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

"Alright, that's enough speed, don't go any faster." Su Yuan leaned back on the sofa and lazily gave the order towards the driver's seat.

Little Fire's small, green figure poked half its head out of the driver's seat, its little face filled with confusion and worry: "Master, do we really have to go this slow? Forty kilometers a hour, what if... what if something really catches up with us?"

"Catch up?" Su Yuan chuckled upon hearing this. "It would be good if they caught up. What will we eat? What will we drink in the car if they don't?"

He pointed to the pitcher plant toilet in the corner of the carriage, still emitting a faint fragrance, and grinned: "Look at it, its mouth is practically watering. We can't let it go hungry, can we?"

Xiao Huo glanced in the direction he pointed, then quickly looked away, her little face scrunched up.

It always felt that thing was strange; although it was now the train's "mouth," its original function...

"But... but what if the thing that comes is too powerful? Can we fight those two vines?" Little Fire was still a little worried.

It's now inextricably linked to the car; if the car is damaged, it will suffer the same fate.

"Can't beat them?" Su Yuan raised an eyebrow, deliberately using an exaggerated tone. "Can't beat them? But I'm here. What are you afraid of? Do you think I can't beat them either?"

"No, no, no! That's not what I meant!" Little Fire was so frightened by these words that it waved its hands repeatedly and hurriedly explained, "Of course I believe in your strength, Master! I'm just... just a little nervous..."

"Alright, don't be nervous." Su Yuan waved his hand to reassure him. "Don't worry, with me here, we won't crash. Of course, I can't be the one taking action the whole time. You lack combat experience, so you need to hone it."

With Su Yuan's assurance, Xiao Huo finally felt a little relieved, nodded, and retreated back into the driver's seat.

The train traveled at a leisurely pace of forty kilometers per hour across the wilderness.

This speed is neither fast nor slow.

For ordinary train conductors struggling to make ends meet, this is already the speed they've always dreamed of.

But for those unknown creatures lurking on both sides of the track, filled with malice and hunger for steel creations, this speed is like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey, full of deadly temptation.

Time passed by, second by second.

The carriage was quiet, with only the clanging of the wheels on the rails and the whistling wind outside the window.

About ten minutes later.

Xiao Huo, who had been on edge the whole time, suddenly spoke up in the driver's seat, his voice trembling slightly.

"Master...Master! There's...there's something!"

Su Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them.

"You're here?"

He sat up abruptly from the sofa, walked quickly to the car window, and looked out.

On the barren land a hundred meters to the left of the train, a black figure was running at an extremely fast speed, keeping a parallel distance from the train.

It was a wolf.

A demon wolf, several times larger than an ordinary wolf, covered in a hard black carapace, with eyes that gleamed with a scarlet light.

Its limbs are exceptionally thick, and with each push off the ground, it leaves a deep footprint. It runs silently, yet with explosive power.

This is clearly not an ordinary wild beast, but a mutated monster born specifically for hunting.

"Just one?" Su Yuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at the lone demon wolf.

He didn't believe that such a gregarious creature would act alone.

This thing is probably a scout.

as predicted.

After running alongside the train for a distance, seemingly assessing the threat posed by this "slow train," the wolf suddenly raised its head, looked up at the sky, and let out a long and loud howl.

"Awooo—!"

The howling of wolves echoed far, far away across the vast wilderness.

The next second, as if receiving some kind of signal, wolf howls rang out one after another from all directions.

Immediately afterwards, at the edge of Su Yuan's vision, on the horizon, countless tiny black dots began to appear.

Those black dots are converging on the direction of the train at an alarming speed.

Ten, twenty, fifty...

In the blink of an eye, a massive pack of demon wolves appeared on the wasteland.

They surrounded Su Yuan's train from all directions, forming a huge encirclement that tightly trapped it in the center.

"Goodness, quite a sight." Su Yuan looked at the dark mass outside the window, his face showing no sign of tension, but rather a hint of excitement.

He licked his lips and muttered to himself, "Now I have enough energy for the upgrade."

"Master! So many wolves!" Little Fire's voice rang out again, this time truly trembling with tears. "What do we do? They're surrounding us! Should we run faster?"

"Why are you running away?" Su Yuan said irritably. "The buffet is practically served to us, why wouldn't we eat it?"

He patted the wall of the carriage and gave the order: "Little Fire, dinner's ready! Let them taste the power of your new vines!"

"But...but..."

"No buts! Hit him!"

"Yes...yes!"

Despite being terrified, Xiao Huo dared not disobey Su Yuan's orders.

It took a deep breath and focused all its attention on controlling the train.

The next second, the two thick vines that were coiled around the front of the car like venomous snakes suddenly moved!

"call out!"

One of the vines, like a cannonball, instantly straightened, its tip, with its gleaming metal barbs, whistled through the air as it accurately struck the leading demon wolf.

The demonic wolf clearly hadn't expected that this seemingly cumbersome steel construct would actually launch an attack on its own initiative.

It tried to dodge, but the vines were too fast; they were too fast for it to react.

"Pfft!"

A dull thud as a sharp weapon pierced flesh.

The tip of the vine pierced through the wolf's hard carapace without any hindrance, entering through its eye socket and exiting from the back of its head.

Green blood, mixed with white brain matter, dripped down the tips of the vines.

Before the wolf could even let out a scream, its massive body, propelled by inertia, lurched forward a few more steps before crashing to the ground, twitching a few times, and then falling still.

One strike, one kill!

"Well done!" Su Yuan praised generously, then added, "While that attack was impressive, have you forgotten something?"

Little Fire then belatedly realized, "Oh right, our goal is to collect corpses to replenish our flesh and blood energy!"

However, the death of one wolf did not deter its companions; instead, it completely ignited the pack's ferocity.

"Awooo—!"

With a series of ferocious howls, all the demon wolves, as if possessed, pounced on the train recklessly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The two vines, like two wildly dancing pythons, left trails of afterimages in the air, constantly thrusting out and retracting.

Each strike takes the life of a demon wolf.

However, the number of wolves was simply too great.

Although the two vines had amazing attack power, their attack frequency was limited, and they gradually became overwhelmed when faced with this siege coming from all directions.

Every now and then, the wolves dodged the vines' attacks and successfully rushed to the train, using their sharp claws and teeth to frantically tear at and ram the train body.

"No, this is too inefficient." Su Yuan frowned slightly as he looked at the battle situation outside the window.

He discovered that while Little Fire's attacks were precise, they were always slightly delayed.

It's like a beginner playing a shooting game for the first time; although you can aim, you always need a moment to react before you can fire.

This delay is not noticeable when facing a small number of enemies, but it becomes a fatal weakness when surrounded by a large number of enemies.

Su Yuan immediately understood the problem.

Although Xiao Huo has become one with the train, its perception mainly relies on the "core fruit" in the driver's cab.

Its field of vision is still limited to the direction in front of the car.

It can only detect attacks from the side and rear by observing train vibrations and sounds, which naturally introduces a delay.

"Looks like we need to give you some 'eyes'."

Su Yuan had an idea in mind and immediately opened the new interface called "Plant Technology".

His gaze immediately locked onto the first unlockable component.

[Observer Sentinel: Requires 200 units of flesh energy. After feeding, a special sentry with detection capabilities will grow on the top of the train, providing 360-degree surveillance of the surroundings with a maximum detection radius of 50 meters. (Unlock requires: 3 Train Coins)]