"Sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting."

Su Yuan looked at the remaining two thousand units of flesh and blood in the warehouse without feeling any heartache.

To gather the four thousand units needed to devour the capsule in a short time, relying on just these two vines is too inefficient.

Since we've decided to wreak havoc in this wasteland, we need to sharpen our blades first.

He tapped heavily on the icon he had been eyeing for so long on the "Plant Technology" interface.

[Confirmed consumption of 1000 units of flesh energy and 15 train coins to unlock attack component: Entangling Killer Vines?]

"confirm."

As soon as the command was given, the entire train suddenly lurched.

This time, the commotion was more intense than any before.

The dark green plant armor surrounding the carriage began to writhe wildly, like some sleeping behemoth awakening and stretching its limbs.

"Crunch—crunch—"

The sickeningly loud groaning filled the entire carriage.

Su Yuan could clearly feel a powerful life force surging from under the vehicle, spreading rapidly to every corner of the train along the patterns on the armor.

Immediately afterwards, the view outside the window suddenly changed.

Originally, only two vines were attached to the front of the train. Now, along with the cracks in the armor, four more thicker and darker-colored vines have broken through the soil at the middle and rear of the train!

Six in total!

They are no longer simply dark green; their skin is covered with a layer of blackish-purple keratin that gleams with a metallic sheen, and the dense barbs tremble slightly in the wind, each barb shimmering with a chilling, eerie light.

These are no longer vines; they are clearly six steel tentacles that will devour anyone who dares to bite them.

"Wow! Master! I feel... I feel like my whole body is filled with power!"

Inside the driver's cab, Little Fire jumped around excitedly, waving its little hands in the air. The six terrifying vines outside the window also danced wildly in the air, making a shrill sound as they tore through the air.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The crisp, popping sounds of air being drawn out continued one after another.

Little Fire's eyes lit up as he stared at the data report on the screen: "The attack range has doubled! Now I can grab anything within fifty meters! And the hardness... feels twice as good as before!"

Before, it was two whips that lashed people; now it's six battering rams that smash them indiscriminately.

This is not just an increase in quantity, but a qualitative leap.

Looking at the chaotic scene of demons dancing outside the window, Su Yuan patted the control panel with satisfaction.

This money was well spent; now the "Emperor's Path: Devourer" truly possesses the domineering aura of the "Devouring Warrior".

"Alright, stop showing off and get your speed back on track."

Su Yuan glanced at the time; indeed, the time until the "Black Swan Lake" fork in the road had increased.

"Maintain 30 kilometers per hour, neither too fast nor too slow, just keep it at that speed."

"Okay!"

Xiao Huo was now full of confidence, controlling the six deadly vines to slowly retract and attach to both sides of the carriage, like a ferocious beast that had sheathed its fangs, quietly waiting for its prey to come to its door.

As the train slowed down, the once rapidly receding wilderness scenery became slow and monotonous.

30 kilometers per hour.

This speed is a watershed moment in the world of trains.

Surpassing it is like moving forward; falling below it is like courting death.

Most novice trains try their best to reach speeds of over 40, just to shake off those keen-nosed predators in the wilderness.

Su Yuan is currently teetering on the brink of death.

He even moved a chair from the warehouse, which he had casually brought from the farm, and sat leisurely in front of the holographic radar image in the cockpit, watching the blue dot representing the "Observer Sentinel" rotate and scan continuously.

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes...

The wasteland was deathly silent, with only the sound of wind whipping sand against the car window.

"Master, is something really coming?"

Little Fire was getting restless; the upgrade it had just received had made it incredibly warlike, and it desperately needed to find an unlucky opponent to practice on.

"What's the rush?"

Su Yuan opened a can of food, his eyes never leaving the radar screen. "What this wasteland has no shortage of are hungry animals. We're a lump of 'fat meat' that can run, they should be attracted by the smell..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Suddenly, a dense cluster of red dots appeared at the edge of the radar screen.

"Beep beep beep—!"

The urgent alarm shattered the tranquility inside the carriage.

Su Yuan put down the can, leaned forward, and looked at the rapidly approaching red dot, a slow smile spreading across his face.

"Look, here it comes."

The red dots appeared directly behind the train, moving extremely fast and very widely dispersed, clearly indicating that they were a group of creatures familiar with flanking maneuvers.

[WARNING: Large number of highly reactive organisms detected 200 meters behind!]

[Comparing with biological illustrations...]

[Target confirmed: Corrupted Monitor Lizard (social)]

Unexpectedly, the first thing to sound the alarm was the bracelet on Su Yuan's wrist. This thing is said to have a detection range of only 100 meters, but in reality, the receiving distance is only 100 meters. The actual maximum detection range is about 1000 meters.

However, there are limitations. The main reason is that there are too many enemies this time. If the enemy's aura is weak and their individual size is small, then the bracelet can only be detected at close range.

They were a group of giants over three meters long, resembling Komodo dragons, but their skin was already ulcerated, revealing dark red muscle tissue with yellowish-green pus flowing from it.

They run on all fours, as fast as lightning, leaving a long tail behind them. Wherever they go, even the withered grass on the ground is corroded into ashes.

Dozens of cloudy, yellowish eyes stared intently at the slow-moving train ahead, hissing with longing.

In their eyes, this slow-moving steel box is a lunch that's within easy reach.

In the minds of these beasts, trains are only made of steel. Those special trains are so rare that an ordinary person would never encounter one in their lifetime. There might be no more than a hundred people out of a billion. Of course, if there are modifications later, then the number would be more than that.

Even Su Yuan started out as just an ordinary train.

"There are quite a few, more than thirty."

Su Yuan counted the red dots, not panicking at all, but rather somewhat disgusted, "Hopefully more flesh will burst out, instead of just pus."

"Master! They're up here! They're up here!"

The group of monitor lizards behind us is getting closer and closer.

One hundred meters.

Eighty meters.

Fifty meters.

The largest, leading, corrupted giant lizard suddenly accelerated, opened its massive maw full of fangs, and spewed foul-smelling saliva as it lunged directly at the rear of the train!

It thought this was another one of those tin cans it had encountered before, one that could only passively take a beating.

Unfortunately, it was wrong.

"Dinner is served."

Su Yuan leaned back in his chair and uttered two words lightly.

next second.

Six dark purple afterimages crashed down with a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air!

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