Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

With the transport vehicle, Zuli and his team's mobility was greatly improved.

Their exceptional eyesight, coupled with the unobstructed view of the land, allowed Su Li and his companions to see far into the distance and pinpoint the location of the ore deposits.

After confirming, we boarded a transport vehicle and drove to the ore pile.

They would spend the whole day mining there, and then go back at night to start the train and head deeper into the mountains.

On the sixth day, Zuli and his group stopped in a snowfield.

Su Li and the others got out of the car and, as usual, observed their surroundings.

The location where we stopped was next to a huge frozen lake. The reason we stopped here was that the vehicle's radar had detected a large cave.

In this game, caves represent mineral deposits.

After checking their equipment several times, Su Li and his team decided not to drive, but instead to hike into the cave to explore the environment first.

The cave is located at the foot of a mountain, and the outer part of the cave is 5 meters high.

Su Li raised her head, looked at the top of the cave, and clicked her tongue. "This place is inhabited by demons."

Ivan and Sophia both noticed the problem, but Song Mingyu didn't quite understand.

Zurich was also happy to let his companions learn some knowledge in this regard, "to see the icicles on the cave walls."

Looking up, Song Mingyu saw a large number of ice pillars above the cave. These ice pillars were different from the cylindrical ones in Song Mingyu's memory. They looked like a series of round pedestals piled up together, and every short distance, the ice pillars would suddenly shrink a bit.

"These are frozen icicles that were broken off and then refreezed," Su Li added. "Judging from the marks, they're from recently. Tsk, this place is so cold, and there are even signs of icicles melting and refreezing. Could this monster be fire-attribute?"

A fire-attribute monster living in a place with temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees Celsius is as ridiculous as Ip Man going to World War II with his bare hands.

Song Mingyu suddenly realized, and then began to cast a spell. Since a demon had touched her, it would be safer to release a mental link to avoid alerting it.

A mental link connected Su Li and the others, and Sophia Adam immediately asked through the link, "Can you determine the enemy's strength?"

"It's hard to say... My advice is to leave." Su Li replied. "Anyone who can occupy a cave in a place like this is definitely not someone to mess with."

However, Zuli's reply came a little late.

Ivan instantly raised his shield. "It's too late. My blessing senses the earth trembling; something is coming."

[How could this be? The smell from the wind? Or the vibrations from the train? Tsk, let's retreat first.]

The private vehicle quickly retreated and returned to the train. Fortunately, the train had not been shut down and could be started immediately.

After the train started moving, it slowly began to accelerate. Su Li stood at the back of the train and looked out the window towards the cave. A tall, bear-like monster rushed out.

【Wait, don't rush to go full speed ahead, it seems like we can fight?】 Su Li, with a look of delight, stopped Ivan from flooring the accelerator.

Su Li carefully observed the monster's form: "Dragon-like claws, bear-like body, and snake-like head. There's a crystal between its brows, and its coverage extends... to the area between its eyes. There are also some sharp edges. It's not quite at the Silver level yet. According to online novels, it's at the peak of the Iron level?"

"The tail is curled up, indicating an adult individual. I remember that adult individuals live alone."

"The shape is a bit different, the claws have changed the most. The webbing between the claws is gone, and they have become sharper."

"That's right, this is a subspecies of Swamp Uruluk Beast, adult, not yet Silver rank."

The name was really hard to pronounce. After thinking for a moment, Su Li decided to call it the Snake-Bear Beast.

Since we haven't fought a Silver-ranked beast yet, there's still a chance. Su Li remembers that Swamp Urukmon eats elemental-rich swamp mud, and after evolving, it might develop a habit of collecting ores?

Even if they don't have the habit of collecting ores, after defeating it, Su Li and his companions can enter the cave and search its lair; the ore chests are full of good stuff.

[Ivan, stop the car, you can hit it.]

"Squeak~~~"

The train braked suddenly and slowed down rapidly.

The snake-bear beast in the distance was about to turn back, but when it saw the iron creature that had invaded its territory suddenly stop, its temper flared up instantly. It charged down at Su Li and the others.

Su Li and the others quickly got out of the car. They glanced around at the surroundings; the location was open, making it a good choice as a battlefield.

To prevent the other side from scratching its new train, the train did not brake completely and continued to slide forward for a distance, away from the battlefield.

The snake-bear beast, with its four legs on the ground and its small, crimson eyes gleaming with ferocity, charged towards Su Li and his companions with the imposing aura of a heavily armored chariot.

Sofia crouched down, aiming her gun, and fired an enchanted bullet to greet it.

The tan-colored enchanted bullet slammed into the crystal on the snake-bear beast's forehead.

Most creatures have extremely vulnerable heads, so they choose to strengthen them. For example, they grow huge horns, or, like the serpent-bear beast, they use very hard crystals to protect themselves.

The best way to deal with such an enemy is to use a shockwave attack.

The bullet struck the snake-bear beast between the eyebrows with a bang, and the earth-elemental energy it contained turned into a shockwave attack. Su Li could see with the naked eye that all the snow on the snake-bear beast's head was shaken away, and its entire head was as smooth as if it had been given a spa treatment.

However, the snake-bear beast was only stunned for a moment and then recovered.

"Tsk, its head has undergone shock-resistant evolution." Su Li keenly noticed the fact. The head of this snake-bear beast doesn't seem to have a high body fat percentage, and its shock resistance indicates that it has evolved a brain structure similar to that of a woodpecker.

The evolution of monsters truly embodies the principle of "use it or lose it," with very few inexplicable evolutions occurring.

Therefore, the fact that the snake-bear beast evolved this function indicates that it had this need.

"Be careful, this guy most likely has the ability to inflict shock damage on enemies, and he might also have a few headbutt-type skills." Su Li quickly warned Zhi Hong through their mental connection.

Seeing that the other side was about to arrive, Sophia changed her enchantment to a wood-to-lightning enchantment.

A lightning-attribute bullet struck the Serpent Bear Beast. Sophia caught a fleeting moment of stillness in the beast's movement and successfully hit it under its armpit. A burst of lightning erupted, the lightning-attribute magic stimulating nerve signals within the Serpent Bear Beast, causing its muscles to contract involuntarily.

This unnatural contraction halted the snake-bear beast's charge. Its limbs stiffened involuntarily, and the bear fell to the ground, beginning to slide.

"Get out of the way!" Su Li quickly warned. As he got closer, he saw that the snake-bear beast's belly only had a layer of short fur, with a thick cocoon underneath. This thick cocoon, combined with the slippery snow, created a striking contrast.

You're really going to soar to great heights!