Chapter 131
Chapter 131: This Is a Mission, and This Is Also a Transaction
“You’re sealed?”
Ye Qiyan’s gaze swept across the surroundings, finding nothing in this deep pit that could be called a Train.
“Sort of.”
Altos knocked on his helmet, sweat mixed with blood flowing out from the cracks.
“I fought with someone, lost, had my Train snatched away, and ended up like this. Without a Train, it’s equivalent to losing the identity of a Train Captain, and leaving is simply impossible. I only have some Train Coins left that I hid away, hoping to find someone to rescue me. I never expected this wait would last twelve years. I really don’t understand, is this Platform World really that hard for people to enter?”
His tone carried a hint of puzzlement.
“I thought this station would never have visitors again…”
“Is this dagger yours?”
Ye Qiyan tossed the assembled short blade in his hand a few times.
Altos was stunned when he saw that short blade.
“Consider it mine. Why do you have this? Did that guy sell it to you?”
His voice suddenly became terrifying, and a large amount of black mist leaked out from the cracks of his armor, looking very much like he was about to go berserk.
Even those rotten corpses were influenced by this black mist, moving toward this side.
“Looks like he’s gone mad.”
The pure purification stone emitted a soft radiance. The rotten corpses couldn’t hold on for even a few seconds in this radiance before turning to ash, and Altos, who was most deeply affected by the radiance, also let out a miserable scream, dropping to the ground and hurriedly extending his hand.
“Don’t, stop shining it, I’m not crazy, I’m not crazy, please stop using such a holy item.”
Ye Qiyan did not immediately put away the pure purification stone. Placing it in his palm, he looked down at Altos and said coldly:
“You say you’re a human? You’re lying. Humans wouldn’t fear this kind of pure light. Just as I thought, you’re a monster that obtained the memories of a Train Captain.”
“No, I, I am a human! Truly a human! It’s just that my race changed, and I have some lich bloodline—I’m of the Lich-Human race! Look at the rotten corpses around; they are all controlled by me, originally monsters in these Ancient Battlefield ruins. Because of today’s weather, I brought them running over here to escape the heat!”
Changing race was not entirely impossible, after all.
After all, he had once sold a Blood Clan Baron’s heart, which was an item used to change races.
“In this kind of weather, why not take off your helmet? Aren’t Lich-Humans afraid of the heat?”
“Afraid, yeah, but there’s no help for it, I can’t take it off. After transforming into this race, this armor fused with me.”
Altos propped himself up with his sword and stood up, casting a fearful glance at the pure purification stone in Ye Qiyan’s hand.
“To be honest, back when I had a Train, I wasn’t very afraid of this stuff; I had things that could exempt me from holy power. Sigh… So, brother, how on earth did you get that short blade? Was it really not sold to you by a man?”
“It’s just a Platform coordinate I accidentally got from a female Charlatan, so I just came to take a look. You’re overthinking it.”
“…Coordinates? So that’s how it is! This Platform actually requires coordinates to enter! No wonder no one has come over all these years! Damn it, I’ve been screwed to death! Is it because I was left here that the Platform World changed? Fuck, I should have thought of that sooner!”
Altos covered his face, speechlessly patting his helmet continuously.
“You want to leave this place through my Train? Is this the mission you posted?”
Ye Qiyan’s brow furrowed slightly. If this really was the mission…
He didn’t really want to do it.
The purpose of coming to this station was the Devil Card; there was no need to let a strange, high-level Train Captain enter his Train, especially since the other party wasn’t quite normal.
“No, I don’t like boarding other people’s Trains. I only hope you can help me buy a Train car head so I can return to the wilderness. This is the mission I set up for the Platform. Of course, I won’t make you spend your own money.”
He turned around and returned to the high Platform from earlier, fumbled under the seat for a while, and pulled out a cloth bag to hand to Ye Qiyan.
“These should be enough, provided the value of the Train Coins hasn’t depreciated.”
Raven Demon stepped forward, took the cloth bag, opened it, and reached in with a feather to stir around. Finding nothing unexpected, Ye Qiyan then took it into his hands.
Inside the bag was nothing else, precisely the Train Coins he needed.
“Inside here are one hundred and fifty Train Coins. Buy the Train car head, and the rest is all yours. How about it, is that okay? Uh, come to think of it, is there still a black market now?”
From the backpack behind him, Ye Qiyan took out the black market invitation card.
“I do have a card, but why should I help you?”
He switched the pure purification stone to his other hand.
“I could just leave directly, and these one hundred and fifty Train Coins would all be mine. Even if your Train Captain level is very high, without a Train, and unable to resist holy power, you’re impossible to be my match.”
He curved his lips playfully, gazing at Altos, waiting for him to continue.
“Find a reason to convince me, or bring out something even more precious.”
“…”
Altos knew that the young man in front of him wasn’t lying. He somewhat regretted taking out the Train Coins directly.
Having had no contact with humans for twelve years, he had been too excited, to the point that he completely forgot: among the Train Captains who could continuously survive in the wilderness, aside from the Celestial Organization, how many good people were there?
“I have some hidden items in the City of a Thousand Stars. As long as I can get out, I will give one of the most precious items to you. Of course, you can also leave now, but that item is definitely far more precious than a mere one hundred and fifty Train Coins. Make your own decision; with that stone around, I am no match for you.”
“Why should I believe you? Leaving this Platform, even if you don’t give me the item, once you enter the wilderness, is it even possible to find you?”
Altos smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“It seems you haven’t stayed in this world for long. If I calculate the days, um… there should be another batch of new Train Captains, right? But since you could enter this station and are this strong, you must be from at least three years, oh no, probably six years ago, or an even earlier batch of Train Captains entering this world, yet you still don’t know about this matter. Let me tell you.”
He extended a finger, pointing toward the sky.
“I posted a mission to the Train world, akin to a transaction that must absolutely be fulfilled. Otherwise, the Train System will never let me go. Just like the Trading Platform of the Train System, when have you ever seen it make a mistake? And who could tamper with a transaction?”
“Therefore, the moment I just spoke those words, this transaction called a mission has already completed its update.”
“As long as you help me buy a Train car head to let me leave this world, at the next station, upon entering the City of a Thousand Stars, I will definitely hand over to you the item I stored there, worth over 150 Train Coins! This is a mission, and this is also a transaction!”
