Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

"Wow, that's amazing." Jiao opened his mouth wide, looking at the blue salt in front of him. "The old priest said that only very pure holy salt is blue."

"That's good." Su Li smiled with satisfaction. All her hard work over the past half day had finally paid off.

However, bait... the strategy for dealing with swordfish can be changed. These mutated monsters created by the mind-body overlay are, in a sense, monsters that faithfully adhere to their established design. The best way to deal with them is to follow their intended logic.

What are the characteristics of these swordfish?

Su Li thought for a moment and wrote down the confirmed settings first.

Extremely strong armor-piercing ability. High-speed charging ability.

Next, there's the setting that Zuli is less certain about, which he guesses: a preference for attacking vehicles (especially ships).

When the swordfish attacked, Zurich and his group were also within the attack range. These swordfish didn't hesitate to target the trains that were further away.

[This feels so familiar. Wasn't this the same misty city world from Dream Worm's series?]

Su Li's thoughts began to race: [A clam maiden who evolves by absorbing the essence of the sun and moon; an octopus skilled in wielding weapons; a giant octopus; a swordfish that likes to pierce ships; a shark that can ride the wind to attack people; and a shark with indestructible teeth. Add to that its overemphasis on mutated appearances rather than its internal magical energy operation logic.]

[It's speculated that the mutations in these creatures are based on some kind of stereotype or legend.]

If this hypothesis is correct, then the mastermind behind this global catastrophe, the so-called evil god, is influenced by the mindset of the local indigenous people.

The current intelligence is still insufficient, so Su Li puts aside her thoughts for the time being and continues her manufacturing.

Based on the swordfish's design as an attack vehicle, especially a ship, Zurich designed a deployable decoy ship.

"Let's make the exterior out of wood fiber. I remember getting some wood fiber material before, plus some pre-made sheet metal for support. The thinner the better. We'll add wind-element crystal cores inside, which, once activated, can expand instantly and support the entire ship."

Zuli performed meticulous operations on the control panel and retrieved a simple ship model from the warehouse, beginning to imitate it.

It was rare for Su Li to stay awake; she was full of energy as she meticulously adjusted the bait on the control panel.

Meanwhile, the team members slept during the day, preparing for a big battle at night.

Those with extraordinary abilities only need four hours of sleep a day. After waking up, the train continued its journey, making several turns, and finally arrived at the designated large island.

Satellite images show that this island is a large mining island. There are many exposed mineral deposits on the island.

When Reef saw the island, he was very surprised. "This, isn't this Fayb Island? This is a very important mining island. The old priest said that this island sinks every 5 years and rises again with lots of minerals on it."

"Two years ago, our fleet came here and was hired by the lords of Holy City to mine. It took us three months to mine all the ore on the island. How come there is ore again in just two years?"

"With so many strange things happening lately, and the amount of ore increasing, it's not that strange," Ivan said evasively. Of course, he knew this was the power of the Eternal System.

Ivan glanced at the scale of the place, then took out four Type I pulse mining machines and arranged them in the mine according to their range.

Then, the mining machine started up, and bursts of magical energy rippled as it rapidly mined the surrounding ore piles.

Ivan stood to the side, carefully feeling the vibrations of the mining machine, and then went to the open space.

"Drink!" Ivan roared, stomping his foot on the ground, a shockwave spreading outwards from beneath his feet.

This is the skill Magic Stomp.

After the stomp, Ivan began to recall the shockwave. "The magical energy amplified my impact on the ground, creating a kind of resonant energy. What would happen if I could control this resonant energy and release it through the operation of a pulse mining machine?"

Ivan imagined himself radiating outwards, releasing shockwaves that could cause dizziness.

"It's like a new kind of halo!" Ivan's eyes lit up.

Just thinking about this skill makes Ivan feel very troubled. It's extremely annoying for close-combat opponents.

As a guardian, he definitely needs more of these annoying enemy skills.

Ivan recently reflected on his combat system and realized that his biggest problem was the lack of taunting abilities. His gravity skill could barely restrain enemies, but if the enemy was very agile and determined to evade him, he had no good way to protect everyone.

Is it really that difficult to fight agile players in close combat with someone as nimble as a tortoise?

This dizziness aura can help compensate for this problem.

"Sigh, I'm from the Star System, so it's hard for me to develop taunt-type skills." Ivan sighed, frustrated by the lack of development.

Taunt-type skills, especially those related to mind, emotions, and illusions, can achieve similar effects. Reality isn't a game; it can't be 'set up this way, you must defeat this enemy with taunt first!' and then suddenly there's an extra taunt skill.

“But maybe Coco can help me?” Ivan thought of his good friend, Sun Coco, “to cast a curse on me, making my enemies attack me frantically, just like that golden apple.”

These skills are usually used on enemies, but changing your approach is perfectly feasible.

Moreover, the biggest problem with this skill is that its success rate is not high.

[We're teammates, Coco cast a curse on me, and I didn't resist. Did the success rate suddenly increase to 100%?!]

Ivan thought it was feasible, so he immediately found Sun Keke's private message and told her his request.

Sun Keke was somewhat surprised to receive the request, but upon closer examination, she realized it was highly feasible.

"I understand, I'll develop it. There's plenty of this kind of material in fairy tales."

Sun Keke closed the manual and began to think about development ideas.

[Scapegoat?] That was the first thing Sun Keke thought of, but she quickly rejected the idea.

The scapegoat story is one in which a sheep is burdened with the sins of the masses and then banished to the wilderness. The fairytale magic developed from this story should have an effect of disgust and dispelling negative influences. This is indeed a possible approach: to make surrounding enemies hate you, afraid to face you, and thus protect yourself.

Sun Keke wrote down this line of thought. Then she started thinking about new ideas.

After thinking it over, she remembered a story her brother-in-law had told her.

[The Ugly Duckling! Because of its different appearance, it was considered ugly and was ostracized and pecked by the flock of ducks, and chased and torn apart by dogs. It reflects the violent rejection of 'outcasts' by a group. Moreover, it is a fairy tale. My brother-in-law said that in a certain civilization, this story is very popular and would be perfect for developing fairy tale magic.]