Chapter 24
Chapter 24: Manufacturing a Power Generation Device and the New Tropical Wind Weather
“…”
Shangguan Yingxue fell slightly silent upon seeing this ambiguous reply.
Half-submerged in steaming warm water, she hesitated for a moment and continued speaking:
[“What are you collecting gunpowder to make? Bullets? Can you sell some to me?”]
He had customers as soon as he finished making bullets.
Ye Qiyan narrowed his eyes. As the Train Captain who reached Level 2 second only to him, Shangguan Yingxue naturally had more resources in her hands than others.
And unlike the somewhat troublesome Li Xiaosheng, trading with her was relatively easy.
[“Of course I can sell bullets to you. However, this time I don’t want water, nor do I want resources. All I want are Train Coins. One Train Coin for thirty bullets.”]
[“? Are you robbing me?”]
Clearly, Shangguan Yingxue could not accept this price.
[“No, I am stating a fact. My bullets are well worth this price.”]
Screenshot sent.
Upon seeing the Level 3 affix attached to the bullets, Shangguan Yingxue widened her eyes and muttered in disbelief:
“How is this possible? Level 3 bullets? Could he really have already reached Level Trading Platform”
But Shangguan Yingxue did not ask questions like “Why do you have Level 3 bullets?”
Everyone had their own secrets and luck.
She was no exception.
Taking a deep breath, Shangguan Yingxue hesitated for a moment and still intended to bargain a bit further.
[“Fifty rounds. One Train Coin for fifty rounds of bullets. Thirty rounds is too few and simply not enough to use.”]
[“Fifty is too many. How about this, let’s compromise at forty rounds of bullets. How does that sound?”]
People negotiating prices usually left room around a central value.
As long as someone stated this central value, both parties would likely accept it.
Shangguan Yingxue sighed inwardly, took out a pouch from the side, and withdrew her only three Train Coins from it, feeling a bit distressed.
[“Deal… However, you need to gift me a gun as well. The previous one is somewhat damaged.”]
[“Gifting you one is definitely out of the question, but I can sell you a new one. Don’t rush to refuse; take a look at the new gun before making your decision.”]
[Exquisite Marksman Rifle] (Level 2)
Looking at the firearm in the screenshot, which was obviously much more luxurious and powerful than the low-level rifle, Shangguan Yingxue subconsciously felt a surge of desire.
[“How much?”]
[“Not much, two Train Coins. I will also gift you 10 rounds of bullets. Counting the previous ones, that makes a total of fifty rounds of bullets, which happens to meet your needs. Quite fair, right?”]
Silently looking at the three Train Coins in her hands, Shangguan Yingxue inexplicably felt: Was she being monitored by this person? Otherwise, how could he so precisely state everything she currently possessed?
After hesitating for quite a while, Shangguan Yingxue gritted her teeth.
[“Let’s trade.”]
[“Of course. Oh right, I remember you had a wooden bed blueprint. Can you help me make one? Of course, I’ll provide the materials. Consider it a return gift for giving you those ten extra bullets. How’s that?”]
[“… 10 kilograms of wood”]
Shangguan Yingxue no longer felt like speaking. After the trade was completed, looking at the extra wood sent by the other party, she simply sighed, finished making the wooden bed, and traded it over.
Having obtained three Train Coins and a bed to sleep on, Ye Qiyan could be said to have made a killing in this trade.
The Exquisite Marksman Rifle was of little use to him.
After possessing the Trial by Gunfire Module, even if he only used a pistol, he could hit targets at a relatively long distance. Keeping it here served no purpose, so it was better to sell one in exchange for Train Coins.
Lying on the wooden bed board after a long time, his mood improved significantly.
14 Train Coins—this was the wealth he currently possessed.
“Trading with such people is still the happiest; they don’t waste words. Oh right, there’s also her.”
Ye Qiyan uninstalled the low-level rifles on the warning platform, and after fully sublimating them to Level 2, he sold them to Zhao Lin at the price of two Train Coins each, conveniently trading 100 rounds of low-level bullets for five freshwater fish.
As a result, the number of Train Coins reached 16.
Not long after, the electronic components were also successfully acquired.
Consuming the materials, Ye Qiyan directly built the Monitor and installed it in the third carriage.
Just like the warning device, he temporarily could not perform Sublimation on it. He needed to find a way to cross the threshold of Level 4.
“Right, I can exchange for the generator now, can’t I?”
Ye Qiyan hadn’t forgotten the option unlocked after he reached Level 3.
That generator blueprint worth a full six Train Coins.
“Exchanged.”
[Energy Power Generation Device Manufacturing Blueprint (Level 3)]
[Requirements: 50 mechanical parts, 40 kilograms of metal]
The required materials were fewer than he had imagined.
That was fine too; without needing to conduct additional trades, Ye Qiyan directly manufactured the power generation device.
[Energy Power Generation Device]
[Consumes diesel to generate electricity]
Diesel was indeed available on the Trading Platform, but there was only one drum of it, and the quantity was very small. Even if he bought it, it wouldn’t last long, and trying to acquire more would probably be very difficult.
Ye Qiyan was not satisfied with this. Patting the power generation device, which reached up to his calf, he began Sublimation.
[Energy Power Generation Device -> Power Generation Device · Enchanted Omnivore] (Level 3)
[Can consume resources: metal / wood / coal / oil… to generate electricity]
“Now I don’t need to buy oil.”
Casually throwing in a piece of wood, the power storage slot on the power generation device showed a slight increase.
He bought some light bulbs and hung them inside the carriage. With electricity, when night came, he no longer needed to endure the darkness.
On the fourth day of coming to this world, he was finally able to lie in bed like an ordinary human being and fall asleep while counting the stars.
Of course, there were no stars tonight.
All there was were the suffocating, rolling dark clouds overhead.
The night in the wilderness was exceptionally desolate. There were no monster attacks tonight, accompanied by increasingly faint thunder and the gradually fading drizzling rain.
The thunderstorm weather quietly passed.
Early the next morning, dazzling sunlight shone through the window onto Ye Qiyan’s face.
Waking up dazed, stretching lazily, he casually picked a White Forest Fruit for breakfast and walked toward the front of the train out of habit.
But the moment he entered the front of the train, the rolling wave of heat instantly woke him up.
“Holy shit! So hot! What’s going on?”
[“Ding-dong!”]
The broadcast sounded.
[“Today’s weather is Hot Wind Day”]
[“All Train Captains please pay attention, maintain your body temperature and avoid heatstroke.”]
“The weather changed again? But this time it didn’t say that the stations would change along with it.”
Ye Qiyan returned to the Temperature-controlled carriage to wash his face, gritted his teeth, and still returned to the front of the train.
“It really is inconvenient that the control system can only be used at the front of the train.”
Opening the Chat Room, it was already bustling with voices at this moment.
In fact, everyone except Ye Qiyan had been woken up by the heat as soon as the weather began to change. Being able to sleep until now made him truly one of a kind.
