Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

[Opening Level 4 Treasure Chest]

[Obtained: 8 Train Coins]

[Obtained: Observer Blueprint (Level 4)]

[Obtained: Safety Bracelet (Level 4)]

[Obtained: Wind-Up Monkey Doll Bomb Blueprint (Level 4)]

[Obtained: Profane Card (Fragment)]

Among the three items marked as Level 4, two were blueprints. Without a doubt, this treasure chest opening was much luckier than the last one.

Ye Qiyan eagerly extracted all the items to examine them.

[Observer Blueprint]

[When installed in any carriage, can monitor any part of the train and will sound an alarm upon detecting foreign intrusion]

A excellent train facility, though he currently lacked the electronic components and would need to search the Trading Platform for them.

[Safety Bracelet]

[Can block one fatal attack, will shatter after use]

An extremely brief description, yet incredibly practical. Survival was undoubtedly the most crucial matter in this world. When Ye Qiyan put the bracelet on his right wrist, he felt an inexplicable sense of security.

[Wind-Up Monkey Doll Bomb Blueprint]

[Production requires: 3kg metal, 40 mechanical parts, 400g gunpowder, 1kg fiber]

[When fully wound, the monkey doll will proceed to the designated location and self-destruct]

"400 grams of gunpowder? I remember 100 bullets only consumed 500 grams in total. But where can I get some gunpowder..." Ye Qiyan shook his head. Having blueprints without materials was truly frustrating.

"I'll have to purchase some." Having made his decision, he turned his attention to the final reward - something never obtained from previous chests. A black-and-gold card, one-third of a whole.

[Profane Card (Fragment)]

[Collect three fragments to synthesize the Profane Card]

[Profane Card: ???]

"So mysterious? Three-in-one synthesis, meaning... at least three Level 4 treasure chests? No, even Level 4 chests might not guarantee getting this." Ye Qiyan toyed with the unusually textured card. Though he didn't know what would happen after synthesis, it surely wouldn't be something ordinary.

[Trading Platform]

Purchasing on the platform didn't go smoothly. It wasn't that no one was selling, but the quantities were too small, prices inconsistent, and premiums too high. Even though he was relatively wealthy now, he didn't want to be taken for a fool.

Moreover, in the current situation, truly capable people had already passed through the initial difficult period. Items like gunpowder wouldn't be casually put up for sale. To make purchases, he needed to post messages directly in the chat room.

[Purchasing gunpowder. 200g can be exchanged for one compressed biscuit and one bottle of drinking water or one fresh tomato. Interested parties please search on the Trading Platform or message me privately with your offers.]

After sending the message, Ye Qiyan spent one Train Coin to pin it, ensuring all survivors would see it. Simultaneously, he posted another trade request for electronic components, setting the price at ten components for one bottle of mineral water plus one compressed biscuit.

After experiencing the Thunderstorm Platform, anyone slightly intelligent shouldn't be too short of water now. Regardless of cleanliness, boiling it would at least prevent death from thirst. Especially with Shangguan Yingxue, the major water seller - Ye Qiyan often saw her water listings on the Trading Platform, though he wondered if it was leftover bathwater.

Thus, Ye Qiyan added another compressed biscuit. Though he looked down on these biscuits, others didn't share his view. One bottle of water and one military compressed biscuit could sustain someone for a whole day without other food. Moreover, the biscuit's sweetness could provide some comfort in these life-and-death situations.

As for tomatoes - the castle kitchen at the fourth stop had an abundance of tomatoes among its vegetables and fruits. He had hauled back three large crates. Ancient sailors suffered scurvy from lack of fresh produce during long voyages. Though they were surviving on a train now, how different was it really from being on a ship?

["Damn, what's this message? Why's it pinned suddenly? So awesome."]

["Pinning a message costs one Train Coin! Holy crap, what a big shot. I only have one coin saved for upgrading train speed later. Someone actually spends it on this? Such a waste!"]

["What business is it of yours how the big shots spend their coins? Look at the name - Ye Qiyan. The same guy who sold rifles right after the first stop ended. He probably isn't short on Train Coins at all."]

["Are you all missing the point?! Don't you see? He's offering tomatoes! Fuck, I haven't had proper fruit in days, my mouth tastes like nothing. 200g gunpowder... hey, I actually found some in a corpse's backpack earlier. Was thinking of making bombs, but I might trade some for this."]

["Can I trade something else for tomatoes?"]

["Tomatoes are vegetables, not fruits!"]

["Gunpowder? @Ye Qiyan, what's it for? Making guns? Big shot, if you have any guns left, can you sell me one? I'll pay with Train Coins!"]

["Me too me too, big shot please sell me a gun!"]

As expected, there were capable people among the survivors. In a short time, Ye Qiyan completed ten preset trades. Looking at the two kilograms of gunpowder before him, he used some to manufacture his first batch of bullets.

[Bullets ×100 (Level 3)]

100 bullets materialized in the designated storage area. Ye Qiyan hefted them in his hand - they felt slightly heavier than the low-level bullets he initially obtained.

Loading one into his Black-gloss Pistol, he fired at a stack of metal. Where low-level bullets could only penetrate, the Level 3 bullet blew the entire stack apart.

"Tsk, how many times more powerful is this? So intense." Ye Qiyan was extremely satisfied with his creation. After manufacturing the remaining gunpowder into bullets, he stored the freshly made 999 Level 3 bullets in the special storage unit, allowing him to retrieve them anytime outside the train.

The chat interface flickered slightly. A friend had sent him a private message. Who could it be? Looking over, Ye Qiyan found not one, but all three of his contacts had messaged him.

Li Xiaosheng: ["Friend, remember what I said? I have gunpowder, you can make weapons. If we join forces, we can become kings of all conductors!"]

A chuunibyou case. Not worth responding to.

Zhao Lin: ["Brother Ye, can you sell me a gun? I can pay with Train Coins."]

A smart trading partner. Worth doing business with.

Shangguan Yingxue: ["What level is your train at now?"]

Hmm? The last message gave Ye Qiyan pause. What did this woman mean? If she was asking whether he'd reached Level 2, that would be pointless - after the fourth stop, besides Li Xiaosheng, others had also upgraded to Level 2. Even if Ye Qiyan hadn't announced it, people would assume he was among them.

Ye Qiyan wasn't particularly concerned about his train level being exposed. Whether it was known or not didn't matter - he wasn't afraid.

["Just upgraded."]

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