Chapter 140
Chapter 140 Zhu Xingtu: Thank you for the hospitality
Paying and getting off, the Train exchange in the City of a Thousand Stars was even larger than the one in Solomon City.
The vast, giant flat ground was crammed with countless carriages and Train heads.
Unattended and stagnant here, who knew how many Train Captains had sold their Trains here since the city’s inception.
This was the middle layer of the City of a Thousand Stars, which could only be reached by passing through the air gate via aerial vehicles.
Ye Qiyan and Zhao Lin entered the exchange.
He didn’t really have any desire to buy a carriage, but since he was already here, he might as well test whether the badge of the Solomon City Inquisition was still useful here in the City of a Thousand Stars.
The moment the trading interface touched the badge, it changed.
“It actually works.”
The carriages sold here were largely similar to those in Solomon City. After browsing for a while, he couldn’t find a single carriage worth buying.
In contrast, Zhao Lin’s shopping desire was through the roof. Her Train had suffered heavy damage, leaving only a single Train head, and in the upcoming Platforms, she wouldn’t even have the capacity to store resources.
Feeling a bit bored, Ye Qiyan got up to walk around. Just as he was about to leave, his gaze was caught by a woman heading in his direction.
“Zhu Xingtu?”
The founder of the Emperor Sequence Organization, a Charlatan, a woman who claimed to be able to hear fate.
Although Ye Qiyan had never formally met her, her avatar in his friends list displayed her actual appearance.
Why would she be here?
What the driver said not long ago suddenly surfaced in Ye Qiyan’s mind.
Curfew, big shot, and then, Zhu Xingtu came here.
Could it be that she was going to snatch another card sequence?
“Eh?”
Zhu Xingtu, who had walked over here, tilted her head slightly at Ye Qiyan, making a pensive expression.
She looked Ye Qiyan up and down, then tapped her clenched fist against the palm of her other hand.
“No wonder. What a coincidence. Nice to finally meet you, Brother Ye.”
This was indeed their first time meeting face-to-face.
In the past, they had only communicated through chat.
But how did she recognize him?
“Did you recognize the wrong person?”
Zhu Xingtu thought hard for a moment and shook her head.
“I didn’t recognize the wrong person.”
She leaned close to Ye Qiyan, stood on her tiptoes, and gently whispered in his ear with a voice only the two of them could hear:
“Fate tells me that a demon lives inside you, and besides, have you forgotten? That Harbinger, the card sequence also possesses its own aura. I won’t mistake it.”
I see. Ye Qiyan silently pressed the gun in his hand, took a step back, and maintained a safe distance from her. The two of them found a spot and sat opposite each other.
Opening the Light Screen, they spoke face-to-face directly using the system’s friend chat.
[“Are you here to snatch a card sequence again?”]
Zhu Xingtu found a seat and sat down with a smile.
[“Hehe~ You misunderstood me. I’m just here to borrow something this time. Speaking of which, is that girl over there your little lover? Shaya is going to cry~”]
[“She is just—never mind, I probably don’t need to explain so much to you.”]
[“Heehee, just kidding. I’m just a little curious about who that girl is. Care to introduce her to me? Who knows, maybe I can invite her to join the organization.”]
Seeing Zhu Xingtu type out these words, Ye Qiyan’s eyes instantly filled with vigilance.
There was a problem.
There was definitely a problem!
Would this Charlatan invite Zhao Lin to join the Emperor Sequence Organization for no reason? Impossible. She definitely had her own purpose. Besides, come to think of it, although Zhu Xingtu had walked towards his direction just now, her initial gaze hadn’t been placed on him at all.
And it wasn’t hard to find that this woman hadn’t recognized his identity at all in the beginning.
In other words, Zhu Xingtu’s target had always been Zhao Lin.
Was there anything special about Zhao Lin?
Did she have a card sequence? If she really did, this girl wouldn’t have managed to turn her Train into that state, and she could have put up a little resistance when she reached the Bad Luck Platform.
Then could it be…
Ye Qiyan quickly pondered in his heart, and an answer suddenly emerged in his mind.
Talent?
Without a doubt, the most precious thing on Zhao Lin was her Talent.
With this Charlatan’s ability, perhaps at some moment she was told something by the “Fate” she spoke of.
That was why she ran here and actively looked for Zhao Lin.
Then if it really had to do with Talent, what was Zhu Xingtu going to do?
Like him, trying to hitch a ride on her luck?
Ye Qiyan didn’t believe this Charlatan would be so idle.
[“What on earth do you want to do?”]
[“Nothing much, hehe~”]
She closed the Light Screen, stood up, and said:
“I didn’t expect you to be here. This city is going to get very interesting~”
With that, she walked towards Zhao Lin.
Watching Zhu Xingtu’s actions, Ye Qiyan didn’t speak out to remind her; he wanted to see what on earth this Charlatan wanted to do.
He wasn’t worried about Zhao Lin. After all, this was her lucky Platform right now.
“Little sister~”
Zhao Lin, who was picking out a carriage, heard the voice behind her and turned her head in confusion.
The moment she saw Zhu Xingtu, she felt a bit puzzled.
“Are you calling me?”
“Mhm, I am calling you.”
Zhu Xingtu sat down opposite Zhao Lin as if they were old friends.
She took out a dark golden card from the lining of her upper garment and placed it on the table.
“This, for you~”
Zhao Lin blinked, looked at that card, and then looked at the inexplicable woman opposite her.
“For me? Uh, why? We don’t even know each other.”
“Well, you certainly don’t know me, but I know you. Look over there, Brother Ye over there—he and I are friends, so don’t worry~”
Zhao Lin looked back. Ye Qiyan didn’t speak; he just silently drank his coffee with sugar.
“Brother Qiyan’s friend… Then I still can’t accept it. We aren’t close, sigh.”
“It doesn’t matter. Fate tells me that this card wants to go to your side, and I am here precisely for this.”
Even without the Demon Card: Bewitchment, this Charlatan’s tone was full of temptation.
It seemed like she spoke in such a tone on purpose, and it also seemed like an invisible magic was affecting people’s Mental Power.
Zhao Lin stared at the dark golden card on the tabletop.
On the card body was a woman holding a scale, her face unseen, wearing a hood.
Against her better judgment, a voice seemed to tell her deep within her heart that she really wanted to get this card.
Was it luck?
Zhao Lin thought so.
Her hand subconsciously reached out.
Amidst Zhu Xingtu’s playful gaze, she picked up that dark golden card.
Boom——!
A deafening sound suddenly rang out.
Zhao Lin instinctively covered her ears, only to find that this sound seemed audible only to her.
Zhu Xingtu, sitting opposite her, stood up, smiled mysteriously at Ye Qiyan not far away, and left behind a sentence.
“Thank you for the hospitality~ This is a fair trade.”
Leaving only Zhao Lin sitting in place somewhat dazed and at a loss.
What on earth had just happened?
