Chapter 167
When Yitu returned to his seat, Dong Huanren was gone, leaving only an empty seat.
Not sure if he was afraid of attracting attention or was trying to avoid suspicion, Yitu didn't think too much about it.
Dong Huan is not an ordinary high-level player. She must have certain strength, otherwise she would not have been able to climb all the way to the 54th floor smoothly.
Yitu quickly put this little episode behind him and focused his attention back on the customs clearance requirements for the sea train.
Train 391 was very long and large. Yitu left his seat and walked around seven or eight carriages. After almost twenty minutes, he still couldn't reach the end.
Except for the fixed soft seat area and sleeping cabin area that require tickets to enter, the rest of the public places are open to the public free of charge, or you can enter freely by paying a certain amount of tower climbing reward value.
Since there were too many players walking around, Yitu only went to the small reading room and the historical relics museum.
As for the remaining entertainment venues, such as bars, theaters, observation decks, etc., Yitu simply stood outside and looked at them without going in.
Firstly, the fees are high, and secondly, I really don’t have time to waste there.
Although the 54th floor is one of the floors in the Plum Blossom Tower, the more lucky points the player has, the greater the chance of survival.
But you have to know that luck is only a part of strength.
In the face of absolute strength, luck is just the icing on the cake. There is no need to force it if you don't have it.
Many players are willing to sacrifice a little bit of tower climbing reward value just to get more useful information from various NPCs.
Yitu is no exception, except that his source of information is not the various NPCs, but the players themselves who come and go and exchange information with each other.
Since entering the 50th floor, Yitu's divine mind card can no longer read the memory of NPCs, but the control effect still exists.
In this way, the effect of the Divine Mind Card was indirectly weakened, which made Yi Tu feel a little regretful, but it did not affect his ability to read information from many players.
The time for the routine inspection and maintenance of train 391 every three years is approaching. According to regulations, the train conductor must drive the train to the terminal before 12 noon tomorrow, the end of the month.
Because the new energy needed by Train 391 is about to be exhausted, if it is not replenished in time, the train will not be able to float and will fall directly into the sea.
However, everyone knows that the so-called terminal, End of the Moon Rock, has long been swallowed by the sea and submerged below sea level.
Sea water will corrode all buildings. Even the hardest metal will melt in a moment, including the settled mud and sand, but it will take a little longer.
The emerald green waves appear gentle and lingering, but after hundreds of years of pollution and chemical fusion, they have long since become the most terrifying existence in the world.
Without any supply station, this train will eventually follow the footsteps of other trains and be buried in the vast ocean.
The game does not deliberately conceal this fact. The information is easy to obtain. You don't even need to go to a specific place. You can find out by asking the flight attendant.
Some more confidential information, such as whether there is a Noah's Ark on the train for escape, where is the only material to resist seawater erosion, etc.
Some can be obtained from train security officers, while others require some effort to obtain through special channels.
In short, it has not been difficult to obtain information so far, and it is even just a little preparation before the game starts.
The entire body of Train 391 is covered with a special anti-corrosion material. Even a thin layer attached to the surface can keep a train running for five or six years.
It is then consolidated every three years to prevent the innermost material from being eroded.
However, the manufacturing cycle of this material is very long and it is expensive. The little bit produced each year is almost all invested in the operation of the sea train.
People had already planned to abandon land and live on the sea.
But who knew that the disaster would come faster than expected? Many technologies and factories were not evacuated to vehicles in time and were completely destroyed in the sea.
Furthermore, as cities disappeared, there was almost no source of production.
There is the last Noah's Ark on train 391, but players don't know how many there are.
As the sky gradually darkened, the train emitted a tiny light on the endless sea, looking so desperate.
After Yitu found the information he wanted in the reading room, he returned to his seat.
Dong Huan's seat had long been taken by a woman in a red dress and high heels. When Yi Tu looked at her, the woman even gave him a wink.
Yitu quickly looked away, thinking that his appearance had changed to the point of being a bit ugly at this moment, how could anyone still like him.
After a divine sense observation, the woman was found to be fine, just an ordinary club card player.
Some people around had already put down their chairs and taken blankets to rest, while some unwilling players kept coming in and out, making a lot of noise, but it was hard to say anything.
Yitu wasn't sleepy yet, so he flipped through the book he borrowed from the reading room.
The old man in a blue plaid shirt sitting on his right suddenly knocked on the armrest, came up to Yitu with a mysterious look on his face, and whispered:
"Hey young man, I have something nice for you, do you want it?"
Yitu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "What good stuff?"
The old man grinned, revealing only a few sparse teeth, and pulled out a small white booklet from his pocket.
"This is what I got from the train conductor in exchange for 30 points of reward."
"If you want it, I'll sell it to you for just 12 o'clock, considering your kindness! How about it?"
The old man gave Yitu a flattering smile and opened his mouth as loud as a lion.
Yitu raised an eyebrow slightly, "I don't take in trash."
After he said this, the old man didn't get angry. The woman in the red dress sitting opposite them looked at them with interest.
"If it was trash, I would have thrown it away long ago. How can I resell it second-hand?!"
The old man whispered to Yitu:
"To tell you the truth, this little notebook is actually the instruction manual for the survival capsule!"
"Tell me if you want it or not? If not, I'll sell it to someone else. Others would be vying for such a good thing. I only approached you because you have such an outstanding temperament!"
"Otherwise why would I waste my time and breath!"
Hearing the word "survival capsule", Yitu's heart moved, but he remained calm on the surface and said:
"Oh, I thought it was something good."
"Even if there's an instruction manual, I don't have a survival capsule. Buying it would be a waste of reward points."
The old man got angry when he heard this and said, "You are not smart, young man!"
"Everything has to be prepared for the worst! If you have a survival capsule, how can you use it without the instruction manual?"
"Besides, who wouldn't want that survival capsule? It can't be bought with reward points. Your reward points can only buy this one in my hand!"
The old man chattered a lot, but Yitu just raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
There was no other way, so the old man had to come over and lower the price.
"Forget it, forget it. Can I only sell you 10 points?"
"You seem to be a generous person, so you can't even give me 10 points of reward, right?"
Yitu was not at all susceptible to provocation, and almost angered the old man to death when he opened his mouth.
"4 o'clock. I'll take it if I can sell it."
The old man was heartbroken, "Damn it, how can you bargain like that?"
Yitu knew that this guy was probably pretending, so he was not moved at all. "Only four o'clock."
The old man sighed and quickly took out his card reader and handed it over. "Deal!"
Yitu stretched out his hand, and the old man was sincere and handed the booklet directly to his hand. Yitu then used his ID card to give him four reward points.
The woman in the red dress then chuckled and said, "Oh, I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be fooled by this old guy!"
When Yitu heard this, he immediately realized that he might still be at a loss, and asked hesitantly:
"How much is this thing worth?"
The woman didn't say anything, but just held up two fingers.
2 tower climbing bonus points.
Yitu's face immediately darkened. The old man smiled beside him, fearing that he would be unhappy, and comforted him:
"Little brother, I'm not trying to trick you. Most people wouldn't even know where this manual came from. I went to several places to get it."
"Is it okay to use those two points of reward as travel expenses?"
Yitu's eyes flashed with helplessness. "Two points of reward value, and you dare to ask for 12 points? Aren't you afraid of being chopped down?"
The old man smiled and said, "I told you that you look kind. I don't bother with those tough guys at all!"
Yitu was silent, and suddenly missed his spouse a little.
With him around, I guarantee no one would dare to come up and chat with him, let alone try to cheat him.
But this thing is indeed a necessity. The survival capsule is the so-called Noah's Ark, just a different name.
Once the train's energy is exhausted, the only way for players to survive is to enter the survival capsule.
The surface of the survival capsule is the same as that of the train, with a layer of special anti-corrosion material attached. It has ample electricity and food, enough for players to survive at sea for half a month.
Yitu knew a little about the survival capsule, but he didn't know there was an instruction manual.
Although it seemed like he lost two reward points, he actually saved himself a lot of trouble.
At eight o'clock, the train announcement suddenly sounded.
"Dear passengers on Train 391, this train is following its scheduled route and will arrive at its final destination, Motoyamu Rock, at 12 noon tomorrow."
The voice on the radio did not sound young, but rather very steady and composed. It was obviously the conductor of train 391.
"This will be the 675th time that 391 has passed through the terminal, and it will also be the last time that 391 will complete its mission!"
"The train's energy is running low. To ensure the survival of more passengers, the train conductor has decided to stop the train at 12:15 tomorrow."
The carriage was so quiet that the only sound was the conductor's intermittent voice on the radio.
"The final 15kg of energy from 391 will be distributed equally among 150 survival pods to extend their operational life. According to our vehicle's technical leader's rough calculations, the energy will be enough to power the survival pods for another 30 days..."
The conductor's decision was not wrong, but it was really unnecessary for all the players sitting here.
They are not true doomsday survivors and do not need to survive for a long time, but need to pass the level quickly.
More time means nothing to them unless the player cannot find the stone gate to pass through.
Thinking of this, Yitu felt vaguely that something was wrong.
The train conductor's next words almost made the players in the entire carriage boil like a pot of hot water.
"To ensure the continuation of human civilization, the conductor of Train 391 has decided to sacrifice some of his personal strength. The 150 survival pods will only be distributed to the following eligible passengers."
"First, passengers with scientific and social contributions essential to the continuation of human civilization will be given priority for use of the survival capsule!"
"Secondly, young female passengers between the ages of 16 and 24 will be prioritized in the first queue for survival capsules!"
"Third, young male passengers between the ages of 20 and 26 will be included in the second queue for survival capsules!"
"Fourth, the remaining passengers who do not meet the above three conditions may choose to take away all resources on the train except for food and water to ensure their own safety and try to survive!"
The train conductor didn't say anything, but it was obvious that many players no longer wanted to listen.
Even Yitu never expected that the survival cabin was not fought for by the players, but allocated by the system.
Only then did he realize how teasing the luck and accidents represented by the Plum Blossom Tower were.
"...Each survival pod can accommodate two passengers. According to the queue order mentioned above, passengers who meet the requirements should bind their IDs to the driver at the identity verification registration counter at 8:30 tomorrow morning."
"Since the number of passengers who meet the requirements has not yet been counted, tomorrow's registration will be bound according to batches and the order in which passengers arrive."
A survival capsule can only be bound to two players, which means that a maximum of 300 people can survive.
There are at least five or six hundred players on this train, so one can imagine what will happen then.
According to Yitu's age requirements, those who meet the requirements can be included in the second batch of release list.
Others were not so lucky, especially since there were so many men over 26 and women who were not in the range on the bus.
The old man sitting on Yitu's right was screaming and cursing, his face turned red, and he was so angry that he wanted to go find the train conductor to argue.
However, the train conductor is just an NPC who operates according to the rules of the game and can repair himself even if chopped into pieces.
The woman in the red dress also had a bad look on her face and could only helplessly make a few self-deprecating remarks.
The rules of the game are tricky, but there may be ways to crack them.
Yitu looked at the chaotic surroundings coldly, and after a while the noise died down.
First, killing all eligible young men and women on the train is obviously not a good idea.
Because even without the first three, there are still quite a few players left. How will they distribute the use rights of the survival capsule then?
Furthermore, these young men and women are not lambs to be slaughtered. Many of them are tough guys and it is very likely that they will kill 800 enemies but lose 1,000 of their own.
Second, most players have modified their appearance and body shape. From the outside, it is impossible to tell a person's age, let alone where to start.
Such restrictions do not mean that the remaining players who do not meet the requirements can only wait to die.
It’s not that they can really survive by relying on the treasure hunt on the train, but they will wait until the qualified people have bound their identities at 8 o’clock tomorrow, and then kill and rob them.
The right to use the survival capsule is bound to the player's ID card, and the person cannot be changed, so the only way is to find a way to get their ID card.
However, it is impossible for a player to hand over his identity card to another person unless he dies.
In this case, there will definitely be a bloody storm waiting for everyone tomorrow morning.
Most players can figure out what Yitu needs to change his mind.
After all, the higher you climb, the more difficult it is to pass the tower.
The purpose of the A-shaped tower is to eliminate inferior players.
The carriage was completely silent, no one spoke. Even those who were laughing and chatting happily just a second ago were now extremely alert.
Even the old man sitting on Yitu's right side looked tense and glanced at him stealthily several times.
Yitu didn't care much. Even if he guessed that he met the requirements, who could kill him?
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