Chapter 5
Chapter 5: The First Transaction
“There are two Train Coins in a Level 1 Treasure Chest, and four in a Level 2. So a Level 3 Treasure Chest should have six, right?”
Compared to the Level 2 Treasure Chest, the rewards in the Level 1 Treasure Chest were quite meager, but medicine was precious enough in this world. Besides, there were things like Train Coins.
“Huh? What is this?”
Suddenly, a message caught Ye Qiyan’s attention.
Li Xiaosheng: [“Does anyone want Metal? I have some here and can trade them for various resources, with priority given to weapons.”]
Prioritizing weapons over food indicated that this person did not lack the ability to survive.
Compared to those guys who couldn’t even temporarily satisfy their own stomachs, Ye Qiyan preferred dealing with this kind of person.
Having made up his mind, Ye Qiyan contacted Li Xiaosheng.
Soon, a line of text appeared on the private chat interface.
Li Xiaosheng: “Hello, are you looking to trade for Metal?”
“How much do you have here?”
“How much do you need?”
He was a person with strong vigilance, but from this sentence, it wasn’t hard to tell that the amount of Metal in his hands was definitely not small.
“One hundred and fifty kilograms of Metal, can you bring it out?”
The Chat Room suddenly went quiet for a moment.
Li Xiaosheng rubbed his eyes, looking at the text in the dialog box with a sense of disbelief.
One hundred and fifty kilograms? This was the exact quantity for the Train’s first upgrade. What was this person going to do with so much? Could it be that he had already gathered the wood and mechanical parts? Besides, what on earth gave this person named Ye Qiyan the confidence to come and buy so much Metal all at once?
After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message.
“I can bring it out. However, what are you using to trade? If it’s the dagger given at the very beginning, I can only trade ten kilograms with you.”
“How about a rifle?”
The Train System had a built-in photo-taking function. Ye Qiyan took a picture of an average-looking low-level rifle and sent it over.
“How about one gun and 20 bullets in exchange for your 150 kilograms of Metal?”
“A gun?! You actually have a gun?! I can trade with you, but isn’t this price too expensive? You’re robbing me! Even a gun isn’t worth this price!”
Ye Qiyan toyed with a bullet, not surprised by the other party’s reaction.
But right now, he was the one and only person selling guns.
Whatever price he wanted, he was the one who set it.
“It’s not expensive at all. You should understand how important a gun is at a time like this. Besides, who knows what the next stop of the Train will be like? Can you guarantee there is no danger? If you can have a gun in your hand, maybe you can survive better, isn’t that right?”
Li Xiaosheng knew Ye Qiyan was right.
He had obtained over three hundred kilograms of Metal and a Treasure Chest at the first stop, and initially thought he was the luckiest one among everyone.
But compared to the gun in Ye Qiyan’s hand, all of that was not worth mentioning.
“Can it be a little less?”
“No bargaining.”
Ye Qiyan rubbed his chin, narrowing his eyes.
The amount of Metal in the hands of this guy named Li Xiaosheng should be quite substantial, and he had completely exposed his desire to get this gun.
Since that was the case, he could squeeze him a little more.
Looking at the photo on the screen, Li Xiaosheng swallowed hard. Obviously, he wanted it.
“Can it be one hundred kilograms?”
Ye Qiyan toyed with a bullet.
“What do you think?”
Li Xiaosheng gritted his teeth, hesitated for a long time, and finally replied reluctantly:
“Let me think about it.”
“Take your time, think about it slowly, I’m still busy…”
“…”
Li Xiaosheng really wanted to ask what he was busy with. Everyone had already left the first stop, and in such a narrow space of the Train, aside from organizing their own supplies, they could only communicate through the Chat Room.
He wouldn’t know that Ye Qiyan was still lingering at the first stop at this moment, nor could he guess that Ye Qiyan’s goal was not to upgrade the Train, but to build his first carriage.
Li Xiaosheng took a deep breath, his expression resolute, obviously having made a decision.
“I’ve thought it through. I’m willing to trade with you, but I want to know, what do you need these Metal for? To upgrade the Train, or do you have the blueprint for this kind of firearm and can mass-produce it?”
“Of course, don’t misunderstand, I’m not like those people in the Chat Room, I don’t have the idea of making you pull out blueprints. I just want to say that if you still want to trade, you can continue to find me. I have the confidence to upgrade the Train to Level 2 within three stops, and by then, I can help you publicize this kind of firearm.”
Where did this guy get his confidence?
Ye Qiyan thought of the Sublimation he possessed.
This Li Xiaosheng probably also possessed some kind of Talent.
What specifically it was, Ye Qiyan had no way of knowing, and there was no need to go and ask.
Upgrading the Train within three stops and he could consider himself an expert?
He silently glanced at his Train, which had already been upgraded to Level 2 before entering the station.
All he could say was…
Dealing with someone with such baffling confidence was best done with two words.
Obedience.
“Let’s trade.”
This was Ye Qiyan’s first time conducting a transaction, and he was also very curious about how to do it.
According to the instructions, he placed the low-level rifle plus 20 bullets in an open space. Soon, a burst of virtual halo swept across the rifle and bullets. In a flash, both disappeared, and in their place, a neatly stacked pile of Metal ingots appeared.
“I see, it’s quite convenient.”
He wasn’t afraid that Li Xiaosheng would try any tricks, because all transactions were notarized through the Train System, so there wouldn’t be any problems.
Looking at the resources in his hands, Ye Qiyan’s eyes flashed with a jubilant light as he took out the low-level carriage blueprint and placed it on the crafting table.
A translucent Light Screen rose from the blueprint.
[Low-level Carriage] (Buildable)
Required materials: 100 kg of wood, 150 kg of Metal, 60 mechanical parts.
[Proceed with construction – Yes / No]
“Yes.”
The moment he pressed the option, all the required materials vanished out of thin air inside the Train.
Immediately after, Ye Qiyan saw that in the sky at the rear of the Train, all the materials were constantly reorganized under a mysterious force, eventually condensing into the shape of a carriage.
The carriage fell from mid-air, landing steadily on the tracks and sliding forward, eventually connecting with his locomotive head.
[Construction successful.]
[Can be modified by consuming glass and fiber.]
[Low-level Carriage]
[Internal facilities: None]
[Carriage function: None]
[Modified: No]
This carriage did not have a door; wanting to walk into it required entering from the rear of the locomotive head.
The interior of the carriage was very large, with a length of about ten meters. As for the height, it was roughly equivalent to one and a half adult males’ height, which could be considered spacious and bright.
There were window frames, but unlike the locomotive head which came with its own windows, it seemed that glass was needed for modification.
“Now I don’t have to put things inside the locomotive head anymore. Besides, what kind of Train is it with just a locomotive head? This is how it should be.”
Ye Qiyan nodded with satisfaction.
He stealthily glanced at his remaining Stamina and Mental Power, deciding not to consider Sublimation for the time being.
He stuffed all the resources piled up in the locomotive head into this carriage and glanced at the countdown to leaving the station.
There were still the last few dozen minutes left, which was enough to move a few more things onto the carriage.
