Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Chapter 490 Oil

Su Li stood before the golden sea of ​​fire, gazing at the enemies who were being ignited by the flames and gradually losing their life force.

Sun Lili looked at her husband, covered her mouth with one hand, leaned close to Sophia, and whispered, "Does he think he's so handsome that he's posing like that?"

"Shh~" Sofia made a shushing gesture. "He can hear you. I saw him posing in front of the mirror for a long time, so just let him have his fun."

Ivan rode over, dismounted, stroked Jin Ying's fur, and looked at his brother-in-law strangely, asking, "What's wrong? Why all of a sudden?"

"You were provoked by Ren Jianhan, weren't you? You went to spar with Ren Jianhan yesterday."

"Isn't Brother Ren no longer able to beat Brother-in-law?" Sun Keke asked, puzzled. "How could he possibly provoke Brother-in-law?"

She used to be used to it; her brother-in-law was always instantly defeated whenever he sparred with Ren Jianhan, which fueled his resentment. Later, however, he developed the life force of the Sun Wheel Sword, reversing the tide of battle, and it was Ren Jianhan who became the one feeling aggrieved.

From then on, Su Li always came back with a big smile on her face.

“Lily, you need to understand, winning is one thing, being cool is another. Ren Jianhan’s fighting ability is not as good as your brother-in-law’s, but his pomp and circumstance, tsk tsk tsk, no wonder he is called the Sword Immortal, so cool.” Sun Lili whispered in Coco’s ear.

Su Li couldn't maintain her pose any longer, so she turned to the group of guys who were loudly plotting and shouted, "You guys are so annoying! Instead of wasting time talking nonsense, why don't you hurry up and clean up the battlefield?"

The group wandered to the battlefield and began collecting supplies.

With a wave of his hand, Su Li caused the blazing golden flames to disappear.

The bodies of these catfish dragons had all been burned to ashes, leaving only a pile of raw materials.

Sun Lili picked up a piece of very resilient leather and tugged at it. "The material is excellent. My husband's craftsmanship is as good as ever. I'll make this into a latex suit!"

Su Li rolled her eyes. Since the two little ones grew up, this guy has become more and more outspoken.

However, Su Li was still quite proud when talking about her flames.

This ever-burning flame is not only incredibly powerful in combat, but like Amaterasu from a certain legendary tale (from Naruto), once ignited, it will continue to burn, fueled by magical energy and matter. It can only be extinguished using special methods.

Furthermore, this vibrant flame can also extract substances from materials.

For a monster as large as a catfish dragon, there aren't many usable materials on its body. Generally, the usable materials are the skin from its abdomen, especially the chest area, claws, teeth, tail, and crystal core. Less valuable materials include some of the better meat and hard bones.

The remaining parts are mostly useless. Su Li and the others used to just throw them away or make them into fertilizer for their farmland.

With Suli's flames, these unused materials will be burned away, and the essence contained within will be used to extract other materials.

Firstly, it saves the trouble of disposing of corpses, and secondly, it enhances the quality of the materials.

Su Li felt that the complete version of the system's breakdown should follow the same path, but what everyone was given was a stripped-down version.

Su Li also hoped that her improvised decomposition technique would eventually be able to achieve the same effect as the system, even if the fur was completely shredded, it could still be decomposed into a complete fur.

After collecting the materials, the group arrived at the edge of the asphalt river.

"Should we collect this?" A shadow claw emerged from Sun Keke's shadow, grabbing a clump of liquefied asphalt. "In my memory, asphalt can only be used for paving roads. This does look a bit like petroleum."

“Blue Star City is collecting natural asphalt. If we were low-level explorers, we could make a lot of money from this asphalt lake,” Su Li said, stating her assessment. “It would be a waste for us to spend our time collecting asphalt.”

"But when I was doing application problems on chemistry exams before, I saw a little bit of knowledge that said the formation of asphalt lakes is usually related to oil seepage, so there is a high possibility that there are oil resources nearby. Asphalt lakes are formed when the light components of underground oil evaporate during the migration process and the residues accumulate on the surface."

"Therefore, there is a high probability that there is oil beneath the asphalt lake."

"If there is oil, then it's worth staying for a while."

Their trains now run on oil. Generally, a train consumes one barrel of oil per 100 kilometers. One barrel of oil in the system is 200 liters.

The consumption of all types of oil is actually quite high.

As more and more level 6 trains become available, some players have even started a fuel business, specifically navigating urban worlds to collect gasoline and sell it.

In the urban world, a gas station can typically hold 50-150 barrels of gasoline.

Zurich and his team always carry 1000 barrels of gasoline. That's enough to travel 10 kilometers.

Because of fuel consumption issues, some players haven't reached level 6 yet. In terms of efficiency, it's really not as good as the old, well-organized train; a single piece of firewood could run 10 kilometers, which was much more economical.

Zurich has now experienced what it's like to raise an oil guzzler.

"Let's give it a try. Come on, hardworking little goblins."

Sun Keke tapped the heart-shaped jewelry box at her waist, and several little goblins popped out of it.

They had long noses and hats that were as long as socks. Each of them wore solid-colored clothes, and each person's color was different.

These are characters that are widely found in fairy tales. They are gnomes who live underground and are best at mining.

The seven dwarfs in Snow White are a classic example.

At Sun Keke's command, the dwarves dug into the ground. With a stretch of their hands, small pickaxes appeared, and after a few swings, a large hole appeared in the ground, allowing them to fall vertically down.

"What a bold digging method." Su Li wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. With this kind of digging, he had a feeling that a "dwarf trying to swim in lava" message would pop up in the lower right corner of his vision in a moment.

A moment later, Sun Keke's face lit up with joy: "We've dug a hole! There really is oil down there!"

"Really? What about the reserves?" Su Li asked quickly.

"It's extremely large. At a depth of 40 meters below this asphalt lake, there's oil everywhere."

Zurich was overjoyed and then began contacting suppliers for equipment.

Such large-scale oil extraction naturally requires more specialized equipment.

Su Li immediately thought of Shi Lei.

Shi Lei was also very helpful. When he heard that Su Li had found a shallow oil field, he directly sponsored Su Li with a set of equipment on the condition that Su Li would sell him the remaining substances after the oil was extracted for fuel.