Suoluo City, Train Exchange.
Zhao Lin, who followed behind Ye Qiyan, looked around curiously. Behind this building stood a mountain formed from countless train cars piled together, billowing thick black smoke.
The bizarre environment made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
This place felt like a train graveyard.
Entering the exchange, there were more people here than expected.
Finding a random seat, a shopping interface immediately popped up before his eyes.
"Only ordinary cars? Hmm? They sell locomotives here too? Wow, they're so expensive."
Compared to some cars, even the most basic locomotive price could reach 100 Train Coins, completely unlike something meant for non-Train Conductors to purchase.
Placed here seemingly just for display rather than actual sale.
After browsing for a while, he didn't see anything like his second Storage Unit Car, not even something like temperature-controlled cars or cultivation carriages.
Most cars sold here only differed in appearance and internal facilities, without the special abilities gained through Sublimation like his.
More than purchasing, this exchange primarily focused on selling cars.
Ye Qiyan's purpose here wasn't for this. Ordinary cars weren't expensive to begin with, and he hadn't come to buy these low-level cars. He took out that Judge's Medal and pointed it at the shopping interface before him.
[Ding ding—Identity confirmed. Welcome, Third-Level Judge of the Tribunal. Special car purchase permissions are being unlocked for you]
The content on the interface continuously refreshed as the originally sparse shopping pages multiplied.
[Special car purchase permissions unlocked]
Scrolling further, some special cars finally appeared.
There were vine cars that could summon vines, breeding cars specifically for raising animals with automatic feeding and cleaning systems...
He even found temperature-controlled cars and cultivation carriages here.
But still no Storage Unit Cars?
Apparently those were truly precious enough.
Zhao Lin imitated him by taking out her own medal and scanning it.
But nothing changed.
"Brother Qiyan, these cars are all pretty ordinary here, and quite expensive too. Feels like it would be better to build them yourself."
Glancing at Zhao Lin sitting across from him complaining about the ordinary cars on the shopping interface, he casually tossed his medal over.
"Use this one."
"Hmm... I can actually do this..."
Zhao Lin propped her chin, casually browsing through a few options. Although she saw several cars that interested her, she couldn't afford them anyway. After all, Zhao Lin clearly knew she still owed Ye Qiyan money after leaving this place.
But she soon thought of something, her eyes shining as she looked at the medal Ye Qiyan had tossed to her.
"Brother Qiyan, can this be used at the Transaction Hall too!"
She didn't finish, but Ye Qiyan understood her meaning perfectly.
"Don't even think about it. Those people wouldn't leave such loopholes. If you want to get Flame Stones, you'll have to find your own way."
Zhao Ling let out a disappointed "oh."
"Sigh, if only I could meet a shady merchant selling Flame Stones like Shangguan Yingxue did. I wouldn't mind paying more."
"If someone's willing to sell and others are willing to buy, that's not called a shady merchant—that's called fair trade."
Ye Qiyan couldn't be bothered with her as he searched through the vast selection of cars.
These cars weren't built by the exchange itself, but rather left behind over the years by Train Conductors who chose to sell their cars in Suoluo City.
Meaning, that mountain behind the exchange that could truly be called a train graveyard.
Wanting to purchase cars was his idea, and Menrojina had recommended this place to him.
"Hmm? This one seems somewhat interesting?"
After picking for quite a while, Ye Qiyan's gaze finally settled on one particular car.
[Virtual Sandbox Car]
[This car will automatically generate map sandboxes of stations that have been explored]
[Price: 10 Train Coins]
Not expensive, and not particularly powerful either.
After all, this sandbox required the Train Conductor to explore the maps themselves before it could automatically create them.
But don't forget—he still had Sublimation.
If after Sublimation it could simplify the sandbox creation process, then these ten Train Coins would be absolutely worth it.
"This one it is."
Ye Qiyan made his decision and pressed the purchase option.
Taking out ten Train Coins, he inserted them into the coin slot before him.
Soon, a black key appeared on the table in front of him.
[One-Time Unlock Key]
[Contains one sealed car interior. Can be opened and connected to owned train after returning.]
"Quite simple."
Having purchased his desired car, Ye Qiyan didn't leave immediately. He spent another five Train Coins to buy a breeding car.
Although he still had plenty of edible meat, as the saying goes:
Sit idle and eat, and in time your whole fortune will be gone.
Rather than spending money to buy later, if he encountered some animals worth raising, he could use this to breed some as reserve food.
Although this breeding car wasn't as automated as his cultivation carriage, only maintaining basic automatic cleaning functions while requiring manual feeding and such.
But that was fine.
He had WALL-E.
Having spent 15 Train Coins, Ye Qiyan felt rather pleased.
Zhao Lin, sitting across from him, stood up when she saw him rise.
Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly heard commotion coming from within the exchange.
"When I sold my locomotive back then, you only gave me 10 Train Coins! Why! Why does it cost 100 to buy it back now!? I, I'm not buying! I just want to redeem my old locomotive! Give it back! Return my locomotive to me!"
A man with unkempt beard and ordinary appearance shouted angrily at a staff member.
"Sir, please calm down. The transaction was mutually agreed upon. The locomotive's selling price of 100 Train Coins is reasonable. You chose to sell your locomotive and abandon your Train Conductor status—that was your decision. Regretting it now only shows you didn't have enough Train Coins."
The staff member's tone dripped with disdain.
In fact, many natives in this world looked down from the bottom of their hearts on those who abandoned their Train Conductor status to remain in the cities.
Because for these natives, their education from childhood emphasized that Train Conductors stood above everything else. From birth, they studied to serve Train Conductors, or accumulated wealth to purchase a locomotive and pass the rigorous examination with its mere 0.2% success rate to become one of the Train Conductors.
Therefore, those who casually abandoned their Train Conductor status were, in their hearts, complete and utter failures.
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