Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 281 Prophecy
"That sounds nice, but do you dare not give it to me?"

Wang Yi scoffed.

Mr. Shu did not argue with her. He turned and walked towards the building next to the theater. He and Wang Yi could not leave the square area until the supplies were delivered.

"what are you going to do?"

Wang Yi kept asking questions.

"Of course we'll demand ransom from their families. If we go easy on them now, I'll be the one who suffers later."

Wang Yi raised an eyebrow, a hint of realization in her eyes, "You want to use them to make up for this loss, what percentage are you planning to have them contribute?"

"Ninety percent."

Mr. Shu's nasolabial folds, hidden in the darkness, became even more pronounced.

……

The outline of distant mountains emerged from the horizon, their edges still tinged with the darkness of night.

A huge metal dragon stretched across the asphalt road from Yanbeiguan to the theater, the ground cracked under its weight, and mechanical arms like stakes were nailed to the ground on both sides to reinforce the vehicle. The rear cultivation pod, along with more than a dozen carriages, was still floating on the water.

At the front of the vehicle, they have begun receiving a steady stream of relief supplies from the Black Kite team.

Beds 13, 14, and 15 have been occupied by wounded soldiers.

Inside the 16th medical vehicle, the original smell of disinfectant was replaced by a thick smoke. A strong man, as strong as a bear, lay on the bed, his chest wrapped in white cloth, which was stained with dark red blood.

At this moment, he was holding a cigar in one hand and roughly flipping through the combat reports handed over by Licking Rabbit and Qu Hang with the other, his face already as black as charcoal.

"More than 120 people died and more than 80 were wounded. That means that in one battle, more than two-fifths of the troops were lost?"

Lin Xia and the two doctors stood timidly to one side, watching Fat Rabbit teach them how to perform surgery.

"This is how large-scale trauma wounds are tied. I admit you tied a good bow, but is that a proper knot? You should learn from this, lest you end up tying a bunch of bows all over me in the future."

Licking Rabbit's face was tense. "The beginning was fine, but when the enemy counterattacked, our formation was disrupted. The soldiers were inexperienced, and in their panic, many of them were killed..."

"Not bad at all!"

He Jie slammed the report in the other person's face and cursed, "If this were before the end of the world, I'd have executed you before the military law even came down!"

"Xiao Ba's energy is running low. Don't you know how to coordinate with the people on the left and right to encircle them? Are you just going to fight head-on? If it weren't for Lu Xiao and his wife holding them off, they would have gotten away!"

"You managed to beat a drowning dog so badly? Did you learn your battlefield command skills from a dog?"

"..."

"Cough cough..."

Because he was so excited, he smoked half of a cigar in one go.

His chest heaved, and large patches of blood seeped out.

He Jie, however, was completely unaware.

Just as Qu Hang was about to say something, he saw a slender yet strong hand reach out from behind He Jie, precisely pinching the embers of the cigar, accompanied by a crackling sound as ash smoke rose.

"Tsk, what a temper."

Qu Hang's expression changed slightly. He looked up and saw the train conductor standing smiling by the bed.

Outside in the train carriage corridor, Han Qin was leading He Zhenzhen and the others towards this direction.

"Conductor."

Respectful voices filled the carriage.

"Colonel He is seriously injured and needs to rest for a while. Don't bother him with this kind of thing. You two can handle it yourselves."

Su Huan waved his hand, and the two of them felt as if they had been granted a pardon.

Seeing the two men's expressions, He Jie snorted and felt relieved. After all, it wasn't the same as working from the same pot anymore. Everything depended on the boss's mood. If the work was done poorly, he, as the person in charge, would scold them. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to protect his subordinates if the boss got angry.

"This time it's my fault. If I hadn't been injured and had to leave the field..."

"That's not what I came here to talk about."

Su Huan stepped aside and lifted up a little boy who had been tugging at his trouser leg.

He Xiaoxiao wrinkled her nose as soon as she saw He Jie. "Dad, have you been smoking?"

He Jie's tense face softened instantly. He flicked the half-smoked cigar at Qu Hang's feet and spoke ill of Qu Hang to his face without any remorse, "It's all because of him smoking. Don't learn from him. He's so young and already has so many bad habits..."

Qu Hang's lips twitched, pretending not to hear.

He Zhenzhen rolled her eyes repeatedly, but with so many people around, she couldn't say anything.

"Anyway, there aren't many people living here, so you can stay here and keep an eye on him."

Su Huan gave a brief explanation and turned to leave.

The great battle had just ended, and there were endless things to do everywhere, each of which required his personal attention as the train conductor.

He's just here for a quick look around; as long as He Jie isn't dead, that's all that matters.

Such a person, if he doesn't die, will eventually reach the heights of his previous life.

As for ordinary soldiers, it's just a matter of basic resources. Once they receive the war reparations, they won't be concerned about having too few resources, but rather how to deal with having too many.

Qu Hang and the others followed, wanting to hand over the documents, but Su Huan waved his hand, "I've already seen these. The logistics team is working on the reward plan. You can reassure the soldiers first and do some combat summary or something. You don't need to show them to me. Just have a clear idea when we have the meeting in a couple of days."

"Yes."

With He Jie gone, Licking Rabbit, as the commander on the front lines, will definitely have to conduct a review.

As for Qu Hang, he is currently the highest-ranking person in the armed train besides Yu Yue, so he will definitely have to handle some daily tasks on behalf of He Jie.

Only by quickly returning to daily life, including arrangements such as soldiers' daily training, can we wash away the messy aftereffects of war.

Before he could finish speaking, he bumped into his secretary, Shu Wei, who had been urgently summoned.

Last night, Shu Wei gained the train conductor's trust through her performance and officially became a core member of the armed train, beginning to assist Su Huan in handling some matters independently.

The position is on par with the chief flight attendant, but the actual status is slightly higher.

"Director Xu requests your presence."

"what's up?"

“Last night, while I was doing my research, the high priest made a prophecy.”

"prophecy?"

Su Huan was slightly surprised.

Shu Wei's expression was solemn. "The content is strange, and we don't quite understand it."

"Interesting, let's go take a look."

……

On the third day, a steady stream of supplies crossed the wilderness and converged in the abandoned city where Yanbei Pass was located.

On the fourth day, the seriously injured Jin Yuan man and the butler were sent back to receive treatment.

Zhongyou was temporarily promoted to captain and led a group of Black Kite special agents to carry out a cleanup mission in the surrounding area and collect supplies.

"Captain, captain!"

Soldiers outside the window pounded on the window of the armed off-road vehicle, waking Zhongyou from his nightmare.

He rubbed the stubble on his face until the slight stinging sensation made him feel more alert.

He rolled down the car window, and the sand and dust rushed in, but it was all blocked by an invisible curtain of water behind the window.

"Have we arrived yet?" "Those first-tier sand armor beasts are close to second-tier in power; we can't break through their defenses."

"I come."

Zhongyou patted the driver's seat in front, and the soldier immediately got in and started driving.

With the roar of engines, the armed off-road vehicle roared into the battlefield. Faint gunshots mingled with the sandstorm, and the faint cannon fire sounded like the roar of a giant beast.

"Boom——"

The vibrations came, and sand and dust fell against the car windows. Even inside the car, there was a faint smell of dust. Zhongyou looked down at the short spear in his hand. Although it had been wiped clean, it still seemed to be glowing with a faint light.

He still hasn't recovered from that great battle.

The soldier glanced at Zhong You's dazed expression in the rearview mirror. "Are you not feeling well?"

Zhongyou took a deep breath, unlocked the locked exoskeleton joints, put on the mask, and said in a muffled voice.

"It's like a dream."

He flung open the car door and thrust his short spear at the two cases of bottled water inside.

The pure water waves instantly converged into a wall of water amidst the wind and sand.

With a loud bang, it blocked a huge, pangolin-like sand-armored beast.

The behemoth was two meters tall and over six meters long, somewhat like a variant of a giant lizard, except that it was covered with hard, rock-like shells, and its dark yellow eyes greedily stared down at Zhong You.

The soft spray, like an enraged lion, instantly enveloped the sand armor beast.

The sand-armored beast looked at the clean water source with some confusion and subconsciously stuck out its slender tongue to lick it.

The water then rolled into the mouth and nose of the sand armor beast.

His vertical pupils, which had been slightly enjoying themselves, instantly contracted into an extremely thin line, and he opened his mouth as if to spit out the water.

But the water from a second-order "manipulator" isn't so easy to spit out.

The water he swallowed was all mixed with Zhongyou's omnipotent energy. Under his control, it instantly transformed into sharp knives that pierced his mouth, plunged down his throat, and tore apart his soft internal organs.

The sand-armored beast immediately let out a painful howl, and like a crocodile, it plunged headfirst into the sand, rolling wildly and kicking up clouds of sand.

But as Zhongyou waved his hand, the moisture gathered in the air adhered to the sand and sank it to the ground.

All that was left was a mud-covered, rolling-on sand armor beast.

The special agents who were fighting breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

Zhongyou looked down at his feet, stuck the short spear in his hand into the ground, and took a few steps back. The next moment, a huge fanged maw emerged from the sand and snapped in mid-air, biting at nothing. Meanwhile, another struggling sand armor beast viciously lunged at Zhongyou, who had dodged the attack.

This beast has been looking for an opportunity to retaliate.

Zhongyou simply stepped back, his right hand naturally extending backward to remove a short spear from his exoskeleton, aiming it at the sand-armored beast that was biting at him from the front.

The air quickly became humid, and water even dripped from the sand.

It looked as if a light rain had fallen and a thick fog had risen, with countless thick white water droplets gathering behind Zhongyou and condensing into a clear body of water.

The water behind him coalesced into a pair of arms over three meters long, which gripped the short spear in Zhong You's hand.

The faint waves surged, overwhelming the howling wind and sand.

"Bam—"

The friction between the water and the air produced a deafening explosion.

The arm contracted three full rotations.

The short spear vanished into thin air in an instant, barely visible to the naked eye.

The sand-armored beast, with its gaping maw, appeared unharmed, but upon closer inspection, the light in its eyes was gradually dimming.

As its momentum diminished, it crashed violently onto the sandy ground.

He rolled several times and knelt down in front of the handsome young man.

Zhongyou's somewhat vacant gaze passed over the corpse and looked at the sand armor beasts that were beginning to flee in the distance.

"Click"

He pulled out two spare short spears, twisted them with both hands, and did the same.

"Bang, bang..."

Two sounds later, three sand armored beasts, nearly at the second tier, lay dead on the spot.

A gust of fishy wind blew, and the moisture in the air dissipated.

To rejuvenate the parched land.

If the soldiers didn't have the heavy firepower of multiple vehicle-mounted artillery pieces, even a whole battalion wouldn't be enough to deal with the three sand-armored beasts.

The price Zhongyou paid was nothing more than two cases of bottled water.

The SUV pulled up, and the soldier eagerly opened the door. "Captain, please get in and rest. Leave the rest to us."

Zhongyou withdrew his gaze and looked at him with slight doubt, "Why are you so happy? The spoils don't belong to us."

The soldier's face stiffened, and he forced his lips down.

Once Zhongyou was seated in the back, the soldier said resentfully, "Then all the brothers have been working for nothing, haven't they?"

"If you can't win, you'll naturally have to pay the price."

Looking at Zhongyou's silent expression in the rearview mirror, the soldier's eyes were full of confusion.

"Is that train conductor really that capable?"

……

"It's not just impressive, it's monstrous. If it weren't for Xiao Shui's quick reaction, we would still have to pay a huge ransom to get out."

The tall, thin man said with lingering fear.

"Yang Ruoyu, we're in a meeting, what are you daydreaming about?"

Sitting opposite me was a man in his thirties, wearing a navy blue suit. What was particularly striking was that he wasn't wearing a shirt underneath; the collar was wide open, and his two large, muscular chest muscles were bulging out of his clothes, making it hard to look at.

The woman, now free of her work clothes, exuded a youthful lightness. She pushed up her thick glasses with a pen and said, coming back to her senses, "If we can't use all our strength to take him down, then we shouldn't offend him."

The man couldn't help but rub his palms together, saying excitedly, "Now that you mention it, I'm even more interested."

"If you appear in front of him now, there are only two outcomes. If he's in a good mood, the company will pay you a ransom and you'll slink back home. If he's in a bad mood, he'll just chop you up and electrocute you into a black gorilla."

When facing the head of the company's executive department, Xiao Shui didn't hold back at all.

The man said dismissively, "Only fighting against such a strong opponent deserves to be called evolution. I'm so tired of sitting in the office all day, my butt is practically calloused. Do you think there's any way to make him willingly fight me?"

"Give me money."

"I'm supposed to be the top expert at Donghuang Heavy Industry, isn't this a bit too pathetic?"

"He should be the number one expert in Donghuang right now. In a few days, even the major powers further north will have his information on their board of directors."

"But the real shock has only just begun. The dual-gene primitives will become even more sought-after and intensely competitive. Be prepared."

"One person can usher in an era; it's truly fascinating..."

"Keep dreaming about it. The survey mission is complete. I'll rest for two days and then head back to headquarters. Even if the sky falls, you can't pull me out of there."

Yang Ruoshui yawned and leaned back, her slender waist resembling a newly sprouted willow branch.

"Then go and rest. Someone, print out this photo and distribute it throughout the entire branch. Make sure everyone sees it, including those cleaning the toilets!"

(End of this chapter)