They quickly searched the rooms in the first-floor hall.
Most were empty dormitories.
While the bedboards could be dismantled for wood, it was too much trouble given their limited time.
Fortunately, some rooms contained thin iron gun cabinets.
These cabinets didn’t have guns—likely taken by the shelter’s residents during the evacuation—but they could be pushed into the hall and stored near the train.
Once the doors opened, they would move them directly to the material stacking area.
“This… that… and that one. Move them all to the train,” Mu Bai commanded from the side.
“Miss Mu, what use are these plastic gun racks to you…?”
Zheng Mingyuan was exhausted.
He was the one moving everything back and forth.
He didn’t understand why there hadn’t been a single danger along the way, making it feel like the other three were just supervising his labor.
“A Level 2 Train can build a cultivation device to grow vegetables automatically. One of the construction materials required is plastic. What do you think?”
Mu Bai didn’t mind revealing information; it didn’t hinder her ability to gather resources.
This kind of news was common knowledge once someone reached Level 2.
At most, it allowed someone to prepare early and start growing vegetables sooner than others.
It wasn’t like the information regarding the Trading Station.
The latter was a station where one could earn Train Coins, making its information value naturally higher.
“Miss Mu… I don’t see that many bugs on the first floor. We don’t need three people on guard duty. I’ll help out too.”
Su Wan felt bad for her boyfriend and couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
“Fine,” Mu Bai permitted.
With Su Wan joining in, the speed of scavenging upgrade materials increased.
In less than two hours, the easily collected materials from the first floor were piled next to the train belonging to Mu Bai and Ye Yuan.
Most of it was iron, followed by plastic.
By a rough estimate, it was enough to build the third carriage and the cultivation device.
There was even a significant surplus.
If they collected a bit more iron, it wasn’t impossible to gather enough to satisfy the iron requirement for the next train upgrade.
Mu Bai secretly marveled at her own wisdom in finding two laborers.
‘If I had relied only on Ye Yuan and myself, not only would there be safety risks, but the speed would have been less than half.’
With her strength, she wasn’t even sure if she could push an iron gun cabinet.
Once the first floor was cleared, they naturally headed to the second floor to take a look.
The four of them walked up the nearby stairs.
After a quick tour, they found that the resources were roughly the same as the first floor: gun cabinets and racks that served as upgrade materials.
The racks were easy enough, but transporting the cabinets down was a problem…
“How about this? We push the cabinets down the stairs. Even if we can only move one at a time to avoid blocking the stairwell, it’s better than nothing…”
Mu Bai considered a strategy.
“The railings aren’t that high. I can just lift the cabinets and throw them down to the first floor,” Zheng Mingyuan suddenly suggested.
“Oh? Is your Strength stat really that high?”
Mu Bai was skeptical.
The man had been panting just from carrying a gun rack earlier.
He clearly didn’t exercise much, and he might even be weaker than the current Ye Yuan.
His physical fitness was that of a standard college student.
“My Talent allows me to temporarily add my Constitution to my Strength. It’s a bit tiring, but you said you’d share some resources with us, Miss Mu. I’ll just consider this working hard for my own sake,” Zheng Mingyuan said with a grin.
“Alright. We’ll divide the resources by sector, starting from our side.”
Mu Bai nodded.
She hadn’t expected such a pleasant surprise.
With the addition of half of the cabinets from the second floor, they would definitely have enough iron for the upgrade.
“No problem.”
Zheng Mingyuan spat on his hands and braced himself.
Su Wan pushed the cabinets out of the rooms, and Zheng Mingyuan was responsible for lifting the iron cabinets and tossing them over the railing.
They worked for a while and rested for a while.
About three hours later, all the gun cabinets and racks had been thrown down to the first floor.
***
Only one hour remained.
The four of them headed down the stairs at the opposite end.
As they reached the first-floor landing, Mu Bai suddenly noticed several strands of white silk, so thin they were almost invisible, stretched across the ground at the exit.
If the light from the flashlight hadn’t reflected off them, they never would have noticed.
“Wait!”
Mu Bai warned immediately.
Ye Yuan’s eyes narrowed, and she instantly grabbed Su Wan, who was about to step forward.
Zheng Mingyuan also stopped in his tracks, but the tip of the spear in his hand still brushed against the silk.
A single strand snapped easily.
“Stay alert. The bugs are likely coming,” Mu Bai sighed.
Zheng Mingyuan had been working hard for five hours; she couldn’t blame him for a lapse in concentration.
Unfortunately, they would likely waste at least one magazine of ammunition.
She considered it the price for acquiring several hundred kilograms of iron.
Ye Yuan flipped the safety catch down with her thumb, preparing for the swarm.
Su Wan pulled an arrow from the quiver on her back and notched it on her compound bow.
At the same time, the group moved quickly toward the area outside the exit, trying to fight in a more open space.
Following Mu Bai’s reminder, Zheng Mingyuan swept his flashlight around to prevent a surprise attack, while Mu Bai shone her light toward the stairwell entrance.
Seconds later, one spider shadow after another appeared in the beam of light.
Bang!
Ye Yuan was the first to fire.
Su Wan was about to draw her bow when Mu Bai held her back.
Only after Ye Yuan had emptied an entire magazine did Mu Bai let go, allowing Su Wan to fire her arrows.
Su Wan understood instantly.
They were alternating their shots as much as possible to save ammunition and prevent two people from aiming at the same target.
Ye Yuan swapped in a full magazine, and Mu Bai took the empty one to reload it.
After the second magazine was emptied, the spider swarm finally retreated.
Mu Bai shone her flashlight in the direction the swarm had fled.
Where there should have been a wall, there was now a massive crack, surrounded by dense spiderwebs.
The spider nest was behind that crack.
And next to the crack, behind the stairs, there seemed to be a… security box?
At Mu Bai’s signal, Su Wan and Zheng Mingyuan guarded the stairwell entrance while Ye Yuan followed her behind the stairs.
Ye Yuan took the flashlight in her left hand and held her gun ready in front of the crack.
So many spiderwebs…
Mu Bai frowned slightly.
“Zheng, let me borrow your spear.”
“Oh… okay.”
Zheng Mingyuan tossed the spear over.
Mu Bai caught it clumsily and used it to clear away the spiderwebs.
It wasn’t a gun cabinet behind the stairs, but a… security box just like the one at the Beginner Station!
A security box… security boxes were good.
If it contained another compound crossbow or something similar, it would likely be worth one Train Coin on the Trading Market.
Mu Bai held her breath and touched the security box.
The door popped open immediately.
Inside was a golden handgun and a full spare magazine.
Identification!
[Golden Desert Eagle, 7-round capacity, classic 50AE caliber. The most powerful handgun, but beware of the extreme recoil!]
Mu Bai sucked in a cold breath.
Truth be told, this thing was incredibly cool.
She wanted it, but the identification details mentioned extreme recoil.
She doubted she could even keep the gun steady.
Better to sell it.
By converting it into Train Coins, she could upgrade directly to a Level 3 Train.
“How is it?”
Ye Yuan asked, keeping a close eye on the movement inside the crack, not daring to distract herself.
“I found this station’s reward… It’s a Golden Desert Eagle, the 7-round capacity version,” Mu Bai said with a sigh of admiration.
“Mm.”
Ye Yuan thought for a moment and decided it wasn’t as good as her Beretta.