"Armor Core?!"

Bai Cheng’s eyes widened in disbelief before instantly transforming into wild excitement.

In her understanding, an Armor Core should be used to enhance the train’s attributes or defenses.

Correspondingly, its rarity should be higher than that of a Train Core.

But what Bai Cheng never expected was that she had obtaining such an important item at just the second station.

And right in front of her was a screen that could display information. She couldn’t wait to check it immediately.

[Name: Armor Core]

[Quality: Rare]

[Attribute: Basic Defense Barrier]

[Description: Once fused, it will automatically generate an Elite Rank protective barrier around your train. Must be manually activated each time, lasting for 30 minutes.]

[Fusion: You can use the Armor Core’s skill, but once fused, it cannot be changed, and it can only be replaced with a higher quality core of the same attribute.]

[Evaluation: Even the most basic product can greatly strengthen your train.]

Bai Cheng’s gaze sharpened, her expression confirming her suspicions.

However, what surprised her was that the Armor Core’s skill could also be applied to the Train Conductor, or in other words, herself.

"Does this mean that after obtaining this, I can also stop being human?"

This wasn’t hard for Bai Cheng to grasp. It was just learning a skill. However, the restriction of being unable to change it after binding forced her to choose carefully.

She stored the Armor Core away for now. After all, she had the Book of Cheng, which could upgrade things. There was no need to rush.

Taking advantage of the large screen in front of her, she proceeded to check the other items she had obtained.

First was the special blueprint that had dropped after smashing the throne.

[Name: Skeleton Throne (Special Blueprint)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Description: A unique single-function construction blueprint. Once built, sitting on the throne will automatically grant 1 EXP per minute.]

[Evaluation: The true definition of ’slacking off to grow stronger’.]

[Construction Cost: 300 Infinite Coins]

Bai Cheng’s face immediately lit up with joy. "Now this is a real treasure!"

Right now, her employees handled most dangers, and she spent most of her time on the train anyway. A special structure like the Skeleton Throne was exactly what she needed.

"This blueprint is probably my biggest gain in this station."

She swiped her finger and checked the information on the scythe that she was also curious about.

[Name: Shadow Scythe]

[Quality: None]

[Description: A forging material used to shape and fuse Life Artifacts. It grants the ability to summon shadows.]

[Evaluation: Countless abilities exist, but preference is singular.]

But upon reading this, Bai Cheng frowned. "What is this?"

"And what’s a ’Life Artifact’?" She tilted her head, looking at Chi Yan.

However, even he didn’t seem to know this time.

"Must be something generated by the system, then."

She stopped dwelling on it and stuffed it into her backpack.

Next, she checked the kill notifications on the screen but found no mention of the black-robed figure. As Zi Yuan had said, it clearly wasn’t a living creature.

There were no other notifications either. There were no leaderboards, no extra rewards. The entire notification log was empty.

"Chi Yan, let’s go."

Just as Bai Cheng was about to leave with him, she ran into Yu Nian and Zi Yuan descending the stairs.

The latter spoke up immediately. "Little Cheng, this castle only has five floors. We’ve cleared everything."

Bai Cheng glanced at the small screen beside her. The clearance progress had indeed reached 100%.

Yu Nian, as if suddenly remembering something, added, "Oh, there’s a vending machine upstairs. The next terrain is a snow mountain, and it’s selling winter clothing."

But the moment she mentioned it, her face twisted in annoyance.

"A single set of winter clothing costs a hundred Infinite Coins! They might as well rob us!"

Hearing this, Bai Cheng brightened up instantly. She had just caught a whiff of a business opportunity!

"Nian Nian, let’s go take a look!"

She headed up to the fifth floor and saw the jarringly out-of-place vending machine at the end of the corridor.

Thanks to her prior experience, she operated it with ease, quickly browsing through most of the items.

Unlike Station One, this vending machine at Station Two had many new additions.

The food section sold more than just canned goods. There were now instant noodles, packaged sandwiches, and more; offering greater variety.

The items section indeed had what Yu Nian mentioned. There were various styles of winter clothing, sold as full sets at an outrageous price of 100 Infinite Coins per piece.

A hundred coins could nearly buy a month’s worth of food from the vending machine.

But the terrain after leaving the station was a cold snowy mountain. Without winter clothing, survival would be impossible.

Bai Cheng curled her lip. "Feels like those unscrupulous merchants profiting off disasters."

"Unscrupulous? More like heartless!" Yu Nian fumed, but in the end, she reluctantly bought the winter clothing anyway.

Bai Cheng didn’t buy any clothes, only purchasing enough food to last the three of them for three days.

"Nian Nian, resources are scarce in snowy mountains. You should stock up on some food."

"Oh, that reminds me!" Yu Nian’s eyes gleamed. "I have an idea!"

"We can buy extra food and stockpile it! Once other survivors start reaching the snow mountains, food prices will definitely spike. Then we can sell it for a huge profit!"

But Bai Cheng shook her head.

After the channel merge, the number of survivors had grown significantly, and everyone was progressing at different rates.

Those who reached the snow mountains first could easily exploit the information gap by buying food from those who hadn’t arrived yet.

Trying to sell food at inflated prices wouldn’t be easy.

"I have a better idea."

"Huh?"

Yu Nian looked puzzled, only to realize that Bai Cheng’s gaze was fixed on the winter clothing in her hands.

Her face lit up with sudden understanding. "Oh! Right! How did I not think of that? Little Cheng, you’re a genius!"

Yu Nian immediately turned around and planted an excited kiss on Bai Cheng’s cheek. Her action was so fast and natural that Bai Cheng was caught off guard. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Bai Cheng stiffened. Fortunately, the dim lighting masked her reddening face.

It took her a full few seconds to recover before she took a deep breath and spoke in a deadly serious tone.

"So, Nian Nian, you’re not allowed to sell those ’intimate garments’ anymore."

Yu Nian pouted. "They weren’t that intimate! I only sell the outermost layer, the ones that didn’t even touch—"

"That’s not good either!"

Hearing Bai Cheng’s unyielding tone, Yu Nian immediately deflated, lowering her head guiltily.

"I’m sorry..."

"Nian Nian, your Talent is incredibly powerful. There are hundreds of ways for you to gather resources. Do you know how others see you when you do this? Do you know how they will think of you?"

Yu Nian pressed her lips together before she suddenly hugged Bai Cheng, burying the latter’s face against her chest.

"I promise, promise, promise I’ll never sell them again!"

"Little Cheng, don’t be mad at me, okay?"

She nuzzled against her, acting like a spoiled child.

Bai Cheng exhaled deeply, the rest of her admonishment dying in her throat. In the end, she could only sigh.

"Fine. Let’s go."