CHAPTER 123: CHAPTER 102: "DOES TIME PASS SO QUICKLY?"_2

But he wasn’t planning to search anymore.

The cost-effectiveness was already too low.

He couldn’t possibly control the train to shuttle underground. Although the range of the Resource Detection Radar would be slightly larger, able to detect deeper mines, the speed would be significantly slower compared to being above ground.

Considering the iron ore he accumulated over the past few days, the resource units within the train were at a near-astronomical number!

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3,654,000 units of iron ore.

710,000 units of copper ore.

230,000 units of wood.

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"What’s your name?"

Chen Mang glanced into the mirror at the girl quietly standing behind him and casually asked. This woman was one Old Pig handpicked from the slaves to handle the train cabin’s hygiene, food, and living arrangements for him. Her performance these days had been quite good.

She spoke little, had no excess thoughts, and was quick with her work.

"Fang."

"What did you do before Doomsday?"

"An elementary school teacher."

"..."

He turned to glance at the girl behind him and casually nodded: "Not bad, I like cultured people. You can go; there’s nothing more for you here."

"Yes, Master Mang."

After the woman left.

Chen Mang was quite satisfied, arranging his new outfit, looking at himself in the mirror. Leaning on the Hell Staff with one hand, he smiled contentedly. After consuming 4,400 units of wood, the Clothing Customization Production Line had reached Level 10, adding two Supermodel Effects.

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"Clothing Customization Production Line Level 5 Supermodel Effect": The manufactured clothes have a good Lock Temperature effect.

"Clothing Customization Production Line Level 10 Supermodel Effect": Able to manufacture high-precision clothing, which provides strong temperament empowerment to the wearer, requiring the consumption of 500 times the materials for production.

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The cost to manufacture a set of clothes is 1 unit of wood.

Extremely cheap.

And it’s customized; compared to the 40,000 units per set for the Single Soldier Skeleton Armor, this price is almost akin to charity.

Even high-precision clothing, requiring 500 times the materials, only costs 500 units of wood.

The upgrade of the Clothing Customization Production Line does not have a special effect; it only adds two special Supermodel Effects upon reaching the corresponding level.

Tomorrow is an important day.

Tomorrow will mark the day the train officially gets on track, standardizing various processes. By then, the term "slave" will officially be changed, and he’s specifically crafted himself a set of high-precision clothing for the formal appearance at tomorrow’s opening.

As Train Captain, his attire influences the people below.

When the Train Captain dresses sharply, those below feel reassured.

If the Train Captain himself looks shabby, the people below will be worried when working, afraid the train might get breached by creatures someday.

The train has no ores to mine today; it’s stationed on the wasteland for repairs.

All slaves have the day off today; they may rest freely in the cabin or nearby the train.

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"Not bad at all."

Chen Mang looked at himself in the full-length mirror beside him, smiling with satisfaction.

He crafted himself a black suit; such suits are completely tailored to fit individual physiques, and when worn, they exude a great sense of style. If a bit cheaper, they appear like something a real estate agent might wear.

Plus, with the inner lined white vest and black shirt, the layering is impeccable.

Especially that Hell Staff, it’s the perfect finishing touch.

Just then—

A knock sounded at the train cabin door.

"Come in."

Li Shiji walked in with a pile of blueprints in his arms: "Master Mang, the arm patch logo you asked me to prepare for the Constant Star Train some days ago, I’ve drafted several versions. Please take a look."

"Mm."

Chen Mang took the blueprints handed over by Li Shiji and reviewed them one by one.

Finally, he placed one blueprint on the table, tapping it.

"This one then."

"Later, I’ll create a regular cabin and prepare 100 fridges for you. Go find Old Pig for some manpower to assist you in crafting this maze."

"Ideally, have it finished before dawn tomorrow."

"No problem." Li Shiji replied solemnly, then hesitated a bit: "Master Mang, could we make a few more regular fridges?"

"Here’s my idea: after the robots fumble around the maze for a few minutes, they will certainly discover the uniqueness of the fridge."

"At that time, if we place an ordinary fridge deep within an advanced fridge’s location, their to-and-fro will waste a lot of time. Knowing this setup, we could place five regular fridges and one advanced fridge in total..."

"Alright, no need to say more."

Chen Mang squinted slightly, laughed as he looked at Li Shiji, waving his hand: "I’ll make you 200 more regular fridges; use them."

He already understood the situation.

True and false back and forth, rather tormenting indeed.

A regular fridge isn’t expensive; only 100 units of iron ore are needed. 200 regular fridges would only cost 20,000 units of iron ore.

The "Clothing Arm Patch" and "S-Level Transition Task" matters have basically been finalized.

The train is resting today; slaves have a break.

His task today is to consume all the "3,654,000 units of iron ore" he excavated over thirty days on the Tieling Wasteland.

First, consume 480,000 units of iron ore.

Crafted a regular cabin and 300 fridges, with 100 fridges upgraded to 10th level.

It’s worth noting.

Whether it’s "Fridge" or "Single Bed", "Telescope", "Three-legged Cat Heavy Machine Gun" such attachments, during the "Tieling Wasteland Regional Rankings" score calculation, the score is calculated based on the highest single item.

It’s not directly accounted for in scores even if 100 fridges are crafted to the 10th level.

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The Constant Star Train currently has 11 cabins, excluding the temporary maze storage cabin.

According to his plan, several more cabins need to be crafted.

The appearance of Li Shiji indicates that someone among the slaves might have been famous before Doomsday, being extremely skilled in a certain field, and this kind of talent might unexpectedly lend him a hand someday.

Hence, he crafted two additional hard sleeper cabins, both for advanced manpower.

One cabin for men, one for women.

Talents enjoying advanced privileges will generally reside in these two cabins.

Each "Hard Sleeper Cabin" consists of bunk beds, with 18 berths in total.

These two cabins are inserted between the 4th and 5th cabins.

The current layout within the train is:

Train head: him alone.

2nd cabin: storing all his industrial production lines including the "Pickaxe Production Line", "Heavy Machine Gun Bullet Production Line", and "Off-road Motorcycle Production Line".

3rd cabin: all reserved bullets, copper ore, wood, etc., are piled up here. Currently, several 10th level fridges are set up here to store minerals in bulk.

4th cabin: for placing "Moldy Bread Slice Production Line", "Coca-Cola Production Line", "Steamed Bun Production Line" and similar lifestyle production lines. It’s also where Old Pig and others manufacture slave food on weekdays.

5th cabin: female advanced talent hard sleeper cabin.

6th cabin: male advanced talent hard sleeper cabin.

7th cabin: thug hard sleeper cabin, with two 10th level fridges in the corner. One fridge stores 10 "Combat Training Virtual Spaces" as training grounds, while the other stores numerous single beds for newly recruited thugs.

8th and 9th cabins: accommodating 101 human slaves with carpets already laid on the floor.

10th and 11th cabins: housing those 121 goblin slaves and 4 10th level fridges storing over 800 new slaves that joined the train.

12th and 13th cabins: firepower cabins providing long-range support with "40-barrel Sakura Fall Rocket Cannon" and "Continuous Bed Crossbow".