This reminded him that the train currently had a lot of people and needed other positions besides "thugs" and "slaves," such as cleaning staff to clean the carriages regularly.
Today, when he went to check on the "oxygen machine" in the goblin carriage number 10, it was so dirty that he didn’t even want to set foot there.
He immediately picked up the intercom.
"Weren’t there over 60 female slaves who chose to mine yesterday? Women are still not as strong in mining as men. Go pick out ten capable ones to solely handle cleaning the train."
"And pick one young and good-looking, smart, not stubborn, to specifically clean my train cabin."
"The pay will still follow the Level 3 slave, with promotions based on the number of working days."
After arranging this matter.
Chen Mang then looked at the train panel.
Currently, there were still more than a thousand units of iron ore and over 130,000 copper ore in the train.
It was originally 140,000 units of copper ore, but a few thousand units were consumed killing that dozen pangolins at Kunlun Mountain. Though the balista could have done the job, the heavy machine gun dealt damage faster and was more secure.
Any slower, and those pangolins would have all ended up in that "Rock Snake’s" belly.
Copper ore is meant to be used.
If you hold back and miss the opportunity, that would be foolish.
The iron ore was running low, but that doesn’t matter — a large amount of iron ore would come in after the slaves finished today’s work.
In a while, I will need to chop down some wood. Not many parts in the train require wood, but that "Clothing Customization Production Line" requires wood to make clothes, and this outfit has been worn for quite a while now.
Though washed a few times, it remains somewhat inconvenient.
It will be time to craft a well-fitted outfit for him, and a new set of clothes for the slave thugs as well.
Chen Mang couldn’t help but shake his head and laughed, he almost forgot that this outfit was from his past life, and from the initial difficulty of acceptance, he has now gradually integrated into this world, and memories of the past life are becoming blurry.
From a certain perspective, this world is a bit freer.
As long as he thinks about it in his mind, he can turn it into reality, provided he has enough ability and means.
The day ended, and when over a thousand slaves were queued to receive their bread, it almost killed Old Pig from exhaustion. Previously, when there were only 200 slaves, it was manageable for Old Pig to distribute food on his own, but now it simply couldn’t keep up.
At Old Pig’s suggestion.
He picked out ten people from the mining women to handle some odd jobs.
As the train’s population increased, many odd jobs also multiplied.
Chen Mang didn’t have any objections to this; besides the original positions of slaves and thugs, the Constant Star Train was gradually introducing other roles, implying that the train was subtly developing towards a more formal route.
A small society will form inside the Constant Star Train.
And Chen Mang finally reaped today’s harvest.
A total of 110,000 units of iron ore.
These two Level 2 iron mines, with an estimated extractable quantity of 380,000 units of iron ore by "Resource Detection Radar." At this rate, it would take at most four days to completely extract these two iron mines, which is significantly more efficient than during the Doomsday Abyss.
Though the efficiency of the new slaves was still not comparable to the old ones, they were overall much stronger than before after training.
Though painful while feeding the slaves, when harvesting begins, everything seems worthwhile.
Chen Mang made a point to walk to cargo carriage number 3, looking at the refrigerator filled with Level 2 iron ore, his eyes full of emotion and contentment. For the past few days, he had spent so much effort, rescuing survivors in Taiping City, risking his life searching for pangolins at Kunlun Mountain, all for this.
Isn’t it all for the present?
After seeing these things, all his fatigues vanished over these days, it was all worth it.
He smiled, and now it’s the moment to start splurging!
The first thing was the "Wind-Fire Wheel," previously upgraded to Level 5; upgrading from Level 5 to Level 10 required 35,000 units of iron ore. He didn’t upgrade then because resources were tight, but now he doesn’t lack iron ore, so naturally, he would upgrade the Wind-Fire Wheel immediately.
Speed often equates to safety, sometimes even more crucial than armor.
Theoretically, as long as you run fast enough, high-level armor is not necessarily required.
The Wind-Fire Wheel increases the speed limit by 20 km/h with each level up.
After upgrading to Level 10, the base speed goes from the original 130 km/h to 230 km/h, which is just the speed limit added by the "Wind-Fire Wheel" component.
Adding on, the base speed of the Level 2 train is 130 km/h.
The train’s speed limit directly reaches 360 km/h.
Of course, this is a theoretical number.
Considering the train’s dead weight, the "Train Assistance AI" at the control console says that with the Wind-Fire Wheel, the current train speed limit is——
This speed is enough to outrun nearly all wasteland creatures, even at Kunlun Mountain, hardly any creature could catch up to him, although the terrain at Kunlun Mountain doesn’t accommodate the Wind-Fire Wheel and only legs can be used, which have a fixed speed limit.
Chen Mang immediately noticed that in the 3D train model on the control console, the wheels made of white dotted lines were flashing continuously.
He immediately walked out of the train cabin, looking at that Wind-Fire Wheel below the Constant Star Train, raising an eyebrow: "So cool?"
The originally jet-black Wind-Fire Wheel had now turned a deep red.
Matching with the entirely black train, it did fit quite well; black and red have always been a classic color scheme, and the wheels became a bit bigger, making the rims look more aesthetic.
He looked at the Wind-Fire Wheel’s supermodel effect after upgrading to Level 10.
"Wind-Fire Wheel Level 10 Supermodel Effect": In gusty weather when speeding with a tailwind, the Wind-Fire Wheel will ignite, greatly boosting speed.
Chen Mang looked at this supermodel effect, honestly speaking, he was a bit confused at first, in the wasteland it’s okay, but if one day they go to the plains, and it’s during a season of withered grass.
If the Wind-Fire Wheel were to catch fire.
It would directly turn into an unstoppable wildfire.
All ashes would turn into fertilizer.
This effect...is pretty cool.
Chen Mang rested his chin thoughtfully, he had only encountered gusty weather once on the wasteland, when there was a tornado a few days ago, and the wind was quite strong that day, although not affected by the tornado in the Doomsday Abyss, the wind was indeed quite hefty.
Next time there’s gusty weather on the wasteland, he’ll give it a try.
To see what happens when the Wind-Fire Wheel ignites, this supermodel effect was actually within his expectations, as the type of supermodel effect of an upgraded component generally matches its type.
For example, a lifestyle component will have a lifestyle supermodel effect.
A speed type component will have a speed type supermodel effect.
A lifestyle component, say "refrigerator," with an upgraded supermodel effect turning into a bomb suddenly, wouldn’t blow up where it’s thrown; this is a basic rule of this world, it’s generally not liable to errors.
Of course, some unique components may generate some bizarre supermodel effects.
This effect is quite decent.
He was quite satisfied with it.
In special weather, it could dramatically increase the train’s moving speed, better for both fleeing and making progress.
Then he set his sights on the "Train Assistance AI" component.
This component could be considered the core functional component of the train currently.
Many components are connected to the "Train Assistance AI."
Upgrading from Level 5 to Level 10 cost 7,000 units of iron ore.
Upgrading from Level 1 to Level 5 only cost 2,000 units of iron ore, but upgrading from Level 5 to Level 10, the resources consumed were more than three times that.