So unlucky?
It's the middle of the day, and you're not sleeping, but coming out to block my door?
Qi Xiao watched it from afar, and he noticed that the Viper swam back and forth, always lingering within a few meters of the Train car door.
Qi Xiao stared at his watch; it was ten fifty.
No, if I wait any longer, I'll miss the Train's departure. What's the difference between staying in this vast desert and dying?
......
Qi Xiao put down his handbag, gripped his machete tightly, and slowly approached the Viper.
He walked very lightly and slowly, afraid of disturbing it. Currently, the Viper's attention was still on Qi Xiao's Train.
Three meters, two meters, one meter...
Qi Xiao suddenly exploded, gripping the tetanus machete with both hands, aiming for the Viper's neck, and hacking down with a single blow.
The dull blade was not fast enough and failed to cut it off!
The Viper, in pain, coiled its body and thrashed wildly, moving away from the Train door.
Qi Xiao seized the opportunity to quickly run onto the Train.
The Viper saw Qi Xiao run into the Train car, finally found its target, and swam towards Qi Xiao, enduring the pain!
But after Qi Xiao got on the Train, it just swam around the Train car entrance, as if blocked by an invisible barrier, spitting its tongue but unable to enter.
Train Rule 3: You have a twelve-day probation period. During the probation period, your Train car's temperature is constant and absolutely safe. Creatures within the station will not enter your Train car.
Thanks for the beginner's protection.
Qi Xiao relaxed, threw down the machete in his hand, and plopped onto the ground.
Looking at the Viper, then at the half-bag of cactus fruits still outside, Qi Xiao was furious.
No, I have to find a way to kill it and get the fruits back!
Qi Xiao picked up a five-kilogram dumbbell, hesitated, then switched to a ten-kilogram one.
Coming to the Train car entrance, Qi Xiao held the dumbbell with both hands, extended his arm out of the Train car, aimed at the Viper below, and dropped it.
With a bang, the Viper's head was crushed to a pulp.
"It's so tough, its head is smashed flat and it's still wiggling."
Qi Xiao used the tetanus machete to hack at it until he was sure the Viper was dead, then picked up the dumbbell and used sand to clean off the blood and flesh.
Picking up the handbag he had dropped earlier, Qi Xiao was about to close the Train door, but hesitated, and still picked up the bloody Viper.
Can't process it myself, might as well trade it for something edible.
"One Viper, in exchange for one packet of instant noodles or one bottle of mineral water."
After sending the message, Qi Xiao put the Viper up for trade and began to organize his current food supply.
About fifty to sixty catties of cactus fruits.
There were still thirty-seven bottles of various waters, which he needed to drink sparingly. Who knew if the next stop would be a desolate place.
The halo flickered, and Qi Xiao received a packet of instant noodles.
The Viper he had just put up for trade was exchanged by a bald, bearded man.
Looking at the somewhat familiar avatar, Qi Xiao's mouth twitched.
"...Bear Grylls?"
"The Train is about to depart, please sit down and hold on tight."
At eleven o'clock, the Train departed.
Qi Xiao looked out the Train window, and the desert was gone.
In its place was a vast darkness.
In the chat room.
"Damn, why am I so unlucky? For two consecutive days, there's been no food where I stopped!"
"Me too, I've already eaten all the beginner's gift packs."
Qi Xiao then noticed that the number of people online today had changed:
Online users: 9701.
Three hundred people offline on only the second day?
"Damn, today I stopped on a snow mountain, slipped my foot when I went out, and fell into a snow pit, almost didn't make it back."
"By the way, is anyone trading snow? I got it with my life. Anything edible will do! Hurry if you want it, it's about to melt!"
Many people, like him, explored rashly, encountered danger, and died outside?
Because he had the Station Announcement, he knew about the hidden dangers, so he could prevent and prepare in advance.
Qi Xiao nodded and clicked to check the next station's information.
"This stop: Caijia Village (Multiplayer Station, with two other Trains stopping.)"
"This station has zombie chickens. Eating them or being attacked will result in infection. Danger Level: Level 2. (Note: Zombie chickens have degraded eyesight and rely on hearing to find targets.)"
"In the village chief's house in the center of the village, there is a Level 1 treasure chest. It can yield: 3 train coins, one revolver, 20 sealed bullets, and 1 rooster silver coin."
"Note: Multiplayer Station — a station where multiple Trains stop simultaneously every morning at eight o'clock."
Multiplayer Station? And two other Trains stopping.
So, I'll encounter other people.
Zombie chickens with poor eyesight? I wonder if they have a middle part hairstyle.
Qi Xiao's attention was drawn to the words "treasure chest."
Treasure chest! There's a treasure chest to open!
Revolver, a hot weapon.
The tetanus machete can just retire on the spot, alright?
And what are train coins and rooster silver coins? Never heard of them, what are they for?
......
Caijia Village.
Neatly arranged vegetables were planted in the fields.
Purple long eggplants, red chili peppers, crisp green cucumbers.
"Oh, this cucumber is really good, so fresh."
"I've been hungry for two days, finally something to eat!"
A man wearing green rubber shoes, a white undershirt, and eyes narrowed to a slit picked a cucumber, wiped it on his clothes, and began to munch on it.
Wang Dalei ate and picked at the same time, with several more tucked into his waist.
"Oh, there are chickens too! This whole stewed chicken with mushrooms will be incredibly fragrant!"
Dropping the cucumber in his hand, Wang Dalei quietly approached a chicken on the road.
His footsteps were light, afraid of startling the chicken.
"Gotcha!"
Wang Dalei skillfully pinched the chicken's wing and lifted it up.
No matter how much it flapped, it couldn't break free.
"Get the pot, boil water, get the pot, boil water!"
Wang Dalei carried the chicken and ran towards a villager's house. Soon after, smoke began to rise from that house.
My goodness, is this person that brave?
Qi Xiao, who had been peering out the Train window, observing the situation outside, was quite shocked. The zombie chicken was dealt with just like that?
This chicken doesn't just have poor eyesight, it's completely blind!
After that man left the vegetable patch, a plump middle-aged woman walked out of another Train.
She looked left and right, confirmed there was no danger, then walked into the vegetable patch and began picking cucumbers.
Qi Xiao saw that the middle-aged woman picked some cucumbers and eggplants, then returned to her Train and did not come out again.
Qi Xiao no longer hesitated, picked up his machete, walked out of the Train car, and closed the Train door behind him.
The Train door could only be opened by the Train Conductor himself. To enter another person's Train, one would have to use brute force to break it.
Avoiding the house where the squinting man was roasting chicken, Qi Xiao hurried towards the center of the village.
On the way, he saw several more chickens.
However, those chickens were indeed like they were blind. As long as his movements were light enough, even walking not far from them was fine.
When encountering those blocking the middle of the road, Qi Xiao would throw a stone to test the waters, making noise to lure them away.
In this way, Qi Xiao successfully made his way to the village chief's house.
Climbing over the fence and breaking open the paper-covered window with his machete, Qi Xiao entered the house.