White Snake Desert River

On the other side, the culprit had already put away his handgun.

Returning to the dining car, Su Huan first tore off his sticky T-shirt, grabbed a bottle of deodorizer to spray himself haphazardly, and then tossed it to Yu Jing nearby.

"Everyone, take a bottle of deodorizer. Spray every window, door, and any possible gap on the train."

A trace of confusion flashed in Yu Jing's eyes. "Only our front carriages? What about the back?"

"Move a case of deodorizer over there and hand it to Wang He. Also, tell your mother to go to the second floor of the observation car and keep watch."

Su Huan narrowed his eyes as he spoke.

Soon, apart from Liang Kuan, who was driving, and Xiao Ba, the three women sprang into action.

They busied themselves spraying deodorizer throughout the carriages.

A minute later, the train lights were extinguished, and the roars of the Evolutionary Beasts outside grew increasingly menacing.

Su Huan intended to go up to the second floor to take a look. Just as he stepped up, he saw a figure standing there, holding a bottle of deodorizer with a sense of helpless bewilderment.

Getting closer, he caught the faint scent of roasted chestnuts on Yu Yue and asked with some confusion, "Did you discover something?"

The woman's complexion was very pale; illuminated by the moonlight from outside the train window, she looked somewhat tragically beautiful.

Yu Yue's full lips trembled. "I... I heard many terrifying sounds."

Su Huan realized. He had long since grown accustomed to this oppressive sensation; even in his past life, he had faced Evolutionary Beasts head-on many times. Furthermore, as the train pulled away, that instinctive palpitation in his heart was gradually weakening.

As for those sounds, to him, they were just a jumbled, noisy mess, nothing terrifying at all.

But for Yu Yue, who could control sound waves, she likely had the illusion that those sounds were right in front of her.

Su Huan took the deodorizer from her hand, his voice calm and peaceful. "What exactly did you hear?"

The young man was shirtless, his lean, muscular torso covered in beads of sweat, and the heat of his pheromones washed over her, causing her to lose focus for a moment.

Hearing his question, Yu Yue subconsciously recalled those sounds, and her eyes turned fearful once again. "I heard the sound of arthropods crawling, the sound of bones snapping and flesh being torn, and the sound of waves... it's as if something terrifying is climbing onto the shore..."

Her trembling earlobes were suddenly enveloped by a warm palm, and Yu Yue froze in place.

"You must remember, those things are very far away from you. You are inside a safe train, and the train beneath your feet is still moving. Those dangers will only get further and further away."

Su Huan raised his palm slightly, letting his voice reach Yu Yue's ears steadily and clearly.

Yu Yue looked at the young man before her. Although his face remained indifferent and his voice was flat, she felt that he had softened significantly.

At least, that was how she felt right now.

Su Huan's hands blocked out those terrifying sounds, and she was infected by his calm state.

Only then did she suddenly realize she was almost being pulled into his embrace.

A large flush of rouge-like color quickly spread across her skin, and she stood there, stunned and at a loss.

"I will slowly lift my hands. Don't receive sounds from too far away. Try to restrain the dissipation of your energy, and don't listen subconsciously."

Su Huan raised his hands and rested them on her shoulders.

The woman's physique, post-evolution, had become increasingly full and firm, though it was usually hidden beneath loose clothing.

Even just resting his hands there, he could feel her delicate skin and smooth, slender collarbones through her clothes.

At this moment, she was bowing her head before him, the fine hairs on the back of her neck trembling in the air conditioning, like some kind of bird waiting to have its feathers smoothed.

"Okay, it's much better."

Realizing she was being comforted in the arms of a young man about the same age as her daughter, Yu Yue felt an overwhelming sense of shame and dared not look him in the eyes.

Sensing she was no longer as tense, Su Huan finally let out a sigh of relief.

Evolutionists were not that stable; every evolution was equivalent to compressing hundreds of thousands of years of iteration into a single instant. It was like building a pyramid—no one knew if it would collapse the next time.

And stable emotions played a part in that.

Feeling the hands leave her shoulders, Yu Yue felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

She cautiously lifted her head, only to find Su Huan's gaze fixed behind her. She subconsciously wanted to look in the direction he was staring.

But he grabbed the soft flesh of her waist and pulled her back into his arms with such force that she almost squeezed out two tears.

"Don't look back!"

Su Huan's voice was terrifyingly grave.

The next moment, she also felt the gaze of that terrifying existence, and her body stiffened in place.

Strictly following Su Huan's earlier advice, she confined her sensory range to an extremely narrow area.

"Thump, thump..."

Feeling the skin pressed against her and the powerful heartbeat, she finally calmed down and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"

Su Huan's palm was tightly wrapped around the curve of her lower back, his voice low. "It is a... white Evolutionary Beast. It's huge."

"A... is it a snake?"

"Yes."

Su Huan swallowed hard, staring at the scene before him.

Under the clear moonlight, a giant snake with a body of translucent white coiled around the water tower, its head—standing three stories high—raised in mid-air, while its cold, blue, slit-like pupils locked onto the direction of the train and slowly constricted.

Its whip-like tail struck the tower body unconsciously, shaking off large chunks of concrete debris.

As the train moved further away, that icy, ghostly light receded, and only then did Su Huan's tense muscles finally relax.

It seemed his experience from his past life still held true in the early days of the apocalypse.

Evolutionary Beasts would not stray too far from their own territories to chase prey into cities or into swarms of zombies.

However, the appearance of the White Snake still left him feeling somewhat uneasy.

In his past life, he had heard of this snake's reputation.

Because it originated from the Mojiang River, survivors called it the "Mojiang White Snake."

This snake was discovered in the third year of the apocalypse after it devoured a Tier 4 zombie; he never expected that a single lure would actually draw it out.

This was something Su Huan had never anticipated.

After all, the Mojiang River spanned three provinces; who could have known it would be right there on the edge of Mojiang City?

Fortunately, he had run fast enough.

The woman in his arms let out a soft, pained moan.

Su Huan finally snapped back to reality, suddenly remembering something, and hurriedly let go, looking down.

The woman's lush waist and hips were already bruised with a large patch of purple from his grip.

The auntie pursed her lips with a hint of grievance, her eyes glistening.

Su Huan felt a bit awkward, but he couldn't bring himself to apologize; he tugged at the woman's jeans, causing Yu Yue to pull them tight in a panic, her eyes filled with fright.

However, Su Huan didn't do anything else, merely exposing the bruised skin.

He flicked his palm a few times before covering the area with it.

The icy sensation made Yu Yue let out a surprised gasp; those two flicks certainly couldn't have achieved such a rapid cooling effect.

Moreover, it wasn't cold inside the carriage.

It had been maintained at around twenty-three degrees the entire time.