Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The entire nest is basically covered in crystals. On the map, the nest is only about half the size of a fingernail, and in reality, it is only about 2 kilometers in radius.

Zuli and his group are currently on the outskirts.

After observing the surroundings and confirming that no Crystal Feather Serpents were present, Su Li and the others swung their pickaxes and began digging for crystals.

He smashed the half-meter-tall crystal twice, and the crystal shattered, with some things falling to the ground.

【Sharded Crystal *3: Shattered crystal, with the same effect as quartz, but slightly more expensive than other materials.】

[Complete Crystal *1: A complete crystal, priced slightly higher than other materials]

[Lower-grade Magic Crystal *1: A crystal containing some magic energy, used as a material for alchemy and forging]

The slightly high price alone was enough to surprise Su Li. What he needed most right now was survival coins. This wasn't just crystals; it was survival coins everywhere!

And they even have extraordinary materials like lower-grade magic crystals! This is a steal!

Su Li's eyes lit up as she looked at the crystals scattered all over the ground.

"It's 2 o'clock now. We'll dig for 3 hours, dig as much as we can. After 3 hours, we'll start building fortifications to defend against the beast tide at 8 o'clock tonight."

After saying that, Su Li and the others started mining. They harvested a large amount of crystals, as well as some unexpected surprises.

[Obtained 2 Fire Element Shards] [Obtained 1 Water Element Shard]

Elemental fragments were occasionally found inside these crystals. This made Su Li and the others work even harder.

However, the noise from mining was ultimately too loud. They had only been mining for half an hour when they were attacked.

It was a bluish-green serpentine creature, about 4 meters long, with an unfinished crystal helmet on its head and four pairs of wings on its back. The whole snake looked strange and dangerous.

It arrived here, shook its head, and opened its mouth towards the direction of the noise. A ball of blue wind immediately condensed in its mouth, which it then silently exhaled.

Su Li didn't notice the strange feathered serpent immediately. Caught off guard, she was struck in the back by the serpent.

The strong push sent Su Li crashing to the ground, and the other two miners also noticed her condition.

"Brother Su?!" Ivan shouted nervously.

"It's alright! I'm wearing wooden armor." Su Li scrambled to her feet, then glared at the Crystal Feather Serpent that had ambushed her from behind. "This thing isn't fully grown yet. When it's fully grown, it spits out wind spikes, but before that, it only spits out wind bullets. Getting hit by it feels like being punched hard."

This thing's attack power comes entirely from its wind-driven impact; it's essentially a glass cannon with usage limitations. It's one of the easier monsters to deal with according to the monster encyclopedia.

Zuli put down the pickaxe and took out the two-handed sword and hammer that were placed to the side.

"Perfect timing to test its quality!"

Su Li strode forward, picked up his two-handed sword, and slashed at the snake's body.

The feathered serpent was quite fast, and upon hearing the sound, it immediately dodged. Su Li aimed precisely, changed the direction of her two-handed sword, and struck the crystal feathered serpent accurately.

Su Li frowned after her initial strike, finding the feathered serpent slippery and unresponsive, making it difficult to land a hit with her sword.

Su Li casually tossed the two-handed sword aside and raised the hammer that was slung over his back.

The feathered serpent swayed its head, and once again, a wind bullet condensed in its mouth. But this time, Su Li's movements were even faster.

The sledgehammer descended from the sky, striking the feathered serpent's head cleanly and decisively. With a crisp sound of crystal shattering, the feathered serpent's head was smashed to the ground by Su Li, and the crystal shattered.

Zuli raised the sledgehammer once more and smashed it down on the feathered serpent's head.

He died instantly from the second blow. At the same time, Liu Ang felt a warm current flowing through his body.

The player has been upgraded to level 2 (24/500)

[Since this is your first time upgrading, please select your growth method.]

【1. Cultivation Type】

【2. Add dot shape】

If she hadn't known, Su Li might have chosen the point-adding type. However, after reading "The Guide," Su Li weighed the pros and cons and chose the cultivation type.

You have chosen the cultivation-based growth path.

Your physical abilities have been enhanced, and your potential has been amplified.

Su Li shook hands, feeling the fatigue from mining disappear. She felt comfortable all over, as if her energy had been fully replenished.

Furthermore, his strength had also increased. Su Li gripped the bottom of the hammer handle with one hand, slowly applied force, and easily lifted the hammer.

"This..." Sophia noticed the change in Su Li, "You leveled up?"

"Yes, good eye!" Su Li said excitedly, "It's upgraded, improving physical fitness and life potential."

Suddenly remembering the key to leveling up, Su Li quickly said to Sophia and Ivan, "You're both level 1, right? When leveling up, don't choose the stat-adding type, choose the cultivation type."

"Compared to the 'point-adding' type, the 'cultivation' type is faster to develop and doesn't require training, making it very convenient. However, the 'point-adding' type has many more limitations."

"The 'point-adding' type puts you into a template, and your growth is limited to that template."

"In terms of attributes, the 'point-adding' type can only grow by adding attribute points, while the 'cultivation' type can grow by training and cultivating on its own."

"In terms of skills, the stat-adding type can only learn skills from the template of the selected profession, as well as some general skills, while the cultivation type does not have this restriction."

"However, the cultivation type also has its drawbacks, namely, it generally grows slowly, consumes more resources, and requires hard work. This survival game has such a fast pace, and you have to explore every week. The growth of the cultivation type is prone to falling behind the game's progress, not to mention the accelerated game pace in our case."

"However, there are some ways to speed up the cultivation process. After considering all factors, I decided to choose the cultivation type, which offers more freedom in growth, a higher ceiling, a lower floor, and is less stable but capable of creating miracles."

"Choosing the stat-adding type will lead to overly stable growth, making it impossible to catch up with the top five players on the leaderboard. If we keep breaking through levels like we did with the train reaching level 6, the game will eventually be pushed to a point where we can't keep up, and we'll still die. We might as well take a gamble and choose the cultivation type."

"If you rely on your own understanding and luck, there's still a glimmer of hope. Taking a steady, incremental approach is just a slow death!"

Just like the road survival novels Su Li read in her past life, when most people were still driving beat-up vans, the protagonist was already driving a warship on the road, which led to game updates and the monsters in the wild becoming extremely powerful.

Su Li didn't want to become an ant accidentally killed by the storm caused by the protagonist.