[Like you, Jade also has a Train Conductor Authority. The quality of both of your authorities was equal, which went to show the suggestion of the World Will of cooperating as a duo.]
[Due to that, Jade could also see the train upgrade requirements and already tested whether she could exchange them using the resources at hand.]
[Knowing that you could easily create those many resources, Jade wasn’t worried about running out of food and water and was eager to upgrade the train.]
[Listening to Jade’s inquiry, you agreed, "I can create any food and water I want, so don’t worry about us lacking. Since this is a Train Survival World, upgrading the train is of utmost priority."]
[To reassure Jade, you created another batch of food and water supplies. If not for the lack of area in the train carriage, you could keep on creating infinitely.]
[With your assurance, Jade no longer worried and started using her SSS-rank Equivalent Exchange talent.]
[Placing her hand on the box of canned goods, Jade made it disappear, then 100 Common Wood appeared in exchange for it.]
[Knowing the limited space of the train carriage, Jade didn’t hesitate to submit those 100 Common Wood using her Train Conductor Authority, filling up the train upgrade materials requirement.]
[With only 100 Common Metal and 30 Basic Gears left to upgrade to Level 2 Starter Train, Jade didn’t hesitate to exchange for the supplies available until you and Jade heard a notification sound.]
[-Ding!]
[{Train upgrade materials have been fully submitted, upgrading the train from Level 1 Starter Train to Level 2 Starter Train...}]
[-Ding!]
[{Train upgrade successful!}]
[-Ding!]
[{The Train Conductor Duo Zayne Voss and Jade Willows are the first in the world to upgrade the train to Level 2. Do you want to send a world announcement?}]
[Before you could ask, Jade beat you to it, "Does sending a world announcement give any reward?"]
[{There won’t be any rewards for now as this isn’t a mandatory world announcement.}]
[Jade shook her head, "Then I refuse. Only an idiot will show off and be envied and targeted by the entire world."]
[You agreed with her, so you nodded, "Seconded."]
[And with that, the World Will no longer bother both of you. However, it did inform you both that there’d be mandatory world announcements that couldn’t be refused.]
[Nevertheless, neither of you worried. As long as your and Jade’s progress was greater than the rest of the world, then they can only cope and seethe, as offending you both at that point would be a death wish.]
[What interested you both was the train upgrade, so you both immediately checked the outcome.]
{Starter Train}
{Level: 2}
{Durability: 20/20}
{Speed: 40 km/h}
{Upgrade Requirements: Common Wood x200, Common Metal x200, Basic Gears x50}
{Train Abilities: None}
{Train Modules: None}
[The stats of the train still didn’t satisfy you both, as 40 km/h is quite slow. If there were a Monster Wave and monsters chased your train, it would be easily caught.]
[Moreover, a Level 2 Starter Train has 2 train carriages compared to the one from before. So you assume that each level up should increase the number of train carriages up to a certain point.]
[You examined Jade’s condition, noticing she wasn’t fatigued, and asked, "How much more can you use your innate talent? It’s best if we are ahead of everyone and have our train at a high level."]
["Those mandatory world announcements might yield great rewards like Train Modules and Train Abilities, so they are of utmost priority."]
[In response to your inquiry, Jade felt her body’s current state and replied, "If it’s only common materials, exchanging for them even in large quantities won’t exhaust me much."]
["I’ll do my best to upgrade our train. I’ll only stop exchanging until my energy is nearly drained."]
[You nodded, "That’s fine by me. If we can upgrade our train with your help, then I’ll let you stay and recuperate on the train during the station stop."]
[With the agreement you both have, Jade started exchanging the food and water supplies for train upgrade materials.]
[Whenever the supplies ran short, you’ll create more using your Unlimited Food Creation talent.]
[And so, this continued until only 10 minutes were left for the station stop.]
[Jade was so exhausted that she was lying on the train seats without any care for her image.]
[However, with Jade’s assistance, you submitted the last upgrade materials, and a notification sounded.]
[-Ding!]
[{Train upgrade materials have been fully submitted, upgrading the train from Level 4 Starter Train to Level 5 Basic Train...}]
[-Ding!]
[{Train upgrade successful!}]
[-Ding!]
[{The Train Conductor Duo Zayne Voss and Jade Willows are the first in the world to upgrade the train to Level 5!} x3]
[Unlike before, the World Will didn’t ask for confirmation and immediately made a world announcement.]
[It caused a stir in the regional chat groups of each region throughout the entire world, but you ignored it since the World Will soon gave rewards.]
[-Ding!]
[{Train Conductor Duo Zayne Voss and Jade Willows have received the following rewards for completing a world achievement: Train Ability: Train Pathways, Train Module: Accelerator, Silver Chest x1}]
[A silver chest appeared inside the train carriage you and Jade were in.]
[As for the Train Ability and Train Module, they were already installed by the World Will into your train.]
[Checking your train status, a status screen appeared.]
{Train}
{Level: 5}
{Durability: 50/50}
{Speed: 70 km/h}
{Upgrade Requirements: Uncommon Wood x100, Uncommon Metal x100, Reinforced Steel x 50, Basic Gears x 100, Precision Gear x20}
{Train Abilities: Train Pathways}
{Train Modules: Accelerator}
{Train Pathways (Ability): Before mandatory station stops, you can choose one station world from 3-5 station options.
The information of station world options will be displayed, such as, but not limited to, available resources, difficulty, and station introduction.}
{Accelerator (Module): Upon activation, increase train speed by 2x for 10 minutes.
Cooldown: 1 hour}