My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 238 The disappearing carriage.

The rally has begun.

This was the first rally organized by Chen Mang. Many train conductors had already started chatting with each other. They had all held many rallies before and were familiar with each other.

Zhang Yi and Zhang Er were wearing sunglasses that they had found from somewhere, with their hands crossed in front of their hips, standing on either side of Chen Mang.

His face was cold.

Like a professional bodyguard.

He was holding a briefcase in his hand.

Chen Mang frowned slightly and looked at the Star Train behind him. Just now, he suddenly discovered a problem, a problem that he had never noticed before.

The Stellar train consists of 14 carriages and a locomotive.

Although there is a No. 15 "breeding car", that is because there is no No. 1 car, which is the locomotive.

Even including the locomotive, the entire Star only has 15 carriages in total!

but--

These days, he has been upgrading the armor and other things according to "15 carriages + 1 locomotive", which means that he has confused the concepts, but it doesn't matter if he has confused the concepts. Why is the train armor upgraded according to 16 carriages?

Where did the extra money he spent go?

"Xiao Ai, it seems like there's a bug with the train again. Can you check where the extra carriage went?"

"Ok."

This is the second time the train has had a bug.

The first time the bug occurred was when he was in the "Tieling Wasteland". The energy stone capacity of the train would inexplicably decrease from time to time. He asked for help on the train radio, and the answer he got was that it might have been contaminated by the liquid of the "Man-eating Spider".

The liquid of the man-eating spider will have an energy-consuming effect.

But this bug is much more serious than the last time. He has spent a lot of iron ore on the non-existent 16th carriage these days.

The missing 16th carriage.

Headache.

Chen Mang rubbed his temples lightly with some fatigue. Why did everything have bugs every day?

at this time--

Three middle-aged men strode towards him. The middle-aged man in the lead, with a black dragon tattoo on his arm, greeted him with a hearty smile: "Mr. Mang, tough!"

"You may not know this, but that guy called Master Gentleman has been wreaking havoc in Crisis Valley for quite some time. I originally called these two brothers here on short notice to encircle and suppress Master Gentleman. I didn't expect you, Master Mang, to be so decisive."

"It does help to get rid of a scourge in the Valley of Crisis."

"."

Chen Mang didn't say anything, but just looked at the exposed black dragon tattoo on the middle-aged man's arm.

"Forehead"

The middle-aged man noticed Chen Mang's gaze and was slightly stunned. Then he said hesitantly, "Mr. Mang seems to have some prejudice against tattoos? Actually, even if someone has a tattoo, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person is unforgivable. These tattoos were done when I was young and ignorant."

“I was also a mixed-up person when I was young.”

"But, I see you have a tattoo of the word 'Man' on the back of your hand, too."

"I?"

Chen Mang looked down at the word "Mang" on his left hand, shook his head and said with a smile, "This isn't a tattoo, it's a birthmark I was born with. I'm not prejudiced against people with tattoos, I'm just curious, aren't you cold wearing a short-sleeved shirt in the middle of winter?"

"Well," the middle-aged man couldn't help but laugh. "Mr. Mang is really humorous. It's actually a bit cold, but I like this chilly feeling. The three of us are train conductors of level 12 mechanical trains. We came here this time to make friends with you and to find out the price of that level 1 iron ore."

"Sit down. I happen to have some questions that I would like to ask you."

The four of them immediately sat at a round table.

These four people basically represent the top forces in Crisis Valley, but Chen Mang is still vaguely at the top. After all, there are gaps between the top ones, and the thugs of each of them are standing behind them respectively.

It's like a four-party talks.

The middle-aged man in the lead looked at the two burly men standing behind Chen Mang with some embarrassment: "Master Mang, your two men are quite strong. If they were in ancient times, they would be able to defeat ten thousand enemies."

He had originally thought that the three of them were obviously in the same group, and they all had thugs with them, which would inevitably give people a sense of oppression.

So on the way he kept thinking about how to make them communicate with Chen Mang without feeling oppressed, but it was impossible not to bring thugs, otherwise he would feel insecure.

But
Only after actually sitting down did he realize that only the three of them felt oppressed.

Chen Mang was alone against the three of them.

Especially those two burly men wearing sunglasses, with stern faces and cigars in their mouths, carrying briefcases. They were over two meters tall and had a strong sense of oppression.
"Okay."

Chen Mang smiled and waved his hand, and Xiaofang beside him came over with a smile, brought a plate of nuts, cigars, snacks, etc., put it on the table, and then left again.

My legs didn't feel weak and my hands didn't shake throughout the whole process.

But when he turned around to leave, his face was instantly filled with an expression of surviving a disaster. This was outside the train, and there was no telling when they might open fire. There was no train to protect him, and people would die.

Although she was scared, she couldn't show her fear throughout the whole process, as that would embarrass Master Mang.

The poor performance of those below basically means that those above them have little ability.

And at this time——

In cluster thinking, Zhang Yi and Zhang Er are communicating quickly.

"Well, I told you that holding a cigar makes you look more impressive, right?"

"It does feel different, but brother, I don't smoke."

"No need to smoke. I asked Brother Biao. Just hold it in your mouth, suck it from time to time and then spit it out."

"That makes sense, but, big brother, it seems like Mr. Mang and the others are about to start smoking cigars. Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate for us two bodyguards to smoke cigars? I remember that these things are smoked by the bosses, right? Bodyguards shouldn't smoke anything, right?"

"Well, it seems like what you said is right, but now it's already in my mouth, I can't spit it out again, right?"

“You guys are considered seniors to me.”

Chen Mang spoke first and put on a very humble attitude, while the other three just looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy in their hearts. It was obvious that Mang Ye was stronger. At this time, if Mang Ye showed a humble attitude, the subsequent development might be a little uncontrollable.

"I'll just throw out some ideas first."

"as far as I know."

“如果拥有10节车厢的话。星环能量盾从1级升到12级，需要3.2亿单位铁矿，你们有那么多铁矿升到12级吗？”“没有。”

The middle-aged man in the lead immediately shook his head. "The speed at which Crisis Valley acquires iron ore far exceeds that of lower-level areas. One reason for this is that Crisis Valley is a blue zone with level 4 iron ore. A level 4 iron ore mine yields approximately 1000 million units of iron ore."

"After mining a level 4 iron mine, 1000 million units of iron ore will be credited to your account."

"But level 4 iron ore is also quite rare, and it's not always possible to mine it. Basically, level 3 iron ore is still the main source, and each level 3 iron mine only produces around 200 million."

"Iron ore is the most important resource for train upgrades. Even now, there are only a few trains in Crisis Valley that have a level 12 Star Ring Energy Shield."

"I do know of a train that has one, but including the locomotive, it only has four carriages, so they've discarded a lot of things."

“Secondly, each train option is different.”

"For example, if you want to obtain Murphy Stone, you basically have to go to the Adventure Map to obtain it. You have a chance to drop it by killing high-level monster bosses. This involves a problem. Some people use Murphy Stone to upgrade the "Plutocrat Energy Shield", which consumes less iron ore and obtains a higher-level energy shield."

"After all, it reduces the cost of replacing the energy shield and starting over."

"But the drawbacks are also obvious. After all, you can't always have Murphy Stone. To upgrade the 'Plutocrat Energy Shield,' you'll need to replace it with a higher-grade energy shield later. The more you spend on upgrading now, the more you'll lose on subsequent replacements."

"Many people also use it to upgrade the Doomsday Cannon. I'm sure you know that this accessory, while only a blue-grade one, is incredibly cost-effective, especially with the two "half-cost" super-mode effects."

"Using Murphy Stone to smash it to level 12 will basically guarantee that it can break the defenses of the strongest monsters in this area, as well as the defenses of other trains."

"That's the option on most trains."

"Although I can't resist attacks from other trains, at least I can pose a certain threat to them. When attacked, I won't be completely defenseless. Although a level 12 machine gun can often not destroy a train even if it can penetrate its defenses, its attack power is not strong enough."

Speaking of it.

The middle-aged man paused, looking hesitantly at the ten "Doomsday Cannons" atop the Star Train behind Chen Mang, and continued, "I remember Mr. Shen's train had a level 10 energy shield. Mr. Mang, are these ten Doomsday Cannons all level 10 or 10?"

"Including the armor, this must have consumed a lot of Murphy Stone, right?"

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded, but did not continue the topic. He just nodded thoughtfully. According to this, most trains are actually castrated versions.

It's not complete at all.

They all buttoned left and right as much as possible to create an energy shield.

The most fundamental reason.

The problem he faces is that there is not enough iron ore. However, his iron ore is not enough. After all, he can upgrade it infinitely. Even if he is given 10 billion units of iron ore now, as long as he wants to spend it, he can spend it all in an instant without upgrading the train.

"But it seems like everyone has quite a bit of Murphy Stone, and many accessories are over-upgraded."

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The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes slightly. There was a lot of information revealed in Mang Ye's words. Could Mang Ye see the specific parts of their train?

This is extremely fatal.

It's equivalent to information crushing.

After a moment's silence, he continued, "Crisis Valley is divided into two areas, the 'Red Zone' and the 'White Zone', separated by a canyon that spans the entire area. It can only be crossed by flying in the Bunny Cloud Wheel."

“The white area is the area where we are now.”

"The Red Zone is the area across from the canyon. There's the ruins of a 'Mechanical City' there, with many opportunities there. Many trains have obtained some Murphy Stone from there. The first trains that appeared in this area ate their fill, and the ones that followed had some leftovers. Now there's basically nothing left."

"I spent five months in the Valley of Crisis, and I got some scraps from many trains, but I did get some opportunities."

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded, picked up a red heart nut from the plate, put it into his mouth, and said casually: "Is there anything you want to talk about?"

After one hour.

The rally is over.

The whole rally was quite harmonious, with no fighting or even quarreling.

The more stable the order, the easier it is to quarrel. In peacetime, street quarrels often happen, but that is in a basically safe environment. In doomsday, who would dare to quarrel?

You just cursed
Before he could utter the following words, the other party had already taken out the life equalizer from his pocket.

Chen Mang's five "Level 1 Iron Mines" were also all sold out, with each Level 1 iron mine selling for 150 million, for a total of 750 million units of iron ore.

Although he limits the purchase to 5 seats, as long as you want to buy, he will definitely have more.

just
No one wanted to buy it. Apparently, most people still had cautious thoughts about this unknown S-level reward and were not willing to buy an unknown thing.

At this time, outside the Star Train——

Five new ordinary carriages were built, each of which had a level 5 "space gate", and inside the space gate was a level 1 iron ore, where the slaves on the five trains were mining.

Oh no.

To be precise, there were 2 trains of slaves, one train of passengers, one train of staff, and one train of civilians.

The last three trains were the three Level 12 mechanical train conductors he had just talked to.

This was the first time he had encountered a train that was not called by a slave other than himself.

Through communication.

He also learned that the apocalypse was not that harsh at the beginning, but the ecological environment at that time was not very good. Many survivors mistook the train conductor for a driver. Not only did they seek shelter from him, they also refused to dig for so long every day, and even put forward some politically correct ideas.

At the beginning.

The train conductor didn't understand either. After all, many train conductors were ordinary people before. Suddenly facing the pressure from hundreds of people, they were confused and didn't know how to deal with it, so they just agreed to everything.

The final result is.

Without anyone to mine, the train is doomed to failure.

In this environment, slavery came into being.

What monsters and demons, what difference between men and women, everyone, get out and mine. The supervisor is whipping you with a whip, and anyone who doesn't mine will be beaten to death!
Under the train conductor's complete control, the train's production efficiency has been greatly improved!

At that time, almost most of the trains were in the white area after the apocalypse. The first batch of trains that adopted slavery developed very quickly and soon ran to the high-end areas. Everyone followed suit.

Slavery thus became widespread in all regions.

have to say.

After the adoption of slavery, the number of destroyed trains decreased significantly, and the speed of train development increased almost at a gradual pace.

(End of this chapter)