Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 124 Mine Clearance
January 7nd, no rain.

"The weather is nice, perfect for visiting relatives."

The armed train, which had been parked outside the Dongping City Smart Logistics Center for several days, was finally started.

The locomotive and the eight hydrogen-powered train cars simultaneously sprang into action, accompanied by a hysterical whistle.

The heavy double-decker train, weighing several thousand tons, creaked and groaned on the tracks, the dull thuds sending chills down one's spine.

The loose screws on the rails, which had been soaked by acid rain, were just flung off when a powerful force pressed them back in, fusing the screws and nuts together and straightening the previously twisted rails.

"Om-"

A metal plate on the front of the train unfolds to both ends, and a medium-sized drone, pulled by a cable, flies forward along the rails.

All the images and information captured by the high-definition camera on the drone were transmitted to the screen in front of Su Huan. He could see the situation of the track ahead by simply swiping his hand on the screen a couple of times. Su Huan nodded in satisfaction.

Then he turned and left the room, heading towards the driver's seat.

Besides his No. 1 carriage, there was a screen in the driver's cab and the dining car, and in No. 12, a bunch of Professor Ma's students were watching him.

The train conductor doesn't need to watch over it personally, but he also has other tasks.

Walking to the front of the car, Liang Kuan, who was recovering from serious injuries, was sitting in the driver's seat driving. Xiao Ba was still sitting in the corner next to him. Professor Ma and Xiao Zhao were installing the projector next to them. He Jie was watching from the side, his cigar almost chewed into a bubblegum.

Upon seeing Su Huan, He Jie nervously rubbed his hands together. "Isn't this too hasty? Should we make some more preparations?"

Su Huan said with a forced smile, "You're the one who's in a hurry to make the call, and you're also the one who needs to prepare. Why don't you, the train conductor, do it?"

He Jie rubbed his forehead impatiently and fell silent.

When he asked last night, Su Huan immediately said he wanted to beat up Chang Li.

When asked about the time, the answer was tomorrow.

Of all the people, he was the most anxious and the most worried.

On one hand, they were worried that Su Huan wouldn't fight his former employer, and on the other hand, they were worried that Su Huan wouldn't be able to win.

He was so conflicted that he didn't sleep all night.

Su Huan ignored him and instead closed his eyes to silently absorb the polymorphic crystal.

About twenty minutes later.

"Train conductor, there's an emergency ahead!"

Su Huan's body suddenly fluctuated.

With each breath, a faint energy overflowed from his mouth and nose, spreading out like a thick fog, passing through the armored carriage, over the concrete fence, and covering a ten-meter radius around Su Huan.

It will bounce back rapidly in a very short time as long as it encounters an object with universal energy.

The information attached to it will also be received by him.

lv2 "Universal Awareness" - lv3 Universal Awareness.

A sharp screech of brakes rang out, and the already slow-moving train came to a slow stop.

Su Huan opened his eyes and looked up at the screen hanging on the wall of the carriage. About 300 meters ahead of the railway, a heavy truck was lying across the tracks like a city wall. The cab had rolled to the side, and the carriages were overturned. More than a dozen trucks were overturned here in a crisscross pattern. The metal shells were wrinkled like waste paper and piled up more than five meters high. The glass and other materials scattered on the ground were shiny from the acid rain, like sequins on a stage.

(I don't understand AI tuning, so please bear with it.)

Under Xiao Zhao's control, the drone gradually ascended.

The entire intersection was now visible.

Looking out from the railway crossing at the epicenter of the accident, dozens or even hundreds of vehicles were stuck at the intersection, stretching for almost several kilometers.

The red frame quickly circled the wandering zombies on the screen, so densely packed that they almost covered the entire screen.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhao quickly adjusted the screen and the red frame disappeared.

Su Huan rested his hands on Liang Kuan's seat, looked at the horrific car accident on the screen, and asked calmly, "Was this the road we took to get here?"

"No, because turning around is too much trouble. I took another route, which also leads back to Changli County."

"Ah."

Su Huan sneered.

Having survived four years in the apocalypse, he had seen countless car accident scenes, so how come he had never seen a car accident piled up five meters high at a railway crossing?

His former employer really went to great lengths to prevent him from going back!

But today he insists on going back to visit his old employer.

"Is there anything else unusual?" Su Huan asked Xiao Zhao.

"According to our detection, there are no landmines or anything like that."

Xiao Zhao said affirmatively.

"Okay, Xiao Ba, check the tracks."

"The rails are intact, with slight deformation. I'll adjust them if you get closer."

Xiao Ba answered clearly.

"Liang Kuan, run him over!"

"understand!"

The train accelerated again, and the thick, sharp cone pierced directly into the container truck, prying it open with a thunderous roar.

The cars piled on top fell off, hit the front armor, and were then bounced to the sides.

With the train's violent advance, it easily tore a path through it and sped away.

Su Huan kept his all-encompassing perception active, checking for any anomalies on the tracks. Given the Steel Council's temperament, this journey was definitely not going to be peaceful.

……

Dongpyeong City borders Geumjong City.

In a small building next to the railway, two shirtless men and a neatly dressed woman were playing cards in the living room.

One of them was none other than Wang Fei, the former leader of the Mojiang Mutual Aid Team.

The room was fairly clean. Besides snacks and playing cards, there were two old-fashioned rifles, the same model as Lin Jin's, casually tossed aside on the coffee table.

"Two! Hurry up and play your card, stop dawdling!"

Wang Fei rudely threw two cards at the woman's chest, making a crisp snapping sound.

The woman fell silent, trembling as she tossed four fives, observing the expressions on their faces. "Bomb, is that okay?"

"Oh ho, you even have explosives! Sure, of course, but don't make it sound like we're forcing you."

"Then I'll go for a straight, that's all."

The woman threw down the cards in her hand.

Wang Fei was stunned. He glanced at her cards, then at his own, and slammed them on the table with a dark expression. "Damn it! This hand is terrible!"

After he finished cursing, he took off a piece of clothing.

The woman was carefully shuffling the cards beside them, listening to the two chatting as they dealt the cards.

"It has to be Brother Fei. I thought it would be a tough job, but it turned out to be so easy. While they were fighting to the death in Changli, we just sat here and had food, drink and fun."

"You didn't want to come when I asked you before, but now you know how good this job is, right?"

Listening to his flattery, Wang Fei's depression from being imprisoned and stripped of power dissipated considerably.

Although he lost control of the team, Wang Fei had no intention of fleeing after witnessing the formidable power of the Steel Council.

His convoy only had a few thousand people, while the Steel Council had already gathered tens of thousands of survivors, with guns, cannons, and evolved beings.

If he could get a position in the Steel Council, wouldn't that be much better than his little caravan?
And that bitch Zhang Min, thinking she could get rid of herself by joining the Steel Conference.

He refused to believe that he, an evolved being, could be less successful than her.

And that damn armed train, once he's made it big, we'll take it all down!
"I just don't know how much longer we can keep this job. That truck has been parked in Dongping City for a week now."

"Got it... What the hell is this lousy card?!"

Wang Fei slammed the cards down on the table again, snatched the cards from the woman next to him, and glanced at them. "Damn, she has two Kings and four Twos in her hand. What's the point of playing now?"

The woman offered an awkward smile.

"Hey Fei, did you feel the ground shaking a bit?"

The man sitting opposite asked hesitantly.

Wang Fei scoffed, "So what if a train's passing by? What's the big deal—holy crap!!!"

"train!!"

(End of this chapter)