Armed Train in the Apocalypse

Chapter 367: Chapter 248: A Toothbrush

”How strong is the Second Priest?”

Su Huan asked with some curiosity.

Ah Duo is already Tier One; at the very least, the Second Priest would also be Tier One.

There’s absolutely no way they could be Tier Two.

It’s not that Su Huan is overconfident, but at this stage, a Tier Two can’t emerge among wilderness survivors; vitality, basic attributes, skill levels, and energy accumulation can’t be enhanced by luck alone.

Gems like the Crown Pear tree that can directly boost vitality are rare.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have caused so many major forces to cross regions to claim it in the past life.

Basic attributes and skill levels require long-term training and accumulation, or high-intensity combat. To take it to the extreme, you could learn from the conductor and put yourself on the brink of death, achieving rapid breakthroughs, but the side effect is, you might truly die.

The method survivors on Tide Watching Island use may be rough, but judging by the results, it’s rather effective.

Ah Duo instinctively touched the horn on her head, her heart still pounding, ”The Second Priest is the second most blessed by divine grace in all of New Eden and the most likely to step into New Eden.”

Unintentionally, the words of a zealot were spoken.

Su Huan’s eyelids twitched, quickly discerning the meaning of most of the words.

”New Eden” is the name of their organization, perhaps also a kind of ultimate goal, akin to ”Utopia” or ”Eden.”

Divine grace means ”evolutionary level.”

Understanding this makes the sentence easy to comprehend.

”Is the High Priest the most blessed by divine grace among you?” Su Huan speculated.

”No, the High Priest became weakened like this because of backlash from excessive use of divine grace last time. As for who is first...”

Ah Duo’s voice suddenly became much lower, ”It’s the High Priest’s son.”

”...But for some reason, he rebelled after the last ritual, became the Second Priest’s right-hand man.”

Upon hearing this, a hint of skepticism flashed in Su Huan’s eyes.

The apocalypse does destroy many things, it’s true.

But to have a mother and son turning against each other without a dire situation seems a bit much, doesn’t it?

Conning others with this New Eden talk is one thing.

But to lead your own son astray?

Looking at the silent High Priest behind, Su Huan’s gaze grew more playful.

’This woman’s got something, huh.’

”Let’s skip the domestic drama; how many are there at your level on the island?”

”Three, two under the Second Priest, and one under the Third Priest. I know you might be very strong, but the Second Priest’s divine grace is very mysterious, never used in public. With three days until the ritual ends, the first thing we need to do is find out his abilities.”

Ah Duo replied.

Su Huan turned his head, glancing askew at Shu Wei, ”Found out everything?”

The latter gave a barely noticeable nod.

Su Huan looked towards the small hill on Tide Watching Island, speaking gently, ”Can I have some good news by the time I reach the top?”

Shu Wei bowed slightly, ”As you wish.”

...

By the shore.

The armed train, like a steel Great Wall, surrounded the waters at the edge of Tide Watching Island.

Extending over a thousand meters.

Due to extensive mechanical damage and the shoreline being flooded, making it muddy.

After expert discussions, the train won’t be landed temporarily.

Preliminary inspection and repairs of the train were conducted on the water near the shore.

Several small boats were lowered into the water, connected with chains and iron plates to create a temporary floating dock.

Over two thousand survivors, guided by armed soldiers, had already stepped onto the shores of Tide Watching Island.

The other half were on the auxiliary train, uncertain whether they escaped the vortex.

Most of the drones on the train were destroyed, but a few small ones remained. However, the rain was too heavy to fly them.

They could only wait for the rain to stop to conduct aerial searches.

People called out softly to familiar faces, sharing the joy of surviving the disaster.

Qi Tieshan jumped off the swaying board, his body rocking, almost toppling over, but fortunately, Xiaodong was there to catch him.

”Strange, strange, I didn’t get dizzy on the train, so why do I feel like the world is spinning when I land.”

Iron Old Man tried taking two steps, walking in an unsteady duck-like manner.

Qi Zhenbang, who jumped down behind them, supported his father, saying in a low voice, ”That’s how it is when you’ve been on a boat for too long. You’ve gotten used to the swaying on the train the past couple of days, so you don’t feel it.”

”Didn’t expect we’d actually survive...”

Qi Zhendong looked at the land, a complex expression in his eyes.

Though standing on solid ground, his heart was still filled with incredulous astonishment.

They had actually survived such a terrifying storm and vortex.

”Wait, what’s that?!”

Before they could marvel at the toughness of the armed train, they were captivated by the huge ”hill” before them.

A blue-gray body resembling a severed city wall, with lightning-shaped scorched yellow lines, blackened in the middle.

Incredibly, even in death, its body revealed bulging azure veins, like markings formed by some power, akin to waves frozen and sealed within its body.

Shouts and gasps of astonishment arose all around.

”A blue whale!”

”That’s a blue whale!”

”Are you kidding? A blue whale can grow over a hundred meters long?”

”I was a sailor when I was young, I saw it with my own eyes, though this one’s much larger.”

The three members of the Qi Family and Xiaodong were so shocked their mouths hung open.

”Was the armed train actually used to hunt this storm-causing blue whale?”

Stars of admiration nearly shot from Xiaodong’s eyes.

Even though they didn’t participate in the underwater battle, these survivors witnessed the frenzy from different perspectives.

For the most part, they were amidst fierce shaking, and the view outside the window was a void of blackness.