"Zombies? Whatever. Lisette, eliminate him."

Ye Qiyan didn't think too much and immediately gave Lisette the order to attack.

Just as the second hand behind Lisette was about to remove the "dried corpse's" head.

They saw the dried corpse actually reveal a terrified expression, letting out a hoarse pleading sound from its mouth.

"No, don't! Don't kill me—!"

"Wait."

Ye Qiyan pressed down Lisette's hand, frowning as he looked at this dried corpse.

A corpse that can talk?

Well, a talking corpse isn't really that surprising either.

But rather, a living person?

A living person who made himself look like a dried corpse?

Thinking carefully, the sound he just made wasn't a corpse's gurgling, but... hungry?

"What are you?"

The "dried corpse" — no, the dried person — kept shaking his head, with such violent shaking that it felt like his brain might fly off his neck at any moment.

"I, I am... a Train Conductor!"

"I... I'm so hungry..."

Hungry?

Ye Qiyan took a carrot from his backpack, glanced at the few remaining teeth in the dried person's mouth, and silently switched to a packaged small cake.

But the moment the dried person saw the cake, it seemed to trigger some bad memory, and he quickly retreated several steps.

"No no, I won't eat, won't eat cake! I don't want to eat cake!"

"Then what do you eat? I only have this and carrots."

"I want, I want carrots..."

"...."

Watching the other person desperately use his few remaining teeth to gnaw off pieces of carrot and swallow them, Ye Qiyan's gaze followed through the large iron door behind him.

Beyond it seemed to be a passage leading to the underground waterway.

Faintly, the sound of flowing water could be heard from within.

Hmm?

Wait.

That's not the sound of flowing water.

That sound is actually similar to the sound made by the human-transformed mucus flowing that he saw last night.

Which means, behind there is likely where the mucus from above ground flows into?

"Cough... cough..."

After eating some carrot, the dried person's body miraculously didn't look as terrible.

At least his speaking voice became relatively smoother.

Ye Qiyan placed a bottle of water in front of him.

"Drink."

"Thank you... but, can't drink... can't drink water, or I'll be eaten again, it, it likes... juicy ones the most..."

It?

What is it?

Before Ye Qiyan could ask.

Suddenly.

He heard a chaotic sound of footsteps coming from behind the iron door.

These footsteps appeared out of nowhere.

There were none before.

Boom—!

The iron door was violently smashed open.

From it emerged a large group of well-dressed police officers wearing riot gear, holding firearms, who without hesitation aimed and pulled the triggers toward Ye Qiyan and the dried person.

"So they're finally making their move?"

Bending down to comfort the frightened WALL-E.

The Wandering Star Holy Sigil manifested around Ye Qiyan's body.

All the bullets were blocked outside.

He stared at these police officers before him, the corners of his mouth turning upward.

These police officers are human.

But, not entirely.

Parts of their bodies haven't completely transformed from the mucus state into human flesh.

So that means, including the humans in the town above.

They're all transformed from this mucus?

"Lisette."

The command was given.

Hour, minute, second.

Weapons manifested.

The second hand rotated, spike-shaped projectiles continuously shot out, piercing through the bodies of these police officers.

The minute hand rotated, spiral-shaped sharp spikes hung above their heads like Damocles' swords, falling from high altitude to slice them in half.

Finally, the hour hand rotated, all those killed by the minute and second hands had their corpses rapidly age and disintegrate, eventually turning into clean dust that dissipated into nothingness.

This was the first time Ye Qiyan formally witnessed Lisette's combat methods.

No wonder Eve felt its Thunderlight Spear Throw was far inferior to Lisette's naturally occurring spikes.

Although these spikes have no level, their abilities are indeed very powerful.

All enemies were completely eliminated.

The scene behind that iron door was fully revealed before his eyes.

"An intersection of sewer pipes? These are..."

Green mucus covered the underground river.

Within that mucus, faintly visible were one human form after another.

"Hmm?"

For some reason, Ye Qiyan felt a momentary hunger, but the sensation quickly disappeared.

Pulling up the system interface, he saw a new negative status had appeared in his status bar.

【Endless Hunger】

【Craving Food (Ineffective)】

【Craving Drink (Ineffective)】

【Craving to Devour Everything, Even if Your Body Explodes! (Ineffective!)】

Mental negative effects are useless against him.

This was also demonstrated in Lisette's case.

But the dried person wasn't so fortunate.

He painfully collapsed to the ground, frantically gnawing on the carrot in his hand.

But precisely because of this frantic gnawing, his few remaining teeth became embedded in the carrot, and with one forceful bite, completely shattered.

"Hungry! Hungry!"

Has he gone mad?

Or has his mind reached some critical threshold?

Ye Qiyan took out Black Ebony, preparing to help him find release.

Suddenly, the dried person's movements stopped.

"Th-thank you for the carrot, are you, are you a Train Conductor?"

Gasping for breath, speaking human words.

The dried person's dim eyes held only a faint glimmer of light remaining.

"Who are you?"

Ye Qiyan asked this way.

"I'm a Train Conductor, at least I was... You should leave quickly, don't enter this place, there's a Demon here! It will devour everything! It will turn you into, into the state of those people just now!"

"Go quickly, go quickly!"

He seemed to be going mad again.

But, there's a Demon here?

A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Qiyan's face.

He gently patted WALL-E's head beside him.

"Looks like you found the right place, WALL-E~"

WALL-E curved his eyes, appearing very happy.

He had never been wrong.

Seeing Ye Qiyan show no trace of fear, the dried person became urgently anxious.

Trembling, he stretched out his hand and revealed his entire experience.

The content was simple.

An ambitious Train Conductor entered this station platform.

Participated in an activity called the Food Festival.

Here, he ate voraciously for ten days and ten nights, completely unaware that his body was continuously expanding and growing larger.

Until, that day arrived.

Everyone at the Food Festival completely disappeared.

Replaced by a terrifying Demon.

That Demon caught him.

Threw him into the mucus.

Until that day, his train became one among the Jing Guan at the very top of the shopping mall.

The reason he could survive, and survive until now, was because he possessed a special talent called an undying nature — even if suffering severe injuries, as long as the vertebrae in his body weren't completely shattered, he could maintain a minimal state and painfully continue living.

He didn't dare eat anything, nor drink water, afraid that having even the slightest bit of extra energy in his body would cause it to discover him.

Drifting aimlessly for who knows how many years, wandering back and forth in this usually deserted place, occasionally he would peer through manhole covers to observe the space outside, that Jing Guan continuously growing taller and larger.

Which means, more Train Conductors have become its food.

The dried person fell into endless fear, the hope of escape disappearing from his heart.

Until today, he encountered Ye Qiyan who came from outside, ambitious and spirited, just like himself in the past.

An unknown flame rose from the depths of his heart, not wanting anyone else to repeat the fate of Train Conductors who came to this station.

"Go quickly, go quickly, you absolutely must leave! I beg you!"

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