96: Cat Man Old Man

Looking at Xi Yue lying on the bed like a puddle of mud, her face flushed, she looked like she had been played with and broken.

Luo Chen shook his head. He had thought she would be an expert, but it turned out she was a little fledgling.

Bad at it but addicted, not at all durable.

He casually picked up the quilt nearby and placed it over Xi Yue. After a quick wash, Luo Chen walked out of the bedroom.

There was only one day left until the protection period ended. What dangers would appear?

It was better to improve his strength first!

Luo Chen thought, arriving at the driving cabin.

At this moment, Luo Wan Ning had already woken up, wearing white pajamas covered in brown teddy bears. She was sitting in the driver's seat with Shirasawa Erina, operating the screen, responsible for the external purified water transactions.

“You’ve been trading for several days. How many star coins have you earned in total?” Luo Chen walked over to the two of them and asked casually.

Hearing Luo Chen's words, Luo Wan Ning turned her head and smiled, “Looks like you slept well?”

“You never asked, so we originally planned to hoard more and give you a surprise. But since you asked, there’s no need to hide it anymore!”

“Hehe! I’m telling you, selling water is indeed a big business, no wonder people used to become the richest on Blue Star by selling water. We are only charging processing fees for purified water, but in the past few days, besides water, we have earned a total of 6951 star coins and 242 train coins.”

As Luo Wan Ning spoke, Shirasawa Erina got up and pulled open a bronze treasure chest nearly a meter long next to them.

Inside, it was filled with a thick layer of purple metal coins.

Luo Chen looked at the gleaming star coins and train coins under the light, his eyes shining, and praised, “Well done! If you need more staff, just say so; the Train is not short of people right now!”

“The number of people for moving water is currently sufficient. The main issue is that there are too few people who can operate the screen. Just Erina and I are a bit overwhelmed,” Luo Wan Ning pointed at the screen in front of her, a bit helpless.

Luo Chen thought about it; what Luo Wan Ning said was indeed a problem.

However, currently, only those with the Train Conductor and attendant identities could operate the driving screen; ordinary passengers did not have permission. And this permission was system- Bring your own, Luo Chen couldn't modify it.

There were still two vacant Train Conductor positions, and two non-Train Conductor personnel could be promoted to Train Conductor. But choosing these individuals was another problem.

It wouldn't be difficult for him to choose two people based on his preferences. But doing so would inevitably lead to a struggle for his favor, eventually turning into a palace drama.

This was what he least wanted to see, so the best way was to establish a system of rewarding based on merit.

According to their respective contributions, they would receive corresponding rewards. This would not only win over the public but also increase the enthusiasm and initiative of the women.

Could he even implement a KPI assessment system?

Uh... KPI, forget it, too much like a capitalist.

“Alright, I’ll have Xi Yue come over to help you later! As for more people, you can see if you can buy attendant cores,” Luo Chen thought for a moment and said.

Attendants had significantly lower permissions compared to Train Conductors, and their permissions were controllable, and their numbers were easier to increase. Most importantly, if he wasn't satisfied, he could freely replace them.

This way, even if he designated two people based on his preferences, others would be more likely to accept it.

“Alright!” Luo Wan Ning nodded.

Bidding farewell to Luo Wan Ning, Luo Chen went alone to the first-floor driving cabin, took out an energy crystal, and then took out two God's tokens.

“I wonder if I can enter the God of Memory’s trial space?”

He placed the god of hunting’s token aside and then placed the God of Memory token and the energy crystal together.

However, there was no reaction from either of them.

It seemed it couldn't be used.

Luo Chen had no choice but to give up and then placed the god of hunting’s token and the energy crystal together.

As the energy in the energy crystal was completely absorbed, he once again entered the Hunting God’s trial space.

This time, the trainer was no longer a monkey, nor a Catfish, but a Cat-person old man with white hair, a fluffy Cat tail, and Cat ears on his back.

Without extra words, the old man threw over a fishing rod of unknown material and began the task.

“Drink that diluted liquid and come start the trial. Your trial task this time is fishing. Catch three fish within an hour to succeed.”

Luo Chen's eyes went dark. His fishing experience during the day had already made him realize he wasn't cut out for it, and now he encountered another fishing trial task.

Perhaps he shouldn't have come in today.

It seemed this energy crystal was going to be wasted.

Luo Chen, disheartened, picked up the fishing rod and sat down next to the Cat-person old man... An hour later, Luo Chen looked at the familiar Train room and breathed a sigh of relief.

It was quite unusual for him to sit blankly for an hour with a fishing rod by himself.

Let’s see how much it improved this time?

He opened the portable light screen and entered the Train Conductor attributes:

【Your Basic Attributes:】

【Strength Level: Awakening Triple (Gene Activation: 3.16%)】

【God's Blessing: god of hunting*, god of fertility】

【Strength: 300】

【Speed: 40】

【Health: 417】

【Stamina: 130】

...It only increased by 0.35%. Before, one energy crystal could increase it by over one percent.

What a huge waste!

Luo Chen was filled with regret.

If only he had known, he would have practiced his technique before going in!

Regret was useless; time would not rewind. Luo Chen could only put away the two tokens.

Uh! Feeling a bit hungry! Let's eat first!

He ate whatever food was collected.

Ao Jia had caught many fish, most of the live ones were kept in the aquatic breeding carriage, while some dead ones ended up on the dining table.

Besides fried fish, there was also charcoal-grilled seal meat, corn, egg, and ham cubes, and seaweed soup.

A total of three dishes and one soup, which would have been considered quite simple in the past, but compared to others who were still eating bread, it was much better.

Luo Chen picked up a piece of seal meat, put it into his mouth, and chewed carefully.

The seal meat was quite tender, but it was not very juicy, making it a bit dry to chew.

At this moment, Xi Yue came to Luo Chen with a tray, found a chair, sat down, and said:

“Husband! I have a sister who wants to come over, is that okay? She's the one you recruited in the chat room before; she saw your message.”

“Husband?” Luo Chen turned his head, looking at the wet-haired Xi Yue, feeling a bit like laughing.

This was the first time someone had called him ‘husband’ on the Train. For some unknown reason, the other women never seemed to call him that. They either called him by his name or Train Conductor, but ‘husband’ was a first.

However, he didn't correct her, but continued to ask, “The Train is still in transit, how can she come over?”

“She is a trickster apostle and has the ability of spatial teleportation. As long as we can give her a star beacon here, she can come over anytime.”