190: The train names were secretly merged?

Luo Chen pondered for a moment, then instructed Luo Wan Ning beside him:

"Wan Ning, later, go exchange all the energy crystals. Each person on the Train gets two, each department head gets five, and the rest are to be given to Chen Yujun for safekeeping. Future rewards will be given individually for meritorious service."

To make a horse run, you have to feed it grass.

The affairs of the Train were all managed by the women, saving him a lot of trouble. He also needed to give them appropriate rewards so that they would be grateful and work harder.

Moreover, over a thousand energy crystals were enough for him to use for a long time. Giving them to his women wouldn't have much of an impact and would instead enhance their strength, potentially allowing them to play a greater role in the future.

"Wow! Really? That's great! Luo Chen, I love you!"

Immediately, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted in the cockpit. As the sound spread outside, and the women outside learned of it, everyone on the Train cheered wildly, as if it were New Year's.

Then, the women, one after another, crowded around Luo Chen, excitedly hugging and kissing him.

Fei Lan watched this scene with a slight smile. She wasn't worried about energy crystals, but the joyful atmosphere was infectious, and at this moment, she was happy for the women's excitement.

About twenty minutes later.

Luo Chen stared blankly out the cockpit window, his face covered in red lipstick marks. He didn't know how he'd gotten through those ten-plus minutes, being hugged and kissed by dozens of women—the feeling was simply... amazing.

The Train broadcast sounded again. Luo Chen snapped back to attention, his eyes lighting up. They could name the Train now! This was a very useful feature. In the future, they wouldn't have to keep calling out numbers, and it would be much more convenient to refer to each other.

However, he didn't need to think of a name anymore; Voyage had already been chosen.

After filling in the name on the screen and confirming it, his personal information and the name in the chatroom instantly changed to 'Voyage'.

Soon after, Jiang Zhi and Qin Mengyue also chose their names. Jiang Zhi's was [Qiming], and Qin Mengyue's was [Qiquan]. Clearly, to show their connection to him, they opted for a similar naming convention.

Recalling the broadcast that mentioned the number of Trains had dropped to 252, Luo Chen curiously opened the chatroom and found that the number of people displayed was 48,762, which was quite a bit more than before.

"What's going on? With only 252 Trains left, the number of people has actually increased, even exceeding the previous number. This is too strange! Did they include non-Train Conductors?"

Luo Chen began scrolling through the chat history, hoping to find any relevant explanations or clues.

In the chatroom now, everyone's name was no longer just a simple Train number, but had become a [Train Name + Personal Name] format, somewhat like an internet domain name system. It made it much easier for him to read the chat history, and it was clear which faction each person came from.

[Exploration - Kopiyev: "Urgently buying energy stones at a high price. Those interested can private message me. One Train coin per stone."]

[Black Pearl - Jack: "Can any friend sell me some food? A sudden increase in passengers has left us short on supplies."]

[Bliss - Qu Jinyuan: "Bliss Pavilion is officially open for business. Welcome, sirs, to enjoy music and companionship here. Prices are favorable, with pickup and drop-off service. Join as a member for discounts. P.S.: Sincerely inviting partners for the 'Scheming Journey' to join."]

[Qiquan - Qin Mengyue: "Are you still worried about not having drinking water? Qiquan (formerly Great Xia Trade Alliance) officially undertakes water purification, charging only 20% purification fee, returning clean drinking water to you. Those interested, please contact us quickly.

P.S.: Qiquan Brand Purified Water is officially launched, only 2 star coins per bottle. New customer activity: Buy two, get one free."]

[Superman Qiang - Zhu Quan: "Damn it, which bastard registered my Piggy Warrior name?!"]

Luo Chen briefly scrolled through the chat history and found that most of it was still transaction information, advertisements, and arguments, but there were far fewer flirtatious messages. Perhaps most people had lost their Train Conductor status, and those who remained had become part of the management, focusing more on profit.

He then skipped the useless information and quickly scrolled forward. Soon, he saw a chat snippet:

[Great Qin - Wu Wang: "Official, come out and explain! Why did you secretly merge zones? I wasn't in this zone before."]

[Yongji - Zhao Chengshui: "I strongly condemn the zone merger! This is a damn king's zone. I used to be a boss in the previous zone, but now that I'm in this zone, I can only be a small fry. It's too frustrating."]

[Great Qing - Jin Peiguang: "Everyone, I am Jin Peiguang of the Great Qing. I sincerely invite friends from the new zone to join our Great Qing. Excellent benefits provided."]

[Piggy Warrior - Bai Bai: "It's really true, no wonder the number of people increased so much. Official, quickly give compensation! I only need a hundred energy crystals, and I can pretend I didn't see anything."]

"Secretly merged zones? Could this be the real reason the chatroom population increased?"

Luo Chen instantly recalled that when he summoned people to resist the corpse tide, Hou Jun had brought people over to knock on the door, and there seemed to have been a foreigner from another zone. His suspicion of a secret zone merger was confirmed.

That is to say, the Trains that stopped at the last station were not only from their zone, but also from other zones, and now they had secretly merged.

As for whether it was two zones or multiple zones, Luo Chen was not sure.

But combined with the broadcast's reminder of 'no more zone mergers hereafter,' Luo Chen boldly guessed that perhaps all of humanity from Blue Star was now in this one zone.

He looked at the number again. The chatroom statistics showed 48,762 people. The chatroom population should still only count Train Conductors and Vice Train Captains.

Suddenly, he was astonished.

"The number of Train Conductors and Vice Train Captains is 48,762, but there are only 252 Trains. The disparity between these two is too great."

He did a simple calculation and found that, on average, each Train had over 190 Train Conductors, which far exceeded his expectations.

In his current situation, none of his three Trains had reached over 190 Train Conductors.

The closest was Uncle Jiang's Qiming, with 146 Train Conductors, and Qin Mengyue's with 108. This proved that these 252 Trains were definitely major forces that had integrated a large number of Trains, and the great integration in their region had already ended.

Besides discovering the secret zone merger, Luo Chen also noticed a chat snippet:

[Quartz - Shi Lei: "Isn't anyone curious about the Trains that shattered Giant Jaw Star before? That one shot was simply..."]