Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 95 Massive Acid Rain
Su Huan had his own considerations regarding recruiting He Jie.

The most direct factor is naturally He Jie's ability. Although a third-tier evolver sounds a bit mediocre, he is already a powerful figure who can hold down a position in a region.

It is basically the pinnacle that ordinary people can achieve.

Power, resources, talent, luck, mentality, and strength are all indispensable.

Lacking any one of them would be like Huang Hai, who lost half his life just trying to advance to the second tier.

If you don't want to take risks, like Su Huan in his previous life, you can find a powerful force to rely on. You'll be safe, but you'll be exploited too much and won't even advance to the second tier by the time you defect.

In the previous life, the most famous thing about the "Iron Council" was "one head and two arms". The "head" was naturally Lin Jin, who broke through to the fifth level in four years, and the "two arms" referred to He Jie and another third-level evolver.

There is a gap in the middle.

However, monsters like Lin Jin, who advanced to the fifth rank within four years, were created entirely by a massive population base.

The area affected by high temperatures and acid rain is almost the size of three provinces, and only one such area was created among hundreds of millions of people.

Even excluding those who died from zombies or mutations, the probability is still one in ten million.

Actually, the initial proportion of zombification was not high, only about 30%.

However, due to a series of reasons such as the disappearance of the military and the interruption of communications, the infection spread rapidly, and five to six out of ten people underwent mutations.

The remaining deaths were due to a complex mix of factors, including natural disasters, man-made calamities, and attacks by evolved beasts.

Even so, about 20% of the survivors remained.

Taking Mojiang City as an example, out of its seven million inhabitants, more than a million should have survived; however, the number after the heatwave is unknown.

But fewer people died in acid rain areas.

If you add up all the survivors, the number would definitely be in the tens of millions; it's not a small number.

However, given such a large number of cases, there is only one individual like Lin Jin.

Secondly, He Jie was a rare commander of large-scale campaigns.

In his previous life, he established his position through two key battles, "Operation New City" and "Operation Firewall," and subsequently commanded many more battles. There were many complex factors involved, but this also proved He Jie's talent.

If the armed train wants to become a major force, it naturally needs this kind of command talent.

Su Huan valued his command abilities, even more than his potential as an evolved being.

And then the most, most, most important point—He Jie has a weakness, and Su Huan knows him inside and out!

Compared to the lone wolf Lu Xiao, He Jie is easier to control.

……

They were also eating in the back of the truck, and the food was the same as in the front – wolf meat.

However, it proved the old chef right: the young chef's cooking was really not very good.

After all, he was just an ordinary person and had no access to wolf meat, so the meat he cooked was tough and dry.

The woman sat on the edge of the bed, used a knife to cut a small piece of wolf meat from the makeshift table, put it in her mouth and chewed it, frowned, and then carefully cut the dry wolf meat into small pieces.

A weak voice came from behind, "Miao Qiqi..."

"It's Miao Qi!"

"I'm starving to death."

The woman paused, concealing the strange look in her eyes, and said, "It'll be fine in a moment."

"It's okay, my teeth are fine, there's no difference."

Miao Qi brought over the sliced ​​wolf meat, picked up a piece and put it to Lu Xiao's mouth, which made him pause for a moment before he opened his mouth and took a bite.

"Click"

The chopsticks broke.

"You have really good teeth."

Miao Qi sighed softly, then threw away her chopsticks and used her hands to pick up pieces and feed them to Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao felt something was off; it felt like a wife taking care of her bedridden husband.

It's simply a matter of each getting what they need.

Shaking off the strange thought, Lu Xiao took the plate from her and started eating.

Although he was badly injured during the day, Lu Xiao had recovered and began to eat the meat ravenously. In no time, he had finished a whole plate of one kilogram of wolf meat.

It uses the most primitive methods to convert energy into physical strength and transport it to all parts of the body to restore strength and repair injuries.

Where's your food?

As he was finishing the last few bites, Lu Xiao realized what was happening and looked up at her. Miao Qi had been watching him eat the whole time.

That gaze was so gentle that it sent chills down his spine.

"It's too hard, I don't want to eat it."

After thinking it over, Lu Xiao didn't mince words and swallowed it all in one go.

Miao Qi took the empty plate and put it aside, and the atmosphere fell into a state of silence.

This is the most common situation between the two.

Even when doing things, there is hardly any sound.

"Have you evolved?"

Lu Xiao asked abruptly, his voice returning to normal, steady and powerful, with a hint of coldness.

"Ah."

"You saw what happened during the day, Su Huan... he's very strong."

The implication is that if you cause trouble, there will only be one outcome: death.

Her soft lips pressed against the corner of his mouth, silencing him from saying what he was about to say.

Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, not following the woman's train of thought. He resisted slightly and pushed her chest away.

"Thank you for saving me."

"Ok?"

"You are the first man who pulled me behind him when we were in danger."

"Pshaw, where's your dad?"

"Dead, never seen him."

In short, I don't recommend it to you—

Her slender fingers pressed against his lips, and the woman opened her mouth and silently said, "I want it."

Lu Xiao's lips twitched. "Look at my leg, is it okay?"

"I've checked, that leg is fine."

"Well……"

Lu Xiao let out a muffled groan, slightly painful, but the woman gently smoothed out his furrowed brows.

Looking at the sparkle in her eyes, Lu Xiao, unable to figure out what she was thinking, had a bit of a headache.

"Crazy woman!"

He muttered something under his breath, then launched a furious counterattack.

……

After the meal, the acid rain outside the window intensified, pounding against the carriage with a dull thud.

Fortunately, the temperature has dropped considerably, so it's not muggy anymore. If it's just damp, it's still bearable.

Su Huan rubbed his temples wearily; the passionate encounter with He Jie today had drained him of a lot of energy.

Everyone was exhausted, so the matter of disassembling and storing weapons and ammunition was temporarily put on hold. Anyway, the ammunition was already on the truck, and the three brothers would sleep on the fire truck tonight, so there was no need to rush.

He gave only a few brief instructions and then went back to his room to rest.

He Jie was placed in carriage number 4. The first room was occupied by Yu Jing and her daughter, the second room by Wan Xing, and the third room by Xiao Ba and Liang Kuan. He Jie was arranged to be next to Xiao Ba and the others. If he dared to cause trouble, Xiao Ba could kill him directly.

This is a metal carriage, and he sleeps on an iron bed.

Huang Hai had been taking care of the four chickens and the mutated plants in carriage 7 recently. Later, he simply stopped going back to carriage 4 and moved into carriage 7 instead. His assistant, Xiao Wang, followed suit and moved there as well.

Late at night, a series of urgent knocks on the door startled Su Huan awake.

He suddenly opened his eyes as the dim light from the corridor seeped into the room.

"They're getting more and more lax..."

He sighed inwardly, grabbed his coat, and whispered, "Come in."

Yu Yue pushed open the door and entered, water dripping from her hair, her expression anxious. "The acid rain is too heavy, the carriage is leaking! Everyone is working hard to repair it..."

　Sorry, there are still four chapters left. I got up late today, so the update will be a little late.

　　
　
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