Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 203 Flood
Looking into Su Huan's almost pitch-black eyes, Haywood's face turned ashen.

Having been familiar with Donghuang culture, he knew very well what Su Huan meant by "giving".

The problem is, we don't even know if this tree exists!
Heywood instinctively glanced at Su Huan's side, where five prisoners from the investigation team stood empty-handed.

"By the way, you guys go and help out. You're all from the same company, how can you be so indifferent?"

Su Huan said calmly.

The investigation captain's expression twisted for a moment, realizing for the first time how damnably awful Haywood's face was!

Suddenly, the soldiers on guard duty on the perimeter ran up.

After hearing the report, He Jie's expression turned noticeably strange as he walked towards Su Huan. "A large number of mutated beasts are attacking from the foot of the mountain..."

No sooner had they finished speaking than the faint roars of beasts and the sounds of gunfire could be heard.

Soldiers only use high-lethal weapons like grenades when facing large-sized mutant beasts.

Although the edge of the mountaintop was surrounded by soldiers from the armed corps, Haywood and his men were able to roughly determine what was going on from the sounds.

"Someone used mutant beast inducer."

Lin Jin, Shan Yang, and the others all turned their gazes toward Su Huan, who was sitting in the middle.

His face was filled with deep bewilderment.

Although no one opened their mouths, the same problem could be clearly seen on everyone's face.

Boss, we've got the upper hand now!

Su Huan clicked his tongue in exasperation. "Why are you looking at me? I didn't put it there."

Every single one of the high-ranking officials present was a survivor. If they hadn't run away quickly and taken many others with them, they would have been the ones overwhelmed by the zombie horde.

I still feel lingering fear when I think about it now.

He Jie stared at Su Huan for a long time, and only when he saw that Su Huan showed no sign of changing his mind did he feel relieved.

As long as it's not the train conductor's doing, it can be controlled.

He then glared at Haywood with a ferocious expression, "So it was you guys who were causing trouble!"

Suddenly, the sound of gun bolts being pulled back filled the air. Haywood frantically waved his hands, "We came out on a search mission, we wouldn't bring anything like that. It must have been Black Kite and his gang!"

“If you’re trying to frame us, then don’t bother.” HT-426 stood up from behind the bunker.

She opened the outer protective layer of the exoskeleton, revealing the tactical uniform underneath. Several small reagent tubes were hanging on her right shoulder, and she pointed to one of them, which was bright red.

"We haven't used it yet."

Heywood's already pale face turned even paler.

Just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted by Su Huan's deep voice.

"Perhaps there's a traitor among the staff, but it doesn't matter. I just need to see the Crown Pear Tree in an hour."

"You think you can take us all by the skin of your teeth?!"

HT-426 frowned and spoke coldly to the hundreds of gun barrels in front of him.

"Click——"

A large tree on the side was snapped off by the strong wind and swept across.

Standing next to Su Huan, Yu Yue, who seemed to be in a daze, came back to her senses. Her electromagnetic sniper rifle was already pointed at a certain cover. Without any warning, the charging backpack was fully charged in 1.2 seconds, and the bullet silently sank into the rock.

A member of the Black Kite Squad jumped out from behind, a metal bullet embedded in the front of his exoskeleton breastplate.

"Bang bang bang..."

The brutal sound of the heavy sniper rifle echoed across the hilltop. The snipers in the armed regiment had turned it into mincemeat, tearing its exoskeleton apart and scattering metal fragments all over the ground.

Liang Kuan stepped forward and used both hands to catch the large tree that was being swung down from mid-air.

With a muffled thud, Old Liang's body trembled, and his feet sank into the muddy water.

They successfully stopped the falling tree and, with the help of several soldiers who came to assist, dragged the tree aside.

Su Huan's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end.

He glanced at the timer and calmly relayed his message to everyone at the summit: "Fifty minutes left."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and used "Universal Perception" to try to search the mountaintop.

Mutant plants, insects, stones tainted with omnipotent energy, mutated beasts charging up the mountain... everything was releasing omnipotent energy, especially the plants on the ground, which were piled up in layers, mixing into a huge omnipotent energy fluctuation.

His "omnipotent perception" is not a refined exploration; it can only try to distinguish things little by little.

Extremely inefficient.

Qu Hang, standing at the edge, had a glint in his eyes, and the gale that had entered the ten-meter radius of the train suddenly subsided.

The rain falling from the sky seemed to encounter an invisible barrier, giving way to this area.

The water on the ground quickly drained away, revealing the damp earth.

A burst of flame swept across the area, instantly drying out the ground.

Ten meters away, a cold wind howled, and the evolved beast charged madly toward the mountaintop amidst the torrential rain.

Then he was swept away by the soldiers' gunfire and fell down the cliff with a howl along the slippery mountainside.

Within ten meters, the weather was perfect, and even the noisy sounds were filtered out by Yu Yue.

Seeing that Su Huan made no other move, He Jie pressed the smoking anti-aircraft machine gun muzzle against HT-426's smooth forehead and snarled, "Either listen to the train conductor and go find him, or I'll shoot you and then throw you down the mountain!"

HT-426's gray-blue eyes burned with rage. In his thirty years of life, he had never felt so frustrated!

The other side had a large number of people and was in a very strong position, so there was nothing that could be done.

Although the squad members were highly evolved, the opposing side also had a large number of evolved officers, and their high-end combat power completely overwhelmed them.

Thinking of this, HT-426 couldn't help but curse Zhao Kuo as a good-for-nothing in his heart.

Both being second-tier evolved beings, they were taken down in a single encounter.

Where did that bastard go?

Although she didn't want to admit it, she didn't have the courage to confront Su Huan head-on.

The terrifying thunderstorm had planted the seeds of fear deep within her heart.

He turned away angrily and led his team to begin the search.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Kuo was found frantically digging at the ground in a corner of the mountaintop.

Meanwhile, Heywood had already arrived with several experts.

"Did you find it?!"

"The high-energy reaction is on the mountain, but there's only a general area..."

Both groups of people looked up.

We bumped into each other again.

Heywood's eyes fell on Zhao Kuo, who was frantically digging.

……

Su Huan frowned as he watched Zhao Kuo digging in the pit as if no one else was around. He took a step forward, but Zhao Kuo darted away like a rabbit when it was startled, causing the soldiers to accidentally fire their guns.

However, they were all blocked by his exoskeleton.

Even a severely crippled second-tier evolved being is not something an ordinary soldier can easily defeat.

The Black Kite members looked resentful, but dared not act rashly under the gun.

Su Huan ignored them and looked at the deep pit on the ground, where dense energy fluctuations were reflected back.

With a hint of doubt in my mind, 'A crown pear tree... could it grow underground?'

Although it's puzzling, based on Zhao Kuo's unusual behavior and the opinions of DeepBlue Data experts, there's definitely something going on here.

Without much hesitation, Su Huan issued the order.

"dig!"

He Jie waved his hand and shouted, "Men, blow this up!"

The soldiers quickly stepped forward to load the explosives. That's the advantage of having more people; they can bring any supplies related to the battle.

"boom--"

In an instant, the earth shook violently, and the goat holding the fuse looked around in bewilderment.

He hasn't pooped yet!

"What's that noise?" Everyone looked around. All they could see outside Wangjiang Peak was pitch black.

Even the searchlights can't reach very far.

"The sound of the water is getting louder!" Yu Yue whispered in Su Huan's ear.

"water?"

Su Huan frowned, and a bolt of lightning traveled upwards along the raindrops falling from the sky, exploding instantly.

The entire Wangjiang Peak was instantly enveloped by an electric grid, with thousands of electric spears shooting out in all directions. In an instant, the landscape was illuminated by the electric light, revealing every detail.

The distant Mojiang River has long since disappeared, replaced by a turbulent expanse of water. The mighty torrents have swallowed up the riverbed and valleys, destroying the buildings within and creating a deafening roar.

The turbid waves rolled and churned, carrying broken trees, shattered houses, and even sank cars, forming a flowing wasteland in the darkness.

Like the floodgates of the Milky Way being burst open, the whole world groaned under the weight of the flood.

The pale flashes of lightning illuminated the distorted shadows beneath the water's surface, like some enormous creature swimming in the abyss.

Accompanied by the roar of the storm, the floodwaters surged toward Wangjiang Peak like a tidal wave.

Faced with this terrifying power of heaven and earth, everyone gaped, like chickens with their throats being choked.

Even the most reckless He Jie turned pale.

"Rumble--"

Mountains collapsed, and the earth shook.

The overhead electric fence was still crackling, and everyone instinctively looked at the train conductor.

Beneath his long hair, his narrow eyes were filled with gloom, like a dead, deep pool, devoid of any emotion.

"continue."

Su Huan faced the raging floodwaters and said coldly.

The appearance of the flood was somewhat unexpected to him, but Wangjiang Peak itself was on the edge of the flood zone, and now that it had been raining heavily for many days, it was not surprising that the floodwaters had overflowed the boundary.

Without finding the crown pear tree, he wouldn't survive more than two months.

So what if there's a flood?

I don't care about the flood after I'm dead!
Even if the sky falls, we must dig out the crown pear tree today!
Only by staying alive can one consider what comes next.

"Oh!"

An explosion was heard on Wangjiang Peak.

The ground shook, and even the soldiers of the armed forces began to feel fear.

But looking at the train conductor standing there with a calm expression, I felt less panicked.

"Not enough equivalent, add more!"

He Jie shouted at the top of his lungs.

"We can't add any more, we can't add any more! If we add any more, it will collapse! There are cracks in Wangjiang Peak. If it collapses, none of us will survive!"

The experts under Heywood roared frantically.

The group of people who were loading the explosives were all stunned.

Goat and the others looked back at He Jie.

The expert quickly said, "Whether it's bombed or not, Wangjiang Peak could collapse under the erosion of the flood. We should hurry down the mountain now."

The latter, finding that the train conductor hadn't said anything, gritted his teeth, picked up an entrenching tool, and jumped into the deep pit, shouting, "Then dig!"

Seeing the group of people start moving again, both Deep Blue Data and Black Kite were stunned.

"Is it absolutely necessary to find this tree?"

"We'll die if we stay here any longer!"

"Can't we go back and look for it after the flood is over?"

"..."

HT-426 stared at the man standing on the edge, questioning him with a hint of absurdity, "Don't you think about your men?"

Su Huan's long, black hair was unbound and untied, swirling like black waves in the gale. A few strands clung to his pale face, making his skin appear even more icy. His thin lips were pressed into a straight line, and his expression was indifferent.

There was no intention to answer.

Xiao Ba silently made a batch of shovels out of metal.

Liang Kuan picked up the widest one, walked to the edge of the pit, glanced at HT-426, and said, "First comes the conductor, then comes the train."

Then he jumped into the deep pit and dug with all his might.

Then came Lin Jin, Xiao Ba, Qu Hang... even Yu Yue went down.

Aside from the soldiers on guard, only Su Huan was standing to the side.

The rain poured down, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The sound of digging echoed from the deep pit.

The sound of digging was more terrifying than the sound of a raging flood, gnawing at HT-426's heart as he gazed at the cold, handsome profile illuminated by lightning.

HT-426's eyes were filled with disbelief and terror. "Tyrant!"

Heywood, who was standing to the side, completely agreed with her statement. When the soldiers were chasing him away with guns at their hands, he even felt that the people of Black Kite weren't so hateful after all.

"Drip..."

The timer in my hand went off.

Su Huan's eyes flickered. "Xiao Ba, Yu Yue, Shan Yang, lead the soldiers down the mountain."

……

Down the mountain, in carriage number 9 of the armed train.

The crew of six or seven manufacturing groups were hurriedly organizing various materials and equipment.

Yu Jing was issuing commands to the entire vehicle through the vehicle's communication equipment, but a small hiccup occurred.

"All tests are halted, energy supply is suspended, all activities on board are suspended... awaiting orders."

Yu Jing hung up the call and looked at the man in front of her with her phoenix eyes. "What did you just say?"

The man was both fearful and excited; his hands were trembling with excitement.

“The floodwaters are rising outside, and the train conductor won’t survive. Let’s go. Let’s drive away now. The whole train is ours, and no one will oppress us anymore. The supplies on board are enough to feed us for decades…”

This guy was assigned to the manufacturing group during the restructuring, and he's currently considered a member of her lab. He was fine before, but I don't know why he suddenly fell ill today.

As Yu Jing packed up her tools, she glanced at the others.

The five people looked astonished, while one person's expression alternated between fear and excitement.

"Is this just your opinion?"

"Of course not!" The man's voice suddenly rose, excited. "We have many people. Although we were at the bottom before, we participated in the manufacture of the entire train. We were involved in all the functions of the train, and we have manpower in all departments."

"So, you're part of an organization now?"

Yu Jing took off her gloves, grabbed a tissue, and wiped the machine oil off her arm. Su Huan's nose was very sensitive; if he smelled it, he would criticize her again.

"Of course, our Tongzhou Association is a group of ordinary people like you and me who are oppressed by trains."

"What about the organizational program?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then carefully recalled what Liu Ming had said, and vaguely replied, "It was roughly about replacing the train conductor and building a better train together, a train that would free everyone from oppression."

"pity……"

Yu Jing sighed.

"What's a pity?"

The man was stunned.

"You do not deserve."

Yu Jing casually pulled out a pistol, pressed it against the other person's head, and pulled the trigger.

"boom--"

A murky wave crashed over the train, causing it to sway slightly, and darkness fell completely outside the windows.

(End of this chapter)