"Poor child..."
The uncle looked at the young man kneeling on the ground crying bitterly with a somewhat complicated expression. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "But even if you can buy some accessories in Neon City, your train wonât be able to upgrade..."
"Thatâs right."
"But at least thereâs a little more hope, isnât there?"
...
Chen Mang, sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked strangely at the information about the young man on the tablet that Ai handed over.
"Trapped in the white region."
"Can you really be trapped in a certain region?"
He hadnât thought of such a situation.
After all, he had never encountered such a situation on his journey. Itâs a pity that if he were trapped in the purple or blue region, how great it would be. How much iron ore could he have saved over the years with nowhere to spend it, only to spend it here.
Being trapped in the white region, even after developing steadily for so long, he wouldnât have accumulated much iron ore. After all, there isnât even a Level 3 mine in the white region, and even Level 2 mines are extremely rare.
Basically, Level 1 mines are mainstream.
The output of a Level 1 mine is around 10,000 units of iron ore, what could you really do with that...
Not enough to buy a lot.
"Logically speaking, such a situation shouldnât occur." Ai, standing beside, shook her head, "We still donât fully understand how regions are formed, but one thing is clear, the existence of regions effectively reduces the mortality rate of the inhabitants on this planet."
"Without the existence of regions to block some monstrously powerful creatures, no train would have developed so far. In the early days of Doomsday, those terrifying monsters could have annihilated the entire planet."
"For example, that Level 15 Red-skinned Rabbit, with a speed close to 4000 km/h, even though âWater Blue Starâ is quite large, just one rabbit would be enough to wipe out all life on the planet in a short time."
"Like peeling an onion, layer by layer, clearing everything."
"Regions have more advantages than disadvantages for trains."
"Theoretically, such a region shouldnât exist, but... in this world, any phenomenon could have bugs, so the emergence of a place like this isnât surprising, but such regions must be in the minority, after all, this is the first time weâve seen one, all these years."
"..."
Chen Mang turned and looked at Ai, paused, then continued, "Before there was Neon City, we couldnât have encountered trains from these regions either."
"Moreover."
"Donât use inverted sentences from now on, it sounds awkward."
"Alright, Train Captain."
...
After watching for a while, Chen Mang returned to the Constant Star Train cabin. There wasnât much work to do there, so he decided to rest for a while in the train cabin.
At this momentâ
In this space.
The fully powered headlights dispelled a large area of darkness, making the space as bright as day.
But after all, it wasnât true sunlight exposure.
Staying long, one would feel a slightly oppressive feeling.
Chen Mang sat in the train cabin, casually took an apple from the fruit plate on the table and started munching on it, looking at the "golden-grade" accessory blueprint in his hand!
Golden-grade.
One grade higher than red-grade.
Throughout the trainâs journey, there was only this one golden-grade accessory blueprint. This was the second time going to Neon City, and after Ai unlocked unlimited currency privileges, she raided and bought it in the third layer of the mechanical store.
Many things from that day were put back into the Mechanical Train Accessories Store, but some of the more precious items were kept by him. Even if sold, others couldnât afford them, and besides, he didnât want to sell them.
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"Robot Research and Development Center": Golden-grade accessory, requires 100,000 units of iron ore to build.
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Comes with two types of robots.
"Mining Robot", "Mechanical Dog".
The former has functions to mine copper ore, iron ore, and chop timber fields, with a fixed mining efficiency of 1 unit of ore per hour.
Creating one "Mining Robot" consumes 10,000 units of iron ore.
One Level 1 Energy Stone can power it for 180 days.
Level 0 defense, Level 0 attack.
The latter has attack and exploration functions.
Creating a basic Level 1 "Mechanical Dog" consumes 10,000 units of iron ore.
Level 0 defense, Level 0 attack, even if out of the target detection radar range, it can transmit information back to the train AI data processing center through its built-in mechanical eye.
Customizable in "Defense", "Attack", "Functions" and more.
For instanceâ
A machine gun can be mounted on the back of the mechanical dog, granting it combat capabilities.
Or the energy stone inside the mechanical dog can be activated, enabling a self-destruction effect.
All custom designs consume more iron ore.
...
"..."
Chen Mang leaned back in his chair, looked at the accessory blueprint in his hand, gently swayed it and placed the apple core on a napkin next to him, to be taken away by Fang later and delivered to the breeding carriage, to see if they could grow a fruit tree.
This would make the price of fruit much lower, but the manufactured fruit couldnât have its taste and texture customized.
"Robot Research and Development Center".
Extremely strong accessory.
Capable of creating two types of robots.
"Mining Robot", "Mechanical Dog", the former replacing inhabitants, the latter replacing guards. From a certain point of view, with this accessory, the mechanical train can even function like a flesh and blood train. Even if thereâs only the train captain on board, it can still function normally.
As of now.
The "Mining Robot" doesnât have much effect for him, as he doesnât lack mining inhabitants, but as the train gradually develops and moves into more advanced regions, the mining robot will become essential.