Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

The Assassin Captain's expression was filled with fervor.

Every word he spoke came from the heart.

But what was the truth?

Words heard from just one person weren't worth believing.

This wasn't a lie.

At least, in this guy's heart.

This was the truth.

Yet sometimes, the truth a person believed in could also be a false existence.

If he truly wanted to understand this world.

Clap, clap, clap...

Ye Qiyan applauded him approvingly.

"I see. So this land has suffered such hardships. It truly pains my heart. I'm an adventurer from a foreign land, naturally here to deal with those wicked scoundrels. My apologies for the previous offense. Heh heh."

His words sounded so sincere in their ears.

In fact, in the eyes of these guys, Ye Qiyan had already become a Hero from the outside world! Someone who had come to help them defeat that evil Lord of Chalk!

Their wariness vanished.

The Assassin Captain put his skull mask back on.

"It's fine. Since you're an adventurer from a foreign land, it just so happens that our stronghold is nearby. Come with us. It's been raining these past few days, and the weather is freezing. Have some hot tea at the stronghold to warm up."

"That would be much appreciated."

"But what about your warhorse?"

"Leave that to me."

Ye Qiyan reached out toward his train.

The enhanced Storage Matrix absorbed the train within.

Now, this Module had no more usage limits, allowing him to store it several times in a single day without issue.

Moreover, the Storage Matrix contained a small space inside.

Lisette entered the Matrix along with the train.

Back during the Guild Tournament period.

She had been staying in that space with Eve, having the engineering mech-soldiers construct a station platform prototype inside.

The environment there was long past what it used to be; it was even built quite luxuriously now.

"D-disappeared?"

A young assassin was utterly shocked.

"Oh my god, you're even a Mage? You must have traveled to many places!"

Another young assassin's eyes, visible beneath his skull mask, were filled with envy.

"Not that many. I've only visited a little over forty places. Alright, let's go."

Ye Qiyan's fingers traced a few strokes in the air.

Only then did Eve, who had been hovering by his side, drop her combat stance. Transforming into her rabbit-eared mechanical girl form, she followed behind him.

And the Targeting Rings that had been locked onto and ready to eliminate the assassins finally closed. That oppressive, terrifying pressure vanished.

The assassins finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm Hamdouk, the captain of this team of young assassins. May I ask your name?"

"Ye Qiyan."

There was no need to hide.

He directly stated his name.

"Hm?"

Hamdouk's footsteps faltered.

"Is there something wrong with my name?"

"...Your name is quite similar to that of the inhabitants of the Eternal City. We... really hate this kind of naming format. Could you please use a different name?"

Hamdouk couldn't lie in front of Ye Qiyan.

So after Ye Qiyan spoke his name, his expression immediately turned rather ugly.

"Hm... heh heh~ Let's keep going. It's really cold."

Ye Qiyan smiled ambiguously but didn't offer another name.

You don't like it?

Then don't.

"..."

The Assassin Captain was left behind.

Watching as the young assassins surrounded Ye Qiyan, pressing him to tell stories about other lands, the strange eyes of the captain filled with discontent and disgust.

"Such a name... how... despicable."

He didn't know.

The moment that thought arose.

[Salvation]'s power was about to activate!

But Ye Qiyan controlled Salvation, letting the guy live a little longer.

Because...

["An interesting world~ My name has become a despicable existence here, huh? Heh heh~"]

There was no rush to kill him.

Even if this guy's heart harbored [Betrayal].

But the more such people, the easier they were to use.

Before Ye Qiyan finished handling this station~ he couldn't die just yet.

Following the assassin team through countless twists and turns.

Climbing mountains, wading through rivers.

Finally, when they crossed another mountain peak.

Ye Qiyan looked toward a barren plain in the distance.

Even under the dark, rainy night, he could still clearly see the scene before him now.

The ground emitted a scorching red glow. Even drenched by the icy rain, it only stirred up more heat.

Because that wasn't land.

It was the scorched remains of molten fire left behind after being struck by some kind of force.

"This is?"

"This is the result of that evil Lord of Chalk's doing. In order to eliminate the last of our Lord of Night's Royal Court's subjects, it didn't hesitate to destroy and burn everything. In its eyes, we're not even human!"

The Assassin Captain's voice was filled with rage.

Ye Qiyan didn't care about what he was saying. He was only focused on one thing.

"Did that Lord of Chalk personally come here to unleash this attack?"

"Of course not. That despicable creature only dares to stay in its Eternal City. It just stored up its power and sent its wretched Knights here to release it."

Store... release...

And also... the Knights who rode [Warhorses (Trains)].

It felt like this Lord of Chalk was very familiar with the Wasteland, and even with the train system?

And just looking at this scorched earth.

The destructive power that this guy called the Lord of Chalk had caused, even if he wasn't sure if it was a full-power strike, was about the same as Eve's [Gravity Gun] under multiple buffs and [Mode · Overdrive Star].

This guy, even if there were items or something else involved, was at least Level 9 or above.

That guy, the Station World boss called the Lord of Chalk, had no reason to just wipe out these people.

Because, judging by the reactions of these young assassins.

This place.

Was a mystical world that possessed Magic.

And no matter what kind of world it was.

The corpses of ordinary people could be used as a consumable resource.

Just like Train Conductors, who also had special items that required sacrificing others' lives, or even killing directly.

If that guy was related to a Train Conductor, or was even one of them.

Then there was even less reason to waste so much power just to kill a few weak ordinary people.

Unless Hamdouk was lying.

But how could a mere native with just a little bit of ability break through [Bewitchment]?

So the possibility that the other party was lying had been ruled out from the very beginning.

So, was there something that had told these people the truth they now believed...

"A truth?"

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