Chapter 56 Decision (I)

So why would they bother going elsewhere?

Thinking of this, Jiang Qian wished there was someone in the passenger compartment for her to try it out.

Fortunately, the system quickly answered her questions.

The entire train is under your control. Passenger cars, like the previous ones, are subject to the host's control. You can also find the blacklist in the lower left corner of the train management interface, add designated individuals to the train blacklist, and set a time limit for their entry.

[In addition, passenger cars also have a security management system for passengers. The video surveillance you saw earlier is part of the train security system. The security system monitors the situation inside and outside the train in real time. If anyone is found violating the rules or attempting to cause harm to the train, the security system will automatically activate and punish the person involved and expel them from the station.]

In the Interstellar era, everyone's ride information is closely tied to their Interstellar account. Typical penalties include fines, forced labor, or blacklisting. Currently, due to limited resources, the security system can only implement blacklisting penalties.

[The current blacklist rules used by StarCraft are: one violation results in a ten-day ban. A second violation results in a one-month ban. A third violation results in a six-month ban. A fourth violation results in a one-year ban. A fifth violation results in a permanent blacklist ban from the train, and the user is prohibited from riding StarCraft trains.]

"Just expelling them from the train and not being able to ride for a certain period of time? Isn't that a bit too light a punishment?"

[However, the blacklist penalty is the most hated punishment method voted by the interstellar people. Generally speaking, no one would choose it over fines or hard labor.]

"Why?" "It's just a temporary ban on trains, right? Most people don't ride trains very often, right?"

The system explained.

In the interstellar age, people's activities span more than just one planet. Generally speaking, a planet suitable for survival isn't necessarily suitable for industrial and agricultural production, and a planet suitable for scientific research isn't necessarily suitable for human habitation. Therefore, to survive, interstellar people often need to travel back and forth between multiple planets.

The distances between planets are vast, and interstellar trains operate differently than they do today. To save time, interstellar humans have opened up space tunnels between planets, shortening travel time.

The wealthy have the luxury of money and the leisure time to own their own private flying vessels. As long as they can secure a flight route, traveling is not difficult. However, for most ordinary people, they can only rely on the interstellar government's public transportation—the interstellar train.

Being blacklisted would have a significant impact on their work and life. Therefore, compared to the other two punishments, blacklisting is what they dislike the most.

'But that's for Star People, right?'

There are only two stations that the train can go back and forth to now. Most people will not take it a second time after taking it once. Blacklist penalties and the like have no binding force on the people on Earth.

But the train will eventually develop new stations, and they'll eventually need them. While this may sound a bit arrogant, interstellar trains are undoubtedly the safest means of transportation in this era. While the blacklist penalties may seem uninspiring, compared to other modes of transportation, I believe those with foresight will be willing to abide by the train's rules.

'That's true.'

Most people would feel a sense of fear towards such a mysterious train whose origin is unknown, so it is better not to offend it if possible.

"But besides the blacklist, are there any immediate enforcement measures? What if the troublemakers attack or injure other passengers? We can't just ignore it."

[The train will take behavioral restriction measures against offenders and will not give them the opportunity to harm others. You can rest assured.]

Although the system did not specify what kind of restrictions were in place, Jiang Qian felt relieved since it said so.

…

More than half an hour later, two cars drove over from a distance. They were sent by Xiaozhao Village to pick up people and transport supplies.

Zhao Qingshan led his men to load the goods onto the train, looked back at the train behind him, got on the train and left.

Half an hour later, Jiang Weimin and the other two who had been riding away on electric bikes reappeared in Jiang Qian's sight.

After parking the car, Jiang Dong couldn't wait to load his things into the car, "Finally, everyone is gone."

Jiang Qian and Ren Ru got out of the car to help, "Where have you been?"

Jiang Dong scratched his leg and said, "We walked east until we could no longer see anyone. Then we stopped and stayed for a while. I just realized how many mosquitoes there are in this place after staying outside for so long today."

Jiang Weimin: "In the wilderness, there's grass everywhere, which naturally breeds mosquitoes."

Huang Liping thought for a moment and said, "I remember we still have a few bottles of toilet water left. Go spray them on."

As he spoke, Jiang Dong slapped his leg and raised his hand, only to see the dead mosquito in his palm and blood all over his hand.

"These mosquitoes are really rampant!" Seeing two more bumps on his legs, he didn't hesitate any longer and ran into the car in three or two steps, "I'll put some toilet water on first."

Their family didn't bring back much supplies from City B, only some food and medicine, and they moved everything in no time.

After everything was moved into the car, Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong each carried an electric bike into the car.

Huang Liping and Jiang Qian are packing wild vegetables in their backpacks.

They were still very fresh when they were first picked in the morning, but because I had put a lot of supplies in my backpack before, the wild vegetables at the bottom were crushed and there was not much left to eat.

The two of them picked and chose, and only picked out a small half basket.

The stir-fried dishes were definitely not enough for one plate, so Huang Liping thought for a moment and said, "Then let's cook a pot of vegetable porridge!"

Because of the unexpected situation in the morning, no one had a good lunch today.

Jiang Weimin and the other two followed Xiaozhao Village and found some food to fill their stomachs from the collected supplies. However, Jiang Qian and the other two in the car were too worried to eat anything. Only Jiang Mingchen ate a piece of bread.

Now that the crisis is over and the family is together again, Jiang Qian is also feeling hungry. "Then I'll make it."

Ren Ru caught up with her and stopped her, saying embarrassedly, "Sister, you are driving today, let me do it."

While the Jiang family was cooking, the people from Xiaozhao Village, who had just returned home with a large amount of supplies, gathered together.

Everyone knew that two outsiders had come to the village that morning, and everyone also knew about the fantastic stories the two young men had told, but no one took them seriously.

Putting aside the question of whether it was possible or not, even if such a good thing really happened, the world is so big, how could they possibly have the chance to find it? Besides, Qingshan had just led people there twice before, so if there was anything, they would have discovered it long ago. But then I heard that Ah Wen had taken people to the airport area to look for it.

Although the villagers did not think that they could find any results and thought that the two men had probably made up the story to deceive people, the brothers Zhao Wen and Zhao Wu were very prestigious in the village and they were unwilling to go against him.

There’s nothing wrong with looking for it. If you can’t find it, you can definitely come back, right?

But the people who had just returned went door to door to notify them to come to the meeting. Except for those who were guarding the village entrance, almost everyone was called. Why does this situation look so wrong?

A group of people entered the meeting room of the village committee and asked each other, but they didn't get any information. They only knew that the people who returned brought back a lot of supplies.

Are they going to distribute supplies to each household?

Just as the participants were thinking about this, the head of the village came in from the door.

Zhao Wen and Zhao Wu both had happy expressions on their faces. Seeing that everyone was present, they directly explained the doubts to everyone.

A few minutes later, a commotion that seemed to be about to cause an uproar came from the conference room.

"What, it's actually true?"

"Are there really such things as flying cars?"

"Didn't I just say that? I saw it with my own eyes, so how could it be false?"

"Give me a crystal core from a zombie and I can ride in a car?"

"Yesterday, they asked me to dig up corpses, but I thought it was too dirty, so I didn't do it and burned all the zombies instead. Oh! If I had known that the crystal was so useful, I would never have done it!"

"We are saved, we are saved!"

"I didn't believe it this morning. Who knew it was true?"

"So when are we leaving? Do we need to pack up tonight?"

"What are you packing up? Didn't you hear what Ah Wen said? That car can only go to City B right now. There are more zombies there than at home. Even people in City B are rushing to come here. What are we going to do there?"

"Well, then... if we have a car but can't drive it, what's the difference between having a car and not having one? Wouldn't that just be a waste of joy?"

"That's right. Even if we have this car, if we can't ride it, isn't it useless?"

"What are we doing here? We might as well go and clean up another group of zombies! We can leave sooner too."

In just a few words, the atmosphere that was just high suddenly dropped.

However, the two people at the top remained calm.

Zhao Wu glanced at his brother beside him, and thought of what his elder brother had just said to him, so he didn't rush to speak.

After the meeting room quieted down, Zhao Wencai rubbed his eyes and spoke.

"I'm telling everyone about this, and I'm sure it's not for nothing. Right now, the car can only travel between here and City B, but I don't think it won't fly to other places in the future. I don't know how long it will take, but I think since the car is here, it's our luck, and it's our opportunity..."

If Zhao Wen was thinking about clearing a way out of the village and taking the villagers to the nearest base before, his thoughts changed the moment the train took off.

The world's only train is right before your eyes. If you don't seize this opportunity, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

"—We're lucky this car is parked not far from our village, so we should take advantage of it..."

The news about this car has not spread much yet, but City B has the Internet, so it is only a matter of time before it spreads.

The appearance of this car is bound to cause a great sensation and will definitely attract the attention of the national government. Anyone with a little vision will know what the appearance of this car means.

The significance of a safe means of transportation in the apocalypse needs no further explanation.

Zhao Wen inferred that in addition to investigating this unknown train, the government would most likely go with the flow and even use the train's power to benefit mankind.

Once the train becomes known to everyone, every place set up as a station will attract a huge flow of people, and the flow of people will attract zombies.

But because of the existence of the train, the government will definitely not sit idly by. When the time comes, these selected stations may be protected or even become new bases...

If their own home could potentially become the new base, why would they bother looking elsewhere?

【Author’s words】

Heart!

Next chapter on the 25th!