Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Ms. Zu Li's mini-lesson has come to an end, but the train continues its journey.

As time passed, Zuli and his companions noticed that the snow waves stirred up by the train outside were decreasing, and eventually, by evening, the snow depth was less than 20 centimeters.

The scenery outside was no longer a snowfield; some berry bushes and stones began to appear on the road.

This was somewhat unexpected for Su Li and the others.

“I should have picked the berries here; it would have been easier to search,” Ivan couldn’t help but say.

Sofia patted Ivan on the back of the head. "Idiot, only what you have is real. If you always think like that, you'll suffer sooner or later in this game."

Survival games often involve life and death. Therefore, the most important thing is to live in the present and do your best in the moment.

Song Mingyu added, "That's right, I'd rather be annoyed by the futile efforts I've made than regret not doing them before I die."

The younger brother is still young, usually very decisive and reliable, but occasionally he shows a childlike side that lacks consideration. However, these are not problems, as his teammates will help him out.

As the journey continued, more and more strange creatures appeared outside. Groups of deer-like creatures passed by from afar, and these snow-white elves added a touch of life to this desolate snowfield.

Furthermore, Zuli and his companions spotted the same eagle they had encountered before. Considering the distance and territory, it was likely the same one.

The eagle swept across the snowfield in an instant, and the herd of deer lost one. The remaining deer scattered in an instant, leaping into the snowfield like fish and disappearing from sight.

Zuli didn't know how the deer disappeared either; the 20-centimeter-thick snow shouldn't have been enough to cover them.

Su Li could only sigh, "The creatures that have managed to reproduce all have a unique skill."

The journey lasted 17 hours before they finally arrived at their destination in Zurich.

Su Li, who was on duty, kept the boiler heating and waited for several more hours before the sunrise.

After sunrise, the liquid carbon dioxide condensed on the ground quickly vaporized and rose into the sky along with the ice. Only after the outside air became breathable did Zuli and the others disembark from the train.

No doubt, it's four Fall Guys again.

"Phew~" Su Li let out a long breath, the hot steam drifting up her eyebrows along her scarf and freezing into frost on her eyelashes.

Zuli looked around and saw that there were a lot of trees, with about 4 meters between them, which was considered a relatively dense area.

In the distance beyond the woods, a mountain range stretched out, resembling a reclining ox. The woods, like the meadow beside the ox, encircled the mountain range, extending to the horizon.

All the trees were about 10 meters tall, somewhat resembling pine trees on Earth, interspersed with some birch-like trees. Despite the temperature, these trees hadn't lost their leaves. Because it was so cold, most of the moisture in the air had turned into snow and ice, so the rime ice scenery that Zurich had been hoping for was nowhere to be seen.

The leaves, however, had a thin layer of frost on them, which, combined with the yellow-green leaves, made them look quite appetizing.

In addition, those trees that look like birch trees have a large clump of white substance at their roots, which looks interesting, like they are wearing bubble socks.

"Start gathering, check out the materials that have fallen here."

Su Li stretched her shoulders; she was wearing too many layers, making it difficult to extend her arms.

He raised the iron axe in his hand and chopped down at the tree.

With a "thud," the trees shook violently, and a large amount of frost mixed with old needles slowly fell.

After making a couple of chops, Su Li suddenly remembered something.

"Sister Mingyu, please be careful with our logging methods, so you don't get hit by falling rocks."

Song Mingyu was killed when a tree fell on him while he was logging.

"I know!" Song Mingyu blushed slightly; this kind of death was quite shameful.

Su Li continued swinging his iron axe, a sense of excitement rising within him. An ordinary tree would have been felled by now, but this one was only half-cut, especially the heartwood; Su Li felt as if he had struck a block of concrete.

Su Li couldn't help but gather a bit of magical energy, attach it to the axe, and chop again.

In a few swift movements, Su Li chopped down the tree in front of her. Then, she touched the ice that had formed on her eyelashes and dodged the slowly falling tree.

The tree fell to the ground with a loud thud, then landed heavily on the ground before being broken down into materials by the system's power.

Su Li picked up some materials.

Wood *5

【Pine Wood (Black Iron Grade)】*1

[Tough Bark (Black Iron Grade)] *2

It's here! The long-awaited black iron-grade material has finally arrived.

Su Li picked up the pine wood and began to examine it.

【Pine Tree】

Black iron-grade wood containing ice elements can be used to upgrade vehicles.

[Tough bark]

[Black iron-grade fiber material containing ice-like properties]

Upgrading a train to level 6 requires a large amount of black iron-grade wood, and the effect varies depending on the properties of the wood used.

Su Li also talked to others, and most people chose the five elements or the four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire. There is no standard answer to this kind of upgrade; different trains will be generated based on your different ideas and abilities, which means the train is personalized.

Because of Sophia's talent in the Five Elements, Zuli and his group naturally chose to upgrade their train in the Five Elements direction.

Therefore, Zurich and his team need to collect mineral ingots, wood, and stone of the five elements.

"Sophia, can this ice element be used?" Su Li asked Sophia.

Sophia also cut down a tree, picked it up, and replied, "It's usable, but I need to perform some conversions to change the ice element into the water element. This will cause some losses, about 20%."

Su Li recalled the upgrade plugin for level 6.

[Level 6 Train Upgrade Plugin]

[800 Black Iron Grade Wood, 800 Black Iron Grade Stone, 500 Silver Ingots, 300 Gold Ingots, 400 Elementalized Iron Ingots, 400 Elementalized Copper Ingots, 200 Titanium, 200 Platinum Ingots, 1 High-Performance Internal Combustion Engine, 3 Large Storage Batteries, 50 Five-Element Crystals]

These materials could not have been gathered in just one or two explorations.

While Su Li was still estimating the materials, Song Mingyu and Ivan had also cut down a tree, but the one they cut down was the kind of tree that looked like it was wearing bubble socks.

The falling trees, in addition to timber, also dropped a type of black iron-grade wood called [Brown Ice Wood], but no other items.

Ivan put the materials into his backpack, and Song Mingyu put down the axe and looked at the stump of the brown ice tree.

After logging, tree stumps can still be logged to recover some trees. However, digging up tree stumps is too difficult. Unless a player is extremely short of materials, not many players will dig up tree stumps.

The white, cloud-like substance on the remaining tree stump caught Song Mingyu's attention.

She glanced at the tree stump and noticed that it was slowly secreting sap, and there was a sweet fragrance in the air.

Song Mingyu dipped her finger in tree sap, summoned a slime, and stuffed it into the slime's body.

The slime ate the tree sap, and like jelly, it bounced around, conveying a happy feeling to Song Mingyu.

"This stuff...it seems edible? Birch sap? Maple syrup?"