Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li glanced at the construction interface; there were still 5 minutes left to complete.

The waiting time was rather boring, so he continued to pass the time in the chat room.

As soon as I entered the regional channel, I saw a bombshell news story.

Huang Laoshi — @Lin Feng, boss, I got a blueprint for an iron axe. Can I trade it for some bread?

Lin Feng: Okay, I'll give you 200g of bread. Let's trade privately.

Huang Laoshi: Thank you, Brother Lin Feng. You are very generous.

"Huh?! No, you... huh?!" Su Li let out a shriek after reading the deal. "Are you out of your mind? Why don't you take these blueprints and make your own iron axes to sell?"

"The food the system gave us is enough for two days if we use it sparingly! Can't you make an iron axe in two days? Wouldn't it be better to trade when we're at our wits' end?"

"Damn it, why?! I don't understand!"

This is like someone taking a hen that lays golden eggs to sell, and what's even more amazing is that he only sold it for 20 yuan and then thanked the buyer for being willing to buy it.

"Could it be that Lin Feng is the legendary protagonist?" Su Li felt like she had grasped something incredible. "Could it be that a cute girl added him as a friend and secretly traded him a water purifier?"

This is a classic scene.

"Then what am I? A bystander control group?" Su Li's expression was priceless.

"Forget it, it's none of my business. I feel like there's something dirty going on here, and it's beyond my control. I'd better just mind my own business."

Su Li sighed. Then he started looking through the crafting recipes. He wanted to memorize them perfectly so he could plan out the next building sequence.

After waiting for a while, the stone hammer was finished. Su Li put down the manual and walked towards the lake again.

He ran to the large rock where he had rested earlier and took out his hammer.

He examined the huge rock carefully again, and then used the system's appraisal skill to appraise it.

[Small piles of stones, where you can gather materials]

"This basic appraisal from the system is really useless," Su Li complained, spitting on her hands. "This thing clearly contains pyrite!"

This is knowledge he learned while doing chemistry exams.

During his break, he had nothing to do, so he took a good look at this huge rock.

He discovered that although the stone appeared to be the gray color of granite overall, it was yellowish-brown in some areas. Upon closer inspection of the yellowish-brown parts, he found that these areas actually contained regular flat surfaces.

He immediately recalled knowledge about crystals, and then remembered the exercises he had done before.

After his initial assessment, he concluded that the stone contained pyrite. So he went back and made a stone hammer, intending to break through the ore pile.

Su Li raised the stone hammer high, then aimed it at the stone and smashed it down hard.

With a sudden clang, the hammer in Su Li's hand almost slipped out of her grasp, her palm going numb from the impact.

And a crack had appeared on that 2-meter-high, massive rock.

Su Li aimed at the gap and struck again with the hammer.

Clang, clang, clang

The sound of the stone hammer clashing echoed continuously. Su Li exerted all her strength, smashing the stone 15 times. Finally, the 2-meter-high stone shattered under the force of the hammer.

Then, several materials appeared in front of Su Li.

[Iron Ore*3] [Stone*5] [Flint*1]

"Wuhu~ Iron ore is here!!"

Su Li couldn't help but cheer, not only because he had obtained iron ore and flint, but also because he had proven his conjecture.

After the cheers subsided, Su Li felt exhausted. "Making this was too tiring, and it took a lot of durability down."

Su Li looked at her stone hammer; it originally had 100% durability, but now it only had 40%.

There are 4 stone piles here, each consuming 60% of their durability, so you'll need 3 stone hammers.

"Luckily I brought the materials, so I can make two more on the spot."

Su Li remade the two stone hammers, then sat on the ground, rubbing her arms repeatedly.

After waiting for 5 minutes, Su Li stood up again and aimed at another huge rock.

Su Li spent some time opening all four huge rocks.

In total, you obtained [14 iron ore, 15 stone, 2 coal, and 1 flint].

Exhausted, Su Li looked at the sun, which was already high in the sky, its rays stinging her skin.

Su Li made two trips to bring all the materials onto the train. On the second trip, he waited a little longer, made two more wooden buckets, and then took the five buckets to the water's edge, filled them with water, and filled them with a total of 50 liters of water.

It sounds like a lot, but each bottle actually contains only half the amount of water that is typically stored in a water dispenser.

With the water in hand, Zuli returned to the car.

Once inside the car, Su Li couldn't resist taking out water and food.

He was both hungry and thirsty; a morning of cutting down trees and mining had depleted his energy and water reserves.

"Have some water first, my lips are so dry they're peeling. They taste like rust."

Su Li used his teeth to open the cap of a bottle of drinking water. He was too tired; his arms were shaking, and he couldn't use his hands to lift the bottle. He could only hold the bottle with his wrist and carefully drink half of it.

He resisted the urge to finish it all and set the remaining half bottle aside.

Then he opened the individual rations.

The outer packaging of the single-serving ration is brown kraft paper. Inside, there are three individually wrapped strips of food.

Su Li opened one of them and found something that looked like a compressed biscuit inside. Upon seeing it, he sighed.

Eating this stuff also makes you lose water, and it's hard to swallow if you eat it dry.

But I have no choice but to eat it.

"The future is uncertain, let's eat half first. If we eat sparingly, this will last for several days."

One bite, and the taste wasn't very good; it was oily, sweet, and salty, full of energy and grease.

"I feel like this thing could be used to make soup, that would be better."

Then he remembered his scarce water resources and sighed. Making soup was out of the question.

Su Li ate half of the food, but it was too dry, so he had to drink some water. There was only about 100ml of water left in the water bottle.

After finishing her meal, Su Li opened the window. It was incredibly hot. The train was like a metal steamer, and Su Li felt like a giant crab that would be cooked if there was no ventilation.

Su Li carefully put away the packaging paper for the food rations. The individual wrappers were the kind of silver, reflective paper commonly used for chewing gum, and Su Li always felt that this stuff was useful.

“The main problem now is drinking water, and the secondary problem is food.” Su Li pondered his situation. “Water and food, water and food, damn it! I just remembered something, why didn’t I pick the leaves before I cut down the tree? God, that stuff might be edible.”

Su Li slapped his thigh in regret. After the tree was cut down, it was immediately broken down into materials by the system. Now he couldn't even go back to gather leaves.

"Leaves and bark are edible! I'm wasting such good stuff!" Su Li slapped her leg. "Who do you think you are? You're not some protagonist with cheat codes, how dare you waste things like this!"

After repeatedly reminding himself to learn from his mistakes, Su Li began to think about how to obtain water resources.