Armed Train in the Apocalypse-Chapter 271 - 203: Landslide_2

At this moment, Lao San was also wearing an [Engineer-I] type exoskeleton. Grasping a large bundle of ropes in his hand, he was directing the soldiers to secure it. Suddenly, he pointed at Wangjiang Peak, saying, "Did someone come down from the mountain?"

Yu Jing squinted her eyes and looked up, but the torrential rain made it impossible to see clearly.

The faint sound of gunfire was drowned out by the rumbling noise.

Only the stable beams of searchlights shone from the mountain top.

"Turn on the lights!"

Lao San shouted.

Immediately, soldiers contacted the control platform inside the vehicle, and the searchlights on the roof were turned on one by one, illuminating the side of Wangjiang Peak.

Seeing the situation above, everyone gasped.

The lush vegetation was filled with mutant beasts, layered and hanging on the mountainside. However, they no longer had their usual bloody and cruel appearance, shivering while gazing at the flood below, as if recalling a fear embedded deep in their genes.

And a squad of soldiers was attached to the ropes, descending while shooting at mutant beasts suddenly charging out from both sides.

Occasionally, someone would be bitten by a mutant beast and tumble down the mountain.

"Cover them!"

Yu Jing opened fire first, the heavy machine gun on her back targeted at a mutated silverback gorilla, and bullets sprayed out.

Members of the combat group on the armored train quickly opened fire to provide cover for the soldiers descending the mountain.

Instantly, the mountain echoed with painful howls.

With support, the casualty rate of soldiers going down the mountain rapidly decreased.

Amid the chaos, Yu Jing continued shooting while calling out to Yu Yue.

"Xiaojing, I'm okay."

A somewhat hurried voice suddenly sounded in Yu Jing's ear.

Yu Jing felt slightly at ease, "Get the train closer to the mountainside!"

Due to the communication equipment not yet being lightweight and the lack of wired connection after leaving the train, orders could only be conveyed in the most primitive way.

— Roar.

Soon, a soldier ran over, shouting, "The command platform says if we get too close, we could crash into the mountainside!"

"Then crash!"

Yu Jing's phoenix eyes flashed with a sharp glint.

The train slowly approached the mountainside.

Something unknown underwater made a piercing scraping sound.

"Bang!"

The train still hit the mountain, and everyone on the roof staggered.

Yu Jing activated the suction cups of her exoskeleton under her feet, immediately stabilizing herself on the roof.

Mutant beasts around began leaping onto the roof, engaging fiercely with the combat group members.

The muzzle flashes even overshadowed the searchlights on the roof.

Soldiers on the mountain also threw down ropes, connecting to the train.

The leader, Mountain Goat, leapt down from more than five meters up, landing right on the deck.

After rolling a few times to reduce the impact, he collapsed on the deck, with Lao San leading some soldiers to quickly greet him, "Are you still alive?"

Mountain Goat squinted to avoid rainwater falling into his eyes.

The flickering gunfire illuminated several familiar faces from the Steel Council gathered together.

Strangely enough, he used to somewhat look down on these soldiers who were eliminated by the Steel Council.

He was also dissatisfied when caught on the train.

But the situation was stronger than the individual, there was no choice.

Today, suddenly returning to the train, seeing them, he felt a bit of kinship.

Like returning to the barracks of old.

With a faint sigh, he said, "I missed you guys…"

Everyone responded in unison, "Tch~"

Lao San: "You're getting mushy at a time like this! Disgusting!"

Several soldiers around laughed heartily, reaching out their hands to him.

Seeing the many hands, Mountain Goat was momentarily dazed. Grabbing them, he stood up, "Told you but you didn't believe, I was almost munched on by monkeys up there!"

Lao San tossed him an assault rifle, "Stop babbling, help out."

The soldiers behind jumped down one by one.

Then joined the cover ranks, quickly driving the mutant beasts on the train off.

When Yu Yue and Xiaoba came down, five hundred soldiers successfully descended the mountain.

Yu Jing's gaze swept over the empty mountain, her delicate brows furrowed, "Mom, why are there so few people, where are Su Huan and He Jie?"

Yu Yue's gaze was lowered, twisting her fingers in distress, "They're still on the mountain, haven't found the items yet..."

"Rumble..."

Everyone was startled, only to see the peak of Wangjiang Peak seemingly sliced at an angle by someone, slowly sliding down.

The mountain — collapsed!

Huge rocks plunged into the water, creating terrifying waves, frantically sweeping outwards.

Yu Jing looked towards the top of Wangjiang Peak, her gaze deep.

"Get back inside the car!"

...

Half an hour before the mountain collapse.

A group of Evolvers frantically excavated in the waist-deep water at the mountain peak.

The rain poured into the pit relentlessly.

If this group hadn't all been at least Tier One, they wouldn't have been able to dig a pit under such conditions, and even standing unsteadily could drown them.

Suddenly, accompanied by the mountain's vibrations, the water in the pit began to recede at a visible speed.

In the middle, a small vortex formed.

"We've hit it, we've hit it, there's indeed a fissure in Wangjiang Peak's mountain body," the expert from Deep Blue Data exclaimed excitedly.

Haywood threw down the shovel in his hand, collapsing in relief in the mud.

Even HT-426 sat down without regard for appearance.

Their exoskeletons meant they had not exhausted much energy, but the psychological pressure was immense.

Su Huan stood silently at the edge of the pit, his lethal gaze occasionally sweeping over the backs of everyone's necks.

Liang Kuan and his group were fine; they knew it was their Boss.

But Black Kite and Deep Blue Data dared not even pause, let alone slack off. Seeing others digging faster, they quickened the pace because if others saw them speeding up, they had to go even faster!

It wasn't that they wanted to be caught up in the rat race.

On the Deep Blue Data side, one person was slaughtered on the spot by Su Huan just for pausing a few times.

A single lightning strike, and the person was carbonized.

Now, finally finding something, they could survive.

"Come up," Su Huan finally spoke.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But just as they climbed up, suddenly there was a rumbly sound from the pit, perhaps due to the excessive rainwater.

It was as if Wangjiang Peak had belched.

Everyone was momentarily stunned, then they felt the ground in front of them rise.

And the speed was increasing.

"Is this..."

"The mountain is going to collapse!"

"Shit!"

The crowd frantically ran to the opposite side.

Only Su Huan kept watching straight ahead. As the ground beneath his feet continued to collapse, a massive cavity in the mountain appeared, and an emerald-green branch firmly caught his attention.

"Thunder Pool."

Lightning illuminated the sky and earth, accompanied by the mountain accelerating its slide.

Like the unfolding of a secret realm, a gigantic Crown Pear tree finally appeared before him.

Though not as enormous as in his previous life, the tree crown's diameter exceeded twenty meters.

The height reached forty meters.

Huge, golden pears the size of basketballs hung from it, gently swaying with the earth's movements.

Rich, palpable energy waves emanated layer by layer.

No wonder the entire mountain couldn't find it.

This tree was hidden inside the mountain body!

Su Huan's steps moved, jumping upwards with a terrifying speed against gravity.

But an even faster figure, pitch-black, sped ahead of him.

"Sizzle—"

The killing intent in Su Huan's eyes flickered away with the lightning, a long whip of lightning landing directly on his neck. This time, no mercy, violent currents surged in.

Mortally wounded, Zhao Kuo lost all vitality midair, plummeting headfirst down the mountain.

And Su Huan stepped on his corpse, leaping onto the Crown Pear tree.

Above, HT-426 and others watched the scene silently, "Lunatic."

No intention for revenge, quickly retreating down the mountain another way.

Only when the strength is equal, it's called a fight.

Now, with Su Huan's strength, killing them was no more troublesome than electrocuting a mosquito.

If they didn't flee while he was distracted, would they stay behind to become prisoners?

Even swept away by the flood would offer a higher survival chance than falling into Su Huan's hands!

Lin Jin and others stood by the cliff's edge, worriedly looking down.

Su Huan's quiet voice pierced through the rain, delivering clearly to each of their ears, "Go down the mountain too, and join with Yu Jing and the others."

Only then did everyone retreat.

And below, Su Huan stood on the tree trunk as thick as a barrel, having plucked a golden pear.

Looking at the Crown Pear in his hand, his every pore screamed and urged him to take a bite as if mouths appeared all over his body.

Without any hesitation, he took a bite.