Chapter 77 Adding Carriages
Actually, there is something you can do right now.
This was the first time they heard news about City N in such a long time.
Ren Ru was even more excited and almost wanted to rush out to ask the young rescue team member about the situation in City N.
But her remaining rationality still limited her steps forward.
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait for her to ask, as some curious passengers had already started inquiring.
"What's the situation over there? I heard that dozens of communities along the river were flooded."
"Well, the situation is quite bad, but most of the citizens have been evacuated in advance, so everyone should be safe. However, there will definitely be some property damage."
"At this time, who cares about property? We're lucky to be alive!"
"That's right, we can't ask for too much at a time like this."
"So where did they move to? Do you know, young man?"
The dark-faced young man shook his head. "People from different areas were relocated to different places. We didn't participate in the evacuation of every community, and I'm not familiar with some of them."
"My daughter lives in Binjiang International Community. Do you know where the people in this community have been relocated? The last time I called her, she said she was moving, but she didn't say where she was going. After that, the phone line was disconnected!"
The elderly aunt asked anxiously, tears in her eyes.
The young man thought for a moment and said, "Binjiang International... Aren't they closest to the riverbank? They should have been the first to move. I guess they moved to the new campus of the Medical University, which hasn't been built yet. I don't know where they went after that."
"That's good, that's good." It was a pleasant surprise to hear some news about her daughter. The aunt wiped her eyes with her hand and said sincerely, "Thank you."
Before the young man could say no, other questions started to arise in the car.
"My sister and my nephew's family live in that Huaqing Garden. Do you know where they are, young man?"
"I'm sorry, I'm not sure about that."
"What about Jiangnan Town? Does anyone know?"
The young people who were asked in the carriage all shook their heads.
"Hey, bro, do you know the people living by the river? This community seems to be not far from the river. Have they moved?"
Ren Ru, who was always paying attention in the cab, felt her heart tighten when she heard the familiar address, and her attention was all focused on the mouth of the rescue team member who was being asked.
"Riverside People, that name sounds familiar. They should have evacuated too, right?" The young team member scratched his ear and asked his teammate next to him, "Big Li, do you remember where the Riverside People evacuated to?"
Across the row, a member of the team, also surrounded and questioned, who was obviously older and calmer, thought for a moment and said, "They should have evacuated on the last day. It seems the incident had already occurred by then. The situation was quite chaotic. We were on duty in the residential area across the street at the time. We only know that some people were rescued, but as for where they went..."
He didn't say it, and he really didn't know.
Those days were not only a nightmare for ordinary citizens, but also for them.
First, the rescue work was endless, and then the rescued people and teammates changed suddenly... Not only did they have to face natural disasters, but they even had to resist attacks from former compatriots and comrades. The rescue operation was extremely difficult.
They share the fear of disasters that ordinary citizens feel, and are even more worried because they need to complete their missions. They can't even leave as often as ordinary people do to check on their families and relatives.
Even now, there are still many teammates whose families cannot be contacted...
Listening to the sound coming from the speaker, Ren Ru's eyes gradually dimmed.
No one in the Jiang family said a word.
Jiang Dong walked up to her, put his arm around her shoulders, and consoled her, "It's okay, it's just that the rescue team members we met today didn't know. The more people we meet in the future, the more news we'll get about our parents and big sister."
He patted Ren Ru on the back and said, "Besides, I heard from my sister last time that we should have accumulated enough mileage soon. Then we can drive directly to City N and we will definitely find them."
Although Jiang Dong's comfort was dry, Ren Ru's tears gradually stopped.
I cried just now because of my emotions, and I stopped now not because of Jiang Dong's comfort.
She knew better than anyone that after so much time had passed, her parents and sister were probably in great danger, especially after hearing so many stories of other people's life and death in the car, she felt even more so.
But even so, she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart. What if, what if! What if they were still waiting for her to meet them?
Ren Ru wiped away her tears and forced a smile. "I know, they might be waiting for me to find them. Maybe they are looking for me too. When we can go to City N, we can see each other again."
Jiang Qian felt sad after hearing this. She opened the system to see when she could set up the next site. She was disappointed when she found out that she would have to wait for a while.
Actually, there is something you can do right now.
Jiang Qian shuddered as the system's voice suddenly appeared in her mind. When she realized what the system meant, her eyes lit up.
'What can I do?'
[The crystal cores obtained from operating the train are enough to exchange for a new carriage.]
"Really?" Jiang Qian was shocked.
Because her family has enough food and clothing, she rarely looks at other things in the system mall except buying some water. After all, there are so many things in it that it is dazzling.
It was not until the system reminded her today that she realized that she could now exchange for a new train car.
The previous carriage was a gift from the system, so she was not sure how many magic crystals were needed for one carriage. Now, she found that it only cost one thousand magic crystals.
"Why is it so cheap?" Jiang Qian was a little surprised. "Didn't that vending machine ask for 200 magic crystals before?"
If the freight is calculated based on volume, the price should be more expensive for such a large carriage, right?
Because she thought it was too expensive, Jiang Qian never dared to think about exchanging carriages.
[If you only look at the packed volume, the train cars are indeed much larger than the vending machines. However, the cars shipped from interstellar space are usually just parts, and I assemble them on-site here, so the actual packed volume is much smaller than you might imagine.]
The system explained.
[Also, you should have noticed that the space inside the lounge you're in is different from the outside. This is because the interstellar train uses space expansion technology, and the same technology has also been applied to the carriages, so the same amount of space requires less material.]
After the explanation, the system asked, [Do you want to exchange?]
'Exchange!'
There are already more than 1,500 magic crystals on the books. It would be better to exchange them for carriages instead of just keeping them. Maybe we can even carry more passengers later. This is the real endless source of "wealth".
【Then I will submit the application now.】
The system interface flashed a few times and returned to calm.
Jiang Qian knew that it was busy with the application process, so she was not in a hurry.
Only after the train arrived at the airport and everyone got off did she give the system the order to assemble a new carriage.
The assembly of the new carriage this time was not as earth-shattering as the last train upgrade. It was completed shortly after she gave the order, before they even realized what had happened.
Jiang Dong looked at the unchanged carriage and felt a little unbelievable, "Is it done already?"
"Yeah." Jiang Qian nodded and let the system project the internal monitoring of the train and the external scenes onto the large screen in the cab.
Everyone looked at the newly added 100 seats inside and the slightly longer carriage outside, and only then did they feel that the train had indeed added an extra carriage.
The interior of the newly added carriage is not much different from the previously donated carriage, but the space inside the carriage has indeed been expanded using advanced technology as the system said, and it looks much larger than the increased length of the exterior of the carriage.
Jiang Dong looked at the interior of the carriage from the surveillance video and asked, "So we can carry 200 people starting tomorrow?"
Jiang Qian nodded.
Huang Liping said happily, "Does that mean my income can double in the future?"
"If there are enough passengers, of course." Jiang Qian thought for a moment and said, "And maybe even more."
The others looked over in confusion, "?"
Jiang Qian told her family what she had been thinking about recently.
Previously, the train had always run a fixed trip a day, that is, from the airport in City A to the railway station in City B, and then back to the airport in City A.
Now the construction in City A has been continuously recruiting people, and the security control area in City B has been continuously expanding. More and more citizens of City B are taking the train to City A to work in exchange for food and other survival supplies.
At the moment, it seems the rescue teams on both sides prefer that the public earn their wages through self-reliance. She believes that more and more people will want to take the bus to participate in the construction of City A's airport.
Even if the current train could accommodate more than 200 people at a time, the daily ticket revenue was only 400 magic crystals, which was still a long way from being able to upgrade and exchange for more carriages faster. Jiang Qian was thinking about running one more train every day.
"Last time, a passenger said they were working overtime day and night on the construction site. I thought, if that's the case, why not run the train in two shifts, based on the workers' starting and ending times..."
One bus leaves the train station at 6:00 AM, arrives at the airport at 7:00 AM, and returns from the airport at 8:00 PM. The next bus leaves the train station at 6:00 PM, arrives at the airport at 7:00 PM, and returns to the train station at 8:00 PM. This means the bus can transport two bus trips per day.
Although City A offers accommodation, it's constantly under construction, noisy, and crowded, so it's definitely not as comfortable as your own home. If the train schedule were adjusted, I think many people would be willing to take the train back.
In the past, she didn't dare to fix the departure time of the train because she was worried that it would be besieged by zombies at any time. But now both stations have been surrounded and protected by the rescue team. Jiang Qian has no worries about setting the time again.
The Jiang family didn't know whether Jiang Qian's idea could be realized, but that didn't stop them from supporting her and giving it a try.
So, the next day, when some passengers from City B arrived at the train station early, they saw that the train that was supposed to be at the airport was already parked at the platform.
【Author’s words】
Someone seemed to have asked before how to add a new stop without getting off the train, but in fact, the stop sign at the B City Railway Station was set up before getting off the train. So getting off the train or not will not affect the setting of the new stop.
The next chapter update will be the day after tomorrow, on the 31st. I've applied for a list next week, so I'll try my best. I hope I'll be full of inspiration next week.
Thank you all for your support, mua!
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