Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

The frail young man was the ruler of the Nation on Ships.

One of the original twelve founding members of the city.

Homeward-Bound Soul·Joel.

A wasteland researcher, a powerful Train Conductor.

A human who had long since given up on returning to the past.

He leaned coldly back in the captain's seat, casually pulling up several light screens.

"I once said that all cooperation with Lu Jiayun's City of a Thousand Stars was forbidden. It really surprises me that the flagship captain of my own vessel would become Lu Jiayun's mole. It seems that during the time I've been conducting my research, you all... have forgotten a great deal."

Joel's words sent the vice captain trembling in fear, dropping to his knees and frantically kowtowing.

"No! No, how could we dare! All of this was because of the captain, ah no! Because of this traitor! The rest of us truly had no idea! City Lord! Please give us a chance! We really knew nothing!"

He casually held a pistol in his hand, the muzzle aimed directly at the vice captain's sweat-soaked nape.

The cold gun barrel made the man's body tremble incessantly, as if he would be the next corpse.

In truth, all these starship operators were ordinary humans from the Nation on Ships who had been rigorously selected to be here.

They weren't Train Conductors. They had only gained the chance to sit as equals, or even higher than Train Conductors, because of Freedom.

"What incredible audacity, trying to steal my city. It seems I've been far too good to you. Or perhaps, since I've been holed up in the research institute all these years, you've forgotten that I am the true master of this city?"

"No! No, no, no! You are the supreme ruler! City Lord! Please give me one more chance! Truly! I knew nothing!"

"Knew nothing?"

He pulled the trigger. A bullet pierced through the vice captain's skull.

"Lu Jiayun... You're forcing me to turn against you."

A flash of brutality flickered in Joel's eyes.

He looked at the navigation log, at the deeds of these ordinary people he had promoted to the city's high positions. He closed his eyes.

A team of Train Conductors, all dressed differently, walked in from outside.

As the door closed, only faint screams could be heard from within the cockpit.

When the door opened again.

A new batch of operators was pushed inside.

Joel opened his eyes and pointed at the first person he saw.

"You are now the captain of the Alphart. The rest of you, fight for your positions."

He led his people out of the cockpit.

The door closed once more.

The difference was that the sounds inside were no longer screams, but the excited clamor of fighting.

"Boss, should we say something to that Lu Jiayun? He dared to meddle in the city's affairs while you were at the research institute. In the future, he might..."

A woman beside Joel wiped the blood off her face and asked in a low voice.

"No... It's not time yet."

He stopped walking, staring at the dark universe outside the floor-to-ceiling porthole, muttering to himself with a complex expression.

"Lu Jiayun... Don't disappoint me again. Even if you're stubbornly misguided, I don't want to see any more of my friends disappear..."

"By the way, where is Aleph? Why didn't he come? Isn't he in the city?"

The woman shook her head.

"Aleph is on the Alphart. He's been busy organizing the Guild Tournament. Apparently for this batch. Oh, right, it's the new batch of special Train Conductors combined with the previous batch. They've all been merged together, so they're now collectively called the batch of Golden Age newcomers. Aleph is very invested in these people. Also, I heard him say that a powerful Train Conductor seems to have wiped out the Goblin Seventh Expeditionary Army. That was... kind of like avenging his son, so he wants to personally meet that person and give him a proper thank you."

"Guild Tournament?"

Joel frowned slightly, then pulled up a system interface again. Data fluctuations flashed in his eyes in an instant. In less than a second, he had absorbed all the information about the entire Nation on Ships into his mind.

"Interesting... And, that big shot Alice, who defected from Abukado, is also coming? It's been a while since it's been this lively. Heh, perfect timing. The research has reached a stage of success. Tell Aleph to make this Guild Tournament even bigger."

"Yes, but..."

"But what, Poppet? I've only been in the research institute for three years. You've never been this hesitant before."

Joel cast a glance at the woman.

She was Miss Poppet, the very guide for Ye Qiyan.

"Someone in the city is secretly influencing the ordinary people, using some kind of ability to turn them against the Train Conductors. Should we..."

Poppet pressed her hand against her neck and made a light slicing motion.

"Someone is trying to get these native humans killed."

Joel immediately defined the situation.

"Don't worry about it. Since they dared to act, they'll be well hidden. Just wait for them to show themselves. The Guild Tournament... the concert... Mm... Heh. This is about the right time. Get ready. Let those outside pests become nourishment for the starship."

"Yes!"

Joel left the area with Poppet and a few others who were chatting.

On the way, he suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, right. You said before that someone used a top-tier ticket? What's that person's name?"

"Ye Qiyan. He seems to be a High-Level Train Conductor. Even with the advanced item you granted me, I couldn't probe any information about him or the men with him. The feeling was... like being blocked by some kind of mystical power? No, not blocked, but a state I can't quite understand... Mm... an unseeable state? If I'm not mistaken, that ticket was given by Aleph. This Ye Qiyan should be the Train Conductor who wiped out the Goblin Seventh Expeditionary Army."

"Ye Qiyan... A name I've never heard of."

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[One Style Fortune-Telling Shop]

Menrojina sat leisurely in the shop, a clear crystal ball placed before her.

Across from her, a golden-haired woman in a black-and-white nun's habit sat idly, propping her cheek with one hand as she casually poked the crystal ball.

"I'm telling you, Gina, you said my enemy is here. So just tell me the exact location, and I'll go kill her right now. Why do we have to wait a few days? You're not getting as crazy as that charlatan, are you? And what are you even doing in this city? I don't believe you're just here to rest. You should be really uncomfortable in a city that leans this heavily toward technology."

Menrojina glanced at the Golden Retriever across from her and gave a mysterious smile.

"I'm just looking for something very important to me. As for your enemy, unfortunately, she's still in the Station World and hasn't come out. But there's no need to worry. A lunatic told me that within ten days, she will definitely return to the Nation on Ships."

"A lunatic?"

Shaya had a feeling this was going to be unpleasant.

Before Menrojina could answer.

The shop door was pushed open, and the wind chime hanging on it clattered loudly.

A black-haired woman wearing sunglasses and a fashionable outfit walked in, carrying several large bags and bundles.

"Fate told me that some very fun things are going to happen in this city! Of course, there won't be any danger this time! Hehe~"

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