Chapter 56 – Level ４, Fourth Record Broken

Resources required for levels 3 and 4: Wood5000, Iron2000, Copper1000, Rare Metal200, Mechanical Parts100, Alloy Axle1, Train Upgrade Card*1.

Xiao Wuwang took stock of the resources he had on hand; now he was only short 30 Train Upgrade Shards.

He returned to the Trading House, where 5 QBU-191 Precision Rifles (Modified) had already been sold, and 25 Train Upgrade Shards had been added to his trading space.

Only 5 more were needed. He decided not to do anything else and switched to the Chat Channel.

Wuwang Kuangzun: [Listed Level 1 rifles in the Trading House, uniform price of 5 Train Upgrade Shards each. Some of the better guns have Traits, first come, first served!]

After posting several advertisements in a row, Xiao Wuwang ignored the messages in the group.

At that moment, a message from a friend popped up.

Duan Zhengchun: [Big Brother Wuwang, I saw your message in the group. You finally have time! I have good news to tell you.]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [What good news?]

Duan Zhengchun: [Hehe, I used the Level 3 pistol you gave me to kill a Level 2 Storm Bear and got over a thousand pounds of bear meat. Want me to send you some?]

Level 2 bear meat was a good thing—not only did it taste great, but it also helped him recover Fatigue Points faster. So he replied: [No need to send it. I’m actually craving some bear meat. Send me 100 pounds, and I’ll trade you for it. What do you want?]

Duan Zhengchun: [I’ve already sent it to you. No need to trade. If it weren’t for the powerful gun you gave me, I wouldn’t have been able to kill it!]

Looking at the attachment in the email, Xiao Wuwang couldn’t help but smile slightly. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Duan Zhengchun was already Level 2. To advance from Level 2 to Level 3, besides Train Upgrade Shards, Mechanical Parts were relatively hard to come by.

The fact that Duan Zhengchun had killed a Level 2 Storm Bear at his last Platform indicated he hadn’t entered a tech world, so he was likely short on Mechanical Parts. Meanwhile, Xiao Wuwang had collected and broken down many cars while completing tasks in the Terminator world, acquiring plenty of Mechanical Parts. He now had over 700 in stock.

So, he directly sent Duan Zhengchun 20 Mechanical Parts.

This was equivalent to trading one Mechanical Part for 5 pounds of bear meat, a fair value.

After sending them, he replied to Duan Zhengchun: [I sent you 20 Mechanical Parts as payment for the bear meat.]

Duan Zhengchun: [Big Brother Wuwang, you really are as principled as ever. In that case, I won’t stand on ceremony. I happen to be short on Mechanical Parts.]

After dealing with Duan Zhengchun’s message, Xiao Wuwang moved on to the next person’s message.

This was from Si Shui Liu Nian, whom he hadn’t been in contact with for a while.

Si Shui Liu Nian: [Big Shot Wuwang, I saw you were collecting Intelligent Chips in the group yesterday. Are you still collecting them? I happen to have one on hand.]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [If you have an Intelligent Chip, you should prioritize using it on your locomotive. An Intelligent Locomotive can provide a lot of convenience.]

Si Shui Liu Nian: [The locomotive already has one installed. I have an extra one now.]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [If you really have an extra, I’ll definitely take it. In fact, I’m collecting them long-term—the more, the better. What do you want in exchange?]

Si Shui Liu Nian: [Do you still have any stronger guns? The two Level 1 guns you gave me before are starting to fall behind.]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [Then I’ll trade you a Level 3 rifle for it.]

Si Shui Liu Nian: “Wow! Then I must have struck gold again. You just traded a Level 3 pistol for an Intelligent Chip yesterday, and a rifle is worth much more than a pistol.”

Wuwang Kuangzun: “I think it’s worth it. As long as you have an Intelligent Chip, I’ll trade you a weapon one level higher than yours.”

Si Shui Liu Nian: “Haha! Then I’ll never run short of weapons in the future?”

Wuwang Kuangzun: “Provided you have Intelligent Chips, of course!”

Si Shui Liu Nian: “That’s no problem. I’ve realized that as long as I have powerful weapons, Platform challenges become much easier, and gathering various resources is simpler too. Even if I can’t obtain Intelligent Chips directly, I’ll have enough resources to trade for them.”

Wuwang Kuangzun: “As long as you don’t feel it’s a loss, that’s fine. I’ll send the rifle to you in a moment.”

Si Shui Liu Nian: “No rush. I’ll mail the chip to you first.”

Xiao Wuwang exited the Chat Channel. He hadn’t expected this unexpected gain. One more Intelligent Chip could mean one more intelligent robot in the future—a significant boost!

Combined with the one from the crate, he now had two Intelligent Chips in hand.

Returning to the Trading House, he saw that two more rifles had been sold.

The remaining seven QBU-191 Precision Rifles (Modified) lacked Traits and would likely be difficult to sell in the short term.

After extracting the 10 Train Upgrade Shards, the number of Train Upgrade Shards in his Portable Space reached 105.

When the quantity of Train Upgrade Shards in the Portable Space reached 100, forming a full set, a Notice popped up—

【Synthesize 100 Train Upgrade Shards into one Train Upgrade Card?】

【Yes/No】

“Yes!”

With the Train Upgrade Card, he had now gathered all the upgrade materials.

But he couldn’t upgrade just yet.

Because the Alloy Axle was still being used to Derive a Blueprint on the Artisan Workbench and wouldn’t be completed until after 9 p.m.

He still had to wait three or four hours.

Xiao Wuwang hadn’t expected to gather the upgrade materials so smoothly.

For the next few hours, Xiao Wuwang continued to upgrade items whenever his Fatigue Points recovered.

First, he upgraded one QBU-191 Precision Rifle (Modified) to Level 3 and mailed it to Si Shui Liu Nian.

He then focused the remaining Fatigue Points on upgrading the Crafting Station.

The Crafting Station he had was Level 1, Fine Quality. After upgrading it to Level 3, he used a Primary Quality Enhancement Card and then raised it to Level 4!

Upgrading the Crafting Station consumed an enormous amount of Fatigue Points, even more than Supply Crates. After upgrading the Level 3 Crafting Station with full Fatigue Points, his Fatigue Points plummeted to just 15 before stopping.

But it was finally successfully upgraded.

Once the train upgrade was complete, he could use the Artisan Workbench to Derive the Blueprint for a Level 4 Crafting Station.

With the Level 4 Crafting Station Blueprint, he could mass-produce Level 4 Crafting Stations, laying the foundation for building an industrial system.

After upgrading the Crafting Station, Xiao Wuwang proceeded to upgrade the Level 2 Fine Quality Configuration Station to Level 4 as well.

The Configuration Station was for preparedness. Once the industrial system was more or less established, Xiao Wuwang could begin researching and producing Evolution Potions.

To quickly enhance personal strength, Evolution Potions were undoubtedly a fast and effective path.

This was also a key focus for top players in the mid-to-late stages.

And here was Xiao Wuwang, still in the novice phase, already laying out such forward-thinking plans, putting him far ahead of the vast majority of players.

As time passed, night quietly fell, and the blueprint derivation of the alloy axle was finally completed.