Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 273 First Merit
Despite his minor injuries, he was still able to carry someone with incredible speed thanks to the physique of a first-tier evolved being.

Yanbei Pass has long lost its functional purpose and become an ornamental ancient building. In the process of modernization, it has been completely surrounded by the city. Coincidentally, due to its terrain, it is stuck in the middle of the flood zone and the storm zone.

As a result, the armed train was destroyed by a single shell.

The accumulated floodwaters surged forth, instantly altering the surrounding terrain.

Looking down at the dark, muddy torrents and the cars that looked like small metal boxes, Cao Yong felt a chill in his heart. Not to mention him, even a second-tier evolved human wouldn't dare to jump down. If he got caught in it, what difference would it make from jumping into a meat grinder?
At first, he thought that the armed train bombing the Yanbeiguan was just a demonstration.

This is clearly a long-planned war!
The Black Kite special agents arrived a month earlier than the armed train and eliminated all threats around Yanbei Pass that could affect the negotiations.

In this process, they not only became familiar with the terrain, but also left behind countless hidden forces.

As a result of this one shot, all preparations fell through.

The site has transformed from an abandoned city into a bustling metropolis.

The Black Kite's home ground has become his armed train's home ground!
Cao Yong looked toward the theater. The magnificent stairway to godhood had been melted down into steel fortifications. The armed train, riding the rising tide, steadily headed toward the theater, with artillery fire blazing all the way, occasionally illuminating the rainy night.

"Captain, why don't you go first..."

The subordinate whispered behind him.

Cao Yong frowned and scolded, "Where do we go with such a huge flood? This building is quite sturdy, let's find a place to take shelter from the rain."

Cao Yong led his men into the office building below.

Before the apocalypse, the office building was a jewelry trading center, but now only a few Tier 1 zombies roam around it.

Various precious jade, jewelry, and gold ornaments are displayed in bulk in the display cases.

Before the apocalypse, a handful of these things would be the surplus of an ordinary person's entire life's work, but now they're like stones, unwanted and ignored.

With his exoskeleton and powerful individual equipment, Cao Yong easily dealt with three Tier 1 zombies and more than a dozen ordinary zombies by himself. Because these zombies could not affect the negotiations, they were ignored by the Black Kite cleanup team.

Cao Yong flicked off his helmet and let out a long sigh of relief. "Shooting these things at night is really creepy."

"Captain, shouldn't we go find the main force to rejoin us?"

"They were probably scattered. Besides, today wasn't even our duty. I just came over to pick someone up. Who knew the armed train would be so unethical, not even giving us a heads-up before ambushing a guy like me who's over forty."

Cao Yong muttered resentfully.

"If Brother Zhong were here, that would be great. With his abilities, the armed train wouldn't be able to break through the flood zone!"

The subordinate said viciously.

Mentioning his old friend's child, Cao Yong felt a strange unease.

Zhong You has good talent and evolves quickly, but he is still young. So even though the other party became a first-tier elite evolver, he still kept him under his command. His superiors asked him for people many times, but he turned them down with the excuse that "they need to be trained".

But now that Zhongyou has evolved to the second tier, even if he is also at the second tier, it is impossible for him to suppress another evolved being of the same level in his own team.

The company cannot allow this level of resource waste.

"Take care of your wound yourself, I'm going to stand guard."

Cao Yong tossed the medical kit to his subordinate with a worried expression and turned to walk out.

Walking to the bedside and looking at the distant bursts of artillery fire and lightning, my unease indeed dissipated considerably.

Inside the room, the subordinate did not turn on the lights, but instead activated an electronic screen on the exoskeleton arm, using the dim light to barely treat the wound on his leg.

After stitching up the largest wound, I instinctively reached for the tweezers beside me, but I couldn't find them anywhere.

Just as he was about to turn around, a pair of tweezers holding a cotton ball soaked in iodine was handed to him.

The subordinate chuckled, "Thanks, Captain."

The other person chuckled and said, "You're welcome."

Upon hearing this voice, the subordinate trembled, his adrenaline surged, and his "combat factor" was instantly activated. Even the pain in his legs was blocked by his nerves, and his energy and spirit rose to their peak in an instant, ready to support his body in a great battle.

The next second, six long guns and short cannons were thrust over.

The boiling blood subsided, the muscles locked the bones, and the body was completely immobilized.

Before he could react, a black metal egg was forcefully shoved into his mouth. When it didn't go in the first time, the other person hit him with the butt of a gun.

Cao Yong, who was returning from his sentry duty, heard the muffled thud outside the door.

His pupils suddenly narrowed. He didn't even have the thought of rushing in to check, let alone asking any questions. He quietly withdrew the foot he had just stepped out.

Turn around and run!

"Oh!"

Two explosions rang out simultaneously.

Cao Yong was sent flying backwards. If he hadn't been wearing an exoskeleton, those two rocket launchers would have killed him instantly.

Just as Cao Yong, who was lying on the ground, was about to release the power restrictions of the exoskeleton, his hands were shattered by two heavy sniper shots.

"Since you're already here, stop struggling."

A large foot stepped on his chest, pried open his exoskeleton, and quickly dismantled all his defenses, including the ejectable armor and backup power supply.

Watching the other person's skillful technique, Cao Yong felt a chill run through him.

A jumble of chaotic thoughts churned in my mind.

Undercover?

traitor?

"Clap clap..."

Several powerful flashlights were pointed at his face and turned on.

Cao Yong squinted, barely able to make out his "opponents" in the dim light. He could see seven or eight people, but the actual number was probably much higher. They were wearing military uniforms he had never seen before, with almost no markings on them. The weapons they were equipped with were of a mixed type, mostly old-fashioned gunpowder weapons, with a few high-tech electromagnetic weapons that he couldn't understand either.

They look like some unknown small forces, but what small forces are there on the battlefield between Black Kite and Armed Train?

Without even thinking, the answer is already clear.

"His energy is flowing; he must be holding back some skill."

The speaker was a young man who looked quite ordinary, wearing a gold ring on his hand, with a bitter expression on his face. He was the least like a soldier among them.

Cao Yong was shocked. What kind of ability was this? It could even see through his pure muscle power accumulation as a "fighter"!
"Which position?"

"waist!"

"boom!"

A soldier pulled out a pistol and fired a shot directly into his hip.

Cao Yong groaned, breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain.

The 9mm bullet lacked penetration power and got stuck right in his hip bone.

Even the slightest movement causes excruciating pain as the bullet rubs against the bone.

"Lieutenant, this seems to be the guy who yelled at the train conductor at the city gate. He's a Tier 1 Evolver, and our team captured him alive right away. That's a huge achievement!!"

The soldier who fired the shot shouted excitedly.

Tong Zizhan stared grimly at the two men pinned to the ground, coldly uttering a single word, "Lock them up first. The rest continue monitoring the surrounding waters!" "Yes!"

The soldiers picked up Cao Yong and the other man and locked them in a room.

Seeing that only he and Gao Yuan were left around, Tong Zizhan's expression instantly fell, and he groaned in a low voice, "Big brother, are you really addicted to making meritorious contributions?"

"I told you to find a quiet place, and you came up here and captured a key figure alive!"

Gao Yuan argued with a bitter face, "You saw it, didn't you? We hid here first, and then the other two came. Who knew he would sneak in here..."

Tong Zizhan scratched his head and sighed heavily.

"Hopefully things will get easier from here on out. By the way, your eyes can even see through the bodies of first-tier evolved beings?"

"Refractive Vision has been upgraded to level 6, and now it can see some more subtle energy changes..."

"Holy crap, is this your second skill? It's already reached the second-tier standard?"

"Oh, it's nothing..."

"My 'Concealment' skill is only level 5, how many Pan-Energy Crystals have you absorbed behind my back?"

Gao Yuan twirled the ring, feeling guilty, and said, "With so many resources, it would be a waste not to use them..."

Tong Zizhan said with heartache, "This is a betrayal of the company. I will write it down and report it to the company after the mission is over!"

"Stop kidding, the company has contacted you, hasn't they?"

"I guess so……"

"The higher-ups need the evolution data of the train's key personnel again. What are your plans?"

Tong Zizhan was silent for a moment, then shrugged, "We're just guarding the back door, not going to the front lines. Where would we get so much latest information? And it's impossible for others to give us evolution data..."

Although Tong Zizhan did not say it explicitly.

But after working together for so long, Gao Yuan has figured out his personality.

It's fine to enjoy the excitement, but avoid trouble if possible, and postpone it if you can.

Fortunately, so was he.

……

Compared to the mild and comfortable atmosphere of the rear battlefield.

On the front lines, their brains were practically splattered out.

Although the armed corps was caught off guard, Black Kite's special operations department was not to be underestimated. Under the leadership of a group of silver and bronze-level backbone members, they quickly stabilized their formation.

Three artillery barrages failed to breach their position.

Even after Xiao Ba withstood the enemy's main firepower, He Jie was so angry that his eyes turned red. The anti-aircraft machine gun exploded, and two heavy machine guns were blown apart. He was also hit by a sniper's shot.

If it weren't for their broad build and the temporary skill upgrades, the high command of the armed train would have suffered a reduction in personnel.

Even with a huge hole in his chest, He Jie was still spitting blood and cursing at Fatty Rabbit. Fatty Rabbit ignored him and stuffed all sorts of herbs into his chest cavity like dumpling filling while exchanging passionate curses with him.

"What's the point of dragging Lu Xiao back? I've already prepared my luggage, just waiting for you to die so I can move into your house tonight."

"If I work hard, I can have a son by the end of the year!"

He Jie's eyes widened, blood gushed from his mouth, and he pointed at the fat rabbit, about to say something.

Fat Rabbit pretended to lower his head, then suddenly raised it to dodge He Jie's pounce and bite, and said with a grin, "I heard that, I heard that, she really is a good daughter. I will definitely prepare a generous dowry for her and try to make that grandson Qu Hang call me Dad next month!"

He Jie: "Gurgle gurgle... (f***ing f***ing!)!"

Fat Rabbit and the Third Brother worked together to carry the stretcher into the train; the armed hall was now completely empty.

Amidst sparks and flashes, they saw Doctor Lin Xia pushing a hospital bed out. The two of them put He Jie on it, and He Jie was still stammering, trying to say something.

"Alright, you don't need to worry about the rest."

Fat Rabbit kicked the hospital bed into the open medical van, then a vengeful smile appeared on his lips.

After being thoroughly thrashed by He Jie during the special training a while ago, I thought I would have to hold back for a while, but the opportunity came so suddenly.

"The rest is up to you. Don't worry, just go all out. Captain He's will to survive is absolutely unwavering right now!"

Fat Rabbit patted him on the shoulder, laughed heartily, and left.

Lin Xia was stunned by the violent treatment of the wounded and didn't even notice the bloody handprint that Fat Rabbit had left on his shoulder.

Only after being reminded by the nurse did they belatedly rush in to resuscitate the patient.

……

As the water level rises, the armed train naturally rises in height as well.

However, this rise is limited. Yanbei Pass only played a minor role in intercepting the flood at key points. In reality, it was the terrain stretching for thousands of miles that actually held back the floodwaters.

Without He Jie as a key combat force, the frontal advance became even slower.

Metal was torn out strand by strand from the buildings on both sides, transforming into sharp spears in mid-air, tearing through the rain curtain and stabbing fiercely into Black Kite's defensive position.

The Black Kite special operations personnel did not linger in battle, but covered each other's retreat.

The next moment, with the metal spear at its core, thousands of metal wires exploded like a hedgehog.

The exoskeleton of the special agents made crackling sounds.

A young man with white hair and a silver iris pinned to his collar stood firm, wielding a two-finger-wide longsword with impenetrable precision.

The tough metal wire was sliced ​​into pieces as easily as a wafer under his knife.

Not even a crisp sound was heard.

They are about forty meters apart.

Sitting in his wheelchair, Hachi's eyes had turned a cold, metallic color, and he was soaked to the bone by the rain.

Where the metal spears and wires were located, a layer of liquid metal spread rapidly like a virus. The metal that had been previously thrown was like the steel foundation for building a house. The liquid metal did not need to completely fill it; a thin layer was enough to quickly form a huge fortification.

Although these fortifications are vulnerable to evolved humans and high-powered weapons, they are far less effective than reinforced concrete structures.

But no matter what, it's still a high-strength metal.

It takes time to cause damage.

Xiao Ba only needs to reinforce some parts while they are destroying them, and then the armed soldiers will enter the fortifications to engage in positional warfare with the enemy.

"Xiao Ba, build a trench connecting the buildings on the left. There's a shortcut through that neighborhood that can get around it!"

"Ah."

After speaking, Lick the Rabbit, who was standing in the construction site, quickly moved to another spot. Then, while using binoculars to furtively observe the situation, he directed the soldiers to advance or retreat.

In this way, the two of them pushed the main battlefield forward by a full hundred meters.

(The hardware was finalized today, and some things needed for the engagement were prepared. Because we need to buy a house, the engagement time is a bit rushed. I was busy from 6 a.m. until after 8 p.m. before I could eat a bite. I'm so tired that my whole body is tingling.)

(End of this chapter)