Armed Train in the Apocalypse

Chapter 142: Chapter 130: The Gap (4,000 Words)

He Jie finished emptying the last clip of bullets and crawled down, pulling open the partition.

A thick pile of steel casings cascaded down like a tide, clattering onto the cockpit floor. But before they could scatter, an invisible hand gathered them up and placed them in an empty ammo box.

He Jie looked down.

The young boy who took down an Evolver squad sat quietly in his wheelchair, his serious eyes filled with a cold, metallic sheen.

Such top-tier talent, found by chance.

Thinking about it, He Jie felt a twinge in his teeth. With such a subordinate, he could take twenty men, no, just five more to form a combat team that could... not quite enough for the Steel Council. Still missing someone like Yu Yue to connect everyone.

Plus an excellent sniper.

Seems like that wouldn’t work either.

He Jie felt like he was missing something.

He grabbed a box of 14.5 ammo from the small ammo depot in the corner, listened to the stray bullets pinging outside the carriage, and climbed back up the stairs, suddenly remembering.

Su Huan’s greatest asset is the steel train beneath their feet!

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Though the storm of Iron Rain on the roof paused a bit, the battle was far from over.

Of the twenty men brought by the Steel Council, counting Zhang Tie’s group, they only lost five, leaving fifteen.

Besides them, over two hundred Servant Soldiers were still chaotically fighting the opportunistic passengers.

This chaotic melee formed the largest contingent, dividing the battlefield like a boundary line, with one part on the armored train on the tracks, and the other, the Steel Council rushing in from the county direction.

Zhang Tie and the other four who rushed too close were completely cut off.

Wounded soldiers couldn’t be evacuated from the battlefield.

The medics and demolition experts following behind were also separated by He Jie, Lao San, and others’ firepower, missing the opportunity.

After receiving new orders, they stopped advancing, maintaining a watchful combat stance instead.

On the armored train side, apart from passengers, two combat squads also took action.

Even knowing Su Huan’s bait was tough, Lu Xiao couldn’t resist the generous reward lure, bringing Xiaoma and a few new members down from the train.

Things started smoothly; they found four old rifles after stepping off the train and took down a few Servant Soldiers.

Then they watched Su Huan unleash might, taking down an enemy leader and several elites.

Of the five elite soldiers, three died on the spot. Two were left, with He Jie turning one lightly wounded into mush with a clip, leaving one severely injured, lying behind a concrete block.

Almost instantly, Lu Xiao compared the rewards between the enemy and Su Huan.

Killing reward: 200 points; capture: 500 points plus a weapon ammo pack.

Although he didn’t know what was in the ammo pack, the sheer difference in point value was enough to drive anyone mad.

If he captured the enemy, he could immediately exchange it for a set of universal exoskeleton!

Almost in an instant, Lu Xiao made up his mind.

”Brother Xiao, look there.”

Xiaoma tugged Lu Xiao’s arm, pointing at the high-end gear on the soldiers Xiaoba had taken down, eyes gleaming.

”Foreign modular assault rifles, all good stuff. Exchanging one at the carriage front costs a full eighty points, much more expensive than what we have.”

Lu Xiao looked at the heavily injured soldier’s cover location, then at the corpses on the ground.

Some passengers were already eyeing the equipment, rapidly swarming over.

”Alright, grab the gear first, then go capture him!”

Lu Xiao decided quickly.

Fighting the passengers or battling the severely wounded elite soldier, the easier choice was obvious.

The group swiftly moved toward the bodies.

Some passengers had already picked up the rifle that pierced a soldier’s head, gripping the secured barrel while stepping on the head to pull it out.

Blood mixed with brain matter flowed over the metal.

In the next moment, an ominous premonition suddenly rang in his mind.

But it gave Lu Xiao no time to react as the figure in front of him burst like a pressed hot water bag.

The exploded remains of a tomato, laced with juice, splattered over his face.

Organs from the lower half continued to move on inertia.

The outcome of a heavy sniper bullet on a human body unfolded vividly before his eyes, so vivid, so profound.

Lu Xiao felt like a rookie, despite being accustomed to life and death since the apocalypse. When Death God’s scythe grazed his ear, he was dumbstruck.

But standing still in place, he was already a warrior.

Several passengers around were so scared they collapsed, resembling bananas sunbaked for days, piling onto the ground, rotting, and stinking.

Lu Xiao raised a hand and gave himself a harsh slap, forcefully snapping out of his gradual numbness. Grabbing the limping Xiaoma beside him, he dashed to the cover ahead, leaving the gear behind.

No wonder Su Huan and the crew hadn’t left the train.

It turned out the other side’s sniper wasn’t taken down yet!

They were alive because their hunting value was too low, but somehow he and his crew caught the sniper’s attention and took a shot.

Will the sniper continue?

Lu Xiao didn’t know and didn’t dare to bet.

When they reached the cover, he slowly felt his heartbeat. Fortunately, as an Evolver’s strong physique, it wasn’t causing him chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Looking back, his subordinates also snapped out of it and followed.

Only Xiaoma still seemed a bit dazed.

Lu Xiao viciously grabbed his neck, put it in a tight hold, and barked at the group, ”Listen to my command later. Anyone who dares zone out, I’ll press his head into acid rain when we’re back!”