Sister Qing Is Awesome

"Damn it, if you make those weird noises again, believe it or not, I'll get someone to deal with you!"

Scared.

"Sister Qing, does what you said earlier still count?"

"What did I say?"

"The good stuff from the treasure chest—you'd give me half."

"I was just teasing you. You actually took it seriously?"

"Damn you, Little Qingzi! You'd better not let me run into you!"

"What? Are you planning to do something to me?"

"If I run into you, I'll stand by your ear and keep calling you mama, mama."

"...Are you really still human?"

"Hey! To be honest, it wasn't that I didn't want to reply to your message right away. I was just having a really hard time."

Lu Xingyuan said, putting on an agonized expression.

"Spill."

"I ran into a level-two zombie! It chased me, so I ran. It chased me, so I ran."

"And then?"

"I ran, it chased. I ran, it chased."

"And in the end?"

"In the end, it died."

"That simple?"

"It wasn't that simple! I almost never got to see you again, Sister Qing! It was because I thought I might never see you again that I found strength in my despair. I gritted my teeth, stomped my foot, and turned around to take it out! Even though I dealt all the damage, half the credit definitely belongs to you!"

"Really? O_o??"

"I'm an honest man. Honest men are always honest. I never lie, never deceive anyone."

"Mm, then it's understandable that you couldn't reply to me right away."

"Of course it's understandable..."

Before he could finish speaking, the other side opened a trade window and sent over a level-one treasure chest.

Holy shit, Sister Qing was awesome!

He genuinely hadn't expected her to be so generous, sending him the treasure chest outright. A couple of Train Coins would have been enough to brush him off. Why did she have to do this? It was making him feel so embarrassed.

"No more words needed. From now on, Sister Qing, I'm your lackey. Whoever you tell me to chop, I'll chop!"

"You said you ran into a level-two zombie. Did you get anything from it?"

"Yeah, a level-two treasure chest."

"...Damn you, return my treasure chest right now!"

For a moment, Lu Xingyuan seemed to hear the sound of some girl's heart shattering.

"I was just about to open this level-two treasure chest. I'll use your level-one chest as a warm-up first."

The treasure chest opened, yielding three Train Coins and fifty universal bullets.

Not bad, not bad.

Lu Xingyuan beamed. The three Train Coins alone had already paid for it, not to mention the fifty universal bullets.

Though he had no use for the bullets, he could trade them for supplies in the trading channel. Bullets were still in high demand.

Next was the level-two treasure chest.

I've been waiting. Don't let me down.

Three items popped out.

Four Train Coins.

Twenty units of rubber.

And two tubes of pale blue medicine.

These pale blue medicines looked familiar.

Sure enough, they were the basic gene enhancement medicines he had taken before!

"Can this stuff be taken repeatedly?"

Lu Xingyuan's heart began to pound.

"Bottoms up!"

He pulled out the stopper, tilted his head back, and gulped it down. A familiar bitter taste immediately spread through his mouth.

Then a burning, scorching sensation rose from his stomach as a violent force spread through his entire body, crazily stimulating every cell. It made him feel as though a level-two zombie were pounding his chest with tiny fists!

"Ow, ow, ow!"

Even though Lu Xingyuan had prepared himself mentally, the pain still made him twitch. He curled up on the floor like a cooked shrimp.

Five minutes later, the pain gradually faded from his body, replaced by an overwhelming sense of strength.

He felt like he could blow Gu Wanqing apart with one punch!

Ah... would saying that hurt Sister Qing's feelings too much?

Lu Xingyuan climbed up from the cold floor and stretched a little.

When he threw a punch, he could clearly hear the whistling sound of air tearing apart.

Wrong. He wouldn't even need one punch to blow her apart.

"So the basic gene enhancement medicine can be used repeatedly. The improvement it gives me isn't any less than the first time I took it."

This discovery made Lu Xingyuan extremely excited, because he still had one tube left.

If he drank it too, just how much would his physical condition improve?

At the very least, he definitely would not be as pathetic as before when facing that strength-type zombie.

But...

"Why did you have to give me that level-one treasure chest?"

Lu Xingyuan let out a deep sigh.

You're making this difficult for me.

Forget it.

I'll keep her alive.

If she dies, how boring will the days ahead be?

"Gene enhancement medicine???"

"For me???"

Gu Wanqing was stunned at first, then immediately asked,

"Did you learn that I got three Train Coins from a treasure chest, so now you've got your eye on my coins?"

Damn it, was that really the kind of money-grubber he was in her eyes?

Lu Xingyuan flew into a rage, then... raged a little.

"You're really giving it to me for free? You won't regret it?"

"Why are you talking so much? Hurry up and accept it!"

"Holy shit, Brother Yuan is awesome!"

"Glad you know."

Five minutes later.

"Damn it, why didn't you tell me it would hurt this much after drinking it?!"

Lu Xingyuan covered his mouth and snickered behind the chat screen.

"Telling you wouldn't have helped. Would it stop hurting if I told you?"

"At least it would've prepared me mentally. It hurt so much I cried little pearls."

"What a useless little bro!"

"But seriously, this gene enhancement medicine is really awesome. I feel like if I punch you, you'll cry for at least two hours."

Damn your mother.

After taking the gene medicine, the body entered a weakened state and desperately needed nutrients.

Lu Xingyuan ate five packs of instant noodles, five bananas, five ham sausages, and five braised eggs before the turmoil in his stomach finally settled down.

Although his standard of living was already far ahead of most train conductors, he was still far from satisfied.

"When will I finally get to eat something hot?"

The chat channel was still bustling.

For train conductors who could find no other entertainment, chatting was clearly the best way to kill time.

"Damn, over a hundred more train conductors have been eliminated. The survival pressure is huge!"

"If survival pressure is too great, join my Mutual Aid Association. As long as you join, I guarantee you'll level up quickly and improve your strength!"

"My damn train is already falling apart. Its durability is down to its last ten points. As it runs along the tracks, the wind keeps howling in through it, making me shiver nonstop. Other people are so poor they have nothing but four walls. I don't even have four walls—just a floor, and it's full of big holes! I have no doubt I'll get flung out while sleeping tonight!"

"Man upstairs, that's way too miserable. I can't bear to watch. How about you transfer all your remaining supplies to me? You can't keep playing anyway, so why not sacrifice yourself to help others?"

"Damn your mother!"

"Trading bullets for Train Coins. DM me if interested!!!"