My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 268 "Conductor, do you need help sleeping?"

After Lao Zhu sat down again, he said with some emotion, "At that time, we were still in Master Kun's slave carriage. In fact, Master Mang, I noticed you when you first got on the carriage. You were obviously much cleaner than the others."

"Don't look like someone from the apocalypse."

"More like pre-apocalyptic."

"After entering the carriage, you, Master Mang, occupied the straw mat. Three days later, you killed a man who came to provoke you with a single blow."

"At that time, I felt that you, Mr. Mang, were not an ordinary person."

"Everyone in the slave car had already given up hope and accepted this state of life. Only you, Master Mang, seemed to be burning with flames, extremely conspicuous.

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Chen Mang listened quietly to Lao Zhu's narration, smiling without saying anything. After he finished speaking, he whispered, "Lao Zhu, you are the first one to follow me, right?"

"Yes."

"I've seen how hard you've worked these days. Whether in terms of merit or seniority, Old Pig, you're no worse than anyone else."

“Everyone has a different division of labor.”

"Follow me, don't worry."

In the dimly lit private room.

After that, Chen Mang didn't talk about this matter anymore, but just chatted about some things that happened to Lao Zhu before the end of the world. About thirty minutes later, Chen Mang stood up, patted Lao Zhu on the shoulder, waved his hand, and walked out of the private room.

Lao Zhu stood there and looked at Mang Ye's departing back, his eyes slightly red. He often did ideological work for others, so he naturally knew that Mang Ye came here specifically to do ideological work on him, but he didn't expect it.

As soon as a ripple appeared in his heart, Mang Ye noticed it keenly and was willing to make a special trip for him.

In fact, he understood everything that Mr. Mang said.

Everyone has a different division of labor.

It's just that humans are emotional animals. Most of the time, they know the truth, but when they act, they are inevitably affected by emotions. However, he doesn't have that emotion now. What Mang Ye said is right. He is not bad in terms of qualifications and achievements. Why should he think about those things?

Inside the train.

"It's not good if the train is too big. It would be troublesome to go back and forth like this."

Chen Mang sat in the chair and looked at the several lines of information flashing on the screen.

"Conductor."

Xiao Ai's voice echoed inside the train: "You've been asking me to keep an eye on Lao Zhu because you're worried he might be unhappy."

"No."

Chen Mang shook his head. "Generally speaking, those who flatter their superiors will bully those below them. Lao Zhu's behavior is a habit formed from his work experience before the apocalypse. Logically speaking, this type of person will often bully those below them in order to regain the feeling of flattery from others. There is no exception."

“It’s a psychological compensation mechanism.”

"Do you know what group of people make up the majority of women looking for sex?"

"It's a chicken."

"They're the ones who hang out in nightclubs and brothels."

"Those girls serve men with a forced smile every day, but they are actually angry inside. They will find prostitutes to regain the feeling of being served. This is also the case with the maids of eunuchs in ancient times who were often the most miserable. It's basically the same principle: people will compensate themselves."

"But from the development of the Star to the present, Lao Zhu has almost never bullied anyone."

"In other words, Lao Zhu's flattery of his superiors isn't simply a matter of obedience to power. If it were, he would be extremely arrogant towards those below him, simply because he's in a high position."

"Lao Zhu's flattery of my superior stems from a genuine belief that I am powerful, or rather, he's not flattering power, but me."

"Only in this case will there be no situation where one flatters the superior and bullies the inferior."

"Forehead"

Xiao Ai's voice seemed to be stuck in the train's speakers. After a long pause, she said in confusion, "Conductor, you seem to be praising yourself in a different way."

“That’s called knowing people.”

Chen Mang shook his head. "This is what I admire most about Lao Zhu. He's worked in power for so long, but after the apocalypse, he was able to immediately think outside the power structure. This is rare. If he puts himself in the position of second-in-command on the train and starts to enjoy the power, he won't get far."

"This is the end of the world, not the day before it. As long as you don't make a big mistake, you can sit here forever."

"If I don't kill him, he won't live long."

"People down there would have so many complaints about him that the train would even be divided because of it."

"But he put himself in the position of my steward. I first met Lao Zhu in Master Kun's slave car. He looked like he had been a slave for a long time. You couldn't tell he was a deputy conductor before. He's very capable. He can put himself in the most appropriate position at the right time."

“And never go beyond that.”

"There's no better assistant conductor than him in the entire train car."

"Well, since Old Pig is as powerful as you say, why are you still trying to persuade him?"

"He is a human being, not a god. As long as he is human, he will have emotions."

Chen Mang shook his head and didn't say anything more about the matter: "What happened to that train just now? There were two locomotives?"

A three-dimensional image of the "Grinning Teeth" train appeared on the screen.

"In addition to the locomotive No. 1, the No. 3 car is also the locomotive, but it is disguised as a carriage."

"This type of locomotive doesn't provide much power, but it allows the conductor to quickly evacuate to car number three before the number one locomotive is destroyed, allowing him to continue controlling the train."

"He's quite the fun guy."

Chen Mang nodded. This train was the most difficult one he had ever encountered, but it was not that difficult. It was just a little troublesome to kill people.

Then he looked at the train crew and saw that Mondo had already set off.

I don't know which area it is in now.

He brought 5000 "Neon City Free Admission Tickets" to Mondo for him to distribute, changed his clothes, and decided to stop cheating and deceiving people, thus retiring.

Once Mundo goes out, he will be out of contact.

Let's see how Mundo progresses.

Half an hour later.

The Star train slowly stopped in front of a level 4 iron mine, which he had marked on the road. When the train stopped, a group of residents rushed down with pickaxes and prepared to start mining.

The black hole armed robots and guard teams began to be on guard in the surroundings again.

"Inform Biaozi that the guard team needs to be expanded to 30 people per team."

"I'm going to look in the neon city."

"clear."

In the neon city.

It was almost dusk on Monday. Today was the trial operation of Neon City. It would be closed at night and would not reopen until next Monday.

Next to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Sun City high-rise building.

Xiao Ai reported the data: "As of now, the cumulative number of train conductors entering Neon City is 188, and the peak number of train conductors staying in Neon City is 101, and..."

"These data will be sorted out after midnight tonight. How are the products I delivered a few hours ago performing?"

“They all performed quite well.”

Xiao Ai nodded. "Among the daily necessities, the best performing item is 'napkins.'"

"The top performing tool types were the Level 4 pickaxe and Level 4 axe, along with the dirt bike."

"paper napkin?"

Chen Mang was a little surprised, but he soon understood. It seemed that other train conductors also faced the problem of how to clean up their mess. The sales of level 4 pickaxes were too good. After all, not everyone had Murphy Stone to spend on the "pickaxe production line".

At this time, I want to dig high-level mines.

Purchasing a high-end pickaxe is a very good way.

"Did anything unexpected happen?"

"No."

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded and looked down with some satisfaction. Let's see how Mundo's performance is these days. If Mundo's performance is good, it should be booming when it reopens next Monday.

"We also buy a lot of custom clothing. Several train conductors have placed large orders for over 8000 pieces of custom clothing, at a price of 100 units of iron ore per piece of clothing."

"It has a temperature-locking effect, but without the space bag."

"That's 80 units of iron ore, right? Okay, that's good."

The current redemption method of Neon City is:

One unit of iron ore or one unit of copper ore can be exchanged for 1 star ticket.

However, star coupons can only be exchanged for iron ore, not copper ore.

But so far.

No one used copper ore to exchange for star vouchers. Copper ore was a life-saving thing and would not be exchanged casually. As for the wood, he confiscated it. This thing could only be used to make clothes and was of little use at other times. There were very few places that needed this kind of resource.

After observing for a while, Chen Mang returned to the train room. There was nothing for him to do there. He had arranged everyone's tasks. Except for emergencies that required his instructions, Uncle Li and the others could handle the rest of the matters themselves.

He sat on the control console and looked at the upgrade conditions for the level 13 train!

Thinking about something.

Should I upgrade to level 13 train first, or accumulate iron ore to upgrade to level 16 armor first?
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[Upgrade conditions]: Consume 4 units of level 3 iron ore, all accessories in the carriage must be above level 220, and there must be more than 500 survivors.
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The conditions were simple, and he met them all.

He quickly made up his mind that level 15 armor would be enough for the time being, so he would upgrade it to level 13 first. He would upgrade it to level 15 as soon as possible to see what changes would occur after Xiaolu woke up. He was quite curious about what this S-level star beast would look like after waking up.

This was the first time he saw a limit on the number of survivors on a train in the train upgrade conditions.

Not many, 500 is enough.

The accessory level requirements are the same as last time, no changes.

next moment--

As 400 million units of iron ore were crushed inside the train, a line of words slowly appeared on the screen.
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"Your train has been upgraded to level 13."

"More craftable accessories will be unlocked."
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"what?"

When Chen Mang looked at the accessories that could be crafted, he was slightly stunned, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. This was the first time he saw accessories that required the consumption of "titanium crystal ore", and he finally knew where the titanium crystal ore could be used.
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"Controlled Nuclear Fusion Device": Red grade accessory, requires 50000 units of iron ore to craft.

"Nuclear Energy Transmission Network": Red grade accessory, requires 50000 units of iron ore to craft.

"Viper Unmanned Fighter Production Line": Red grade accessories, 50000 units of titanium crystal ore are required for production.
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The first two are superior alternatives to "Generator" and "Circuit System" respectively.

He didn't have that anxiety.

This is because the level of his generator is high enough and the level of his circuit system is also high enough.

However, as the level of other trains increases, the efficiency of the generators becomes insufficient. The solution is to build more generators, making a total of four or five.

The "controlled nuclear fusion device" can convert energy stones into energy more efficiently with almost no loss, while the "nuclear energy transmission network" is a black technology that does not require a circuit system and can directly transmit energy through the air within the train.

Good.

However, his generator is sufficient for the time being. He will replace it after Neon City is built and there is more iron ore.

As for the "Viper Unmanned Fighter", there is a little more to say.
It is a medium-sized unmanned combat aircraft.

Length 11.2 meters, wingspan 6.5 meters, height 3.08 meters.

It is unmanned and can carry out attack missions by inputting commands. It can take off from inside the carriage, drive directly from the inside to the last carriage, and then take off into the sky.

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"Um"

Chen Mang looked at the production line silently. It was a good thing, but under what circumstances could it be used? His train could fly by itself, and its flying speed was much faster than that of the fighter jet. Instead of sending fighter jets, it would be better for his train to fly out directly and kill people.

But after all, it consumes titanium crystal ore.

His titanium crystal ore is now completely useless.

1029 million units of titanium crystal ore are still quietly placed in the train.

Upgrade and see.

275 million units of titanium crystal ore are used to craft the accessory and upgrade it to level 10 in one go, obtaining the corresponding two supermodel effects.
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"Viper Unmanned Fighter Production Line Level 5 Super Model Effect": Super long standby time, the fuselage is equipped with solar energy panels, the energy absorbed can make the fighter's endurance reach unlimited and never land.

"Viper Unmanned Fighter Production Line Level 10 Super Model Effect": Cannon ammunition consumption is halved.
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"Ok?"

Chen Mang's face looked a little strange. It seemed that it was not completely useless. The level 10 production line could produce up to level 10 Viper unmanned fighter jets. The price of a level 10 fighter jet was 50 units of titanium crystal ore.

Cheap.

Yes, his first concept was that it was too cheap!
The unmanned fighter jet created can be said to have absolutely high attack and low defense. The main source of attack is the four large-caliber machine guns hanging under the wings, which need to be embedded with energy stones as the source of attack.

Level 10 attack strength, level 1 defense strength.

And you only need 50 units of Titanium Crystal to get a UAV with a level 10 attack strength. What else can you ask for? No!

He hesitated for a moment and decided to upgrade it again. He suddenly felt that this thing seemed to be fun, so he consumed another 505 million units of titanium crystal ore to upgrade it to level 20 and obtain a new super model effect.
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"Viper Unmanned Fighter Level 20 Super Model Effect": Fighter manufacturing cost is halved.
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The highest level that can be produced is the 20th level Viper unmanned fighter!
The cost of building a level 20 Viper unmanned fighter is 500 million titanium crystal ore, which is 250 million after the manufacturing cost is halved.

Chen Mang looked at the balance of titanium crystal ore.

"249."

Well, that’s exactly ten thousand.

I originally wanted to build one to see the effect first. 250 million titanium crystal ores can build a fighter with a level 20 attack strength, and as long as a level 4 titanium crystal mine is mined, about 1000 million titanium crystal ores can be obtained.

Red grade accessories can be upgraded to level 20 at most.

In other words, other trains, as long as they are level 13 and have mined a level 4 titanium crystal mine, can have a Viper unmanned fighter with an attack strength of level 20.

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A strong sense of crisis suddenly came over me.

No.

His armor is only level 15, which is far from enough!

Level 15 armor is too weak, you need level 20 armor!

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Why didn't he see other trains using this method in the "Stone Man Area"? The "Grinning Train" is a level 14 mechanical train, so there is no way it would use this method.

soon--

He figured it out: two conditions must be met in order for a fighter jet to take off smoothly inside the car.

First, the train has been expanded, and the expansion is large enough.

Second, it must have at least 150 meters of flight space.

If the carriage is 30 meters long, there will be about 5 carriages. It meets these two conditions, but it seems a bit difficult for other trains to meet these conditions.

Figure this out.

Chen Mang was slightly relieved. He was shocked. He thought that many trains in the Stone Man area had level 20 attack methods. He almost couldn't sleep at night.

But I have to say one thing -

That is, the attack and defense are too disproportionate!

It must be so difficult for him to get a level 20 defense, but a level 20 attack is so easy.

"Conductor."

At this time, Xiao Ai's voice came from the train room: "A single level 20 Viper unmanned fighter poses no threat to the Star. Although its attack strength is level 20, its defense strength is only level 1. It is difficult for it to break through the Star's firepower network and dive in front of the Star. Moreover, it can't catch up with the Star at that speed."

"I know."

Chen Mang narrowed his eyes slightly. He naturally knew this. One or two of these unmanned fighter jets would not make much sense, but if there were hundreds of them, it would definitely be a different story.

If your air defense firepower is not as strong as that of the Berlin air defense tower, you can basically just sit back and wait to be beaten.

It just requires a large amount of titanium crystal ore to do this.

at this time!

Xiao Ai spoke again, "Conductor, Uncle Li is back, and someone asked if they could exchange Titanium Crystal Ore, Red Heart Rock, or Wood for Star Vouchers."

"Titanium crystal ore and red heart rock are OK, but wood is not."

"receive."

Inside the train.

Chen Mang looked at the screen on the control panel, and a rather crazy idea gradually emerged in his mind. The most amazing thing about this "Viper Unmanned Fighter" is that it shares the same maximum speed limit as the train.

The speed of other fighter jets may not be able to break through the firepower network of the Star.

But the speed of his fighter
No one will be able to lock on unless covered by firepower.

The number of doomsday machine guns is too small. On a train that is hundreds of meters long, 9 of them are totally not enough. In the next period of time, all his iron ore will be consumed in defense and attack to improve the train's strength!
Even if the train has been upgraded to level 13, the Doomsday Cannon is still the most useful firepower accessory for all trains.

Without him.

It is cheap and has the best cost-effectiveness. Everyone loves to use it, and he is no exception.

He doesn't have enough copper mines to build mines at will.

Chen Mang looked at the residents who were mining iron ore outside the window, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly. He now had several channels to obtain iron ore.

Residents mine.

Solar energy panels.

Two "cosmic receivers", the rest are still under construction.

Neon city.

He had a hunch that there would be explosive growth next.

After the train is upgraded to level 13, it not only gains these new accessories, but also a new function.

"Dream Making".

It can create different dreams and implant them into the minds of sleeping train members. This requires the consumption of "Dream Stones" to enhance the mental strength of the train members.

It's a bit like the "Combat Training Virtual Space".

It's just one of the ways to improve overall physical fitness.

One is used to improve mental strength.

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Chen Mang looked at the new button on the control panel and laughed. So this is how Mengshi was used, but he had a better way. He looked at the single bed in the corner.

It also has a 99% capacity dream stone embedded in it.

The level 100 supermodel effect of a single bed is that after inlaying the dream stone, there is a chance that you will bring out an item from your dream every time you dream. The consumption of dream stones will vary depending on the value of the item.

What else is there to say?

"Xiao Ai, when I fall asleep tonight, create a dream in which I am mining with a pickaxe in a level 10 iron ore mine."

"Forehead"

Xiao Ai's hesitant voice came from the train compartment: "Conductor, one level 1 iron ore is equivalent to 10 billion units of iron ore. Maybe because the value is too high, there are not enough Dream Stones to consume and bring it out."

"Try it first, and we'll see if it works. Have you figured out anything about the lock of hair I gave you last time?"

"A little bit. It doesn't look like human hair, but more like that of a giant star beast."

"Starry sky beast?"

Chen Mang frowned slightly, thinking of the nightmare he had last time. It was not a beautiful dream, but the woman on the shore did not look like a giant beast in the starry sky.

He didn't say anything else, but began to wait for dark with some anticipation.

soon--

it's dark.

Chen Mang had already finished washing up and was fully prepared. He was lying on the bed, looking forward to it.

Maybe it was because I was too excited that I couldn't fall asleep.

Only then did he react.

There are many things to keep you awake on the train, but nothing to help you sleep.

"Conductor, do you need help sleeping?"

"Play music?"

"No, lower the oxygen level."

"That's called a fucking faint."

Half an hour.

Chen Mang fell asleep in a daze. Perhaps because of what he had been thinking about, when Chen Mang appeared in a level 10 iron mine with a pickaxe, he vaguely knew that he seemed to be dreaming.

But he quickly forced himself to suppress his thoughts.

I was worried that if I woke up, it would be terrible.

Level 10 iron ore is really beautiful.
Colorful and glowing.

Chen Mang was a little excited and rushed forward with a level 10 pickaxe and started digging hard, digging harder than the residents. This was his first time mining since he came to this world. He had never mined before on Master Kun's train.

feel good.

There are also 20 bottles of Coke and an oxygen concentrator next to it.

Time has come to zero.

Uncle Li, returning from Neon City, found Mr. Ai in carriage number 2 and said, "Mr. Ai, could you take me to see Master Mang? I'll report today's data to him. The results are very good. Master Mang will definitely be very happy when he hears about it."

"No time, Mr. Mang is mining."

"Mining?"

Uncle Li stood there in a daze. When he came back, he did see some residents mining in the mine nearby, but what did it mean for Uncle Mang to go mining?
He only stayed in Neon City for one day, and the Star had already declined to such an extent?
How many people have to die before I can let Mr. Mang go into the mines himself?
"Ah."

Xiao Ai, who was squatting on the ground repairing the mecha, said casually without turning his head: "I'm mining in my dream. Go back and report tomorrow morning."

"If possible, it would be best to come at noon."

"Forehead"

Uncle Li understood what Mr. Ai meant and asked tentatively, "Mr. Ai, could you please explain?"

"Nothing explicit, go back to sleep and don't disturb me."

Xiao Ai waved her hand and was too lazy to say anything more.

The train conductor dug mines all night in his dream.

If he wakes up the next morning and successfully brings out a level 1 iron ore, the train conductor will be in a good mood no matter what Uncle Li says. But if he fails to bring it out and is tired after a night of sleep, his face probably won't look very good, and Uncle Li will probably suffer some unexpected misfortune.

to be frank.

He felt that the probability of bringing it out was low.

After all, it is written on the supermodel effect that there is a small probability of bringing out an item. An item was brought out last time, so how could it be brought out this time as well? This is unreasonable. There is no reason for such a small probability event to happen twice in a row.

The probability is too small.

So he made up his mind to try not to talk to the train conductor tomorrow to avoid being scolded.

"Pity."

Uncle Li returned to the breeding carriage No. 15 and looked at the report in his hand with some regret. The results of the trial operation on the first day were very good, but he didn't expect that Mr. Mang went to bed so early.

Xiao Ai's body in the neon city has not returned yet. Together with Li Shiji and Sister Qi, they are working on resolving some unreasonable issues discovered today.

He is the only one in the entire train who knows this data.

"Uncle Li, you're back." The boy who had been following Uncle Li greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Well, I was going to report to Master Mang, but he was asleep."

"What happened on the train today? When I passed by the No. 8 residential car, I saw Brother Biao hanging on the wall."

"A lot happened today, but you weren't here, and I didn't have enough authority, so no one told me much. I could only see with my own eyes. First, we went to the ruins of the city, and then there seemed to be a portal or something that allowed us to go back and forth. Finally, we had a fight with a train. Brother Biao was caught in the train's explosion during that battle, and he was seriously injured. He was then hung on the wall."

"I went to see him. He was badly injured and looked quite creepy. 106 pieces of steel fragments were taken out of his body. Mang Ye said that it was only because Biaozi was lucky. If it happened to someone else, they would have died."

Uncle Li was quite impressed by this and nodded in agreement. "With your position, it's true that you can't get involved in some of the most core matters. But that's okay. Just work hard and once I finish the zombie spawning cage, I'll have no problem letting you sit in the breeding carriage."

"Give me the gloves. I'll go see how it's progressing."

"Uncle Li, you've been working since last night, aren't you going to sleep?"

“Only useless people sleep.”

"Uncle Li, you just said that Master Mang was sleeping."

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Uncle Li was expressionless and silent for a while before he slapped himself in the face: "What I meant is that I'm a bit stupid, so the early bird catches the worm and I can't sleep."

"Bring me some cans of Coke."

"okay."

(End of this chapter)