21: Ghost Slayer

“Clackety-clack— —”

“Clackety-clack— —”

“Toot— — — —”

On the morning of the third day, facing the rising sun.

The Xinhuo Train abandoned the depleted Small Copper Mine and sped northwest towards the Level 2 Iron Mine on the outskirts of Green Mist Forest.

In the Train Captain’s carriage, Lu Yang’s joy was evident as he looked at the dramatically transformed flintlock rifle in his hand.

After collecting an additional 2500 units of wood, Lu Yang had also upgraded the Flintlock Rifle Production Line to Level 5 in one go.

After all, weapon-type vehicle components were currently very scarce on the Xinhuo Train, and the only one available for individual soldiers was the Flintlock Rifle Production Line.

After reaching Level 5, the Flintlock Rifle Production Line, as expected, also awakened a special characteristic.

It was just that the effect of this characteristic—

Lu Yang only wanted to say, it was incredibly powerful.

【Level 1 Flintlock Rifle (Ghost Killer Flintlock Rifle)】

【Quality: Green】

【Range: 100 meters】

【Production Cost: 30 units of Level 1 Iron Mine, 10 units of Level 1 Wood】

【Special Effect: Can deal 30% true damage to eerie creatures of the same level.】

After the Flintlock Rifle Production Line was upgraded to Level 5, it gained the 'Ghost Killer' characteristic, allowing it to produce flintlock rifles capable of damaging eerie creatures at double the resource cost.

Although it could only deal 30% true damage.

Its significance, however, was extraordinary.

In Donglin Plain, there was a place that was forbidden to all Train Captains.

That was the Eternal Night Zone.

The sun never shone there, and it was full of eerie creatures.

The eerie creatures there might not be high-level, nor were they as densely packed as zombie hordes.

But Train Captains feared them like tigers.

Even if resource detection radar showed that the mineral resources in the Eternal Night Zone were three to five times higher than elsewhere.

Train Captains dared not collect them.

The reason was that all Train Captains lacked means to deal with eerie creatures.

Conventional weapon vehicle components could only cause physical damage.

It was difficult to inflict effective damage on eerie creatures whose main body was a spirit.

If an eerie creature unfortunately infiltrated a train, most Train Captains, to save their lives, could only abandon their carriages and flee, just like the Amethyst.

Even more unfortunately, according to news from higher-level areas, blueprints for vehicle components that could deal with eerie creatures had only a very small chance of dropping from eerie creatures in the Eternal Night Zone, and most of them were defensive in nature.

This formed a vicious cycle.

Unable to deal with eerie creatures, unable to obtain useful blueprints that could harm eerie creatures.

Without useful blueprints that could harm eerie creatures, unable to deal with eerie creatures.

Even if Train Captains hunted down other mutated creatures and fortunately obtained psionic items like the Psionic Parent-Child Pendant.

They were mostly one-time use.

This led Train Captains to stay even further away from the Eternal Night Zone for survival.

This was also why the Level 3 train, Black Knight, publicly offered a high price to acquire items that could damage eerie creatures.

Because it was too difficult to obtain them on their own.

Even with a public request, for the Train Captain of the Black Knight, it was just a matter of trying his luck.

What he could ultimately acquire remained a big question mark.

If Lu Yang were to sell this Ghost Killer Flintlock Rifle in his hand to the Train Captain of the Black Knight now, even if it was only a Level 1 one, selling it for 500 units of Level 1 Iron Mine would definitely not be a problem. In reality, Lu Yang’s production cost was only 30 units of Level 1 Iron Mine and 10 units of Level 1 Wood.

A profit of more than ten times.

Of course, this was just Lu Yang's estimated price based on his knowledge.

The actual price might be higher.

The exact amount would depend on the wallets of other Train Captains.

After all, rarity makes things valuable.

Items like the Ghost Killer Flintlock Rifle, which can continuously inflict effective damage on eerie creatures, are in a seller's market.

It is a rare and good item currently available in Donglin Plain, and there is no worry about not being able to sell it.

A few days later, at the Train Assembly, with this one product alone, Lu Yang would most likely make a fortune.

Of course, the prerequisite was to ensure his own safety.

Before he had enough strength to protect himself, Lu Yang would not be like a child carrying gold through a bustling market.

Otherwise, that wouldn't be making money; it would be courting death.