But just as they returned to the carriage where Jill and the others were, the glass windows on both sides of the carriage suddenly shattered, and several monsters that looked like skinned frogs crawled in.
They were precisely one of the most classic B.O.W.s in the Resident Evil series, Lickers.
Although these old friends posed no threat to Aiden and the others, it depended on the situation. Now, in this carriage, there were gathered a large number of passengers that had poured in from other carriages, and the number was still increasing.
A space that originally could only accommodate a few dozen people now had nearly two hundred crammed in.
So when these Lickers appeared, just as Aiden and the others raised their guns and hadn't yet had time to open fire, those passengers who reacted first scattered in all directions like a pot that exploded, making them completely unable to fire.
Seeing the scene getting increasingly chaotic, Aiden immediately activated the throat microphone and shouted, "Ignore those people, let's regroup first."
But the train's corridor was just that narrow, at most able to fit two people walking side by side. In this kind of chaotic scene, it was directly jammed until not a drop could trickle through.
Moreover, even more importantly, the living people from other carriages were still continuously pushing into this carriage, plus some who finally managed to run out but then, after seeing the zombies and parasite creatures in other carriages, turned back again, causing the scene to be indescribably chaotic and crowded.
Seeing that they were blocked by the crowd to the point they couldn't even move, Aiden simply got ruthless, waving his fists and wildly punching and smashing, pushing aside the passengers blocking the way.
Seeing this, Roberta and Fabiola also started using force, but the two of them were far less soft-hearted than Aiden. They directly used their gun butts, smashing the passengers around them until they screamed in pain.
And the effect of them doing this quickly became apparent. The three could finally move forward, though the speed was still very slow.
At this time, Jill's voice came through Aiden's earpiece, [Aiden, we got separated by the crowd, Soi is missing.]
Hearing Jill's words, Aiden was shocked. He immediately pressed the transmitter and shouted, "Soi, where are you?"
But Soi didn't reply.
So Aiden could only ask again, "What about the others, how are you doing now?"
Choi Ji-yoon's voice sounded in the earpiece, [I don't know. I'm currently with Jill, but we went to another carriage.]
Then Dutch's voice came next, [I got squeezed into another carriage by the crowd, but I just saw Revy and Soi together. I don't know where the crowd pushed them now.]
Hearing this, Aiden immediately shouted, "Revy, is Soi still beside you?"
But Revy also didn't reply.
Just as Aiden was suspecting whether the two hadn't turned on their communicators, Irina's voice suddenly sounded in the earpiece, [Their communicators fell, I picked them up.]
Aiden was stunned, immediately speechless, then he asked, "Then where are you now?"
[Toilet.]
———
This double-decker train had a total of sixteen carriages. Excluding the locomotive and the last four freight carriages, there were actually eleven carriages used for passenger transport.
Each carriage had one toilet on the upper level and one on the lower level, and Irina was in the lower-level toilet of the carriage they were in.
By the time Aiden and the other two arrived at the toilet door, it was already five minutes later.
Knocking on the toilet door, Aiden shouted inside, "Irina, open the door, it's me."
Hearing Aiden's voice, Irina opened the toilet door. Only then did Aiden notice that inside the toilet, there was not only Irina but also several "familiar faces", those tourists.
Seeing that it was Aiden, the faces of those tourists immediately lit up with joy. No matter what, Aiden was a fellow Y-national. He should at least take care of them a little.
But Aiden only glanced at them, then took out a pistol and handed it to Irina, "I hope after you get it, you won't use it against us."
Irina was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected Aiden to give her a gun, but she still took it immediately, skillfully checking the condition of the pistol while saying, "Don't worry, I won't… Can you give me a few more magazines?"
Aiden took out a dozen pistol magazines for her and conveniently gave her a few defensive-type grenades.
Seeing this "arms deal" in front of them, one of the tourists, specifically the young man who had spoken to Aiden before, mustered his courage and said, "Um, big brother, can you give us a gun too?"
Aiden glanced at him and asked, "Do you know how to use one?"
"A little, we shot at a range a few days ago," the female student immediately said.
"Having shot doesn't mean you know how to use it, so I can't give you guns." Aiden shook his head. "Giving a gun to a newbie who hasn't received system training is the same as suicide."
The man from earlier said with some dissatisfaction, "Then why did you give her a gun? From your earlier conversation, it sounded like you had a conflict in the past."
"That was in the past. Now I'm his woman, or rather, his dog," Irina said to them. "Besides, I know how to use this thing. He needs the firepower of this gun."
"Uh…" The several tourists suddenly didn't know what to say. They could only mutter that foreign women really are open.
But actually, when Irina said that, she was very nervous and shy inside. However, seeing that Aiden didn't reject it, she was also a bit happy, because this counted as showing loyalty, maybe in the future, he really might help her deal with Choi Ji-yoon.
———
Because of all kinds of reasons, Jill and the others were all scattered throughout the different carriages of the train. Adding in the fact that now there were a large number of zombies and parasite creatures in the train, and even Lickers, these kinds of B.O.W.s had appeared, wanting to regroup was not that easy.
And what Aiden worried about the most was Revy and Soi, who had lost contact. Although Revy was very strong and Soi had said she could use firearms proficiently, he still wasn't at ease. So after finding Irina, Aiden immediately began searching the entire train for them.
Similarly, Jill, Choi Ji-yoon, and Dutch were also doing the same. But double-decker trains were different from single-decker ones, even though it was just one more floor, it made things countless times more complicated. This was destined to be a long process.
Leaving the carriage they were in, Aiden took his group to the adjacent carriage, and those tourists also followed behind them.
Aiden didn't object. As long as they didn't cause trouble, he didn't mind helping them, after all, they were fellow countrymen, even if maybe not from the same world.
Voices from Jill and the others kept coming through the earpiece, mostly reporting their current carriage. When Aiden entered the adjacent carriage, he also looked up, he was now on the lower level of Carriage No. 5.
After reporting his position, Aiden's group continued forward. Along the way, zombies and parasite creatures attacked them from time to time, but they were all easily eliminated.
Honestly speaking, after clearing out more zombies and parasites, the worry in Aiden's heart actually lessened a bit. He thought that as long as no accidents happened, Revy and Soi would definitely be fine.
It was just that… usually when he thought like that, an accident was guaranteed to happen…
———
Meanwhile, on the upper level of Carriage No. 11, Revy and Soi had encountered big trouble.
But the trouble they encountered wasn't zombies, nor parasites, it was a group of fully armed terrorists.
This group of terrorists could be said to be armed to the teeth, looking even more elite than special forces. But they struck extremely hard, upon spotting Revy and Soi, they opened fire directly. Although they didn't injure the two of them, they did kill quite a few of the surviving passengers with them.
At this moment, the group of terrorists was suppressing with firepower. The barrage of bullets made Revy and Soi unable to raise their heads. They could only shrink behind the seats, occasionally raising their guns above their heads to blindly fire a few shots to slow the terrorists' advance.
After emptying a magazine with this "faith shooting" method, Revy reloaded while complaining, "Seriously, how did you lose your communicator?"
Soi was displeased with her blaming behavior in this situation and snorted, saying, "Didn't you lose yours too?"
"That's different. I lost mine while saving you." Revy wasn't lying. When she noticed something was wrong, she immediately protected Soi, who had been separated by the crowd, and the two of them got squeezed into the lower-level carriage together. That was when she lost her communicator.
As for Soi, she lost her communicator for a different reason. After they entered the lower carriage, they originally planned to find a safe place to hide. But as several Lickers smashed the windows and jumped in, they had no choice but to move to another carriage.
During that process, the wire of Soi's communicator got caught on the armrest of a seat. At the time, she wanted to go back and untangle it, but when she saw the Lickers chasing after them, she had to abandon it for her own safety.
Soi also admitted she had a bit of fault, so she quickly changed the subject, "Let's stop talking about that and figure out how to get out of here."
Revy listened to the sound of bullets whizzing overhead, the noise almost blended into a single note. She said sullenly, "Why don't you go talk to them and ask them to stop shooting first?"
"You think they'll listen to me?" Soi said helplessly.
Revy sighed, "Then we can only wait for Aiden and the others to find us."
———
Of course, Aiden hadn't found them yet, but he had just regrouped with Jill and Choi Ji-yoon on the upper level of Carriage No. 6.
"Dutch, where are you now?" After regrouping with Jill and Choi Ji-yoon, Aiden contacted Dutch.
"I'm in Carriage No. 9," Dutch said. "I heard intense gunfire coming from Carriage No. 11. I suspect Revy and Soi ran into trouble, so I'm heading there now."
"Then be careful." Aiden gave a reminder, then released the transmitter.
Because they were on the same channel, everyone heard Aiden and Dutch's conversation. Jill immediately said, "Let's go too."
Aiden nodded, then turned to glance at the survivors behind them. Although the train was full of zombies and parasite creatures, quite a few lucky passengers had survived. But their numbers were far fewer than before, just over a dozen people left.
These lucky passengers were standing quietly nearby, neither screaming loudly nor making any excessive movements. This made Aiden very satisfied. He waved his hand, "Let's move."
Although this train was mainly for passenger transport, there were actually fewer passengers than expected. More importantly, parasite creatures and zombies didn't get along.
So in every carriage they passed, there were either only zombies or only parasites. Even in carriages where both were present, they were basically killing each other, making them less of a threat.
With a clear objective, Aiden's group moved quickly. In the blink of an eye, they passed through three carriages and reached Carriage No. 9, where they eliminated the zombies inside.
Then, they heard the gunfire coming from Carriage No. 11.
Aiden waved his hand, signaling the surviving passengers to find a place to hide. Then he led Roberta and the others toward Carriage No. 10.
But just as they stepped into Carriage No. 10, they saw Revy and Soi coming out from Carriage No. 11, yet Dutch was nowhere to be seen.
"Revy," Aiden called out when he saw her.
But Revy only glanced at him, then forcefully pointed at Carriage No. 11.
Aiden and the others didn't understand what she meant. And then, the next second, Carriage No. 11 exploded. Then, someone was blown out by the blast shockwave.
"Dutch!" Revy shouted, rushing to drag the fallen Dutch behind a row of seats.
Seeing this, Aiden had just planned to lead Roberta and the others to help, but then saw a group of fully armed men charging out from the smoke. He immediately raised his gun and fired, knocking down the one in front.
The passageways between carriages were as narrow as the corridors in the carriages, only enough for at most two people to pass at the same time, and that was barely. Not to mention these were fully armed terrorists.
So after the first person was knocked down by Aiden, those behind him were blocked inside Carriage No. 11, only able to stick out a few guns and blindly shoot into Carriage No. 10.
But what greeted them was a wave of grenades tossed in by Aiden's group. After a series of explosions, Aiden heard several screams, then an angry voice came from Carriage No. 11, "You few, go to the lower level, split up and attack."
Without needing Aiden to give the order, Roberta and Fabiola immediately moved to the lower level of Carriage No. 10, where the sound of gunfire soon followed.
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