Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

On the fifth day, around 4 a.m., Zuli got up.

I opened the window to look outside. The rain had stopped, though I didn't know when. The sky was slightly bright, and I could barely see the ground.

There was still some water on the ground, but Zurich estimated that it would evaporate once the sun came up.

Take a deep breath, and you can smell the unique earthy smell after the rain.

Su Li glanced at the clothes; they were dry, but stiff enough to stand upright on the ground. She roughly rubbed them a few times before putting them on. She smelled them; they still had a strange odor, but there was nothing she could do for now.

He knew how to make simple soap, but his hands weren't greased. The little bit of fat from the bird meat wasn't even enough to grease the pan.

After finishing the remaining half pound of roasted bird meat and some dried brown algae, Su Li checked her food reserves.

There are 10 portions of brown algae left, one ration per person, and 3 bird eggs remaining.

"Food is also a problem."

Su Li first looked around through the window to make sure there were no signs of hyenas before going outside to collect the water bucket.

Su Li glanced at the 15 buckets. Four of them were placed under the train's drainboard and were already full of water. The others, which were collected by wooden planks, only had about one-fifth of their capacity.

"It seems the rain stopped after I fell asleep."

Zurich collected the rainwater and calculated the amount; it totaled 62 liters.

The system checked the water, and it all had a strange smell. However, the taste was a bit stronger than the water that Zurich distilled himself.

"Some unlucky guy in the chat room did an experiment and found that drinking more than 300ml in an hour would cause diarrhea. You can't drink too much."

Getting diarrhea at this time is practically suicide.

After a few sips of the strange-tasting water, my stomach clearly felt the satisfaction of drinking water, but then my stomach started gurgling and I had a burning sensation in my heart.

"62 liters of water is enough for me to drink until the end of this time. I'll leave 22 liters for drinking during this period, and also to prepare for the next world, which may also be a world without water."

"Let's put the remaining 40 liters of water up for sale."

Su Li opened the trading panel to view the current trading interface.

Although there was precipitation, it was only a small-scale weather event, and most people did not experience any rain.

Su Li first thought about the items she lacked.

First of all, iron ingots are definitely in short supply. But it's not just him who's in short supply; everyone is.

Su Li glanced at the prices; one iron ingot could be exchanged for 600ml of drinking water. The price for the "strange-tasting water" was now 800ml for one.

Water prices have plummeted because many people have found ways to obtain water. This is saline-alkali land, not a desert; people aren't lacking water, they just lack ways to purify it.

Iron ore, on the other hand, is relatively inexpensive, with only 200ml available, because it takes two iron ores and one carbon to smelt into one iron ingot, and a furnace is also required.

Many people's furnaces are still nowhere to be seen.

The price is very unstable and keeps changing. Because it only started raining yesterday, a large amount of foul-smelling liquid flooded the market, and the market hasn't adjusted yet.

Su Li didn't know if the price was expensive or cheap, but he had 40 liters of water, which he could exchange for quite a lot of things.

First, take out 30 liters of water, sweep up 150 iron ore, and then put the iron ore into the furnace to burn.

Once these 150 ores are burned, his iron ingot count will reach 101.

With 10 liters of the strange-tasting water remaining, Zuli continued to search for anything of value.

First, there were all sorts of blueprints. Su Li spent a long time flipping through them but didn't find anything of value. Most of the blueprints listed for sale were furniture blueprints. However, Su Li's current lifestyle wasn't at a point where she could afford to indulge in such luxuries.

Su Li did see some interesting blueprints, such as a leather backpack that could provide some storage compartments. However, Lin Feng instantly rejected it.

Su Li looked at the backpack and exclaimed, "Wow, the seller wants fish!" Lin Feng took out two pounds of tuna and bought it.

It would be difficult to maintain that level of quality. If Zuli were the seller, she would definitely learn the techniques herself, then buy materials and sell backpacks.

The built-in system space is simply not enough; transporting supplies back and forth is exhausting. This backpack will definitely sell well.

"This guy's got a problem! He's had cerebral palsy for at least 10 years. If he'd had even a day less, he wouldn't have traded this for two pounds of fish," Su Li retorted.

After searching for a while, Su Li found something that was passable: the blueprint for an iron sickle, which she traded for 5 liters of strange-smelling water. With 5 liters of strange-smelling water remaining, Su Li exchanged it for the blueprint for a black iron storage box. As her inventory grew, the vehicle's space became too cramped, and Su Li needed a box with greater storage capacity.

After completing the purchase, Su Li picked up his axe and spent more than an hour cutting down trees over several kilometers away. He felled a total of 41 trees, resulting in 82 extra pieces of timber and 41 extra pieces of branches.

Thanks to the supplement, although his muscles are still sore, the pain is gone, and his muscles are stronger than before. The supplement essentially accelerated the muscle tearing and growth process.

After everything was settled, Zurich started the train and headed towards the mountains.

As Zurich approached the mountains, he noticed that the number of salt lakes around him had decreased, but the ones that remained were all relatively large.

Zurich made several stops along the way and was lucky enough to discover another brown algae lake where red-feathered birds lived, and there were also many mineral deposits around it, but they were all low-level mineral deposits.

Now that we've seen the Red Feather Bird, it's time for the Slingshot to be used again.

On the sixth and seventh days, we harvested some ores, including 22 iron ore deposits, 7 copper ore deposits, and several other secondary ores. Finally, we shot down 3 red-feathered birds, obtaining 6 jin of bird meat, 3 portions of bird feathers, and some bird eggs.

As the seventh day approached noon, Zurich sought refuge from the scorching sun inside the train.

After much deliberation, Zurich decided against continuing on to the distant mountain. He figured he'd better stay here, hunt some birds, and gather some brown algae to prepare for next week.

Fortunately, although he encountered a pack of hyenas, it happened in the middle of the day. At that time, he was hiding from the sun on the train. When he saw something was wrong, he quickly locked the doors and windows.

The pack of hyenas howled outside the train for a while, but eventually gave up and ran away. Their only result was scratches on the train's paint.

Unfortunately, he didn't find any new treasure chests; perhaps he'd used up all his luck.

Inside the train, Zu Li kept brandishing his two-handed sword.

This two-handed sword is a little different from what Zuli had imagined.

[Iron Two-Handed Sword: Attack +10, Durability 97%]

The two-handed sword, including the hilt, is 1.8 meters long and weighs approximately 6 kilograms. The hilt is very long, and the blade near the hilt is not sharpened, allowing it to be gripped by hand.

It is a classic Western two-handed sword.

It was quite difficult for Zuli to use this thing. It weighed 6 pounds, and because swords are lever-operated, picking it up was one thing, but wielding it was another.

Anyway, it's difficult for him to wield the sword. He can't stop wherever he wants. He can only recall the movements from the game, swinging the sword along its momentum to kill enemies.

After a few days, he had gained some insights and experiences. He just didn't know how it would go in actual combat.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Li was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. The noise did not come from the outside world, but from within her own mind.

That magnificent, neither-male-nor-female, neither-old-nor-young, seemingly multi-singing voice, originating from the system, issued a notice in Su Li's mind.

[System Announcement!]

[System Announcement!]

[System Announcement!]

[Among the survivors of the current Blue Star civilization, Lin Feng, Tang Sheng, Li Fan, Su Xing, and Luo Ping'an have already upgraded their train level to lv6, entering the internal combustion engine era!]

[The potential of Earth's civilization is astonishing! To match this potential, the system has adjusted the game difficulty for Earth's humans, thus advancing the game's progress!]

[Beast Tide feature unlocked ahead of schedule!]

[Beast Tide: A roaming beast tide has appeared in the world. These beasts will actively attack trains. Players can choose to eliminate them or avoid them. A beast tide will always spawn on the last day of each cycle; this tide must be defeated, otherwise, entry into the teleportation vortex will be impossible.]

[Unlock the energy level cap ahead of schedule]

The current energy level cap has been raised from level 0 to level 1 (Iron level).

[Energy Level: Affects the upper limit of energy in world fragments]

[Example: A level 0 world fragment explored by the Blue Star civilization, with the highest combat power being the creatures that existed on Blue Star when it was destroyed, and the highest level of treasure chest is Black Iron.]

[Level 1 (Iron): Some Iron-level monsters capable of using extraordinary powers will appear, as well as dinosaurs that once existed on Earth. Silver-level treasure chests will also appear.]

[Enable leaderboard feature]

The first wave of beast attacks will begin at 8 PM tonight.

At midnight tonight, a portal will appear. Players must drive their train through the portal before 6 AM tomorrow morning; otherwise, they will be trapped within the world fragment. The world fragment is unstable; if it is destroyed, the player will die.