I kept on leveling my stats up for the rest of the day, and I think I’ve made good progress so far.

  Stats:

  Health: 12,913 / 50,000 – Total hit points

  Power: 120 – How many cars you can pull at full speed (20 power per wagon)

  Speed: 80 – Maximum speed in KPH

  Combat Strength: 2 – Effectiveness in combat

  Fuel: 32% – Percentage of fuel and water left in engine

  Abilities:

  Telepathy (Lv. 1): Talk to others mentally. Current max distance: 5 meters

  Alter Terrain (Lv. 1): Alter terrain at will. Current rate: 5 cm3 per minute

  Fix Railroad (Lv. 1): Fix railroads at a designated pace. Current pace: 1 meter per minute. Max distance: 10 meters

  Make/Destroy Railroad (Lv. 1): Create or destroy railroads. Current pace: 10 cm per minute. Max distance: 1 meter

  Telekinesis (Lv. 2): Move objects with your mind. Max weight: 2 kilograms

  Loco-sight (Lv. 2): See yourself and anything within 60 meters

  Skill Steal (Lv. 1): 10% chance to copy one ability of any creature you defeat

  Self-Repair (Lv. 2): Regain HP at a fixed rate. Current rate: 120 HP per hour

  At night, a lot of monsters came out. Luckily, they didn’t notice me—because, y'know… I'm metal? I was able to take out a few weaker ones, though I didn’t gain any new skills.

  Eventually, a goblin party of about five wandered by. This time, they noticed me—or, well, at least they noticed the train. They didn’t seem to realize I AM the train. Also, turns out goblins are stupid in this world.

  They were speaking some goofy ahh nguage I couldn’t understand, and one of them kept throwing rocks and kicking my engine. It was really annoying… until I finally snapped.

  I decided to use that skill I got—Poison Smoke.

  I activated the skill and released some of my remaining steam into the area around me. The goblins got really confused… and then eventually colpsed, suffocated by the smoke.

  Yikes. But also... deserved.

  After that, I kept grinding—lifting heavier rocks, repairing myself, and trying to figure out where the heck I even was.