Chapter 34: The Full Moon
Kara jumped off the roof and walked over with a sniper rifle in her hand. Behind the steam locomotive www.biquge.info the steam locomotive was covered with viscous blood, and unconscious moans were still ringing around like insects.
Kasia took a few steps forward, bent down to pick up the revolver that had fallen to the ground, and dozens of scattered bullets, loaded them up, and shot them in the heads of those who weren't dead before the sun's rays reached the place.
"You really have pity on these people, just leave them there, they won't last long. And then there's the deadly sun in the desert. Kara walked over and said, she already had a password card in her hand, which was the first person to fall to the ground.
"Come over and help, I don't want to see the sun in a minute or two. Carla had started a steam locomotive, and she pushed all her weapons and dead animals to the ground, and drove to the row of houses in front of her, one of which was dedicated to repairing steam machines. Although the tool is not very well maintained, it is no problem to do basic use.
The two of them had to mix a few steam locomotives with some steel in the storage room in the short time of the day to build an off-road vehicle suitable for them to crisscross the desert depths.
Kasia also found two other code cards on the corpses that were still warm. By the time the blood-red nascent sunlight reflected with the red blood on the ground, they had already begun to modify the steam locomotive in the open room where the air conditioning was maximum.
They selected one of the most powerful vehicles for steam transmission as a prototype, and planned to build on it with a wider and longer body, converting an ordinary off-road vehicle into a dual-powered locomotive. And if possible, you can add an extra layer of space in the car for things. Both of them had a lot of strength, and it was too simple to remove the necessary parts from other vehicles and to move the steel plate material from the storage room.
Kasia was in charge of the main work, and the welding techniques he had seen in the steam factories in the past, as well as the various knowledge of steam transmission that had been memorized in the books, finally came to a little effect. Their requirements for modified vehicles are only to be able to carry them safely to the scope of Gerun Oasis, so there are no specific requirements for the aesthetics and service life of the vehicles.
As long as you don't fall apart on the way to the oasis.
When the wind and the yellow sand began to fly again, the sun began to sink on the other side of the desert. And the odd shapes have been simply stitched together in the supply station.
"It's really a match for your current face, it's all rude. "Kara is preparing to take inventory of the supplies that need to be brought to the car, and Kasia is also making final preparations for the modification.
Exhaling, Kasia took the spray paint jar on the side, and spent the last few minutes spraying the car with a layer of white, they still had four days left, so it was necessary to travel in the sun for the rest of the time. They need to think ahead about all the troubles they encounter, especially the effects of extremely high temperatures.
Got into the seat inside, inserted the code card, and the steam locomotive started smoothly, and a thick steam came out of the welded nozzle hole at the rear of the car, but it completely dissipated in the hot and dry air around it in a matter of seconds.
Kasia drove the car out into the sun, expecting the freshly sprayed white paint to dry faster.
Then he went back to the storage room, where Kara was ready to take her with her, and a huge draperian makeshift from sun-protective clothing, which was for the modified vehicle, and the steel didn't keep out the heat, even if it was covered with a layer of white paint that reflected the light to the maximum.
"Is this our disguise?" Kasia looked at the bundles of fur neatly tied up under Kara's feet, and the specially selected weapons and ammunition on the sides, the golden shells shining.
"Yes, the people of these hunting parties are all good hunters, and the furs are hardly damaged, and they are all good material. We must have some identity in the Gerun Oasis, and these furs can also be turned into our reserve funds, so that we don't have to worry about looking at our empty pockets when we need something. Kara has some ways to do this, "By the way, I still pay for your accommodation, remember to pay me back when you go back to the military school." ”
"Well, didn't you search the whole station later, and the money should have gone back to your pocket. Kasia opened her mouth.
"Of course, but the money has nothing to do with you. What you owe me and what I loot for myself are already two things. Carla, of course, had already gone up with her gear and a bundle of hides as she spoke.
Kasia was speechless in the back.
In fact, Kasia had a few thousand holy coins on him, but after Kara said this, of course, he had to pretend to be poor to the end. He also picked up a tall stack of hides and carried them with him. Then there were the weapons and ammunition, with revolvers and double-barreled shotguns being Kasia's favorites, while Kara had only plenty of sniper bullets and a few repeating guns to deal with the hordes of beasts.
When the remnant sun sank, the blue sky turned fiery red. 、
The space of the modified vehicle was greatly increased, and Kasia burned a steam locomotive with a welding torch, then welded the power part to the back of the prototype, and made a rudimentary trunk with several times more space out of steel plates on it. He then dismantled the steel frames of several locomotives and built a second roof for himself, which was mainly used for canned food and water, and if necessary, Kara could snipe through the openable skylight.
"Ready?" Cassia sat in the driver's seat, the information on the passcard had been read, five vapor compression packets filled with steam in advance were hung on the side of the car, and the hideously twisted steam metal pipes were simply and crudely welded to the body of the car by iron sheets, transmitting the necessary steam power. The steam engine at the rear acts as an auxiliary power source, providing an auxiliary effect to the main engine in front, allowing this ugly vehicle with increased weight to function normally.
"Let's go, get ready. Carrara opened the door and sat in the passenger seat, the sniper rifle was rarely held in her arms.
The steam locomotive did begin to move on the ground, and the supply station behind it was covered with bullet marks like flowers, and it may no longer be able to guide the lost people in the sand for years to come.
The wind was still blowing outside, the steam locomotive was running on the top of the dune chain, followed by a wind-blown saloon, the moon in mid-air seemed to be in full state, and the white light made the color of the sand change for a while, and Kasia had to put on a mask again.
"It would be nice to have a ventilation system. Kara leaned against the closed window with one hand, palm propped up the side of her long hair and scattered face, "It's a pity that you removed it all." ”
There was some regret in the words, the inside of the closed car was a little stuffy, and the wind and sand flying outside did not allow them to open the windows to breathe. Because of the weight, Kasia removed many unnecessary interior aids, and even the floor and seats that were used as a second floor above his head were neatly drilled by him with a drill to make rows of holes, which is why the weight of the car was reduced as much as possible when it was strong enough to support it.
In the early hours of the morning, I was finally able to open the window to breathe, although it was cold, but the circulating air was really comfortable.
The steam locomotives were very fast, and Kasia estimated that if there were no accidents, they would have been able to reach the range of the Gerun Oasis on a full moon night.
Four days later, it's still night, but it's exactly day. A huge full moon hung high in the sky, and the deep blue sky was also illuminated by it, and the moonlight spread on the ground was like a layer of cold hoarfrost, and the temperature dropped to about -fifteen degrees.
Kasia's car was still panting in the sand, but the two people sitting in the car recovered a lot of energy because of the locomotive.
Kasia was still behind the wheel, and Kara had climbed onto the second floor of the car, half of her body exposed outside the sunroof. The spread of the cross-pupils was looking around through the optical scope.
"Kasia, there could be something going on two kilometers or so to the left. Kara's words fell from above, and after ten seconds or so, the whistle of the sand wolf and the sound of gunfire began to ring out in front of the left.