically popped out, the dark purple crystal at the top suddenly accelerated its pulsation, and a vertical light curtain tore open in the narrow restroom.

Inside the door was a completely chaotic light and shadow, exactly the same as the one seen in the corridor before.

The whistling sound of the eleventh volley of ship cannons approached from the horizon.

Lin Xiao did not delay further, turned around, and stepped into the portal.

The roar of the falling energy cannonballs, the piercing alarm of the Silver-White Train, the miserable cries in the corridor, and the screeching of metal being torn apart all disappeared behind him.

This surprise attack caught the Silver-White Train off guard.

Although only eleven volleys and several hundred energy cannonballs could not completely destroy this Silver-White Train with self-repair capabilities.

However, the carriages were extensively damaged, and the propulsion system was severely compromised.

This heavy damage was enough to keep them busy with repairs and recovery for a considerable period, with no time to act as unscrupulously as before.

The portal unfolded inside the No. 04 Qitian Temple.

Lin Xiao stepped out of the light curtain and onto the solid stone floor.

"He's out, he's out..."

Fan Sinian's voice was the first to ring out.

But after seeing the figure walking out of the portal, he froze.

"This, this isn't right, is it?"

When Lin Xiao entered the portal, he was still wearing the captured military standard equipment.

Tactical vest, modular armor, desert-colored combat pants, etc.

The moment Fan Sinian saw this outfit, he thought the enemy forces had attacked.

Therefore, he pushed forward with his shield, cursing with some profanities, looking like he was about to crash into him with the shield.

"Old Fan, that is Chen..."

Chen Pingan and Liu Bi had no time to stop him.

At this moment, sensing the figure rapidly approaching, Lin Xiao just slightly turned his body, simultaneously lifted his foot, and kicked the side of the shield.

This move was using leverage, and the force was controlled very precisely.

With just one kick, the impact direction of the shield was deflected.

Fan Sinian, along with the shield, had his center of gravity thrown off by his own inertia, stumbled two steps, and fell onto the stone bricks.

The shield slid underneath him to act as a safety cushion, and he looked like a turtle that had flipped over.

"When did you become so enthusiastic?"

Lin Xiao took off his helmet, looked at everyone inside the ruins, and smiled.

Fan Sinian, who had fallen to the ground, saw the face under the helmet, and his whole body instantly relaxed, lying on his back on the shield, panting heavily: "Brother Lin, you scared the hell out of me! You came out wearing that, and I thought the people from the Silver-White Train had attacked!"

Chen Pingan stepped forward and pulled Fan Sinian up from the ground, his movements unhurried.

Subsequently, he pressed one hand onto the hilt of his horizontal blade and nodded slightly towards Lin Xiao.

"Brother Lin, when we arrived at the No. 04 Qitian Temple, we took advantage of the guards' inattention and broke in directly, quickly clearing out the enemy forces lying in ambush here, not giving them any chance to send out a distress signal.

After ensuring there were no remaining ambushes, we started looking for a way into the ruins, and we had just found it when you sent the private message."

Lin Xiao nodded.

The situation at No. 04 was much better than at No. 06.

The dome was basically intact, all four stone pillars were present, and the stone platform on the high dais had not been destroyed either.

It seems there will be a good harvest this time!