Chapter 63: Finally... A Small Achievement.

"Every time I die and enter that pitch-black environment, I would feel around the area. Once I found a Level 1 pickaxe and a train order; that’s when I started mining alone to build a train."

"All the other goblins are asleep; I tried waking them up but to no avail, so I could only mine by myself."

"I don’t know how long I’ve been mining."

"And eventually I crafted that Level 2 goblin train."

"As for that drill, it’s a Level 1 ’Goblin Train’ built-in white accessory with effects like breaking rocks and traversing underground, though it consumes energy quite quickly when activated."

"Upon upgrading to a Level 2 ’Goblin Train,’ there’s a green-grade built-in craftable accessory, ’Nanomaterial Armor Paint,’ which covers the train surface with a layer of black paint to block radar perception. I upgraded it to Level 3 for concealment."

"Enemy radar below Level 3 cannot detect my goblin train."

"..."

Chen Mang’s eyes flashed slightly with amazement. He knew how difficult it was to upgrade the train to Level 2, but he never thought that the goblin train was entirely crafted by this little goblin named Doba alone.

This work capability goes beyond diligence; it’s off the charts!

He could even imagine that scene.

In a dead silent space with not a hint of light, a small goblin, swinging a pickaxe blindly, constantly striking at iron ore. In the silence, the chimes of the pickaxe hitting iron ore echoed.

Perhaps there were cries of the goblin echoing alone.

Just like that.

After days of unknown toil, finally managing to forge a Level 2 train with great difficulty, exuberantly traversing deep underground, fulfilling the tasks in his mind, fantasizing himself as the greatest goblin, those foolish humans would never find him.

Then...

He glanced sideways at the incomplete goblin train nearby, his mouth slightly twitching, suddenly feeling a pang of guilt—was he bullying a child?

"I’ll help you craft another goblin train in the future."

"Okay then."

Doba seemed not too upset about it, simply smiling: "Respected human prophet, the only surviving remnant of the goblin race in this world isn’t that train, it’s me; if I die, the goblin race truly ceases to exist."

"You’re the most cunning human I’ve ever seen, different from those foolish humans."

"I believe one day, the goblin race will rebuild under your leadership, then the goblins will be your most loyal subjects."

"We’ll build you a palace deep underground, extremely safe and lavish."

"Let your glory shine eternally in the depths."

...

After Doba left.

Chen Mang gazed at the broken goblin train lying in the open, pondering—was Doba drawing him a pie or should he prop him up now, lest he fails to fulfill his promise later?

He learned a lot from the goblin.

Firstly.

There are some differences between the initial craftable accessories of ’Goblin Train’ and ’Human Train’; besides, the Dead Silence Space where the monsters return after death is extremely resource-rich.

Not only copper ore, iron ore, but there are also many rare high-grade resource ores.

If...

If his ’Fixed Star’ train could go there, he couldn’t imagine the happiness—resources everywhere waiting for him to mine freely, and the best part is there’s no danger.

According to Doba, all dead monsters in that space are asleep, only Doba alone can remain awake.

That place, to him, is simply a utopia.

"Wait..."

Chen Mang’s expression suddenly turned slightly strange; could that place really be hell? Is the Hell Train credible? Based on his past life gaming experience, resource-rich hell does make sense.

But then he sighed quietly.

It’s clear he can’t venture there; it’s a place monsters go after dying, he can’t go even if he wants to. Once he’s done mining the high-resource Doomsday Abyss, he has to look for new mines.

Resources are something people never feel they have enough of.

...

Afterward, Chen Mang no longer stayed, but returned inside the train.

The accumulated iron ore from last time, plus the iron ore from the previous two days, now totals 34,008 units of iron ore, nearly a whole Ji Chuchu; of course, unexpectedly, today’s acquisition of iron ore should be more.

Especially today with so many goblins joining the battlefield, skilled in mining, greatly enhancing the train’s crafting process.

Of course.

For this, he’s crafted two more carriages to accommodate these goblins; crafting two carriages isn’t expensive, totaling just 200 units of iron ore.

But...

To equip these carriages with Level 2 armor, the cost was high, consuming 12,000 units of iron ore. Having crafted two carriages already, he went ahead and made two more for categorizing the current train, consuming 24,400 units of iron ore.

Thus—

The ’Fixed Star’ train, now has 8 carriages excluding the train head.

In Carriage 2, he’s placed all industrial production lines, like the ’Pickaxe Production Line,’ ’Axe Production Line,’ and the future ’Off-road Motorcycle Production Line’ and so on.

In Carriage 3, he’s piled all iron ores; future bullets, copper ore, wood and other resources will also be stored here.

Carriage 4 is for placing ’Discarded Bread Slice Production Line,’ ’Coca-Cola Production Line,’ ’Steamed Bun Production Line,’ and other lifestyle production lines, used for storing food on normal days and stashing found supplies later.

In Carriage 5, he customized it spending 1000 units of iron ore, turning it into a hard sleeper carriage with 18 bunk beds, where thugs usually stay; Old Pig has his own space in this carriage, which holds a single bed seized from Master Kun’s train.

In Carriages 6 and 7, the 101 human slaves are placed.

Carriages 8 and 9 house 121 goblin slaves.

...

The ’Fixed Star’ train, at this point, has evolved from an initial prototype into a train with modest accomplishments, boasting 8 carriages and reaching Level 2.

The resources spent today were a bit much.

But the train’s layout is now extremely clear, and arrangements are precise. The circuit system has been re-tuned; in the future, whether making bullets or finding new materials, or stumbling upon a group of survivors outside, there’ll be no need to craft carriages temporarily, it can directly absorb.

He considered, though not actually placing slaves in the refrigerator, testing proved air circulation issues and oxygen supply were problematic.

But the carriage storing iron ore remains.

In the future, this carriage could be filled with several refrigerators, each door opening to storage spaces packed with various ores and bullets.

After finishing his work.

Chen Mang alighted the train, standing in its shadow gazing at it sleeping like a dragon in the darkness, smiling lightly without speaking, feeling a sense of fulfillment from the heart; finally, a small accomplishment.

Once he finishes mining the iron ore, then the copper ore, prepares more heavy machine gun bullets, his Fixed Star train, essentially will be a fully equipped Level 2 train.

No.

He’s super fully equipped; his notion of fully equipped is each component upgraded to Level 10, possessing two supermodel effects. Generally speaking, consensus on the wasteland does not include this idea for a fully equipped Level 2 train.