Chapter 657 - 313 Challenge_3
As for the stations, there weren’t many surprises or shocks, averaging one station every 1.5 hours, most of which were ordinary coal-adding and medical treatment stations. Maya discovered that the functions of the stations could change. For example, the first time they passed A Question Mark Station it was a medical station, but if the Spider Train passed A Station, it would revert to a Question Mark Station, and the second time through it might be a coal station.
Qinglang cooked a pot of salty rice for everyone, with a balanced ratio of vegetables to meat, and the taste was quite passable. Meanwhile, the Number 1 Spider Train would occasionally appear two kilometers away from the stations but was quickly left behind.
Lin Wu scooped up some salty rice and sat at the door of the bonfire carriage, swinging his feet on the flatbed. With Qinglang leaning to one side, the two watched the distance and chatted while eating. Qinglang felt somewhat regretful, "The route has been planned out, it seems this round of the game will conclude like this." The last day’s activity was less exciting than the previous days.
"Dawn will surely provide a lifeline, otherwise Hardcore Mode would be meaningless," Lin Wu thought of Shadow. "Shadow’s failure to reach Town 10 within four days may not necessarily be due to a lack of strength."
Lin Wu said, "Perhaps they learned about the situation in Town 10 during a previous task and decided not to take on Sasha’s mission. As long as they have enough coal and food, they could end this event as if on a vacation. Or maybe they are constantly stopping to search for resources in the wilderness due to a shortage of coal or food."
Lin Wu went on, "We traveled all the way back to Left County only to find, upon our arrival, that the base was still there, but the people were gone." Lin Wu wasn’t sure what had happened to Shadow, but both he and Maya felt that something had gone wrong with Shadow, otherwise he wouldn’t have failed to reach Town 10 in four days.
Maya’s voice came through the walkie-talkie, "An oncoming train." She pulled the train whistle.