MDT Chapter 144 Part 1 (Patreon)

Chapter 144 Part 1: A Full Harvest

Chen Mang looked at Duo Ba, who had already started digging a pit, then at this goblin train. He didn't plan to use the Geocentric Furnace to devour this abandoned train. An abandoned Level 2 or 3 goblin train wouldn't yield much iron ore even if he devoured it.

What's more, Duo Ba was still crying over there.

If he went up and devoured this train, it would be like digging up the deceased's grave in front of the family, then scattering the ashes.

The team would be hard to lead in the future.

These goblin remains had been placed here for who knows how long. Duo Ba just gently knocked them a few times with his pickaxe, and the goblin skeletons scattered to the ground. The bones in their arms were completely fused with the train. This was very difficult to remove; he could only pry it out.

Chen Mang leaned on his cane, unconsciously rubbing the round ruby at the top, looking at the dark depths in the distance, his expression dazed as he remained silent.

Soon.

Duo Ba had already thrown all the goblin remains into the pit and built a small mound. Only then did he walk to Chen Mang with red eyes, lowered his head, and said hoarsely, "It's a pity. If they had also met you, sir, they might not have ended up so miserably."

"Mm."

Chen Mang nodded and didn't say much, just took Duo Ba and Xiao Ai back to the control car and continued to explore the dark distance.

Thirty minutes later.

"Bang!"

The Stellar slammed heavily into a wall. The high-speed rotating drill pressed against the wall and began to destroy it. However, after a full five minutes, the wall in front of him still showed no reaction.

Sitting in the control car, Chen Mang looked at the wall made of soil in front of him. He had already reached the edge of this space. In front of him was an extremely tall wall. He had flown to a height of 5,500 meters and still couldn't cross this wall.

It was the same underground.

His drill had already been upgraded to Level 50. Even the wall of that flesh and blood map, he could forcibly drill into it.

But in front of this wall, it seemed to have no effect at all.

This was the end.

He slowly retracted the drill and didn't try again. At this rate, even if he upgraded the drill to Level 100, he probably wouldn't be able to break this wall. He found that he seemed to have developed a bad habit.

Before, when he encountered a wall he couldn't get past, like a regional barrier, he would basically just take a detour or give up.

But after getting a Level 50 drill, he wanted to drill anything he saw.

What if he broke it?

"Let's go back."

Chen Mang shook his head and pulled his thoughts away from the wall in front of him. This was clearly the boundary of this map. To break it from the inside, not to mention the difficulty, even if he did break it, he probably wouldn't have a good outcome…

He didn't return the way he came. Instead, he drove along the edge of the wall.

An hour later.

The Stellar returned to Biaozi and the others. With the headlights on, the view finally brightened again.

And the train residents who had been on edge also finally relaxed.

Along the way, besides that abandoned goblin train, he hadn't seen any other goblin trains. He had seen quite a few goblin remains scattered on the ground.

They weren't complete bodies—scattered hand bones, leg bones, and skulls were strewn about, most buried underground with only sharp corners poking out.

His original guess was that the "Goblin's Tomb" space might be circular.

He never expected it to be a perfect square.

He had followed the wall back. The length and width were consistent, the corners were right angles—a standard square. As for underground, after drilling another 6,000 meters, he once again encountered the wall that lay horizontally beneath the earth, the edge of the map.

The Stellar could only fly up to 5,500 meters. If he wasn't mistaken, the height was probably also 6,000 meters.

The entire Goblin's Tomb was just this place. The area wasn't too large, like a space independent of the planet, with no sun, no light, no clouds, and no weather changes, but there was no lack of oxygen.

Returning to the coordinates, Chen Mang leaned back in his chair, lost in thought, and said nothing.

He hadn't found a Level 4 iron mine; the highest was only Level 3. There was no need to change locations. This place was enough. Now, he just had to wait patiently for another forty-something hours.

He glanced at the Train Radio.

No one had chatted for a long time. Since entering this area, he had completely lost contact with the outside world.

He then stretched lazily before walking toward the "Combat Training Virtual Space."

Time to train and enhance his comprehensive physical fitness.

A man had to be tough.

Soon—

Forty-eight hours had passed.

The moment the countdown ended, the thirty-meter-high portal reappeared in front of the Stellar. The center of the portal was like the Milky Way, looking deep and beautiful.

All the train residents had already boarded and were waiting.

The moment the portal appeared, the Stellar drove through.

After passing through the portal, the Stellar appeared on the Sand River Plains again. As the portal closed, the sky was full of stars, and the surroundings were quiet. The past two days felt like a dream.

If it weren't for the large amount of iron ore loaded on the train, a full harvest, he might have thought he was dreaming.

"So good."

Chen Mang looked at the 4.9 million units of iron ore on the train's panel, the corner of his mouth curling up. The "Goblin's Tomb" not only had iron and copper mines but also lumberyards. He hadn't chosen the copper mines; after all, iron ore was a higher priority.

But there were only these three types of mines, no rare resource mines like "Crimson Heart Ore."

It was a pity he could only enter once a month.

If only he could go in again.

Wait—

He looked at the "Civilization Order" in the drawer of the control console. If he went to the Goblin Ruins again, completed another S-rank mission, wouldn't he get another Civilization Order and be able to go in again?

He certainly couldn't go in himself.

But he could let other trains go in.

Without hesitation, he immediately had Xiao Ai call Biaozi to the control car.

…..

All the residents had fallen into a deep sleep. Even with an unlimited supply of cola, working continuously for 48 hours was considerable torment to a person's spirit and body. At this moment, even if the sky fell, they just wanted to sleep.

A person's core desires were only three.

Appetite, sleep, and sex.

Among them, appetite was the most important, and sex was the weakest. Only after a full meal could one think of lust.

Only Biaozi, Lao Zhu, and the others, who had taken turns sleeping, didn't feel too tired at this time.

Standing in front of the control car, Biaozi nervously recalled everything he had done these past few days. After confirming that he hadn't done anything wrong, a bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes. Could it be about the time he risked his life to explore the cavern?

Was Boss Mang going to reward him?

Although he hadn't made any great contribution at that time, his courage was commendable, and his loyalty to the train had been perfectly demonstrated.

Thinking of this, the nervousness on Biaozi's face instantly dissipated. He pushed open the control car door with excitement and anticipation, looking at Boss Mang sitting in the chair, and said with a hint of expectation, "Boss Mang, you were looking for me?"

"Mm."

He saw Boss Mang toss a token-like object into his arms. He subconsciously caught it, and after a closer look, found that it was a "Train Token." A hint of confusion and bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

What did this mean?

Then, Boss Mang's voice sounded in his ear again.

"Take it and build a train. You be the Train Captain."

As his words fell, Biaozi instantly came to his senses. His body went limp, and he knelt on the ground, his eyes red, his voice choked with sobs as he roared, "Boss Mang, I have never had a second thought about you or the train! I have never thought of setting up my operation!"

"Someone must be badmouthing me behind my back, Boss Mang."

"Boss Mang, why don't you have someone interrogate me? I'm loyal!"

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