Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The train sped through the desert, the speedometer stuck at 100 km/h. Zuli stared at the clock, her fingers unconsciously tapping the control panel—the oasis that should have appeared twenty minutes ago was still nowhere to be seen.

Even if there is a time error, it shouldn't be 20 minutes, which is more than 30 kilometers.

Something's definitely wrong.

A notification box appeared on the train's main control panel.

[At the three-way intersection ahead, follow the pre-set route and take the left fork.]

"Stop the car!"

Zurich gave the order.

Ivan pressed the brake button, the train's brake pads engaged, and sparks flew from the sand, wheels, and tracks. The train slid a short distance before finally coming to a stop.

Upon discovering that the train had stopped, the other members of the convoy also used the mini-world to reach the duty room at the front of the train.

Once everyone was present, Su Li shared her new discovery.

"Can't find the oasis?" Sophia looked puzzled upon hearing this. "Are you sure the route is correct?"

“The route is preset based on the information on the map, while the track is a system creation, and it cannot be changed by non-legendary players.” Sun Keke stood up and said, “Unless, a player like us, who uses the track, changes the track.”

Su Li nodded, agreeing that it was possible. Although they rarely encountered other players, it didn't mean they never did. He didn't encounter them because, as the team leader, he was a follower of the God of Exploration. Followers of the God of Exploration were more likely to encounter fragments of worlds being explored. If it were a competitive divine favor such as war or wisdom, other players would be more likely to appear, leading to conflict.

On the other hand, the current Earth civilization is doing its best to hide itself, and its civilization consciousness will avoid other civilizations.

That's why the gods said that the civilization of Earth was intelligent. Knowing how to seek advantage and avoid harm, and how to temporarily conceal their strength, made them superior to many other civilizations.

Ivan continued, "I've recorded the forks in the road: four-way intersections, three-way intersections, three-way intersections, two-way intersections, four-way intersections, and now the three-way intersection. The order is the same as on the map."

“Then the possibility of something going wrong with the route is unlikely.” After pondering for a moment, Su Li suggested, “Do you think something might have happened that caused those small oases to disappear?”

The group exchanged glances. "Possibly."

After all, it's a fragment of the world, because a world destroyed for some reason, and large-scale disasters are more in line with its character.

Based on the information they had, Su Li made a deduction: "Using the small oasis we saw before as a template, the small oasis covers less than 3 hectares in total and contains more than 200 monsters, the strongest of which is silver-level, with only more than 50 of them being silver-level. This lineup can be easily dealt with with just one gold-level monster."

"After slaughtering the monsters in the oasis, a gold-level monster can completely destroy a small oasis on its own. That salt pillar is very fragile."

Su Li hadn't forgotten that there was energy in the oasis to fight the cursed corpses, but that energy could be worn away by the sand outside.

With its gold-level strength, it could easily create a sand tsunami.

"So what do we do next?" Sofia asked the crucial question.

Su Li shrugged. "Let's continue on our path. Our goal is the largest oasis. If there really is a gold-level monster that is rapidly destroying the oasis, then we'll most likely encounter it there."

"We're not afraid of gold-level monsters. Even if we get attacked, the monster should be the one complaining, not us."

Once the decision was made, the train continued its journey.

Knowing that there might be powerful monsters nearby, everyone became more vigilant, and some experiments that could not be interrupted at any time were temporarily suspended.

The next oasis was nowhere to be seen. Su Li glanced at the map. It had been over a thousand kilometers from the first oasis to here. If it really was the Cursed Skeletons, either they were acting in groups, attacking the oasis at the same time from different locations, or it meant that the monster was moving very fast.

The former is not scary, but the latter, high-speed enemies are the most annoying.

Su Li thought for a moment and then began making the magical props on the workbench.

Just as Zuli was immersed in the wonderful state created by the fusion of wickedness and inspiration, the train suddenly lurched.

Su Li poured out the heating neutralizer, turned off the workbench, and rushed to the duty room.

"What's going on?" Su Li shouted to Sun Lili, who was on duty.

At this moment, the train was tilted slightly to the right. At this speed, if Sun Lili hadn't reacted quickly and added weight to the train, pressing it onto the tracks, the train would have been rolling on the ground like a runaway horse.

After pulling the brakes, Song Mingyu used her magic to float up. "There was a strong suction force on the right side of the train, attracting it."

Su Li leaned out the right window and looked out. In the darkness, countless grains of sand gathered toward a huge black shadow on the right. The huge shadow was like a hand reaching out from the desert, with its five fingers spread out like an eagle's claw toward the train. Countless storms radiated outward from the center of its palm. Once the sand entered the palm, it disappeared without a trace, as if it had been erased.

With a squeak, the train came to a stop on the tracks, and Su Li and the others quickly got off.

As soon as I got out of the car, I felt an extremely strong wind. This wind was unusual, containing a large amount of wind element, which increased the wind's attraction several times over.

Countless wind elements seemed to transform into tendrils, wrapping around Su Li and the others.

Su Li took out a crystal bottle and threw it directly at the giant hand in the distance.

The crystal bottle, shimmering with white light, was instantly carried by the wind to the giant hand's side. Su Li's gaze sharpened, and she released her pupil technique, a wisp of magical energy destroying the crystal bottle in mid-air.

The white-glowing substance in the crystal bottle instantly turned into white mist and was completely swallowed up by the giant hand.

The storm that had swallowed the fluorescence suddenly contracted spasmodically, and the resulting gale continued for another two seconds before stopping as if a pause button had been pressed.

Then, Zuli heard a voice coming from the giant hand in the distance.

"Ugh, vomit, vomit..."