32: Train Mutual Aid Contract

One step forward, the sky is vast; one step back, the more you think, the angrier you get.

Just thinking that the other party treated him like a fool, Lu Yang became furious.

The most crucial thing was, he held a knife in his hand, what was there to be afraid of?

So, he immediately raised the Repeating Ballista.

This was currently the Xinhuo Train's longest-range weapon, and its bolts came with an explosion effect.

It was best at delivering a one-shot kill.

Then, he directly aimed at the Dragon Tooth's Train Captain carriage.

Without a word, he immediately fired a volley of bolts.

Whatever they had to say, they could tell his explosive arrows!

Instantly, a violent alarm blared inside the Dragon Tooth's Train Captain carriage.

"Damn it, is this Xinhuo Train's Train Captain crazy? He attacked without saying a word!"

"The most crucial thing is, according to the intelligent AI's judgment, the bolts he fired posed a huge threat to the Dragon Tooth."

"Damn it!"

"Mech-girl, immediately deploy the intercepting net."

A huge net shot out from the Dragon Tooth, and when the three Repeating Ballista bolts were still over a hundred meters away from the Dragon Tooth, they were precisely enveloped by the net.

Entangled, they successively lost momentum, quickly fell to the ground, and emitted a violent explosion.

This startled Wu Mazi, the Dragon Tooth's Train Captain.

"Damn, they even explode. No wonder the intelligent AI judged them as a huge threat."

"Why am I so unlucky? I originally wanted to make a fortune, but I didn't expect to encounter two tough opponents as soon as I made a move."

Thinking of this, he immediately sent messages to his two subordinates.

"Retreat, retreat first. Let them pass. Once they're gone, we'll continue."

After speaking, he immediately turned on the loudspeaker and hastily said, "Brother of the Xinhuo Train, don't do anything, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"

"We'll make way immediately, far away. Humans shouldn't kill each other!"

As he spoke, the Dragon Tooth had already started.

With a roaring hum, it sped far away.

The other two Level 2 Trains blocking the road did the same.

Although their movements weren't as swift as the Dragon Tooth's, they were further away, so they ran even faster.

Lu Yang watched, dumbfounded.

He knew they couldn't fight, but this was too much bluster and no substance!

At the very least, they should have retaliated.

On the other side, Liu Jiangu, the Pan Stone's Vice Train Captain, saw this scene and shouted loudly through the loudspeaker, "Good!"

"The Xinhuo Train's brother is excellent!"

"Those sneaky guys should just be shot."

"If you hadn't made a move just now, I would have been ready to as well."

"In the wilderness, anyone who dares to block the road should be considered an enemy."

Lu Yang didn't reply through the loudspeaker, but instead spent 200 units of Level 1 Iron Mine to post a message in the regional channel.

"Attention all Train Captains, three malicious trains blocking the road have been discovered sixty kilometers northwest of San Dao Town. They are the Dragon Tooth, Azure Scale Train, and Navigator. Please be careful to avoid them when passing through to prevent unforeseen incidents. At the same time, I sincerely thank the Pan Stone's Train Captain for his strong assistance in helping to drive them away. Many thanks!"

In the Pan Stone's Train Captain carriage, Liu Jiangu instantly chuckled when he saw the message suddenly pop up in the radio's regional channel.

"Xiaosan, quickly look at the regional channel. This Xinhuo Train's Train Captain has something going for him. With just one message, he not only put those three road-blockers on the Train Assembly blacklist, but also boosted our reputation."

Liu Qingshan nodded, "Yes, with this message, now, whether the Dragon Tooth and the others genuinely want to recruit people or are just pretending, no one will bother with them."

"A very clever tactic."

"The most crucial thing is, his strength is very strong."

"That Repeating Ballista is not only accurate and long-ranged, but it also explodes. It's a very destructive weapon, cheap and sturdy."

"When we see Gao Feng, we can recommend him to make friends. The Black Knight's reputation is not small, as long as this Xinhuo Train's Train Captain isn't some lone hungry wolf, he should give some face."

"This way, in the Donglin Plain area, more and more people will abide by the rules, and rebuilding order will no longer be an unattainable thing."

Liu Qingshan and Gao Feng were classmates. Initially, he and his father, Liu Jiangu, lived on the Black Knight.

Later, Gao Feng obtained more than one Train Order.

He asked if anyone on the train was willing to contribute to the human cause in the Donglin Plain.

Liu Qingshan stepped forward.

Taking fifty passengers supported by Gao Feng, he became independent.

In just a few months, it developed into a Level 2 Train and obtained a blueprint for a vehicle-mounted autocannon.

The several Level 2 vehicle-mounted autocannons on the Black Knight were given to him by Liu Qingshan.

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On the other side.

After the Xinhuo Train and Pan Stone left, Wu Mazi, the Dragon Tooth's Train Captain, with a livid face, dialed the short-frequency communication with the Azure Scale Train and Navigator.

As soon as the call connected, a timid voice rang out from the other end, "B-Boss, that Xinhuo Train exposed us. What should we do now?"

Before Wu Mazi could speak, another irritable voice rang out.

"What to do? Nothing!"

"If you ask me, Boss, why don't we just become train robbers directly?"

"Deceiving and swindling isn't as fast as robbing."

"Then, if those guys dare to disobey, we'll just burn their trains directly and capture all of them to be slaves on our trains."

"Wouldn't that be great?!"

Wu Mazi did not speak.

In his mind, the scene of accidentally being forced into the Intermediate Zone's Snowfield Wilderness last time appeared.

That place was countless times more dangerous than the Donglin Plain.

Let alone Level 4 Trains, even Level 5 and Level 6 Trains had to hide and seek.

At that time, he, still a Level 2 Train Captain, was fortunately rescued by a Level 5 Train.

The other party claimed to be a member of some Train Mutual Aid Association.

Dedicated to the advancement of human civilization.

After saving him, they not only sent him out of the Snowfield Wilderness but also gave him a large sum of resources.

The only requirement was to sign a 'Train Mutual Aid Contract'.

That contract was written in tadpole-like characters that Wu Mazi could not understand.

The pages were filled with a dark psionic aura.

Although he felt uneasy at the time, he had no room to refuse.

If he refused, he estimated that he would not be able to leave the Snowfield Wilderness.

He could only bite his finger and sign the blood oath as requested by the other party.

Only after truly signing it did he realize that the so-called 'Train Mutual Aid Contract' was an extremely unequal psionic contract.

After signing the contract, 10% of the resources obtained by the Dragon Tooth would mysteriously disappear after entering the warehouse, appearing in the other party's train warehouse.

At the same time, he also needed to find a brand new blueprint each month to offer to the other party.

Most importantly, he also needed to enshrine an unknown idol throughout the entire train.

Every slave had to kneel before the idol for half an hour of prayer in the morning, noon, and evening.

Otherwise, they would die suddenly.

Of course, afterwards, to avoid arousing Wu Mazi's rebellious Heart, the other party also gave him many benefits.

Wu Mazi was only promoted to a Level 3 Train with the other party's funding.

At the same time, they also gave Wu Mazi the right to acquire resources for himself.

As long as he recruited new people to sign the 'Train Mutual Aid Contract', 3% of the 10% resources offered by the other party would appear in the Dragon Tooth's warehouse, becoming the Dragon Tooth's advancement resources.

If the Dragon Tooth's recruitment mission was completed excellently, they would also help the Dragon Tooth advance to a Level 4 Train.

Thus, under the other party's coercion and lure, Wu Mazi could only choose to go all the way down this dark path.

The only thing that displeased Wu Mazi was that, as of now, nearly a month had passed, and he had only received two unproductive subordinates.

The profits gained from them were less than what he had spent on them.

Of course, it was precisely because of this that the Azure Scale Train and Navigator's Train Captains were still obedient to Wu Mazi.

Otherwise, given the money-grubbing nature of these two Train Captains, who knows what trouble they would cause.