All the trains in Nan Yuan train station had left. After Du Gang and his group came, the only thing they saw was a waiting room full of insects.
In an open space farther away, there were insects that didn’t hide from the sun in time and were already in a false state of death.
“There are no more trains, what should we do?” Chu Zixuan casually asked, before looking at the ground that was covered in insects.
Although they didn’t deliberately go hunting, they had killed insects along the way here and accumulated a lot of red energy crystals. If they annihilated these insects in the train station, they should gather enough crystals to upgrade themselves.
Du Gang also knitted his brows. Even though he had a bad feeling earlier, he still had some hope for this place. However, he didn’t expect the place to be left with nothing—not even a single train.
They hurried to this place anxiously and collected crystals along the way, but didn’t have time to use them. Now that they couldn’t leave for the time being, they could only put an end to the insect hunting and improve their strength.
“An Ya, Ma Li—start making some food here. It’s best to find a pot and cook something warm.”
“Okay!” An Ya knew she didn’t contribute to the group and was panicking a lot. After hearing his words, she quickly acted.
“Cao Yongyi, Ji Zhiwen—you guys go around. See if there are any other means of transportation here and try to find something useful.”
After Du Gang finished speaking, he followed Chu Zixuan into the waiting lobby and started wiping out the insects.
There were simply too many insects in the waiting lobby. After clearing out one layer of them, there were another two layers at the bottom, which made it very laborious for them.
After making sure the others were far away from here, Du Gang softly asked: “Chu Zixuan, do you have any way to get to Luo An City as quickly as possible with just you, me, and Ma Li?”
It was currently noon and there were only six to seven hours left before dark. So far, they hadn’t found a way back home. Du Gang became a little anxious, and the absurd idea of transforming into a giant and running all the way back had even cropped up in his mind. However, he quickly dismissed it.
Chu Zixuan pondered for a slight moment, puckered his brows, and said: “I have nothing good. You’ve seen the situation for yourself; there are so many insects in the city. It’s still fine in the day, but once it’s nighttime, we can’t go far without a shelter that can keep the insects out…”
Du Gang hadn’t given up hope as he said: “My strength has been enhanced and my transformation time has risen greatly. If I transform and run with Ma Li…”
“Bro, that is around five to six hundred kilometers you’re talking about. Do you know that even the fastest 100 meter sprint champion runs only a little more than 10 meters per second? If you convert that to speed per hour, do you know how fast it is? 36 kilometers per hour! A distance of five to six hundred kilometers is equivalent to a top sprinter running non-stop for 16 hours, which is the same as one participating in 5761 sprints…”
Chu Zixuan spoke with a helpless face: “Even if your speed is faster than his, do you have enough endurance? Do you know the route? Don’t you need to stop and calibrate the direction? If you meet any insects midway that can move in the daytime, how will you cope…
“My advice is to find a robust off-road vehicle and drive it during the day. But before the sun sets, you must reach a county or town, and then find a place where you can safely stay overnight…”
After hearing Chu Zixuan’s advice, the motionless Du Gang started getting to work again. Without saying a word, he continued to harvest the insects. It could be seen that he was very depressed.
When Chu Zixuan saw his reaction, he couldn’t help but secretly sigh with relief.
If it wasn’t as a last resort, he didn’t want to separate from Du Gang because this wonderful grade of meat shield… was truly hard to find!
***
An hour later, they cleaned up all the waiting lobbies inside the train station.
An Ya and Ma Li had also cooked a large pot of instant noodles. None of them knew how to cook food!
Cao Yongyi and Ji Zhiwen did pick up a lot of items, including paper maps, lighters, staplers, etc.. The most surprising thing was that these two guys found a car with its keys.
Earlier along the way to the station, the group saw a lot of cars, but most of them didn’t have keys inside them. However, they were neither thieves nor mechanics nor movie actors who knew how to start a vehicle by striking two live wires together. They had gone on foot throughout the journey to the train station.
And now that they found a car that could be driven, Du Gang gave them a rare compliment.
“Well done! Now hurry up and dig in. We’ll share the crystals later and have a rest before hitting the road!”
They now have a total of 220 crystals. According to the latest distribution ratio, Du Gang received 88, Chu Zixuan got 66, An Ya and Cao Yongyi accepted 22 each, and Ma Li and Ji Zhiwen obtained 11 respectively.
Soon, all of them swallowed the crystals and closed their eyes to feel the changes inside their bodies.
Du Gang, on the other hand, secretly handed 8 of his crystals to Ma Li.
He didn’t give him any more than that because at this stage, improving his own strength was the most cost-effective. Not only that, but with Ma Li’s qualification, giving him more would indeed be a waste.
80 red crystals, each containing 1 to 3 energy points harvested a total of 166 energy points. In addition to the earlier balance of 20 energy points, he had 186 energy points.
Looking at this number of energy points, Du Gang felt uncomfortable all over.
Upon seeing Ma Li holding the crystals and observing them with a face full of expectations, Du Gang didn’t mention anything about wanting Ma Li to return the crystals that he had borrowed in the future. On the contrary, Du Gang quietly left the place and went out to look for insects alone.
Not far from the train station, he slaughtered seven insects and finally gained 200 energy points.
By the time he returned to his previous location, Chu Zixuan had already returned to his senses and looked a little disappointed. Upon seeing Du Gang returning from elsewhere, he didn’t ask much.
Instead, he instantly said: “The number of crystals I swallowed should be about the same as before your previous upgrade, or perhaps even more, but I still didn’t upgrade. The talent difference between awakening naturally and by swallowing crystals is too big!”
Du Gang chuckled and comforted him a little. He knew that the reason why he advanced fast was purely because of the system.
After closing his eyes, he added 100 energy points to Dynamic Vision.
He did consider activating Super Brain Analysis, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that his IQ wasn’t that low either. Plus, with Chu Zixuan around, this ability wasn’t particularly urgent.
In the end, he decided to activate Dynamic Vision because this ability could enhance his strength and allow him to see objects moving at high speed.
What did that represent?
It meant that he could detect more danger and even see the trajectory of bullets.
Dynamic Vision needed to remodel the internal structure of the eye, and this procedure would result in very intense pain.
After adding the energy points, Du Gang felt abnormal pain in his eyes. His vision turned dark and he instantly blacked out.