Chapter 88
Chapter 88: Level 6 Train Captain! Crafting the Hunting Mechadragon!
He did not continue guessing wildly. Anyway, this inexplicable boost in Mental Power wasn’t the first time, and it was ultimately a good thing.
Thump-thump——Thump-thump——
As the Train kept moving forward through the lonely, endless wilderness.
After eating breakfast, Ye Qiyan walked into the front car.
Looking at the device that had once hung on the Train System, he reached out and touched it.
“Hoo…”
Once again undergoing Sublimation, his Train would be upgraded to Level 6.
He took a deep breath. The light of the high sun overhead happened to shine on his hands, and he silently recited in his heart the words he didn’t know how many times he had said.
“Sublimation.”
Mental Power and Stamina were consumed simultaneously.
An azure stream of light enveloped the entire Train.
Thump-thump—! Thump-thump!
The moving wheels roared.
The screech of the whistle terrified the nearby monsters.
When everything returned to Peace, the blue stream of light disappeared.
This also meant that this Sublimation was successful.
[Stamina: 120 → 60] [Mental Power: 130 → 50]
[Train upgrade complete!]
[Current Level: 6]
[The required materials for the Train’s next upgrade are: 1,000 kg of wood, 600 mechanical parts, 1,050 kg of Metal, 40 kg of glass, 500 electronic components, 15 kg of gold, 20 kg of mithril, storage array × 1]
The special item required to go from Level 6 to Level 7 was called a storage array.
Ye Qiyan noted down this name.
Speaking of which, what was the special material needed to go from Level 5 to Level 6 called again? He was too busy looking at the upgrade options back then and didn’t pay attention to it at all.
“Forget it, I’ll find out when someone else upgrades to Level 5 in the future.”
Shifting his gaze downward, after the upgrade, the old trio had also reached Level 6, and the Train speed increased to 120 kilometers per hour.
The most crucial part of the upgrade was the contents of the upgrade options.
Rubbing his hands and washing his face, he really liked this lottery-like feeling.
[Opening upgrade options]
[Upgrade options are as follows]
[1: Train stop time increased by 5 hours (10 Train Coins)]
[2: Train Armament: Wealth Shield (20 Train Coins)]
[3: mind cube × 1 (40 Train Coins)]
[4: drum washing machine (5 Train Coins)]
“O_o???”
How much?
How many Train Coins would these upgrade options cost?
75???
Was he seriously not dreaming?
What happened to the promised “the advantage is mine”?
He had managed to scrape together 76 Train Coins with great difficulty, and he never expected that if he wanted to buy all of them this time, he would become a penniless wretch with only 1 Train Coin left again?
Ye Qiyan rubbed his forehead helplessly, smiled, and clicked on the reward information in the upgrade options.
There was no need to say much about the Train stop time.
It was mainly about the ones that followed.
[Train Armament: Wealth Shield]
[After equipping this Armament, consuming one Train Coin will provide the Train with a shield capable of blocking any type of external attack. The shield has unique durability, and once depleted, it requires continuing to spend Train Coins to replenish it.]
“Train Armament… Why does this thing always cost money? The drill from last time too, and this one is so expensive.”
Skipping it for now, his gaze fell on the third upgrade option.
The mind cube was one of the items needed in the Hunting Mechadragon blueprint.
Ye Qiyan had originally thought about checking the black market for a chance to buy it later, but he didn’t expect it to appear directly in the upgrade options.
[mind cube: A mysterious cube that can be used as a material for certain mechanical constructs.]
Pure material, with no other special abilities.
There was only this in the description.
This was somewhat unexpected.
However, in this upgrade option, the mind cube was definitely something he had to buy.
Besides that, Ye Qiyan knew what the drum washing machine at the end was without looking at the description.
This thing was indeed useful; after all, if Wall-E was left to wash clothes, it would always ruin them.
“There are a bit few things, um… Let’s buy the mind cube first and talk later.”
40 Train Coins turned into dots of dark golden brilliance and dissipated.
A translucent square construct emitting a beautiful azure light appeared before him.
“It’s quite pretty. It might also be nice as a night light.”
Making a joking remark, Ye Qiyan took out the blueprint for the Hunting Mechadragon.
He had already prepared the other materials long ago.
The only thing missing was this mind cube.
He placed the cube onto the blueprint.
The azure brilliance filled every corner of the front car.
Ye Qiyan instinctively closed his eyes.
But he felt a vibration from the Train, along with the sound of glass shattering.
When the light dispersed and he opened his eyes, his pupils instantly contracted.
A mechanical dragon with a red and white body and engraved with Colorless cloud patterns was currently gripping the Train and floating outside.
“A mechanical dragon?”
Cool. This was Ye Qiyan’s first impression of the Hunting Mechadragon.
He reached out his hand, and an invisible connection formed between him and the Hunting Mechadragon.
[Hunting Mechadragon (Level 10)]
[A mechadragon possessing one ordinary mode and three special modes. Each mode requires consuming Train Coins to switch, and each special mode lasts for one hour.]
[Normal Mode (1 Train Coin): Follows by the master’s side to conduct the most basic close-range attacks]
[Guard Mode (3 Train Coins): Defends against any external non-Mental Power attacks]
[The Hunt Mode (5 Train Coins): Uses ranged weapons to conduct reconnaissance in the air and bombard arbitrary targets with Hunting missiles]
[Transcendent Mode (80 Train Coins): Rank increases by 3 levels. After activation ??, a single Hunting ultimate warhead can be used for wide-area bombardment]
[After each battle ends, recharging is required. It has no self-awareness and requires the master to issue command controls.]
“Hiss!”
Regardless of whether it was strong or not, this thing was a complete money sink!
Not to mention that mysterious Transcendent Mode at the end, just switching between the other two special modes each time required a lot of Train Coins, and they only lasted for one hour.
But… all its flaws vanished into thin air in front of its Level 10 status.
“Level Ye Qiyan If I told people about this, they’d definitely think I photoshopped it.”
Ye Qiyan couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
“So strong! Except for wanting money, it has no flaws. No, not having money is my flaw instead.”
Ye Qiyan reached out and stroked the mechanical dragon head outside the window.
The cold, hard texture was truly lovable.
“It’s just that the size is too big.”
The Hunting Mechadragon was roughly over three meters long. Putting it into the carriage took up way too much space.
How about building an exclusive carriage for it?
“Oh, right?”
Ye Qiyan suddenly thought of something and touched the Hunting Mechadragon again.
Its figure unexpectedly vanished outside the Train.
“It actually worked.”
The Hunting Mechadragon was counted as an Armament, meaning it could be stored into the Armament Space of the portable Armament Module.
