Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Chapter 38 The Beast Tide is Coming

After explaining the upgrade issue, Su Li checked her loot and equipped herself with a skinning knife to dismantle it.

[Obtained Storm Feathered Serpent Meat*2, Broken Feathered Serpent Head Crystal*1, Feathered Serpent Fine Crystal Skin*1

Su Li packed up the items and said to the other two, "Be careful. Even though we're on the outskirts, we might still attract Crystal Feather Snakes with the sound of our mining. These blind snakes have excellent hearing."

"If you encounter them, kill them. If you kill 100, 200, 500, or 1000 monsters of the same species, you will have a 100% chance of getting an equipment blueprint made from that monster."

"100? Maybe we can still have some hope."

Su Li thought about the blueprints dropped by the Storm Crystal Feather Serpent, and a sense of anticipation crept into her heart.

Among Iron-tier monsters, the Storm Crystal Feather Serpent is a specialist, heavily reliant on its environment. In suitable conditions, its attack power ranks among the top in the Iron-tier. However, without the right environment, it poses less of a threat than a slime.

At least the slime's acid spray is very threatening. When attacked in melee, it will spew acid spray, and it also has acid arrows at range.

However, the Storm Crystal Feather Serpent, once it loses its suitable environment, is sometimes less threatening than a cobra.

After dealing with the snakes, Su Li and the others continued mining until 5 p.m. During this time, five more Crystal Feather Snakes arrived. Each Crystal Feather Snake cub gave them 30 experience points, which they distributed, and all three of them leveled up to lv1.

At 5 o'clock, the three people stopped, returned to the train, and began to reverse.

They reversed for 20 kilometers and finally stopped in an open area.

Ivan obediently went to start a fire and cook.

Zurich and Sofia built a fortress together with stone and placed torches in some places on the outside. They then piled crystals around the torches to block the wind without affecting the brightness of the torches.

The fortress they built this time is 3 meters high and is square in shape.

The outer layer of the fortress had several cantilevered planks with ropes tied to them.

After finishing dinner, Zuli stayed in this simple fortress, quietly waiting for 8 p.m.

At this moment, all the survivors of Earth were waiting for the beast tide to arrive. As they grew anxious, they began to curse the five people.

At this moment, Su Li remembered that Lin Feng seemed to be from the same district as her. It's just that she hadn't seen Lin Feng's name for a long time.

He searched Lin Feng's name and found that Lin Feng had not made a single transaction in the past 7 days.

"He hasn't made any transactions for so many days?" Su Li asked, puzzled. "That shouldn't be the case. He used to have a lot of strange supplies, like tuna and canned cola. He scavenged a lot of things. How come he suddenly stopped doing anything in this world?"

Su Li opened the leaderboard. The top five were still the same five, and their train level was still lv6. However, the trains ranked sixth to tenth were now lv2.

"Did it hang up? Was it sanctioned? Or is it stuck in progress?" Su Li guessed.

Su Li's guess was correct; this group of people were stuck on the progress.

After reaching level 6, upgrade materials became even scarcer. Even if they offered items for trade, they couldn't obtain them.

These resources can only be collected in worlds with an energy level of 0.7 or higher. However, the highest energy level this time is only 0.4, so these resources are completely unavailable.

The only ways to obtain these supplies are by purchasing them with Survival Coins or by opening Silver-level chests.

Silver-tier chests are extremely rare. Some players manage to obtain them using cheats or hacks, but it's very difficult for others without such cheats to get them.

Moreover, the treasure chests contain very few resources; their greatest value lies in their special items.

No one could provide the large amount of materials needed for the cheaters to upgrade, causing some of them to get stuck.

So they simply stopped trading, hoarded everything, and waited until they reached the transit station to sell it for survival coins, then used the money to buy materials from the shop.

After closing the manual, Zuli closed her eyes to rest and waited for the time to pass.

As the clock struck 7:40, Su Li glanced at the time and woke Sophia and Ivan, saying, "Prepare to deal with the beast tide."

Ivan glanced at the time. "Isn't there still 20 minutes left?"

“You didn’t experience the last beast tide, so you’re not quite sure,” Su Li patiently explained. “The beasts in the beast tide don’t just spawn out of thin air in your field of vision. They start gathering around the players before 8 o’clock, and then they come to attack at 8 o’clock. So we can observe in advance how many monsters are in the beast tide, and even launch an attack ahead of time.”

"So that's how it is." Ivan suddenly realized.

Sofia had already nimbly run to the top of the 3-meter-high wall and was looking outside. With her excellent eyesight, she quickly spotted the enemies of this beast tide by the light of the torches outside.

“Three wild boars, four wolves, and 21 Crystal Feather Serpent cubs. Two of them are larger and have glowing crystals on their heads, so they should be adults.”

"So many?" Su Li was somewhat surprised. "Can you handle the wild boars?"

Wild boars have a strong impact force, and Zuli was afraid that they would directly break down their walls.

“It can be solved!” Sophia said with a calm smile, a confidence that made Su Li gasp.

However, Su Li was only stunned for a moment before she reacted and said to Ivan, "Go up and protect your sister with the shield."

"Adult Crystal Feathered Serpents can unleash wind hammers and wind blades. Once the battle begins, each should do their part. Take care of the boars and wolves first. Ivan, protect your sister with your shield, okay?"

"No problem!" the reliable minor answered firmly.

He raised his shield and crouched down beside his sister without getting in her way.

This time, there was a very large amount of stone, 800 pieces, so the fortress that Liu Ang built was 2 meters thick, with each side measuring 8 meters, and only 16 square meters of living space inside.

Su Li ran to the wall and threw down the rope on the canopy. A bell was tied to the bottom of the rope. The wind outside was still at level 7, and the bell jingled incessantly when the wind blew.

The Crystal Feather Serpent is a blind serpent that relies on sound and wind to orient itself; it hopes these bells will interfere with its senses.

After dropping the bell, Su Li looked at Sophia nervously.

As it drew closer to 8 o'clock, the beast tide split into three groups and ran toward Su Li and his fortress.

Sofia squinted, estimating the distance between them, and drew her hunting bow to its fullest extent, aiming at the enormous wild boar with its huge tusks.

Meanwhile, the survivors of Stormworld also began to encounter the beast tide.

Those hiding deep within the caves were attacked by burrowing monsters and bat squads. Those inside the caves were attacked by wild animals. Those hiding near the caves or in the valleys suffered the worst fate, being attacked by 2-4 adult Storm Crystal Feathered Serpents that came to hunt in their wind-riding form, almost certainly dying.

The number of remaining users in the chat room began to decrease gradually, and the rate of decrease accelerated as time went on.