“Since we’re teammates, let me see yours too, okay?”
Ye Yuan coaxed gently.
Mu Bai instantly felt displeased.
Was the other girl treating her like a child?
But since Ye Yuan had already shown her panel first, so sincerely, Mu Bai had no reason to refuse.
Following the newbie guide, Mu Bai silently thought: System panel.
A pale blue interface belonging only to her popped up.
[Personal]
[Chat]
[Mailbox]
Mu Bai tapped Personal.
——Personal Panel——
Player: Mu Bai (Level-0 Train)
Race: Pure Human
Talent: Heaven’s Chosen (Rainbow) — Every time the train upgrades, you awaken a new random talent!
Stats: Constitution 3, Strength 2, Agility 4, Spirit 17, Charm 20
Skills: None
Equipment: None
Mu Bai almost broke down.
Why were her stats this low?!
She had already had a bad feeling because of her current body, but seeing that even Ye Yuan—still just a teenage girl—was several times stronger left her speechless.
Spirit and Charm were higher, sure, but she had no clue how that would help.
Damn system, give me back my original body!
“Heaven’s Chosen…”
Ye Yuan leaned closer, her gaze immediately drawn to the rainbow-glowing talent.
Just from the description, she could imagine how absurdly powerful it would be later, once the train leveled up—but at the moment, Mu Bai was short one whole talent slot.
Judging from the stats and her overly pale skin, Mu Bai’s physical condition was awful—if not chronically ill, then at least sickly often.
Short-term, Mu Bai would contribute absolutely nothing to survival.
Fortunately, the short conversation had shown Ye Yuan that Mu Bai’s mind wasn’t childish—she’d listen and wouldn’t drag her down mentally.
Quietly, Ye Yuan raised Mu Bai’s priority in her mind a level—and at the same time prepared herself to carry a burden for now.
Mu Bai silently opened the Chat tab, throwing thoughts of talents and stats aside.
What else could she do… beg her new teammate for protection?
Fine, she admitted—her pride was acting up.
No way she was going to act cute!
——c0721 Chatroom (10,000)——
[No seriously, where the hell are we? Is this still China??]
[Bro, never read webnovels? Definitely some pocket dimension or whatever. Definitely not Earth.]
[Me and my roommate got pulled in but HE’S FROM ANOTHER PROVINCE WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO 😭😭]
[Dude is this for real??]
[Matched with a blonde anime girl, watch me use my SEASONED EXPERIENCE to make her blush and conquer her!!]
[Why is your teammate a beauty and mine a femboy?? UNFAIR. I’m filing a complaint with the central government]
[Man, what can I say?]
[I wanna go home holy sh*t!!!]
Even at a time like this, internet clowns were still so unrestrained.
Totally useless chatter—Mu Bai had hoped someone would drop talent info…
She closed chat.
Mailbox contained an announcement—the same newbie tutorial she heard earlier—and another marked Starter Supplies.
She opened it:
Bread x3 slices (40g each)
Bottled water x1 (500ml)
Mu Bai accepted it.
Ye Yuan was a high schooler—nothing to guard against.
If she wanted to harm her, Mu Bai couldn’t fight back anyway.
Three wrapped bread slices landed on her lap, and the water bottle beside them.
Good packaging, but zero labels—no ingredient list, no expiry date.
The definition of a three-no product.
And the portion…
Water was fine—rationed carefully, it could last a day or two.
But the bread—only 120g total, plain, no filling to replenish sugar—barely enough for a single meal…
Since this was a survival game, resources might be scarce.
Best to save what she could.
Leaving food untouched, Mu Bai got up to finally examine the carriage.
From the moment she arrived, she’d been too distracted to look around properly.
Maybe there’d be something important she missed.
Outside the window was pitch black—nothing visible.
One ceiling light lit the room, and above the door, the electronic display read 5:50 PM.
The carriage was about half the size of a bedroom—one bed that barely fit two people already took up two-thirds of the space.
The remaining ~4 sq.m area had a section outlined in yellow tape.
The unmarked wall had a screen—touch-activated.
Mu Bai tapped it, and instructions popped up.
[Yellow-lined area = Material Storage / Trading Zon]
[Tap Train Upgrade to check required materials. Materials placed in the storage zone won’t take space, but can only be upgrade materials, and storage max equals required total.]
[Items placed in the Trade Zone can be listed on the Trade System. Received goods will appear in this zone. Trades are fully fair—no scamming possible.]
Very user-friendly.
Since trading didn’t matter yet, she opened Train Upgrade.
[Current Level: 0
Required to upgrade → Rubber 20kg, Wood 20kg, Iron (≥90%) 50kg]
Tsss——
That was a lot.
How could Level 1 cost this much?
And why the hell did a train need wood to upgrade?!
Ye Yuan finished checking her interface and walked over—seeing the resource list froze her expression.
Before she could comment, a broadcast rang through the carriage.
[Beginner Station approaching. This stop type—Wasteland. Difficulty: 0. Survivors, prepare.]
[Stop duration: 30 minutes]
At the same time, the display replaced the time with the announcement.
Outside, scenery rapidly streaked by—too fast to see—and the train vibrated like it was really moving.
Ye Yuan thought aloud:
“This is likely newbie protection. Difficulty 0 probably means no real danger—or danger that’s easy to avoid. I doubt we’ll get another difficulty-0 station later.”
Mu Bai nodded.
The broadcast calling it a rookie stop basically confirmed lowered danger.
“So,” Ye Yuan paused, voice serious, “I’m not skipping this stop. Are you coming with me?”
“Of course.”
Mu Bai replied without hesitation.
Please—she was a responsible adult!
How could she flinch from danger and let a girl go alone?
Weak stats needing protection was one thing—but not going at all would be an issue of attitude.
Trying to seem resolute, her purple eyes hardened slightly.
She didn’t realize: no matter how serious a tiny white-haired fluffball tried to look, she still looked soft—and her “mustering courage” only made her more adorable.
Ye Yuan felt her tension ease noticeably.
Mu Bai assumed she had passed some kind of test—hence the change in Ye Yuan’s expression—and was secretly amused.
High school girls were easy to read—their faces showed everything.
Too pure.
Mu Bai vowed to absolutely take advantage of that later!
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