Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 9 Blood Resonance

Su Huan crouched down, pulled a dagger from his calf, and began to cut the bloodhound's skin.

"A chance is enough."

A metallic glint appeared in Qi Xiaoba's eyes. He raised his palm, and the twisted metal doors and windows quickly returned to their original state.

Su Huan looked up and asked, "Is the energy enough? If so, seal it all off."

"should be no problem."

After saying that, all the metal that was wrapped around the bloodhound flew into the air and headed towards the window frame, turning into a metal plate that sealed the entire window.

The moment the window closed, Su Huan was enveloped in a sense of security again, though not as intensely as before.

A mere 3mm thick steel plate could not provide him with enough security.

Su Huan stood up, holding something he had pulled from the bloodhound's body.

He randomly pulled out a bottle of mineral water from the pile of supplies next to him, took a big gulp, and then poured the remaining half bottle of water onto the bloody lump of flesh in his hand.

The crimson blood was washed away, revealing the thing's true form.

It was the heart of that bloodhound.

Qi Xiaoba looked thoughtfully at the heart in his hand.

The two arrived at the dining car, and Qi Xiaoba's expression changed drastically upon seeing the scene inside.

"What's wrong with Sister Xingzi?"

Yu Jing frowned and said, "She collapsed as soon as she came in. She was still conscious, but her face was pale, which is very similar to the signs of mutation in zombies."

Qi Xiaoba turned his gaze to Su Huan beside him.

Su Huan squatted down, looked at the weak Xingzi, and calmly said, "Now there is a way that can not only heal your injuries, but also potentially make you an evolved being with superpowers. The price is that you might die. Do you want to try it?"

Xingzi stared blankly into Su Huan's eyes, but she still couldn't see any emotion in them.

It exudes an aura that inexplicably commands respect.

Looking at Qi Xiaoba beside her, Xingzi's reddened eyes lit up with a glimmer of light, "How do we do it?"

Su Huan held up the bloodhound's heart in front of her and said seriously, "Eat it."

……

The scene in the dining car was eerie. A group of people nervously huddled in a circle, while a woman covered in blood resolutely gnawed on a heart in her hand.

The only sounds inside the carriage were faint gnawing noises.

The atmosphere inexplicably turned gloomy.

Su Huan leaned back on the sofa and watched the scene with great interest.

There are generally two ways to become an evolved being.

One method is to slowly come into contact with recently deceased zombies, accumulate general energy, and then quietly evolve when a certain critical point is reached.

Another option is much more satisfying, like Apricot, who gnaws raw into the heart of an evolved beast.

It accumulates the body's general energy to a critical value in one go.

Its advantage is that it's fast.

The downside is that it turns into a zombie very quickly.

When she had eaten half of it, the apricot seemed less weak and began to eat even faster.

After finishing the last bite, his eyes were shrouded in a white gloom, as if a film had formed, and he collapsed to the ground.

Qi Xiaoba glanced nervously at Su Huan.

Su Huan shrugged. "Look, there's nothing I can do. The rest depends on whether she can handle it herself."

Anyway, he got the apricot for free, so if it becomes an evolved being, he'll have made a profit.

It's not a loss even if he dies; it's just the heart of an evolved beast, not that important.

Thinking of this, Su Huan subconsciously shifted his gaze to Liang Kuan, whose behavior over this period of time had been observed by him.

The first hurdle has been overcome in Su Huan's mind.

They have already been included in the internal member list.

I glanced at the thermometer on the wall; it had already soared to 27°C. I couldn't help but mutter to myself, "The temperature is rising really fast. It'll probably reach 28 or 9 degrees during the hottest part of the afternoon." "Liang Kuan, go turn on the air conditioner."

Liang Kuan got up and went to the front of the car. Five minutes later, cool air blew into the VIP dining car.

"So, the way to become an evolved being is to accumulate enough... universal energy?" Yu Jing suddenly looked up at Su Huan and said, her eyes filled with a look of confirmation.

"Snapped!"

Su Huan snapped his fingers. "Correct."

"After absorbing the universal energy, it will promote biological evolution. Whether it is flowers, trees, cats, dogs, or anything else, they can all evolve, just like the evolved beast just now—the Bloodhound."

"And you've all seen the consequences of failed evolution: turning into zombies with the ability to infect others."

But zombies can also evolve.

Therefore, there is a theory that people who become zombies are just playing an evolutionary resurrection game.

He had heard too many rumors like this, some true and some false, and there was no need to tell them.

"Therefore, zombies and evolved beasts contain a large amount of psychic energy. With frequent contact, some people can activate their superpowers and gain powerful abilities. But note that this only applies to 'some people'; most are infected and turn into new zombies," Su Huan said seriously.

Qi Xiaoba listened attentively. Although he was also an evolved being, his understanding of the apocalypse, universal energy, and evolved beings was far less than that of Su Huan.

From just a few words, everyone could tell that Su Huan had presented a logically complete conceptual system.

Rather than simple speculation.

Yu Jing didn't press Su Huan about how he obtained this information; her beautiful almond-shaped eyes swept over Xingzi.

She heard it clearly.

Long-term, frequent...

There isn't a single word here that matches the way Xingzi used just now.

"Her method of rapidly absorbing cosmic energy is called—bloody resonance."

Perhaps sensing her confusion, Su Huan spoke slowly.

"Oh."

Yu Jing responded with a lukewarm reply.

Su Huan felt a little uncomfortable and looked up in surprise, only to see Yu Jing staring at him with a strange, probing gaze.

It didn't seem like a woman looking at a man; it was more like a researcher encountering an interesting topic...

……

"Ho..."

More than ten minutes passed, and Xingzi, who was lying on the ground, suddenly sat up. Everyone was startled, and Liang Kuan subconsciously stood up and reached for the axe.

Only when Su Huan saw the non-reflective film in Xingzi's eyes did a smile appear on his face.

He walked up to her, squatted down, and extended his palm.

"Welcome to the Armed Train."

Xingzi stared at Su Huan for a long time before reaching out and squeezing out two words with difficulty.

"Thank you."

"If you feel dizzy, you can try turning off your visual analysis and carefully recalling the information you should remember."

Su Huan reminded him.

"It seems... to be like that?"

The thin, lifeless membrane in Xingzi's eyes gradually disappeared, reflecting Su Huan's image.

Su Huan snapped his fingers, a smirk playing on his lips. "Correct, you've arrived in the world of evolved beings. By the way, what's your full name again?"

"Wanxing, the apricot in apricot blossoms and spring rain."

"Su Huan, Huan of rebirth, you can also call me train conductor, boss, leader, Brother Su, Su Huan... it doesn't matter what you call me, but you have to understand one thing, as long as you're on the train, you have to listen to me. I will only say this once."

Although Su Huan's tone was calm, it carried an undeniable chill.

(End of this chapter)