Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 289 What you said doesn’t count

With a sharp whistle, the soldiers assembled immediately.

The dozen or so officers had beads of sweat on their foreheads, their faces were taut, and their expressions were frighteningly gloomy.

A combat team member dressed in black coldly took over the legion's guard duty.

Inside the train.

The secretary, dressed in a gray pencil skirt, pushed open the train conductor's door. Her gray-blue eyes seemed to be tempered with fire, sharp and piercing.

He spoke as the train conductor looked up.

"An hour ago, two deserters left the train."

"deserter?"

Su Huan was slightly taken aback.

A document on the desk concerning the investigation of officers in the armed forces has not yet been formally approved.

……

Su Huan looked at the sun in the sky, which was scorching and dazzling.

Rows of soldiers stood closely packed in the sunlight, like healthy corn stalks.

I don't know how those two idiots chose this time. In his past life, he deliberately picked a dark, rainy night and even knew to use the floodwater to cover his tracks, though he still couldn't escape.

But with the sky so bright, should I send people to chase after them, or not?
Officers such as Goat and Qu Hang stood upright, ignoring Licking Rabbit who was constantly gloating and giving them meaningful glances.

He was transferred to the flight crew at a meeting some time ago, so he managed to avoid today's incident.

Su Huan circled around the more than 500 people.

Among them are new recruits who haven't finished training yet, and new recruits who have just recovered from injuries and returned to the unit.

The crowd, who were initially somewhat confused but impressed, felt a chill run down their spines when they experienced the train conductor's terrifying aura up close; they knew something was wrong.

Su Huan finally stood in the very middle of a group of officers.

Old Wu's dark face turned pale with fright as the train conductor's footsteps landed right in front of him.

"We don't have enough people."

Su Huan said calmly.

The goat standing at the front had a throbbing scalp, and his forehead was drenched in sweat as if a tap had been turned on.

The giraffe standing behind rolled its eyes, then turned and left.

Soon after, Liang Kuan, Yu Yue, and others joined the group with solemn expressions.

Faced with the significantly expanded team, Su Huan had little reaction and simply repeated, "We don't have enough people."

Three minutes later, He Jie, whose upper body was wrapped in bandages, led a group of wounded soldiers over.

"Train conductor, He Jie requests to return to the team!"

The resounding sound resonated deep within, slightly warming the hearts of the crowd that had plummeted to rock bottom.

He Jie may have his flaws, such as a bad temper, smoking, and drinking, but he is truly protective of his own.

Su Huan turned his head and saw He Jie slouching with a cigar in his mouth and his right hand rubbing his shoulder. His eyes showed a hint of disdain.

"Why are you running around instead of taking proper care of your injury?"

Hearing that Su Huan did not refuse his request to return to the team, He Jie waved his hand, signaling the wounded soldiers behind him to return to the team, and then walked naturally to Su Huan's side.

His playful expression instantly turned ferocious and tyrannical when he turned to the soldiers.

"goat!"

"To!"

The goat shuddered and stepped forward.

Although I was startled by He Jie, to be honest, this familiar feeling was much better than the oppressive feeling of being a train conductor.

He Jie took a deep drag on his cigar and poked the goat's chest with his thick fingers.

"I've only been lying down for two days, and I heard you lost two soldiers while training?"

The goat's cheeks bulged, as if it were gritting its teeth and straining.

"Yes."

"Oh!"

Before anyone could react, the goat and the fat rabbit behind him were sent flying backward, knocking down four or five soldiers.

"Get up."

He Jie's face hardened.

The mess caused by the battle with Black Kite hasn't even been explained to the train conductor yet, and now two more deserters have appeared!

He Jie felt like the sky had fallen when he heard the news in the medical vehicle.

It wasn't that no one got off the armed train and left.

However, since the train rules became more formal, no one has been able to sneak off. As long as you greet the train conductor, you can not only get off the train safely, but also retain your status as an armed train conductor. If the conductor is in a good mood, he might even give you some supplies.

Last time, some soldiers in the corps wanted to desert, and he didn't want to approve it, but the train conductor waved his hand and let them go.

They gave me both substance and face.

Today is much better.

Two of them ran away!

Even his crew knew to give a heads-up. Two members of the most disciplined group he personally trained had quietly deserted!
This is blatantly stomping on He Jie's face!
Hearing the shouts and curses, the goat staggered and tried to get up, but as if it had drunk fake alcohol, its vision went black and it collapsed to the ground.

Even with his physical abilities as a first-tier evolved being, he couldn't stand up after taking that kick.

Seeing that He Jie was about to step forward, the meerkat in the crowd frowned slightly.

He said firmly, "Report: The desertion was caused by Old Wu's mistreatment of new recruits, and has nothing to do with Lieutenant Goat."

He Jie turned around abruptly, his gaze first sweeping across the mongoose's face, then his fierce eyes seemed to be rooted to Lao Wu's face.

The short, stocky man felt the strange gazes of his colleagues falling on him, and in his mind, he had already dug up all the ancestors of the meerkats.

Looking at Su Huan's ambiguous smile, he swallowed hard, unable to utter a single word.

He desperately suppressed the urge to turn and run away.

He Jie strode over like a raging black bear, his strength already at its peak, but he suddenly stopped when his long-haired figure landed in front of him.

Su Huan stood still, his head tilted back like a wolf's, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Don't rush, let me hear what they have to say."

He Jie's momentum faltered and gradually dissipated.

He looked at the old man in front of him with a gloomy expression.

Abusing subordinates can be a serious matter or a minor one; once it's done, even a thousand taels of silver can't stop it.

Moreover, this is the end of the world; who knows what the train conductor's standards for punishment will be?
"Can someone explain what happened in detail?"

Su Huan looked at everyone and asked.

Most officers and soldiers were silent, while a few new recruits rolled their eyes but remained firmly rooted to the spot.

The meerkat stepped forward and said, "I have personally witnessed him beating up new recruits, a total of four times."

Old Wu's face twitched, and he said angrily, "Train conductor, I admit that I did use force at times, but who doesn't get impatient when training troops? Besides, I didn't hurt anyone, so how can it be considered abusing subordinates?"

The meerkat was head-on, refusing to back down an inch. "At least what I saw was choking and slapping."

Who is in charge of training the new recruits?

Su Huan asked calmly.

The goat walked over and said weakly, "After Captain He was injured, I was in charge of training the new recruits. Veterans like Lao Wu were each responsible for training a group of new recruits. This started when they were transferred here before the war."

Su Huan nodded thoughtfully.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from behind the group. The combat team, dressed in black and wearing scavenger exoskeletons, came running over, covered in dust, led by the third brother.

He stopped three or four meters in front of Su Huan.

"Train conductor, we have searched the surrounding area and confirmed through train surveillance that the two deserters were picked up by a small convoy after running out of the temporary camp. There were six cars and thirteen motorcycles. They should be a convoy of survivors from the storm zone."

Shu Wei got out of the car and added to Su Huan, "We retrieved the surveillance footage from the car. Within the footage, Lao Wu did physically punish the new recruits, but it wasn't serious."

Su Huan's gaze shifted, and he directly selected seven soldiers, including two female soldiers.

"You're his new recruits, aren't you?"

This familiar attitude sent a chill down Lao Wu's spine.

The seven soldiers glanced at the others out of the corner of their eyes, not daring to answer.

A look of surprise flashed in the goat's eyes. "It's them."

"Then why bother investigating? You guys tell me yourselves, did Old Wu mistreat you?"

The square, filled with hundreds of people, was completely silent. Under the gaze of the crowd, several new recruits turned pale.

"No, he didn't mistreat us."

A female soldier stepped forward and spoke.

When she stepped forward, many people recognized her. It was because of this woman that the first conflict between the mongoose and Lao Wu occurred. Unexpectedly, she had become a new recruit in the armed forces.

Dressed in a green military uniform, the woman looked much more assertive and strong.

"What about the rest?"

Su Huan continued to ask, neither confirming nor denying.

The woman winked at another female soldier, who hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to testify for Lao Wu.

Seeing that Su Huan showed no sign of anger, the other soldiers fell silent.

The meerkat's brows were furrowed, as if it wanted to say something, when it suddenly felt its hand being pulled. Turning around, it saw Yu Yue gently shaking her head at it.

"So it was a false accusation."

Su Huan's voice carried a faint sigh.

"Yes, it's a false accusation. That woman was unwilling to accept that she didn't bring down Old Wu last time, so she has repeatedly made false accusations!"

Seeing that the most important person on the train was listening to her, the woman felt incredibly proud and even winked at Old Wu with a hint of arrogance.

Coming to her senses, she found Su Huan already close to her, his eyes filled with doubt. "Train conductor, I'm telling the truth..."

Su Huan reached out and grabbed the two women by the collar, smiling slightly. "The truth is what matters."

Then tear it apart with both hands.

Amidst the horrified stares of the two women and the stunned gazes of the crowd, a white, fluffy object leaped out.

"Ahhh-"

Amid the woman's screams, Su Huan's eyes held no lust, only a chilling glint.

He Jie, who was behind them, was initially surprised, but when he saw the marks on the two women, a deep disgust appeared in his eyes.

The woman who spoke only had some normal signs of sexual intercourse on her body.

The wounds on the female soldier behind her were much more complicated: pinching, burning, whipping... and the bruises and purple marks hadn't faded even now.

These are all evolved beings. Injuries that would normally take two or three days to heal would not last even half a day on them.

It goes without saying what happened to the woman, which was obvious to every fool present.

Bai Lu shoved the gun barrel into the woman's mouth.

The piercing screams stopped abruptly.

Old Wu looked at the two pale-skinned women and immediately became anxious. "Train conductor, even if she has marks on her body, it doesn't prove that I did it, does it?"

Su Huan turned to look at the male soldiers, "Do you still need my help?"

Several soldiers promptly removed their clothes, revealing shocking wounds that caused an uproar among the crowd.

The soldier said in grief and indignation.

“Train conductor, it’s not that we want to lie to you, we just dare not say it. We’re terrified of being beaten. Times have changed, and we’re afraid he’ll kill us…”

"He also arranged for people to monitor us. Last time I complained, he threw me into a tree and beat me for more than an hour."

“He would bother us for no reason, and sometimes he would come and harass us even when we weren’t training at night.”

"We all know about Wang Ling's situation, but we dare not say anything..."

"..."

The soldiers pieced together Old Wu's usual behavior, one after another.

This time, the way all the soldiers looked at Lao Wu had completely changed.

Disgust, hatred, anger...

Everyone's eyes seemed to hold a burning flame, as if they wanted to burn him to death.

Old Wu may not care about those ordinary soldiers, but Yu Jing, Liang Kuan, Lin Jin, Xiao Ba, He Jie, Shan Yang... and even the train conductor, each of them could easily crush him.

He had no choice but to care!

"Don't tell me they accidentally got hit while playing games together."

Su Huan said with a smile.

Old Wu's dark face turned deathly pale, and his pupils trembled.

Under the increasingly sinister gaze of the train conductor, he knelt down with a thud.

"Train conductor, please forgive me this time. I just lost my mind for a moment, but I didn't mean to... I just wanted them to get promoted faster, yes, that's it..."

Looking into Su Huan's calm and unwavering eyes, Old Wu seemed to have anticipated something.

He was trembling with fear all over his body.

Like a trapped beast driven to the brink of despair, the string in its mind snaps due to overwhelming fear.

She raised her head and hysterically roared at Su Huan.

"This is the end of the world, the end of the world! All I did was sleep with two women, why are they treating me like this?!"

"who do you think You Are?"

"You've only evolved a little faster than us and have control of the train, so what gives you the right to be so high and mighty, to decide our life and death?!"

"who do you think You Are?!"

"Are you an organization?! Are you the military?!"

"Why?"

"And it's not just me fighting soldiers. He Jie beats and scolds this person in front of you every day, have you ever cared about him?"

"You're a complete hypocrite, a scoundrel!"

Upon hearing the rest, everyone's expression changed several times.

He Jie may hit people, but he never mistreats his soldiers. Even if someone makes a mistake, he'll just make things harder for them during training.

Regardless of whether they are male or female soldiers, officers or soldiers, they are treated equally.

Even the meerkats that he dealt with the most weren't driven to the point of wanting to desert.

Instead, the repeated setbacks fueled the meerkat's ambition, making it want to compete with him.

Seeing the train conductor's increasingly calm face, He Jie sensed something was wrong. He roared and kicked Lao Wu.

"boom!"

Amidst the flashes of lightning, a hand with clearly defined bones gripped He Jie's tactical boot.

The terrifying power was contained within a small space by this one hand.

The lightning illuminated his cold, stern profile, casting it in shifting light and shadow.

Su Huan patted Old Wu on the shoulder and smiled gently.

"Let me add something for you. People often call me an animal, which I feel is much more apt than calling me a 'petty person.' What do you think?"

Feeling the electric shocks striking his face, Old Wu's courage and resentment vanished completely.

"No, no, no... Train conductor, please let me explain..."

"me……"

"Train conductor, please don't kill me, please give me another chance..."

The burly man seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and burst into tears.

One second he was cursing vehemently, the next he was hugging the train conductor's leg and crying his eyes out.

Interestingly.

Even when he was cursing Su Huan just now, he didn't stand up.

His knees were firmly planted on the ground.

Do you know what you did wrong?

Su Huan suppressed his smile and asked gently.

Old Wu hurriedly said, "I'm not human. I shouldn't have abused the new recruits. I shouldn't have forced Wang Ling. I shouldn't have broken the train's rules..."

"Eh……"

Su Huan's soft sigh interrupted his confession.

"You need to understand that on the train, only I can decide who dies... What you say doesn't count."

(End of this chapter)