novelraw Chapter 103: Little Train, Shanhai Pass
Chapter 103: Little Train, Shanhai Pass
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Name: Road Repair Snail No. 1
Class: Territory Servant Beast
Description: Road Repair Snails are road-building fanatics whose lifelong dream is to construct wide, flat highways. They are omnivores that consume gravel, soil, carrion, dead branches, decaying leaves, and the like. They require two tons of water per day. Their slime has a powerful ground-welding ability, allowing for rapid surface hardening.
Skill: [Road-Building Fanatic]. The Road Repair Snail is proficient in the design, construction, and maintenance of highway systems. It automatically builds and maintains roads, capable of paving 1,000 square meters per day.
Note: The Fantasy Servant Beast is a labor-type Servant Beast with strong infrastructure-building capabilities and almost no combat power.
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Wang Yi checked the Attribute Information of the large snail at the very front and exclaimed, ’Holy cow, a road-building fanatic! With 64 of them working together, they can pave 64,000 square meters a day. If the main road is ten meters wide, that’s 6,400 meters of road per day? That’s not bad at all. Eggshell Village needs roads built anyway, and these guys are easy to feed. No need to provide them with special food!’
Just as Wang Yi was thinking this, the 64 Road Repair Snails suddenly vanished in a flash of light. They couldn’t remain outside his territory and were automatically teleported back.
’Off you go, then. Go on back and build some roads!’
Wang Yi muttered to himself, then turned his attention to the Purple Blind Box.
’The four low-level ones are done, now it’s time for the high-level one! Purple Blind Box, it’s your time to shine!’
With a thought from Wang Yi, the Purple Blind Box opened, and five options popped up!
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One: Action Hero’s Umbrella (Blue, Enhance +1)
Two: Old Overlord Learning Machine (Blue, Enhance +2)
Three: Thanos-B-Gon Insecticide (Blue, Enhance +3)
Four: Mysterious Radio (Blue, Enhance +4)
Five: Little Train (Purple, Enhance +5)
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’What is all this stuff? I choose the Little Train!’
Wang Yi shouted his response to the system. A little train appeared before him, clearly a child’s toy. It had 12 cars, looked like it was made of wood, and was painted with bright red, green, and yellow paint.
But that was just its initial state. After a golden light flashed five times, what appeared before Wang Yi was an enormous train with 96 cars, standing six meters wide and ten meters tall, with a total length of over a kilometer.
Wang Yi was taken aback. This "little" train was huge, taking up a massive amount of space. The rearmost cars were already bumping up against the mountain peak he had previously bombarded.
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Name: Little Train +5
Description: Please note, it really is a train.
Function 1: [Eerie Locomotion] +2. The Little Train is unmanned and can automatically record stations and destinations. The Little Train does not require tracks; it uses Floating Flight to cross mountains and seas. Its enhanced speed can reach a maximum of 600 kilometers per hour.
Function 2: [Ignite]. When the Little Train is in motion, its entire body will be engulfed in flames. But do not be afraid; the fire and light are merely special effects.
Function 3: [Unlimited Power]. The Little Train has an infinite power source.
Note 1: After being enhanced, the Little Train’s size has increased, and it has more cars.
Note 2: The Little Train’s floating height is only 1 meter. This refers to the height above the ground or water surface. Please ensure its path is clear of any sudden obstacles to avoid traffic accidents.
Note 3: If the Little Train is destroyed, it can be repaired by consuming Chaos Energy!
Note 4: The Little Train has a memory function and can be controlled by familiar individuals.
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’This is incredible! It actually gave me such a huge train!’
Wang Yi was ecstatic.
’What an exciting Blind Box opening! With this Little Train, transporting troops and goods will be so much more convenient. And I can use it right away—I can take this train home.’
’Brother Tongzi, can we up the excitement one more time? A Gold Blind Box, a golden legend—let’s open it!’
Filled with anticipation, Wang Yi opened the final Gold Blind Box.
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DING! The One Box, Many Openings Talent has been activated. Calculating 8 opening results for the current Chaos Blind Box.
DING! The Box Opening Enhancement Talent has been activated, granting item enhancements.
One: Essence-Stabilizing Pill (Purple, Enhance +1)
Two: Dragon Knight Medal (Gold, Enhance +2)
Three: Reclassification Certificate for Master-level Beldam (Purple, Enhance +3)
Four: Reclassification Certificate for Master-level Witch (Purple, Enhance +4)
Five: Construction Drawings for Giant Cannon Tower (Gold, Enhance +5)
Six: Construction Drawings for Storm Altar (Purple, Enhance +6)
Seven: Chaos Egg (Purple, Enhance +7)
Eight: Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass (Gold, Enhance +8)
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’Gold Blind Boxes really are full of good stuff! Even Shanhai Pass showed up. I choose you!’
Wang Yi chose the [Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass].
The golden drawings flashed, suddenly duplicating from one to two, two to four, four to eight...
In the blink of an eye, 64 [Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass] appeared before Wang Yi.
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Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass +2: Unrestricted usage. When used, it will construct one Shanhai Pass in an open area of terrain. Shanhai Pass is a large-scale, special city defense structure. It uses Local Materials, requiring no resources for construction. It can respond to Town Recall Scrolls and possesses the passive abilities [Territory Expansion], [Local Materials], [Response Return City], and [Mountain and Sea City Defense]. Enhanced twice, it comes with 24 Fire Watch Defense Towers.
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’Huh? These Shanhai Pass drawings have no usage restrictions, so I can build one outside my territory? And it can respond to Town Recall Scrolls? Automatic Defense Towers? Man, isn’t this a Divine Artifact for forcibly claiming territory?’
Wang Yi’s spirit soared; he felt this Shanhai Pass was ridiculously powerful.
After some thought, he quickly took the 64 [Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass] and hurried to the shore of Mengbai Island.
The area was reef-strewn, but the ground was fairly open. Wang Yi took out one of the [Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass] and tried to use it. It actually worked.
As a golden light descended upon the earth, a city gatehouse slowly rose from the ground.
It was as if it had grown out of the ground. After the ancient, time-worn gatehouse appeared, an old city wall emerged, extending to the highlands on both sides and connecting with the mountains like a dam.
Then, a tall city gate appeared, Fire Watch Defense Towers materialized on the walls, a massive stone block carved with the words "Shanhai Pass" emerged, and a plaque above the gate reading "The First Pass Under Heaven" manifested...
Wang Yi watched in a daze, feeling that the Shanhai Pass possessed an ancient, weathered quality, as if it had already stood there for a thousand years and weathered countless wars.
He climbed the gatehouse to study the Fire Watch Defense Towers that came with the enhancement.
There were a total of 24 Fire Watch Defense Towers on the walls of Shanhai Pass. Each tower was 30 meters high with a brick-and-stone structure and a defense radius of 500 meters. They could automatically distinguish friend from foe and fire flaming whistle-arrows at enemies. The arrows would whistle as they flew. Each volley was a six-arrow spread, and the average firing rate could reach 18 rounds per second.
’With these 24 Defense Towers, even if Shanhai Pass is unmanned, a small ground force would probably find it very difficult to breach the city and pass through the gate!’
Wang Yi nodded repeatedly. With this Shanhai Pass standing here, he had established a foothold on Mengbai Island.
Although Mengbai Island no longer had any functional buildings or Immortal legacies, Wooden Ox Puppet and Bronze Warriors mobs still spawned there. Killing these two types of mobs yielded Spirit Stones, Wooden Ox Spirit Talismans, bronze, and other nice rewards.
’With the 600 km/h Little Train, transporting troops here will be simple. It won’t even take an hour. And if a large force attacks Shanhai Pass, it’s no problem. I can use a Town Recall Scroll to lead a large army and teleport in as reinforcements. Town Recall Scrolls can be created with the Heart of Chaos... I think it costs Ten Thousand Points of Chaos Energy per scroll...’
A thought struck Wang Yi. He could also build a Shanhai Pass on Black Stone Mountain.
Although Black Stone Mountain didn’t have many resources, its geographical location was excellent. It was near the Li River channel, perfect for building shipyards, opening a port, and establishing a marketplace. It would be a great preparation for establishing trade caravans and opening up trade routes in all directions. Since he had already taken out the Black Mountain Stronghold on it, it was only right for him to occupy the mountain.
Wang Yi then thought about building one or more Shanhai Passes in the center of his territory as well. Erecting 24 Fire Watch Defense Towers would greatly increase his territory’s defense. And since Shanhai Pass could respond to Town Recall Scrolls, he wouldn’t have to fear his base being attacked while he was out fighting on his Floating Mountain.
’Building three Shanhai Passes, and then having the unlimited-power Little Train run a circuit between them... from Shanhai Pass to Shanhai Pass to Shanhai Pass... connecting my production base, trade port, and overseas resource point. That would be really interesting.’
The more Wang Yi thought about it, the more excited he became. He couldn’t wait to put his plan into action immediately.