Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 70 Dire Wolves! Dire Wolves!
Su Huan rubbed his chin. "Let's just have five levels for now, from D to S."

As for why it was divided this way, he wasn't quite sure; that's just how the Steel Council divided it.

There are five levels in total. The teams formed by newly recruited survivors from the periphery are level D, and the next level up is their basic level C team, which consists of five people.

But these five people are equivalent to five Lu Xiaos; even if there are a thousand ordinary passengers, they are not included in the count.

No matter how many people are killed or injured, or how many new cases are added, the Steel Council will not care.

For them, the only people who truly belonged to them were these five.

That's why Su Huan told Lu Xiao earlier, "They are working for you."

Trying to bypass a captain who leads them every day and directly gain the loyalty of ordinary team members is a troublesome and unreliable thing.

It's like a medieval king trying to bypass his vassals and manage their vassals.

That's just plain stupid.

Therefore, among the so-called team members who obtained the exchange qualification from Su Huan, only Lu Xiao was qualified.

He only acknowledges this one person; if Lu Xiao dies, then there is no need for this team to exist.

Then there's the B-level tactical squad, which has twenty members.

Class A is war-level, consisting of one hundred people.

S-class is the disaster-level, which on the surface means three convoys of 100 people each, but in reality it means that all of its armed forces have been mobilized, the logistics system has been completely shut down to produce supplies, and all objectives are geared towards victory in the war.

Lu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. "It's alright, not too complicated."

A strange smile appeared on Su Huan's face.

Not complicated?

If he hadn't received Lin Jin's timely help in his previous life, which allowed him to advance to the next level of "Electromagnetic Envoy," he wouldn't have even made it onto the list of D-level basic squads. He would have been a follower of other evolved beings until his death.

One zombie can extract one ordinary universal energy crystal, and one to three ordinary universal energy crystals can give birth to an ordinary evolved being.

Therefore, low-level evolved beings are really worthless.

They are like the bottom layer of a pyramid, constantly building up to create a higher level of possibility.

It refers to the "quantity" in the concept of quantitative change leading to qualitative change, which is a huge base number and a disproportionate denominator.

Shuffling the deck means that some people will rise while others will fall.

The apocalypse is ultimately a celebration for a few ambitious individuals.

However, he had had enough of being the denominator in his past life, and wanted to experience what it was like to be the numerator in this life.

So far, it's not bad.

"Keep it up, I have high hopes for you. Get a good rest tonight, and you'll have your chance to shine in a couple of days."

After exchanging a few perfunctory words with a forced smile, the two walked out of the carriage.

After receiving basic treatment, the wounded in carriage 15 were all moved to the rear carriages. However, in the sweltering heat of 30 to 40 degrees Celsius, Su Huan was not optimistic about their condition.

To Su Huan's surprise, the woman who had set off alone returned, bringing back a large bag of two-meter-long grass.

The armed train now has a second D-class squad leader.

After repeating the previous steps, just as Su Huan was about to go eat, someone else came to the car.

Their arrival was unforgettable.

……

The once lush and green suburbs on both sides were scorched yellow by the high temperature. Under the darkness, only the mutated plants grew and twisted, climbing up the cement road surface of the national highway.

Suddenly, a buzzing vibration came from afar, and two large lights pierced the darkness.

The car came to an abrupt stop with a sharp screech of brakes, followed by a loud "bang!"

Two dark figures, as big as calves, were thrown from the car and slid more than ten meters across the ground. Their tough fur rubbed against the ground without leaving any wounds.

Shaking off his dazed mind, his oily green eyes locked onto the vehicle again and pounced on it.

"Speed ​​up, run it over! Run it over—"

The engine vibrated and roared, the tires spun in place, making a sticky, pulling sound as they hit the hot ground, like countless charred hands reaching out from the ground to drag it away.

The car sped off again, colliding head-on with the bloodhound that pounced on it.

"boom!"

A violent tremor erupted, and the windshield shattered into pieces. A terrified scream came from the driver's cab.

The sound was quickly drowned out by the roar of more vehicle engines. A dozen cars rushed over, each surrounded by several dark figures chasing and tearing at it.

"boom!"

The nervous driver suddenly noticed the car that had stopped in front of him, jumped in fright, and swerved the steering wheel, resulting in a collision with the vehicle on his side.

Both vehicles lost control and overturned simultaneously, lying across the national highway, which triggered a chain of accidents.

The evolved beasts swarmed forward, using their sharp claws to pry open the car doors and windows, and then dragged the people inside out.

The small car, weighing several tons, looked like a giant can in front of this group of beasts.

It was being torn apart and shaking incessantly.

The vehicles that reacted later could only drive into the fields on either side.

The headlights illuminated the armed train that lay across the tracks.

Upon seeing the faces behind the glass, the driver was initially startled, but after recognizing them as living people, he was overjoyed and frantically honked his horn for help.

As a result, the piercing sound attracted all the evolved beasts in the corridor.

"Turn on the roof spotlights," Su Huan's calm voice rang out.

Liang Kuan immediately went to carry it out.

"Click——"

A dozen high-powered searchlights instantly illuminated the entire wilderness as bright as day.

The horrific state of the convoy on the national highway was laid bare before them, and everyone in the vehicle gasped in horror.

Several wolves, not much smaller than the vehicle, stood on the roof, their bright green eyes fixed on the searchlight. Their pupils contracted and adjusted slightly, their pre-apocalyptic biological instincts leading them to observe cautiously.

There were also more than twenty gray wolves, about the size of calves, mixed in with the vehicles.

"It's a dire wolf."

Su Huan quickly identified these evolved beasts.

Unlike bloodhounds, dire wolves do not have exaggerated mutations in appearance; they still look like gray wolves from before the apocalypse. However, their overall size has increased, from the size of a medium-sized dog to the size of a large lion or tiger, and their strength is even greater.

With a single slap, an ordinary car door would be dented, the A-pillar would bend, and the glass would shatter.

For ordinary people without firearms, it is a terrifying nightmare.

It is the evolved beast that the escape convoy least wants to encounter.

"Roar……"

Seeing that the armed train hadn't moved for a while, the wolf king let out a low growl.

More than twenty gray wolves, led by several strong male wolves, dispersed and surrounded the armed train.

The driver inside the car was still oblivious to his surroundings, honking the horn and sticking his head out to yell for the people inside to open the door for him.

The next instant, a gaping maw with fangs appeared behind his head.

Like a watermelon bursting open in summer, releasing its delicious juice.

The crisp sound sent a pleasant shiver down everyone's spine.

"Hoohoo!"

As if it were a signal, the wolf pack launched an attack on the armed train.

"Bang bang bang..."

A terrifying crash rang out, and passengers near the windows instinctively took a step back.

His face was filled with terror, terror...

It just couldn't be sustained.

Su Huan looked at a Tier 1 Dire Wolf baring its teeth and trying to bite him outside the blast-proof netting.

He returned a wicked grin.

He reached out a hand and flicked the wet nose hard. "Little brother, haven't you eaten yet?"

(End of this chapter)