Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Blackstone Fortress.

No trace of its former appearance remained here.

Augustine had received Ye Qiyan's order to search for survivors within the city. Unexpectedly, it had actually found some.

"Master, just ahead."

Standing in Augustine's hand, Ye Qiyan looked at a Barrier shrouded in light within the underground cavity at the fortress's center.

Upon reaching the ground, Eve immediately wanted to fire and shatter this Barrier, but Ye Qiyan stopped her.

Approaching the Barrier, Ye Qiyan raised his hand and pressed it against the surface.

[Light Chime - Life's Embrace Protection]

[A defensive Barrier created by an Elemental Resonator connecting it with their own life force. If the Barrier is destroyed, the creator dies simultaneously.]

Chloe, the golden-haired girl who was the first person to speak with him after entering this Station World.

Time within the Barrier was stagnant. Chloe stood in the center, holding a Staff taller than a person, surrounded by injured soldiers from this fortress.

Presumably, she had been unable to withstand the Black Tide brought by the Abyss. At the final moment, to protect these wounded, she had used this Barrier linked to her own life.

But the biggest reason she could survive was simply because the Abyss hadn't focused its attention elsewhere. This world falling into [Despair] was merely the [Abyss] creating a more comfortable environment for itself.

The Barrier couldn't be broken carelessly, or Chloe would definitely die.

But if left to the passage of time, once the Barrier exhausted her life, Chloe would still die.

Should he save her?

"Well, since she was the first one I met, consider this repayment for her treating me to a meal."

[Spell-Breaking Sigil]

[Consumes 200 Spirit points to break any Mystery/Spell/Seal/Barrier/Anomaly...]

Breaking doesn't only mean destruction.

This special item, obtained long ago from the body of a [Plunderer] in the Wasteland, really hadn't been used in quite a while.

After all, he hadn't encountered many Barriers he couldn't open.

When he truly needed it, there was only the Altar Barrier of a Card Sequence, but this thing couldn't break Card Sequence Barriers either.

Useless? Of course not.

After all, it could even open the seal on the Talent Cube containing Zhou Shangqing. This item's ability was actually quite powerful.

"Hmm... It's not right to keep it gathering dust in the Storage Unit forever. Lisette."

Ye Qiyan called the maid's name. Lisette, who was directing the Endless Mechs to clear the surrounding rubble, happily walked over.

"Master~"

"For you."

"For... me?"

Lisette's eyes sparkled with joy as she looked at the spiral Dagger in her master's palm, extremely happy.

"Yes, it's for you to use. Go and open a hole in that Barrier, but don't break it completely."

"Thank you, Master!"

She took the Dagger as if receiving a rare treasure.

No, not 'as if,' it was.

Anything her master gave her, even if it were just a grain of sand, was the most precious rare treasure to Lisette.

Holding the [Spell-Breaking Sigil] in her right hand in a reverse grip.

A momentary stream of data light flashed in Lisette's eyes. Immediately, [Dagger Mastery] appeared directly among her standard Modules.

Walking to the side of the Barrier, perfectly following Ye Qiyan's command, she consumed 200 of the 340 Spirit points she shared in perfect sync with Ye Qiyan, raised her hand, and thrust down.

Black and white radiance suddenly shone from the Dagger's tip.

Immediately after, the Barrier burning with Chloe's life force opened a hole large enough for one person to pass through.

The stagnation inside dissipated, and time began anew.

"Cough... Cough..."

Chloe spat out a mouthful of Blood, leaning heavily on the Staff much taller than herself to barely avoid collapsing.

Her vision grew blurry, and a buzzing as if from ten thousand bees filled her ears.

Yet, within this blur, she could see a figure, a familiar figure.

"Mr... Ye?"

How radiant that figure was! Simply standing before her, it seemed the entire world would revolve around him alone.

How arrogant... how enviable...

But why was she seeing him?

Impossible. Ye Qiyan should have already escaped. He was a Train Conductor, driving the Train to leave faster and earlier than anyone.

"Oh... So I'm dying?"

Chloe thought to herself.

"Is this what the adults called the 'life flashing before your eyes' moment before death when I was little?"

"Such an unpleasant feeling... At least... let me see more clearly..."

Chloe thought with regret.

And at that moment, she heard a voice.

["Do you wish to live?"]

Who was speaking? Live?

She remembered activating the Barrier that cost her life. Now that she could hear sounds and think, it meant she should be dying.

She wanted to live, but...

"I... I..."

A line of tears slid down Chloe's blood-stained face.

Following her heart, with a voice choked with sobs, she uttered what she believed were her final words.

"I want to live..."

[Ah—]

A high song, a hymn! Stirring, praise!

She suddenly realized she could see. See what?

A holy skeletal Demon.

Huh? Why would a skeleton and a Demon be holy?

Incomprehensible. Chloe only knew she had to reach out, to grasp that Demon's hand. No matter the cost, she wanted to live...

[Transaction successful—]

A black Inverted Cross manifested on the skin over Chloe's chest.

The next instant.

Pale Salvation light surged into her body.

A holy yet twisted hymn resounded in her mind. The holy skeletal Demon vanished, replaced by a black-haired young man standing right before her with a gentle smile.

"Mr. Ye?"

"Yo, looks like you're awake. Good, don't ask anything. Just remember you owe me a favor."

Ye Qiyan snapped his fingers and left the place with Lisette, Eve, and the others.

[Authority · Newcomer Invitation] activated.

He obtained this Authority in this world anyway. This girl named Chloe was decent, and he had performed Salvation on her, so he wasn't afraid of betrayal or anything.

Once per station, might as well try using it.

As for whether Chloe would accept the invitation?

What did that have to do with him?

Accepting meant possibly dying in some Station World within the Wasteland. Not accepting meant staying in this world.

The choice was hers. Ye Qiyan had no intention of interfering.

The Authority's activation wasn't immediate.

Not long after Ye Qiyan left, Chloe was using light elements to heal the surrounding soldiers. She felt somewhat confused, unsure of the current situation.

And at that moment, an emotionless voice sounded in her mind, and a system interface only she could see appeared before her.

[Will you enter the Wasteland and become a Newcomer Train Conductor?]

[Yes/No?]

"Tr... Train Conductor?"

Chloe's mind conjured the image of the figure standing atop the dragon's head from before, and that figure gradually overlapped with Ye Qiyan.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Her heart pounded incessantly.

That person... was Ye Qiyan!?

Train Conductor... If she could also become a Train Conductor...

Would she become that powerful too?

Chloe hugged her Staff tightly.

With a trembling hand, urged by the voice within her heart, she pressed [Yes].

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