MDT Chapter 229 (Patreon)

Chapter 229: "I Haven't Just Seen a Dragon, I've Killed One."

How had he managed to sell a single Mofei Stone for 1.88 million units of iron ore?

Two major factors.

One was his source of information from Erdan. The other was that he wasn't desperate for the 2 million units of iron ore, which gave him the patience to hold out. He wasn't overly invested in the transaction.

If he'd been back in the Ironridge Wasteland, he probably would have been tempted the moment the other party offered 1 million units—too scared to counteroffer for fear they'd cancel the deal.

That kind of confidence gave him a significant psychological advantage in the negotiation, allowing him to stumble into profits he hadn't originally planned on.

Just then—

He received a message from Erdan. As expected, it was that train that had bought his Mofei Stone. They'd already begun a massive operation to mine the Level 4 iron ore deposit. According to Erdan, he could see the train captain's excitement even through the control car window.

How could he not be excited?

Even in Crisis Valley, Level 4 iron ore wasn't exactly common!

It was practically a rare resource.

A single Level 4 iron mine was equivalent to 10 million units of iron ore. Who wouldn't be thrilled to find one?

"Good," Chen Mang couldn't help but smile. Interesting. He then turned his attention back to his other accessories, ready to spend a little more. He'd spend another few million, leaving a reserve of ten million or so for train upgrades, expansions, and future armor enhancements.

Hmm.

The Internal Fire-Control System, a green-grade accessory.

After spending 1.07 million units of iron ore, it went straight from Level 10 to Level 100.

With the growing number of residents on the train, the deterrent effect of ten machine guns was no longer sufficient. A hundred should be about right. There was also the purple-grade accessory, Spatial Freeze. Though he'd never used it, he had a feeling that one day, some monster might smash through the armor and get inside the train.

A quick Spatial Freeze.

Then pinpoint obliteration.

The iron ore cost wasn't high, but he seemed to have overlooked a problem. The train hadn't been expanded yet, and the ceiling didn't have enough space for so many heavy machine guns. One hundred did seem a bit excessive.

Especially in the control car.

But he soon discovered that the positions of these heavy machine guns could be customized. This meant that if a carriage had a Spatial Door, the machine guns could be installed inside it.

That was great.

He left a circle of heavy machine guns on the ceiling of the control car and built a Spatial Door into the wall. The remaining 80 heavy machine guns were all stuffed inside the control car's Spatial Door.

Perfect.

The same was done for the residential carriages, #8 and #9.

Each carriage had two Spatial Doors on the left and right sides, for a total of eight Spatial Doors.

Twenty heavy machine guns were installed in each Spatial Door, with the rest embedded in the carriage ceilings. This ensured he maintained absolute control, even within the Spatial Doors.

As for the remaining sentinel carriages, high-level talent carriages, and so on—

They were all installed in the default ceiling positions.

For carriages like the Ground-Burst Missile, which required a lift mechanism, the heavy machine guns were all installed in the corners on both sides, so as not to interfere with the lift.

The Stellar now had a total of 15 carriages and one locomotive.

It had 10 external Doomsday Autocannons, with ferocious firepower.

It had 100 internal heavy machine guns, with even more ferocious firepower.

And upgrading straight to Level 100 had also unlocked three advanced effects.

[Internal Fire-Control System Level 20 Advanced Effect: Ammunition consumption halved.]
[Internal Fire-Control System Level 50 Advanced Effect: Increased penetration power.]
[Internal Fire-Control System Level 100 Advanced Effect: Increased rate of fire.]

The accessory's Level 5 and Level 10 advanced effects allowed it to fire blank rounds and neural-shock rounds, respectively, primarily for maintaining order on the train.

"Not bad."

Chen Mang looked at the information on the control console screen, then smiled as he turned his gaze to his other accessories. He was almost looking forward to some unknown monster boarding his train. Just when the enemy thought they had finally breached the train's weakest point, they would look up and see the heavy machine guns.

While they were still in shock, he would hit them with a Spatial Freeze and annihilate them with pinpoint accuracy!

Anyone who came would die.

Even if God Almighty himself came, he'd have to light three sticks of incense for me before leaving!

……

Inside the No. 5 female high-level talent carriage.

"..."

Yan Yao looked up blankly at the dense array of heavy machine guns on the carriage ceiling, which covered nearly every corner. After counting for a long time, she murmured, "Chuchu, there are only two of us in this carriage right now. Don't you think 100 is a bit much..."

"It is a little..."

Ji Chuchu sat by the window, dazed and a bit bored. "But that's not important. What's important is that Boss Mang seems to have forgotten about me. He hasn't come to see me in a long time."

"You're right."

…….

No. 7 Sentinel Carriage.

"Mm." Biaozi nodded with a proud expression. "Boss Mang is so thoughtful. With the increase in residents, the original 10 heavy machine guns really weren't enough. 100 is just right."

"The only thing that puzzles me is..."

"I remember with this accessory, you get as many machine guns as its level. How high a level do you need for 100 guns? "

"Can't you do such simple math?" Lao Zhu glanced at Biaozi.

"It's not that I can't do the math, it's that I don't dare to."

……

Inside the No. 15 Breeding Carriage.

"This has nothing to do with me, right? "

Uncle Li, who was crouching on the ground dissecting a female zombie with a Carriage Blade fragment, looked up blankly at the 100 heavy machine guns overhead. "Every carriage must have them, right? They can't possibly be to prevent a zombie riot."

"Probably..."

……

Upgrade, upgrade, keep upgrading!

Sitting in the control car, Chen Mang turned his attention to the remaining accessories, his gaze lingering on the Vehicle Sound System. He spent 502,500 units of iron ore to upgrade it directly to Level 100!

There was probably no use in upgrading this thing to Level 100. He just wanted to make it sturdier, to prevent its integrity from dropping to almost zero every time they fought.

Although lifestyle accessories wouldn't have the same durability as defensive ones, they would still get tougher as their level increased.

No advanced effects, which was within his expectations. He hadn't upgraded it for the advanced effects anyway.

As for the rest...

Hmm, he also took the Magnetic Harvester from Level 20 to Level 100, spending 970,000 units of iron ore. The pickup range was now 10,000 meters. Any item dropped within 10,000 meters would be automatically absorbed.

[Magnetic Harvester Level 50 Advanced Effect: Strong magnetic force energy consumption halved.]
[Magnetic Harvester Level 100 Advanced Effect: Strong magnetic force can be freely controlled. Control range is the same as the Search Radar's range.]

"Hmm?"

Chen Mang had already moved on. He had only upgraded this accessory to increase its pickup range. He hadn't expected it to have two more advanced effects, but he didn't quite understand them.

He knew that the Magnetic Harvester's Level 20 advanced effect was a strong magnetic force, with the specific strength depending on the grade of the energy stone consumed.

He just hadn't had a chance to use this effect.

He had basically only ever used the most basic function of the Magnetic Harvester.

But now, what was this new advanced effect?

"Could it be...?"

A glint flashed in Chen Mang's eyes. He stood up, took a few Carriage Blade fragments from a nearby refrigerator, and tossed them out the window. Then, as the Magnetic Harvester was activated.

He suddenly felt a sense of unity with the Magnetic Harvester. With just a slight thought, the Carriage Blade fragment outside the train began to float slowly in the air. At his command, it shot into the distance, turning into a streak of cold light.

"Huh?"

He was slightly stunned. He looked down at the control console screen, which showed that the attack had consumed 1% of the energy from the Level 3 Energy Stone he had installed.

Without a moment's hesitation.

He immediately jumped off the train.

Leaning on his cane, he stood outside the train and controlled it remotely. With a thought, the Carriage Blade fragment that had fallen in the distance flew back to him. With another thought, it shot off into the distance again!

Holy hell!

This was pure fucking Magneto!

The power depended entirely on the strong magnetic effect.

And the strong magnetic effect depended on how much energy he chose to consume.

Those two attacks had consumed 3% of his energy, worth 1,500 units of iron ore. Not bad, the consumption wasn't too high.

Just then—

The Search Radar showed a zombie horde six thousand meters away, charging toward the train. There were about 100 zombies, with the highest being Level 6, but most were Level 3 or 4.

"Perfect timing."

Chen Mang couldn't help but smile. He immediately strode back into the control car, took out the Carriage Blade fragments from the refrigerator, and placed them on the seat before speaking. "Hold your fire. Let that group of zombies get closer. Then find a way to get the guards to come out of the carriage, but don't make it too obvious."

"And then broadcast the scene of me killing them to the residents on a screen."

"Understood."

……

Xiao Ai's voice soon sounded inside the train.

"Get out here, time to work! "

Biaozi, who had been sitting on his bed, immediately jumped up at Xiao Ai's command and roared at the other guards, "Boss Mang's orders, we're having a military review! Move, move, move! "

"Zhang Yi, Zhang Er, you two, hurry the hell up! Stop eating! "

"Zhang Qi, you stand behind me later. You're the best-looking one in our team, our pretty boy. Show some charisma! "

"Brother Biao, you're the best-looking one in the team! "

"Get lost! "

Biaozi laughed and cursed good-naturedly. "Stop messing around. This is Boss Mang's first military review. Everyone, check your uniforms. This is very important! "

"Everyone, do your best."

Everyone, quite excited, quickly straightened their clothes in front of a mirror.

A military review!

Although they didn't feel they were fully ready, this was clearly a form of recognition from Boss Mang!

Immediately—

All the guards disembarked and stood in three neat, solemn rows in the cold wind, waiting for Boss Mang's inspection, each standing ramrod straight.

It was deep winter. The wind was biting, carrying with it an unknown sour stench.

Hmm? Stench?

Biaozi subconsciously turned his head. Not far away, a zombie horde was rapidly approaching the train. His expression changed slightly, and he was about to pull out his briefcase to charge them, but he quickly stopped.

Since Chief Ai hadn't notified them, it meant Boss Mang probably wanted to use this zombie horde to test their strength.

Using a zombie horde for a military review—great idea!

Just then!

The control car door was pushed open. In everyone's sight, Chen Mang, leaning on his cane, slowly walked down from the control car and came before them, a hint of gratification in his eyes. "Not bad, you all have great spirit."

"Your training these past few days has been very effective."

"Um..."

Biaozi finally couldn't hold it in anymore. He looked at the zombie horde behind Boss Mang and said anxiously, "Boss Mang, the zombie horde behind you is less than 100 meters away. Shouldn't you order us to kill them first? "

"No need."

Chen Mang looked at Biaozi calmly, leaning on his cane with both hands, and chuckled. "Remember when we were in the Memory Bank in the Neon City, and you asked me why a certain memory could sell for tens of billions? "

"I remember. You said you had seen a dragon."

"Not quite."

"Huh?"

"I haven't just seen a dragon, I've killed one."

"For example, like this..."

Chen Mang slowly raised his cane with one hand, his lips moving slightly as he said softly, "Swords... "

The next moment—

"BOOM!!"

Dark clouds had gathered above the train at some point. A fierce wind howled, and the sky instantly darkened. Chen Mang's clothes whipped in the wind. A bolt of lightning tore through the dark clouds, illuminating the world.

In that instant.

Biaozi and the others saw Boss Mang, his features sharp and distinct under the lightning, a hint of arrogance in his eyes.

And...

Behind him, hundreds of Carriage Blade fragments were floating in mid-air.

The zombie horde was now only a few meters from Boss Mang.

Just then!

"...Come!"

As Boss Mang's clear voice rang in their ears, he slammed his cane into the ground. The hundreds of Carriage Blade fragments floating in mid-air, as if imbued with souls, turned into countless sharp blades and shot toward the zombie horde behind him at a speed that was hard to see with the naked eye!

Schlick, schlick

The sound of countless fragments piercing through flesh echoed.

When the thunder subsided.

The zombie horde behind Boss Mang had all fallen to the ground, not a single one left alive. The closest zombie was only two meters away. And throughout the whole ordeal, Boss Mang hadn't even looked back, not even a twitch of his eyelid.

"Work hard."

Chen Mang looked calmly at Biaozi and his men and chuckled. "In the future, I'll teach you this dragon-slaying technique."

"A man has to kill a dragon in his lifetime."

With that, he didn't linger and walked back to the control car alone.

Leaving Biaozi and his men standing there, completely stunned and bewildered.

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, Biaozi finally came to his senses. He turned in disbelief to look at the scene behind him and said in a trembling voice, "Did... did you see that? "

"Boss Mang just..."

"Boss Mang just performed a magic spell? "

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