【Ritual Card·Human Past】
【Past: Exchanging cost for others' past】
【Ritual: Exchanging past for your gaze】
This was a ritual card that Menrojina had obtained not long ago.
She transmitted a segment of past history she had obtained through this card's ability to Ye Qiyan via the chat interface.
The person in the scene was none other than the holder of the curse card sequence, Camelin Garlo.
This man wearing a breathing mask stood before the frozen tomb of Suoluo City Mayor Grace.
He let out low, heavy breaths and spoke:
"The matter has been handled, but is that god you Homeward-bound Souls found really reliable? Transforming native Train Conductors into Apostles of Decay? Can they break through that woman Menrojina's blockade?"
Inside the frozen tomb, Grace remained with her eyes tightly closed, her body still in the state of having her heart pierced by Zhao Xi's final strike.
Her voice emerged from the ice.
"Under normal circumstances, it truly wouldn't work, but that woman from RUN Company possesses a Blueprint for Substitute Rights. I will provide her with materials to create the highest grade Substitute Rights Cube. Once this cube is delivered inside, that god can use the Apostles of Decay transformed from those native Train Conductors to descend its consciousness."
Garlo frowned, his tone filled with skepticism.
"That woman Menrojina might not be as combat-capable as those madmen in the Imperial Sequence Organization, but she probably possesses quite a few ritual card sequences. Are you sure this god of yours can actually defeat her?"
"...Have you been deprived of fresh air for too long that your brain has gone stupid?"
"Uh... What do you mean?"
"Aren't you human? And isn't that boss of RUN Company human? Let that god handle restraining Menrojina while you focus on dealing with the others. The Tribunal currently lacks Zhao Xi, and most third-level Judges aren't present there either. As for the Imperial Sequence Organization members..."
Grace paused briefly.
"We accidentally discovered that the Imperial Sequence Organization leader Zhu Xingshu appeared at the Hanging Gardens."
"Huh? Are you joking? That damned charlatan? You actually managed to detect her tracks? Are you sure it's not a trap?"
Grace didn't seem very confident either, hesitating slightly before repiring wearily:
"Unclear. The only reason we discovered her was because among our Homeward-bound Souls colleagues, one happened to see that charlatan while eating at a restaurant... she... she tripped and fell..."
"...You're not joking, are you?"
"......Anyway, the Imperial Sequence Organization members most likely won't appear. This is the best opportunity to eliminate a high-level card sequence holder."
The scene abruptly ended.
The perspective was utterly ridiculous, as if someone had been carrying a camera right beside them filming a high-definition movie.
It felt completely immersive.
But what made Ye Qiyan even more unable to keep a straight face was that final segment of dialogue.
Tripped and fell? Got discovered because of that?
Why did it feel inexplicably comical?
Don't blame Garlo and that old woman in the scene for not believing it.
If he didn't know that charlatan Zhu Xingshu had deliberately opened the bottle sealing her misfortune, he would also think she had done it intentionally.
But now, well...
Zhu Xingshu was probably genuinely unlucky.
Yet the information revealed in this scene went far beyond just that.
Substitute Module, God's Apostle? And... descending a god's consciousness?
This was really... quite the grand production just to eliminate Menrojina, wasn't it?
Ye Qiyan looked toward Menrojina, who still wore a smile.
This woman, while not as enigmatic as the charlatan Zhu Xingshu, remained filled with secrets.
Faced with this situation, she seemed completely unconcerned.
Was she confident and unafraid?
"This scene was seen through the ritual card?"
"Yes, a ritual card I obtained not long ago. Hehe, I did receive some assistance from that short-statured Grand Judge~ Let me show you~"
A screenshot of Human Past's function was sent to the chat room with Ye Qiyan.
"To obtain this information, I spent a full 130 Train Coins, hehe~ But don't worry, with your Arrogance, this ritual card cannot detect your existence, and it cannot conduct cross-world exploration either."
"Oh."
Seeing that Ye Qiyan showed no intention of continuing the conversation, Menrojina blinked her beautiful eyes and asked softly:
"Aren't you curious?"
"Curious about what?"
"The god, the apostles, and... what methods I'll use to resist all this?"
"If I asked, would you tell me?"
"Yes."
Menrojina's immediate, resolute response actually left Ye Qiyan somewhat speechless.
However, he simply shook his head.
"Not curious. These matters have nothing to do with me. I'll take the magic potion and leave. As for this place, since you've already seen all this, if you truly couldn't handle it, you would have fled long ago. How could you still be here?"
"Mmm~ You're right."
Menrojina said no more, simply fixing her gaze filled with inquisitive desire on Ye Qiyan.
Until Lisette silently stepped forward to block her line of sight and offered her a gentle smile.
Human and machine, the two pairs of eyes met.
After a long moment, the corners of Menrojina's mouth lifted slightly higher.
"What an interesting robot... no, mechanical lifeform~ Hehe, truly fascinating."
Her curiosity wasn't directed at Lisette.
But rather at Ye Qiyan, who stood behind her.
A Train Conductor from the latest batch.
Yet he had managed to acquire all this in such a short time—this went far beyond mere luck.
No matter how fortunate someone might be, there would always be limits to their growth speed.
This limit wasn't anything else.
But rather, the mind.
The Train Conductor's mind.
Continuously entering various stations.
At lower levels, not only were there no potions, but there were also no modules or methods to accelerate mental recovery speed.
All cities contained numerous entertainment facilities.
These facilities weren't just for earning Train Coins—they could also accelerate mental recovery through entertainment.
But Ye Qiyan?
Completely defied common sense...
He seemed to have never stopped.
Not only continuously advancing, but also breaking through everyone's growth speed limits.
Reaching high-level stations within one month.
Possessing high-level items despite low-level status.
Incomprehensible...
Fascinating...
Making one...
Involuntarily want to get closer to him, to understand everything about him.
"Ye... hmm?"
Just as Menrojina was about to say something.
At that moment.
【Ding ding ding—!!!】
The system interface simultaneously displayed notifications between Ye Qiyan and her.
【Magic Potion, brewing completed!】
【Owner: Ye Qiyan】
Sublime—!
Resonant!—!
The entire Suoluo City heard at that same moment.
The nameless musical movement echoing through the high heavens.
A magic potion of brilliant red, interspersed with shimmering azure light currents, floated before Ye Qiyan.
The countdown.
Had ended.
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