As the saying goes, keep the benefits within the family—whoever earns these 8 Train Coins makes no difference anyway.

That invitation card to Suoluo City wasn't single-use only.

Adhering to the principle of seeing things through to the end, Ye Qiyan made a trip to the city entrance station.

Along the way, he distinctly felt the atmosphere in the city had become exceptionally tense.

Every street and alley was filled with people discussing the impending arrival of the Imperial Sequence Organization. Those uniformed, fully armed Inspectors patrolled everywhere, frequently conducting forced inspections under various fabricated pretexts.

This applied equally to both Train Conductors and the local residents living here.

"Brother Qiyan, I... I'm over here..."

Zhao Lin stood at the city entrance platform, about to greet Ye Qiyan when she noticed the dangerous gazes of the surrounding Inspectors and quickly shrank back.

"Let's go."

"Hand it over."

"Oh..."

Zhao Lin reluctantly placed the invitation card into his palm.

"Brother Qiyan, I... I'm over here..."

"Do I get paid for answering your questions?"

"No..."

"Then don't ask. By the way, remember you owe me five more Train Coins now. Pay me back when you have money."

"?"

Zhao Lin pointed at herself, then looked around.

Aside from her, there was nobody else.

"Me?"

"Who else?"

Ye Qiyan looked at Zhao Lin with a smile.

"Who knows if you're carrying misfortune? Bringing you into the city carries significant risk. What if I catch your bad luck? Wouldn't that be a huge loss for me?"

"But I already paid just now?"

"That was the entrance fee. Now I'm charging for the misfortune risk."

Ye Qiyan's matter-of-fact tone made Zhao Lin puff her cheeks in anger.

"Brother Qiyan, where did you get this card? Can we buy more?"

"Would you prefer to leave?"

"I'm not leaving... But I don't have any money right now. Can I pay with items instead?"

"Whatever."

Bringing Zhao Lin along, Ye Qiyan intended to take her back to the area where the spirits lived.

But before they could get far.

A tremendous roar echoed through the sky.

Looking up at the sound.

They saw a twelve-carriage train with dark blue paint appearing in the sky above.

A masked woman holding a staff-sword sat upright on the train roof.

Several cards floated slowly around her body.

Mysterious radiance swirled around her.

"That is..."

Menrojina.

Already starting at this hour?

Much earlier than he had anticipated.

The people of Suoluo City quickly noticed the situation.

Hundreds of aerial motorcycles flew up to surround the train.

The leader picked up a loudspeaker and shouted toward Menrojina on the train:

"Person ahead! You have violated Suoluo City laws! Leave the train! Surrender peacefully!"

However, as soon as his words fell.

Menrojina swung her staff-sword, and a massive light array expanded outward from her train as the center.

"The ritual, begins~"

In the sky, an inverted city descended from above, about to land upon this Suoluo City.

——

"Br-Brother Qiyan, what's happening?"

Zhao Lin hid fearfully behind him.

"Looks like your misfortune triggered. Let's go, don't stay here. Otherwise it'll be like last time in the City of a Thousand Stars when things started falling on us."

"Sorry..."

Zhao Lin lowered her head.

"I guessed wrong, I thought it would turn into good luck..."

She blamed everything happening now on herself.

The battle in the sky began. From the inverted city, soldiers resembling chess pieces fell from the air, engaging in combat with the Inspectors.

"No need to apologize. Just earn a couple more Train Coins for me later."

Whether she was here or not, this riot was destined to happen anyway.

Menrojina would spread word about the organization's affairs, clearly intending to throw this city into chaos to conceal whatever was happening in the shadows.

Twisting and turning through alleys, Ye Qiyan brought Zhao Lin back to that area of broken walls and ruins.

Unlike the bloody conflict raging outside.

Rows of tables and chairs were neatly arranged, with hundreds of blue-skinned spirits sitting together in circles—elders and children among them.

The child who had brought him here previously was among them, along with Annie.

"It's big brother."

Little Annie wiped rice grains from her mouth and ran over.

"Big brother, Sister Menrojina left a note for you."

Taking the note Annie pulled from her pocket.

It contained a line of text in black font.

"The platform in the room can take you directly out of this city. Whether you leave or stay is up to you. Don't mind what that charlatan said. I've planned this for a long time—there won't be any accidents. I certainly don't need some newcomer's help."

Putting away the note, Ye Qiyan brought Zhao Lin into the station room.

Using the previous method, he transported her train over as well.

"Brother Qiyan, what exactly is going to happen here?"

"A terrorist attack."

"Ah? Th-th-th-then I'm leaving right now!"

Grabbing the collar of Zhao Lin's shirt as she tried to flee.

"Running where? You're not the one being attacked. Stay here quietly, you won't die."

Though he said this, Zhao Lin remained terrified.

She directly squeezed into her own train and curled up in a corner piled with metal and Wood, like a block fortress.

"I'm not going out..."

So this was how she spent every previous visit to the Misfortune Station?

Exiting the station, the scenery outside had dramatically changed.

In the sky, a woman covered in lightning armor stood coldly at a high point. Around her, those summoned chess piece soldiers would shatter into fragments upon reaching a certain range.

"Member of the Imperial Sequence Organization, what exactly is your purpose for infiltrating Suoluo City?"

Menrojina turned her staff-sword, the Three Questions ritual card appearing above her head.

"As a terrorist organization, of course we're doing exactly what you preach—disrupting order."

One-third of the background lit up.

"Just with you?"

The lightning armor erupted as the woman instantly charged above Menrojina, throwing a punch downward. Menrojina's figure vanished like flowers in a mirror or moon reflected in water.

"Don't be so aggressive, hehe. The esteemed Grand Judge of Suoluo City, Lady Zhao Xi. You used to be someone constantly moving forward, but now you've become a lackey for the Indolent Ones. You've grown much weaker than before."

Zhao Xi's expression didn't change at Menrojina's taunts.

She clenched her fists, her martial arts uniform fluttering without wind.

"You think these few words can anger me? Lackey? Indolent Ones? That great one built this city to give failures a chance at survival. What right do you sewer-dwelling termites have to criticize us?"

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