Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Chapter 261 Blue Star City 3 Years Later

Zurich stepped off the train.

This void voyage took 11 days.

The sunlight from Blue Star City shone on Su Li's face, and Su Li couldn't help but squint. "It's a bit dazzling. Isn't it supposed to be New Year's? On Blue Star, during the sweltering summer New Year, the sun isn't this dazzling."

Sofia followed suit, saying, "The Four Seasons are still on their way. Things should get better next year."

The group got out of the car together. Ivan, holding a small booklet, said to Su Li, "Brother-in-law, Coco and I are going to replenish our supplies first."

"Okay, everyone, let's start preparing supplies as we discussed before," Su Li said without turning her head. "After three years of careful preparation, it's time to move on to worlds with energy levels of 1 or higher."

"We still won't modify the train this time, so you can come back to sleep and rest at night."

After that, everyone dispersed to worship the gods, practice their spiritual cultivation, and replenish their supplies, all in an orderly manner.

Su Li arrived at the temple and paid her respects to the God of Pioneers. Just like last time, this time the God of Pioneers was still depicted as a limited-edition female figure for the Lunar New Year, wearing a cheongsam and sporting a bun hairstyle.

After Zuli dutifully made the offerings, he received a standard blessing—mineral perception.

Mineral Perception

[Capable of sensing the distribution of minerals within a 5-kilometer radius.]

Su Li smiled slightly, "I had a feeling that it was most likely this talent again."

After worshipping the gods, Su Li prepared to stroll around Blue Star City.

Three years have passed, and Blue Star City has changed quite a bit. The surrounding houses bear many traces of life, and numerous wooden plaques are placed above the shops, making it look like an ancient-style film studio.

The main reason for using wooden plaques is the abundance of wood, as the production of plastic is too low.

"There are so many more shops now! Oh, they even have 'diao zha bing' (a type of flatbread) here?" Su Li's eyes lit up as she walked over to a shop. "Boss, give me 10 'diao zha bing'."

"Alright, sir." The shopkeeper looked up at Su Li, his eyes lighting up immediately. "Oh, sir, what a coincidence, you're here too?"

Su Li chuckled, "Actually, my stop is nearby. I used to specifically go to your restaurant to eat."

"I never expected to see your shop here. I thought it was someone else copying it. Has this become a branch?"

Su Li glanced inside as she spoke, "I don't see that young man."

"Hi, that's my son. He and his wife stayed at the old shop, so I opened a new one." The owner chatted merrily without stopping his work. "Regular customer, thank you for supporting my business, here's one for you!"

Holding 11 crumbly biscuits, Su Li put 10 of them into her inventory, then strolled around the streets while munching on the biscuits.

In recent years, the lives of residents have improved a lot. The "vegetable basket" project promoted by the Blue Star government last year was very successful, and the variety of food available to residents has greatly expanded. There are also many new Blue Star dishes - referring to Blue Star cooking methods and dishes made with ingredients from another world.

In addition, there are now many small shops in the city where you can find a variety of snacks.

Su Li knew that there was another meaning behind this project: to give players a sense of belonging.

As players spend more time exploring outside, they gradually lose their sense of belonging to Blue Star City, treating it as a resting inn rather than a home.

This situation, if continued, would not be conducive to uniting the players. Therefore, the Blue Star government began to issue policies to promote the development of food, culture and entertainment, making Blue Star City feel more like home.

Su Li didn't know what others thought, but her inner circle all liked Blue Star City as it was now.

Zuli wandered around and unexpectedly came across a hot pot restaurant.

Su Li's mouth watered. He hadn't eaten hot pot for several years and didn't usually crave it, but the sight of it suddenly made his mouth water.

Unfortunately, the hot pot restaurant was so popular that the queue was incredibly long, and Su Li gave up after looking around.

Of course, he could cut in line if he revealed his identity, but Su Li felt it was unnecessary.

"Let's try it next time we come back. We'll skip it this time."

Su Li took a closer look at the hot pot restaurant's signboard. "Specializing in snake meat hot pot and mushroom hot pot? That makes sense; those are the two most common dishes in Blue Star City."

All of this is naturally due to Orochi-sama and the newly added Tree Mushroom-sama from the previous year.

Three years have passed, and in addition to the Radiant Venerable and the Great Serpent Venerable, the Jade Rabbit Venerable representing the moon, the Tree Mushroom Venerable representing wood, and the Qilin Venerable representing earth have been added.

The sun and moon are complete; only metal and fire are missing from the five elements.

Speaking of which, the title "XX-Zun" originated from the Orochi-Zun. The original kin of the Abyss Orochi, the Orochi was referred to as "Orochi-Zun" by Ockham. At that time, Ockham's last king revived and interacted with Zheng Hongyuan and his group for a period of time.

Ockham kept calling him "Great Serpent Lord," and Zheng Hongyuan and the others followed suit.

Then, it spread from Zheng Hongyuan and his group towards the Blue Star government, and from various liaisons towards the players. Finally, these elemental beasts were collectively referred to as "xx Venerables."

Considering that gods truly exist in this world, many names cannot be used carelessly; words like "god" and "saint" are best avoided. Therefore, this form of address was officially adopted.

The first to integrate were the Great Serpent Lord and the Radiant Lord, followed by the Tree Mushroom Lord. The Moon Rabbit Lord and the Qilin Lord were only integrated into the Blue Star Civilization in the first half of the year, and their influence has not yet been manifested.

Over the past three years, through adjustments made by the will of the Blue Star civilization, the originally circular Blue Star City world bubble has been transformed into the shape of an upside-down bowl, making the entire Blue Star City resemble the mythical world of a round heaven and a square earth. Blue Star City is located at the center of the world, submerged in seawater.

The current Blue Star City is divided into residential and production areas. The original Blue Star City was located in the very center, where most of the residents lived. Surrounding the residential areas were scattered production areas, which were reassembled after the world fragments of the various Venerable Ones were transported.

The fragments of the Radiant Being's world possess powerful purifying abilities. Therefore, they are primarily used for constructing factories for production.

The world fragments of Orochi and Tree Mushroom, when combined, create a very fertile area suitable for breeding and planting.

Only a portion of the world fragments of the Moon Rabbit and Qilin have been integrated. One is peaceful and serene, which the Blue Star government plans to use as a training base for professionals. The other is rich in minerals and is adjacent to an industrial zone.

Beyond the land lies the ocean. That is the territory of the Great Serpent Lord.

These mythical beasts are currently living a very comfortable life in Blue Star City.

Orochi-sama lives in the ocean beyond the land. This great god is very lazy and spends most of his time sleeping.

However, Orochi loved music, so the planet Earth would prepare a concert for him every year. Whenever a concert was held, Orochi would rest his enormous head against the concert hall's edge, listen to the music with his eyes half-closed, and when he got into the mood, he would join in with his own horn-like voice.

The first time Orochi played a duet was a disaster. Orochi's voice contained ultrasonic waves, which caused discomfort to those who heard it.

The person in charge at the time was dumbfounded, thinking that he had angered Orochi and even wanted to commit seppuku.

Only a few high-level players were unaffected and enjoyed listening, even clapping and cheering afterward.

It was later confirmed that Orochi was not angry at the time.

Ultrasound refers to sound waves that are beyond the range of human hearing. However, to the snake people of Ockham, the Great Serpent's song was still within the audible frequency range.

When the Great Serpent Lord opened his mouth to sing, he sang an Occam's Song, which is just ultrasound and infrasound to humans, and is simply unbearable.

After singing for a while, the giant serpent realized something was wrong and stopped singing, looking rather embarrassed. It then gifted everyone present with Pure Water—a powerful item highly beneficial to water-based cultivators and capable of purifying negative status effects.

After delivering the compensation, the giant serpent slunk away. For the next year, people frequently saw a water elemental serpent shimmering with golden light wandering around the city. At first, people were quite afraid, but as time went on, some noticed that the scales of this water elemental serpent were remarkably similar to those of the giant serpent.

As everyone guessed, this was Orochi's water clone. Since Orochi wanted to travel incognito, everyone was happy to play with it.

A year later, Orochi returned to the concert full of confidence. This time, his singing lacked infrasound and ultrasound; the unique arrangement, belonging solely to the world of Occam, fully demonstrated Orochi's high level of musical skill.

How tall is it?

It's as tall as a giant serpent standing upright!