Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 282 Train Phase III Upgrade Plan
"July 12th, the wind suddenly picked up."

"There are three ways to get rich: plunder, plunder, and more plunder!"

The supplies provided by Black Kite were scattered, but they came in waves, which was a good thing.

Su Huan was also very trustworthy. He would only let one or two people in each batch of supplies. In the end, only the girl in the black dress whose face he had pinched was left, Tan Yunxi.

"Train conductor..."

Tan Yunxi looked at Su Huan pitifully.

Su Huan sat in the train carriage, wearing sunglasses, legs crossed, tearing open a bag of potato chips with a ripping sound, and said while crunching, "Feelings are feelings, business is business. You think you can just wipe out such a large amount of supplies by calling out a couple of times? What are you thinking?"

"But my uncle said he doesn't want me anymore."

Tan Yunxi looked so aggrieved he was about to shed tears.

Su Huan sat up abruptly, his sunglasses swung up to his nose, and exclaimed in astonishment, "What do you mean? Did you kill the hostage?"

Bai Lu, whose face was still swollen, limped forward a step and whispered, "Train conductor, we're the ones who kidnapped them."

Tan Yunxi quickly said, "Train conductor, how about I join the armed train?"

Su Huan lay back in his chair and sighed softly, "I've done so many deals along the way, and this is the first time I've been stuck with unsold goods. Where does this leave the train conductor's face?"

The little girl almost ground her teeth to powder, but thinking of what she had been told to her family, she still smiled beautifully.

Before the influence of the armed train spreads, it's better to quickly latch onto a powerful figure than to use the family's influence to get a minor position in Black Kite.

“Train conductor, I’m very useful. I studied three majors at the same time: weapon systems and engineering, artillery system design, and guided weapons. The [EM-4 armor-piercing spear] that you captured is a general-purpose weapon developed by my uncle.”

Upon hearing this, the look behind the sunglasses immediately turned serious.

"How old are you?"

Tan Yunxi raised her fair chin. "Sixteen."

Su Huan's eyelids twitched slightly, much like Lin Xi's, and his tone was unfriendly, "Did you go to university?"

Tan Yunxi immediately realized what was happening and quickly explained, "I haven't started university yet, but I have indeed taken these courses. I was exposed to them when I was in junior high school..."

A hint of suspicion flashed in Su Huan's eyes. He beckoned, and Bai Lu leaned closer. "Train conductor, I've heard of it. This is what you call a genius!"

"My God, did you even go to college?"

Bai Lu immediately panicked and mumbled, "Train conductor, how can you look down on me? I'm a graduate student from a prestigious university, with a combined bachelor's and master's degree!"

Su Huan looked at Bai Lu's bruised and swollen face in great surprise, "You also completed a combined bachelor's and master's program? You graduated normally?"

Bai Lu scratched his head, slightly embarrassed, and said, "My advisor said I wasn't suited for this path, so I joined the army in a fit of anger. But I'm not kidding. For example, my advisor's kid, who's only in fifth grade, is already doing experiments with us every day. Although ours is relatively weak, his kid definitely knows more. The educational resources he has from a young age are different..."

Su Huan ignored him, turned around, grabbed Tan Yunxi's fair hand, and squeezed it tightly.

"Welcome to the Armed Train!"

The latter blushed slightly and responded with a faint, mosquito-like sound.

……

"July 14th, the wind suddenly picked up."

"A thick fog rises, and new eyes will grow on the first person to fall. Trains travel through buildings without doors or windows, tiny people move through the city to build and cultivate, and giants guard the city and drive away hostile outsiders..."

A train loaded with supplies departed from Yanbei Pass and continued northwards under the watchful eyes of the crowd, its wheels creaking as it rolled over the ground, heading towards Zhijin City further north.

As a large country spanning from north to south, Donghuang has an extremely vast territory.

Zhijin is just right in the center.

The twelve zones of the apocalypse are not divided into equal parts. According to data provided by Donghuang Heavy Industry, there are nine major zones in China: high temperature, acid rain, flood, storm, spore, gravity imbalance, plant frenzy, extreme cold, and eternal night.

The military did not provide all types of natural disasters, and extreme cold is already a no-go zone for humanity.

Some speculate that there will be other natural disasters after the eternal night, but the location has already been pushed to the uninhabited area of ​​the Arctic. Pushing it any further forward would just circle back, which is spatially illogical.

Therefore, some people speculate that the remaining three natural disasters are zombies, evolved beasts, and omnipotent energy.

But Su Huan knew that the Pan-Energy was the culprit behind all these changes, and it was strange to put it on par with other natural disasters. There must be a better explanation, but they hadn't found it yet.

But Black Kite's game console is really good; you can play without an internet connection.

While others are still struggling to find resources to survive, these rich and powerful have already begun pursuing spiritual enjoyment.

Just as he was thinking, Shu Wei walked in carrying a stack of documents.

Su Huan frowned, pretending to be deep in thought, and raised his left hand to stop her from getting closer.

Shu Wei stood still and waited quietly.

"...That prophecy was really strange. Why were people floating in the sky? And what was with the thick fog?"

Perhaps feeling that it was somewhat pretentious, Su Huan muttered to himself.

"Perhaps you didn't have enough information. After you've dealt with these matters, I think you'll be much more clear-headed. At the very least, you won't accidentally project the game onto the entire train. I'm worried that your gaming skills might cause unnecessary anxiety for the passengers."

Shu Wei put down the documents in her hand and then helped Su Huan disconnect the car's projection function.

With Black Kite's funding, the armed train's rudimentary control system completely caught up with the pre-apocalyptic level, because the cultivation pod at the back also had a supercomputer, which in some ways was even more advanced.

Su Huan's face was serious. "Putting aside my gaming, why didn't you remind me?"

Shu Wei remained calm and composed. "Sorry, conductor, I only cut off the projection, I didn't mute the microphone."

"Ah, I'm tired."

The train conductor, his microphone muted, stared blankly at the ceiling. "As the leader of a faction, shouldn't you just plan the big picture and eat and drink every day? Why is there so much trouble on such a small train..."

Shu Wei was slightly taken aback when she saw Su Huan's lazy appearance, and her sharp face softened.

Su Huan felt a pair of hands caress his brows, gently stroking his eye sockets along the lines of his eyes.

"That's a story from a novel, but... as a train conductor, you can have anyone tell you a story."

"But the story belongs only to the night."

A soft yet clear voice suddenly came from the doorway, followed by a pale yellow figure with hair that cut off her drooping eyelids, and a steady gaze that fell on Shu Wei's hand.

"Isn't it?"

Shu Wei nodded slightly, naturally withdrew her hand, and walked out.

Su Huan squinted at the two of them, sensing a tense atmosphere in the room today.

Yu Yue placed the flower tea in her hand next to Su Huan, took over the work that Shu Wei had just finished, and her brows were gently pressed again.

Compared to Shu Wei, Yu Yue's hands are warmer, and her fingertips are softer.

"Is this the right amount of pressure she's using? Is it too light or too heavy? Should I go faster?"

A gentle voice uttered a series of detailed questions.

Su Huan thought for a moment, not knowing how to answer, so he simply kept quiet.

Yu Yue was initially a little annoyed, but seeing Su Huan nestled in her arms like a little rabbit, her heart softened.

She had barely begun to enjoy herself when a heavy stomp echoed down the corridor, shaking the entire carriage, followed by a whooshing sound. Before Yu Yue could stop, a sharp figure had already landed at the doorway, turning sharply and instantly silencing her.

Wearing a brand-new exoskeleton, Yu Jing landed at the doorway, her phoenix eyes fixed on Yu Yue's hands.

The woman withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.

Although she knew her daughter might already know, she didn't want to know that her daughter knew.

Simply put, she was uncomfortable with this change in identity and was shy.

"Well, you guys..."

Before Yu Jing could finish speaking, Yu Yue hurriedly said something, picked up the plate, and walked out, her already light steps becoming firm and resolute.

Su Huan sighed. "What is it now?"

Yu Jing took out a stack of documents even thicker than Shu Wei's and said, "Could you expedite the approval of these first?"

Su Huan said with his eyes closed, "There's a proper order to things, a proper procedure. If you cut in line now and I do it for you, what are the others supposed to do? What will they think..."

Yu Jing looked thoughtfully at Su Huan's beautiful eyebrows, then removed her exoskeleton and placed her hands on his brows while the train conductor kept rambling on.

The cool, snake-skin-like texture made Su Huan's eyebrows twitch. He opened his eyes a crack and saw Yu Jing standing in front of him, massaging his brows.

"Is this the right amount of pressure she's using? Is it too light or too heavy? Should I go faster?"

Su Huan: "..."

He found that he didn't seem to be very good at handling this kind of thing.

"Just tell me what's on your mind."

"It mainly involves application materials and personnel to start a new round of exoskeleton research and development. I'd also like to take this opportunity to tell you about the third phase of the armed train renovation plan."

"Wait, Phase Three?"

Su Huan was somewhat surprised, "When did the third phase start?"

Yu Jing calmly said, "It was proposed by the factory director and Vice President Deng. Because the goods received were too large, the current armored trains are seriously overweight. The current tracks can only support the trains to travel on paved roads. Once they enter the wilderness, they may run aground due to the weight. Therefore, we need to carry out the third phase of modification on the armored trains ahead of schedule."

Su Huan frowned. "Why didn't anyone tell me about something so important?"

Yu Jing glanced at the other stack of documents left on the table.

After flipping through it, I found the document marked "Armed Train Phase III Renovation and Upgrade Plan".

Su Huan felt a bit dizzy today.

With his intelligence, he should be able to handle such a trivial matter with ease.

Are you tired?

Yu Jing's cool voice came from above.

"Your body temperature is around 42 degrees Celsius, and you're in a state of heightened arousal, but while you're talking to me, your pupils have already avoided me three times, trying to stay focused..."

Su Huan pinched Yu Jing's waist and pressed his forehead against her cold chest, signaling her to be quiet.

He felt as if he were holding a cold, beautiful snake.

While speaking, Yu Jing diligently pressed her fingertips against her eye sockets, and after a moment, she moved them to her temples and gently massaged them.

Using "internal vision," Su Huan observed his own body.

The reason was quickly discovered.

Although most of the wounds healed naturally during the advancement, the battles with multiple second-tier evolvers still left many minor wounds in my body. Although I haven't slept these past few days, my body has been repairing itself every moment.

It greatly depletes his energy and stamina.

Without realizing it, my brain's energy supply has become somewhat lacking.

His chaotic thoughts drifted aimlessly, and Su Huan inexplicably thought of this phrase.

'The train conductor can have anyone weave stories for him.'

Yu Jing stared blankly at the hands that had slid down, and calmly reminded them, "This garment is one-piece made, it's hard to take off, and you need to use equipment."

"Oh."

Su Huan listlessly withdrew his hand.

Yu Jing pulled her hair back, squatted down, and said softly, "Take a rest. There's a meeting about staff promotions tonight."

……

Carriage No. 5.

A red balloon was tied to a rope ladder on the wall, with a row of burst balloon debris attached to it.

A red balloon was also placed on top of a narrow-necked bottle behind the sofa in the room.

Lin Jin sat on the sofa with his eyes closed, sweat dripping from his forehead and down his hair. In the next instant, he leaned forward and stood up, turning his body to the right and tilting his head slightly. His eyes suddenly lit up, and a flash of orange-red flame appeared. The small piece of paper in the middle of the balloon was instantly ignited by the flame in the void.

"Snap—Snap—Snap!"

A few simple movements seemed to have exhausted all his strength; his hands were on his knees, and large beads of sweat shattered on the ground.

"How can you divide energy into so many parts at the same time, control it precisely without harming your teammates, and simultaneously face three second-tier attackers... How did you do that?"

Lin Jin's eyes were glazed over as he muttered to himself.

While they were talking, "Explosive Flame" quietly leveled up to lv5. As for the three earliest main skills, "Flame Control", "High Temperature Barrier" and "Fire Seed" had all been leveled up to lv6 of the second tier. It was only missing a matching skill to advance to the second tier "Flame Dominator". Because it was a name from the Steel Council, it was not so fancy.

Its abilities are also very simple: the first level is to ignite flames, and the second level is to control flames.

All his evolution revolved around burning, which is why he was able to cause that fire in his previous life that nearly ignited the world.

But after witnessing Su Huan's battle, Lin Jin was also affected.

In terms of total energy output, they lost miserably; in terms of precise control, they were also far inferior.

With that level of skill, he couldn't even keep up with the train conductor's back, let alone protect his sister.

A deep sense of frustration welled up inside Lin Jin.

With a bang, the door was opened, and the goat strode in.

"You're doing extra training again. Don't miss tonight's event."

Lin Jin shook his head; the energy consumption was too great, and he felt his eyes were becoming unfocused.

"Personnel promotion? You did a good job this time, you should get a promotion..."

"Okay, then aren't you going?"

"I'll be later. There's been a lot of troop movements and I haven't finished dealing with all the work yet."

After grabbing some things, the goat hurriedly walked outside.

(End of this chapter)