Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 17 Volcano Eruption
After a quick shower back at the safe house, the little bit of food I ate in the morning had long been digested.

Jiang Ran quickly made a tomato and beef rice bowl, devoured it with milk tea, and then happily took a nap. When she woke up, it was already past 3 p.m.

She saw through the monitor that the cement surface that had been filled in was completely dry, and under such high temperatures, it should have completely solidified by night.

Jiang Ran took out the first bottle of insect repellent she had obtained and sprinkled it around the safe house; it was barely enough.

Next, we just need to wait quietly for the first volcanic eruption, and then go to find the little spinning top to "stock up".

Although she was in the safe house, Jiang Ran didn't stay idle; she planned to practice her fighting and dodging skills.

Although she is physically fit, her fighting skills are practically nonexistent, and her combat awareness consists only of subconscious physical reactions.

It might be enough to deal with ordinary people, but as the game progresses, everyone will get all sorts of enhanced skills and items, and even highly destructive weapons.

The level of dangerous creatures appearing in the subsequent treasure chests will continue to increase. If she remains stagnant, the advantage of her rebirth will be wasted.

But this is also what troubles Jiang Ran.

She could easily dodge ordinary attacks with her agility; what she needed was quick judgment and accurate response in life-or-death situations.

This is what is commonly known as the fighting instinct.

Sometimes, even if you have 100 units of strength, if you use the wrong approach, you may not be able to exert 50% of it.

However, these combat instincts are basically accumulated through constant training and combat. Jiang Ran, as an ordinary person, simply does not have a suitable training path.

It seems that all she can do is follow along with the videos and practice some boxing exercises...

How can we quickly improve her combat skills?

If there were skill cards like "Fighting Mastery," that would be great; at least it would give her a proper training direction.

Unable to find a solution for the time being, Jiang Ran had no choice but to take a different approach and first make full use of the speed advantage brought by her agility.

Inside the safe house, a small, square training room had been set up in advance. She searched the entire space and found ten automatic tennis ball serving machines, which she paired up.

Then she would catch the launched tennis balls with her bare hands until she could accurately dodge and hit all the tennis balls at the highest launch speed, and then increase the number of serving machines one group at a time.

Jiang Ran, who was originally full of confidence because of her high agility, almost got a black eye and a swollen face from the tennis ball in the first round.

Although she is very fast, tennis balls bounce back after hitting the wall or floor, especially in this small room, where high-speed shots often bounce back several times without losing speed.

With so many balls in the room, she often struggles to find the most efficient way to dodge them when facing balls on several tracks at once.

Jiang Ran, who had been hit by the ball several times, was not discouraged at all, but instead became even more eager to try.

A challenge is a good thing; otherwise, the purpose of training would not be achieved.
Through constant dodging and hitting, Jiang Ran finally became more familiar with her current body. Those numerical values, through repeated practice, truly transformed into her own strength.

After practicing for almost two hours, seeing that she had less than a third of her stamina left, Jiang Ran finally stopped, still feeling unsatisfied.

Her body was covered in bruises, and she would grimace at the slightest touch, but her smile was radiant.

Although she hasn't been able to catch all the balls while perfectly dodging them yet, she can clearly feel her progress compared to the beginning.

The feeling of constantly getting stronger through exercise is truly addictive.

I glanced at the time; it was almost 18 PM, and the first volcanic eruption was about to occur.

In reality, volcanic eruptions themselves don't directly cause player casualties. The volcanic material in the dungeon is somewhat special and won't be easily melted by lava. This can be considered a way out left for players by the game.

The real danger lies in the lava flowing in through the excavated tunnels, the unstoppable high temperatures, and the fire ants that surge out along with the lava.

In his previous life, many people were instantly swallowed up because they happened to be hiding in the path of the lava flow, and he may have even dug this tunnel himself.

As lava flowed out, even with the mountain rocks acting as a barrier, many people still died from dehydration, and some bodies were even evaporated.

The only reason Jiang Ran survived her previous life was because she was lucky; the volcano she was hiding in didn't erupt, so the number of fire ants decreased significantly.

After the volcanic eruption, the surviving players hid like rats in the winding caves, where fire ants roamed everywhere where lava had flowed.

Once spotted by the fire ant scouts, if you fail to catch up and eliminate them within half a minute, you'll be met with a dense army of fire ants and the sound of your flesh being mercilessly devoured.

Soaking in a jacuzzi filled with essential oils, Jiang Ran relaxed her body while browsing the chat room.

The unusual noises outside were getting louder and louder, and everyone realized that something was wrong.

"I've been wanting to ask this for a while... Could there be a volcanic eruption on this kind of map?"

"I told you long ago that I heard strange noises last night, but you wouldn't believe me!"

"With so many volcanoes, how can they all erupt? If they do erupt, then we'll all die."

"I don't want to die! I finally managed to find so many supplies, I want to live!"

"Shut up, who doesn't want to live? Pray that lava won't seep into the cave where you're hiding."

……

Two minutes later, the sound of countless volcanoes erupting at once sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Almost instantly, two-thirds of the avatars in the chat lobby went black, and the once lively public chat became incredibly deserted.

Jiang Ran opened her friends list, and Whirlwind Slash, who still owed her money, and Little Spinning Top, whom she wanted to kill, were still stubbornly lit up.

Two minutes later, a player named Red Carp Donkey Green asked in the chat lobby, "Are you still alive?"

Then, a group of players who had survived the ordeal began to emerge.

"Oh my god, I was so scared! I thought I wasn't going to make it this time!"

"Hahaha, my mountain didn't erupt, so I'm the legendary chosen one!"

"That's enough. My mountain hasn't exploded yet, but I always feel like the game is still holding back a big one."

"Shut up, will you? You barely escaped this ordeal, can't you just wish yourself well?"

"No, it's too hot. If I had a bottle of ice water right now, I'd be willing to eat three boxes of ice cream."

"Eat and take, right?"

"Although my mountain erupted, it is a solid mountain. I dug all the way up, and the magma couldn't get in."

"Wait, did you hear something...?"

(End of this chapter)