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

A heartfelt tribute to the vicissitudes of life, "Train Survival: Get a Treasure Chest by Sticking Up with My Goddess," exclusively released for the first time!

Shen Wen had been thinking that once the train was upgraded to level five, the number of passengers would increase.

If the system randomly fills in the slots, he won't be able to control who comes. Rather than gambling on luck, he'd rather choose the people himself.

He glanced at Lydia.

She was petite, dressed in a white priest's robe, with long silver hair that reached her waist. Her features were delicate yet had a touch of childishness, making her look no more than sixteen or seventeen years old.

She is not bad-looking; in fact, one could say she is very good-looking.

Shen Wen touched his chin.

The three women surrounded him, their eyes all fixed on his face.

Su Qingxuan spoke first, her voice very low: "Okay."

She paused, then added, "Compared to training a new passenger, a junior priest can directly become a combatant."

"You've seen their healing abilities; they're quite strong."

Su Mu nodded without speaking, but her expression conveyed her attitude.

Jiang Youchu walked over from the corner carrying a pile of spoils, tilted her head to look at Lydia, and grinned: "I think it's a good idea too. And—"

She lowered her voice and whispered in Shen Wen's ear, "He's quite good-looking."

Shen Wen ignored her and looked at Lydia.

"Can."

Lydia's eyes lit up instantly, and tears welled up again. She raised her hand to wipe them away, sniffed, and said in a nasal voice, "Thank you... thank you all..."

"Don't thank me yet," Shen Wen interrupted her. "There are rules for boarding our train. We'll talk about it later. Let's finish checking everything here first."

Lydia nodded repeatedly, gripping her staff as she stood to the side, but her eyes were still red.

Jiang Youchu spread the spoils she was carrying on the ground, squatted down, and began to count them.

"Three staves." She picked them up one by one. "They're all black iron grade, with average stats, not as good as the ones we have. We can sell them later."

"Two bows and arrows." She held them up and examined them. "They're also of the Black Iron grade. The range and accuracy are decent, but none of us use bows."

"And this—"

She pulled out the bone-white scepter from the bottom of the pile of spoils. The top of the scepter was topped with a fist-sized dark red gem, the red light inside of which seemed to be alive.

"The Fallen High Priest's Scepter is significantly stronger than the ordinary one." Jiang Youchu's eyes lit up. "It increases spell damage by 35%, casting speed by 15%, and also comes with an active skill that can control arthropods."

Shen Wen nodded: "Keep it."

Jiang Youchu put the scepter aside and took out three books from her bosom.

"Ability books." She spread them out one by one. "Two black iron ones, one bronze one."

Shen Wen squatted down and picked up the first book.

Dark Arrow (Black Iron Tier): Condenses shadow energy to fire an arrow, dealing shadow damage to the target. Upon hit, inflicts a curse effect, reducing the target's defense.

The second book.

[Charm (Iron Tier): Passively increases Charisma. When activated, it applies a Charm effect to the target, preventing them from attacking the caster for a short period. The effect is halved against targets with unwavering will.]

The third book.

[Black Light Tentacles (Bronze Tier): Summons tentacles from the ground or walls to entangle, bind, and attack the target. The number of tentacles is linked to mental strength, and the duration depends on mental strength. Has an additional suppressive effect on female targets.]

Shen Wen stared at the book with the black light tentacles for two seconds, then glanced at the other two books, and his lips twitched.

Only the Dark Arrow is relatively normal.

The power of allure is something that can passively enhance charm or actively control people; it's hard to say whether it's legitimate or illegitimate.

The black light tentacles are the same move the high priest used before; they look really strange.

"How do we divide them?" Jiang Youchu squatted down beside him, her eyes scanning back and forth between the three books.

Shen Wen hesitated for two seconds, then picked up the book "Black Light Tentacles" and handed it to Jiang Youchu.

"You should study this."

Jiang Youchu took it, glanced at the ability description, and her lips twitched: "This ability... looks weird."

"It may be strange, but it's quite powerful," Shen Wen said. "When the High Priest used this move, I was entangled for a moment. If you learn it, you'll have another way to control the situation in the future."

Jiang Youchu thought for a moment, nodded, and put the book into her bosom.

Shen Wen picked up the book on allure again, his gaze falling on Su Qingxuan's face.

"Sister Qingxuan, are you going to study this book?"

Su Qingxuan glanced at him but didn't answer.

"You think my sister isn't attractive enough?" Her tone was flat, but the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and there was a hint of mischief in her eyes.

Shen Wen scratched his head: "That's not what I meant... This ability has an active control effect, which is helpful in combat."

"If Sister Qingxuan doesn't want to learn it, she can sell it later," he added.

Jiang Youchu raised her hand beside her, her voice crisp and clear: "If Sister Qingxuan won't learn, I will!"

Su Qingxuan glanced at Jiang Youchu, then reached out and took the book of seduction, her movements neither fast nor slow.

"I studied."

His tone was calm, but carried an undeniable air of authority.

Jiang Youchu pouted and muttered softly, "You just said you didn't want to..."

Su Qingxuan ignored her, opened the ancient book, and a pale pink light entered her brow.

She closed her eyes and felt it for a moment. When she opened them again, there was a very faint pink halo around her eyes, which disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Shen Wen didn't dare to stare, so he looked away and picked up the last book, Dark Light Arrow.

"Let's put this one aside for now."

He tucked the book into his pocket, thinking, "Let's see if we can exchange it for something useful."

Jiang Youchu squatted down next to a corpse, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out a few silver coins and a small bag of gem fragments, which she threw into her spatial pocket.

She stood up, then suddenly stopped, staring at the corpse on the ground for a few seconds.

"Shen Wen."

Shen Wen was examining the runes on the stone wall when he heard this and turned around.

Jiang Youchu pointed to the fallen elf's corpse on the ground, her tone tinged with a hint of probing: "How about we take the corpse back with us?"

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Youchu continued, "Previously at the armory, we took those two wolfhounds back and dissected them to obtain their bones and meat."

These fallen elves... I guess we can get something from them too, right?

Shen Wen touched his chin.

Su Qingxuan walked over, her gaze falling on the corpses, her brows furrowing slightly, but she didn't speak.

Su Mu stood to the side, still holding the scimitar in his hand, his expression unchanged.

Lydia, who was standing at the back of the line, turned pale for a moment when she heard the words "dismemberment of corpses," but she didn't say anything.

Shen Wen hesitated for two seconds.

"Take the high priest back with you."

He said this in a very calm tone, as if he were talking about taking a few boxes of supplies back home.

Jiang Youchu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Really." Shen Wen nodded. "As long as it brings resources, there's nothing we can't bring."

He paused, glanced at the corpses of the fallen elves on the ground, and added, "The two dogs we brought back from the armory were decomposed into meat and bones."

These fallen elves are at least of the Black Iron level; they can only drop more items.

Su Qingxuan glanced at him, her lips twitched slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Su Mu had already turned around and walked towards the high priest's corpse. He squatted down, took out a few waterproof cloths from his spatial backpack, spread them on the ground, and began to pack them.

The movements were swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

Jiang Youchu followed to help, and the two worked together seamlessly, quickly wrapping the high priest's half-human, half-spider remains in a waterproof cloth and tying the opening tightly.

Lydia stood there, gripping her staff, watching Su Mu and Jiang Youchu skillfully pack up the corpses. Her lips moved a few times, but she ultimately didn't say anything.

She recalled the church's records about "exorcisms".

They arrived in an iron box, carrying thunder and fire, causing all tribes to flee in terror.

Those records did not mention that, in addition to the spirit guards, they also collected corpses.

Shen Wen ignored her reaction, turned around and walked towards the entrance of the stone chamber, glancing at the darkness deep inside the tunnel.

"This area is now cleaned up," he said. "Shall we leave now, or continue walking in?"

Su Qingxuan walked to his side, her gaze also falling into the depths of the tunnel.

"We can go a little further in," she said calmly. "We still have enough time. A delayed stop won't help; with the delay, we'll have at least five more hours."

She paused, then added, "Killing those cave goblins and spiders will earn you points, which can be exchanged for resources. Consider it helping the Griffin Kingdom clear out some monsters and earning a little extra money on the side."

Shen Wen thought for a moment and nodded.

"Then let's go a little further in. Two hours, and no matter where we get, we'll keep turning back."

The three women nodded.

Shen Wen glanced at the points leaderboard.

His score stopped at around 3,800, with the majority coming from the High Priest's 1,500, and the rest coming from the fallen elves and dungeon goblins he killed along the way.

A Fallen Elf costs 200, a Black Iron-level Crypt Goblin costs 100, and a Spider and Goblin Baby only cost 10.

The three girls also scored quite high, each close to 1,000.

In the previous chaotic battles, they held off most of the fallen elves and crypt goblins, killing almost as many as he had.

"What can these points be exchanged for?" Jiang Youchu leaned over and glanced at them.

"I don't know." Shen Wen closed the panel. "It's at most a bronze-level item, don't expect too much."

For the next hour or so, the five continued deeper into the tunnel.

After the fallen high priest died, the oppressive feeling in the tunnel completely dissipated.

All that remained were scattered cave goblins and spiders, with a few lone ones occasionally appearing, posing no threat.

Shen Wen walked at the front, his curved sword clearing the way.

The first nest was in the fork in the tunnel on the left, where seven or eight cave goblins were huddled together, and two spiders were lying in the corner.

Shen Wen killed them one by one with a single strike, Su Mu finished them off, and Jiang Youchu blocked their path with ice arrows, ending the battle in less than three minutes.

The second lair was deeper, and it was filled with a lot of supplies looted from the ground.

Several bags of moldy grain, some rusted metal utensils, and two bottles of attribute potions covered in dust.

Jiang Youchu put the medicine away and glanced at the grain before throwing it back.

The third nest was nearing the end of the tunnel, and the murals on the stone walls were becoming increasingly dense and their content increasingly distorted.

A dozen or so cave goblins were huddled together, with an even larger mutant in the middle, its skin covered in dark red tumors.

After killing these three waves, the kill limit of Blood Sacrifice has been reached.

[Current kill progress: 50/50, reached the limit]

[The second tier cap for the Butcher has been reached]

[Unlocking the next tier requires fulfilling the advancement conditions]

Shen Wen glanced at the advancement requirements and frowned. Was this task too outrageous?