Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Sea fog blankets the earth and sky.

In the darkness, a strip of light moves rapidly forward.

This light strip stands out conspicuously in the pitch-black environment.

Clang, clang—

A train speeds along the railway tracks.

The locomotive has two drivers: Wei Chuan as the main driver and Deng Dongbao as the co-driver.

The purpose of having two drivers, a primary driver and a secondary driver, is to ensure that if one driver has a problem, the other can immediately step in.

This ensures the stable operation of the train.

They started from the oil city, passed through ten outposts, and finally arrived at the headquarters.

"Attention all train staff, we will be arriving at a fog-covered area in ten minutes. Please prepare for action!" Xiao Hu's voice rang out over the train's loudspeaker.

Xiao Hu was originally the head of the First Land Transport Brigade, but with the arrival of sea fog and the railway lines connecting various bases, land transport was gradually replaced.

Xiao Hu and his fellow transport personnel travel between various bases year-round, are quite familiar with the road conditions, and have extensive combat experience.

Therefore, headquarters assigned them to various trains to be responsible for train security.

Each train has a commander, and Xiao Hu is the commander of this train.

Xiao Hu went from the third carriage of the train to the locomotive control room.

When Deng Dongbao, who was in the passenger seat, saw Xiao Hu enter, he quickly greeted him:

"Commander Xiao, what brings you here?"

Xiao Hu gestured with his chin and asked them:

"You all heard what I just said on the broadcast, right?"

"We heard you," they both replied in unison.

Xiao Hu's expression was stern, and he said gravely:

"The headquarters base has been having a tough time these past two days. A large number of mutated zombies have appeared outside the walls. The most dangerous time will be when we enter the headquarters base in a few hours. You must keep the train steady."

Even if the sky falls, you all must make sure the train keeps moving forward steadily.

Wei Chuan, in the driver's seat, turned his head and said seriously:

"Commander Xiao, don't worry, the ramming cone in front of our locomotive will definitely carve a bloody path through the zombie horde!"

"But..." Wei Chuan paused for a few seconds before continuing:
"Just as you said, in the last 3 kilometers into the city, considering the safety of the train tracks and the load, we must slow down in advance. Otherwise, if we slow down after entering the headquarters base, it is very likely that we will not be able to stop in time."

"For the last three kilometers, I will try to maintain a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour. When we enter the last two kilometers of the track at the headquarters base, I will brake and stop at 30 kilometers per hour!"

Trains must slow down in advance when they arrive at a station, especially trains like these that are carrying a large amount of supplies.

Without phased deceleration, the car will not be able to stop in an emergency.

The vehicle's immense inertia propels the train forward.

Furthermore, extreme braking, where the brakes are slammed on, can also cause damage to the railway tracks.

"You mean," Xiao Hu looked at Wei Chuan, "that in the last three kilometers, we need to unleash the strongest firepower to kill the surrounding zombies and prevent the train from being attacked by the zombie horde while it's moving at low speed, right?"

Wei Chuan's eyes flickered. "Commander Xiao, you're really something. I haven't even finished speaking, and you already know what I'm going to say."

"My main concern is that in the last few kilometers, when the train slows down, a large number of zombies will climb onto the train, causing it to be overloaded and stop."

Xiao Hu laughed:

"Don't worry about that, I've already made arrangements. I've studied the firepower on this vehicle, it should be fine."

Hearing Xiao Hu, who had extensive experience in commanding battles, speak with such confidence, Wei Chuan and Deng Dongbao were immediately relieved.

Although neither of them had taken this route before, there were no zombies during the previous drought, which was completely different from the current situation.

After giving instructions at the front of the train, Xiao Hu went to inspect the other carriages.

Outside the train window, sea fog filled the air.

The tracks and train wheels made a creaking sound.

Inside the train, the heating was on, making it warm and cozy like springtime.

"Big brother."

"team leader."

"Hmm." Xiao Hu paused after seeing Wang Chunqi.

"Follow orders from now on. The last three kilometers will be very dangerous, so make sure to stay in touch. Check the close-in weapon systems again; you might need them later."

Wang Chunqi swallowed hard. There was only one close-in weapon system on each train, and it was the most powerful heavy weapon on the entire train.

"understand!"

Xiao Hu then continued walking towards the other carriages.

This DS02 train has 140 carriages, with one fighting car between every five carriages.

It was equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery and heavy machine guns.

Inside the first combat carriage.

Wang Chunqi climbed onto the control room of the combat vehicle. Because the close-in weapon system was too large, they specially used a vehicle to carry it and installed it on the top of the vehicle for reinforcement.

After the inspection, he took off his gloves and sat on a bench in the aisle.

He took the beef jerky out of the package on the ground and slowly nibbled on this dried beef from the Zhangye agricultural and pastoral base in Northwest China.

But his eyes peered through the small window at the sea fog outside.

The sea fog was too thick, and I couldn't see anything outside the window.

Half an hour later.

They arrived at outpost number 3.

The train stopped as usual, and the supplies on the train were handed over to the personnel stationed at point number three.

No zombies have arrived at point number three yet.

After the supplies were handed over, the train started moving again.

From the headquarters base in Dazhangshu to the oil city, there are 10 outposts. The personnel at these outposts bear important responsibilities. If a train or track encounters a problem on the road, they will have to risk their lives to drive the vehicles out to repair it.

In the blink of an eye, the DS02 train was only 100 kilometers away from the headquarters.

The train stopped again, this time at Depot 01.

Some zombies have already reached their location, 100 kilometers away from the headquarters base in the camphor tree.

After the train came to a complete stop, the carriage doors were not opened immediately.

"The barrier is moving!"

"Movement complete."

"There are three zombies in the quarantine zone, don't open the train doors yet!"

"The exchange gates are opening. All combat personnel, prepare to fire!"

The exchange gate slowly rose upwards.
The exchange of supplies between the train and the station must ensure the safety of both the train and the station.

Therefore, the station will not open until the train arrives.

Once the train arrives at its designated location, two partition walls will extend from the north and south sides of the station, along with an overhead partition wall, to seal off the small gap between the train and the station.

After sealing the gap between the station and the train, the station gate was opened.

Even with such a small gap, there's a certain probability that a zombie might remain here, but since the space is indeed small, not many zombies can stay.

Click, click, click!
They had barely opened the gate to their outpost by less than 40 centimeters when a giant zombie crawled in.

The moment the head of a giant zombie popped inside, it was shot dead by the stationed personnel who were already prepared.

boom!
Immediately afterwards, two more zombies crawled in.

But he was also killed by the stationed personnel.

After all, they left such a small gap, and the twenty men stationed there were using tungsten carbide alloy bullets.

It's easy to deal with the zombies that occasionally linger in this small gap.

"Rise!" Sun Binli shouted to the team members behind him.

ka ka ka-

The gate to the outpost gradually opened, and there was no longer a single zombie in the space between it and the train.

After the inspection and confirmation were completed, Sun Binli picked up the walkie-talkie to contact the people on the train.

"Old Wang, it's safe now. You can open the train doors."

Wang Shun, who was in charge of dealing with the stationed personnel, pulled the switch next to him after receiving the message.

puff~
The door of the fiftieth carriage suddenly opened.

The train carriage doors were made very thick and heavy, with welded armor on them; each door alone weighed several tons.

Old Wang got out of the car and instructed the people behind him to quickly unload the supplies.

"How is it? Are there many zombies here?" Wang Shun asked.

Sun Binli smiled wryly and pointed to the top of his head, where there were footsteps and the sound of claws scraping against the concrete.

"There are quite a few. They arrived here several hours ago. It feels like there are zombies everywhere." Wang Shun shouted to one of his men after seeing the giant zombie on the ground.
"Take this King Kong zombie's corpse away."

Sun Binli asked curiously:

"What do you want this thing's corpse for?"

Wang Shun pointed in the direction of the headquarters base in the camphor tree and said:

"I just followed the orders from headquarters."

"Also, do you still have the antidote for zombies here?"

“Yes!” Sun Binli nodded and said, “We distributed 20 doses before, and none of them were used.”

Wang Shun moved closer to him and whispered:

"Yes, I heard from Commander Xiao that the zombies encountered at the headquarters base this time are quite diverse, and there seems to be a type of zombie that can emit infrasound. You guys need to be careful."

“Infrasound?” Sun Binli frowned, pointing to a circular steel plate in the center of the outpost, which looked very much like a well cover.

"Can we hide underground? It's more than ten meters underground, surely we can hide there?"

Wang Shun shook his head and said, "I don't really understand this either, but if you feel unwell, you should quickly hide inside."

This emergency shelter is prepared to deal with unexpected situations.

If the outpost is unexpectedly breached by zombies, these personnel can take refuge in this emergency shelter.

This emergency shelter is entirely constructed from C140 concrete and extends more than ten meters underground. Although the space is a bit small, it can still squeeze in 20 people.

They quickly completed the handover.

Wang Shun and his group first got into the car and closed the doors, and then Sun Binli and the others closed the gate to the outpost.

Once everything was ready, they retracted the partition.

An hour later.

The train is less than 20 kilometers away from the headquarters base in Dazhangshu.

Xiao Hu was stationed in the broadcast room at the front of the train, making announcements via the loudspeaker:

"Attention all personnel! Proceed to your battle positions. Headquarters is just ahead!"

Through the monitor on the front of the car, he could see that there were quite a few zombies ahead.

However, under the impact of this terrifying steel behemoth, the zombies on the tracks could not withstand it for even a second.

This train weighs tens of thousands of tons and maintains a speed of 85 kilometers per hour. With the added force of gravity, no zombie can stop it.

Boom boom boom!
The front of the car continued to ram into the zombies in front of it. The solid triangular protective plate was covered with the zombies' slime, and some severed limbs were stuck in the gaps between the car's parts.

The rolling train continues forward.

Five minutes later, amidst the blanket of white snow, they could see two towering, cylindrical concrete buildings in the distance.

A dozen searchlights shone in their direction from the concrete building.

Ahead lay an endless horde of zombies, covering the mountains and fields.

Upon receiving Xiao Hu's message, the leaders of Watchtower No. 1 and Watchtower No. 2 in the north of the city immediately launched an attack on the zombies near the tracks.

"Remember, don't blow up the tracks!" Xiao Hu reminded him over the radio.

"Roger that!"

"Understood, Captain Xiao."

The two fortified fortresses activated their attack mode to clear out the zombies before the train could enter the headquarters base.

At the same time, they also launched this battle to get the train into the city!

Under the long-range searchlight, the train rushed towards the dense horde of zombies.

Under the terrifying force of the train's impact, the zombies on the tracks were sent flying, like a giant boulder crashing into a calm lake, splashing water everywhere.

The zombies in front of the train flew to both sides.

Some zombies were unlucky enough to be run over by trains and ground into powder on the tracks.

The protruding steel spikes on both sides of the train carriages transform into ruthless harvesters.

Zombies within a meter of the train were all sliced ​​in half at the waist by the steel spikes.

Snapped!
A giant zombie leaped up; its jumping ability was excellent, and it could jump more than two meters high with great effort.

This was beyond the reach of the steel spikes; its four claws gripped the recessed bulletproof glass opening on the outside of the train carriage.

However, this notch is only half a centimeter wide and very slippery.

In addition, the train was moving too fast, causing the train body to shake, especially as it ran over the zombies underground, creating vibrations.

It lost its grip and fell down.

It landed right on the steel spikes, but the spikes didn't pierce it.

Snapped!
The swaying train threw it off.

"Commander Xiao, we need to slow down!" Wei Chuan shouted to Xiao Hu through the communicator from the driver's cab.

"it is good."

As Xiao Hu watched the large camphor tree wall getting closer and closer on the screen, he walked to the loudspeaker and shouted to everyone:

"On my command, fire!"

Da da da da da da——

bang bang bang-

shhhhh--

In an instant, the steel behemoth unleashed a thunderous roar.

The heavy machine guns on both sides of the combat vehicle were firing at the zombies on both sides.

The car's speed gradually decreased from 80 kilometers per hour to 7060.
50
We are getting closer and closer to the edge of the big camphor tree city.

3 km 2 km 1 km.

When the train slowed down to 40 km/h, more zombies appeared on the train carriages.

As the train slows down, it becomes easier for zombies to climb onto it.

Because too many zombies have climbed onto the train, the train is too heavily loaded, and its speed will decrease further.

It could even force the train to stop.
It would be dangerous if the train stopped before entering the base.

"Commander Xiao, the vehicle speed is dropping too quickly. If this continues, we'll have to stop it. We must resolve this immediately," Wei Chuan shouted, seeing the vehicle's speed decreasing.

Xiao Hu immediately rushed to the first combat carriage.

"Close-in weapon system, activate!"

"Okay." Wang Chunqi immediately started working.

Swish swish!
The close-in weapon system opened fire.

The plowing tilted towards the rear of the train, like a thousand-meter-long sickle, sliced ​​a wheat field in half at bullet speed.

The zombies on the ground were defenseless and fell down in large numbers.

With no more zombies climbing onto the train, the train's speed finally stabilized.

200 m.

100 m.

When they were only 100 meters away from the edge of the big camphor tree city, the train doors of the edge city suddenly opened.

As soon as the gate opened, the zombies poured in like a flowing river.

The train entered the gate at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour.

The zombies that flooded into the gate were run over by the train.

First layer of defense activated.

All the zombies on the train were scraped off by the defensive panels behind the gate.

Next, outside the train, a zombie clutching steel spikes enters a narrow, enclosed space.

The space was designed to be large enough for a train to enter. Zombies lying on either side of the train's spikes were either crushed and pierced by the spikes or crushed into mincemeat.

After the train entered the gate, its speed gradually slowed down.

The train's speed was reduced to 5 kilometers per hour after the last carriage entered the station.

It continued until it completely stopped.

As the last carriage entered, the massive concrete door, specially designed for trains, slammed shut.

When it stopped, the entire vehicle was covered in zombie slime, and some of the zombies that had survived were still lying under the vehicle.

However, these zombies were already trapped like turtles in a jar.

They are met with a second line of defense and a third checkpoint in the confined space.

The train doors will not open until all the zombies outside the train have been cleared away.

(End of this chapter)