Translator: AnubisTL
"Impressive burst power, but lacking stamina."
Inside the Stellar Train Compartment, Chen Mang, seated at the control panel, glanced at the rearview mirror. The two rabbits, now visibly tiring, had slowed down. He narrowed his eyes slightly.
These monsters, resembling Redskin Rabbits, possessed terrifying burst power, reaching peak speeds that rivaled his Stellaris.
They appeared to lack any ranged attacks.
Their stamina, however, was lacking. After maintaining peak speed for only half an hour, their speed had gradually waned. Now, they could only maintain a top speed of 150 km/h. Just then—
"Hmm?"
Chen Mang noticed dozens of new red dots appearing at the forefront of his Target Acquisition Radar screen. They were none other than the Tier 1 Train he had passed earlier. Immediately, he sounded a long blast of the train's horn to warn them. While these Tier 3 Monsters were merely a nuisance to him, they posed a catastrophic threat to the Tier 1 Train.
In the past, the train conductor of the "King of Electronic Music Train" had sounded a similar warning to him in such a situation. Now, Chen Mang was passing on this tradition.
The next moment!
He saw the Tier 1 Train already accelerating rapidly, fleeing into the night just as he had done on that day.
Chen Mang glanced at the two Red-skinned Rabbits in the rearview mirror again. He'd assumed the monsters might be distracted by the Tier 1 Train, since it was moving so slowly and seemed like an easy target. But perhaps he'd underestimated the resentment that comes from having one's pleasure interrupted.
From start to finish, the rabbits hadn't even spared the Tier 1 Train a glance. Their eyes remained bloodshot, their faces contorted with rage as they clung tightly to the Stellaris's tail.
"I don't remember rabbits being this vindictive," Chen Mang muttered, watching the scene unfold.
"..."
Inside the Tier 1 Train, the young man with snow-white hair watched the distant Stellaris and the two lightning-fast Red-skinned Rabbits chasing after it. His eyes were filled with both fear and gratitude.
He remembered the train. Just after nightfall, it had blared DJ music as it brazenly passed him by. Now, it was warning him to avoid the monsters.
Though the Red-skinned Rabbits didn't look particularly threatening, their speed alone spoke volumes. As a rookie train conductor, he was still unfamiliar with the changes in this new world. He'd learned most of what he knew through trial and error.
Whew
The young man sighed deeply, gazing at his reflection in the mirror. His hair, now completely white, had turned that way overnight shortly after the apocalypse began. Before communications were cut off, he had been on the phone with his parents when he heard the sound of zombies breaking into their home and devouring them.
The boy wanted his hair to turn white.
Someone in the family had to die.
"Finally!"
At the control panel, Chen Mang watched the Doomsday Abyss looming close on the screen. He deliberately slowed the train, allowing the two rabbits behind to close in, creating more blind spots.
The next moment—
Under the effect of the Red Accessory "Wheel Changer," the Stellaris quickly deployed its "Spider Legs" and retracted its "Windfire Wheels." The transition was seamless, without the slightest hitch, and the train's speed barely faltered.
Then!
The mechanical legs at the front of the train suddenly began to transform rapidly. Several nozzle-like structures emerged on their surface, and in the darkness, they shot out two thick strands of spider silk.
Like living serpents, the silk strands shot forward at incredible speed, landing on either side of the Doomsday Abyss and firmly adhering to the ground.
They formed a ladder that seemed to have materialized out of thin air.
The train maintained its speed, defying all physical laws as its Mechanical Legs rapidly scaled the Spider Silk strung across the Doomsday Abyss. The movement was as fluid and natural as a real spider climbing its web.
In the blink of an eye, the train reached the edge of the Doomsday Abyss.
The two rabbits behind, though desperately trying to stop their descent, were simply moving too fast. In a moment of utter despair, they plunged into the abyss, freefalling towards its bottom.
The Doomsday Abyss was a staggering 6,000 meters deep.
Few carbon-based lifeforms could survive such a fall, not even Tier 3 Monsters.
But—
This wasn't the end.
The Tier 5 "Third-Rate Heavy Machine Gun" mounted atop the Stellaris train locked onto the falling rabbits almost instantly. The Train Auxiliary AI calculated their trajectory in a flash, and the gun roared to life, its flames erupting like fireworks against the night sky.
Several bullets, like shooting stars piercing the darkness, streaked towards the two rabbits.
In an instant—
"Bang! Bang!"
As the shots rang out, Chen Mang watched the rabbits explode into bloody mist in midair. The items they dropped were immediately sucked into the carriage by the Powerful Magnet.
Next—
Several lines of crimson text flashed across the Stellaris train's control panel screen:
"Congratulations on successfully securing the First Kill of the Tier 3 Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss."
"Choose one of the following First Kill rewards:"
These lines of crimson text flashed across the screen repeatedly, but the announcement didn't end there. A line of golden-framed text slowly scrolled across the top of the screen, accompanied by celebratory fireworks. Simultaneously, a voice echoed in his mind.
Or rather,
It echoed in the minds of every train conductor in the Iron Ridge Wasteland.
That night, countless train conductors were startled awake by this voice.
[Iron Ridge Wasteland Regional Broadcast]: Congratulations to the Stellaris train for successfully securing the First Kill of the Tier 3 Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss, becoming the first train in all zones to defeat this formidable foe.
"Phew."
Inside the Stellaris Train Compartment, Chen Mang, seated at the control panel, stared at the scrolling text at the top of the screen. He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart before lighting a cigarette, bringing it to his lips, and exhaling a long plume of smoke. Amidst the swirling haze, he couldn't help but chuckle.
He was immensely grateful right now.
Grateful that he had named his train "Stellaris" instead of something like "Fuck Everything."
The name "Stellaris" sounded dignified and impressive when announced in the Regional Broadcast. If it had been "Fuck Everything," it would have been utterly embarrassing.
After the Spider Leg reached Tier 13, its second overpowered effect allowed it to shoot out two strands of Spider Silk up to 100 meters forward. These strands could last for up to an hour, allowing the train to travel steadily across them.
It was precisely this overpowered effect that allowed his train to traverse the Doomsday Abyss like a spider, suspended in midair.
However, each use consumed 100 units of Spider Silk.
Fortunately, the dwarf had given him an extra 200 units of Spider Silk that day, enabling him to employ this tactic now.
(End of the Chapter)
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