Chapter 129: The Water Purifier

Lin Xian took it, somewhat surprised, and couldn’t help but ask, “Level 2 pure water standard, is that a standard set by the Phoenix Society?”

“Correct.”

Xu Jin took out a silver testing instrument. “This is an instrument researched by the Phoenix Society, including the Spirit Oscillation Value Detector. We traded for it with blood crystals from that Silver Star train. They purchased a lot of things from the Phoenix Society’s mobile rescue points. It’s said that their train even has some light industrial manufacturing equipment, more standardized than the original ones.”

“There should be people from the Federal Phoenix Society at the airport now, but I don’t know if we can trade for things.”

Lin Xian thought for a moment, went back to the train, filled a cup with water from the purifier, and brought it down. “Brother Xu, could you help me test this water?”

Xu Jin nodded. “Is it from the water purification equipment on the train? Sure, I’ll test it for you.”

Testing was a simple matter. Xu Jin directly placed the silver testing instrument into Lin Xian’s cup. After a few seconds, a green light lit up on the instrument.

Lin Xian thought this was the signal that the test was complete, but to his surprise, when Xu Jin and the other two saw it, their expressions changed drastically.

“Level 1 pure water?!!!”

“This…!!”

Old Mo pushed down his sunglasses, looking at Lin Xian with a completely different expression. “Young man, did you just distill this?”

“No,” Lin Xian said, surprised. “It’s water purified by the purifier.”

Xu Jin and Shu Qin looked at each other. “How is that possible? Even high-end purifiers now basically produce level 2 water after purification, unless it’s immediately distilled. But it will be contaminated if stored for more than an hour, making it impossible to maintain the standard of level 1 pure water.”

“Is that so?”

Lin Xian turned around and said to Chen Sixuan on the train, “Teacher Chen, get me a bottle of water.”

Chen Sixuan nodded and quickly brought an unopened bottle of water to Lin Xian. He then poured it into a new cup and had Xu Jin test it.

“It’s no use. Even sealed bottled water can’t escape the influence of the night invasion.” Xu Jin picked up the testing instrument. After a quick test, a yellow light lit up on it.

“See, green represents level 1, yellow represents level 2. If the water is orange or red, it’s absolutely undrinkable.”

Seeing this, Lin Xian couldn’t help but frown slightly.

He understood now. It turned out that even the cleanest sealed bottled water would be contaminated by the night. But according to Xu Jin and the others, level 2 was still drinkable. In that case, the water from his purifier was even cleaner than bottled water?

How could this be?

Thinking of this, Lin Xian pondered inwardly. If water stored for more than an hour would be contaminated, then there was only one way to test it.

As long as he filtered the bottled water through his purifier, if it remained level 1 pure water after being stored on the train for more than an hour, it would truly prove that the isomeric cube…

…had indeed shielded them from the night’s contagion!

“Captain Lin, what model is your water purifier? It can directly filter out level 1 pure water?”

Xu Jin and Shu Qin’s eyes were now very eager. Although even the cleanest water would become level 2 after being stored for more than an hour, and boiling the water again wouldn’t bring it to level 1, it would certainly be better from a psychological perspective.

If one really wanted to pursue level 1 pure water, it could only be done through distillation. But the energy consumption for that was even more extravagant than boiling. Few convoys would be so picky. As long as it reached level 2 and wouldn’t kill them, it was tolerable.

But Lin Xian’s purifier could directly filter out level 1 pure water without distillation. Didn’t that mean they could drink the cleanest water anytime, anywhere? This was absolutely high-end equipment!

“I acquired it before.” Lin Xian looked at their eager gazes, paused, and then changed the subject. “But I have more than one set on my train. If you want one, you can trade for it with blood crystals.”

Manufacturing such a water purification device wasn’t too difficult for Lin Xian. There was no point in deliberately hiding it; he might as well trade it for some blood crystals.

Right now, there were only two blood crystals on the Infinity. One level 1 crystal was on the radio, and the other level 2 crystal was on the Spirit Oscillation Value Detector. There really wasn’t a single one to spare.

“Really?”

Hearing this, Xu Jin’s eyes lit up. “Captain Lin, how many units do you have?”

“Two.”

Lin Xian shrugged. “But I need some time to dismantle them.”

“You actually have two units of such high-end equipment? Good lad, you’ve really hit the jackpot!” Old Mo clicked his tongue. “How many blood crystals do you want? I’ll trade for one too.”

Xu Jin and Shu Qin exchanged a glance. “Our two convoys can share one. With our original ones, it’s enough. But we don’t have many blood crystals, and they’re all small. I heard larger anomalies have bigger blood crystals, but we’re no match for them.”

With over a hundred people, one level 1 pure water purifier and two level 2 pure water purifiers would be more than enough.

Xu Jin and Shu Qin’s thinking was that if the level 1 pure water was given to children and the injured, it would reduce the risk of being invaded by the night.

“Right now, we have five on hand. Some were traded for.”

Xu Jin took out five small blood crystals. Lin Xian saw that they were the smallest type of level 1 anomaly blood crystals, likely from the same level as the big red worms, the mist spiders, and the three-faced monsters. He was also a little surprised. It seemed the strength of their convoys was not weak. Indeed, having more people was a way to increase strength.

“Three, then,” Lin Xian mused. He didn’t want to ask for an exorbitant price, but he knew this water purifier was a crucial item. Asking for too little would seem deliberate.

“Really?!” Xu Jin and Shu Qin immediately agreed upon hearing the price and promptly placed three blood crystals in Lin Xian’s hand.

Old Mo, on the other hand, said nothing. He reached into his pocket, fumbled around for a moment, then took out an iron box. Opening it, he revealed four blood crystals inside. “Let Xiao Le and the others drink some clean water. I’ll get one too!”

Lin Xian nodded without a word. After accepting the six blood crystals, he returned to the train. About ten minutes later, he and Dalou came down carrying two water purifiers, one in front of the other.

This set of A1-grade Subcritical Reverse Osmosis Water Purifiers was not small, a full size larger than the ones Shu Qin and the others had.

At this moment, members of Xu Jin and Shu Qin’s convoys gathered around, looking at the futuristic white water purifier with astonishment in their eyes.

“Damn, this purifier looks so high-end!”

“It must be top-tier stuff from the Federation’s upper echelons…”

“I wonder how much it’s worth!”

Xu Jin and Shu Qin quickly had their people take it and lift it onto the convoy’s heavy truck. The convoy’s core equipment was basically stored in the heavy trucks, safeguarding their key survival supplies.

“Thank you so much.” Shu Qin looked at Lin Xian with gratitude, then her gaze swept over his train. “It’s been so hard, traveling all this way. If there’s a chance, I’d really like for my whole family to join your train. It’s too difficult to survive in this world.”

Lin Xian sighed inwardly upon hearing this.

Actually, he had thought about it before. If he lengthened the train and added many survival cars, he could indeed take on many passengers.

Including what he had just heard from Old Mo about the Silver Star and Longshan City’s mobile castle—that sounded very much like the goal he had wanted to achieve from the beginning. Now, hearing Shu Qin say this, he also had some ideas.