Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The train came to a smooth stop. Su Li glanced at the monitor, which showed that it had traveled 71 kilometers.

After turning off the engine with one button, Su Li glanced at the fuel level again; there was still less than a third left.

Then he checked the time.

He woke up in the car at 6 a.m. It's a little past 7 a.m. now.

Zurich placed his drinking water, rations, and matches in the cardboard box on the train. Then he opened the door and stepped into the wilderness.

As soon as he entered, Su Li felt a slight chill. He was wearing his school uniform: green sweatpants, a t-shirt, and a large green and white striped jacket. He wore cotton socks and sneakers.

The school uniform was ugly, but it was very comfortable to wear. After he finished the college entrance examination, he wore it as pajamas.

"Alright, this is a small step for me personally, but a giant leap for the survival game!" After giving a self-praise to relieve some mental stress, Su Li walked towards the withered and fallen tree she had just seen.

The withered tree was about 200 meters from the train. Zurich thought he could just run over there. But he underestimated the size of the gravel beach.

This pebble beach is covered with all sorts of pebbles. If there's soil underneath the stones, it's relatively stable, but if there are stones underneath, things can go wrong...

"Sea Bull!"

Su Li slipped and fell flat on her back.

Fortunately, there weren't any sharp rocks in the area, and apart from a sore bottom from the fall, Su Li was otherwise unharmed.

Having learned her lesson, Su Li became much more careful, no longer running, but walking briskly instead.

He walked over to the dead tree and carefully examined it.

This dead tree was quite large, standing 3 meters tall and as thick as an arm. Su Li examined the roots and discovered the reason for its collapse.

Something made a hole in the roots of the tree. The hole was too big to support the weight of the tree, so it broke off at the point where the hole was made.

Su Li stomped on the tree trunk and felt that the tree was completely dried out.

Zuli was very pleased. "It seems this will save us a lot of effort."

He began searching the ground for suitable stones.

First, I found a few fist-sized stones, and the system provided an explanation at the right time.

[Small stones: stones that can be seen everywhere]

Su Li picked up some more and found that everything from the size of an egg to the size of a fist was identified by the system as a small stone.

He then picked up a stone the size of a basketball next to him.

[Stones: Stones that can be seen everywhere]

"This is the stone? Stones and branches can be combined to make a stone axe. Let's make the stone axe first."

Su Li hurled stones at the branches of the dead tree, then pulled them back and began to pry the branches apart.

With a snap, Su Li broke off the largest branch of the withered tree.

[Tree branches: Tree branches can be seen everywhere.]

"What ghosts are everywhere? This place is so desolate," Su Li muttered, opened the manual, and entered the construction page.

【Stone Ax

Grade: None

Materials required: 1 tree branches, 1 stones

Processing time: 5 minutes

This processing is quite ingenious; tree branches can be replaced with materials like sticks.

After deciding to process the stones, Zurich began collecting stones from the surrounding area.

First, collect 20 small stones to fill 2 squares, then start collecting large stones.

The number of stones decreased; Su Li picked up all the stones around her, and only 6 were identified as stones.

"Never mind, this is enough for now." Su Li gave up on searching in the distance and sat on a withered tree to rest for a few minutes.

Once the stone axe was finished, Su Li couldn't wait to take it out.

The simple stone axe that was taken out was somewhat beyond Zuli's expectations.

This is a stone axe that could be displayed in a museum. It was clearly carefully chiseled and polished. Zuli touched the blade and found that it was not very sharp due to the material, but it was more than enough to chop down trees.

The handle, made of twigs, has been carefully trimmed and feels comfortable to hold.

Zuli swung it a few times and felt that the holes in the stone and the wooden handle fit together perfectly and were very secure.

"Great tool, now it's Bald Qiang's time!"

Zuli stood on the dead tree and used a stone to chop at the dead wood.

One chop, two chops, three chops, four chops, five chops. Just as Su Li was about to continue chopping, the dead tree suddenly snapped into two pieces of wood.

"This... it really is a game." Su Li shook her head with a smile.

Let's take a look at what was leaked.

Timber: A basic resource that can be used as fuel or to craft other equipment.

Su Li took it out to take a look. One unit of timber is a 1*0.25*0.25 square timber. The tree we just saw was 3 meters tall and only 25 centimeters thick. So, it seems like the difference isn't that much.

Su Li put the two pieces of wood into her backpack, and then checked her stone axe.

[Simple Stone Axe (95%)]

"One cut reduces durability by 1%, so it's not very durable. Oh well, it's better than nothing."

Su Li held the stone axe and looked into the distance.

About 1000 meters away, there was a small grove of trees. Zuli counted 27 trees. Beside the trees was a red lake.

This place is truly barren; we drove 70 kilometers through Zurich before finding this "rich mine."

More often, there are two or three small trees and large areas of gravel beach.

However, this is already an adjustment to the game system. After all, this is a survival game, not a genocide game. Before the adjustment, you wouldn't see a dozen or so trees clustered together here.

"Now that we have the tools, we need to find food and water."

Su Li went back first and put everything she had on her, except for the stone axe, into the car.

He also took off his coat. The temperature rose quickly, and he started to feel hot.

"It's only a little past 7 o'clock, and it's already getting a bit hot. It looks like the temperature won't be low today."

Zuli walked quickly to the grove, looking worried.

After observing the area to make sure there were no hunting dogs or coyotes, it ran to the red lake.

Su Li stirred the water with her stone axe and discovered that the water was actually orange-red, but the ground beneath it was red, which made it appear red. She then used the basic identification skill provided by the system to examine the water.

[Contaminated saline water: Drinking it can lead to stomach perforation and kidney failure.]

Well, it's not just saline water, it's also polluted.

Su Li looked at the orange-red water with great regret, "So much water, but we can't drink it. It's so frustrating."

"Is there any way to purify this water into drinkable water?"

Zuli racked her brains, trying to recall the knowledge she had learned.

"Distilled water? Filtered water? Let's try it in the car later."

Thinking about the water purification issue, Su Li returned to the grove.

After entering the grove, he began to cut down trees.

This small, disjointed grove of trees contained a total of 22 trees, with several 2-meter-high rocks scattered in the middle. Su Li picked up his stone axe and began hacking away at one of the trees.

Before long, a tree fell down and turned into two pieces of wood and one branch.

Each tree had to be chopped down about 10 times, and the axe's durability quickly wore out. Zuli hurriedly began making stone axes again.

When she was halfway through chopping, Su Li felt a little tired, so she walked to a large rock and sat down to rest.

But as soon as he sat down, he made an amazing discovery.

Behind one of the rocks, there was a wooden treasure chest.

Su Li rushed to the treasure chest. "Wow, my luck is on the line! I found a treasure chest so easily!"

Without waiting any longer, Su Li immediately opened the treasure chest.

[Received 3 charcoal, 5 stones, 10 weeds, and 1 watch]

"Blanching! These things are useless."

Su Li looked unwell; these things were of little use at this stage.

What he needs is water and food.

With a dark expression, he carefully put the items away and then put on his watch.

This is a digital watch, solar-powered, with an alarm clock, a system to calibrate the time, and a compass. And that's it.

"It's better than nothing." After packing up her things, Su Li lost all interest in resting and continued logging.

After cutting down all the trees, Su Li checked the time.

It was past 8 o'clock, and the sun had already come out.

Su Li checked the supplies: 54 pieces of wood, 27 branches, 10 stones, 10 weeds, and 3 pieces of charcoal.

Su Li moved her arm, feeling as if it no longer belonged to her. It was truly painful.