Chapter 125: Blasting The Railway Track!
The two scrambled onto the balcony, feeling the vibrations under their feet growing stronger.
He yanked open the window, and a roar isolated from outside came from the distance. On the railway track three kilometers away, a brutish Steel Giant Beast charged straight ahead, smashing aside all the miscellaneous items blocking the railway track with its pointed front of the train.
Scattered zombies chased madly on both sides, but they were helpless against this steel behemoth.
They could only futilely leave splatters of blood on the thick armor.
The two exchanged a glance, both shaken.
He hadn’t expected it to arrive just after mentioning it.
“Fei Ge, what do we do?”
Wang Fei turned and walked into the room. “You go notify them quickly. I’ll pack up.”
Before the man could react to what he was packing, a gunshot rang out from the living room.
It startled him into a shudder. He ran out and saw Wang Fei standing there unharmed before breathing a sigh of relief. Then he noticed the woman lying dead on the ground and showed a regretful expression.
‘She served pretty comfortably these past couple days, how did she get done in with one shot…’
Wang Fei knew what he was thinking from his expression and cursed, “Useless coward. Once we make it big, what woman won’t we have? Go report it quickly. If you’re late, there won’t be any merit for us.”
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Jinzong City, Changli County, future New City.
The largest department store supermarket in the county center had long been converted into a military building. Sandbags and abandoned vehicles formed simple covers placed around it. The gate was blocked by an armored vehicle with its front of the train facing outward, ensuring it could rush out first if something went wrong.
It also used the front of the train to form a new gate.
In the first floor hall, various clothing and sundries were piled in the corner of the wall. The center had been converted into a temporary barracks.
Servants holding guns patrolled around. Light and heavy machine guns were set up at window vantage points, forming a firepower net that could easily blockade the entire supermarket.
Explosive flashes occasionally came from the commercial street a few hundred meters away, accompanied by the roar of helicopter cannons.
A modified off-road vehicle rushed back from the front line, like a raging wild beast.
“Screech—”
The wheels emitted a sharp friction with the ground.
Before the vehicle had even stopped, a tall figure leaped out from inside. He stepped onto the ground, bending his knees slightly to cancel all inertia, shifting to a slow walking posture.
The off-road vehicle behind him only then drifted to a sideways stop in front of the supermarket. The abrupt shift from motion to stillness was infuriatingly precise, showcasing the driver’s extreme control over the vehicle.
“Bang!”
The soldier slammed the car door and quickly caught up to the tall figure.
The two entered the supermarket without any commands. Everywhere they passed, whether servant soldiers or formal soldiers stood and saluted this Steel Council A-rank combat team captain.
As the commander of a hundred-strong armed force, only two others in the entire Steel Council were on the same level as Zhong Cheng.
And the Steel Council had only one S-rank combat team: fully three hundred evolver soldiers.
So S-rank was merely a nominal rank with no actual commander.
They reported directly to the Board of Directors.
After the New City was established and apocalyptic ideology took root, the Steel Council gradually reformed, with military ranks and retainer systems running in parallel.
Only when combat team levels were no longer tied to personnel numbers did true S-rank teams emerge.
And that team had only one person: Lin Jin and his two followers.
Not even servant troops to handle chores.
Zhong Cheng passed through layers of defense lines and came directly to a young man wearing glasses. The other’s eyes were bloodshot, his exquisite suit long discarded somewhere, his white shirt rolled up to his arms, with a pile of data in front of him.
This young man was the personnel sent by the Board of Directors to monitor the battlefield.
Executive Director Li Wangchuan’s nephew, Li Tao.
Before he even approached, the other said without looking up, “If you’re still proposing to blow up the entire commercial plaza and surrounding residential community at once, I suggest you forget it. Not just me—no one on the Board of Directors agrees with your tactics.”
Zhong Cheng said resolutely, “But I still insist on my tactics. The entire commercial plaza and surrounding residential community have at least tens of thousands of zombies gathered, with over five hundred Tier 1 zombies. Even with our firepower advantage, clearing them would cost us dearly.”
“Cost?”
Li Tao lifted his head from the pile of documents, adjusted his glasses, and asked calmly, “Do you know why we’re choosing the county town instead of expanding the existing headquarters?”
Zhong Cheng frowned. “That’s not for me to consider. I’m a soldier—I only think about war outcomes!”
Li Tao retorted mercilessly, “So we decide how to fight!”
“Choosing Changli County is because the city’s existing infrastructure saves us massive manpower and resources. And what you’re blowing up isn’t one building or one structure—it’s the county’s most prosperous city center!”
“It’s the apocalypse now. We don’t have the ability to build another city.”
The two locked eyes without yielding, but Li Tao was the first to give up this meaningless standoff.
“How many more days to completely clear Changli?”
“At least five more days.”
“Too long.”
“The Board of Directors gave fifteen days. We’re already three days ahead.”
Li Tao’s fingers lightly tapped the paper in his hand. Suddenly, the wired telephone on the table rang.
Both men’s complexions turned serious.
Li Tao quickly picked up the phone. After hearing a few words, his face changed drastically.
“Did our laid landmines explode?”
“Detonate all the pre-planted explosives from Dongping City to Changli right now! Blow up all the railway tracks—don’t leave a single one!”
“Send people to negotiate immediately. Use any method to stall them for me!”
“Pa!”
The phone hung up. Li Tao thought of that guy who smiled amiably on the surface but pitted people mercilessly behind his back, and a surge of anger rose in his heart, mixed with a trace of fear.
Sensing this fear, Li Tao grew even angrier.
Because he couldn’t figure out what Su Huan was really thinking at all!
The mysterious force behind him was like a thorn, keeping him from sleeping these past few days.
If the New City Plan failed, the company’s development would completely stall, and the Li Family, having bet everything, would vanish in the acid rain that dissolved all!
Thinking of this future, Li Tao’s face twisted ferociously from the burning in his heart. He slammed the table hard, sending documents flying everywhere.
Seeing him lose composure for the first time, Zhong Cheng knew this was serious.
“What’s the situation?”
Li Tao’s bloodshot eyes looked at him. “The armored train is intervening in the New City Plan!”
Zhong Cheng’s pupils contracted sharply. “The force that took out He Jie’s team?”
“Right. I’m taking twenty men and five hundred servant soldiers to stop him. I don’t care what methods you use—take Changli County within one day!”
