The night passed without words.
The next morning, Ye Qiyan once again arrived at that shopping mall.
The Food Festival was still ongoing.
The people he had personally witnessed turning into green liquid last night were still present here today.
He once again made physical contact with these people.
On the system identification interface, the same information was still displayed.
[Race: Human]
"Really interesting, and they completely don't remember what happened last night?"
Ye Qiyan found the person he had personally seen transform into slime last night and used Bewitchment to question them.
They had returned home to sleep, sleeping very soundly and peacefully.
Should he continue waiting?
As before, he wasn't in a hurry.
However, as the saying goes~
"There's really no need to keep waiting~"
Because right beside him, on the interface used by the Illusory Surveillant to monitor the train.
Little WALL-E had already returned to the train.
Its hands were empty.
Meaning, it had found a treasure that couldn't be brought back.
Could it be that Demon Card existing at this station platform?
With this thought, Ye Qiyan put down the milkshake in his hand and prepared to leave this shopping mall with Lisette.
However, before they could reach the door.
The little girl Fengfeng, whom he hadn't seen all day, suddenly ran over from somewhere.
"Ah, big brother, big sister, we meet again! Where are you going?"
Ye Qiyan lifted his head and looked around.
The surveillance cameras above were fixedly staring at this location.
He smiled and reached out his hand, placing it on the little girl's head, gently stroking twice.
"Suddenly remembered I forgot to turn off the gas in my car, so need to go back and turn it off. Little sister, do you want to come with us?"
On the system interface, the other party's information appeared.
[Name: Fengfeng]
[Race: Human]
Human, huh?
At this station, are there beings that aren't human?
Ye Qiyan withdrew his hand, and the little girl Fengfeng giggled.
"No~ Fengfeng just wanted to say, big brother and big sister definitely shouldn't leave directly~ There are still many, many delicious things here that you haven't tried yet, but..."
"If you're going to leave, then hurry up and go."
Fengfeng's expression suddenly changed for an instant, those eight words spoken so quickly and whispered so softly that if Ye Qiyan's physical abilities hadn't been greatly enhanced along with his stamina improvement, he truly wouldn't have been able to hear her voice at all.
"Hehe, big brother, big sister, see you later! You'll come back, right?"
"Of course we will."
Why wouldn't they come back?
The treasure he wanted to obtain wasn't limited to just that Demon Card.
The secrets of this shopping mall, the unknown mission—he intended to complete those as well.
Just after Ye Qiyan and Lisette walked out of the shopping mall.
Fengfeng stood at the door, hands behind her back, cheerfully looking up at the surveillance camera above, then made a funny face.
"Uncle~ Big brother and big sister have already left~ Do you want to have everyone bring them back? After all, the 'Food Festival' hasn't ended yet~"
Fourth floor office.
The man was struggling to eat a box of fried chicken pieces.
Watching the footage from the surveillance camera, he frowned.
Just now, the surveillance camera had experienced a slight fluctuation.
"Hmph, trying to leave? It's already too late."
"Once you enter this shopping mall, you're destined to become its nourishment, without any exceptions."
He pushed the door open and went out.
Outside the office was actually the location of the Jing Guan forged from train locomotive sections.
All the locomotive sections had serial numbers.
The newest one had the number "98"
And at the very top, there was actually a locomotive section with the number 100, relatively more intact, meaning that from one to one hundred, only number ninety-nine remained.
"This young man will become its final meal, and then, the demon's power will completely belong to me!"
The man laughed maniacally.
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On the way back to the train, they encountered no obstructions.
Apart from some peddlers handing them leaflets with information about the Food Festival, no one paid them particular attention.
Were they overconfident?
Thinking Ye Qiyan absolutely couldn't escape, or perhaps...
They weren't worried at all about them leaving?
The sky above the town looked no different from nighttime, and on the way back to the train, there were still no people blocking their departure.
According to the system's statement, he could currently spend 20 Train Coins to leave the station.
But...
"Has it become invalid? I knew leaving wouldn't be that easy."
At the station departure option, the coin-operated departure button had turned gray.
"System, explain."
The interface appeared, accompanied by the system's response:
["Train Conductor, Ye Qiyan, is currently in a locked state by this Station World. You must meet conditions or remain hidden for a period of time to lift the lock before you can depart from the station."]
Ye Qiyan shook his head, not particularly worried about this matter.
He walked directly to the front of the train and opened the train door.
WALL-E, who had returned here not long ago, immediately rushed out.
It vigorously waved its mechanical claw, pointing repeatedly toward the shopping mall's direction.
Clearly, the treasure it had found was inside that shopping mall.
"Alright, alright~ No need to be so anxious, we'll set off right now~ to search for the treasure~"
Following WALL-E's lead, twisting and turning through the town, Ye Qiyan arrived at the entrance of a very dark underground parking lot.
The reason it was called dark was because looking down from above, visibility didn't exceed one meter.
Moreover, in their current location, there were absolutely no residents from the town around.
It felt like a place forgotten by the world.
But it was precisely such a place that contained this Station World's most precious treasure?
"Let's go, we're heading down."
Holding the Pure Cleansing Stone in the center of his palm, its soft light dispelled the surrounding darkness.
They proceeded downward.
In the underground space, there were numerous cars covered in thick dust.
Judging by the thickness of the dust, they had been parked in this place for at least over ten years.
They continued forward.
This direction was exactly the same as heading toward the ground-level Wind Wind Mall.
Lisette calculated the distance for Ye Qiyan.
When they reached directly beneath the Wind Wind Mall, she poked Ye Qiyan's shoulder.
"So, this is the second option at the fork in the road?"
"This is really..."
Located directly beneath the Wind Wind Shopping Mall.
In this space.
There existed a subway platform that could only accommodate one train.
"Should we continue further inside?"
WALL-E gently tugged on his pant leg.
Pointing deeper into the platform, toward an iron door that appeared to have been previously opened by it.
But, before Ye Qiyan could proceed further.
From within that iron door, suddenly emerged a emaciated, desiccated corpse-like elderly figure.
"Hungry.... hungry..."
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