Armed Train in the Apocalypse-Chapter 353 - 241: Tier Twenty-One
So it was...
Her own mistake...
"Bang!"
The excruciating pain from her shoulder interrupted Mongoose’s thoughts.
Instinctively, she swung her claw behind her, seeing He Jie’s coldly smiling face with the short baton in hand. She froze mid-air, retracting her sharp nails.
"Boss..."
Mongoose said with her head lowered, like a defeated kitty returning home in disappointment.
He Jie looked at the Mongoose before him, his expression slightly softened, but as his gaze swept past the woman behind her, his eyes widened fiercely, revealing a murderous intent.
As if a brown bear opened its bloody maw, spewing foul wind with its barbed tongue and sharp fangs.
The group was so terrified that they retreated several steps, their legs trembling.
The woman collapsed to the ground, her eyes rolling back.
Mongoose heard footsteps, turned back in puzzlement, suddenly remembering that He Jie was still in front of her.
Thinking, ’This is bad!’
But after a while, the expected beating didn’t come.
He Jie just nudged her shoulder with the electric baton.
Scolding, "Didn’t you hear what I said in the broadcast?"
"I told you to hurry up, not to block the carriage. Yet you’re turning it into a marketplace, huh?!"
"Do I have to personally clear it?!"
"Huh?!"
With each sentence, a prod on her shoulder.
But Mongoose was already used to this kind of reprimand, just swayed a bit, her feet staying firmly planted.
The women behind her, seeing this scene, had their own thoughts stirring.
...
The little incident quickly passed, as no one dared to watch the spectacle due to He Jie’s presence.
Tong Zizhan Gaoyuan had already slipped away beforehand.
Only Mongoose led the group of women out of the carriage.
The women behind her began whispering as they looked at Mongoose.
"...Seems like she’s not that impressive."
"What’s so special, just a regular reservist, overstepping boundaries. People have mutual consent, yet she stirs up noise; how are we supposed to live..."
"Reservist? Not regular army?"
"Listening to the title, it’s just the lowest level of soldiers in the Armed Corps. Old Wu is part of the combat group."
"I know the combat group, the whole train only has four groups, the combat group is the smallest."
"Their status is much higher than the soldiers in the Armed Corps, right?"
"Of course, women can’t compare in this regard. You still have to rely on a man..."
As Mongoose walked, she listened to the whispers fading away into the drizzle behind her.
Although they tried hard to lower their voices, her hearing captured every word.
Not bothering to argue with them in a childish manner, Mongoose just took a deep breath.
Continuing with her task.
...
Su Huan learned of this small episode only the next morning.
After a day’s confirmation, the Crown Pear tree was completely resurrected, and its vitality steadily recovered even without his presence.
So the conductor no longer needed to sleep on the tree and returned to the train for a good night’s sleep that day.
Lying in bed, Su Huan stretched his slender eyes, "Such an interesting thing happened..."
The neatly dressed secretary looked around for a while, unable to find a trash can.
Simply grabbed a tissue to wipe his mouth.
Then handed the tablet to Su Huan, "Crew Chief Hu has compiled all relevant information on the train’s survivors. Would you like to take a look?"
"Survivors?"
Su Huan raised his head in surprise.
Taking the tablet almost instinctively.
It was divided into two categories: one for the existing formal members of the armored train.
The other contained the archival information of five thousand survivors.
Su Huan first opened the survivors’ section; various abilities were classified by type and intensity.
He was somewhat surprised; among the five thousand, the one with the highest level of evolution was not the Qi Brothers, but Iron Old Man.
The old man is a collector, exceptionally adept at gathering, and his experience grows rapidly.
The strongest in combat was a wrestler.
There were also rankings in aspects like character, ability, and potential.
Hu marked those he favored with emphasis in the back.
"Crew Chief Hu also wanted to ask if there were any restrictions on the absorption quota."
Su Huan glanced casually, "It seems pretty well done. Let him decide how many people to absorb specifically."
Then he opened the formal members of the train.
This is what he was more focused on.
Originally, the train only had seven Tier One Evolvers, most from the Steel Council. Now with Black Kite and Deep Blue Data, the numbers had increased significantly.
The armored train had its own trained members, Xiaoba, Lin Jin, Yu Jing, Yu Yue, Liang Kuan, Lin Xi.
Wan Xing was also catching up, and might join the main force in half a month or so. Professor Ma was slow to evolve due to being occupied with experiments.
As for Lin Xi, her evolution was too rapid, requiring Director Xu’s help to suppress it.
To avoid developing useless abilities that would waste vitality.
After all, she’s not Su Huan, who would have any mishmash of abilities taken care of by deteriorating genes after a short time.
The Steel Council brought in He Jie, Qu Hang, Bai Lu, Mountain Goat, Pang Tu.
Not all three hundred elite soldiers of the Steel Council were Tier One Evolvers, but they had relatively high levels of evolution.
For instance, like Giraffe, who was just a step away from Tier One, a chance moment might elevate him.
Deep Blue Data had two insiders, Tong Zizhan, Gao Yuan.
Black Kite had the most, including Shu Wei and Su Reya, making a total of seven.
The armored train alone had a total of twenty Tier One Evolvers!
Though most were captured, they visibly strengthened the group.
Su Huan focused mainly on Yu Jing.
He trusted Xiaoba and Lin Jin.
Both would become strong even if left to their own devices, but this woman was different.
His gut told him that leaving Yu Jing to her own devices could create a monster.
With this thought, Su Huan adjusted the tablet, inputting a password to access the train’s surveillance cameras. Shu Wei didn’t have this permission, so he had to do it himself.
First, he glanced at carriages 9 and 10; only a group of manufacturing crew were synthesizing materials, and there was no sign of Yu Jing.
Not even a trace of the crab.
Su Huan frowned, then looked towards car 9 auxiliary, which was reserved for material storage after decimating the crabs last time.
Only crabs here, no Yu Jing.
Finally, he checked the last car, 10 auxiliary, where Yu Jing went through her evolution.
Still cramped as before.
By coincidence, the camera was blocked.
Su Huan used "Omniscient Perception" to scan through, precisely detecting three energy sources.
"Causing trouble again, damn it!"
He flipped off his bunk on the second floor.
Slipping on some slippers, he headed straight for carriage 10 auxiliary.
Opening the door, the air was thick with the strong smell of disinfectant.
Mixed with something else, bitter and fishy-sweet.
"You’re here?"
Yu Jing’s voice came from within.
Su Huan glanced at the puppet standing guard at the side, then walked inside.
Shu Wei looked at the puppet, his expression complicated as he followed.
Always regarded Zhao Kuo as an indolent loser, yet seeing him end up like this still made him sigh inwardly.
Su Huan strode past various mechanical exoskeletons, arriving at the innermost operation room.
Yu Jing’s exoskeleton hung on the wall; her tall figure stood in the room’s center, fully wrapped in white tactical gear, but exuded an almost unadorned feeling.
If it were usual, he’d indulge his sense of touch, but Su Huan’s eyes were drawn to the items on the operating table.
The table, once holding Zhao Kuo, now bore two eerie artifacts.
A tall and robust man with grayish-white skin, unfortunately only half a body, and if legs of matching proportion were installed, his height might exceed three meters.
Beside him lay a heap of tentacles resembling octopus arms.
Things that should have been dead, now swaying in transparent yellow liquid.
"This thing isn’t dead yet?"
Su Huan raised an eyebrow and asked.
The items are none other than the mutated Tier Two Zombie that nearly strangled him the other day.
Yu Jing’s eyes gleamed with inquiry, "I had already used the lower body and left the upper part in the storage compartment. I thought it would die after some time, but a while later, a crew member notified me that this thing was still alive, and the tentacles had regrown. What you’re seeing now is my third time slicing it."
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