Chapter 171
Chapter 171: Level 8 Train, Increasingly Expensive Upgrade Options
When he woke up, the sun was already hanging high in the sky beyond the horizon.
Ye Qiyan opened his eyes and habitually looked at the pocket watch by his bedside.
[8:44:12]
“Phew~ What’s going to happen today? Oh right, it’s time to do that thing.”
He expertly brought up his personal interface and looked at his Stamina and Mental Power.
[Stamina: 170.][Mental Power: 170.]
“Has my maximum Mental Power increased again?”
Scratching his head, Ye Qiyan was already used to this kind of occurrence.
“Whatever, phew… Time for the next Sublimation.”
He picked up the five Train Coins that Wall-E collected daily from the dragon card.
Counting the thirty coins of hush money given by the system yesterday due to the existence of the grey mist.
His total number of Train Coins had now reached two hundred and thirty-five.
Now, he was going to say that line again.
“Two hundred and thirty-five Train Coins to buy upgrade options! The advantage is mine!”
Ye Qiyan refused to believe it. With so many Train Coins, even if there was some kind of detection for a single upgrade option, how could it possibly make him a pauper again?
After washing up, he habitually ate a White Forest Fruit.
Ye Qiyan entered the locomotive.
“Phew~”
In front of the platform that was once bound to the Train System.
He closed his eyes and reached out to touch it.
He slowly spoke, whispering softly~
“Sublimation~”
A flow of light appeared.
An endless deep blue color enveloped the Train.
Traveling through the wilderness, it was like a comet constantly surging forward.
Buzz~
The invisible barrier was once again breached by the power of Sublimation.
[Stamina: 170→70][Mental Power: 170→40]
[Train upgrade complete!]
[Current Level: 8]
[Materials required for the next Train upgrade: Wood… (omitted) Wuce Crystal ×1]
A new material had appeared.
After Ye Qiyan noted down this name, as usual, he observed the Train.
The cost of upgrading to level 8 was 230 points, a full 50 points more than the last time.
Train Speed: 160.
The workbench and the Train as a whole upgraded simultaneously.
Nothing special happened.
The most important thing was still the upgrade options.
“Let’s see what we have this time.”
Rubbing his hands together, he opened the Light Screen of the upgrade options with great anticipation.
[Open Upgrade Options]
[Upgrade options are as follows:]
[1: Train Docking Time: Two Hours (4 Train Coins)]
[2: Limit – Mechanical Life Core (100 Train Coins)]
[3: Blueprint: GT-EX Mind Robot (50 Train Coins)]
[4: Train Armament: Airspace Clearance (60 Train Coins)]
Hiss! 214?
Ye Qiyan’s eyelids twitched a few times.
No, does it have to be this expensive? Are these things really worth that much?
He rubbed his temples and first bought the cheapest option among them.
Adding them, the docking time reached nineteen hours.
It wasn’t far from reaching the twenty-four-hour limit.
He continued to look down.
This second option looked very familiar.
“Isn’t this the sublimated core I used for Wall-E back then?”
Limit – Mechanical Life Core, without a doubt, it was this.
“Does it have to be so expensive… I remember getting this thing from a level 8 Treasure Chest before it was sublimated?”
It was ridiculously expensive.
This was a hundred Train Coins.
For the Train Captains of the same batch as him, if anyone could produce seven or eight Train Coins, they would be considered rich.
A hundred coins…
But there was no need to hesitate.
The Vigilant Sentry had long needed a potential enhancement. Previously, he had been wondering where to get a mechanical core, but he hadn’t expected to get its sublimated form directly from the upgrade options this time.
Speaking of which…
What would happen if he performed another Sublimation on this core?
“I didn’t expect the value of sublimated items to be this much higher…”
Having purchased the core, he set it aside for now.
He continued to look down.
[Blueprint: GT-EX Mind Robot]
[Requires: mind cube ×1, mechanical parts ×3,000, Metal ×3,000 kg, Gold ×100 kg, Mithril ×60 kg, Advanced Electronic Components ×500]
[The ultimate masterpiece of the GT Series. Once manufactured, you will have an absolutely loyal mind robot that will do anything for you.]
So expensive…
Not the cost of purchasing the option.
Rather, the materials needed to manufacture this blueprint, excluding what he already owned, would probably cost almost sixty Train Coins, plus a mind cube.
That was also a material he had spent 40 Train Coins to buy from the upgrade options when he upgraded the Train to level 6.
All in all, to manufacture it, would it actually cost more than a hundred and fifty Train Coins in total?
Ye Qiyan held his forehead in speechlessness.
Once again, he realized the fact that he was a pauper.
“Whatever, I’ll buy the blueprint first! I can just save up Train Coins slowly. Besides, the GT Series? I remember Wall-E is GT-1, right? Good heavens, it actually came out with an ultimate masterpiece? Looks like it’s meant for combat?”
There was one last one. Ye Qiyan numbly clicked open the description.
[Train Armament: Airspace Clearance]
[Consumes 0 Train Coins. Unfolds a clearance domain, banning aerial units within a certain range from flying.]
60 Train Coins was considered cheap compared to the previous two.
“Consumes 0 coins, heh, thank goodness for the money-saving Module.”
Having bought them all, he had twenty-one Train Coins left.
“Not bad, I didn’t completely become a pauper. Like I said, the advantage is mine.”
He put away the remaining Train Coins.
The Train Armament finished equipping. For the remaining two options, the blueprint was put away for now, to be built slowly once he gathered enough materials.
As for that Limit – Mechanical Life Core…
“No rush. Once I’ve rested, I’ll perform a Sublimation on it before giving it to you.”
The target of its use was, without a doubt, the Vigilant Sentry.
The Limit – Mechanical Life Core itself could enhance Wall-E’s abilities to that extent. What would it look like after being sublimated again?
He was quite looking forward to it.
———
wilderness.
Inside the Angel of the Night.
Shaya, dressed in nun’s attire, sat beneath a glow of light with her hands clasped in prayer.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
She looked up at the ceiling in confusion.
From a certain Angel Card, an angel descended and handed her a golden object engraved with characters.
“Huh?”
“A god entered the wilderness and then fell?”
“You’re saying it might have been done by some Train Captain?”
“Who? You don’t know?”
Shaya’s eyes blinked slightly, a strange sorrow appearing on her face~
“Ah… I’m so envious… Why, O god I believe in…”
“You…”
“Are you unwilling to come to the wilderness?”
Shaya lightly licked her lips, her eyes filled with madness and killing intent.
Her mouth was full of faith.
Yet the words she spoke were entirely Blasphemy.
“Ha~ Could it be that you are afraid?”
“Don’t be afraid…”
“Hehe~”
Tina stood to the side, shaking her head silently and muttering in a low voice:
“Sister Nun is acting crazy again… Since when did she ever believe in a god…”
