CHAPTER 129: CHAPTER 105: "WHAT A KILLER MOVE, BUDDY._2

"Forget about these people."

Chen Mang, standing inside the carriage with a cane, frowned: "This labyrinth is crucial for the development of the Fixed Star. Find ten more people, have them enter the labyrinth to look for the endpoint."

"Understood."

Soon.

Ten residents were found and stuffed into a refrigerator.

...

An hour later.

Inside the carriage.

Chen Mang handed the magazine in his hand to Old Pig: "I am going to sleep first. Tell me the fastest clearing time tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we will head to the green area ’Shahe Plain.’"

"Clear everyone out of the labyrinth as soon as someone comes out."

"I need it."

"Yes."

...

On the Shahe Plain.

Inside the "Azure Dragon" train stationed beside a level 2 iron mine, a bald man with dark circles and vacant eyes lay on the control desk, staring dazedly at the intercom in front of him.

He felt like he had turned into a waiting stone.

Over thirty days had passed!

Is there really no one with a hard head willing to attempt the S-level job transfer task of the mechanical train?

He’s been thinking about this for over thirty days, hasn’t slept well, and now he has dark circles to show for it.

"Mom..."

"Has this intercom really not sounded while I was asleep?"

"No."

A mechanical and crisp voice quickly came from inside the train: "This is the eighth time you’ve asked this question, I’m an AI, as long as the train’s power isn’t interrupted, I won’t enter a dormant state."

"Ah, damn..."

The bald man sighed deeply, then crawled listlessly off the control desk, leaned back on the chair, and murmured while looking at the ceiling: "Heaven... Please grant me a hard-headed person..."

"I really need those 30 Murphy Stones."

...

The moon set and the stars faded, the constellation shifted.

Shortly, daybreak came.

When Chen Mang woke up from his slumber, he stretched lazily and looked energetically at the calendar on the wall, his eyes brimming with anticipation, today was the day to head towards "Shahe Plain."

"Shahe Plain" and "Kunlun Mountain" are both green zones.

But last time he went to "Kunlun Mountain," the Resource Detection Radar didn’t pick up a single resource mine, not even a wood field. Although the mountains were full of forests, the trees in those forests couldn’t be harvested for timber.

So he was quite skeptical.

Are there really no resource mines in Kunlun Mountain?

He needed a batch of iron ore to upgrade parts and for the consumption when upgrading to level 4 train. Shahe Plain was his best, or rather, only option.

As for the S-level difficulty job transfer task, it could only be done at Shahe Plain.

No matter the difficulty, job transfer tasks could only be done at Shahe Plain.

Once a job transfer is successful, it won’t immediately upgrade to level 4.

Only after fulfilling all conditions for upgrading to level 4 train will it upgrade, and it will then truly display the special attributes from a successful job transfer, and no longer be able to enter lower-level zones.

Such as the white zone "Tieling Wasteland."

Since crossing over into this world, he had landed on the "Tieling Wasteland," and after staying over two months there, he had almost developed feelings for it. He crossed over when autumn had just begun, and now it was near winter.

Fortunately, with the "Central Air Conditioning" and the clothes he had made, the people on the train wouldn’t freeze to death.

At this moment—

Old Pig came to report yesterday’s clearance completion list, the fastest one took about four and a half hours to find the endpoint, the slowest... just got out this morning, looking quite mentally unsound, pupils seemed unfocused.

Everyone in the labyrinth had already been brought out by Li Shiji.

Li Shiji had an extremely strong sense of space in his mind, with a clear plan of the entire labyrinth, making going through it like returning home, but it was quite exhausting, having to search dead ends for lost residents was a physically daunting task...

Everything was ready, now just waiting for the right breeze.

...

"..."

All the residents and guards had returned to their positions on the Fixed Star train, as Chen Mang sat at the control desk contemplating what’s ahead in the wasteland, with thoughts of soon leaving the plain. He wondered if there were any matters left unresolved.

Returning later would be difficult.

Ah, yes.

He found a young man in his private chat list who had given him the accessory blueprint for an "Oxygen Generator" and sent over the coordinates of thirteen level 1 iron mines on the ground.

These were discoveries made in recent days.

All level 1 iron mines, he was too lazy to stop and mine, but for a novice train, such information should still be quite valuable, so when there’s no more mines to dig, there’s no longer a need to blindly search the wilderness like a headless fly.

Just head straight to these coordinates.

...

"...Ah?"

On the wasteland.

Inside the speeding "Protagonist" train, a young man filled with anxiety stared intently at the "Resource Detection Radar," hoping for an iron mine to pop up, when suddenly he saw the private chat window with the Fixed Star train sending the coordinates of 13 iron mines.

His whole body stiffened in place.

His lips even started to tremble faintly.

"Bro... did something happen to you? Send me your coordinates, my train’s firepower is decent, I’ll come see if I can lend a hand."

Unexpectedly.

The Fixed Star train must have encountered some major danger, must be facing imminent death to send him these 13 iron mine coordinates, otherwise that would be a significant asset on the wasteland, why suddenly give it to him?

Even if he had helped the Fixed Star train before, such a return was excessive, wasn’t it?

And the Fixed Star train responded quickly.

-

"Fixed Star Train": "I’m heading for advanced areas, these coordinates are no use to me, I’ve given them to you."

-

The young man was initially stunned before quickly reacting, jumping excitedly and expressing his gratitude before turning to the nearest coordinate to him.

All the anxiety in his eyes vanished.

His eyes full of hope and excitement.

Like the Pirate King, he stood on the control desk shouting at the empty wasteland ahead: "Advance!!!"

He knew...

The Fixed Star train looked like a protagonist’s train, grabbing onto a protagonist’s leg surely wouldn’t yield nothing, you see, these 13 level 1 iron mine coordinates, isn’t that worth more than an absent "Oxygen Generator"?

For a long upcoming stretch of time.

He wouldn’t need to run around the wasteland searching for mines, even if one of these iron mines was occupied by a monster, he could simply go to the next one, by the time all 13 mines were depleted, the first one would almost be ready to refresh.

Perhaps before heading to advanced zones, he wouldn’t need to find another mine, these 13 mines would suffice.

...

"Hmm."

Chen Mang skimmed over the words of gratitude from the "Protagonist" train without looking too closely, remembering that person’s gift of the "Oxygen Generator" accessory, which greatly helped him, he didn’t mind giving some return.

And also...

He opened a small notebook in a drawer, with two sentences written inside.

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"Soda, malicious speculation."

"Purple Cloud Train, arrogant tone, wanted to collide trains with me, even asked if I dared to speak loudly in front of him."

-

He immediately topped a message on the train radio.

"Fixed Star Train": Please have the Train Captains of Soda and Purple Cloud Train contact me, I want to make a deal with you.

Soon——

Without looking at the commotion caused in the train radio by his appearance, he looked instead at the private message sent by the "Purple Cloud" Train Captain.

So fast?

"Purple Cloud Train": "Bro... there are a lot of people outside, I’m kneeling to you, I was wrong, could you... spare me, I admit my words were a bit arrogant back then, primarily because I had just blown up two carriages that day, wasn’t in a great mood, emotions got the better of me."

"Fixed Star Train": "What are you saying, friend, send your coordinates, I just want to make a trade with you."

"Purple Cloud Train": "Bro, dear bro, I really know I was wrong..."