Ye Tong’s lips were pale, and a fine layer of sweat beaded on her forehead.
Even speaking seemed to be a struggle.
It looked like she had suffered fairly serious internal injuries, though fortunately, they weren’t fatal.
If this were in another team, even if she survived, she’d be left with severe, lingering internal damage—unless a teammate had a medical-type talent, and one of the exceptionally effective, gold-quality types like the Power Bank Constitution.
For Mu Bai, however, the problem wasn’t that big.
The Power Bank Constitution could rapidly heal even bone injuries.
Bruised internal organs were nothing.
Mu Bai simply moved closer, pressing against her to alleviate the other’s pain.
Ye Yin didn’t stand on ceremony either.
Right in front of the other two, she wrapped her arms around the little white-haired one, pulling her tightly into her embrace.
The sudden, large movement even aggravated her injuries.
She coughed several times before barely managing to stop, spattering quite a few blood droplets onto the bedsheet.
Mo Bai: “…”
‘Why so impulsive? I’m the one who has to wash the sheets.’
“A total of fifty-eight Train Coins,” Mo Cha finished tallying the spoils, her voice low.
“Plus the two extra we have, that makes sixty. There are also two… no, to be precise, three special items.”
It seemed they weren’t far from upgrading the Train again.
The only potential obstacle was the possibility of special requirements, similar to the Upgrade Module.
“What are the items?”
Mu Bai asked curiously.
“One jade pendant. When carried, it consumes mental power to conceal your presence from spirits. If you consume stamina, you can deal damage to spirits… They probably relied on this to move around at night,” Mo Cha read from the identification results.
To be honest, it was a bit lackluster.
The Jade Gourd Pendant and her own talent were both superior versions of the former effect, and the latter effect wasn’t as direct as the Weapon Strike Fist.
Still, it would be a pity to just sell it.
“Mhm, and the others?”
Mu Bai continued.
“One bottle of Instant Healing Potion. According to the description, it can save you even from a fatal wound, as long as you’re not dead yet, though the injuries will still need follow-up treatment.”
Mo Cha shook the small potion bottle in her hand, showing it to Mu Bai and Ye Yin.
It looked very similar to the healing potions in Talina’s shop, but the container was different.
Mu Bai felt that if this wasn’t something obtained from a Treasure Chest, there might be other Trading Stations out there.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
Their one team had entered a Trading Station twice in a short period.
With tens of millions of surviving players, a single, small Trading Station couldn’t possibly accommodate all those players coming and going.
However, once a player team entered a specific Trading Station, they were likely bound to that site.
Any future Trading Stations their Train stopped at would probably be the same one.
This was convenient for building rapport with shopkeepers to get discounts.
Take Talina, for example.
Knowing a shopkeeper like her had saved them quite a bit of money on a single shopping trip.
If you counted the Serum, the back-and-forth was equivalent to earning fourteen silver coins.
Mo Cha put down the potion and held up a pistol to show them.
“And finally, this. An Air Pressure Compressed Bullet Pistol. Doesn’t require ammo replenishment. Performance is similar to a modern pistol, though the maximum effective range is a bit shorter.”
“Understood.”
Mu Bai nodded.
They still had plenty of pistol ammo, so this gun wasn’t an immediate necessity, but it would definitely come in handy.
They could give it to Ye Yin later.
Ye Yin had mentioned that the Weapon Shop in the Trading Station had similar firearms.
Having this item proved that other team had been to a Trading Station.
After all, so far, the firearms players had obtained from Treasure Chests were all models that could be found on Earth.
Thinking about it carefully, the existence of such weapons was like using black-tech to design a flush toilet—its purpose was unclear.
Only a higher-dimensional civilization would sell this kind of thing to a lower-dimensional one.
Honestly, Mu Bai was a little disappointed.
Of the three items, only the healing potion was somewhat useful, complementing her Power Bank role—one for stabilizing a critical condition, the other for healing.
The other two were rather tasteless.
Of course, this haul had also netted them a good number of Train Coins and a fair amount of firearm ammunition.
Even though the ammo types didn’t match theirs, their value in Train Coins was considerable.
It could be considered a major windfall.
Gold, silver… they already had quite a bit.
This was just a little extra.
‘Getting a bit full of ourselves, aren’t we?’
“Speaking of which, should we open the Treasure Chest now?”
Mo Cha asked.
Mu Bai was currently occupied, and Ye Yin couldn’t get out of bed.
If she opened the chest now, she felt it would lessen Mu Bai and Ye Yin’s sense of participation.
Ye Yin didn’t mind.
Having little Mu Bai not leave was already great.
“Open it, open it!”
Mu Bai urged.
The items in the chest weren’t going anywhere, so there was no rush in principle.
But this was a Gold Treasure Chest!
Of course she was curious about what was inside.
A faint hope flickered in Mu Bai’s heart.
Since it’s a Gold Treasure Chest… wouldn’t it be normal for there to be gold coins inside?
Seeing Mu Bai’s eagerness, Mo Cha smiled.
She had Tang Shifu help her move the chest to a spot in front of the bed, so all four of them could see the treasures inside the moment it opened.
She released the four latches, each emitting a soft click.
Mo Cha gripped the edge of the chest lid.
As her fair hand lifted upward, the chest slowly opened.
Mu Bai felt as if a golden radiance blossomed from within.
The first things they saw were three special items.
Beneath them, at the bottom of the chest, was a thick layer of shimmering, silver-tinged coins.
Mu Bai first sighed inwardly, feeling a twinge of disappointment, but excitement surged again the next second.
‘They’re silver coins, but there look to be a lot! Could the Train level up twice?’
Mo Cha appraised each item one by one, explaining their uses to the two on the bed.
In summary, the three items were a scroll, a talisman, and a potion.
A Talent Upgrade Scroll, identical to the one Mu Bai had used before, only effective on talents below gold quality.
The talisman was called a Green Effect Talisman, likely an enhanced version of the Little Spirit Flame Talisman, capable of heavily damaging “Calamity-source” level spirits.
Mu Bai remembered that the Taoist Priest’s final testament had mentioned the words “Calamity-source.”
Perhaps that was the state of the fully manifested entity in the Mountain God Temple.
The final potion was something else.
A Silver-grade Dragon Bloodline Potion—usage condition: fifty points of Strength.
Greatly enhances physical attributes and grants the ability to freely harden the body into a metallic state.
It was ridiculously overpowered, equivalent to a permanent Metal Agent.
Moreover, if someone already had fifty points of Strength, their physical prowess would already be terrifying.
Getting a further massive boost was almost unimaginable.
If this potion were for sale in Talina’s shop, one gold coin definitely wouldn’t cover it.
‘This is the real treasure!’
The problem was that none of the four of them currently met the potion’s usage condition.
Even Tang Shifu, with the highest Strength among them, only had…
Clearly, they had to focus all efforts on boosting Tang Shifu’s Strength.
Any good items that added attribute points would be piled onto her until she met the usage standard.
As for the silver coins, there were a full thirty-two of them.
That meant they now possessed a total of ninety-two Train Coins!
Even if the next upgrade required one hundred coins, with a little more saving and selling some items, they could immediately gather the Train Coins needed for the upgrade!