119: I don't accept suggestions... No wonder!!

Lu Yang: "???"

What the hell, you can even suggest tasks?!

And it immediately recommended the highest difficulty!!

Although the task rewards show that Route Three is the most appealing, are you sure your suggestion is reasonable?

Even a primary school student can tell the difference between 1 and 50, right?!

And who knows if it's purely a numerical difference or an exponential difference in quality.

If difficulty 1 faces enemies that are 5 kg in weight and 50 cm long infants.

Difficulty 50 faces enemies that are 250 kg and 2.5 meters tall strong men.

Forget 50 infants, even 5000 infants wouldn't be a match for a strong man!!

Although the Xinhuo Train is very strong, Lu Yang hasn't become so arrogant as to believe he is invincible.

The Train Captain's control panel seemed to notice Lu Yang's hesitation.

A large chunk of information slowly reappeared in the dialogue box.

When selecting the highest difficulty for Task Route Three 'Civilization Pioneer' advancement route, there are two additional chances to choose after failure. One can then choose Task Route Two 'civilization guardian' advancement route or Task Route One ordinary mechanical train advancement route.

When selecting the highest difficulty for Task Route Two 'civilization guardian' advancement route, there is one additional chance to choose after failure. One can then choose Task Route One ordinary mechanical train advancement route.

The preparation time for Task Route Three 'Civilization Pioneer' advancement route is 30 days, for Task Route Two 'civilization guardian' advancement route is 10 days, and for Task Route One ordinary mechanical train advancement route is 1 day.

Train Captain, please make your final choice.

After this sentence was spoken, a 30-minute countdown appeared after both Task Route Two and Task Route Three.

The meaning was clear: if you don't choose the timed task, it will be gone after the countdown ends!

Lu Yang was noncommittal about this.

He didn't rush to make a choice, but instead typed a line into the dialogue box.

"After confirming the task route, can I know the relevant task content in advance?"

"Task Route One cannot. Task Route Two can know the general task content in advance. Task Route Three can know all task content in advance."

Well, it was still trying to encourage him to choose Task Route Three 'Civilization Pioneer' advancement route in various ways.

However, Lu Yang had already made his decision at this point.

Even if the content on the Train Captain's control panel was guiding him to choose Route Three, he had no reason to refuse, right?

Knowing the task content in advance, 30 days of preparation time, the most generous rewards, and the opportunity to restart and choose other task routes if he failed.

With such generous conditions, if Lu Yang didn't choose Task Route Three, he would consider himself a big idiot.

As for whether there might be some conspiracy behind this?!

Well, it's not impossible~

But if there really was an unknown entity targeting him, and he chose Route One, and it gave him Route Three's difficulty, he wouldn't know!

Just like the apocalyptic changes in the Train World, there was no room for resistance!

Moreover, judging from the reward content of Task Route Three, one of them is the inheritance qualification for the 'Bronze Civilization Fire'. From this alone, Lu Yang could roughly judge that even if there were human manipulation factors behind the advancement task, the other party had no ill intentions.

Because according to the information obtained from Wa Qi, the Golden Coast guide, the owner of the Civilization Flame represents being favored by the main civilization race.

So, it's more likely that the other party saw his potential and wanted to cultivate him.

Didn't you see that among the options, there was also content about being able to re-select the task route after failure?

It's not like failure means certain death.

He had ample opportunities for trial and error.

After a thorough analysis, Lu Yang unhesitatingly chose Task Route Three.

Congratulations, Train Captain, you have successfully selected Task Route Three 'Civilization Pioneer' advancement route. The specific task content has been sent, please check it promptly!!

For some reason, from this message, Lu Yang always felt a hint of joy.

It was as if someone was very happy with his final choice.

A feeling of grasping the last straw!

However, it was meaningless to delve into it now.

If the Xinhuo Train wanted to continue developing further, it had to follow the established rules.

Otherwise, being locked at the Level 3 train tier, even if he could venture into the Intermediate Zone alone, it would be useless.

Because it's very likely that many blueprints obtained later in the Intermediate Zone, like the [Flamethrowing Hovering Wheel Blueprint], would require Level 4 train basic conditions to build.

No matter what, as long as the Xinhuo Train and he could become stronger and stronger, Lu Yang would have the courage to face everything.

Might as well go for it!

Once I gather enough resources and upgrade my weapon parts to several hundred levels, no matter what monsters or ghosts, I'll blast you to death with one shot!

Let's see if you'll still be so cocky then!

After thinking fiercely for a while, Lu Yang clicked on the specific task content newly sent by the Train Captain's panel.

['Civilization Pioneer' Route Mechanical Train Advancement Task]

Task Type: Civilization Pioneer

Task Content: The Train World has established its first small expansion base on Hanhai Star, but has been unable to erect a true territory stone. As a 'Civilization Expansionist' trial participant, your task is to defend against attacks from the native Hanhai Star sea race after the temporary territory stone is planted. The longer you hold out, the stronger and more numerous the invading enemies will be. Please be prepared for human wave tactics. (Due to the Train World's concealment, the highest level of native Hanhai Star sea race attacking will not exceed Level 5, and the scope is limited to within five hundred nautical miles of the expansion point.)

Task Difficulty Selection: Easy (Defend 1 day), Simple (Defend 3 days), Normal (Defend 5 days), Difficult (Defend 7 days), Nightmare (Defend 10 days), Hell (Defend 15 days), Despair (Defend 30 days). Task difficulty determines task rewards. The 'Bronze Civilization Fire' inheritance qualification and permanent small Civilization Pioneer territory will only be obtained after completing the 'Despair' difficulty task.

Task Hint: Due to being deep in an alien star expansion, the drastic changes in world rules will cause the power of technological weapons to be greatly reduced until the territory stone is truly established. Due to the protection of the temporary territory stone, when within the temporary territory range, the power of gunpowder weapons is only reduced by 50%, the range is only reduced by an average of 50%-70%, and the energy consumption of electromagnetic weapons is only increased by 100%. Hanhai Star's climate is constantly stormy and rainy. Train Captain, please make full preparations. It is recommended to activate the armed mobilization of train crew and prepare various waterproof materials in advance.

Lu Yang let out a long breath.

After reading the task content and hints, he felt as if a large stone was pressing on his chest.

Originally, he thought that with the weapon parts level and rich variety on the Xinhuo Train, he wouldn't have to fear any kind of enemy.

But now, good heavens, gunpowder weapon power is halved, range is reduced by 50 to 70 percent, electromagnetic weapon energy consumption is doubled, and he has to face constant storms and heavy rain.

Most of his trump cards were suddenly cut down.

And he still had to face human wave tactics.

No wonder the difficulty coefficient of this task could be as high as 50.

The difficulty level even had an extra 'Despair' level that hadn't appeared in other tasks.

Fortunately, there was no rigid mandatory requirement for the task duration.

Even if he chose the 'Despair' difficulty level.

Lu Yang could also choose whether to abandon the task based on the actual situation.

Of course, task rewards could only be obtained for the corresponding completion status.

If he could only defend for 3 days, he would only get simple-level rewards; defending for 5 days would get normal-level rewards.

As for the most precious 'Bronze Civilization Fire' inheritance qualification and permanent small Civilization Pioneer territory, he would only get them if he held out for 30 days.

Because only after holding out for 30 days could the planted temporary territory stone truly establish itself and become a permanent Level 1 territory stone, gaining territory protection effects, and thus becoming a reward.

Otherwise, regardless of whether anyone else came, as long as they did, they would have to constantly endure the Debuffs of being on an alien star, such as "gunpowder weapon power halved, range reduced by 50 to 70 percent, electromagnetic weapon energy consumption doubled."

"From this perspective, the most reliable weapons at that time will be cold weapons!"

"It's just that there aren't many weapon part blueprints for cold weapons on the Xinhuo Train, right?"

Lu Yang looked through the Xinhuo Train's blueprint library.

Some were already built, such as Repeating Ballistas and chariot blades.

Some were blueprints Lu Yang had acquired and learned but not actually built, such as the [Blacksmith Shop] obtained from Old Ode.

Originally, Lu Yang thought, it's the mechanical age, why build a blacksmith shop?

Aren't guns and cannons better?

But now, it seems, well, the blacksmith shop is still very useful.

Especially the blacksmith shop blueprint given by Old Ode; once built, it even came with blueprints for several standard weapons like spears, sabers, shields, and armor.

The only thing lacking might be long-range weapons.

But that's okay, Lu Yang had acquired a green-quality heavy crossbow blueprint when trading with other Train Captains before.

Coupled with the reduced-power firearms, the long-range firepower wasn't weak either.

Weapons weren't an issue; the most important thing next was people.

From the provided information, the native sea race of Hanhai Star was quite tough. Many low-level units were armored species like shrimp-men and crab-men, and their vitality was also very strong.

Don't let the weapons be able to break through defenses, but the users lack the strength to pierce, which would also be in vain.

Besides quality, in terms of quantity, the current combat establishment of only one hundred people in the Train Police Squad would definitely not be enough.

The current Xinhuo Train was like Han Xin counting soldiers; the more people, the better.

Only then could there be enough endurance for a protracted war.

After all, he had to defend for a maximum of 30 days, and if he could complete the task, he would also need troops to guard the territory in the future.

It made Lu Yang hesitate whether to absorb the group of You Shan County survivors that Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess had filtered out.

However, after thinking about it, he ultimately decided against it.

Lu Yang felt that, at crucial moments, they were still not reliable enough.

If they couldn't withstand the pressure on the battlefield and defected, that would be even more fatal than being defeated by the enemy.