Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 36 My Own Puppy
But seeing Xiaobai's spontaneous behavior, Jiang Ran was actually quite pleasantly surprised.

By analogy, it's like her own robot is more intelligent than she thought?

Moreover, the fact that Xiaobai can achieve this level of performance based on her character design means that she no longer needs to split into two personalities like a young lady!
In a great mood, Jiang Ran readily put fifty boxes of self-heating hot pot on the shelves, each box costing 30 health points.

It sold out in less than a minute after being put on the shelves.

Now no one dares to criticize the black-stockinged young lady for "harvesting leeks" anymore; anyone who dares to mention it will be spontaneously attacked and driven away by everyone.

Everyone knows that what she's selling is priceless; even if someone finds something in the box, they won't sell it.

After all, in such an extremely cold environment, a bowl of food that is warm can sometimes keep a person going for two more days.

The "Black Silk Lady" only sells for 30 yuan a box. What's the difference between that and doing charity?
People were even worried that if the young lady really got angry at those idiots, she might stop giving out these "benefits" in the future.

Some people missed out and are crying and begging the young lady to put another batch on sale.

But this time, Xiaobai just kept eating and didn't reply to the message.

Jiang Ran blinked, watching Xiaobai eat heartily, and asked curiously, "Do you need to eat too?"

Little White raised its head, speaking in the most submissive way with the most arrogant expression: "Master, I don't feel hunger or pain, but I can quickly restore my strength by eating."

Jiang Ran glanced at Xiao Bai's information and, sure enough, after eating, his stamina, which was almost depleted, was rapidly recovering. Compared to other players who needed to sleep or use specific drinks or medicines to recover even a little, it was indeed much more convenient.

It makes sense. As a tool, a puppet cannot be wholeheartedly devoted to its master if it is affected by pain and fear.

Ultimately, it's because Jiang Ran sculpted the people so exquisitely that it always creates some illusions.

After Jiang Ran finished eating, she put down her chopsticks, rested her chin on her hand, and watched with a smile as Xiao Bai finished cleaning up the remaining food and cleared the table. She felt a rare sense of peace in her heart.

It's only been a little over half a month since her rebirth, but Jiang Ran feels like a long time has passed.

She was busy stockpiling goods, busy becoming stronger, busy seeking revenge, but she knew that there was always a piece missing in her heart.

Having experienced betrayal by her closest loved ones, she has long since lost the ability to "trust".

Jiang Ran was well aware that on this endless road to survival, being a lone wolf was not a good choice.

Just like in the previous life, after surviving to the third level, most people chose to stick together for warmth, not only because of the pressure of survival, but also because sometimes, loneliness alone is enough to drive people crazy.

Moreover, this road will never lack plunder and slaughter; even the strongest person will have moments of exhaustion.

Jiang Ran did want revenge, but she cherished the chance to start over even more.

She wanted to live a better life, so she never allowed herself to indulge in the twisted pleasure of revenge.

Revenge was just a side effect; from beginning to end, she was clear and unwavering in her goals.

Now, with Xiaobai, a little puppet who only listens to her, she doesn't need to question Xiaobai's loyalty and can chatter with him about information or nonsense that he might not understand but will always listen attentively to.

For Jiang Ran, that was enough.

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After lunch, the heavy snow outside had stopped, but the snow layer had become thicker than before.

Jiang Ran led the fully healed Xiaobai out of the cellar, ready to dig for some boxes.

Two people digging together is incredibly efficient, and with someone to accompany you while you dig the frozen soil, even time seems to fly by.

When Xiaobai's third stamina bar was emptied, Jiang Ran was also about to reach her limit.

She and Xiaobai walked back, each munching on a chocolate bar, counting their afternoon's spoils: one gold treasure chest, two silver treasure chests, and six wooden crates. It was already quite a haul, and Jiang Ran couldn't wait to get back to the cellar and open the chests.

But on the way, Xiaobai suddenly spoke up: "Someone delivered a new email."

Although Xiaobai has some autonomy, it is limited to using her identity as the "Black Silk Young Lady" for verbal battles. When it comes to actual transactions, Jiang Ran has to make the final decision.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran opened her game panel and found that her account, "Miss Black Silk," had indeed received a new package email.

[Magical Girl sent you: Crafting Table Fragment *5.]

[Additional information: Miss, I noticed you seemed to be collecting crafting table fragments. I wonder if you've gathered them all yet? I just happened to get some, consider it a thank you for your help earlier!]

Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow.

Although the supplies given to the magical girl earlier were indeed quite plentiful, Jiang Ran considered it as gratitude for the information about the fire ants that she had shared in her previous life. She even regretted meddling in the subsequent reminders.

Unexpectedly, this magical girl is quite grateful. She probably didn't see Jiang Ran's record of pretending to collect all the bullets to show off, so she specially came to deliver the fragments.

Jiang Ran accepted the fragments directly and replied, "I've already collected one, but you can never have too many of these."

"If you ever find any new fragments in the future, you can trade with me. In return, whatever you want to make, as long as I have the blueprints, you just need to bring the materials. I won't charge you any processing fees."

Magical Girl: "Then I won't be polite, hehe. If I can get my hands on new blueprints, can I buy the materials directly from you?"

The young lady in black stockings: "No problem."

Magical Girl: "Yay! Suddenly I feel like I have a lot more motivation to live!"

Jiang Ran looked at Mahou's reply with amusement, feeling that she was a little different from the doctor she had imagined; she was a bit too lively.

However, since the magical girl is still alive and even managed to obtain some more fragments of the crafting station, does that mean...?

Gossiping is probably human nature, and Jiang Ran couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where's your boyfriend?"

The magical girl replied quickly: "Dead."

The young lady in black stockings: ": "

Perhaps because of Jiang Ran's timely help and reminders, Mahou Shōjū trusted her quite a lot, so before Jiang Ran could ask any more questions, she sent a string of messages directly.

Magical Girl: "You were right before. The apocalypse has made everyone unlike themselves, including my boyfriend and myself. Thanks to the supplies you traded, we managed to get through the last two days of the first instance without any major incidents."

"But just a few seconds before we were about to get back on the train, we were almost overtaken by the fire ants behind us. Actually, I listened carefully to your reminder that day, and later when I opened the box, I secretly hid a 'catapult' item card."

"I had already clicked to use it when he pushed me away without hesitation."

"Nothing would have happened between him and me."

[Highlight] Xiaobai is not a couple; he's just Ranran's little puppy.

There will be many more puppies in Ranran's life. Her personality and experiences mean that she will never expose her most vulnerable side again.

Therefore, the existence of the puppets would not be her support, but to some extent, they could provide her with what little trust she had left.

The road to becoming stronger is always lonely, but I secretly hope that Ranran can still have a pure land that belongs entirely to her.

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