Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Luck is intangible - just a slight difference can lead to a thousand variations.

After leaving Babel Tower and returning to the station behind the church at 44 Naklo Street, Ye Qiyan looked at the Order Card he had obtained in his hand, feeling somewhat incredulous.

He had just returned like that? Without any obstruction, without any accidents occurring - everything had been so natural and logical.

Back in Suoluo City, when Zhu Xingshu had also obtained an Order Card, the outcome hadn't been like this at all.

"Brother Qiyan, you're back?"

"Hmm..."

His expression was somewhat complex as he looked at Zhao Lin, but just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed that Zhao Lin's ankle was wrapped in bandages.

"Are you injured?"

Zhao Lin chuckled awkwardly.

But that wasn't what Ye Qiyan was concerned about.

After all, Zhao Lin was currently in a state of absolute good luck. Since she had good luck, how could she get injured by a mere rock?

Unless... her luck wasn't unlimited?

He couldn't figure it out - he would need to see how Zhao Lin's situation developed at the next station.

Time: 9:00 PM.

The moment he obtained Indolence, that pervasive feeling of lazy comfort that had filled the city had completely vanished.

As time passed, something similar to what happened in Suoluo City was occurring.

Even at night, the Train Exchange was packed with people.

Kimura Yuujin, the ronin-like figure, pulled out a black-and-white photo from his chest - it showed the street vendor from before.

He lit a cigarette, turned around, and looked at the group of people behind him.

"Brothers, I'm counting on you. Remember to take care of his children. When I make a name for myself in the wilderness..."

They were all Train Conductors from the same batch as Kimura Yuujin.

They were all failures.

Yet now, they had all taken out their hard-saved Train Coins. Twenty or thirty people pooled together, barely managing to gather one hundred coins.

Kimura Yuujin took the bag containing the Train Coins, entered the exchange, purchased a locomotive section, and prepared to re-enter the wilderness.

Similar events were continuously happening.

As indolence faded, a desire called adventure was rekindling in some people's hearts.

But more people still chose to stay.

Even without indolence, they no longer had the courage to enter the wilderness again.

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City of a Thousand Stars.

Babel Tower, top floor.

Above the clouds, in the conference room.

A golden-skinned man sat coldly at the head of a group of people, his intense killing intent reverberating throughout the room.

The leader of this group was a young man who appeared to be only in his early twenties.

Embedded in the center of his forehead was a pale blue gem that resembled an eye.

The young man sighed, walked up to the man, and said:

"Mr. Order, apologies, we haven't found the thief who stole your treasure. That person most likely possesses some item or Module that can hide their tracks and information, even rendering prophecy ineffective. So..."

"Trash."

The man's words didn't change the young man's expression, but behind him, a tall, red-skinned strongman angrily slammed the table.

BANG—!

"Say that again!? Do you really think we're afraid of you!?"

"Shut up, Bartos!"

"But, City Lord!"

The young man called City Lord coldly glanced at the strongman.

"The fact that the Monitoring Headquarters can't find that person is our responsibility. Mr. Order is right - we indeed haven't performed well."

The man, or rather, Mr. Order, stood up. His tall frame loomed over the young man as he called out his name.

"Lu Jiayun, when you people borrowed the Order Cards from me to build these cities, you guaranteed that my Order Cards wouldn't be lost. And now? Suoluo City lost one and I had to personally retrieve it. Here in the City of a Thousand Stars, you can't even find out who stole it. I won't trust you anymore."

After speaking, Mr. Order's body disappeared from the conference room, enveloped in diamond-shaped golden light.

In the conference room, the remaining few people remained silent, all turning their gazes toward Lu Jiayun at the front - the City Lord of the City of a Thousand Stars.

"How many people have gone to the Train Exchange?"

Bartos quickly answered:

"Several dozen, not too many."

"Not too many?"

Lu Jiayun rubbed the center of his forehead.

"In previous years, aside from the natives, fewer than 10 people would break free from Order and choose to return to the wilderness throughout the entire year. But now, in such a short time, there are already several dozen. Announce that the Train Exchange is to be sealed off - no more sales of locomotive sections are permitted."

"Yes!"

"By the way, how many people died in the lower city district?"

"Um, roughly... three to four thousand?"

"I see... Go handle your tasks."

Lu Jiayun sat in his chair, gazing at the sky outside, lost in thought. In the conference room, the others gradually left.

Bartos's subordinates waiting outside quickly followed him. When they were alone, one of them voiced their confusion.

"Boss, I've never really understood - why do City Lord and the other city lords always use various methods to make Train Conductors lose motivation to stay in the cities, while simultaneously constantly increasing the value of Train Conductors? What's the point of all this? It seems like such a thankless task..."

Bartos also glanced around.

After hesitating for a moment, he answered vaguely.

"The City Lord said this is about reducing the system's weighting. As for the reason... I don't know either."

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The next day.

Unlike the riots that had occurred in Suoluo City, the City of a Thousand Stars was relatively more peaceful.

That night, Ye Qiyan organized all his gains from this station.

Two Card Sequences: Fate Card · Heaven's Unequal Exchange, and Order Card · Indolence.

One set of race-changing armor.

And some Train Coins.

Because he had sold those two pieces of equipment, after deducting expenses from this period, his Train Coins had reached 92.

The race-changing armor had also been thrown onto the black market.

The value of this item was higher than expected.

The black market didn't directly consign it for sale but notified him that it could be placed in a black market auction happening two days later.

The guaranteed minimum would be 80 Train Coins.

Being able to earn more money was something Ye Qiyan wouldn't refuse, of course.

After handling all this, and after replenishing basic resources in the city with Zhao Lin, spending all his Thousand Stars Coins, it was time to leave this place.

He summoned the Train from the Storage Matrix onto the tracks.

Zhao Lin looked at this scene with some envy.

"Brother Qiyan, just how many Modules do you have?"

"Not many. You'll have them too when you have money later. Oh, this is for you."

He took out the special material needed to upgrade the Train to Level 5 from the storage unit - the Calculation Unit - and tossed it to Zhao Lin.

"Oof, such a big thing. I really don't understand why upgrading the Train requires all these random things. Even after using them, the Train doesn't change much."

"Who knows? No point thinking too much about it. Let's go."

Returning to the vehicle and starting the Train, the void manifested before him.

City of a Thousand Stars - departing the station.

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