"Only equipped with 30 grenade rounds, that's not much."

Though the weapon was powerful, it would be useless without ammunition.

He did want to try Sublimation, but just as he expected.

The resistance to sublimating a level 7 item appeared again, yet Ye Qiyan clearly sensed that he could ignore this resistance and force the sublimation. However, it would require pushing his physical and mental stamina to a new extreme.

Unless... he underwent another self-sublimation?

Should he try it?

Ye Qiyan's hand pressed against his chest.

After a moment of thought, he lowered it again.

"Forget it, forget it. Why make things so exhausting for myself?"

Having stayed on the mountain in the wind and snow for so long.

Right now, he just wanted to slack off.

Everything else could be dealt with later.

Eating shaved ice, chewing White Forest Fruit pulp, he casually opened the chat interface and began lurking.

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Level 3 Resource Platform

Li Xiaosheng stood silently outside his train.

He watched several burly men operating a machine that continuously collected wood from the forest, transporting it back into the six ordinary carriages already attached.

His memory drifted back to a few hours ago, right after joining a guild in the City of a Thousand Stars.

No rest, no trust.

Upon learning he had the Resource Radar talent, the guild members sent several experienced Train Assistants who forcibly boarded his train and ordered him to depart immediately.

Li Xiaosheng still couldn't forget the look in that person's eyes—full of disgust.

As if he were a stinking bug, repulsive to everyone.

The burly men moving the wood were also whispering among themselves.

"Brothers, this Train Conductor... he feels kind of, uh..."

"Kind of disgusting, right? I feel it too. I really want to go punch him. Just looking at him irritates me."

"Shh, keep it down. Don't let him hear. He is a Train Conductor, after all, much higher status than us."

"Tch, what's the use? After working for over a decade, I'm sure I can save enough for a locomotive and become a Train Conductor too!"

"Ahem, stop talking. He's looking over here."

The three assistants' eyes held no fear or respect; the glances they swept over him were filled with pure loathing.

He heard everything.

After consuming the vampire Baron's heart, he was no longer an ordinary human. All his senses had heightened, even during the day.

"A bunch of locals dare to look down on me!"

Li Xiaosheng's eyes burned crimson.

Since entering that City of a Thousand Stars, his protagonist dream had been utterly shattered.

The Resource Radar talent became the most common, worthless one on the streets.

The guild he joined was no good either, immediately forcing him out to collect basic resources. And these so-called assistants—who couldn't see the disgust they felt from the bottom of their hearts?

He refused to accept it.

"How much longer will you be moving?"

Walking up to one of them, Li Xiaosheng asked coldly.

The assistant recoiled in disgust, taking two steps back.

Human instinct, when faced with someone like Li Xiaosheng who had betrayed his humanity, ensured that feeling of revulsion would never fade.

"Almost done, almost done. We'll stay out here for three stops' worth of time, then we can return to the city to rest for a while. Do you need anything else, sir? If not, I'll get back to work."

The assistant hurriedly put more distance between them.

Li Xiaosheng stood still, raising his hand.

"You brought this on yourselves."

Bats materialized out of thin air.

"Kill them!"

"Where did these bats come from?"

"Help, save me!"

"Run back to the train!"

The train doors slammed tightly shut.

Li Xiaosheng watched the assistants' miserable state with a sneer, feeling an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

When they became corpses, Li Xiaosheng walked over, bent down, and sank his full set of fangs into the still-warm bodies.

He wasn't eating human flesh; he was creating thralls.

The assistants stood up again, their eyes now empty and lifeless, completely transformed into toys under Li Xiaosheng's control.

Li Xiaosheng laughed triumphantly, manipulating the corpses to perform various actions.

"Want to control me? Not a chance! I, Li Xiaosheng, am the true protagonist of this world!"

Joining the guild was a done deal, and being exploited to collect basic resources couldn't be changed.

But that didn't mean he would choose to remain stagnant.

He still had the Alliance.

Long before reaching the City of a Thousand Stars, they had agreed to all head to one place, met on the first day, and joined the same guild he did, becoming members.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an anthill. As a new batch of Train Conductors, their access to train upgrade materials was blocked by those who arrived earlier.

Either work for them to earn the necessary upgrade items, or keep climbing until he seized control of the guild himself!

This was his ambition.

Whether he had the ability was another matter.

"Those who want to reach higher levels will have to support me. Oh, and that Ye Qiyan. Hmph, that short-sighted fool actually sold such a powerful race transformation item, which ended up benefiting me. Maybe I can give him a chance too."

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Docking Countdown 【2:11:43】

"Whew~"

The "short-sighted" Ye Qiyan was currently leisurely browsing the Trading Platform to see if any worthwhile items had appeared.

"A robot vacuum? Not even as fast as WALL-E."

"Bluetooth earphones? I don't even have a phone, what would I need Bluetooth earphones for?"

"Hmm? A beehive? Someone's selling this too?"

Curious, he clicked on the description.

【Beehive (Level 2)】

【Produces 30 bee larvae daily. Must be placed near flowers. Can produce honey】

"Honey..."

Remembering that sweet taste, he checked the price.

Not expensive, only 3 Train Coins.

"Bought."

Transaction successful. He went to the cultivation carriage, looked at the increasingly large White Forest Fruit tree, and chose to place the hive on the thickest branch.

The hive settled on it, and soon bees emerged, flying out to collect nectar from the flowers within the carriage.

"Pretty big."

Rubbing his chin, Ye Qiyan moved closer and reached out to touch it.

"Seems like... it can be sublimated?"

He silently recited the word "Sublimation" in his mind. An intangible force enveloped both the hive and the bees outside.

【Spirit: 118→108】

【Beehive → Large Beehive (Level 3)】

The bees' appearance changed slightly, while the hive itself doubled in size.

"The whole thing sublimated together? Hmm... The potential isn't exhausted. Continue."

He recited it a second time in his mind.

【Spirit: 108→94】

【Large Beehive → Nest of Single-Sting Bees (Level 4)】

The potential still wasn't exhausted. Out of habit, Ye Qiyan prepared to continue the sublimation.

But just then, a strange feeling washed over him, as if something fortunate was about to happen.

【Spirit: 94→61】

【Nest of Single-Sting Bees → Nest of Giant Sting Bees (Level 6)】

It jumped from Level 4 to Level 6?

What was that feeling?

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