Chapter 57
Chapter 57: Auctioning the Heart
[Departure Rights Triggered]
The pocket watch’s hour hand stopped at 8 o’clock.
The Train’s whistle remained loud even amidst the blizzard.
Nothingness manifested, and the tracks moved forward.
Returning from one expanse of white to another.
The weather in the wilderness hadn’t changed at all, just like before entering the Platform.
Open the public Chat Room.
[8683 / 10000]
[ “When is this damn weather going to end? I really can’t hold on much longer.” ]
[ “Doesn’t it usually end by 12 AM? Just bear with it, it’s only four hours, you can survive by burning some wood.” ]
[ “By the way, that guy Li Xiaosheng put a lot of materials on the Trading Platform again. Where on earth did he get so many? Such enviable luck.” ]
[ “Who knows, but Zhao An in our sector isn’t bad either. Look at the vegetables on the Trading Platform; most of them were put up by him.” ]
[ “Those two must have a lot of Train Coins by now, right? Tsk tsk tsk, who knows when the public Platform will appear next.” ]
[ “You still want to rob those two? Idiot, that Li Xiaosheng previously bought a blueprint for a Level 3 Assault Crossbow at the public trading post and sold one to every member of his Alliance. When we really reach the public Platform, you’d better stay away from those guys, or you won’t even know how you died.” ]
[ “A crossbow? Can that thing possibly be more powerful than a gun?” ]
[ “How did the person upstairs survive until now? A Level 3 weapon, even a crossbow, is much stronger than low-level firearms. Haven’t you noticed that the guy who used to sell guns—what was his name again? Ye Qiyan? He hasn’t appeared for a while now.” ]
[ “Heh, Ye Qiyan’s low-level rifles became obsolete long ago. That guy is unwilling to join the Alliance, and Brother Li has already spoken: the next time we see him, we will definitely take his life!” ]
[ “That’s right, Brother Li also said that no one is allowed to buy his things, otherwise it’s going against the Alliance!” ]
Li Xiaosheng’s lackeys popped out.
Looking at the dialogue in the Chat Room, Ye Qiyan calmly typed a line of text on the Light Screen, attached a screenshot, spent one Train Coin, and pinned it to the top.
[ “Selling [Blood Baron’s Heart], it has been put into the Trading Platform for auction. Only Train Coin transactions are accepted, highest bidder wins.” ]
The Trading Platform has an auction function.
It’s just that very few people use this function.
When the description of the Blood Baron’s Heart appeared in the Chat Room, the scrolling dialogue box paused for a split second.
Immediately afterwards, it scrolled at high speed.
[ “What is this? Transforming into a vampire? And what is this Module? Why are these all things I’ve never seen before?” ]
[ “How many Train Coins does this thing cost? If we have this, do we still need to be afraid of those monsters chasing the Train? Even inside the Platform, we can do whatever we want!” ]
[ “The auction price has already reached 15 Train Coins?? Where on earth do you guys get so much money? Didn’t we agree that everyone is living a hard life? A bunch of liars.” ]
The appearance of this heart immediately attracted considerable attention.
Among them, quite a few people were tempted after seeing those numerous Modules and started bidding before everyone else.
Li Xiaosheng was among them.
“Damn Ye Qiyan, to actually be so lucky to get this kind of thing. Heh, but this guy is also stupid enough to take it out and sell it instead of using it himself. Does he not want to abandon his human identity?”
He curled his lips in disdain.
“Ignorant. What does it matter if you’re human or not? As long as you become stronger, who cares about your race.”
“With this heart, becoming a vampire, who else can be my opponent?”
Li Xiaosheng took out a Train Coin, and mimicking Ye Qiyan, pinned a message in the Chat Room.
[ “My Alliance wants this thing!” ]
Then, another message popped up to replace it.
[ “Didn’t your lackeys say that no one is allowed to buy this Ye Qiyan’s stuff? What? As the leader, you’re actually the first to go back on your word.” ]
The person who knocked his message away was named Zhao An, precisely that Train Captain who had been growing all kinds of vegetables and plants since the first station, enjoying quite high prestige in his sector.
The two of them—one selling basic resources and the other selling various vegetables—should have minded their own business, but Li Xiaosheng’s Alliance lackeys swaggered about in the Chat Room every day, mocking Train Captains from other sectors, resulting in this Alliance having a terrible reputation now.
Li Xiaosheng’s expression flickered between green and red.
He gritted his teeth and continued to increase his bid, watching the price steadily climb on the Trading Platform.
The auction price kept rising all the way, finally stopping at the number 23.
The person who forked out this price was none other than Li Xiaosheng.
Using the basic resources on hand, he managed to gather almost all the Train Coins among the Alliance members to barely scrape this together.
He still had some ability.
Zhao An also tried to pool Train Coins from Train Captains in the same sector, but in the end, very few were willing to trust him.
Without interests guaranteed, who would be willing to lend their wealth to others?
As the set auction time ticked down to zero,
Li Xiaosheng got the Blood Baron’s Heart.
And those Train Coins ended up in Ye Qiyan’s hands.
“I didn’t expect this thing to sell for such a high price? That’s right, after all, this was obtained from a Level 5 Platform.”
“However, the person who bought it in the end turned out to be Li Xiaosheng?”
“Heh, I wonder if this guy will regret coming to look for trouble with me.”
He only saw the Module blessings and physical constitution surpassing ordinary humans gained after transforming his race, yet selectively ignored those negative impacts.
Perhaps Li Xiaosheng would pass the next few stations quite smoothly, but what about after that?
However, this had nothing to do with him.
Ye Qiyan counted the Train Coins with a smile.
53 pieces—this was his total number of Train Coins.
With these Train Coins, Ye Qiyan felt that the Train’s next Sublimation could be put on the agenda.
“Stamina and Mental Power are still a bit lacking. Hmm, tomorrow, just tomorrow, I’ll upgrade the Train to Level 5 tomorrow.”
“Speaking of which, upgrading to Level 4 ten stations ago was able to break the record. Level 5 should be able to as well, right?”
No, it definitely can!
[Ding-ding——]
The friend message prompt rang in his ears.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, calming his mood, and bringing up the Light Screen, he saw a message sent by Zhao Lin.
[“Brother Ye, how many Train Coins did you end up making?”]
She was still alive? Not easy at all.
[“Not much, just 23.”]
The auction on the Trading Platform could only be seen by the bidder and the seller, so others didn’t know what the final transaction price actually was.
Zhao Lin rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had misread.
23 Train Coins?
Converted into Level 3 Treasure Chests, you’d have to open nearly four of them to get that!
Who on earth was the lucky one?
Why couldn’t she ever get this kind of thing?
[“So amazing! Was this also opened from a Treasure Chest?”]
[“Just killed an old bat.”]
Seeing these words, the envy in Zhao Lin’s heart instantly vanished.
Good luck and Bad Luck are conserved, and so are wealth and danger.
The bat in Ye Qiyan’s mouth definitely wasn’t that simple.
Perhaps, in order to kill that bat, he paid a huge price to obtain the rewards he deserved.
If it were her, she would probably only think about finding a place to hide.
