Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 189 Report
Ten kilometers away, He Jie, who was frantically shooting at zombies, suddenly stopped.

He ripped the bullet chain off his neck and turned around to look in surprise at the base behind him.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, the soldier next to him quickly asked loudly, "Sir, what happened?"

He Jie shook his head, wondering if he had misheard.

Why are there mutated beast roars coming from the base? He clearly cleared out all threats within a five-kilometer radius.

His two hundred soldiers were forming a crossfire network to clear out the large number of corpses in the square. Gunshots and the roars of zombies were mixed together. He must have misheard.

He raised his light machine gun and fired again.

The interplay of metallic sparks and bloody, dismembered limbs formed his favorite scene.

Then, a faint roar came again.

He Jie shuddered violently.

Something is wrong!
He immediately shouted, "Cease fire!"

The soldiers on either side hesitated for a moment. The zombies in front of them were about to rush forward. Was it time to call a ceasefire?

Seeing that no one immediately carried out the order, He Jie flew into a rage and roared, "Everyone, cease fire!"

A violent roar filled the entire arena.

In an instant, all two hundred guns went out of service.

All that remained were the eerie howls of zombies, when a Night Demon charged up the wall.

"Oh!"

A metal shield, as large as a door panel, flew past.

Severing his thigh and embedding it deep into the concrete wall, Night Demon staggered to the ground, followed closely by a burly figure, like a crazed silverback gorilla, stomping his feet on the shield. With a low growl, the concrete shattered, and the shield crashed to the ground.

They smashed the Night Demons on the ground into mincemeat without them having time to run away.

Blood spurted out from under the shield, like the juicy juices squeezed out of a medium-rare steak.

Liang Kuan grabbed his shield and, with two leaps, landed on the armored personnel carrier at He Jie's feet.

"what happened?"

He Jie pointed in the direction of the base and asked, "Old Liang, can you hear shouts coming from over there?"

Liang Kuan listened intently for a moment, then shook his head. "My senses aren't as developed as yours; I can't hear anything."

He Jie glanced at the zombies that were about to be wiped out, his nostrils flared, and he said fiercely, "Retreat!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers did not hesitate and rushed to the vehicle.

The sound of doors slamming shut was incessant.

With engines roaring and tires screeching against the ground, off-road vehicles shot off like arrows.

But the zombies had already rushed up during the lull in the fighting and surrounded the convoy from all sides.

"It's up to you, Lao Liang!"

Liang Kuan, shield in hand, turned and walked away. "Alright, I'll cover the rear!"

……

In city traffic, how long does it take to travel 10 kilometers?
He Jie gave the answer: four minutes and twenty seconds.

Keeping the accelerator at over 120 km/h the whole time, even letting go a little is disloyal to the train conductor!

When He Jie's convoy returned, they saw the five-meter-tall giant bear clinging to the top of the wall, struggling to climb inside, its huge rear end wiggling, roaring repeatedly, wanting to eat the humans who had hurt it.

Yu Yue directed the combat team soldiers to deploy multiple layers of defense in the building behind the wall.

"Boom——"

The thinner section of the wall couldn't support the bear's weight and broke open, causing rubble to fall down.

The giant bear abandoned its previous clumsy posture, its eyes flashing with ferocity. It pressed one paw against the gaping wound, while the other paw swiftly reached out to grab the soldiers firing at it from the side.

"Pretty cunning!"

Su Huan raised an eyebrow, and the filamentous light in his hand transformed into a serrated spear. The lightning spear, infused with one-tenth of his energy, instantly appeared above the giant bear's head.

Heaven and earth belatedly shone for a fleeting moment.

A deafening roar, like thunder.

Lightning flashed wildly along the giant bear's fur, and the smell of burning filled the entire battlefield.

The claws reaching for the soldier froze in place.

A moment later, the giant bear let out a piercing howl, so loud it shook the heavens and earth, even drowning out the thunder.

The giant bear, which was over eight meters tall when it stood up, fell straight back onto the ground.

The gunfire ceased.

The godlike power left everyone in awe. Looking at the not-so-burly train conductor on the city wall, they were at a loss for words to express their feelings.

How could such a powerful mutant beast be killed with a single blow?
Is this the train conductor?
Su Huan was surprised for a moment when he saw the giant bear lying on the ground, but he quickly came to his senses.

This idiot can even play dead!
Although he didn't understand the habits of bears, he did understand second-tier mutated beasts.

Unless you compress all your energy into the electric spear, there is a certain probability that you can directly electrocute this giant bear.

Even if his current energy level exceeds the second tier, it's useless.

To instantly kill a physically powerful mutated beast, one's total energy must reach at least the third tier level.

Looking at the convoy that had just returned in the distance, Su Huan's lips curled up, and he shouted down to He Jie from the city wall, "Captain He is back from his raid. While you're at it, could you drag this bear back for me?"

"boom!"

He Jie slammed the car door shut, looked at the giant bear that resembled a small mountain, and swallowed hard.

Even though the other party was dead, that savage and ferocious aura still made him tremble with fear and gave him a strong sense of crisis.

I looked up at the train conductor.

But the other person's expression had long since changed, and now they looked completely indifferent.

The sound of brakes echoed behind them. Liang Kuan jumped off the vehicle, shield in hand, and looked at the giant beast before him with suspicion in his eyes.

He Jie still trusted his intuition and whispered, "I have a feeling this thing isn't quite dead yet, everyone be on your guard!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers were on high alert, each clutching their guns and cautiously approaching the giant bear on the ground.

Fifty meters away, Tian Bei, the rabbit, drew his pistol from its holster and fired a short burst at the giant bear.

The bullet pierced the black hair.

Even after all the bullets in the magazine were fired, there was no bleeding or anything unusual.

"Really dead?"

"Licking Rabbit" murmured.

He Jie frowned. "It doesn't seem like it."

He grabbed the assault rifle from the soldier next to him and fired at the giant bear's limbs and vital joints. Just like the pistol bullets from the licking rabbit, they sank into the fur without any reaction.

Suddenly, a burly figure flashed past my eyes.

Liang Kuan had already stepped forward with his shield.

He Jie opened his mouth, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but he swallowed back the words of dissuasion. He changed to a new magazine and followed with the standard marching gun-holding posture.

The two approached within ten meters.

Lin Jin and the others on the wall held their breath. Yu Yue looked conflicted and glanced at Su Huan without daring to say a word.

The goat in the distance kept glancing at the train conductor and then at He Jie below, its eyes filled with strange expressions.

Although he didn't know what the train conductor meant, he was still quite amused to see He Jie get the short end of the stick.

Who told that old dog to kick him so hard when he grabbed him?

It still hurts when I think about it.

Just as He Jie and his companion got within five meters, they sensed something was wrong. Their body hair stood on end, driven by their "combat instincts."

Amidst the whistling wind, Qu Hang's reminder came through.

"It moved!"

The two looked up at the same time, and the giant bear, which was pretending to be dead, had raised its paws and blocked out the sky.

Through the gaps in the claws, a mocking smile could be faintly seen on the train conductor's lips. 'Damn it! I've been tricked again!'

He Jie roared with grief and anger in his heart.

Fall for a different scam every day, each one unique!
But a bolt of lightning struck the giant bear before the claws could strike.

"Oh!"

Flashes of lightning and billowing smoke and dust.

A disheveled He Jie and Liang Kuan were thrown backwards from the smoke.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

Seeing this, the licking rabbit shouted at the top of its lungs.

Qu Hang's sniper bullet was already aimed at the giant bear's eye; because there was no wind resistance, the bullet's trajectory was almost straight.

At the critical moment, the bear tilted its head, and the bullet lodged in the fur on the side of its cheek.

There wasn't even a scratch.

He Jie got up and unleashed a torrent of rifle bullets, only to find them all blocked by the bear's fur and thick layer of fat. He cursed angrily.

"Bring me my heavy machine gun!"

Suddenly, Su Huan's leisurely voice came from beside him, "No way, you two are already dead. Now you'd better behave yourselves and play the role of corpses."

He Jie stood there, stunned, and looked up at Su Huan, his expression twisted into a big question mark.

What the hell are they doing?
But Liang Kuan, who was beside him, had already withdrawn from the battlefield with his shield. He found a place away from the original point of the battlefield, leaned against a wall, put his shield on it, and pretended to be dead.

Seeing Su Huan's smiling lips and calm eyes, He Jie's anger subsided.

He walked across the battlefield toward Liang Kuan.

The rabbit, bewildered by their actions, asked, "Boss, where are you going?"

He Jie said impatiently, "I'm dead, don't talk to me!"

With the loss of He Jie and Liang Kuan, two formidable combatants, the situation on the field suddenly became precarious. However, under the command of Tian Tu and Qu Hang, there were no casualties among the soldiers for the time being.

The off-road vehicle was tossed around in the giant bear's hands like a toy.

The firepower of two hundred people was still quite fierce, but it couldn't inflict any effective damage on second-tier evolved beasts.

Su Huan quietly observed the mighty bear and the disheveled recruits below, and after a moment said calmly, "What are you waiting for if you're not going down to provide support?"

Lin Jin, Lao San, and the others suddenly realized what was happening and jumped down to surround and attack the giant bear.

With the support of a group of powerful evolved beings, the new recruits breathed a sigh of relief.

They began a counterattack under the command of officers.

However, the situation is still not optimistic.

Sitting under the wall, He Jie scratched his head. "So it was for training troops. You should have said so earlier! Would I have refused?"

"Quiet down, you're already dead."

……

Acid rain zone, Hongyi City.

In the two days since leaving the armed train, Tong Zizhan has felt confident again.

Thanks to his stealth skills and keen observation abilities, he traveled over a hundred kilometers with almost no danger before arriving in Hongyi City.

The only difference is that previously only one piece of intelligence needed to be recorded, but now two pieces need to be recorded.

Furthermore, fine adjustments need to be made based on the different research progress and understandings of both sides.

For example, for Deep Blue data, it is sufficient to record things truthfully, but for Armed Train, there are some things that cannot be written in too much detail, otherwise they will be missed.

After finishing today's record and summary, Tong Zizhan slammed down his pen and sighed, "Being an undercover agent is just too damn hard."

Gao Yuan stood on the balcony observing the situation outside. Once he confirmed that none of his subordinates had returned, he turned his ring and said, "The key is to do double the work!"

The two are currently squatting in a high-rise residential building on the outskirts of Hongui City.

Because this building has a total of 28 floors, it is almost the tallest building in the entire city, and naturally becomes the best place for observation.

Just as Tong Zizhan was about to speak, Gao Yuan suddenly turned around hastily and asked urgently, "Have you blocked it?"

Tong Zizhan asked in confusion, "Keep it on all the time, that's basic courtesy."

Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

"Someone's here?" Tong Zizhan walked over.

Instead of stepping directly onto the balcony, he bent down slightly, gradually expanding his field of vision.

"What position?"

“There are three all-terrain infantry fighting vehicles at the eight o’clock position.”

"Where did these all-terrain infantry fighting vehicles come from?!"

"See for yourself!"

Tong Zizhan carefully adjusted the angle and saw three vehicles speeding through the street. Occasionally, zombies would block the way, but they were eliminated by the weapons mounted on the vehicles before they could even react.

Because of the high-end noise reduction equipment, it made almost no sound.

It looked like three ghosts streaking across the sky.

"Which faction is this?"

Tong Zizhan shrank back, his expression slightly changing.

Gao Yuan shrugged. "How would I know? But it seems like they're coming for us."

Tong Zizhan shook his head. "They're not coming for us, they're coming for this building. Luckily, we didn't choose the top floor. Hide well."

Soon, three cars were parked downstairs, and a group of people walked upstairs.

Tong Zizhan was somewhat relieved. Liu Ming and the others were assigned to carry out a mission far away, and only he and Gao Yuan came here to investigate.

The two huddled silently in the bedroom, listening to the footsteps as they went upstairs.

Observing this room from the perspective of general energy, we can draw the same conclusion as Su Huan did back then: this room is empty, there is nothing there.

As for other high-tech detection methods, the two of them were able to evade them.

After all, DeepBlue Data is a top-tier data provider, no less capable than others!

Half an hour passed.

Tong Zizhan frowned only after the group upstairs left.

"Why is Black Kite coming to the acid rain zone instead of properly developing the storm zone?"

"Should we report this?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Of course, Black Kite must have some ulterior motive for traveling all this way to the acid rain zone!"

"Who should we report to?"

Upon hearing this, Tong Zizhan hesitated for a moment before deciding, "Report it all. After all, they came from the north. Unless we're blind, we can't possibly miss them. The company will find a way to handle it."

"We'll probably need to raise our rank on the armed train."

Gao Yuan said.

"Hiss... Let's get through this first, it's making me a bit conflicted now."

"Should we also report the situation on the armed train side?"

"It's been a while since I've given a report, so I should at least say something. Remember, don't mention our promotions, okay?"

"I'm not stupid!"

……

Armed train, Shunan Station base.

Two hundred soldiers, along with a group of evolved beings, used up 100,000 bullets, plus a number of grenades and other heavy firepower, and finally wore down the battered second-tier heavy bear to death.

Two unlucky guys died.

This is even with the base behind them, various forms of support, and Su Huan, a pseudo-second-tier evolver, providing occasional assistance.

(End of this chapter)