117: A puppet worth 10,000 star coins

Qin Mengyue's mother, Su SuSu, looked at the supplies piled in the rear carriage and asked with some concern, "Meng Yue, with such cold weather, won't the things we collected spoil?"

Qin Mengyue lowered her head, shook it, and said, "Most of them won't, but some fruits, vegetables, and other high-moisture foods might dehydrate after the water inside them freezes."

"Then won't all those foods spoil?" Su SuSu asked with some worry.

Jiang Bin and the others, hearing this, all turned their gazes to the mother and daughter, their hearts filled with concern.

These foods were all collected by them with great difficulty. It didn't matter if they couldn't sell them; they could still eat them. But if they all spoiled, it would be a huge loss.

"Mom! Don't worry about it. They won't spoil for now. They just won't taste as good. Besides, even if we lose money, we don't have a solution right now, do we? We don't have air conditioning, so the temperature won't go up," Qin Mengyue said with some impatience.

Just then, Xu Ruyan was browsing the Trade Center's information when she suddenly saw a trade posted by Luo Chen. She quickly shouted, "Sister Meng, Luo Chen posted a trade for a Central Air Conditioning Modification Core! It's a purple core, and it costs 1200 train coins. Should we buy it?"

"Really?" Qin Mengyue was overjoyed at the news and quickly scrambled up from the ground. Ignoring the cold, she hurried towards Xu Ruyan's position.

She had previously obtained a purple core, but it had already been used and could not be taken out for trade. However, 1200 train coins could still be raised if they pooled their resources.

The others also stood up, their expressions somewhat excited.

Qin Mengyue looked at the striking trade information on the screen with delight, quickly pushed Xu Ruyan aside, and sat down herself.

"You go warm yourself by the fire for a bit. I'll contact Luo Chen now and ask him not to rush selling it."

With that, her slender fingers flew across the screen, and soon, a message was sent to Luo Chen:

【I am Qin Mengyue, Mr. Luo Chen. I have an impertinent request. Could you reserve the Central Air Conditioning Modification for me for a period of time? I am currently raising train coins.】

After sending the message, she turned her head to look at a cute girl with a small round face by the fire and asked, "Ke Xin, how many train coins do we still have?"

"996," Ning Kexin blurted out.

Qin Mengyue's Train adopted a corporate management model, and Ning Kexin, who majored in accounting in college, took on the role of the Train's financial officer after the Train merged.

"996, still 204 short!" Qin Mengyue frowned and scanned the others, asking, "How many train coins do you all still have? This is a critical moment, don't hide them. The sooner we get the Central Air Conditioning, the sooner we can escape the cold."

"I have 7!" Jiang Bin took the lead, pulling out seven train coins and saying.

"I have five!" Xu Ruyan said.

Soon, the others also took out their train coins.

In a short while, all the Train Conductors on the Train collectively raised 96 train coins.

"Still 108 short." Qin Mengyue looked at the pile of train coins in front of her, her brows tightly furrowed.

"A purple core is only worth 1000 train coins. He's selling it to us at a 20% premium, which is already high. Can't it be a little cheaper? Besides, he's also the Vice Alliance Leader of our Great Xia Trade Alliance."

A young man said with some indignation.

"Liu Sidong, don't talk nonsense. In business, he's doing nothing wrong. Let's see if we can sell some food to get some train coins," Qin Mengyue interrupted.

Afterward, several people began to dump high-moisture food in the Trade Center.

Anyway, these foods would spoil if left for too long, so it was better to sell them off cheaply as soon as possible and convert them into train coins... On the other side, Luo Chen was doing squats next to the driver's seat.

As the saying goes, if you don't Train your legs when working out, men will become impotent, and women will get waterlogged.

Although his lifespan had been extended and his body was in better shape now, the daily intensity of use for little Luo Chen had also increased significantly. If he didn't exercise now, he would sooner or later lack stamina.

"99!"

"100!"

Luo Chen counted while staring at the screen in front of him. In the past half hour, no useful messages had popped up on the screen.

None of the factions that obtained purple cores in this merger had contacted him either.

He guessed that the rewards for the top three in the merger were very likely the same, meaning they all had Central Air Conditioning Modifications, which was why they no longer needed his Central Air Conditioning Modification.

This guess coincided with a certain idea in his mind—the Gods creating such a Train survival game were not trying to kill them or amuse themselves by playing with them.

With the Gods' power, if they wanted to kill them, they could easily do so with a snap of their fingers, with no need for such trouble.

As for amusement, it was even less likely; They wouldn't be so bored.

So Their goal was merely to eliminate most of the less capable Train Conductors and then choose one or even several winners from among them.

And those who didn't succeed wouldn't be killed but would return to the game and be ruled by these winners.

As for the reason for doing this, he was not yet clear, but Blue Star clearly couldn't be returned to, as it had already been cut into pieces. He could only continue to play.

Fortunately, he hadn't felt much difficulty so far. Aside from not having Blue Star's various delicacies and games, life here was even more comfortable than on Blue Star. At least on Blue Star, he didn't have the ability to have so many beautiful women and do as he pleased.

Just then, a message from Qin Mengyue popped up on the screen.

Luo Chen glanced at the familiar avatar on the screen, slightly startled.

The two hadn't been in contact for a long time; he wondered what she had sent.

Clicking in, he saw her request: 【I am Qin Mengyue, Mr. Luo Chen. I have an impertinent request. Could you reserve the Central Air Conditioning Modification for me for a period of time? I am currently raising train coins.】

Luo Chen smiled slightly and replied directly, "Yes."

No one was buying it now anyway, so he didn't even need to deliberately reserve it for her.

"Thank you!"

After Qin Mengyue's brief reply, she fell silent again.

An hour later, Qin Mengyue sent another message: 【I only have 1100 train coins now. I'd like to use a puppet worth 10,000 star coins as a substitute. What do you think?】

10,000 star coins, at a ratio of 1:100 for train coins and star coins, is equivalent to 100 train coins. Adding 1100 makes exactly 1200 train coins, so the value is not a loss.

It's just that a 10,000 star coin puppet is a bit expensive. If it wasn't for a trade, he wouldn't be willing to sell it.

After weighing it for a moment, Luo Chen decided to sell her the core.

【Is the puppet male or female?】