5: Transformation Core

Taking out the box, Luo Chen discovered 8 purple star coins with stars carved on them, which must be star coins.

There were also two coins with Train images carved on them, and an orange module.

He just didn't know what this module was for.

After putting away the items in the treasure chest, Luo Chen pulled the trash can and quickly ran towards the Train.

After dumping everything onto the Train, Luo Chen picked out the old-fashioned phone.

He set the time to match the Train's time, then compared the seconds with the Train's, and after a minute of confirming the interval was correct, Luo Chen felt relieved and left the Train.

He set an alarm for 15 minutes before the Train's departure and another alarm for 2 minutes later.

After searching the ninth house, the old-fashioned phone rang, and Luo Chen completely relaxed.

Knowing that there would be a sensation when he was close to a treasure chest, he searched the subsequent houses much faster.

Luo Chen spent half an hour exploring the remaining dozen or so households.

Because he didn't sense any treasure chests, Luo Chen's search was much rougher this time.

He only found 5 gas tanks, 3 gas stoves, two cleavers, 6 quilts, 8 sets of bedding, two pillows, 13 buckets, 7 iron basins, 20 rolls of toilet paper, and 8 bags of rice.

What made him happiest was that he found an electric tricycle in the eighteenth house, and it even had power.

Riding the electric tricycle, Luo Chen felt like his life had taken off.

"Oh wow ~ my life has already reached its peak!"

With 45 minutes left before departure, Luo Chen quickly drove the tricycle to transport the supplies back to the Train. The Train doors opened about two meters, so Luo Chen drove the tricycle directly inside.

He made another trip and finally brought all the gas tanks and other supplies back to the Train. The supplies had been placed outside the houses earlier, so this time he only needed to load and unload them.

It took him 15 minutes to successfully transport everything onboard.

With half an hour remaining, Luo Chen decided to pick some vegetables.

Pulling the trash can, Luo Chen tossed handfuls of vegetables into it.

Suddenly, Luo Chen felt something soft, which scared him so much that he frantically flung it away and quickly retreated two steps.

After realizing what happened, he quickly grabbed his engineer's shovel and stared into the distance, where he saw a long, green snake rapidly slithering towards him.

Maintaining vigilance, Luo Chen stared intently at the snake, waiting for it to enter his attack range before slamming the shovel down on its head.

Regardless of whether he hit it, Luo Chen repeatedly swung the shovel until the soil in front of him had been completely turned over.

Moving the engineer's shovel, Luo Chen found that the green snake had been cut into several pieces, and its head was completely smashed.

Seeing this, Luo Chen's racing heart finally calmed down a little.

After this fright, Luo Chen no longer dared to pick carelessly. He quickly finished picking the watermelons and ran towards the shore.

After loading the vegetables and watermelons, Luo Chen also loaded a wooden bed and two sofas.

He returned to the Train just in time.

At eleven o'clock, the Train departed punctually.

Once the Train was stable, Luo Chen went to the rear of the Train and looked outside. He noticed that the world he had just entered didn't collapse from within like last time, but instead flickered for about ten minutes before disappearing entirely.

Arriving at the driver's seat, Luo Chen opened the chat room.

At this moment, messages were exploding inside.

The number of online users had also increased to 8917.

[Damn it. I was scared to death. There was actually a snake in the grass.]

[As soon as I entered the village, I was chased by a dog and almost couldn't make it back!]

[Upstairs, don't be afraid, bite back. P.S.: One portion of black dog meat for rabies vaccine.]

[Where did you all go? I entered a gym, and besides iron weights, there was nothing to eat. Can any big brother trade me some food? I'm starving.]

[Am I the only one who went to the desert? Waaah waaah waaah...]

It seemed his luck was pretty good. With so much food, he wouldn't have to worry about food for the next few days.

Luo Chen cut open half a small watermelon. It was pink and tender, probably not fully ripe.

He scooped a large piece with a spoon and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and sour, and very juicy, not bad at all.

With half remaining, Luo Chen put it on the trading platform, but no one traded for it after a while.

However, he wasn't in a hurry and continued browsing the chat room while holding the watermelon.

[What did you all get in your treasure chests?]

[One roast duck, 30 star coins, and an orange block that I don't know what it's for.]

[treasure chest? Where's the treasure chest? Why didn't I see it?]

[Brother! Didn't you explore the world? treasure chests are easy to find inside!]

[I was so busy looking for food that I didn't notice!]

[Before the Train doors open, station information will pop up on the screen. Just pay close attention to it.]

[Brother upstairs, two bottles of water for the block? Deal or no deal?]

[I'll offer three bottles!]

Soon, the orange module was traded for ten bottles of water.

In less than ten minutes, hundreds of similar transactions were completed.

Witnessing this situation, more and more people began to use their surplus supplies to acquire the blocks. But those who possessed them also understood the situation, and fewer and fewer transactions occurred.

The price of the orange block also doubled, from the original ten bottles to twenty bottles.

Luo Chen also traded for a yellow block at the price of 15 bottles of water. Others were also selling different colors, but because their value was unclear, not many people traded for them.

At this point, two messages were highly upvoted and became server-wide announcements.

[Everyone! Be careful when trading blocks! Those are modification cores. After the Train upgrades to level two, Train modification will be activated, and the blocks can add functions to modify the Train.]

[That's right! And the blocks also have levels, from low to high: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Gold. Don't trade them casually.]

[I lost big time! I just traded a green modification core for 20 bottles of water. Big brother who saw my message, can you please return it to me.]

[I just traded a red block for 15 bottles of water. Seeing the sister upstairs, my heart doesn't hurt as much now.]

Looking at the yellow and blue cores in his hand, Luo Chen was secretly delighted, lucky that he quickly traded for a core.

After this revelation, the price of these items was expected to multiply several times over.

[Level two big shot, please take me with you!]

[Level two, so fast? My supplies haven't even exceeded three digits yet. How did he do it?]

[Dad! I'm your son who's been lost for many years! Give your son some supplies.]

[Young master? Do you still need a bed-warming maid? Delicate and soft, high temperature.]

[Temperature of where?]

[Why even ask, of course, it's *there*!]

[I can too. I'm 300 pounds, I can definitely make you feel warmth like never before.]

It seemed he needed to upgrade the Train as soon as possible.

In a survival game, the most important things are shelter and food.

Now that he had surplus food, it was time to upgrade his shelter.

Luo Chen put up the collected gas stoves, gas tanks, vegetables, and other surplus items for exchange. He planned to trade them for metal, steel, and sand and stone.

Vegetables wouldn't last long, so he had to trade them as soon as possible.

He had too many gas stoves and couldn't use them all. He would trade them away.

Letting it trade on its own, Luo Chen got up to organize the supplies he had collected that morning.