Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Level 3 Train, Another Record Breaker
Bang—— Bang——
“So noisy…”
Intense gunfire echoed across the wilderness.
Ye Qiyan was awakened by the noise. He opened his exhausted eyes and instinctively cast his gaze out the window, where pairs of crimson eyes were chasing the Train beneath the night sky.
“What the hell is that? It scared the life out of me.”
The terrifying sight instantly woke him up.
He hurriedly rushed to the front of the Train, only to discover that the alert device had long since been activated.
“Wait, is this the nighttime danger the broadcast mentioned?”
Ye Qiyan recalled what the broadcast had said after the third Platform ended.
[Scarlet Moon Wolf] (Level 1)
[Hunting Speed: 25 kilometers per hour]
Looking at the monster information appraised by the Train, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Fortunately, as long as the Train’s speed exceeded thirty kilometers, it wouldn’t be judged as being in a dangerous state.
Moreover, a Level 2 Train reached a speed of forty kilometers per hour, so fortunately, he didn’t need to worry too much about being caught by these monsters.
Washing his face with clean water and letting the cold wind blow on him, Ye Qiyan finally woke up completely.
[01:44:13]
One in the morning.
All his sleepiness vanished.
Opening the Chat Room, the moment he saw the headcount, his pupils constricted.
[4130/10000]
Wait, how many people were there during the day?
He vaguely remembered it being over seven thousand, close to eight thousand people?
That meant that during the time he was asleep, more than four thousand people had already died in the wilderness? And this number was still increasing.
A chill instantly broke out in a cold sweat across Ye Qiyan’s back.
Come to think of it, this nighttime danger was even more ferocious than the Platform.
If the Train speed couldn’t exceed 30 kilometers per hour, they would be overtaken by these monsters and become their meals on a plate.
But among the survivors who had experienced three Platforms, how many could truly reach Level mechanical parts
Surviving the fear of this night, only those who remained could truly be considered survivors in a real sense.
To stay alive, they had to spare no effort to upgrade the Train and explore the Platform.
Wanting to stay hidden in the Train like before was practically impossible now.
Forcing himself to calm down, the message notification in the private chat interface caught his attention.
Shangguan Yingxue: [Are you still alive?]
[“…Just woke up, what do you want to buy?”]
Before long, the other party replied with a message.
[“Bullets, I’ve run out.”]
[“I can’t sell these, I don’t have many left either.”]
Ye Qiyan rejected Shangguan Yingxue’s trade.
With the alert system, the consumption of his bullets had soared straight up.
Just the final massacre at the third Platform alone had consumed nearly seventy-plus rounds of his bullets.
Reckoning carefully, Ye Qiyan now only had a little over three hundred rounds left, and it was impossible to take them out to sell anymore.
[“Don’t you have a bullet blueprint?”]
[“Of course not, it would be great if I did.”]
[“Understood, goodbye.”]
The chat ended.
Shangguan Yingxue’s decisive and efficient personality really made communication quite easy.
Ye Qiyan sat in the chair and opened his personal information.
[Stamina: 82] [Mental Power: 110]
“It recovered… Hmm? Wait?”
The hand closing the personal information hovered mid-air.
He rubbed his eyes, looked at the two crucial contents of Stamina and Mental Power, and pinched himself.
“Hiss, the upper limit of Mental Power increased? What’s going on? Did I do something?”
Striving to search his Memory for the events that happened before falling asleep, aside from completely overdrawing his Stamina and Mental Power, it seemed nothing else happened, right?
Ye Qiyan shook his head, concealing the doubt in his heart.
Anyway, an increase in Mental Power was a good thing for him.
He stood up and reached out to touch the control Platform.
“It’s time.”
Having passed the time of three Platforms, it was also time to carry out the next Sublimation on his Train.
An invisible force enveloped the entire Train, and his Stamina and Mental Power drained away wildly like lake water with opened floodgates.
From Level 1 to Level 2, he only consumed a mere 30 points of Stamina.
But from Level 2 to Level 3, it obviously wouldn’t be that simple.
[Stamina: 82 → 52] [Mental Power: 110 → 50]
[Train upgrade complete!]
[Current Level: 3]
[Materials required for the Train’s next upgrade are: 300 kg of wood, 300 mechanical parts, 450 kg of Metal, 10 kg of glass, 5 kg of gold, 5 kg of mithril, and one Flame Stone]
[Opening upgrade options]
[Congratulations on breaking the record for the fastest Level 3 Train! Obtained one Train Captain Module card!]
90 points, which was fully three times compared to before.
Ye Qiyan rubbed the space between his eyebrows. Then what about Level 3 to Train Coins Would it also be three times the current amount, or even more?
But to make him obediently use materials for the upgrade?
Forget it.
Let’s look at the materials needed for the next level; he happened to have mithril, and gold might also be obtainable.
But what on earth was that Flame Stone thing? He had never even heard of it.
“Let’s check out the changes after the upgrade first; hopefully, the upgrade options won’t be too bad.”
First was the speed, which increased from 40 kilometers to 60 kilometers.
Secondly, needless to say about the chassis, wheels, and frame, they had all reached Level 3 strength, capable of withstanding more attacks.
Just like last time, what mattered most were still the upgrade options, as well as the record-breaking Module card.
The difference was that this time it was a Train Captain Module.
“View upgrade options”
[Opening]
[Options are as follows]
[1. Train Captain Module card: Departure Privilege, (3 Train Coins)]
[2. Bullet (Level 3) Manufacturing Blueprint (4 Train Coins)]
[3. Energy Power Generation Device Manufacturing Blueprint (Level 3) (6 Train Coins)]
[4. Increase docking time by 1 hour (1 Train Coin)]
“This really is whatever you think of coming true.”
Looking at the several items in the upgrade options, Ye Qiyan’s heart was already blooming with joy.
Except for the fourth option which was most likely inherent to the upgrade, the other three undoubtedly hit his needs right on the head.
Lacking bullets, a blueprint arrived, and it was even Level 3.
More importantly was the blueprint for that power generation device; although he didn’t have any place requiring electricity yet, he would definitely be able to use it in the future.
The only place that made Ye Qiyan’s heart ache was…
He had originally thought that possessing 10 Train Coins could count him as a small-time wealthy person, but never had he expected that he still couldn’t buy all the upgrade options in one go.
He had to make a trade-off.
“What is Departure Privilege?”
[Train Captain Module card: Departure Privilege]
[After use, can leave the Platform one hour in advance]
Good stuff. With this Module, if he encountered any danger, he could leave the Platform ahead of time, although it was only one hour in advance.
Pondering for a moment, he pulled out eight Train Coins and bought options 1, 2, and 4 in full.
Although he really wanted the generator, the other three were equally important, especially that Module.
[Bullet Blueprint] (Level 3)
[Each group requires: 3 kg of Metal, 500g of gunpowder]
[100 rounds of bullets per group]
The materials needed to make bullets were not much, but where could he get gunpowder?
There were some sold on the Trading Platform, but the quantity was extremely scarce, not even enough to make a single group.
How about going to the Chat Room to purchase some?
Ye Qiyan shook his head; even if he were to acquire it, now was not the time.
He had more important things to do.
Module: Departure Privilege.
“Sublimation”
[Stamina: 32] [Mental Power: 30]
[Train Captain Module card: Departure VIP Privilege]
[After the docking countdown has 3 hours remaining, can start the Train at any time and leave the Platform.]
