Chapter 15

Chapter 15: End of the Third Platform

[ ” What kind of places did you all get for the third Platform? I was scared to death just now. The third Platform sent me to a cave full of spiders; I didn’t dare to get off the Train at all, it was too terrifying! ” ]

[ ” Hehe, I had pretty good luck. At the third Platform, I only ran into a few stray dogs. With a gun bought from the big shot, I barely managed to kill my way through and even got some meat to eat. ” ]

[ ” Sigh, I really envy you guys for being able to buy guns from Big Shot Ye. Right, Big Shot Ye hasn’t come out to say a word either. He has collected so many resources, has he still not broken through to Level Doomsday Town ” ]

[ ” What big shot, big shot? That Ye Qiyan is just a short-sighted guy! My big brother Li Xiaosheng is about to upgrade his Train to Level 2, just you wait and see! ” ]

Hmm?

I saw a familiar name.

Li Xiaosheng.

Ye Qiyan remembered he had said he would complete the upgrade within three stops.

Now was precisely the third stop.

Had he still not completed the upgrade?

Just as Ye Qiyan was feeling curious, a message in the Chat Room suddenly caught his attention.

Li Xiaosheng: [ ” I have already completed the Train upgrade! These are my Train’s attributes after upgrading, as well as the upgrade options I obtained. As the first person to upgrade, I am now inviting companions who have Train Coins on hand to join the Alliance I created! For those who join first, I will provide today’s food and water for them. ” ]

The Chat Room exploded with activity.

[ ” Holy shit! Big shot, please carry me! ” ]

[ ” It’s over, it’s over, it’s over! That one Train Coin of mine was used to buy food and water. Whose trade was that? I’ll return the water to you, can you return the Train Coin to me? ” ]

[ ” What are Train Coins? ” ]

Ye Qiyan didn’t pay attention to what Li Xiaosheng said; all his attention was focused on the screenshot sent by the other party—to be precise, the upgrade options.

[ 1: Low-level Carriage Blueprint (Zero Train Coins) ]

[ 2: Wooden Automatic Fishing Rod Blueprint (One Train Coin) ]

[ 3: Minimum Subsistence Ration One-Day Recipe (Two Train Coins) ]

[ 4: Train Stopping Time Increased by One Hour (Two Train Coins) ]

Sure enough, the first and fourth options after upgrading were the same. Ye Qiyan had completely confirmed this point.

” A fishing rod, plus subsistence rations; this bastard has pretty good luck. “

Rations weren’t of much use to him, but a fishing rod might be a different story.

What if one day he went to a Platform where fishing was possible, wouldn’t he just be staring blankly without a fishing rod?

But there was no need to rush either; it would be fine to purchase such items when they were actually needed.

Anyway, with the Crossroads of Fate around, he would always be able to know the Platform’s information half an hour earlier than everyone else and make his choice.

” It’s also time to undergo Sublimation on the Train. “

The reason he hadn’t continued Sublimation on the Train before, besides waiting for his Stamina to recover, was most importantly that the Train Coins he had on hand were not enough to buy the things in the upgrade options.

After building the acceleration device, manufacturing two Acceleration Bullets, and inserting a coin to start Wall-E, he only had one Train Coin left. Now that he had obtained three from the monster at the silverware shop, that made four Train Coins.

If Wall-E could successfully find this stop’s Treasure Chest, even more could be opened.

Ye Qiyan felt that he could completely give it a try.

Just as he was preparing to try performing Sublimation on the Train, the sound of treads moving from outside the Train made him stop his actions.

Hearing the sound, he looked over.

He saw Wall-E staggering into the recycling device while holding a candy box stained with dark red traces.

” Injured? “

Seeing the several bite marks appearing on Wall-E’s body, that depth was clearly not something an ordinary animal could cause.

Too busy to pay attention to the thing it was holding, Ye Qiyan raised his head to look outside the carriage.

Dozens of Zombie Dogs unexpectedly appeared outside the Train, pacing slowly. Behind them, several monsters somewhat similar to the uncle zombie monster from the silverware shop earlier were limping towards the Train step by step.

Bang—

Ye Qiyan helplessly knocked Wall-E on the head.

” You silly thing, you even lured the monsters over. “

Wall-E didn’t understand; it just silently raised its hand and handed that candy box in front of Ye Qiyan.

” Forget it, seeing that you’ve performed a meritorious service. “

[ Level 2 Treasure Chest ] (Can be opened)

Ye Qiyan picked up the Treasure Chest with a smile on his face.

Although the outside was already surrounded by monsters, he wasn’t flustered in the slightest.

This was only a Level 2 Platform.

And on top of his Train, there was a Level 4 defensive building.

The moment the monsters approached within a hundred meters of the Train.

The red light sphere in the warning watchtower locked onto them.

One red circle after another formed beneath the monsters’ feet.

The equipped long spears extended from the darkness.

Bullets were fired, and the continuous shooting accurately hit the weak points of these monsters with every single round.

In less than ten seconds, the humanoid monsters along with the Zombie Dogs all fell down.

Ye Qiyan was eating a White Forest Fruit while watching all this, but his expression wasn’t all that happy.

[ 0:08:12 ]

There were still eight minutes left in the countdown to departure.

The gunshot just now was undoubtedly louder than the one at the silverware shop.

I’m afraid monsters from this entire town would come over.

As expected, more and more monsters surrounded the Train from all directions.

Their bodies were fragile; the warning device only needed a single shot to shatter their skulls.

For the slightly larger humanoid monsters, their defense was no match for the silverware shop owner, yet they still only needed three shots.

I have to say, the warning device’s marksmanship was far better than his.

[ 00:00:01 ]

The countdown was about to end.

As the monsters chased from behind, Ye Qiyan’s Train began moving forward.

Passing through the void space, in just the blink of an eye, the scenery of Doomsday Town vanished, and that endless wilderness returned to Ye Qiyan’s line of sight once more.

Ding-dong!

The broadcast sound rang out at this moment.

[ All survivors have left the Third Platform! ]

[ Trading system restrictions lifted; transactions can now be conducted inside the Platform! ]

[ Novice protection period has ended, Survival Mode is activated ]

[ Please pay attention to nighttime driving safety ]

[ Survivors whose Train travel speed falls below 30 kilometers per hour will enter a dangerous state! ]

[ Please upgrade the Train as soon as possible ]

[ Good luck to you all ]

[ Wish you ]

[ Survive ]

The Chat Room exploded with activity once again.

And this time it exploded even louder.

[ ” Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! What does this mean? Survival Mode? Nighttime danger? Monsters will also appear in the wilderness! ? ” ]

[ ” It’s over, it’s over, it’s over! I traded all my resources for food! ” ]

[ ” Ah! Save me! Someone save me! I don’t want to die! ” ]

[ ” Brother Li! Brother Li, save me! Please give me some materials for upgrading! I’ve joined your Alliance! ” ]

[ ” Tsk, a bunch of idiots. I knew long ago that this world wouldn’t let us off so easily. The resources collected over these three stops haven’t been sold at all. Isn’t what’s truly concerning a matter of time? Why was the broadcast sent out an hour late again, just like at the end of the first stop? ” ]

[ ” Someone has already upgraded their Train, right? Didn’t that guy named Li Xiaosheng send a screenshot earlier? After upgrading to Level 2, you can increase the Platform’s stopping time? ” ]

[ ” That still wouldn’t make it possible to upgrade at the first stop, right? ” ]

[ ” For sure, no one could possibly complete an upgrade at the first stop. After all, the trading system wasn’t even open inside the Platform back then. ” ]

[ ” However, didn’t Li Xiaosheng say just now that he was the first person to upgrade? It seems there are other experts out there. ” ]