Bro, following me has made you suffer.
But I must admit, this virtual training space really can train a person’s pain tolerance. The first time Master Mang crushed me, I felt like I was going insane, but the second time... I could actually stab a knife into that woman’s neck before the pain killed me.
I suddenly have a bit of admiration for myself; the progress is quite fast.
Could I actually be a genius?
He sighed lightly after a moment.
"These days, just continue to mine. I’ve taken note of your name, and when we expand the thug members, I’ll submit your name and information."
"Master Fang, Master Fang, Master Fang!"
"Stop calling me Master Fang, you are the masters; calling you masters is okay with me, isn’t it?"
On the Tieling Wasteland.
Inside a speeding train, a man stood in the train compartment looking angrily at the two burly men in front of him, cursing with rage and spraying spit everywhere: "Last time I sent you to Taiping City to search for supplies, you emptied the gym of equipment!"
"You guys are really something!"
"That batch of gym equipment is still sitting on the train, and it’s never been sold. Tell me, who the hell would buy this stuff during Doomsday?"
"Do you want to go back and grab some protein powder?"
The burly man on the left spoke in a buzzing voice, "We looked. Back then, the gym didn’t have any protein powder; it was all gone."
The man almost choked, but after a long moment, he took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
"Okay, let’s not talk about the protein powder thing, can we?"
"Let the gym issue go for now."
"Let’s talk about now."
"This time, when I sent you to search for resources in Taiping City, what did I tell you two old fellows, repeat it for me."
The burly man on the left spoke without hesitation.
"Only search for survivors, food, cigarettes, and alcohol."
The man nodded heavily, then pointed at the treadmill beside the train compartment and nearly roared, "Then what the hell did you bring back for me, huh!!!"
"Why the hell is it another damn treadmill!"
"Didn’t you motherf***ers remember? I said survivors, food, and cigarettes and alcohol, huh!!"
At this moment, the burly man on the right weakly raised his hand and said somewhat aggrievedly: "But we didn’t find any survivors, food, or cigarettes and alcohol."
"So you motherf***ers brought back another treadmill?!"
"We only saw this... thinking we shouldn’t return empty-handed, so we brought it back."
Master Fang sat down heavily in his chair, unable to help but laugh from sheer rage. It turns out that indeed, when someone is extremely angry, they laugh. He didn’t even know what to say; these two brothers’ brains really weren’t right.
But they were extremely obedient to him.
So even if he was mad, he could only scold them a bit; he certainly couldn’t do anything rash with this precious train.
Besides, except for not being satisfactory in scavenging supplies, these two brothers really didn’t have any other issues.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down as much as possible, and after a long while, he spoke calmly.
"Promise me, next time don’t bring back treadmills again, okay?"
"Let’s bring something else."
The two brothers exchanged a glance, then both nodded solemnly, before softly and tentatively asking, "So, Master Fang, can we start eating?"
The man nodded expressionlessly: "Let’s eat. How could we let two masters go hungry, gotta make it up to you."
Inside the Constant Star Train, Chen Mang looked at the Train Panel. Including the iron ore mined this afternoon, there were a total of 4.8w units of iron ore. By mining for another day tomorrow, this Level 2 iron mine would be exhausted.
He looked at the remaining five optional accessories to be crafted.
"Central Air Conditioning," "Storage Box," "Permanent Shock Absorption," "Medical Cabin," "Unknown Accessories"
He immediately spent 3000 units of iron ore.
Crafted the "Central Air Conditioning," "Permanent Shock Absorption," and "Medical Cabin."
All three were yellow-grade vehicle accessories.
However, they were crafted but not upgraded as the iron ore was insufficient.
He couldn’t craft the "Storage Box" at the moment because it required wood, which he didn’t have.
Each of these three accessories required 4.5w units of iron ore to upgrade to Level 10, and he happened to have that much left over, which he needed to use to arrange meals for the slaves tonight and tomorrow morning. Once more iron ore was obtained, he could upgrade them.
He also spent 1000 units of iron ore to craft a "Combat Training Virtual Space" and placed it in the train compartment.
He then took off his clothes and went inside again.
In reality, he could enter with his clothes on, but the clothes would get wet, and then he’d have to dry them, which was troublesome.
The nutrient solution in the "Combat Training Virtual Space" seemed viscous, but when it adhered to the skin’s surface, there was no sticky feeling, just like clear water, and after emerging from the nutrient solution, his skin looked cleaner, as if he’d gotten a salt scrub.
Once again, he came to the familiar white space.
Holding a dagger, he stood on the rooftop of an office building, looking at the enemies patrolling at the entrance of the building, casually indulging in some leap of faith before nightfall; it was quite fun.
When the time reached the second evening, the iron mine had been completely mined, raising the train’s iron ore units to 14.7w.
Under the starry sky.
The Constant Star Train, now fitted again with the Wind-Fire Wheel, began racing over the wasteland along the path of the subterranean river, continuing to search for mines under Tieling Wasteland until an hour later.
When it was about half an hour away from Mohe Hill, the radar finally beeped again.
And this time...it was a big haul.
Chen Mang squinted as he looked at the Resource Detection Radar, which displayed a cavern in an underwater river at 8000 meters below containing three Level 2 iron mines adjacent to one another, along with a Level 2 copper mine.
He couldn’t help but grin.
This time, it really was a big score.
The train stayed there for repairs, and they wouldn’t descend until the next day. Even though there was adequate oxygen underground via the Oxygen Generator, breathing the moving air above the wasteland was still more comfortable.
There was a sense of freedom.
Though he had to flee from Kunlun Mountain, in the Tieling Wasteland, no one could provoke him. Even if a Level 3 boss attacked him at night, it would only bring him blueprints.
If a Level 3 train came to attack, then...
He truly wanted to see it; so far, he had only heard about a Level 3 train on the Train Radio, but had never seen one in person. He wondered how it would compare to his Level 3 train?
When the sun rose over the Tieling Wasteland.
The Constant Star Train had already disappeared from the surface and appeared in the cavern next to the underground river 8000 meters deep, where all the slaves had long lined up to receive food and get to work.
The headlights and Oxygen Generator had also started working.
Standing in the train compartment, Chen Mang looked out toward the three connected Level 2 iron mines in the distance and smiled.
With this batch of iron ore, he could basically complete the upgrades for the remaining components to reach a Level 3 train, then upgrade the armor to Level 6, manufacture 100 refrigerators, and finally complete mining deep within Tieling Wasteland. After that, it would just about be time to leave the Tieling Wasteland.
Preparing to go to the green area to complete the job transfer task, then upgrade to a Level 4 train.
Everything was moving in a positive direction.
After mining this batch, he’d go to Mohe Hill to find a couple of Level 2 woodfields, then the train would lack nothing; it would have it all.
He would go to the Kunlun Mountain area and slaughter all the monsters there!