Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Ivan got off to a great start.

After Ivan put the crystal away, they went to the statue of the hearth god.

The statue of the Kitchen God is located further inside, and he seems to be having a tough time. It's hard to imagine that he is actually a kind-hearted person in the divine realm.

Su Li looked up and wondered why the Kitchen God looked a bit like the Blue Ribbon from the movie she'd seen before, only a more dignified version.

Speaking of the gods here, they all seem to have a strong sense of déjà vu. Su Li was even afraid that the god she saw in the underworld might suddenly let out a strange cry like "Whoosh!"

As Su Li was lost in thought, Sophia also walked to the altar. She took out a roll of cloth. Su Li recognized it; it was Ivan's scarf. Ivan had worn it when they were first resurrected, but had stopped wearing it later because it was too hot in the dungeon.

Ivan recognized the scarf and smiled, "That's a scarf my sister knitted for me!"

“This is a type of offering that the Kitchen God really likes.” Su Li nodded in agreement with Sophia’s choice. Seeing that Ivan was a little reluctant, Su Li smiled and patted his head. “Don’t worry. What the Kitchen God wants is to witness the love of family. That scarf represents your sister’s love for you, and the Kitchen God won’t take it away.”

The offering emitted a gentle light, and then a tiny spark circled around it before falling into Sophia's hand.

Sofia carefully took the fire from the stove and then closed her eyes.

After a while, Sofia returned to them with the scarf.

"How is it?" Su Li asked.

Sophia handed the scarf to Ivan and said, "The hearth god was very pleased and gave me two recipes."

[A Blessing for Ivan: Ivan Blavatsky's Personal Amulet]

【Material: Love, any fabric (1/1)】

[Effect: Allows Ivan Blavatsky to grow up healthy. When love disappears, the amulet will also disappear.]

"Alright, now I don't have to worry about you not growing tall." Sophia smiled and ruffled Ivan's hair. "Besides this gift for Ivan, there's also a recipe."

[Recipe - Stormy Crystal Feather Serpent Soup: Secret Recipe, Enhances Perception and Agility Growth]

[Materials: Storm Crystal Feather Serpent Meat*1, Spices as needed, Egg 1, Mushroom 1, Requires any level of Magic Furnace]

Su Li's eyes lit up again. "This is a good thing too. The secret food recipe is something I was originally planning to buy. We are on the cultivation path, and this kind of secret food can accelerate our cultivation speed. If we eat secret food every meal, our growth rate may be even faster than some stat-adding methods."

Both of them received good things, which made Su Li look forward to it, wondering what kind of blessing she would receive.

The three of them came before the God of Pioneers. Su Li straightened his clothes and then took out a simple device.

This device was a simple water purification system that Su Li made with his own wisdom when he first came into this world. It can be said that without making this device, he would have most likely died of thirst.

After offering the tribute, Su Li obediently knelt below, awaiting the gods' response.

A burst of light appeared, and a beam of light entered Su Li's body.

A screen appeared in front of Su Li.

[Congratulations to the player for receiving a temporary blessing.]

[Mining Expert (lasts one exploration cycle): When you and your team mine minerals, resource drops are guaranteed to be at maximum. Can sense minerals within a certain range.]

Su Li's eyes widened in surprise; this thing was really useful.

For example, when mining a primary ore pile, the drop is a fixed 5 points of stone, 2-5 corresponding minerals, and 0-1 random secondary minerals.

With this bonus, you'll be guaranteed to get 5 corresponding minerals and 1 secondary mineral.

This greatly increases the efficiency of data collection.

"Thank you, God of Pioneers!"

Su Li quickly thanked the gods and then happily went back.

After glancing at the resurrection platform in the middle, Su Li decided not to continue recruiting teammates.

They've run out of survival coins and can't build anything more. Zuli and the others can only wait for the train to be completed while searching for anything usable.

"Now that we have space, let's get the bed out first."

Su Li first made three single beds. Then she traded some smoked venison and wolf meat with others for three mattresses, three sets of quilts and pillows.

Then I traded my backpack for three more bottles of poison flasks.

[Poisonous Bottle: After being thrown, it creates a pool of poison at the point of impact, poisoning enemies above it.]

"There's too much meat now, we need to find a way to preserve it."

Speaking of this, Su Li has a headache. They have plenty of meat now. Not to mention snake meat, which weighs 68 jin, they also have a lot of wild vegetables, wolf meat, and wild boar meat left.

Much of the hyena meat had gone bad and been thrown away. With so many people selling fish and deer in the market, hardly anyone cared about this somewhat spoiled dog meat. The venison, if Sofia hadn't smoked it, would probably have spoiled too.

Zuli could only provide some wood and buy some ice. She placed the ice with the boxes containing the meat to keep them fresh.

This item was only sold after the servers were merged. Some people in that server were starting in the Silent Ice Sea world, which doesn't lack water, but is particularly lacking in food and fuel.

This time, some people did not choose the new world, but instead chose to return to the icy sea, relying on selling ice and water resources to exchange for resources.

This could be considered a possible approach, but Su Li believes that in the current version where progress is being accelerated, such a conservative approach won't last long. Resources in the initial world are too scarce.

The price of ice isn't outrageous. Furthermore, meat containing magical energy has a much longer shelf life than regular meat. Ordinary bacteria have difficulty multiplying on magically powered meat, making it less prone to spoilage.

"It's not as effective as a refrigerator, but it's better than nothing."

After getting everything sorted out, Su Li and her group rested well at the transfer station for a long time. Then they finally waited until their train was completed.

The front of the vehicle hasn't been upgraded yet, so there's not much to say; it's still the same as before. It's 10 meters long and 3 meters wide.

The carriages behind are even more impressive.

It comes out of the factory 15 meters long and 3 meters wide.

The three men entered the train with great enthusiasm, only to be greatly disappointed.

Ivan touched the wall and found it very fragile. He couldn't help but complain, "Isn't this just like the walls of a level 0 train? It's just a layer of sheet metal that you have torn off by hand."

Su Li looked around and found the place completely empty. To the left of the entrance, there was a display screen.

Click on the display screen, and it shows the situation of this carriage.

[Basic Carriage]

[Current carriage bonus: None]

[Current equipment in the carriage: None]

Su Li flipped through it; it contained more detailed data, such as durability and sturdiness. None of it was very useful. "There's really nothing there, but at least it can be upgraded."

The upgrade requirements are similar to those for the front of the vehicle; you need to purchase blueprints from the factory and then create the upgrade plugin.

Su Li glanced at the upgrade blueprints.

[Universal Carriage Upgrade Plug-in Blueprint: 100 Survival Coins]

[Can be used on basic carriages to upgrade them into universal carriages]

[Requirements: 300 Wood, 300 Stone, 200 Iron Ingots, 100 Copper Ingots, 20 Silver Ingots, 5 Fire Elemental Shards, 5 Water Elemental Shards, Train Engine Level 2 or higher]

It would be great if it could be upgraded; otherwise, living in such a fragile "newspaper shell" would make me feel really unsafe.

After getting everything sorted out, Su Li and the others tidied up the things inside. The front of the vehicle was where the workers ate and waited. They usually spent their time there.

The rear carriages are tentatively designated as sleeping areas and material processing areas. They also contain basic planting boxes and sunlight crystals.

Su Li then traded two fire element crystals for three earth element crystals, and then remade three planting boxes.

In addition to the tomatoes, potatoes, cotton, and wheat that she had planted before, Zuli also planted mangoes (seeds left over from mangoes found in treasure chests), corn (found in treasure chests in the abandoned town), and strawberries (bought with her last 5 survival coins).

There wasn't enough sunlight before, so although it was planted for 7 days, it only had 4 days of effective growth, and only 5 days including today.

Mango: The growth period is 28 days. After ripening, it is harvested every 5 days. Due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 18.6 days.

[Tomato: The growth period is 11 days. After ripening, it is harvested every 4 days. Due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 7.3 days.]

[Potatoes: Growth time is 6 days, but due to sunlight crystallization, the growth time is shortened to 4 days]

[Cotton: The growth period is 10 days, but due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 6.6 days.]

[Corn: The growth period is 14 days, and after maturity, it is harvested every 4 days. Due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 9.3 days.]

[Strawberries: The growth period is 8 days, and after ripening, they are harvested every 4 days. Due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 5.3 days.]

[Wheat: The growth period is 15 days, but due to sunlight crystallization, the growth period is shortened to 10 days]

Including the seed-forming time, the potatoes will be ready to eat the day after tomorrow. Thinking this, Su Li felt a surge of anticipation.