Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Ivan followed Zuli to the side of the crack.

The rift stretched to an unknown distance, extending to the very edge of their field of vision.

The cracked gel-like earth looked like a piece of jelly that had been broken open.

Lacking rigid support, the jelly-like green gel tilted towards the crack and swayed back and forth with the aftershocks.

If it weren't for the stench emanating from underground, these gels would look quite appetizing.

"I really can't stand this stench anymore; it's so strong it's making my eyes water."

Su Li pushed up her goggles. "If we were ordinary people, our skin would blister from the corrosion if we were suddenly exposed to these gases."

Ivan stood steadily on the still-shaking gel, his body moving up and down with the vibrations. "Shall we go down and explore some more?"

“Go explore, that world of evil gods is far more dangerous than this.” Su Li stepped back, away from the edge of the cliff. “With our setup, even a gold-level opponent could put up a fight.”

"Let's take some time to regroup and rebuild before the final battle against the evil god."

Back on the train, I saw the female team members discussing something.

When Sun Lili saw Su Li and the others return, her eyes lit up. Ignoring their stench, she approached them like a puppy, "You're finally here! So, what are your plans?"

"Let's explore. See what happened, and gain some experience in underground exploration."

Song Mingyu nodded, then took out six boxes. "Let's divide these things up."

Su Li opened the box, which was a refrigerator she had made before, specifically for storing medicines that needed to maintain the activity of their active ingredients.

Song Mingyu began to explain on her own, "I previously sampled and analyzed the corrosive gas that was rising from the ground, and I am very confident that it is miasma formed by the fermentation of corpses."

"I don't know what's underground yet, but I can roughly guess the environment. It must be an environment dominated by viruses, miasma, and corrosive substances."

"In such an environment, magical bacteria are almost bound to emerge. So I've prepared some props for everyone."

"The first potion is red in appearance. After injection, it can activate the body's immunity and the magic energy's rejection response, allowing the body's own immune system to resist the invasion of external viruses. It has already integrated nutrients inside, so there is no need to worry about consumption."

"The second potion, the yellow one, is an advanced version. It consumes a lot of nutrients and can also damage your body. It needs to be used in conjunction with the green nutrient potion."

"Why not integrate them together?" Sofia asked, puzzled.

"Because the second one is a virus, when mixed together, this virus will multiply wildly and consume all the nutrients in no time," Song Mingyu explained. "Don't worry, this virus is a modified version of the zombie virus we encountered. We have the corresponding antibodies, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

Hearing this, Su Li smiled and said, "I'm more afraid of creating a biohazard. This Eternal Game is generally biased towards the Order faction. Don't think that just because it's a fragment of the world or a remnant of the past, you can release viruses at will."

"Don't worry, the virus is specially made. It will be inactivated in a few seconds when exposed to the natural environment," Song Mingyu scratched his head. "I have seen the previous intelligence on Blue Star City."

Over the past three years, as players' abilities have improved, some have come into contact with the concept of "legendary status".

This was one of the requirements for advancing to Gold rank, so it wasn't a secret at all. Many players stuck at the Silver rank's advancement level to Gold rank know this.

Some people, having only fragmented information, came up with crooked ideas—saving the world is so difficult, we can use our abilities to destroy it before the world-ending event occurs.

So these players started doing their crazy things—some infected the whole world with a zombie virus, and others detonated the apocalypse ahead of time.

The consequences for these brilliant minds were not good—although they gained legendary status, they also received the curse of the remaining world will.

By the time Su Li and her group arrived at the world's exploration site, all of these player teams had been wiped out—their deaths were bizarre and varied. The player team that released the zombie virus was sent to the source of the virus at the start of a certain virus-infected world, prematurely triggering the apocalypse and causing the world to sink. The team that started the new world was sent to the Earth's core.

The means by which you wreak havoc on the world fragments to gain legendary status will determine the kind of retribution you will face.

Once the deaths of these individuals were revealed, the remaining restless players quieted down.

This further solidified Su Li's belief that this eternal game system was a system of order.

Isn't this clearly guiding players' values?

[I just don't understand why there exist civilizations like the Platinum Civilization and its five counterparts, whose primary purpose is to plunder other civilizations.]

Su Li instinctively sensed that something was going on here.

Let's put this issue aside for now. We'll naturally be able to handle these matters when we have the necessary skills.

Song Mingyu closed her notebook, signifying that she had finished speaking.

Sun Lili immediately took out her props.

"Ta-da~ My creation, a pandemic-safe scarf."

Sun Lili took out six scarves, "made with Dust-Cleansing Grass and Hundred Herbs Ginseng, plus the bark of the wood-attribute monsters we hunted before, mixed with wool, which can give everyone disease resistance."

Su Li picked up a red and blue scarf. Sun Lili was very skillful; the materials sounded prickly, but when worn, they had a silky smooth feel, like satin.

Su Li put the scarf around his neck. He had never worn a scarf before and didn't know how to wear it, so he tied it around his neck like a knot.

Su Li and Sun Lili used to live in places that were relatively far to the south. Su Li never wore a scarf in the winter.

"Sigh~" Sofia sighed, walked up to Su Li, untied Su Li's scarf, and then put it back on Su Li.

Watching his wife, who was a head shorter than him, put a scarf on him, Su Li couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. This feeling was so comforting, like being at home.

"You cunning Russian girl! How dare you use my scarf to seduce my man!" Sun Lili grabbed Sofia's waist from behind, her arms outstretched, and crawled over like a snail. "So I want one too~"

"Okay, okay." Sophia turned around and helped Sun Lili put on the scarf as well.

Similarly, Sun Keke...

Su Li looked at Sun Keke and saw that Sun Keke was standing on tiptoe, putting a scarf on Ivan, who was bending over slightly. The way she did it, the way she styled it, was even more beautiful than the scarves worn by Sofia, who lived in the permafrost. No need to ask, she must have learned it from somewhere.

Looking at the smiling Ivan, Su Li felt admiration.

No wonder Ivan got hooked up with such a cynical look.

Song Mingyu looked at the trio over there, then at the duo over here, and then at the scarf in her hand. After thinking for a moment, she wrapped it around her neck in the same way as a bandage.

Yes, it's no wonder that this is a binding method invented by us medical students; it's extremely secure!