Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Ye Qiyan didn't know the answer to this question either.

For him, anyone other than himself wasn't worthy of becoming a partner sharing the same train.

Whether it was Shangguan Yingxue, Zhao Lin, or anyone else.

Even knowing those people weren't bad didn't change that.

Being with others made him feel less relaxed.

Compared to humans, he preferred non-human partners like WALL-E.

Of course, someone like Tina wouldn't be bad either.

"Well~ Looks like you don't have an answer either. Alright, time's almost up. Although this city is pretty terrible, it does have some decent places, like the fruitwood beer and ant-cow barbecue. Want to join me?"

"Better not, I need to return to the train. Someone's looking for me again."

Menrojina stood up from her chair and walked away directly, leaning on her sword-cane.

In the station, only Ye Qiyan remained.

He didn't leave but instead rubbed his temples while watching the messages continuously popping up on the system screen before him.

Zhao Lin: ["It's over, Brother Qiyan! My mental limit has been permanently reduced!"]

["You're not still asleep too, are you? Wake up wake up wake up, staying in dreams will reduce your mental stats!"]

["Wake up!"] ["Wake up!"].....

In just this short while, Zhao Lin had already sent him dozens of consecutive messages.

He hadn't turned off the system notification sounds earlier, and the rapid-fire alerts were giving him a headache.

["I'm awake I'm awake, stop making noise. If you keep sending messages, my head's going to explode from the disturbance."]

He sent the reply helplessly. Zhao Lin, who was in her own train, patted her chest in relief upon seeing the message.

["Wow, Brother Qiyan, did your mental stats drop too? Wuwu, am I going to turn into a madman?"]

["No drop, I woke up long ago. You encountered those jellyfish too, right? Just woke up now? What did you dream about? Not easy - I thought you'd be lost in that beautiful dream forever."]

Zhao Lin bit her lip and sighed with nostalgia as she recalled the scenes from her dream.

["I dreamed about my old home. No need to drive the train around hiding from place to place, no desperate adventures, just petting cats at home, watching videos, eating snacks... Wuwu, it was so blissful. That kind of life is what I really want... What kind of days are we living now..."]

["Oh? And you actually managed to wake up? That's quite impressive."]

["Hehe... I actually saw some messages about good luck and bad luck while watching videos, so I remembered some things about the train. At that moment, I really thought maybe staying in the dream forever would be good, but... Brother Qiyan, you know... Among the things I remembered was that the previous station was the Luck Station. That means for the following period, there won't be any good fortune. Since that's the case, how could I possibly encounter such good fortune that would let me be happy forever? So I woke up..."]

So that's how it was.

Looking at it this way, Zhao Lin's bad luck wasn't entirely a bad thing.

The fixed alternating bad luck made it easier for her to distinguish whether something was good or bad.

Just like when she had to choose whether to enter the Public Trading Station to stay forever.

Because it was bad luck, she didn't stay.

But also because it was bad luck, she survived.

It seemed Zhao Lin's talent was even more powerful than previously imagined.

["So, how much did your mental stats drop?"]

["Sending you a screenshot."]

A screenshot came through.

[Mental: 80/100 (Price of Beautiful Dreams)]

["20 points, that's way too much, and there's no sign of recovery at all. I only slept for half a day and lost this much - if I kept sleeping, I'd definitely turn into a madman, right?"]

["Pretty much."]

Ye Qiyan rubbed his chin and opened the public chat room.

There was already some conversation happening inside.

But not much.

It seemed the vast majority of people were still lost in those beautiful dreams, unable to free themselves.

Probably some people had already realized they were in a dream but didn't want to wake up.

Just as the introduction had said.

For some people, being lost in beautiful dreams was liberation.

What about that woman Shangguan Yingxue? Was she still asleep?

Ye Qiyan glanced at his friends list, thought for a moment, and sent a question mark over.

["?"]

To his surprise, just over a minute later, a message came back.

["What?"]

["Checking if you're awake."]

Inside her train, Shangguan Yingxue was doing push-ups. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, took off her soaked shirt, and looked at the chat content on the screen, a faint curve appearing at the corner of her mouth.

["Woke up not long ago. Had a beautiful dream, lost some mental limit, but it should be recoverable, right? What about you?"]

["According to the description, it should be. How much did you lose?"]

["15 points, not exactly little. Bit of a headache. When did you wake up? What did you dream about?"]

["Bro, I woke up long ago, didn't lose anything. As for what I dreamed about... I dreamed about my home."]

["...Me too."]

The scenes most people dreamed about were their past homes.

For them, compared to the desperate days on this train, no matter how bad the past was, it was still better than the present.

Not to mention, unlike Ye Qiyan who grew up in an orphanage, most people still had family members they probably would never see again.

["Good that you're awake. That's all then."]

["Mm."]

Ending the chat, Ye Qiyan's gaze turned to the other side where several more messages from Zhao Lin had piled up.

Ever since their meeting in the City of a Thousand Stars last time, she'd been treating him more and more like a friend.

["By the way, Brother Qiyan, there's something I wanted to ask you."]

["What is it?"]

["Do you think encountering these jellyfish this time means I've already used up my bad luck? According to the pattern, the station this afternoon should be the Misfortune Station. I wasn't planning to get off originally, but if encountering the jellyfish counts as using up the bad luck, then..."]

What she said actually made sense. With luck and misfortune conserved in a sense, encountering Dream Eaters could indeed be considered a form of bad luck.

["Why don't you try getting off at the next station and find out?"]

["I, I don't dare... What if I'm wrong? I'd be doomed..."]

["So?"]

["I heard from someone that by spending extra Train Coins, you can buy a temporary city entry card to stay inside for a day, which means skipping one station entry time. I was thinking that even if it's bad luck, being inside the city would make it relatively easier to avoid, right? So I wanted..."]

["How many Train Coins is that person asking from you?"]

["8 coins."]

["Give me the money."]

["?"]

["I have a way to get you into a different city."]

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