Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

"Why would you believe such nonsense?"

"The gods you speak of don't even have the courage to set foot in the wasteland! If even the Train Conductor can't do it, why would you think they can accomplish it?"

"Moreover, why do you always dwell on the past? What's so bad about the present?"

Grace's aged face wore an unnatural smile, one tinged with bitterness.

"What's so bad about the present? Yes, most people who can continuously grow in the wasteland are like you, Xiao Xi, willing to abandon their past existence. But there's a saying, how does it go again?"

She looked up at the sky, gazing at the dark clouds.

"An infinite world holds infinite possibilities. The wasteland is so vast that it allows people like me, who yearn to return home, to survive until now. We are merely homeward-bound souls longing to go back."

"Do you remember Zhou Shangqing? Over a decade ago, that young man with the unique talent to surpass the stars. His appearance gave us hope of leaving. Not only did all the Train Conductors of his generation provide assistance back then, but we who yearn to return home did the same."

Zhou Shangqing? Surpass the stars?

"The one who crossed the wasteland but ultimately failed?"

"Correct, that's him."

Grace responded to Ye Qiyan's murmur.

Ye Qiyan remained silent, quietly eating White Forest Fruit to restore his spirit.

Today's matter probably wouldn't end easily.

This person should be a Train Conductor who came to this world a very, very long time ago.

If she had said nothing, that would be one thing, but...

Since she had revealed her purpose,

how could she possibly let them leave today?

Hadn't they noticed that even the charlatan who usually loved causing trouble the most was being unusually quiet right now?

"Zhou Shangqing ultimately failed, failing silently. He crossed the wasteland at a speed that was nearly, no, that was truly miraculous, yet still couldn't find the world's boundary."

"At that time, I wondered, just how big is this world? So big that I can't imagine any method that could allow us to escape the wasteland."

Grace's expression was full of desolation, her tone saturated with sorrow.

Yet these words completely failed to affect Zhao Xi.

"So what?"

"That's not a reason for you to believe in those gods! I don't believe it! If we can't accomplish it, how could those gods do it!"

Looking at Zhao Xi's agitated expression, Grace's eyes filled with motherly satisfaction.

"Hmm... I didn't believe it at first either, until they actually showed me my former world... showed me my daughter... When I came to the wasteland, she should have been about your height, right?"

See her former world?

Had this woman gone mad?

To actually believe something so easily falsified.

"Are you insane? How many years has it been since you came to this world? Even if your daughter really existed, she would have long since—!"

"The flow of time is different!"

Grace harshly interrupted Zhao Xi's words.

"Telling you all this was just to see if Xiao Xi and the two above would consider joining us. But it seems now... that's probably not possible. You and I are not the same kind of people, but you are the type of Train Conductors most favored by the train system—those willing to constantly move forward and pioneer the future. Pity, you're going to stop forever~."

"But your lives are very expensive~ to the system."

Grace spread her arms, and a staff taller than a person appeared in her hands.

The system's light screen repeatedly appeared and disappeared.

"Look, the system is angry."

"But, I haven't abandoned my identity as Train Conductor yet, so it cannot revoke its favor toward me~. Therefore, matters between us are disputes between Train Conductors. It has no right to interfere."

"Hehe~ How hateful, this foolish thing..."

"Sorry, Xiao Xi. I'm a selfish person, someone who will stop at nothing to achieve my goals... One last question: will you join us? You don't need to become a believer of those gods. We're just using each other. I only need you to abandon your identity as Train Conductor when we need it, that's all. If you do this, we won't be enemies."

Zzzzt—

Zhao Xi used action to express her refusal.

Gritting her teeth, silvery-white lightning once again swirled around her body.

"Pity."

"Your fight with Simake and the others has already consumed too much of your spirit. The final strike from that mechanical dragon just now couldn't have left you unscathed either. Xiao Xi, you can't resist. Besides... Galo, I agree to your terms."

The Curse Card sequence holder Camelin Galo, wearing a breathing mask and wrapped tightly in clothing, silently emerged from the shadows.

"One Curse Card, plus the whereabouts of the person who stole the seal, and also, the key to unlock the seal."

Galo casually discarded several corpses and came before Zhao Xi.

Raising his palm, two Curse Card sequences floated above it.

Immediately, ominous light flashed from the card sequences and shot toward Zhao Xi.

"Tch..."

Zhao Xi wanted to dodge, but Grace waved her staff, slowing her movements for an instant. The curses clung to her like maggots burrowing into bone.

"Misfortune, and, Life Devouring."

Galo murmured softly.

Zhao Xi felt her stamina rapidly draining away, with a sense of everything going wrong enveloping her heart.

Her spirit, already agitated by the anger Grace had provoked, now worsened further, continuously plummeting.

Grace, wearing a smile, walked directly toward Zhao Xi.

However, before she could do anything more,

Zhao Xi, who was half-kneeling on the ground, suddenly lifted her small face and pulled out a relieved smile.

Then, she took out a tube of crimson medicine and gulped it down.

"I'm really being underestimated..."

The dark golden light points at Zhao Xi's side once again transformed and merged into her body. Last time, the power from her transformation hadn't been completely exhausted.

She had only killed Simake—that wasn't enough to leave her in such a sorry state.

Her Hunt-Patrol Mech-Dragon roared, separating Grace from her.

Time was sufficient.

"...Trading reduced physical and spiritual limits for temporarily restored power? I didn't know you had something like this. It seems you didn't completely trust me either. But how long can you maintain this state?"

Zhao Xi had completed her transformation once again.

She flew into the air, the dark golden radiance making her appear as the true deity of this world.

She spoke coldly, as if after transforming, no other emotions could affect her judgment.

"Those who believe in gods are guilty."

"Trial verdict."

"Belief in gods, betrayal, guilt of the innocent! Enhancement!"

"Judgment—"

"Death penalty—!"

Hearing that cold voice, a playful smile appeared on Grace's face.

She tapped her staff on the ground.

The ground began to collapse.

"There aren't many people on this level. Let's fight downstairs. There are still many people there."

Boom—

On the third level of Suoluo City.

Everyone still engaged in battle was astonished to discover

a massive crack appearing in the virtual sky.

The crack continuously expanded.

Until.

Everything from the fourth level came crashing down.

Was the sky falling?

"Holy crap, what's big sis doing up there? Making such a huge mess. Damn, she wouldn't have gotten herself killed up there, would she?"

Lin You stood on the white dragon's head, watching the real sky gradually appear, and couldn't help clicking his tongue.

Having similar thoughts was Menrojina, who was secretly watching the show through monitors on the second level.

"...Damn charlatan... you might actually be right."

She thought of what Zhu Xingshu had said not long ago.

"Sigh... I can't let anything happen to Brother Ye... The karma hasn't been repaid yet..."

There were seven chains of causality in total.

Now, five of them still remained dim and lifeless.

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