My Doomsday Train

Chapter 85: "The area ahead is the Green Zone, Kunlun Mountains."

“Huff.”

Chen Mang took a deep breath, sitting at the control panel, gently rubbing his temples without saying much, just feeling a little tired. He had recently said how much iron ore could the slaves possibly consume.

But now there were 800 more slaves.

And they were all enjoying only the lowest, Level 3 slave treatment.

The daily food expenses had already surged to 1460 units of iron ore, which was a lot of pressure. He understood why he had never seen a train with more than a thousand slaves.

Who the hell could afford to feed them?

Opening his eyes every day meant nearly 2000 units of iron ore were consumed, just thinking about it gave him a headache.

This wasn't like crafting a component that you could use forever. This was a daily expense. If he didn't find any mines, he would lose money. Without enough iron ore reserves, these slaves would starve to death.

“Mang, do you want to lower the slave treatment?”

“When there’s no ore to mine, two slices of bread a day per person? Like Old Kun used to do?”

“No.”

Chen Mang shook his head almost without thinking, denying the suggestion: “The reason why the mining efficiency of the slaves on our train, the Stellar, is much higher than that of slaves on other trains is not only because we have good incentives, but also because we feed them well.”

“How can slaves work if they’re not full?”

“Besides, the Level 1, 2, and 3 slave treatment is something we decided long ago. We can't just change it as we please.”

“Let’s just leave it like this for now.”

“See if we can find another Level 1 iron mine. As long as we find a pangolin in the Kunlun Mountains, and it drops the 'Drill' blueprint, when we return to the Iron Ridge Wasteland, the iron ore deep underground will be ours. Then we won't have to worry about not having enough iron ore.”

“Understood.”

Old Zhu slowly exited the train car, gently closing the door behind him, and then sighed almost imperceptibly. Being the train captain was indeed not easy, having to manage so many mouths every day.

If this were before the apocalypse.

A company with a thousand employees would be a major taxpayer in the area, ensuring employment.

It's better to be the deputy train captain.

Whatever anyone else lacks to eat, he won't lack his share. He only needs to manage the people below him.

Compared to each other, it looked like an adult bullying a child.

“Don’t rush to run, wait for your slaves to come back from the mine before running.”

Just as the Level 1 train had already started accelerating, preparing to leave quickly, Chen Mang's voice came from the train's external speakers.

Soon.

A bald middle-aged man poked his head out of the train's sunroof, gratefully clasping his hands together and thanking him repeatedly. The train actually stopped. A dozen minutes later, about sixty or seventy slaves ran out of the mine, dashed into the train, and then the train honked its horn and sped away.

After this train left.

More than 1000 slaves holding pickaxes crawled out of the train, lined up to enter the mine, while Biaozi and others held Tenglong assault rifles to maintain order, and all the firepower components on the train also turned their muzzles at the slaves, subtly threatening them.

Perhaps they were indeed deterred.

This batch of new slaves had been on the train for a few days, and other than the few troublemakers who were shot on the first day, no more troublemakers had emerged since then. It's just that their work efficiency was a bit poor.

It was a Level 1 iron mine that had been half-mined.

By the time it got dark, the iron mine had been completely mined.

An income of more than 8000 units of iron ore, counting today's food consumption, meant an income of 6500 units of iron ore.

Now the train already has 15,500 units of iron ore. Making four Level 10 refrigerators requires 18,000 units of iron ore. It's still not enough. He still has to keep looking for mines.

Late at night.

All the slaves had already entered dreamland. Chen Mang was still sitting at the control panel, driving the train through the wasteland, searching for new iron mines.

“I miss the Abyss of the End Times so much.”

He looked somewhat absentmindedly at the stars in the sky. In the Abyss of the End Times, he never worried about not having any mines to mine. He only felt that there were too few slaves and not enough to use. Now there were enough slaves, but there were no mines to mine. Maintaining the slaves every day was a huge expense.

Finally—

Chen Mang, with dark circles under his eyes, stayed up until four in the morning, and finally found another ownerless Level 1 iron mine. He immediately didn't bother letting the slaves continue to rest. Everyone immediately got up and mined overnight.

“Damn it.”

Chen Mang glanced at the noisy and lively scene outside, and somewhat wearily climbed into bed. It was time for him to sleep.

Three days later.

Working overtime, this Level 1 ownerless iron mine was finally completely mined, with 30,000 units of iron ore arriving.

This iron mine was considered relatively large.

Adding to his original iron ore, the train now had 40,000 units of iron ore. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately crafted four Level 10 refrigerators and placed them in the No. 10 goblin slave car.

Goblin slaves were smaller in size and occupied relatively less space. Placing four refrigerators was more than enough.

It's just that the oxygen might be a bit scarce.

Open the refrigerator door and absorb as much as you can. It's fine as long as you don't die for the time being.

As for the 8 temporary carriages that were built, they were all devoured by his 'Geothermal Furnace', returning 400 units of iron ore.

He was about to enter a high-level area, and he couldn't let the train have an unarmored carriage. That would become the train's weak point. The attack of any monster in the high-level area could cause the unarmored carriage to be scrapped.

The remaining 22,000 units of iron ore should be enough as food and energy reserves.

At least it could last for 10 days.

If he couldn't find monsters like 'Pangolins' within these ten days, then he would have to sell some slaves at the market. After all, in the Iron Ridge Wasteland, it was impossible to guarantee that there would be mines to mine every day. Even if there were mines, they would basically be Level 1 iron mines. The daily consumption was too high, and he couldn't afford to maintain them.

At this time, it was late at night.

But Chen Mang was unwilling to continue staying and resting for another night. He immediately stepped on the accelerator, and the long train sped through the night, heading towards the westernmost part of the Iron Ridge Wasteland!

The target—

Kunlun Mountains.

In the wilderness, you can see mountains in the west when the weather is good.

But as the saying goes, 'Looking at a mountain can kill a horse'.

After driving at maximum speed for a whole night, finally, five hours before dawn, the mountain range was finally within reach, but—

“This is…?”

The train slowly stopped. Chen Mang, sitting in front of the control panel, looked at the scene in front of him, and a trace of slight shock flashed in his eyes. Only after approaching the Kunlun Mountains could he see a huge light screen separating the Kunlun Mountains from the Iron Ridge Wasteland.

The light screen was a translucent, light green color.

Three huge characters were engraved on the light screen.

"Kunlun Mountains".

At the same time.

The screen next to the control panel was also flashing red rapidly, and a line of red text slowly slid from the top of the screen.

-

"The area ahead is a green zone, Kunlun Mountains."

"The highest level of monsters that may exist is Level 6. The current train level is Level 2. The risk factor is high. It is recommended to leave immediately."

-

“Level 6 monster”

Chen Mang looked at the line of words on the screen, took a deep breath, took a bottle of iced Coke from the refrigerator next to him and drank it all to cheer himself up, then gritted his teeth slightly and slammed the accelerator straight into the light screen blocking his path.

He had to venture into this Kunlun Mountain.

As long as he could find the "Pangolin" and get the drill blueprint, when he returned to the Tieling Wasteland, he would have unlimited resources waiting for him to mine. At that time, the train would usher in an exponential explosion of growth.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to afford to feed this group of slaves.

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Unless he was willing to sell this group of slaves.

He learned the general information about the pangolin monster from Doba. The level is not too high, generally Level 2, elite monsters are Level 3, and the boss is Level 4, but they are more cautious in their actions. They usually live by gnawing on rocks and often hide in the mountains, making them difficult to encounter.

The moment the train rushed straight through the light screen in front of it and officially entered the "Kunlun Mountains" area.

Chen Mang looked back.

As expected, the light screen behind him turned white and translucent, and the words on it became "Tieling Wasteland".

Almost from the moment he stepped into the "Kunlun Mountains" area, the terrain became no longer flat. The road conditions in front of him were already uneven. Ordinary trains couldn't travel on this kind of terrain at all, and as far as the eye could see, there were mountains everywhere.

Almost no flat ground.

One mountain next to another.

Chen Mang immediately retracted the "Wind Fire Wheels" and released the "Spider Legs". If he didn't have the Spider Legs accessory, he wouldn't have the intention to come to Kunlun Mountain at all.

The maximum speed limit of the Spider Legs at Level 1 is fixed at 50km per hour.

After being upgraded to Level 13, it is fixed at 170km per hour. Although it is still not as fast as the Wind Fire Wheels, this speed is already faster than many Level 1 trains, especially in this mountainous terrain, which is already very good.

“Huff”

Chen Mang took a light breath nervously, holding the control lever tightly with both hands. The target-seeking radar next to him had already started beeping frantically.

The radar range showed a full seven Level 3 monsters, and even a Level 4 monster.

He had only just entered Kunlun Mountain, and the situation was already so dangerous.

It would be difficult for his train to withstand the simultaneous attacks of seven Level 3 monsters and one Level 4 monster.

Fortunately, his "Target-Seeking Radar" could clearly display the information of all creatures within the range on the screen, allowing him to easily find the pangolin monster among the monsters.

It's just—

There was no time to think too much at this time.

Chen Mang's expression changed slightly. The Level 4 monster "Tyrant Dragon" 3,000 meters to the left was already rushing towards him with a roar. Its seven or eight-meter-high body was even causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Crazy!

While cursing in his heart, he controlled the train and sped towards the nearest mountain. This mountain was like being cut in half by a sword, with a cliff that was nearly ninety degrees.

Why are there dinosaurs?

Moreover, the distance is a full three thousand meters, with so many trees and bushes in between, and even hills blocking the view. How did you old man see him?

Do you old man also have target-seeking radar?

In the blink of an eye!

At the moment when the Level 4 monster Tyrant Dragon was about to catch up with the train, the train, transformed into a giant centipede, had already scurried to the halfway point of the nearly ninety-degree cliff.

Seeing this, the Tyrant Dragon could only raise its head and roar in vain, drooling all over the ground, but there was nothing it could do.

“Huff”

Chen Mang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had Spider Legs. You have the ability to fly up.

However... the next moment.

“Damn it.”

Just in the not-too-distant sky, an eagle with a wingspan of nearly three meters was鸣叫着flying rapidly towards his train, and within the target-seeking radar, this eagle was actually a Level 3 monster, "Sky Hunter Eagle."

Awesome.

This was the first time he had seen a flying monster. How painful the other train captains in this advanced area lived every day, living in dire straits.

“Clang, clang, clang!”

This Level 3 monster Sky Hunter Eagle landed on the carriage and began to peck the carriage fiercely with its terrifying eagle beak, making sounds like metal colliding.

But fortunately, it was just a Level 3 monster.

It could not pose any threat to the Level 3 armor of the Stellar Train for the time being.

Chen Mang ignored the eagle and quickly scanned the monsters within the target-seeking range. After confirming that there were no pangolin monsters, he controlled the train to climb along the cliff towards the other side of the mountain range, at least to avoid the Tyrant Dragon waiting for a meal below first.

Three hours later.

Chen Mang, whose nerves had been highly strained, finally found a place that could barely be considered safe, an extremely towering mountain, surrounded by cliffs, with only about one hundred square meters at the highest point, which could be said to be a natural barrier.

Except for those flying monsters, monsters like the Tyrant Dragon would definitely not be able to catch up with him.

And in these three hours, he had been almost constantly chased by monsters, and he had no time to check all the information in the target-seeking radar. Fortunately, there was the train's auxiliary AI, which would remind him when the pangolin monster appeared in the target-seeking radar.

“Damn it.”

Having finally become safe, Chen Mang, whose body was a little trembling, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He had personally felt what it was like to run for his life. Even if he upgraded to a Level 4 train, it would be difficult to survive in this kind of place.

The main reason was that the terrain here was too complicated.

It was so difficult for him even with Spider Legs. He didn't know how other trains survived. So far, he hadn't seen a single train.

Just then—

Not giving him too much time to react, he only felt that the mountain under the train seemed to be shaking violently. The target-seeking radar prompted that a Level 4 monster "Rock Snake" was rapidly shuttling through the mountain, heading straight for him!

“Crap!”

He didn't even have time to utter a complete curse, he could only control the train to escape again, fleeing along the cliff towards the other side of the mountain range.

But just then.

He suddenly saw a scene that shocked him extremely. Not far away, a train was actually flying in the air, soaring between heaven and earth like the Sky Dome Train.