Boarding.
Outside the train window was an empty train station.
Ye Qiyan stepped off the train, looked up at the sky, and pulled out his pocket watch with confusion to check the time.
"Wait, isn't this morning?"
【8:03:11】
Yet the station's sky showed a starry night scene.
Did I come to the wrong place?
Walking through this empty station under the starry night, Ye Qiyan released WALL-E and the Goshawk, along with his own Eve and Lisette to explore the surroundings.
Before long, they found the boundaries of this station.
Less than a hundred meters in both directions.
What about above?
The Goshawk directly crashed into the starry night overhead.
The sky was fake.
The height was also only about a hundred meters.
This place resembled a square box?
"What kind of strange place is this? Does the Tribunal have such a place?"
"Hmm... how do I get out?"
He walked toward the only house-shaped building inside the station.
Pushing the door open.
What met his eyes were many traces of human habitation.
This was a room?
"What's this?"
A diary sat on the room's table.
There was no dust on it, probably because the station itself was sufficiently clean and sealed.
Picking it up, he turned to the first page.
【Signed: Zhou Shangqing】
Such a familiar name.
Had he heard it somewhere before?
Wait, Zhou Shangqing?
Huh? Wasn't this the person mentioned by the old woman who was killed by Zhao Xi and self-sealed? The one who possessed the talent called Surpass the Stars, whom all Train Conductors collectively supported just so he could cross the Station World?
This place was actually connected to him?
Filled with curiosity, Ye Qiyan continued flipping through the pages.
【"No no no!... Everyone expects so much from me, but how do I tell them that the Wasteland is endless?! It's impossible to escape!"】
【"I will fail! I'm definitely going to fail!"】
【"No, everyone expects me to break through the Wasteland! I can't fail, I absolutely can't!"】
【"Ah, my mind, damn it, my mind is reaching its limit, damn it, damn it... why did they give me so much medicine? I don't want to drink it... let me go crazy, I don't want to be expected anymore! Why did I have to be born with this damn talent!?"】
【"...Today is the day of departure, everyone looks at me with those expectant eyes... what should I do? I'm a fraud, a big fraud, something that's definitely going to fail, why, why..."】
The diary ended here.
He didn't record dates, but from the content it wasn't hard to see that this was exactly the incident when many Train Conductors gathered resources for Zhou Shangqing, wanting him to cross the Wasteland.
But did Zhou Shangqing himself foresee his failure long before?
Even just from the text, Ye Qiyan could easily see.
The diary's owner had been tortured beyond recognition by everyone's expectations.
"The Wasteland is endless..."
Ye Qiyan murmured softly.
Suddenly, as if triggered by his words "endless," the room seemed to activate some mechanism.
The floor opened up.
Revealing a space leading further below.
Was this the way out?
Or a trap?
Ye Qiyan summoned Gluttony, making it separate part of its slime to form a dog-like monster that crawled inside.
Then using Arrogance's ability, he passed through the floor to observe everything below.
At the bottom of the floor was a door, which Gluttony head-butted open, revealing a room that looked like a storage area.
No danger.
Just as he was about to enter this underground space, Lisette, who had been quietly following, proactively moved forward to conduct a second inspection, only relaxing after completely confirming there was no danger.
The underground space wasn't large, roughly the size of the lowest-level ordinary carriage.
There weren't many things here either, with several boxes casually placed in corners.
Only one box was placed on the table, looking more precious than the others.
Opening the box revealed its contents.
In a box that could hold six potions, only one remained now.
What kind of medicine could this be?
Ye Qiyan's mind recalled the mental potions mentioned in Zhou Shangqing's diary.
Could it be?
With such curiosity, he reached out to touch it.
An identification light screen appeared.
【Heavenly Organization·Mental Stimulation Elixir! (Level 11)】
【After consumption, increases mental capacity by 100 points for one hour, and restores 100 mental points】
【Given to the one who Surpasses the Stars—by the Heavenly Organization leader】
【P.S.: No... don't believe in me anymore, I can't do it... I really can't do it!】
The note pressed under the potion had extremely messy handwriting.
Heavenly Organization? To actually see their traces here.
But Ye Qiyan's real focus wasn't there.
It was the potion itself.
"Holy cow, one hundred mental points?"
Ye Qiyan looked at this potion with eyes full of surprise.
"Level 11, what extravagance, heh, good thing I chose this place, hit the jackpot, hit the jackpot."
Ye Qiyan smiled gleefully as he stored this potion away.
"Too bad there's only one."
Thinking so greedily, he looked around.
Did the other boxes in this underground storage room contain anything else?
"Lisette."
Issuing the command.
Lisette summoned Black Strings to open all the surrounding boxes.
Most of them were empty.
Only two boxes contained items.
Pulling both onto the table, one black and one white, he touched them for identification.
The former.
【Rampage Coal Residue】
【Provides additional energy for the train, increasing speed by 100 km/h for 1 hour】
The latter.
【Fallen Stardust Fragment】
【Can be used to upgrade the train's overspeed device.】
【Or can be recycled, obtaining 100g of Stardust Gold after recycling】
Coal, not bad.
Stardust...
Wait?
What do you get after recycling?
Stardust Gold?
Ye Qiyan thought he saw wrong and identified it again.
"Perfect timing! I was just wondering where to find this stuff, and here it is, haha, one hundred grams, that should be enough to make a thousand mental potions? Just need the flower liquid and it's completely sufficient."
Ye Qiyan stored the coal and fallen stardust in his backpack.
The gains from Suoluo City so far had already reached quite substantial levels.
Even if he couldn't get the magic potion from Menrojina, it wouldn't matter anymore.
"Zhou Shangqing, though you're probably already dead, thanks anyway."
Exiting the underground space, Ye Qiyan placed the diary back on the table, not doing anything unnecessary, and closed the door.
He continued exploring this square station.
Finally, at a certain corner of the boundary.
He found the door to leave this station.
Storing the train in the matrix.
The moment he passed through this door.
The Wandering Star Holy Sigil activated.
The chilly lake water was blocked outside.
Holding Lisette's hand, he headed toward the lake surface.
"Where is this place now?"
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