Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

The Transcend Warhead launched.

A black hole lasting one second forcibly annihilated a massive gap within the light pillar.

However, The Hunt's strike didn't completely destroy it.

The gap rapidly repaired itself the moment the collapsing black hole disappeared.

As if it would return to normal the very next second.

But this didn't mean the Transcend Warhead was useless.

Quite the opposite.

To repair that cavity, the originally sky-piercing light pillar directly shrank by more than half.

Moreover, Eve in Overdrive Star state had all her weapons enhanced with the same tenfold power boost.

The red triple acceleration device activated.

Silver bullets were fed into it.

The train's speed surged wildly.

The drill bit emitted bursts of explosive roars.

Charge—impact!

The train let out a piercing shriek.

The Hunt and Eve's attacks continued relentlessly.

The drill bit's assault caused the light pillar's size to begin diminishing.

But, it still wasn't enough.

Finally.

Battlefield Manifestation—

Red Tears standing on the train roof drew her Tear-Engraving Sword.

A trail of tears streaked from the corner of her eye.

With a calm expression, she pointed the sword forward.

Countless figures flashed past ahead.

Random selection.

Followed by a sword swing.

The cleaving sword stroke made contact with the light pillar.

Sever—

The light pillar shrank again!

It was continuously getting smaller!

The drill bit's shrieking grew increasingly intense.

Just as it seemed about to charge through directly, the light pillar's size actually transformed to match the train's locomotive section.

And directly in front of it, an extremely ornate spiral dagger collided with the train's Imminent Demise Drill.

A direct clash of titans.

To Ye Qiyan's surprise.

The Imminent Demise Drill actually showed faint signs of breaking.

No, not faintly—it was genuinely breaking apart.

Just the final stretch remained.

But his spirit was also nearly depleted.

He needed spirit energy to have Red Tears deliver one more slash.

Drink that recently concocted potion?

Ye Qiyan felt no reluctance or hesitation. Just as he retrieved the potion from Eve's treatment slot and was about to drink it.

Lisette standing beside him walked over and grasped his hand.

"Lisette?"

The human-like mechanical maid blinked at him.

"Very precious~ Must, keep."

"But if I don't drink it..."

"I'm here~"

Behind her.

The hour hand moved to 0.

Dong—!

A sound from somewhere unknown, like chimes from an ancient clock marking the hour.

Lisette stepped in front of him, her Black Strings-gloved palm opening forward. Then, her index and middle fingers pressed together, ring finger and pinky pressed together, the two pairs separated down the middle, forming a V-shape.

Tick-tock—

The hour hand advanced again.

The light pillar's remaining, hardest portion completely melted away like ice meeting red-hot iron.

Ahead of the train, a clear path opened.

The thunderstorm also vanished.

Simultaneously.

Weather—

Bright sunshine.

"Stop the train."

[Wasteland Rest] activated.

The train gradually slowed until coming to a complete stop.

Ye Qiyan looked at Lisette beside him, who appeared completely unfazed, and reached out to stroke the weapon behind her that had returned to its spike form.

[Clockwork Mechanism Star (Level 12)]

[Possesses three modes that can be used simultaneously.]

[Second Hand: Summon arrows that increase over time, with spirit consumption rising over time]

[Minute Hand: Summon needle swords locked onto any enemy, increasing in number over time]

[Hour Hand: Time only moves forward, never backward.]

He had never paid attention before, Ye Qiyan completely missed that this spike was actually a Level 12 weapon.

The first two descriptions were easy to understand.

The third one?

Time acceleration? Or something else?

Dismissing his wild speculations, Ye Qiyan glanced at the bright sunshine outside, then checked his spirit and stamina.

Hmm...

One Transcend Warhead, one Battlefield Manifestation from Red Tears—at least Eve's Overdrive Star didn't consume his spirit energy, otherwise he'd probably be completely drained by now.

"Whew..."

He tiredly rubbed between his eyebrows. Before he could speak, Lisette handed him an iced cola.

"Thanks, but I want to see what that dagger actually was."

The wasteland was truly terrifying.

It contained too many unbelievable phenomena.

This light pillar, the previous Gray Fog, and the Dream Eaters before that.

Without doubt, the Level 8 Platforms he'd visited so far weren't even one percent as dangerous as the wasteland.

Though exhausted, he still disembarked from the train.

Looking around.

Complete silence surrounded him.

No monsters, no thunderstorm.

The sky was cloudless, sunlight gentle and warm.

A light breeze brushed past, as if rewarding him for passing a trial.

"What is all this nonsense..."

He shook his head.

Returning to where the light pillar dissipated, the dagger should be nearby.

Before long, WALL-E—who had been hiding trembling in the train—also ran out.

Even without activating treasure hunt mode, it still found the dagger that had been embedded in the light pillar and nearly destroyed the Imminent Demise Drill, beating Lisette and the others to it.

Holding it overhead, it quickly ran back to Ye Qiyan's feet.

"Good job WALL-E, whew... let's head back."

Taking a bite of a carrot with healing effects, Ye Qiyan accepted the dagger without immediately examining it.

Wasteland Rest only lasted one hour, and finding this dagger took almost forty minutes.

Time was running short.

Returning to the carriage, he started the train.

The familiar sound of rolling wheels brought him some relative peace of mind.

"Causing me so much trouble, I really want to see what this thing actually is. It nearly pierced through the Wealth Protective Barrier and the drill bit—it probably isn't too shabby, right?"

Touching the dagger, it appeared before his eyes.

The system appraisal light screen materialized.

[Spell-Breaking Sigil]

[Consumes 200 spirit points, usable once after 0:00 wasteland time each day]

[Breaks any mystery/spell/seal/barrier/anomaly...]

[Note: This is a reward for those who advance without retreating.]

"Breaks all spells?"

Ye Qiyan rubbed his eyes, thinking he misread.

This dagger could actually accomplish such a thing.

Instantly, he thought of something.

Rushing to the storage carriage, to the very back of the ordinary storage units.

He retrieved that black box.

[Sealed Box]

[The box preserves a seal, within which something unknown is sealed]

This was the seal Menrojina obtained, the one hidden within Suoluo City.

He never found a good method to open it.

But now with this...

Ye Qiyan shook his head.

He didn't want to open it out of mere curiosity.

"200 spirit points—not even enough if I drink potions. And even if I did open it, exhausting my spirit energy feels like it would bring danger."

"However~"

Playing with the spiral dagger in his hand, he looked at the black box in his other hand.

Find the right opportunity.

He would definitely open it and see.

"So what exactly was that light pillar?"

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