Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Chapter 21 Transfer Station

Su Li's expression was grave. She watched as the number of people in the chat room steadily dwindled, until by midnight, less than 10,000 remained.

The beast tide came too early; many people were still at level 0 when they had to face this disaster.

This is still a beast tide at level 0. Just thinking about encountering monsters in the next world fills Su Li with despair.

"This doesn't feel like a survival game anymore, it's genocide!"

But Su Li didn't know what she could do.

Zuli was also afraid of attracting some roaming beast tide, so he waited until 11 o'clock to start the engine.

Su Li guessed that he had already passed the beast tide because he hadn't encountered the relentless beast tide that the chat group had mentioned.

[Time's up, portal open!]

Su Li saw a huge, dark portal appear in the distance. Su Li drove the train into the portal.

Upon entering, Su Li felt as if she had passed through a tunnel; everything went black, and she could only see the flames inside the boiler. About a minute later, her vision cleared.

The train automatically slowed down and came to a gentle stop.

Su Li glanced at the train's portal.

You have entered a new world.

【Self-service transfer station 9527】

Current world energy level: /

Challenge Level: /

Su Li looked out the window and saw that the entire platform was deserted, like a scene from a horror movie.

Zuli went outside and carefully observed the platform.

This platform is about 1 hectare in size, and beyond that is a pure white space.

Su Li looked around and saw several buildings on the platform.

There are 7 buildings in total: a self-service store, a training ground, a bookstore, a temple, a factory, an inn, and a pawnshop.

Su Li looked up and saw an electronic version of the train schedule.

[Time until next departure: 29:51:14]

"It's past 12 o'clock now, which means the bus will depart at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning?"

"Wow, which mobile game company invented this game? The refresh time is 6 a.m.

Su Li made a comment and then began to explore the situation here.

The first place he entered was the self-service store.

Once inside, there was a huge shop with no staff, but many vending machines.

Su Li walked up to one of them, and the vending machine was labeled "Black Iron Consumables".

[Black Iron - Vending Machine - Consumables]

Your capabilities are insufficient to use this terminal.

Well, it all comes down to ability.

Zuli walked to another vending machine.

[Unrated Vending Machine Materials]

[Water Element Shard - 50 Survival Points]

"Wow, so this is where survival points are used." Su Li glanced at the goods. "There's too much cargo. Let's look at it later and see what else we have first."

After leaving the store, Su Li walked to the training ground.

Inside the training ground, there are various training programs, such as what Su Li is seeing now.

[Basic Swordsmanship Training - 100 Survival Coins]

[Introduction: After making your selection, you will enter the training ground for three days of swordsmanship training. One day in the training ground is equivalent to one hour outside.]

“This is good, this is good!” Su Lilian nodded. “Tsk, but I only have 100 survival coins.”

Su Li sighed and then went to the bookstore.

The bookstore mainly sold various books and blueprints, including Su Li's beginner monster encyclopedia, priced at a hefty 500 survival coins. It was then that Su Li realized she had struck gold.

However, this treasure is useless in the early stages.

After visiting the bookstore, the next stop was the temple.

The temple has three functions. One is to offer sacrifices and receive the blessing of the gods, which usually lasts for one standard exploration cycle.

Secondly, treating injuries requires spending survival coins.

The last feature is recruiting teammates.

After everyone dies, their souls go to the underworld. A train conductor, if recruited and paid a certain price, can resurrect the dead.

This process is generally random, and the compatibility of the souls is also very important. However, there are also certain items that allow one to enter the realm of the gods and communicate with other souls.

"Got it, it's the normal gacha system for characters and paid selectable lucky bags, right? It's definitely a mobile game!" Su Li understood immediately.

Every soul, after death, has only one chance to return to the human world; after dying again, it can never return.

After reading the rules, Su Li understood the purpose of her invitation to the Underworld.

Behind the temple was the factory.

The factory has a function called train modification, which is specifically for train services. Here, trains can be modified and equipped with new equipment. If there are available carriages, new carriages can also be added.

The factory renovation required money, and the materials had to be provided by the factory itself. Su Li looked at the renovation project and was very interested. However, she was short of funds and had to give up.

Next are hotels, where you can book rooms. Different prices correspond to different levels of service.

Zurich was very tempted by the cheapest option, "Temporary Accommodation - 10 Survival Coins - Includes Shower, Laundry, and Simple Meals," but as always, he was short of money.

"I really want to take a shower. My hair gets so oily, it could be used as a helmet!"

After a moment of reflection, Su Li went to the pawnshop.

Pawnshop, pawnshop, you can tell from the name that it's a place to recycle things.

After Su Li entered, she found that there was only one platform. After placing the items on it, it would be valued. If the platform agreed, the items could be recycled and converted into survival coins.

"Selling things... Do I have anything I can sell?... Let me check the buyback prices first."

Su Li opened the pawnshop interface.

[Basic materials, maximum of 100 of each type can be exchanged per cycle]

Wood - 0.5 Survival Coins

[Stone Material - 0.5 Survival Coins]

[Elemental Shard - 15 Survival Coins]

Iron Ingot - 2 Survival Coins

Iron Double-Handed Sword - 10 Survival Coins

"An iron double-handed sword only costs 10 survival coins, an iron ingot costs 2 survival coins, and an iron sword costs 10 iron ingots plus 1 whetstone. It's more cost-effective to sell them separately."

Su Li muttered a complaint and continued watching.

[Shattered Gem - 50 Survival Coins]

"Wuhu, gemstones are the real valuable things. Even broken ones are worth 50 points, imagine how much a complete one would be worth."

Su Li's mouth started watering. "No wonder the description said it was expensive. My investment back then was definitely worth it!"

He has nine broken gems, which can be exchanged for a total of 450 survival coins.

However, in Su Li's memory, gems in the game were used for enchanting. So he hesitated for a moment, wondering if it would be better to keep them.

But then he thought again. "Let's deal with the later stages later. The right thing to do is to make money and get through the early stages. Thinking back to the roguelike games I used to play, without the right stats and support in the early game, I couldn't survive until the late game and had to restart."

"Go to sleep first, and when you wake up, take a good look at these things and make a list of the things you urgently need."

There are so many things he can buy with Survival Coins here; he needs to think it over carefully.

The current living conditions are extremely harsh, and he needs to be very frugal in order to survive.

Su Li returned to her train, lay down fully clothed, and fell asleep shortly afterward.