Chapter 128

Chapter 128: The Sixteenth Station · Ancient Battlefield Ruins

Zhu Xingtu? Devil Card coordinates?

What is this Charlatan up to again?

Ye Qiyan perked up. After Solomon City last time, he finally understood why Shaya and Monroe Gina always spoke of Zhu Xingtu with such bare, undisguised disgust.

Fate was truly detestable.

However, the Devil Card… of course he wanted it.

[“What do you want me to do?”]

Inside the Astrology Platform carriage, Zhu Xingtu gazed at Ye Qiyan’s reply, her eyes flashing with a peculiar light. She tapped on the Light Screen and sent a line of text.

[“This was the reward that should have been given to you in the first place, except that in Solomon City, I ran into a little trouble that Fate failed to tell me about, and that Devil Card was unfortunately lost.”]

[“You already gave me the Floating Armor, wasn’t that the reward?”]

[“It counts, but it’s not enough, hehe~ But that thing is indeed very precious, so you need to acquire this Devil Card yourself, hehe~ That place is a Level 7 Platform, which is somewhat dangerous for you. How about it? Will you go?”]

What Zhu Xingtu said seemed to have no problems on the surface.

Ye Qiyan rubbed his chin and pondered slightly.

Collecting the Devil Card Sequence was also very important to him. Since that was the case, there was no reason to refuse.

Even if this Charlatan had other motives, if the situation turned south, he would just run.

[“Give me the coordinates.”]

Zhu Xingtu spun the Astrologer, propping her chin with one hand as she looked at the words on the Light Screen and murmured softly.

“How confident. He isn’t afraid of a Level 7 Platform at all, hehe~ Hmm… Should I ask him about the whereabouts of the Floating Armor? Hmm… Fate says he won’t tell, so is this a secret? How curious…”

[“The Devil Card isn’t that easy to find~ Do you want me to help you?”]

[“No need.”]

[“Hehe~ Then, I wish you success.”]

An extra mail appeared in his mailbox. Opening it, the contents revealed a short blade with only the upper half.

[Blade That Tears the Battlefield]

[After use, the next station can be selected as [Ancient Battlefield Ruins (Level 7 Mission Platform)]]

Without hesitation, Ye Qiyan used the coordinates for this Platform.

[Platform coordinates used successfully. The next stop location has been updated to the Ancient Battlefield.]

The Ancient Battlefield sounded quite dangerous.

However, Zhu Xingtu, that Charlatan, probably didn’t know that his Train level had already reached Level 7, otherwise she wouldn’t have said those things just now.

This made him feel that this founder of the Emperor Sequence Organization, a woman whose mouth was full of Fate, didn’t know everything after all.

Ending the conversation, Ye Qiyan returned to his Sweet Dream big bed to accelerate the recovery of his Stamina.

Eating the shaved ice made for him by Wall-E and watching the little robot’s dazed appearance even after becoming a machine lifeform, he reached out and knocked on its skull.

“Wall-E, the next station will depend on you.”

He didn’t need Zhu Xingtu’s help. With Wall-E around, as long as there wasn’t anything exceeding the value of that Devil Card, it would definitely be found.

[11:28:51]

Ye Qiyan, who was resting, was woken up by another message notification sound.

At this time, who could it be?

Opening the Light Screen, a familiar name came into view.

Zhao Lin: [“Brother Qiyan, do you want to buy anything?”]

It was Zhao Lin?

Come to think of it, because the public Trading Platform of the fourteenth station had disappeared, Zhao Lin, who should have been at the lucky Platform at that station, failed to enter. So her luck should be postponed to the fifteenth station, right?

[“You harvested quite a lot at your last station, huh? You actually took the initiative to come find me to sell things. Send them over for me to see.”]

[“Not bad, not bad, hehe~ Brother Qiyan, I accidentally opened a Flame Stone inside a Treasure Chest, and now I’m already a Level 4 Train~”]

This was true good luck. If not for the Bad Luck of the same magnitude that followed, it really would be an enviable Talent.

Several screenshots were sent over.

[Aged Rum] [Aged Wine] [Aged Baijiu]

All three different types of alcohol were measured in wooden barrels of maximum capacity as a unit.

[“Was your last station a winery?”]

[“Pretty much, it was an abandoned private estate with a wine cellar in the basement, and I happened to get these. Brother Qiyan, are you buying? I’ll sell them to you cheaper.”]

[“I like drinking beer.”]

[“There’s beer too!”]

Another screenshot was sent over, as if she had been prepared all along.

[Aged Dark Beer]

“…”

[“How much?”]

[“Hehe, not expensive. I checked the Trading Platform in the City of a Thousand Stars, a barrel of wine this big is about two Train Coins or so, is that okay?”]

The price was alright, buying a barrel was fine.

But was she so anxious to want Train Coins because she wanted to buy an upgrade option?

He traded two Train Coins over.

A huge wooden barrel standing nearly two meters tall was traded over, filled to the brim with beer. Selling this portion for two Train Coins wasn’t a loss.

[“Thanks, Brother Qiyan. You don’t want the rest? Then I’ll throw them onto the Trading Platform.”]

[“As you like.”]

He didn’t ask what Zhao Lin’s upgrade option was, but he still offered a reminder.

[“Your next station should be a Bad Luck Platform, right? Be careful and it’s better to spend your Train Coins on self-preservation.”]

[“Mm-hmm! Right, Brother Qiyan, do you have any cooling items? It’s too hot today, I’m almost getting heatstroke…”]

[“I do, but I’m not selling.”]

The conversation ended.

Ye Qiyan played games while continuing to wait for the arrival time at the station.

The familiar 12:30:00 arrived.

Even for a station that had already been selected, the Crossroads of Fate still emerged at this moment.

[Crossroads of Fate triggered. Please select a location from the following options as the Train’s parking spot.]

[1. Ancient Battlefield Ruins Center]

[2. Ancient Battlefield Ruins Edge]

Center and edge, the center was definitely better.

After all, wanting to find the Devil Card by spreading out from the center point to search all around was definitely much easier than running around blindly like a headless fly.

“I choose 1: Ancient Battlefield Ruins Center”

[Parking spot selection complete.]

[The Train is about to arrive at the Sixteenth Station: Ancient Battlefield Ruins ahead.]

[Please sit tight and hold on securely.]

The Train began to accelerate.

Time passed quickly.

The familiar distortion, the familiar crossing.

The familiar world outside the window changed.

The difference was that this time, the change was very small.

Outside the Train window, it was still a wilderness-like existence.

A tangerine-red sun hung high in the sky.

The scorching yang yan wind swept across the earth, dyeing this entire world fiery red.

[Arrived at the Sixteenth Station: Ancient Battlefield Ruins]

[Current Station: Dangerous!]

Dangerous?

Those two Goblins last time didn’t say anything like that.

Then what on earth existed in these Ancient Battlefield Ruins? And what would the mission to be completed here be?