95: The fourth-level biological train calling for help

“Clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter—”

In the early hours of the morning, thanks to Lu Yang's full motivation, the passengers indeed lived up to his expectations and completed their collection tasks ahead of schedule.

They added 113 units of Level 4 wood and 5896 units of tier 3 wood to the Xinhuo Train's warehouse inventory.

This immediately reduced the wood shortage to 300,000 units of Level 1 wood.

Additionally, a Level 2 Iron Mine Collection Point and a Level 1 Iron Mine Collection Point yielded 3 units of Level 4 Iron Mine, 43 units of tier 3 iron ore, 6215 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, and 6032 units of Level 1 Iron Mine.

As well as one unit of Level 1 iron matrix stone, one unit of Level 1 Thunder Stone, and one unit of Level 2 Psionic Stone.

The extra output all came from the golden pickaxe's effectiveness.

It truly lived up to its name as a Civilized Wonder.

Lu Yang did not arrange for the Xinhuo Train's nighttime travel speed to be too fast; the next Level 2 wood collection point was 257 kilometers away, and they only needed to arrive around 7 AM.

Everyone had worked hard all day and deserved sufficient rest.

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Northwest of the Xinhuo Train.

In the Inner Green Mist Forest, near the Toxic Water Swamp.

The Level 4 biological train, Azure Python, was speeding away.

In the pitch-black night sky, whistling sounds occasionally streaked past.

Each time it sounded, the Train Captain of the Azure Python, Zhao Silver Snake, felt his heart tighten.

He then popped a treasured Level 4 mutated creature's blood and flesh essence into his mouth, causing his tired body to unconsciously surge with more strength, controlling the Azure Python to slither even faster.

As long as he slithered a few more tens of kilometers and entered the Inner Green Mist Forest, he wouldn't have to be afraid.

That place was full of towering trees that blotted out the sky.

It was also home to many mutated creatures that were not afraid of Claw-Ripping Eagles.

For example, the most famous among them was the Golden Ringed Hornet colony.

Hundreds of thousands of Golden Ringed Hornets simultaneously shot out their highly venomous stingers; even if a Claw-Ripping Eagle was a Level 6 mutated beast, it wouldn't dare to take them head-on.

However, his Azure Python was not afraid of the Golden Ringed Hornet's venomous stingers.

Before advancing, Zhao Silver Snake specifically spent a large sum of money to buy a map of the Intermediate Zone around Donglin Plain.

He chose the Toxic Water Swamp as his base of operations.

Therefore, when choosing the special abilities for his Level 4 biological train, he chose to prioritize anti-poison and secondary speed.

This combination allowed him to encounter almost no natural enemies in the Toxic Water Swamp.

After all, the most powerful trump card of mutated creatures living in the Toxic Water Swamp, such as poisonous toads, floating scorpions, and withered vine frogs, was their venom.

But it was completely useless against his Azure Python.

Relying on the Azure Python's natural restraint against them, Zhao Silver Snake even hunted a Level 5 Silver-Eyed Poison Toad alone, greatly increasing the Azure Python's flesh and blood transformation progress.

Its anti-poison ability also advanced to another level.

But who the hell would have thought that today, during his routine hunt, he would encounter a Level 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle.

These creatures usually live in the Yunling Grassland, east of the Toxic Water Swamp.

The Yunling Grassland is one of the most resource-rich areas around, home to a large number of mutated yaks and mutated argali.

Level 4 Iron Mine Collection Points are also common.

Of course, there are even more large zombie hordes and carnivorous overlord-class mutated creatures.

The Claw-Ripping Eagle is one of the overlord-class mutated creatures of the Yunling Grassland. Relying on its excellent flying ability and giant claws that can tear iron and shatter stone, it is not afraid even when facing the Blazing Giant Lion, the land overlord of the Yunling Grassland, which is also Level 6.

This also made the surrounding Train Captains, whether they commanded mechanical trains, biological trains, or Ghost Trains, always cautious as if they were thieves whenever they went to the Yunling Grassland.

Even a Level 6 train would not fare well without specialized high-level anti-air weapons.

Zhao Silver Snake had encountered Claw-Ripping Eagles before, but they were usually Level 4. Facing a huge prey like the Azure Python, they would not make it their primary target.

Instead, they would look for easier-to-catch green water snakes, withered vine frogs, etc. Sometimes, if they really couldn't find suitable prey, they would try to catch poisonous toads.

But they would never trouble the Azure Python.

Even if they encountered a Level 5 Claw-Ripping Eagle, after experiencing the Azure Python's methods such as concentrated explosive poison scales and serpentine clones, they would retreat knowing the difficulty.

Especially since Zhao Silver Snake would deliberately flee towards the living areas of mutated creatures like green water snakes and withered vine frogs.

He would use them to attract the Claw-Ripping Eagle's attention.

Then he would escape in the chaos.

If he was lucky, he might even be able to fish in troubled waters and catch some prey for himself.

In fact, this morning, Zhao Silver Snake initially encountered a Level 4 Claw-Ripping Eagle.

At that time, facing that overconfident fellow who wanted to hunt him, Zhao Silver Snake easily broke one of its claws with a small trick.

He felt quite pleased with himself.

Then, after dealing with the small one, the old one came.

This Level 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle was single-mindedly determined to avenge the small Claw-Ripping Eagle. It didn't care if easier-to-hunt green water snakes or withered vine frogs appeared in front of it; it ignored them all.

It only stared at the Azure Python.

Once, it even almost grabbed the Azure Python's vital point.

Thanks to Zhao Silver Snake's quick reaction and timely use of the lubrication skill, he managed to escape from its claws.

However, even so, the Azure Python's biological body still sustained 11% damage.

To maintain his escape speed, Zhao Silver Snake had to consume evolutionary origin to repair the wound in time.

This instantly caused his evolution progress, which he had painstakingly accumulated to over sixty, to regress by 5%.

He was heartbroken beyond words.

Of course, later he couldn't care less about the heartache.

Because the Claw-Ripping Eagle's attacks came in waves, and by the time he had escaped to this point, his evolution progress had already regressed to 12%.

He was practically back to square one.

What made him even more anxious was that if he couldn't continue to hold on, not only would he return to square one, but he might also meet his great-grandmother.

It was practically going to kill him!

Suddenly, Zhao Silver Snake discovered a mechanical train signal on the Azure Python's biological radar.

Although the Train Intelligent Auxiliary AI function of biological trains had degenerated, the biological radar function established by the mutated creatures themselves had been greatly enhanced.

When detecting special targets, it could often detect them at extremely long distances.

However, this time, the detected signal was not too far, only 120 kilometers.

At the speed of a mechanical train, even a Level 4 one, it would only take a little over ten minutes to arrive.

Upon detecting the mechanical train signal, Zhao Silver Snake didn't care what level the other party was and immediately pulled out a mechanical ring.

He threw it outside the main cockpit.

That was a distress mechanical bird he had traded from a Level 6 mechanical train.

Its maximum speed could reach 380 km/h.

Although its range was only 90 kilometers.

It could transmit distress signals over long distances.

Given the current distance to the mechanical train on the radar, as long as it flew 20 kilometers, it could transmit a distress signal.

Then, Lu Yang, who was about to go logging, saw a short video suddenly pop up on the train's display screen.

In the video, a man with an exotic appearance said anxiously, “Brother, help me out!”

“I am the Train Captain of the Level 4 biological train, Azure Python, and I am being hunted by a Level 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle.”

“As long as you can meet me at the edge of the Green Mist Forest and help me escape, I am willing to offer a Level 4 Iron Ore Collection Point and give you an orange quality blueprint specifically for mechanical trains.”

“Help me out!”