Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Zuli led the team forward through the snow, and with the anti-skid nails, they walked much more easily.

Furthermore, the anti-slip studs Ivan made are easy to remove. If you find the anti-slip studs in the way during a fight, you can simply use your magic energy to gently pry them open, and the rings on your ankles will sense the magic energy and unlock.

After putting on their anti-slip spikes, Su Li and the others went to the last vehicle compartment.

The snow on the mountain is only 20 centimeters deep, so it's perfectly safe to drive on.

Zuli opened the door of the vehicle and stepped inside.

Inside the carriage was a modified vehicle they had obtained from the coalition government.

This modified vehicle was converted from the small truck bed that Zuli and his friends bought before. The truck bed is in the original truck bed position and can hold 99 slots, with each slot holding 100 units of materials.

The cab is located in front of the truck bed. Because it is handmade, it is very rudimentary, much like the kind of agricultural vehicles that Su Li saw on construction sites in her previous life, which were modified from private car engines. However, this one is even more outdated, and the engine it uses is about the same level as World War I, and the engine is big and noisy.

This thing runs on oil, but luckily Zuli had obtained quite a bit of oil in the Dream Worm's world. When Ivan was collecting survival coins later, since everyone was short of gasoline, he didn't sell many, leaving him with 20 barrels. Not much, but enough to power this clumsy thing.

"I wonder if it can start in such a low temperature?" Su Li asked worriedly as she tried to start the engine. "The gasoline should be frozen solid by now."

Ivan took out a can of gasoline, shook it, and you could hear the gasoline gurgling inside. "Seems fine. I just took it out, it hasn't frozen yet."

Sophia jumped onto the engine and placed her hands on it. "Step aside a little, I'm going to try enchanting it."

Su Li and the others quickly ran to the side, afraid of being blown up.

Su Li didn't know what Sofia was feeling, but seeing a large amount of white mist suddenly emerging from Sofia's scarf, she seemed to be in a bad mood.

As Sophia's magic was activated, the engine glowed red, and some strange patterns appeared on it.

This is the ability Sophia gained after analyzing bullet enchantments; it allows her to apply simple, short-term enchantments to other items.

"Alright, it's stable. The engine and fuel tank can maintain a certain temperature until the fire element is exhausted."

Ivan obediently filled the fuel tank halfway with gas, and then Zuli started the transport truck.

The transport truck's engine roared like a beast, and as Su Li stepped on the gas, the truck smoothly emerged from the cargo compartment.

"It's done!"

Su Li excitedly stepped on the gas again, and the transport truck drove towards the place he remembered where the elemental glow was.

The three teammates sat together in the truck bed, with Ivan still guarding and Sofia on alert. There was no cover from the trees, so they couldn't block the view from the sky. Also, there was no vegetation or prey here, so the possibility of being attacked was not high.

The transport vehicle traveled three kilometers and finally arrived at the place Zuli remembered.

It was a huge open-pit mine, and this abrupt mine was clearly a creation of the system.

Su Li and the others parked the car and got out, then went to the mine pile.

Su Li first inspected the ore pile.

Medium-sized mine pile

That's how ore piles are; when you use the system to view them, it will only show the pile's level. You'll have to identify the specific type of ore yourself.

Su Li glanced at it; it was a ore that was entirely black with a faint golden hue. However, the golden color wasn't very deep, and it didn't look like a gold ore.

He then observed the surrounding ore. Besides the black ore, there was silvery-white ore and a slightly bluish ore heap.

After noting down the colors of the ore piles, Zuli picked up a pickaxe and began mining.

Titanium ore is a very important mineral in this game. The system's ore distribution is iron, copper, silver, and gold. Among them, copper, silver, and gold are relatively soft and not suitable for crafting mining tools. Silver and gold pickaxes are not much better than iron pickaxes, so Zuli uses iron tools throughout this stage.

However, once titanium ore is mined, it can be used with iron ore to craft titanium alloy items. Their performance will then improve significantly.

Su Li swung his pickaxe, smashing it repeatedly against the ore pile. After more than ten blows, he finally managed to mine the medium-grade ore. Su Li checked the durability; these blows had used up 25% of the durability. One pickaxe could only mine four ore piles at a time.

Zuli picked up all the loot, counted it, and found a total of 7 titanium ores and 1 diamond.

Meanwhile, their companions had also finished mining the ore pile. Song Mingyu had mined platinum ore, while Ivan had mined the blue ore pile, obtaining the black iron-grade ice-attribute stone, [Froststone].

Of course, Zurich did not forget their good partner, the hardworking steam mining machine.

Sophia fiddled with it for a while before the mining machine finally started. But then a problem arose: the titanium ore was so hard that even a Black Iron-level superhuman like Su Li found it difficult to mine, let alone this steam-powered mining machine.

Su Li watched as it struggled to dig at a pile of ore, but to little avail.

Sofia looked at it for a long time, and finally decided to turn off the steam mining machine. "The output is not enough, it can't mine the ore. Let's mine it manually."

This also means that this old friend is about to retire.

"Let's keep it for now. We can sell it when we don't need the gold mine as much anymore," Su Li said. "Let it shine among other players."

Regrettably, they put their old friend back into the cargo truck bed. Sofia raised her gun and stood guard nearby; the wilderness was fraught with danger, and someone had to keep watch.

The best choices are naturally Sophia, whose main attribute is Agility, and Song Mingyu, whose main attribute is Perception. One relies on keen eyesight, and the other on metaphysics; both are very reliable.

As for Zuli and Ivan? Stupid melee fighters are only fit for mining!

This open-pit mine contains titanium ore, platinum ore, elemental stone ore, as well as some iron, copper, gold, silver, and elemental ore.

The only thing worth mentioning is the new elemental ore that Su Li and her companions encountered. After mining this elemental ore, they obtained advanced materials.

Water Element Crystal*2, Complete Sapphire*1

There's not much to say about water elemental crystals; you can craft them using elemental shards at your home enchanting table. The key is a complete sapphire.

That piece of raw gemstone, with its matte surface and seemingly having nothing to do with sapphire, felt slightly cool to the touch.

"It contains some unique magical energy, which I feel could be used to make some equipment," Su Li said, thinking of the various gem-crafted accessories in the game.

Blacksmith Ivan is more qualified to speak on this matter: "Once you reach the complete grade, the gems can be used to make equipment. It's a pity we don't have skilled craftsmen, otherwise we could process and make some ornaments."

"Can't you do it?" Sophia asked, puzzled.

"No, blacksmiths and craftsmen are different. Blacksmiths specialize in forging and then enchanting the surface of equipment. Craftsmen specialize in refining materials and guiding the power within the materials to create unique enchantments. Although both are enchantments, one is about modifying materials with one's own will, while the other is about enhancing the inherent charm of the materials themselves. They have taken different paths."

Su Li nodded in understanding; so that's how it works.