The most shameless alchemist in history

"What else can we do but charge straight in!" Hu Che clenched his fists, staring intently ahead. As the leader of the guard, he could not back down at this critical moment. He had to step forward to face the difficult situation and resolve it calmly.

"Should we charge through? Although there are many of them, we should still be able to get through. We can give it a try!" Du Lei observed carefully and found that these townspeople moved slowly and were not on the same level as the previous horde of skeletons and monsters.

Realizing this, Du Lei calmed himself down a bit. He agreed with Kotetsu's assessment, and the group prepared to break through the encirclement.

"Bellatrix, Bee Sting, protect Miss Wenley. Ape Arm, you take care of Leopard Tail, let's charge!" Hu Che shouted, and under his leadership, everyone charged forward, trying to break through the defensive line formed by the dead in one go.

Kotetsu's judgment was correct. The resistance they encountered was indeed incomparable to that before. They easily passed through the crowd and left the dead behind in just a few minutes. Seeing that they had broken out of the encirclement, Kotetsu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did they escape? This Spring Breeze Town is really too eerie. People who have been dead for several years, whether in body or soul, are still haunting us." Hu Che turned around and looked at the dead who were still wandering around the underground station. Recalling this experience, he was really sweating bullets.

"Wait, Uncle Kotetsu, what did you just say?" Du Lei suddenly realized something and asked Kotetsu.

"Huh? I mean... he's like a persistent ghost." Kotetsu didn't know what Dure was up to, but he still repeated what he had said before.

“No, not this sentence, it’s the previous one.” Du Lei shook his head, as if he had grasped something.

"The previous sentence? What previous sentence?" Kotetsu couldn't remember what he had said before.

"Captain Kotetsu's last sentence was 'whether it's the body or the soul,'" Bailing answered for Kotetsu.

“That’s right, this is it!” Du Lei nodded emphatically, looking somewhat overjoyed.

"What are you talking about? What is this and that?" Kotetsu still couldn't figure out what Du Lei was up to.

“The Siegels and Kama we saw in Spring Breeze Town were their souls, while the Camus and the others we are seeing now are their bodies,” Dure explained his discovery.

"Soul? Body? What are you trying to say?" Kotetsu frowned, unable to decipher the meaning behind Durei's words.

"Half of his body was gone, half of his soul was gone... to make his body and soul become one... isn't that exactly the situation Leopard Tail encountered?" Bai Ling was the first to understand Du Lei's meaning. She frowned. This was really too bizarre.

"Why are you still dwelling on this? Leopard Tail is already a headache enough. Who cares what kind of body or soul it is? Leaving here is the most important thing right now." Kotetsu thought Du Lei would say something insightful, but he didn't expect it to still be about Leopard Tail, which made him lose interest.

"It feels like we passed the train station too easily; it's a bit unreal." Du Lei turned to look at the deceased lingering on the platform, which made him somewhat worried.

"Unreal? After encountering so many unlucky things, you finally had a stroke of good luck, how is that unreal? Does it have to be that you're being chased all over the place for it to be real?" Kotetsu glared at Durei with curiosity.

“No, what I mean is the timing is wrong.” Dure had no intention of arguing with Kotetsu; he had simply found too many suspicious points.

"When?" Kotetsu was gradually losing patience.

“Before we came here, everything was fine, but after we came here, everything became active. People who died mysteriously suddenly came back to life... It’s hard not to wonder if someone is manipulating them from behind the scenes.” Dure raised another point of suspicion.

"Someone is manipulating things behind the scenes... Are you saying that everything we've encountered isn't accidental, but something that's been planned for a long time?" Bai Ling was startled by Du Lei's words.

“But Mr. Du Lei, our original planned route wasn’t through Spring Breeze Town, but another road. We changed our route here at the last minute. Even if someone wanted to deal with us, they wouldn’t know we changed our route. If they didn’t know the route, how could they have planned this for so long?”

Wenli also offered her opinion. She knew that her journey to Rock City would not be smooth. Too many people wanted to see her get into trouble halfway and not reach Rock City. But so far, apart from the time when the carriage almost fell into the river in Maple City, nothing had happened.

She hadn't seen any signs of an attack on them. The most shameless alchemist in history.

Chapter 447 All Previous Efforts Wasted

While Du Lei's speculation had some merit, he couldn't provide any concrete evidence. Moreover, they had finally crossed the station and would soon be leaving the area of ​​Spring Breeze Town. Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, so Du Lei's current worries were somewhat unfounded.

"Hey kid, stop thinking about all that unnecessary stuff. Let's get out of here as soon as possible. We'll be safe once we're out of Spring Breeze Town, right? Follow this tunnel, and we'll be back on the surface in... Herenburg, which is the territory of the Mountain Kingdom."

When Kotetsu mentioned "Herrenburg," he paused for a moment. Dure remembered that this was the second time Kotetsu had done this. It seemed that Herrenburg was a very special place for Kotetsu. However, due to the many things that had happened along the way, Dure did not ask any further questions.

"Although we've gotten rid of those undead at the train station, we still can't let our guard down. Anything could happen before we get back to the surface, and it feels like this time it was way too easy..." Dure still didn't dare to be careless; his intuition told him that something else was going to happen.

"Kid, don't say such unlucky things. We barely escaped with our lives, and you're still saying things like that? Aren't you just demoralizing us? Keep going. If everything goes smoothly, we'll reach Rock City soon. I really hope that none of those messy things will happen again in the second half of the journey."

In Hu Che's view, even if they were unlucky, there should be a limit. After experiencing so many events, their bad luck had almost run out, and it was time for things to turn around. He didn't take Du Lei's worries seriously. The group continued on their way smoothly, leaving the station behind and making it smaller and smaller.

"I hope it's just me overthinking... Wait, what's that sound?" Du Lei didn't want to run into any more trouble, but just as he composed himself and moved forward, he became alert again. His action startled Hu Che and the others.

"Hey kid, don't jump around like that. Just say what's wrong. You're scaring people to death." Kotetsu pricked up his ears to listen carefully, but he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"Above my head." Following Du Lei's prompting, Bai Ling closed her eyes and listened carefully to the sounds around her, quickly finding the right direction.

"Above my head? What's above my head? There's nothing there." Kotetsu looked up at the sky above his head and shone his flashlight around, but found nothing.

"Looks like today really isn't our lucky day. They're coming! Run!" Du Lei's face grew increasingly grim; he had already recognized what it was.

"What do you mean 'them'? Can you explain yourself clearly? Hey!" Hu Che was starting to feel uneasy because of Du Lei's antics.

But at this moment, Dure couldn't care less about anything else. He took the lead and ran forward. Influenced by him, Wenli and the others also started running.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak." Just then, the noise above our heads finally became clear, each sound distinct and audible.

"No way, what I feared has come true, are you kidding me?" At this moment, Hu Che finally realized that what Du Lei said was true. There was indeed something approaching from above their heads, and the noise was getting louder and louder. If he thought about it carefully, he was not unfamiliar with this noise!

"Uncle Kotetsu, stop standing there in a daze, run!" Du Lei shouted from afar. At this moment, Bee Sting next to him swept his flashlight and saw that above their heads, a dense swarm of dark green monsters surged out like a tide. This was the same kind they had encountered before!

"You think I don't want to escape? Damn it, these things are the most troublesome. I've encountered them once before, and now I've encountered them a second time. Will they ever stop?" Hu Che felt a chill run down his spine. He knew how powerful these monsters were, so he immediately sped up and ran forward at full speed.

"No, the road ahead is blocked. We can't move forward at all. We're doomed if this continues!" Du Lei, who was at the forefront and knew the situation best, quickly noticed the commotion ahead and stopped immediately.

"What's going on? Why did you stop?" Kotetsu stepped forward to ask Dure about the situation, as he hadn't yet seen what was happening ahead.

"There are these monsters all ahead, at least several thousand of them, densely packed. We can't possibly get through!" Dure was almost in despair.

"How could this be? Isn't this exactly the same as before? We finally managed to get around them, but they still followed us?" Kotetsu's eyes widened. He hadn't expected this outcome, and now even he was at a loss.

"There's no other way, I have to go back first." With no other option, Du Lei had no choice but to turn around and go back.

"Go back? But there are a lot of undead at the station. Going back would mean facing them." Bee Sting objected. They had gone through a lot of trouble to get here. If they went back now, not only would all their efforts be wasted, but they would also be walking into a trap.

"Would you rather face those undead, or thousands of monsters?" Dure posed a choice.

"Well..." The bee sting stumped Dure, it didn't seem like a good choice at all.

"There's no other way. We can only retreat and think of another solution. Damn it, have they got our eyes on us? They follow us wherever we go. When will this ever end?" Hu Che knew it was a difficult decision, but there was no third option for them.

"Then let's retreat to the station first. Make sure to protect Miss Winry. Let's go!" Dure nodded. He was glad that Kotetsu made the right choice. If they had rushed forward headlong, they would have been swallowed up by the monsters. These monsters were not difficult to deal with individually and could be easily dealt with.

But there were just too many of them. Even elephants get eaten by ants, let alone these monsters, which are much more powerful than ants, and yet they don't have the same thick skin as elephants.

"Are we going to have to go back again?" Wenli was still a little confused. She was already exhausted from running out of the station, and now that she had to run back, she almost fainted.

"This is probably what they call choosing the lesser of two evils, let's retreat!" Du Lei had no choice but to run for their lives.

In the intervals between their movements, monsters kept falling from above the dome, their sharp claws aimed straight for the throats of Dure and his companions.

Fortunately, they were too weak individually, so even Dure could handle them. He originally wanted to shoot these monsters with crossbow bolts, but he quickly realized that once the arrows were fired, they would definitely not be able to be retrieved at this time. So he had to switch to using a dagger to fight the monsters at close range.

"We went back to the station, but...it seems they're here to greet us, they're rushing towards us!" Kotetsu was the first to run back to the station, but seeing hundreds of passengers waving at them filled him with despair. The most shameless alchemist in history.

Chapter 448 Escape Method

Just when they thought they had escaped, Kotetsu and his companions found themselves caught in a pincer movement. They had been gloating over their escape from the station, but now they were returning in disgrace. Compared to their previous narrow escape from the station, their feelings now could only be described as despair.

"No, there are just too many of them. We can't fight them off at all. The monsters behind us have come back. We have nowhere to escape. Are we doomed?" Hu Che knocked the townspeople who rushed at him to the ground, even though he knew that these people had been dead for several years.

However, their bodies remained intact, and many of the townspeople were children, which made it impossible for Kotetsu to blast them to pieces like he would a monster. Besides, even if he could slaughter everyone, it would be of no use, as there were several hundred townspeople alone, not to mention monsters.

"There must be a way, don't worry, there must be a way." Du Lei felt a chill run down his spine as he saw the overwhelming horde of monsters. He tried his best to calm himself down, because only by keeping a calm mind could he think of a way to solve the current situation.

"Tell me what you're going to do, or we'll all be doomed!" Hu Che was barely managing to hold on. A large number of monsters surged forward, biting his arms and legs. If he was in such a sorry state, the others must be in even worse shape.

"Don't rush me, why don't you figure something out yourself... Train, train... Right, get on the train!" Du Lei replied irritably. Being urged in this situation was pushing his patience to the limit, and he was on the verge of exploding. Just as the monsters were shrinking their encirclement, he had a flash of inspiration.

He suddenly remembered that a few months ago when he went to Maple City, he had taken a train and encountered a similar incident on the snowfield. When he saw the train next to him, he pointed to the train car door and shouted, reminding Kotetsu and the others to board the train to take refuge.

"Oh right, there's another trick! Miss Winry, hurry and get on the train!" After Du Lei's reminder, Kotetsu slapped his forehead. Although they were now forced into a corner, there was still a train, a huge machine covered in iron, behind them.

"Understood, Mr. Dure, Mr. Kotetsu, hurry up and get on too!" Wenli quickly boarded the train under the escort of Bee Sting and Nightingale, while Dure and Kotetsu brought up the rear. They were being forced into a very difficult situation by the monsters and were in danger for a while.

"These guys are really persistent, kid, hurry up and get on!" Hu Che's arm was covered in blood, but even so, he still pushed Du Lei onto the train carriage. After the latter got on, he reached out to pull him up, and Yuan Bi next to him also helped.

"Finally up! Quickly close the doors and make sure all the windows are tightly shut to prevent them from getting in!" After Du Lei and Yuan Bi pulled Hu Che up, they immediately closed the doors securely. Feng Ci and the others then checked the aisles and closed the windows one by one inside the carriage.

"You guys actually chased me onto the car? Outside, you can outnumber me and I can't do anything to you, but here, I'm not afraid of you!" Hu Che saw monsters crawling in through the window ahead. He endured the sharp pain in his arm and went forward to beat the monsters to a pulp.

He forced the window shut, and from outside the carriage, he could only see a dense swarm of monsters pounding on the window, but for the time being, he couldn't get in.

"It's all cleared out, we're safe for now. We're so grateful that the townspeople all ran off the train to let us pass." Bee Sting checked inside and out, making sure all the monsters were gone.

“Although we don’t need to worry about safety for the time being, aren’t we trapped here?” Wenli looked at the monsters outside. She had been through a lot along the way, so she wasn’t about to make a fuss. Her face was slightly pale because she realized the situation she was in.

“Miss Winnie is right. Although we’ve kept them outside, we’re trapped now. Without food and water, we can’t survive. Besides, this train is badly rotten, and we don’t know how long it can hold them off.” Kotetsu nodded.

The dire situation they were facing greatly worried him, but he also knew that taking refuge on the train was their only option, otherwise they would be dead.

"They'll break through in two hours at most." Dure was the one with the clearest understanding of the situation among them, because he had experienced similar events before and knew the despair of being trapped on a train.

"Two hours? Are we just going to wait here to die? Isn't there any other way?" Hu Che was stunned. They had been in a panic just now, but now that he thought about it calmly, he realized that this was just a slow death.

"Don't worry, there are ways, but the chances of success are very low." Du Lei gestured for Hu Che to calm down, and then shook his head.

"Tell us what the solution is! If you have a solution, tell everyone. Don't tell us not to worry. You're driving us crazy with your slow pace." Kotetsu immediately pressed on. It was Dure who suggested taking refuge on the train earlier.

“Don’t forget where we are right now,” Dure reminded him.

"Huh? What place? What are you talking about, kid?" Hu Che was a little confused by Du Lei's question.

"Are we on... a train?" Winry answered Durrell's question after thinking carefully, quite seriously.

"Train...so what?" Kotetsu still didn't grasp the deeper meaning for a moment.

"If we have to say what's special about trains... trains can move, they can travel!" Bee Sting exclaimed in surprise as she followed this line of thought.

“By the way, the train can run, Mr. Durley, do you mean we can leave by train?” Winry cheered.

“Yes, given our inability to fight our way out and battle the monsters, leaving by train is the only option we have.” Dure nodded in affirmation.

"You did a great job, kid. You even came up with this idea. Why didn't I think of it before?" Kotetsu was overjoyed because Du Lei's suggestion was indeed a good one.

“But we still face a problem.” Dure was not happy about having a good solution; instead, he was worried.

"What's the problem?" Kotetsu asked immediately.

"Even if there's a train, someone needs to know how to drive it. Who among you has learned how to drive a train?" Dure's gaze swept over the group as he asked. The most shameless alchemist in history.

Chapter 449 The Train Departs

As soon as Du Lei uttered those words, Wen Li and her group, who had been beaming with joy just moments before, exchanged bewildered glances and fell completely silent. This caused Du Lei to sigh inwardly, as this was actually an outcome he had anticipated, and he had never held out much hope for it.

"Driving a train... kid, that's a technical skill. I'm good at murder and arson, but can you handle this big thing... like a bee stinger?" Kotetsu scratched his head. This really stumped him. He didn't even understand the structure of a train, let alone how to drive it.

“I certainly don’t know how, Miss Winry. You are very knowledgeable. Do you know how to drive a train?” Bee Sting waved her hand, placing her hopes on Winry. After all, Winry was a highly educated person, and perhaps she had some knowledge of steam mechanics or something similar.