The train slowly decelerated.

A gentle ray of sunlight shone through the train window onto his face.

Outside was a station platform.

The kind that appeared completely normal, ordinary, and intact.

The station name was Wind Wind Shopping Mall.

So, where was the shopping mall?

"Danger! Huh? It's been a while since many stations showed such warnings. Should I say, as expected of a level 8 platform?"

"Forget it, WALL-E."

WALL-E, who had long been prepared, curved his eyes and waved his hand beside Ye Qiyan's feet.

"Be careful. If you find the treasure but can't retrieve it, immediately return to the train and wait for me!"

WALL-E nodded.

He solemnly extended a mechanical claw, as if promising to complete the mission.

Thus, he exited the train and began treasure hunting.

"Sigh..."

Ye Qiyan had already made thorough preparations before entering this station.

He put on his backpack and opened the train door.

This time, Eve remained on top of the train.

Just like when she was still the Sentinel Guard, she protected the train.

Lisette followed behind Ye Qiyan, so quiet she seemed almost nonexistent.

He opened the door and stepped out of the train.

The scene outside was just as normal as what he had seen from inside.

"If this is a mission platform..."

Based on past experience.

In mission platforms, there were either mission prompts near the train, like corpses or similar things.

Or.

Someone would actively come forward to provide missions.

Was it the former? Or...

The latter.

"Wow, big brother and big sister over there, are you guests here to participate in the mall's food festival?!"

A cheerful voice came from the distance.

A little girl came skipping over happily.

Guests? Food festival?

Was that his identity at this station?

Ye Qiyan cautiously looked at the little girl before him.

They were still within Eve's surveillance range, and Eve hadn't taken action, meaning this little girl currently harbored no hostility.

After brief consideration, a smile appeared on Ye Qiyan's face.

Bewitchment~

"Little sister, we are indeed guests here for the food festival. However, we were invited last minute and don't know the specific details here. Could you tell us what exactly happens at this food festival?"

A momentary confusion flashed in the little girl's eyes, but she quickly regained clarity and explained without any suspicion:

"The food festival is of course about eating food in the mall~ Hehe, every three months, everyone living in the mall invites one guest to enter and participate in the festival~ There, you can eat anything you want!"

Just eating?

Ye Qiyan didn't believe things would be that simple.

Don't forget, there was still a Demon Card here.

But since there weren't more clues available now, Ye Qiyan had no intention of refusing.

He followed the little girl to the mall she mentioned.

"By the way, little sister, what's your name?"

The little girl giggled and replied:

"My name is Fengfeng~ Everyone calls me that~"

"......"

The mall indeed existed.

After leaving the station platform.

This place turned out to be a rather normal small town.

The town wasn't empty.

Rather, like a real town, it contained many humans.

They lived here.

As if this was just an ordinary little town.

Ye Qiyan's appearance was undoubtedly that of a complete stranger to the town's residents.

Many eyes secretly fell upon him and Lisette, as if trying to discern what made these Outsiders special.

They walked toward the inner part of the town.

At the center.

Stood a massive four-story shopping mall.

Ye Qiyan's footsteps suddenly halted.

He raised his head and looked toward the very top of the mall.

There stood a special structure piled up from unknown objects.

It was somewhat distant and hard to see clearly, but...

When his eyes fell upon that structure, he sensed something ominous.

"What is that?"

The little girl Fengfeng came closer and followed his gaze.

"That? That's the memorial tower everyone built~ During every food festival, this tower grows just a little bit taller~ Big brother, big sister, let's go inside quickly, the food festival has already started!"

"..."

Ye Qiyan continued staring at the structure.

Lisette beside him approached and whispered in his ear.

"Should I destroy it?"

"Not yet."

Lisette nodded, maintaining her smile as she resumed her role as an invisible presence.

Ye Qiyan looked at the structure at the top once more.

Perhaps others couldn't see clearly.

But he saw it very clearly.

The things piled up to form that structure were nothing else.

They were the locomotive sections of countless trains, who knew how many.

No wonder Ye Qiyan felt displeased the moment he noticed the objects atop the building.

They were piled together, as if forming a unique JING GUAN made specifically for trains.

It was as if... those were trophies used to declare something.

"Let's go."

The little girl Fengfeng tilted her head, still wearing that cheerful smile, and led Ye Qiyan and Lisette into the mall before them.

Inside the mall, the noise of crowds filled the air.

What met their eyes were numerous shops existing here.

Restaurants, taverns, karaoke bars, and even internet cafes.

For a moment, Ye Qiyan even felt somewhat dazed.

As if he had returned to the world he once lived in.

"Big brother! Big sister! Welcome to the mall~ Hehe, today is the important food festival! All the food in the mall is free~"

Fengfeng happily ran to a shop counter and picked up a cream cake placed there.

"Big brother, big sister, Fengfeng has other matters to attend to, so I won't be hosting you anymore."

"Where are you going?"

Ye Qiyan asked this way.

The power of Bewitchment naturally emerged.

The little girl blinked, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes, then under the influence of Bewitchment, she spoke in a very soft voice:

"I need to go back and tell Uncle that we've received new guests~"

"Uncle? Can you take us to see him?"

"No~ Uncle said today's guests should rest well in the mall, eat and drink their fill~ Later, Uncle will come to meet you~"

The conversation ended. The little girl patted her cheeks, seemingly wondering if she had said something she shouldn't have.

She didn't dwell on it.

After bidding polite farewells, she ran into the crowd and disappeared.

Within the vast mall, crowds surged.

Although everyone seemed to be doing their own things.

Ye Qiyan could feel that countless eyes were watching him.

"Fengfeng of Wind Wind Shopping Mall..."

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