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Due to the impact of natural disasters, the original railway transportation system was severely damaged. Although the railway lines had been restored to operation after costly emergency repairs, the original electric locomotives were evidently unable to run. After all, most of the high-voltage power supply networks along the line were destroyed in the previous fires and impacts.

So now, what runs on the railway tracks in Flame Country are all old-fashioned steam locomotives.

Although they are not as fast as electric locomotives, under the current circumstances, these coal-burning vintage engines are much more reliable than electric ones. A steam locomotive, when hitched with a coal car, can move around anywhere, without needing the support of a high-voltage power supply network along the route, and the maintenance requirements are much less.

Railways aren’t just about laying down tracks and considering it done. The smooth operation of railway transport heavily depends on railway maintenance. It’s vastly different from before the disaster; maintaining the normal use of the tracks has become much more cumbersome than it used to be. Ensuring the transportation of essential supplies is already quite a challenge.

Hearing the rumble of the train, Li and the city’s official hurriedly adjusted themselves; one quickly finishing his cigarette and tossing away the butt to prepare to receive the supplies, while the other signaled his subordinates to heighten their alertness.

Accompanied by the "clank clank" sound of the train wheels, a locomotive spewing white steam emerged from the darkness like a beast. The driver blew the whistle, and the piercing sound shattered through the night sky like the roar of some colossal creature.

What emerged from the darkness was indeed a beast—a massive creature wrapped entirely in steel. The engine was spewing thick white steam, enveloping the entire platform in white fog, blurring the view in an instant.

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Behind the steam-belching engine were segments of the beast’s "body" made of steel. These carriages were all heavily armored, dotted with shooting ports. Some carriages even had turrets, looming grotesquely through the mist.

"Is this an Armored Train?" Li, being somewhat knowledgeable, naturally recognized this thing he had only seen in war movies.