Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train

"Damn them all!"

In a room of a high-rise building, Lu Zhao observed the torrent-like sand bandit caravan outside the city using electronic binoculars, with a sharp expression. He picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted to his subordinates, "Fall back. Lao Zhao, you take people to block the front street to prevent Wu Dapeng, that son of a bitch, from ambushing us from behind!"

"Okay!"

In the plaza below, two hapless survivor caravans that were intercepted suffered heavy losses. Retreating back into the city, they barely had time to catch their breath as several groups of sand bandits had already stormed into the city, advancing through the alleys towards them.

Rat-a-tat-tat, bang bang bang!

People from Team Dawn and the Akse Brotherhood, who had already set up defensive lines, immediately opened fire in retaliation. Hundreds with fierce firepower quickly suppressed the sand bandits' offensive momentum, allowing those from the two caravans to finally catch their breath, drive into the plaza, organize the rescue of the wounded, and have combat personnel rush to resist.

Yet, the main sand bandit caravan outside the city seemed in no rush to attack, instead continuing to harass from the perimeter, laughing wildly as they watched the burning streets.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several intense vibrations sounded as layers of dust and smoke erupted from several buildings outside the street plaza. A sand bandit superpower user, armored in earth stone, crashed through the buildings tank-like and suddenly appeared in front of Team Dawn. As the survivors turned their guns around to defend, an aerial superpower user, with eagle wings and a helmet, swiftly swooped down from the sky, killing a few innocent survivors escaping from burning cars and throwing several specially made dirty bombs at the defensive convoy brazenly!

"Woohoo!"

Swish!

The defense team wasn't to be outdone. A mimic superpower user, hands erupting with four or five tentacles, soared into the air, grabbing those bombs and throwing them back toward the stone ability user.

Boom boom boom!

A brown-yellow explosion sounded, the mimic superpower user was a bit slow on one bomb, instantly leaving one of his tentacles bloody.

"Rockets!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

From afar down the street, three rockets arrived instantaneously, exploding in front of the convoy's defensive line of heavy trucks, shattering windows and bodies, lifting a group of people in a fiery blast wave.

In the small Akse City, smoke and gunfire erupted everywhere for the moment.

"Wu Dapeng! Damn you!"

High up in the building, Lu Zhao saw the approaching convoy, immediately filled with rage.

A fierce wave of offensive pressure greatly increased on the survivors, casualty numbers mounting.

But the survivors, relying on the alleys and defensive lines, temporarily withstood this wave of attack. At this moment, the sand bandits seemed to receive some instruction, conducting a probing attack before suddenly ceasing the offensive unexpectedly, the gunfire abruptly stopping.

"What's going on? They're not fighting?"

"Did they run?!"

"Hurry, retreat! Pull the men back!" commanded Xie Guan furiously from below, who lost several men in the short probing attack, crushed by the oppressive firepower, driving him to desperation and rage.

As the sand bandits ceased, the defending survivors also sensed something amiss. It seemed the sand bandits were all hiding, and the boiling firefight quieted down instantly, leaving only sounds of burning buildings.

Buzz...screech!!

Suddenly, an amplified loudspeaker's sharp electric sound echoed through Akse City.

On the main road east of the city, a golden monster truck parked among guarding vehicles, Lao Xie grabbed the loudspeaker, and his voice was broadcast through speakers placed in several areas within the city by his underlings, reverberating throughout Akse City.

"Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, I'm disturbing this beautiful morning."

Lao Xie spoke, gently caressing the woman under him like a cat, his voice hoarse as he said,

"I'm called Lao Xie, you may not have heard of my name, but it doesn't matter. All you need to know is that I'm the one sending you to Hell. Our purpose today is very simple, and everyone can see that. It's either you take me down, or I wipe you all out. Not too complicated, right?"

"Hahahahaha..."

Lao Xie's words triggered various creepy laughs from the hundreds of sand bandits surrounding Akse.

This hoarse voice at this moment reverberated through every street in Akse City, making all survivors now exceptionally heavy-hearted, facing a formidable enemy!

Beside the monster truck, Red Eagle from the Red Vulture Group and Bone Dragon from the Earth Dragon Association cast their eyes toward Lao Xie, with a wild gleam in their eyes.

"Oh~"

Feeling the woman's mischievousness under him, Lao Xie comfortably let out a breath and continued,

"However, we sand bandits actually do reason. Everyone is just trying to make a living. We don't necessarily have to fight and kill. Just like we previously agreed to cooperate with Boss Hu, collecting tolls, with the responsibility of guarding Akse's safety, clearing paths for various caravans. We were dedicated and faithful to our duty. For half a month, hasn't Akse been safe during the day?"

Lao Xie coldly smiled, "But why are we here today? No choice. Our brothers are safeguarding everyone's safety but have no food. You all say, if we work for you and collect some hardship fees, that makes perfect sense, right?"

"Perfect sense, my foot!!"

In the plaza, Team Dawn immediately raised a loudspeaker in response, shouting toward the distance.

At this point, Lu Zhao, Xie Guan, and the two caravan leaders who escaped, were gathered in Black Rose Bar discussing strategy. Lu Zhao, quick-tempered, upon hearing Lao Xie's words, directly cursed with wide eyes, "Robbery is robbery. Cut the crap with that bullshit, who are you fooling? If you wanna fight, just fight! Even if all my men die here today, let's see if half of your hundreds can walk away alive!"