52: Chapter 52 The Black Iron Ship Dominating the Rankings

"That's right."

Lin Xiao downed the remaining liquor in his glass, his voice tinged with a hint of coldness.

"I have a premonition that with the end of the natural disaster, that 'physical barrier' between the various regions will soon be completely lifted."

"When that time comes, what we have to face will no longer be those mindless zombies and bugs."

"But rather all the top Conductors and mutants worldwide who survived this natural disaster and climbed up over the corpses of countless others!"

"This wasteland will usher in a true era of hegemony among warlords."

Lin Xiao's words cast a shadow over the hearts of the two women.

Human hearts are always more terrifying than monsters.

"Are you afraid?"

Lin Xiao asked with a chuckle, feeling the slightly stiff body of Su Qingqian in his arms.

"With you here, I'm not afraid."

Su Qingqian lifted her head, her stunningly beautiful face filled with determination and resolve.

She reached out and gripped Lin Xiao's broad palm, her voice cold and persistent.

"My sword is already thirsty and impatient."

"Whoever dares to block the advancement of Black Iron, whoever dares to harm you, I will freeze them into an ice sculpture and cut them into pieces!"

This was the vow of the strongest sword.

"Lin Xiao..."

Shen Man, who was behind him, also stopped her massage and tightly wrapped her arms around Lin Xiao's thick neck from behind.

She pressed her gentle and beautiful cheek against his ear.

"I'm not as good at fighting as Qing Qian."

"But no matter where you go, no matter how many people you kill."

"I will take care of this home inside and out, and I will never let your rear catch fire."

"Even if I die, I want to die on this train."

This was the promise of a gentle harbor.

Listening to the confessions of these two stunning beauties.

Lin Xiao's heart was instantly filled with immense pride.

With women like these, what more could a man ask for?

"Rest assured, in this wasteland, the person who can kill me, Lin Xiao, hasn't even been born yet!"

Lin Xiao let out an extremely arrogant laugh.

"We'll talk about the state of the world tomorrow."

"For now, it's time for this Conductor to exercise his authority."

Amidst the exclamations.

"Ah! Lin Xiao, you bastard! What are you doing!"

"Do you even need to ask?"

A few tattered petals floated quietly on the surface of the temperature-controlled swimming pool.

The advanced realistic ecological weather system intelligently switched to "Tropical Morning" mode.

A ray of warm, non-glaring artificial sunlight shone softly through the panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows onto the large bed.

Lin Xiao leaned against the soft leather backrest, took a deep breath of air that carried a faint scent of the sea breeze, and felt refreshed.

"The land is so enchanting."

A wild, arrogant smile belonging to a victor curled on the corner of Lin Xiao's mouth.

He gently withdrew one hand, picked up the crystal wine glass on the small table beside him, and took a sip of the pre-war limited edition chilled Romanée-Conti.

This ultimate contrast of waking up to hold the power of the world and falling asleep on the knees of beauties is the true meaning of reigning supreme in the apocalypse.

"Click."

Just at this moment.

The heavy alloy password door of the fifteenth ecological villa carriage suddenly made a soft sound.

Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow.

He had only given the authorization for this carriage to one person, besides himself and the two women on the bed.

That was the little hacker who controlled the highest network authority of the train, Luo Yao.

Sure enough.

The door slid open a crack, and a small head peeked in.

"Squad Leader brother... are you awake..."

Luo Yao's soft, sweet voice, tinged with a hint of urgency, drifted in.

She was wearing a white printed T-shirt today that was clearly a size too big.

The hem of the shirt covered the base of her thighs, pulling off an extremely eye-catching "bottomless" look.

Her two slender, fair calves were exposed to the air, and she ran in, pattering along in a pair of pink bunny slippers.

However.

When she had just run into the living room and saw the amorous scene on the oversized waterbed.

This "Electronic Ghost" who usually dominated the online world instantly froze in place as if she had been hit by a binding spell.

"Ah!"

Luo Yao let out a short exclamation, her little face instantly turning as red as a ripe Fuji apple.

She hurriedly covered her eyes with her two fair, delicate hands, but couldn't help but peek through her fingers.

"Sister Man and Sister Qing Qian..."

Luo Yao felt like her head was about to smoke.

"Alright, stop covering them; the gap between your fingers is wider than your eyes."

Lin Xiao looked at Luo Yao's cute, self-deceiving appearance and couldn't help but laugh and scold her.

"It's early in the morning, rushing over here in such a hurry, what happened?"

Hearing Lin Xiao bring up serious business.

Luo Yao finally remembered the purpose of her trip, hurriedly lowered her hands, and her expression became extremely serious.

She pushed up the tactical smart glasses on the bridge of her nose, her tone filled with undisguised excitement.

"Squad Leader! The heavenly dao system has released a new announcement!"

"The regional barriers have been completely lifted!"

As soon as she finished speaking.

That cold, grand, and emotionless notification sound of the heavenly dao system.

Without any warning, it exploded in the minds of all survivors globally, like a thunderclap from the nine heavens!

[Global Announcement!]

[The Swarm natural disaster is confirmed to have ended.]

[Global casualty statistics are complete. The number of surviving Conductors and survivors is less than twenty-five percent of the total population.]

[Congratulations to those who survived; you have initially proven that you have the qualifications to struggle on this wasteland.]

[Effective immediately.]

[The 'physical energy barriers' dividing the major global war zones have been completely lifted.]

[Regional integration complete, large map mode is officially activated.]

[To reward the strong and encourage the weak, we are now officially launching: The Global Train Combat Power Leaderboard and Points Wealth Leaderboard!]

[The leaderboards will be updated in real-time based on train level, individual combat record, comprehensive firepower, and points reserves.]

[Note: Conductors ranked in the top 100 on both leaderboards will receive special luck bonuses in future 'regional hegemony battles'!]

[Wishing you all great martial fortune.]

With the end of the system announcement.

In front of every survivor's retina, a floating dual leaderboard emitting dazzling golden light popped up uncontrollably.

On the left is the [Global Train Combat Power Leaderboard].

On the right is the [Global Points Wealth Leaderboard].

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, leaned against the headboard, and looked calmly at the two golden leaderboards.

The next second.

Even he couldn't help but gasp when he saw the extremely eye-catching data at the top of the leaderboard.

It was too brutal!

[Global Train Combat Power Leaderboard]

TOP 1: Lin Xiao (No. 9527: Conductor of Black Iron).

[Train Level]: LV.5 (Primary Mobile Fortress).

[Combat Evaluation]: SSS Grade (Solo kill of a regional Tier 3 peak leader — Golden Giant Centipede).

[Comprehensive Combat Power Index]: 1,580,000!

And the second place below him.

TOP 2: Long Aotian (Conductor of War God).

[Train Level]: LV.3 (Heavy Armored Train).

[Combat Evaluation]: A Grade (Led a regional alliance to repel a Tier 1 swarm).

[Comprehensive Combat Power Index]: 85,000.

Looking at the other side.

[Global Points Wealth Leaderboard]

TOP 1: Lin Xiao.

[Current Points Balance]: 112,000 points!

TOP 2: Wang Siming.

[Current Points Balance]: 4,800 points.

A gap.

This was a complete, without suspense, gap-style crushing that made people unable to even feel jealousy!

It wasn't a small difference.

It was a difference of one or even two three-dimensional dimensions!

When global survivors saw these exaggerated figures of over 40,000 and 100,000.

The originally lifeless [World Chat Channel], after being silent for a full three seconds.

Instantly ushered in an unprecedented explosion!

The scrolling speed of the chat channel was so fast that even afterimages couldn't be seen, almost crashing the system's server!

"Holy sh*t!!!"

"Who is this Lin Xiao?! Who can tell me who the hell this is?!"

"LV.5 Mobile Fortress?! My crappy raft train only managed to save enough wood yesterday to upgrade to a tin room, and he actually built a fortress?!"

"Combat Power Index of 1.5 million?! The second place isn't even enough to be a fraction of his!"

"Solo kill a Tier 3 peak insect king? I encountered two Tier 1 mutant locusts yesterday, and over a dozen grown men in our carriage were almost wiped out, yet he actually soloed a Tier 3 leader?!"

"This is definitely a cheat! I'm reporting this with my real name! The heavenly dao system must have a BUG!"

"Right! How can anyone have over 100,000 points! I can't even afford a bottle of mineral water that costs 50 points!"

Some people were jealous and crazy, frantically questioning the fairness of the system.

But many more, in this apocalypse, had been completely conquered by this absolute power.

"Report your grandpa! Is it that hard to admit others are excellent? God Lin is mighty!"

"Foster father! Foster father Lin Xiao! Which region are you in! Please, I beg you, take me as your foster son!"

"I'm a female college student, pure and sexy style, measurements 90/60/90. As long as Officer Lin is willing to take me in, I'll even be his dog!"

"Emperor Lin! Does your train still need someone to mop the floor? I was a gold medal employee at a cleaning company before the apocalypse!"

"Worship the big boss!"

"Everyone stand up and salute God Lin!"

Meanwhile, in some unknown wasteland region of the world.

Inside an armored train with a surface covered in bullet holes, barely upgraded to LV.3.

A muscular man covered in blood was staring fixedly at the golden leaderboard in front of him.

He was "Long Aotian," ranked second on the combat power leaderboard.

In order to resist the insect swarm, he had sacrificed the lives of nearly half of the survivors in the region to barely save his own train and obtain an A-grade evaluation.

He had thought that even if he wasn't the world number one, he was definitely a top-tier existence.

Until he saw the name ranked above him, and that despair-inducing combat power index.

"Bang!"

Long Aotian angrily smashed the iron water bottle in his hand against the wall, letting out a beast-like roar.

"Lin Xiao! Lin Xiao!"

"1.5 million combat power?! This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

"I exhausted the resources of an entire war zone to upgrade to level three, how could he possibly build a level five mobile fortress?!"

Long Aotian's bloodshot eyes were filled with insane jealousy and unwillingness.

"I don't accept this!"

"The regional barrier has been lifted, you better not let me run into you!"

"The tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind; you are so high-profile, everyone on the server will treat you like a piece of fat meat!"

Meanwhile.

Inside the ecological villa carriage of Black Iron.

Lin Xiao looked at the private message list that kept flashing with notification sounds, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

In just this one minute.

He had received over 100,000 private messages and friend requests.

There were those asking to be kept, those asking for alliances, those using moral kidnapping to demand supplies, and even threats and attempts to woo him from various regional overlords.

"Luo Yao."

Lin Xiao downed the red wine in his glass, his voice devoid of any temperature.

"Turn off all private message functions for strangers."

"Reject all friend requests."

"But Squad Leader, won't this cause us to miss out on some intelligence or allies that could be utilized?"

Luo Yao pushed her glasses and asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Allies?"

Lin Xiao let out an extremely arrogant cold laugh.

"On this wasteland, I, Lin Xiao, do not need allies; I only need subordinates who obey absolutely and enemies who are crushed."

"Predators always walk alone; only cattle and sheep travel in herds."

"Let them guess, let them be afraid, let them be jealous."

"Since the system has pushed me to the forefront of this storm, then I will be the fiercest gale!"

Hearing Lin Xiao's incredibly domineering declaration.

Even Luo Yao, who was used to Lin Xiao's dominance, couldn't help but have a flash of extreme fervor and worship in her eyes.

This was her Squad Leader!

He was the only King on this wasteland!

And just then, Shen Man and Su Qingqian, who were originally sleeping beside Lin Xiao, were also woken up by the talking.

They rubbed their sleepy eyes, and when they saw that familiar name on the golden leaderboard, dazzling brilliance instantly bloomed in the beautiful eyes of both women.

"Awake?"

Lin Xiao lowered his head.

"Having seen enough of the scenery, it's time to get down to business."

Lin Xiao walked to the panoramic skylight.

In his retina, the cross-regional large map newly unlocked by the system was slowly unfolding.

In the center of the map, a huge beacon flashing with dazzling red light was radiating a deadly attraction.

A line of small text was marked next to it.

[Storm Canyon (Large Cross-Regional Transit Station/Pre-War Ruin Cluster).]

Lin Xiao's eyes became as sharp as a hawk's.

Since the regional barrier has been lifted, such a large resource distribution center will inevitably become a meat grinder for the world's top powerhouses to fight over.

The supplies, black technology, and potential crises there are all urgently needed by the current Black Iron.

"Luo Yao, notify the whole train, end the rest state immediately!"

Lin Xiao turned around abruptly and draped the tactical trench coat representing absolute power over himself.

"Retract all defensive nets!"

"Notify Xiao Ai, switch the train chassis, and activate the heavy all-terrain crawler module!"

Lin Xiao's voice instantly spread to every corner of the twenty carriages through the vehicle broadcast.

"Target, Storm Canyon."

"Advance at full speed!"

Following Lin Xiao's order.

Black Iron, which had just been silent for a day, once again let out a roar that shook the wilderness.

This LV.5 mobile fortress that had stunned the world.

Carrying a group of top-tier Valkyries who had just completed their transformation.

On this vast wasteland without barriers, it officially started its path of hegemony, crushing everything in its way.