Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Having left the fortress that had already fallen, Ye Qiyan did not give up on heading to the last coordinate.

He did not know whether that place had also completely collapsed, but he had to go see for himself.

What if?

What if the people there were still holding on, still resisting the Dragon Beast and the Black Tide Performers' assault?

He should at least go take a look; it wouldn't hurt to spend a little time.

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"Hold the line! Hold everything! A powerful Dragon Beast hunter is racing this way! If we just hold on a little longer!"

Amosburg.

A border fortress in Xizhou, the only outpost that had not yet been completely swallowed by the Black Tide.

But this could not last long.

The commander defending the city already showed signs of infection. As the last Elemental Resonator, he not only had to resist the enemy's attacks, he also had to maintain the barrier to keep the civilians from being affected by the plague.

He stood up wearily, glanced at the people far away from him, and sighed inwardly.

"Don't be afraid. I've got the plague in my body under control. Rest assured, as long as I remain alive as an Elemental Resonator, it will not spread to you."

His words received no reply, only more frightened looks and anger.

The source of the anger was a young lady dressed in noble attire.

She stared at the commander with contempt, standing far apart from the ordinary people around her.

"Why didn't you take me and leave immediately!? You are a high-level Resonator. That Dragon Beast has already left. With your ability, is it so hard to get me out safely!?"

The Dragon Beast indeed was no longer here.

When Gluttony devoured its fourth dragon, the self-aware Dragon Beasts received the message.

Because of that, the fortress did not suffer further attacks from other Dragon Beasts, and the news of the Dragon Beast hunter reaching the area gave people more hope.

That was why they had managed to hold on until now.

The noble girl's words left the commander momentarily silent.

"Miss, although the Dragon Beast left, the Black Tide surges outside and monsters are everywhere. Besides me, the army has fewer than thirty soldiers left. How can we move these hundreds of civilians?"

The noble girl frowned, then stamped her foot in greater displeasure.

"Do you not understand what I'm saying? I said take me alone and leave! Why care about these lowly commoners?! They are nothing but cannon fodder and bait to stop the Black Tide for the Imperial Capital. Even all of them together are less important than my life!"

"Then why did you come here in the first place?!"

Anger crept into the commander's voice.

"Do you think I wanted to come?! If it weren't for the need to earn merits to inherit the family, I wouldn't be in such a remote place!! Get me out of here! Why should I die here?!"

The noble girl's hysterical shouting pushed the commander to the brink of irritation.

But he couldn't do anything to her, because his rise to commander, his progression from a common Resonator to now, had consumed resources provided by her family's influence.

He could only swallow his discomfort, pick up his rifle, and leave with one last sentence toward the battlefield.

"Miss, wait. When the Dragon Beast hunters arrive, we'll all have a chance to be saved..."

"Dragon Beast hunters?! That's just a comforting lie they feed you fools! Those monsters are so powerful, who could possibly hunt them!!"

Her shrill shouting was so sharp and so utterly detestable...

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"No Dragon Beast, but there are still people alive."

Outside the fortress.

Ye Qiyan watched the photos Eve had taken from high above with her camera.

"We were a bit late. Letting it escape is annoying."

Lisette stood beside him holding an umbrella, glanced at the photos, and asked,

"Leave?"

"We came all this way. Even if it's just these ordinary monsters, they make a decent meal for Gluttony. Besides, these people held out so long, they deserve to receive Salvation~"

"Understood."

The command was given.

The Gluttony Demon fell to the ground.

A large number of lives it had swallowed completed their transformation and began cleansing the city's monsters.

"Let's go into the city. Since there are still people alive here, ask them where that Dragon Beast ran off to."

With the Gluttony Army's arrival,

the Black Tide Performers that had spread here were instantly shattered.

The commander sensed a power different from Elemental Resonance and realized this was the mysterious Dragon Beast hunter mentioned in the reports who had reached the city.

He showed a hopeful expression, but the tension that had kept his mind taut finally snapped in that moment.

"Phu—, cough... cough cough..."

A mouthful of dark green blood spat out, the scalding liquid even corroding the ground.

Civilians around hurriedly backed away, terrified of being infected.

The barrier broke, and the plague's stench rushed in with the freezing rain.

"Give me some water... I..."

"Stay away! Damn it, don't come near me!"

The noble girl retreated in disgust, producing a gem and dropping it on the ground to isolate the commander from herself.

Perhaps sensing she might be saved, the noble girl withdrew her previous sharp tone, curled a finger, and drew more elemental power to form an isolating barrier, trapping the commander in the center.

"You're about to die. For your earlier insolence toward me, I will pardon you, but now don't come near. If you infect me—no, if you infect us commoners, your family cannot bear that guilt."

She placed herself among the civilians she had recently treated like expendable ants.

Yet none of the civilians dared step forward to say anything. They just watched the commander's life gradually ebb away.

"Is this worth it?"

"Is it... worth it?"

A voice echoed inside the commander's mind.

His vision was blurred; the world seemed to dissolve into pure black and white.

"Saved so many people, held on so long, even fought with my life—only to be met with cold stares and ridicule. Was it worth it?"

"...I was cultivated with countless resources, enjoying privileges ordinary people never have. As a Resonator, I should give everything for the people..."

"Really? Is that what you truly think? To be insulted, abandoned, watched with cold eyes as you approach death—do you really want that?"

"...I..."

"Look at that woman—so hypocritical, so vile. Tell me, if you die here, will she spare your family?"

"I..."

"So, is it worth it?"

"..."

Blood and tears flowed from the commander's eyes.

Images of his parents, wife, and children flashed in his mind.

He did not want to die.

Why should he die here?

Why shouldn't that hateful noblewoman be the one to die?

She possessed a Resonance stronger than his, yet she never thought to lift a finger, coldly watching his brothers fall one after another.

The commander was unwilling...

But he was dying...

"It seems you already have an answer in your heart."

Click—

The barrier shattered.

A pair of colored hands appeared in his now black-and-white world.

He looked up. A black-haired young man smiled down at him.

"One more question."

"Do you want to live?"

Ye Qiyan asked.

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