This was a small gym.
At a glance, there were no monsters in the room, only various types of fitness equipment.
Mu Bai cautiously searched the area once before confirming that this Station was safe, allowing her to collect resources with peace of mind.
Most of this equipment was made of rubber and iron, which could be used to upgrade The Train.
The only problem was that most of the equipment was bolted to the floor, making it impossible to move.
Even if she could move them, they wouldn’t fit through the train door.
For some of the larger machines, she could only carry the iron counterweights.
Mu Bai began moving small equipment parts into The Train one by one.
Once she reached the upgrade threshold, she chose to upgrade The Train first to free up space in the Material Stacking Area.
[Player Mu Bai and Ye Yuan’s train level has increased to Level 1, unlocking Carriage Construction Blueprint, Toilet Blueprint, and Bathroom Blueprint]
[The carriage has added a Power System with an infinite electricity supply. The toilet and bathroom will have an unlimited supply of water resources]
[Current Level: 1. Materials required for upgrade: 40kg rubber, 40kg wood, 100kg iron (purity >90%), 2 Train Coins]
The moment the train upgraded, the entire carriage underwent a massive change.
If it had felt a bit crowded for two people living together before, it was much more spacious now—just barely enough to be considered a bedroom for two.
Most importantly, several universal power outlets had been added!
Outlets that could charge electrical appliances!
The appliances she had scavenged from the previous Station could finally be used!
Furthermore, the toilet and bathroom had an unlimited supply of water.
Building even one of them would directly solve their water problem.
One must remember that just the day before, ten kilograms of wood had been traded for a single bucket of purified water; the preciousness of water resources went without saying.
While domestic water couldn’t be drunk directly like purified water, it could still be boiled into drinkable water.
From now on, water resources would no longer be a difficult problem restricting their survival.
[Detected that your train level has increased, talent ‘Chosen of Heaven’ activated]
[You have awakened the talent — Power Bank Constitution (Purple)]
[Talent Effect: Being close to you makes people feel pleasant.
When you have physical contact with others, you can slowly restore their stamina and mental energy.
The more intimate the contact, the faster the recovery speed]
Mu Bai: ?
The girl’s blush was more eloquent than any words.
She was flushing intensely.
Wait, hold on.
She was a “macho man” who awakened this kind of talent—was that right?
Even though she was currently a fragrant and soft little loli, wasn’t giving her this specific talent a bit too deliberate?
Mu Bai felt like she was being set up by the system.
Dammit, she couldn’t immerse herself in grief and indignation just yet.
There were still many resources in the Station that hadn’t been moved to The Train.
Half the time had already passed.
Returning to the gym, Mu Bai spent some time figuring out how to dismantle the counterweights before resuming her transport work.
This body ran out of strength after doing even a little bit of manual labor, but time waited for no one.
Mu Bai could only grit her teeth and persist.
Soon, the train’s stopping time ended.
Mu Bai finally finished moving the upgrade materials, feeling sore and weak all over.
She returned to The Train at the very last half-minute and checked the touch screen.
Building the toilet and bathroom didn’t require rubber, but it did require wood and iron.
However, building them directly in this carriage would compress the space too much.
The existence of the Material Stacking Area/Trading Area also prohibited doing so.
Therefore, if she wanted to build a toilet and bathroom, she had to build a new carriage first.
Taking a look at the resources needed to build a carriage—good grief, it was slightly more than the materials required to upgrade the train to Level 1.
Fortunately, she had gathered quite a lot of upgrade materials this time, and the wood she hadn’t traded away was just enough to build a new carriage.
Build!
The train vibrated, and a door appeared at the rear of the carriage.
Mu Bai walked over and opened it.
It was the connection point between carriages.
After opening the second door, she found a Level 1 empty carriage.
“There’s still some space left after building the toilet and bathroom. This place can be used as a utility room in the future. Useless items can be placed here, making the living carriage much more comfortable to live in…”
Mu Bai murmured as she planned.
Returning to the living carriage, she continued checking the construction materials needed for the toilet and bathroom on the touch screen.
This time she didn’t need rubber, but her wood was exhausted.
However, this wasn’t much of a problem.
She still had over two hundred kilograms of iron.
She could just trade the surplus iron for it.
First, she put the materials required for the Level 2 upgrade and construction into the Material Stacking Area.
The remaining few dozen kilograms of iron were all listed in the Trading Area.
After finishing everything, Mu Bai collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.
She was drained.
With her constitution, after moving hundreds of kilograms of materials, she had basically burned out into white ash.
She definitely had to eat something good for lunch.
Now that there was a Power System, she could use the rice cooker to steam some rice.
Those kitchen utensils hadn’t been taken for nothing.
Right, although her new talent sounded embarrassing, it should be considered quite practical.
It was just a pity she couldn’t restore her own stamina.
She didn’t know if it would work on Ye Yuan’s body.
The commotion from the train upgrade and the construction of the new carriage earlier was quite loud, yet Ye Yuan hadn’t been woken up.
Without fever medicine, if she just left her like this, Mu Bai was really afraid Ye Yuan might quietly die on her.
Leaning toward Ye Yuan, Mu Bai hugged her.
This… should count as intimate contact, right?
Hopefully, it would have some effect.
If Mu Bai were to open her status panel now, she would actually see the talent entry for ‘Power Bank Constitution’ glowing.
In her sleep, Ye Yuan felt as if she had fallen into a soft embrace.
Gentle and warm.
Just like being held by her mother when she was a child…
***
Noon.
When Ye Yuan woke up, she found herself entangled by the sleeping Mu Bai, just like the previous few days.
She felt inexplicably comfortable being held.
Subjectively, she was still very hungry, but her body had regained its strength, and her spirit was also very energetic.
She hadn’t expected to recover so quickly.
Was it because of the rice porridge and canned beef?
Opening her eyes, she saw that The Train had undergone earth-shattering changes.
It was hard not to notice.
Ye Yuan immediately guessed that the train had been upgraded.
She was surprised that Mu Bai had collected so many upgrade resources alone.
This teammate, whom she had originally thought would be dead weight, was unexpectedly reliable.
She didn’t retreat when facing danger, nor did she try to be a hero beyond her means, yet she could be trusted when it was time for her to stand up.
If one wasn’t misled by her appearance, she was simply the perfect teammate.
Ye Yuan’s mood was more relaxed than ever before.
Thinking back to the past, ever since her parents divorced, the two people closest to her had thrown themselves into their careers.
In the empty luxury mansion, she always lived alone.
A cold personality was Ye Yuan’s protective shell.
Only by enjoying solitude would she not feel pitiful.
At school, she could throw herself into her studies and stop thinking about anything else.
At home, when other students should be enjoying family life, she was lost with nothing to do.
But at this moment, the fragrant and soft embrace behind her filled a certain vacancy in her heart.
Comparing the two carefully, Ye Yuan actually felt that being with Mu Bai on The Train… made her feel more at peace.
In the Survival Game, everyone was working hard to survive.
Other than that, the only thing that needed serious attention was getting along with teammates.
Now, she didn’t lack the resources for survival, nor did she lack a good teammate.
She had even established a considerable amount of trust with the other person.
She didn’t lack anything anymore.
How wonderful…