Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 31 "Damn teammates, everyone has one"

The crimson droplets, like flowing pomegranate juice, reflected the earnest eyes beneath the boy's tousled hair.

"Remember, once it's assembled, you need to wrap it inside the warhead as quickly as possible. If you're too slow, we'll all die."

Su Huan held a 9mm brass bullet in his hand and gave instructions.

Qi Xiaoba gripped the armrests tightly with both hands and nodded. "I'm ready."

Su Huan gave Wan Xing a look.

The latter took a deep breath and poured the juice collected from the Bloodthirsty Fruit into a glass bottle. Inside was a special gene fluid that had been collected after consuming more than a dozen zombies.

Materials similar to those collected from the Night Demon.

However, because the amount of each zombie is extremely small, it is easy to overlook.

If Su Huan hadn't emphasized it, she wouldn't have put together such a thing.

The two liquids mix in the glass bottle.

"hiss……"

The crimson liquid changed color in an instant, and a small patch of blackness rapidly expanded as if it had been contaminated.

"Is this a success?"

Wan Xing always felt something was strange; the liquid in the glass bottle had a strong attraction for her.

It's as if swallowing it will allow me to undergo some kind of evolution.

"Of course it was a failure."

Su Huan pinched his pinky finger, looked at the glass bottle, and his expression revealed a hint of apprehension.

Synthesizing gene-based drugs is not as simple as just putting several materials together.

This requires the involvement of professionals with expertise in pharmaceuticals to oversee the process.

Fine-tune its proportions, timing of fusion, and subtle changes in its physical properties.

Otherwise, the current outcome would have occurred.

--fail.

The cost of failure may be high or low, but some failed products may still have some special effects.

For example, this drop of viscous liquid, black like petroleum.

Its full name is "Evolution Beast Inducer". Because of its strong evolution deception, it is very useful for clearing out or attracting evolved beasts.

But like many inventions, people don't use them for good.

"Invitation to the Flesh and Blood Party," "Dinner Bell," "Evolution Beast Beep Call," "Doomsday Happy Water," "My damn teammates all have one"...

This simple potion quickly became widespread, and almost everyone capable of exploring and scavenging had one.

When everyone has it, it creates a nuclear deterrent effect.

Only by holding this can you avoid worrying about your teammates letting you down at crucial moments.

"Squeeze it tight, pour it out in three seconds, Xiao Ba, get ready."

Su Huan nervously reminded him.

A cold metallic glint appeared in Qi Xiaoba's eyes, and the brass bullet on the table suddenly floated in mid-air. The bullet head separated from the bullet body and melted like ice cream, creating a narrow space inside the bullet head.

Wan Xing also timely dripped the black liquid from her hand.

As the liquid swirls around the bottle opening, the attraction, stemming from primal instincts, reaches its peak.

"Snapped!"

As the liquid dripped down, the brass bullet head quickly closed, returned to the bullet, and fell into Su Huan's palm.

That eerie attraction vanished instantly.

Looking at the brand-new bullets in his hand, Su Huan smiled faintly. "It's done."

Dull footsteps came from the food cart. Liang Kuan said with a puzzled look, "I had a strange feeling just now."

Su Huan stood up and patted his shoulder, which had become much thicker. "You were right, but we're late. Get ready. We'll drive in ten minutes, but don't go directly into Mojiang City. Just stop at the border."

"Are you leaving?"

"No." Su Huan licked his palate, a cold glint in his eyes. "Tell Wang He to get ready later, bring twenty men, and we'll go and bring back the forklift and water purifier tonight!"

……

19:20, muggy and windless.

Dark clouds, like cotton wool soaked in engine oil, pressed down on the horizon, and the arc-shaped outline of the water tower in the distance shone with an iron-gray hue in the twilight.

Further away lies the tranquil Mojiang River; clearly, the temperature of over thirty degrees Celsius does not cause any significant changes to this great river.

It continues to quietly nourish the land on both sides of the strait, just as it did before the apocalypse.

However, this river is the most dangerous place in the entire area, apart from the city center.

In Su Huan's mind, the depths of the river were even more terrifying than the city center. Highly densely packed evolved beasts fought and devoured each other in the dark riverbed, evolving and devouring one another. No one knew how far they had evolved or how many terrifying beings there were.

There are too many unknowns.

So even four years after the apocalypse, no one was willing to approach these water sources.

"Tap..."

Su Huan stepped on the heavy steel plate beneath his feet to calm himself.

Although there are no immediate plans to build a combat platform, the roof has been intentionally made flatter, which will make it easier to add a layer later as a passage connecting the rear compartments, or to install weapons such as robotic arms and machine guns.

He raised his wrist and looked at his mechanical watch.

19:24
There is about one minute left.

Su Huan took out the captured pistol, unloaded the bullet, checked it, and loaded it.

He fired a shot towards the ground, heard the familiar crisp sound, and after confirming there was no problem, he loaded the special bullet into the magazine.

A faint vibration came from the train beneath my feet.

Su Huan raised his pistol, tilted it at a 45-degree angle towards the sky above the water plant, and pulled the trigger.

"Snapped"

A bullet with an initial velocity of 400 rpm exits the barrel, loses momentum at its highest point, and then begins to fall downwards.

And its landing point is also its maximum range.

It's a water plant just one kilometer away.

……

Suddenly, countless heavy breathing sounds and intimidating growls echoed from the quiet suburbs.

Suddenly, whirlpools appeared on the silent river surface, and patches of dark red, turbid blood surged onto the surface, while terrifying sounds of scales scraping against each other echoed underwater.

The wild grass along the riverbank lay low, and the rustling sound gathered into a torrent.

And this torrent was heading right towards the water plant on the bank.

At this moment, Gao Zhe was sitting in the room chewing instant noodles, the crunching sound rough and grating.

Beside me was a man who had died from a fractured skull; he was also the last man in the entire water plant.

He spent the entire afternoon doing something meaningless.

They killed everyone in the water plant.

Except for women.

They committed suicide.

He killed forty-four people, and by the end he had become numb.

He couldn't even tell whether he was driven by anger or lingering pity; he simply smashed their skulls out of habit.

Suddenly, the chewing sound stopped.

Gao Zhe felt an immense sense of oppression enveloping him, and an instinctive fear gripped his heart like a giant hand.

He tossed aside the half-eaten packet of instant noodles in his hand, smoothed the fuzzy hairs on his neck, picked up the steel bar, and went to the window.

I cautiously looked out.

The sky was dark and gloomy, but the buildings outside could still be seen with the faint light.

But for some reason, he felt that there was a terrifying presence watching him from under every shadow!
(End of this chapter)