131: Angry Crow

Sifang County.

Taochang Town.

The Crow was docked in the center of Taochang Town.

People were coming and going from the last few entertainment carriages.

As one of the few Level 5 trains in the Wusu region, the Crow had successively seized Qintian County and Sifang County as its territory.

Seizing territory in the apocalypse didn't require governance like before the apocalypse.

It only needed to periodically visit small settlements to acquire loose ore collected by survivors, and then casually distribute worthless coarse bran bread, purified water, low-grade weapons, and other supplies to obtain a large amount of resources.

Given the current abundance of loose ore resources in the territories of Qintian County and Sifang County, Luo Rong, the Train Captain of the Crow, could earn millions in Level 1 Iron Mine income every month without doing anything, just by sending his subordinates to collect resources.

As for whether there would be any exploitation or zombie attacks on settlements, Luo Rong didn't care at all; people died, so what?

In the Longhe Valley now, there were countless small survivor groups, cheaper than weeds.

Dozens of steamed buns could be exchanged for a young maiden or a seasoned woman.

Because of his unique status as Train Captain, comparable to a king in his train kingdom, Luo Rong had hundreds of women, all beautiful and voluptuous.

Sometimes, he would even gather his subordinates for parties in the entertainment carriages, playing various games.

Things like Russian roulette, deep-sea bomb, and so on.

What if someone accidentally died while playing?!

In the apocalyptic era where life was cheaper than grass, one couldn't even get a shroud and would simply be discarded in the wilderness.

Due to his unrestrained nightlife, Luo Rong sometimes felt overwhelmed.

This led to his greatest current wish being to make his body stronger, to be able to play more and longer.

So he had been frantically capturing pregnant women and children recently.

Because not long ago, a passing Level 5 Ghost Train had a pill called [Body Strengthening Pill], which could enhance the user's physical fitness; one pill could easily give one an athlete's physique.

Especially its unique aphrodisiac effect, after consumption, seven times a night was effortless.

The price was a bit steep; the other party only wanted children or pregnant women close to full term, and one pill cost one hundred people.

Luo Rong had previously considered children and pregnant women a burden, never harboring them on the train, so now for the trade, he could only temporarily send his subordinates to capture them.

Hoping to gather enough by the time the other party arrived next month.

The Crow had a light truck production line, which, after modification with armor plates and weapons, made sweeping small settlements feel like a game.

It was just that pregnant women and children were relatively scarce in the apocalypse.

So finding them was extremely difficult.

However, he seemed to have seen two heavily pregnant women in a small settlement near Qintian County last time.

For this, he had sent his subordinates to search early in the morning.

According to the time, they might even be on their way back.

After all, Taochang Town was close to Qintian County, and driving there only took about an hour.

It was very convenient.

An hour later, Liu Ergou, who had led the team to search Qintian County, returned.

Hearing Liu Ergou's report, Luo Rong slammed the teacup he had just tasted, shattering it.

"What? Not a single person?"

"Did zombies attack the settlement?!"

Liu Ergou replied tremblingly, "N-no, it looks like they evacuated voluntarily. I also saw train wheel marks there, so another train probably got there before us."

Luo Rong was furious: "Damn it, don't they know this is my territory? How dare they snatch food from the tiger's mouth?!"

"Do they think I'm made of mud?!"

"Immediately recall all external teams, and drive those hussies back into their cages."

"I'll be damned if I don't find out who's so bold."

"Hmph, if it's not a Level 5 train, without Level 5 armor, don't blame me for being impolite."

The Crow had two Level 5 weapons: one was a Level 5 purple quality weapon, the [Death God Multi-barrel Revolving Heavy Machine Gun], upgraded with a purple upgrade stone, and the other was a blue quality rapid-fire small mortar, upgraded with two blue upgrade stones.

At that time, to acquire these few upgrade stones, Luo Rong had followed a Level 6 train, working like an ox, a horse, and a lackey for several months.

It wasn't until the other party had accumulated enough resources and was about to advance to a Level 7 train to enter the advanced area that they, seeing his hard work, sold Luo Rong three upgrade stones, completely draining the Crow's resources at the time.

Even so, Luo Rong was endlessly grateful.

Because after entering an intermediate train, upgrading was no longer so easy.

Although there were no restrictions on the number of carriages or blueprints, there was an additional, more difficult requirement.

For example, upgrading from a Level 4 to a Level 5 train, in addition to sufficient resources, also required the train to have at least two Level 5 vehicle components.

It was precisely because he obtained those three upgrade stones that Luo Rong, after upgrading to a Level 5 train, was able to drive away the old Level 4 train, the Three Mountains, which originally occupied Qintian County.

He even almost managed to completely devour the Three Mountains.

Unfortunately, the Three Mountains also had a Level 5 weapon—a large-caliber Poison Dragon Heavy Sniper Rifle.

Although its rate of fire was very slow, its power was considerable.

Even the Level 5 train iron armor unlocked after the Crow upgraded to Level 5 could not fully defend against it; two shots could penetrate the armor.

At that time, to save itself, the Three Mountains had dozens of snipers frantically shoot at the Crow's front, and one shot even entered the carriage.

Frightened, Luo Rong hurriedly stopped the pursuit.

Even now, he dared not easily leave the carriage.

To prevent snipers sent by the Three Mountains from lurking in some corner to ambush him.

Although generally speaking, within a few kilometers, the train's enemy-seeking radar could scan everything clearly.

But Luo Rong was afraid of death!!

And this time, facing the situation of snatching food from the tiger's mouth, even though Luo Rong was loud in his boasts, in reality, he would act according to the situation.

If the one who snatched the goods was a Level 5 train, he would immediately become brothers with them and build relationships without mentioning the snatching, and would even offer a sum of resources to fulfill his duties as a host.

Only at the very end would he subtly mention that the surrounding area was his territory.

But if it was a Level 4 train~

Hehe, then he'd have to beat them up first.

If they weren't as strong as the Three Mountains and had bad luck, then they would be left behind as resources for his advancement.

A Level 4 train would surely have many good things.