Railway Kill Line

The title of the novel is the Killing Line, also known as the Railway Dividing Line. After the catastrophe, the rich used railways to divide the United States into several regions according to latitude and longitude. The protagonist Fred took a semi-open small train to patrol the railway dividing line every day. The dividing line was equipped with automatic turrets at intervals to prevent survivors, poor people or humanoid monsters from approaching or crossing the dividing line. One night, a human head suddenly fell on the square of the railway station on the divided railway line. The crowd in the square was horrified. A group of soldiers came close to examine the head and covered it with a cloth. Sitting on a semi-open patrol train, Fred and other inspectors watched the commotion below and felt uneasy. On the one hand, they were wary of the movements in the square on the right, and on the other hand, they were wary of the area they often patrolled on the left. The cold wind and rain made them feel panicked, as if unseen dangers might burst out of the darkness on the left at any time.