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Chapter 228 Train Modification
After this round of advanced training, the members have greatly improved their strength and are more confident in their upcoming explorations—provided they don't encounter any silver-level monsters.
Su Li felt a lingering fear whenever he thought of the Axe Icefish's attack. Fortunately, he used the combination of walking the dog and the elemental crystal explosion to bring the creature to the brink of death, barely managing to unleash its full power. Otherwise, Su Li's team would most likely have been wiped out.
After confirming the progress of the teammates, it's time to upgrade the train.
Su Li first took stock of her supplies.
Branches, stones, weeds, flint—materials that are basically no longer needed—were not counted in Zurich; only materials that are still usable at present were counted.
First, there are the basic materials.
[Timber 5731] [Stone 597] [Coal 476]
Next, we will compile a list of commonly used minerals.
【铁锭2127】【铜锭2048】【银锭597】【金锭422】【钛矿石54】【铂金矿62】
The elemental fragments for Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth are 493, 491, 489, 472, and 489 respectively.
[Elemental Crystal - Water: 6]
They had fewer elemental fragments than before they set off. The members used some by experimenting with crops, but the amount they obtained from mining was less than what they used.
The world yields very few elemental fragments; most of the loot comes from advanced items and elemental crystals.
However, all those elemental crystals were used by Su Li to make the Fishy Fun Bomb, and not a single one was left. The last six were found on the last day.
However, the collected gems were left over, and these gems could be used to make equipment.
【完整金晶3】【完整翠晶1】【完整蓝宝石17】【完整红宝石2】【完整黄宝石6】
This world is dominated by the ice element and secondarily by the earth element, so there are more gems with these two attributes.
The next item on the list was some less commonly used materials.
【树脂147】【汽油20桶（200升装）】【硝矿41】【硫矿55】【硝酸17】【硫酸13】
The sulfuric acid and nitric acid were leftovers from when Ivan sold supplies to save his family last time.
Finally, the main event: Black Iron grade attribute materials.
[Ice Attribute Wood 71] [Ice Attribute Stone 82]
Upgrading the train requires water-attribute materials. While ice-attribute materials, being a branch of water-attribute, can be used as water-attribute materials, they result in a 20% loss. In other words, when using them, the loss must be multiplied by 0.8.
[Let me think... The level 6 train upgrade plugin requires 800 units of elemental wood. Different elements will result in different upgrade effects. I'm aiming for a balanced distribution of the five elements, so water element wood would require 160 units. Still a long way off...]
There's no way to upgrade to level 6 in the short term, so we'll have to put it aside for now.
After clearing out the supplies, Zurich began preparing to repair the train.
First, a new carriage needs to be added to the train.
To add a new carriage to the train, you need to spend Survival Coins to build it in the factory. Once built, you can upgrade it using upgrade plugins.
Upgrade directly from the basic carriage to the premium carriage.
Su Li calculated the total amount of resources needed.
[1100 Wood, 900 Stone, 600 Iron Ingots, 400 Copper Ingots, 320 Silver Ingots, 250 Gold Ingots, 10 Fragments of Each of the Five Elements, and 500 Survival Coins]
The previous two beast tides gave me 2700 survival coins, and I spent 800 survival coins learning. After deducting the 500 from this time, I have a total of 1400 survival coins left.
The fully enclosed system and internal ventilation system that Zurich had previously installed will be automatically installed on the new carriages. These two modifications can meet the needs of 5 carriages. With the addition of this new carriage, Zurich only has 3 carriages, which is below the limit, so these functions do not require additional resources.
Then, Zurich began to adjust the layout of the carriages.
He named the new carriage the "Production Carriage." The original double-decker carriages were renamed "Crew Carriages," because the upgraded carriages would be further subdivided into categories such as crew, production, agriculture, and combat. Su Li had essentially categorized them ahead of time.
The passenger carriages have been reorganized. The first floor has four sleeping quarters and one empty seat. The second floor has two empty seats, one planting room, and one storage room.
Make carriages and place them in the workshop and training ground, leaving two empty spaces.
When trains are built, functional rooms are usually in carriages that occupy multiples of 5 meters in length, so Zurich refers to 5 meters of carriage length as an empty space.
Su Li glanced at her carriage's capacity; it showed 2/4 full, excluding the locomotive. Sophia brought one, Song Mingyu brought one, Sun Lili brought one, and the remaining one was added when the train reached level 5.
Zurich doesn't plan to add any more carriages for the time being; the current number of empty seats is sufficient.
There are three empty spaces in total. The first thing to do is to add a biological laboratory, which is the medical room that Su Li has been talking about.
[Biological Laboratory]
[Occupying only 10 meters of the vehicle body, integrating the work platform, and saving space]
[Recipe Log: Player-made items can be recorded in the crafting table.]
New options added to the construction function.
Materials: 200 Wood, 100 Iron Ingots, 100 Copper Ingots, 100 Silver Ingots, 50 Gold Ingots, 500 Survival Coins
The description is exactly the same as the workshop, except that the workshop is more focused on forging and sewing, while the biological laboratory is more focused on biology and chemistry.
There were three empty spaces left. Su Li looked around and chose a study.
【study】
[Occupies 5 meters of vehicle body]
[Study books within them to gain a boost in comprehension]
[400 Wood, 100 Iron Ingots, 100 Copper Ingots, 100 Silver Ingots, 100 Gold Ingots, 300 Survival Coins, 10 of each of the five elemental crystals]
Crystals with five attributes require processing with elemental fragments, which is equivalent to using 50 fragments of each element.
As a team focused on training all members, investing in facilities that accelerate their growth is essential. While individual bonuses may not seem significant, the combined effect of various bonuses is considerable.
After setting these things up, Zuli began the construction and merging of the dormitories.
Adding two new members requires two more dorm rooms. Unfortunately, a single dorm room in a workplace can only support one player. I wonder if this will change in the future.
Upgrading both dorm rooms to level 2 requires a total of [500 wood, 500 stone, 100 iron ingots, 2 wood element fragments, 6 of each of the five elemental crystals, 10 crystal cores, 20 gold ingots, and 100 survival coins].
The three dorm rooms on the first floor were combined into one for Su Li and her family of three, while Ivan lived alone in another room. The two dorm rooms on the second floor were connected together for Sun Lili and her sister.
Su Li also allocated the furniture [Anning]. Anning is a double bed, and Su Li, her husband, and their child will use two. Ivan will have one by himself, and Sun Lili and Sun Ke can use one. That makes four beds, perfect, saving them the trouble of collecting materials for Kos Dream Insects.
The last one is a special facility that was discovered in Zurich.
[Convenient storage port]
[Open a storage port on the train that connects to the train's storage compartment.]
[10 Wood, 10 Iron Ingots, 1 of Each of the Five Elemental Fragments]
It's very cheap, but you can only unlock it when the train reaches level 5.
Zuli built one each in the conference room, the operations room, three dormitories, the planting room, the workshop, the biological laboratory, the training ground, and the vehicle carriage. A total of 10 were placed there.
After selecting the materials, Su Li calculated the remaining materials.
Gold and silver ingots were used more often. There were 77 silver ingots left, but only 2 gold ingots remained.
I still have 500 Survival Coins left. I'll save them for now. When I level up to level 6, I'll need a lot more Survival Coins, which are in the thousands.
Su Li and the others came out and watched the train slowly drive into the factory for modification.
"The renovation will have to wait until tomorrow, so let's rest in Blue Star City for today."
As Su Li spoke, she took out the Blue Star Coins that Zheng Hongyuan had given her earlier, "Let's also see the changes in Blue Star City."