CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: "TRAIN RADIO".

The autumn night wind still had a bit of a chill.

After sitting in the wilderness for a while, Chen Mang got up and walked towards the train room. Just as he was about to undress and go to bed, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye: did the numbers on the control panel seem to flicker?

"Hmm?"

He immediately stepped forward and took a closer look. After checking around, he realized the remaining capacity of the Energy Stone embedded in the train head had become 61%.

"..."

Chen Mang stared at this number with a blank expression, silent for a long time without speaking.

Earlier today, it was still at 62%. The train hadn’t moved from its spot all day, and the Vehicle Accessories hadn’t operated. How could the energy capacity inexplicably drop by 1%?

Upon closer thought.

It seemed this Energy Stone had a major issue, just that he didn’t have time to notice it these days.

With the current train load, one Energy Stone could roughly maintain the train at full speed for 100 hours.

When heading to Taiping City, the train’s Energy Stone still had 72% left. The round trip took about 10 hours, dropping from 72% to 62%, which was normal.

At full speed, it consumed roughly 1% of the Energy Stone per hour.

But...

Before heading to Taiping City, he hadn’t driven the train far at all. Just after battling the Cannibal Spider, nearly 30% of the capacity was consumed?

He had always thought perhaps the Vehicle Accessories were like an energy black hole, as the Energy Stone inside the train head provided the energy for keeping the Vehicle Accessories constantly rotating at high speed.

He hadn’t thought more deeply about it.

But today, he did nothing, and the Energy Stone inexplicably lost 1%. This was a big problem.

Could it be that the Energy Stone was affected during the battle?

"..."

Chen Mang stepped forward to take a closer look at the Energy Stone embedded in the train head. There were no seams, so how could the energy just disappear? After hesitating for a moment, he didn’t go to sleep immediately but instead turned on the newly built Train Radio to see if he could gather some intelligence exchange.

He promptly put on his clothes again, sat at the control panel, and looked at a green button beside it.

After pressing it, a chatroom-style chat box immediately appeared on the screen.

The top right corner showed 397 people in this chatroom.

Messages occasionally popped up on the screen.

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"Bloodthirsty Bull Train": "Has the level 3 Cannibal Spider in Taiping City left? It seems that area has been quiet recently, and even Zombie Wolves have appeared."

"Infinite Train": "It should have left, I haven’t been to the Desolate Wilderness over there, I’ve been at Mohe Hill this whole time."

"Hell Train": "Mohe Hill is a good place for logging, but the terrain is too poor. My train can’t run on it at all."

"Infinite Train": "I can’t run it either. I’m stopped on the edge, letting the slaves go deep into the hills to cut trees and then trek back. Efficiency is quite low, but there’s no choice, there are too few trees in the Desolate Wilderness, not enough to use. There are some in the city ruins, but without news of that Cannibal Spider’s specific departure, I’m not going near Taiping City."

"Hell Train": "Don’t you have a level 3 autocannon? Why be afraid?"

"Infinite Train": "Hey, hey, hey, do you know how expensive level 3 autocannon shells are? I’m not idle enough to waste so many resources just to kill one boss. The Cannibal Spider is a fire attribute boss, only dropping rare fire attribute resources and Fine Spider Silk, neither of which I need right now. Isn’t it better to save resources for something else?"

"Bloodthirsty Bull Train": "Then you’re wasting effort upgrading that autocannon. If you’re not willing to use it, isn’t that sheer waste? Unlike me, I don’t upgrade at all."

"Infinite Train": "You don’t understand, having it and not using it is completely different from needing it when you don’t have it. If I really get caught, at least I can counterattack. You guys would just have to wait for death."

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There wasn’t much chat history, only the chat history after the Train Radio was built.

Everyone’s code name was their train name.

This chatroom was only for train captains to join.

The people in this chatroom should all be from this wilderness area, meaning this wilderness area had at least 397 level 2 trains, which was more than he had thought, considering he’d hardly seen any trains since he crossed over.

After deliberating his words, Chen Mang typed a line in the chat box.

"Constant Star Train": "May I ask, is it possible for the Energy Stone in the train head to suddenly drop by 1% without any operation?"

He originally worried no one would reply, but surprisingly, the people in the chatroom were quite enthusiastic and replied quickly.

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"Infinite Train": "Well... basically not, because the Energy Stone in the train head is mainly for driving the train. Your other vehicle accessories requiring energy are mostly powered by the generator. If there’s a problem, it should be your Circuit System improperly done, linking some components needing constant energy to the train head’s Energy Stone."

"Hell Train": "+1, have you just upgraded to a level 2 train? Check if your Target Detection Radar or Built-in Fire Control System, which needs constant energy, is connected to the Energy Stone in the train head? Change the wiring, connect the socket to the generator."

"Bloodthirsty Bull Train": "The Circuit System is necessary for a level 1 train. When upgrading to a level 2 train, it’s best to re-layout the circuitry, letting the Energy Stone in the train head only handle the train driving, while all other vehicle accessories connect to the generator, it’s better this way."

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"..."

Chen Mang stood expressionless behind the control panel, looking at the Circuit System connecting the Target Detection Radar and Train Head Energy Stone, and couldn’t help but sigh.

So it really was like this.

Old Pig didn’t seem to have been very favored before. He didn’t seem to know about this issue.

He immediately adjusted the Circuit System of the several components needing energy like the Vehicle Accessories and Target Detection Radar, so now all energy-consuming components on the train were connected to the generator.

This time it should be fine.

Hopefully, the Energy Stone won’t suddenly drop in capacity from now on.

This Train Radio is truly useful. Without someone telling him this, who knows how long it would have taken him to figure it out on his own.

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"Constant Star Train": "Thanks to you all, the problem is solved, it was indeed the Target Detection Radar connected to the train head’s Energy Stone. One more question, I experienced a battle yesterday, which took less than two hours, and the Energy Stone dropped nearly 30%. Is that normal?"

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There seemed to be only a few people online in the chatroom currently, but he soon received another reply.