"I have the accessory blueprint for the train’s headlight here. What price can you offer?"
A straightforward question.
"What price do you want?"
"5000 units of iron ore."
"That’s too high. The blueprint for a white accessory isn’t worth that price."
"You’re currently ranked first in the wasteland train leaderboard; you surely don’t mind this amount of iron ore."
"True. Send your train’s coordinates, and I’ll deliver it to you."
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"..."
Inside the train compartnt, Chen Mang slightly squinted his eyes, playing with the item in his hand—a sharpened branch with brown bloodstains on it.
This was a simple tool he crafted on his third day after crossing into this world for self-defense.
With this branch, he once killed a man who ca to provoke him.
Although with the train’s current power, he no longer needed this branch, it held a special sentint for him, during those days when he had no sense of security and could die in the wasteland at any mont.
This ordinary branch gave him a faint and only sense of security.
He didn’t mind visiting this person once, and would also rescue so survivors from that person’s train, as he no longer worried about being unable to support slaves. All the underground iron ore in the Tieling Wasteland belonged to him; he only worried about not having enough slaves.
However, the other side didn’t reply imdiately, but after a long ti, responded again.
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"1000 units of iron ore, is that okay?"
"Sure."
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Chen Mang suddenly smiled. It seed this person had a sudden realization, or perhaps there was a wise person guiding them nearby.
Through remote trading, after placing 1000 units of iron ore on one side of the balance, the transaction was quickly completed, saving him a trip.
...
Upon receiving the accessory blueprint, he imdiately placed it on the control panel. As the blueprint dissolved into white dots and integrated into the control panel, the train soon acquired the authorization to craft this accessory.
He actually... always had a suspicion.
Could it be that all trains actually had the ability to craft all accessories, and the blueprint was rely a key to unlock this authorization?
Rather than the blueprint itself bestowing the technology to manufacture the accessory to the train.
Though just like the chicken-and-egg problem, it’s a pointless thing to ponder.
But he couldn’t help but think about it.
"Train Headlight."
A white accessory. He had seen several trains with this accessory. It wasn’t particularly rare, but for so reason, he didn’t have it.
It could not only be placed on the front of the train.
It could also be mounted on various areas outside the train carriages.
He crafted three of them, placing them at the front, middle, and the last carriage of the train.
And consud 4400 units of iron ore to upgrade the "Train Headlight" at the front to Level 10. Upgrading the accessory didn’t increase the brightness of the headlight; it only reduced energy consumption.
The accessory itself could switch between high beams and diffuse light.
The effect was still quite strong.
And two supermodel effects were acquired.
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"Train Headlight Level 5 Supermodel Effect": Consuming one Energy Stone can instantly emit a blinding flash of light. The strong light’s effect depends on the grade of the Energy Stone consud.
"Train Headlight Level 10 Supermodel Effect": None.
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"Hmm?"
Chen Mang looked at these two supermodel effects and lightly raised his eyebrows. The first effect was expected, just a flash effect, belonging to an auxiliary effect.
But he didn’t expect the second supermodel effect to be none.
This was the first ti he had seen a supermodel effect described as "none."
Which implied that not every accessory would have a supermodel effect at the corresponding level; so accessories had no corresponding supermodel effect when reaching a certain level.
That’s good.
It seed he wouldn’t need to consider upgrading the "Train Headlight" accessory in the future; Level 1 was practically sufficient, and the blinding flash effect wasn’t needed most of the ti, acting as a mild control skill.
At least for now, he couldn’t think of anywhere to use this effect.
However, when all three "Train Headlights" were connected to the engine through the circuit system, the previously dimly lit cave suddenly beca extrely bright, with strong lights dispelling all shadows.
The energy consumption wasn’t substantial, far lower than that of the "Oxygen Generator."
"..."
As the cave beca extrely bright, Chen Mang imdiately saw all the slaves working clearly, and he also saw the dozen or so slaves defecating in the far corner. Sotis it’s unnecessary to see so clearly.
The number had reached four figures.
Defecation and urination beca significant matters.
On the wasteland, it didn’t matter much, holding it on the train and defecating while the train was being repaired was fine, but in the cave, one couldn’t simply relieve themselves anywhere, so Old Pig had arranged a designated area for them to use as a toilet.
Yet...
After all, with over a thousand people, not everyone can hold it, and having lived on Master Kun’s train before, it was common for slaves to relieve themselves in the carriages. If the train were in a rush, it couldn’t simply halt for one person’s urgent needs.
The train urgently needed a toilet.
But he hadn’t seen the "toilet" accessory blueprint. If it didn’t work out... maybe he’d build two refrigerators to use as toilets since they were spacious enough, and then designate people to clean them daily.
Though crude, it wasn’t unfeasible.
He had to admit—
The "Refrigerator" truly was a versatile accessory.
When powered, it served as a large cold storage; when unpowered, it could be used as a warehouse, even a dormitory, and now a toilet. If one day he felt down, he could even use it to make soap.
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