Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 316: The Train Came to Our Rescue!

"It's a train! It's an armed train that's come to rescue us!"

A dusty-faced scavenger pointed at the armed train and shouted.

The people, who had been looking ashen-faced, suddenly brightened up when they saw the train.

Perhaps... we don't need to run anymore?

Could you even make a fortune by riding the train?
Although many people have never seen a train, they have heard of the "death test" and the "generous treatment".

In the eyes of scavengers, big means strong, tough means good. If you were to ask which force in the entire Neutral Town is the toughest, it would undoubtedly be the Armed Train!

What other forces are there?
With a few broken cars and a few broken guns, even a gang leader could barely make ends meet.

But what about armed trains?

Everyone has enough to eat, everyone has hot water to take a bath, everyone is protected by a safe and heavily armed train, and even their clothing is far superior to that of the four major powers!

The moment the armed train appeared, everyone who couldn't save their lives in this escape placed their hopes on it.

"It's a train!"

"An armed train has come to rescue us!"

"What did I tell you? None of the four major powers are reliable. It has to be a force like the Armed Train."

"Only armed trains can truly guarantee the success of the base city plan."

"Help me, I'm injured, it wasn't from a zombie bite, let me get in the car..."

"My dad fell behind. Could you please help me find him? Please!"

"The armed train is taking us back to fight our way back, brothers, turn around!"

"The true savior has arrived!"

"..."

When the first shout was heard.

Su Huan: "?"

When someone claimed he could guarantee the success of the base city plan.

Su Huan: "??"

When the words "savior" were uttered, Su Huan was completely stunned.

"It seems you are surprised by their answer."

A gentle voice appeared behind him.

Su Huan tilted his head, his eyelids twitched slightly, and the corners of his lips parted to reveal gleaming white teeth. "Are you mocking me?"

Dean Zhou, with graying temples, appeared on the deck with Yu Jing and Tan Yunxi.

Dean Zhou was slightly taken aback; it was the first time she had seen Su Huan like this.

"This is a compliment."

"You're mocking me."

Su Huan repeated it expressionlessly.

Tan Yunxi's big ears perked up uneasily, his eyes filled with hesitation.

Yu Jing said calmly, "He was born in the Year of the Dog, you'll get used to it."

After saying that, he casually touched Tan Yunxi's fluffy ears, "I didn't scold you."

Tan Yunxi: "..."

Now they're cursing.

Tan Yunxi glanced cautiously at the train conductor's expression. It's fine to scold me, but is it really okay to scold the train conductor?
Yu Jing seemed to know what she was thinking, "The more debts you have, the less you worry; the more lice you have, the less they bite."

Su Huan stared at the ever-growing psychic energy within Yu Jing's body and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Train conductor, someone is blocking the way ahead, what should we do?"

The voice of the person wearing glasses came from the radio.

"Push over."

Su Huan's smile remained unchanged. The golden rays of the setting sun shone through his wind-blown black hair, illuminating his sharply defined face, which momentarily stunned Tan Yunxi. However, the chill hidden in his words sent a shiver down her spine.

He muttered to himself inwardly.

'This is insane, this is insane! Tan Yunxi, Tan Yunxi, what are you doing, acting like a lovesick fool at a time like this…'

Panic-stricken shouts came from under the car, but were quickly drowned out by the increasingly loud cries of "Savior" in the distance.

"what's up?"

Su Huan's expression suddenly calmed down, as if the teasing from before had never happened.

"We just got the results for our research and development of the [Guardian] power armor."

Yu Jing replied.

Su Huan was slightly surprised, and his gaze naturally fell on Dean Zhou. He knew Yu Jing's level; she had many ideas, but lacked time and experience. Therefore, the main credit for the development of the power armor naturally belonged to Zhou Qing.

"The results of it?"

Of the three, only Yu Jing was wearing the "Engineer" exoskeleton; the other two were in normal work uniforms.

……

The armed train officially entered Zhijin City, where it encountered even more defeated scavengers.

Some people were so terrified that they wouldn't go back even if someone took the lead.

However, some people were unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to follow the armed train in to pull off a big heist.

When faced with a choice, there is never a shortage of gamblers.

As the distance increased, the armed train inexplicably gained tens of thousands of fanatical followers, as if following behind the armed train would make them belong to the same camp, and this strange fanaticism continued to spread.

The most frustrated one was Wen Biao in the back.

He was clearly the train conductor's number one lackey, but when he heard that the armed train was coming to Zhijin, he abandoned his bustling little tavern and came over. He never expected to end up getting into trouble with this bunch of stray dogs.

No, he has to come up with a way to stand out from the train conductor!

As the train advanced, it finally encountered the horde of zombies on the edge, but the number was not as terrifying as in the city center. It was only a thin layer, about the size of a densely packed commercial street on a weekend. They were not even piled up, and the first-level zombies were even sparse.

Even with zombies of this magnitude, the scavengers, terrified, immediately stopped in their tracks.

One by one, pale-faced people looked at their leader.

Since Liang Kuan wasn't on the train, and no one even opened the horn, the train drove straight over him.

The zombie horde, which is not even as thick as a treadmill, has no right to waste ammunition.

The zombies erupted in excitement, and so did the scavengers.

They saw the terrifying horde of corpses as if they had been put into a meat grinder, bones mixed with flesh and blood being crushed into a sticky mess, and the buildings on both sides of the street as if they had been sprayed by a sprinkler truck, evenly covered with a layer of dark red paste.

Then it was brutally scraped by the armored vehicle of the excessively wide armed train.

The walls collapsed, and the building fell to both sides.

The rumbling sound was even more massive than the horde of zombies.

……

Looking at the armed train rampaging on the screen, Number 1 frowned, as if he had encountered an unsolvable problem.

Why did the armed train appear at this time?

The assistant analyzed, "Judging from the train's recent actions, their goal is to gather materials and top-notch personnel, all of which are available in Zhijin City. Many people can be saved here..."

"Impossible." Number 1 decisively rejected the idea. "According to Su Huan's personality model, there's a 96% chance he won't pay attention to what happened in Zhijin City. Realistically speaking, the probability is over 90%, which is almost a certainty!"

The assistant suddenly realized, "Then there must be some factors we don't know about involved, but it shouldn't affect the final result, right?"

Number 1's voice was icy: "With the train's early intervention, the number of scavengers lost will not exceed 50,000. The number converted from these will not be enough to produce enough killers. Without a sufficient number of low-level zombies, the strongest power of a third-tier 'Mother' cannot be unleashed."

"That……"

"Release Zhongyou."

The assistant shuddered instantly. "A second-tier evolver?"

Number 1's face remained mechanically calm, but his eyes flashed with data like a collapsing starry sky.

"Is it merely a matter of emotions that allows a first-tier evolver to bypass numerous shackles and directly become a second-tier killer?"

"If I master this secret, the shortcut to evolution will open for me." Although he had already done many crazy experiments with Number 1, the assistant still felt a chill run down his spine.

He took a deep breath and whispered, "I understand."

"Get all observation points ready, collect the data and process it at full speed, then send it back to headquarters as soon as possible—fill in the last gaps."

……

"Cao Yong is dead."

The assistant stood in front of the iron cage, looking up at the stone wall inside, his expression complicated.

The surface of the "stone wall" was coated with something unknown, giving it an iron-gray sheen. Three meters above the ground, it held an extremely sophisticated exoskeleton, even heavier than those of a captain's level. However, it lacked operational authorization, and all its joints were locked. This exoskeleton was Zhong You's cage.

In addition to this exoskeleton, the entire basement is equipped with three large dehumidifiers to ensure that the air humidity is always below 10%.

There was no response; only a low, irritating buzzing sound filled the space.

"Oh!"

Suddenly, a muffled thud came from the wall, and the entire prison trembled.

The assistant quickly said, "Don't panic, I'll put you down!"

After speaking, he quickly manipulated the device a few times, and the exoskeleton hanging on the wall clattered to the ground. The helmet opened, revealing Zhong You's pale face and cold, abyssal pupils.

The assistant inexplicably felt like he was letting a wild beast out of its cage.

Without any hesitation, they quickly completed the last few steps, and the dozen or so iron pillars retracted back to the ground, leaving no obstacle between them.

He could even feel a chilling killing intent, as sharp as a steel blade, scraping across his body.

Feeling cold all over the body.

Zhongyou walked out step by step, while his assistant took a few steps back. Suddenly, without even glancing at him, he simply removed the matching steel cylinder and short spear from the wall.

Don't you want to know how he died?

The assistant suddenly asked.

Zhongyou paused slightly. "Will you tell the truth?"

He grabbed the two short spear sections, twisted them in the middle, and made a snapping sound.

The assistant choked, all the words he had prepared stuck in his throat.

"Is it that thing, or... an armed train?"

Zhongyou, with his back to him, asked with an inscrutable expression.

The assistant hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes, we have them all."

Zhongyou unscrewed the gas cylinder, staring blankly at the empty cylinder.

A moment later, a piercing scream echoed from the underground prison.

Zhongyou left the prison carrying a full load of steel cylinders.

……

Luo Jingyi had thought many times about how to bring his peaceful yet eventful life to a close.

He is ordinary because he comes from a wealthy family and studied at top universities abroad for his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. He graduated smoothly at the age of 26, studied under industry leaders, and participated in many major projects in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2030, at the age of 35, he returned to China with honors and became the youngest full professor at Zhijin University.

He had everything: money, honor, and lovers. But even so, until the day before the apocalypse, Luo Jingyi still considered it an "ordinary" life.

After the revelry, nestled in the arms of a beautiful woman, he felt his aging body slowly decaying. He mocked himself, thinking that perhaps his life was destined to rot away amidst the allure of wine and women.

Then the devastating apocalypse arrived, and the terrifying zombies and the wildly evolving world made him feel a vibrant sense of life.

With renewed energy and boundless ambition, he organized the first alliance of universities.

There are many professors who are more famous and knowledgeable than him, but they are not as young as Luo Jingyi, and those who are younger are not as capable as him.

Although the alliance eventually broke down, he still managed to gain enough benefits for himself.

He instantly became a first-order evolved being.

But the sudden outbreak of the zombie horde forced him to huddle in a dusty display car in the mall, clutching two energy crystals to restore his energy.

Thanks to the excellent airtightness of the carriage, the shadowy zombies around him did not notice him.

Luo Jingyi carefully lifted his head from the reclined chair and looked at the girl curled up in the corner, sobbing, in the rearview mirror.

Those were his students, his best and favorite students.

His youthful, toned body had given him countless inspirations.

After the apocalypse, the girl not only became his right-hand woman, but also got a boyfriend.

Luo Jingyi didn't care about any of that, because the other party was already dead.

The girl was crying for her dead boyfriend when a passing zombie sniffed her head and left.

This puzzled Luo Jingyi, who even hesitated to greet the girl.

He sensed a subtle change in the other person.

Heavy footsteps approached, and a Tier 1 Butcher walked in through the main entrance of the hall, holding a heavy Guan Dao upside down in his hand. The heavy blade shattered the floor of the shopping mall.

Luo Jingyi's lips twitched. If he remembered correctly, this was a metal decoration on a large sculpture five kilometers away.

I never imagined that it would actually be used in battle one day.

The butcher's small, scarlet eyes darted around. He first gave the girl in the corner a serious look, then saw the display vehicle in the center of the exhibition hall. He immediately grinned and strode over, dragging his Guan Dao.

He loves opening those little boxes!

Luo Jingyi, who was in the car, suddenly remembered this and broke out in a cold sweat.

He grabbed the doorknob and tried to rush out.

Suddenly, a whip-like joint wrapped around the butcher's leg, and the butcher looked up in confusion.

Luo Jingyi followed the bone whip and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The crying girl gradually stood up. Her original height of about 1.63 meters had increased by more than 40 centimeters. Her head was painfully curled back into her chest, leaving only her tall shoulders and scarlet eyes in the crack of her chest.

With one hand, a bone whip wrapped around the butcher's body, and with the other, a bone blade a meter long.

Its entire body was covered with a grayish-black stratum corneum.

'Slaughterer!'

The name instantly came to mind for Luo Jingyi.

Although he didn't know why the girl had turned into a killer, the two monsters were already locked in combat.

The butcher is strong and skilled with weapons, but a Guan Dao (a type of halberd) that is over five meters long is useless in close combat.

He was stabbed repeatedly at close range by a Tier 1 Slaughterer.

With a whoosh, the bone blade, more than a meter long, pierced into the butcher's fat belly.

The sound startled the zombies in the hall, and they quickly gathered around.

Although Luo Jingyi was also curious about the outcome of this zombie-on-zombie drama, he prioritized survival and escaped while the two were locked in a fierce battle.

Using his first-tier evolved human skills and the weapon he had crafted himself, he killed a few troublesome ordinary zombies and rushed into the street through another door.

Instead of going inside the building, they walked directly on the street.

Compared to the dark and complicated environment inside buildings, the streets are actually safer.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a group of scavengers running past.

Both sides paused for a moment, then, recognizing each other as human, hurriedly gathered together and ran forward.

It wasn't that they trusted each other that much; it was that the zombies chasing them from behind left them no time to be on guard.

"Run! We'll be safe once we get to the train!"

One of them whispered.

Luo Jingyi was taken aback.

"What car?"

"train!"

What train?

"Armed train!"