"Then next..."
Pressing the open door button.
Ye Qiyan stepped out of the train.
At this very moment.
Within Eve's defensive perimeter.
A petite figure, trembling all over, was curled up in a corner.
Beneath her, a red targeting circle had her firmly locked in place.
Upon receiving the command.
Lisette walked up close, smiling as she grabbed that tiny figure.
It was a little girl dressed in tattered rags.
Her body was only covered by a single layer of ragged black cloth.
Her bare feet were on the ground, her toes curled up tightly, looking like a pitiful little beggar.
Lisette brought the little girl before Ye Qiyan.
"Why would I kill you? Little girl, I've come here from another place, and I'm quite unfamiliar with this city. You..."
"Ah, yes, yes, a Hero, Lord Hero? Really, really a Lord Hero who came from another place?"
Lord Hero?
Alright.
So the Train Conductor's identity at this station.
Is a Hero.
A Hero in a human neon city?
It feels a bit strange.
"Lord Hero! Please, I beg you, please save my mother!"
Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes.
She took out something wrapped in paper from inside her clothes.
Several layers in succession, until the very last.
That... turned out to be a Train Coin.
A single Train Coin.
"Lord Hero! Wuwu, please! The storybook says that as long as you use this kind of coin, you can summon a Lord Hero riding a train to kill the evil people!"
"So, so!"
The little girl seemed overly excited, or perhaps it was because she hadn't had a proper meal in too long.
As she said this, she suddenly staggered, and the whole person just fainted right there.
That Train Coin clattered as it rolled several times on the ground, finally coming to rest at Ye Qiyan's feet.
He silently picked it up.
One...
It seemed this was the least number of Train Coins he had obtained from any world triggered upon entering all the stations so far.
A small strawberry with minor healing effects was stuffed into the little girl's mouth.
He pressed her lower jaw to help her chew.
The strawberry juice entered her stomach, bringing her some physical strength and wound recovery.
Beneath that layer of tattered clothes was an emaciated, skeletal body.
Her malnourished face showed little color.
Under the nourishing effect of a fresh fruit imbued with special power.
This little girl soon regained consciousness from her exhaustion.
She groggily rubbed her eyes, looking around in confusion.
The moment she saw Ye Qiyan holding the Train Coin.
Drops of tears began to flow continuously, like a kite with its string cut.
"Wuwu, the things in the story are true, really, really please, help us!"
"..."
This is indeed a Hunting Platform.
But, it also seems to have some similarities to that Hunting Platform he visited before, the place where he discovered the Hunt-Patrol Mech-Dragon blueprint.
"Don't get so excited, be careful not to faint again. Heh, helping you isn't impossible, but before that, tell me about you, and about this city."
Bewitchment was by Ye Qiyan's side.
Routine intelligence gathering was an essential part of every station.
And from this little girl's mouth, Ye Qiyan obtained the basic information about this station.
The City That Never Sleeps.
This city once belonged to humans.
The reason for saying 'once' is because not many true humans remain in this city now.
Are the people dead?
Not exactly.
They are still alive, but indeed in a very strange form.
Mechanical modifications.
Not simply using mechanical prosthetics, but modifying the entire body, from top to bottom, from inside to outside.
Everything is mechanically transformed.
At first, ordinary people and the modified coexisted peacefully.
Until one day later.
Among the increasingly scarce ordinary humans, one person died under a vehicle driven by a modified human.
A huge wave of anti-modified sentiment arose within the city at that time.
Until finally, it faded away without resolution.
And the ultimate result of this incident was that after even the military became modified humans, ordinary people simply couldn't resist.
In a very short time, laws favorable to humans were torn up.
The modified humans completely took control of everything in this neon city. From that time on, the remaining living space for the surviving humans began to be squeezed.
Either accept modification, become a modified human, losing your human body and appearance.
Or, have no food, no water.
Because those are things modified humans don't need.
Until finally, starve to death, die of thirst...
Those humans who have been modified will even gradually lose their original selves.
Until they become completely, utterly emotionless machines, repeating daily what they did when they were human.
Ye Qiyan looked the girl before him up and down.
She had not chosen to become a modified human.
As a girl from a once-wealthy family, she had heard a story from her mother.
A story from ancient times, when this city didn't have towering skyscrapers or machinery everywhere.
But was a fortress defending against monsters.
At that time, humanity was on the verge of destruction.
Someone took out a coin and called for a Hero.
The Hero answered the call.
Saved humanity.
Eliminated the monsters.
The little girl, Miao Qian.
In her heart, she held onto the fantasy from that fairy tale.
Not wanting to become a modified human, at this moment after not eating for several days.
She took out a coin passed down from her mother's ancestors, focused on praying, and a Hero truly came here.
"Modified humans, huh."
Ye Qiyan pondered slightly.
His gaze swept over the train's Sand Table.
The coordinates of hostile units flickered faintly upon it.
Yes, flickering faintly.
Sometimes appearing in one location, then running to another cluster.
Could the hunting target be... all the modified humans?
Or perhaps... the culprit who turned humans into modified humans?
"Lord Hero! Please, save everyone, wuwu."
Miao Qian wept.
Her tear-streaked, pitiful appearance revealed her original color beneath that dirty face.
One Train Coin.
Ye Qiyan clenched it in his palm.
Then, he reached out his hand and gently placed it on Miao Qian's head.
"Little girl, don't misunderstand."
"This isn't a plea."
"This is a transaction."
"You used this coin to call me, so in that case."
"Of course I'll help you solve your trouble."
His voice was like a beam of light shining into the little girl's heart.
Miao Qian looked up, her tear-reddened eyes full of joy.
"Thank you! Lord Hero!"
Modified humans. Hunting Platform.
It looks like this time, the Hero he's playing.
Is going to make some big waves.
Tap—~
A crisp snap of fingers echoed in the surrounding space.
The demon Gluttony appeared and began its transformation.
The Steam King, the Mechanical Army, the headless goblin apostle, and, various kinds of monsters.
The "Hero" who is the Demon Lord.
Is going to conquer the "human" city.
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