Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Timber for Everything
"You think you can win me back with just an employee card?"
Bai Cheng said with a disdainful look, but Tang Yan's two simple sentences still revealed a lot of information to her.
In short, this guy is definitely not simple.
After closing the chat between the two, Bai Cheng stared at the trading interface for a few more minutes. This time, neither anyone else, nor even Tang Yan, continued trading employee cards.
Only when Cheng Shu's urging echoed in his mind again did Bai Cheng continue chopping down the tree, slightly disappointed.
As Tang Yan said, the supplies along the way were very limited, but fortunately the trees were still of great use to Bai Cheng.
As she hurried along, she chopped down trees. With each sapling that fell, a purple light flashed from the bronze axe she held.
The next second, the bronze axe in Bai Cheng's hand transformed into a dazzling silver light.
The axe blade is smaller than before, and it is incredibly light to hold. This time, even the axe handle is made of the same metal as the axe blade.
【Name: Silver Axe】
【Level: Purple】
【Durability: 100】
【Description: This axe, crafted entirely from mithril, can not only easily cut down trees, but also inflict powerful mental damage on even intangible monsters.】
【Review: Cuts down trees and exorcises demons at the same time!】
This time the information is more detailed than before.
"Exorcism?" Bai Cheng examined the silver axe in her hand. "So, she can damage monsters like demons?"
It's not hard to understand, but right now she's more looking forward to seeing what the upgraded silver axe will look like.
"100 points of durability is only enough for 100 trees."
Although you can get wood more slowly during the day, you can upgrade your axe faster.
Bai Cheng set a goal for himself: to upgrade the axe in his hand to gold before nightfall!
She gripped the silver axe and swung it directly at the small tree in front of her. She used almost no force, but the moment the axe blade made contact with the tree trunk, it seemed as if an invisible energy burst forth.
Immediately afterwards, the trunk broke and collapsed, turning into several pieces of wood.
Bai Cheng was shocked. "Just once! Just once?"
One axe, one tree?!
Bai Cheng refused to believe it and immediately chopped down several other small trees in the vicinity, but without exception, he killed them all with a single axe blow.
"That feels great!"
Bai Cheng was very excited and bent down to pick up the wood on the ground, but his hand suddenly froze in mid-air as he realized what was happening.
"Wait, the durability hasn't decreased?"
Silver Axe: 0/100
Bai Cheng's face immediately fell; this meant she wouldn't be able to chop down trees and upgrade her axe during the day.
But she wasn't too disappointed, since the efficiency of obtaining timber had greatly improved.
Since he couldn't get a water condenser to make a fortune at the start, Bai Cheng would rely on his own hard work to exchange wood for everything he wanted!
What? What if we can't get it? That must mean we don't have enough timber!
One hour, two and a half hours, four hours...
Bai Cheng worked tirelessly, chopping down tree after tree, and the railcar slowed down as it carried too much timber.
The silver axe in his hand remained as durable as ever, without losing any durability.
Bai Cheng felt that his body had reached its limit, even after the axe had been upgraded and chopping down trees was now effortless.
Looking up at the sky again, it grew even darker.
"Is it already dark?" Bai Cheng frowned, but didn't feel very hungry at the moment.
After casually tossing the axe onto the car, Bai Cheng plopped down on the floor.
Her whole body ached, and her hands felt like they didn't belong to her anymore. "So tired, so sleepy..."
A glance at the odometer: 【Distance to the next station: 446km】
"Is it still that far?" Bai Cheng looked utterly dejected. "There aren't many supplies along the way. It seems I need to hurry on my way after I resupply."
With a distance of 500km, Bai Cheng has only walked 54km in two days and one night. She suspects that this is the slowest progress among all the survivors.
One hundred thin pieces of wood were combined in the blink of an eye, and most of the rough square pillars of wood disappeared instantly, turning into finer, polished wood.
Bai Cheng immediately opened "My Train" and then submitted all the supplies.
Before deciding to focus on the journey, Shirai had to not only fill the train with all the supplies except for the steam engine, but also stockpile enough food and water.
Of course, the most important thing is to upgrade your employee card.
She couldn't have protected Platform One by herself.
"But speaking of which, everyone's first employee was a beast, some even worse than a beast. Do you think you can guard the platform with just one animal?"
Bai Cheng found it hard to believe, which seemed to suggest that the so-called danger at Platform One was not actually that great, or that the individual's ability was greater than that of the employees.
"Could it be that this seemingly impressive Infinite Raider is just a showpiece?"
Bai Cheng didn't think too much about the problem. She still insisted on her idea: to upgrade her employee card to the highest level before arriving at Platform One.
【Train: A dilapidated manual railcar】
【Level: Cannot be upgraded!】
【Armored Core: None available】
【Employees: None】
【Advanced Requirements: 0/50 Fine Leather, 100/100 Fine Wood, 0/200 Iron Ingots, 0/1 Steam Engine.】
“We still need a hundred more leathers.” Bai Cheng raised an eyebrow.
She planned to wait for nightfall after dinner and then trade the timber for all the remaining leather she needed.
Seeing the few pieces of wood left in the car, she decided to exchange them for some food.
I had just opened the transaction interface when an employee card suddenly fell out of nowhere.
Trader Lin Qiuyue traded your Hunting Wood Bow and received an Employee Card*1!
"It actually sold!" Bai Cheng's face lit up with joy. She glanced at the employee card on the ground, which was a picture of a mouse.
After exchanging the wood for some food, Shirai Cheng prepared to start cooking.
Of course, she still turned on the channel to pass the time, just like always.
However, these are secondary. The main thing is that she needs to constantly monitor the progress of other survivors to determine whether she has fallen behind, and if so, by how much.
The first sentence that caught her eye made her pause in surprise.
"Brothers, it's getting dark faster! I have a watch that clearly shows it got dark at six o'clock yesterday, but it's not even five o'clock yet!"
Bai Cheng subconsciously looked up at the sky, which was unusually dark at the moment, and conservatively estimated that it would be completely dark in less than half an hour.
Others in the channel echoed this sentiment.
"I was wondering why it got dark so early today, turns out it was earlier than usual!"
"Damn, isn't it getting dark earlier and earlier? That means we're all in real danger!"
"......"
Before Bai Cheng's meat was fully cooked, it had already gotten completely dark.
Because the sunlight was lost, the solar-powered lanterns on the track vehicle suddenly lit up, emitting a dim yellow light that dispelled some of the surrounding darkness.
But when Bai Cheng looked over, the surroundings were no longer grasslands, but that eerie dark forest.
Night has fallen!
【Warning: The longer you linger outside the platform, the higher the risk!】
Bai Cheng suddenly realized that the system wasn't talking about the time the car stayed at the station, but rather the total time it stayed outside the platform!
It was at this moment that she finally understood the sole mission of the five-day safety period before arriving at Platform One.
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