Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Ivan stood there, frozen, gripping the rails and hanging from them.

He watched helplessly as his brother-in-law fell into the abyss, and there was nothing he could do.

"Gulp!" Ivan choked out a regretful sigh, his fingers gripping the rails turning white from the force.

For a moment, he even wanted to jump into the abyss with his brother-in-law.

Ivan suddenly slapped his cheek. "Calm down. The team can only rely on you now."

In case it feels like I've returned to the not-so-distant past, to the day when my sister perished alongside the enemy, leaving me all alone.

At that moment, he felt only panic, overwhelming sadness, and a mix of hatred and self-destructive thoughts.

But he is not the same person he used to be.

Solve problems one by one.

First, let's talk about my brother-in-law's situation.

My brother-in-law still has a chance to be resurrected. If the whole team is wiped out, who will revive him? Zheng Hongyuan and the others?

Ivan doesn't trust outsiders.

Besides, he has an older sister. What will happen to her if he jumps?

Jumping down to find your brother-in-law now is just self-indulgent sentimentality; it won't solve anything.

Next is the older sister; let's check on her condition first.

Ivan picked up his sister, then used his arm to pull himself and his sister up with one hand.

I walked back to the train along the railway system.

The front of the car was mostly blown away. Ivan placed his sister on the exposed floor, where a layer of skin had been scraped off by the blast, leaving it shiny. He first checked on his sister's condition.

A healing sunbeam emanated from his hands, enveloping his sister, and then he carefully sensed her condition.

“Sister Mingyu has already taken care of it, so it’s not a big problem. But the spine is damaged. We can only take it to the temple for treatment.”

Ivan put on his sister's oxygen mask, then touched her hand; it was ice-cold.

"My internal magical energy is depleted, and my resistance is too weak. If this continues, elemental erosion will break out."

Ivan put his sister down and then went to the back of the car.

The rear carriage door was deformed. Ivan struggled to smash a gap, then slowly opened the train door and carried his sister to his brother-in-law's room.

After putting his sister down, Ivan started checking the time.

"The portal won't open for another two hours or so. It's a 24-hour clock, and the portal will close no later than 6 a.m. Even though we're not using a 24-hour clock now, let's stick with the 24-hour clock."

Ivan laboriously closed the door again, keeping the cold air out.

The boiler had exploded, and the heating was no longer working. With Ivan turning it on and off, a lot of heat was being lost from the carriage. Fortunately, they just needed to get through the night.

Ivan picked up his sister, took out a fruit drink from his inventory, and fed it to her little by little.

After being given the fruit drink, Sofia's complexion became slightly rosier.

Ivan put Sophia on the bed and lay down fully clothed.

"My sister is alright. Let's move on to the next problem."

Ivan took out a pen and paper, wrote a note explaining his condition, and stuck it on the ceiling above his sister's head so that she could see it without turning her head if she woke up. He then put his equipment back on and took out a large number of ropes from his storage box, placing them in his inventory.

Ivan opened the door and walked to the undercarriage of the vehicle.

The landslides in the distance are still ongoing, but the situation in the vicinity has been largely calmed down.

He first checked the vehicle's condition.

The entire front of the vehicle was basically blown off, but the sofas, chairs, and magic stove inside had already been put back into the storage compartment, so there was no additional damage.

The duty room and life support room are gone, and only half of the operations room remains.

Ivan checked the water tank on the roof; it was gone. Without the insulation of the internal heating system, the remaining water in the tank had frozen into ice.

Ivan did not collect the ice. To prevent water pollution and damage to the water tank, all the storage compartments in the car were stocked with food and water, so he and his sister were not short of food and water for the time being.

Ivan jumped down from the roof of the carriage and walked to where the boiler had been.

There is only one large crystal here now, which is dazzling and looks very magical.

"This must be the core of the train." Ivan touched the crystal, feeling a warmth in his heart.

"The car damage has been confirmed. The next question is to check on my brother-in-law's condition."

Ivan took out a water elemental fragment, walked to the edge of the train, and looked down.

In the pitch-black night, below seemed like a monster ready to devour its prey, its mouth agape.

"It's too dark, I can't see anything..."

Ivan infused the water elemental fragment with magical energy and then threw it into the abyss.

In this frigid environment, torches are not very effective. Fire elements cannot withstand the corrosive effects of external elements, only water elements fare out.

Once activated, the water element fragment emitted a pale blue light, illuminating the area around the pit.

Upon seeing this, Ivan gasped in shock, because the pit was incredibly deep.

This is why the flash crash subsided so quickly.

The surrounding mountain walls are full of all sorts of messy caves.

"With so many caves, this monster has hollowed out this mountain."

Ivan didn't realize that it hadn't actually hollowed itself out, but rather eaten it out. Besides meat, the icefish could also eat various rocks and soil.

The water elemental fragments continued to fall, their azure light revealing everything around them to Ivan. Finally, one of the water elemental fragments landed somewhere, vanished without a trace.

Ivan estimated the distance; the pit was about 200 meters deep. Worse still, there seemed to be some kind of liquid at the bottom.

Ivan checked his rope; 200 meters was enough. The only thing to worry about was whether there would be a monster attack.

"...With such a commotion, all the monsters must have run away."

Ivan tied the rope around his waist, with the other end attached to the rail, and then slowly lowered himself down.

Having reached the deepest part, Ivan saw a huge crack. Judging from the marks, the crack had only recently opened.

"My brother-in-law fell in here?" Ivan looked around. If it was only this low, even if his brother-in-law landed headfirst, he wouldn't be knocked unconscious. The fact that there was still no movement meant that his brother-in-law must have encountered something else.

Ivan cast the Sun Shield on himself, and a pale golden shield appeared on his body. By the light of the golden light, Ivan could see the ground beneath his feet.

This isn't land; it's clearly a layer of floating ice.

"An underground river?" Ivan's expression changed. If it was an underground river, then his brother-in-law and the others would be in great difficulty to find. No, not just difficult to find, but their lives would be in danger.

Ivan opened the handbook and turned to the page about the team members. Thankfully, his brother-in-law and Mingyu's profile pictures were still lit up. Ivan tried sending a message, but received no response.