Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li sat on the sofa and first recounted her apprenticeship experience. Then she said, "I learned a new method of magical energy cultivation, as well as a set of ice and fire sword techniques. I can switch between ice and fire swords at will when attacking, so I've become a magic swordsman."

Sophia followed up, saying, "I became an apprentice of a magic bullet shooter. I learned new training methods and a whole set of enchanting magic, as well as some special shooting techniques. I can enchant bullets with the six elements of gold, wind, thunder, water, fire, and earth, and I can also release magic energy bullets directly from my guns. My future output direction should be mainly magic output, with physical output as a supplement."

Ivan said excitedly, "I became an apprentice of a legendary Star Knight and learned blacksmithing and the Star Knight's way of fighting from him. In addition to new training methods, Sun Healing, the Sun Shield skill, I also learned an aura ability."

As he spoke, Ivan unleashed his newly learned skill. A red halo emanated from Ivan, enveloping everyone.

Su Li felt that her power seemed to have increased a bit.

"This is a power aura that can increase the power of those around you. The range is controllable; in its normal form, it can be maintained at 20 meters with minimal energy consumption. However, if the range is expanded, the energy consumption will become very high."

"This is so useful," Su Li exclaimed. He was very optimistic about Ivan's future. He was definitely a paladin from the game. Who wouldn't love a knight who could fight, tank, and heal?

Finally, it was Song Mingyu's turn. In a weak voice, Song Mingyu said, "I learned healing magic, which can heal injuries. And that's it."

Compared to Su Li and the others, they certainly can't compare, but that's not surprising, considering it's the most basic training provided by the system. After their initial training, they only gained a basic skill.

"Then we'll have Song Mingyu become an apprentice. But I don't think it's a good idea for her to start learning like this." Su Li tapped the back of her hand with her fingers and said, "Song Mingyu is still level 1. It would be better to raise her level, gain the comprehension and potential boosted by the Eternal System, and then let her learn."

It's like playing a game. When there's an opportunity to gain a lot of experience, you'll definitely need to use an experience-boosting potion before fighting monsters.

"How do I level her up? Leveling up requires killing monsters," Sophia asked, puzzled.

“Hiss~ That’s a problem too.” Su Li nodded. “Anyway, we can rest for 7 days this time. Let Song Mingyu cultivate today. We’ll talk about it after she develops magical power.”

"I can also go ask Zheng Hongyuan and the others if there's any way to upgrade."

Then they divided the tasks: Sophia stayed home to read, while Ivan went out for a stroll to scout out the surroundings. With his equipment, resilience, and strength, he could escape even if surrounded.

Su Li went to Zheng Hongyuan to ask for a solution. There were many of them, and one of them was a chosen one who knew more.

Su Li asked this question, and Zheng Hongyuan replied shortly afterward.

Zheng Hongyuan—You know what, I actually have a solution.

Zurich—what method?

Zheng Hongyuan—We jointly sacrificed many things to the Earth Mother Goddess and obtained a fertile fragment of a world. The space where our Blue Star City is located is actually a fragment of a world. Through the power of the gods, we can merge with that fragment of a world.

Zheng Hongyuan: With this world fragment, we now have a place to farm. However, the problem is that this world fragment contains many Black Iron-level monsters. We need to clear out the monsters before we can use this world.

Zurich—Does Mother Earth care about this?

Zheng Hongyuan – Earth Mother Goddess is actually a translation. The true meaning should be that she is a very powerful deity who symbolizes the material basis for nurturing life.

Zurich—I've learned something new.

Zheng Hongyuan—If you want to upgrade, I can help arrange it.

Zurich—Yes, thank you.

I should definitely say thank you, but the person in question can handle these monsters on their own. It's not like I'm helping them kill monsters. And experience points are a resource, a rare and difficult-to-trade resource at that.

Zheng Hongyuan replied shortly afterward.

Zheng Hongyuan – The higher-ups have agreed. Consider it hiring you to clean the area. The condition is that you only gain experience points; the monster materials belong to us. However, we'll cover the ammunition, equipment, and potion costs for killing monsters, and we'll even give you some basic materials at the end.

Zurich—return the supplies? Do you have any silver ingots?

Zheng Hongyuan: If you exchange all your silver ingots, I can give you 200 units. We are very short of resources for building the city.

Su Li readily agreed. While they called it hiring, it was just for show; they could handle everything themselves without spending a penny, and they'd get all the experience and materials in return.

Su Li is able to distinguish between letting others share their past experiences and the generosity of others.

This isn't about someone asking for my help; it's about me wanting to take some meat from someone else's bowl.

After thanking Zheng Hongyuan, Su Li sent text messages to her teammates and then adjusted the team's experience distribution.

Originally, Su Li's team had an average distribution of experience, but now Song Mingyu gets all of it.

As a result, Zuli waited for quite a while before Ivan returned from outside.

Furthermore, Ivan seemed somewhat distracted upon his return.

Zurich and Sofia exchanged a glance. Sofia pulled Ivan aside and began to whisper. A moment later, Sofia returned.

"What happened?" Su Li asked in a low voice.

"I was a hero saving a damsel in distress, and I ran into someone my own age," Sofia said succinctly.

"Hehe~ He's only 12 years old and spring has already arrived. Kids these days are really something~" Su Li chuckled mischievously and ruffled Ivan's hair, only to be slapped away by the shy Ivan.

"Huh?" Song Mingyu's eyes widened as she looked Ivan up and down. He was 165cm tall and had a muscular build. "He's 12 years old?"

“Modern young people, aren’t they amazing?” Su Li said, then poked Ivan’s head. “Where’s the beauty you saved? Let us see?”

"What 'hero saves the beauty'? I just helped someone with a small favor. You're exaggerating." Ivan quickly explained.

"Tell me more specifically, what kind of help are you providing?"

"I'm not busy at all, oh dear, don't ask anymore." Ivan got shy and quickly made his escape.

After finishing their gossip, Su Li and the other three were teleported to the city hall, and then, guided by Zheng Hongyuan, they arrived at a teleportation portal.

"Enter the portal, and inside lies the world fragment bestowed by the Earth Mother Goddess. These are potions; use them sparingly, and come back for more when you run out."

Su Li picked up the potion pack, which contained some healing potions, magic potions, and smoke bombs for escaping.

Ivan entered the portal first, and after confirming that everything was correct, the remaining three entered one by one.

Inside the portal was a vast grassland, teeming with cattle and chickens. Falcons soared in the sky.

Zheng Hongyuan said that eagles and falcons can be killed at will, but chickens and cows should not be killed to extinction.

Many people were already engaged in battle on the grassland. Su Li found a less crowded direction and led her teammates there to join the fight.

Because this isn't a world fragment created by the Eternal System, there are no reward blueprints for killing monsters. Su Li and his group killed monsters here for two days, finally raising Song Mingyu's level to lv4. It's not comparable to Su Li's lv6, but it's enough. These chickens and cows are very weak monsters, giving very little experience, far less than the Kos Dream Worms.

Back on his train, Song Mingyu naturally had to go back to her studies.

At the same time, we also need to help Song Mingyu choose a suitable life skill.

Song Mingyu said weakly, "For me, I'd choose potions. I have a medical background. When I first entered the game, I got a book on basic potion science and read quite a bit of it."

"Oh right, I forgot. Resurrected people, besides their clothes, also bring their unused initial items." Su Li slapped her forehead and took out two books from the warehouse.

"Let's choose the Elementary Herbal Compendium from these two books. We have one left."

With this allocation, Zuli will focus on alchemy tool making, Ivan on blacksmithing, Song Mingyu on potion making, and Sophia on secret food making.

Sofia took the last book. "Give me one more book on tailoring, please. There's not much knowledge to learn about secret recipes. Right now, we can only look at what ingredients are available and then develop secret recipes based on those ingredients. I have relatively free time."

Su Li wanted to remind Sophia that a person's energy is limited, but seeing Sophia's firm attitude, she gave in: "If you want to try, then try it. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

He handed the freebie coupon to Song Mingyu, who then channeled her magical energy into it and disappeared from the train.

Ten minutes later, Song Mingyu returned to the train.

"How is it?" Su Li asked.

Song Mingyu's aura has increased significantly, reaching the Black Iron level.

"Well... I studied under a legendary physician. At first, I learned medical knowledge and cultivation with the help of my teacher. After I advanced to the Black Iron level, my teacher taught me cultivation techniques and some combat methods."

As Song Mingyu spoke, she mobilized her magical energy, which was a vibrant emerald green. "I've learned the wood-based rejuvenation technique, which can continuously restore physical strength and vitality. There's also a breathing technique to dispel negative status effects, and a pointer technique to attack enemies with energy."

Su Li said happily, "Then, with the Qi Healing Technique and Mana Source you learned before, you'll have instant healing, slow healing, mana regeneration for teammates, and debuff removal. It's a great healer."