Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 39 Fire Truck

Soon, someone noticed the train slowly passing overhead.

But seeing the zombies wandering among the vehicles and the overpass dozens of meters high, most people gave up hope of being rescued.

The ordeal of the past ten days or so left these survivors emaciated and mentally numb.

Those who truly have courage wouldn't wait that long; they would have long since become one of the wanderers.

But a boy trapped inside an SUV seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

While the zombies around him were distracted by the train overhead, he quietly unlocked the door and slipped off the train.

Following the route I had observed over the past two days, I climbed onto a car, then carefully navigated around a bunch of trucks stuck in traffic, and walked cautiously on the asphalt road.

A pair of eyes were fixed on the zombies wandering nearby.

Hold your breath and focus, and walk as lightly as possible.

However, when passing a van, they overlooked the zombie driver inside.

"Snapped!"

A muffled thud came from the car window.

The rotting face was pressed tightly against the glass, its scarlet eyes staring greedily at the boy.

The boy's scalp tingled, and he immediately lost his composure, running away quickly.

Fortunately, the zombie driver inside the van didn't make a sound.

The boy charged left and right, but didn't encounter a single living zombie.

Occasionally a few died, but they all died tragically, their heads hanging from the cracked metal spikes on the side of the car.

This scene was witnessed by the people above.

Su Huan looked ahead at the boy, where two zombies had their heads blown off by metal spikes from a car next to them. He glanced at Qi Xiaoba, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to him.

With great interest, he asked, "Is it already that far away?"

Xiao Ba pursed his thin lips, his gaze following the boy under the bridge through his wispy hair. "There is no limit to the distance, but the farther away you are, the more energy you consume."

"Truly worthy of someone with such high-level abilities," Su Huan remarked.

His gaze followed the boy's movements below, wanting to see how long he could hold out.

Of course, it depends on how long Qi Xiaoba can hold out.

Besides the people on the train, some survivors also witnessed this miraculous scene.

For some reason, but unwilling to miss the opportunity, they all opened the car doors and fled.

The commotion immediately alerted the zombies below.

The roaring, boiling corpses sent chills down one's spine.

A woman had just stepped out when a zombie pounced on her and was about to bite her when a steel bar fell from the overpass.

It pierced through his skull with a soft "plop".

But there were more than a dozen people fleeing below.

Because he took care of the woman, the boy who was initially panicked ran into a bunch of zombies and was eaten alive.

"Help--"

"Help me! I have gold! Please let me onto the train!"

"Mom! Run!"

Realizing there was no hope of escape, some people began to pray to the trains passing overhead.

But their loud shouts only provoke the zombies.

"Let the child get on the bus, please, please, let him live. We'll do anything for him, just let him live—"

A woman is kneeling on a car, holding a child of about ten years old in her hands, and shouting upwards.

The zombies swarmed up and overwhelmed the woman.

The innocent child also fell into the horde of corpses.

The piercing screams touched the hearts of everyone present.

Su Huan still had a smile on his face, but the frost in his eyes almost spilled out. "I... I ruined them." Qi Xiaoba gripped the armrests of his wheelchair tightly, his face pale.

“No one likes to see their fellow human beings slaughtered, especially such meaningless deaths, but if you want to change this, you have to bear the consequences.” Su Huan’s voice was calm, even tinged with coldness.

This time, he neither comforted Xiao Ba nor tried to instill his own ideas in him.

Just tell him what ability is and what the cost is.

No one can convince anyone else. You can't convince someone who is better than you, nor can you convince someone who is about the same level as you.

In the end, you'll find that you can't even convince people who are worse than you.

Soon, the dozen or so survivors under the bridge were also submerged.

Su Huan lost interest in watching, got off the train, and went to the driver's cab. Liang Kuan was staring intently at the track ahead.

Because of a train derailment, a large number of rails collapsed and twisted. Although that section of the road is now past, it is best to be cautious.

If dozens of train carriages were to derail, the team simply wouldn't be able to save them with their current capabilities.

A railway map of Mojiang City was hanging behind the cockpit.

Mojiang City has a total of three stations: Mojiang South Station, Mojiang Station, and Mojiang North Station.

Su Huan observed for a moment, his gaze settling on a section of street outside Mojiang South Station. If he remembered correctly, there were several fire trucks blocking the way.

These fire trucks, fully loaded with water, got stuck when the apocalypse broke out and they tried to put out the fire.

Later, the car was driven out and became the core vehicle of the Mojiang Mutual Aid Team.

Thanks to the robust body of the fire truck made of high-quality carbon steel, coupled with a large amount of clean water, the team maintained cohesion in the early stages.

Now that Su Huan has the train and the water purifier, he naturally looks down on the fire truck and those few tons of purified water.

He had his eye on another batch of items on the fire truck.

Firearms and ammunition.

In his past life, he had heard that the fire truck had also been carrying law enforcement officers, and that many weapons had been left on board.

Later, Juan and his gang of hanged men packed them up.

The pistol in his hand had long been useless; the last few bullets were wasted on Gao Zhe.

Last time at the water plant, because there were many remaining evolved beasts inside the building, we didn't conduct a large-scale search after finding the water purifier.

The subsequent tracks will pass through more cities, and firearms will be the best alternative until the Evolver team is fully formed.

Some powerful and robust items can be used even in the later stages of the apocalypse.

Therefore, the next task is to obtain the weapons on the last day before leaving Mojiang City and to push forward the armed train plan as much as possible.

Having sorted out his thoughts, Su Huan raised his head.

Just then, they saw several swaying zombies appear in front of the railway tracks. Hearing the train, they rushed over excitedly, as if they had seen a delicious can of food.

"Don't go onto the platform later, just stay outside. There are too many zombies inside the platform, it's inconvenient to get off and move around," Su Huan instructed.

Liang Kuan pulled down the control lever. "Understood!"

Several zombies had their legs severed and were crushed under the wheels of a car.

The armed train moved forward steadily without any disturbance.

The terrain on both sides gradually leveled with the train, with tall buildings standing tall. However, the tracks were blocked off on both sides, so there was no situation of being surrounded by a horde of zombies.

"There's something going on ahead."

Liang Kuan said in a low voice.

There was a lot of bloodstains on the railway sleepers, as well as some scattered corpses and debris.

Su Huan squinted and saw a strange figure squatting on the railing by the railway tracks, its body hunched over, making it appear to be only about a meter tall.

His bare upper body was iron-green, and his back was covered with fleshy growths that hung down like fruits.

Most of them are dark red, with a small portion being black.

Its scarlet eyes were fixed on the train, and it chuckled wickedly as it tore a black tumor off its back.

To avoid unrealistic elements, the map has been completely rewritten, and the population, weapon models, and other aspects have all been altered.

(End of this chapter)