"I have the accessory blueprint for the train’s headlight here. What price can you offer?"
A straightforward question.
"What price do you want?"
"5000 units of iron ore."
"That’s too high. The blueprint for a white accessory isn’t worth that price."
"You’re currently ranked first in the wasteland train leaderboard; you surely don’t mind this amount of iron ore."
"True. Send me your train’s coordinates, and I’ll deliver it to you."
Inside the train compartment, Chen Mang slightly squinted his eyes, playing with the item in his hand—a sharpened branch with brown bloodstains on it.
This was a simple tool he crafted on his third day after crossing into this world for self-defense.
With this branch, he once killed a man who came to provoke him.
Although with the train’s current power, he no longer needed this branch, it held a special sentiment for him, during those days when he had no sense of security and could die in the wasteland at any moment.
This ordinary branch gave him a faint and only sense of security.
He didn’t mind visiting this person once, and would also rescue some survivors from that person’s train, as he no longer worried about being unable to support slaves. All the underground iron ore in the Tieling Wasteland belonged to him; he only worried about not having enough slaves.
However, the other side didn’t reply immediately, but after a long time, responded again.
"1000 units of iron ore, is that okay?"
Chen Mang suddenly smiled. It seemed this person had a sudden realization, or perhaps there was a wise person guiding them nearby.
Through remote trading, after placing 1000 units of iron ore on one side of the balance, the transaction was quickly completed, saving him a trip.
Upon receiving the accessory blueprint, he immediately placed it on the control panel. As the blueprint dissolved into white dots and integrated into the control panel, the train soon acquired the authorization to craft this accessory.
He actually... always had a suspicion.
Could it be that all trains actually had the ability to craft all accessories, and the blueprint was merely a key to unlock this authorization?
Rather than the blueprint itself bestowing the technology to manufacture the accessory to the train.
Though just like the chicken-and-egg problem, it’s a pointless thing to ponder.
But he couldn’t help but think about it.
A white accessory. He had seen several trains with this accessory. It wasn’t particularly rare, but for some reason, he didn’t have it.
It could not only be placed on the front of the train.
It could also be mounted on various areas outside the train carriages.
He crafted three of them, placing them at the front, middle, and the last carriage of the train.
And consumed 4400 units of iron ore to upgrade the "Train Headlight" at the front to Level 10. Upgrading the accessory didn’t increase the brightness of the headlight; it only reduced energy consumption.
The accessory itself could switch between high beams and diffuse light.
The effect was still quite strong.
And two supermodel effects were acquired.
"Train Headlight Level 5 Supermodel Effect": Consuming one Energy Stone can instantly emit a blinding flash of light. The strong light’s effect depends on the grade of the Energy Stone consumed.
"Train Headlight Level 10 Supermodel Effect": None.
Chen Mang looked at these two supermodel effects and lightly raised his eyebrows. The first effect was expected, just a flash effect, belonging to an auxiliary effect.
But he didn’t expect the second supermodel effect to be none.
This was the first time he had seen a supermodel effect described as "none."
Which implied that not every accessory would have a supermodel effect at the corresponding level; some accessories had no corresponding supermodel effect when reaching a certain level.
It seemed he wouldn’t need to consider upgrading the "Train Headlight" accessory in the future; Level 1 was practically sufficient, and the blinding flash effect wasn’t needed most of the time, acting as a mild control skill.
At least for now, he couldn’t think of anywhere to use this effect.
However, when all three "Train Headlights" were connected to the engine through the circuit system, the previously dimly lit cave suddenly became extremely bright, with strong lights dispelling all shadows.
The energy consumption wasn’t substantial, far lower than that of the "Oxygen Generator."
As the cave became extremely bright, Chen Mang immediately saw all the slaves working clearly, and he also saw the dozen or so slaves defecating in the far corner. Sometimes it’s unnecessary to see so clearly.
The number had reached four figures.
Defecation and urination became significant matters.
On the wasteland, it didn’t matter much, holding it on the train and defecating while the train was being repaired was fine, but in the cave, one couldn’t simply relieve themselves anywhere, so Old Pig had arranged a designated area for them to use as a toilet.
After all, with over a thousand people, not everyone can hold it, and having lived on Master Kun’s train before, it was common for slaves to relieve themselves in the carriages. If the train were in a rush, it couldn’t simply halt for one person’s urgent needs.
The train urgently needed a toilet.
But he hadn’t seen the "toilet" accessory blueprint. If it didn’t work out... maybe he’d build two refrigerators to use as toilets since they were spacious enough, and then designate people to clean them daily.
Though crude, it wasn’t unfeasible.
The "Refrigerator" truly was a versatile accessory.
When powered, it served as a large cold storage; when unpowered, it could be used as a warehouse, even a dormitory, and now a toilet. If one day he felt down, he could even use it to make soap.