It was easy to tell from these conversations that, after experiencing one block merge, the train conductors had improved considerably compared to before.
At the very least, they were not too frightened by what the broadcast had announced.
Most of them had long since prepared to increase their speed again.
Besides, improving the wheels or upgrading the train were not the only ways to increase its speed.
At the Seventh Station, the conductor who had used human power to accelerate had listed the Human-Powered Energy Devices he made from a Blueprint on the Trading Platform. Pedaling the Energy-Generating Bicycle could increase a train's speed by 10 kilometers per hour.
For some people who could not afford to upgrade their trains but still wanted to survive, spending one Train Coin on such a device was the best choice.
Of course, the consequence was that they were borrowing against their future, making the next increase even harder.
Ye Qiyan naturally had no worries about any of this.
After hearing the broadcast, he spent a little mental energy to learn tomorrow's weather through the Teru Teru Bozu.
"A blizzard? So that means tomorrow's Ninth Station will have blizzard elements too?"
Ding, ding-
Another message arrived, and Ye Qiyan looked up to check it.
Shangguan Yingxue: ["Tell me tomorrow's weather."]
Shangguan Yingxue had traded him the Teru Teru Bozu, so it was perfectly normal for her to ask him if she wanted to know tomorrow's weather.
Ye Qiyan: ["One Train Coin."]
Shangguan Yingxue silently cursed him as a profiteer, but still sent over one Train Coin in a trade.
["Pleasure doing business with you. Tomorrow's weather is a blizzard. Remember to keep warm."]
["Oh."]
With the conversation over, Ye Qiyan suddenly thought of another friend of his.
"Oh, right. Zhao Lin's last stop was