29: Slightly satiety and thirst quenching

Between the fifth crew car and the seventh passenger car, Lu Yang created a new living car.

This living car was mostly a dining area, with a smaller portion reserved for a future bathhouse.

After dawn, many passengers returned to rest, and the dining area suddenly became lively.

Liu Zexue was among the older passengers on the train, and he rarely did physical labor before the apocalypse.

After a night of digging, his back ached.

He just wanted to quickly fill his stomach and go to sleep.

However, looking at his work points, which had already surpassed 80, Liu Zexue was satisfied.

Accumulating another 20 work points would allow him to enjoy the special services of the crew.

The only problem was who to choose?

Zhang Hong had the most prominent chest, Liu Fei had a large backside, and Chen Yuan Yuan had a baby face.

Each of them was very attractive.

They were the type Liu Zexue had never been able to approach before.

Now that he had the chance to get close, he suddenly had a dilemma of choice.

He really wished he could sleep with all of them!

As Liu Zexue was thinking, he saw Li Dong approach him with a food tray.

Besides the basic ration of two thick slices of whole wheat bread, the tray also contained three oily, steaming meat buns and a bottle of frosty iced cola.

Seeing this, Liu Zexue asked in surprise, "Xiao Li, what's up? Are you planning to give up on life? This portion must be at least 10 work points, right?"

Hearing this, Li Dong first took a big bite of a meat bun, "Delicious, delicious, truly delicious!"

"It's so damn fragrant!!"

After finishing one meat bun and taking a big gulp of iced cola, he contentedly feigned surprise and replied to Liu Zexue, "Old Liu, didn't you see the notice posted at the bun window? New items today, plus everyone worked hard all night yesterday, so this set meal is 20% off, only 8 work points!"

"Although it's still a bit expensive, in these times, besides our Xinhuo Train, where else can slaves on other trains eat meat buns and drink iced cola? So, it's normal for it to be a bit pricey."

"If it weren't limited to one portion per person per day, I'd want another one. These meat buns are truly delicious!"

After speaking, Li Dong took another big bite, eating half a bun.

The three buns were devoured in less than a minute.

Then, still wanting more, he licked the grease from his hands.

Liu Zexue, sitting opposite him, drooled.

The whole wheat bread in his mouth suddenly didn't taste good anymore!

What surprised him even more was that after Li Dong finished the meat buns and cola, he put the two slices of whole wheat bread and a bottle of water into his small bag, picked up his pickaxe, and was about to go back to work.

Liu Zexue was shocked and quickly grabbed his hand.

"Li Dong, are you trying to kill yourself?"

"You just worked all night and haven't even rested for half an hour, and you're going back to work? Can your body handle it?"

"Even if you're young, you shouldn't abuse your body like this."

Hearing this, Li Dong looked at Liu Zexue with a puzzled expression.

"No, Old Liu, didn't you see Master Yang's newly issued supplementary notice?"

"Our meat buns and cola both have black tech effects that can quickly restore physical strength and mental energy."

"I didn't really believe it at first, but after eating them just now, in such a short time, I really do feel that my back doesn't ache anymore. Before I came back, I was so sleepy I couldn't open my eyes, but now I'm not sleepy at all. That's why I'm planning to go back and work for a bit more, and then rest when I get tired."

"And, let me tell you," Li Dong said, quietly leaning closer to Liu Zexue, "Master Yang hasn't touched Zhang Hong or the others since they got on the train."

"Although I don't know how many men they served before, their 'first time' on the Xinhuo Train is still intact. The brothers are all eager to be the first to claim their 'Xinhuo Train first blood'! How about you, Old Liu, are you content to be last?!"

"I've noticed the way you look at Liu Fei, just staring at her big backside, as if you want to devour her."

"If you don't compete for it, once everyone has accumulated enough work points and starts lining up, who knows when it will be your turn."

After speaking, Li Dong shouldered his pickaxe and ran off.

Liu Zexue, after hearing Li Dong's words, felt a surge of hot blood rush to his head.

"Damn it, who can stand this? I'm in!"

Thinking this, he immediately ran to buy a bun set meal with his meal ticket and 8 work points.

Wanting to eat the buns was one thing, but the most crucial part was that he wanted to be the first to claim Liu Fei's 'Xinhuo Train first blood,' which was a rare achievement on the Xinhuo Train.

Like Li Dong, he devoured the buns in a few bites.

Indeed, as Li Dong said, after a short while, his body, which had been aching, quickly filled with strength, as if he had been injected with a stimulant.

After guzzling down a bottle of cola, Liu Zexue felt his mind was clear enough to take the college entrance exam.

So, he immediately shouldered his pickaxe, and with a clanging sound, he quickly ran out of the car and rushed into the mine.

In the Train Captain's car, Lu Yang listened to Xiao Xin's report, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

"You mean, 90% of the passengers went back to work in the mine after breakfast? All voluntarily, not a single one was forced?"

"The effects of the cola and meat buns are even better than imagined?!"

In the previous round of major vehicle component upgrades, Lu Yang had upgraded the bran bread slice production machine, purified water filter, steamed bun production machine, and cola production machine all to Level 5.

They respectively gained four characteristics: [Slight Satiety], [Slight Thirst Quenching], [Delicious Filling], and [Fizzy Happiness].

Slight Satiety and Slight Thirst Quenching were nothing special; they just made it easier to feel full and quenched thirst after consuming and drinking the whole wheat bread and purified water produced by the Level 5 bran bread slice production machine and Level 5 purified water filter, much like compressed biscuits and electrolyte water.

But [Delicious Filling] and [Fizzy Happiness] were extraordinary.

[Delicious Filling: After consuming buns containing delicious filling, one can quickly recover physical strength. Long-term consumption can, to a certain extent, strengthen the consumer's physique and make them less prone to illness.]

[Fizzy Happiness: After drinking carbonated water produced by the cola production machine, one can quickly alleviate mental fatigue. Long-term consumption can, to a certain extent, strengthen the consumer's mental power and make their mind clearer.]

Originally, Lu Yang had no intuitive understanding of these two characteristics.

He had also eaten buns containing delicious filling and drunk iced cola.

But perhaps it was because he had always been eating the essence of mutated creature flesh and blood.

After consumption, apart from feeling full, his body didn't have any obvious reactions.

After all, with his original physical fitness, he was already not easily fatigued or tired.

Now, he only needed two hours of sleep a day to be energetic and full of strength.

Therefore, he didn't find these two characteristics particularly special.

But now, judging from the actual effects, these two characteristics were indispensable for hard labor.

After eating and drinking their fill, the passengers' stamina was refreshed, and they could work tirelessly.

He just didn't know if there were any side effects.

Thinking this, Lu Yang gave Xiao Xin the task of closely monitoring the passengers' physical condition, then stopped further research.

Instead, he turned his attention to the Strongest Train Captain System.

After a night of hard collecting by the passengers, the progress of Level 2 Train Captain Task One was already more than halfway complete, and it would likely be fully completed by tonight.