Chapter 59 59 Chapter - The Impact Of Cold Air
59 Chapter - The Impact Of Cold Air
The Train Core currently serves two main purposes.
First, it's an upgrade material for carriages, and second, it's a prerequisite for upgrading the locomotive.
The former can be put aside for now, but the latter is an urgent matter.
Bai Cheng picked up the Train Core; its appearance hadn't changed from before, only the surface cracks had disappeared.
She didn't hesitate, decisively choosing to submit the material.
Without even confirming the upgrade prompt, after Bai Cheng submitted this final critical material, the entire train suddenly flashed with a white light.
The light emanating from all directions completely enveloped Bai Cheng, and the train, which had been steadily parked, also vibrated slightly at this moment.
The upgrade process was quick, almost in the blink of an eye.
Bai Cheng immediately fixed her gaze, wanting to check the train's changes.
The rust on the surrounding steel walls of the train had completely vanished, and the surface became smoother and more even;
The entire # Nоvеlight # locomotive also gained a lot of armor, firmly protecting the wheels and windows, and the very front of the vehicle now had a "V"-shaped front plow, looking more like a snowplow at this moment.
Undoubtedly, the entire train had become much sturdier.
If the Level 2 train were to return to travel through the Silent Night of the Muddy Swamp, Bai Cheng was certain it could directly smash all the dead trees blocking the way.
However, what made her most delighted wasn't the superficial changes after the train upgrade; the important thing was that the Lv.2 train had widened!
That's right, looking at the wider aisle than before, Bai Cheng's face showed joy.
The space inside the train was now larger, allowing her to place more buildings.
Bai Cheng estimated that the carriage's current width was about 3.5 meters, reaching the width of a normal train car, while the length remained unchanged from before, still around 5 meters.
Although neither the locomotive nor the carriage had lengthened, the widened space alone was completely sufficient for her use.
"Great, the remaining blueprints can finally be constructed."
Moreover, through this locomotive level-up, Bai Cheng also guessed that if she wanted more space, she would probably have to specifically upgrade the carriage's level.
She looked at the screen, checking the train's current information.
【"Train: Steam Train"】
【"Level: Lv.2"】
【"Armored Core: None"】
【"Maximum Connectable Carriages: 2"】
【"Maximum Speed: 65km/h"】
【"Employee No. 1: Red Flame, Elite Tier 5."】
【"Employee No. 2: Zi Yuan, Elite Tier 5."】
【"Upgrade Required: 0/100 Clay, 0/200 Fine Wood, 0/300 Bronze Ingots, 0/2 Train Cores."】
"The number of connectable carriages has indeed increased!" Bai Cheng finally let out a sigh of relief after seeing the information, "And the speed has also slightly improved."
But soon she frowned, because the materials required to upgrade the train to Level 3 had almost doubled.
"No way, are survival games all this grindy?"
Bai Cheng probably wouldn't be able to gather these materials in just a few days, and that's assuming she focused solely on collecting materials.
Bai Cheng's eyes narrowed, looking out the window: "It just depends on whether the resources in this snow mountain are plentiful enough."
However, more than that, she was more eager to connect her second carriage, which meant completing the Pioneer trial.
If the resource acquisition difficulty in the Frigid Snow Mountain was high, Bai Cheng would rush to Platform No. 3 with all her might.
At this moment, Bai Cheng saw a figure slowly approaching in the wind and snow outside the window; it was Zi Yuan.
Her pinkish-purple hair was now covered in frost, and her entire body was coated with a thick layer of snow.
Zi Yuan stepped onto the train, and the snow clinging to her feet instantly began to melt, revealing reddish-purple skin.
Bai Cheng was startled, then looked at the other party's skin, finding varying degrees of frostbite.
"Zi Yuan, are you wearing too little?" Bai Cheng asked in surprise.
After all, Zi Yuan was barefoot, her upper body was almost bare, and her only pair of pants looked like a thin layer.
Bai Cheng immediately took off her cotton coat and went to her, helping her put it on, and said with concern: "I'll get a pair of shoes from Nian Nian..."
Zi Yuan's heart immediately warmed, but she still explained: "Miss, you don't need to trouble yourself... this is all the effect of the cold air."
"Cold air?" Bai Cheng suddenly realized, but still puzzled, "Does this cold air affect even elite-level monsters like you?"
As elite-level monsters, they were clearly not afraid of ordinary cold.
In other words, was this cold air erosion actually a magic attack?
"Miss, the cold air erosion status is cumulative; the longer one is exposed to wind and snow in the wild, the more severely the body is affected," Zi Yuan continued to explain.
"Is that so?" Bai Cheng frowned.
Then ordinary warm clothes indeed had no effect.
And the reason why survivors still wore cotton coats was merely to resist the temperature drop caused by cold air erosion; they mainly relied on the steam engine.
"If my clothes could be worn, there would be no problem."
Bai Cheng's legendary clothes came with a built-in cold resistance effect, but unfortunately, this item was bound; it had no effect on anyone else who wore it, it was just ordinary clothing.
"Then it seems there's no way to kill enemies in the wild," but Bai Cheng didn't feel too much regret about this.
Her inability to kill enemies meant that other survivors also couldn't operate at night; everyone's development progress was halted, and she was still far ahead.
Moreover, the safety of her employees must be put first; they couldn't get injured over such trivial matters, could they?
"Miss, Red Flame will not be affected by the cold air," Zi Yuan said again.
At this moment, Red Flame, who was patrolling and guarding around the train, immediately twitched his ear and returned to the train.
Bai Cheng was also a bit surprised to hear this: "Isn't his own attribute supposed to be countered by this kind of weather?"
"Miss, in this kind of weather, my stamina consumption does increase, and my strength will also be somewhat affected," Red Flame's rough voice sounded from outside the train, and then he also walked into the train.
"Isn't that being countered?" Bai Cheng raised an eyebrow.
Red Flame continued to explain: "But cold air erosion has no effect on me at all, and even if I can't exert my full strength, the monsters around won't be my opponents."
Bai Cheng was still very confident in their current strength.
She immediately nodded: "Alright, Zi Yuan, you rest well. Let Red Flame clear the surrounding monsters!"
"Yes, Miss," Red Flame responded and turned to enter the wind and snow.
And at this moment, the sky had already begun to lighten slightly, dispelling the darkness of the entire world and making it bright.
Bai Cheng had explored the platform at night, and both of them had been busy for a long time after leaving the platform.
Unconsciously, the day had slowly dawned.
Bai Cheng looked out the window, her brows immediately furrowing.
The Silent Night had disappeared, but the raging wind and snow still continued.
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