Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The three of them set up the bed, placed the planting box, watered the plants, familiarized themselves with the arrangement of various supplies inside the train, and then it was time for the main event.

What's the highlight? Well, that's the front end upgrade, of course!

Su Li took out the level 2 train upgrade plugin and used it on the train engine.

A beam of light gradually enveloped the train's engine, and the train transformed within the light. Originally 10 meters long, the train's engine gradually lengthened to 15 meters within the light. This additional 5 meters was entirely dedicated to movable space.

The locomotive's design is also more modern, but unfortunately, it is still a steam train that uses a boiler.

Su Li and the other two walked around the train, observing its changes. The train's height hadn't changed, but the scratches from the hyenas in the salt flats and the wounds from the wind blades had all disappeared.

Su Li was overjoyed to see this, as it would save her the cost of repairs.

When the light faded, system information appeared in front of Su Li.

[Your train has been upgraded to level 2, and now it has gained new features.]

[New Preset Feature: You can set how far to drive next and which road to choose at intersections.]

Combustion efficiency has been improved, reducing train preheating time to 3 minutes.

[Built has built-in ignition device]

The train speed has been increased.

[You have received the "Final Gift: Overcoming the New Player Period" gift pack from the game operators, which has been automatically opened for you.]

You have received the blueprints for the train's wooden partitions, wooden doors, interior train lights, stone flooring, and stone walls.

Please choose one of the following five options as your reward.

[Vehicle-mounted dormitory] [Rooftop defense platform] [Vehicle-mounted radar] [Hunting shovel] [Vehicle-mounted storage room]

Su Li was overjoyed again; there were more gift packs to claim! He quickly opened the detailed introduction in the manual and carefully examined the effects of the options.

The roof-mounted defense platform adds a combat platform to the roof, but it's just a platform; it doesn't even provide any cover. If you want cover, you have to spend money to build it yourself.

The hunting shovel adds a huge shovel to the front of the vehicle, which can be used to break through hordes of attacking beasts.

Honestly, Su Li felt that these two items weren't really necessary for the time being. Besides, they could be crafted in the factory, and the materials were easy to collect—just various metal ingots. Elemental fragments weren't even needed. The cost-effectiveness and demand were both low, so she ruled them out for now.

With the addition of trailer beds, the need for vehicle storage compartments is not as high for the time being. Let's eliminate that.

The mobile dormitory is simply an extra dormitory that occupies 5 meters of the vehicle's length and has certain special abilities (accelerating physical recovery).

Su Li hesitated for a while between the dormitory and the radar, mainly because the dormitory's own toilet was too tempting.

After hesitating for a long time, Su Li still chose the vehicle-mounted radar. This thing required many electronic components, which Su Li couldn't find a way to obtain at the moment. Moreover, they were going to mine underground next, and having a terrain-displaying radar would be a huge advantage.

[Vehicle-mounted radar: Displays terrain within a 5-kilometer range. Can be upgraded and enhanced at the factory.]

In addition, the vehicle speed has also been improved, with a normal speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

After the upgrade was completed, Su Li and the others began their respective training and reading studies.

Unfortunately, Su Li didn't have the materials to craft the Magic Furnace. The Magic Furnace required 100 iron ingots, and Su Li only had 24 left. Otherwise, she could have tried that Secret Recipe Snake Soup.

They went to bed early and woke up at 5 a.m. After breakfast, Su Li and the others entered the teleportation vortex at 6 a.m.

After entering the vortex, Su Li did not look at the other worlds, but directly chose to enter the previous world.

You have entered a new world.

Howling Valley

Current global energy level: 0.4

Challenge Level: 1

Everything went black, and then I was back in this world.

It was pitch black all around. Su Li turned on the lighting system and immediately saw a pile of stones on the open ground next to her.

"The things I set up before I left are still here; we're back where we left off," Su Li said excitedly. "Back up! 80 kilometers back, we'll continue digging for crystals... Wait a minute, my mining expert has reacted!"

Su Li looked to his left. In his perception, there was a mine about 3 kilometers to the left.

Su Li turned on the radar, and the terrain within a 5-kilometer radius was immediately displayed. Su Li quickly took a screenshot.

Armed with pickaxes and a steam-powered mining machine, the three men, fully equipped and carrying torches, headed west.

The underground cave was difficult to navigate, with limited visibility and some slippery surfaces. Guided by radar, the three carefully entered a cave through a narrow path, leaving torches along the way to light their retreat and scaring away a group of bats before Zurich spotted an underground lake.

The underground lake is surrounded by various kinds of mineral deposits.

Nothing more to say, let's dig!

The three people took turns digging. Mining mainly uses the strength of the arms. When one person got tired, he/she was responsible for transporting the ore.

After a long and arduous process, they finally managed to empty out the mine in this area. The three men returned to the car, resting while reversing.

A short while after returning, the mining expert gave another warning. Su Li quickly stopped the car and continued mining.

In no time, they gathered the 100 iron ingots needed for the basic magic stove and built it.

This basic magic energy stove looks like a modern all-in-one stove, and it requires lower-level magic energy crystals as energy to use.

Only by using this magical energy stove can the magical energy within the flesh of extraordinary creatures be activated, creating secret foods with special effects.

Sophia began making snake soup for the three people, following the secret recipe given to her by the Kitchen God.

Perhaps iron pots are not suitable for making soup-type dishes, because the snake soup I made was of a lower quality.

[Lower-grade Storm Crystal Feather Serpent Soup: Consuming this will enhance agility and perception during cultivation.]

For players with Agility and Perception below 50, each 10 servings will increase Agility by 1 point and Perception by 1 point, effective only 3 times.

After eating the snake soup, everyone felt a warm current flowing through their bodies. The three of them began training according to the magical energy training methods they had learned. Su Li's training looked like swordsmanship, with constant sword practice. Ivan's training resembled physical conditioning.

Sofia's training looks a bit like dance practice.

After training for a while, the warm current disappeared, and the three of them stopped, drenched in sweat.

Su Li tried to move her body and felt that her flexibility had improved, and her physical strength had also increased, at a rate that was almost twice as fast as usual.

"This is only a lower-grade snake soup. I can't even imagine what the effects would be if it were a higher-grade or even a top-grade one," Su Li exclaimed in astonishment.

After boiling water, washing up, and changing their clothes, they finally started the train and reversed towards the Crystal Feather Serpent's lair.

After entering the lair's area, Su Li and his group stopped the train and walked there. This was to avoid alerting the Storm Crystal Feather Serpents if they entered the lair directly.

Su Li and the others first checked the surroundings. The breeding season of the Storm Crystal Feather Serpents was not over yet; their courtship and reproduction would last for 7 days. Counting, it was only the fourth day now, and those Crystal Feather Serpents were in the middle of a passionate courtship.

After observing the situation carefully and confirming that the group of adult crystal serpents had not returned, Su Li suddenly became bolder.

He looked around inside and found a good spot. Then he started piling stones on the ground.

It was designed to blend in with the terrain, creating a pocket-like shape.

When you lack strength, using the convenience of a space backpack to build a fortress is really useful.

Then they went out and caused trouble!

Sophia followed Su Li out, and from a distance, shot an arrow at the Crystal Feather Serpent cub that was resting and nestled in the middle.

That arrow had stirred up a hornet's nest. All 200-plus young chicks swarmed over. Not only them, but six older individuals also crawled over.

Su Li and Sophia quickly ran back towards the trap pocket, dodging the wind blades at the same time. As for the wind bullets, those cubs were too weak, and the wind bullets were very slow. Even if they hit her, Su Li could withstand several. As long as she wasn't overwhelmed, she was not afraid at all.

After entering the pocket trap, Sofia and Zuli quickly grabbed the rope and, with Ivan's help, climbed to the top of the fortress.

Then, once all the stupid snakes had come in, Su Li took out a bottle of poison flask.

According to the encyclopedia, the Crystal Feather Serpent's greatest weakness is neurotoxins. Once poisoned, it impairs their ability to manipulate wind elements, essentially rendering them silent.

A bottle of potent poison was thrown down, and the group of stupid snakes fell silent, writhing and twisting on the ground.

Seeing the Crystal Feather Serpent's silence, Ivan said, "If only we had bought some Venom Throwing Potion earlier."

“Who would have thought this was the Storm Crystal Feather Serpent?” Su Li laughed.

These poison bottles can currently only be purchased at the transit station or obtained from opening treasure chests.

When Su Li learned she would be facing the Storm Crystal Feathered Serpent, she searched the trading interface. But no one was selling them. It wasn't until the last exploration ended that someone selected these throwing bottles from their selection box and put some up for sale.

Ivan nodded in agreement. "That makes sense."

Looking at the Crystal Feathered Serpents that had lost their special abilities, Sophia sighed, "Knowledge is power."

Without the encyclopedia, who would guess that these snakes are weakly venomous blind snakes? Without this information, they would have had to lure the snakes out and deal with them one by one, which, while feasible, would have taken a lot of time.

"Hey, looking at it this way, my initial reward is actually quite useful." Su Li was overjoyed.

That encyclopedia contains a lot of information about Black Iron-level monsters. By cleverly utilizing this information, they can easily defeat their enemies.

Seeing that the snakes had all come in, Su Li threw in another bottle of highly venomous poison to keep them entertained and prevent them from sucking up all the venom.

Once the snakes were exhausted, the three men jumped down from the wall and dealt with them one by one.

This wave not only yielded a large number of snakes, but also pushed the kill count to the 200 mark.

Each type of monster, when killed 100, 200, 500, or 1000 times, will 100% drop an equipment blueprint that uses that monster as the main material.

Two blueprints fell to the ground in front of Su Li: the [Crystal Feather Serpent Boots Blueprint] and the [Crystal Feather Serpent Lower Body Blueprint].

Su Li learned it all. Then she looked into it and realized, wow, it required something called a novice magic energy forging furnace.

The description says it's a necessary item for forging extraordinary equipment.

"It's really a headache..."

This is the problem caused by being forced to push forward the schedule.

Following the normal process, they would need to survive at least five resource-poor survival worlds before encountering extraordinary monsters and magical equipment. By this time, most of the survivors would have accumulated a considerable amount of materials, allowing them to easily craft various workbenches through trade or their own reserves.

列车lv0-5是蒸汽机时代，5-10是内燃机—电气时代，10级以后才是正式进入魔能时代。

The progress has been slowed down, development is lagging behind, and the rewards cannot be converted into cash, resulting in a complete waste of the rewards.

"No matter how good this reward is, it can't be manufactured in a short time, so it's as if we didn't get the reward at all!"

What use is the blueprint for an internal combustion engine to an ancient person who's still playing with bronze artifacts? What they need is the technology to smelt iron. No matter how good the blueprint for an internal combustion engine is, if they can't use it, it's no better than waste paper for wiping their bottom.

"Sigh~ All I can say is that the future is promising, the future is promising."

This whole thing ruined Zuli's mood.