10: The new passenger is not human

After the maintenance ended, Lin Feng counted out five hundred low-grade spirit stones and called out the system.

“Hey, hey, hey, System, I want to upgrade!”

“The number of spirit stones required for upgrade is: five hundred low-grade spirit stones. They have been collected. Do you wish to upgrade?”

“Yes!”

Does he even need to ask?

“Ding—Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading to Level 2. Rewards obtained: vehicle body expanded by one time, four seats added, vehicle body material upgraded to tin train, defense level upgraded from Common 1 to Common 2, 10 Sheng Wu Dan, 5 Advancement Pills, 10 Healing Pills.”

Putting everything else aside, the vehicle finally had seats. From now on, passengers wouldn't have to sit on the ground to cultivate.

Lin Feng didn't know the specifics of this defense level, but he felt that he should be able to venture into the Inner Circle of the forest.

But what were these Sheng Wu Dan and Advancement Pills?

“Sheng Wu Dan: Martial artists below Level 5 can increase two Qi Vortexes after consuming it.”

“Advancement Pill: Fierce beasts below Level 3 can upgrade one rank after consuming it.”

“Healing Pill: Martial artists below Level 5 or fierce beasts below Rank 3 can heal all external injuries after consuming it. For martial artists above Level 5 or fierce beasts above Rank 3, the effect will decrease as their level increases.”

The system thoughtfully provided explanations.

Lin Feng saw this and realized these were all good things!

How should he price them?

“Sheng Wu Dan single sale price is one thousand low-grade spirit stones, Advancement Pill single sale price is two thousand low-grade spirit stones, Healing Pill single sale price is five hundred low-grade spirit stones.”

Good heavens, as expected of this dog system!

“Note: Ticket prices have increased. One ticket is now one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones.”

It seemed saying “dog” earlier was premature.

But this was also good. The more spirit stones he acquired, the faster the train would upgrade.

Anyway, he wasn't the one buying.

As dawn was just breaking, the upgraded tin train appeared after the light broke through the clouds. Its speed was a bit faster than before, but it was still barely comparable to the speed of an ordinary person running.

To describe it a bit more, it was probably a little faster than an ox cart, but not by much.

“Don't run!”

“This time I'll definitely catch you!”

In the quiet forest, a burly man was chasing a fierce beast. It seemed he had been chasing for a long time.

“Woof woof.” The Little Ice Fox had an injured leg, leaving a trail of blood. It didn't dare to stop and didn't know where to go, just kept running.

Because it knew that if the person behind it caught up, its life might be over.

“Woof woof…”

It was still a baby, and someone was chasing it. Humans were indeed big bad guys!

It was about to be caught, what should it do?

Just as its strength was about to run out, a tin train suddenly appeared before its eyes.

It roughly looked like this. To be honest, the AI-generated image was a bit ugly.

It read: “Need a ride?”

It originally couldn't understand human writing, but it surprisingly understood the meaning of this sentence.

So, without another word, it jumped directly onto the train, hiding under a seat, trembling.

When the burly man caught up, he didn't see it. He only saw a train and was very puzzled: “Eh? Where did it go?”

“When did a train appear in this forest? Strange.”

He also saw the phrase “Need a ride?”, but he had no intention of getting on the train and went to another place.

Seeing that the person had left, the Little Ice Fox emerged from under the seat, letting out a sigh of relief.

“Woof woof.”

Fortunately, that person didn't come onto the train to look, otherwise it would have been exposed.

After escaping mortal danger, it began to look around. Since its mother died in childbirth, it had lived alone in the forest for several days and had never seen a train.

This train had nothing inside except for four seats. The empty space was large enough for it to run around freely.

While it was observing the train, Lin Feng was also observing it.

Through the Eye of Truth, Lin Feng identified its species. This was a Snow Shadow Ice Fox cub, only a few days old. It should have been nursing in its mother's arms, but because its mother died in childbirth, it could only go out to forage, walking alone in this dangerous forest.

Lin Feng could only discern the Little Ice Fox's experiences, but not its mother's, so Lin Feng also didn't know why a Snow Shadow Ice Fox cub would appear in this forest.

Snow Shadow Ice Foxes should live in ice mountains; that kind of icy and snowy environment is more suitable for them.

A common flatland environment like this is not a place they would willingly live.

What exactly was going on?

“Welcome to this train. Please sit tight and hold on. Please buy a ticket to board. Each ticket costs one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones.”

The Little Ice Fox was startled by the sudden appearance of the text, almost puffing up its fur.

After calming itself down, it walked over and slowly read the words.

“Woof woof? (Still need to buy a ticket?)” the Little Ice Fox asked with a pout.

Due to the special nature of this train, regardless of whether the passenger was human or fierce beast, languages and texts were mutually intelligible. So Lin Feng could also understand what the Little Ice Fox was saying.

Given that the Little Ice Fox was still a baby, Lin Feng sent the text in a coaxing tone:

“Welcome, cute Little Ice Fox, to this train. As long as you are on this train, those bad guys won't catch you! A ticket only costs one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones, honest dealing for all! If you don't have spirit stones, equivalent treasures can also be exchanged.”

After seeing these words, the Little Ice Fox extended its furry little paw, rummaged through its furry body, pulled out a beast crystal, and said: “Woof woof, woof woof woof woof. (I only have this. This is what Mother left me.)”

It didn't want to give it up. After all, it was the only memento its mother left it, a beast crystal formed after its mother's death. It originally wanted to keep it as a memento, but these words told it that as long as it was on this train, those bad guys wouldn't catch it.

Its mother fought to the death to give birth to it. How could it just be captured by bad guys?

Humans were all big bad guys, but the train wasn't.

Lin Feng scanned the beast crystal in the Little Ice Fox's hand with the Eye of Truth and was surprised to find that it was a tenth-rank beast crystal.

It seemed the Little Ice Fox's mother was a tenth-rank fierce beast!

If she were alive, she would probably be able to walk unhindered in the Inner Circle of this forest.

At the same time, Lin Feng became even more curious. How did a tenth-rank Snow Shadow Ice Fox end up in this forest?

“This beast crystal is worth six thousand low-grade spirit stones. I don't have that many spirit stones to give you change right now. How about you wait until I collect five thousand eight hundred and eighty low-grade spirit stones, and then I'll give you the change?”

The Little Ice Fox instantly became enraged. It clawed at the air twice with its little paws and said with a pout: “Woof woof! Woof woof woof woof? (Scammer! What if you don't give it to me later?)”

Humans are all big bad guys, and so is the train!

Lin Feng also seemed to feel that this was a bit dishonest, but he currently only had two hundred spirit stones, which was not enough for change at all.

“How about this, you can ride the train once every day from now on, and I won't charge you. We'll use these spirit stones as payment. When the equivalent value of spirit stones runs out, then you'll have to pay to buy a ticket to board, how does that sound?”