Chapter 140: You’re In Your Prime!
A railway track is often the center of a city.
And the railway in Changli County runs right through the middle of the entire county town.
But—
This was something the Steel Council absolutely could not tolerate!
So when that fully armored unicorn train roared in, the war broke out at that moment.
Chunks of steel flew from surrounding buildings, billboards, and electric poles, gathering toward the train like swallows returning to their nest, wrapping another layer over the train’s already thick armor, sealing all car windows completely, leaving only pinhole cameras to observe the outside.
Various rockets and cannonballs exploded around the body, like grand fireworks, lifting the armored train onto this prepared stage.
But the first contact was the train front’s cone-shaped ramming horn, fiercely plunging into the various abandoned trucks blocking the way, shoving dozens of tons of trucks forward ferociously.
“Bang bang bang—”
Dense high-strength interception locks on both sides of the railway track were triggered by the train, shooting up one by one, intercepting in front of the train like ropes binding a giant dragon, trying to slow the train’s speed.
Creaking sounds rose between the armor and interception locks, with acid rain washing away streams of rust.
To prevent Xiao Ba’s metal manipulation, these interception locks were all made of non-metal materials.
Accompanied by a surge of electric light flashing by, the train was injected with new power, the eight hydrogen energy carriages and the train front exerting joint force, with speed slowly rising.
The first high-strength interception lock finally reached its limit, emitting a bang after a few seconds, then rebounding to both sides.
Thick cement electric poles were snapped in half by ropes, crashing down with a boom.
With the first one down, there was a second, and with the train’s sprint, cracking sounds rang out one after another.
The commander of the first defense line stared at the armored train, watching as it was about to reach the buried explosives location, then hearing a massive boom, as twenty-five tons of steel rail were blasted out of shape, gravel and sleepers flying over ten meters high, directly blasting a huge deep pit right there.
And the train was still twenty meters away, wrestling with those interception locks.
The commander was stunned, his raised hand surveying left and right.
“Who the hell detonated it?! Who the hell gave the order to detonate!!”
The next second, dense gunfire erupted, firelight flashing from the pitch-black buildings on both sides of the railway track, drowning out the commander’s angry roar.
The fired bullets first struck the thick armor, then ricocheted off, clanging like a downpour.
But the flying bullets didn’t fall to the ground; instead, they floated around the train without gravity, like small asteroids in space orbiting a planet, forming a interception net.
New bullets had to collide with these bullet heads once or a few times before they could strike the train armor.
Bullets that originally couldn’t harm the train became even more icing on the cake.
As the shooting time prolonged, more bullet heads gathered around the train, the golden ones even blocking raindrops.
The commander with bloodshot eyes watched the steel train bathed in the hail of bullets, despair surging onto his face.
He could now only hope that the two anti-aircraft machine guns called in would work.
But not only did they have anti-aircraft machine guns; the armored train had them too, and shot even more accurately.
The 14.5 bullet rain with tracer rounds swept directly into the buildings on both sides; watching the rolling dust and blood flowers, He Jie showed no joy on his face.
Taking advantage of the reloading gap, he slipped down.
Compared to the “lively” atmosphere outside, the driver’s cabin was even a bit quiet.
Over a dozen screens were lined up in the carriage, glowing coldly; these screens were substitutes for the car windows, allowing the driver to judge the outside situation based on them and decide whether to accelerate.
At this moment, there were only four people in the entire driver’s cabin: Liang Kuan, Xiao Ba, Professor Ma, and Xiao Zhao.
The premature detonation of the buried explosives was precisely the masterpiece of Xiao Ba and Xiao Zhao working together.
But He Jie still didn’t think the train would win in the upcoming battle; after the previous two battles, the train’s ins and outs had almost been figured out by the Steel Council. This place was not only their turf but also had massive manpower and resources, with evolver if needed, evolver available.
What did the armored train have to force its way through?
Of course, that wasn’t the most critical part.
What made him most uneasy in the entire battle was that the train conductor, that bastard, wasn’t even on the train!
Just thinking of Su Huan grinning as he told them to drive the train into the Steel Council’s ambush, while he himself drove off halfway, made He Jie want to go mad!
What kind of spell had he fallen under to actually believe his nonsense?
“Don’t worry, Su said it’s a sure win.”
Xiao Ba, manipulating metal in the corner to repair the railway track, saw his unease and comforted him seriously.
Beside him, Professor Ma chuckled, “Never thought at over sixty this year, I could still experience a hail of bullets. Xiao Zhao, life really has infinite possibilities…”
Xiao Zhao’s face was also somewhat tense, but hearing her teacher’s words gave her an inexplicable sense of humor, even dispersing the tension in her heart.
She couldn’t help but tease, “Yeah, sixty is exactly the age to dare to fight and charge. You’re in your prime!”
“Pa!”
He Jie slapped his forehead hard, then rubbed his face.
‘Retribution. There’s hardly anyone normal on the entire train.’
Sighing inwardly, He Jie shouldered a few more cases of ammunition and rushed back up. Anxious as he was, it was impossible for Captain He to evade battle.
In the dining car, Yu Yue stared blankly at the neat tabletop.
Because the carriage had entered full sealed mode, there was no sniper opportunity for her for now; she could only use her ability to monitor the outside situation.
But it was all gunshots and roars, nothing worth listening to.
This was the first time Su Huan had gone on an outing without taking her.
No need to wash clothes or cook, no need to serve tea or water, no need to be forced to eat things or warm the bed; large chunks of blank time for spacing out and resting.
She should have been happy.
But for some reason, Yu Yue just couldn’t muster any energy, even feeling empty, like her mainstay was gone.
Bowls washed, refrigerator organized, cabinet organized, range hood wiped, ingredients for dinner prepared, seasoning restocked…
‘Whatever, go see what daughter is doing.’
After thinking it over, there was nothing left to do in the dining car, so Yu Yue headed to the back.
Wan Xing hadn’t been dissecting corpses lately but was messing with strange potions; at this moment, she held a tube of pomegranate red liquid.
It gave a somewhat familiar feeling.
Before she could fully appreciate the charm of this liquid, it was polluted black.
The entire liquid in the test tube turned a dull black, flowing with beautiful pomegranate red.
Just like the most delicious forbidden fruit, carrying fatal attraction.
Yu Yue was like under a spell, subconsciously stepping forward.
