35: Chapter 35 Military Industrial Factory Module

Su Xiaoxiao cleared her throat, opened the ledger, and began to read with great solemnity:

"First, on this train, the words of Train Master Su Chen are an absolute imperial decree!"

"No matter what he tells you to do, even if he tells you to jump off the train immediately to feed the Ghouls, you must execute it unconditionally!"

Hearing the first rule, Ye Qingyu curled her lips and muttered, "Tyrant."

"Second!" Su Xiaoxiao emphasized, glaring at Ye Qingyu.

"We do not keep idlers here, nor do we believe in any halo of genius."

"All supplies, including the mutant tomato you just ate, the pure water you are drinking now, and the hot water used for bathing, must all be exchanged by earning contribution points through your labor!"

"In other words, if you cannot manufacture ammunition that satisfies us or fix mechanical failures, you will starve here just the same!"

This rule was very much in line with the survival laws of the wasteland, and Ye Qingyu nodded to indicate her acceptance.

After all, she had absolute confidence in her freakish hand speed and mechanical knowledge.

"Third..."

At this point, Su Xiaoxiao paused deliberately, her gaze glancing intentionally or unintentionally toward the tightly closed master bedroom door at the front of the train.

The other girls, including the usually cold Chu Qingxue, became a bit more serious when they heard this rule.

"Third, do not approach the master bedroom casually."

"That is the Train Master's absolute private territory; without his or Qingxue's permission, anyone who dares to trespass will bear the consequences!"

Ye Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then rolled her eyes dramatically.

"Tch, I thought it was some big deal of a rule."

"Who cares about going into that guy's room! This genius has enough with those high-level mechanical stations in the control room!"

Hearing Ye Qingyu's indifferent tone, which even carried a hint of contempt for Su Chen.

Zhang Man, who had been standing on the side without speaking, suddenly snorted coldly.

"Little girl, you have quite the temper."

Zhang Man strode over with her long legs to a corner where miscellaneous items were piled up, and casually picked up a solid threaded steel bar as thick as a baby's arm.

She turned around, looked at Ye Qingyu, and a wild, cold smile curled on her lips.

"Since you think your mechanical skills are irreplaceable, then big sister will show you what true power is."

As soon as the words fell.

A layer of cold metallic luster suddenly appeared on Zhang Man's arms.

B-rank talent [Steel Body] activated instantly!

She was seen effortlessly gripping both ends of the solid steel bar with one hand, twisting it violently with both hands as if kneading a noodle!

"Creak—!"

A teeth-gritting sound of metal twisting rang out inside the carriage.

That solid threaded steel bar, which could withstand tons of pressure, was actually twisted into an extremely exaggerated pretzel shape by Zhang Man using only her bare hands!

"Clang!"

The twisted steel bar was tossed casually by Zhang Man at Ye Qingyu's feet, hitting the bulletproof glass floor with a dull thud.

Ye Qingyu gasped, her eyes nearly popping out.

She swallowed hard, looking in disbelief at Zhang Man's arms, which were slender yet hid terrifying power.

Is this even the strength of a human woman?!

If this hit someone, wouldn't it just hammer them into pulp?!

However, before Ye Qingyu could recover from the shock.

Chu Qingxue, sitting on the sofa, suddenly extended her slender, jade-white right hand.

An extremely pure and cold chill instantly condensed at her fingertips.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The moisture in the surrounding air was rapidly drawn away, and on Chu Qingxue's fair fingertips, an exquisitely beautiful ice lotus flower sculpted from freezing ice bloomed out of thin air!

This ice lotus looked fragile and beautiful, but Ye Qingyu could clearly feel that it contained a terrifyingly low temperature sufficient to instantly freeze an elephant into an ice sculpture!

"I am not only the chief housekeeper but also the sub-C of the train's combat group."

Chu Qingxue's cold gaze looked at Ye Qingyu, the ice lotus on her fingertips rotating slowly in mid-air, emitting a deadly chill.

"Your machines might be able to kill enemies, but in the face of true, absolute power, they are still vulnerable."

If Zhang Man's pure violence made Ye Qingyu feel afraid, then Chu Qingxue's terrifying ability to control natural elements made Ye Qingyu feel deep despair.

Even worse, even Lin Momo, who usually looked the most soft and harmless, cleared her throat gently at this moment.

"Ahem."

With just two light coughs.

Ye Qingyu was shocked to discover that the glass cups placed on the coffee table in front of her began to emit a high-frequency vibration sound!

The pure water in the cups rippled violently with strange waves!

Is this the legendary sonic ability?!

Ye Qingyu was completely dumbfounded.

She looked around at this group of "Tianhai Dance Department Girls' Group" who were stunningly beautiful and had hot figures, yet each possessed unique skills and terrifying strength.

She suddenly realized a tragic fact.

Her S-rank [Mechanical Resonance] genius halo, which she was proud of, was simply not enough on this train crowded with monsters!

Not only was there Su Chen, the terrifying king who was like a humanoid tyrannosaurus and possessed god-level Omni-Modification methods.

Even the group of women under him were all perverted high-level ability users!

"Gulp."

Ye Qingyu swallowed with difficulty, her previously held-high head finally lowering completely.

Her pride as a lone wolf was ruthlessly shattered in the face of absolute power.

Seeing Ye Qingyu's devastated appearance, Liu Ruyan, who was well-versed in psychology, knew that the timing was about right.

After giving a stick, one must naturally give a sweet date.

Liu Ruyan walked to Ye Qingyu's side with elegant steps, extended her jade hand, and gently embraced the girl's slightly stiff shoulders.

She whispered in Ye Qingyu's ear with an extremely gentle, "counselor-style" tone that seemed capable of melting ice:

"Little sister Qingyu, don't be afraid."

"Big sisters were just showing you the strength of our train, so you don't foolishly rush forward when you encounter danger in the future."

"In this wasteland, being able to meet the Train Master is our greatest luck."

"As long as you listen obediently and use your skills to prove your value, the Train Master will definitely not treat you unfairly."

The scent of the mature woman and Liu Ruyan's gentle tone caused Ye Qingyu's tense heart to gradually relax.

She finally realized her "status" on train no. 0099—currently at the very bottom of the food chain!

If she didn't quickly bring out some real skills to prove her value, let alone researching those high-level machines, she would probably have to go scrub toilets tomorrow!

"I understand..."

Ye Qingyu bit her lip, and a fighting spirit of not admitting defeat rekindled in her eyes.

"I will prove it to you all!"

"I, Ye Qingyu, am definitely not a piece of trash who only knows how to eat for free!"

After speaking, this Chief Mechanic, who had just finished bathing, didn't even have time to dry her hair before rushing back to the train's control room like a whirlwind.

In the next few hours.

Various harsh sounds of metal colliding, cutting, and welding kept coming from the control room.

Ye Qingyu worked tirelessly as if she had gone mad.

She used her S-rank talent to forcibly dismantle the core power furnace of her original dilapidated wooden train.

Furthermore, she carefully took out a precious blueprint from the tattered canvas bag she always kept close to her, which she had pieced together after a near-death experience in a high-level ruin.

When Su Chen woke up naturally and walked out of the master bedroom wearing loose casual clothes.

Ye Qingyu was standing at the door of the control room with two large dark circles under her eyes, waiting for him with a fanatical expression.

"Train Master!"

Ye Qingyu handed the parchment scroll, stained with a few drops of machine oil, to Su Chen with both hands as if offering a treasure.

"This is the mechanical blueprint I dismantled and organized for you overnight, using the core power furnace from my previous train and all my accumulated scrap metal!"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow in surprise and took the parchment scroll.

When he saw the dense and complex mechanical structure diagrams on the scroll, and heard the system's prompt.

Su Chen's deep eyes instantly erupted with an extremely dazzling gleam!

[Ding! Special building module blueprint detected!]

[Item Name: Incomplete Fully Automated Military Industrial Factory module blueprint!]

[Grade: None (Requires completion of materials and core to activate)]

[Description: The pinnacle crystallization of the old era's military industrial system! Once built, it can realize automated assembly line production of conventional ammunition, explosives, and even primary artillery!]

Su Chen looked at the mechanical girl before him, who was exhausted but had eyes shining with pride.

The corners of his mouth finally curved into an uncontrollable arc of wild joy.

This girl is truly a rare and top-notch treasure!

An incomplete Fully Automated Military Industrial Factory!

This is exactly what he urgently needs, the thing he has dreamed of to completely arm the firepower of train no. 0099!

In the wasteland world, any fancy abilities and talents seem somewhat pale and powerless in the face of absolute saturation firepower coverage.

Although Su Chen's [Omni-Modification] is powerful enough to ignore material grades and craft artifacts by hand, it requires consuming a large amount of his mental energy.

As the number of crew members on train no. 0099 increases, he can't just do nothing every day and hide in the master bedroom making bullets and grenades, can he?

Then what kind of overlord would he be? He might as well just be called the Wasteland's Number One Military Factory Director.

And with this [Fully Automated Military Industrial Factory module] blueprint, everything would be easily solved!

As long as the automated military factory is established, combined with Ye Qingyu, the S-rank talented mechanical genius.

train no. 0099 can completely get rid of its dependence on external ammunition resources and achieve true self-sufficiency!

"Good! Very good!"

Su Chen did not hesitate to extend his hand and patted Ye Qingyu's shoulders, which had become somewhat thin due to staying up late, heavily.

"You have made a great contribution this time."

"From now on, your rank is directly promoted to core crew member, enjoying the master bedroom bathing privilege and daily special supplies of pure water and mutant tomatoes."

Hearing this reward, a burst of wild joy erupted in Ye Qingyu's eyes, which were filled with bloodshot veins.

Yesterday at the "tea party," she had heard Su Xiaoxiao explain the gold content of these privileges.

That represented truly standing firm on this train and becoming part of the privileged class at the top of the pyramid!

"Thank you, Train Master! I promise to create more and more powerful weapons in the future!" Ye Qingyu bowed repeatedly in excitement, completely devoid of her previous unruly lone wolf appearance.

"Alright, stop buttering me up, go wash your face and rest, and get ready to watch a good show."

Su Chen casually sent Ye Qingyu off to rest, and he himself took the incomplete blueprint and walked quickly out of the control room.

He stood in front of the empty carriage at the end of the train, which had been half-cleared of miscellaneous items and specifically reserved.

Su Chen did not hesitate at all and directly took out the [Silver-rank random module blueprint] obtained from the first kill reward during the acid rain disaster from the system's storage space.

"System!"

"Use the [Silver-rank random module blueprint] as the base to fuse with the [Incomplete Fully Automated Military Industrial Factory module blueprint]!"

"Input one hundred tons of scrap steel, fifty tons of high-grade wood, and all the gunpowder reserves seized from Wang Meng's train!"

"SSS-rank talent, [Omni-Modification], fuse and upgrade for me!"

Accompanied by Su Chen's thunderous low roar.

The mental energy within his body, which had been fed back many times and had become terrifyingly vast, surged out like a bursting tsunami.

"Hum—!!!"

A silver beam of light, more dazzling and violent than any previous Omni-Modification, instantly swallowed the entire carriage along with the mountains of materials!

This light was so dazzling that it even pierced through the thick blood-colored fog, casting a silver-white halo over the wasteland wilderness.

Under the gaze of Ye Qingyu, who was filled with shock and obsession.

That originally empty carriage was undergoing a world-shaking, terrifying transformation under the baptism of the silver light.

The ordinary steel walls were reshaped into incredibly thick, explosion-proof alloy shimmering with a dark golden luster.

The space inside the carriage seemed to have been folded and stretched, becoming extremely spacious.

Mechanical equipment with precise shapes and emitting a strong heavy industrial atmosphere rose from the ground out of thin air like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

"Clang! Clang!"

Accompanied by bursts of low and rhythmic mechanical roaring sounds.

The dazzling silver light slowly dissipated.

A brand-new carriage, emitting a cold metallic luster and full of violence and mechanical aesthetics, was steadily attached to the very back of train no. 0099.

[Ding! Omni-Modification successful!]

[Obtained new train module: Fully Automated Military Industrial Factory (Silver Top-grade)!]

[Module special effects: Built-in primary bullet reloading assembly line, intermediate artillery shell casting station, high-temperature alloy melting furnace. Comes with primary exoskeleton armor research blueprint library. As long as sufficient raw materials are input, it can continuously produce various types of conventional ammunition and explosives!]

[Exclusive bonus: When a crew member with a mechanical talent is appointed as the factory director, production efficiency increases by 200%, ammunition power increases by 30%, and there is a very small probability of producing ammunition with mutant attributes!]

Looking at the gorgeous attributes popping up on the system panel.

Su Chen took a deep breath, his deep eyes burning with a raging fire of ambition.

With this military factory, train no. 0099 is equivalent to having an inexhaustible treasure trove of firepower!