"Um..."

Ai's voice trembled a little as she spoke, "Train Captain, you've really overestimated me. This is a bit too much... If I had that ability, I would first upgrade the Constant Star Train to Level 100..."

"..."

Chen Mang frowned slightly, "How did you make your voice tremble like that?"

"Oh, just a little trick."

"Every day, don't focus your mind on such trivial matters. After this matter is resolved, go and carefully study this experiment and try to push the progress a bit further."

"..."

Ai silently nodded, noted it down in her data, and realized she needed to create a feature that would let her lip twitch. At this moment, she felt that this expression would best reflect her mood.

She was indeed formidable, but not to that extent.

It's like a child who scored 100 on a primary school test, ranking first in the class, and happily goes to boast to his father. The father is pleased and assigns a new task.

Your task for next semester is to raise the level of Human Civilization from 0.8 to 5.0. You have to work hard.

What else can you do...

At such a time, one can only look to the elderly, the subway, and the phone.

...

"We'll talk about this matter later."

Chen Mang rubbed his temples and thought for a while before lighting a cigarette and sending it to his lips. He looked up at the light blue smoke drifting in the train cabin, "So, the zombies, cannibal spiders, and other monsters belong to the Insect Race Civilization?"

"It's not really like that."

Ai spoke seriously again, "To be precise, the monsters on the 'Water Blue Star' are a bit scattered. There are monsters from the Insect Race Civilization, like the 'Dead Bat,' new mutated monsters from Doomsday, and some entities similar to Doba which I'm not sure of, but definitely don't bring good news."

"As for the zombies..."

"Most of them are not monsters from the Insect Race Civilization."

"But are manifestations of the 'Water Blue Star's' anger."

"Manifestation of anger?"

"Yes, according to records in the database, a planet may not have its own consciousness, but it does have instincts: to protect its Core Energy. The Core Energy leaked rapidly due to the mechanical civilization's medication and kept being mined and looted."

"The planet would be very angry, you see."

"So part of the overflowing Core Energy would manifest as 'zombies.' The specific manifestation often uses the original beings on the planet as a template, and these zombies instinctively try to destroy the mining trains."

"In the zombies' eyes, these trains are robbers. It's like you're walking down a road peacefully, and some troublemaker comes right up to your face trying to pick at the pimples."

"So theoretically speaking..."

"These zombies can also be transformed into 'mines,' as they are made of Core Energy. But that's only in theory. The actual process is a bit too difficult to implement."

"Someone in the database had proposed this idea, but it was quickly shelved. It was too complex to research, and it didn't have much purpose since, for a civilization, even if those zombies were turned into mines, how much ore would there be?"

"Worth noting..."

"The researcher who proposed this idea later resigned."

"And these zombies not only attack trains but also attack those monsters. It's fair to say they go full blast, treating all they see as enemies."

"Is that so..."

Chen Mang nodded thoughtfully. The cigarette in his hand had burnt out at some point. He stubbed it out in an empty soda can beside him, deep in thought, ceasing to speak further. He had always thought zombies, like Doba, belonged to a defeated civilization, with their souls erased, leaving only their bodies.

Now it seems...

He seemingly understood why the Corpse Tide came to create trouble when mining back then.

If they could speak...

Not only would they create trouble, but they might also curse angrily.

"So, the Level 11 'Ancient Giant Zombie King' I encountered in the Zombie Basin is..."

"Oh, that's an elder from other planets," Ai nodded in agreement, "Now, the zombies on our 'Water Blue Star' are divided into several factions. They're mostly manifestations of our planet's anger, remnants of ancient civilizations from other planets, and some zombies from the Insect Race Civilization."

"..."

Chen Mang's mouth twitched slightly; he felt an even greater headache. From this perspective, this planet is a real mess.

So many forces are fighting each other...

It's no wonder it's Doomsday.

The apocalypse is inevitable anywhere.

If it weren't for the train, he would have perished, and he would have faced a dead end upon arriving here.

This world has no flashy fighting spirit or magic; it only has trains that have been developed to the utmost purity!

Just then—

Biaozi and his group returned.

...

"Master Mang!"

Biaozi ran over to the train cabin with a serious look and reported, "Behind those six doorways lies the same corridor. Below the corridor is a research base. We've cleared all the rooms and haven't found a single monster."

"The entire base is empty."

"There's an elevator capable of leaving this base, but it's not a train elevator; it's a single-person elevator requiring a Level 1 Energy Stone to operate. I didn't dare to enter rashly, so I came back to report to you first, Master Mang."

"The entire base has three levels."

"We are currently on the third, and highest, level. The second level has a lot of equipment, and the first level is the employee dormitory."

"Hmm."

Chen Mang nodded, contemplating, "Don't concern yourself with that single-person elevator for now. First, with Ai's cooperation, move all the equipment from the second level onto the train. That is the most important, no errors allowed!"

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