"Didn't Biaozi capture a group of people? Send them in to take a look."

"Yes."

...

Soon after—

Zhang Yi, piloting the Pope's Mecha, stood atop the train, holding a survivor who was struggling fiercely with a face full of fear. Carefully tying him with a steel cable, Zhang Yi slowly began to spin the cable in his hand, like a man lassoing a horse, spinning it wildly.

Then he suddenly shouted angrily.

The survivor bound to the steel cable shot toward the Time Rift like a meteor!

He disappeared instantly at the moment of impact.

Fortunately, the steel cable was still intact.

"..."

Inside the train room, Chen Mang watched this scene with bright eyes. He grabbed the intercom and said urgently, "Quick, pull him back!"

The next moment!

A man suddenly appeared high in the sky. That man had indeed been pulled out from the Time Rift.

"Is this even possible?"

Chen Mang's eyes were full of surprise. He hadn't expected the Time Rift to swallow a cannonball but not the steel cable. Was it because the steel cable hadn't fully gone in? "Quickly, bring him over, let me take a look."

Soon.

As the train room door was pushed open.

He frowned slightly, looking at this old man with a face full of white hair, all teeth lost, and an extremely dazed expression: "Is this the person from just now?"

The skin all over the body wrinkled like an old lady's shoe insole.

Like a virgin's diary, crumpled into clusters, void of words yet filled with information.

"Hmm."

Zhang Yi also looked somewhat confused at the old man he was supporting: "It is indeed him, although he's aged a lot, it's definitely him."

"Master Mang, take a look."

At this time, Old Pig came over, holding a section of steel cable: "This end is still brand new, while the other end has become severely aged and decayed, as if weathered by thirty years of wind and rain."

"..."

Chen Mang frowned slightly, remained silent for a while, and then looked at the foolish-appearing old man in front of him: "Give him two shots of stimulant and ask him what happened."

Biaozi nodded, and after two shots of stimulant, the old man seemed to revive a bit, his complexion improved slightly, but his eyes still glazed over, his pupils completely unfocused.

"Take him down to the Medical Cabin for treatment."

"I want him to tell me what he saw inside with his own mouth."

"Yes."

Biaozi quickly supported the old man and walked out.

"Master Mang," Old Pig said seriously, "based on the current information, the time flow rate inside the Time Rift is likely vastly different from here. Only a few seconds have passed here, but nearly thirty years have passed inside the Time Rift."

Chen Mang shook his head: "Then what did he eat for those thirty years? Doesn't he need to eat?"

"This..."

Old Pig was momentarily at a loss for an answer.

Chen Mang said no more, simply gazing at a component information on the control panel screen.

-

"Built-in Space Stabilizer Level 50 Supermodel Effect": When the train enters the Time Rift, the internal members of the train do not suffer from the negative effects of time passing.

-

He finally understood what this component was for.

Just then—

Ai's voice came from inside the train room.

"Train Captain, the cost of treatment is 39.2 million units of iron ore."

"Let him wait to die."

"Alright."

Deal.

Chen Mang looked expressionlessly at this component in front of him. This person was essentially finished—nearly 40 million units of iron ore, while treating Mountain Cat's wife's progressive muscular dystrophy only cost tens of thousands. This 40 million—is it for medical treatment or is it to check into reincarnation upfront?

He naturally knew the price was not reported randomly, indicating that the cost to eliminate the effects left by the Time Rift on a person was huge.

This made him even more intrigued by the Time Rift.

He had to venture in!

He certainly wouldn't dare go in.

Not to mention that this train is larger than the Time Rift, and who knows how it's determined, whether only half can go in or what. He wouldn't go in without understanding what exactly the Time Rift is.

However...

The "Built-in Space Stabilizer" is a buildable component that appears after upgrading to a Level 3 train.

Although he won't go in,

he can certainly find a warrior, use the Train Order to build a Level 1 train for them, and have them go in and see what's going on.

"Old Pig, find a warrior."

"Understood."

Soon after.

A burly man strode over, stood solemnly in place, and shouted loudly towards Master Mang, "Good noon, Master Mang, resident number 1998, officially reporting, please issue an order, Master Mang!"

"It's you again?"

Chen Mang looked at the man curiously: "Weren't you the warrior for the last two times as well?"

"I was the one who went to crack the password lock the first time, and it was my twin brother who went to move those robots the second time. This time it's me."

"You're always so enthusiastic to sign up?"

"I have a tough life!"

"How tough?"

The burly man tore off his shirt, revealing a scarred upper body: "Injured countless times since childhood, never died once."

"Nonsense, who has died?"

Chen Mang said no more, he simply took out a Train Order, tossed it to the man, and said seriously: "This mission is extremely dangerous, I will do my best to ensure your safety, but the odds of death remain high. If you return alive, you'll be entitled to Level 3 talent benefits in the future."

"Yes!"

"Old Pig, give him a Level 4 Energy Stone."

The train currently only has close to a million units of iron ore. Creating another Level 4 Energy Stone would consume 500,000 units of iron ore, basically leaving the train completely empty.

The man's train doesn't need upgrading, a Level 1 train will suffice. Even if it's upgraded to a Level 3 train, it wouldn't help. Without Unlimited Upgrade, crafting a Level 50 "Built-in Space Stabilizer"—that would require consuming so much Murphy Stone.

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