"Does being human really matter that much?"

The woman spoke calmly, but her tone carried a trace of mockery.

This mockery wasn't directed at Ye Qiyan personally, but at the human race itself.

"You seem quite dissatisfied with humans. In that case, tell me, why were you following me?"

The woman fell silent for a moment, then spoke in a low, haunting voice.

"You shouldn't be here."

"Then where should I be?"

Ye Qiyan asked with keen interest.

"The Dark Sea, that world belonging to the Performers. It was us who used Train Coins to summon you into this world. It was only due to some accident that the location you arrived at ended up being here."

"Impossible. Only we know about people from other worlds. In the six wars triggered in the past, each time as they neared their end, it was the Performer side who summoned you to this world to repel the human side."

This answer was very interesting.

It was as if these non-human creatures called [Performers] weren't the enormous threat to humanity that Chloe had described.

Instead, it seemed the human side had always wanted to seize the Performers' land, forcing them to summon Train Conductors from the Wasteland as a last resort to repel the humans.

"Why should I believe what you're saying is true? If I'm not mistaken, the mark on your neck should be from a collar left behind by the humans of this world used to control Performers, right? And you have a human form, meaning you were once an artificial machine puppet, am I correct?"

Ye Qiyan's words seemed to strike a sensitive nerve in this woman.

Her face finally showed an expression of anger.

"...So what if I was? Despicable humans created me only to enslave me and my kind. Were we born just to serve humans? This world rightfully belongs to the Performers!

And you, an outsider... Hah... No wonder you speak for the humans of this world. You're just like them, fond of enslavement."

"Oh? So it seems your side isn't particularly short of Train Conductors like me, is it? Otherwise, you wouldn't be saying these things. Hmm... Tell me, how many people did you summon in total?"

The woman's eyes flickered, and she instinctively closed her mouth, wanting to refuse to answer.

But her body seemed to move on its own as her mouth opened.

"Answer me."

Bewitchment hovered in Ye Qiyan's hand.

He dropped the fake smile and stepped forward until he stood before her.

He looked down at the woman whose body was being forcibly pressed down by Eve.

"Including you... five people in total... It's always... five people each time..."

"What did you mean by 'accident'?"

"The summoning failed. The four Train Conductors who were originally summoned into this world... after their Trains crossed into this world but before they could disembark, they vanished right before our eyes. Only you... I was originally a spy... a spy hidden in the station. I just happened to notice your appearance, so..."

Appeared, then vanished.

What was going on?

Ye Qiyan had never heard of such a thing.

If some powerful entity wanted to directly attack a Train Conductor, why was he unharmed?

Moreover, given the System's temperament, if an interference event of that magnitude really occurred, even if it was a Level 9 station, it would absolutely erupt in fury.

Then...

"When did you perform the summoning?"

"Five days ago..."

According to Time Flow Synchronization, Ye Qiyan knew the time flow ratio between this world and the Wasteland was roughly five to one.

That meant they had entered this station the previous day.

So, clearly, this woman's so-called summoning probably had little to do with him.

The reason Ye Qiyan had come here was simply because in [Crossroads of Fate], he had chosen [Station One].

"System, aren't you going to say something?"

He summoned the system interface. It, which wasn't very active in Advanced Station worlds, slowly displayed a line of somewhat messy text before Ye Qiyan.

[This world is a ? Station World, possibly possessing multiple prefixes.]

[Train Conductor Ye Qiyan, please be careful. The danger assessment for this station will not be revised. It remains: ?]

[You need to complete the mission, complete the hunt, complete... or, be careful.]

The text vanished.

The System fell silent.

Ye Qiyan didn't call on it again.

Because even if he pressed the System to say more, it would be meaningless.

Perhaps in other people's eyes, the station prefix wasn't a question mark, but an ordinary mission station.

The mission content would simply be helping the Performers resist the humans, ending once the war reached a certain equilibrium point.

But what he saw was different.

Why? Was it because someone interfered with this station? Or had this Station World itself undergone some kind of mutation?

There were too many possibilities, hard to distinguish.

But no matter what, compared to the state of complete confusion when he first entered this world, the current situation was much better.

Even if he really encountered something difficult to handle, at worst, he could wait for WALL-E to find the treasure and then just run away.

The power of the Blasphemy Card did not fear a True God.

This was evident from the first time he faced [Death] emerging from the gate of the Death Realm, where two Blasphemy Cards could still contend with its aura.

In that case, what more was there to say?

A smile once again appeared on Ye Qiyan's face.

In contrast, the face of the woman being held down by Eve was filled with terror.

She looked at Ye Qiyan as if he weren't human.

"You... what did you do?!"

She remembered her uncontrolled answers from moments before.

That feeling of being unable to control her own body sent chills down her spine.

"I didn't do anything. I just asked you a few questions. Weren't you willing to answer me?"

Ye Qiyan spread his hands and gave the order for Eve to release the woman.

"Go back quietly. By the way, let me tell you, I'm not the Train Conductor you summoned. You got the wrong person. However~ if there are enough Train Coins, I wouldn't mind helping you out. How about it? Want to make a deal?"

The low whispers of Bewitchment had already spread throughout this entire library. Everything here was now steeped in lies and truth.

The entire space had sunk into the bizarre atmosphere of [Truth].

It was like a deeply attached couple being unable to hide the fact of their infidelity from each other.

One truth after another spread through the unintentional diffusion of Bewitchment.

"What... deal?"

This time, the woman's answer wasn't involuntary; it was stirred by the [hatred] for humans in her heart.

"I help you fight the humans, and you provide me with wealth. As for how far to fight... that depends on your sincerity~."

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