89: Micro Ecological Farm Community

Over the next few days, the Xinhuo Train's main task once again became frantic mining.

Upgrading the Reverse Technology Research Center was out of the question for the time being.

However, Train Captain Lu Yang put the construction of the Magic Net Core Blueprint (Red) on the agenda.

Currently, the Xinhuo Train's Level 1 Iron Mine and Level 1 copper have both surpassed 2 million units, and Level 1 wood has also exceeded 1 million units.

Only another 1 million units of Level 1 wood were needed to complete the construction of the Magic Net Core Blueprint (Red).

This item possessed the ability to turn the false into real, and subsequent upgrades would not require any further resource expenditure.

It had already become the top priority on the Xinhuo Train's to-do list.

However, the wood in Donglin Plain, unlike the Iron Mine and copper, did not have dedicated collection points; it was only incidentally found around other mining areas.

Coupled with the daily consumption of all the trains.

Relying solely on trade and collection, it would be difficult to gather enough in Donglin Plain in a short time. (PS: As for why the golden scales are not used for conversion, although the conversion ratio for the three basic resources is 1:1, the golden scales are currently damaged, with an additional 20% loss, and it also takes time. Moreover, it can only convert Level 1 wood, and converting 1 million wood would take forever. Some readers were confused, so I'm clarifying this point.)

Thinking this, Lu Yang opened the chat box with Gao Feng.

It recorded the last message sent by Gao Feng.

"Train Captain Lu Yang, if you urgently need a large amount of wood, and are willing to disregard the risks, the fastest way is to enter the Intermediate Zone: Inner Green Mist Forest."

"There are specialized timber collection points there, just like the Iron Mine collection points and copper collection points in Donglin Plain. Finding one will allow you to harvest a large amount of wood."

"It's just that the danger level is a bit high, with Level 4 and above mutated beasts everywhere, so please carefully weigh the pros and cons and do not take excessive risks."

Taking risks was out of the question; Lu Yang valued his life more than anyone.

However, the Inner Green Mist Forest was a must-go; otherwise, accumulating this wood would be a pain.

The Intermediate Zone is a Level 4-6 zone.

The highest level of mutated beasts appearing is Level 6.

To avoid being harmed by potentially appearing high-level mutated beasts, Lu Yang specifically upgraded the train's iron armor on the locomotive by another three levels.

It cost a total of 350,000 units of Level 1 Iron Mine. (PS: Level 7 to Level 8 costs 50,000 units of Level 1 Iron Mine, Level 8 to Level 9 costs 100,000 units of Level 1 Iron Mine, and Level 9 to Level 10 costs 200,000 units of Level 1 Iron Mine.)

And he obtained the characteristic 'Iron Wall'.

[Iron Wall: Can use Iron Wall to temporarily give other low-level armored carriages the same defensive power as Level 10 train iron armor, lasting for 1 minute, with a cooldown of 6 hours, and 0/5 charges stored.]

At the same time, Lu Yang also re-planned the carriages.

Currently, the Xinhuo Train has 1898 passengers, using 20 carriages, and 3123 Golden Kobolds, using 11 carriages.

Passenger carriages alone accounted for 31 sections.

Adding the production carriages and the locomotive, the total number was close to 40 sections.

If it were normal terrain, 40 carriages would not be a problem.

But in the terrain of the Green Mist Forest, only by using Centipede Wheels could it travel relatively well.

Too many train carriages would not be suitable.

Every time Lu Yang traded with other Train Captains, he would acquire centipede legs, and although the Centipede Wheels had barely been upgraded to Level 10.

However, the maximum speed was still only 150km/h.

The acquired characteristic 'Scent Deterrence' was quite useful.

[Scent Deterrence: When traveling, it can release the scent of a Level 10 Iron Centipede to deter enemies. The longer it is released, the more the deterrent effect on the same creature will gradually decrease, and it may attract a small number of flying predators unafraid of Iron Centipede (please use with caution).]

From Lu Yang's perspective, this characteristic was more beneficial than detrimental.

The train's movement in the forest was noisy and very likely to attract a large number of mutated beasts; with Scent Deterrence, it could avoid most enemies.

Even if a small number of flying predators of the Iron Centipede were accidentally attracted, the Xinhuo Train's firepower would be enough to drive them away.

In this situation, the train carriages needed to be streamlined.

If there were too many carriages, the train would be very redundant in forest terrain. In case of an attack, it's very possible that the front half of the train would have climbed over a hill, while the back half was still on the other side of the hill.

It would be difficult to react.

According to the plan, Lu Yang intended to control the number of carriages to within 10 sections.

For other Train Captains, this was nothing short of a pipe dream.

Unless the population was reduced, 10 carriages would not be enough even if everyone stacked up.

But the Xinhuo Train had Micro Ecological Farms that could expand internal space.

It had already shown initial results when facing Wu Mazi last time.

This goal was entirely achievable.

Of course, what ultimately led Lu Yang to decide on this implementation was the characteristic 'Ecological Link' obtained when the Micro Ecological Farm reached Level 5.

[Ecological Link: The internal spaces of Micro Ecological Farms connected in parallel can be seamlessly linked.]

The standard internal space configuration of a Xinhuo Train carriage is 3.5m × 3m × 30m, and the construction area of a Micro Ecological Farm is 2m × 2m × 2m.

If a carriage were entirely built with Micro Ecological Farms, it could accommodate a maximum of 15, with 0.75m wide passages on each side.

Just like the standard template used when dealing with Wu Mazi.

Thus, with 1 Level 5 Micro Ecological Farm and 14 Level 1 Micro Ecological Farms built in each carriage, a usable space of (30m × 30m + 14 × (10m × 10m)) a full 2300 square meters could be obtained. (PS: For every level a Micro Ecological Farm is upgraded, its length and width increase by 5m, and the internal height is a uniform 5m.)

In Xiao Xin's design plan, named [Micro Ecological Farm Community].

After deducting 500 sqm for the Micro Central Ecological Park, 500 sqm for the Central Plaza, 300 sqm for pedestrian walkways, 200 sqm for the communal dining hall, and 100 sqm for the public bathhouse.

The remaining 700 sqm residential area, built with three-tiered space capsules of 2m × 1.25m × 0.9m, could accommodate a maximum of 900 people according to Xiao Xin's design.

For 1898 passengers, three carriages filled with Micro Ecological Farms would be more than enough.

As for the 3123 Kobolds, it was relatively simpler; just arrange some common fake mines inside, and two carriages filled with Micro Ecological Farms would be enough to house them all.

This way, the passenger carriages could easily be streamlined from 31 to 5 sections.

Adding three production carriages and two locomotives.

This would precisely meet the goal of 10 carriages.