The "Survival on the Train" game has bugs, it's really laggy!

Su Yuan opened the private message. The other party's profile picture was a shiny bald man, and the ID name was Xu Bojian.

He didn't beat around the bush and typed directly, "Bro, how are you planning to get out of this unopenable box? I want to figure it out and give it a try!"

The message was sent and received a reply within seconds, a remarkably fast response.

Xu Bojian: "Brother, you've come to the right person. I can't sell this thing now. Everyone says it takes up too much space. I'm really at my wit's end. I even ruined the axe."

Before Su Yuan could reply, Xu Bojian seemed to have found someone to confide in, and sent another message: "What kind of mess is this! I finally found a box in a dilapidated temple, and it looked like a treasure, but it's just a piece of wood! Isn't that infuriating? In this godforsaken place, I'm just trying to survive every second. What use is this thing to me? I can't eat it or drink it."

"How about this, just give me anything, as long as I like it, you can take the box!"

Just give me something random?

Su Yuan stroked his chin, starting to think about what to give.

Food and water are definitely not an option. I just finished eating, and the little bit of spring water left is for daily use. Am I supposed to put it in an empty bottle and sell it to him?

Tools? I could give you a wood-chopping knife, but I don't know if I can figure out how to properly understand the treasure chest, so I feel like I'm missing out.

Suddenly, he remembered the pack of cigarettes he had scavenged from the forest ranger's hut.

Yeah! This thing!

For non-smokers, this stuff is worthless.

But for a heavy smoker, especially in such a high-pressure, uncertain environment, the temptation of a cigarette might be greater than that of a loaf of bread.

Even if the other party doesn't smoke, he can still barter with the money he sells to them.

The pack of cigarettes contained twenty cigarettes. Su Yuan took out one cigarette and sent it as an attachment using the system's function.

"Hey bro, how about this?"

This time, the other side remained silent for a full two and a half minutes.

Su Yuan was also anxiously waiting for a reply, wondering what the situation was on the other end.

Finally, the reply came, containing only one word.

"Change!"

Then, a series of conversations popped up, clearly in fear that Su Yuan might change his mind.

"Hurry, bro! Let's make the deal right now!"

On the other side of the screen, Xu Bojian's inner world was in turmoil. His original plan was that since he had come to this world, he might as well quit smoking now.

Unfortunately, Su Yuan took out a cigarette and offered it to him.

Just now, it seemed like there were two little people fighting above his head. One of them was saying, "Just one more cigarette, just one more time to savor the taste of smoke."

One person kept advising, "How can you do this? You should just quit smoking in this kind of environment!"

In the end, the addiction to cigarettes triumphed over reason, and the petty person who tried to persuade the smoker lost.

Upon seeing this, Su Yuan immediately initiated a trade request, offering a cigarette in exchange for the "unopenable treasure chest".

[Transaction successful!]

A system notification sounded, and one cigarette was missing from Su Yuan's warehouse. A simple wooden box quietly appeared on the open ground of the warehouse.

Get it done.

He had 19 cigarettes left out of a pack of 20.

Looking at the remaining cigarettes, Su Yuan made up his mind.

There are definitely a lot of smokers. This stuff can be a hard currency that can leverage huge profits at critical moments, so we have to use it sparingly.

He then remembered the half-box of damp matches.

This is a bit awkward.

For most players who own a regular train, the energy core is just a ball of fire, so there's no shortage of sources of fire.

However, Xiao Huo also mentioned that there are some mutated trains whose energy cores may not be in the form of flames. For those people, the spark is a scarce resource.

"Let's test the waters by listing it on an auction house."

Su Yuan opened the auction platform and listed the half box of matches.

He didn't set a price, but instead opted for bartering because the item's value was awkward.

The note reads simply: "Moving fire, serious inquiries only, exchanging only interesting trinkets, come if you're interested."

After doing all that, Su Yuan focused all his attention on the treasure chest he had just acquired.

On a whim, he took the treasure chest out of the warehouse and placed it on the square table in the middle of the carriage.

The feeling upon holding it was strange. The box looked like it was made of solid wood with metal edging, but it felt very light and didn't have much weight.

"No wonder that bald guy gave up," Su Yuan muttered to himself.

If the box were heavy, Xu Bojian would probably have to sell everything he owns to find a way to open it, and it definitely wouldn't have been traded so easily.

This is the advantage brought about by information asymmetry.

Others may not know, but after searching through two treasure chests, Su Yuan understood that the chests in this world have their own internal space, and their weight is completely unrelated to what's inside.

After all, only a minority of people are able to open treasure chests.

Su Yuan, carrying the box, first walked to the driver's seat.

"Little Fire, do you recognize this thing?"

The flame core beneath the control panel flickered a few times, carefully scanning the box in Su Yuan's hand.

[Reporting to Master, this item is not in my database. It is not a standard treasure chest; it must be some kind of special artifact.]

To be honest, although I vaguely remember it, a special force has suppressed my memory. I can only accurately identify the item by upgrading the train and feeding it to evolve.

Clearly, Xiao Huo was hinting that it was time to feed him again; this guy never misses a beat.

Su Yuan nodded; this was within his expectations.

After all, the energy core is not unique to one person; every player who owns a train has one.

The information I obtained was through my own extraordinary perception; if it were recognizable, then everyone would know it.

Su Yuan returned to the table, put down the box, and examined it carefully with his arms crossed.

The box was perfectly sealed, leaving no room to make a move.

He drew the sharp wood-chopping knife from his waist and tentatively chopped at one corner of the box.

"when!"

With a crisp crack, sparks flew everywhere.

Not a single white mark was left on the surface of the box, but a nick the size of a grain of rice appeared on the blade of the wood-chopping knife.

"That's tough enough." Su Yuan clicked his tongue. "Fine, I knew the conventional methods wouldn't work."

He took out the three train coins from his pocket and stuck one of them onto the treasure chest.

The moment the coin touched the box, something unexpected happened.

The silver train coin seemed to be attracted by a magnet, instantly turning into a streak of light and disappearing into the box.

Immediately afterwards, a faint light suddenly shone on the otherwise unremarkable surface of the wooden box, and the entire box also made a "humming" sound and shook slightly.

Su Yuan's eyes lit up.

"There's hope!"

At that moment, a prompt appeared in his eyes.

[Number of coins inserted: 1/3]

[Rules: Every time you insert three train coins, you will receive one bribe opportunity. The Money-Grubber will use the power of the rules to draw a prize, ultimately awarding a random reward, with a 1% chance of winning the grand prize.]

Su Yuan understood immediately after reading it.

What did I think this was? Turns out it's just a lottery machine!