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

Su Qingxuan held the palm-sized, ancient locust wood coffin in her palm.

"It's been refined."

"This thing can hold a hundred spirit bodies and allow them to devour each other to break through to the Bronze level. Combined with the previous Spirit Awakening, it can be cultivated very quickly."

Shen Wen nodded and turned to walk towards the fourth carriage.

He held the ball of light from the Wanling Breeding Farm in his hand and placed it in an empty space at the back of the carriage.

The ball of light expanded the moment it landed, like a flower slowly blooming.

After the light faded, a pale golden door appeared on the carriage wall, with reliefs of birds and beasts carved on the door frame. Inside, a vast grassland could be vaguely seen, with blue sky, white clouds, and lush green grass.

Shen Wen peeked inside; the air was fresh, carrying the scent of grass and earth.

"Then we'll find some edible animals and throw them in, and the train will be self-sufficient."

He nodded in satisfaction, closed the door, and turned to walk back to the main carriage.

Su Qingxuan leaned against the storage box, holding the module upgrade card in her hand, flipping the silver-white card back and forth between her fingers.

"What's this card for?" Shen Wen asked, leaning closer.

Su Qingxuan hesitated for two seconds: "Salesperson. Or docking delay. These two modules are currently our biggest revenue generators."

Shen Wen stroked his chin and brought up the module panel to take a look.

Dock delay is already at the Bronze level; the next step is Silver.

He clicked on the upgrade option, and a prompt popped up on the screen.

[Dock Delay (Bronze): Increases effectiveness by 50% after use, but does not unlock new features. Confirm use?]

"Only half the effect?" Shen Wen frowned. "Then it's a pointless upgrade."

He turned off the docking delay option and selected the salesperson.

Salesperson (Iron Level) → (Bronze Level): After upgrading, the salesperson will offer higher-quality products. Confirm upgrade?

confirm.

"Next time that old man comes, he should be able to bring some good stuff."

Su Qingxuan handed over the facility upgrade card: "I used this too. What was it used for?"

"Use it in the Cave Spider's Nest."

Shen Wen said that it would be good if, after reaching the Silver level, one could cultivate a Bronze-level Cave Spider Nest.

A burst of silvery-white light erupted, enveloping the entire nest.

The light lasted for five or six seconds before gradually fading.

The nest has changed.

The fleshy structure, originally half a person's height, swelled to the height of a person, and its surface changed from dark red to deep purple, with golden patterns appearing on it, like some kind of ancient totem.

The number of internal chambers increased from a few to more than a dozen, and the rustling sound became at least twice as dense as before.

Shen Wen opened the information panel.

[Fallen Spider Nest (Silver-level Facility): Capable of raising Iron-level Cave Spiders, Bronze-level Fallen Spiders, and one Silver-level Fallen Spider. Current quantity: 40 (Cave Spiders), 10 (Fallen Spiders). Hatching speed and hatchling strength can be increased by sacrificing living beings.]

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow.

Before he could speak, another system notification popped up.

[Detected that the "Egg of Ten Thousand Limbs" can fuse with the "Fallen Spider Nest".]

Upon fusion, a Silver-tier Thousand-Limbed Demon Spider will immediately hatch, and the efficiency of sacrificial life will increase by 200%. Fusion?

Shen Wen rummaged through the storage room and found the fist-sized white egg.

He placed the eggs into the feeding opening of the nest, and the golden patterns on the surface of the nest suddenly lit up, pulsating a few times like blood vessels.

A crisp cracking sound.

The eggshell split open in the middle, and a spider the size of a palm crawled out.

Its entire body is silvery-white, with eight slender and long legs, and dark gold patterns on its abdomen, resembling some kind of ancient runes.

After it crawled out, it didn't run away. Instead, it turned around, and all eight of its eyes stared at Shen Wen. Its mouth opened and closed, making a soft hissing sound.

Shen Wen squatted down and poked its back.

The silvery-white carapace is cool and smooth, feeling like touching a smooth piece of jade.

【Ten Thousand Limbs Demon Spider】

[Abilities: Ten Thousand Limbs Stitching, Ten Thousand Limbs Regeneration, Corrupted Venom, Spider-Sense...]

The four women also came over to look.

Jiang Youchu squatted down and reached out to touch it, but the spider suddenly took two steps back, its eight legs tensed, and its mouthparts opened, revealing sharp fangs inside.

"Oh, that's pretty fierce." Jiang Youchu withdrew her hand.

Su Mu stood to the side, staring at the spider expressionlessly for two seconds, before saying, "It's alright-looking. More pleasing to the eye than those in the burrow."

Lydia hugged the three-tailed fox and whispered, "It...it won't bite us, will it?"

The spider turned its head, stared at Lydia with its eight eyes for a second, then looked away, crawled back to the side of its nest, curled up, and tucked its eight legs together, like a ball of silvery-white yarn.

Shen Wen: "Alright, let it stay there for now. Youchu, it's your turn."

Su Qingxuan and Su Mu have already taken their treasure chests, only Jiang Youchu's treasure chest remains unclaimed.

Jiang Youchu was teasing the three-tailed fox demon when she heard this. She looked up, a hint of unease flashing across her baby face.

Before they had a relationship, she was very open and generous, kissing and hugging whenever she wanted, and never losing a verbal battle.

Now that it's actually happened, they're starting to feel a bit awkward.

"oh."

Su Mu reached out and gently patted the back of her head.

"Hurry up. What, are you shy now?"

Jiang Youchu covered the back of her head and glared at Su Mu.

Shen Wen lowered his head and kissed her.

Jiang Youchu's body went limp, her fingers gripping the clothes at his waist, her breathing becoming increasingly rapid.

After a while, the two separated.

Shen Wen brought up the system panel.

[Intimate contact progress is full! Current total attempts: 2/3, accumulate 1 more to upgrade the treasure chest level!]

Today's available treasure chests: 2/2 (Bronze level)

[Received: 500 kg of timber]

[Obtained: 300 kg of metal]

[Received: 100 kg of mechanical parts]

[Received: 10 kg of Star Stone]

[Acquired: Ability Book - Mental Lash (Bronze Level)]

This is your treasure trove of urban novels.

[Obtained: Brilliant Bronze Constitution Potion x1]

Shen Wen opened the Ability Book.

[Mental Lash (Bronze): Consumes sanity to unleash a mental whip attack on the target. Upon hit, it deals mental damage and inflicts intense pain on the target for 3 seconds.]

[Obtained: 400 kg of metal]

[Received: 100 kg of mechanical parts]

[Received: 5 Thunder Stones]

[Obtained: Equipment - Boots of Swiftness (Bronze Tier)]

[Received: 20 Free Attribute Points]

[Swift Boots (Bronze): Passively increases movement speed by 30%. Actively increases speed by 200% for 15 seconds. Cooldown: 2 hours.]

Shen Wen put on the boots, and they fit perfectly, as if they were tailor-made.

He stomped his feet and felt a light, effortless energy rising from the soles of his feet, as if he were walking on cotton.

"Add free attribute points to Spirit."

He added all 20 points to his Spirit, bringing his total to 120. After exchanging points with Jiang Youchu, he gained an additional 5 free attribute points.

In addition, after resting for two hours in the abundant bedroom, both my physical condition and mental state improved by two points.

[Spirit: 127→147]

Shen Wen picked up the book of spiritual criticism and looked at the four women: "Who wants to learn this skill?"

Su Qingxuan spoke first: "I have the Eye of Pain, that's enough of a mental attack."

"Give it to Youchu; she'll have another means of control if she learns it."

Jiang Youchu blinked: "For me?"

"Hmm." Shen Wen handed over the ability book. "You have the Mage's Blessing, which triples the power of your spells. Although Mental Lash is a mental attack, it is still a spell in essence, so you should be able to benefit from the bonus."

"And the methods are more diverse."

Jiang Youchu nodded.

Shen Wen nodded and took out the ten bronze-grade potions: five for spirit and five for physique.

"Distribute it."

Su Qingxuan spoke first: "Give me two bottles of physique potion. My spirit potion is almost full, so I won't miss a little."

I can increase my spirit by collecting spirits, and then give the potions to those who need them more.

Su Qingxuan's current mental strength is 94, which is indeed almost full.

"The constitution-enhancing potion, two bottles for Sister Qingxuan, two bottles for Lidi, and one bottle for Sister Mu."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Mental potion, two bottles for Lydia, two bottles for Youchu, and one bottle for Sister Mu."

Lydia stood in the corner, holding the three-tailed fox spirit in her arms, her long silver-white hair cascading over her shoulders. Upon hearing this, she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "This...this is too much. I haven't even been able to help in any way, how can I take so much..."

Jiang Youchu walked over, reached out and pinched Lydia's cheek, shaking it from side to side: "You're one of us too, don't act like an outsider."

If you feel bad about it, then come and deal with Shen Wen with me."

Lydia's face was distorted from being pinched, and she asked indistinctly, "Wh...how do we deal with this?"

Jiang Youchu released her grip and said casually, "We'll deal with it in bed."

The carriage was silent for a moment.

Su Mu reached out and patted Jiang Youchu on the back of the head.

Lydia's face turned red from the base of her neck upwards, as if scalded by boiling water, all the way to the ends of her hair.

She buried her face in the three-tailed fox's fur, her voice muffled: "I...I'm not talking to you anymore..."

The three-tailed fox squeaked as she strangled it, its three tails thrashing wildly.

Shen Wen rubbed his temples and steered the conversation back on track: "Alright, let's get down to business."

He squatted down and pushed the ten bottles of medicine in front of each person according to the distribution plan.

"Bronze potions don't have the same limitations as iron potions; drinking them increases your attributes."

Su Qingxuan picked up two bottles of constitution-enhancing potion, unscrewed the caps, and poured them down.

"Actually, reducing it by 10% at the next station won't make much difference to us. Once we get past the next station, the blood poison will be cleared."

"It's as good as nothing."

Shen Wen nodded: "That's true."

"Now you can all upgrade to a higher-level platform."

Jiang Youchu looked up: "Wouldn't it be too unfair if we all advanced at the same time? After all, only the first place has real talent."

Su Qingxuan leaned against the storage box and tapped her fingers on the lid: "If you're quick at one step, you'll be quick at every step."

It's unnecessary to get stuck at the peak of Iron rank and wait for several upgrades just to get the second talent.

Shen Wen thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes. Even the 100 attribute points and three bronze items for first place are not much considering our current resources."

Getting stuck at several stations for such a small thing wastes more time and incurs greater opportunity costs.

"Now, please state your attributes."

Su Mu: "Physical fitness 100, mental fitness 71."

Su Qingxuan: "Physical fitness 61, mental fitness 94."

Jiang Youchu: "Physical fitness 58, mental fitness 91."

Lydia said timidly, "Constitution 76, Spirit 99."

Shen Wen stroked his chin. "So, should we give this Brilliant Bronze Physique potion directly to Jiang Youchu?"

"No need, just drink it. Anyway, you have Phoenix Perching on the Wutong Tree. You're 394 now, add 50, and that's 444."

"After one time, that's 38 points. Then it'll be 96 points. Actually, she only needs to drink one set of Black Iron-grade potions now."

Su Qingxuan's words made Jiang Youchu blush.

Shen Wen drank the bottle of the Brilliant Bronze Physique potion.

[Constitution: 394→444]

"There's no need to drink the Black Iron Potion so quickly."

Shen Wen drank the bottle of the Brilliant Bronze Physique potion.

[Constitution: 394→444]

"There's no need to drink the Black Iron Potion so quickly."

"The salesperson is now at the Bronze level, so maybe they have Bronze-level potions, then we won't be short of them."

Su Qingxuan nodded, but frowned slightly: "The problem is, we might not have anything of such high value to exchange for it."

Bronze-level equipment is now considered a major fighting force, so it's impossible for us to sell it.

Iron grade... I don't know if it's worth anything.

"Let's see," Shen Wen said, leaning against the carriage wall.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a figure appeared out of thin air in the center of the main carriage.

It was still that little old man in the blue Zhongshan suit, but this time it was different.

She changed into a dark gray silk long gown with embroidered patterns on the cuffs, and wore a pair of cloth shoes with multi-layered soles. She was dressed neatly and tidyly.

The dilapidated wooden cart behind them was gone, replaced by a mahogany eight-immortal table.