"You are Lord Kasugano...right?"

The black-haired girl sitting opposite Fang Zheng stared at him seriously, while the latter shrugged his shoulders.

"Yes, I think you know the reason."

"Yes, I understand your thoughts, but inspection is necessary..."

“That’s not necessary.”

Fang Zheng waved his hand, interrupting the black-haired girl.

"We don't intend to enter your city. In fact, we came here just to ask you some questions... If you are willing to answer, it will only take a moment, how about it?"

"question??"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the black-haired girl was stunned for a moment. Obviously, she didn't expect Fang Zheng to make such a request. After all, generally speaking, when Juncheng drove into the post station, they would replenish food and supplies, and sometimes they would also drop off some old, weak, and disabled people. At the same time, the vehicles also needed to be repaired and maintained, including fuel replenishment...but they didn't need it?

"Yes, okay?"

Fang Zheng glanced at the man who stood behind the black-haired girl like a servant and asked.

"That's no problem... But before that, please allow me to ask... Are there only three people on this Juncheng?"

"Yes, there are not many people here, and we can't even get together to play mahjong. It's a bit troublesome, but it's quiet and spacious, and the scenery outside is nice. This kind of trip is also quite interesting."

“Haha…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's indifferent answer, the black-haired girl looked at her attendant blankly. Generally speaking, people outside are full of fear of the outside world. This is understandable. After all, there are terrible monsters everywhere outside, and it is safer in the post. It is rare to see a man like this who has no fear or worry about the outside world.

And... in such a big city like Jun, there are only three people?

Is that really okay?

"Oh, if you can, please help clean and maintain the train. I can pay you."

Fang Zheng raised his hand and placed a bag of coins on the table. After all, those zombies didn't need money. He had looted a lot in the previous two cities, and it seemed that he could still use it now.

"That's certainly no problem."

The attendant took a step forward and took the money bag, then nodded and gestured to the people next to him. Soon, the others began to take action, cleaning the vehicle and repairing and maintaining the wheels. Fang Zheng also took out a notebook, opened it, and looked at the girl in front of him.

"Well, first of all... Miss, what is your name?"

"Ah? I'm Shifangchuan Acorus..."

"Oh, hello, I have a few questions for you..."

Ignoring the two people's puzzled looks, Fang Zheng just asked his questions step by step. For example, where exactly was he now, where did those zombies appear from, what was the current situation here, etc. Facing these questions, Sifang Chuan Changpu also answered them one by one, but she really didn't understand why the other party asked these questions, because the questions Fang Zheng asked were some common sense questions in Sifang Chuan Changpu's opinion, there was no need to ask her at all, and anyone on the street could know the answers...

"...Okay, thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Shifangchuan."

After getting enough information from Sifangchuan Acorus, Fang Zheng put away his notebook and smiled at the girl in front of him.

"Then we will leave here as soon as the maintenance and cleaning are completed. I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

Having said that, Fang Zheng nodded slightly to Sifang Chuan Changpu, then turned and walked back to the carriage. Looking at his departing back, Sifang Chuan Changpu and her attendant looked at each other in surprise.

"…Lord Ayame, what should we do?"

"Wow... Since they have no ill intentions, let's just leave it as it is... I will go back and report this to my father and ask him to make the decision. If there is no particular trouble, they can leave."

After saying that, Sifangchuan Acorus once again looked at the armored train in front of him curiously, then stood up and left.

At this time, Fang Zheng also returned to the carriage, took out his notebook and started a meeting with Banjiu Shayue and Katima.

"According to that lady, this zombie called Kabane appeared here twenty years ago. As for how and why it appeared, nothing is known. In short, this thing spread quickly, and people had no choice but to build these large cities to resist the attacks of zombies. The main purpose of these armored trains is to transport and exchange materials between cities... They are managed by the shogunate... But I don't think they have any particular significance."

"So, do we need to contact the organization called the Shogunate?"

Katima asked curiously, and Fang Zheng shook his head.

"No need. In this world, everyone is basically independent. The shogunate's influence is not that great. As long as we don't drive into cities with people, we won't have much interaction with them. Anyway, let's go around here first and see if we can find any clues, and then talk about the next course of action."

Unlike others, Fang Zheng knew the terrain of Japan. Honshu was just a small island, and it would only take a few days for the Shinkansen to make a circle. Although the speed of his modified armored train was not as fast as the Shinkansen, it was still much faster than an ordinary steam train. It was estimated that it would only take about ten to twenty days to make a circle.

After gathering enough information, we will decide on the next course of action.

“Boom boom boom.”

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the car door outside, followed by a voice.

"Master, the maintenance has been completed and we are ready to go."

"Oh, I see."

Fang Zheng nodded and put away his notebook.

"Anyway, let's just decide this first, and we'll deal with the rest later."

Soon, the Harmony, which had completed maintenance, started again and drove along the tracks towards the gate on the other side. Seeing this scene, the young technician showed a puzzled expression again.

"Sure enough, there is no trace of steam at all... What exactly is driving this Juncheng?"

Fang Zheng certainly would not answer this question. He drove the armored train across the edge of the city and headed for the exit on the other side.

However, at this moment...

"boom!!!!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar sounded, startling everyone. Banjiu Shayue came to the window, looked outside, and then screamed.

"Hey, there seems to be an explosion over there! The city is on fire!"

"oh?"

After hearing Banjiu Shayue's report, Fang Zheng and Katima also looked over there. As expected, through the window they could see that the city outside was burning fiercely, as if something had exploded and ignited.

"It's really tragic, but it should be solvable."

Fang Zheng could only watch. After all, it was a fire and he couldn't help much, right?

But at this moment the city is in chaos.

Fang Zheng didn't know that not long ago, a Juncheng named Fusangcheng rushed into the city and caused a violent explosion. But the problem was not just that. In fact, the Juncheng had already been completely occupied by zombies. So when people came back to their senses from the explosion and fire, what they saw... was... countless zombies pouring out of the carriage.

"how so……!"

Standing on the high castle, looking at the almost endless zombies below, Shikata Chuanbu's face was pale. She had just returned to the castle and learned that her father had left to ensure the safety of the Iron Fortress, and would send a signal for everyone to evacuate after that. Therefore, the only thing she could do now was to wait for her father's signal here.

But... the signal has not come yet.

"Your Highness Ayame!"

Just when Shifangchuan Ayame was at a loss, a family elder came over, stared at her and asked.

"How long do we have to wait like this! If we don't hurry to the Kazunari Castle, it will be too late!"

"But Father told us to wait for the signal...!"

"There's no signal now! If we don't move now...!"

"boom!!!"

However, at this moment, suddenly, the explosion sounded again, interrupting the quarrel between the two. They turned their heads and saw flames and thick smoke on the other side of the city. Seeing this scene, everyone's faces changed drastically.

"Hey, that's where the garage is..."

"Don't be ridiculous! How could this happen... Is there no way for us to escape?"

Looking at the flames coming out of the garage, there was only despair in everyone's eyes. Originally, Juncheng there was their only way to escape from this hell on earth, but now... they have no way to escape.

“How could it be…”

Looking at the exploded garage, Sifangchuan Acorus' face turned pale, and at this moment, the family elder grabbed her shoulders and shook her hard.

"This is all your fault! If you hadn't wasted time, things wouldn't have turned out like this! What should we do now? Tell me!"

"No, this...I..."

"You still have time to argue about this?"

At this moment, a girl suddenly appeared behind them.

"If you have time to argue, you might as well think about how to escape."

“No, this…Ah!!”

Hearing the girl's words, Sifangchuan Acorus' mind went blank. However, at this moment, she seemed to have thought of something and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Harmony!!"

"What is that?"

"That's Junjo who just came to the post unexpectedly. They will leave after doing maintenance and cleaning. They should be in the garage at the north gate now! If we can leave here and go to the north gate, maybe we can ask that Kasugano-sama to take us away!"

For them, this is the last chance.

And now in the garage...

"What the hell are those people out there doing?"

Fang Zheng looked at the empty garage, confused. According to the original plan, they should have passed through the garage and left the city. But for some reason, when Fang Zheng arrived here, he found that there was no one here... Abandoning their posts? Everyone was slacking off? Could it be that he was unlucky and encountered a strike?

However, Katima and Banjiu Shayue didn't care about such trivial matters. They just stood on the deck, looking at the fire burning behind them, and grumbled uneasily.

"The fire seems to be getting bigger..."

"Is this city going to be completely burned down?"

“That shouldn’t be the case, but there was an explosion over there just now…Ah! President! Something’s happening!”

"What's going on?"

Fang Zheng walked out of the carriage, came to the deck and looked back, and then saw a large group of people carrying bags, running towards him like refugees. Seeing Fang Zheng's armored train, these people immediately showed excited expressions.

"It's Juncheng! It's Juncheng!!"

"We are saved! We are saved now!!"

A group of people rushed to the front of the armored train and tried to get on board, but unfortunately, the carriages modified by Fang Zheng were equipped with high-voltage power grids and armor. At this moment, the armor plates were completely closed, blocking the door inside, so these people could not find a way to open the door no matter what they did.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly! Let us in!!"

Some people banged on the armor plates desperately, while others saw Fang Zheng and others standing on the deck in front and rushed towards them.

"What's going on?"

Seeing this scene, Banjiu Shayue and Katima were both shocked, while Fang Zheng snorted coldly, then swung his hand and took out a pitch-black sword.

"It seems that we need to let them wake up."