Chapter 180: Senior Colonel
At that moment, a young woman nearby suddenly shouted, “Why are we women excluded? When there’s something good, it’s for you men, can’t we women fight?”
As soon as she spoke, everywhere fell silent.
The young woman thought her words had taken effect, but looking around, not only was there no approval in the other women’s eyes, they even subconsciously distanced themselves from her.
Resentment mixed with fear surged up in her heart at the same time.
But before she could open her mouth again, a crisp gunshot made everyone shudder.
He Jie twisted his neck, didn’t even look at the woman who fell to the ground, and grinned ferociously, “Stirring up trouble in front of me, do you think what I’m carrying in my crotch is a fire poker?”
Everyone’s previous doubts instantly vanished into thin air.
Only then did they remember that the other side wasn’t the regular army from before the apocalypse, but an armed force after the apocalypse.
When they were captured back then, three people were killed directly!
As He Jie’s gaze swept over again, everyone lowered their heads in fear.
But besides violence, He Jie also showed one thing, that was the authority of a core member!
Power over life and death, as he pleased!
Some quick-witted ones had already recovered from the shocked state.
If I join the armored train, could I also have a chance to gain rights like his?
But some people didn’t hide the resentment in their eyes at all.
He Jie didn’t care at all. On the entire armored train, except for Su Huan, he had the most lives on his back.
Not to mention these survivors, even the armed soldiers around might have some who were unhappy with him in their hearts.
After all, it was a competition for the position back then, and he stood out among three thousand people, offending a sea of people.
If glares could kill, he would have been cut into a thousand pieces long ago.
“I also want to participate in the assessment.”
A crisp voice sounded.
He Jie turned his head in surprise, and unexpectedly another young girl stood out, her eyes filled with hostility, her body trembling slightly from fear, but she firmly stood out.
“Not bad, you’re much stronger than that one who only knows how to whine.”
He Jie grinned, his smile eerie.
“But I won’t relax the assessment standards just because you’re pretty. Everyone here can participate in my assessment, regardless of men, women, old or young. As long as you meet my standards, you can become a reserve of the armed corps. As long as your military rank in the corps is high enough, you can do anything!”
The woman took a deep breath, stared into He Jie’s eyes seriously, and said, “If my military rank is higher than yours in the future, can I also make you apologize?”
The nearby Licking Rabbit, Qu Hang, and other soldiers had expressions like they had seen a ghost.
This scene felt somewhat familiar.
Back then during training, someone had said something similar to the hot-tempered He Jie, only even more piercing and uglier, involving Han Qin and her daughter.
Later, that kid became one of the only two accidental deaths in the entire training.
The apocalypse hadn’t come yet at that time.
It was unknown what means the company used to suppress it.
Licking Rabbit began to size up this woman again.
Her face was petite, and when she spoke, two sharp tiger teeth could be seen. Her pupils under the light were somewhat amber-colored, contracting into vertical date pit-shaped pupils, like those of some small feline animals.
‘No wonder she has the confidence, she’s an evolver.’
Licking Rabbit suddenly understood in his heart, but he wasn’t optimistic about her.
“Ha?”
He Jie exaggeratedly dug his ear.
He walked forward, releasing the pressure of a Tier 1 evolver without reservation, slightly bent over, and poked her smooth forehead with a thick finger, his expression ferocious and terrifying, “You say you want a higher military rank than me, and shit on my neck while riding it?”
The woman stared at him coldly, “It’s not shitting on your neck while riding it, it’s making you apologize!”
He Jie growled, “That’s exactly shitting on my neck while riding it!”
“Think whatever you want!”
“Apologize to whom?”
“To her!” The woman pointed to the corpse on the ground with eyes wide open in death, then pointed to herself, and said resoundingly, “To me!”
He Jie licked his teeth, the muscles under his combat suit bulging, a surging heat wave drying the acid rain on the surface, wisps of white steam emitting a pungent metallic bloody smell, like a terrifying beast!
Everyone’s hearts were in their throats, fearing that He Jie would suddenly erupt and kill in the next moment.
Suddenly, a clear voice came from outside.
“Oh my, what did I hear? Our reserve newbie wants to challenge Captain He?”
The two metal doors opened with a click, and a tall, handsome figure walked in from outside the door. He wasn’t wearing any professional combat suit, just a black long-sleeved shirt with sleeves rolled up, a sniper rifle as long as a person slung over his left shoulder, dragging a Tier 1 spine hound the size of a small mountain with his right hand, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Blood formed a scarlet carpet behind him, then was washed and spread by the acid rain, dyeing the platform a scarlet.
“Train Conductor.”
As Su Huan walked in step by step, the surrounding soldiers stood at attention silently.
Even He Jie straightened his posture and nodded slightly, “Train Conductor.”
Seeing He Jie and others being so respectful, everyone felt an inexplicable shock in their hearts.
They firmly memorized Su Huan’s face in their hearts.
Su Huan casually threw the spine hound to the ground, sat on it boldly like a golden sword, and said with a smile, “Sorry, He team, you were busy training soldiers, so I didn’t call you when I went hunting.”
He Jie grunted, if it weren’t for the crowd and giving face to the train conductor, he would have to exchange a few words even if beaten into a dog eating shit today.
Su Huan turned to look at the woman and kindly reminded, “Although our He team is black-hearted and ruthless, his military rank is really quite high.”
The woman looked at Su Huan with somewhat dazed eyes.
Although she clearly knew he was the legendary train conductor, she couldn’t muster any resistance in her heart.
She even subconsciously felt that He Jie and others were little people bullying superiors and concealing from him, doing evil.
Biting her tongue tip, the woman broke free from that strange attraction, and stubbornly asked, “How high?”
Su Huan pinched his chin and pondered, “Senior Colonel, I guess.”
Nearby, He Jie raised an eyebrow; he was being used as the benchmark.
Next would be determining others’ ranks based on his own.
“Then if I become a general, can I make him apologize to me?”
“Of course!”
“As long as you’re stronger than him, I won’t care if you beat him with an electric baton every day.”
The woman said seriously, “Good, I want to participate in the assessment.”
Su Huan stood up, “But whether you can pass is up to him.”
Then he bypassed He Jie, right in front of him, cupped his hand to his mouth, “Let me quietly tell you, he really destroys flowers with ruthless hands, absolutely won’t pity the fairer sex, but I’m different. I’m soft-hearted. If you really can’t beat him, come to my carriage at night and tell me, I’ll beat him up for you.”
The woman was first stunned by his antics, then upon hearing the words, her date pit-shaped pupils dilated to the sides, forming a dazed round shape.
Why say these things…
Is he very gentle?
Wait…
Why at night?
Bah!
He’s so bad.
Besides her, nearby He Jie was also stunned again and again, dazed repeatedly, his eyes bulging like copper bells.
You damn speak ill of me right in front of me, fine.
What the hell was that at the end?
Do you think I’m stupid, Old He?
No! Are you sick again?!
Qu Hang and others also had twitching expressions like they wanted to laugh but didn’t dare.
“Speed up the screening. In one hour, you need to rotate with Yu Yue to complete the cleanup task.” Su Huan patted He Jie’s shoulder, “Give everyone who wants to participate a chance, no distinction between men, women, old or young.”
Then he turned and walked toward the train.
Leaving behind a mutated beast corpse and a crowd of women with increasingly heated gazes.
Rights are the best stimulant, and it doesn’t distinguish between genders.
Of course, he didn’t come specifically to supervise He Jie’s small matter of screening soldiers.
He just finished chasing and killing that spine hound, and on the way back through that door, happened to hear vulgar words like “shitting on the neck while riding,” so he came to watch the fun.
With the system settled, he felt a bit more relaxed in his heart.
But actually, there would be more things to do.
Taking advantage of this period of station construction, set the military ranks as soon as possible.
Then take down the high-speed rail manufacturing base to avoid prolonged delays.
……
“January 16, heavy rain”
“Unfortunately, she didn’t seize the opportunity.”
……
“January 19, light rain”
“People will only settle down when they find their place.”
Another all-nighter spent thoroughly.
Relying on the points system, the crew and armed corps systems were hastily launched.
The train conductor finally solved the train’s system problem; he had forgotten how many times he had adjusted the personnel structure.
According to what He Jie said, the crew is internal, the armed corps external, mainly promoted through points, with additional seniority and assessment conditions.
Su Huan also thought about adding combat power limits.
For example, lieutenants must be Tier 1 or above, field-grade officers Tier 2 or above.
But now everyone’s evolutionary degree isn’t high, so it can only be discussed later.
Transfers between crew and armed corps can be applied for, but must start from the beginning.
Old San became the combat group purser, Old Er turned to deputy position.
Professor Ma, Director Xu, Yu Jing, Wan Xing, Huang Hai have treatment equivalent to pursers, but don’t participate in actual management; daily affairs are still handled by the original several pursers.
In other words, the armored train has a total of ten pursers, with three vacancies in the eight positions.
Xiao Wang and Zhang Kai go without saying, each categorized.
Lu Xiao and Jiang Rong become second lieutenants, Tong Zizhan and Gao Yuan, due to merit, one lieutenant and one second lieutenant.
Their subordinates are all classified as privates.
Soldier divisions also adopt the existing military rank system: reserve, private, corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class.
The NCO ranks are directly eliminated.
Once points are sufficient, plus assessment, sergeant first class can be promoted to second lieutenant, no additional barriers.
Clearing the entire promotion channel.
Including Lu Xiao and others, equivalent to directly merging into the armed corps, can be promoted layer by layer, on par with He Jie and others, even transfer to crew.
However, the captain title is extra treatment; giving it up means no permission to form a team for tasks.
To take tasks again, must reach major level.
The entire armored train, except giving He Jie senior colonel, only Yu Yue and Qu Hang as majors.
The rest all compressed to lieutenant level.
Avoid later no room to rise, making military rank like some decoration.
The twelve-meter tall iron-eating tree that He Jie brought back has been dismantled; Yu Jing led the manufacturing group and logistics group to split the trunk and bring it on the train.
These days, the manufacturing group didn’t do train modifications, but focused on stockpiling new materials.
Especially important materials for making armor like Tier 1 Qing Steel, Tier 1 goo glass, etc.
When Director Xu’s research personnel checked the train data, they found multiple damages on the train, needing comprehensive overhaul.
Currently, only had Xiao Ba patch the places with the largest cracks.
Comprehensive overhaul to be done at the high-speed rail manufacturing base.
Station construction is complete.
Got water purifiers from the water plant, and transplanted some mutated plants from the train to the station, solving the station’s food and water supply issues.
Facilities inside the station sufficient for two hundred people to live normally.
Including weapons, vehicles, tools, reserves, etc…
In emergencies, squeezing in a few thousand isn’t a problem, but food reserves would be an issue.
Su Huan can give them seeds, but impossible to fill their warehouse with the train’s reserve supplies.
Iron-eating trees planted around the station, plus Yu Yue and He Jie’s several days of rotational cleaning, within three kilometers it’s even cleaner than before the apocalypse.
He Jie’s screening has also come to an end.
Selected two hundred from three thousand, he proved the quality of these two hundred with twenty-four accidental death slots.
That woman who wanted He Jie to apologize also persisted.
Worth mentioning, among these two hundred, there are fully sixteen women and five youths.
He Jie conveniently chopped over eighty iron-eating trees, excavating over a thousand units of ironwood.
During this, the youth came for two more transactions, adding five hundred units of ironwood to Su Huan.
However, there’s still a big gap in materials.
Su Huan twirled the tip of his hair with his fingertips, making a rustling sound, stretched lazily, and walked toward the restaurant.
Probably because he bullied Yu Yue too hard the past two days, she doesn’t even come to ask him for breakfast now.
Just arrived at the sofa, and saw Lin Xi sitting on his orange cat sofa, her silver hair loose and cascading down, even covering the orange cat on the sofa.
A goose-yellow small hair clip hung at her temple, quite eye-catching.
Holding a rabbit doll in her arms, staring at Yu Yue.
Lin Xi is not in the new system, belongs to Lin Jin’s family, no fixed tasks, just eats, drinks, and nurtures her body every day.
Of course, all charged to her brother’s account.
Su Huan walked to her side, the girl glanced at him and scooted over a bit.
Su Huan lifted her long hair to sit down.
The two squeezed side by side on the small sofa.
“Why not tie your hair?”
“I think Xiao Xi’s hair looks beautiful like this, no need to tie it.”
Yu Yue came over with a bowl of something like silver ear lotus seed soup and handed it to Lin Xi nearby.
The latter raised her head and sweetly said thank you.
Su Huan tapped the table, dissatisfied, “Where’s mine?”
“Xiao Xi said she was hungry early, so I made her something first. Yours is almost ready.”
Su Huan squinted at her, “Hurry up.”
Yu Yue rarely acted tough in front of Su Huan, turned lightly with a joyful arc at the hem of her apron.
(Update was a bit late yesterday, making up four thousand)
