Chapter 200: Clap Hands And Promote On The Spot!
Black rain poured down, the heavens and earth a chaotic blur.
HT-426 set down the tactical tablet in his hand, his empty eyes gazing into the distance.
The tall figure walking from the train’s direction gradually matched the image in the data, just not as mad.
Long hair tied back, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
He didn’t look like the Train Conductor who led a million zombies to slaughter a human settlement; he looked more like an artistic youth attending university.
Somewhat mysterious, but this young man’s biggest secret was the Gene Primordium.
Capture him, and there would be plenty of time to find out.
HT-426 said coldly, “447, test his bottom line.”
“Received.”
Su Huan walked toward the figure in the center. The current armored train was no longer like before; every battle no longer required scheming and tricks, carrying the element of gambling with one’s life.
After upgrades and evolutions along the way, they could now go soldier against soldier, general against general in a hard fight.
A sharp breaking sound suddenly came from the rain mist.
A lean figure tore through the rain mist, charging from the side. A metal short stick smashed down toward Su Huan’s head.
Like a nimble cheetah, fierce and sharp!
But Su Huan didn’t even spare a glance, continuing forward on his own.
A flash of doubt passed through 447’s icy eyes, and in the next instant, they contracted sharply as if encountering a natural enemy.
At first it was just a black dot; he thought it was a hidden weapon, but he didn’t expect that “hidden weapon” to grow larger and larger.
Finally it became a door-panel-like shield, drawing dozens of meters of rainwater into mist, whistling as it slammed over.
Nowhere to dodge, nowhere to evade!
447 could only raise the short stick in his hand to block in front of his chest.
“Boom—”
The man and shield flew back together.
An iron-tower-like figure burst from the mist, knotted muscles rolling under the skin, veins like pythons wrapping his arms. A heavy fist smashed toward the lean man behind the shield, violent airflow flipping the rain curtain like a predatory tiger!
Bullets flying from the train’s direction were suspended in midair out of nowhere.
The heavy machine gun in He Jie’s hands exploded in the chamber instantly.
A pulse followed closely, sweeping toward the train, but was blocked midway by a high-temperature flame barrier.
The flame dragon manipulated by Lin Jin not only didn’t extinguish but burned fiercely in the downpour, charging toward Zhao Kuo’s direction. But midway, it crashed into a vacuum block and annihilated into disappearance.
The battle between Su Huan and Zhao Kuo hadn’t even started.
The Black Kite Squad and the armored train’s everyone had already begun paired fights.
The manipulators’ advantages were fully displayed in the battle, like magicians, various flashy large-range lethal weapons covering the opponents.
At the same time, Su Huan was observing the abilities shown by the other side.
No wonder he dared to wear a full metal exoskeleton to cause them trouble; it turned out the Black Kite team also had a Tier 1 metal manipulator.
But it was still manageable. The greatest threat was still this cold-tempered young man right in front of him.
General Energy Fluctuation overwhelmed everyone present.
Hmm, except for him himself.
Fine currents surged from all over his body, and the instant they touched the raindrops in midair, they rendered the entire heavens and earth.
Everywhere were cold blue fine electric arcs.
Within a hundred meters radius, in an instant, it became Su Huan’s thunder forbidden zone.
And the Zhao Kuo in front wearing the exoskeleton also made a sharp counterattack.
From walking to running, nearly instantaneous action switch.
Because the speed was too fast, a blurry human-shaped rain trace was left in place, while the real body had already appeared above Su Huan, fist smashing down!
lv3 “Grappling Specialization” made Su Huan instantly react with defense.
“Bang—crack.”
At the center of the clash, cold blue violent currents suddenly exploded.
Black hair flew back, red cord snapped.
Su Huan was directly sent flying over ten meters, his feet plowing two deep furrows in the ground, waves surging to both sides.
HT-426 commanding from the rear saw this and was slightly surprised in his heart; he didn’t expect Su Huan to actually block Zhao Kuo.
Even if just one move, the talent displayed was already astonishing enough.
But that was the end of it.
Tier 2 against Tier 1 was crushing superiority.
No possibility of tricks.
HT-426 no longer paid attention to the two, starting to command the others to launch a strong assault on the train.
But the five hundred armed force was too powerful; their firepower brutally suppressed a group of Tier 1 evolvers who didn’t dare show their heads.
Even a metal manipulator couldn’t instantly block this terrifying bullet rain.
They only had thickened armor on their chests to defend against 12.7mm bullets, but the enemy not only had 14.5mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, but also a sniper carrying a City Breaker-III!
If hit by that thing, even if lucky and not a vital spot, he’d still have to lie down waiting to die.
“Tear open the train first, destroy their advantage!”
The communicator built into the exoskeleton helmet transmitted the metal manipulator’s exasperated voice, “Their metal is mixed with evolution material; I can’t tear it!”
HT-426’s gray-blue pupils were like a frozen lake, showing no emotion, but inwardly a bad premonition was gradually forming.
This premonition didn’t appear suddenly but came from various details.
That feeling of being manipulated even more pushed her vigilance to the peak.
“Open oxygen; I’ll create a vacuum zone, but only one chance. Hit them before they react!”
HT-426 decisively issued the order, just like before the apocalypse when she set the company’s development direction.
No explanation, no discussion, confident and resolute.
……
Su Huan’s two arms hung limply at his sides.
But the sharp chill in his eyes grew even more intense.
“Tier 2 ‘Flesh-and-Blood Integration’, you’re really going all out.”
The “Manufacturer” domain’s evolution direction: Tier 1 is “Iron-Blood Symbiosis”.
A combination of machinery and flesh and blood: hardcore machinery, flesh-and-blood taboo, flesh-and-blood mechanical—these are the three most common evolution directions for “Manufacturer”.
Mechanical Apprentice is the representative of hardcore machinery, focusing on mechanical manufacturing without body modification.
Although weak in combat early on, huge potential later.
Pure flesh and blood is that group playing taboos; sooner or later they’ll play themselves to death.
Finally, the flesh-and-blood mechanical only big forces have, using massive mechanical modifications as a trick to bypass the vitality barrier, reaching Tier 2 evolver level.
It’s a notorious dead-end road, maxing at Tier 3, no further progress after.
And huge hidden dangers, easily leading to incompatibility between flesh-and-blood mechanical causing sudden death.
Gradually abandoned by major companies.
However, the massive early resources invested birthed quite a bit of body modification tech.
From combat enhancement modification means turned into routine medical means.
But many problems couldn’t cover up this modification’s outstanding combat power. “Flesh-and-Blood Integration” even naked is equivalent to wearing an exoskeleton, basic quality surpassing same-tier Defender.
And can also infuse memory chips for various knowledge implantation.
Survival, battle, repair, reconnaissance, medical…
“Flesh-and-Blood Integration” this profession covers all aspects.
Big companies’ ambitions were obvious.
Just wanting to create hexagonal warriors.
Zhao Kuo’s icy expression slightly changed, “Worthy of an Energizer and Defender dual domain Gene Primordium. But you’re not my opponent. I won’t kill you, but I’ll break your limbs; that doesn’t feel good.”
“Ah, not bad.”
Su Huan licked his lips; in just one strike, his forearm radius bone was broken.
But the opponent standing there babbling wasn’t out of kindness.
Zhao Kuo frowned; in his vision, Su Huan was a humanoid high-energy bomb. Though he had already overestimated his energy, he was still numbed all over from that one blast.
But the class gap between them couldn’t be bridged by tough talk.
“Stubborn fool!”
He shifted his steps, walking toward Su Huan again.
A cold smile appeared on Su Huan’s face. He flung his hands, forcibly resetting the broken bones, as if having no pain sensation.
Since confirming the opponent was Tier 2, he no longer wasted time.
He clapped his palms together.
“Pa—”
Six Tier 2 General Energy Crystals in his palms suddenly shattered.
The crisp sound instantly pierced the entire battlefield.
Even the dullest person felt something in the air being madly absorbed, forming a vortex-like funnel above Su Huan’s head, pouring thunderously into his limbs and body.
General Energy entered the body and quickly flowed into the cycle, then compressed by the Energy Storage Core at the heart into higher density energy.
Then cycled again, compressed, cycled…
The originally suppressed skills madly compressed energy like sponges.
“General Energy Conversion” lv6!
“High-Energy Compression” lv6!
“Energy Shaping” lv6!
“Energy Cycle” lv3!
“General Energy Absorption” lv2!
Except for the two newly awakened skills, the original three skills of “Energy Storage Core” all reached lv6.
Which was the minimum standard for promotion to Tier 2.
And Tier 2 “Circulating Vortex”‘s promotion condition was: lv6 “Energy Storage Core” + lv2 “General Energy Absorption” + lv1 “Energy Cycle”.
The hardest part was how to construct an Energy Cycle in the body with highly compressed energy.
But Su Huan had not only awakened this skill last time but exceeded it by two levels.
What was missing was just the final push!
Before Zhao Kuo’s shocked gaze could turn to horror, Su Huan promoted to Tier 2 “Circulating Vortex” right there.
A Tier 2 evolver at full strength!
“Tier 2… how did you do it?”
Zhao Kuo’s lips trembled; a proper Tier 2 evolver’s expression was like seeing a ghost.
It wasn’t that he was spineless; even if there was a real ghost here, he’d dare go up and flat-A it.
But this was on-the-spot promotion to Tier 2!
What were all those pains he suffered back then?
Su Huan raised his eyelids, smiling mildly, “Not hard actually; just enough General Energy, plus a bit of will, a bit of luck, a bit of Four Gods Soup, a bit of snow white…”
“You’re messing with me!”
Zhao Kuo started listening very seriously, but the more he heard, the more off it was. Evolution had what to do with Four Gods Soup?
Realizing he was being played, his face couldn’t hold it anymore, and he roared coldly in anger.
“Silly child.” Su Huan spread his hands, asking seriously, “Why would I tell you the method I used, going through nine deaths, to promote to Tier 2?”
“Seeking death!”
After several ups and downs, Zhao Kuo completely lost control of his emotions, charging furiously at Su Huan.
“Explode.”
Su Huan smiled and spat out a single syllable.
A thunderstorm suddenly appeared on Zhao Kuo’s charge path, enveloping him.
The violent thunder drowned all noise.
“If you don’t use some ultimate move, you won’t have a chance.”
Su Huan said the villain line, but the lightning in front showed no sign of fading.
It even gathered more fiercely into a mass.
New skill Thunderstorm, core technique just two words.
Increase output!
This was the Train Conductor’s gift: more quantity, same price!
Ten percent energy won’t kill you.
Twenty percent?
Tier 1 electricity won’t numb you?
Tier 2?
The metal machinery in your body resists electricity; can your flesh and blood do the same?
No matter what moves you have, anyway, this Energizer only has this one move.
Lightning followed the rain threads striking the ankle-deep water surface on the ground; not only didn’t it dissipate, it illuminated the murky sleep blue and eerie.
With Su Huan at the center, this deep blue grew deeper.
From covering a hundred meters radius, condensed to fifty meters, thirty meters, ten meters!
The ground was no longer water flow but terrifying thunder liquid!
Static Swamp this simple detection skill had been upgraded by Su Huan into a domain-like forbidden zone.
Like a Lightning Pool controlled by a god, thundering punishment on all intruders.
HT-426 charging ahead was forcibly pushed back by Lin Jin and Xiao Ba together.
The Armed Corps’ other evolvers weren’t as strong as those two.
But there were enough of them!
Over five hundred bizarre abilities gathered together—even Su Huan wouldn’t want to test it.
HT-426 and others didn’t expect the train to have so many evolvers.
For a moment, they were beaten black and blue.
Plus the strong-assault-suited Fighters weren’t there, resulting in a temporary stalemate.
“Zhao Kuo! How much longer do you need over there!”
HT-426 gnashed her silver teeth.
After a while, no sound from Zhao Kuo, instead hearing terrifying thunderstorm sounds.
Turning back, she just saw the Train Conductor showing great might.
The figure in a black shirt stood in the downpour; in front, a light sphere over two meters in diameter floated half a meter in the air. Bright lightning illuminated Su Huan’s figure, leaving only a black silhouette.
Black hair danced wildly, utterly mad!
Instantly matched the 3D image in the file of him holding an electromagnetic sniper rifle upward shooting a Jumper.
Since executing tasks, HT-426’s eyes showed shock for the first time.
‘How is that possible…’
‘That’s a Tier 2 evolver the company poured all efforts into cultivating!’
The big light sphere Su Huan created drew everyone’s attention on the battlefield.
He Jie on the train wiped the blackened blast marks from his face, revealing white teeth in a haha laugh.
“I told you he’d make a big commotion!”
Lin Jin stared blankly at Su Huan’s back; he thought after this time’s efforts he could get closer to Su Huan.
Didn’t expect the other to become stronger again at a terrifying speed, strong enough to breed despair.
Unlike He Jie, who felt no despair at all; repeated blows had long made He Jie accept the fact that Su Huan was stronger than him.
He wouldn’t even compare himself.
People only chase the figure ahead; who would take the road underfoot and the sky above as opponents?
The road has no end, the sky no bounds.
Impossible to chase.
Director Xu, Factory Director and others always knew Su Huan was strong but didn’t expect they still underestimated.
As for Lu Xiao, Jiang Rong and others, they were already used to it.
Changes of this degree were hard to shock them anymore.
Even if the Train Conductor was chopped to pieces today, they’d believe this scourge could bounce back tomorrow lively saying he ended the apocalypse.
(Note: General Energy Perception is a Tier 3 skill awakened ahead of time)
