A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

A silence fell over the room. At this point, almost everyone assumed that Su Xinjue was dead.

Everyone fell silent, and after a while, some people leaned back on the sofa and began to snore softly.

Duan Rong turned off the flashlight he had been holding, plunging the living room into darkness. He leaned back on the sofa, ready to take a nap, when suddenly someone placed their head on his shoulder in the darkness.

Duan Rong knew that it was Jiang Hanyan sitting next to him. Jiang Hanyan's face rubbed against Duan Rong's shoulder for a while, as if she had finally found a comfortable angle, and then she stopped moving.

Duan Rong remained motionless in the darkness, letting Jiang Hanyan lean against his shoulder. Before long, both of them drifted off to sleep…

As the morning light streamed in through the window, Duan Rong opened his eyes. He moved his shoulder, and Jiang Hanyan was also woken up by him.

In an instant, everyone woke up from the sofa.

They quickly washed up.

Lu Chu looked at everyone and said, "Shall we go to the railway line now?"

They fell silent for a moment. Although they all assumed that Su Xinjue was dead, they had not seen her body.

Jiang Hanyan suddenly said, "Why don't we look for her around here? Even if she's already dead, seeing her with our own eyes will put an end to it. What do you think?"

Jiang Hanyan's tone was tentative.

Duan Rong sighed and said, "Then let's search this building from the ground floor. Then search the street below. Whether we find Su Xinjue or not, after we've searched these two places, we'll head into the railway line."

In truth, Duan Rong knew Su Xinjue was dead, but Guo Tian and Jiang Hanyan still harbored doubts. They wanted to see her alive or dead.

Upon hearing Duan Rong's words, Xu Hui's eyes flickered slightly, and his doubts about Duan Rong were somewhat dispelled at this moment.

Guo Tian, ​​Jiang Hanyan, and the others agreed with Duan Rong's suggestion. They then packed their bags and weapons and prepared to depart.

Actually, these railway staff housing buildings are all old buildings, and this particular building only has six floors. There are only three households on each floor.

They opened the front door, walked out slowly, went straight to the stairs, and slowly went up.

Just as he reached the top of the stairs on the third floor, a zombie lunged at him. Guo Tian gripped his fire axe and cleaved the zombie's skull open with a diagonal strike.

Looking out from the third-floor corridor, there was nothing there except for the fallen zombie.

Duan Rong glanced at the entrance of a house, his eyes flickering slightly, because that house was next to the one on his balcony. If they went inside now and onto the balcony, they would see Su Xinjue's clothes and the blanket soaked in blood.

However, without any reason, they entered the house, and seeing nothing unusual in the corridor, they continued up to the fourth floor.

To be honest, their search for Su Xinjue was merely for peace of mind, a tacitly agreed-upon formality.

Just like when a colleague is hospitalized, the greetings and visits from people in the workplace are just token gestures.

They quickly scanned the six-story old building but found nothing of note.

The group went down the stairs and arrived at the courtyard of the house with a yard on the first floor.

They walked slowly over, and at the large iron gate, everyone's expressions suddenly sharpened.

Looking through the large iron gate, one could see that among the dozen or so zombie dogs that were originally in the yard, there was now a zombie with a rotting body standing there.

The zombie's body was completely gnawed apart, with bits of skin and flesh hanging loosely on her body. Even more horrifying was her face; half of it had been chewed up, revealing her teeth, and you could even vaguely see her tongue from the side...

Even Duan Rong frowned deeply the moment he saw Su Xinjue's corpse. Last night, he had looked down from the third-floor terrace, and the night was rather gloomy. Now, looking through the heavy iron gate, the horror of the corpse far exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, the dozen or so zombie dogs and the terrifying corpses rushed over, slamming the thick iron gate with a loud clang.

Lu Chu suddenly swallowed and said, "I don't think I saw this horrific corpse yesterday? Could this corpse be Su Xinjue?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the horrific corpse. The body had been gnawed beyond recognition, and its skin had turned grayish-brown, leaving no trace of Su Xinjue.

Guo Tiandao said, "Not necessarily. Didn't you see the door was open? Maybe when we went there yesterday, that horrific corpse just wandered into the room."

Lu Chu and the others nodded in agreement, agreeing with Guo Tian's assessment. Even if Su Xinjue had been attacked by zombies, it was impossible for her to be completely naked, without even underwear…

The building was located on a small street. The group swept through the area, killed a few zombies, and then jumped over the barbed wire fence and returned to the railway line.

Two zombies were lying on the barbed wire, staring at them with hungry eyes, but Duan Rong and his group acted as if they didn't see them and just walked south along the railway line.

Guo Tian suddenly looked at Duan Rong and asked, "Duan Rong, can we reach the outskirts of the city today?"

Duan Rong said, "If there are no unexpected events on the road, and we only consider the distance on foot, we can reach the outskirts in less than half a day."

"is it?"

Hearing Duan Rong's words, everyone was overjoyed. Although Su Xinjue's unexpected death had stirred their emotions, the thought that they could complete the mission in less than half a day and escape this zombie-besieged, illusory world of gods and demons filled them with delight.

However, they all overlooked the first half of Duan Rong's words: he said there were no surprises.

As they walked, Lu Chu and the others started taking out snacks and eating them.

After walking for a while, they suddenly saw a patch of black dots in the distance ahead, scattered about twenty or so zombies wandering around.

Beside those black dots, there was a huge thing that gleamed white in the sunlight.

Duan Rong recognized it as a Fuxing bullet train from afar. Fortunately, there were only about twenty zombies wandering around in the open space outside the train.

The group of people now wore expressions of dread, as if facing a formidable enemy. This was not only because of the more than twenty zombies that had suddenly appeared, but also because of the large creature parked on the railway tracks next to them, which seemed like a monster to Guo Tian and his companions.

Guo Tian asked with a serious expression, "Duan Rong, what is that?"

Duan Rong thought for a moment and tried to explain in words they could understand: "It's a kind of transportation equipment."

"Transportation equipment?" Guo Tian frowned slightly and asked, "Transport what?"

Duan Rong said, "Goods...or people."

"people?!"

A look of fear crossed Lu Chu's face. "Such a huge thing, if it's full of people, how many zombies would there be?!"

Duan Rong said, "Therefore, we need to be careful. Besides, even if there are more, it won't be as many as the zombie horde outside."

The group gripped their weapons and moved forward, the wandering black dots gradually growing larger in their field of vision.

Finally, after reaching a certain location, the zombies suddenly rushed towards them like madmen.

Although there were more than twenty zombies, all five of them were armed with sharp weapons, especially Jiang Hanyan's Longquan sword, which swept away several zombies with a single strike.

More than twenty zombies were wiped out in just a few breaths.

At this moment, they were only a few dozen meters away from the Fuxing high-speed train. Looking around, they didn't see any zombies wandering around, but they still cautiously moved forward.

According to Duan Rong, it might be full of zombies.

They finally reached the vicinity of the Fuxing high-speed train, where they saw zombie faces huddled together on the glass, which shone with a dazzling white light.

However, the windows of the high-speed train could not be opened and were very thick, so the zombies were like being sealed in a can and could not get out for a while.

Duan Rong stood there and looked around. On the entire Fuxing high-speed train, only the driver's cab and the first-class cabin doors were open. The twenty-odd zombies were clearly those who had been sitting in first class. The second-class carriages were all sealed off. Seeing that the zombies couldn't get out immediately, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"We'd better get out of here quickly!"

Duan Rong gave a brief instruction and then quickened his pace. He was well aware of the population density inside the high-speed train; their presence could trigger a frenzy among the zombies, potentially leading to unforeseen consequences. It was best to leave quickly.

The group quickly left.

The rest of the journey went smoothly, but Duan Rong began to worry. He knew that, based on their walking distance, they were getting closer and closer to the South Station.

He had no idea what the situation was at the South Station. How to get through it was up to him; he'd just have to see how things unfolded. Hopefully, there weren't any zombies there.

They walked for a while longer when suddenly a zombie sprang out from behind a banana tree at the edge of the wire mesh and pounced on them.

Jiang Hanyan drew her Longquan sword with a whoosh, and with a flash of cold light, the zombie's head flew off.

Everyone was puzzled as to why there was a zombie hiding there.

After walking a few more steps, they encountered a few more scattered zombies.

After encountering several waves of sporadic zombies, they became wary.

As he walked, he became increasingly cautious and kept looking ahead.

They already knew the route they had taken and the situation, but the sporadic appearance of zombies, and their increasing frequency, was clearly related to what had happened earlier. This was the first time they had encountered one or more zombies every so often, as if they were wandering in from nearby.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, they finally saw ahead, a dense array of black dots, like locusts filling the entire road.

Amidst those dense black dots, two trains collided on the tracks, derailing and overturning.

Looking at the dense horde of zombies filling the entire railway line, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Duan Rong's facial muscles twitched involuntarily. He had thought the South Station would be an obstacle on their journey, but he hadn't expected to encounter such a major incident before even reaching it.

The train overturned, shattering the windows, and many zombies slowly crawled out. Two trains, probably containing one or two thousand zombies, were crammed onto this section of the railway line.

No wonder there are still scattered zombies wandering over from such a distance; the horde is simply too large.

With one or two thousand zombies, it's not a question of whether they can kill them all; if they go there, they'll probably be overwhelmed by the horde.

Just then, another zombie pounced from nearby, and Guo Tian smashed its head open with a fire axe.

Guo Tian gripped the fire axe, staring at the dense black dots filling the entire road ahead. A bitter taste rose in his mouth. He turned to Duan Rong and asked, "How are we supposed to get through this?"

Jiang Hanyan also looked at Duan Rong, waiting for him to speak.

Duan Rong stood there in thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Let's go, let's go back!"

"what?!"

After Duan Rong finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.

Guo Tian, ​​Lu Chu, and the others were still standing there, unmoved. They'd come this far; were they really going to give up now?

Lu Chu couldn't help but say, "There are hordes of zombies on the streets outside!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Rong stopped and, noticing that everyone was still standing still, said, "Follow me, I have a way to get through that horde of corpses ahead."

"Charge through that horde of corpses...?!"

"How do we charge?!"

Everyone was still stunned by what he said, hoping that Duan Rong could explain it more clearly, but Duan Rong obviously didn't know how to explain it to them.

At this moment, Jiang Hanyan suddenly walked towards Duan Rong first and stood beside him.

Guo Tian's eyes flickered, and he also walked towards Duan Rong.

When Duan Rong saw that Guo Tian was also coming over, he immediately turned around and continued on his way. Jiang Hanyan and Guo Tian followed him, and Lu Chu and Xu Hui followed immediately after them.

However, everyone was a little apprehensive along the way.

How could they possibly break through such a dense horde of corpses?!

In fact, the houses near this railway network are all old buildings, and for the safety of the railway line, the sidewalks in the houses are very narrow, and vehicles cannot enter at all. Only after passing through several sidewalks can a vehicle enter.

In other words, even if Duan Rong wanted to get a vehicle and rush onto the railway line, it would be impossible; there was simply no way for him to get in.

Duan Rong strode backward, and the group followed behind.

Duan Rong walked faster and faster, and it was clear that they had already covered quite a distance.

Guo Tian finally couldn't help but ask, "Duan Rong, where exactly are you taking us?"

Duan Rong said, "Do you remember the transport equipment that was crammed full of zombies before?"

Duan Rong was referring to the Fuxing high-speed train they had passed by earlier.

Guo Tiandao: "I remember. What does that thing have to do with us charging through that horde of corpses?"

Duan Rong chuckled and said, "You have no idea how powerful that thing is!"

In fact, the Fuxing high-speed train is powered by the high-voltage power grid, but in order to deal with emergencies, the train is also equipped with batteries to deal with unexpected emergencies.

Now, the whole city is without power, and the high-voltage power grid can't supply electricity, but the battery has enough power to get them from here to the suburbs.

Soon, they saw the large object, gleaming coldly in the sunlight, dozens of meters away—it was the Fuxing bullet train lying on the tracks.

The group quickly walked over; they had already slaughtered all the zombies there. However, the second-class cabin of the Fuxing was still suffocating with zombies, like a can.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the Fuxing bullet train, Duan Rong slowed his pace slightly and said, "Be careful, everyone. Let's go to the driver's cab at the front of the train."

Both the cockpit and first-class cabin doors were open.

They walked slowly forward, without encountering any zombies along the way.

Through the glass, Duan Rong could already see that the driver's cab was empty, but he still carefully went inside.

Don't forget how Du Wan died. Just because you can't see it from the outside doesn't mean it's not inside. Some stray cats and dogs might have turned into zombies and are hiding in the corners inside.

The group entered the driver's seat and checked it to make sure it was safe.

The high-tech high-speed train driver's cab left Guo Tian and his companions dazzled.

Duan Rong had told them before that this was a magic artifact with a rune array, but they looked around everywhere and couldn't see any trace of runes.

Duan Rong stood there, looking at the control panel in the driver's cab. The control panel was divided into three parts: the right side, the middle, and the left side. According to the markings on it, each part performed different functions, such as wind pressure monitoring, voltage control, door opening and closing, and traction braking.

Duan Rong suddenly walked over, placed his hand on the control handle marked "Traction Brake," his eyes flickered slightly, and he thought to himself, "Reader spirit." (End of Chapter)