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Armed Train in the Apocalypse

Chapter 40 - 39: Fire Truck · Nov 02, 2026

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1 Chapter 1: Conductor’s Log 2026-11-02
2 Chapter 2 - 1: Conductor’s Log_2 2026-11-02
3 Chapter 3 - 2: Reconstruction Plan 2026-11-02
4 Chapter 4 - 3: Kicked by God 2026-11-02
5 Chapter 5 - 4: Su Huan’s Compounding Kindness 2026-11-02
6 Chapter 6 - 5: Surviving Northward 2026-11-02
7 Chapter 7 - 6: Buy a Ticket to Board 2026-11-02
8 Chapter 8 - 7: ”Metal Manipulator 2026-11-02
9 Chapter 9 - 8: Welcome to the Apocalypse 2026-11-02
10 Chapter 10 - 9: Bloody Resonance 2026-11-02
11 Chapter 11 - 10: Evolver 2026-11-02
12 Chapter 12 - 11: Armed Train Phase One 2026-11-02
13 Chapter 13 - 12: Hope You Hurry Up 2026-11-02
14 Chapter 14 - 13: Storage Carriage 2026-11-02
15 Chapter 15 - 14: No Beating Passengers Without Cause 2026-11-02
16 Chapter 16 - 15: Construction Crew 2026-11-02
17 Chapter 17 - 16: Boom Arm 2026-11-02
18 Chapter 18 - 17: Midnight Corpse Tide 2026-11-02
19 Chapter 19 - 18: Tier One Zombie 2026-11-02
20 Chapter 20 - 19: Roar, No Breaking Through Defense 2026-11-02
21 Chapter 21 - 20: Perpetual Motion Core 2026-11-02
22 Chapter 22 - 21: Childish Games 2026-11-02
23 Chapter 23 - 22: Train Modification Progress 2026-11-02
24 Chapter 24 - 23: Nature’s Slaughter 2026-11-02
25 Chapter 25 - 24: Strong Medicine 2026-11-02
26 Chapter 26 - 25: Want to Try This? 2026-11-02
27 Chapter 27 - 26: Hard Currency 2026-11-02
28 Chapter 28 - 27: The New Evolver 2026-11-02
29 Chapter 29 - 28: Twists and Turns 2026-11-02
30 Chapter 30 - 29: Paranoia and Conspiracy 2026-11-02
31 Chapter 31 - 30: You’d Better Stay Hidden 2026-11-02
32 Chapter 32 - 31: ”Every Damn Teammate Has One 2026-11-02
33 Chapter 33 - 32: White Snake Mojiang 2026-11-02
34 Chapter 34 - 33: Short-Term Mission Pack 2026-11-02
35 Chapter 35 - 34: Integrated Water Purifier 2026-11-02
36 Chapter 36 - 35: Born a Bad Seed 2026-11-02
37 Chapter 37 - 36: Countdown—Four Days Remaining 2026-11-02
38 Chapter 38 - 37: Tier One Light Armor 2026-11-02
39 Chapter 39 - 38: Human Purgatory 2026-11-02
40 Chapter 40 - 39: Fire Truck 2026-11-02
41 Chapter 41 - 40: Earth Ghost 2026-11-02
42 Chapter 42 - 41: Sword and Shield 2026-11-02
43 Chapter 43 - 42: Liang Kuan Awakens 2026-11-02
44 Chapter 44 - 43: Kinetic Energy Recovery 2026-11-02
45 Chapter 45 - 44: River Crab and Tofu Casserole 2026-11-02
46 Chapter 46 - 45: Apocalypse Road Rage? 2026-11-02
47 Chapter 47 - 46: The Three Brothers 2026-11-02
48 Chapter 48 - 47: Oh? Four Brothers! 2026-11-02
49 Chapter 49 - 48: Armor-Piercing Rounds Don’t Believe in Carbon-Based Monsters 2026-11-02
50 Chapter 50 - 49: Who Is the Conductor? 2026-11-02

Chapter 40: Chapter 39: Fire Truck

Soon, someone noticed the slowly passing train overhead.

But seeing the zombies wandering in the gaps of the vehicles and the height of the overpass being dozens of meters, most people gave up hope for rescue.

The torment of over ten days left these survivors emaciated and their spirits numb.

Those truly courageous couldn’t wait this long and had already become one of the wanderers.

But a teenager trapped in an SUV seemed to see hope.

Taking advantage of the moment when the zombies around were distracted by the train overhead, he quietly unlocked the door and slipped out of the car.

Following the route he observed over the past two days, he climbed onto a sedan, then carefully navigated around a pile of blocked trucks, walking cautiously on the asphalt road.

His eyes were fixed tightly on the nearby wandering zombies.

Holding his breath, he made his footsteps as light as possible.

But as he passed a van, he neglected the zombie driver inside.

”Bang!”

A dull thud came from the window.

A decayed face pressed hard against the glass, blood-shot eyes greedily staring at the teenager.

The teenager’s scalp exploded in fear, and he immediately lost his composure, breaking into a quick run.

Fortunately, the zombie driver in the van didn’t make any sound.

The teenager darted left and right, somehow not encountering a living zombie.

Occasionally there were a few, but they all died terribly, their heads impaled on the jagged metal spikes at the side of the cars.

This scene was witnessed by those above.

Su Huan looked at the front of the teenager, where two zombies had their heads suddenly pierced by the metal spikes of a nearby car. He glanced at Qi Xiaobai sitting beside him in a wheelchair.

With interest, he asked, ”Has the range increased this much already?”

Xiaoba pressed his thin lips together, his gaze following the teenager below the bridge, ”There’s no limit to the range; it just consumes more energy the further it is.”

”No wonder it’s a high-level ability,” Su Huan remarked.

His gaze also followed the movements of the teenager below, wanting to see how long he could last.

Of course, it was to see how long Qi Xiaobai could last.

Besides the people on the train, some survivors also witnessed this miraculous scene.

They didn’t know the reason but didn’t want to miss the opportunity, so one by one, they all opened the car doors and fled outside.

Such a commotion immediately alerted the zombies below.

The roaring of the zombies sent chills down everyone’s spines.

A woman had just gotten out and was pounced on by a zombie to the ground. Just as the zombie was about to bite, a steel bar fell from the overpass.

With a squelch, it pierced through her skull.

But there were over a dozen people escaping below.

Because he had attended to the woman, the initial teenager, in his panic, crashed into a group of zombies and was eaten alive.

”Help—”

”Help me, I have gold, I beg you to let me on the train!”

”Mom! Run fast...”

Despairing of any chance of escape, some began praying to the train passing overhead.

But their loud cries only provoked the zombies.

”Let the child on the train, please, let him live, I’ll do anything, let him live—”

A woman knelt on a car, holding up a child about ten years old, shouting to those above.

The zombies surged in, overwhelming the woman.

The young child also fell into the group of zombies.

The harrowing cries stirred the hearts of everyone.

Su Huan still wore a smile, but frost nearly overflowed from his eyes.

”I... caused their deaths.” Qi Xiaobai gripped the wheelchair handles tightly, his face pale.

”No one likes to see their kind slaughtered, especially such worthless deaths, but if you want to change it, you must bear the consequences,” Su Huan’s voice was calm, with a trace of coldness.

This time he didn’t comfort Xiaobai or attempt to impose his ideals on him.

He only told him what ability was, what a price was.

No one can persuade another; you can’t persuade those stronger than you nor those similar to you.

In the end, you may even find you can’t persuade those weaker than you.

Soon, the dozen or so survivors below the bridge were also overwhelmed.

Su Huan lost interest in watching, left the carriage, and went to the driver’s cab where Liang Kuan was focused intensely on the track ahead.

Due to a derailment, there were many broken and twisted tracks. Although that section was past, caution was wise.

If the dozens of train cars were to derail, with the team’s current capabilities, they wouldn’t be able to salvage it.

Behind the driver’s cab hung a railway map of Mojiang City.

Mojiang City had three platforms: Mojiang South Station, Mojiang Station, and Mojiang North Station.

Su Huan observed for a moment, his gaze resting on a section of street outside Mojiang South Station. If he remembered correctly, there were several fire trucks stuck there.

They were all filled with water supplies. When the apocalypse erupted, these fire trucks tried to head out for firefighting but got stuck.

Later, the trucks were taken out and became the core vehicles of the Mojiang Mutual Aid Convoy.

Relying on the superior carbon-steel bodies of the fire trucks and a large amount of clean water, they maintained the cohesion of the convoy in the early days.

Now equipped with trains and water purifiers, Su Huan naturally dismissed the fire trucks and their tons of water resources.

He aimed for another batch of things on the fire trucks.

Firearms and ammunition.

In his previous life, he heard people say that law enforcement officers rode on the fire trucks, and many weapons were left there.

Later, Juan and his group of rascals packed them up.

The handgun in his hand had long become a decoration, with the last few bullets wasted on Gao Zhe.

Last time at the water plant, due to many remaining Evolution Beasts in the building, they didn’t conduct a large-scale search after finding the water purifier.

The tracks ahead would pass through several more cities; before the Evolver teams formed, firearms were the best alternative.

Some hefty pieces of equipment could even be useful in the late apocalypse.

So the next task was to retrieve that batch of weapons before leaving Mojiang City and strive to advance the armed train plan.

Having sorted his thoughts, Su Huan lifted his head.

Just in time to see a few swaying zombies appearing in front of the tracks, they pounced excitedly upon hearing the train, like seeing a delicious can of food.

”Don’t enter the platform, just stay outside; the platform is jam-packed with zombies, not convenient for any action,” Su Huan instructed.

Liang Kuan pulled down the lever, ”Understood!”

A few zombies had their legs chopped off axle-deep, crushed into the wheels below.

The armed train continued forward smoothly, without any fluctuations.

On both sides, the terrain gradually leveled with the train, skyscrapers towering, but both sides of the tracks were barred, without the situation of being besieged by a horde of zombies.

”There’s something up ahead.”

Liang Kuan said quietly.

There were many blood stains and some broken bodies and debris strewn across the train sleeping stones.

Su Huan squinted as he saw an eerie figure squatting on the railing beside the tracks, hunched over, appearing only about a meter tall.

Its naked torso was iron-green, the back covered in tumors looking like fruit hanging down.

Most were dark red, while a small portion was black.

With scarlet eyes, it fiercely stared at the train, cackling eerily as it tore a black tumor from its back.

[To avoid real-world implications, all maps, systems population, and firearm models have been altered]

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