My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 228 "Are you crazy? You're planning to sell a Murphy Stone as an heirloom?"

"Is the soup good?"

Uncle Li sat limply in the chair, lighting a cigarette with some trembling hands. After a pause, he tilted his head and looked at the young man next to him with a complicated expression: "Do you know why I was able to succeed before the apocalypse?"

“Because you work hard.”

“No, because times are changing for the better.”

Uncle Li shook his head. "When times are improving, your efforts are like running on a speeding train. You think you're running hard, but in reality, it's the speeding train that's truly making you move forward. Many people attribute the benefits of the times to their own hard work."

"actually."

“Hard work is only a small factor in determining success. The bigger factor is whether the train under you is speeding or moving backward.”

“It was like this before the apocalypse, and it will remain like this after the apocalypse.”

"I'm able to use these devious methods to try to get ahead because I'm on the Stellar Train. If I were on any other train, there wouldn't be enough space for me to research zombie spawners. I'd still be mining right now."

"So I know better than you."

“If you don’t seize the opportunity when a train starts to speed up, you will never have another chance later in your life.”

"At this time, we must take drastic measures, think of things others dare not think of, and do things others dare not do."

“The early days are often a great time for chaotic growth.”

"do you understand?"

The young man nodded seriously and said, "I understand. Uncle Li, you are the train under me."

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Uncle Li was silent for a while before he said weakly, "That's fine."

"Bring me a pen and paper. I'll tell you to write and record the data."

This night.

All the residents of the Star Train were so excited that they couldn't sleep. The explosive growth of the train was accompanied by a rapid increase in the residents' happiness index, which was difficult to adapt to.

And in the "Zombie Basin".

Some corner.

A Class 8 mechanical train slowly stopped, and then the door of the train compartment was opened. A middle-aged man walked out of the train compartment and looked at the three cigars stuck on the ground with some confusion.

Almost complete state.

Only the top showed signs of burning.

Unlike cigarettes, cigars will automatically go out if they are not inhaled after being lit.

"This is."

The middle-aged man pulled the three cigars out of the dirt with some confusion. He said with a strange expression, "Are you using cigars instead of incense? Such a waste! Is this really that extravagant?"

Then he put a cigar in his mouth, lowered his head to light it with a lighter, and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

"No matter who the incense is for."

"I understand his intention."

It's getting brighter.

A new day has come.

Chen Mang opened his eyes drowsily on the chair. After washing up, he took the millet porridge and pickled mustard greens handed to him by Xiaofang and took a sip. Then he sat on the chair and spoke while checking the train log.

"Where does this millet porridge come from?"

"Last time I went to the city to collect supplies, I found some millet. I asked the cook to cook it last night. It should be quite fragrant after simmering it all night."

"The pickled mustard greens are what we didn't finish on the train."

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded, sipped the millet porridge along the edge of the bowl, and picked up a piece of pickled mustard greens and put it in his mouth. "I don't like hot food. Next time, let the millet porridge cool down five minutes in advance. You can take the remaining half pot and eat it."

"Okay, Master."

Inside the train.

Chen Mang sat on the chair. After having a full meal and a full drink, he looked out the window at the wasteland and lit a cigarette. He casually put his feet on the edge of the window. There were much fewer monsters in the "Crisis Valley". Perhaps it was because he was in a marginal position. So far, he had not seen a high-level monster. They were all small minions of level six or seven.

I haven't even encountered a level 10 monster.

It's just dawn.

It was the dead of winter, and the biting cold wind blew across the roof of the car and seeped in through the open windows, making him feel quite comfortable wrapped in a blanket. He liked this feeling of combining cold and warmth, like curling up in bed with the window open in the dead of winter, and covering himself with a thick blanket with the air conditioner on in the summer.

After being stunned for a while.

He continued to look at the train panel.

Yesterday, tens of millions of iron ore were lavishly consumed, raising the comprehensive strength of the train to an extreme, whether it was attack, defense or living. There are now two "resident carriages".

In the future, there will be at most two, and no more will be added. It will definitely be enough in the short term.

It's okay even if there are more survivors.

but
The mine is so small that no matter how many survivors there are, it will not increase production efficiency.

When he had only 100 survivors, the production efficiency would double with 100 more survivors, but when he had 5000 survivors, the production efficiency would not increase much with 5000 more survivors, and at most he could do two shifts.

But the mine can't withstand such mining.

at this time--

The "train radio" inside the train suddenly began to flash red.

"Oh?"

Chen Mang, who was about to upgrade other accessories, stopped and a glimmer of expectation flashed in his eyes. He didn't know what good news his traveling frog had brought him back. He suddenly realized that the significance of the traveling frog was not only limited to bringing back gains, but also providing emotional value.

At least now he is looking forward to what his two traveling frogs can bring back every day.

"Traveling Frog": "Master, I found an unmined Level 4 iron mine!"

"Star": "Send me the coordinates. Anything else?"

"Traveling Frog": "No more."

"Star": "Since there's an unmined Level 4 iron ore mine in your area, it must be extremely well-hidden. There must be other mines nearby."

Traveling Frog: "It's not very hidden. There's a train mining level 3 iron ore next to it."

"Star": ".You mean he's leaving the level 4 ore behind to mine the level 3 ore?"

"Traveling Frog": "Yeah, but that train was forcing me to leave immediately after a private message warning."

"Star": "Got it. Go ahead and do your thing."

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Chen Mang narrowed his eyes slightly and withdrew his gaze from the train radio. He suddenly remembered something. When he was in the zombie basin, he encountered an opportunity. It was a safe buried underground.

It contains a Level 4 "Red Heart Rock" mine refresh ticket and the blue-grade mecha blueprint "Thunder".

These two opportunities allowed the train to maintain mecha freedom for a long period of time, with no shortage of Red Heart Rocks, and they have not been used up yet.

He didn't think much about it at the time.

I think these two are meant to complement each other, so that the train won't be without materials for building mechas.

But only now did he suddenly realize one thing, that is, the "pickaxe production line" is a green-grade accessory, which means that it can only be upgraded to level 3 at most. The level 3 pickaxes produced can only mine level 3 ores, not level 4 ores.

Neither the level 4 red heart rock mine nor the level 4 iron mine discovered by Erdan can be mined by normal trains.

The Pickaxe Production Line must be upgraded to Level 4 using Murphy Stone so that the produced pickaxes can mine Level 4 Iron Ore.

obviously.

The train next to the Level 4 iron mine should have no extra Murphy Stone. It was very anxious at this time and kept driving the train closer to the Level 4 iron mine. It wanted to eat but couldn't, and was very anxious.

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Chen Mang's face looked a little strange. He was indeed anxious. Just thinking about it made him anxious. If it were him, he would probably be anxious too. However, this man was lucky to have met him. He was always kind-hearted.

A message was immediately pinned in the "Train Radio" chat box.

[Star]: "Murphy Stone for sale, limited to one, 200 million units of Iron Ore, fixed price, remote trade available."

soon--

Several replies appeared on the train radio.

"You're crazy! You're planning to sell a Murphy Stone as an heirloom?"

"It can't be sold at this price. No one will buy it."

"Is this the point? Shouldn't the point be why his message is pinned? And it has a colorful border. Did he become a VIP?"

"Hey, didn't you guys go get the first-charge gift packs before the apocalypse? The 9.9 first-charge gift pack gives you a blue-grade accessory and a train order, the 648 noble gift pack gives you a rare train order and 100 Murphy Stones, and there's also a separate 648 resource gift pack with 1000 million units each of iron ore, copper ore, and wood."

"Huh? Dude, are you kidding or serious? I always thought everyone was starting from the same starting line. Why do you have a first-charge gift package?"

"The guy who just said the first-charge gift pack is a level 11 train, it doesn't seem fake."

"I kind of believe it. To be honest, I've encountered a lot of opportunities along the way, but I'm only on a level 10 train right now. There are so many trains with higher levels than mine. I think they must have cheats."

"Eh?"

Chen Mang looked at the train radio with a little surprise. He didn't know if it was because of the area, but why did he feel that the people in this area seemed to be more friendly?

Is it because the regional crisis has decreased and everyone is not as competitive, so they will be more friendly?
possible.

200 million units of Murphy Stone naturally cannot be sold. Although this thing is rare, it is not worth the price.

just
There is no specific market price for this thing. After all, the stock is extremely small. Even if most people have it, they use it for themselves instead of selling it. This kind of rare product with a small stock is often priced according to the urgency of the demander.

200 million is a lot.

But for a train that is eager to mine level 4 iron ore, that is not much. A level 4 iron mine can easily mine at least eight or nine million units of iron ore.

The train was still under repair, and the coordinates were a bit far from him, so he didn't plan to go there for the time being, but that guy must really need this Murphy Stone.

900 million, and 200 million.

It is easy to distinguish which is more important.

as predicted.

Soon a train conductor came to inquire about the price.

"One million, confirmed remote transaction, deal now."

"No rush to sell. 200 million, I'll sell it as I please."

".150."

"200."

"170, brother, you know the market price of Murphy Stone. To be honest, 100 million units of iron ore is already a premium. I once spent 60 units of iron ore on a Murphy Stone."

"I know. I'll sell it as fate would have it. I'm not in a hurry. I'm just waiting for the right person. 200 for the price."

"188, a bit more auspicious."

"Alright, deal."

As the scales appeared on the control panel, the remote transaction ended, and one Murphy Stone was missing from the train, leaving only 17 Murphy Stones.

“The high-end area is still better.”

Chen Mang sat in a chair with a satisfied look on his face and sent a message to Erdan with a smile, asking him to go and see if anyone was mining the level 4 iron ore. If it was in a low-level area, it would be impossible for a Murphy Stone to sell for 188 million units of iron ore in a lifetime. The buyer would not have the money in his pocket and would be unable to do so even if he wanted to.

He had originally planned to die for 200 million.

Because he knew that even if it cost him 200 million, that person had to buy it, he had no choice, and he had to find a way to go to the rally or buy it on the train radio or go to the adventure map to get the Murphy Stone, and when he came back, the daylily would be lit.

The reason why he agreed to 188 was because he really felt that this number was auspicious.

In the premium area.

There is one unspoken rule that is particularly prevalent.

That is, "all mines adhere to the first-come, first-served principle."

This is not etiquette or a rule.

It's the law of survival.

After all, all trains basically have high attack and low defense. When you attack a train, that train will often attack you at the same time. Neither side can withstand the attack of the other train, and both sides will suffer losses or perish.

In this environment, almost everyone abides by this unspoken rule.

After all, all the trains that can come to this area basically understand one thing.

In this world, no opportunity, no matter how great, is more important than survival. Everyone has become more cautious, and some basic rules of survival can help everyone maintain certain basic principles in this chaotic environment without laws and order.

It is worth mentioning that--

The number of flesh trains in this area is extremely small, only one twentieth of the number of mechanical trains.

"You can't always use Murphy Stone to upgrade the 'Pickaxe Production Line', right?"

Chen Mang quickly flipped through the train radio and checked the conversation content of the train conductor in the past few days. Not every train has the opportunity to obtain Murphy Stone. In other words, if the train is upgraded to a few levels, such as level 11 trains, or level 12 or level 13 trains, new mining accessories should appear.

Higher grade.

Ensure that trains without Murphy Stone can also mine high-level ores.

We can't just block these trains.

Although the chance of obtaining Murphy Stone on trains in this area is much greater than on trains in lower-level areas.

No useful information was found.

It's basically just jokes.

He withdrew his gaze from the train radio and looked at the train panel again. Currently, the train still had—

1654 million units of iron ore.

The renovation of the residential carriage, the space gate, the flowers and plants, and the construction of 100 more level 10 refrigerators cost a total of 100 million units, plus the extra money just earned.

Now the unit iron ore in the train has returned to 1654 million.

He suddenly understood why rich people always have more money than they can spend, because they are rich enough.

(End of this chapter)