Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train

Chapter 99 - 94 Asking for Help (9 more updates, monthly ticket requested!!)

Chapter 99: Chapter 94 Asking for Help (9 more updates, monthly ticket requested!!) Chen Sixuan covered her mouth in surprise, "So there are people below." "Let’s listen first." Lin Xian raised his hand to signal, then continued to press the response machine and replied, "I can hear you."

"I am Ding Junyi, the Deputy Director of the Biological Re

Hearing KIKI’s question, another slightly younger female voice on the other end of the answering machine responded urgently, "Because the satellite communication facilities of the Underground City have already been moved, and conventional communication equipment is unable to transmit due to the influence of the night’s magnetic waves. You should be aware of this, so currently, the only control we have is over some subsystems of the Underground City. We’re using the platform response system to send you a distress signal."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian frowned. "Didn’t anyone come to rescue you during the evacuation?"

There was a moment of silence from the answering machine, then Director Ding took over again.

"When the upper levels were evacuating, they did receive our distress message. However, the situation suggested that... we probably fall under abandoned assets."

Inside the 9th Underground City, in a certain research area, the isolation doors were tightly locked, and the surrounding corridors were completely engulfed in darkness, filled with wandering zombies. In the room, four men and women wearing research uniforms looked anxious; they had been trapped here for over a week now. Although the research area had strong protective systems and life-support systems, there was not much food or supplies left. If they couldn’t get out soon, they would likely starve to death inside.

The leader, around thirty-years-old Deputy Director of the Biological Research Department, Ding Junyi, with her glasses and icy gaze, was trapped here along with her former collegue Zhao Yan, Xu Wen, and microbiology expert Han Qiming.

Zhao Yan, the eldest among them, seemed to be in the worst physical condition. They had already started using some experimental green plant materials as food to sustain their energy. Fortunately, the lighting and air circulation were still maintained in the laboratory area, preventing them from suffocating.

After the mass evacuation, the entire Underground City had become a hell-like scene, desolate everywhere. As roads got blocked and polar night arrived, their hopes for rescue slimmed.

Almost all useful supplies had been taken away. This apocalyptic project, whose completion was less than 1/5, had already become a ruin of despair.

"Director Ding, they seem not to believe us..."

Xu Wen, the most timid, had been the first to speak up. Seeing no response from the answering machine, she became anxious. "What should we do?"

"Don’t panic," Han Qiming, with his messy hair, already skinny, had grown even thinner over the two weeks of hardship. "They must have some purpose to come here by train, and since they could open the protective doors and possess high-level superpower traits, I suspect they want to enter the Underground City. If that’s the case, maybe we can find a point of mutual interest."

"Right." Zhao Yan, the oldest, looked at Ding Junyi. "Director Ding, why don’t we just ask?"

Meanwhile, Ding Junyi was calmly reviewing the surveillance footage. Among the four, she was the most composed. While everyone else was anxiously waiting for a response from the answering machine, she was watching the scene of Lin Xian and others entering the interior platform from outside, making notes on a mobile screen.

"At present, there are a total of five people shown in the footage. It’s not certain if there are others on the train. The leader seems to be the male who spoke with us, aged between 25-30, with a clear purpose in communication, strong logic, and highly educated. It was he who opened the gate of Station GF2; I checked the system records, he didn’t have authorization, so he must possess some kind of superpower talent, forcibly opening it."