Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li slowly opened her eyes and saw the familiar car roof ceiling.

I checked the time on my watch; it was 8 a.m.

He slept for 4 hours.

Thanks to the advantage of his dormitory and his own improved skills, four hours of sleep was enough to keep him full of energy.

After stretching her body, Su Li changed her clothes and left the dormitory.

He walked around the carriage and found Sophia cooking. He naturally walked over to Sophia, took a glass of water, and gulped it down.

"You're awake. How did you sleep?" Sophia asked.

"Not so good. I slept very comfortably at first, I haven't slept so peacefully in a long time. But after a while I felt something disturbing my mind. Then I dreamed that the sun exploded."

Su Li frowned and put down her water glass. "Luckily, we discovered it in time, otherwise we would have really been parasitized by this Kosmonas."

If you've been infected, you'll have to find items to remove the curse, like holy water.

Sophia placed the prepared snake soup on the table, then, while cleaning the stove, said, "Many people in the chat group are discussing this. Those with high perception and mental attributes have sensed it, and some capable players have expended energy to resist the curse. Many people are thanking you for sharing the information."

Su Li nodded. "It seems we can still make some money, but there are limitations. Only those who haven't been parasitized yet will come back to buy this drink. Considering that many people bought multiple bottles yesterday, the daily sales volume is only around 150. This is assuming we have a sufficient supply."

The market has been almost entirely emptied of Light-Glazing Bird cores by Su Li and her group, and there aren't enough Green Spotted Mushrooms either. However, there's still plenty of honey left.

"There's another problem. Those who know they've been parasitized might become despondent. People might do something crazy if they know they only have seven days to live. The city map is so small, we might run into other players. We need to be careful then."

Su Li glanced at the market; the price of Light-Swallowing Bird cores had risen. Luckily, he changed his mind yesterday and bought more cores. These Light-Swallowing Birds are gregarious, and when you fight them, you catch a large flock, resulting in a high drop rate of cores. Su Li bought 400 cores yesterday.

Currently, the most expensive items on the market are medicines that can lift curses, and each one is extremely expensive.

"Next, we'll exchange for gold ingots and elemental fragments, and replenish some quartz, as we'll need a lot of glass for the upgrade. We used to use crystal to make glass, but crystal is much more expensive than quartz, so using it to make glass is a waste. Let's not exchange for sulfuric acid and nitric acid for now, we'll do that when we get back from the chemical plant."

Zuli closed the manual, and just then, Ivan returned.

After cleaning the stove, Sophia told Su Li about her discovery: "Su Li, after the system update, wasn't there a new function to create groups? Today when I was browsing the trading market, I found a group that wanted to add me."

"Oh, you've been added to a group? Let me guess, is it a secret food group?" Su Li guessed. In their team, Sophia usually buys ingredients, and their main product for sale is snake soup, a secret food. It's quite normal for someone to be interested in this snake soup and to invite Sophia to join the group.

"Yes, it's a secret food group. The players in the group all have secret food recipes. I want to trade some secret foods with them."

"Great news! Let's trade with them!" Su Li exclaimed happily. "That way we can supplement our other attributes. What do you think of their recipes?"

For example, a Black Iron-grade secret food dish, which adds points to attributes, usually increases attributes by 2 points after eating it 10 times, and can only be effective a maximum of 3 times.

Character attributes are divided into physical attributes—strength, agility, and constitution, and soul attributes—intelligence (magic power), perception, and spirit.

Secret foods that enhance the soul attribute are relatively rare.

"I'm not sure which attribute of secret food to switch to. Can you give me some advice?" Sophia said.

"You are primarily agile, secondarily physical, and spiritually nourished. Ivan is primarily physical, secondarily strong, and spiritually nourished; I am primarily strong, secondarily physical, and spiritually nourished."

"Constitution represents the foundation of physical attributes and is related to defense and vitality. Spirit corresponds to soul strength and resistance to negative status effects. Almost all professions require both constitution and spirit."

"Okay, then I'll exchange it with someone else. By the way, we can't eat too much of the secret food at each meal. It's for cultivation, and we need to train to absorb it after eating it. Eating too much will actually hinder absorption. We should just eat three kinds at each meal."

Then Sofia traded secret food with someone else. She specifically traded for higher quality food.

For those who focus on increasing stats, the effects of higher-level and lower-level secret foods are the same. However, for those who focus on cultivation, the higher the quality, the higher the absorption efficiency.

Sophia didn't change it much. Secret food doesn't have special preservation methods. As long as it's kept for a day, the special magical energy inside will dissipate and lose its effect.

When it was time to eat, Sofia placed the new secret dish on the table.

[Superior Bone-Strengthening Fish Noodles: Consuming these noodles and then engaging in cultivation will enhance physical fitness and improve overall health.]

For players with a constitution level below 50, consuming 10 servings will increase their constitution by 2 points, and this effect can only be achieved 3 times.

[Superior Mooncake: ...2 points of spirit]

[Superior-grade fanged pork skewers: ...2 points of strength]

[Superior Storm Crystal Feather Serpent Soup: ...1 point Agility, 1 point Perception]

Each person got a bowl of noodles and mooncakes, then Zuli and Ivan ate kebabs, while Sophia wanted snake soup. There was no way around it; the agility-boosting item in the secret food group increased both agility and spell power. Sophia considered it for a moment and felt it was better to continue increasing perception, so she didn't switch.

After eating, it was time for exercise. According to the classifications of novels Su Li had read before, their exercise method could be considered dynamic exercise—the method in martial arts novels where external skills are used to cultivate internal strength.

The three of them began training in the train tunnel, following the instructions taught in the course. After eating the secret food corresponding to their chosen professions, the training became much easier.

Su Li could clearly feel the power extracted from the food within her body continuously merging into her body with each swing of her sword. Her body then emitted new magic, which fused with her inherent magic.

I've had similar feelings when I ate secret foods before, but I never felt like I could make good use of them. But this time, the energy that symbolized power was like water poured onto a sponge, instantly seeping into my muscles.

After finishing training, Su Li clenched her fists and felt that her strength had improved significantly.

"At this rate, three times a day, I feel like I can break through to the Black Iron level tomorrow. What about you guys?"

Su Li asked the other two.

"I should be done tonight," Sophia replied. Her main attribute was agility, so she was progressing relatively quickly.

Ivan was behind; he started a week later than Su Li and the others. However, during that week, Su Li and Sophia didn't have any secret food and trained on their own, so their progress wasn't much slower. "I'll probably be able to start the day after tomorrow."