Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 54 Crossing the Mojiang River, Crisis

"If you're not going to eat it, I will."

Without any hesitation, Su Huan picked up a large piece of crab meat from the pot and put it in his mouth.

The crab meat, stewed for an afternoon, was tender and juicy; it melted into a delicate, fragrant paste on the tongue and slid down the throat.

The fresh and hot aroma took root in my stomach.

The third brother looked at Su Huan's face, which was steaming from the heat, gritted his teeth, and said to his brothers on either side, "Hurry up and eat. If you don't eat now, someone else will eat you later."

After saying that, he picked up his rice bowl and started eating heartily.

It's been a long time since I've had a delicious, hot meal, and once I open my mouth, this instinctive craving is unstoppable.

Zombies and the smell of blood were completely forgotten.

The third child ate very voraciously, as if he were trying to swallow his tongue.

The eldest and second eldest hesitated for a moment, then picked up their bowls and chopsticks.

Where will the train go?

Upon hearing this, Huang Hai and the others also looked up at Su Huan; this was the most important thing for everyone who got on the bus.

"Two hours later, the train will rush out of Mojiang City, cross the Mojiang River, and head north. The temperature is lower there, there are fewer natural disasters, and it's easier to survive," Su Huan said.

Yu Yue, who was standing to the side, felt a sudden pang of fear when she heard the name Mojiang. The sound of cold scales sliding across the ground came back to her mind.

It sent a chill down her spine.

She subconsciously looked at Su Huan and saw a slightly eerie smile on his face.

"We need to cross over that 'Mojiang'."

"Can't we go around it?"

Su Huan smiled but didn't say anything.

Mojiang spans three provinces, and by the time they got around it, the people there were already very familiar with the area.

……

Inside the eleventh carriage.

Wang He lay on the floor, the wheels beneath his feet vibrating intensely, like rolling over a dense field of watermelons.

A series of piercing screams came from all directions.

Like a cold, damp leech, it enveloped everyone layer by layer.

Thick blood mixed with bits of flesh seeped in through the window cracks, and the stench overpowered the sweaty smell inside the carriage.

"Boss Wang, is the car going to overturn?" a voice suddenly rang out.

Wang He recognized the voice immediately; the two hadn't gotten along well when they worked together at the factory.

Now that he's the head of over a hundred workers, that guy dislikes him even more.

"You know better than I how heavy a standard steel plate is. These are armored carriages; how could they possibly overturn?"

He spoke calmly, but his heart was pounding as he listened to the muffled thuds coming from the carriage.

What on earth is this thing that can knock a huge dent into a 1.5cm thick steel plate?
"That's hard to say. We're in the city center of Mojiang right now, with a population of seven million. Even if we piled it up, we could bury the train!"

The voice spoke in a chilling tone.

The workers around who heard this breathed heavily.

Wang He became increasingly uneasy, and in a fit of anger, he took off his smelly shoe and threw it in the man's face, yelling, "If you can't talk, then shut up!"

The man was equally unceremonious and kicked the worn-out shoe back at him.

"No, given the weight of the train, once it starts running, the zombies won't be a problem. Besides, I just checked, we've already passed Mojiang South Station, which proves the train conductor has a way to avoid other trains."

A well-organized analysis instantly captured the attention of everyone in the carriage.

The worker looked over and saw that it was a new passenger who had boarded the bus that day. Although he was dressed plainly, he had a commanding presence.

Seeing everyone looking at him, the man remained unfazed and said in a deep voice, "But judging from our direction of travel, we're heading towards the Mojiang Bridge, and that's where the real danger lies." "Crisis? What danger?"

A worker immediately asked.

They couldn't understand what crossing the bridge had to do with them.

The man continued, “I was trapped in the company before and found that in addition to zombies, a lot of animals had also mutated. There was a girl in our company who often fed stray cats, so there were a lot of stray cats in our area. There were 34 cats that often appeared downstairs in our building alone, and six of them had turned into terrifying evolved beasts.”

The eyes of those around him flickered.

Aside from the workers, most of the people here were escapees, so they naturally knew how troublesome the evolved beasts were; those things were much more dangerous than zombies.

This man is quite a tough nut to crack, managing to slip away right under the noses of six evolved beasts.

"That means the probability of evolving into an evolved beast is about one in six. Although this data isn't accurate, you can use it as a reference to see how many beasts there are in Mojiang..."

"hiss……"

Everyone suddenly took a breath of cold air.

Mojiang is a large river with a width of over one kilometer!

How many fish and aquatic animals must be in there?
Even if we broaden the ratio to one-tenth or even one-twentieth, it's still a terrifying number.

Wang asked hesitantly, "But even if the fish in the river have evolved, they're still fish, right? Can they threaten the trains on the overpass?"

The man shook his head. "Based on my observations, those cats haven't evolved the ability to fly, but who knows..."

"Damn, who knows what kind of monsters this damn world has bred."

"Even if fish can't fly, what if they collapse the bridge..."

The thought of the train crashing into the monster-infested Mojiang River sent chills down everyone's spines.

"Well, let's see what the train conductor decides."

"What choice do you have? Even if he's incredibly skilled, can he carry a train and fly across the Mojiang River?"

Wang and his fellow worker mocked.

The train suddenly jolted, and everyone fell silent.

……

"December 21st, 35°C-41°C"

"He's dead, and he accomplished nothing."

"The timing is no longer accurate; the high temperature seems poised to erupt at any moment."

After much deliberation, Su Huan wrote these two sentences in his diary.

After hearing that there had been no sound outside for a long time, Su Huan opened the steel plate a little.

With a splash, sticky flesh and blood fell into the carriage through the gap, but what really made him frown was the sweltering steam, like a sauna stove that had been doused with water, bursting out with an even more intense heat wave.

"Can you hear anything?" Su Huan asked Yu Yue, who was tidying up the kitchen.

"The surface of the water is very quiet, but the sounds below are very noisy, like a mixture of various seasonings, making it difficult to distinguish the specific flavors," Yu Yue said after thinking for a moment.

"Ah."

Su Huan opened his palm, and most of the first-order universal energy crystal on it had been consumed.

His eyes gleamed slightly, and he devoured the last piece.

Turning to the third brother, who was holding a gun and staring at the commotion outside, he said, "There are oil drums in the back of the car. Take one to the second floor of the sightseeing carriage. While you're at it, go get me a grenade from the fire truck. I remember there are still quite a few left."

The third brother took his two brothers out.

Huang Hai and the young man looked at Su Huan.

"You two... go to the cockpit and bring Liang Kuan his meal," Su Huan said.

As for Yu Jing, she had already taken the pliers and gone to fix the water pipe before Su Huan could even say anything.

(End of this chapter)