Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li rubbed a mud ball off her body and flicked it out, then continued watching the people in the chat group go crazy.

—Sisters, I got water again! But this water isn't clean; it tastes weird. [Image] I drank some, and the taste was acceptable, but I can't drink too much in a short time. The system says drinking too much will give me diarrhea.

—Me too. I quickly made several buckets to collect water outside. Then I started taking a shower. It's unbelievable; I shower every day at home, and these past few days I've been so dirty I'm almost getting hives.

—The weather system is unlocked! Good days are coming!

—What a load of rubbish! I'm surrounded by a storm right now, I don't dare go out at all, if I do, my mouth will be full of sand.

—And there's a storm?

—Dust storms, torrential rain, and high temperatures—this place must be a volcanic area, and the salt and alkali on the ground all come from volcanic fissures. Groundwater keeps gushing out, and after evaporating due to the high temperatures, the water vapor combines with volcanic gases in the air, turning into rainwater that falls down.

Just as Su Li was browsing the chat room, the train passed a fork in the road and headed left. Su Li sat on the edge of the bed, glancing at the chat room for a while, then checking the situation outside.

Before long, Su Li found a good spot. He actually saw a plume of yellow smoke rising and dissipating in the distance.

Based on Zurich's experience, this place is very likely a volcanic vent fissure.

Zuli immediately stopped the train.

I checked the time; we departed at 6:00 AM, the train journey took over three hours, covering 200 kilometers, and it's now a little past 9:00 AM. It's still very hot outside.

Su Li stretched his body; the nutritional supplement's value had been underestimated. He now felt completely comfortable, with no more soreness. Even the sunburn on his neck had healed and was no longer stinging.

Su Li pinched her muscles and felt that she had become much stronger.

"Wow, that's strong. If I had a lot of nutritional supplements, trained like crazy, and kept drinking them, would I become a muscle monster in no time?"

Su Li was very tempted.

After finishing her daydreaming, Su Li tidied up the tools she carried.

Su Li carried an iron axe, an iron two-handed sword, two iron pickaxes, a portion of roasted bird meat, his only remaining bottle of drinking water, water purification tablets, a slingshot, and some carefully selected small stones. This left him with two inventory slots.

Su Li brought him along this way because she was afraid that she might encounter an emergency and be unable to return temporarily.

After closing and locking the door, Su Li checked the surrounding resources.

About 3 kilometers to the left rear of the train, there is a lake, with about 40 trees scattered around it, in twos and threes, but there are no more of the small groves of a dozen or twenty trees that I had seen before.

He discovered the yellow smoke just to the left.

The right side is more ordinary, with some rocks and two red lakes.

This type of saline lake has no other resources besides the abundant salt grass around it. The lack of brown algae and reeds means it doesn't attract birds.

Su Li glanced at the sun; it was almost 10 o'clock, not the time to work. She decided to wait in the car for a while and go out to work at 4 o'clock.

Zuli waited in the car until 2 p.m.

Then he noticed that the sky seemed to darken, turning from a bright sunny day into a cloudy one. The wind also gradually picked up.

Su Li quickly came out, looked into the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that there was no sandstorm. It seemed there was no sandstorm for the time being, so she could take advantage of the good weather to get to work.

However, Su Li didn't dare to go too far. "Someone in the chat room said they encountered a sandstorm. If I go too far and a sandstorm blows up, I'll be in trouble."

In this survival game, Zuli doesn't seek to be at the top; she prioritizes stability.

Living is the most important thing.

Zurich carefully picked up stones and harvested weeds and salt grass around him.

"Today is the fourth day, and there are only three more days until we change maps. When we get to the next map, nobody knows what kind of mess it will be like."

So stock up on as much material as you can.

After picking up everything around her, Su Li looked up at the sky again. The clouds were even heavier. And she didn't see the characteristic gray haze of a sandstorm on the horizon.

Furthermore, the temperature has become much cooler, and there's a stuffy feeling about it.

"It feels like it's going to rain. Hey, is it raining on my side too?!"

After determining that it was raining and not a sandstorm, Zuli first put all her buckets on the ground and then ran towards the direction from which the yellow smoke was rising.

Having walked on the rocky beach for days, Zuli has gained experience and can now jog on it.

The yellow smoke was about 5 kilometers away from Zuli. If it weren't for Zuli's excellent eyesight and the clear weather and open space at the time, he really wouldn't have been able to spot it.

It took Zuli almost half an hour to reach her destination.

Not long after arriving here, Su Li smelled sulfur. For a moment, she thought of supernatural powers such as demons, but considering that it was only the early stage of the game, the possibility of encountering such monsters was not high.

As Zuli cautiously approached, she discovered it was a small puddle. In the center of the puddle was a geyser that continuously spewed steam and yellow smoke, the geyser's flow eventually reaching a lake in the distance.

Zuli looked at the geyser that was spewing out; its color was yellowish-red.

The rocks at the bottom of the spring are yellowish-red, with a dark hole in the middle surrounded by colorful edges; its depth is unknown.

There was also a black treasure chest in the spring. Zu Li recognized it. Wasn't this an old friend, the Black Iron Treasure Chest?

Zuli was overjoyed, but he didn't lose his mind. He quickly checked the properties of the geyser.

[Contaminated saline volcanic water: Drinking it can lead to acute organ failure.]

It's another poisonous spring, completely undrinkable. And the temperature is extremely high; even Su Li, standing nearby, felt her face burning from the heat. Falling in would likely result in her being cooked alive.

"Luckily, I didn't rush to open the box."

Su Li estimated the distance; the pool was about 10 meters in diameter, and the treasure chest was about 4 meters above the ground.

"Maybe we can try to hook it over with something."

Around the spring, there were about 12 stone piles of varying sizes. Zuli observed them and found that 11 of these piles were of medium quality, and one of them was a reddish pile of elemental ore.

"I've struck gold! Another elemental ore!"

However, the cautious Su Li did not run over directly, but carefully observed her surroundings.

The surrounding area was empty, and no living creatures were found.

Looking around the geyser again, Zurich began to carefully observe the surrounding terrain and recall relevant knowledge.

He had done a question about Black Rock National Park on his geography exam, which said that if you step on the ground around the geysers, you will step through the ground and directly into the boiling hot water.

If you really encounter this, not only will the meat fall off the bone during cooking, but the subsequent burn infection will also be untreatable.

Zuli held a pickaxe and poked at the ground.

After poking for a while, the grip loosened. Looking closely, I was shocked to see that the pickaxe had pierced the ground, and scalding hot water was gushing out.

"The geography exam saved my life!" Su Li exclaimed, then avoided the area and started hammering away with a pickaxe. After finishing, she cleared away the rubble and marked out a path.

After a while, they finally identified a path and arrived at the mine.

Zuli first found the pile of elemental ore and began to swing his pickaxe.

Small-scale elemental ore

[Stone*5] [Fire Element Fragment*1]

Intermediate Ore Heap

[Stone*5] [Coal*10] [Whetstone*2]

Intermediate Ore Heap

[Stone*5] [Iron Ore*8] [Clay*1]

Each intermediate mine pile can provide 5 stone materials, 8-10 ore materials, and 0-2 auxiliary mineral materials.

Zuli used all her strength to smash the ore pile. The iron pickaxe was easier to use. Five hits were enough to clear a medium-grade ore pile.

After smashing a few, Su Li had to take a break. This kind of all-out mining was very strenuous, and her arms would ache after just a few tries.

After smashing on and off for 30 minutes, Su Li finally finished clearing all the ore piles. Thanks to the nutrient solution, otherwise this work would have taken several hours.

Eleven medium-sized ore deposits, including seven iron, one copper, and three coal deposits. One small elemental ore deposit.

总共获得【石材*60】【火元素碎片*1】【铁矿石47】【铜矿石23】【煤炭21】【砥石1】【燧石1】【石英2】【黏土4】