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

Chapter 69 S-Rank Legacy Plunder?!
The next day, after Jiang Ran got up, she subconsciously checked the situation outside the safe house and found that the dense nematodes that had been there had all disappeared.

She carefully maneuvered the camera around, but couldn't find a single nematode.

Opening the chat lobby, many people were discussing how they hadn't dared to sleep all night, fearing they'd be swarmed by nematodes. It turned out to be Christmas Eve, and they hadn't even needed to use the saline solution they'd prepared, which felt rather strange.

However, given that the bloodshed from yesterday was still fresh in everyone's mind, no one was foolish enough to say anything like wanting to return the saline solution.

We don't know what the next dungeon will be like, or how long we'll have to stay there. Salt is something we can always keep and find useful.

Xiao Bai went straight out of the safe house and checked it over. He looked around the walls of the cellar and said with some concern, "Master, it seems like the area around here has been hollowed out by drilling. There's a risk of collapse. Should we move to another place?"

After reading through the scattered group chat messages, Jiang Ran had a general idea of ​​what was going on. Hearing this, she nodded and said, "Let's go straight to the village. By now, everyone who was going to leave has already left."

Jiang Ran had a guess about the disappearance of the nematodes—perhaps because the nematodes had achieved their goal of reducing their numbers, so there was no need for them to continue existing.

Jiang Ran found the game's programming logic sometimes quite strange. If that's the case, could it be that the fire ants persisted until the very last moment of boarding the train in the first instance because there weren't enough eliminations?
Shaking her head, she was too lazy to dwell on these things. She packed up the safe house, put on her mask again, and climbed out of the cellar with Xiaobai.

Because few people ventured into the snow outside, and because the dungeon was in its later stages with heavy snowfalls almost every night, the snow was now so thick that it could almost bury a person's thighs.

Fortunately, the temperature was low and there was little rain, so the snow was sandy and did not freeze into ice.

Otherwise, even if Jiang Ran had a high score and great strength, it would probably be difficult for her to open the outward-facing cellar door.

Upon entering the village, there was no trace of snow on the thick layer of earth. Almost all the thatched houses had collapsed under the weight of the snow, and even some of the simpler mud-brick houses looked like they were in danger of collapsing.

Jiang Ran was quite satisfied with this; it's inconvenient to have people around.

Speaking of which, when she was preparing to deal with Yan Zikai, Yuwei took the initiative to contact her and gave her Yan Zikai's coordinates. These three should have gone with the convoy that came to sweep through the area.

However, Yuwei did not accept the salt water Jiang Ran gave her. Instead, she said directly, "I have a grudge against Yan Zikai. It's already a pleasant surprise that I can kill him by just providing coordinates. I shouldn't be too greedy."

However, this also suggests that she probably didn't lack supplies.

Jiang Ran thought for a moment. Since the nematodes had disappeared, giving her saline solution again seemed pointless.

Jiang Ran didn't mind being generous to Yuwei, who had a good impression of her.

So she thought about it and sent Yuwei five catties of raw beef: "Since the salt water is no longer useful, I'll replace it with some beef."

In the freezing cold, large pieces of meat are the best way to generate heat.

Perhaps shocked by the young lady's "keeping her word," Yuwei replied quickly: "I can refuse the salt water, but I really can't refuse this. Young lady, besides thank you, I really don't know what else to say to you."

Jiang Ran smiled; it was more comfortable dealing with people like this.

She didn't intend to have a long chat with Yuwei, so she simply replied, "Just a fair trade."

Yuwei didn't reply, but she still accepted the five pounds of beef—no one, even if they had plenty of supplies, would be able to refuse meat that was offered to them.

In the village, all you can find are old rice, flour, and dried chili peppers. Finding even a small piece of cured meat is a testament to your ancestors burning incense in the ground, let alone this kind of fresh red meat.

Thinking the transaction was over, Jiang Ran closed the chat window and prepared to enjoy the breakfast that Xiao Bai had carefully prepared.

Unexpectedly, Yuwei suddenly sent a message to Jiang Ran a while later. Rainy Night Chill: "Miss, you're a good person, and I can't take advantage of you. Check your email; if you need it, great; if not, you can sell it. At least that will make me feel more at ease accepting your kindness."

Jiang Ran blinked and looked at Xiao Bai: "Why do I feel like I've been friend-zoned?"

Xiao Bai was setting out dessert plates when she heard this. Without even looking up, she said, "I haven't seen the young master treat a woman this well in a long time."

Jiang Ran: ...

You've really mastered the essence of it.

She almost forgot that she was using the account "Young Master" to chat with Yuwei, and Young Master... was a man.

And he's a guy who boldly declared his exclusive ownership on the public chat...

Tsk.

Jiang Ran, who finally remembered this important premise, couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when she recalled her time with Yuwei.

It's quite remarkable that Yuwei expressed herself so tactfully. Perhaps in her eyes, having finally gotten rid of Yan Zikai, only to have an even more domineering young lady appear, it was indeed difficult to keep up.

Jiang Ran sighed, not daring to let Yuwei misunderstand any further, and simply replied, "Okay."

Imagining Yuwei's relieved expression on the other end of the chat window, Jiang Ran found it inexplicably funny.

What kind of mess is this?

But the moment she opened her email and saw a prop card with a special glow lying there quietly, Jiang Ran thought: Good people should encounter such good things!
[Item. Money for Goods (Special): Costs 5000 health points to upgrade one skill you have previously owned.]

Jiang Ran focused her attention on "the skills you have possessed".

Have you ever possessed it? Does this mean... the skills that Coldheart previously copied can also be upgraded?!
Although there didn't seem to be any suitable skills to upgrade for the time being, Jiang Ran still clicked on the skill card to use it and see which skills could be upgraded!

Although losing 5000 health points is painful, it's worth it in the long run to upgrade a useful skill!

In particular, if an A-level skill can be upgraded to S-level, its strength may experience a qualitative leap!

Furthermore, if S-rank skills could also be upgraded...

The moment Jiang Ran opened the list of upgradable skills, she was completely stunned.

Is it a system bug...? Can someone tell her why "Heritage Plunder" is among the upgradeable skills?
After the initial bewilderment, a wave of ecstasy followed!
Forget about this and that, if there's an option to plunder the inheritance, why even consider it?!

Health -5000, Upgrade Skill: Legacy Plunder!

A powerful flash of golden light appeared, and a pale gold skill card appeared in front of Jiang Ran.

[Skill. Legacy Plunder (S-Rank): Within three minutes of skill activation, self-healing effect +100%, pain -50% (non-fatal injuries). Killing a player during this period will plunder 80% of their resources and health. If the player counter-kills, 100% will be plundered.]

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