System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 805 - 329: "Reach the Peak, or Die.

"..."

Chen Mang squinted slightly, standing silently without speaking. Although he wasn’t sure of the exact reason, it could now be determined that the miner in front of him likely had some connection to the unknown Level 9 ore field.

Maybe an illegitimate child.

Or perhaps for other reasons.

It’s hard to say.

The cosmos is so vast that anything is possible.

A single Level 9 iron ore is one billion units of iron ore; a Level 9 ore field would have at least tens of trillions of iron ore units, he had never come into contact with Level 9 iron ore, so he wasn’t aware of its abundance.

But he knew.

A Level 6 iron ore contains a billion, and a Level 7 iron ore contains ten billion.

If you extrapolate from this.

Then a Level 8 iron ore contains a hundred billion, and a Level 9 iron ore contains one trillion.

Trillions.

This amount of resources already reaches the reserve level of an entire civilization’s resources, but in the civilization of the other party, it’s merely a privately contracted mine by a train captain, which means... this civilization is at least at Level 5, if not Level 6.

Seeing the whole autumn through a single leaf, glimpsing the large through the small, indeed this is the case.

An advanced civilization.

This will be the first advanced civilization he has ever come into contact with, or rather... the first still-living advanced civilization. The "Nia Civilization" was the highest-level civilization he ever encountered, but unfortunately, the Nia Civilization had long faded into the river of history.

He was eager to glean from the other party’s mouth some more truths about this universe, more information about civilizations, resource zones, cosmic rules, and so on.

Within advanced civilizations.

Even just a train captain contracting a ore field would likely know more information than he does, not to mention, in any civilization, someone capable of contracting a mine is by no means just an ordinary person.

It’s just...

The risk is extremely high, as he, after all, hailed from humble beginnings, and has never survived in an advanced civilization. He is somewhat worried about revealing his identity as someone from a low-level civilization, and a bit concerned that the other party could somehow ascertain his cosmic coordinates.

The benefits and risks are equally significant!

Although theoretically speaking, even if the other party ascertained his coordinates, it’s unlikely they would seek him out, as the resource consumption would be too high, completely outweighing any potential gain, but one can never be sure in such matters.

Just like how humans enjoy blowing up a cesspool with a cannon.

Would it bring any benefit?

No.

Would it consume wealth?

Yes.

So why blow it up?

Because they want to.

Beyond the rule of benefit, there are many logics in doing things, one unpredictable one is wanting—what if they just wanted to play with him; whom would he even reason with then?

"..."

After a long silence, Chen Mang turned his head towards Ai: "Take him down to rest for a while, Old Pig, come with me."

...

Fifteen minutes later.

Chen Mang, through the fridge, arrived at the "Starfire Civilization," a Third-level Civilization dwelling on the "Giant Turtle," the highest-level civilization that maintains friendly relations with human civilization. Perhaps from their mouths, some rules of conduct about advanced civilizations could be obtained.

This civilization has now passed through the wormhole and left the Nia Star System.

Now in a place unknown to him.

"Look."

Chen Mang walked up to the wooden house located in the middle of the fields, yet before he could even speak, the leader of the Starfire Civilization, an elder appearing quite ancient, stood outside the wooden house, pointing toward the distant starlit sky, murmuring in a trance-like state. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

From the horizon in the distance, stars twinkling like a bride in her wedding dress, adorned with a layer of halo composed of various colors.

Appearing extremely dreamy.

The sky was shrouded in a phosphorescent green and scarlet red curtain of light.

Meanwhile, nearby.

A colossal planet almost dominated half the sky, its icy rings pierced the heavens like a silvery arc, reflecting diamond-like multicolored brilliance.

By the planet’s side.

Hundreds of kilometers long diamond waterfalls streak across the sky like a falling galaxy.

This scene is extraordinary and hard to describe in words. Most people wouldn’t witness it once in their lifetime, Chen Mang’s mouth slightly opened and closed, the words he had prepared to say now swallowed back, he too turned to quietly appreciate this scene.

Very beautiful.

In television shows, meteor showers often symbolize romance.

Watching a meteor shower with a loved one becomes the most romantic thing.

But in reality.

Meteor showers are actually one of the most mundane occurrences in the cosmos, among countless dreamy landscapes, among countless romantic events, much like when Chen Mang originally named the train Fixed Star, believing the name was quite distinguished.

Only to discover upon entering the cosmos, that so-called fixed stars are as insignificant as dust in the universe, found everywhere, with any region boasting billions.

"Isn’t it beautiful?"

The leader of the Starfire Civilization, somewhat intoxicated, looked at the scene, then turned to Chen Mang, smiling: "Chen Mang, though I’m not clear on why you’ve come to me this time, I assume it must have something to do with the development of civilizations."

"You are a very attentive leader of civilizations, but I’ve met many such leaders, and often the outcomes aren’t very good."

"In the cosmos."

"The more ambitious a civilization leader, the more it signals the beginning of a disaster for that civilization."

"You’ve developed too rapidly, the cosmos is quite perilous, and you never know when you’d fall victim to an unforeseen disaster, you wouldn’t even know whether that disaster is man-made."

"Sometimes, having a lower civilization level isn’t so bad; staying in your own region and enjoying these cosmic spectacles daily is quite joyful, isn’t it?"