Train Survival: Can I get a treasure chest by touching my goddess?

The first treasure chest is opened.

[Obtained: Ability Book - Ice Armor (Iron Grade)]

[Obtained: Blueprint - Refined Iron (Rotten Wood Grade)]

[Acquired: Ability Book - Rifle Mastery (Iron Grade)]

Three beams of light flashed by.

An ancient book gleaming with an icy blue light, a yellowed blueprint, and a gray-green book of abilities.

Shen Wen reached out and opened the message.

【Ability Book - Ice Armor (Black Iron Grade): Consumes Spirit Points to condense an ice armor on yourself or a target.

The Ice Armor can withstand Black Iron-level attacks, but it will also inflict a slight chill on the wearer. The duration depends on mental strength.

[Blueprint - Refined Iron (Rotten Wood Grade)]

[Skill Book: Rifle Proficiency (Iron Grade)]

The second treasure chest opened.

[Received: 5 wolf pelts]

[Received: 200 kg of timber]

[Obtained: Ability Upgrade Book (Bronze)]

Another pile of wolf pelts and timber appeared in the corner of the carriage.

The last thing to fall was a book that was entirely silver-white, with no words on the cover, only fine ripples.

[Ability Upgrade Book (Bronze): Can upgrade an Iron-level ability to Bronze level.]

After use, the ability is greatly enhanced and new features may be unlocked.

Prerequisite: The target's ability must be at the Iron level.

"There's this thing too?"

He shared the information with the three people.

Jiang Youchu leaned closer, her eyes shining: "An ability upgrade book? It can upgrade an Iron-level ability to Bronze-level?"

She looked at Shen Wen and counted on her fingers: "You now have berserk and killing intent, and the killing intent is already at the silver level."

"Raging or Iron grade? This is perfect for you."

Shen Wen looked at Su Qingxuan.

Su Qingxuan nodded: "Of course you can use it first. You are the most important to us, so you can use what you need first."

"Exactly, exactly," Jiang Youchu quickly chimed in, "This will give you the biggest boost, don't keep pushing it back."

Shen Wen didn't stand on ceremony any longer and opened the silver-white book.

The ancient book transformed into a beam of silver light and entered his brow.

A warm sensation surged from my chest and spread throughout my body. Immediately afterwards, the system panel popped up automatically.

[Ability upgrade in progress...]

[Berserk (Iron Tier) → Bloodlust Berserk (Bronze Tier)]

[Effect changed: Consumes sanity, increases strength by 300%, speed by 200%, and reduces pain by 70% for 60 seconds.]

Immune to control effects of Black Iron level and below during the duration. Afterwards, enters a weakened state, with all attributes reduced by 40% for 15 minutes.

[New Feature: In Berserk mode, each enemy killed extends the Berserk duration by 5 seconds, up to a maximum of 30 seconds.]

Shen Wen stared at those lines of text, his pupils shrinking slightly.

This increase is more than twice as strong as before.

It triples your strength, doubles your speed, grants immunity to control effects, and extends the time it takes to kill enemies.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions, and looked at the three women: "This increase... is a bit exaggerated."

Jiang Youchu leaned over to take a look, then gasped, "Holy crap, three times the power for a hundred seconds? Who could withstand that?"

[Distance to arrival: 00:24:00]

Su Qingxuan glanced at the time and said, "I just asked Cao Lin, and their next stop is also a group platform."

But it's not a green forest, it's a plague-stricken city!

"If that's the case, how did Zhang Yang know we'd be on the same platform as him?"

Shen Wen glanced at the regional channel where Zhang Yang was still contacting people from the Green Forest station.

Su Mu said, "It's very likely his talent to be able to select certain trains to go to the same platform together, or to know in advance which trains will go to the same platform."

Shen Wen frowned. It would be normal to have such talent.

After all, his talent is so overwhelming, it's unlikely that he's cheating and everyone else's talent is useless.

Even so, it's unlikely that he could compare to him, since the treasure chest he obtained was a completely ahead-of-its-time version.

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Su Qingxuan said, "Don't overthink it. If he really provokes us, we don't need to be polite to him."

"Let's get our equipment ready while we still have time. After all, this green forest is probably still a bit dangerous for us."

"And it's during a thunderstorm, so waterproofing is absolutely essential."

They also learned about the weather at the next station from Shen Wen, and their expressions changed slightly without exception.

Thunderstorms are not a good thing in the forest.

Visibility was poor, the ground was slippery, and you had to be constantly on guard against anything jumping out.

[Distance to arrival: 00:18:00]

Su Qingxuan had already started rummaging through her spatial backpack, stacking the items that might be useful next to the storage box.

Shen Wen nodded, walked to the pile of newly manufactured SKS rifles, picked one up, and checked the magazine.

Ten-round loading, semi-automatic, much faster than bolt-action.

He mentally reviewed the feel of his rifle proficiency, deftly pulled back the bolt, checked that the chamber was clean, and then closed it again.

……

Train D3327.

Zhang Yang, who had just finished chatting, got up and stretched.

"What are you going to do now that you're caught in a people's war?"

He calculated that at least six trains would be traveling with him to the Green Forest this time.

With their numbers, they could force Shen Wen to hand over important supplies, and even solidify his position as leader.

Even if Shen Wen has weapons, he is not afraid.

The wood carving in his hands.

At the previous platform, they paid the price of two passengers to obtain a trump card.

【Evil Spirit Wood Carving (Black Iron Level): When crushed, it can release a Black Iron level evil spirit to possess you. During the possession, your spirit and physique will be upgraded to the Black Iron level, and you will also have some of the evil spirit's abilities.

Offerings must be made after use, otherwise a backlash will occur.

In his opinion, this thing was invincible, at least for the first five stops.

If Shen Wen disobeys, just kill him.

"This talent is really useful!"

"A guide, a guide! I, Zhang Yang, am destined to be the guide for these foolish people!"

Zhang Yang burst into laughter.

In fact, he didn't fully explain his talents.

His talent, "The Guide," actually has two abilities.

[Directions: You can choose to know the type and name of the next 4 stations]

[Directions: If the next platform is a multi-platform platform, you can choose to take 5 trains to the platform at the same time as you.]

The moment he saw his talent, he knew how to use it to gain an advantage in his survival on the train.

Especially when you see that platform 4 is a group platform.

It was just his first time using it, and he only chose some people he had previously chatted with who were willing to follow him.

Once this group endorsement ends, he will reveal his talent to these people.

Establish an organization of his own and solidify his leadership position.

At that time, by leveraging the majority of support from the group at each event, he will be able to surpass many others.

"Actually, I didn't necessarily target you, but you're too conspicuous, and the nail that sticks out gets hammered down," Zhang Yang muttered.

He provoked Shen Wen purely for personal gain; he didn't care whether the leader was Shen Wen, Chen Wen, or Bai Wen.

He knew the masses were foolish, and to get them to come together, he just needed to give them a hypothetical enemy.

Whether it's an individual, a company, or a social phenomenon, as long as you manage it well, you can use these people for your own purposes.

"It's because you're too outstanding," Zhang Yang said, shaking his head.

Then, looking at the last remaining woman, a ragged woman squatting on the ground drinking water, he said, "If you encounter anyone in the future, do you remember what I taught you?"

"I...I've remembered it clearly."

"Behave yourself. Don't forget that I'm your train conductor. If you talk nonsense, I'll kick you off the train, and you won't survive."

Zhang Yang's voice was cold, causing the woman on the ground to nod quickly.