Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 264 We Have No Way Out
Su Huan was slightly surprised. Although Xiao Zhao was relatively young among the flight attendants, as Professor Ma's prized student, she was steady and meticulous and never lost her composure.

This is the first time.

Su Huan walked over with curiosity. Several pieces of paper were piled up on a half-meter-high box, with a corner of paper on it, which looked like it had been torn from some document.

There were four lines of text written on it, which filled the entire triangle.

The handwriting was swift and decisive, without any cursive strokes, and the salutation at the beginning was crossed out three times.

Comrade

"brother"

"Latercomers"

All three titles were crossed out, but for some reason, the writer still insisted on using the first title.

"Comrade—"

"If these supplies are in good condition, then take them and use them."

"Survive, and strive to evolve with all your might."

"We have nowhere to retreat."

There are only these three lines of text, and no other information or even the author is known.

Looking at the brief note, Su Huan remained silent, like a stagnant pool.

Yu Yue and the others ran over from their respective rooms after hearing Xiao Zhao's shouts.

Although curious, no one dared to glance at the paper; instead, they could only look at Xiao Zhao, who was standing to the side, hesitating.

"Can you see anything?"

Su Huan handed the paper to Vice President Deng, who had just run over.

The latter took it and examined it for a long time before confidently saying, "The handwriting is good; it must be at least forty-five."

The note was passed around among the people, most of whom were completely baffled.

"It doesn't sound like the tone of a lab director; it sounds more like a military person."

With a hint of uncertainty, the goat passed the note to Qu Hang.

The latter didn't take it, but glanced at the contents. "If it's the military, then this should be torn from a classified document. They must have been in a hurry, so they just used this to write it down."

Lu Xiao took it and examined it closely for a while, then asked in confusion, "How did you figure that out?"

Qu Hang said, "The military normally uses A4 paper. Only official documents will have a header printed on them, followed by a seal. The seal is a different color depending on the security level. Although this one doesn't have a seal, there's a little bit of red on the edge of the cut."

Then he took out a military tactical flashlight, shone it on the paper, and the paper emitted specks of fluorescence under the ultraviolet light.

"This is a kind of anti-counterfeiting measure, which embeds colored fibers into the paper. Of course, there are also many civilian versions of this, so it doesn't prove anything. It's just inference based on the premise of military documents."

Lu Xiao said with annoyance, "How could I have forgotten about that?"

"Don't be surprised, he used to work in an office, so he's naturally sensitive to documents."

The goat walked over, took the document, and gestured to indicate the location. "Train conductor, it is indeed possible."

Vice President Deng questioned, "The electromagnetic laboratory is a classified place, so it's normal to have such documents. Not to mention their laboratory, our high-speed train manufacturing base also has such papers. I'm not trying to cause trouble, I'm just saying that the source of this message is questionable."

"What's the difference between a laboratory and the military?"

Upon hearing the sound, everyone looked up at the train conductor.

Su Huan walked over and calmly tucked the note into the journal. "Let's go check if there are any other messages left behind."

Although everyone still had many questions, they could all tell that the train conductor was in a bad mood, so they kept quiet and went to carry out their tasks.

After a while, more information came in.

A week before the apocalypse, the military took the laboratory, including cutting-edge electromagnetic weapons, technology, and personnel.

Most of the information in the laboratory was intentionally preserved.

Including those valuable electromagnetic weapon research and development materials, as long as the hard drive is taken away and relevant personnel are obtained, the armed train can completely replicate an electromagnetic weapon laboratory on board and continue research and development.

Even if we don't get any finished weapons this time, the information and data alone are a huge gain.

But after obtaining so much information, Su Huan fell into even deeper confusion.

What is known so far is that the organization and the military knew about the "arrival" of the apocalypse much earlier and selected some major forces to cultivate in advance.

But if you've already decided to give up on them, why leave a note like this?
Why leave so much equipment behind, and even say you can take it for use?

Was it just a whim?

Since there is such good intention, why not directly remind the whole society?
If placed in such a laboratory, who would see the collapse of order before the apocalypse?
There is only one answer.

This note is for the survivors after the apocalypse!
They do not want, nor can they let, the public know the truth about the apocalypse.

But Su Huan was like a three-year-old child; the more you covered it up, the more curious he became.

The more you forbid him from seeing it, the more determined he becomes to go and see it.

"The secret to mobilizing tens of millions of people silently..."

"It's truly exhilarating."

Su Huan's pupils trembled, and his five fingers involuntarily spread apart to their maximum extent.

Hearing the train conductor's loud laughter, everyone tensed up and immediately focused even more intently on their work.

……

On the water.

Goat and Li Han floated to the surface carrying an oxygen tank. The personnel on the vehicle had already located them using the energy monitoring and positioning equipment. Once they surfaced, they were taken directly back to the vehicle.

After a short while, the third brother slowly walked out and glanced into the water.

The water was murky and black, with churning waves, as if hiding a terrifying monster.

There was no trace of the second and third sacrifices.

"how's it going?"

"They didn't come up."

"Bring them both up too."

"Yes!"

Just as the exhausted Second Priest was about to be swallowed whole by a giant fish, he was grabbed by a robotic arm that was prepared in advance.

Lying on the wet deck, looking at the third brother's arrogant and domineering appearance, the second priest extended a middle finger.

The three priests who were later pulled out of the water cursed them with much harsher language.

Then the third brother stomped on his mouth, breaking his teeth.

However, he didn't have many teeth left. When he was pulled out of the water, the Third Priest had a cut on his face from something unknown, along with one ear and a small piece of scalp that had been ripped off.

It looks even worse than the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

He was just gushing blood at Lao San, but unfortunately the opponent didn't hear a few words clearly before physically interrupting his spellcasting.

The combat team dragged the two away.

Soon a group of survivors were brought up.

Leading the group were Old Man Tie and Xiao Dong, with the burly Qi Zhenbang standing beside them.

Although the old man worked day and night on the train, he didn't look worn out at all; on the contrary, he seemed more energetic, and his aura softened considerably.

He wiped the raindrops from his eyebrows and chuckled as he muttered to Xiao Dong beside him, "That's the downside of getting old, your eyebrows get long, and long eyebrows get wet easily..."

Qi Zhenbang frowned and looked at the third brother in front of him, "What are you doing? Weren't you supposed to take us back to the construction site?"

It was the third brother who ordered the killing of over a hundred people in front of him, so naturally he was very wary of him. The third brother said irritably, "What are you doing? Get to work! Did you expect me to silence you all?"

Qi Zhenbang was momentarily speechless, then silently observed the movements of the surrounding soldiers.

They were relieved to see that the other party was ignoring them.

Xiao Dong said confidently, "Don't worry, Uncle Zhenbang, the train conductor said he would take us home."

Qi Zhenbang hesitated, though he wasn't as resistant as his second brother Qi Zhendong, he still distrusted the train.

But talking to Xiaodong like that is a waste of time.

Ever since meeting Su Huan at the shelter, Xiao Dong has been completely bewitched, always believing that the train conductor is right and good at everything.

Even with their hands and feet blistered from digging the foundation on the island, they kept praising the train conductor.

And that trench was dug with the help of him and his second brother!

Why don't you mention them?

This is absolutely fucking bizarre!
What's even stranger is that every time Xiao Dong said that, his father would just stand there listening with a smile. When they argued back, his father would even help Xiao Dong scold them. If they weren't together every day, he would have suspected that his biological father had been switched.

They weren't made to stand in the rain for long; soon the logistics staff gave each of them an oxygen cylinder.

There were no bodysuits, no flippers, and not even a mask.

It has only a bare, metallic bottle that looks like it was just made.

Seeing that everything was ready, the third brother shouted through a megaphone, "Just jump down! There are people waiting for you down there. You'll know what to do once you get there."

"Start with you, jump down."

The third brother pointed to Qi Zhenbang, who was the most conspicuous person in front.

'This is clearly a cover-up!'

Qi Zhenbang held the oxygen tank in his hands, his lips twitching.

"Finish it early so you can go home early."

Qi Zhenbang suddenly heard his father say something in his ear. Before he could react, he saw his father jump into the water with an oxygen tank on his back.

Terrified, he didn't care about anything else, quickly hoisted the item onto his back, and jumped inside.

With the Qi family leading the way, the remaining survivors followed suit, jumping down like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

……

Although it was underwater and lacked ventilation, the temperature inside the laboratory was not high because it was underwater.

It took half an hour to count all the weapons and equipment before they sent Li Han and Goat up to report the news.

At first, everyone felt a bit frustrated and confused when they saw the contents of the note, but as the equipment in the laboratory was inventoried, everyone's hearts were filled with a sense of joy and accomplishment.

Although the electromagnetic laboratory doesn't have many weapons and equipment, they are quite comprehensive in style!

First, there's the electromagnetic railgun in the very center, called "Thor-7".

Each shell weighs 8.5 kilograms and has an effective range of 50 kilometers (against ships) / 180 kilometers (against land).

Penetrating power should be calculated in meters.

At first, no one had a concept of this data, but after Vice President Deng said that it could sink an aircraft carrier, everyone became excited.

Isn't this exactly the heavy firepower that armed trains lack most?
Even more exciting is that there is an experimental Thor-8 electromagnetic railgun in the warehouse behind it. It is 14 meters long, has a theoretical range of over 200 kilometers, and its armor penetration reaches a terrifying 2,000 mm RHA.

The materials are piled up with a clanging sound!

In addition, there are vehicle-mounted electromagnetic cannons of the "Lightning" level, electromagnetic rifles designed for individual use, and extremely accurate, with each one reaching the level of a precision rifle.

The second category is high-energy pulse weapons. Although drones can't fly without these things now, no one is sure if Black Kite has overcome these problems. These things are meant for them.

The third category is electromagnetic protection and auxiliary equipment, such as electromagnetic armor that instantly releases a strong magnetic field to deflect the trajectory of an incoming projectile after it is detected. Originally, this was used for main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers, but it is now perfectly appropriate to use it on armed trains.

When facing powerful weapons like artillery shells again, Xiao Ba won't have to risk his life.

There are also superconducting energy storage batteries, electromagnetic invisibility cloaks, non-lethal neuro-electromagnetic pulse weapons, and so on...

The train already made a fortune from the readily available physical equipment alone.

If you include those space-based electromagnetic railguns and other research projects, the list of names alone would be hundreds of pages long.

This is clearly not the product of a laboratory.

It is the result of the hard work and dedication of several generations of people in an organization.

When Old Man Tie and his group crawled in, they were stunned to see the huge thing being packed up in front of them.

Although I knew the armed train was up to something big, I didn't expect it to be this big.

I thought the old man would say something, but to my surprise, he didn't say a word and just started helping with the packing.

His quick agreement made Su Huan feel a little uneasy.

No matter what he did before, Old Man Tie would always argue with him.

He leaned closer, still unwilling to give up, and asked, "Don't you think we're uprooting the organization?"

As he worked, the old man said decisively, "Our survival is the foundation of the organization!"

Clearly, the train conductor was not satisfied with this answer.

Then, in a chilling tone, he said, "Have you ever considered that the organization and the military knew about this a long time ago?"

Upon hearing this, the old man paused for a moment, then continued working as if he hadn't heard it.

"Hey..."

Having discovered the iron man's weakness, the train conductor smiled slyly, took out his logbook, and deliberately waved the note inside in front of the iron man's eyes.

"The evidence is irrefutable, Grandpa Tieshan!"

Then, with a grin, like a devil waiting for his soul to fall, he stood in front of Qi Tieshan, ready to see the expression on his face when his faith collapsed.

He did see the old man's moved expression, but it was somewhat different from what he had expected.

"Let me see it again!"

Old Man Tie was getting anxious.

"Didn't you see it clearly?"

Su Huan said slowly.

"Let me see it quickly, the handwriting looks familiar."

Upon hearing this, Su Huan's gaze froze.

He stopped joking and opened the logbook, handing the note directly to Old Man Tie.

He wasn't afraid of the old man playing any tricks.

With his abilities not even reaching the first tier, Su Huan saw him as moving at a snail's pace, easily retrieving the note without injury.

The old man looked around, then wiped his hand hard on the sealed box in front of him.

Then he solemnly took the note and looked at the handwriting on it.

It took almost no time for the old man's rough hands to begin trembling, and as Su Huan raised his eyebrows, a tear fell onto the note.

The ink, dampened by the final stroke where there was no way to retreat, blurred and spread, resembling a period.

“I know this person.”

"He is one of my soldiers, named Yang Cunyi."

"No matter what you want, even if it costs me my life, this old man only asks you for one thing: help him, help them."

(End of this chapter)