Armed Train in the Apocalypse

Chapter 352: Chapter 241: Tier Twenty-One

”He said I need to temper myself, not to just jump straight into the position of chief conductor.” Su Reya said angrily.

Tong Zizhan’s eyelids twitched. Truly, different people, different fates.

On one side, he cautiously hides; on the other, she hops around.

He consoled absentmindedly, ”Anyway, you’re a Tier One Evolver. As long as you take solid steps, you’ll move up sooner or later.”

”Isn’t this solid enough? At first, I wanted to be the train conductor.”

Tong Zizhan: ”...”

Gao Yuan: ”... Let’s get down to business first.”

With the idle chatter over, Su Reya began processing the paperwork for the Qi Family brothers.

Her job was simple, just ask about their previous occupations and some prepared questions.

Actually, her paperwork was just a smokescreen. There were eight people in the room, each with different tasks, conducting secondary assessments of evolution levels, capability classification, personality assessment, and so on.

If it was really about assigning tasks, there was no need for Qi Zhendong and his group to come over, wasting time and holding things up.

The absurd arrangement served the purpose of going through all five thousand people comprehensively.

Although they had briefly started files earlier, there was no time for confirmation.

Who knows if someone provided false information, this time it’s a thorough reexamination.

When the train conductor makes any move, this side can coordinate as well.

Su Reya had just begun when another six doors opened next to her, including Su Reya and the materials exchange window, making a total of eight doors.

The clerks inside came out to redirect the people.

”Don’t crowd car number 27, you can also process at auxiliary car 28, auxiliary car 27...”

Initially, the clerks voluntarily called out, but soon they realized the crowd kept growing, and they reported to the command station.

He Jie’s rough voice quickly came through the broadcast.

”Why the hell are y’all packed like herded cattle?!”

”Lu Xiao, Pang Tu, get everyone dispersed for me!”

Profanity flowed out of the broadcast like a river.

While everyone was still in a daze, Lu Xiao and Pang Tu, who couldn’t bear the humiliation in the crowd, hunched their shoulders and quickly called some familiar soldiers to start dispersing the crowd.

Those guiding were soldiers from the Armed Corps, unlike ordinary people who hesitated; when they received orders, they executed them immediately.

Soon, the crowd in car number 27 was dispersed to different carriage windows.

This time, a group of women ended up next to Tong Zizhan and his group.

Mongoose led the team.

She greeted Tong Zizhan and the others, then turned back to discuss something with the women behind her.

The incident with Mongoose and Old Wu a few days ago had already spread on the train.

Honestly, not many supported Mongoose.

Apart from a few with families, the train’s atmosphere wasn’t too upright, nobody knowing how long they’d survive, so seizing pleasure was the current main theme.

But the Armed Corps kept silent about it publicly.

If anyone dared to act up now, they wouldn’t even need the train conductor; He Jie could take them down.

Though fewer in number, the battle group folks were more cohesive than the Armed Corps.

Back in the Steel Council, their starting points were similar, but after being eliminated, their statuses vastly differed.

If it were ranked in the thousands, that’d be another matter, but the three hundred and first could hardly stand the three hundredth.

They were all demoted soldiers, naturally not daring to create trouble upon first boarding the train.

Recently, they adapted, seeking to provoke the Armed Corps using Old Wu’s case, never expecting the train conductor to set the tone.

So, everyone secretly awaited when the conflict between the two would erupt.

Tong Zizhan too peered at Mongoose with a curiosity-filled gaze.

Mongoose first sent someone to report back, then looked at the woman, furrowing her brows, ”You’ve been looking for him again recently?”

The woman’s expression turned a bit unnatural, ”No.”

Feeling the peculiar gazes from the sisters around her, she felt a deep embarrassment, just like that day, as if stripped bare before everyone.

But Mongoose, now in charge of managing them, was not easy to offend for the time being.

Mongoose’s eyes showed slight disappointment, ”You won’t get anything from him.”

The woman lowered her head, a glint of unwillingness in her eyes.

”He’s clearly in my debt, I just want to take back what I’m owed.”

”So, did you get anything back?”

”He said he tricked me, but he’d compensate me.”

Mongoose stretched out her pale palm, speaking coldly, ”Compensation?”

The woman opened her mouth, ”He said after things pass, he’d give it to me.”

”Then you let him get away with it again?”

Mongoose regretted saying this.

Her words were a bit harsh.

But she feared speaking too gently, leading the woman to evade, and further entangling with Old Wu would only cause her more loss.

On the armed train, only warriors who’ve earned their position through strength were respected.

Like a hedgehog with its needles out, the woman shouted sharply, ”Why do you speak so harshly?!”

Mongoose felt guilty inside, but stubbornly looked at the woman.

If pricking the other’s pride could help, it was for the best.

Only those with self-respect could have self-love.

The woman, cornered like a trapped beast, disregarded others’ views, pointing at Mongoose and cursing hysterically.

”If you hadn’t blown it up, would I be in this predicament?”

”Now look, you just had to say it in front of everyone, to tell them I’m a slut, a whore for anyone, just to fulfill your own hypocritical sense of justice!”

A hint of imperceptible disgust towards Mongoose appeared in the eyes of the sympathetic women around.

Faced with the woman’s venomous gaze, Mongoose’s pupils slightly dilated.

An indescribable chill spread from her heart to her limbs, leaving her freezing as if plunged into an ice cave.

It turns out she thought it was consensual.