Above Destiny

Chapter 250 On the verge of bankruptcy
No one responded.

It seemed as if the 'family members' were also weeping for the master's poverty.

The car door opened behind me. Under the soft light, I could not see the luxurious box and meticulous service. There was only the opened ceiling and the hanging cables flashing sparks.

On the cabin's deck, behind the broken iron plates, there were parts covered with rust. And behind the floor that hadn't been covered yet, there was a complex structure.

It was like walking into a giant workshop in a shipyard, and everywhere you looked were problems and troubles.

"It's difficult."

Ji Jue sighed, hung his bag on a protruding screw on the wall, sat on the tattered cockpit seat, and looked at the scene in front of him.

No matter how many times I watch it, my scalp gets tingling.

As the watch ticked, a pop-up window appeared, followed by a long list of countless damage alarms - [No response from the central dispatch center], [Ethereal fuel reserves are in urgent need], [No response from the forward transmission mechanism], [No response from the star navigation system], [Bottom warehouse damage alarm], [Emergency maintenance overdue alarm]...

Alert, alert, alert. It's all fucking alert.

On the entire Doomsday Train, the only part that was complete enough to pass the test was the core Vientiane Engine. This was a blessing in disguise.

But the watch reminded me soon after - the engine has not been maintained for more than two hundred years, the overload mode has been restricted and locked, and it can only run in a low-power state. Oh, it's okay, don't worry... because you don't even have fuel, hahahahaha.

Fuel tank, empty!

Clearly, they all looked like serious written reports, but no matter how Ji Jue read them, he felt that the words revealed a kind of mockery towards the poor second-hand car owners.

The final summary on the watch panel shows that the train is 41 percent complete.

The original rate was 40%, and this 1% increase was the result of Ji Jue's sleepless days of mending the place.

At best, it was just some hammering, welding, and patching of a few cracks, just superficial work.

I'm afraid that if it really starts driving, it will fall back down again if I'm not careful.

And maybe even more will fall.

There's no other way. The 41% is all because of the president's cost-effective opening of warehouses for supply and emergency repairs in Quancheng before, plus Ji Jue's mechanical deification and authority for flow control in all areas. He managed to piece together a large number of parts of different models and build the framework from scratch.

When one has the spiritual essence, authority and many supplies of Tiangui, one will naturally be successful in everything.

But ever since the president separated this doomsday train from the sky track and gave it to Ji Jue for private use, hard times began.

Having lost his unlimited spiritual essence, omnipotent authority and many precious instruments, Ji Jue had to start dealing with the many aftereffects of his previous hastily carried out emergency maintenance and reorganization.

The intricate spiritual circuits inside were like a maze. He had only just figured out the situation at the outermost part, and hadn't even dared to deal with it yet.

This is a mountain of shit code that I created after I turned on the hacker and did whatever I wanted. The advantage is that it can be moved, and the only disadvantage is...

There is no other advantage except being able to move.

Who knows if after you solve one bug, a hundred thousand more will pop up?
He doesn't have the courage to do it because his skills are not good enough.

If the Spirit of the Special Train had a worse temper, he would probably have pointed at my nose and started scolding: You are the worst train conductor I have ever had!
It's a pity that the engine brother is too good, so even if it is broken to this extent, I have no regrets.

Captain, ok, let’s stick to it!
It doesn't matter. Even if you live in a small cubicle, it's already great. Don't listen to the nonsense of outsiders. Don't be anxious. Take your time. I'll cook noodles for you. As long as you let me follow you, I'm willing to do anything...

During the previous brief activation, not only did it shut down most of its functions on its own in the absence of sufficient spiritual fuel and void track, but it also downgraded itself to the most energy-saving train state.

Before the fuel tanks were completely exhausted, it switched itself to parking mode.

It relieved Ji Jue's worries to the greatest extent.

In parking mode, the train will sleep in a state of almost no consumption. At the same time, the engine power finally lifts up the shaping membrane to put the entire special train into an artificial ultra-micro rift, completely locking it to avoid external interference and prying.

With Ji Jue's current spiritual energy, after accumulating it for a long time, he was able to secure the parking area in the underground area of ​​this studio.

It is like creating a separate space in the basement of his own home, and the watch, Fei Gong and his own soul, the triple verification is the key.

After all, it is the treasure of Tiangui Group. Even the way it is parked is so grand that Ji Jue almost sucked it all up.

From then on, the Doomsday Train was separated from the central dispatch center, no longer responded to any orders, and entered an offline cruising state. The only owner, user, and manager was Ji Jue, a temporary worker who was quickly promoted to the position of train captain by the president in Quancheng not long ago.

This is the gift the president gave to Ji Jue.

Even if it is separated from the entire SkyTrack system, the captain of Doomsday Train still has authority, or even more.

Including the hidden blue bar and reserve spiritual essence library that he has always relied on.

Well, after Ji Jue’s careful investigation, serious analysis and serious research, he discovered that... the reserve spiritual essence reservoir directly connected to the watch is the fuel tank of the train!

In other words, when Ji Jue used up his reserve spiritual essence before, it was like taking a rubber tube and inserting it into the fuel tank and squatting outside to suck it hard.

The feeling of stealing is really too strong.

Now it’s better, because he can just sit in the car and suck it.

At least it looks much better.

Apart from having nothing to suck, there is absolutely no disadvantage.

But this is the easiest to solve, just save up, and the accumulation of time and space will eventually wear away the stone. After Ji Jue's calculations, he found that as long as he did not consume extra spiritual essence and did not squander his reserves, relying on his own spiritual essence recovery efficiency, he could save up for about a year, which would be enough for the Doomsday Special Train to operate at the lowest consumption for about... one minute. Our Sky Track is like this, even poor players can still play with benefits and hard work!

But if you are in a hurry, it doesn’t matter. Our engine is not picky. If necessary, in addition to pure spiritual essence, it also supports phlogiston.

The recipe is in Ji Jue's hands.

All you need is some essence of the highest good, some materials that are so expensive that they make you nervous at first glance, and some purified phlogiston as a carrier. After conversion and processing, you can make it into fuel!
Ignoring your labor, Master Ji, and the cost of obtaining the Essence of Supreme Goodness, one liter of fuel only costs less than 800,000 yuan, which is really good value for money!

Unfortunately, Doomsday Train is not a calf or horse that can survive by just eating chicken legs.

If it really runs, the fuel consumption rate is calculated in tons...

Just thinking about it, Ji Jue felt a blackout in front of his eyes.

What kind of extreme poverty reduction plan is this? !

Instead of wasting money like this, you might as well burn my blood!

But it won’t work if you don’t burn it…

From a lackey to a self-employed person, he now has to be responsible for his own profits and losses.

The evil extraction that was omnipotent in the past is essentially the most insignificant part of the behemoth connected by non-attack and the authority to control the flow of all fields.

It doesn't matter even if you don't have the authority now. That is only a procedure required for external affairs, and the conductor's control over the special train is absolute and inevitable.

As the train captain, Ji Jue was naturally within the scope of the special train, but if he wanted to use it, he had to start the engine.

Including Ji Jue's favorite emergency survival protocol, which is essentially a privilege exclusive to the commander - when necessary, the Universal Engine will overload and forcibly raise its own rank, undergoing a qualitative change in its capabilities.

It would also cost money, and it was not just that. Even if he ignored the damage to the engine, he didn't have the courage to calculate the cost of fuel consumed under forced overload operation.

The only benefit, perhaps, is that Ji Jue doesn't have to cut his own throat anymore...

In addition, there are a lot of functions and permissions on the watch that are not currently used or cannot be activated due to lack of relevant support.

Among them, the most useful and easiest to activate for Ji Jue at present is the first one - [Return Command].

When necessary, the engine starts, triggering the transfer process, warping the boundary membrane, opening the hole, and helping the user return to the train instantly.

Return to the city with one click.

The fuel cost is only about ten liters, which is equivalent to about 10 million federal coins.

When Ji Jue found himself facing a number in the tens of millions, and the first thought that came to his mind was relief that it was really cheap, he knew that he had no hope of getting rich in this life.

Not being poor is a victory.

Even if he gritted his teeth and tied up Tong Zhiwu and Tong Hanhan to extort billions from the Tong family, it would still not be enough to fill so many holes!

Over the past few days, he has invested almost all the money he earned in Quancheng into this bottomless pit, and now he has only barely finished repairing the inner cabin.

In the eyes of others, Master Ji has huge sums of money, spends it recklessly, and buys things without blinking an eye. His VIP card of the Libra Chamber of Commerce is about to be upgraded to diamond. But who could have thought that in just two days, he might take the risk of investing in online loans after embezzling money from his relatives and friends and become a dishonest person?
He was going crazy just trying to collect fuel.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to Beishan District to do odd jobs before his sick leave was over.

It doesn't matter how much you earn. The main thing is to recover some blood by robbing other gang members, kill a few more criminals, and extract the essence of the Supreme Good through dissociation.

Today's big order finally solved his urgent need. Not only did he earn a lot of ill-gotten gains, but he also got some Shoushan copper that could be used to repair the damaged engine.

Ji Jue adhered to the principle that everyone should be fully fed before they can be truly full, so he did not keep the stolen money for himself. Instead, he gave it to the silly sister of Zhiwu. His own 30% was deposited into the account before he even got home.

In Yacheng, it is very convenient to have the Tong family help to launder money. It is simple, fast, and there is no deduction. It can be used openly and even tax-free!
Also received was the payment for antiques that Tong Hua transferred through the Tong family's channels to the Tianping Chamber of Commerce for auction. There are too many wealthy people these days, and more than a dozen vases, oil paintings, and clocks from the Eternal Empire period could be auctioned for tens of millions.

Ji Jue's eyes turned green as he looked at the pile of garbage in the warehouse that could not be converted into cash.

Unfortunately, releasing too many items at once would only crash the market, and more heavyweight collections such as the ceremonial armor of the Emperor's Guards would have to slowly find suitable buyers.

The others can only be released in batches, over a long period of time.

Ji Jue never thought that one day, after such a huge sum of money was deposited into his account, he would feel so good that he would not starve to death for a while!

Before they had even been warmed up for a few minutes, they had all been turned into materials at the Libra Chamber of Commerce, filling the final gap.

Calculating the essence of Supreme Goodness that I have saved, it should be enough to make about 90 liters of fuel first.

Literally, all the money was gone.

Engine Brother is loyal to me and I can't just abandon him.

Even though the Doomsday Train cannot be started for the time being, it can only serve as a warehouse and a return point.

Not to mention whether it can restore its ability to connect the present world and travel through the worlds after the repair is completed in the future. Ji Jue estimated that when he breaks through the transformation level and reaches rebirth, his soul should be enough to bear the load brought by the train parking, and then he can carry it with him.

By then, it will no longer be just a warehouse and expensive trains for itself.

It’s a portable workshop!

(End of this chapter)