Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 319 Fool
When a large number of zombies gather in an area, a leader will emerge who can command the other zombies. This leader could be any kind or rank of zombie, but when he has this ability, he will be given the title of "Lord".

The moment the matriarch appeared, the horde of zombies below ceased their attack. Even those who were turned into mincemeat by heavy machine gun fire only heard the sound of flesh and bone cracking, without a single scream. They were like the most resolute knights, awaiting the lord's inspection.

The second-tier killer is already quite tall, with the best reaching six meters, so that you can see directly to the second floor from downstairs.

The mistress, however, was a few feet taller. She sat on the butcher's shoulders, her clear, jewel-like eyes reflecting the man sitting on the roof of the car, the most dangerous of all the invading insects.

Su Huan raised his hand, and the roaring cannons and anti-aircraft machine guns ceased fire simultaneously.

The bright world instantly dimmed.

Only a faint blue hue remained, gradually, gradually turning dark and somber.

Humans and zombies stand in a silent confrontation amidst the somber blue hues.

"This...is a zombie?"

He Jie's voice was somewhat hoarse, as if there was a fire burning in his throat.

"Hmm, third tier."

"Can we win?"

"It will take some time."

"how long?"

"ten minutes."

Su Huan braced himself against the roof of the car with both hands, looking up. He wondered if it was because his eyesight had improved or because there were fewer people around, but the sky seemed much clearer, and he could even see the stars clearly.

He glanced at Li Xinlong, who kept looking at Jiang Rong, and said indifferently, "Do whatever you want."

Li Xinlong's eyes flickered slightly, he nodded, and ran towards Jiang Rong's direction.

He Jie, on the other side, remained silent for a long time before saying, "I shouldn't have gotten into your beat-up car in the first place."

Su Huan retorted sarcastically, "Do you have a choice?"

Perhaps sensing the threat, or perhaps the provocation, the Matriarch let out a shriek, and the horde of zombies surged toward the train like a boiling tide. This time it was no longer a probing attack; hundreds and thousands of Tier 1 Night Demons, like an army, crawled over the heads of ordinary zombies and charged toward the train.

The terrifying roar was silenced the moment it met the train by an invisible barrier, suppressed by Yu Yue's ability.

Behind Su Huan came He Jie's thunderous roar, "It's your turn to give the order, train conductor!"

Just as Su Huan stood up, a very dynamic piece of music came from the train, growing louder and louder as the volume was turned up.

"This is victory music." Su Huan stood at the edge of the train, looking down at the hideous zombies that seemed to want to devour his flesh. A heartfelt joy made him grin from ear to ear. "Whose subordinate has such taste?"

"Oh, it's mine."

The moment the lyrics began to play, accompanied by maniacal laughter, the train conductor leaped off the edge.

Like crazed fans, the zombies leaped from the tide, greedily trying to touch the hem of his clothes.

"I ain't your average sicko"

"I'm not some ordinary madman."

"I'm dead, just like disco"

"Like disco music, I am dying."

The pale blue light passed through the spot where the train conductor stood, instantly traversing hundreds of meters, and headed straight for the Queen Mother's "crown".

Meanwhile, the sniper behind the scope had changed positions, his eyes lowered, pulling the bolt in sync with the changing rhythm of the music.

“My bank account is 000, oh no”

"I opened my wallet, and it was empty—oh no!"

“I think I need a hero (Oh)”

"I need a hero to save me."

"..."

The next moment, bright white lightning surged from the horde of corpses beneath the train, like a waterfall bursting forth from a deep abyss, reversing the flow of the Heavenly Palace of Punishment.

The entire battlefield was illuminated by the lightning, revealing every detail. Hundreds of first-tier Night Demons who had just boarded the train were instantly killed. The electric current spread wildly from the point of engagement, releasing the energy that had been brewing for a long time to the maximum extent, covering an area of ​​800 meters.

Lightning flashed through the dry air, forming two bright pools of lightning on the ground and in the sky. Tiny bolts of lightning darted between the pools, and in the very center of the pools was Su Huan, his body wrapped in bright white lightning.

The hair tie had long since disappeared, and a full head of black hair floated on his shoulders accompanied by violent electric current. He had a smile on his lips and his eyes were ablaze with white light, like a god.

The mistress sensed a threat, and three equally wide cracks suddenly appeared on both sides of her porcelain-white face.

As if sensing a summons, the lightning bolts meandered through the crack, then were swallowed up and slowly coalesced into a thick bolt of lightning, while the transparent tendrils behind its head were also a deep blue.

"Hey, it can even swallow lightning."

Su Huan's smile grew even wider, but his outstretched arms contained terrifying energy fluctuations.

The scorching heat ignited the shirt on the upper body, flames rising and coiling around the upper body like dragons and snakes, revealing inch by inch of the strong muscles. The zombie, who had just been electrocuted, hadn't even gotten up before he found that the last piece of cloth on his body was burning.

The lightning, having lost its energy support, gradually dissipated, and the lightning pool also gradually thinned under the absorption of the third-order sovereign.

The zombies guarding the mistress launched a frenzied attack on Su Huan.

But what traversed the hundreds of meters of zombie horde even faster was that three-meter-long fire spear.

"boom--"

"Very greedy."

A sharp explosion came from the flames.

From the moment the thunder pool was laid out to the moment the fire spear exploded, everything happened too fast. So fast that Yu Yue only had time to fire one shot, and so fast that Xiao Zhao's hand had just left the volume button inside the car.

Compared to the battle outside the vehicle, the people inside were just as busy and tense.

Although the weapons on the train are now operated automatically, until artificial intelligence is fully developed, staff will still be needed to manually select targets.

Hearing the resounding footsteps behind her, Xiao Zhao turned around and saw Yu Jing leading a group of combat personnel walking quickly towards her.

Wearing a compact "exoskeleton," he is about 1.9 meters tall, only slightly taller than his original height. The armor coverage is higher than that of the Black Kite Special Forces exoskeleton, reaching 100%, and he looks much heavier.

Perhaps due to time constraints, these exoskeletons do not have a uniform paint finish; the mottled and incompatible metallic colors still remain, giving them a rough and rusty feel characteristic of machinery.

"The third brother was called down by He Jie. There's still one power armor set that no one wants to wear. Ask them to send someone up."

Yu Jing said.

"Power armor?" Xiao Zhao looked thoughtfully at the power armor worn by the group. "Am I any good?"

Yu Jing frowned. "You're in the flight attendant crew."

Xiao Zhao calmly said, "As the chief flight attendant of the research team, I also have a responsibility to test the latest products."

Seeing Xiao Zhaoping's calm and determined gaze, Yu Jing didn't hesitate and said decisively, "Put it on him!"

Two people carrying the power armor walked up behind him, the helmet popped open, revealing Tan Yunxi's large gray-black ears and delicate face.

Tan Yunxi, abandoning his usual arrogant demeanor, dressed Xiao Zhao in power armor while giving a serious introduction.

"Although we've installed a height and body type matching device, there will inevitably be some differences. Go inside and see if you can touch the handrail-like devices on your left and right hands?"

Xiao Zhao subconsciously raised his palm. The palm was not a wearable, exquisite mechanical device, but twice the size of a normal person's palm. It controlled his fingers through force feedback and some technology he didn't know. There were several slightly concave tactile features on it, just enough to hold his fingers. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be made of soft silicone-like material, and it should have some kind of press-triggered function.

"Looks like you've found it. Don't press it yet. Time is of the essence, and we haven't set a safety button. That's a mechanical device that operates two heavy machine guns, powerful enough to sweep away the entire command post..."

Tan Yunxi said quickly.

Xiao Zhao, who was about to try it, was so frightened that her fingers stiffened.

"Don't be nervous, it's not a heavy machine gun on the other side." Xiao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously, "What's on the other side?"

Tan Yunxi patted and tapped on it, locking up all the mechanical structures and sealing the armor, saying, "The other side can blow the entire front of the car into the sky!"

Xiao Zhao: "..."

"Tan Yunxi".

Yu Jing's soft urging came from behind.

Tan Yunxi dared not tease Xiao Zhao any longer, his whole body tensed, and he quickly explained, "The power armor has three attack modes. On the left are high-explosive grenades, with a maximum projectile distance of 400 meters, a straight-line distance of 80 meters, and a kill radius of 5-7 meters. There are six in total. On the right are two caliber heavy machine guns. The 7.62×51mm conventional bullets have a total of 8 basic loads of 1920 rounds, while the 12.7×99mm bullets only have 3 basic loads of 720 rounds. If the bullets fired turn into tracer rounds, it means you only have 100 bullets left. Pay attention to the difference..."

"The rest are basic functions such as power enhancement, backup power activation, communication, and quick disassembly. They are all activated with one click. You can try them out when you get out."

"Finally, there's the newly developed all-purpose shield. It can help you withstand about thirty 12.7mm bullets at close range and also protect you from three attacks from a Tier 2 zombie. But this thing is very precious. You can completely withstand the attacks of a regular Tier 1 zombie with your armor, except for the Butcher. That's a brief overview of all the functions of the power armor [Guardian]."

Soon Xiao Zhao saw the "precious" part that Tan Yunxi had mentioned. Tan Yunxi opened a small opening in the chest of his power armor and then inserted a plate of fixed first-order universal energy crystals, a total of fifteen.

"I understand everything else, but what's so special about a butcher?"

"The power armor's shock absorption is currently too poor; it will shake your internal organs into mincemeat unless you become a Tier 1 Evolver, but even then, you won't need this thing." Yu Jing walked over, followed by a mechanical puppet that was even taller than the power armor.

"Are you ready? It's our turn!"

……

Fixed firepower on the roof has its limitations, especially against jumpers who descend from the sky.

With the firepower of thirty power armor suits, the people suppressing the high-level zombies on the vehicle no longer had to worry about being ambushed from behind.

The number of second-tier zombies, which was originally huge, plus some second-tier killers transformed from evolved beings, soared to more than 1, even more than the number of soldiers in the armed forces. A defensive line of 5 kilometers could not be defended by a few hundred soldiers.

Fortunately, the train had the advantage of artillery fire. Even though those second-tier zombies were covered in corpse armor and impervious to swords and bullets, easily destroying reinforced concrete buildings and being arrogant in the face of small-caliber bullets, they were not much stronger than an eggshell in the face of the absolute justice of 155mm caliber bullets.

One shot, and a torrent of blood erupted.

The air was filled with the roar of artillery fire.

But the most dazzling battle was between the train conductor and the third-tier matriarch.

The two completely exceeded the limits of carbon-based life forms, as if they were playing a magical duel. At first, the electromagnetic railgun even fired at the Mother to try to share the pressure, but despite the Mother's huge size, she was incredibly agile, and nine out of ten shots missed. Occasionally, when it hit, it would be absorbed by a mysterious energy barrier.

It rebounded with an even more terrifying force, blasting a hole a meter in diameter into the armed train.

Everyone finally understood the difference between the second and third order that the train conductor had been talking about.

Instead of persisting, they turned the guns around and directly eliminated the second-tier zombies.

Tier 3 zombies can run and block, but Tier 2 zombies can be wiped out by a single shot from a powerful weapon like an electromagnetic railgun. Moreover, large zombies like the Butcher and the Slaughterer have nowhere to hide.

Their nascent wisdom was not yet sufficient for them to predict the muzzle of a cannon.

Only the short-statured Earth Demons and the fast-moving Night Demons can barely escape the Hunter.

The sergeant squad specifically targeted these agile Tier 2 zombies, unleashing a barrage of grenades and heavy sniper rifles. The sound of fifty or sixty heavy sniper rifles almost blended together, and with their overwhelming modern firepower, they managed to hold the zombie horde back at the edge of Dawn Square.

This scene was also clearly seen by the Black Star convoy on the edge.

Because of Jiang Rong, they were not driven to the back to join the scavengers, but they were also forbidden from boarding the train to participate in the battle.

Armed trains are no longer small, roadside forces; they have their own deployment and operational rhythm. Outsiders who rashly intervene will only increase uncontrollable risks.

Therefore, He Jie would rather bear the losses than let his soldiers mingle with a group of untrained women and children.

But staying in the hotel behind the train doesn't mean you can rest easy.

Every now and then, second-tier zombies would break through the blockade despite the casualties, and the soldiers might not have time to kill them all, so they had to protect themselves.

Fortunately, Chen Shan and the others had recovered, and with the help of Li Xinlong and Jiang Rong, the few first-tier individuals leading hundreds of evolved beings were not slaughtered when facing second-tier individuals, but they would still lose some manpower each time.

Yuan Wei leaned against an earthen wall, panting heavily. The wall had just been smashed by a second-tier jumper and was raised by Chen Shan's ability. Only half of it remained. He knew very well that the earthen wall was much weaker than reinforced concrete, but the massive blood loss made it difficult for him to even lift his hand or move his body.

Besides, where is there a safe place now?
The dozen or so people on the rooftop were devoured by the jumping zombies that fell from the sky. The few who ran down also disappeared without a trace, probably devoured by the zombies that survived Old Yang's corpse explosion. The remaining people could only stay in fear between the tenth and twelfth floors, waiting for the war that they could not control but which controlled their fate to end.

The wall in front of me flickered between light and shadow, illuminated by the gunfire and searchlights behind me, projecting bizarre and surreal images like a series of images.

There are terrifying monsters like the Taotie, there are people in mechs chasing mountain-sized beasts, and there are more...

There's also a shadow that's getting bigger and bigger.

It runs with its claws outstretched.

It should be some kind of Tier 2 zombie, right?

Yuan Wei felt as if he were watching an immersive short film; he felt increasingly cold, and his eyelids grew heavier.

He didn't think of his parents, nor the old dog he had raised for over ten years; instead, he thought of his neighbor's dirty face.

The other person should be on a safe train now.

They'll survive.

In this world, you don't even know if being alive is a good thing or a bad thing.

Who cares? It's none of my business anymore.

'Fool.'

Live well.

Yuan Wei nodded, but the cacophony of sounds around him brought him back to his senses.

The menacing figure on the wall grew closer and closer, and he seemed to hear it clearly.

That is……

Are you calling his name?

Yuan Wei strained to lift his head and saw Chen Ziliang running towards him, dressed in new clothes and dancing with joy.

The other person's eyes had a brightness that seemed out of place in this era.

He shouted his name loudly while looking at the faces of everyone who passed by.

They quickly found him sitting on the ground.

Chen Ziliang, who looked like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, came running over with a bouncy and skipping motion.

He picked up something and tried to feed it to him, but it was too dark for him to see clearly. He had a bitter smile in his eyes. This guy still hadn't gotten rid of his habit of eating random things. However, he didn't have the strength to struggle, so he could only swallow a mouthful of food.

The long-lost salty aroma instantly filled his mouth, activating his taste buds and also activating his muddled mind.

"why?"

“We’re friends,” Chen Ziliang said matter-of-factly.

"I've been looking for you for so long. I have food every day. When I get hungry at night, I go out to find food, and they give me a lot of food. I don't have to go out to find food anymore. I'll share half with you. You don't have to go hunting anymore. There are so many monsters outside, they're huge, man-eating, and terrifying!"

"I want to kill you, you know that?"

"Many times."

Yuan Wei's expression was strange, as if he were about to cry but wasn't, and he didn't even dare to look Chen Ziliang in the eye.

Chen Ziliang stopped what he was doing, paused for a moment, and continued, "Eat quickly, there's still plenty left. After we finish eating, none of us will die. I won't interfere with your work anymore, just don't hit me. I saw everyone on the bus working, and I want to work too. We can all survive, we can all..."

Yuan Wei suddenly looked up and saw the bright, unwavering gaze in Chen Ziliang's eyes. He felt something stuck in his throat, which he struggled to expel, but it slid down his cheeks.

"Fool."

(End of this chapter)