My Doomsday Train

"So far, everyone's mental strength is pretty normal. We haven't encountered anyone like Li Shiji."

Biaozi said with some regret, "We definitely can't force someone like Li Shiji. It's hard to find a second freak of nature like him. But someone like the Third Team Captain would be good too. Are all these people just average?"

"Being average is the norm. Li Shiji is an outlier."

This was also the basic procedure for the 'Stellar' train. Newcomers would be starved for three days, allowing them to observe the lives of other train residents. Then, after three days, they would be informed of the train rules and promotion process.

After that, as time passed, they would slowly integrate.

The next day, day two.

Just as dawn broke.

The train had already stopped beside a Level 3 open-pit iron mine. Many train residents had already begun to disembark and mine. Chen Mang, on the other hand, sat in the train, gazing at the blueprint for the 'Cardiac Enhancement Injector Production Line'.

Yellow grade component.

Consumes 46,000 units of iron ore to create and upgrade to level 10.

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"Cardiac Enhancement Injector Production Line Level 5 Supermodel Effect": Consumption halved.

"Cardiac Enhancement Injector Production Line Level 10 Supermodel Effect": Consumption halved.

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This injector was the one Biaozi used in the Resident Evil map. It was a single-soldier supply, extremely useful for field missions. Upgrading had no effect. The original price was 1000 units of iron ore to produce one injector.

After two consecutive supermodel effects, the price was 250 units per injector.

He manufactured three for each guard, placing them in their tactical vest pockets. When performing field missions, this item could effectively guarantee survival rates.

And—

He looked at the line of text on the control panel screen. It was the reward he received after successfully clearing the 'Earth's Core Nuclear Bomb' adventure map.

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"You successfully escaped from the 'Earth's Core Nuclear Bomb' adventure map."

"You have received the following rewards."

"1,000,000 units of iron ore, 1,000,000 units of copper ore, 1,000,000 units of wood."

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Extremely straightforward rewards.

This was the most straightforward reward he had ever seen from an adventure map, but it was still good. All of it was useful, except for the 1,000,000 units of wood. There weren't many places to use wood, other than making clothes. But having it was better than not having it; it would be useful eventually.

Manufacturing a set of high-quality clothes only required 500 units of wood.

Moreover—

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mang sent another pinned message on the train's radio.

"Selling clothing with warming effects. Accepting bulk custom orders, payment in copper or iron ore."

Winter was coming.

The temperature was starting to drop. The clothing produced by other trains' 'Clothing Customization Production Lines' didn't have temperature-locking effects, making it difficult for slaves to work in the cold wind.

However, after a while, no one inquired. It wasn't nearly as popular as when he sold cigarettes.

Chen Mang quickly understood the situation. Whether manufacturing short sleeves or cotton coats, the material consumption was the same: 1 unit of wood.

Those trains didn't need to purchase warming clothing at all.

They could just make cotton coats. If it was cold, they could just wear a few more layers, which would only cost a few more units of wood. There was no need to use iron ore to buy clothes with temperature-locking effects. Although wearing less made work easier, it was clear that no train captain was willing to pay for that little bit of efficiency.

So he sent another message.

"Selling Murphy Stones, inquire with a price. Remote transactions accepted."

This time, the train's radio seemed to explode. Almost instantly, four people initiated private chats with him. Clearly, everyone had a higher demand for Murphy Stones.

"Not bad."

Chen Mang looked at the four items in his hand, nodding with satisfaction. After some screening, he sold 10 Murphy Stones, leaving him with 6.

Murphy Stones were powerful.

But that was only if you had a certain number of them, at least three or four. Otherwise, they wouldn't have much of an effect.

If you had two, you could give a green-grade component a level 5 supermodel effect, or a blue-grade component a level 10 supermodel effect.

You could also upgrade defensive or offensive components, allowing them to skip the next stage of defensive or offensive components used for transition, saving a lot of resources.

For example, directly upgrading the 'Energy Shield' to level seven or eight would eliminate the need for the 'Tycoon Energy Shield'. When the train later reached level 9, they could directly use the next defensive component, saving a lot of resources. All the resources for building the 'Tycoon Energy Shield' would be saved.

The 10 Murphy Stones he sold earned him—

600,000 units of iron ore, a blueprint for a green-grade vehicle component, a small card, and an entrance ticket to an adventure map.

The blueprint was for a 'Cigar Production Line'.

The small card was somewhat similar to the card the 'Ten Steps, One Kill' train gave him.

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"Special Item": Dungeon Keycard.

"Item Effect": When in the 'Eternal Imprisonment' adventure map, this card can be used to open a specific dungeon door within the map.

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The laboratory keycard had already given him a taste of success, so when the other party proposed exchanging it for this item, he quickly agreed. It might never be used, gathering dust in a drawer.

But if it could be used someday, that would be an opportunity.

It was better to have this item gathering dust in a drawer than to have the Murphy Stones gathering dust.

As for the other adventure map entrance ticket, it was quite special.

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"Special Item": Neon City Entrance Ticket.

"Item Effect": Adventure map 'Neon City' entrance ticket. When this entrance ticket emits a red light, crush it to enter this adventure map.

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Besides the 600,000 units of iron ore and the 'Cigar Production Line', the remaining two items were useless for now.

He didn't know when they could be used.

He put the keycard into the drawer, placing the 'Entrance Ticket' on the table next to the walkie-talkie to avoid missing the red light if it started emitting it.

He brought that walkie-talkie out of the 'Underwater Maze'. It hasn't matched him with an opponent yet. No train has chosen the S-grade mechanical train class advancement mission.

But he wasn't worried.

There would always be someone stubborn enough. He firmly believed in this.

The Stellar Train currently had Level 7 armor.

The price to upgrade the armor of one carriage from Level 6 to Level 7 was 200,000, and the price to upgrade from Level 7 to Level 8 was 300,000.

That meant the total price for the Stellar Train to upgrade to Level 8 armor was 4,800,000.

The train's current iron ore balance was 4,844,000.

Just enough.

Without thinking much, Chen Mang immediately took out 4,800,000 units of iron ore to upgrade the Stellar Train's armor to Level 8.

At this point—

The Stellaris train now has 15 carriages, including the locomotive, all with level 8 armor. If it encounters a crisis like last night's "Earth Core Bomb" again, it won't even need to use the train's special ability, "Absolute Defense." It can withstand the impact directly and remain completely unscathed.

At most, some external components might be damaged and require repair.

Level 8 armor can completely negate attacks of level 8 and below.

Of course, the cost is that the train's iron ore reserves are now only 44,000 units.

For a train with a population of over 3,000, this amount of iron ore is far from sufficient for any significant event. Fortunately, being in a yellow zone, level 3 iron ore isn't too difficult to find.

The train is currently parked next to a level 3 iron mine. Once this mine is fully exploited, it will yield another million units of iron ore.

His "Steel Train Armor" is a green-quality component, so the materials required for upgrading are already quite economical.

If it were an energy shield, the resources consumed would be even greater.

Just look at the level 8 trains; their "Zaibatsu Energy Shields" only have one at level 7, with the rest at level 6. There's even a level 7 train with a level 5 energy shield.

Defensive components consume the most resources in all areas, without exception.

"That train is the Stellaris, right?"

Not far away, on a hilltop, a man stood beside his train, looking through binoculars at the train mining iron ore below, muttering, "It really seems to be it."

He had gathered information from the "Sand River Plain" that the slaves on the Stellaris train all wore orange-red clothing.

The slaves near the train in the distance are indeed wearing orange-red clothes.

"It should be it."

After confirming, the man returned to the train compartment and sent the coordinates to the "Raging Bull" train. The Raging Bull train had already announced on the train radio that anyone who provided the coordinates of the Stellaris train and led them to it would receive 100,000 units of iron ore on the spot.

Not a small amount.

Now that he has encountered the Stellaris train, there is naturally no reason to let this wealth slip away.

He is currently nearly ten thousand meters away from the Stellaris train. At this distance, the Stellaris train's "Targeting Radar" shouldn't be able to detect him, but he can observe the Stellaris train through the "Binoculars" in his hand.

Putting him in an inherently invincible position.

"Binoculars," a white component that level 1 trains can craft.

Ordinary and unremarkable.

With the advent of targeting radar, basically no train captain is willing to use binoculars anymore.

But—

The binoculars in his hand were found in a certain adventure map, and they were even level 10. He doesn't know which idiot smashed eight Morph Stones onto this component. It pains him to see it, but it doesn't matter; it was free anyway, and it's quite useful.

When the distance is far and there are no obstructions, binoculars can be used for observation.

The train radio quickly responded from the "Raging Bull."

"Good! If I don't kill him today, he won't know how to spell the 'Raging' in my name!"

"Okay."

The man hesitated for a moment, then picked up the binoculars again to look at the Stellaris train. The ten Doomsday Machine Guns outside the carriages were clearly of a high level. Honestly, he felt that the Raging Bull might not be able to defeat the Stellaris.

But emotional value still had to be given, after all, he would be at a disadvantage later.

"Good luck."

The man glanced at the targeting radar. The horde of zombies was approaching again. He had to run first. He immediately pushed the control lever and quickly left the area.

The level 3 iron mine below was originally found by him.

But he had only mined for a short time before the zombies forced him away. He originally planned to escape the zombie encirclement first and then return to continue mining, but when he returned, he found that the Stellaris train had already started mining his iron ore.

“. . . ”

Chen Mang casually glanced at the departing train on the targeting radar screen, a level 7 train with a level 6 "Zaibatsu Energy Shield." It posed no threat at all. He didn't know why it had been staring at him for so long.

Meanwhile, on the other end.

Thousands of red dots were rapidly approaching the Stellaris train.

It was a zombie horde.

Although it was a small zombie horde, it included an level 8 zombie, the highest-level zombie he had encountered. It was much higher than the "Mechanical Zombie King." The Mechanical Zombie King's panel showed level 7, but it was actually only a level 6 zombie.

The Mechanical Zombie King had left a deep impression on him, being as tall as a high-rise building and extremely domineering.

This level 8 zombie, on the other hand, looked much smaller.

About thirteen meters tall, it was naturally a behemoth among the zombies, but it was much weaker than the "Mechanical Zombie King."

“Hmm…”

“How to kill it…”

Chen Mang looked at the control panel screen, deep in thought. The train now had level 8 armor, so the level 8 zombie couldn't break through the train's defense, so there was no danger. The question was, how to kill it?

Use the "Doomsday Machine Guns"? Hmm… save some copper ore.

Use the train's special ability, "Death Spin."

See how much damage the level 50 drill and level 50 car blades can do to the level 8 zombie.

The next moment—

When the zombie horde was still nearly ten thousand meters away from the train, the Stellaris train took the initiative to start, gradually increasing its speed and rushing straight towards the zombie horde, aiming directly at the level 8 zombie in the middle!

As it approached.

The train suddenly leaped into the air. The level 50 drill and level 50 car blades all extended out of the carriage and began to rotate at high speed, crashing straight into it!

The width of a single-sided car blade is 10 meters.

Two-sided car blades would be 20 meters, plus the width of the train. At a glance, it looked like a steel blade more than 20 meters wide was rotating rapidly. Due to the excessive speed, the train could not even be seen clearly; only bursts of cold light could be seen.

“Roar!”

The level 8 zombie roared angrily, and a large mass of green slime was sprayed onto the train.

However.

That was all it could do. Immediately afterward, the high-speed rotating train crashed straight into the level 8 zombie's chest. The moment the drill made contact with the surface of the skin, a large amount of minced meat began to scatter in the air.

The level 8 zombie's physical strength was still very impressive.

It was not instantly pierced, but it was only not instantly pierced.

Three seconds later, the drill had forcibly penetrated about thirty centimeters deep into the level 8 zombie's body.

In pain, the level 8 zombie roared and slammed its fists towards the train rotating at high speed like a drill in its chest. Its fists slammed hard on the car blades.

“Clang clang clang!”

The sound of the car blades colliding with bones rang out sharply, and both arms instantly shattered into pieces, with blood flying everywhere.