1: Awakening Mission
Luo Chen vaguely opened his eyes, a dizzy sensation immediately assaulting his brain, his vision darkening as if he had fallen into an abyss.
"Huh? Where is this?" Luo Chen looked at the dark red walls surrounding him, a bit confused.
"Didn't I just finish playing cards with 'Xiao Yue'? How did I get here? And where's Xiao Yue?" Luo Chen climbed up from the cold floor and surveyed his surroundings, but Xiao Yue was nowhere to be found.
"Welcome to the Interstellar Train Survival Game, lucky ones!"
"Here, there are endless treasures, but also unknown dangers. Explore the stations and strive to survive."
"Note: All diseases, including lost limbs, have been cured for all survivors. Your body has received its first enhancement."
"The following are the Train Rules:"
"One, each Train Conductor will randomly awaken a mission. Different missions will change different attributes of the survivor and grant certain talents. Please plan your cultivation strategy according to your mission."
"Two, for the first two months, the Train will operate automatically and cannot be controlled. After two months, you will be free to control the Train's direction."
"Three, for the first fifteen days, at 8 AM daily, the Train will touch a random world fragment. The duration of the world fragment is uncertain. During this period, you can disembark to explore and search for supplies, or remain on the Train. However, please ensure the Train Conductor is inside his Train before the world fragment disappears, otherwise he will become a puppet. Note: Please do not become a puppet."
"Four, please try your best to collect supplies and increase your level. For every level increase, one Train carriage will be added. Corresponding functions will also be unlocked at specific levels. Please plan your Train upgrade strategy reasonably."
"Five, the first fifteen days are a safe period. During this safe period, the temperature in your carriage is constant and absolutely safe; creatures outside the Train will not enter your Train, other Train Conductors being the exception. Please protect your Train well."
"Six, internal personnel of the Train are not allowed to harm each other's lives, otherwise both parties' missions will turn into puppets."
"Seven, individuals under 12 or over 65 will be randomly assigned to their direct relatives. If there are no direct relatives, they will be sent back to their original world."
"The Train is starting. All Train Conductors, please take your seats in the driver's position as soon as possible and fasten your seatbelts. We are about to enter a brand new and beautiful world. All Train Conductors, please strive to survive until the end."
"Goodbye!!!"
A roar sounded, and Luo Chen felt the Train begin to move.
Luo Chen quickly ran to the driver's seat, sat down, and fastened his seatbelt.
Accompanied by a strong pushback, Luo Chen felt as if he was rapidly heading into an unknown destiny.
After feeling the Train stabilize, Luo Chen looked at the control panel.
There were no other buttons on the control panel, nothing else to operate or view except for a large screen.
At this moment, the screen displayed a line of large red characters:
"Train Conductor ECB05240, please provide your biological information to bind with the Train."
Below it was a huge green button: Confirm.
"Train Conductor ECB05240, it seems that's my identity. There's only a confirm button, so it looks like there are no other options," Luo Chen said, then clicked the confirm button.
Subsequently, a black empty hole appeared on the control panel.
The text on the display screen also changed to: "Please insert your finger into the hole on the control panel."
Luo Chen inserted his finger as instructed. With a sharp pain, Luo Chen felt as if his finger had been pricked by a needle and hastily tried to pull it out of the hole.
But no matter how hard he pulled, his finger was firmly adhered and could not be removed.
"Train Conductor ECB05240, your mission is: Breeding Vanguard."
"Breeding Vanguard? What's that?" Luo Chen was a bit confused, his gaze continuing downwards.
"For each additional spouse or offspring born, one of your basic attributes will randomly increase by a certain value, and you will receive a divine blessing."
As the page disappeared, a 3D human model appeared on the screen, and the model looked exactly like Luo Chen. Next to the model, various body data were displayed.
"Your Basic Attributes:
Strength: 65kg; (corresponds to the weight that can be lifted)
Health (Lifespan): 89;
Stamina: 100 (Note: If stamina is 0, you will face death)
*Intelligence: 95;
*Charm: 85;
*Fertility: 15;
..."
"Why is my Charm only 85?" Luo Chen touched his handsome face, feeling a bit indignant.
Click "Next."
A scene suddenly appeared on the screen. In the center of a black background was a huge circular area, within which were countless colorful, varying-sized small dots.
Then the scene began to move. As the circular area continuously shrank, countless colored light rays within it began to shoot out towards the outside of the circular area. Finally, as the circular area turned into a black dot, countless tiny colored light dots appeared around it.
"Train Conductor ECB05240, hello! Welcome to the SarT System."
A line of white text appeared on the screen, and above the text was a circular headshot of Luo Chen, looking very energetic.
Clicking in, the entire screen was divided into three modules: Train, Chatroom, and Trading Platform.
Clicking on Train, two categories quickly appeared on the screen: "Train Conductor" Attributes and Train Attributes.
The Train Conductor Attributes were the basic attributes Luo Chen had seen earlier.
Train Attributes included:
"Train Conductor: Luo Chen"
"Train Level: 1 (Bronze)"
"Number of Carriages: 1"
"Carriage Specifications: Length 20 meters, Width 5 meters, Height 8 meters, Internal Height 3 meters"
"Train Speed: 1 second difference (pc) / per hour"
Closing the Train Conductor module, Luo Chen clicked into the Chatroom module.
The top displayed two lines of information: Current Area: 10086ECB. Online Users: 10000.
Clicking the input box, a prompt popped up: Daily Number of speeches in public area: 5 messages.
"Am I dreaming? It feels so real!"
"Hahaha! I finally don't have to serve that fat woman! I've restarted! This time, I'm going to reach the pinnacle of life."
"So cool! My Huabei, Baitiao, and credit card debts are finally gone!"
"The broadcast said this is an Interstellar Train Survival Game, is it the same for you?"
"Holy crap, Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger."
"Pagoda shakes the river demon." xN
"Are you all people from Xia Country?"
"I am!" x N
"Me too!" xN
"Cuihua, are you there? Is the child with you? Please reply if you see this!"
"Are you all alone?"
"Yes" xN
Luo Chen watched the chat records at his leisure. Although messages popped up like an explosion, browsing was not that difficult because duplicate messages were folded.
Furthermore, after the limit of 5 messages, only a few were still willing to chat.
He quickly scanned, found no acquaintances, and stopped paying attention.
He noticed that his chat area seemed to be all people from Xia Country? And everyone's profile picture was a Xia Country face, which undoubtedly confirmed this.
"Damn! I was just doing 'handover work' with my girlfriend, when suddenly a white light appeared, and I entered here. What is this place?"
"Brother! Since you're here, you'll have to solve things yourself from now on!"
"Hahahaha! Agreed!"
"It's fine! A girlfriend is not as good as your left and right hands!"
"Why left and right hands? My girlfriend is right here with me."
"Damn! You beast!"
"Why can you have two people? Where is my girlfriend? Where is my girlfriend?"
"Unfair! This is totally unfair! I'm quitting the game!"
"Brother above! Don't get excited! You don't even have a girlfriend yet."
"Bro! That hit hard!"
"Brother who wants to quit the game. You can try to see if you die, can you return to the original world."
"Brother above! No need to try. I've already tried, broke my head, and then the Train only popped up a notification: If you die, you will truly lose your life. What's most important to me now is which brother can give me a roll of bandages to wrap up."
"I have a bandage, I'll exchange it for a piece of bread, do you want it?"
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