After Qi Xiao returned to the Train, he hung Ren Laotaiye back on the trading bar.
At twelve o'clock, the Train started.
Timber trade had resumed these past few days.
Qi Xiao traded some timber, chopped it into firewood with a cleaver, and put it into the furnace as fuel.
On the furnace, Qi Xiao poured some oil into an empty tin can. Once the oil was hot, he threw in the washed grey mushrooms and stir-fried them.
Damn, it's really hot.
With temperatures over thirty degrees in the carriage, Qi Xiao wiped his sweat while stir-frying mushrooms.
Feeling that they were almost done, Qi Xiao added a little salt, stir-fried a few times, and then scooped out a piece with an iron spoon.
It tasted similar to ordinary oyster mushrooms but was more delicious.
Qi Xiao nodded and added water.
After the water boiled, he added a block of instant noodles, and a bowl of mushroom soup noodles with golden oil slicks was ready.
These mushrooms are indeed delicious; the soup brewed from them tastes no worse than high-quality broth.
Qi Xiao carried the noodles back to the refrigerated carriage.
He slurped his noodles while browsing the chat room.
There were still 3,800 people left in the chat room.
The rate of decrease had actually slowed down.
Did all those who were prone to dying die off?
After summer came winter, with no transition in between.
He had a refrigerated carriage, so he wasn't afraid of the heat.
The cold, however, would be troublesome.
Today was the second day; there were still five days left.
He needed thick quilts, thick clothes, and to stock up on timber and food.
"So hot, Temperature Bro, why aren't you reporting the temperature today?"
"Still thirty-two degrees. I have heatstroke; I feel like I'm dying."
"Don't die yet; hang your thermometer for trade, lest no one reports the temperature for us then."
"Thank you, great-grandma."
Qi Xiao started selling iced beverages in the chat room again.
In the over thirty-degree heat, iced beverages were still selling well.
Knowing that winter was coming, Qi Xiao stopped with the hunger marketing and put all the ice water directly on the shelves.
While they still had train coins and were well-off, he would dump them all, taking advantage of the situation to frantically harvest train coins.
As long as a trade he put up was successful, Qi Xiao would continue to put more up.
Qi Xiao took out the plastic bottles he had traded for, filled them with water, and froze them.
Twenty bottles, to be traded for timber tonight.
"This stop: Green Shade Grassland (Multiplayer Station, with two other Trains docked)"
"This station is a grassland with grey wolves. Danger Level: 1."
No treasure chest.
Qi Xiao closed the light screen, not paying much attention.
In the afternoon, Qi Xiao continued his push-up and squat training.
After dinner, Qi Xiao traded ice water for some plastic bottles, twenty kilograms of timber, a flat iron pot, and a cotton quilt.
He exchanged for forty-seven train coins, now having a total of eighty-three.
Very good, almost enough for one hundred, then he could unlock Treasure Hunter.
Qi Xiao filled the trading links, then filled twenty more bottles with water to chill, took a cool shower, and crawled into bed.
Speaking of which, Xi Jian hadn't sent a message today.
If her avatar hadn't still been lit up, Qi Xiao would have thought she was dead.
Did she stop at a station with water, and her water problem was solved?
Then wouldn't he lose a big customer in the future?
Qi Xiao was still puzzled; he always felt like her train coins were inexhaustible, and he didn't know where she got so many.
"Damn it, Black Wind Monster, did you shit? Why does it smell so bad!"
"Woof woof woof!"
......
At 7:55, Qi Xiao had finished washing up and couldn't help but relax as he looked at the boundless grassland and the galloping Black Wind Monster.
Qi Xiao called Black Wind Monster back, telling it not to run too far.
Although he hadn't seen any grey wolves, it was better to be vigilant.
Qi Xiao put his revolver, pistol, rifle, cleaver, and engineer's shovel all into his jie bracelet, primarily for preparedness.
At eight o'clock, two other Trains appeared on the grassland.
Qi Xiao habitually hid in his carriage, activating dynamic concealment to observe the situation invisibly.
Both Trains were Level 3.
One green, one black.
For some reason, a sentence Kong You had said unconsciously surfaced in Qi Xiao's mind:
People whose Trains are black also have black hearts.
That man at Qinghu Station who shot at me, wanting to snatch my treasure chest...
In minecraft, the two people who held others at gunpoint also had black Trains.
Today, he met another one.
Just then, the door of that black Train opened, and a scrawny man emerged.
He looked furtively towards the green Train.
Seeing no one come out of that Train, he slowly crept over, lay on the carriage window, and craned his neck to look inside the carriage.
Then he tapped the glass a few times, then quickly returned to his Train and took out a fire axe.
Smash.
He smashed a window, cleaned up the glass shards, then dropped the axe and wiggled his backside as he climbed into the carriage.
"Buddy, slow down, don't cut your hand."
The scrawny man's back was suddenly patted, startling him greatly.
Guilty as he was, he fell with a thud onto the grass.
"Damn it, you scared the hell out of me! Who the f*** are you?"
He was clearly wary of the suddenly appearing Qi Xiao, and when he saw the Train behind Qi Xiao, he immediately exclaimed:
"Level 5? You're that little white, Xiao, Xiao Ge!"
"What good stuff is inside that you're climbing in?"
"A beauty, there's a beauty lying inside."
"A beauty? How beautiful? Let me see."
Qi Xiao also imitated him, craning his neck to look into the carriage.
There was a spring mattress inside, and indeed, a woman was lying on it, but her back was to them, so her face couldn't be seen.
Seeing Qi Xiao with his back to him, craning his neck to look inside, the scrawny man fumbled to pick up the axe he had just dropped.
"How about it, Xiao Ge, isn't this chick's figure good?"
"Hmm, not bad. Big butt, good for childbearing."
"Right? I like it too. Big butts are comfortable."
He got the axe and slowly stood up.
"Xiao Ge, you go first; I'll keep watch for you."
Seeing Qi Xiao still peering into the carriage window, he suddenly burst forward, raising the axe and fiercely chopping towards Qi Xiao's head.
With a bang, the axe hit the carriage, and Qi Xiao dodged with a squat and roll.
He had already seen the man's every move through the reflection in the opposite carriage window.
Taking out his pistol from his jie bracelet, Qi Xiao immediately shot him three times.
"You, you, gun..."
Amidst his shock, he spat blood, his hand loosened, and the axe fell.
After taking two steps, he also fell to the ground.
Qi Xiao put away his pistol and spat.
He only knew how to look at women, but he didn't see the glittering train coins on the ground, did he?
Qi Xiao searched his body, found nothing, then picked up the axe and put it away.
He climbed into the carriage and bent down to pick up the three train coins on the ground.
It's really hot. Did this woman pass out from the heat?
Qi Xiao pressed the button to open the carriage door.
A rush of cool air immediately entered the carriage.
He saved her life; it wouldn't be too much to dismantle a carriage and transfer it to himself, right?
Qi Xiao looked at the screen and found that there were five modules on it.
A Level 3 Train, where did five modules come from?
"Arrival Reward: When the Train stops, gain train coins equal to the current level."
"Currently docked stations: 14 stations"
"train coins obtained: 19 coins"
Qi Xiao immediately realized that this was a Special Module!
Qi Xiao looked at the woman lying on the spring mattress. Who was she, to also have a Special Module?
Qi Xiao clicked on her personal information, his body involuntarily leaning back, taking a sharp breath.
Because he saw a familiar avatar—Xi Jian.