The next morning, the train was speeding across the Muddy Swamp at 60km per hour.
Zi Yuan sat cross-legged on the roof, holding her sword, her eyes closed in ditation, unperturbed by the strong winds that made her hair flutter around her ears.
Red Fla stood on the driver's platform, looking ahead, his expression much more relaxed compared to the night.
Although there was a chance of encountering elite-level solitary beasts at night, Bai Cheng was still unlucky enough not to encounter them.
She guessed it might be that the ti hadn't co yet, and perhaps if she stayed a few more days, she might encounter them.
The timber in the carriage was still full, and even Bai Cheng herself couldn't say how many kiloters the train had traveled so far.
She rubbed her eyes, drowsily pushed open the carriage door, and walked inside.
She glanced at the information on the detection platform.
"Distance to the next station: 1060km."
Over a thousand units of timber could be burned one-to-one to produce an equivalent amount of charcoal, but it could only travel a little over 500 kiloters.
However, the train's speed was still too slow, and the dayti was short.
In reality, even if Bai Cheng didn't replenish timber midway, the charcoal inside the train was completely sufficient to last until dark.
She irritably ran her fingers through her hair: "There are only about nine hours left today, and the fuel is just enough."
Bai Cheng wanted to hurry at full speed and reach the station quickly.
But the remaining distance was clearly not enough for her to achieve this goal in one day.
Moreover, even without Bai Cheng deliberately rushing at night, she had already pulled three hundred kiloters ahead of Yu Nian.
Fortunately, after Bai Cheng's material assistance yesterday, Yu Nian was no longer lacking in any materials except for fuel, and could also travel at full speed.
"Are these new species killed yesterday?"
She suddenly noticed two green employee cards placed on the driver's platform.
One of them was a human-shaped red-eyed monster, ugly in appearance, impossible to tell what it was.
The other was a large blob of sticky, sli-like monster.
Bai Cheng scanned their information separately and gained a basic understanding of these two creatures.
"Corpse Ghoul and Sli Monster..." She stroked her chin, "By their nas, they also sound like undead creatures."
Bai Cheng found that most of the creatures in the swamp were these types of gregarious undead monsters; their individual strength was actually not much different from wild beasts.
Not strong, but disgusting enough.
"Map characteristics, huh?" Bai Cheng put away the two employee cards.
She now had five green employee cards, and next ti she planned to start upgrading directly from the green employee cards.
Then she looked at her own level and the levels of her two employees; they had all leveled up again, but only by one level.
Red Fla and Zi Yuan had both reached Elite Rank 4, and Bai Cheng had reached Normal Rank 5.
She felt that she was becoming less and less like an ordinary person, with her three attributes already approaching 20 points.
"Strength: 18"
"Physique: 17"
"Spirit: 13"
"The higher the level, the slower the leveling speed becos," Bai Cheng was not surprised by this.
However, since she couldn't reach Second Station today, she could continue grinding levels tonight.
Around noon, most of the timber in the carriage had been consud.
Bai Cheng finally decided to stop and replenish supplies, and also to solve the lunch problem.
The master and two servants sat by the train, and thanks to Red Fla's ability, there was no need to worry about food at all.
Bai Cheng was grilling at, while Red Fla was devouring raw at, blood staining the corners of his mouth, looking exactly like a wild beast.
Well, he wasn't human to begin with.
Now Bai Cheng felt like vomiting when she slled grilled at, and seeing this scene, she couldn't help but ask, "Is there no cooking technology in this world? Do all you monsters eat raw?"
Red Fla seed very surprised by this question, with an expression that said, 'Isn't that obvious?'
Zi Yuan, beside her, suddenly spoke, "So gregarious creatures do have the habit of processing food."
Bai Cheng, without a word, shoved a piece of grilled at into her hand: "Try it. It can't be worse than raw at, right?"
Zi Yuan was sowhat surprised and awkwardly took it.
While the enticing aroma still made her hesitate whether to take a bite, Red Fla beside her had already taken a big bite and started chewing.
Seeing this, Zi Yuan finally took a bite, but only a small one.
But then her eyes lit up, and she looked at Bai Cheng in disbelief: "Miss, this... is delicious!"
Red Fla also nodded in undeniable agreent: "It does taste better, but for a subordinate like , the purpose of food is just to fill the stomach, and processing it is too much trouble."
"If it tastes good, eat more. I grilled a lot," Bai Cheng said with a smile.
Her appetite was small, but Zi Yuan and Red Fla were different; the forr, despite her small stature, had an even larger appetite than the latter.
After a whirlwind of eating, Zi Yuan still looked at Red Fla with eager eyes.
The latter imdiately reacted: "You're still eating?"
Zi Yuan said nothing, just nodded.
While the two employees were still eating outside, Bai Cheng had already returned to the carriage.
She used the Fine Wood Decoration Blueprint, naturally for the carriage.
The next second, the cheap, rough wooden walls and ceiling inside the entire carriage beca exquisite.
The overall color sche changed from the original greenish-brown to brownish-brown, exposed wires were hidden, the floor and walls beca glossy as if waxed, and windows were opened on both sides, making it brighter.
"Is that it?" Bai Cheng didn't pay too much ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) attention.
She then took out the previously rewarded random blueprint and chose to use it.
"Na: Cooking Pot (Blueprint)"
"Introduction: A simple cooking tool."
"Review: Finally, I can cook inside the train!"
"Construction Requirents: Iron Ingot * 2, Timber * 2, Stone * 2"
Bai Cheng's face instantly darkened, "It only gave a pot?"
However, this item was indeed useful to her; at least she wouldn't have to keep eating grilled at.
This was a not-too-large iron pot, suspended by a wooden fra, built on a square stone base.
Bai Cheng also placed it in the front carriage.
Subsequently, the train restarted.
......
In a blink of an eye, it was the evening of the next day, and Bai Cheng was now only 10km away from Second Station.
She stood at the front of the train, looking into the distance, and could even faintly see the blurred, gigantic triangular curtain at the end of her sight.
The train began to slow down, not only to welco the arrival of Silent Night, but also for Bai Cheng to wait for Yu Nian to catch up in the remaining ti.
"I can't move forward tonight, so it looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow noon to enter the station."
With the station now within reach, Bai Cheng was no longer as anxious.
"Perfect, I'll use this last night to try and level up again!"
However, before Bai Cheng could give orders to her two employees, the observation platform beside her suddenly sounded an alarm.
At the sa ti, Red Fla abruptly looked out the window, and Zi Yuan on the roof instantly opened her eyes.
"This is..."
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