"Welcome to Chong Trading Station."
Following the map's guidance, Ye Qiyan entered a shop that could directly connect to the Trading Platform.
Only upon arriving here did he understand what the broadcast had meant by trading restrictions being lifted.
"Resources all have fixed prices now."
"One Train Coin can exchange for 100 kilograms of wood, metal, or one hundred mechanical parts. Each person can sell these basic resources up to 20 times daily."
"Why is this?"
Not far away, a shopping assistant heard his question and approached.
She first gave Ye Qiyan a respectful smile, then explained: "Respected Train Conductor, this must be your first time visiting the City of a Thousand Stars. Basic resources aren't scarce here in the City of a Thousand Stars. The city has many train conductors with the Resource Radar talent who can provide large quantities of basic resources daily. Therefore, the prices you see now were set by the City Lord specifically for new train conductors like yourself."
"Talent? What's that?"
The shopping assistant maintained her smile as she explained: "Talents are something only a very few train conductors possess. But even so, from what I know, there are differences between talents. The Resource Radar talent is the most common among all talent holders. As for the rest, I don't know."
This shopping assistant knew quite a lot. Ye Qiyan looked her up and down.
"Are you also a train conductor?"
The shopping assistant shook her head, seemingly afraid he might misunderstand something as she quickly explained: "No, of course not. I was born in the City of a Thousand Stars and have lived here my whole life. My goal since childhood has been to become a train assistant serving train conductors. I only know these things from reading about them in some books."
Fingers tapping on the light screen, Ye Qiyan sold basic resources totaling 10 Train Coins in value.
The self-service trading could only handle basic resource sales. More transactions required appraisal here.
But just 10 Train Coins clearly couldn't satisfy his current needs.
What else could he sell?
He had quite a few valuable items in hand. Just that single Demon Card alone could probably fetch an unimaginable price if brought out.
However, he didn't plan to sell it.
After pausing for a moment to think, he took out two test tubes from his backpack.
"How much can these sell for?"
[Blessed Virus Serum]
The product of the virus serum obtained from the treasure chest in Doomsday Town after undergoing Sublimation.
Although Ye Qiyan had always kept it in his storage unit before.
There had never been an opportunity to use it, and with the candy Shaya had previously given him, the serum's value to him had diminished significantly.
Keeping one tube and exchanging the rest for Train Coins would be just right.
"Please wait a moment."
A mysterious-looking machine emitted light that scanned the two test tubes.
The light formed a screen displaying its appraisal.
[Virus Serum, can provide immunity to low-level zombie viruses. For unknown reasons, it has received special blessings, gaining low-level healing capabilities. Appraised value: 5 Train Coins per tube]
This was higher than Ye Qiyan had expected.
"Train Conductor, your Train Coins. Is there anything else you need to trade?"
"Not for now."
"Very well. Would you like to exchange Train Coins for Thousand Stars Coins?"
"What's that?"
Ye Qiyan asked curiously.
"That's the universal currency of the City of a Thousand Stars. The Train Coins used by train conductors are too valuable. Each Train Coin can be exchanged for 1000 denomination Thousand Stars Coins, which can be used at any consumption venue in the city."
Ye Qiyan exchanged 5 coins. After obtaining 5000 Thousand Stars Coins, he didn't plan to stay any longer and was about to turn and leave.
The shopping assistant ran over and stuffed a business card into his hand.
"Train Conductor, if you need a train assistant, you can contact me! I will definitely satisfy all your requirements!"
Assistant... The name made it easy to understand what this involved.
But he didn't need one.
Facing the shopping assistant's enthusiastic gaze, Ye Qiyan just smiled without responding.
After obtaining the Train Coins, he didn't leave immediately.
He stood by the street waiting for a while. The various buildings, vehicles, and people with their different styles around him gave him a somewhat unreal feeling.
Ding ding—
Zhao Lin: [Brother Ye, I've arrived at the place you mentioned. Which one is you?]
["Ah, no need to say, I should be able to recognize you!"]
Looking at the messages sent through the private chat interface, before he could reply, he felt someone gently pat his shoulder.
Turning to look, nobody there.
Reaching out to grab toward the other side.
"Ouch."
His gaze followed the sound.
He saw a girl with a high ponytail, healthy wheat-colored skin, looking full of vitality, probably just reached adulthood, sitting on the ground.
"Are you... Zhao Lin?"
"Hey, it's me, Brother Ye! So it really is you. I knew I didn't recognize wrong."
Pulling her up from the ground, Zhao Lin, who stood a head shorter than him, raised her face and put on a serious expression.
"First time meeting! Brother Ye!"
"Just call me Ye Qiyan. I'm not that old to be called big brother."
Being called big brother through a dialog box was one thing.
Meeting in person, Ye Qiyan was only a few years older than her. There was no need to be called big brother.
"Then... Qiyan brother?"
"Are we that familiar?"
Zhao Lin didn't feel embarrassed at all. Her naturally familiar attitude made it hard to dislike her.
"Of course we're familiar! For the first ten stations, if it weren't for Qiyan brother helping me, I would have died long ago because I couldn't complete the upgrades. So you're my lifesaver."
"Well, that is true. So how do you plan to repay me?"
"Ah?"
Clearly, Zhao Lin completely didn't expect Ye Qiyan to say this. Her prepared words were shattered, leaving her momentarily at a loss for how to respond.
Gurgle—
The small stomach rumble broke the silence of the moment.
Ye Qiyan shrugged and pointed to the restaurants on the street not far away.
"Treat me to a meal. Is that acceptable as repayment?"
"Of course, of course!"
Just a meal. Zhao Lin completely didn't think she would spend much money.
But she clearly underestimated this city's consumption level.
When the two left the restaurant, looking at the receipt totaling a full three thousand Thousand Stars Coins, Zhao Lin's mood completely turned from sunny to cloudy.
"So expensive! We didn't even eat that much! How did it cost so much? Three thousand Thousand Stars Coins means three Train Coins! Heaven knows, opening a level 3 treasure chest only earns enough for two meals! Too expensive!"
She gave a meaningful glance at the fully loaded packages behind Ye Qiyan.
"Lobster, shark fin... packed so many portions. This is really too much."
Ye Qiyan heard Zhao Lin's muttering and glanced at her equally full backpack.
He wanted to laugh.
With no other business, Ye Qiyan planned to check out the train maintenance facility Shaya had recommended.
He had only taken a few steps to hail transportation when he turned to look at Zhao Lin who had been following behind him. Somewhat speechless, he asked:
"Don't you have your own things to do? Are you planning to follow me the whole time?"
Zhao Lin blinked and nodded.
"I have nowhere to go..."
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