Chen Mang tossed the Train Token into a drawer in a nearby cabinet and shook his head with a smile. He had no use for it at the moment—a person could only own one train. He'd see if he could trade it for something else later.

The rest of the haul consisted mainly of rare resources—materials that couldn't be produced at the wasteland's mines and only dropped randomly from killing monsters. They were much harder to obtain than iron ore.

They just weren't as universally useful. Most accessories didn't require them.

Not like iron ore, which you could even use to produce bread.

Tsk, how great is that, he thought. No one on this train will ever have an iron deficiency.

But the vehicle accessory blueprint…

"..."

A strange look crossed Chen Mang's face as he looked at the light, flimsy blueprint in his hand. It was a Green-grade accessory, which wasn't a low grade by any means. It was just… the effect. He glanced in the rearview mirror at the empty wasteland, the zombie horde long gone.

He slowly brought the train to a steady stop on the plains.

He then consumed 100 units of Level 1 "Fine Spider Silk" to craft the item.

The next moment—

The Windfire Wheels beneath the train vanished, replaced by several sets of spider-like legs. That's right—this thing was a type of wheel.

Each carriage now had ten sets of spider legs underneath it.

The train now looked more like a giant centipede.

[Accessory Name]: Spider Legs

[Accessory Grade]: Green

[Accessory Level]

: 1

[Accessory Effect]: Sticky spider legs allow the train to travel unimpeded through harsh terrain and move freely on the cross-section of a 30-degree steep slope. Maximum speed is fixed at 50 km/h.

[Upgrade Requirement]: 100 units of Level 1 Fine Spider Silk.

Hard to say if it was good or bad.

"Sigh."

Chen Mang looked at his train, which now resembled a giant mechanical centipede, and sighed softly. It wasn't that he found the new look ugly, but he felt this was stretching the definition of a "train."

But the effect... it was undeniably powerful!

Moving freely on the cross-section of a 30-degree slope didn't mean it could climb the slope, but that it could drive sideways along it.

Although the speed was much lower than the "Windfire Wheels" and had a hard cap, this accessory would be incredibly useful in difficult terrain.

The only thing was, building and upgrading it required "Fine Spider Silk," not iron ore.

Killing the boss had dropped 100 units of Level 2 "Fine Spider Silk”.

Killing the spiderlings had dropped 300 units of Level 1 "Fine Spider Silk”.

100 units of Level 2 silk were equivalent to 1,000 units of Level 1 silk, and they could be used interchangeably.

That meant he had a total of 1,300 units of Level 1 silk. He'd just used 100 to craft the accessory, leaving him with 1,200. He couldn't find any other use for the material at the moment, so he decided to pour it all into upgrading this accessory.

Soon—

[Consumed 200 units of silk, upgraded to Level 2.]

[Consumed 300 units of silk, upgraded to Level 3.]

[This vehicle accessory has a maximum level of 3 and cannot be upgraded further.]

[Level 0 Clearance Detected. This vehicle accessory can be upgraded further…]

[Consumed 400 units of silk, upgraded to Level 4.]

He could only get it to Level 4. He didn't have enough silk left—reaching Level 5 required 500 units, and he only had 300 remaining.

At this point, the accessory's panel had changed slightly.

[Accessory Effect]: Can move freely on the cross-section of a 45-degree steep slope. Maximum speed is fixed at 80 km/h.

"..."

Chen Mang stared blankly at the panel for the "Spider Legs." He was once again struck by how outrageous his cheat was. It was practically a hack. What did moving on the cross-section of a 45-degree slope even mean?

It was useless on the flat wasteland.

But he wouldn't be on the wasteland forever. When he eventually reached more topographically complex areas, this thing would be a godsend.

Whether for traveling or escaping, it was a trump card.

Especially since…

It could still be upgraded. If he got it to Level 13, it could drive on a 90-degree cross-section, which meant it could drive on walls. At Level 31, it would be 180 degrees—he could drive upside down on a ceiling.

That blatantly violated the laws of physics.

But he liked it.

To be precise, it wasn't the "Spider Legs" accessory that was absurd, but his cheat.

"Not bad."

Chen Mang smiled. His only regret was that he didn't have enough silk to upgrade the "Spider Legs" to Level 5. Otherwise, he could have unlocked another "Advanced Effect."

He was a fan of this thing.

Especially since he had the Red-grade "Wheel Swapper." He could switch between these two sets of wheels seamlessly. He quickly retracted the "Spider Legs" and brought the "Windfire Wheels" back down.

Then, following his tracks, he sped back toward the mine.

Target: the mine.

Mission: continue digging.

Inside Carriage #3, the living quarters.

Shanmaozi stood next to Biao, his face full of apology. "Brother Biao, let me see the wound. Is it serious? There's no medicine on the train. It would be bad if it got infected."

Biao cleared his throat before carefully unwrapping the bandage on his left arm.

"I wasn't thinking much at the time. I just didn't want you to die there."

"We're a team, after all."

The bandage had just come loose, barely revealing a corner of the wound.

Biao's mouth twitched. With lightning speed, he wrapped the bandage back around his arm, his expression calm as he shook his head. "There's still Cannibalistic Spider blood on the outside of the train. I can't check the wound now. It would be bad if it got infected."

"The thought is enough."

"It's nothing—I can handle a little injury like this. Go get some rest. None of us slept last night; everyone's exhausted. I'll take the first watch, and you can all relieve me when you wake up."

He hadn't cut himself that deep at the time.

He'd just grazed himself with the blade shard. As a result, while the wound hadn't scabbed over, the blood had already coagulated and stopped flowing. A wound like that wasn't worth showing to anyone.

Shanmaozi's eyes grew slightly red. He obediently walked to a corner of the carriage, closed his eyes, and began to sleep without another word.

Soon—

Most of the people in the carriage were asleep. They hadn't slept during the day, had spent all night fighting the Cannibalistic Spider, and then had gone out this morning to kill the spiderlings. They were all at their physical and mental limits.

The rocking of the train made it easy to drift off.

"Brother Biao."

Seeing that everyone else was asleep, Hei Wa sidled over and whispered, "Brother Biao, you just handed that Train Token over? When I saw how excited you were, I thought you were going to lead us brothers to start our crew again."

"I was all ready to start calling you Boss Biao again."

"You blockhead."

Biao shot Hei Wa a disdainful look. "Was that a Train Token I handed over? That was a letter of surrender! A get-out-of-jail-free card!"

"You don't know a damn thing!"