Chapter 1520
Chapter 1520 Train Level: Level 38 / Calm Before the Storm
wilderness.
The horizon outside the window remained as usual.
Today’s Weather: Peace
The appearance of the Sunny Doll was completely the ordinary look it had at the very beginning.
A stop had ended.
Ye Qiyan sorted through all his gains from the previous stop.
First, naturally, was a calamity card, followed by [Pride and the Void Logic], and then, he obtained the completion record for the Baohuang Dragon Beast along with the items that dropped from it. Lastly were those six thousand Train Coins.
But in fact, there was another gain, and in Ye Qiyan’s eyes, this gain felt even more satisfying than those six thousand Train Coins.
Lu Jiayun had been attacked by him.
Even though that attack was the rebound released by Lu Jiayun himself.
But in Ye Qiyan’s heart.
This could also be considered a slight retaliation for the matter back then when the Assassin from the City of a Thousand Stars interrupted the battle between him and Afusaki.
He held grudges.
The immediate retaliation back then was far from enough.
Even now, it was still not enough.
After resting for a few days at the previous stop and returning to the wilderness, Ye Qiyan did not plan to stay idle. He went straight into the Train head and carried out the next Sublimation for the Train, bringing its level to Level 38.
Nowadays, his total amount of Train Coins was: 5065
Why was there only this much? Because a certain greedy system had demanded an extra thousand when he was at the previous level.
This resulted in the harvest that should have been six thousand Train Coins leaving only five thousand points behind in the end.
“Sublimation, Sublimation, hurry up and reach Level 40, so I can go to the Corona Arena, and the Goblin Empire, and…”
There were still many places.
He wanted to go to all of them.
Level 38, nothing special happened.
As the Train accelerated, Sublimation began.
In just a short while, this Sublimation was ordinarily completed.
[Stamina: 2200 → 1800]
[Mental Power: 2200 → 400]
[Ding-dong]
[Congratulations]
[Current Train Level: Level 38]
[Chassis, frame, wheels, Processing Table, upgraded simultaneously]
[Current basic Train speed upgraded to: 760 km/h]
[Upgrade options this time: 3]
[Open immediately?]
Ordinary, far too ordinary.
It felt just like the calm before the storm.
Whether it was the system or the wilderness.
The Sublimations of these few levels were all that simple.
Had it not been for the extreme weather before, I’m afraid it would have been just like this time, with not even many monsters appearing.
This feeling…
“Is it saving up something big for me? Level 40…”
Ye Qiyan’s gaze flickered slightly.
If that really was the case, his anticipation grew even stronger instead.
Temporarily suppressing the desire in his heart, he directly brought up the upgrade options for this level.
With just over five thousand Train Coins split into three options, according to the system’s usual tune, it should be just like before, leaving not a single coin behind.
He was used to it; let it be.
“Pull them up, let me see what these options are this time.”
Three option cards materialized out of thin air before his eyes.
He touched and flipped the first one.
[Option 1: Train Armament – Aquatic Wanderer (1200 Train Coins)]
[After equipping it to the Train, it allows the Train to travel freely beneath the water surface and automatically creates a barrier isolating the external seawater]
“It’s finally here, and it can be considered finally completing the underwater Train armaments. Not bad.”
Nodding with satisfaction, Ye Qiyan immediately flipped open the second option.
[Option 2: Moonlight Butterfly Egg × 1000 (2000 Train Coins)]
[Eggs that can hatch Moonlight Butterflies which can only survive under [Moonlight]. If the Moonlight Butterflies are located within a [Sea of Flowers], they can absorb the brilliance from the [Moon] and provide extra growth power to any plants.]
[And there is a certain probability of causing some plants to undergo [Moon-colored] transformations.]
Seems… okay? Even though he still didn’t know if it was actually useful.
But after all, it was a total of 2000 Correct Train Coins.
Ye Qiyan had asked Miss Ele from the black market to check it for him.
These Moonlight Butterfly eggs were priced at 60 Train Coins each in the black market, and were something very much loved by many plant-specialized Train Captains.
Hmm…
Then this was very worth it.
The two options added together were only 3200 Train Coins, and he still had 1865 left.
In other words, the third option would probably be around this price.
“This time… it shouldn’t exceed it, right? I really have no money left, oh.”
Grumbling thus, he flipped open the card for the third option.
[Option 3: Blank World-Painting Scroll (1800 Train Coins)]
[An exclusive item for a World-Painting Master, allowing one to use a paintbrush to pre-draw [Dynamic] paintings within this scroll, and cut out the pre-drawn content for use.]
“As expected, eighteen hundred… Huh?”
After reading the price and description, Ye Qiyan nodded without any surprise, but soon, he realized something was a bit off.
He summoned the system’s light screen, poked it, and shook it.
“Is the system broken?”
[System self-checking, self-check complete, not broken]
“Then is it you, Myathira, that broke?”
Myathira, who was slacking off not far away, was stunned for a moment, then anxiously flew up and checked her own body several times.
“Master? Myathira isn’t broken…”
“Then why are there still 65 Train Coins left for me?”
Right.
There were still 65 pieces left.
When was the last time the Train’s upgrade options left him with Train Coins?
It didn’t matter, but that must have been a very, very long time ago!
Ye Qiyan took out the anchor and the Dream Weaver to confirm them respectively.
Mhm, that’s right.
It wasn’t a dream.
Which means…
“Finally, finally! Lisette, we are no longer penniless wretches! Woohoo!”
Ye Qiyan wiped away non-existent tears, looked at the system light screen with emotion, but quickly put on a look of disgust.
“Next time, can you leave me a bit more? I’m almost Level 40, and I still don’t know where to get the Train Coins for the Level 40 upgrade options.”
[…]
The system did not respond, only silently presenting the card-swiping slot on the light screen before his eyes.
This time, Ye Qiyan was also extremely decisive.
Swiping the card, taking the options, extracting—all in one go!
Looking at the 65 Train Coins still remaining in the black card, Ye Qiyan was filled with emotion.
“I finally have some disposable money to buy some materials at the black market, although I still can’t afford a single high-grade material…”
Level 38.
An ordinary level.
After Ye Qiyan directly equipped the first option to the Train, he handed those Moonlight Butterfly eggs over to Lisette to hatch them inside Gentle Breeze Farm first, and after hatching, place them in Nether Moon Garden.
These eggs were too fragile; Ye Qiyan knew very well that even if he only used a tiny bit of Mental Power during Sublimation, they completely wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
Thus, among the three options, only the third one was exceptionally special.
[Blank World-Painting Scroll]
[Level: 9]
With a level of only 9, it quite matched its price.
“I didn’t expect it to be an item of a World-Painting Master. It looks just like a roll of blank paper, doesn’t it?”
“However, it has potential and can undergo Sublimation, so let’s just give it a try.”
Azure light flickered at Ye Qiyan’s fingertips, and he began Sublimation on this item which was only Level 9.
Something unexpected happened to him.
The item that should have easily been sublimated to Level 10 immediately gave him a sense of potential even stronger than he had anticipated just moments ago upon contact.
“Hmm? This feeling, Ultimate Sublimation? Even though it’s only Level 9… Well, heh.”
Ye Qiyan grinned.
What he loved most were these sudden surprises~
“Let me see just how far you can go, continue!”
More azure light burst from his hands, until it completely wrapped around this roll of blank scroll and burned!
The outer layer of the scroll was burned away, and the inside was gradually shattering.
But when the shattered parts returned to their original positions.
This Sublimation was already over.
[Blank World-Painting Scroll → Ukiyo-e Dream Scroll]
[Level: None]
[Can draw scenes from Memory onto it using the [World-Painting] brush, and can attach power from any series.]
