Chapter 95: Massive Acid Rain
Su Huan had his own considerations for subduing He Jie.
The most direct factor was naturally He Jie’s ability. Although a Tier 3 Evolver sounded a bit middling, he was already a strongman who could hold down a place.
It was basically the pinnacle that ordinary people could reach.
Force resources, talent luck, mentality strength—none could be missing.
Missing any one would be like Huang Hai, nearly losing half his life just to promote to Tier 2.
If he didn’t want to take risks, it would be like Su Huan in his previous life, attaching to a major force. It was safe, but the exploitation was too harsh, and he hadn’t even promoted to Tier 2 by the time he defected.
In his previous life, the Steel Council was most famous for “one head and two arms,” where the “head” was naturally Lin Jin, who broke through to Tier 5 within four years, and the “two arms” referred to He Jie and another Tier 3 Evolver.
There was a gap in the middle.
But a monster like Lin Jin, who promoted to Tier 5 within four years, was completely piled up from a massive population base.
The high-temperature zone and acid rain area covered nearly three provinces, and from several hundred million people, only one such person was born.
Even excluding those who died to zombies or mutated beasts, the probability was still one in ten million.
Actually, the initial zombie transformation rate wasn’t high, only around thirty percent.
But due to a series of reasons like the military disappearing and communication interruptions, the infection rapidly spread and expanded, with fifty to sixty percent of the population mutating.
The rest of the deaths were even more from complex factors like heavenly calamities, man-made disasters, and mutated beast attacks.
Even so, there were still about twenty percent survivors.
Taking Mo Jiang City as an example, out of seven million people, survivors should exceed one million, but after the heat outbreak, who knows.
But fewer died in the acid rain area.
Adding up all the survivors, there were absolutely over ten million, not a small number.
Yet under such a massive base, there was only one existence like Lin Jin.
Secondly, He Jie was a rare commander of large-scale campaigns.
In his previous life, he established his status with the two key campaigns of the New City Plan and the Fire Wall Plan, and later commanded many more battles. There were many complex factors involved, but it also proved He Jie’s own talent.
For the armored train to become a major force, it naturally needed this kind of command talent.
Su Huan valued his command talent even more than his potential as an evolver.
Then the most, most, most important point—He Jie had a weakness, and Su Huan knew him inside and out!
Compared to the lone-wolf-like Lu Xiao, He Jie was easier to control.
……
The rear carriage was also eating, the food the same as up front, all wolf meat.
But as that old cook said, the young cook’s was really not good.
After all, he was just an ordinary person, with no place to access wolf meat, and he made it tough and stringy.
The woman sat on the edge of the bed, using a small knife to cut a small piece of wolf meat on the makeshift table, put it in her mouth and chewed, frowned, then carefully cut the dry wolf meat into small pieces.
A weak voice came from behind, “Miao Qiqi…”
“It’s Miao, Qi!”
“I’m starving to death.”
The woman was stunned for a moment, concealed the strangeness in her eyes, “Wait a bit, it’ll be ready soon.”
“It’s fine, my teeth are good, no difference.”
Miao Qi brought over the cut wolf meat, picked up a piece with chopsticks and held it to Lu Xiao’s mouth, making him pause, then he opened his mouth and bit.
“Crack”
The chopsticks broke.
“Your teeth are really good.”
Miao Qi said with a faint sigh, then threw away the chopsticks and directly grabbed pieces with her hand to feed into Lu Xiao’s mouth.
Lu Xiao felt it was a bit strange, like a wife taking care of her bedridden husband.
‘It’s just mutual benefit.’
Shaking off the weird thought, Lu Xiao took the plate from her hand and started eating himself.
Although he was badly injured during the day, Lu Xiao had already recovered some strength, devouring the meat voraciously. In no time, a whole kilogram plate of wolf meat was all in his belly.
Using the most primitive method to convert it into energy, transporting it throughout the body to restore stamina and heal injuries.
“What about your food?”
When eating the last few bites, Lu Xiao realized and looked up at her.
Miao Qi had been watching him eat.
That gaze was too gentle, giving him chills.
“Too tough, I don’t want to eat.”
After thinking, Lu Xiao didn’t fuss and ate it all into his own belly in one go.
Miao Qi took the empty plate and set it aside, the atmosphere falling into a silence.
This was the majority of their interactions.
Even when doing things, there wasn’t much sound.
“You evolved?”
Lu Xiao suddenly asked, his voice restored to normal, steady and powerful, with a bit of cold hardness.
“Mm.”
“You saw the situation during the day, Su Huan… he’s very strong.”
The implication was, if you cause trouble, there’s only one outcome: death.
Soft lips pressed on the corner of his mouth, blocking his following words.
Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, not keeping up with the woman’s train of thought, resisted slightly, and pushed her chest.
“Thank you for saving me.”
“Hm?”
“You’re the first man who pulled me behind you when facing danger.”
“Tch, what about your dad?”
“Dead, never met him.”
“Anyway, I don’t suggest you—”
Slender fingers blocked his lips, the woman mouthed silently, “I want to.”
Lu Xiao’s mouth twitched, “Can you look at my leg?”
“I saw it, that leg is fine.”
“Mm…”
Lu Xiao let out a slightly pained grunt, but his tightly furrowed brows were gradually soothed by the woman’s gentleness.
Looking at the sparkle in her eyes, Lu Xiao, unable to figure out what she was thinking, had a headache.
“Crazy woman!”
Muttering, then giving a violent counterattack.
……
After dinner, the acid rain outside the window grew fiercer, pounding the carriage with dull sounds.
Fortunately, the temperature had dropped quite a bit, no longer muggy, just dampness which was tolerable.
Su Huan tiredly rubbed his brow, today’s passionate tussle with He Jie had consumed a lot of energy.
Everyone was tired, so the matter of sorting and storing weapons and ammunition was temporarily set aside. Anyway, the ammunition was already on the train, Old San and his brothers would sleep on the fire truck tonight, no need to rush.
He only gave simple instructions before returning to his room to rest.
He Jie was placed in Carriage 4, the first room was Yu Jing and her daughter, the second was Wan Xing, the third housed Xiao Ba and Liang Kuan, and He Jie was arranged next door to Xiao Ba and them. If he dared to make trouble, Xiao Ba could stab him dead directly.
This was a metal carriage, and he slept on an iron bed.
Huang Hai had lately been in Carriage 7 tending to those four chickens and the mutated plant, and later simply didn’t return to Carriage 4, staying directly in Carriage 7. His assistant Xiao Wang followed suit and moved over.
Late at night, a series of urgent knocks woke Su Huan.
He abruptly opened his eyes, faint light from the corridor seeping into the room.
“Getting more and more lax…”
Sighing inwardly, he grabbed his jacket and said lowly, “Come in.”
Yu Yue pushed the door open, her hair tips dripping water, her expression anxious, “The acid rain is too heavy, the carriage is leaking! Everyone is repairing…”
Sorry, there are four more chapters, got up late today, updates will be late.
