Armed Train in the Apocalypse

"Hello, is there anyone in the front? I want to report something."

However, before the words fell, she saw the tall figure silently walking back.

Yu Jing leaned against the door frame, her expression faintly smiling.

The communicator from the front car transmitted a reply, "Is this Chief Attendant Wan Xing? What’s the matter?"

Wan Xing looked at Yu Jing’s expressionless face in front of her, shrugged, and said to the communicator, "I’m testing the internet speed."

After hanging up the communication, the studio fell into a brief silence.

Wan Xing looked at Yu Jing and sighed, "I always feel like you’re up to something dangerous."

After all, Wan Xing was a veteran on the train, usually unobtrusive just because she was lazy, but that didn’t mean she was naive.

Of course, she could tell Yu Jing was acting a bit odd.

Yu Jing asked seriously, "Do you want to know what I’m doing?"

Wan Xing was scared and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I’m just giving you some scraps of flesh, nothing else I know about!"

Looking at Wan Xing’s appearance, the corners of Yu Jing’s mouth slightly twisted upwards, forming an almost invisible arc.

She said nothing more, just nodded, turned, and left.

Wan Xing stared at the door panel for a few seconds, then shook her head and continued organizing tools.

Let them make whatever fuss they want.

Anyway, it’s not her headache.

...

A few hours later, the setting sun had completely fallen, and the world turned into a dim twilight.

The scene at the edge of the land also changed.

It was no longer abandoned city ruins or wandering mutated creatures, but an endless, gray misty jungle.

The wind blew across the wilderness, no longer making a pure whistle, but a soughing sound with a strange friction.

A complex aroma of sweetness and rot, driven by the wind, spread over the train.

The train paused momentarily on the outskirts.

On the roof, several massive structures like biological ribs began to slowly undulate.

Ghostly blue arcs flickered across the surface of the keel, emitting a deep hum, and the air was filled with the scent of ozone.

Then, the train plunged into the misty and colorful ocean of plants before them.

The moment it entered the Plant Zone, the scene shifted abruptly.

Huge shadows rose from below, vines like vertebrae, each segment as thick as an adult’s thigh, their surfaces covered with warty protrusions and dense thorns, climbing silently like awakened serpents, aiming directly at the train in the sky.

But just as the tips of the vines were about to touch the outer shell of the train, they exploded with a crackling sound!

Ghostly blue electric sparks burst between the vines and the train’s surface, and the air filled with the smell of scorching; the vine tips were charred and carbonized by the train’s electromagnetic shield, the thorns curling and melting under the high temperature.

The injured vines suddenly recoiled at a speed that left afterimages.

But more vines surged up from below.

In the command room at the front, Glasses and Hu Shuo were on full alert.

The panoramic situational awareness dome projected a 360-degree view around them in real-time, with streams of data scrolling and refreshing on the side screen.

"We absolutely can’t repeat the mistake from the Spore Zone last time," Hu Shuo murmured.

Soon, as the train delved deeper, calm responses from various departments echoed inside the front car.

"The train’s main power system is operating smoothly, energy output stable, maintaining 20% energy output."

"The thrusters have entered low-speed silent mode, vibration frequency reduced below the background value."

"Anti-gravity array running smoothly, train maintaining an altitude of 12 meters, no sign of descent."

"Optical camouflage is in effect, outline scattering rate at 80%. High fog concentration in the Plant Zone, severe visible light obstruction."

"Photon sail effectiveness reduced by 70%."

"According to sonar imaging, the substrate layer below has an average thickness of 3 meters, exceeding 6 meters at its thickest point, with several heat source cavities discovered. According to Pan Energy monitoring, at our ten o’clock direction, twelve kilometers to the left front, there’s a Tier One evolutionary beast nest with an estimated number exceeding a hundred."

"Air component analysis completed, no significant toxic substance leakage, no highly active spore clouds."

"Internal compartment pressure stable, filtration system operating at full power."

"All passenger physiological indicators are normal."

"Vehicle structural integrity at 100%, body energy remaining at 96%, within safe threshold."

"Overall assessment, the Armed Train adapts well to this area environment, but the ecological activity and aggressiveness of the Plant Zone are rather intense."

A seamless flood of reports all pointed to the same conclusion: the train’s condition is good.

Glasses finally let out a sigh of relief, arranging personnel to compile all data into a standard formatted package, dispatching it to each department, ensuring that every person in charge had a clear grasp of the current status.

Soon, feedback returned one after another.

Director Xu hoped to collect some different types of plant samples.

Li Han and Huang Sea from the Cultivation Pod needed topsoil and humus samples from the Plant Zone.

There were also questions from Professor Ma and other studios, and so on.

However, the execution of these required the head of the train to make the call.

Su Huan sat in car number 1, watching the scene outside the window. Those menacing plants continued their relentless attempts to attack the train, vines striking against the electromagnetic shield, erupting with flashes of blue light and noise, like a bizarre and relentless fireworks display.

Su Huan said lightly, "Proceed with the collection plan proposed at the last meeting."

Although Donghuang Heavy Industry had provided considerable information on the Plant Zone, to carve a safe path in the Celestial Disaster Zone, the train must collect first-hand data personally; others’ data is always just a reference, not something to rely on entirely.

With the order given, the execution chain swiftly activated.

The "Hive" module below the train’s front opened first, revealing rows of hexagonal hatches, each only about the size of a washbasin. From the hatches, dozens of small probe spiders and reconnaissance orbs were released.

These devices, about the size of a fist and covered with camouflage coating, landed with a faint sound. They quickly dispersed, some climbing up plant stems, some burrowing into the leaf litter layer, beginning a detailed scan within a five hundred-meter radius.

Probe data streamed back to the front, showing ground load capacity, potential dangerous biological locations, optimal collection points marked...

In the readiness room, He Jie swiftly organized personnel upon receiving the order.

Lieutenant Mongoose led the team, along with two other elite non-commissioned officer squads.

The group checked their equipment because it was a short-duration collection mission, there was no need to carry too much gear, focusing on lightweight efficiency.

Liu Zi, Bomb, and others watched Mongoose enviously, who was clad in a Cyan Dragon Combat Suit from the Four Symbols Series, with integrated tactical gear several notches more advanced than theirs.

As a non-commissioned officer, Liu Zi was also eligible for the equipment, but since the suit was newly developed, not even many officers had them, and Mongoose’s set was a personal gift from the train head.

Wiping off his drool, Liu Zi started inspecting the items he needed to carry.

The third-generation Scavenger exoskeleton had been calibrated, energy indicators all green; an automatic injector on the shoulder contained three types of emergency medication; in the waist tool bag, sampling tubes, sealed bags, and a mini laser cutter were all ready; the modular weapon rack on the back could quickly switch different equipment as needed, currently carrying a medium-sized cutting gun and an evolutionary plant suppressor grenade.

This item was extremely scarce, specifically meant to save their lives, with only one per person.

"Check everything over, don’t miss anything."

Mongoose’s voice transmitted through the built-in communicator to each team member’s ear, "Remember the collection priority: soil samples first, living plant parts second, seeds or spores third. If you encounter aggressive plants, prioritize evasion, avoid engagement unless necessary."

"Understood!"

Liu Zi and the others responded in unison.

(An old version of the train carriage distribution diagram is attached below, the new distribution diagram is being organized, and will be released tomorrow)

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