Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Chapter 174: Pearl Mussels in the Lake

His physical strength and mental energy were nearly depleted.

Ye Qiyan lay completely limp in his chair, cosplaying as a salted fish by this silent lakeside.

"You're back?"

A familiar voice approached from the distance.

The Red Tears Demon walked over silently, dragging behind her Tear-Engraving Sword the corpse of a yak that stood over three meters tall.

Clearly, she had identified this yak as a threat and eliminated it following Ye Qiyan's command.

"A yak? Hmm, why do all the animals on this island seem so huge?"

Chickens half the size of a person, yaks over three meters tall...

Yet the fish in the lake were exceptionally tiny.

Eve, hovering nearby, stared at Red Tears, the machine and demon facing each other.

Eve pulled out her Thunderlight Spear Throw, compared it with the Engraved Tear Sword, then silently put it away and went to process the yak.

Picking up the parasol Eve had been holding, Red Tears returned to stand beside Ye Qiyan.

"So quiet here..."

No roaring from the train.

No monsters chasing through the wasteland.

Nor the various incidents encountered at other stations.

Aside from the oversized animals, this Terte Island seemed to be just an ordinary island.

"Caw~ Caw~"

The demon raven flew through the air, casually teasing the little goshawk following behind it.

The Giant Sting Bees collected pollen and seeds from the island to bring back to the train, enriching the resources in the cultivation carriage.

The breeding carriage was no longer home to just the goshawk.

Rabbits that jumped incredibly high, large chickens, lizards that breathed fire, and wild boars with horns...

These strange animals would become the train's food reserves.

As for what to feed them?

Simple.

The rice bag obtained from Ten Cangmi City.

It could finally serve some purpose.

A ten-kilogram piece of rotten meat could transform into one hundred kilograms of rice.

Perfect for feeding these animals.

Additionally, the 2,500 cubic meters of water in the water storage carriage, after purification by the filtration system, flowed into designated separate areas.

For bathing, drinking, fish farming...

The sun gradually descended.

Beyond the island, the endless ocean donned a veil of darkness.

Splash splash~

The familiar sound of tracks came from the water.

Ye Qiyan, having recovered much of his physical and mental energy, had already set up a pot and was eating stewed fish.

Hearing the sound, he looked over.

He saw WALL-E emerging from the lake, draped in water weeds.

It shook its head vigorously, trying to fling off the weeds, only to entangle them further.

"Silly thing, come here."

He removed the water weeds and looked it over.

"Hmm? Didn't find any treasure?"

The little robot nodded, then suddenly noticed Eve beside Ye Qiyan and jumped in fright.

"!!!"

It extended its mechanical arm, pointing at Eve, then at itself.

Pitifully, it ran to Ye Qiyan's feet and hugged his leg.

Clearly, it thought its master had found a better robot and was planning to replace it.

After all, just from appearance alone, Eve looked far more refined than it did.

"Silly WALL-E, this is Eve, not here to replace you. Remember the Sentinel Guard? It transformed into this robot."

WALL-E looked at the train roof where the Sentinel Guard had originally been stationed - it was indeed gone.

It looked at Eve again, wiped its monitor-like eyes with its mechanical claw, then pitifully curved its monitor-like eyes.

They were both their master's robots, so why did it feel so inferior to the other?

However, knowing the other wasn't there to replace it, WALL-E relaxed slightly and gently tugged at Ye Qiyan's pant leg, pointing toward the lake.

"You're saying the treasure you found is in the water? And you can't bring it up?"

It nodded.

"...In the water... I can swim, but... wait, this should work. Let me try first."

He thought of a good idea.

Taking off his shirt, the little jellyfish hiding against his chest woke up.

"Want to come down first?"

The little jellyfish seemed to understand him, poking its head out to look around, then lightly floated down to land on the Red Tears Demon's head.

"...You sure know how to pick a spot. Whatever, we'll deal with it when I get back."

Red Tears silently reached up to grab it, but the tiny Dream Eater juvenile directly burrowed into her hair and disappeared.

"..."

"Ahem, it's my pet, don't damage it."

"...."

Under Red Tears' silent gaze.

Ye Qiyan walked to the lakeside, took a deep breath, spread his arms, and the Wandering Star Holy Sigil unfolded.

Entering the lake, all the water was blocked outside by the holy sigil, forming a spherical space.

"It actually works! Let's go, WALL-E, lead the way."

Walking along the lake bottom, he took out the Pure Cleansing Stone to illuminate the surroundings.

Eve followed as well.

WALL-E led the way ahead.

They continued forward, walking slowly for about ten-plus minutes.

He saw an entrance emitting mesmerizing radiance.

Continuing downward, sinking into it, they directly left the lake water and arrived at an underground space filled with pearls.

Looking up.

The lake water was blocked outside by some unknown force.

Oxygen was plentiful, and everywhere they looked, there weren't just pearls, but many giant pearl oysters.

"Is this the place?"

WALL-E nodded and continued leading him forward.

They walked through this underground space for roughly an hour.

The further inward they went.

The larger the pearls on the ground became.

Fist-sized pearls here were only fit to be gravel.

Head-sized pearls weren't considered rare either.

Only boulder-sized pearls counted as relatively precious.

"How big must the pearl oysters be to produce pearls this size? Good heavens, wouldn't they need to be three stories tall to grow pearls this big?"

Ye Qiyan reached out to touch them, and according to the system's description, these were indeed just ordinary pearls aside from their size.

They held no special value.

Bringing some back for decoration would be fine, but no need to deliberately collect them.

Finally, WALL-E stopped.

Before it could indicate the final direction.

Eve, who had been following Ye Qiyan, seemed to detect danger within her alert range, as both the Merciful Heavy Machine Gun and Six-Cycle Ice Veam Beam Cannon extended their barrels from the space around her, aiming in one direction.

"Detected danger? WALL-E, is the treasure you found in that direction too?"

WALL-E nodded, quickly running in front of Eve and waving its arms, indicating there was no danger there.

However, Eve showed no intention of believing it, still aiming her weapons in that direction, ready to blast everything to pieces at Ye Qiyan's command.

"Let's go take a look first."

Following WALL-E, they completed this final stretch.

Passing through a cave opening.

The world ahead suddenly opened up.

Before their eyes.

A giant pearl oyster as tall as a six-story building came into view.

Above its head, the lake water served as the sky.

Each time it slightly opened its mouth, it would exhale an invisible gas - this gas was what kept the lake water blocked overhead.

WALL-E extended its mechanical claw, pointing toward the gap in the giant pearl oyster's shell.

"So, the treasure you found is inside there?"

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