Camping, barbecuing, fishing, drinking, sunbathing.
On this Terte Island, Ye Qiyan had no intention of leaving early.
He had left an Anchor coordinate here.
Only when the train's stopping time reached its final moment did he finally depart from this harvest platform.
The station lived up to its name.
Indeed, the harvest was quite good - aside from various meats and vegetables, the cultivation carriage, breeding carriage, and water storage carriage were all greatly replenished at this station.
And most importantly, there was a fragment of a Blasphemy Card.
The time to leave the station had arrived.
The wasteland had actually reached 8 AM the next day.
"Just five hours left... Sigh, stopping time is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain these days. I need to reach 24 hours sooner, or maybe spend money to buy some? But it feels... not quite worth it."
Thirty Train Coins for one hour of stopping time, and it wasn't even available on the black market. To acquire it, he'd probably need to spend even more.
Shaking his head, he routinely collected the five Train Coins that WALL-E had gathered from the Great Dragon Card.
Ye Qiyan planned to continue playing games to pass the time. With only five hours left, he didn't intend to do much else.
Eve still enjoyed standing at the locomotive section overlooking the surroundings, just like when it was the Sentinel Guard.
From time to time, it would throw Thunderlight Spear Throws or fire shots, eliminating the monsters that eternally chased the train on their pursuit path.
Ding ding—
A sound rang in his ears. Was it a friend sending a message?
The timing was quite normal. Who could it be?
Pulling up the light screen for a quick look.
Ye Qiyan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Qin Qiang? Hmm... from the goblin incident?"
That man he encountered when eliminating the Goblin Champion and Goblin Legion Commander.
He remembered promising to help him with one matter.
But wasn't it supposed to be anytime within a month?
Why was he contacting him so early?
Ye Qiyan wasn't in a hurry, finishing his game first before looking at the message on the light screen.
Qin Qiang: ["Big shot, are you there? Do you have time?"]
["What's the matter?"]
City of Eternal Night.
The piercing sound of sirens and the chaos of rioting people filled the air endlessly.
Qin Qiang's hands trembled as he looked mournfully at the corpse placed in the center of an underground structure.
"Brother Qin, has that big shot you mentioned replied? We must leave this place... the boss is dead, our guild is finished..."
"Yes, Brother Qin Qiang, why don't we go to the City of a Thousand Stars to rebuild the guild? It's the largest city, there should be a place for us there."
"If we can go to Suoluo City, that would be best... that city has the Grand Judge, it should be relatively fair, and the rulers of those cities are still human."
"Enough, all of you shut up. Pack up the boss's body. Even if we leave, we're taking the boss with us."
Qin Qiang felt somewhat irritable. Before him sat a computer-like device.
This was something Train Conductors used outside the train to temporarily access the train system. Without it, those who hadn't bound the train system to themselves couldn't use any system functions outside the train.
A coughing notification sound came from the screen.
Qin Qiang's face instantly showed delight as he raised his hand to silence everyone around.
"It's that big shot from the Tribunal! All of you keep quiet!"
Qin Qiang swallowed, organized his words, and typed a reply on the chat interface.
["Big shot! About that matter you promised to help me with... could we possibly move it up? We're in a bit of a hurry..."]
["I remember you said anytime within a month would work. It hasn't been that long yet."]
Qin Qiang smiled bitterly, glanced again at the corpse being placed in the coffin, and sighed.
["Big shot, to be honest, our guild leader in the City of Eternal Night is already dead. Without a leader, our guild is just a bunch of weaklings who can't even pass slightly difficult level five or six platforms. This city can no longer accommodate us. If we don't leave soon, we'll all die here. So please, help us!"]
City of Eternal Night - a city he hadn't heard of before. Judging by the name, it seemed quite special.
Well, he only knew about two cities anyway.
From Qin Qiang, Ye Qiyan learned that in this world, not all guilds were powerful, and not many Train Conductors had sufficient resources to continuously grow stronger.
The number of Train Conductors wasn't particularly large or small. Many Conductors from the same batch or same Sector, under pressure from upper-level guild forces, found it difficult to obtain special materials for upgrades. This made surviving increasingly dangerous platforms in the wasteland even more challenging.
Even if they could buy special materials for upgrades, what came after upgrading? Without Train Coins, they couldn't afford the most important enhancement method for Train Conductors.
Upgrade options.
Upgrading was difficult, and life after upgrading was difficult too. In this vicious cycle, they essentially became workhorses laboring for upper-level guilds.
In this increasingly difficult survival situation, they chose to band together for warmth.
Just like the mutual aid alliance Zhao An established, they formed a guild to help each other, becoming subsidiaries of larger guilds as small guilds.
Different from Zhao An's alliance, almost everyone in Qin Qiang's guild deeply trusted their leader because, among the surviving people in that Sector, most had received his favors and help to some extent.
They poured all obtained resources into their leader, having him use all Train Coins to purchase combat-oriented upgrade options, thus forcefully creating a Train Conductor stuck at level 29 with relatively decent strength.
Through the collective efforts of guild members to acquire equipment and items to enhance combat power, they barely managed to establish a foothold in this City of Eternal Night.
However, recently, the upper echelons of the City of Eternal Night and upper-level guilds seemed to be plotting something.
They announced to all Train Conductors in the city that they must hand over all resources for unified distribution, and all human Train Conductors must undergo vampire transformation, abandoning their human status.
Other demands were somewhat acceptable, but becoming non-human was absolutely unacceptable for Train Conductors with even modest abilities, though it might benefit weaker ones.
Thus, the riot began.
Guilds united to pressure the City of Eternal Night, hoping to make them abandon these demands.
Qin Qiang originally thought this riot would continue, with the City of Eternal Night's higher-ups compromising. Even if it persisted, it wouldn't reach such intensity so quickly.
But he never expected that within just a few days, the upper echelons of the City of Eternal Night directly dispatched large numbers of vampire-transformed royal guards to forcibly integrate guild resources and capture powerful Train Conductors.
Their guild leader died during this capture operation outside, his blood completely drained, without even a chance to surrender.
The remaining dozen or so people, despite having been in this world for years, possessed no formidable combat power. All their wealth and abilities had been funneled into one person. Facing the current situation, they had no choice but to flee.
The leader was dead.
Time waited for no one. If they didn't escape quickly, their turn would come soon.
But how should they escape? Abandon the guild stronghold and start over in another city? Or directly disband the guild and enter the wasteland first?
They were unwilling and didn't want to do this.
Now there was only one way.
That's why Qin Qiang contacted Ye Qiyan, hoping to find the best solution from this Tribunal Judge he knew, to move the relocation plans forward.
They couldn't delay any longer. If they delayed, everyone would die.
The City of Eternal Night no longer belonged to humans.
["Big shot, please help us! As long as we have a place to stay! All remaining Train Coins after purchasing a stronghold will be yours! So, please!"]
Help?
No, this was just a transaction.
Ye Qiyan leaned back sitting on the floor, supporting his chin with several fingers lightly tapping the ground.
["How many Train Coins can you offer? I mean, how many for me."]
["Whatever remains after buying the stronghold..."]
["No sincerity, then forget it."]
["No! We have! Big shot! Fifty! Fifty Train Coins!"]
Fifty was quite a lot.
But~
["A bit low."]
If he could offer fifty, he definitely had more available.
["Then, s-sixty?"]
Qin Qiang's heart was bleeding.
To be honest, they were poor.
Or rather, for most Train Conductors, Train Coins were truly precious.
Few could obtain large quantities of items and Train Coins like Ye Qiyan to enhance themselves.
Thinking about it this way.
WALL-E was practically his biggest cheat besides Sublimation.
Calling over the little robot that was sweeping to rub its head, the small robot didn't understand its owner's actions but simply felt happy.
["Seventy, or forget it."]
This price should be close to the other party's limit.
Any more, and he probably genuinely couldn't produce it.
"Seventy..."
Qin Qiang gritted his teeth, glanced at the number of Train Coins in his pocket, then looked outside the room at the city sky dyed red by flames.
["Deal! Today, at this station! Please help us obtain a guild entry invitation card to Suoluo City! We beg you!"]
["I'll try."]
An ambiguous answer - Ye Qiyan didn't make a firm commitment.
After all, he had no idea how to obtain something like a guild invitation card.
Maybe he should ask that little Judge?
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