Chapter 364 - 221: "What do you think this place could be?

"Phew..."

Chen Mang looked at the scene before him, feeling a bit dazed. After a moment, he waved and smiled at Ai and the others, signaling for Old Pig to come down and take a look, and then asked Doba and the others to take a stroll as well.

Everyone, get some exercise.

It was noon, the sky was bright, and standing here, looking up at the sky, there was nothing to see.

Only a strip of blue sky.

The sky was very blue, and the clouds were very white.

...

Chen Mang sat atop the Constant Star Train, a cigarette pinched between his fingers, looking at the three mining sites in the distance. He smiled, lost in thought, and said, "Old Pig, do you remember this place? We began our home here."

"Others couldn’t enter the Doomsday Abyss, only our Constant Star could."

"The Tieling Wasteland was so dangerous back then, with Corpse Tides frequently attacking the train. We initially mined at that Level 1 site. It was attacked by Corpse Tides so many times, and finally, in this Doomsday Abyss, we found two Level 2 iron mines."

"I remember the Constant Star only had 107 or how many at the time?"

"I can’t recall the exact number, but I remember it just broke a hundred."

"Back then, they were called slaves, not residents."

"Before mobilizing for mining, I promised everyone that I’d kill the old hen we bought from the rally and make sure everyone had chicken soup to drink, and also promised to reward Ji Chuchu to the slaves who mined the most."

"But who knew..."

"In the end, the ones who mined the most were that batch of goblins."

"Indeed."

Old Pig, sitting beside, also felt nostalgic, "Back then, I firmly believed that the Constant Star would one day become the strongest train in the apocalypse. It’s only been a few short months, and the Constant Star is already a Level 10 train."

"The train captains we met at the rally might already be dead."

"Master Mang."

"You are usually busy. I don’t have much time to talk to you, but in my mind, ever since we were still in Master Kun’s slave carriage, I thought you could accomplish things."

"You can hold the rod firmly."

"And steadily."

"Enough."

Chen Mang waved his hand with a smile, "Let’s not talk about this. I’m not good with compliments. Is the old hen we bought at the Tieling Wasteland still alive?"

"It’s alive, we didn’t kill it then. We made pork stewed with vermicelli for everyone."

"Let’s kill it today, gather those residents from back then, and let everyone have a bowl of chicken soup."

"Okay, I’ll arrange it!"

...

"Huh?"

Inside Breeding Carriage No. 15, Mr. Li looked at Old Pig with a wry smile, "Do we really have to kill that old hen? Can’t we change it? This old hen has been laying eggs happily recently. It’s a shame to kill it."

"..."

Old Pig looked at Mr. Li with a strange expression, "I asked you to manage breeding, and now you’ve developed feelings?"

"Mainly, Pig Train Captain, this old hen has been laying eggs all the time recently. Anyway, doesn’t any chicken work for chicken soup?"

"Alright then, hurry up."

Only then did Old Pig notice in another fridge, two zombified creatures moving up and down, and frowned slightly, "What are they doing?"

"Breeding."

"..."

Old Pig looked at Mr. Li poker-faced, "I asked you to manage breeding, who the hell told you to breed zombies? Are you planning to make soup or roast meat from the zombie offspring?"

"And how can zombies even have reproductive abilities?"

"Pig Train Captain."

At this moment, the young man who had been following Mr. Li quickly explained, "This is Mr. Li’s latest research. Mr. Li has been buying Red Heart Nuts at his own expense these days, spending all his Fixed Star Coupons on this. He’s been feeding them to the zombies."

"Mr. Li is preparing to create a Zombie Spawn Cage."

"If the experiment succeeds, this could be a major breakthrough. In the future, there will be a continuous supply of zombies on the train. Killing zombies can constantly drop rewards, and even... we could utilize zombies for our benefit."

"For example, installing firepower on zombies to create a zombie king."

"..."

Old Pig was silent for a while and then frowned, "Isn’t this a bit off-topic from breeding? But... it sounds interesting. However, you all only make a few coins each day, so I’ll talk to Master Mang. If Master Mang is interested, he might supply you with Red Heart Nuts for free."

Then he looked at Mr. Li with a sigh.

"Even though I don’t understand what you’re doing, and I don’t have high hopes for your success, it’s good to tinker around."

"Master Mang likes people who like to tinker."

"I’ll tell Master Mang."

"Thank you, Pig Train Captain, thank you, Pig Train Captain." Mr. Li grabbed the wing of an old hen in his hand and handed it over, grinning with excitement, "And please put in a good word for me when you mention me to Master Mang."

"Of course."

...

After Old Pig left, Mr. Li couldn’t help but excitedly punch the air, feeling a bit thrilled.

"Mr. Li, don’t get too excited yet. Your thing hasn’t succeeded."

"Oh, right, right, I’ll go think about it some more."

"Mr. Li."

"Hmm?"

"You’re really awesome."

"Hmph, not bad."

...

At this time—

At the bottom of the Doomsday Abyss.

Each of the original hundred plus residents of the Constant Star sat by the iron mine, seated on the ground, savoring the bowl of chicken soup adorned with oil flowers, and the small chunks of chicken inside, casting a nostalgic gaze at the iron mine beside them.

"I worked the hardest back then. I was first on the first day. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed."

"You’re Zhang Haoping?"

"Yes, didn’t expect someone to remember my name."