I am in the last days, I can connect to reality

Qin Zhong handed Wang Boshen a cigarette and asked, "Judging from your expression, this car can't be driven?"

Wang Boshen took the cigarette, shook his head first, then nodded, which made Qin Zhong confused and didn't understand what he meant.

Chi Xinru on the side asked more urgently: "Brother Wang, what do you mean?"

Wang Boshen lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and then slowly said, "The train's split condenser is severely corroded. It can't be cleaned without tools, and there are no spare parts..."

Chi Xinru became anxious when she heard this and asked quickly, "Does that mean the train can't move?"

Qin Zhong knocked Chi Xinru on the head and said, "Don't interrupt. Can't you see that Comrade Lieutenant hasn't finished speaking yet?" Chi Xinru covered her head and rolled her eyes at him.

Wang Boshen wiped his hands with a rag and said, "It can be driven, but I can't get the speed up. I estimate it can only be kept at around 15 kilometers per hour. Any faster and there's a risk of the boiler exploding."

Chi Xinru cheered immediately after hearing this. Qin Zhong also laughed and said, "Fifteen kilometers is fifteen kilometers. As long as we can drive, it's faster than walking. Haha!"

Hearing the laughter, others also came over. Hearing Qin Zhong's words, Gou Xiaoxiao rarely sang a different tune: "Yes, it's much safer than driving! Most importantly, if you follow the tracks, you won't get lost!"

Qin Zhong saw everyone coming back and asked, only to find out that everyone had removed the hooks of the last five carriages, leaving only the coal and water car and the two carriages connected to it, so that everyone could rest on the road.

Then, everyone had a brief discussion, and Wang Boshen and Zhang Xiaozhuang got on the front of the car. Wang Boshen was responsible for driving, and Zhang Xiaozhuang was his assistant. The others got on the back car, and communicated through walkie-talkies.

With a long "woop", the old green train started slowly, gradually accelerated, and made a rhythmic and pleasant sound of "bang... bang...", moving forward happily between the green mountains and valleys on both sides!

In the rear carriage, everyone took out the food they had searched at Liujiagou Station. They sat together, looking at the lush green mountains outside the window, eating and chatting. It was a rare moment of relaxation, and everyone was in a good mood!

Three hours later, Wang Boshen's voice came from the intercom: "Qin Zhong, there's a small station ahead. Do you want to stop?"

Qin Zhong also took the intercom and replied, "Of course I stopped. I've been sitting here for so long, let's go down and take a break! And by the way, let's see if there are any supplies we can collect!"

When the train slowly stopped, everyone got off. This small station was even smaller than Liujiagou Station. It didn't even have a decent waiting room. There was only a small ticket office and a small shop.

The crowd looted the store, rested for a while, and then continued on their journey.

In the evening, the train passed another station. This station was larger than the previous two stations. It had a coal yard and a tall water tower box.

Everyone stood on the platform of the waiting room, looking out at the station. Outside was a fairly large town, and the name of the station was written: "Fengzhen Station."

Someone suggested going to the town to see if there were any supplies to collect. Although Qin Zhong was somewhat tempted, he thought that the most important thing at the moment was to get to the military base as soon as possible.

After all, as long as the things there are not put into the bags, there will be variables. We have been delayed for too long along the way, and there will always be variables over time. Therefore, we flatly rejected this suggestion.

Because Wang Boshen said that if the condenser runs 24 hours a day, it might be overloaded and explode, so they did not leave at night. For this reason, Qin Zhong simply asked everyone to rest in the carriage without getting off.

In order to make it easier to sleep, Gou Xiaoxiao and his wife, Zhou Luosen and Zhang Xiaozhuang slept in the second carriage, while Qin Chong, Xiao Yingyong, Chi Xinru and Wang Boshen slept in the first carriage.

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"Old Wang, at this speed, how many days will it take us to get there?" During the night break, Qin Zhong came to the front of the train, handed a cigarette to Wang Boshen who was inspecting the train, and asked.

Wang Boshen took the cigarette and put it behind his ear. After he finished inspecting the equipment, he wiped his handle, lit the cigarette behind his ear, took a deep drag and said, "We dare not drive this car too fast. It will take us three days to reach the station near the base!"

"It takes so long?" Qin Zhong was not too surprised when he heard that it would take three days, but he still found it incredible when he thought about staying in the car for such a long time.

You know, before the end of the world, it wasn’t too far from Shanghai to Sheshan via the highway, so how come it took three days to get there by train?

Wang Boshen seemed to know what Qin Zhong was thinking and smiled, "The military base is deep in the mountains, a place that ordinary people can't go to, so it's quite far away. The main reason is that the train is too slow. However, even though it's a bit slow, it's still much better than climbing mountains and wading through water!"

After hearing what Wang Boshen said, Qin Chongshen agreed with it and said nothing more. He turned around and went back to the carriage to sleep.

The next morning, Wang Boshen saw that everyone was still sleeping, so he didn't call them. He got off the train to replenish fuel and water, and continued to drive the train, "clang... clang..." and set off again.

The train entered the mountainous area again from a plain area. Shi Dajin, Gou Xiaoxiao and Zhou Luosen slept in the second carriage, while Qin Chong, Xiao Yingyong and Chi Xinru slept in the first carriage.

Shortly after entering the mountainous area, Xiao Yingyong sat up from the three-person seat opposite Qin Zhong, stretched hard with his hands raised, and suddenly howled as if he had seen a ghost.

Qin Zhong was so frightened that he sat up suddenly, looked at Xiao Yingyong and shouted, "Why are you screaming? You scared me!" Chi Xinru was also awakened and looked at Xiao Yingyong.

Xiao Yingyong pointed behind Qin Zhong with a look of surprise: "Behind, behind... the rear carriage is gone!"

Qin Zhong was stunned and looked back, only to find that the door connecting the two carriages was shaking, and the carriage at the back was really gone!

Seeing this, Qin Zhong didn't hesitate and immediately grabbed the intercom: "Old Wang, Wang Boshen! Stop the car first!"

Soon, Wang Boshen's voice came from the intercom: "What's wrong? Why did you stop the car?"

Before Qin Zhong could say anything, Xiao Yingyong came over and shouted, "The rear carriage is gone, didn't you know?"

After Xiao Yingyong's voice on the intercom, the train slowed down suddenly. Before it stopped completely, Wang Boshen had already jumped off the front of the train and climbed up by grabbing the carriage door.

"How could this happen? Where is the train carriage?" Wang Boshen asked with wide eyes when he saw that the rear carriage had disappeared.

Qin Zhong spread his hands and said, "I was just asking you, when we started the train this morning, didn't you notice that a carriage was missing?"

Wang Boshen shook his head and said, "How could I have imagined that a carriage was missing? I got on the front of the train and set off. This... this is really strange! Such a big carriage!"

Qin Zhong waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and take a look. We can't leave them behind!"

Wang Boshen nodded and returned to the locomotive. Soon, the whistle sounded twice, and the locomotive started to head back.