After breakfast, the order to set off was given.

Liang Kuan went to prepare the train for departure, while Hushuo handled the final inspection and docking with the station.

Boxes of processed materials were loaded onto the train by station workers, who quickly disembarked before the train started moving.

A total of three hundred people were left at the temporary station, all skilled workers with families.

Besides daily life, they had to continue construction on unfinished parts of the station, plant Iron-Eating Trees, repair living facilities, guard against external forces around the station, monitor zombie and mutant beast activity, and conduct transactions on behalf of the armed train.

The internal use of the train's points system will be connected once the train manufacturing base is taken down.

The stationmaster was an armed soldier, who was somewhat old and had a family, so he decided to stay.

Supported by supplies from the train, the outpost raised a twenty-person garrison team.

Plus a light machine gun using 7.62mm bullets, safety is not a concern for the time being.

Moreover, the threats within a three-kilometer range have been completely cleared by He Jie.

"Toot toot toot—"

The cigar in He Jie's mouth turned into an iron whistle.

Hearing this sound, all the survivors shivered.

Although only 200 people were finally selected, more than 1,200 participated, with most young and able-bodied individuals experiencing He Jie's intense training.

As a result, the sound of the whistle triggered a reaction from thousands.

The combat group members standing guard nearby tensed their bodies.

The soldiers undergoing daily training, with as much as 100 kilograms of gear on their backs, quickly ran to form up.

These 200 people belong to the Armed Corps, different from the combat group, and are considered direct subordinates of He Jie.

But it makes no difference; of all the armed train combat personnel, aside from Su Huan and a few core members, He Jie trains whoever he wants, even Lin Jin cannot escape it.

Later, Xiaoba also joined.

He Jie initially refused, but seeing his determination, and after consulting Su Huan, he brought him in.

At first, he took special care of Xiaoba.

But later discovered that this boy was extremely tenacious, which delighted He Jie, quietly increasing the training volume, but no matter how much he added, Xiaoba would grit his teeth and complete it.

His willpower and pain tolerance were simply astonishing.

He performed the best among everyone.

This even included Lin Jin, Mountain Goat, Qu Hang, and other Evolvers.

With Xiaoba's outstanding example, He Jie became increasingly strict with everyone else, especially Qu Hang, who would rather go out to battle and fight Evolution Beasts than participate in his training.

To others, it was strict, but to him, it was humiliating.

In just a few days, "the child in the wheelchair" became everyone's nightmare.

He Jie rhythmically tapped his palm with an electric baton, exactly thirty times in thirty seconds.

More precise than a clock.

The armed train behind him slowly began to move.

Seeing the orderly crowd, He Jie smiled in satisfaction.

Instead of relaxing, everyone stood even straighter, muscles taut, ready to embrace the impending blow.

Every time before speaking, He Jie would pick out two unlucky ones who made mistakes and make an example of them.

He Jie swaggered into the crowd.

Those with experience discreetly tightened their legs.

No urgency despite the train rumbling ahead.

Using his usual tricks, He Jie bumped into a few, discovering that they stood firm, then approached the woman and grinned, "Didn't expect Kitty to get through."

"Report! That's strength!"

The woman replied firmly.

"Bang!"

He Jie flipped the electric baton in his hand, striking directly at the woman's abdomen, the strong electric current causing her muscles to spasm.

But her body barely wavered, not retreating an inch.

He Jie roared fiercely, "Did I say you could speak? Eh?!"

"Everyone! Run alongside the train!"

"Yes!!"

The soldiers began to jog in formation.

He Jie strode towards the train, took a few running steps, and leapt onto the more than five-meter-high locomotive, looking at the soldiers behind him.

...

To the north of the Acid Rain Zone, at the edge of Guangren City in Qingchuan Province.

Three all-terrain land assault vehicles tore through the curtains of rain, the tires making a sticky, crushing sound as they rolled over the debris on the asphalt road.

The leading vehicle reduced its speed, ignored the no-entry signs, drove up the sidewalk, crushed the large stone slabs, and entered a small shopping mall through the broken glass curtain wall.

"Having crossed the Flood Zone and reached the Acid Rain Zone, report on the status of each section."

The combat officer in the passenger seat tapped on the tactical tablet on her lap, the bluish glow illuminating her taut jawline beneath the gas mask.

On her left chest was a special spray-painted number, HT-426, only visible with special tactical glasses, with an additional sample collector attached to the right shoulder of her tactical suit, containing several pieces of glowing green mutant plant tissue.

"Team Two has arrived."

"Team Three has arrived."

Two voices came clearly from the tactical tablet.

The car door slid open, the combat personnel stepped outside, followed by ten other figures emerging from behind.

A faint whimper suddenly echoed from the dark corners, intermittent and filled with a kind of eager malice.

HT-426's fingers moved from the tactical tablet to the pulse pistol at her waist.

The exoskeleton's servomotors locked in sync, and she pulled the trigger with little need for aim.

Thanks to the exoskeleton, there wasn't a shred of tremor in her arm.

A dull thud came from the corner, the whimper completely ceasing.

"Conduct environmental testing."

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.