Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

The rustling of leaves echoed as the breeze stirred them.

In the darkness, this pale white forest exuded a mysterious yet enchanting glow.

Ye Qiyan stood above the silent lake.

Everything around him was so familiar.

Lisette and the others stepped out from the train.

They looked around with curious eyes.

This was a world they had never seen before, back when they had yet to come to Ye Qiyan's side.

It was also an adventure they had never shared with their master.

"First, let's confirm the time."

Although there were sixteen hours of leeway, he would need to prepare to return to the Lunar Heart Arena when only fifteen hours remained.

The carriage expanded.

The Nano-Bee Swarm deployed.

Commands were issued.

The Raven Duo, along with the Goshawk and the White Bear, also joined the collection lineup.

One by one, trees were uprooted, harvested as Wood, and stowed away.

The trees in the forest, aside from the White Forest Fruit trees, were all ordinary.

The truly valuable parts were the white leaves and bark of these trees, which could be used as dye materials.

The Goshawk and Demon Ravens scouted outward.

Through the cameras, the entire forest's full layout was quickly captured.

There were only two paths in the forest.

One led to the fruit tree grove where he had originally obtained the White Forest Fruit.

And this lake was the endpoint of the other path.

It wasn't very large here.

At least, compared to many forests he had visited before, it was much smaller.

But even a forest like this, back when he first came here...

Ye Qiyan simply didn't have the time or opportunity to keep exploring.

"Come to think of it, it's been almost a full year since I arrived in the Wasteland."

He let out a quiet laugh, turning to look at the little robot beside him.

"Do you remember ever being here before?"

WALL-E scratched its head, unable to recall.

Its memories before acquiring its wisdom core were nothing but chaos.

"It's fine if you don't remember. I do. Come on, let's go treasure hunting."

Us.

Yes, us.

The camera-like eyes of WALL-E sparkled with excitement and joy.

While treasure hunting alone wasn't bad, how could it not be happy to go with its master?

The station's treasure-seeking ability activated.

As a small Low-Level Station, it only took WALL-E a few seconds to lock onto its target.

And that target...

Was right beneath Ye Qiyan's feet.

Inside that silent lake.

"..."

WALL-E lowered its head in disappointment. It had thought it could walk a bit longer with its master, but it found it so quickly.

"It's fine. We can go find more together another time. If it's down there..."

The Wandering Star Holy Sigil spread open.

The lake water was pushed aside, forming an absolute isolation barrier.

"Lisette, keep collecting with them. I'm going down to take a look."

"Yes, please be careful~"

"Mm."

Lisette gave a slight bow and watched as Ye Qiyan, accompanied by WALL-E, entered the lake.

Beneath the lake, all was still silent.

No sound. No life.

Nothing at all.

Not even silt or filth...

This place was too clean, so clean that even the water itself seemed somewhat strange.

"Back then, I really didn't have enough time. If I had as much time as I do now, I wouldn't have had to worry about water... but even if I had plenty of time, my abilities back then probably wouldn't have let me carry much away."

Ye Qiyan's eyes sparkled with amusement.

"So this time, I'm taking everything I can."

WALL-E waved a hand in agreement.

They continued downward until they reached the lakebed.

Even though this world had no sun or moon.

Even though a lakebed should have been pitch black.

Yet here, everything was still clearly visible.

WALL-E led the way, searching beneath the lake for a while.

Finally.

Ye Qiyan saw a stone statue with a shattered face and no arms.

[How beautiful]

That was Ye Qiyan's first impression of this statue.

But how could a statue without a face, even a broken one, evoke such a thought?

"It's not because the statue itself is beautiful... but because the being this statue represents possesses the concept of beauty?"

Ye Qiyan pondered, releasing a Nano Giant Sting Bee he had brought along to make contact with the statue.

The System's appraisal light screen appeared underwater the moment contact was made.

[Broken Venus (Level 1)]

[A concept of [Beauty] and [Art] revered by a certain race.]

[Due to an overwhelming accumulation of belief from the race, it gave birth to a god.]

[Goddess of Beauty·Venus]

[This is her name]

"Venus? That name..."

Ye Qiyan took out a potion from the Treatment Compartment.

[Venus's Glance (Level 7)]

This was the product of sublimating the potion he had obtained back in the Platinum Forest.

"Interesting. I didn't expect it to actually be a god. But since the System didn't call it a False God... could it be a True God, like Mo Shi and Shen Yuan?"

Ye Qiyan felt a hint of surprise.

After all, this was only a Level 3 station.

To have traces of a True God here.

Still, thinking about it...

Level 3 stations often had a high probability of being remnants that drifted in the Void after being destroyed by the End of a higher-level station.

Having traces of a True God appear might not be that surprising after all.

"Phew, I knew a place that could grow White Forest Fruit couldn't be that simple. Thanks, WALL-E, you've done it again."

He patted WALL-E's metal head and walked directly toward the statue.

A Level 1 statue was probably worth less than a single White Forest Fruit.

That meant...

The truly valuable thing was beneath that statue.

"Decisive."

[Demon Card·Decisive]

The demon mech-soldier stepped out from the card.

The moment its towering frame and scorching body entered the lake, everything around it began to steam.

"Put out the fire."

Decisive obeyed without hesitation.

"Carry it up to the surface. Don't break it."

The Decisive Demon extended its steel arms, carefully grasped the statue, and sent it up to land.

And what had been hidden beneath the statue was now revealed before Ye Qiyan's eyes.

It was a pool of golden liquid.

Ye Qiyan sent out another Nano Giant Sting Bee to make contact, letting the System complete its appraisal.

But the moment the Sting Bee landed on that golden liquid...

The entire world began to tremble.

"————"

A sorrowful, agonized wail, like a mother who had lost all her children, echoed from within the golden liquid.

"——! ——&*@!"

The sound was a cry of lament.

A half-illusory figure lunged toward Ye Qiyan.

But...

"So there's a female ghost here after all."

The gentle glow of the [Pure Cleansing Stone] radiated in that space.

The illusory figure's wailing grew even more intense, and a pale, eerie aura streamed endlessly from its body, spilling out in all directions.

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