Chapter 137
Chapter 137: Leaving the 16th Station
Looking at the messages on the private chat interface, Zhao Lin speechlessly covered her forehead.
She raised her head and looked around at her miserable Train.
Right now, she did not have a single carriage left. Even if the next station was a good luck Platform, even if she wanted to collect anything, there was nowhere to put it.
Because even the blueprints for building low-level carriages were forced to be lost along with the abandonment of one of those carriages.
Right now, in a sense, she was even weaker than a rookie Train Captain.
Aside from having a few Train Coins on hand, she was completely totaled.
She had not figured out what to do at the next station, but now, the appearance of Ye Qiyan reminded her that perhaps heading to the city was the best choice.
[ “I’ll think about it a bit and give you an answer tomorrow morning.” ]
Go there; she also wanted to know what this equally massive amount of Bad Luck could ultimately bring her after experiencing a near-death situation and such huge losses at the previous station, once she arrived at the City of a Thousand Stars.
Before the chat ended, Ye Qiyan casually included today’s weather forecast.
[ “Fire tornado? Brother Qiyan, since the weather in the Platform is synchronized with the wilderness, will the city also—?” ]
[ “You’ll know when the time comes.” ]
Ye Qiyan had also thought about this kind of thing.
However, being able to establish a city, those earlier batches of Train Conductor Senior should undoubtedly have some preparations in place no matter how one thought about it.
As the departure time approached, the authority was triggered.
Looking through the Train window at the black forest swept by flames, Ye Qiyan passed through the void and returned from the Platform to the wilderness.
At this time, the endless wilderness should have been shrouded in darkness.
But on both sides of the Train, it was not hard to see countless fire tornadoes standing tall within the wilderness and constantly moving.
This apocalyptic scenery was the true posture of this world.
However, whether it was due to something the Train System did or not, people in the Chat Room were discussing that, aside from a few unlucky fellows, there were truly not many who got sucked into the fire tornadoes in the wilderness and lost their lives.
This actually put Ye Qiyan’s mind at ease a little bit.
But he still summoned all of the Raven Demon and Red Tear Demon to stay at the front and rear of the Train, plus Wall-E observing both sides in this carriage, so that any situation could be discovered at the first possible moment.
As for what he wanted to do?
That was naturally a very important matter.
Rest.
Lying on the bed, Ye Qiyan began to calculate his final gains from this station.
The biggest one was undoubtedly Red Tears and the tear carver sword.
Secondly, there were 40 Train Coins and Altos’s promise.
In just one station, without obtaining any Treasure Chest, after subtracting the consumption, his number of Train Coins returned to the number 44.
“Speaking of which, haven’t those two weapons in the black market been sold yet?”
Ye Qiyan remembered that the Level 6 Trickster Sword was sold instantly back then.
Never mind that Level 4 blade; a Level 7 weapon actually had zero interest?
Wasn’t this a bit too strange?
Thinking of this, he suddenly couldn’t sleep, took out the black market invitation card, and swiped it toward the Light Screen.
The black market interface appeared.
He directly found the backend customer service to make inquiries.
Within a moment, a response was received.
“In response to your question, the black market customer service provides the following reply.”
“The Trickster Sword is a Level 6 Mental Power armed item. It possesses the powerful effect of reducing the opponent’s Mental Power, so it is very popular in the black market.”
“What about that negative effect? Is that negative effect also very popular?”
“Purchasers can continue to buy indigenous slaves who have undergone lobotomies and let them use that weapon, thereby avoiding the negative effect of lowering their own Mental Power upper limit.”
“…”
“Do you have any other questions?”
Indigenous people, slaves—it seemed that for many people, those in the station world were not treated as human beings.
“No more questions.”
The chat ended; Ye Qiyan shook his head and couldn’t help clicking his tongue.
“Tsk tsk tsk, I thought I was cold enough, but I completely didn’t expect that method could be used to avoid negative effects. There really are plenty of Talents among Train Captains.”
Having said that, if he were given another choice whether to sell the Trickster Sword, he would still sell it.
Buy a lobotomized slave to avoid risks?
Hmm… somewhat, a bit disgusting.
Sleepiness struck.
Ye Qiyan slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, surrounded by sweet dreams.
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Astrology Platform.
Zhu Xingtu was looking at the astrolabe in front of her with a perplexed gaze.
“He actually succeeded in getting that Devil Card? Strange, he clearly shouldn’t have had the key. Even I have no way to find the key to that Devil Card; how on earth did he pull it off?”
“And… Oh, Monroe Gina gave him that pride. No wonder I can’t see through him more and more. Really, she wouldn’t even exchange with me when I used a Ritual Card with her in the past. What a pity~ I quite like that pride; sigh, I suppose I won’t be able to get it.”
Zhu Xingtu toyed with that Astrologer, the corners of her mouth slightly curving upward into an arc.
“And that Level 12 sword, heh~ was it also taken away by him? Truly impressive. If others found out that a rookie who had just left the novice period for less than ten stations could own a Level 12 item, I’m afraid quite a few people would develop greedy thoughts~ Having pride in his hands isn’t bad either, hmm~”
A wine glass suddenly appeared in Zhu Xingtu’s hand.
She drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
With a brilliant galaxy in her eyes and looking at the flowing stellar atlas above her head, she muttered to herself.
“Destiny says that some interesting things will happen in the City of a Thousand Stars. Astrologer, you tell me, what kind of interesting things will they be? Speaking of which, the master of the Order Card sequence will head to that City of a Thousand Stars; will the interesting things be related to him?”
She suddenly straightened her body, the starlight in her eyes fading, replaced by intense excitement.
“Hmm? Destiny says that the one favored by fortune has obtained an unexpected reward~ Fortune, did someone else appear with a fortune-type Talent?”
Zhu Xingtu lightly licked her lips, looking like a gluttonous cat.
“Astrologer~ You say, can I find that lucky person and borrow her Talent to use like before? It’s been so long since I’ve experienced the feeling of fortune.”
No one responded, and it was naturally supposed to have no response.
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Early morning, 6:30.
Ye Qiyan woke up from his dream.
Glancing at the pocket watch’s time and bringing up the Light Screen, Zhao Lin’s private chat was hanging at the very top.
“Brother Qiyan, I’m going to the City of a Thousand Stars. But, heh heh, since this time Bad Luck isn’t coming to freeload off you, but rather you are using my fortune, isn’t it~ you know!”
Ye Qiyan smiled dumbfoundedly, not surprised at all that she would say such things.
“Speak, what do you want? If it’s Train Coins, I’ll give them to you after your fortune triggers. If it’s something else, tell me now and let me hear it.”
“Heh, it’s nothing. I don’t want Train Coins; I just want to know, Brother Qiyan, can you use your higher-level Judge identity to buy special materials for upgrading the Train to Level Monroe Gina I want to reserve one from you, is that okay?”
