Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 62 The Imprint of Will on the Era!
Upon hearing Su Huan's words, a hint of unease flashed in everyone's eyes.

Yesterday afternoon, the temperature suddenly soared to over 50 degrees Celsius, and the car's air conditioning started to malfunction.

The sudden burst of high temperature was like being trapped in a maze, enveloping everything from all directions. There was nowhere to run, and one could only desperately breathe in the boiling air.

This is even after they had already driven several thousand kilometers in advance.

In that instant, everyone understood what Su Huan meant by "worse."

If they were still in Mojiang City or even Wen'an City at this point, they would probably be dehydrated corpses by now.

The temperature didn't drop again until last night, when the train was approaching Qingchuan Province.

"South of Qingchuan Province... is there no one left alive?"

Qi Xiaoba asked softly.

Su Huan shook his head. "Don't be so pessimistic. People aren't stupid. If we run, they'll run too. In the dead of winter, the temperature is rising at such a strange rate, which will definitely cause widespread panic and people fleeing."

"But many people probably won't choose to escape," Xiao Ba said in a statement, with a hint of regret.

"You have reasons to run away, and others have reasons not to run away. When making choices with insufficient information, you can't rely on reason and logic."

"Then what?"

Yu Jing was quite interested in this topic and chimed in with a question.

"It depends on fate."

Su Huan said coldly.

If Liang Kuan hadn't wanted to go north to find his daughter, he wouldn't have been on the train.

If Su Huan hadn't taken control of the train, he wouldn't have encountered Qi Xiaoba at that crucial moment.

If the three brothers hadn't happened to be on the fire truck, they wouldn't have been tricked into getting on it by Su Huan.

If Yu Jing and her daughter hadn't boarded the bus the day before Su Huan finished preparing to expand recruitment, their outcome wouldn't have been any better than the other women who followed.

“Many things are beyond the control of individual will, but—” Su Huan then tapped the table again and said seriously, “That was the past era. As you embark on the path of evolution, your influence on this era will become stronger and stronger. Eventually, one day, you will be able to imprint your will on this era!”

A clear and firm voice echoed in the carriage.

This time, everyone could tell that there was no joking in Su Huan's words; it was as if he were stating a fact.

If Su Huan had said such a thing before, everyone might have had their own thoughts.

But as everyone looked at him, the scene of the dragon-fighting battle that night across the Mojiang River spontaneously came to mind: flesh and steel, explosions and maniacal laughter—everything was as magnificent and epic as an epic.

The three brothers, who initially harbored some resentment, became Su Huan's loyal supporters after that night.

My favorability rating jumped several notches.

This is the significance of Su Huan bringing several people onto the bus. Yu Jing and the others are smart people. Although their attitude towards Su Huan has subtly changed, they are all keeping it to themselves and are not as direct as the three brothers.

"Snapped"

Su Huan snapped his fingers.

"We've escaped the high-temperature zone and have a chance to catch our breath, but that doesn't mean we have time to squander. We'll be coming into contact with more survivors, and the Armed Train project needs to be pushed forward with great strides. The collection of various materials, food recycling, weapons and ammunition, and the meticulous management of passengers in the rear carriages are all things we need to do next."

"Yu Jing, start with you. Tell me about your progress over the past two days."

After briefly summarizing the general direction to give them a general idea, Su Huan handed over the reins of communication to them.

Yu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Each of the first ten carriages is equipped with a four-ton clean water tank and a one-ton fuel tank, all of which have been installed. All the water tanks are connected to water purifiers, and pH adjustment devices have been added to the end of the water purifiers. The fuel tanks are stored independently and connected to nozzles. I've also added some fuel, so they can be used as flamethrowers." "I've pushed the first-tier light armor I researched last time to its limit. It's 60% lighter than steel, and its impact resistance, tensile strength, and high-temperature resistance are all slightly better than steel. But when it reaches the critical point of 60%, it's like hitting a barrier; it's difficult to improve it further."

"Then I fused the white snake's skin with metal, but that didn't work. Then I fused the butcher's fat with metal to create a special material."

As Yu Jing spoke, she took out a piece of transparent, glass-like material about the size of a palm.

Su Huan didn't recognize the thing at all. It had a strange feel to it, with a skin-like texture and a very delicate touch.

"This material has excellent light transmittance and is extremely resistant to punctures and impacts. Its only drawback is that it is not resistant to high temperatures; it will soften and melt if the temperature exceeds 300 degrees Celsius."

Yu Jing explained.

Su Huan was surprised. No wonder he had never seen it in his previous life. Its advantages were very prominent, but its disadvantages were not to be underestimated. Even if a powerful force developed it, it would be impossible to mass-produce it.

Otherwise, if the car is left outside for a long time, it will melt completely in the sun.

This is normal, though, as manufacturers can't always have a stable output.

It's normal to occasionally encounter some strange or unusual materials.

Have you ever tried fusing glass?

"We're trying it out; maybe we'll see results tomorrow."

"Okay, where's Wanxing?"

Su Huan turned his gaze to Wan Xing, who was completely invisible to the side.

The woman carried a faint smell of disinfectant, and her temperature seemed a few degrees lower than others.

"One second-order universal energy crystal, two first-order crystals, and the White Serpent has already been dismantled. Some of the materials are with me, and some are with Yu Jing."

Her fair fingertips pressed against the crystal and pushed it towards the center of the table.

Looking at the polymorphic crystal with two rings of reinforcement marks, Su Huan's brows relaxed, a hint of realization in his eyes.

'So it's only Tier 2. No wonder it was so weak.'

When Su Huan saw the figure of the white snake Mo Jiang, he thought that the other party had stepped into the third stage.

The idea was to use some external force to temporarily force the other party to back down.

After all, their goal was to cross the river, not to fight to the death here.

But as soon as they started fighting, he sensed something was wrong.

Unlike humans, evolved beasts do not possess a variety of strange abilities. Their evolution has only one direction: to achieve the ultimate physical body, especially vitality, which completely overwhelms humans of the same level.

Such a ferocious snake was brought down in a single move.

Even if he was already a first-tier evolved being at the time, and with the added power of the gasoline grenade explosion, it would still be impossible for him to instantly kill a third-tier evolved beast.

At most, it might cause the other party some minor injury or a moment of confusion.

But unexpectedly, he was defeated in a single move.

Even disregarding the materials on the snake, this single second-tier universal energy crystal alone is a huge profit.

[The results are in, I lost the PK, so I can prepare for the book to be published. However, the word count is a bit low, so I'm thinking of writing more free chapters. Therefore, it will be published in April, which is also the day I resigned. So, after it's published, I'll be writing 10,000 words a day.]

(End of this chapter)