New Hextech

Chugga chugga chugga...

The train sped along its designated tracks, moving steadily forward.

Look closely!

This man named Xiao Shuai had decided to treat himself a little better today.

"Psst!"

The metal tab of the Pepsi can snapped open, and white foam instantly spilled out. Lu Xingyuan tipped his head back and downed half the can in one go, then let out a satisfied burp.

Once his taut nerves had calmed down somewhat, he got up and started working, moving the electric scooters piled up in the starting carriage into the second carriage.

Yes, that was right. He had now become a glorious Level 2 Train Conductor and gained a brand-new carriage.

That was precisely why he had been able to transfer all the supplies from Baldy and Big Waves' trains without wasting a thing.

After all, Lu Xingyuan knew all too well how difficult it was to acquire upgrade materials.

Their trains had also been successfully dismantled into a pile of materials and placed at the end of the second carriage.

Even a Level 1 train yielded far more materials after dismantling than he had imagined.

"Isn't this basically encouraging Train Conductors to kill each other?"

Exploring platforms meant facing unknown, vicious monsters. But harming one's own kind was much simpler and more convenient, and the returns were even greater.

Trembling with fear, Lu Xingyuan hurriedly did two more push-ups.

A kind man gets bullied by others!

If he did not work hard to improve his strength, sooner or later he would be polishing someone else's shoes.

"Okay, it's pretty much cleaned up."

The newly added second carriage was much larger than the starting carriage, allowing Lu Xingyuan to move all the supplies he had collected into it.

"This game is ridiculously stingy. It doesn't even give you a basic backpack."

After silently cursing the game designers, Lu Xingyuan finally turned his attention to the upgrade prompt that had appeared.

[Train Upgrade Modification!]

This was one of the game's basic mechanics.

[Each time the train levels up, three optional enhancement modifications will be unlocked. Train Coins can be spent to implement them.]

The three options before him were:

[Delayed Departure · Green (2 Train Coins): After modification, the train's maximum stop time at platforms increases by 1 hour. You may still choose to depart at the originally scheduled time (11:00).]

[Comfortable Sleep · White (1 Train Coin): Obtain a comfortable two-meter bed.]

[External Armor Plating · Green (2 Train Coins): Install light armor on key parts of the entire train. Permanently increase the train's durability by 10 points, and provide a slowly regenerating "Temporary Shield" each time the train arrives at a station.]

Like platforms, train modification grades were divided into five tiers: white, green, blue, purple, and gold. The higher the grade, the more Train Coins it naturally cost.

He had already opened the Level 1 treasure chest at Golden Water Street Station, and there had only been 2 Train Coins inside.

That meant he currently had a total of 5 in hand, just enough to complete all three modifications.

There was no need to say more about Delayed Departure.

The first Train Coins should be invested in "time" itself.

That extra hour of scavenging was enough to get the snowball of resources rolling early.

Next was External Armor Plating, which was also an extremely important modification.

After all, the newbie period had ended.

The train was no longer under any protection. Whether platform monsters or other humans, both could damage it.

At the instant of departure, the game had already given him a prompt:

[New Player Protection has ended!]

What followed was an explanation concerning train durability:

A Level 1 train had one hundred durability points.

A Level 2 train had two hundred points.

A Level 3 train had three hundred points.

And so on. Each time the train leveled up, its durability increased by one hundred points.

Once durability completely reached zero, it meant the Train Conductor was eliminated.

Ten durability points might not sound like much, but it also came with a slowly regenerating Temporary Shield. It refreshed for free every time the train arrived at a station, providing shielding equivalent to 20 durability points.

Lu Xingyuan waved his hand grandly.

He took these two modifications first.

The Train Coins in his hand were instantly deducted by four.

Wait!

That was not right!

The metal stored in the second carriage had been deducted as well.

So modifying External Armor Plating consumed my own materials? Are you even human? You want my coins and my materials—why not just take my life too?!

This modification was seriously expensive. It had directly deducted two hundred units of metal.

Fortunately, he had collected enough materials. Otherwise, even if he had paid for the modification, it would not have taken effect immediately.

The effects of External Armor Plating could be felt directly from inside the carriage.

The most obvious change was tactile—there was an added solid, weighty sensation as the train moved. Visually, the inner walls had also been covered with a rough layer of metal, making them look extremely dependable.

Seeing this, Lu Xingyuan finally felt a little better and casually purchased Comfortable Sleep as well.

Sleeping on that cold floor had been miserable. His back and waist ached, and every day when he woke up, he felt poorly rested.

With this comfortable bed, things would probably feel much better.

Carefully pouring a little water from his mineral water bottle, Lu Xingyuan washed his face before looking at the new prompt.

[Do you wish to draw a new Colorful Hex?]

His achievements today were certainly the result of his hard work, but he could not deny that talent had also provided a tiny little bit of help.

He could not bathe and burn incense, but perhaps washing his face clean would bring him some luck.

Lu Xingyuan pressed the draw button!

[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the Colorful Hex: Prismatic Pipeline!]

[Hextech Description: Each time you arrive at a new station, you will receive a Prismatic Orb filled with abundant loot. The loot within the orb improves as your train level increases.]

"..."

Lu Xingyuan fell silent.

Wasn't this a little too overpowered?

With this Hextech, even if he never got off the train, he could still live quite comfortably!

Lu Xingyuan had already begun looking forward to the Prismatic Orb that would drop when he arrived tomorrow.

Tomorrow was definitely going to be a good day!

When he arrived at the console, Lu Xingyuan discovered that his friend request list had somehow reached 99+.

[Train Conductor 'Zhang Tao' has requested to add you as a friend, with the message: Big bro, carry your little brother!]

[Train Conductor 'Wang Lili' has requested to add you as a friend, with the message: You there? Interested in a married woman with E-cups?]

[Train Conductor 'Zhao Qing' has requested to add you as a friend, with the message: Handsome, if you accept my friend request, I can give you my worn panties for free~]

[Train Conductor 'Ou Man' has requested to add you as a friend, with the message: Holy crap, bro, how did you do it? It's only the third station, and you've already reached Level 2? That's insane! Save me a friend slot!]

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