Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Chapter 544: Newcomers Under High Pressure

Inside the cafe.

Fengfeng sat upright with perfect posture across from Ye Qiyan.

Lisette walked over with a smile and placed a cup of coffee in front of her.

"Thank you... So, Big Brother, it was actually you who created this station trial..."

"Pretty much. I wanted to ask you, how did you become a new Train Conductor?"

Fengfeng let out a bitter laugh, as if she had finally found a friend she knew, and poured out everything that had happened to her during this period without holding anything back.

From the extinguishing of [Wind], to being forcibly teleported onto the train afterward, to later interacting with the people in her Sector, Ye Qiyan learned many special things about this batch of Train Conductors from her account.

For example, starting from their very first station, their newbie stations had many Station Worlds that required the new Train Conductors to clear by teaming up.

And this teaming up wasn't limited to the newbies' original Sectors. One million people, one hundred Sectors, gained much more interaction because of this cross-Sector teaming.

For instance, a mysterious person in a black robe wearing a smiling face mask from this batch's A-9 Sector. Their name was unknown, but every Train Conductor who encountered them received their help. Even when Train Conductors in their Sector lacked sufficient resources, they would not hesitate to share their own.

Also, a strange old man riding a skinny, bony old horse and a short, fat man riding a gray donkey beside him.

It was said that when these two entered a certain team station, the original dilapidated wooden hut suddenly transformed into an extremely powerful giant.

The other new Train Conductors chose to flee for their lives. Only that strange old man charged forward holding a tattered long spear.

Then, according to the Train Conductors he protected, as the old man charged, his train turned into a Great Dragon that bit through the giant's throat.

Also... an elf girl who could manipulate space, a young man who summoned wolf packs to fight, a believer who worshipped gods, even a 'train second generation' who could contact their parents who were top-tier Train Conductors...

In short, among this batch of Train Conductors, there existed that small portion who possessed strength not typical of newbies.

Even the vast majority of the rest, like that One-eyed Pirate and the Spirit-state Young Man, all had some measure of confidence or capability of their own.

Yet, under these circumstances, according to data statistics from one Train Conductor, in just three stations, out of this one million newbies, four hundred and seventy thousand had already been permanently left in stasis within their first three stations.

That was nearly a fifty percent mortality rate.

Ye Qiyan narrowed his eyes slightly.

If he remembered correctly, back when he was in the newbie stations, after the first three stations, only a little over two thousand had died, right? It wasn't until after that Wasteland Night at the third station that the ten thousand people were reduced to just over four thousand.

However, this batch of Train Conductors clearly shouldn't have too many psychological or capability issues.

The earlier train upgrades probably only caused trouble for a minority.

Then...

"So you're saying, mere level two or three stations caused a group of new Train Conductors with some abilities, even while teaming up, to suffer nearly fifty percent losses?"

Fengfeng nodded.

"Big Brother, before becoming a Train Conductor, I received training from my guild, [Libra]. What I've encountered is completely different from the training content. I even think... the vast majority of this batch of Train Conductors are sacrificial lambs.

Using absolute high pressure to accelerate growth, combined with the abilities and talents we already possess, to catch up to, even surpass the previous batch of newbies. And under this high pressure, those who can ultimately survive... I guess, will only be one-tenth."

From Fengfeng's account, Ye Qiyan also learned that after the number of Train Conductors in this batch dropped to a certain limit, they would merge with his batch.

These one million newbies, as Failures, obtained the qualification to set foot on the Wasteland. But in the end, those who could truly remain on the Wasteland and continue forward would probably... not be many.

"Sigh... I really don't understand why our batch of Train Conductors suddenly appeared... I clearly, never wanted to do this kind of thing..."

Ye Qiyan silently drank his coffee, not planning to tell Fengfeng that the reason for everything was simply the wish of that [Death] girl, Mo Shi.

Even if he told her, what could she do? She couldn't change anything.

"Don't think about it. Work hard to clear the newbie stations. Once you're done, you can still go back to your guild afterward."

He casually changed the subject, but these words made Fengfeng lower her head.

"I, I don't really want to go back right away. Although I will still join Libra and be with everyone, but..."

She pursed her lips.

"Just as the System said back then, as long as I upgrade my train level, perhaps among the upgrade options at a certain level, I might see... Overdrive Wind. I... want to become stronger. I don't want to hold everyone back anymore. At the very least, when something like what happened at the Hanging Gardens occurs, I want to have the ability to save more people."

This was her wish.

Ye Qiyan put down his coffee cup, looking thoughtfully at Fengfeng's lowered head.

["Perhaps the true common point of this batch of newbies isn't [Failure], but [Wish], right?"]

He mused to himself.

Among those special Train Conductors Fengfeng mentioned, two of them sounded so familiar to him.

["Smiling face mask and the old knight... could it be... Smiling Face Person and Don Quixote?"]

Could it be them?

Perhaps.

He smiled slightly.

If he could meet them one day, it might be quite interesting.

However, he wouldn't deliberately seek out these two.

The Wasteland is so vast, the worlds so many.

Everyone also has their own adventure.

Without reason, why interfere?

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Perhaps because she knew Ye Qiyan, Fengfeng seemed extremely relaxed here. She lay on the table and fell into a deep sleep.

Clearly, during these past few days, her nerves had been stretched taut, completely unable to get proper rest.

This station was over for Ye Qiyan.

Now he just needed to wait for these newbies to leave this Station World, and the System would distribute his rewards as the Trial Administrator.

When Zhao Lin returned here with three treasure chests, her good luck had finally been completely exhausted. For the next period of time, she would probably have to properly digest the Misfortune born from her luck.

Why only three?

Because one more treasure chest had been found by Mo Shi.

As for why Ye Qiyan knew about this...

Looking at the screenshot Mo Shi sent on the chat Light Screen, along with a happy emoji attached afterward, he still found it hard to imagine that this person was the pinnacle of the Wasteland Species, a True God acknowledged by the System.

When the time reached exactly midnight.

Ye Qiyan glanced at his never-failing pocket watch, put down the game controller, and had Lisette wake up Fengfeng.

"You should go."

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