Train Survival: I Can Evolve Everything!

Ye Qiyan had already thought about how to ask this question.

["The City of a Thousand Stars and other cities have rules against selling items above level 4, but I imagine there must be places where such trades can happen, right? Could you tell me about them?"]

["Of course such places exist, but those city alliance rules are ultimately just restrictions for newcomers like you. If we're talking about high-level Train Conductors, nobody dares to impose such limitations on them."]

Shaya gave a disdainful snort, her manicured fingers continuing to tap on the light screen.

["Secret black market. I just asked that woman Zhu Xingshu - she wasn't sealed away and knows more than I do. Right now, low-level Train Conductors who want to trade for items above level 4 can only go there. Wait a moment, I'll get you an invitation card."]

She reached out toward Zhu Xingshu, who was fiddling with several tarot cards beside her.

"Hand it over."

"What?"

"The black market invitation card. Didn't you say that place requires an invitation card to enter? Hurry up and give it to me, I know you have one."

"No fever."

"Go away, I'm not sick."

"If you're not sick, why are you asking me for this... Oh~ it's for that young man again, hehe~ Here you go."

Looking at Zhu Xingshu's strange smile, Shaya found it utterly baffling.

She snatched the invitation card the other woman offered and immediately sent it via mail.

"What are you laughing at? This is a reasonable investment. He's the owner of the Blasphemy Card... fragment, with a high probability of obtaining a complete Blasphemy Card. You understand what that represents."

Zhu Xingshu didn't speak, but her eyes transformed into that infinite starry appearance, and her tone became that of a charlatan.

"Fate tells me... hmm... Fate says nothing~"

"However, quite interesting."

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Opening his mailbox and extracting the mail inside, Ye Qiyan's mouth twitched several times as he looked at the pure black card.

"Even if it's called a black market, did they have to make the entire card black? How am I supposed to use this thing?"

[Black Market Invitation Card]: Can be used to enter the black market trading platform

[Note: Hello, dear friend. Due to some idiotic reasons, I've established this special platform serving Train Conductors. Here, there are no restrictions on any trades, as long as you have Train Coins.

--by Christine]

Swiping across the system light screen, the screen before his eyes was covered by blackness emanating from the card, followed by the words "Black Market" appearing on it.

[Welcome to the Black Market. Current membership level: 1. Can view items at level 4 and below. Please strive to place trade items to increase your membership level. Of course, you can also spend Train Coins to directly recharge~ I recommend the latter option.]

"There's even a membership system? Tch, I'm getting this urge to hang this person from a streetlamp."

Muttering a couple of helpless complaints, Ye Qiyan didn't dwell on it. He was here to sell things, not to buy.

After all, he didn't have many Train Coins on hand right now.

"How to trade... Hmm... Here? Manual item appraisal and valuation? Quite user-friendly."

Pressing this option, information soon appeared on the light screen.

"Hello, Appraisal Customer Service 9527 at your service. Please place the item you wish to trade in front of the train system's control light screen."

Raising the Deceitplay Sword toward the light screen.

"Like this?"

Before long, new information appeared.

"Valuation completed. Item name: Deceitplay Sword. Level: 6. Suggested price: 30 Train Coins"

"Place on black market trading platform?"

"Place."

"Placement successful... Trade successful. Since this is the member's first transaction, the 5% handling fee will be waived for this transaction."

"So fast?"

Looking at the 30 Train Coins he'd obtained from the trade, Ye Qiyan was in quite a good mood. He hadn't expected that sword with its overwhelming negative effects to sell so quickly - he'd originally prepared to leave it listed for an extended period.

"Handling fee, 5%, not bad. And it was waived this time too. Heh, the person who created this black market seems pretty decent."

Ye Qiyan chuckled as he counted his money. Including what he had left before, he now possessed forty-six Train Coins. It seemed it was time for the next train sublimation.

After completing the transaction, his membership level rose to level 2, allowing him to view items above level 5.

However, these items were all ridiculously expensive. Rather than spending that money, he'd be better off buying some lower-level items and performing sublimation himself.

Besides, even in the black market, weren't there things like Flame Stones and Calculation Units?

["Customer service, are there no upgrade items like Flame Stones or Calculation Units in the black market?"]

["Yes, member, yes there are. You need to reach level 3 to unlock the purchase permissions for train upgrade items."]

Alright, his membership level wasn't high enough.

Ye Qiyan suddenly thought of something else.

He continued asking.

["Then, what level do I need to be able to view the Mind Magic Cube?"]

["Level 5"]

That high?

According to the current pattern, each membership level increase allowed viewing items one level higher above level 4. So the Mind Magic Cube... was comparable to level 8 items?

Learning this, Ye Qiyan became even more curious about what that Patrol Mechdragon Blueprint would actually look like if he could manufacture it.

He was feeling somewhat expectant.

Ending his black market trading, the invitation card returned to his hand, now bearing a gilt Roman numeral "Ⅱ" on it.

[Note: Next available black market entry time: After one day]

Putting away the invitation card, Ye Qiyan yawned.

Taking out his pocket watch, the exact time showed past 10 PM.

Having run around the Snow Mountain all afternoon, that sense of exhaustion had finally caught up with him now.

"So sleepy..."

Under the gaze of the enormous bright moon over the endless wilderness, Ye Qiyan returned to bed, his eyelids growing heavy.

Tonight, nothing happened.

But many people weren't as fortunate as him to fall asleep easily.

Shangguan Yingxue pursed her lips as she looked at the twenty Train Coins she'd barely managed to obtain.

At her previous stop, she hadn't been able to find a treasure chest. Even after selling everything she could part with, she was still far short of the 30 Train Coins she needed.

"Just ten short, what should I do..."

She truly had nothing left to sell. What remained were items she absolutely needed to keep - these couldn't be sold.

Unless...

He was feeling somewhat expectant.

Shangguan Yingxue: ["Are you there?"]

Before long, the other party responded.

Zhao Lin: ["May I ask what this is about? I temporarily don't have more snacks or toiletries available for sale. If you're looking to buy these, don't bother asking."]

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