My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 373 The Lighter King (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"but--"

The elder of the rugged civilization first praised Chen Mang, then changed his tune.

"."

Chen Mang sat in his chair, his knuckles tapping lightly on the armrest with a calm expression. Through this "but," he knew that the ending of this story with the "rugged civilization" would not be pleasant.

It's highly likely that the rugged civilization will never be able to return to its original tribe.

really
Between civilizations, plunder is the most convenient method; all cooperation is a waste of time.

The elder of the rugged civilization looked at Chen Mang with a serious expression and said solemnly, "But..."

"A level nine civilization before becoming a god-level civilization is destined to be besieged by many god-level civilizations."

"The Seiya clan is currently a level nine civilization. After many years of striving towards becoming a god-level civilization, they are finally close to achieving it. When you become a level nine civilization, you are destined to face an attack from a god-level civilization, which may very well include the Seiya clan."

There's nothing we can do about it.

"I want you to understand that this is not my intention. It is the law of the universe. After I return to my clan, I will not have a high position. I have decided not to do this."

"But what if human civilization really loses in the battle to break through from a level nine civilization to a god-level civilization?"

"I will use all my connections and resources to ensure your safety and that of your family and friends. As for others, I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

"."

After a brief pause, Chen Mang continued calmly, "What I'm more concerned about now is whether the agreement made three months ago still stands."

"nature."

“I’m not one to go back on my word. Besides, even if I wanted to break my promise, I couldn’t bring anything with me through the Bloodline Wormhole. Those resources would have to be left to you. Moreover, you’ve helped the rugged civilization solve such a huge problem.”

"This is the kind of feedback we should give."

The elder of the rugged civilization spoke very seriously.

Chen Mang laughed upon hearing this.

"Good."

"In that case, I will also make you a promise: if one day, when human civilization is advancing to a god-level civilization, it is besieged by the Seiya clan, I will annihilate the entire Seiya clan, but I will protect you and your family and friends."

The elder of the rugged civilization paused for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Alright."

The three-month period has arrived.

Under Chen Mang's watchful gaze.

Near every planet in the entire "Rugged Civilization," a crimson wormhole emerged. In an instant, countless wormholes took shape. These wormholes were different from those he had seen before.

It is entirely scarlet.

It looks like the entrance to hell.

On all the planets of rugged civilizations, countless naked people were gradually drawn away by wormholes, leaving not a single one behind.

He also gave the new "Holy Arrow" a gift.

A refrigerator.

Today, human civilization is no longer as weak as it once was, and it has its own unique etiquette, such as the refrigerator, which is quite useful.

After witnessing the "rugged civilization" depart.

Chen Mang checked the radar again to confirm that all the resources had indeed been left behind, and only then did he feel completely relieved. Then, with a slight smile, he waved his hand and said, "Load the cargo!"

The territory of the "rugged civilization" is not small.

The number of planets is also extremely large.

Even though the rugged civilization had ordered everyone to gather resources before leaving so that he could collect them more efficiently, there were still many things that could not be collected.

such as
Those planets with all their buildings perfectly preserved—we definitely have to take them all with us!
A bustling metropolis on a level-seven civilization planet—it's quite impressive and shouldn't be wasted.

Furthermore, the rugged civilization has developed here for a long time, with wormholes everywhere leading to various planets. This is a significant foundation. If they were willing to settle in this region, it would be truly perfect.

"."

These tasks of collecting resources and planets were left to the people below.

Chen Mang sat in the train compartment, looking at the control panel screen.

The train still has 69 units of iron ore. He has almost spent all of his gains from the "Green Mountain Civilization" last time. Now it remains to be seen how much he can gain from the "Rugged Civilization" this time.

Then I looked toward the Doppler radar.

At this moment, on the radar, the territory of human civilization is extremely vast, spanning hundreds of millions of light-years. The territory of the former "rugged civilization" has now been entirely incorporated into human civilization after the rugged civilization withdrew.

Although the boundaries of a civilization are drawn arbitrarily, when defining the boundaries, there must be no civilization of a higher or the same level as the civilization within those boundaries.

Within this area.

He was the only one with a Level 6 civilization.

In previous years, all other Level 6 civilizations were wiped out by the Rugged Civilization. Only the Green Mountain Civilization has survived because the Rugged Civilization was unable to spare any resources.

He looked at the civilization panel.
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"Promotion Requirements": The strongest attack energy range exceeds 300,000, and the user possesses three civilization wonders, with a territory spanning 100 million light-years.
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He doesn't have a level 3000 Akagan solar-powered main cannon yet.

However, once all the resources harvested this time are tallied, this requirement is not a big problem.

The requirement of a territory spanning 100 million light-years is also met.

The wonders of civilization are also satisfied.

Human civilization currently possesses three wonders: "the silence of insects," "the silence of gods," and "the arrival of miracles."

The latter was obtained when he upgraded his "Armor" to level 10000.

All components, once they are the first to be upgraded to level 10000 by any civilization, will automatically be promoted to the "Sanctuary" grade, which is the maximum level component!
After reaching the maximum level, he obtained the civilization wonder "Miracle Arrives".

It is worth mentioning that--

This "wonder of civilization" was not located anywhere in his territory, but appeared directly in his train, in carriage number 13, and looked like a "triangular tower".

It looks a bit like the triangular tower in Red Alert.

It is over seven meters high and three meters wide.

Relatively small.

Within the phantom at the top, the phantom of the "armor" blueprint appears. Without the need for energy support, the top of the tower rotates continuously while emitting white light.

The effect of this civilization's wonder is -
"Special wonders. Civilizations that possess these wonders will automatically upgrade all their components by one level."
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An ordinary, unremarkable accessory.

If a component of the Stellar train is level 100, then with the blessing of this spectacle, the component's level will be 101.

However, if you are level 199, you will not be able to use the level 200 supermodel effect after leveling up.

It's just a promotion.

It can save some resources, but it's not very useful otherwise.

After all, it's just a default upgrade.

For accessories, upgrading one level doesn't really make much of a difference.

unless
Unless his strength reaches its peak, for example, if the components of a god-level civilization also have many max-level ones, then one more level would make him level 10001. It may seem like just one more level, but it means he has gained overwhelming power.

A level 10001 "train assistance AI" can infiltrate any train with a lower AI level than itself; with each additional level, it can absolutely crush the competition.

A civilization wonder whose potential is raised in the later stages.

It's almost useless in the early stages and doesn't save many resources.

"Good."

Chen Mang glanced at the "Wonder of Civilization" display on the control panel screen located in carriage 13, chuckled softly, and remained silent.

And at this moment——

Several panels gradually appeared on the control panel screen.
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"Human civilization, civilization empowerment: For each civilization wonder built that is recognized by the rules of the universe, you will receive a box containing a random mysterious reward, up to a maximum of nine." (Seven Colors)

"Human civilization has successfully created a marvel recognized by the rules of the universe, which the universe has named 'Miracle Descends'." "Successfully obtained a box containing a random, mysterious reward."
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This is his third box.

In a sense, if he could build nine wonders of civilization, that would be nine boxes.

Unfortunately.

He currently has no idea how to proactively build wonders of civilization; he only passively acquires them.

Perhaps if the current state of the "Heavenly Palace" were completed, it would also be considered a Heavenly Palace, but he urgently halted that construction. He now possesses both the future and past states of the "Heavenly Palace".

Let's add a present tense.
He knew that the meeting of the past and present tenses would definitely result in an explosion, an absolutely spectacular one.

I wonder if the three forms will explode when they meet.
He thought it probably wouldn't happen.

At least Yan Yao and Ji Chuchu didn't explode.

"Yes."

Chen Mang's thoughtful thoughts gradually drifted away. He had originally only regarded the racial talents that Ji Chuchu and the others had randomly obtained as entertainment talents, something to use for amusement in his spare time.

But now it seems.
It seems to have some connection with the Heavenly Palace.

After pondering for a while, I still couldn't come up with any title.

So I haven't thought about that for now.

Instead, they opened the newly acquired mystery box; it was time to open it again.

When he opened the first box.

The reward is
The colorful civilization of the "high-dimensional planet" is empowering us.

The effect is that it allows the territory of a civilization, as well as the planets under its name, to have a high-dimensional superposition state, never to be forcibly collapsed into two dimensions, and to have priority when advancing to higher dimensions.

This made him...
"and many more."

Chen Mang silently lit a cigarette. In theory, this civilization empowerment should guarantee that his civilization territory would never be forcibly collapsed into two dimensions, and the two-dimensional foil was useless to him.

Where did his "Niya Galaxy" go?

How did he collapse it into two dimensions?

Let him think about it
A moment later, he opened the train logbook and found the answer.

turn out to be--

It turns out that in the past, in order to keep a low profile, he canceled the delineation of the civilization's territory. The Niya star system was not within the scope of the civilization's territory, which led to this result.

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded, remained silent for a long time before extinguishing the light in his hand, and stopped thinking about it.

Forget it.

Anyway, the Niya Galaxy isn't important.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

It doesn't matter.

A true man should roam the world; how can he linger too long in a remote corner?

The second mysterious box contained a pack of white cigarettes with only 19 sticks. When lit, it could make "human civilization" invisible for 24 hours, during which time it could not be detected by any means.

He hasn't used a single one yet, and hasn't had a chance to use them.

As for the third mysterious box he now has, it also yielded a special item.

It's a lighter.

Great, it's a complete set.

With smoke and fire, all that's missing is some wine and pig's head meat.

The effect is...
Once the lighter in his hand is lit, every lighter in the entire universe will simultaneously emit flames.

"Um"

Chen Mang picked up the seemingly ordinary lighter with a strange look. After trying it a few times, a flame shot out. He noticed that the other lighters in the drawer and on the table were also emitting flames without being touched.

That's quite peculiar.

But what's the point?
A few minutes later.

Xiao Ai's voice came from inside the train.

"Train conductor, please stop the experiment. Just now, the number of accidental fires on various planets of 'human civilization' has surged. The fire department is urgently drawing personnel from law enforcement and other departments."

"The specific cause of the fire was originally unknown, but it is now known."

Should we publish it?

"no need."

Chen Mang cleared his throat: "Were there any casualties?"

"No."

"Everyone in human civilization has had an iris chip implanted. When a fire is discovered, the best escape route is arranged immediately through the iris chip, which has caused quite a bit of panic."

"It's already being handled urgently."

"it is good."

Chen Mang nodded slightly awkwardly, playing with the lighter in his hand again. This was a good thing, an absolute rule-based item. This guy was practically the "Lighter King," able to control all the lighters in the universe.

I guess it was just those few minutes ago.

Fires have occurred to varying degrees in countless civilizations throughout the universe.

Theoretically speaking.

If he keeps pressing the lighter, or presses it every now and then, there probably wouldn't be any civilization in the entire universe that would use a "lighter"—it's too unpredictable.

at this time--

"what?"

Chen Mang looked at the anomaly on the Doppler radar screen, somewhat surprised: "How come a third of that Level 5 civilization was suddenly wiped out?"

Within a range of hundreds of millions of light-years, within the current scope of human civilization, although there are no Level VI civilizations, there are several Level V civilizations. At this moment, one-third of the planets within the territory of a Level V civilization have been reduced to ashes in the explosion, and nearly half of the entire civilization has been reduced to ruins.

"Wait a moment, I'm capturing the database of the death AI and processing the information."

"Processed."

"The leader of this Level 5 civilization possesses a special item, a 'self-destructing lighter,' which is extremely powerful. Once activated, it unleashes power comparable to a Level 2000 Akagan light-powered main cannon, covering a vast area, but without creating a two-dimensional effect."

"And just now..."

"The peculiar leader of this civilization, perhaps wanting a cigarette but unable to find a lighter, activated this 'self-destructing lighter,' igniting his last cigarette, at the cost of the entire civilization's demise."

"."

Chen Mang silently touched his nose. What, wanting to smoke but not finding a lighter? Xiao Ai has also learned to be sarcastic.

It was simply because of that lighter, which was also controlled by his "Lighter King," that it self-destructed.

This was something he hadn't expected.

I never expected that a level 5 civilization would have such a big trump card.

just
Although he had never heard of or seen this kind of prop before, it wasn't the only one. Other civilizations in the universe must have had it too, though of course, they certainly didn't anymore.

Just now.

They all exploded and turned into fireworks.

(End of this chapter)