Roar, No Defense Break

When they reached the fifth carriage, Su Huan's footsteps suddenly halted, and he looked up at the roof without warning.

He then continued forward; the sound of a motor running echoed through the dim storage carriage.

Qi Xiaoba's figure emerged from the darkness.

Seeing Su Huan, he shook his head slightly, signaling that there was no danger.

Suddenly, a rush of hurried footsteps sounded from behind. Su Huan turned around to see Wan Xing, her face etched with anxiety.

"There are zombies on the roof!"

Su Huan and Qi Xiaoba both looked up simultaneously. There were two distinct sounds: the rhythm of Wan Xing's running footsteps inside the carriage, and the scraping of claws against the roof.

The thing had heard the noise and followed them.

But for a long moment, there was no further movement.

Su Huan stood to the side of the window and yanked the curtain open.

"Clang!"

A long, narrow claw lunged through the window, leaving a clear puncture hole in the tempered glass. Centered on that hole, the entire pane instantly shattered into a web of white cracks, barely holding its shape.

Because the base of the claw was extremely thick, it had become wedged in the anti-riot mesh!

Su Huan cursed under his breath; another perfectly good window ruined.

This thing was harder to fix than a hole in a steel plate!

However, by observing the claw, Su Huan deduced what kind of creature it was. With a clear plan in mind, he stepped directly in front of it.

A deformed, humanoid zombie was pressed against the window. Its hands had mutated into three sharp claws that were nearly half the length of its body.

Its frame was as thin as a stalk of hemp, yet its ribcage protruded sharply, bulging under its armpits like wings. In the gaps between each rib grew a row of eyes—dense and crowded, nine on each side, totaling eighteen.

At this moment, all of them were staring greedily at Su Huan.

Su Huan reached out and gripped the metal edge of the window frame, sneering, "Trying to board without a ticket, are we?!"

Crackling arcs of electricity instantly surged across the zombie's body.

The zombie let out a low, pained roar.

Su Huan didn't need to give a reminder.

Countless steel spikes instantly extended from the outer plating of the train, piercing the creature viciously.

"A Tier 1 Night Demon. High attack, low defense. Lock it to the carriage and deal with it tomorrow," Su Huan said coldly.

Qi Xiaoba's eyes seemed to turn into cold steel marbles as he stared indifferently at the zombie outside the window.

Strips of steel rose from the train, pulling taut to pin the Night Demon firmly against the carriage body as it tried to wrench itself free from the spikes.

Only then did Su Huan cut off the high-voltage current.

Deprived of the paralysis effect, the Night Demon had no room to struggle, save for letting out even louder howls.

No matter how it swung its claws, it only managed to spark against the steel plating of the carriage.

With 12mm plus 3mm steel plating, let alone this thing, even a Tier 2 Night Demon couldn't chew through such a tough meal!

As its vitality ebbed away, the Night Demon gradually lost the strength to struggle, the crimson in its eyes fading into a dead, hollow black.

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye.

Wan Xing had frozen in place, only approaching once she realized the situation had calmed.

"I was just trying to warn you..."

"It's fine."

Su Huan shook his head.

Whether it was a sneak attack or a frontal assault, it made no difference; as long as the Night Demon couldn't breach the carriage armor, it would eventually be killed by them.

"Is there any situation in the back?" Su Huan turned to ask Qi Xiaoba.

"There was a bit of a commotion at the very beginning, but it's been very quiet since," Qi Xiaoba replied.

While they were speaking, Yu Jing and her daughter also walked over.

"Liang Kuan said one of the headlights is broken, but all other functions are intact. The windows are undamaged, but there are signs of impact on the window of your third carriage. It looks like something tried to break in but got caught in the anti-riot mesh," Yu Jing reported.

Su Huan nodded, feeling slightly relieved.

It seemed his hard work over the past few days hadn't been in vain.

However, if the front carriages were protected by steel plating and anti-riot mesh, then...

Everyone realized the problem at once, turning their gazes in unison toward the seventh carriage.

Qi Xiaoba reached out, and the door locks clicked open one by one.

The group entered the carriage bridge; it was very quiet inside, save for the rhythmic clattering of the wheels.

Through the glass, the commotion in the opposite carriage was audible.

"There's a monster!"

"Everyone in the back must be dead by now."

"Shut up, keep it down, I'm going to find Boss Su!"

"What's the point of finding Boss Su? Keep your voices down, don't lead the monster over here..."

Su Huan gently rested a hand on Qi Xiaoba's shoulder, and the latter immediately unlocked the bolted door of Carriage 7.

Several workers looked over at the sound, startled into shouting.

"The... the door, it opened!"

"What the hell are you screeching for? Go find Gao Zhe for me," Su Huan said, picking at his ear.

Hearing that voice, the workers nearby finally snapped to their senses. "Boss Su, it's Boss Su!"

"Boss Su, there's a monster in the back!"

"Shut your mouths, all of you!" A deep, angry roar rang out as Wang He pushed his way through the crowd.

Su Huan waved a hand to cut him off and asked directly, "What's the situation back there? Why all the wailing and howling?"

"A monster got into Carriage 10 and killed several zombies. I'm afraid everyone in the back has been slaughtered!"

Wang He's voice, feigning composure, carried a hint of a tremor.

Su Huan frowned, his feet remaining rooted to the spot. "Bring Gao Zhe here."

"I'm here. What do you want?" A clear voice rang out from within the crowd.

The surrounding workers looked around and cleared a narrow path.

The carriage was too dim; even with Su Huan's exceptional eyesight, he could barely make out a dark silhouette.

However, he didn't need to see clearly. He said indifferently, "Go kill that Night Demon and bring me the corpse. I'll give you a permanent ticket."

Gao Zhe's eyes flickered. He really did know quite a lot.

"This is your train, why don't you go? I have a three-month ticket, that's enough for me."

Su Huan sneered inwardly. Wait for me to go over there so you can bash me over the head from behind?

You think I don't know that trick?

Only an idiot would go over there and get caught in a pincer attack!

Su Huan's tone carried a touch of detached mockery. "You can choose not to go. The monster is going to kill its way forward anyway; where else do you think you can run?"

"Xiaoba, lock the door. Let them take their time to think it over."

With that, he ignored the anxious calls of the workers behind him and returned to the storage room with Qi Xiaoba and the others.

"Are you really locking it?"

Qi Xiaoba asked.

"Of course."

Su Huan turned on the night light in the storage room and saw the boy sitting there with a faint look of reluctance on his face.

Seeing this, he knew the boy's "bleeding heart" syndrome was acting up again.

This required some proper guidance.

Su Huan said calmly, "You want to say there are many innocent people back there?"

Qi Xiaoba nodded.

"But there are also many people there who harbor malice."

Su Huan crouched down to ensure his gaze was level with Qi Xiaoba's, saying each word clearly, "But before protecting others, you must ensure your own safety."

"There are two ways to prevent their deaths right now. One is for us to deal with the Night Demon ourselves, but we would have to face the threat of those harboring malice."

"The other way is to force those who harbor malice to deal with the Night Demon. This ensures our safety while also achieving the goal of protecting the majority."

"So, how do you intend to choose?"