Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 852 - 359: Black Candle Containment Holder (Part 2)

Chapter 852: Chapter 359: Black Candle Containment Holder (Part 2)

Then Mochizuki Masashi informed Lin Xian of the situation. It seemed that in Mochizuki Masashi’s eyes, Hu Lushou basically also belonged to his Joint Train, so Mochizuki Masashi told Lin Xian he was going to penalize Hu Lushou under the guise of speculative trading and charged him an 80% speculation tax, instantly knocking Hu Lushou back to pre-liberation status.

Lin Xian thought about how Mochizuki Masashi handed the task of recycling mechanical equipment directly to Hu Lushou, probably to avoid exposing the stance between Silent City and Lin Xian. Whether it’s because he was worried Silent City would involve Infinity, or Infinity would involve Silent City, was another matter.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian took a deep breath and said directly to Hu Lushou,

"What’s the price?"

Hu Lushou solemnly raised a hand towards Lin Xian.

"50 thousand Level 1 Blood Essence, no tricks, you can’t even get it at double the price on the Black Market! Plus, a three-year warranty!"

"Goodbye." Lin Xian stated.

"Wait!"

Hu Lushou hurriedly stopped Lin Xian from ending the holographic call, seriously saying, "Boss Lin, I haven’t finished, those 50 thousand Level 1 Blood Essence... I’ll cover it myself!!"

"What do you mean?" Lin Xian frowned and asked.

Hu Lushou smacked his chest hard, almost knocking the wind out of himself, then quickly assumed a righteous expression and said to Lin Xian, "Since I was young, I understood the principle of repaying kindness. This transport ship is just a small token of gratitude for Boss Lin’s life-saving grace from me, Old Hu, just a little gesture, no other meanings at all!"

Lin Xian burst into laughter, immediately understanding Hu Lushou’s intention, and said,

"50 thousand Blood Essence?"

"Not one less."

"Giving it to me for free?"

"Not asking a single one."

"Alright, thank you." Lin Xian halfheartedly thanked, then pretended to hang up.

Hu Lushou’s face immediately changed, and he quickly said, "That Boss Lin, do you remember what I did before?"

"Collecting tolls."

"Not exactly..." Hu Lushou, gesturing wildly, pointed at the transport ship and said, "Don’t you forget I used to operate that thing, experienced, I even know how many toilets are on each deck inside out."

Lin Xian’s eyes flickered, seemingly realizing that Hu Lushou thought Lin Xian recovered the vehicle to expand his team, so he’d been setting the stage here all along.

"Alright, then every deck will be under your command from now on." Lin Xian seriously replied.

Upon hearing this, Hu Lushou’s eyes brightened, but before he could speak, Lin Xian’s next words already came through.

"Deck Manager."

With that said, the communication was cut off.

Hu Lushou watched the holographic screen disappear, stunned.

Deck Manager?

Why does this position sound both important and trivial at the same time?

"Deck Manager... what does that mean?" Hu Lushou asked Sun Chang beside him.

Sun Chang was counting Blood Essence in a large box, calmly replied, "Didn’t you say you know how many toilets are on each deck? He means for you to be responsible for cleaning each deck’s hygiene."

"What?!!" Hu Lushou nearly exploded on the spot.

...

On the other side, in car number 13, a cold voice came to Lin Xian’s ear,

"That guy is trying to cling to you."

He turned his head and saw KIKI, who had woken up at some point, lying on the ground with her head propped up, looking at him nonchalantly.

"I know, 50 thousand Blood Essence, that guy is bluffing, his face is thicker than the sky. If he really had 50 thousand Blood Essence, Silent City would make him City Lord."

"Then you don’t want it?"

"Want it, why wouldn’t I." Lin Xian chuckled, "A free gift like this doesn’t come often."

A perfectly intact 10,000-ton transport ship holds extremely high value, even under the apocalyptic danger of the open airspace. As long as luck is enough, riding this thing might take you straight to Dawn Center, of course, provided you’re not intercepted or shot down by the Federation, nor encountered by any Abnormal Body, or even marked by the Dark Mark.

"He’s trying to have me owe him a big favor so he can follow along."

"Now he’s in Silent City, with such a big backer, are you so certain?" KIKI twirled her finger around her long hair, looking at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian shook his head, continuing to work on the drones with both hands, and said,

"That guy isn’t stupid, Mochizuki Masashi of Silent City doesn’t like him, and he doesn’t dare go all-in in Dawn City. So this is him leaving a way out for himself."

"Oh, then why did you put me down?"

"Hu Lushou that person..." Lin Xian stopped mid-sentence, realizing KIKI had shifted topics, he turned back and found KIKI sat up, crossing her arms, questioning him with a glare: "Am I a burden?"

"······"

Lin Xian secretly thought it was not good, explaining, "I saw you were asleep, mainly to avoid waking you up."

"Tsk~" KIKI snorted, "Liar~"

She stood up by herself, muttering, "I don’t want to cling to you anyway, it’s uncomfortable."

Hearing this, Lin Xian lowered his head, "How could that be possible, I didn’t react this time, okay."

He finished speaking and felt it was off, how did this explanation sound like he was slapping himself...?

KIKI saw Lin Xian’s movement, suddenly gritted her little teeth, gave him a snide look, and said, "What are you saying?!"

Lin Xian felt his trigeminal nerve swell, just as he was about to explain something, suddenly an urgent voice came through the communicator.

"Lin Xian, there’s a situation with Zhou Lei’s side!"

The voice came from Monica, upon hearing this, Lin Xian and KIKI immediately became serious, and a few minutes later, the two reached the area where the Queen Mo was docked.

At this moment, they saw that the members of the Queen Mo were already fully armed, guarding both sides of the train, and outside car number one, several team members in Power Armor were prodding a man with a Detention Electric Gun, Monica stood beside them, fumbling with a strange device in her hand.