Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The battlefield was quickly cleaned up; the snakes had provided Su Li and his team with a wealth of material. Su Li inventoried it as follows:

[Blue-spotted sea snake meat*274] [Blue-spotted sea snake venom glands*71] [Blue-spotted sea snake bones*261] [Blue-spotted sea snake crystal cores*178]

Furthermore, because more than 200 blue-spotted sea snakes were killed, two kill reward blueprints were obtained.

[Blueprint: Venomous Trident of the Blue-Spotted Sea Serpent] [Blueprint: Snake Soup of the Blue-Spotted Sea Serpent]

[Snake soup again?] Su Li thought to herself, and then learned how to make snake soup.

Blue-spotted sea serpent soup is a black iron-grade blueprint that can enhance agility and spirit attributes when consumed.

After packing up the spoils, it's time to open the box.

Zuli swam to the middle of the nest, where there was a raised platform with two silver-grade treasure chests. One was a regular treasure chest, and the other was engraved with the pattern of a blue-spotted sea serpent.

Su Li first opened the ordinary silver treasure chest.

[Received 5 Gold Ingots, 10 Nutrient-Enriched Algae, 1 Shell Care Set, and 1 Water Purification Pearl]

Su Li wasn't interested in the nail care set; the only thing he could care for was his nails. The last one, the water purification pearl, was a bit more interesting.

After Su Li opened it and took it out, she found that it was a pearl the size of a palm. Pearls have been appearing in quite a few scenes lately. This pearl was sea-blue, and when she handled it, she could faintly feel the subtle meaning of waves.

Water-purifying pearls

[After placement, it can purify water pollution caused by ordinary objects.]

[I'll go back and test if I can purify seawater into fresh water. If I can, then my current water purifiers can be retired.]

Su Li carefully put away the pearls and opened the second treasure chest.

[Obtained: Blueprint for Water-Eroding Poison, 20 Water-Eroding Crossbow Bolts, 10 Low-Grade Magic Energy Crystals, 20 Electric Sea Serpent Meat]

One by one, Su Li first studied the blueprints.

[Water-borne corrosive agents]

[When thrown, it inflicts water-borne poison on the enemy.]

[Water-borne toxin: After poisoning, the toxin accumulates. Once it reaches a certain level, it will unleash a burst of poison damage and damage the enemy's armor.]

[Electric cooking of sea snake meat * 20]

[After consumption, it enhances agility and intelligence.]

The purpose of the water-corrosion crossbow bolts is to accumulate water-corrosion toxins on enemies when fired. Currently, no one in the team uses crossbows, and it's not worth buying a crossbow just for 20 bolts. They can be traded later for gold ingots or something similar.

The water-eroding poison was Song Mingyu's. Su Li glanced at the materials; the main ingredient was the venom glands of the blue-spotted sea serpent, and the auxiliary material was a viscous substance with good magical energy conductivity. This was rather broad. Well, slime gel just happened to be a very good material.

Su Li glanced at the few cheerful slimes, which suddenly made them stop smiling.

[You sensed the killing intent?] A hint of surprise flashed in Su Li's eyes.

Then what happened next told Zuli that this was not the case.

These slimes were used as human shields and injected with large amounts of venom by the blue-spotted sea snake, causing their bodies to change from their original blue to a bluish-purple color. It looked rather frightening.

As the toxins seeped into their bodies, these slimes began to tremble as if they were having an epileptic seizure, and as they trembled, some afterimages even appeared.

Su Li was initially puzzled, then it dawned on her. [This is a sign of a split.]

Sure enough, the water slime trembled for a moment. Suddenly, it split into two smaller slimes.

Su Li checked the information about the slime.

【Water Slime - Marine Aquatic Poison Subspecies 112】

This is the characteristic of slimes: when they absorb enough magical energy, they will split into different slimes depending on their living environment.

The newly spawned slimes maintained the Beast Taming contract. Now, Song Mingyu had 14 water slimes.

Song Mingyu swayed and was supported by Ivan, who was standing to the side.

"I feel a little dizzy... I feel like my mental workload has suddenly increased." Song Mingyu covered her forehead and breathed heavily.

Su Li saw Song Mingyu's condition and realized that the problem was caused by the increase in the number of slimes. She went forward and quickly killed seven slimes that did not resist.

As soon as the slime died, Song Mingyu's dizziness disappeared instantly.

Song Mingyu looked up in the direction of the slime and saw that it was Su Li who had killed the split slime. Su Li noticed that Song Mingyu was looking at her, and brandished her sword at the remaining slime.

Looking at the blue-purple water poison slime, Song Mingyu suddenly had some thoughts and shook her head at Su Li.

Su Li put down the Mountain Slide she was holding. It was good that the slime stayed; it could be used as a meat shield. This underwater world was full of monsters that used water-based magic, and slimes were excellent elemental shields.

After dealing with the slime and the silver treasure chest, the group began mining in the mine.

This place is an elemental gathering place, so the mineral deposits are mostly low-grade magic energy crystals and elemental fragments, with only a small amount of silver ingots and even less gold ingots, which does supplement the low-grade magic energy crystals.

The magic-powered workbenches in Su Li's hands were all heavy consumers of low-grade magic crystals. Further on, many magic-powered items also primarily consumed low-grade magic crystals.

Several people went back and forth, transporting minerals and monster materials into the train.

Zurich also collected some red algae. Since this civilization chose to cultivate red algae, it must be a useful crop.

After collecting the algae, Zurich identified them.

Hexagonal red algae

[A type of pasture grass that was cultivated by a certain civilization over a century. It requires the absorption of minerals and a small amount of magical energy to grow, making it an excellent feed for livestock.]

What a good thing.

Su Li collected several, along with some seeds of hexagonal red algae, and placed them inside the train, cultivating them in buckets. She planned to hand them over to the United Government in exchange for benefits once they returned to Blue Star City.

Zurich also discovered why this plant needed minerals to grow. The outer shell of their seeds was actually metallic, a corrosion-resistant alloy.

Unfortunately, this metal wasn't very useful to Su Li and his group, because they didn't have the corresponding blueprints; collecting some on the spot was enough.

Therefore, this red algae is a fairly economical crop. The leaves can feed animals, and the seeds can produce alloys.

Unfortunately, the system's trading system cannot trade living beings; if it does, the creature will lose its life. It is said that this is because some civilizations exploited this loophole, trading humans to develop gameplay elements such as mercenaries.

Then the system updated, stipulating that beings with souls could not be traded. However, some people always managed to find a loophole: if beings with souls couldn't be traded, why not just trade those without? In this vast world, there are still some beings without souls.

After several rounds of back and forth, the current version with no resurrection was finally reached. However, even in this version, some Necromancers have managed to exploit loopholes.

All I can say is that we shouldn't underestimate people's ability to find loopholes; life always finds a way out.

The train continued its journey, and the red algae area was rich in mineral deposits. Mineral piles could be found every so often.

Considering the nature of red algae, this area was likely a rich mining region specifically chosen by a vanished civilization to cultivate it. Therefore, encountering mining pits frequently isn't surprising.