Turned out Leo's patience limit is four days.
One day after the old man, exactly five more people arrived at the station city.
However, none of these people were even aware of the existence of Ice Train coins.
Leo sighed and decided to help these pitiful people thrown into the apocalypse, and guided them to the locations of the treasure chests and the hidden coins he had learned from the little dragon.
Of course, while doing so, Leo acted in a mysterious manner, as if something was restricting him from directly showing players the locations of the treasures.
After that, he sold the players food at below normal prices, enough for them to survive until the next station. He even sold the materials needed to upgrade a steam train to a young girl who had lost one of her arms long ago for just a few coins.
There were two reasons behind his benevolent behavior.
The first reason was that Leo saw himself as more than a son of a bitch, and he thought that if he acted like a heartless robot, he would have trouble sleeping at night.
The second reason was that since he did not hide his appearance from these people, those he helped talked about him in the ten thousand person system chat interface.
After all, having a small amount of fame is not a bad thing, right?
After they left, the surroundings gradually became deserted.
For four days, Leo passed the time by reading the books he had wanted to read in his previous life before dying but never got the chance to, while eating the delicious snacks he bought from the system.
So as not to waste points, he had deactivated the anti viewing system functions a long time ago.
Even if someone approached on foot from outside, they would immediately notice his grocery store.
Leo spent his time reading books while facing the white scenery, but since no one entered the station, he did not dare to leave the grocery store.
[Profile]
[User name: Leo Crane]
[Market level: 3]
[Experience points: 5500/10000]
[System points: 49.389]
[Total assets: 0 Won]
[Invincibility level: Newborn soul eighth stage (active)]
After the old man's shopping frenzy, the system points had nearly reached 58 thousand.
After that, as preparation for the grand plan, Leo spent five thousand points to purchase thousands of music cassettes and books.
As Leo looked at the snowy scenery outside one last time, he called the little dragon.
"Hey little dragon. How much does it cost to move from here to the next station?"
[Do not worry, master. Moving to the next station will only cost three thousand system points.]
"Then what about the third shared station you mentioned before. Tell me more about that."
[Do not worry, master...]
"Okay, Fuck that. I am not worried, just answer the fucking question!"
[Do no... ... ... Master, the third shared station is larger than both this station and the next one combined. Considering that the second station is prepared for the looting of 100 people and is five times larger than this station, that is quite a large number, sir. The biggest development regarding the third station is that it is the final station prepared for channel 99, and after this station, trains will be able to travel on any rails they want instead of fixed rails. Since it is believed that the easiest way to obtain the energy cores required to upgrade a train to the third level will be by destroying other trains, it is expected that the number of human deaths will increase exponentially after this station.]
"You seem to know a lot. Can you tell me the purpose of this whole apocalypse game?"
[I do not know why the unknown being created something like this, master, but do not worry. From what I can detect, this game is currently coded to create human elites. In other words, the game will not continue until all of humanity is wiped out. Additionally, the unknown being has injected twentieth danger level energy into this world. That means if one of the players in this world gains superiority over everyone else, even if they do not restore the planet to its original state, they could solve the endless winter problem and revive the deads by using their souls. Of course, according to the scan data I obtained from the system, the unknown being will return to this world after one year, and while under its supervision, such a thing happening would be impossible.]
"This world's problems seem way beyond me."
[Do not worry, master. At your current pace, by the time you become the greatest merchant of your own planet and this planet, you will already have reached level 9 or 10. After reaching that level, you will be able to open your shop in other worlds and achieve a crazy rate of growth. According to my calculations, only ten years of development will be needed for the unknown being who changed this world to not dare cause trouble in your shop.]
Leo looked at the future plan the little dragon had drawn for him with a bitter smile. Unaware that it would soon disappear, the little dragon was happily planning the future and looked extremely excited about it.
Of course, even if this system were truly permanent, Leo did not think he could reach the level the little dragon mentioned in ten years.
Sell more, sell even more, sell even more... Leo guessed that if he entered such a cycle, he would gradually lose the qualities that made him human. To prevent that, he would probably lock the door of his grocery store for long periods of time and live an ordinary life in the world.
"Anyway, pick a nice place for me at the third station and let us go there."
[Sir, at the center of the third station, there is a central building where people can spend their Ice Train coins. If you wish, I can convert your grocery store into the top floor of that building in exchange for 425 coins.]
Just as Leo was about to accept the little dragon's offer, he saw a small handcart entering the city station.
"Look at that. With only one hour left before the system protection ends, someone reached the first station. Wait a minute... Is that a child?"