[Train Survival Game, starting now.] [Rules: every Train Conductor must commit these to memory:] [1. You have a train of your own. It is your mobile fortress and an extension of your life. If the train is here, you're here.] [2. At ten every morning, your train will arrive at an unknown platform. This is your only chance to obtain resources.] [3. Gather, upgrade, expand. Each time your train levels up, it will gain a new carriage.] [4. The first three platforms are an absolutely safe New Player Protection period. Make good use of this precious time.] [5. Your starting supplies have been placed in your New Player Chests.] [6. Every Train Conductor gets one chance to draw a talent.] [7. The platforms contain all kinds of chests. Open them to obtain generous rewards.] [8. Districts have been assigned. The Chat Channel and Trading Channel are now unlocked.] [9. Lastly, always remember this core rule: this is, above all, a game of luck.] [May your journeys be long~]
The air was cold. The carriage was empty.
The unfamiliar scene before him left Lu Xingyuan in deep silence.
Fuck! My ten-Fortune-Souls comp!
He'd just finished putting it together and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy it, and now you send me to another world?
A train survival game...
As a seasoned webnovel reader of over a decade, he'd already developed a strong heart. It was easy enough to absorb the information he'd just received.
His eyes settled on the front of the carriage, where a massive screen clearly displayed the words: Train Control Console.
He walked over and immediately saw a personal information panel:
[Train Conductor: Lu Xingyuan] [Level: 1] [District: District 11] [ID: 00110215]
There was also a high-definition headshot of him in the upper-left corner of the panel. Nice. He looked sharp.
His gaze shifted down to the Chat Channel and Trading Channel.
Lu Xingyuan opened the Trading Channel and found a listing already there.
[500 ml bottled water × 1, trade target: none]
As the saying went, whoever acted slowly missed out. Lu Xingyuan completed the trade in 0.01 seconds. After all, the reflexes of someone who'd been single for twenty years weren't just for show.
A flash of light later, a heavy bottle of water appeared in his hand.
Well, damn. You're serious.
He opened the Chat Channel. It clearly showed the current district's number of users online: 100,000!
It was a massive group of a hundred thousand people. You could imagine how terrifying the message flood would be.
"Holy crap, where the hell did you send me?"
"Hahaha! All those footprints I left in the comments of every novel have finally paid off. I've actually transmigrated!"
"I used to be brain-damaged and could only scrape by doing jobs for other people. But now I've recovered!"
"I bet someone's about to say, 'Let me out! I'm a fucking billionaire!'"
"Let me out! I'm a fucking billionaire! How dare you do this to me!?"
As the survivors gradually calmed down, useful information began to catch Lu Xingyuan's eye.
"Has anyone opened their New Player Chest? I thought there'd be something good in it, but all I got was a little bread roll."
"I got a huge cleaver forged from refined steel. I've gotta say, this thing looks pretty cool."
"How come I didn't get anything? It was empty! Damn it! Is this game deliberately targeting me?"
"This really is a game of luck. You wouldn't believe what I got."
"Holy crap! Who was so fast just now? Someone traded away the bottled water I'd just gotten from my chest. I was only testing out the Trading Channel! Could you give it back?"
I can't hear you. Blah, blah, blah.
Lu Xingyuan skimmed past that message without batting an eye, then looked at the New Player Chest beside him.
"A game of luck, huh?"
Honestly, he thought he was pretty lucky.
In that case...
The chest opened, and Lu Xingyuan's eyelid twitched violently.
Inside lay a submachine gun!
Its black body gleamed with a cold light, radiating a murderous aura!
[Standard Submachine Gun] [Category: Basic Creation] [Level: 1] [Description: Grip it tightly, and you'll feel the reliability and chill of the metal. It provides basic automatic firepower, enough to handle most threats on the early platforms.]
They said a gun was faster than a fist from ten paces away, and both faster and more accurate within ten paces.
Lu Xingyuan couldn't help feeling delighted. Compared to Train Conductors who'd drawn melee weapons, he was clearly the luckier one.
Except...
Ammunition: 0/30
???
Are you fucking kidding me?
What good was a gun without bullets? It was like having a cigarette but no lighter, or a shovel but no gloves.
Before he could even mourn his bad luck, someone else spoke up in the Chat Channel:
"Has anyone drawn a talent yet? How did it go? Can you tell us what it's like?"
"I did. My talent is the Airplane Sleep Method. When I activate it, I can sleep like the dead and greatly reduce my energy consumption."
"I drew one too. It seems pretty good: Strength Enhancement. When activated, it gives me three times my strength for a short period."
"My talent is Fireball! Hahaha! I can't believe I've become a mage!"
"I'd advise everyone to keep a low profile and not reveal your talents too readily. They're essential to your survival, after all. You don't want to attract the attention of people with bad intentions."
After that, very few people revealed their talents. Those who did mostly had useless ones and posted about them to complain and seek comfort.
Lu Xingyuan stopped paying attention and looked at a line of small text that had appeared before his eyes:
[Draw a talent?] [Yes!]
At the thought, a roulette wheel appeared and spun wildly.
The next moment, it came to a steady stop, displaying the words: Colorful Hex!
What was that?
Lu Xingyuan was a little dazed.
[Colorful Hex] [Talent Description: Every time your train levels up, you'll get another chance to draw a Colorful Hex!]
Lu Xingyuan's eyelid twitched uncontrollably. His talent... seemed... pretty good... right?
[Current number of draws: 1. Draw now?]
There was no familiar choose-one-of-three. It simply gave him a selection outright.
[Congratulations! You obtained: Infinite Firepower] [Hex Description: Choose one weapon, and from this moment on, remove it from the game's rules of "consumption." Ammunition, durability, energy... These concepts will no longer apply to it. Its state is anchored as singular and eternal: fully loaded.]
Lu Xingyuan was completely stunned.
He'd just been fretting over having a gun but no bullets, and now he'd gotten Infinite Firepower?
Folks, I've got a cheat! I've got a cheat!
Lu Xingyuan immediately applied the Hex to his Standard Submachine Gun.
The ammunition count, which had started at 0/30, instantly changed to:
Infinite! [Infinite Firepower Submachine Gun] [Category: Extraordinary Creation] [Level: 1] [Description: The concept of ammunition has been erased from the laws of physics. Pull the trigger, and firepower follows—until eternity!]
Before you continue