Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

At 11 o'clock, the train continued its journey.

Meanwhile, the basic water purifier manufactured by Zurich has been completed.

Zuli took it out.

This thing is about a meter tall and has a cylindrical shape.

[Basic water purifier: Putting water in it consumes charcoal and purifies the water.]

[Efficiency: Each batch of charcoal can purify 10L of water. 2L purified per day]

"Two liters of water a day, that's four liters for two people, it doesn't seem like enough," Su Li said with a troubled expression.

Four liters of water is equivalent to eight bottles of mineral water. People who do heavy physical labor like them consume a lot of water. He also wants to boil some hot water for a bath every day.

"We'll find a way to get two more later."

Su Li opened the manual, ready to see what the silly netizens were doing.

As soon as I opened it, I saw an announcement.

[System Announcement: Your original channel has been merged with several other regions because the number of active users has fallen below 1.]

“The ghost servers are merging, right?” Su Li said knowingly, then added sadly, “Sigh, in just seven days, more than 90,000 people have died in our server. The other servers are probably about the same. If we follow this ratio, with 98 billion people in the world, almost 9 billion have died… It’s terrifying when you do the math.”

Actually, that's not the case. There's a guy named Lin Feng in their district who cuts chives with 10ml of water. Many people, not thinking straight, buy his tainted water. And when they get rare blueprints, they just impulsively sell 100g of bread and 100ml of water to Lin Feng without thinking.

Lin Feng was also a greedy creature, only consuming blueprints and resources, and almost never trading the finished products. None of the items made from those blueprints were sold; he kept them all for himself. As a result, their region's development was extremely poor, and casualties were high.

However, they weren't the only ones suffering heavy casualties; the other regions owned by different systems also saw significant losses. Especially Su Xing, whose probability-based system was nicknamed "Doomsday Killer Saintess," who shut down anyone sharing survival tips in the channel that might be affecting his business, and then used the system's prompts to sweep up countless treasure chests.

In some districts, people shared their survival experiences and formed mutual aid organizations of varying sizes, resulting in fewer casualties.

The train continued its journey, and the wind outside grew stronger. The sand and gravel in the wind pelted against the train, making a crackling sound that was actually quite pleasant.

Sofia stared at the wind outside for a while, then said, "The wind is so strong, I'm a little worried about the train's parts getting damaged."

"That makes sense. Won't such strong winds damage the train's parts?" Su Li was also a little worried. "Who among you knows how to repair trains?"

Both of them shook their heads.

Su Li sighed. "If that doesn't work, we'll create a train repair plugin. That thing can directly fix train problems."

This is the initial blueprint, which everyone has. It requires few materials and can repair 5% of the durability of a level 0-1 train.

When a train malfunctions, at the system level, it means its durability has decreased. Players can choose to repair it using their own skills, or they can rely on the system's resources to use durability restoration items to fix the train.

This is what Zuli finds interesting.

The system has given you two choices. One option is to create something yourself, relying on your knowledge. This requires knowledge and skill, but consumes fewer materials, and if you are technically proficient, you can create something even better than what the system creates.

Another option is to consume more materials and have the system manufacture it for you. The downside is that there are blueprint limitations and it consumes more materials.

Most players choose to let the system do it for them because it's so convenient. For one thing, without the system, even after Su Li and her team cut down the trees, they would still have to spend a lot of time processing the logs, and then let them dry out.

Unlike now, where everything is done in one step, turning into uniformly sized dried timber.

How much time was saved?

After lost in thought for a while, Su Li scratched her neck uncomfortably, then grabbed a handful of dirt from her fingernail.

Su Li's expression turned disgusted.

"I feel so awful, I really want to take a shower~" Su Li sighed. "Aren't we there yet?"

Ivan glanced at the time. "No, it will take another hour to reach our destination."

"Ugh, this is so annoying~" Su Li sighed, and then began to make wooden barrels.

They made five more barrels, bringing their total to 20. This was also to prepare for what would happen later.

Su Li patiently studied the monster encyclopedia for a while. The train took another detour and finally arrived at its destination.

It was already 1 p.m.

"We've arrived!" Ivan said excitedly. "Look at that small lake on the left, it's exactly the same as on the map."

Looking at the lake surface surging in the wind outside, Su Li deeply realized the importance of a map. With a map, they could plan their routes in advance; if they wanted trees, they would go to the forest; if they wanted water, they would go to the lake. Without a map, they would just be bumping around aimlessly like flies.

"The map is amazing; it truly lives up to its reputation as an exclusive reward," Su Li remarked.

The so-called exclusive rewards were something Su Li saw in "The Guide".

The game offers subsidies for those who take care of children or the elderly. The rewards they receive in the initial cardboard boxes are also more generous.

Children are more likely to produce excellent blueprints, while adults are more likely to produce items that are beneficial for survival.

That's why Ivan has the blueprint for the basic planting box, and Sophia has three powerful basic maps.

These are all very useful items in the early stages.

The biggest problem in the late game is fighting monsters, not finding items. This kind of map isn't very useful then.

Who still uses these basic resources in the late game? Is adamantite bad? Or is elemental wood no longer appealing?

"To be honest, this game really feels like a survival game, rather than a genocide game," Su Li commented. In some survival game novels he had read in his previous life, even the protagonists with cheat codes struggled to survive. When he read them, he felt that apart from the protagonists with cheat codes, basically no one could survive.

But those random NPCs seem to keep respawning, appearing endlessly.

After lost in thought for a while, Sofia stopped the car.

The train stopped beside a lake in a valley. To the left of the lake was the train, and to the left of the train was a meadow. To the right of the lake was a valley filled with trees.

Honestly, Zurich feels more like a tourist destination than a survival game.

However, Su Li didn't dare to underestimate this place. He didn't think the system would let him relax here.

I won't think about it anymore, let's take a look at the environment here first.

They planned to stay here until 11 p.m., then start the train, which would travel overnight and arrive at their next destination at 6 a.m. the next morning.

The rest of the journey will require traveling day and night to ensure that we reach the blue-purple location on the map as soon as possible.

Zurich had a feeling that the bluish-purple place must be a good place.