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

Su Qingxuan suddenly spoke up: "Check your own systems, do you have transaction permissions?"

Shen Wen paused for a moment, then brought up the control panel.

The screen unfolded, and sure enough, a new notification appeared in the upper right corner.

[Passenger Su Qingxuan requested transaction permissions. Should this be granted?]

[Note: As the train conductor, you can assign the following permissions to each passenger: transaction permission, worktable usage permission, door opening permission, and supplies retrieval permission. Please assign permissions carefully.]

Shen Wen stared at those lines of text, and a thought popped into his mind: the train conductor's authority was greater than he had imagined.

He didn't rush to agree, but instead looked at Su Qingxuan.

Su Qingxuan remained calm, but a hint of seriousness lingered in her eyes: "Passengers do not have transaction privileges."

This means that all external transactions must go through the train conductor.

She paused, then continued, "What problems might arise in the carriage if the train conductor doesn't trust the passengers, or... if the passengers don't trust the train conductor?"

The carriage was quiet for a few seconds.

Jiang Youchu shrank back: "Doesn't that mean the train conductor can choke a passenger? Without permission, passengers can't do anything?"

Su Mu didn't speak, but just looked at Shen Wen.

Shen Wen was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and tapped a few times on the screen—

Passenger Su Qingxuan has been granted transaction privileges.

[Passenger Su Mu has been granted transaction privileges.]

Passenger Jiang Youchu has been granted transaction privileges.

He put away the light screen: "I've given them all."

Su Qingxuan looked at him, her gaze softening slightly before quickly disappearing.

She didn't say anything, she just opened the regional channel.

Then his brows furrowed.

"It's already a huge argument."

Shen Wen leaned closer to take a look.

On the screen, the messages from the regional channels scrolled at an astonishing speed, making it almost impossible to read complete sentences. But the few words that occasionally flashed by were shocking—

[D4152 Train - Passenger - Li Dashan: Why can't we make transactions? Is the train conductor the only one who decides?]

[D2304 Train - Passenger - Li Sisi: I just tried it, the permission must be granted by the train conductor, passengers cannot apply for it themselves]

[D8812 Train - Passenger - Zhang Wei: Aren't we just meat on the chopping block?]

[D5601 Train - Passenger - Zhao Yaoyao: What should we do if the train conductor refuses to give us our tickets?]

[D5200 Train Conductor Li Xiao: Hahaha, as the train conductor, my power is limitless!]

The messages kept scrolling, a mix of anger, panic, probing, and ingratiation, the restlessness palpable even through the screen.

Suddenly, a message popped up, and all the scrolling stopped for a moment—

[D3327 Train - Passenger - Yu Xiu: Kill the train conductor, and a new conductor will emerge from among the passengers.]

The regional channel went silent.

For a full three seconds, there was not a single new message.

Shen Wen stared at the anonymous message, a chill running down his spine.

Immediately afterwards, the messages started rolling out again, even more frantically than before. But this time, the content had changed—

[D4011 Train - Passenger - Liu Feng: Really? How do you know?]

[D4011 Train Conductor Zhao Gang: Who the hell is spreading rumors?!]

[D5123 Train - Passenger - Wang Qiang: I just tried it. I put a knife to the train conductor's neck, and the system said I could take over his privileges, but he would have to die for it to take effect.]

[D5123 Train Conductor Li Wei: Wang Qiang, are you crazy?!]

[D5123 Train - Passenger - Wang Qiang: Brother Li, I'm sorry, I don't want to die, but I don't want to be choked alive even more.]

After that message, the two people on train D5123 remained silent.

The regional channels were completely overwhelmed.

Su Qingxuan stopped looking at the frantically scrolling messages and instead opened her trading interface.

She quickly edited a message and posted it—

[D5612 Train - Passenger - Su Qingxuan: Selling weapons (rifles/bullets). Private message me if interested. Only accepting transactions involving metal, wood, and machine parts. Serious inquiries only.]

The private chat notification went off just three seconds after the message was sent.

It wasn't just one sound, but a series of sounds, like popping beans crackling and popping incessantly.

Su Qingxuan didn't rush to look, but first looked at Shen Wen: "What do we need?"

Shen Wen had already considered this issue: "Prioritize metal, wood, and mechanical parts. These three are essential for upgrading the train."

"We'll try to lower the price as much as possible. It's a seller's market for arms right now, so we're not in a hurry."

Su Qingxuan nodded, opened the private chat list, and began filtering.

Shen Wen leaned against the carriage wall, listening to the rhythmic sound of wheels rolling over the rails outside the window, when suddenly something came to mind.

He looked at Jiang Youchu: "By the way, the system just said the next stop..."

Before he could finish speaking, a mechanical voice simultaneously rang in the minds of the four people—

[The train has completed its stop at platform one and continues its journey.]

Next stop: Unknown

[New rule: Starting from the next station, stopping in the safe zone will no longer be guaranteed. Please be prepared.]

The carriage was quiet for a few seconds.

Jiang Youchu muttered softly, "I knew it wouldn't be that easy..."

Su Mu gripped the long sword beside him tightly.

Su Qingxuan was still dealing with private messages, and without looking up, she said, "So we need to convert this batch of supplies into combat power as soon as possible."

Su Qingxuan acted quickly.

Her criteria for filtering private messages are very clear.

We only accept transactions involving three types of materials: metal, wood, and machine parts. We skip over any overpriced offers and don't even look at those who try to trade food for weapons.

Five minutes later, the first transaction was completed.

The other party was a passenger named "Old Gun," whose ID showed he was from train D4011, and he was willing to exchange five portions of activated charcoal for twenty bullets.

"Five portions of activated charcoal for twenty bullets?" Jiang Youchu leaned over to take a look. "Sis, isn't this a rip-off? Activated charcoal isn't anything rare."

"I won't lose money." Su Qingxuan didn't look up, but tapped the screen a few times to confirm the transaction.

"What we lack most right now isn't bullets, but usable equipment. The sooner we develop water purifiers, the more reassured we'll be. Water is more important than guns."

The transaction is complete.

Five palm-sized burlap sacks appeared out of nowhere in the corner of the carriage, filled with dark gray granular activated carbon.

Jiang Youchu picked up a bag, weighed it in her hand, and turned to walk towards the worktable.

She poured activated carbon into the raw material tank on the worktable, and then dragged out twenty kilograms of wood and ten kilograms of metal ingots from the pile of materials, stacking them according to the markings on the blueprint.

The surface of the workbench gleamed faintly.

[Blueprint for Water Purifier (Rotten Wood Level) Detected]

[Materials are ready. Shall we begin production?]

Jiang Youchu clicked "confirm".

The workbench began to operate, and a slight mechanical turning sound came from under the metal platform, like some kind of ancient loom at work.

The wood, metal, and activated carbon in the raw material tank are decreasing at a visible rate, being decomposed and recombined by invisible forces.

Three minutes later, the light faded.

A metal device, about half a person's height, has been added to the center of the worktable—a cylindrical body with a water inlet at the top, two water taps at the bottom, and a transparent level gauge embedded in the side.

[Water purifier (rotten wood grade) completed]

Status: Normal working condition

[Capacity: 60 liters wastewater tank / 40 liters clean water tank]

Purification speed: 10 liters/hour

Jiang Youchu circled the water purifier twice, then reached out and tapped the side of the tub, producing a dull thud.

"That's it?" she muttered. "I thought it would be much more complicated..."