73: Easily earn millions a day

As time passed, more and more survivor trains, such as Armed Thug and Pan Stone, arrived at Yanzi Ridge.

Although nearly 70% of the trains in Donglin Plain were cleared during the Regional Cleanup Great Escape instance, the news of this Leisure Sanctuary directly exploded in the ears of all Train Captains.

Furthermore, with the Xinhuo Train, which had killed a tier 4 ominous zombie king, present, the safety expectations far exceeded the goals of the other Train Captains.

The number of trains rushing to Yanzi Ridge increased daily, no less than those at previous Train Assemblies.

And most of them were tier 3 trains.

After all, in an environment like the Regional Cleanup Great Escape, trains with insufficient strength found it very difficult to survive. Only tier 3 trains could possess sufficient survival capability.

However, the only protagonist on the scene was the Xinhuo Train.

Especially after accumulating enough resources to build the entire production line for the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer through early transactions, Lu Yang directly built two tier 3 PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzers and mounted them on the multi-functional expansion platform at the front of the train.

As a result, after all the trains arrived at Yanzi Ridge, the focus of their conversations entirely revolved around the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer.

Its massive barrel was both awe-inspiring and highly coveted.

Train Captains visiting the Xinhuo Train daily were endless.

This forced Lu Yang to specifically set up a reception area, dispatching some young and beautiful female attendants to greet and see off those Train Captains.

Consequently, many Train Captains, upon seeing Lu Yang, didn't first ask how to buy the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer, but rather if a certain attendant was interested in being transferred, which left Lu Yang quite exasperated.

The answers were naturally all negative.

Once they entered the Xinhuo Train's door, they were people of the Xinhuo Train.

How internal divisions were made on the train was the Xinhuo Train's business.

If he were to sell them for a small profit, it would not align with Lu Yang's original intention.

It would also easily shake the resolve of others on the train.

After all, you work tirelessly on the train, accumulating work points with great difficulty, and finally get promoted to a third-class or second-class passenger, only for the Train Captain to turn around and sell you.

What would other passengers think?

Moreover, the meager profits from human trafficking were simply not worth Lu Yang's attention.

He might as well spend that time promoting his own PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer.

One tier 3 PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer could be sold for 5000 units of tier 3 iron ore, while the cost was only 300 units of tier 3 iron ore, a profit of 4700 units of tier 3 iron ore, which was more than selling an entire train full of people.

In fact, Lu Yang not only didn't sell passengers but also bought some from other overburdened trains.

Men and women, no restrictions!

The purpose was to complete the tier 3 Train Captain mission three, to reach 2000 passengers on the train to obtain the mission reward.

However, this process was not very smooth.

Due to the Regional Cleanup Great Escape instance, trains in Donglin Plain with larger populations mostly became priority targets and were ambushed.

This led to very few trains that originally had the capacity to sell people surviving.

Moreover, among the nearly five hundred people Lu Yang managed to acquire with great difficulty, over three hundred were women.

This, in a way, was also related to Lu Yang.

Because the Xinhuo Train had too many good things and had gone through the Regional Cleanup Great Escape, now, in order to purchase weapons and equipment from the Xinhuo Train,

Almost every train was in a state of resource scarcity, which indirectly led to able-bodied young men who could mine becoming highly sought after.

As for women, when train resources were relatively abundant, many Train Captains would spend resources to keep a group for their own amusement.

But now, they wished they could get rid of these burdens.

As a result, more than half of Lu Yang's newly acquired population were women, and their looks were all above average.

He was at a loss for a while, not knowing how to settle them.

He couldn't possibly make everyone engage in service, could he?

There weren't that many people on the train to consume services either!

Later, the train's intelligent AI, Xiao Xin, offered a suggestion—to let them also mine.

Originally, women, due to physical factors, lacked strength and had low mining efficiency. Coupled with the fact that there were more men than women on the train, from the perspective of maximizing efficiency, Lu Yang had most women who couldn't do heavy labor work as attendants.

But now it was different; the Xinhuo Train had civilian mechanical exoskeletons.

Even women with the poorest physical condition, with the fixed basic strength provided by the civilian mechanical exoskeleton, could generate sufficient work value as long as they were willing to endure hardship and exert themselves.

As long as they were willing to work and earn a living through their own efforts,

Lu Yang was willing to let them personally put on with their own hands the clothes they were forced to take off due to life's circumstances.

Of course, Lu Yang would not force those who truly did not want to endure hardship.

After all, it's about mutual needs.

After seeing off Qian Feng, the Train Captain of the tier 3 Bountiful Train, who had ordered a small Guardian Statue, 30 tier 3 Ghost Killer Flintlock Rifles, 10 tier 3 Harvester Individual Grenade Launchers, 30 Jiaolong Assault Rifles, and a large quantity of ammunition and other sundries, Lu Yang let out a long sigh of relief.

Doing such a profitable business was truly exhilarating.

In fact, the Bountiful Train had originally wanted to order a tier 3 PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer, but due to the consumption from the previous great escape, the train's existing resources were limited.

Qian Feng could only prioritize other necessary weapons.

Especially items like the small Guardian Statue and Ghost Killer Flintlock Rifle that could defend against the ominous, and rational stabilizing tranquilizers.

After all the items were procured, Qian Feng said nothing, drove the train, and left Yanzi Ridge with a series of beeps.

As for where he was going—

Of course, it was to mine while there was still some time before the Leisure Sanctuary opened!

Qian Feng had previously marked a tier 3 Iron Mine in the original Eternal Night Zone.

At that time, due to the lack of items to deal with the ominous on the train, he could only reluctantly mark the mining spot and leave.

At the last Train Assembly, he even wanted to transfer the coordinates of this mining spot for 300 units of tier 3 iron ore.

But he asked several familiar Train Captains.

No one wanted it at all!

Instead, he was even ridiculed, with someone saying, who hasn't discovered a mining spot in the Eternal Night Zone!

If it could be mined, would it still be waiting for you to discover it!

But just now, the Train Captain of the Izumo, who had previously mocked him, shamelessly came back to ask him if the mining spot he had discovered in the Eternal Night Zone was still for sale.

He was willing to pay 1000 units of tier 3 iron ore.

Qian Feng then retorted with a string of sarcastic remarks.

Damn it, now everyone has means to deal with the ominous, why wouldn't I mine it myself?

And sell it to you?

Am I selling you a mine?

I'm selling you a tier 3 PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer.

Provoked by the Izumo, and to prevent the previously discovered mining spot from being snatched, Qian Feng, driving the Bountiful Train, did not dare to linger for a second after completing the equipment handover from the Xinhuo Train.

He immediately drove the train away in a flash.

Such scenes were happening almost every moment in Yanzi Ridge.

By evening, compared to when there were the most trains, only a handful of trains remained in Yanzi Ridge.

Even the Black Knight had gone mining.

The only one who might be leisurely was Lu Yang on the Xinhuo Train.

Looking at the train's resource panel with over a million units of resources in stock, Lu Yang had a beaming smile.

At this moment, he had already driven the Xinhuo Train to the highest point of Yanzi Ridge.

The Train Captain's carriage window directly faced a vast expanse of land and a beautiful sunset.

Behind him, Yun Qiqi was gently stroking his back with her soft hands.

Below him, Yun Chuchu, with her broadcasting voice, was singing loudly.

It made him shake his head, utterly delighted.

He felt as if time had never been so perfect.

The breeze was gentle, and everything was serene and beautiful!