Last night's battle between Fan Huo and that high-level Judge who manipulated gears had a much greater impact than imagined.

Sitting on the rental flying carpet, several nearby streets showed varying degrees of destruction.

Some corpses covered with white cloth were being carried out from the ruins.

Judging by the shapes of the wounds, most seemed to have been crushed by that high-level Judge's gears.

As for Fan Huo, he didn't actually cause many casualties.

Naklo Street Number 44.

Pushing open the large door and entering the church, that pastor uncle was sweeping the floor.

Seeing the two arrive, he revealed a kindly smile.

"You're here. Your train has been fully maintained. Come, let's go take a look together."

That's what Fan Huo called this pastor uncle.

Remembering what Shaya said about the Imperial Sequence Organization having no normal people,

Ye Qiyan became even more cautious than last time.

Behind the church.

Inside the station were two trains, one of which looked somewhat familiar yet strangely unfamiliar, capturing Ye Qiyan's attention.

"This is my train?"

"What, don't recognize it anymore?"

The pastor uncle said with a beaming smile.

Clean, brand new, tidy, and balanced.

This was Ye Qiyan's first impression of the train before him.

The carriages and locomotive, which originally weren't completely uniform in size, had now been standardized to the same specifications.

The train's outer layer had transformed from rusty metal to a fresh steel color.

Ye Qiyan stepped forward and reached out to touch it.

The train's details appeared before his eyes.

【Train Conductor: Ye Qiyan】

【Train · Fresh Out of Factory】

【All carriages will be standardized】

【Train durability restored to full value】

"Durability?"

The pastor uncle watched Ye Qiyan with a smiling gaze.

"Hehe~ You can think of it as your train's health points. Nothing major, basically useless. By the way, I wonder if you have anything that can create train coatings? I can conveniently change your train's exterior color for you."

"Coatings? I think I actually do have something."

Ye Qiyan suddenly remembered something and walked inside the train. Although the carriage sizes had become standardized, the interior space hadn't changed.

He took out a box.

"Will these work?"

【Soft Ruby】(Level 1)

【White Leaves】(Level 1)【White Stones】(Level 1)

The former was one of the rewards obtained from Mistveil Manor.

The latter were collected by WALL-E in the White Forest.

"Red and white, huh~ Hehe, that works. Which color do you want as the main color?"

"White."

The leaves and stones were fed into a machine.

Soon, white pigment filled a wooden bucket.

The pastor uncle reached out, touched it, and splashed it forward.

The train's exterior gradually transformed to white, completing the change in a short while.

"Seems my craftsmanship is still pretty good."

He nodded, adjusted his monocle with his hand, then turned to look at Ye Qiyan.

"Speaking of which, I haven't introduced myself yet, have I? Holmes Ryan. Everyone calls me Ryan. If there's nothing else, you can take your train and leave now."

Ryan. Ye Qiyan remembered this name from the chat room.

Sure enough, he was also a member of the Imperial Sequence Organization.

"Thank you. I'll be leaving now."

Using the key to teleport the train back to the main gate of the City of a Thousand Stars,

Ye Qiyan left the place with Zhao Lin without any hesitation.

This Ryan fellow made people somewhat uncomfortable, but if forced to specify exactly what felt wrong, it was hard to pinpoint.

After the two left, the smile on Ryan's face remained undiminished as he turned his gaze to the other train.

The man smoking a cigar opened the train window, his expression cold.

"Put that smile away. It's disgusting."

"Brother Fan Huo, I really don't like hearing you say that. There's a saying: you don't hit a smiling person. As long as I keep smiling, nobody can hit me, right? Hehehe~ Speaking of which, how was your harvest yesterday? The lackeys of the Indolent Ones killed over five hundred people while chasing you and destroyed five streets—quite the grand spectacle."

Fan Huo finished his cigar and lit another one.

"Among those five hundred people, over three hundred were homeless folks the city didn't want driven into the lower districts. Many of the buildings destroyed across those five streets were slated for low-price acquisition before being resold. So tell me, who actually profited from this?"

"Hehe, I wouldn't know about that. I only know you got chased and smashed through five streets."

Seeing that Fan Huo wasn't responding to his teasing, Ryan gradually restrained his smile and asked in a neutral tone:

"What do you think of that kid from earlier?"

"His train is level 5... Can you imagine? A train that just left the beginner period, at level 5... Although that woman Shaya would most likely give him Flame Stones, what about the materials for level 5? Where did he get those?"

Fan Huo silently smoked his cigar.

After a long while, he finally uttered a sentence.

"How does that saying go again?"

"What?"

"The infinite world holds infinite possibilities. He managed to free Shaya from that abstract, ridiculous seal. What kind of talent do you think that requires?"

"Who the hell knows. Talents are all different except for those most common ones. More than that, I'm more curious about the Blasphemy Card fragment in that crazy woman's hands. Want to try snatching it from her? After fifteen years, I don't think I'm weaker than that woman anymore."

Fan Huo took off his sunglasses and looked at Ryan with a strange gaze.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Looking at an idiot. Have you forgotten that woman's Angel Card sequence? That thing... it simply can't be killed. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been sealed in the first place."

"That's truly a pity...."

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Although you can't buy level 4 and above items in the City of a Thousand Stars, conversely, items below level 4 are available in abundance.

Ye Qiyan was spending money at the shopping mall.

After spending his Train Coins until only 5 remained, the purchased items were directly shipped to the tunnel capsule where his train was located via mail delivery. They would be installed as soon as he boarded the train.

In this city, as long as you have money, you can live quite comfortably.

But if you have no money, it's completely different.

Other Train Conductors from the same sector were complaining bitterly in the chat room.

【"Damn, why does everything in this city cost money? Even using the toilet costs money! Where the hell am I supposed to get Train Coins?"】

【"Good thing I saved some Train Coins earlier. The materials here are much cheaper than those profiteering merchants. Hey, I upgraded directly to level 3, but where am I supposed to get this level 4 Flame Stone?"】

【"You have to join a Guild to get that thing. I've already joined one."】

【"I also joined a Guild, but those people demanded I hand over all resources from my train. Now I can't even quit. Everyone be really careful!"】

【"Stop talking, be careful about getting caught."】

【"MD, can anyone lend me some Train Coins! I'll pay you back double later!"】

【"Don't trust the guy above. He gambled away everything except one locomotive at the gambling city Lacville. Lending to him is like throwing money down the drain."】

【"Gambling addicts deserve to die."】

【"Sigh, I really want to buy some fried chicken, but it's so expensive. Can anyone actually afford it?"】

【"Is anyone in the City of a Thousand Stars? I took a taxi halfway but didn't have enough money. The driver dumped me on the road, and now I can't find my way back. I heard that if you don't leave immediately after the three-day departure time, you'll be classified as homeless and arrested!"】

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