But...
When he was really ready to enter the red zone, he found himself truly invincible in the red zone, and didnât even stay there for more than two days before setting off again.
This might just be life.
Things you once thought were very difficult, when youâre fully prepared to face them, you might realize theyâre actually not as hard as you thought, and even somewhat simple and easy.
He likes the sea.
It always carries a deadly romance.
But at this moment, the sun is hanging in mid-air, itâs mid-morning, and one can clearly see the deep blue sea and scattered seagulls. He prefers the sea at night.
That ultimate darkness.
The surrounding hopeless sense of isolation where you canât see another person or land.
The sea breeze ruthlessly plundering body heat.
The only sound in the ears being the roar of the waves, trying to moisten dry, cracked lips with saliva, yet the taste of salt making him feel even thirstier.
He likes this feeling of despair.
The premise being he stays on the train; he likes to stay on the train and enjoy this feeling of despair, otherwise, this feeling isnât as wonderful and engaging to enjoy.
Itâs like the difference between certain plays and torture, which might come down to the presence of a safe word.
If torture could be set to have a safe word, itâs believed that quite a few people would be willing to give it a try.
"Train Captain, do you like the sea?"
"I do."
"Then youâre in luck."
"How so?"
Inside the train room, Ai spoke up: "Thereâs a planet 2.3 light-years away from Water Blue Star, a planet thatâs 100% made up of ocean. Train Captain, you should like it; we can go and have some fun then."
"Iâll think about it."
Chen Mang laughed; he suddenly had some anticipation for the future interstellar journey.
...
"Have they just left?!"
At the edge of Dusk Coast, a train was docked beside a cliff. The man in the train room looked bewildered in the direction where Fixed Star was disappearing, as they had only entered Dusk Coast yesterday and took a Level 5 mine from him.
Then there wasnât any pause at all.
Directly heading for the "Gold Zone"?
At least take a few more of those Level 5 mines.
That way he could feel a bit more balanced, at least not being the only one robbed. Why did they just rob him only, then left without a backward glance?
Was he just unlucky enough to bump into this?
But...
The man frowned, pondering how the other party clearly wasnât a normal train. Logically speaking, a normal train entering a zone, the first thing wouldnât be to take someone elseâs mine, right? The second thing wouldnât be to head directly to a higher-level zone, right?
Seems a bit like a speedrun master!
Could it be that, with thoughtful nodding.
It should be that master restarting and then challenging the speedrun from the white zone to the seven-color zone?
He originally thought he was in the worldâs leading tier, but evidently, compared to Fixed Star, heâs completely outclassed, not on the same level.
That should be the reason, right?
Pretty good.
Next, no one would be stealing his iron mines.
...
"Arrived."
After advancing about a hundred thousand meters, Chen Mangâs demeanor gradually grew serious, as he sat in his chair looking at the large island not far away.
The center of the island was a dense forest, and around it was a bare beach, resembling a bald head.
"Eh?"
"Seems a bit familiar."
On the island, there indeed were quite a few people.
A glance showed countless individuals, at least one to two thousand.
If it werenât for knowing about the Doomsday, he might even think he had arrived at some vacation spot.
Around the land surrounding the island, many huts and tents had been constructed, and occasionally trains could be seen emerging from the sea like fish.
"Is this the Gold Zone?"
Chen Mang slightly frowned while looking at the Target Detection Radar; he initially thought there would be very few people in the Gold Zone, but unexpectedly saw so many people, and even so many trains.
But how come all those trains are Level 1...
Moreover, why are there not even a single monster?
Could the Gold Zone be a peaceful area? It shouldnât be, because as he clearly saw on the Resource Detection Radar, whether on the seabed or the island, there were numerous Level 5 mines, and even several Level 6 mines!
That Level 6 iron mine alone is 1 billion units of iron!
Guarding the gold mountains, yet not even a single Level 2 train.
What difference does this have from Liu Xiahui.
Heâs seen this island; he once let Mondo carry the Mechanical Eye for a random teleport, to check out what the other zones looked like, and one of the images was this zone, only not knowing then that this was actually a Gold Zone.
Filled with puzzlement, Chen Mang slowly flew his Constant Star Train to the top of the island, and landed on a piece of desert below, where many survivors scattered around.
"Boom...!"
The train gently landed on the ground.
The door of Guard Carriage No. 7 opened accordingly, and Biaozi along with others quickly got off, faces coldly hard as they pointed their guns at the survivors, followed by several Black Hole Armored Robots also stepping off to perform armed guard.
And thenââ
Chen Mang then took the elevator down from the train room to the ground, looking at the residents not far away with a mix of anticipation and anxiety, uneasily gazing at them, with brows furrowed, strange, truly strange, this place is too strange!
Everyone was dressed in clothes made from animal skins.
They looked like savages.
Heâs seen quite a few train captains who treated their slaves badly, yet no matter how bad the train captains were, they wouldnât be unwilling to even provide a set of clothes to their slaves, making a set of clothes only costs 1 unit of wood, and there surely were several Level 5 Wood Fields in the center of the island.