Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 274 Cunning
Licking Rabbit put down the walkie-talkie and was about to move when he saw a cold, beautiful white light flash in front of him.

The white-haired boy with the long sword seemed to have found Xiao Ba's location and charged wildly across the battlefield.

The rabbit was so frightened that it felt a chill run down its spine.

He suddenly grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Eighth team, move into the first trench immediately! Second team, halt your withdrawal! Ninth team, move into the second trench! Tenth team, cover Xiao Ba's retreat!"

The boy's calm voice came through the walkie-talkie, "It's too late."

Lick the rabbit crawled out of the trench, ignoring the stray bullets on the battlefield, and ran frantically towards Xiao Ba's location.

A dense hail of bullets, interspersed with one or two streaks of cold blue light, covered the battlefield, but the white-feathered silver kite was like a rabbit, weaving and dodging behind various obstacles, dodging most of the bullets. The few bullets that occasionally hit the exoskeleton armor did not even scratch off a single speck of paint!

It was as if the armed soldiers were firing blanks.

"Eighth Master, retreat! Retreat quickly!"

A captain crawled out of the trench and stood directly in front of Xiao Ba, suppressing Yin Yuan with firepower.

The firepower of ten soldiers was enough to suppress a squad, but it had no effect on the silver kite. In the flash of fire, the sharp blade of light drew ever closer.

A pair of cold eyes were fixed on Xiao Ba, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Eighth Master, run!"

A soldier shouted immediately.

"Send two men to take Eighth Master away!"

As the enemy drew closer and Xiao Ba showed no sign of moving, the captain grew anxious.

The two men at the back of the line put down their rifles and turned to lift Xiao Ba's wheelchair.

But when they tried, they found they couldn't lift it at all.

"You can't stop him."

Xiao Ba, sitting in a wheelchair, had a cold expression, but his voice was exceptionally sincere.

He was surrounded by metal fortifications he had constructed, giving him ample opportunity to retreat, but the soldiers inside those steel fortifications were not so fortunate.

He guessed that the silver kite's ability was something like fragility.

Most soldiers' evolutionary abilities are geared towards "Defender," meaning they will be easily overwhelmed when facing a Tier 1 melee expert, and even steel fortifications cannot provide effective protection for them.

Once he gets in, the front line of the armed train will collapse immediately.

Now that He Jie has been injured and forced to leave the field, he is the only pillar on the front lines.

Anyone else can back down, but he can't.

The two of them tried their best, but still couldn't move the wheelchair. Looking down, they saw that Xiao Ba had actually welded the wheelchair to the ground.

The captain turned around and saw that Xiao Ba hadn't been carried away yet; his eyes turned red with anger.

"You two are useless!"

"It's not their fault, it's just that I didn't want to leave."

Xiao Ba propelled the steel to move himself to the very front of the position, where rows of metal walls converged before him, forming a massive iron wall that protected everyone behind him.

Although slightly surprised to see the boy in the wheelchair in front of her, Yin Yuan still leaped up.

Without hesitation, he brought down his long sword.

The soldiers were furious, but Xiao Ba only left them a row of firing ports.

They could only watch helplessly as all of this unfolded, unable to do anything about it.

The young shoulders were slightly thin and couldn't support the black shirt, yet they raised a huge steel arm and slammed it down hard on the silver kite in mid-air.

"The worm shakes the tree!"

The man with the silver kite snorted coldly and slashed down with his long sword.

"Qiang!"

The clanging of metal drowned out the nearby gunfire, making everyone's ears itch.

"Little Eight!"

The licking rabbit, who had just run over, witnessed the scene of the long sword being slashed down and its heart trembled.

In a flash, the long sword cleaved the wheelchair in two.

"Um?!"

Silver Kite let out a muffled groan of disbelief.

Looking up, the boy leaped into the air, his hands forming bird wings to maintain balance. His soft, black hair, which had been lying close to his ears, floated up as he fell, as if it had no weight.

With a snap, her feet landed on his shoulders.

It really does feel like it has no weight.

He couldn't even feel that there was someone standing on him.

Even more intense than that sensation was the sharp, stinging pain inside my body.

The exoskeleton, which originally protected his body from harm, has now become the sharpest knife aimed at him.

If the betrayal hadn't been so sudden, even with Xiao Ba's rigorous training, he wouldn't have been able to jump onto him the instant the blade struck.

A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of Yin Yuan's mouth, her pupils dilated, "You..."

"I lied to you."

A mischievous glint appeared on Xiao Ba's face as he jumped onto the open ground beside him and gave a showy hop.

Although his leg was not fully healed, he did not give up physical training. He could do the same training as other soldiers, and he did it even better and more precisely!

The purpose is to use an exoskeleton to regain control of one's body.

Although its strength is far inferior to that of a Tier 1 "Defender", its agility is much greater than that of an ordinary soldier.

Silver Kite wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she spat out a mouthful of blood and was unable to speak. She could only point to the exoskeleton on her body.

"Although it contains evolution materials, it still contains metals."

Xiao Ba scratched his temple.

It's not that he can't control the exoskeletons of Black Kite and the others, but just like controlling the new materials synthesized by Yu Jing, it requires more energy and there are distance limitations.

Using it from dozens of meters away in advance would not only fail to kill effectively, but would also alert the opponent, which is why Xiao Ba has been holding back until now to use this move.

With its internal organs pierced, Silver Kite could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Ba excitedly clenched his fist.

After training for so long, this is the day we've been waiting for!

There was a "bang" sound.

Little Eight hadn't been happy for long when he was pounced on by Licking Rabbit.

A row of bullet holes appeared on the metal wall.

Soldiers also emerged from behind the iron wall and surrounded the enemy, firing warning shots to suppress their firepower.

The rabbit licked its lips and exclaimed, "Awesome, Eighth Master!"

"Uh, why did you tie my hands?"

Xiao Ba's shy smile hadn't faded yet when he stared blankly at the gloomy-faced Licking Rabbit.

Licking Rabbit hoisted Little Eight onto its shoulder, crouched down, and jumped into the trench.

Xiao Ba looked regretfully at the wheelchair left on the battlefield.

'You think you can fool people by saying you can just fix it up...'

Upon seeing the soldiers who were there to meet him, Lick Rabbit shouted fiercely, "Men, lock this disobedient brat up! When I get back and ask the train conductor, he'll have to give him a good beating!"

Less than five minutes into the battle, the armed train evacuated two key generals.

But Black Kite isn't having an easy time either.

There were ten special operations teams, plus two hundred regular special operations personnel, totaling three hundred people.

Apart from the thirty people who remained at the theater, the rest were all fighting the armed train.

At first, when they were bombarded by artillery fire, they felt a sense of shame and indignation, like being bitten by ants. As the fighting continued, they felt increasingly frustrated. It wasn't that they couldn't win, but rather that the enemy's artillery fire was too intense. It wasn't that they lacked heavy firepower, but who the hell would bring a railgun all the way over from so far away?

Armed trains carry all of the base's firepower with them.

So the Black Kite was extremely frustrated by the fight.

He planned to use his abilities to suppress his opponent and regain the upper hand when they faced off head-on.

Ten teams mean at least ten Tier 1 Evolvers, plus a few strong squads, for a total of thirteen Tier 1 Evolvers.

Before they could even unleash their power, two of them were killed in a head-on battle by He Jie.

Then Xiao Ba killed one of them.

Two people replaced three.

Two others wanted to lead their teams to flank and strike directly at the enemy's stronghold, but they haven't returned yet.

……

"boom--"

A violent tremor suddenly occurred on the first floor of the shopping mall next to the theater.

The floor tiles, already riddled with holes from the mutated plants, became even more broken. A silver kite wearing an exoskeleton lay in the middle of the pit, its exoskeleton twisted and deformed like an empty soda can.

Silver Kite strained to raise the muzzle of her gun.

A flicker of despair flashed in his unfocused pupils.

A dark shadow the size of a door came crashing down with a whoosh.

"Boom! Boom!"

With two consecutive sounds, a burly man, as large as a small mountain, slightly bent his knees.

Even the mutated plants that stretched out their tentacles were frightened away by the terrifying tremor.

Liang Kuan, who was crouching on the shield, slowly stood up, and blood splattered evenly from the shield beneath his feet in all directions.

Armed soldiers quickly surrounded them.

Seeing this violent scene made my throat tighten.

"Team Leader Liang..."

"Did anyone else solve it?"

A rumbling sound emanated from Liang Kuan's chest, like thunder.

The goat wiped the blood from its mouth and gave a thumbs up. "Three Tier 1s! I'd heard you were pretty tough, Lao Liang, but I didn't expect you to be this tough. Let's go back and kick that old dog He Jie off the throne, and support you as the boss!"

Liang Kuan merely shook his head slightly at the goat's joke and picked up his shield.

The silver kite below has become indistinguishable from the exoskeleton.

Liang Kuan carried the shield and walked towards the ruins of the theater outside.

"Continue with the assassination mission."

As they walked out of the mall, several bodies lay scattered outside. In the theater square directly opposite, a group of special agents stood behind special vehicles as if facing a formidable enemy. As soon as Liang Kuan came out, the mortar mounted on the roof of the vehicle opened fire instantly.

With lightning speed, Liang Kuan raised his shield, exhaled, and his muscles bulged like granite, his green military uniform taut with exaggerated muscle definition, and his knees slightly bent.

By the time all this was done, the cannonballs had already landed on the shield.

With a loud crash, a thick stone brick on the square shattered, sending dust billowing up.

Yin Yuan, who was guarding the door, felt her eyelids twitch and her intuition pounding like a drum.

An anxious gaze swept toward the theater.

Since the order to "take over the armed train" was issued, no one has come out of it.

Compared to the battle outside, the commotion inside was even more terrifying, with flashes of lightning and frequent loud noises.

Those who know the inside will think there's a negotiation going on, but those who don't might think it's gods fighting.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, even the experienced Black Kite members couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

Two terrifying ravines stretched all the way to the feet of the tall figure in front of the mall.

Although the shield was dented, everyone was still speechless with shock.

'This is clearly second-order!'

Captain Silver Kite's back was instantly covered in cold sweat, and his face turned pale.

It's absolutely impossible for a Tier 1 character to withstand cannonballs with their bare body!
Impossible.

"So we've been discovered."

Liang Kuan, behind the shield, groaned, his joints throbbing with excruciating pain, and even the slightest movement caused his muscles to ache terribly.

This was a warning his body was sending him.

However, with the help of the skills "Pain Desensitization" and "High-Efficiency Recovery", Liang Kuan is rapidly recovering his combat power.

It's worth mentioning that the "Soldier" class has no active skills, and its second-tier class, "Steel Body Shield Guard," is entirely composed of passive skills.

Including subsequent advancements, he has no ability that he can use externally.

Even the universal energy that "Fighter" can use in the later stages is something Liang Kuan doesn't have!

All the energy was used to create this terrifying physical body!

Pulling his foot out of the broken floor, Liang Kuan frowned. His tactical boots, which had undergone multiple processes, were still worn to shreds. He stepped barefoot onto the ground.

Upon seeing his movement, ten assault rifles simultaneously spat fire, the bullets tearing through the air, only to explode into sparks upon impacting the two-inch-thick alloy shield.

The goats inside the supermarket naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch, so they led hundreds of soldiers to fight back.

They pinned down more than a dozen Black Kite special agents behind the vehicle.

Amidst the hail of bullets, Liang Kuan lunged forward, shield in hand, like a runaway locomotive, crashing into the haphazardly parked vehicles.

The first vehicle, a heavily armed off-road vehicle weighing several tons, flipped over.

The special agent hidden behind stared blankly at the giant man in front of him, who looked like a ferocious beast.

The shield shattered the sternum, and the special agent's body was thrown into the air like a ripped sack. Before he could land, the second special agent's rifle had already exploded into pieces.

The shield rim swept across, the gun barrel broke, and metal fragments flew everywhere, embedding themselves in the third special agent's eye socket.

The third special agent immediately knelt down.

It wasn't surrender; rather, his head was ripped off by an upward thrust from the bottom of the shield, sending his skull flying.

Brain matter was splattered onto the shield, mixed with gunpowder smoke, and a foul-smelling white mist rose up. The fourth and fifth shots fired at the same time, the bullets denting the shield but unable to penetrate it.

In the blink of an eye, three special agents who had cost Black Kite a great deal of resources were crushed to death by Liang Kuan like chicks.

The Silver Kite Special Operations Captain had no choice but to bite the bullet and meet them head-on.

Ignoring the hail of bullets, he stood on the vehicle and fired down at Liang Kuan from his elevated position.

"Roar--"

Liang Kuan bent one knee, placed one foot on the hood of the troop carrier, and jumped up suddenly.

The shield was thrown out like a discus thrower, and Captain Silver Kite, standing on the vehicle, was like a bird with broken wings, his exoskeleton parts shattering and popping.

He reached down and grabbed the military knife that was suddenly thrust at his lower back, covered the other's horrified eyes with his large hand, snapped the neck with a crack, grabbed it and carried it on his shoulder like a shield, and then rammed it into the command vehicle where Yin Yuan was!
It's another symphony of metal and flesh.

Seeing that Liang Kuan had single-handedly suppressed the entire enemy team, Goat disregarded his shock and led his soldiers out to beat the fallen enemy to a pulp.

Soon, the dozen or so Black Kite special agents remaining in front of the door were all killed.

Liang Kuan thought that the first-tier Silver Kite wouldn't die so easily, but he didn't expect the latter to be unlucky and get hit on the head by the shield.

It was sent on the spot.

The battlefield outside the theater looked as if it had been trampled by a giant beast.

Several special vehicles weighing several tons overturned on the ground, with special agents either embedded in the vehicle bodies or in the ground. Only three people, who were shot to death, were able to have their bodies preserved intact.

(End of this chapter)