Chapter 71: Two Thousand Tons—you Gonna Headbutt It?
Anyone who’s been shocked by an outlet knows that in that instant, you can’t even scream.
Every muscle in the body feels like it’s being struck painfully at the same time.
Trembling, contracting…
And this Gray Wolf was exactly that feeling.
It flashed bright in the night, fur standing on end all over its body, emitting a burnt aroma, its pair of cruel and vicious beast eyes becoming somewhat clear.
Su Huan pursed his lips; this electric current could kill a person, but it only paralyzed this Gray Wolf for a moment.
Old San elbowed the two brothers hard from the side, “Gun practice, what are you standing around for?”
“Da da da…”
Old Da reacted belatedly, firing off a magazine of 25 bullets.
Firelight flickered, and a string of blood beads spurted out from under the glossy fur.
But it hit the shoulder, not a fatal shot.
It pissed off Old San so much he jumped up and down, “Three-round burst, three-round burst! Such a good target, and you don’t practice your dogshit marksmanship properly, wasting bullets here!”
The Terror Wolf’s shrill wail rang out, drowning out Old San’s voice, as the wolf pack’s attacks on the Armored Train grew even fiercer, with impact sounds and scratching sounds incessant.
But the train remained completely still.
What a joke—a single 1.25m×2.5m Standard Steel Plate weighed nearly three hundred kilograms, not to mention the Armored Train’s own weight; the steel plates front and back alone totaled over two thousand tons!
Even a few Tier 1 Terror Wolves leading a pack of incompletely evolved wolves couldn’t break in, even if they bashed their heads bloody.
This was exactly why Su Huan firmly chose the train over RV trucks.
Facing these beasts that had surged ahead in physical evolution.
Weight was the Armored Train’s greatest advantage.
Although the steel plates on the green-skinned carriage behind were very thin, they weren’t something Terror Wolves could easily tear apart.
Even Night Demons could only pierce point by point, drilling large and small holes in the carriage, and finally slip in through windows without explosion-proof nets.
But now the entire train had explosion-proof nets on the car windows; finding a gap was impossible.
They could only get shot outside.
Accompanied by the rhythmic three-round bursts, shrill roars of Terror Wolves rose and fell outside the window.
Su Huan picked up the [Night Owl-X7 Sniper Rifle] in his hand and habitually removed the magazine to check the magazine capacity.
Looking at the 7.62mm bullets packed inside, he licked the corner of his mouth.
Skillfully loading the magazine and pulling the gun bolt.
This was the benefit of being with a major force; in his previous life, Su Huan didn’t have extra money to buy guns, but following the team, he at least got familiar with all common models, so he wouldn’t be stumped by a gun bolt.
Hearing the click of the bullet loading, every cell in his body came alive in that instant.
‘Maybe I should advance to a profession related to firearms…’
Su Huan couldn’t help thinking this in his heart as he aimed the muzzle at a Terror Wolf hiding in the back.
“Remember to silence it for me.” He lightly reminded Yu Yue beside him.
The next instant, he pulled the trigger.
The bullet silently ejected.
That Terror Wolf not yet evolved to Tier 1 had its eyeball instantly burst, collapsing to the ground.
Only then did the Wolf King notice its pack had suffered more casualties, but it was still helpless against the iron can in front of it.
After consecutively killing three ordinary Terror Wolves, Su Huan set down the gun and turned to Yu Yue beside him, “How about it, got it?”
Yu Yue’s little face stiffened, and she shook her head slightly.
As if he hadn’t heard, Su Huan directly shoved the Sniper Rifle into her hands.
No one on the entire train was more suited to the sniper position than her; that ability even saved the muffler.
“Try it. Perform well and I’ll give you extra rations tonight.”
Yu Yue held the large gun in her hands, awkwardly furrowing her brows, “I…”
Before she could finish speaking, Su Huan yanked her to the car window, supported her wrist to pick up the sniper rifle; the high temperature made the man’s aura even more intense, like a wall enveloping her from all sides.
Everywhere was hard to the touch.
“Focus.”
Su Huan said lightly in her ear.
……
On the national highway not far away, overturned vehicles were still piled up, along with survivors dragged out, torn to pieces one by one, flesh and blood mangled; those lucky enough to survive groaned in agony in pools of blood.
Yet on the train side, amid the tension was a strangely eerie calm.
Clearly everything was happening in the same place, but those inside the train felt like they were in two different spaces from the wolf pack.
Apart from the initial fear from the scene of vehicles being flipped, once they realized these Terror Wolves were powerless against the train… it was hard to stay afraid.
Everyone watched the terrifying wolf pack gradually picked off by firearms outside the window, and strange thrills and senses of safety even rose in their hearts.
The passengers who had originally complained about their fate, feeling like they lived worse than pigs and dogs.
Seeing the convoy even more miserable than them, a faint sense of superiority naturally arose.
Some people even had the leisure to sympathize with the overturned convoy just now.
Whispers arose; the last bit of tense atmosphere had completely dissipated, and even some bold ones stuck sticks through the explosion-proof net to hit wolves.
“Boss, should we get off the train later?” A young man with a buzz cut, round ears, hunched back, and long legs leaned over to Lu Xiao and asked.
Even while speaking, his upper body was slightly leaning forward, shoulders drawn in, like a beast poised to strike.
Lu Xiao glanced at him; this was one of the two athletes recruited today. The young man was very sharp, a bit like a recruit he had trained before.
“That’s the Train Conductor’s spoils of war; not our turn.”
“It’s pitch black, that Su guy won’t know…”
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xiao’s hand rested on his shoulder, pressing slightly, and said seriously, “Remember to call him Train Conductor from now on!”
The young man was a bit puzzled, but having seen the Captain’s divine might today, poking an Earth Dragon to death with a few sticks, he still nodded.
Lu Xiao looked at the carriage ahead, occasionally lit by muzzle flames, a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes.
Soldiers couldn’t hesitate or falter, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t recognize the gap between them.
Yu Jing, who had set down her work due to the wolf pack attack, shared the same thought.
Watching the man standing at the car window, personally teaching her mother to shoot, she stared blankly.
She subconsciously thought of a phrase he always had on his lips, “Rely on fate.”
She had joined the train relatively early.
At first, she just wanted to use her ability to protect herself and her silly mother on the train, then find a suitable chance to escape.
But unexpectedly, they had traveled this far, and most of the time it was thrilling but safe.
Of course she knew it wasn’t relying on fate.
It was that Su Huan made the right decisions every time.
From seizing the train, oppressing passengers to gather supplies, methodically upgrading the train, to that mad evolution on the overpass—every step was like planned.
You could call him cold-blooded, perverted, selfish, mean, petty, and narrow-minded.
But those traits combined were like his mocking fake smile, giving a mysterious sense of safety.
‘Yeah, if only he didn’t have designs on my mom…’
[Work coding is too hard, can only drag to April 1st for release; then I’ll quit and update steadily. Hope brothers give a first subscription.]
