My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 273 "Then there's no problem. The loop is closed."

I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

But this adventure map is an entertainment map. The train conductor will not be injured or killed here, so there should not be too much danger. However, the man feels that he will soon come into contact with something he has never come into contact with before.

All the way into the casino.

And walked up the stairs to a VIP box upstairs.

Push the door open and enter.

There was only a tall woman in a long skirt sitting at the gambling table, looking at him with a smile, shaking a glass of red wine in her hand.

Very beautiful.

This was the first thought that popped into the middle-aged man's mind. There was no trace of any mechanical organs on this woman. She looked like a real person, very beautiful, and had a very strong aura, like a boss.

He tried his best to appear calm, sat at the gambling table, met the woman's gaze and spoke calmly.

"I don't know what to call you."

"Just call me Sister Qi."

Sister Qi looked at the middle-aged man in front of her and said, "I admire your experience as a novice. I also have some experience in the novice stage of advanced trains. I would like to jointly launch a novice train conductor tutorial with you to help more novice train conductors survive, reduce their mortality rate, and allow them to go further."

"These experiences are priced at 100 Stellar Vouchers."

"Fifty-five."

The middle-aged man shook his head: "I don't lack this."

"Do you think Neon City lacks this?"

"It's mainly about helping novice train conductors grow quickly. What you can gain is fame, not profit."

"I need you to tell me more about your experience, preferably down to the level of a specific accessory."

"What's in your experience?"

"There are many, such as all the supermodel effects of level 5, 10, and 20 accessories."

“Give me anonymity.”

"Oh?"

"A lot of my experience comes from my past. If it were exposed and known to my opponents, it might cause me some trouble."

"can."

"I don't put forward any conditions, I just want to know one question."

"You said."

The middle-aged man leaned forward slightly, staring at Sister Qi with an undisguised, burning gaze, and said word by word, "I'm already at level 18, basically a top-tier warrior, but I still feel powerless facing the apocalypse."

"You're the first mech I've ever met who can communicate clearly and owns an entire neon city."

"Can you tell me—"

"What level does a train need to reach in order to truly survive the apocalypse?"

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Sister Qi was silent for a moment, unsure how to respond. She didn't have this information in her database. Subconsciously, she wanted to turn around and look at the camera to seek Mr. Mang's help, but she quickly realized it, retracted her gaze, and continued, "Level 100, level 100 is enough."

"level 100?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of despair and powerlessness flashed in his eyes. His body softened and he leaned back in the chair, shaking his head and laughing miserably.

"So, as long as a planet reaches its doomsday, it will definitely perish?"

"Level 100."

"I'm only level 18, and the resources I need are already astronomical. Tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of iron ore are needed. To reach level 100, all the mines on the entire Blue Water Planet combined might not be enough. How could anyone possibly reach level 100?"

"If the mines on one planet aren't enough, then find a few more planets. There's nothing abundant in the starry sky, but there are planets."

The man didn't answer immediately. He just sat in the chair in silence for a long time before he said softly, "You're talking too far ahead. I don't know if I can live to see that time."

"I've agreed to this matter. Please find someone to connect with me."

Then he stood up and walked out.

Red zones are extremely dangerous.

A few days ago, he witnessed with his own eyes that a level 17 mechanical train was almost destroyed. On that day, three trains in succession triggered a crisis on some adventure map, causing the red area where he was to face three major crisis events in succession.

It lasted for 48 hours.

After 48 hours, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the red zone was basically wiped out, including him.

But luckily.

Not long after the crisis began, a train called "Star" successfully passed the adventure map and stopped the crisis. Otherwise, it is unknown what the "Twilight Coast" area would look like at this time.

Maybe there are corpses everywhere.

He had never dared to upgrade to the level 19 train. In fact, he had met the upgrade requirements a month ago, but he didn't dare to go. His energy shield level was too low, and he didn't have the confidence to survive in the "Golden Area" where monsters of the highest level were 21.

Even though he was in the first queue to board the bus, he still felt insecure.

"No way."

The man suddenly realized something. There was no data like rankings, and he couldn't contact other areas, so he always believed that he was already in the first tier, the ceiling of the train.

After all, he owned his own train shortly after the apocalypse, and his business developed very quickly.

There's no way anyone can be faster than him.

Isn't he from the first tier, but only the second or even third tier?
The man shook his head without thinking too much, but just looked at his millions of star coupons balance, preparing to go to the "Mechanical Train Parts Store" to buy something later. Coincidentally, this star coupon and the star train happened to have the same name.

In a corner of the neon city.

The dwarf man and the young boy next to him looked at each other and saw the speculation in each other's eyes.

Their "Neon City Free Admission Ticket" was picked up.

The dwarf man had been to Neon City before. Neon City at that time was completely different from what it is now. There were huge changes, especially the currency name was changed to Stellar Notes. He saw many familiar products in the mechanical train parts store.

The same idea came into the minds of both of them almost at the same time.

that man
They occupied the city and became the masters of the city, but the two of them tacitly kept silent. Since Mang Ye did not take the initiative to reveal his identity, it meant that Mang Ye wanted to hide his identity, so they naturally would not say much.

All train conductors who enter Neon City will become loyal users of Neon City.

This is a transformative presence.

The rally has almost lost its meaning. Except for the white area, there are not many slave transactions above the green area. Unless there are particularly beautiful women, such as celebrities, they will still be traded at the rally.

And there's more than just free trade in Neon City.

It also provides entertainment.

There are many special items that can be purchased.

You can communicate with other train conductors.

You can get enough secrets by eavesdropping on the conversations of the big guys.

such as
There were only three minutes left before the neon city closed. A young man pushed open the door of the toilet cubicle and walked out tremblingly. He had been sitting on the toilet for almost 24 hours, and his legs were so numb that he couldn't move.

He didn't go anywhere that day.

Just hide in the corner of the toilet and wait patiently.

Although he was physically and mentally exhausted, feeling even more tired than after a day of mining, his spirit was extremely high and his eyes were bright.

This is his second time here!
This time he hid in the toilet the whole time, listening to the conversations between the train conductors who came to the toilet with their thugs, or the train conductors who came together because they knew each other, and heard a lot of secrets and gossip.

In fantasy novels, the source of information is often the tavern.

In non-fantasy novels, the source of information can actually be the toilet.

The accuracy of information conveyed by people in the toilet is often ridiculously high.

after all
Few people would brag in the toilet.

The atmosphere in this place is so solemn that it makes people subconsciously want to tell the truth.

Through the news he heard today, he keenly grasped one point, that is, the information gap!
Each area produces different accessory blueprints at different prices. For example, it's no exaggeration to say that the "drill" accessory blueprint is everywhere in his area, and almost everyone has one. However, a train conductor who just came to the bathroom was saying to his thugs that there is not a single drill accessory blueprint in such a big area. The resource detection radar shows that the underground is full of mines, but they can't dig them up unless they go down.

The blueprint for the "Drill" accessory is indeed not for sale, not even in his area.

After all, almost everyone has one, so most people only need to get one. There is no point in getting a second one, and no one will buy it.

What he's going to do now.

That is, after returning to your own area, quickly purchase the "Drill" accessory blueprint, and then sell it at a high price the next time you enter Neon City.

This is his plan!
This is a wave of money. When the information and prices become transparent in the future, there will be no such huge profits, but before that, he can make some money first.

The young man dragged his troublesome legs excitedly, and moved out of the toilet with difficulty, holding on to the wall.

Only when leaving the toilet.

He was a little confused.

"What? I just took a shit, and you're asking me for 4700 Stellar Vouchers?"

The staff member guarding the restroom door said gently, "Sir, we charge by time. The first five minutes are free, and after five minutes, every half hour is charged 5 Stellar Coupons."

".for you!"

Neon City is closed.

Chen Mang had returned to the interior of the Star train. All the residents were resting at this time. He lay on a chair and listened to Uncle Li standing beside him reporting.

Uncle Li coughed lightly, clearing his throat before continuing, "Last night marked the second opening of Neon City, operating for 24 hours. A total of 568 train conductors have entered Neon City, a 173% year-on-year increase."

"The peak number of train conductors staying in the neon city was 283, an increase of 180.2% year-on-year."

"Among them, Class 6 and below trains account for 82%."

"Of these 568 people, 123 are second-time entrants, and the remaining 445 are first-time entrants, of whom 223 were recruited by new members."

"Today's total turnover was 3012 million Stellar coupons, a year-on-year increase of 62.9%."

"Ah."

Chen Mang leaned back in his chair with a satisfied look on his face. He was in a good mood as he listened to Uncle Li's report. Everything was growing. "How much of this 3012 million in sales can I withdraw directly?"

"2777 million units of iron ore are available for use at will."

"Take them all out later."

"Yes."

"Also, the number of visitors increased by 173% year-on-year, so why did the turnover only increase by 62.9% year-on-year?"

"The main reason is that the first group of people came in just to join in the fun, but no one bought anything, so fewer people went to the sex shops. Secondly, the 'free trade market' has taken up a lot of market share, and we're not making any profit from it. Many train conductors have used their Stellar Vouchers to buy items from other train conductors, resulting in a slight outflow of funds. If we charged a transaction fee, we could also get a share of this pie."

"I see. There's no rush for this right now. I'll do it for free first, and then charge when more people come."

"clear."

After Uncle Li left, Chen Mang stretched comfortably, washed up, and prepared to go to bed.

I haven't slept in a long time. I stayed up all night from last night until now.

Among these 50 mines, he gave priority to mining iron ore. At this time, the ten iron mines had been almost mined out, and it would take another half a day to completely mine them out. Then he would upgrade the armor and trains first.

The space is big enough.

There are enough mines.

If it can accommodate enough residents to mine at the same time, the efficiency will naturally be high.

"Xiao Ai."

"I'm here."

"I want to get some rest tonight without creating any dreams."

"receive."

Fall asleep quickly.

Chen Mang soon fell into a drowsy sleep. Some people are born to rarely dream, while others dream almost every night. He didn't know what the basis was for judging this.

But he dreamed again tonight.

And it wasn't just one dream, it was a series of dreams.

Maybe it’s because I was dreaming about mining in the past few days.

tonight.

He dreamed of mining again, but this time it was not level 10 ore, but level 9 ore. He swung his pickaxe and mined hard in his dream.

Its daybreak.

Chen Mang woke up, but because he was too tired, he woke up at noon.

"What a fucking psycho."

Slowly opening his eyes and feeling the pain in his waist and back, Chen Mang moved his completely weak and sore arms with some anger. He didn't have any dreams last night, so how come he dreamed of mining again?

Can we stop mining?
Is mining so tiring?

He felt like he had been raped, his whole body was sore and weak, and he couldn't muster any strength.

"Xiao Ai, you made sure you didn't use dream creation last night."

"Conductor, I cannot disobey any of your orders."

"Ugh."

After washing up, Chen Mang stood up, lit a cigarette, and sat on a chair to check last night's train log. In fact, the Star had been docked in this space last night. There were no monsters in this space, so the train log naturally did not have much information.

But he still subconsciously took a look to see how the different parts were working.

This has become his habit.

If I don’t read it in the morning, I always feel like something is missing.

But just then——

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that the "Dream Stone" on the bedside was flickering slightly.

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Chen Mang's mouth opened slightly, a hint of disbelief flashed in his eyes, and his breathing gradually became rapid. No... No, could it be that?

He hasn't brought back anything from his dreams for many days.

He had almost forgotten about this thing.

After all, it is a low-probability event, so we can't rely too much on it.

I didn't expect it to be bright again today.

But he vaguely remembered that he dreamed about other things last night, not just mining. However, he had forgotten most of it now. For some reason, dreams were something that would be forgotten very quickly once one woke up.

He took a deep breath, approached the single bed nervously, and placed his hand on the "Dream Stone". A portal suddenly appeared next to it.

Reach your hand in.

Take out a stalactite-like object, which is transparent and looks quite gorgeous under the light.

at the same time--

The capacity of Dream Stone is decreasing rapidly, from 98% to 3%.

This stone is exactly level 9 iron ore!
Chen Mang's ears turned red almost visibly. He looked at the level 9 iron ore in his hand and couldn't help but wave it in the air excitedly, saying, "Awesome!"

"damn it"

"It's worth it that I've worked so hard these past few days. I almost lost half my life digging it out!"

A level 9 iron ore.

Worth 1 million units of iron ore.

Just such a small stalactite in your hand, placed in the white area, will definitely trigger a melee among all the people. Any white train that gets this level 9 iron ore will take off directly!

"Cool!"

"Cool!"

Chen Mang sat on the chair with some excitement and satisfaction, playing with the iron ore in his hand that looked like a work of art. It looked much more beautiful than other iron ores and was completely on a different level.

It is equivalent to the total content of ten level 4 iron mines.

At this time, the iron ore had been completely mined, and a group of residents were carrying refrigerators and transporting the iron ore to storage car No. 3.

"Perfect."

Chen Mang looked at the "Dream Stone" position on the train control panel. The progress at this time had reached 14%. This was the second new Dream Stone being manufactured. It would take about a month for the progress to reach 100%, and he would get another Dream Stone.

just
The speed is extremely slow. Having tasted the sweetness, he can no longer sleep at night without the Dream Stone.

The dream stone beside his bed was only 3% complete and would soon be used up.

He was thinking and didn't speak.

The creation of "Dream Stone" is a function that all level 12 trains will have, and "Dream Manufacturing" is a function that all level 13 trains will have. His Star is now a level 13 train.

The effect of combining these two functions is to create dreams.

The entertainment effect and the improvement of mental strength each account for half.

The dreams created through "Dream Creation" can allow users to effectively provide mental power in dreams.

The effect is not very big.

At least he had hardly heard anyone mention "Dream Stone" on the train radio, which meant that this thing was of no use to most people, so he could just buy it up in large quantities!

"Xiao Ai, ask Uncle Li and the others to set up a stall in Neon City and buy more Dream Stones."

"Yes!"

Those who have tasted sweetness once will always taste sweetness.

Why is he so happy?
Not just because of a level 9 iron ore.

More importantly, it confirmed that the level 9 iron ore in the dream can really be produced.

Although the probability is extremely low, and he just happened to get it right once, but as long as there is a probability, the rest of the things can be piled up by magnitude.

For example, the combination of sperm and egg involves selecting one from hundreds of millions of sperm for probabilistic fusion. This is a typical example of using quantity to impact probability.

As long as you acquire a large amount of dream stones.

He could easily build a level 100 single bed for every resident, and then every night in the future, by creating dreams, let all residents continue mining in their dreams!

It has more than 6000 residents.

No matter how low the probability is, one of them will pop up every now and then, right?

After recovering the investment, the rest is pure profit.

The only problem is.
"Ah."

Chen Mang pondered for a moment and then said, "Xiao Ai, if the residents were to mine during the day, wouldn't it be tiring to mine in their dreams at night?"

"No." Xiao Ai's voice came from the train cabin: "When the train reaches a higher level, we will study how Doba and others were resurrected after death, and then let the train residents continue mining in hell after death."

"speak English."

"I'm sorry, conductor. I was just trying to be humorous," Xiao Ai said apologetically. "Theoretically, this would exceed your body's capacity."

"It's like the wheels are spinning 24 hours a day."

"It puts a lot of pressure on the body, unless you take a few more shots of cardiac stimulants and drink a few more bottles of Coke every day. However, this will still deplete your blood and energy, and shorten your lifespan."

"Shorten your lifespan? The Level 10 supermodel effect of a single bed happens to extend your lifespan."

"Then there's no problem. The loop is closed."

"Um"

Chen Mang paused for a moment and continued, "A level 100 single bed isn't cheap. One level 100 single bed costs about 51 units of iron ore. Building 6000 level 100 single beds is definitely not affordable."

"so."

"First, let Neon City prepare to acquire Dream Stone."

"After acquiring 100 Dream Stones, we'll use 5000 million units of iron ore to create 100 single beds. We'll see how likely we are to ship them and calculate the investment-to-production ratio. If we find it profitable, we'll slowly expand the product."

"Yes."

After completing this plan, Chen Mang sat in the chair with a satisfied look on his face and looked at the control panel screen.

A profitable business is not a good business.

A good business is one that is profitable and can be replicated.

This is also the reason why so much capital is chasing after pre-prepared meals. No matter how delicious the century-old home-cooked dishes are, it is useless. What capital values ​​is replication, and a business model that can be replicated is a good model.

"Good."

He felt that the acquisition of "Dream Stone" should be quite smooth. After he acquired the first batch of Dream Stone, he would see how it turned out.

If this plan succeeds.

That will give you a lot of iron ore!
He gave this plan a nice name -

"Cyber ​​mining".

"actually."

At this moment, Xiao Ai's voice came from the train: "Conductor, you can completely put the residents into a combat training virtual space and use nutrient solution to maintain their lives, so that the residents can remain in a coma."

"Mining in my dreams 24 hours a day."

"I dream three times a day."

"This way, the chances of obtaining iron ore from dreams will be higher."

“No need to mine in the real world anymore.”

(End of this chapter)