Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 657 - 313 Challenge_3

Chapter 657: Chapter 313 Challenge_3

As for the stations, there weren’t many surprises or shocks, averaging one station every 1.5 hours, most of which were ordinary coal-adding and medical treatment stations. Maya discovered that the functions of the stations could change. For example, the first time they passed A Question Mark Station it was a medical station, but if the Spider Train passed A Station, it would revert to a Question Mark Station, and the second time through it might be a coal station.

Qinglang cooked a pot of salty rice for everyone, with a balanced ratio of vegetables to meat, and the taste was quite passable. Meanwhile, the Number 1 Spider Train would occasionally appear two kilometers away from the stations but was quickly left behind.

Lin Wu scooped up some salty rice and sat at the door of the bonfire carriage, swinging his feet on the flatbed. With Qinglang leaning to one side, the two watched the distance and chatted while eating. Qinglang felt somewhat regretful, "The route has been planned out, it seems this round of the game will conclude like this." The last day’s activity was less exciting than the previous days.

"Dawn will surely provide a lifeline, otherwise Hardcore Mode would be meaningless," Lin Wu thought of Shadow. "Shadow’s failure to reach Town 10 within four days may not necessarily be due to a lack of strength."

Lin Wu said, "Perhaps they learned about the situation in Town 10 during a previous task and decided not to take on Sasha’s mission. As long as they have enough coal and food, they could end this event as if on a vacation. Or maybe they are constantly stopping to search for resources in the wilderness due to a shortage of coal or food."

Lin Wu went on, "We traveled all the way back to Left County only to find, upon our arrival, that the base was still there, but the people were gone." Lin Wu wasn’t sure what had happened to Shadow, but both he and Maya felt that something had gone wrong with Shadow, otherwise he wouldn’t have failed to reach Town 10 in four days.

Maya’s voice came through the walkie-talkie, "An oncoming train." She pulled the train whistle.

The other train also pulled its whistle, and the two trains collided on the same track, passing through each other’s trains. A train named the Divine Shrimp Express appeared at the rear in an instant. At the back of the train, an extremely handsome, gentle, and elegant middle-aged man casually raised his left hand to greet Lin Wu and the others.

Lin Wu put down his salty rice and hadn’t gotten a chance to return the gesture when the Spider Train chasing the Divine Shrimp Express passed through the Orient Express, blocking Lin Wu’s line of sight. Lin Wu said, "Today’s the first time we’ve seen living player characters."

Qinglang said, "Out of 42 trains, only 8 have been lost, there’s still 34, it’s normal to encounter players. But with three tracks on this side, why did they choose ours?"

"Since we’re alive, it indicates that this track isn’t very dangerous."

As they were speaking, the train slowed down, Qinglang took the walkie-talkie and asked, "Maya, is there a problem?"

Maya responded, "There’s a Spider Train one kilometer ahead on Line 1, traveling at about 50 kilometers per hour, it’s probably a patrol train."

With the Orient Express on Line 3, Maya checked the map and discovered that in the next 30 kilometers, the three lines would not only stay together, but a fourth line would also appear. Spider Trains also had weaknesses; they used visual sighting as the standard, and as long as the Orient Express didn’t surpass them, they wouldn’t be able to detect it.

Maya said, "There’s a station ten kilometers ahead. Once we reach the station, if we don’t speed up, we won’t be able to shake off the Number 1 Spider Train. If we accelerate, we will be caught by the Number 10 patrol train." She tried to find a suitable plan based on the information from the electronic map.

A moment later, Maya said, "No choice, prepare to engage the enemy."

The Orient Express picked up speed and soon caught up to the front of the Number 10 Spider Train. As the two trains passed by each other, Qinglang and Lin Wu picked up shotguns and fired randomly to the left. When the trains were about 100 meters apart, the Number 10 train roared and began to chase the Orient Express at full speed, but unfortunately, it was too late and could only watch its foe flee.