Bai Cheng was just fretting about how to obtain this item, and unexpectedly, it was right by the swampy mud.
Although the demand for this item wasn't high, it was one of the essential materials for upgrading the train.
Bai Cheng didn't pick it up herself; instead, she assigned the task to Scarlet Fla.
Now that the stones were also gathered, she could build a kiln to replenish her charcoal supply.
Bai Cheng decisively chose to build it. It was a hemispherical structure, roughly reaching her stomach height.
The bottom opening served both to add fuel and to output the finished product.
Its structure was similar to a furnace, but with a maximum capacity of 20 units.
After adding wood, Bai Cheng imdiately left it alone.
And this ti, throughout the entire day, Bai Cheng didn't rush on her journey as she usually did.
She only traveled at full speed for two hundred kiloters, perfectly using up all the coal in the two iron chests.
At the sa ti, all the iron ingots were processed and submitted for upgrade materials, freeing up more space inside the train.
Now Bai Cheng only had one hundred coal left, but relatively, for the remaining ti, she traveled intermittently, with the three of them jointly collecting wood.
The original iron chests were refilled with wood, conservatively estimated to approach one thousand units of charcoal after all processing, including the amount already on hand.
Because all the chests were full, the excess wood still piled up in the carriage and the locomotive, making the interior space even more cramped.
Silent Night descends!
At this mont, the sky outside had completely darkened, and the gray mist not far away began to envelop the train.
Bai Cheng glanced at her wrist, frowning, “It’s dark at 4 o’clock; ti is indeed moving up again.”
This also ant that tonight would be even more dangerous than last night.
But Bai Cheng was not worried, because she was certain it was still within her control.
“Scarlet Fla, Zi Yuan, continue to slay enemies tonight and strive to beco stronger!”
“Yes, Miss.” Responses ca simultaneously from the roof and the locomotive.
Bai Cheng began preparing her dinner, ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ or rather, it was just roasted at.
A whole week of roasted at had made her sick of it, but there was no other way.
Bai Cheng suddenly thought of the potato seeds she had obtained and sighed, “Ah, when can I plant them?”
She felt that even with one carriage, the space was severely insufficient, and she didn't know how those survivors with only a single locomotive managed to live.
Tonight, Bai Cheng didn't have much of a plan, as she already had enough fuel, even too much for the carriage to hold.
She ate roasted at while tapping on the screen to relieve boredom, and checked the upgrade progress of her train.
Train: Steam Train
Level: Lv.1
Armored Core: None
Maximum connectable carriages: 1
Maximum speed: 60km/h
Employee #1: Scarlet Fla, Elite Tier 3 (...)
Employee #2: Zi Yuan, Elite Tier 3 (...)
Required for upgrade: 50/50 Flint, 50/50 Fine Wood, 200/200 Iron Ingots, 0/1 Train Core.
“Just missing this darn Train Core,” Bai Cheng pouted, a little displeased.
The difficulty of collecting this item was too high, wasn't it?
Even Bai Cheng only had 0.2 of it now, and the difficulty of upgrading the train was far greater than upgrading herself and her employees.
“This damn system is just a rip-off!”
Na: #1 Carriage
Level: Lv.1
Train Core Attribute: None
Required for upgrade: 100/100 Fine Wood, 0/1 Train Core
Bai Cheng had also completed the material requirents for the carriage upgrade, still lacking one Train Core.
She was speechless.
“Oh, right, what’s the situation with that Elent Collector?”
She hadn't rembered to check it all day, and two of the three pipes were already filled with different colored energies.
One was completely full, while the other was only halfway.
Na: Elent Collector
1 Elent Collected: Wild Growth (100%)
Description: This non-toxic gas is harmless to living organisms and can accelerate plant growth, reaching maturity in just seven fixed days.
2 Elent Collected: Deterrent Taming (34%)
3 Elent Collected: None
Compatible Train Core: None
Bai Cheng's eyes widened, then a hint of joy appeared on her face.
“This Wild Growth is made for planting!”
With a maturity period of only seven days, wouldn't they be able to eat vegetables?
But then Bai Cheng’s head drooped again. Not to ntion whether there was enough space, the problem was she didn’t even have a Train Core!
Bai Cheng stomped her foot in anger: “Darn it, darn it.”
As for the second elent, perhaps because it hadn't been fully collected, there was no description.
Do you want to extract the elent?
Seeing the prompt below, Bai Cheng ca to her senses, “Can it be extracted?”
Although the third pipe was still empty, she didn't understand the logic of this elent collection.
To be safe and avoid missing new elents, Bai Cheng decided to extract it first.
After confirming, the energy in this pipe within the collector began to rapidly decrease, then slowly flowed out from the bottom, gathering into a green, glass-like crystal.
Bai Cheng held it in her hand; it was cool and quite beautiful, far less disgusting than the previous green pus crystal.
“It seems that obtaining a Train Core must be related to reaching the Station,”
She rembered the fragnt she had obtained and imdiately realized the problem.
And now, Bai Cheng only needed to collect fuel; she had almost no demand for the materials produced day and night in the swamp.
“It seems rushing is the main priority,” she raised an eyebrow.
But Bai Cheng was now teammates with Yu Nian, and for the two to et, they had to arrive at the Station within the sa hour.
So even if she was eager to rush, it wouldn't work if the other party couldn't keep up with her pace.
Bai Cheng sent a ssage to Yu Nian.
“How much longer until you reach Station 2?”
The other party was very smart and imdiately understood Bai Cheng's aning, saying with so surprise.
“Xiao Cheng, you don’t lack anything anymore?”
“Mhm, just need to replenish fuel, and that’s enough.”
“Xiao Cheng is so fast! I’m still short on so equipnt materials, and the train’s supplies haven’t been fully submitted yet...”
Bai Cheng sighed, just about to reply, when Zi Yuan's clear, cold voice suddenly ca from outside the carriage.
“Miss, there’s a dungeon.”
“Dungeon... what’s that?” Bai Cheng didn't understand and walked to the carriage door to look at her.
“Miss, inside is a complex underground maze, harboring many demonic creatures,” Zi Yuan said, “Those muddy piles at various cave entrances will drop scrap iron, leather, and wood when broken.”
Bai Cheng understood Zi Yuan's aning; she was asking if she wanted these materials.
She looked back at the carriage, which was packed full of wood; there was no space for anything else.
Besides, the iron ingots had been temporarily submitted, and more would only be needed after the upgrade.
“No need...” Just as the words left her mouth, Bai Cheng imdiately changed her mind, “Bring it all back.”
She decided to give these extra materials to Yu Nian, which could also speed up her developnt.
After all, it was just a convenient thing to do.
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