Chapter 553 Amphibious Train
Meng Qingyin hadn't used her [Special Vehicle Upgrade Card] yet, so she rummaged through her system inventory and found it.
[Special Vehicle Upgrade Card: Upgrades your vehicle to an amphibious vehicle; go sailing the seas!]
The previous map was unusable, but this map should work, right?
She clicked to use it.
[You have used a special vehicle upgrade card. Your vehicle is being upgraded. Please wait inside the vehicle for a moment.]
Meng Qingyin sat quietly in the driver's seat and waited. She heard a series of cracking sounds and felt the car shaking.
Qingfeng, Qin Feng, and Daxue all ran over, their faces showing concern.
"What happened? Did we encounter a storm? Why is the train suddenly shaking so violently?"
Meng Qingyin explained, "It's not a storm, I'm upgrading the train, it'll be fine in a little while."
Everyone was relieved and went back to their own business.
Meng Qingyin asked Daxue, "Daxue, can you store seawater into the ice and snow space?"
There's plenty of water here, so Da Xue and the other two should be thriving.
Da Xue was somewhat discouraged: "It's not possible yet. I can only control pure water. Seawater has a complex composition, and I haven't mastered that yet."
However, its discouragement was only temporary. Soon, Daxue was full of confidence again. "But don't worry, Master, I won't give up because of a little setback. I will definitely be able to use the seawater skillfully."
Da Xue has always been hardworking and ambitious, which makes Meng Qingyin very gratified: "Where there's a will, there's a way, you will definitely succeed."
Da Xue smiled shyly and went back to continue practicing, with San Xue following her eagerly.
The bumpy ride lasted about three minutes before the train upgrade was completed.
Vehicle: Amphibious train (currently in train mode, click to switch to ship mode)
Maximum speed: 200 km/h
Fuel consumption: 3L/100km
Features: Intelligent system, hazard detection, voice control, exploration supply box, map
Current mileage: 52,120 km
Today's target mileage: 200km
Meng Qingyin switched to the ship form. There were no significant changes inside, except that the carriages were replaced by cabins. There was a very spacious deck at the stern of the ship, with a good view from the deck.
【Vehicle: Amphibious vessel (Currently in vessel mode, click to switch to train mode)】
Description: The ship can withstand sea winds of force 12.
Maximum speed: 200 km/h
Fuel consumption: 3L/100km
Features: Intelligent system, hazard detection, voice control, exploration supply box, map
Current mileage: 52,120 km
Today's target mileage: 200km
Looking at the description that "the ship can withstand level twelve sea winds," Meng Qingyin suddenly realized that the sea would not always be calm, and there would be storms as well.
A Category 12 gale is the highest level of hurricane, with extremely strong destructive power. The waves it generates can reach tens of meters high, and vehicles have little chance of withstanding a hurricane.
Even her train would probably struggle to withstand it, and other players' vehicles would likely be even more vulnerable.
It turns out that the dangers 007 mentioned at the beginning didn't just refer to sea monsters, but also to the raging storms at sea.
However, things have been calm so far, which is why players have overlooked it.
A sense of urgency suddenly rose in Meng Qingyin's heart. She immediately went to the trading hall to search for vehicle upgrade cards, but they were all regular upgrade cards and there were no special vehicle upgrade cards.
She considered posting the message in the chat area, but then thought that posting it would only cause panic and would have no other purpose.
Her special vehicle upgrade card was obtained by completing the Mermaid quest; it's unique in the entire server, let alone in Zone 30.
Players have no other way to obtain special vehicle upgrade cards.
But the main system certainly wouldn't create an unsolvable problem; there must be some other way to withstand the strong winds.
Meng Qingyin subtly reminded everyone in the chat area: "The sea is not land. Although it is calm now, a strong wind may suddenly come. Everyone should use the inflatable boats to find more supply boxes and try to upgrade their vehicles."
No male lead: "Oh right, there will be strong winds at sea. I completely overlooked that! No, no, I need to upgrade my vehicle right away."
Yanxi: "We're all at sea now, can't the game update our vehicles to include ships?"
The adorable little princess said, "Yes, the road is very similar in color to the sea. I almost drove into the sea several times. It's too dangerous."
Zuiyuelouhuan: "If there really is a strong wind, and the destructive power of a strong wind at sea is so strong, can our vehicles really withstand it?"
Ye Tingyu said, "That's hard to say. Even ships have a hard time withstanding a Force 12 sea wind. But we need to upgrade our vehicles. With a heavier vehicle, at least we won't be capsized."
The little grass god of Sumeru: "Huh? Will there really be a Force 12 gale?"
Making a strong statement! Ga: "Whether we have it or not, it's always good to be prepared. Everyone should listen to Boss Meng and upgrade our vehicles quickly."
A 97-year-old divorced woman with two children said, "Now it seems that the kayak has really come in handy, since not everyone can swim."
Tan, who was just trying to slack off, said: "Stop talking! Do you know how terrified a landlubber who can't swim is when facing a vast ocean?"
"..."
Seeing that everyone was starting to take the vehicle upgrade seriously, Meng Qingyin finally felt relieved.
Besides supply crates, killing sea monsters is another way to obtain supplies; you might even get special cards to upgrade your vehicles.
Oh, and there's also a medal shop.
Meng Qingyin opened the medal shop and found that the shop still only had [Air Freshener].
Now she's actually hoping the medal shop will refresh and offer special items.
...
The barnacle medals were collected quickly; they were all gathered in less than a morning.
Players have all obtained varying amounts of barnacle shells and barnacle meat, but they are not yet of any use to them.
At noon, after Meng Qingyin and the other two finished their meal, Qingfeng said that the second Fortune Fruit would be ripe soon, so she took Yuanbao to wait for it.
Meng Qingyin was also curious about what the effect of the second Lucky Fruit would be and wanted to go and see, but then Ye Taohua outside the car said that another jellyfish monster had come.
Meng Qingyin leaned out of the car window and, sure enough, saw a blue jellyfish monster floating on the sea.
"I heard you can help get rid of barnacle monsters here, could you help me get rid of mine too?" the jellyfish monster asked very politely.
Meng Qingyin: "..." Without a doubt, it must have been that pink jellyfish monster that spread the word.
Well, it wouldn't be right to let the jellyfish monster make a wasted trip, and besides, she can get [Barnacle Shell] and [Barnacle Meat] by helping to clean up the barnacle monster, so she might as well help it clean up.
This time, Meng Qingyin left the jellyfish monster on the road outside the car. She squatted down, took out a screwdriver, and called on Ye Taohua and the others to help clean it up.
There weren't many barnacles on this jellyfish monster, and with Night Peach Blossom and the others being strong, they could easily pry the barnacles off with a gentle touch, and they finished cleaning it up in just half an hour.
The jellyfish monster, feeling much lighter, was extremely grateful: "You are truly an angel sent by heaven to save us. If you need anything in the future, just tell me, and I will do my best to help you."
Meng Qingyin's mind raced. "I actually do have something I'd like to ask you for help with. Could you help me lure some other sea monsters here?"
Instead of waiting for sea monsters to come to us, we should take the initiative to find them.
The jellyfish monster lives in the ocean and must have seen other sea monsters. With its help, things might be much easier.
The jellyfish monster readily agreed: "Sure, it's a piece of cake!"
After saying that, it returned to the sea, and its blue figure quickly disappeared from Meng Qingyin's sight.
She couldn't help but laugh; it seemed that cleaning up the barnacle monster hadn't been a waste of time.
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