Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Looking at the messages in the private chat interface, Zhao Lin sighed and rubbed her forehead in frustration.

She lifted her head and scanned her pitiful train surroundings.

Currently, she didn't have a single carriage left. Even if the next station was a Luck Platform, she wouldn't have anywhere to store anything she collected.

Because even her blueprint for constructing basic carriages had been lost when she was forced to abandon one of her previous carriages.

In a certain sense, she was now weaker than even a brand new Train Conductor.

Apart from having some Train Coins on hand, she was essentially completely written off.

She hadn't figured out what to do about the next station yet, but now Ye Qiyan's appearance had reminded her—perhaps going to the city was her best option.

["Let me think about it a bit, I'll give you my answer tomorrow morning."]

She decided to go there. She also wanted to know what kind of equally massive good fortune this Luck Platform would bring her at the City of a Thousand Stars, after experiencing such terrible misfortune that nearly killed her and caused enormous losses at the previous station.

["Fire tornadoes? Brother Qiyan, since the station's weather synchronizes with the wasteland's, could the city also experience...?"]

["We'll find out when we get there."]

Ye Qiyan had considered this possibility too.

However, those earlier-generation Train Conductor seniors who managed to establish cities must have prepared some countermeasures against such things.

The departure time approached, triggering his authority.

Ye Qiyan watched through the window as the black forest was engulfed by flames, passing through the void and returning to the wasteland from the station.

At this time, the Endless Wasteland should have been shrouded in darkness.

But on both sides of the train, countless fire tornadoes could be seen standing tall within the wasteland, constantly moving about.

This apocalyptic scenery represented the true nature of this world.

However, whether the train system had done something or not, people in the chat room were discussing how aside from a few unlucky individuals, hardly anyone had actually been caught in these fire tornadoes and lost their lives in the wasteland.

This gave Ye Qiyan some slight relief.

Still, he summoned both the Raven demon and Red Tears Demon to guard the locomotive section and the rear of the train respectively, while having WALL-E observe both sides from within the carriage, ensuring they could detect any situation immediately.

As for what he needed to do?

Of course, it was something extremely important.

Rest.

Lying on his bed, Ye Qiyan began calculating his final gains from this station.

The biggest undoubtedly were Red Tears and the engraved tear sword.

Next came 40 Train Coins and Altos's promise.

In just one station, without obtaining any treasure chests, and after deducting his expenses, his Train Coin count had returned to 44.

"Speaking of which, haven't those two weapons in the black market sold yet?"

Ye Qiyan clearly remembered how the level 6 Deceitplay Sword had been sold instantly.

The level 4 blade was one thing, but a level 7 weapon actually having no takers?

This seemed far too strange.

Thinking this, he suddenly found himself unable to sleep. He took out his black market invitation card and swiped it across the light screen.

The black market interface appeared.

He went directly to the backend customer service to inquire.

He received a response shortly after.

"According to your inquiry, black market customer service responds."

"The Deceitplay Sword is a level 6 mental-type armed item. Its powerful effect of reducing opponents' mental energy makes it quite popular in the black market."

"What about that negative effect? That kind of negative effect is also popular?"

"Purchasers can continue to buy native slaves who have undergone lobotomies, having them use that weapon to avoid the negative effect of reducing their own mental capacity limit."

"..."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Natives, slaves—it seemed that for many people, those in the station worlds weren't considered human beings.

"No more questions."

The chat ended, and Ye Qiyan shook his head, clicking his tongue in disbelief.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I thought I was cold-hearted enough, but I completely didn't consider that method to avoid negative effects. The Train Conductors certainly have their share of talented individuals."

Despite saying this, if given another choice about whether to sell the Deceitplay Sword, he would still sell it.

Buying a lobotomized slave to avoid risks?

Hmm... that's somewhat disgusting no matter how you look at it.

Drowsiness washed over him.

Ye Qiyan slowly closed his eyes and drifted into sleep, surrounded by pleasant dreams.

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Astrological Platform.

Zhu Xingshu was looking at the astrolabe before her with a puzzled expression.

"He actually managed to obtain that Demon Card? Strange, he clearly didn't have the key. I couldn't even find the key to that Demon Card myself—how exactly did he do it?"

"And... oh, Menrojina gave him that Arrogance card, no wonder it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to see him clearly. Really, she wouldn't even trade with me using ritual cards before. What a pity~ I quite liked that Arrogance card. Sigh, probably can't get it now."

Zhu Xingshu played with the Astrolabe card, a slight smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

"And that level 12 sword, hehe~ he took that away too? Quite impressive. If others found out that a newcomer who's been out of the beginner phase for less than ten stations already possesses a level 12 item, I'm afraid many would develop greedy intentions~ Having Arrogance in his hands isn't bad either, hmm~"

A wine glass appeared in Zhu Xingshu's hand.

She drained the glass in one go.

Her eyes shone with starry brilliance as she gazed at the flowing star chart above her head, murmuring to herself.

"Fate says something interesting will happen at the City of a Thousand Stars. Astrolabe, tell me, what kind of interesting things might occur? Speaking of which, that Sequence Master of the Order Card sequence will be going to that City of a Thousand Stars. Could the interesting things be related to him?"

She suddenly sat upright, the starlight in her eyes fading away, replaced by intense excitement.

"Hmm? Fate says the luck-blessed one received an unexpected reward~ Luck, has someone else appeared with a luck-type talent?"

Zhu Xingshu lightly licked her lips, like a greedy cat craving treats.

"Astrolabe~ tell me, can I find that lucky individual and borrow her talent like before? It's been so long since I've experienced the feeling of luck."

No one responded, as should be expected.

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Early morning, 6:30.

Ye Qiyan woke from his dreams.

Checking the time on his pocket watch, he pulled up the light screen to find Zhao Lin's private chat waiting at the very top.

"Brother Qiyan, I want to go to the City of a Thousand Stars. But, hehe, this time since it's not my bad luck leaching off you, but you using my good luck, doesn't that mean~ you know what I'm getting at!"

Ye Qiyan chuckled softly, not particularly surprised that she would say this.

"Go ahead, what do you want? If it's Train Coins, I'll give them to you after your luck triggers. If it's something else, tell me now."

"Hey, it's nothing really. I don't want Train Coins. I just want to know—Brother Qiyan, can you use your higher-level Judge status to buy the special materials needed to upgrade the train to level 5? I'd like to reserve one from you, would that be okay?"

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