107: Flight attendant No. 2

Being first was no surprise, but it seemed the attached Train was also included in the calculation.

If the two Trains were combined, the number of Train Conductors, Vice Train Captains, and carriages would be similar to the next two contenders.

However, the core score exceeded by a full 25,000 points, which was roughly the value of two golden cores and five purple cores.

Given the current situation, to catch up to him, the other party would need to possess the same talent as him.

But this was clearly impossible; only one person among the Blue Star humans possessed an Envoy-level Breeding Apostle, and that person was him, Luo Chen, with no second.

The Great Xia Interstellar Federation, ranking second, was not a big problem, as it leveraged its previous imperial court advantage to attract a portion of Great Xia people to join.

The Great Qin Heavy Industries Alliance, ranking third, was quite unexpected for Luo Chen. Its various indicators were surprisingly close behind the Great Xia imperial court forces. To attract so many people to join despite the imperial court's advantage, there must be something special about it.

Subsequently, Luo Chen found Qin Mengyue's ranking, which was sixth.

Her commercial empire was relatively loose, not as mandatory as the other two forces.

It could require other Trains to merge first upon meeting, and then, upon encountering the leader's Train, merge with the leader's Train, allowing the leader's Train to merge with a large number of Trains at once.

The Great Xia Trade Alliance was loosely organized, with almost no trust between its members, making the probability of agreeing to an initial merger too low.

This also caused her speed in merging Trains to be far slower than other forces.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen relaxed.

He was far ahead; first place was secured.

Afterward, Luo Chen opened the Train attribute module, preparing to upgrade the Train.

Current Train Level: 19 (Bronze)

Metal: 219 / 1000kg

Wood: 193293 / 1000kg

Sandstone: 81475 / 300kg

He was still short on metal, but he had collected over 100,000 units of wood, far exceeding what was needed.

Luo Chen pondered for a moment and closed the Train attribute module.

Currently, he did not plan to trade wood for metal. Now was a critical time, and trading prices would undoubtedly be inflated. He had a clear advantage, so there was no need to waste wood.

It would be better to farm cores; that felt like it would yield more significant results.

Having made up his mind, Luo Chen returned to his room and began to ponder the effect of different flexible cavities on the friction of flexible rods... [Ding! Congratulations to Breeding Vanguard Train Conductor ECB05240 Luo Chen for forming a bond with the 35th partner—Wei Qingyi. Received God's Blessing: one purple core (purification water tank).]

[Ding! Congratulations to Breeding Vanguard Train Conductor ECB05240 Luo Chen for forming a bond with the 36th partner—Zhao Fei. Received God's Blessing: one purple core (planting carriage).]

At seven in the evening, after dinner.

After completing his research task, Luo Chen took out the azure core he had obtained from the treasure chest that morning.

Train Crew Core (Azure): Can designate one passenger as a crew member of the Train, granting partial management authority specified by the Train Conductor.

He thought for a moment, unable to think of a suitable person, and decided to let Luo Wan Ning choose.

Only she needed personnel to handle transactions, and transactions required screen control permissions, which the crew core could grant.

“I have a crew core here. Who do you plan to give it to?” Luo Chen glanced at Luo Wan Ning, who was constantly tapping the screen beside him.

Around her, several women who were moving various buckets looked on with anticipation upon hearing Luo Chen's words.

In their eyes, a chief attendant was the highest position of real power they could attain on the Train.

As for the Train Conductor, apart from being chosen by the gods, it was almost impossible for them, the abandoned remnants of the gods, so they naturally had no such extravagant hopes.

But a chief attendant was different; it could be bestowed by the Train Conductor, which gave each of them a possibility of obtaining it.

As long as there was a possibility, it would attract people to want to obtain it.

Currently, there was only Chen Yujun. If someone could become the second, they would be the second-in-command under the Train Conductor, and the women all showed expectant looks.

The movements of their hands unconsciously slowed down.

“Uh! Give it to her!” Luo Wan Ning thought for a moment, pointing to a young woman beside her, dressed in a white suit, a gray hip-skirt, and long, beautiful legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings.

“Chai Wenjing!” Luo Chen said uncertainly.

He remembered this woman seemed to be the 18th one he had taken.

She held a folder, likely serving as a secretary.

Seeing Luo Chen look at her, Chai Wenjing showed a gentle smile and nodded, confirming Luo Chen's guess.

Soon, Luo Wan Ning explained the reason: “She mainly records transactions from different people and often needs to check system data, so I think it's more suitable for her.”

“Furthermore, to complete her tasks, she works until two or three in the morning every day. She's the most diligent and hardworking person on the Train, so giving it to her, others won't have any objections.”

The other women's jealousy indeed faded significantly upon hearing Luo Wan Ning's explanation.

Chai Wenjing lived with them, and they all witnessed her daily work ethic.

If it was given to her, besides envy, they truly couldn't find any other reason.

Looking at the two dark circles under her eyes, Luo Chen believed Luo Wan Ning's explanation, nodded, and said:

“Alright, then it's yours! To show my encouragement, go find Sister Yujun later and have her arrange a private bedroom for you on the second floor. If there isn't one, have her buy one.”

After speaking, Luo Chen designated Chai Wenjing as the recipient of the crew core.

You have been added as Crew Member No. 2 by Train Conductor Luo Chen. Your Train control permissions are as follows:

Chai Wenjing saw the prompt pop up on her wristband, her eyes reddened, and she quickly bowed to Luo Chen and Luo Wan Ning, thanking them:

“Thank you, Train Conductor! Thank you, Big Sister! I will definitely work hard.”

Luo Chen and Luo Wan Ning smiled slightly.

Diligent people should naturally be rewarded; otherwise, wouldn't it be condoning those who aren't diligent?

“Sister Wenjing, you're amazing! If I had known, I would have worked as hard as you!” Outside the cockpit, a young girl carrying a bucket looked at Chai Wenjing and said excitedly.

“It's not too late to work hard now!” Chai Wenjing said with a smile, showing no arrogance despite her elevated status.

“Among the first 15 of us who came up, only Mu Sichun and Bai Ruowei have a bedroom. Now you're the second. You'll have to take care of us more in the future.” Another girl stepped forward and said somewhat ingratiatingly.

“Oh, right! One bedroom can sleep two people. Who do you plan to give that spot to?”

“Fang Lingshan, of course! They're best friends.”

“Really?” The others were somewhat uncertain, secretly hoping that person would be themselves.

Chai Wenjing nodded, confirming it.

“Sigh! What a pity! I hope it'll be my turn next time!”

“Let's go! Work harder; there will be opportunities in the future. Otherwise, don't let those who come later snatch it first.”

“Right! Must work harder.”

“I really want to be lazy! I hope Train Conductor husband finds a few more women, so my life can also improve a bit.”

Subsequently, the somewhat disappointed women bid farewell to Chai Wenjing one by one.

What Luo Chen didn't know was that after this incident, the women's work enthusiasm on the Train far exceeded before.

Previously, they could freely rest after completing their duties, but now they all applied for overtime work.