Chapter 142 Dangling Hope

The train yard was in an uproar as the train came to life. The people glue their eyes to the metal as their eyes. This was their hope.

Chloe's eyes brightened as the train come to life. She looked at the people around her for a moment with a radiant smile before she regain her seriousness.

"Check every department for the last time before we give this beast a go." She shouted.

"Alright!" The men shouted in unison as they rushed to give the train the last-minute check.

Nasir received the order from Kira and rushed out of their temporary shelter toward the train.

Huh!

He sprints under the deadly ice as he races into the new working train. He entered the train and looked at its interior and a satisfying smile appeared on his face.

He saw a young man's chest in some electrical box and called out to him.

"Where is Chloe?" He asked.

"That direction."The young man responded before he resumed his work quickly.

Without further ado, Nasir rushed toward Chloe's direction. After passing a couple of coaches, he arrived at her position.

"Well done," He said joyfully.

"Thank you, but I'm not the one that should receive the praise. If not for a young man that found an old book. We won't have the engines running by now." Chloe raised her from the control engine.

"Nonsense. Without your ability, if the book was given to an ordinary person. It will do nothing. Nevertheless, when the king returns, that young man will be compensated." He said seriously.

"That's good." She nodded.

"The king said we should depart now. How about it." Nasir asked.

"We're doing a last-minute check so…"

"We don't have time for a last-minute check. Wrap up everything, I'm bringing the people now." Nasir said, leaving no room for debate.

"But…"

"Look at the sky, since you're more focused on your work, you didn't realize how dire the situation was" He interrupted.

Chloe creased her brow and looked outside the window. Gasped as she took a couple of steps backward.

"If we don't move now. We won't have the chance." With that, he departed, leaving his voice behind.

"There are fifteen cars on the train, divide it into four sections before I return."

Chloe nodded as she quickly recovered from her shock. Quickly, she raced from the control room toward the other cars.

Since the control room was at the nose of the train, the next car was the first class. She didn't think twice to know this was going to be for Justin.

After a couple of minutes, Chloe had already divided the train into four regions while some cars were left empty.

Inside the shelter, Nasir's cold voice reverberated in the ears of the nervous people. Since the group was divided based on their section. It was quite easy for him to move the people.

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"I want every one of you to follow me at your top speed and I don't want to hear any noise." Nasir's eyes darted from one face to another.

"Is that clear?"

"Yes." They chorused.

"Good! Follow me." He sprints out of the temporary shelter toward the train.

Although the distance between the train and the temporary shelter was far, but under the deadly ice. It was the longest distance for those ordinary people.

Ah!

An elderly man cried as slummed to the ice. Instantly, he was covered in frost and frozen. Seeing this, the people panicked as they tried to rush to the haven.

Ah!

A cry echoed as they began to freeze one after the order. The deadly frost sipped into their lungs from their nose, blocking all their senses.

Now, it was not about strength but about their will to survive. Those with lesser will fell under the deadly ice.

Huh!

Nasir entered the train and breathed a sigh of relief. This ice is too fierce. He cried in his heart. Though he wasn't an ordinary human. But deadly ice didn't give him an easy time.

'I can't get into the ice again. Else, it would spell my doom.' He thought.

He abandoned the thought as he looked at the people behind him. Seeing the frozen people didn't surprise him. He expected such. Under this extreme weather, clothes mean nothing as long as you breathe in the deadly ice.

The first person to enter the train was a young woman. She stumbled into the train as her face whitened. She inhaled and exhaled deeply as she tried to force out the deadly frost from her lungs.

"Stand to the left for the others to enter." He said.

After a couple of seconds, those that withstand the cold entered the train with radiant smiles on their faces.

"Follow that man, he will lead you to where you will stay." He said pointing to a man.

Nasir picked up his radio and talked to Mack to send the other group. Suddenly, a screech came from the tunnel as Insectoid came out of the tunnel.

Seeing this, the expression of everyone inside the train changes. The situation was getting direr every second.

"Send two groups at the same time." Nasir picked up his radio and said with a grim expression.

Quickly, another group of people rushed out of their hideout and sprinted toward the train.

After a couple of minutes, everyone had been moved into the train. Those that were injured were sent to the empty cars to continue their recovery.

Though everyone had entered the train, there wasn't a smile on their faces. A couple of meters from their train were massive Insectoids that were eyeing their direction.

"What are we doing to do?" Chloe whispered.

Standing beside her were Merab, Kira Nasir, and Mack. Although Merab and Kira were injured but was a Second Circle existence. Their rate of recovery was faster than normal human beings. Besides, both of their injuries couldn't be compared to the others.

"Can you drive the train?"Kira asked as she looked at Chloe.

"I should be able to. I have read about it. So I should." She said confidently though her heart was racing.

'',

"Good!" Kira nodded. "Take us out of here"

Chloe nodded and rushed to the control center. While the others look at Kira and wonder how they are going to deal with the Insectoids.

Screech!

A loud sound came from the train as it jacks forward for a moment before it stopped. Inside the control center, a bead of sweat dripped from Chloe as she tried to get the train moving but it was futile.

"What's wrong!" She mitered in panic.

She checked the engine but couldn't find what was wrong. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the Insectoid approaching them in fury.

Creak!

The door opened as Kira and the other entered the control room.

"What's going on? Why are we not moving." Kira asked as her voice raised an octave.

Chloe didn't have the time to respond as her brain was running on Mach 10.

Seeing this, Kira made a quick decision. 'Mack, take the defense team and prepare to defend the train. Nasir, go and control the people. I don't want any commotion on the train. If anyone fails to respond to your command. Threw them out"

Quickly, the duo rushed out of the commas center while the tense atmosphere frightened the people to their core.

"Merab, can you use your bow?" Kira asked.

"I can shoot two to three arrows before I run out of steam," She responded.

"Good. Take down those powerful monsters."

Meanwhile, Justin was hanging on the thread as he dodge a powerful attack from the Aerial Cave Bison.

Both the human and Insectoid were covered in blood as they locked on each other.

'If I go all out I could kill this monster but I kill it. Those insectoids wouldn't have any deterrent anymore. They would attack the train mercilessly.' With this though, he continues to endure the Cave Bison attack.

'Why are you not moving?' Justin's stern voice echoed in Kira's head.

'I don't know. The train refuses to move.' She responded as she looked at the frantic Chloe.

Ta! Ta! Ta!

The rain of bullets echoed from the train window as the Insectoid tried to attack the train.

Screech!

The Insectoid was furious under measly toys. The bullets couldn't harm them at all. It feels like a needle pricking their skin.

Bang!

A golden arrow sent a massive ant flying, shocking the other Insectoid. For a split of seconds, the Insectoid failed to attack the train as they looked in the direction where the attack came from.

Meanwhile, in the control room, Chloe was on her knees checking a hidden compartment filled with cables and fuses. Suddenly, her face brightened as she found the problem.

With trembling hands, she fixed the fuse quickly and covered the hidden compartment. She rushed to the control board and switched on the train once again.

Screech!

The train shook for a moment as everyone on it held their breath, praying.