Multi-Person Platform

"Heh, you think two hundred milliliters of water is enough to trade for someone else's Train Coin? That's some wishful thinking!"

"I'll offer two hundred and fifty milliliters of water, or one hundred and fifty grams of bread, for one Train Coin!"

"I can offer three hundred milliliters of water. I don't have food resources, but water is more important than food!"

In fact, before Lu Xingyuan could even get involved, other Train Conductors had already lost their patience and entered the bidding for Train Coins.

Watching the prices rise higher and higher, the other Train Conductors' eyes turned red with envy.

"Are Train Coins really that valuable?"

"If only I had one!"

Lu Xingyuan made his move as well.

He ended the competition outright.

His offer was one hundred milliliters of cola plus two hundred milliliters of bottled water for one Train Coin!

The chat channel instantly erupted.

"Cola?! Am I seeing this right? He actually has cola???"

"Holy shit! I can't even get a sip of water, and he got his hands on cola?"

"Isn't this guy's luck a little too good? Could the two platforms he reached really have had no danger at all?"

Li Yang: "Deal! I'll trade with you! But I want all cola, no bottled water! How about two Train Coins for one unopened can of cola? If I can drink cola one more time before I die, I'll have no regrets!"

Cola might not have been the best choice under the circumstances, but he simply loved the stuff too much.

As an anime-obsessed shut-in, he knew his own capabilities too well. He was destined not to get far, so what was the point of struggling? Enjoying the present was what mattered most.

A trade window popped up.

Two Train Coins were placed inside.

The next second, light flashed, and a can of ice-cold Pepsi landed in his hands.

With a pop.

He pulled open the tab, and a sweet fragrance rushed into his face, making Li Yang wear an expression of bliss.

He drained the entire can in one gulp and let out a thunderous burp.

"Awesome!"

Meanwhile, as Lu Xingyuan received the two Train Coins, he also received a friend request.

[Wang Tianhua has requested to add you as a friend. Accept?]

"Reject."

Lu Xingyuan toyed with the two Train Coins in his hand without the slightest hesitation.

Though he did not know what the other man was plotting, it certainly could not be anything good.

As it turned out, that was indeed the case.

In the chat channel, Wang Tianhua, thoroughly enraged, cursed loudly:

"Lu Xingyuan, right?"

"Just you wait! You dared to steal my stuff? I won't let you off easy!"

The other Train Conductors all watched the scene with excited expressions.

A conflict on only the second day?

How thrilling.

What disappointed them was that Lu Xingyuan, one of the parties involved, did not respond to Wang Tianhua at all. That only made Wang Tianhua even more furious.

The third day.

Lu Xingyuan woke up a little after eight.

He used a sausage and a piece of chocolate as a simple breakfast. Breathing into his palm, Lu Xingyuan nodded. Good, his breath really was awful. As a clean and well-behaved person, going so many days without brushing his teeth was truly uncomfortable.

"The upgrade materials are even harder to gather than I imagined."

When the materials were moved into the carriage, the game automatically tallied their quantities.

Wood: 80 units / 500 units

Metal: 50 units / 500 units

Glass: 10 units / 100 units

To be honest, Lu Xingyuan was not very satisfied with this progress.

"I worked myself to the bone, and this is all I get?"

Survival was not easy. Little Lu sighed.

Nine thirty.

[Train Operation Notice]

[Station ahead: Multi-Person Platform · Golden Water Street (maximum capacity: three)]

[This station is a Green Platform.]

[Please prepare yourselves.]

A Multi-Person Platform?

And it was a Green Platform?

Lu Xingyuan immediately perked up.

That meant he would encounter other Train Conductors at this station?

Now this was getting interesting.

The chat channel exploded as well.

"Damn, the platform I'm arriving at today is a Multi-Person Platform!"

"Mine too!"

"A Multi-Person Platform means Train Conductors can cooperate and win together!"

"Yeah! The power of one plus one is far greater than two!"

"Any brothers heading to Hibiscus Residential Community next? Say something!"

"Why am I still getting a Solo Platform? This is unfair! I want to cling to someone powerful too!"

Ten o'clock.

Lu Xingyuan's train came to a steady stop at the edge of the platform.

Two other trains had stopped there as well.

Everyone's trains were the same black color, without the slightest visible difference.

Lu Xingyuan hid his submachine gun and watched from beside the window.

The monsters on the platform were certainly frightening, but Train Conductors who were also human might be even more frightening.

So there was no shame in lurking in the shadows.

People soon emerged from the other two trains: a man and a woman.

The man looked to be in his thirties and was completely bald.

The woman looked around twenty-six or twenty-seven, with large wavy curls.

Lu Xingyuan narrowed his eyes and examined them carefully, but for the moment, he did not spot any weapons on either of them.

"You dared to get off so rashly without weapons? Aren't you a little too bold?"

White Platforms were already so dangerous. Wouldn't a higher-level Green Platform be even more dangerous?

Lu Xingyuan's gaze swept over the street before him.

The street was about two hundred meters long, clean and orderly, with shops lined up one after another. Even the signs all followed the same style:

Yadea Electric Scooter Specialty Store

Aima Electric Scooter Direct Store

Xiaodao Electric Is Great—It Can Still Run Even Without Power

Ninebot Mobility

NIU Electric

Fuck.

Why were they all goddamn electric scooter stores?

Lu Xingyuan's expression darkened.

Wouldn't a supermarket have been nice?

"Hey, brother in the train, aren't you coming down?"

At that moment, the bald man had already walked over to Lu Xingyuan's train and was stretching his neck to peer inside.

The newbie protection period did not merely prevent monsters from entering the train. Other Train Conductors were likewise kept out.

Even so, the bald man saw the food and water all over the floor, and his eyes instantly widened.

"Holy crap! How does he have so much water and food?"

That successfully caught the attention of the curly-haired woman. "Where? Where? Let me see!"

The train door suddenly opened, and Lu Xingyuan slowly stepped down.

"Don't you think it's a little rude to snoop around someone else's train?"

"It's you! You're Lu Xingyuan!"

The bald man recognized him at a glance!

The curly-haired woman realized it too.

"He's Lu Xingyuan, the one who traded with cola?!"

That trade had already made Lu Xingyuan famous, and every Train Conductor's avatar was a photo of themselves, so it was hardly surprising that they recognized him.

"The photo was already handsome, but he's even more handsome in person!"