Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 63 Building Train Classes

“Yes, we can collect more common general-purpose energy crystals later,” Su Huan said.

Wan Xing nodded.

The apocalypse will inevitably be accompanied by the disintegration of the economy, and the original currency will become worthless. However, things like universal energy crystals, which can promote evolution, are more suitable as a general equivalent than food.

This also relates to some of Su Huan's plans for managing passengers in the rear carriage.

In the beginning, with few people, he could only manage in a rough and ready manner.

They just give you a ticket and don't manage the passengers behind you.

Whether they fight amongst themselves or cooperate to collect supplies, Su Huan watched coldly. As long as they could get the supplies he needed, he didn't care whether they hid the extras for themselves or gave them to others.

Moreover, at that time, there were only two people in the front of the train, him and Liang Kuan, and they already spent a lot of energy every day guarding against passengers who wanted to replace him.

After more than ten days of fighting, Su Huan has finally established his authority on the train.

But this stability is only temporary.

Whether it's indiscriminately kicking everyone off the bus or lacking any upward mobility mechanism, both will cause passengers to lose hope.

In the short term, due to external pressure, they may choose to stay in the car.

Even a short time, just three days in the car, and one's mind will start to wander.

Therefore, he needs to use the survival resources and evolutionary information he has accumulated to quickly establish a new order.

This allows passengers in the rear carriages to see more benefits and hope for improvement.

The final report was summarized by Liang Kuan.

After two days of continuous high-intensity driving, the armed train encountered three traffic jams caused by accidents, one derailment, one twisted rail, two small-scale zombie hordes, and one nighttime attack by evolved beasts. However, thanks to Xiao Ba's level 2 metal control, there were no major problems.

With the current defensive strength of the armed train, unless there is a large-scale derailment, the zombie horde led by Tier 1 zombies and evolved beasts will not pose any threat to them.

Having escaped the first wave of heatwave disaster, Su Huan is now in his period of benefit.

He needs to acquire more resources and strength as soon as possible at this stage.

Su Huan's fingers moved rhythmically, tapping each of his five fingers on the table in turn, making a soft "tap-tap" sound. Everyone waited for him to make a new decision.

"Could we create a full vehicle monitoring system using a wired connection? Like last time when the driver's view was obstructed, we could still observe the outside situation through electronic devices?"

The group's gazes instinctively turned to Yu Jing.

Those who study psychology should be able to tell fortunes, and those who can extract teeth should also be able to perform surgery; after all, dentists are doctors.

Yu Jing designs all the major and minor modifications and repairs on the car, so she should also be able to modify and renovate the electronic circuits.

No joke, that's just how people naively believe it.

Yu Jing's lips twitched. Did this man think she was Doraemon...?

"As for the whole vehicle monitoring system, I can only try it in a simple way. At most, I can connect the equipment. I don't understand anything complicated. After all, my profession and hobby are not in this area."

"Oh."

Su Huan nodded thoughtfully.

They didn't say anything like "take some time to learn it"—that's just nonsense.

The next ten to twenty years will be a period of educational disruption, and we can only try to make use of the existing talent and technology.

Only after pushing military power to its limit and regaining dominance in the world can these things be gradually restored.

Su Huan's gaze fell on Huang Hai, who waved his hands repeatedly.

Looking embarrassed, he said, "Commander, I'm really not familiar with this."

Su Huan narrowed his eyes. "I didn't ask you to do this. Aren't you an agronomy teacher?"

"Yes Yes."

"I'll send someone out to find some seeds today. I'll give you carriages 7, 8, and 9. Go and plant them for me."

Huang Hai's spirits lifted; he finally had something to do, at least for the time being he wouldn't have to worry about being kicked off the bus. He quickly replied, "I'll make sure you get it all right."

Su Huan looked at the young man behind him, "What's your name? What can you do?"

The young man was a bit shy. "Wang Li is also a student in the College of Agriculture. He just started college and works at a convenience store."

"That's perfect, from now on you'll be Lao Huang's assistant."

Su Huan said.

'Old Huang?'

Wan Xingxia subtly raised her eyelids and noticed that Liang Kuan opposite her had also glanced at Huang Hai. Although his face remained expressionless, he understood what was going on.

The other party was also surprised by Su Huan's form of address.

This title is a bit too familiar for a newcomer who has just joined the company.

"Yu Jing, you'll also need to help them modify the back carriages later," Su Huan added.

"Ah."

Yu Jing, who was writing and drawing, rested her chin on her hand and responded softly.

Su Huan stood up, glanced at his watch; it was already 12:58. "Then let's move quickly."

After everyone dispersed, Su Huan walked towards the back of the carriage.

The three brothers followed him like bodyguards. On the way, the youngest brother tried to light a cigarette several times, but he pulled his hand back, put the cigarette behind his ear, and said casually, "Commander, we brothers have decided to follow you from now on."

Su Huan found it somewhat amusing; this guy had come to receive a mission.

"You guys just need to keep watch on the group behind you for now. You'll take turns on patrol tonight. If anything happens, don't worry about the bullets, just empty the magazines!"

Hearing Su Huan say this, the third brother's face lit up with joy. He understood that if he wanted a higher position in the car, he had to do important work.

Now, even Lao Huang, who boarded the bus with him, is starting to carry loads. Maybe he'll get a chair to sit on next time.

His third brother had at least been on friendly terms with the train conductor, so why was he standing during the meeting?

Su Huan handed over the few guns on the vehicle to him, which meant he was going to make good use of him.

That's why I asked this question.

"Leave the job to me, just you wait and see!"

The third brother sniffed, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said in a harsh voice.

He gave his brothers a look, and the eldest and second eldest went forward to open the car door, then stood guard on both sides of the bridge with their guns in hand.

Su Huan remained silent and stood there waiting.

Passengers quickly gathered around.

"The train conductor is here!"

A moment later, a lean figure with a buzz cut and wearing work pants squeezed out from the crowd.

Lu Xiao glanced at the guns the three brothers were holding, his eyes flickered, and then he looked at Su Huan and smiled, "I thought you had forgotten about me."

Their attitude was noticeably better than last time.

Su Huan shook his head, took out a list from his logbook and handed it to the other person, "I said I would give you a chance. As long as you can collect any of the plant seeds on this list, you can choose twenty people from the passengers behind you to form a team. You will have a separate carriage, as well as missions to receive and priority in resource exchange."

Lu Xiao took the list, licked his slightly chapped lips, and tentatively asked, "What resources can I exchange for? Can I get a gun?"

"Your next evolutionary direction."

Lu Xiao's eyes held a complex expression. "You'd give me such important information?"

A glint of light flashed in Su Huan's calm eyes, as if arcs of electricity were crackling within them. "The choice is yours."

(End of this chapter)