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World Refresh: I Knew the Inside Info Ahead of Time

Chapter 86: Hidden Reward

Author: 苗苗种树
updatedAt: 2025-11-05

The wind and snow could not invade the train, the cold blocked outside.

Each time the train stopped, it would disturb countless survivors, yet very few survivors could actually board. Due to Li Xuan leaking information, R City's official base had the most people board this time.

In the standing ticket carriage, passengers sat on the floor sleeping. Passengers with money in their pockets didn't dare eat openly in the carriage either. They all queued for the toilet, and when their turn came, they would call a train attendant, buy a meal to take into the toilet, hiding inside to eat before coming out.

Passengers without money ate the free cockroach paste to replenish their strength.

Although the cockroach paste tasted terrible, it was very nutritious. With nutritional supplementation on the train, passengers had more strength than those hiding outside.

In the soft sleeper compartment, a train attendant pushed a cart of food inside.

"Guest, your ordered grilled lamb chops, grilled lamb leg, hot pot chicken, stone plate tofu, steamed Australian lobster, and garlic butter crayfish have arrived. Please enjoy slowly."

Huo Lingling held a grilled lamb leg in one hand, raising her other hand. "Wait a moment."

The train attendant stopped. "Guest, is there anything else you want?"

"What about our reward? Several days have passed, why hasn't the reward arrived yet? You're not embezzling our reward, are you?" Huo Lingling said.

The train attendant explained: "The reward is a special blood food, extremely precious, blood food that doesn't exist in this world. Cooking requires three days and three nights, then cooling for one day and one night for the internal toxicity to completely dissipate. In five hours, you will be able to see your reward."

Ding~ A mechanical sound rang in Li Xuan's mind.

Intelligence refresh!

[Train Secret: The Clown Train has the ability to travel between worlds. Following the rules has a probability of triggering hidden rewards.

Train Hidden Reward One: Upgrade to high-class soft sleeper treasure box, one-time consumption over 100,000 yuan can trigger the hidden reward Hell Savage Ox blood food.

(Hell Savage Ox is a product of the martial arts world, a mature Hell Savage Ox is equivalent to an innate martial artist. Its flesh and blood contain massive nutrition and toxicity. Through special cooking methods, the toxicity can be removed while preserving nutrition. Mortals eating this blood food can increase strength by 100 jin, have abundant qi and blood, laying a solid martial arts foundation.)

Note: The train's reward ox meat is only three jin. The train attendant may embezzle part of it. Exposing the attendant's embezzlement results in the attendant's death. Not exposing it means losing two and a half jin.

Hidden Reward Two: Train attendants wearing wild boar masks will steal passengers' food. Due to their secretive and swift movements, they're hard to detect. Catching a stealing attendant can trigger the hidden reward Desert Dragonfly egg.

(Desert Dragonfly is a product of the martial arts world, a miraculous creature born in the desert. Its growth path has three stages: juvenile form, growth period, and mature period. Mature Desert Dragonflies have a certain probability of transforming into Desert Flying Dragons, mastering sandstorm power, with realm equivalent to a Martial Emperor.)

Note: The attendant might provide a near-death Desert Dragonfly egg. Bribing the attendant can yield a superior Desert Dragonfly egg.

Hidden Reward Three: Train attendants wearing demon masks enjoy disguising as humans to frolic with humans. Catching an attendant hidden among passengers can trigger the hidden reward Pure Yang Martial Seed.

(Swallowing the Pure Yang Martial Seed makes one's qi and blood carry yang attributes, restraining yin-attribute energy, capable of harming anomalies. It gradually changes one's bone structure, enhancing martial arts potential, making one more suitable for cultivating martial arts. The longer the time, the greater the improvement.)

Note: The Pure Yang Martial Seed is unique. The attendant is unwilling to easily hand it over and will delay giving it to you until disembarkation while urging you to quickly get off. The Pure Yang Martial Seed must be swallowed immediately - exposed to air for over three seconds, it automatically dissolves.]

The Intelligence System was as powerful as ever, directly stripping the Clown Train bare.

All three hidden reward trigger conditions were provided, along with precautions.

'The first hidden reward is only three jin of savage ox blood food total, yet the attendant embezzles two and a half jin! The world turned upside down! Just who obtained this hidden reward!'

The other two hidden rewards also had small traps, easily getting people cheated if not careful.

Then, Li Xuan looked at another piece of intelligence.

[Fire King: Due to your warning, Huo Shuangshuang changed her fate and boarded the Clown Train. On the train, she conflicted with others and unexpectedly obtained a high-grade supernatural characteristic through firearms.

Huo Shuangshuang wanted to give the supernatural characteristic to Huo Lingling, but hard seat passengers aren't allowed into high-class soft sleeper compartments. After reaching the final destination, she searched for Huo Lingling but found nothing.

While exploring the island, she accidentally discovered a martial arts predecessor's cave dwelling, containing a demon pearl with the ability to devour flesh and blood to enhance martial arts foundation, eventually forming the Ten Thousand Devils Devour Me Body.

She returned to Blue Star with the train. After the world changed dramatically, she continuously used the demon pearl to devour mutant beast flesh and blood. When the base was invaded by Mountain-Moving Black Spiders, she was outside hunting mutant beasts, avoiding disaster.

Third version update, the martial arts world merged with Blue Star. Relying on her initially formed Ten Thousand Devils Devour Me Body, Huo Shuangshuang joined a demonic sect from the martial arts world. After cultivating to Martial Emperor, she attempted to control the Gluttony Ghost but was defeated, unfortunately perishing.]

After reading the intelligence, Li Xuan had only one thought: Huo Shuangshuang's luck was truly heaven-defying, easily obtaining another high-grade supernatural characteristic.

Going to the island, she could even pick up a demon pearl. Only in the third version did her luck turn bad, though it might also be that Huo Shuangshuang missed the power of the Gluttony Ghost.

In the hard seat carriage, Huo Shuangshuang sat by the window. She had good luck, assigned a window seat with a small table where she could sleep leaning on it, and observe outside through the window.

Pulling open the small cloth curtain, tall buildings flashed before her eyes, a vast white expanse.

"Attendant, one shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice," Huo Shuangshuang called out.

Through repeated inquiries, she concluded that shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice was the most economical and filling food on the train, costing only three hundred yuan per serving, limited to three hundred servings daily with one serving per person.

Perhaps because her carriage was close to the kitchen, purchasing after midnight daily guaranteed getting one.

As for whether she would get tired of it?

Huo Shuangshuang stated it was impossible. After one year of apocalyptic survival, she would gladly swallow her tongue eating shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice - eating it for several months wouldn't make her tired!

The young man and woman sitting beside Huo Shuangshuang swallowed saliva. The girl softly begged: "Sister, could you lend us some money? We have no money to buy food."

Huo Shuangshuang glanced at them and decisively refused, "I don't have much money either, can't lend to you."

The apocalypse reveals human nature. As a small team leader of R City's Exploration Team, she had witnessed countless dark aspects of human nature.

Initially she would still believe survivors, but later she realized survivors who lived until now were no pushovers - every one of them couldn't speak a truthful sentence, lies came effortlessly from their mouths. So she restrained her kindness, prioritizing self-protection.

The young girl immediately said: "We saw you have lots of money in your padded jacket, enough for several months of shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice. The train might reach its station any day, you don't need that much money, better lend it to us."

The young boy nodded, "Yes, yes, the train doesn't allow killing, but there's still danger. One person's strength ultimately can't match a group's. Our seats are connected, most suitable for becoming teammates."

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