CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 58: "OLD PIG, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE GOBLIN TRAIN BEFORE?

"..."

Chen Mang withdrew his gaze from the screen next to the control panel, no longer concerned about this sudden mission. At this time, his task was to mine all the resources beneath the Doomsday Abyss as quickly as possible.

And—

"Hmm..."

He looked at the refrigerator placed inside the train room and fell into contemplation. This thing was also a big energy consumer.

Initially, the generator on his train only needed to supply power to a few lights in the carriage. A Level 1 Energy Stone could last for more than three hundred days. Later, when devices like the "car blade," "sound system," "radar," and now the refrigerator were all connected to the generator,

the screen showed that a single Energy Stone was estimated to last only 100 days.

There’s no need to unplug the refrigerator to save electricity, after all, producing one Energy Stone only costs 500 units of iron ore. He’s currently not short of this amount of iron ore.

He’s just pondering a question.

That is, after upgrading the refrigerator to Level 10, its second Supermodel Effect unlocked the technology for space expansion. From the outside, it looks like a normal refrigerator, but inside, it holds an entire little house of a hundred square meters.

In other words.

This thing could be made into several as storage rooms.

Any production lines, mined wood, or minerals could be thrown inside, freeing up a lot of space in the carriage, and even allowing slaves to move in, all living in bunk beds.

Just that the production cost is a bit high.

Making this refrigerator, upgrading and crafting it requires 4500 units of iron ore.

In the future, when there are more things on the train, more refrigerators can be made, and after unplugging the electricity, they can be used as storage boxes.

There’s also one more thing.

Currently, the components in the train that need energy are gradually increasing, and the Level 1 "Circuit System" is no longer sufficient. The screen shows that the circuit system is nearing overload and needs to be upgraded soon.

The "generator" also needs to be upgraded to obtain more power support.

"..."

Chen Mang glanced at the Train Panel, and there were 1603 units of iron ore left inside the train. The tens of thousands of iron ore accumulated over the past few days had been consumed by the Level 2 armor, which alone cost him twenty-five thousand units of iron ore. That thing really devoured resources!

This bit of iron ore can’t do much for now; he’ll have to save more iron ore for a few more days so that he can upgrade both the "Circuit System" and the "generator." These two components are essential for ensuring the train’s operation. If these two things collapse, all the components needing energy support will disconnect and become scrap metal.

Just then—

"Boom boom boom..."

Inside the train room.

Chen Mang suddenly heard a rumbling noise faintly coming from his ear. He instinctively looked towards the source of the sound, which was coming from the walls at the abyss’s bottom.

He immediately looked at the Target Detection Radar.

However, the Target Detection Radar still remained as quiet as ever, without any reaction.

"Damn!"

His expression changed slightly, and he promptly shut off the sound system, grabbing the walkie-talkie to get all the slaves on board immediately to prepare for a quick escape. Something was obviously about to break through the wall, yet it didn’t even appear on the Target Detection Radar.

What does that suggest?

Clearly, it’s something big!

If you don’t run now, what are you waiting for? As all the slaves scrambled into the train to save themselves, the train had already switched to spider legs. Accompanied by the roar of the engine, the Constant Star Train began to accelerate slowly, ready to escape at the earliest possible moment.

But—

It was still too late.

Just as the train had barely started, a train like a long dragon with a drill on its head burst out of the cliff wall, crashing into the Constant Star Train at rapid speed.

"Boom!!"

The sound of a violent collision echoed.

Thanks to the spider legs, even after being hit so fiercely, the Constant Star Train managed to stay level without flipping over, despite the piercing squeaking noises that kept blaring.

Chen Mang observed with his eyes that the train’s drill was spinning at high speed, as if trying to bore a hole in his carriage, but...

It had no effect.

His carriage was almost in perfect condition.

At this moment.

The screen also displayed information from the "Train Assistance AI."

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"Detected a Level 2 goblin train attacking the Constant Star Train."

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"Level 2 goblin train?"

Chen Mang glanced at the information on the screen, but there was no time to pay much attention now. All he knew was that someone had attacked him, and the two trains had already collided. He immediately activated the "car blade," which was rotating rapidly and had current on the surface. It almost instantly sliced the train’s front drill into two halves.

Afterward, he maneuvered the train, shifting it a position to the right, then chose the most primitive method of attack.

Continuously grazing past the side of this goblin train, delivering destructive blows with the car blades on the carriage sides. He could see that the train’s armor was Level 1 and had no resistance against his Level 10 car blade, easily being slashed open.

The opponent also had almost no countermeasures.

There weren’t even any machine guns on the carriage roof, and the only seemingly aggressive external component was the drill. This drill couldn’t damage his train either.

In a landslide.

The battle ended.

...

Biaozi and others all wielding firearms and hooked into the Cluster Thinking of the "Train Assistance AI," left the Constant Star Train after the battle to deal with the aftermath. Saying it’s dealing with the aftermath is actually about pulling out the goblins who had fallen into a coma from that train, which had been turned over multiple times and nearly chopped into bits.

"..."

At the bottom of the Doomsday Abyss.

Chen Mang crouched silently on the ground, looking at the goblin merchant in front of him, who was in a comatose state and cloaked in a golden cape. This guy... could it be the same goblin merchant who made everyone in the Train Radio excited this morning?

And it looks like...

It might still be that wealthy merchant?

After all, wearing that golden cape is very eye-catching, and his chosen route is indeed very concealed. He originally thought that his position in the Desolate Wilderness was already very hidden, but he didn’t expect that there was an expert here.

A train, instead of running on the surface, went six kilometers underground to dig a tunnel?

Can you still call it a train?

He turned his head slightly to look at the shattered train a short distance away and frowned slightly: "Old Pig, have you ever heard of a goblin train?"

"No."

Old Pig shook his head with a similarly complex expression: "Post-Doomsday, information has lagged significantly, even the Train Radio only allows people in this region to contact each other, and most of the survivors are entirely unaware of the concept of train upgrades, although they’ve heard whispers about something called the Train Order."

"This is my first time seeing a goblin train too."

"This is also the first time I’ve seen a monster be able to build a train."

"Humanity, from initial despair to now flickering with hope, owes it to the existence of trains. Like solitary boats, they allow humans to cling to a thread of safety in the endless ocean of doomsday. If monsters can build trains, then humanity’s..."

"... pressure will become even greater."