"Where is this place again."

Sitting in the train room, Chen Mang pondered and glanced around, ultimately deciding to continue heading south. Heading north would probably lead him back to the ruins of the "Mechanical City" in the "Red Zone".

The tunnel was quite clean.

The dust had been swept to the sides of the road, as if someone was cleaning it.

However...

Just as he thought he might have to pass through a regional barrier to another area, he quickly saw the end of the train tunnel. The train had barely started up and hadn't gone far at all.

...

At the end of the train tunnel, there was a space that extended straight upward, a complete ninety-degree vertical, a bit like an "L" shape.

Fixed Star extended its spider legs and began climbing rapidly up the wall.

After ascending a few hundred meters,

they arrived at a rather large square, about 20 meters in height, with an area equivalent to two football fields, quite spectacular. More impressively, the square was filled with robots and drones.

"Damn it..."

Upon seeing these robots and drones, Chen Mang immediately realized, jumping out of the train room and looking at the hundreds of robots standing like terracotta warriors.

How could he not react?

He was too familiar with these robots, having captured two before.

When completing the Mechanical Train S-level transfer task, a large drone would carry a robot from afar, then drop the robot on the ground while the drone flew away.

When the drone came, there was a line of text displayed on his screen.

-

"Do not attack, do not attack!"

"This drone is a mission target, this drone is a mission target!"

"Attacking will result in mission failure."

-

He used to wonder where those drones came from.

Now it's clear.

If there's no exception, every area should have a place like this, similar to a pre-set program that, once someone triggers the Mechanical Train S-level transfer task, a drone will follow the predetermined program, bringing a robot to hover above the specified train.

Now he is pondering a question.

Whether he can take the things here.

This is clearly another glitch.

This 70,000-meter deep underground tunnel theoretically shouldn't be discovered. Even if discovered, entry shouldn't be possible, yet he forced his way in with a Level 100 Target Detection Radar and Level 100 Drill.

If he took the things here, people in this area wouldn't be able to complete the S-level Mechanical Train transfer task in the future.

But it's in the advanced area.

Those who needed to transfer have already done so; how many more need to transfer? Unless, like him, they're creating a smurf account.

"..."

Chen Mang squinted his eyes and soon thought of a solution: "Ai, go find a warrior among the residents, give him a Train Order, and load all those things onto the train. After the job's done, give him first-level resident status."

He wasn't sure if there would be punishment for privately taking these things.

So he thought of a clever solution.

Let another Train Captain take them, then he would rob this Train Captain. Even if there was punishment, it couldn't be blamed on him, could it? After all, he wasn't the one who took the items.

"With great rewards, there are bound to be brave souls!"

For those newly joined residents on the Fixed Star, first-level resident status was highly enticing. If following the normal route, it would take several dozen days to ascend to first-level resident status.

...

The residential area is selecting a warrior.

Chen Mang, meanwhile, got off the train alone and stood in front of the train, looking at the silent group of robots and drones parked on the ground. He realized he had become much more daring recently.

He used to never dared to get off the train.

He would stay in the train room all day long.

Especially in places with unknown risks.

Now, he dared to get off the train and take a stroll around; mainly due to increased strength and more confidence in what he did, though it was limited to within three meters only. If danger arose, he could dash back to the train immediately. For farther exploration, he planned to do so when he became even stronger in the future.

"Train Captain."

Ai's voice came from the train room: "If I were given all these robots, I would have hundreds of bodies. You might need to upgrade the 'Train Assistance AI'. I feel my computing power might be insufficient."

"It's not enough already?"

Chen Mang raised an eyebrow: "The 'Train Assistance AI' in other trains is basically at Level 3. You're at Level 20; your computing power should surpass theirs easily. If you find it lacking, how should they manage?"

"..."

After a long silence, Ai replied with a tone of grievance.

"Train Captain, you might not understand the workload I handle now. Let me roughly explain it to you; the 'AI' on other trains mainly handles 'Target Detection Radar' and 'Resource Detection Radar', not much work beyond that."

"Let me calculate mine for you."

"Target Detection Radar, Resource Detection Radar, Oxygen Generator, Central Air Conditioning—all these basic components require me to use computing power 24 hours a day to ensure oxygen levels and temperature are in normal and most suitable states for humans."

"Our train's basic components are quite numerous, far more than other trains' basic components."

"Our train has been running for so many days; do you know the specific amount of food needed every day, Train Captain? I need to consume computing power to calculate the daily life supplies required and produce them on time."

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