Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 242 The Twenty-First Rank

"He said I was too impetuous and needed more training, and that I shouldn't be appointed as a flight attendant right away," Su Leiya said resentfully.

Tong Zizhan's eyelids twitched; it's true that different people have different fates.

He remained cautiously hidden, while his opponent jumped around frantically.

He offered a perfunctory consolation, "Anyway, you're a first-tier evolver. As long as you work hard, you'll rise to the top sooner or later."

"Isn't that being down-to-earth enough? At first, I wanted to be a train conductor."

Tong Zizhan: "..."

Gao Yuan: "...Let's take care of business first."

After the casual conversation ended, Su Leiya helped the two Qi brothers with the formalities.

Her job was simple: ask what she had done before, and some questions she had prepared in advance.

Actually, her handling of the formalities was just a pretext. There were eight other people in the room, each with a different task: to conduct a second investigation into the level of evolution, classify abilities, and judge personality, etc.

If it were truly a task assignment, there would be no need for Qi Zhendong and his team to make the trip; it would only delay things and waste their time.

The purpose of this arrangement, according to Hu, is to go through all five thousand people in their entirety.

Although a simple record was created previously, there was no time to confirm it.

There's always a chance someone might be spreading false information, so we'll re-screen him this time.

He can coordinate with whatever the train conductor does.

Not long after Su Leiya started, six more doors opened next to her, making a total of eight doors including Su Leiya's and the resource exchange window.

The clerks inside came out and directed the people to take over.

"Please do not crowd in carriage 27. You can also check in carriages 28 (both main and auxiliary) or carriage 27 (auxiliary)..."

At first, it was the clerks who spontaneously called out, but soon they found that more and more people were gathering, so they reported it to the command center.

He Jie's rude voice soon came over the loudspeaker.

"Are they all rushing to be reborn?!"

"Lu Xiao, Fat Rabbit, scatter everyone!"

All sorts of vulgar language poured out of the broadcast like a stream.

While everyone was still in a daze, Lu Xiao and Fatty Rabbit, who were feeling humiliated, shrank back and quickly called on several familiar soldiers to lead their men to disperse.

The guides were all soldiers from the armed forces; unlike ordinary people who hesitated, they would immediately carry out orders.

Before long, the people in carriage 27 were dispersed to different carriage windows.

This time, a group of beautiful women squeezed next to Tong Zizhan and his group.

The mongoose is leading the team.

He greeted Tong Zizhan and the other man, then turned around and discussed something with the woman behind him.

The story about the meerkat and Lao Wu from a few days ago has already spread in the car.

To be honest, not many people support meerkats.

Apart from a few people with families, the atmosphere on the train isn't very positive. Nobody knows how long they'll live, so enjoying life is the main theme these days.

However, the armed forces tacitly maintained silence in the face of external threats.

If anyone dares to jump out and spout nonsense at this moment, He Jie could kill him without even needing the train conductor.

Although the combat team has fewer people, they are more united than the armed forces.

During their time in the Steel Council, they all started from roughly the same point, but after being eliminated, their statuses became vastly different.

If someone ranked in the thousands, that would be one thing, but someone ranked 301st would definitely be unhappy with someone ranked 300th.

However, since they were all surrendered soldiers, they naturally dared not cause trouble when they first arrived on the train.

I've gotten used to it recently. I originally wanted to use Lao Wu to launch an attack on the armed forces, but I didn't expect the train conductor to set the tone for me.

Therefore, everyone secretly hoped that the conflict between the two would erupt at some point.

Tong Zizhan also glanced at the meerkats a couple more times, with a "let's see what's going on" attitude.

The meerkat sent someone ahead to report, then turned back to the woman, frowning, and asked, "Have you been seeing him again recently?"

The woman's expression was somewhat unnatural. "No."

Feeling the strange looks from the women around her, she felt extremely embarrassed, just like that day, as if she had been stripped naked and stood in front of everyone.

But the meerkats are the soldiers currently in charge of managing them, so it's best not to offend them for now.

The meerkat looked slightly disappointed. "You can't get anything out of him no matter what you ask."

The woman lowered her head, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes.

"He clearly owes me, I just want what I deserve."

"So what do you want to say back?"

He said he lied to me, but he would compensate me.

The meerkat extended its delicate white hand and said coldly, "What about compensation?"

The woman opened her mouth, "He said he'd give it to me after things were over."

"And then you made him work for free again?"

The meerkat regretted saying that.

That's a bit too sharp.

But she was afraid that if she spoke too tactfully, the woman would find another excuse to avoid the situation, and if she continued to entangle with Lao Wu, the woman would only lose more.

Armed trains will only respect those soldiers who have earned their positions through merit.

The woman, like a hedgehog with its feathers bristling, shrieked, "Why do you have to talk so rudely?!"

The meerkat felt ashamed, but still stubbornly looked at the woman.

If it can hurt the other person's self-esteem, that would be great.

Only those who have self-respect can love themselves.

The woman, however, was like a cornered beast, ignoring the opinions of those around her, and hysterically cursed at the meerkat.

"If you hadn't made a big deal out of it back then, would I be in this situation?"

"Now look what's happened! You insisted on saying it in front of everyone, just to tell everyone that I'm a whore, a slut who sleeps with anyone, and to fulfill your hypocritical sense of justice!"

The women around them, on the contrary, looked at the meerkats with pity, and a hint of barely perceptible disgust towards them.

Seeing the woman's resentful eyes, the meerkat's pupils dilated slightly.

An indescribable chill spread from my heart to my limbs, making me feel cold all over, as if I had fallen into an ice cave.

She originally thought it was a matter of mutual consent.

original……

She made a mistake herself...

"boom!"

The sharp pain in his shoulder interrupted the meerkat's thoughts.

Instinctively, it swung its claws to scratch behind it, but when it saw He Jie's cold smile as he held the short stick, its hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and its sharp nails retracted.

"Boss..."

The meerkat said, hanging its head, like a kitten that had been defeated outside, returning home dejectedly with its round head peeking out.

He Jie looked at the meerkat in front of him, his expression softening slightly, but when his gaze swept over the woman behind her, his tiger eyes widened, revealing a murderous intent.

It was like a brown bear opening its blood-red maw, its barbed tongue and sharp fangs blowing out gusts of foul wind.

The crowd was so frightened that they took several steps back, their legs trembling.

The woman collapsed to the ground, her eyes rolling back in her head.

Hearing footsteps, the meerkat turned around in confusion, then suddenly remembered that He Jie was still in front of it.

He thought to himself, 'This is bad!'

But after waiting for a long time, the expected beating didn't happen.

He Jie simply poked her shoulder with the stun gun.

He snapped, "Didn't you hear what I said on the radio?"

"I told you to hurry up and stop blocking the train, but instead you've turned this into a marketplace, huh?!"

"I have to personally evacuate them?!"

"what?!"

Say a word, then nudge his shoulder.

However, the meerkat had long been used to being taught a lesson; it merely swayed slightly, its feet remaining firmly planted. The group of women behind it, witnessing this, felt a strange mix of emotions.

……

The little incident passed quickly, and because of He Jie's arrival, no one dared to watch the commotion.

Tong Zizhan, with his lofty aspirations, made a hasty escape early on.

Only the meerkat led a group of women out of the carriage.

The women behind him began to whisper among themselves as they looked at the meerkat.

"...It doesn't seem like it's that impressive."

"What's so great about him? He's just an ordinary reserve soldier. Why are you meddling so much? It was consensual between them. Now that it's caused such a fuss, how are they supposed to live their lives..."

"Reservists? Aren't they regular troops?"

"Judging from the name, he's not that high-ranking. He's just the lowest-ranking soldier in the armed forces. Old Wu, on the other hand, is a combat soldier."

“I know about the combat team. There are only four teams on the entire train, and the combat team has the fewest people.”

"His status is much higher than that of soldiers in the armed forces, right?"

"Of course, women just aren't good at that, they still need to find a man to rely on..."

As the meerkat walked, it listened to the whispers behind it that faded into the drizzle.

Although they tried their best to keep their voices down, her hearing allowed her to hear every single word.

Instead of acting like a submissive daughter and arguing with them, the meerkat simply took a deep breath.

Continue with your task.

……

Su Huan learned about this little incident the next morning.

After a day of confirmation, the crown pear tree was completely saved, and even now, without its support, its vitality is steadily recovering.

So the train conductor finally didn't have to sleep in the tree anymore and got a good night's sleep back on the train that same day.

Su Huan stretched out on the bed, his narrow eyes crinkling into a smile, "Something so interesting happened..."

The neatly dressed secretary looked around for a long time but couldn't find a trash can.

I simply grabbed a tissue to wipe my mouth.

Then, the tablet was handed to Su Huan. "Chief Train Attendant Hu has compiled all the relevant information about the train's survivors. Would you like to take a look?"

"survivor?"

Su Huan looked up in surprise.

He casually took the tablet from her.

The above are divided into two main categories, one of which is the existing official members of the armed train.

One type is the profile information of five thousand survivors.

Su Huan first opened the survivors' section, where all sorts of abilities had been categorized by type and strength.

To his surprise, the one with the highest level of evolution among the five thousand people was not the Qi brothers, but Old Man Tie.

The old man was a collector, and he was not only good at this kind of work, but he also gained experience very quickly.

The strongest fighter was a wrestler.

There are also rankings based on personality, ability, and potential.

Hu Shuo highlighted some of the people he favored.

"Flight attendant Hu would also like to ask you if there are any restrictions on the number of seats available."

Su Huan glanced at it casually. "It's done quite well. He can decide for himself how many people to recruit."

Then I clicked on the train's official members.

This is what he pays more attention to.

Originally, the train only had seven Tier 1 members, most of whom came from the Steel Council. Now, with the addition of Black Kite and Deep Blue Data, the number of members has increased dramatically.

The armed train team itself trained Xiao Ba, Lin Jin, Yu Jing, Yu Yue, Liang Kuan, and Lin Xi.

Wanxing is also close to catching up; perhaps in about half a month, she will be able to catch up with the main group. Professor Ma is busy with experiments, so his evolution speed is very slow.

As for Lin Xi, she evolved too quickly and needs Director Xu's help to suppress it.

Avoid developing useless abilities and wasting your life force.

After all, she is not Su Huan. No matter how many messy abilities she generates, they will be destroyed by her broken genes before long.

The Steel Council acquired He Jie, Qu Hang, Bai Lu, Shan Yang, and Pang Tu.

The three hundred elite soldiers of the Steel Council were not all first-tier evolved beings, but rather those with relatively higher levels of evolution.

For animals like giraffes, the first step is just one step away; with the right opportunity, they might just cross that threshold.

There were two moles within DeepBlue Data: Tong Zizhan and Gao Yuan.

Black Kite has the most, with a total of seven including Shu Wei and Su Leiya.

The armed train alone has a full twenty first-tier evolved beings!
Although most of them were prisoners, their numbers were still visibly growing.

Su Huan's main focus was on Yu Jing.

He trusts people like Xiao Ba and Lin Jin.

These two would become strong even if left to their own devices, but this woman is different.

His intuition told him that letting Yu Jing run wild would raise a monster.

Thinking of this, Su Huan made a few adjustments on the tablet, entered the password to activate the car's camera. Shu Wei didn't have this permission, so he had to do it himself.

I glanced at carriages 9 and 10 and saw only a group of manufacturing crew members working on synthetic materials. I didn't see Yu Jing.

Even crabs can't be seen.

Su Huan frowned and looked at the No. 9 carriage. Because they had killed too many crabs last time, this carriage was being used as a material storage carriage.

There are only crabs here, not Yu Jing.

All I could look at was the last carriage, number 10, where Yu Jing had evolved.

It's still just as crowded as it was before.

Unfortunately, the camera was blocked.

Su Huan used his "Universal Energy Perception" to scan the area and detected three energy sources.

"They're causing trouble again!"

He rolled over and jumped off the bed on the second floor.

Su Huan put on slippers and walked directly to the 10th carriage.

Pushing open the door, the air was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant.

I don't know what's mixed in, it's bitter, fishy, ​​and sweet.

"You came?"

Yu Jing's calm voice came from inside.

Su Huan glanced at the puppet standing guard to the side and walked inside.

Shu Wei looked at the puppet, her expression complicated, and followed it inside.

Although I've always thought Zhao Kuo was an unambitious good-for-nothing, seeing him end up like this still makes me feel sorry for him.

Su Huan walked through various mechanical exoskeletons and reached the innermost control room.

Yu Jing's exoskeleton hung on the wall, her tall figure standing in the middle of the room. Her white tactical suit covered her entire body, yet she appeared almost naked.

Normally, he would have definitely wanted to try his hand at it, but Su Huan's gaze was quickly drawn to the things on the control panel.

Two strange objects were placed on the control panel that originally held Zhao Kuo.

A tall, muscular man with grayish-white skin, but unfortunately only half of his body is attached. If he were to have a pair of legs in the same proportion, he would probably be over three meters tall.

There was a large pile of octopus-like tentacles next to it.

Something that should have been completely dead was now swaying and shaking in the bright yellow liquid.

"This thing isn't dead yet?"

Su Huan raised an eyebrow and asked.

The thing inside is none other than the mutated second-tier zombie that almost beat him to death that day.

Yu Jing's gaze was inquisitive. "I originally used the lower half of the body, and left the upper half in the storage room. I thought it would die after a while, but after some time, a flight attendant reminded me that the thing was still alive and that the tentacles had grown back. What you see now is the third time I have cut it."

(End of this chapter)