MDT Chapter 175 Part 1 (Patreon)

Chapter 175 Part 1: Eyes on the Stellar

"That must be the Stellar, right?"

On a distant hill, a man stood beside his train, holding a pair of binoculars and staring at the train mining below. "I think that's really it," he murmured.

He had gathered information from the "Sand River Plains." The slaves on the Stellar all wore orange-red clothes.

And the slaves by that distant train were all wearing orange-red.

"It must be them."

After confirming, the man returned to his locomotive and sent the coordinates to the "Reckless Bull" train. The Reckless Bull had already announced on the Train Radio that anyone who gave him the Stellar's coordinates and allowed him to find it would be rewarded with 100,000 units of iron ore on the spot.

That was a considerable sum.

Since he'd found the Stellar, there was no reason to pass up this fortune.

He was nearly ten thousand meters away from the Stellar. At this distance, the Stellar's "Search Radar" shouldn't be able to detect him, but he could observe the Stellar with his "Binoculars."

He was in an unassailable position.

"Binoculars"—a white-grade accessory craftable by a Level 1 train.

Ordinary, unremarkable.

After getting a Search Radar, most train captains no longer used binoculars.

But—

The binoculars in his hand had been found in an encounter map, and they were Level 10. He didn't know which idiot had spent eight Mofei Stones on this accessory—he felt his own heart ache for them—but it didn't matter. It was a freebie and quite useful.

From a distance and unobstructed, the binoculars allowed for clear observation.

The "Reckless Bull's" reply quickly came through the Train Radio.

"Good! If I don't fucking end him today, he won't know what 'reckless' really means!"

"Mm."

The man hesitated for a moment, then raised his binoculars again and looked at the Stellar. The ten Doomsday Autocannons on the exterior of its carriages were clearly not low-level. To be honest, he didn't think the Reckless Bull could take on the Stellar.

But he had to provide some emotional support. After all, he was about to get paid.

"Good luck."

The man glanced at his Search Radar. The group of zombies was coming back; he had to run. He pushed the control stick and quickly left the area.

He had found that Level 3 iron mine first.

But he had only just started mining when the group of zombies had forced him to flee. He had originally planned to escape the zombies' encirclement and then return to continue mining. He never expected that when he returned, the Stellar would already be excavating his mine.

…...

Chen Mang glanced at the departing train on his Search Radar screen. A Level 7 train with a Level 6 "Chaebol Energy Shield"—no threat at all. He had no idea what it had been doing, staring at him for so long.

And on the other side.

Thousands of red dots were rapidly approaching the Stellar.

It was a zombie horde.

Although it was a small horde, it contained a Level 8 zombie. This was the highest-level zombie he had ever encountered, much higher than the "Mechanical Zombie King." The Mechanical Zombie King's panel had shown it was Level 7, but it was actually only a Level 6 zombie.

He had a deep impression of the Mechanical Zombie King. It was as tall as a skyscraper, extremely domineering.

But this Level 8 zombie looked much smaller.

About thirteen meters tall. In a zombie horde, it was a behemoth, but compared to the "Mechanical Zombie King," it was much weaker.

"Hmm."

"How should I kill it…"

Chen Mang looked at the control console screen, lost in thought. The train now had Level 8 armor; that Level 8 zombie couldn't even break its defense. There was no danger, but killing it was a problem.

Use the "Doomsday Autocannons"... hmm... save some copper ore.

Let's use the train maneuver "Death Spiral."

Let's see how a Level 50 drill and Level 50 carriage blades fare against a Level 8 zombie.

The next moment—

When the zombie horde was still nearly ten thousand meters away, the Stellar started up, its speed gradually increasing as it charged straight at the horde, its target the Level 8 zombie in the middle!

As it drew near.

The train suddenly leaped into the air. The Level 50 drill and Level 50 carriage blades all extended from the exterior of the carriages and began to spin at high speed as it charged!

The width of a single carriage blade was ten meters.

Two carriage blades were twenty meters. Add the width of the train, and at a glance, it looked like a steel blade over twenty meters wide, spinning rapidly. It was spinning so fast that the train disappeared entirely, leaving only a flash of cold light.

"ROAR!"

The Level 8 zombie let out a roar and spewed a large glob of green, viscous liquid at the train.

However.

That was all it could do. The next moment, the high-speed rotating train slammed into the Level 8 zombie's chest. The moment the drill made contact with its skin, a large amount of minced meat began to scatter in the air.

The physical strength of a Level 8 zombie was still quite formidable.

It wasn't instantly pierced, but that was all.

Three seconds later, the drill had forcibly bored about thirty centimeters into the Level 8 zombie's body.

The Level 8 zombie, in pain, roared and slammed its fists at the train that was spinning like a drill in its chest. Its fists slammed into the carriage blades.

"CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!"

The sound of blades and bones colliding rang out. Its two arms were instantly shattered, and blood flew everywhere.

Sometime later.

The Level 8 zombie had vanished. Only a rain of flesh and blood fell from the sky, without a single recognizable piece of meat remaining. It was as if it had been thrown into a meat grinder and completely pulverized.

Chen Mang stared intently at the data flashing across the control console. The "Death Spiral" maneuver, activated with a Level 50 drill and Level 50 carriage blades, had no problem killing a Level 8 monster. The damage was sufficient.

It just wasn't an instant kill; it took a little longer.

The resistance felt slightly weaker than the flesh wall in the Flesh Train-exclusive encounter map in the Kunlun Mountains.

Besides, this Level 8 zombie had been relatively small. A larger one would have taken more time to kill, but it was still killable.

Not bad.

Once this Level 3 iron mine was depleted, he would upgrade the carriage blades and the drill to Level 100. At that point, he should be able to instantly kill a Level 8 zombie. Although the power increase per level for a White-grade accessory was small—far less than a Red-grade one—it was cheap.

He would never dream of upgrading the "Ground-Burst Missile" or the "Doomsday Autocannons" to Level 100.

Several lines of text flashed across the screen.

[Corrosive liquid detected on armor.] 

[Mechanical Nano-Spiders standing by for production.] 

[Level 5 Armor Advanced Effect: Immunity to corrosion from liquids, mists, swamps, etc.] 

[Armor undamaged.] 

[External Sound System integrity at 22%, Magnetic Harvester integrity at 19%.]

[Mechanical Nano-Spiders initiating repairs.]

Without the Level 8 zombie, the horde was just a disorganized mob. The Doomsday Autocannons precisely eliminated a dozen or so Level 6 zombies, and Biaozi and his men leaped from the carriages to engage the rest.

The Green-grade "Armor" was incredibly useful, but its one weakness was that it only protected the train itself.

Accessories mounted on the exterior of the armor, like the "External Sound System" and "Magnetic Harvester," were left exposed.

In this regard, it was inferior to an energy shield, which could completely protect these external components.

This meant—

Almost every time he fought, the sound system and the magnet took damage. Fortunately, their levels were high enough that even as lifestyle accessories, they had some defensive capability and weren't destroyed outright. They were only damaged and could be repaired by the Mechanical Nano-Spiders.

But it happened every single time, and he was getting tired of it.

This Level 8 zombie, having come all this way, had delivered a Green-grade accessory blueprint.

"Single-Soldier Flamethrower Production Line."

Not bad.

A personal weapon useful in certain combat environments. Better than nothing. He had no intention of selling the blueprint. No matter how useless a blueprint seemed, he would always craft it to see its Advanced Effects.

Selling it would be a complete waste.

If he couldn't use it, a crew member could. If they couldn't, it would eventually find a use.

"Hm?"

Just then—

Chen Mang noticed a train speeding away in the opposite direction. The Search Radar identified it as the "Reckless Bull"—the one he had a rivalry with. He just smiled and didn't give chase.

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