Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

The rain of red tears gradually faded.

A sparse drizzle drifted away with the wind.

Leisurely sitting inside the gazebo built from wooden planks, he ate watermelon.

WALL-E still hadn’t returned, and the docking time hadn’t ended yet, which gave him ample time to slack off.

After releasing all the Giant Sting Bees from the Honeycomb Carriage and letting them go hunt nearby beasts to replenish the train’s food, Ye Qiyan decided to take an afternoon nap right here.

Beside him, the Red Tears Demon’s wings flickered, intercepting all the thin rain as it drifted over.

Rain outside, inside the gazebo.

Even without lying on that dreamy big bed, Ye Qiyan’s heart felt extraordinarily calm in this perfect environment.

He wasn’t worried about oversleeping and missing the departure.

After a while~

Ding ding~

Half asleep and half awake, a chat notification sounded in Ye Qiyan’s ear.

He opened his eyes; the drizzle had stopped, and the sky above had somehow filled with a bright moon.

He picked up the pocket watch from Red Tears’s hand and glanced at the time.

[22:38:18]

Yawning, Ye Qiyan shook his head helplessly.

“Huh—so late and still bothering people’s rest. Luckily I didn’t wake up pissed off.”

He pulled up the system interface, the Friends List Interface; one person’s avatar was flickering slightly.

Shangguan Yingxue: ["Are you there?"]

A good habit; it seemed that every time Shangguan Yingxue started a conversation, her first line was this “Are you there?”

["Not here."]

Inside the train, weary Shangguan Yingxue stared at the reply on the display and was momentarily stunned.

["Oh... is that an auto-reply? If you see this, please message me back."]

“....”

Speechless, forehead in hand, fingers tapping, Ye Qiyan typed and sent a line.

["I’m here. What’s up?"]

["Hmm, someone told me to tell you to check your backend friend requests. I’m just relaying the message. If you don’t want to, it’s fine."]

["Who?"]

["Name is Zhao An."]

Zhao An?

The name felt vaguely familiar.

Who was he again?

Ye Qiyan thought carefully and then recalled—this guy was the one after the sector merge, from Sector D-119, the person who might have a planting-type talent.

If Shangguan Yingxue hadn’t mentioned it, he would have forgotten about the guy.

A friend request in the backend? Ye Qiyan remembered that he hadn’t really exchanged words with this person before—so what did he want?

He opened the backend interface and indeed saw Zhao An’s friend request.

He didn’t accept immediately; thinking it over, he typed on the screen.

["I don’t think I know him. What does he want with me?"]

Shangguan Yingxue seemed to have anticipated this question.

A screenshot was sent directly.

[E-D Mutual Aid Association]

[President: Zhao An]

[Vice President: Shangguan Yingxue]

[Guild Level: 1]

[Type: Affiliate of the Pharos Guild]

[Members: 83/300]

[Guild Motto: D-56, D-119 — E-3, E-19, E-28, E-103 merged sectors’ train conductors cooperate sincerely and help one another.]

A guild?

That was a bit surprising.

Judging from the motto, it seemed they were adding everyone from the merged sectors, which was why they tracked him down.

["Oh, impressive. You even got a vice president position, but I’m not really interested in guilds."]

["It’s just that they needed a vice president, selling a favor... it’s nothing. Besides, this guild itself is only an affiliate. However, that Zhao An seems quite ambitious. The invitation’s been sent; joining is up to you."]

There was more she didn’t say.

If Ye Qiyan chose to join the guild, she would also stay afterward.

["Mm, anything else?"]

["..."]

Shangguan Yingxue fell silent for a moment, hesitated, and then tentatively asked:

["Do you have any channels to obtain special items that can upgrade a train to Level 5? I want—"]

["No."]

["..."]

In a sense, he did have such channels.

For example, by spending some favors and Train Coins with people like Shaya or Menrojina, he could probably buy them.

But why would he do such a meaningless thing?

Let’s just say Shangguan Yingxue wasn’t lucky enough.

Otherwise Zhao Lin’s upgrade materials would have been hers.

The conversation ended.

Staring at Zhao An’s friend request in the backend, Ye Qiyan pondered for a moment and chose to accept.

The instant the friend request was approved, a long-waiting Zhao An’s face lit up with joy.

["Hello, Mr. Ye."]

["I already know about the guild. I’m not interested. Do you have anything else? If not, I’m very busy."]

Zhao An’s joy on his face turned into a wry smile.

He had guessed this result long ago.

Among that batch of train conductors, aside from Shangguan Yingxue, there wasn’t a second person with even a bit of ability willing to join his guild.

After all, what was this mutual aid association but a way for weaker train conductors to leech off stronger ones?

Even Shangguan Yingxue only held the vice president title in name; she didn’t plan to stay long. Once he found a suitable vice president, she would leave.

But Zhao An didn’t get discouraged and continued typing.

["It’s okay, Mr. Ye. Besides inviting you to the guild, there’s another matter I wanted to discuss."]

Another screenshot was sent to Ye Qiyan.

[Ten Cangmi City (Level-4 cooperative mission platform usage coordinate (10/10))]

[After use, the next stop’s destination will change to Ten Cangmi City.]

["I want to invite you to enter Ten Cangmi City with us at the next stop. Everything obtained there will be distributed according to work."]

Having sent the screenshot, Zhao An was very confident.

In his mind, no matter how strong Ye Qiyan was, he was probably only a Level-4 train conductor like Shangguan Yingxue. Presented with a ten-person cooperative platform, Ye Qiyan had no reason to pass up the free resources.

Level 4?

Looking at the contents of the screenshot, Ye Qiyan didn’t have the slightest interest.

He even considered Level 7 platforms weak, let alone just Level 4.

What would he go there for? A picnic?

So he only replied with three words.

["Not interested."]

["You—you don’t want to consider it? I’ve asked many seniors; Level-4 platforms like this are quite rare. The resources you can get are far more than a normal platform. Maybe you can even get items there to upgrade your train!"]

["Not interested."]

The same answer again.

Ye Qiyan reached for a slice of White Forest Fruit that the Red Tears Demon had just carved with the Tear-Engraving Sword and popped it into his mouth.

["If there’s nothing else, I’m very busy."]

He wasn’t lying, because not far off, WALL-E was running toward him happily with a spherical object in his arms.

He was really about to get busy.

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