Chapter 66
Chapter 66 City of a Thousand Stars
Early the next morning.
[6:30:00]
Unlike usual, the Crossroads of Fate was triggered at this time.
Ye Qiyan, who had just woken up from his sleep, looked at the Light Screen in front of him, rubbed his eyes, and felt somewhat puzzled.
“So early? Even the entry time has changed.”
“However, what’s the use of triggering the Crossroads of Fate when entering the City of a Thousand Stars?”
[Crossroads of Fate triggered]
[Please choose from the following roads.]
[Road One: Main Gate of the City of a Thousand Stars]
[Road Two: Lower District of the City of a Thousand Stars]
“Lower District?”
After a brief hesitation, Ye Qiyan still chose the road leading to the Main Gate.
This time, there was no need to wait half an hour. After making the selection, an entry prompt immediately appeared on the Light Screen.
“Entering station.”
Acceleration, nothingness.
Passing through.
The scene outside the Train window changed abruptly.
The Train came from that endless wilderness onto a huge railway bridge, and in the sparkling ocean, some strange creatures were leaping about.
And there were many bridges like this.
On each one, there were hundreds of tracks.
Trains of various shapes and forms shuttled across them.
They should all be members of a certain sector.
Directly ahead of the tracks, an endless huge astral-vein city floated in mid-air, with countless rails winding around various parts of the city, resembling the planetary rings of a planet.
Ding-ding——
Zhao Lin: [“Brother Ye, have you accepted that invitation? Which place did you choose?”]
[“The City of a Thousand Stars, you haven’t chosen yet?”]
[“I’ll choose it right now. I’ll also choose the City of a Thousand Stars. I’ll treat you to dinner then, hehe. I got quite a few Train Coins at my last stop.”]
[“Good”]
Ding-ding——
Another message.
Shangguan Yingxue: [“Where did you choose?”]
[“Do you women all like to talk to people at the same time?”]
[“?”]
[“Just kidding, I chose the City of a Thousand Stars, what about you?”]
[“I’m not there.”]
[“That’s a bit of a pity.”]
[“…”]
The chat ended, and after about half an hour, the Train began to decelerate.
A towering gate appeared before his eyes.
Ding-ding——
A new message appeared in the mailbox.
[Welcome to the City of a Thousand Stars]
The whistle sounded.
The Train stopped in a Gothic-style Platform, entered an independent tunnel, and finally came to a complete halt.
A man in uniform walked over and stood in front of the Train door. He observed Ye Qiyan’s Train, cleared his throat, and knocked on Ye Qiyan’s door.
The door opened, and after stepping out of the Train, the man nodded slightly to him with a kindly smile.
“Hello, respected Train Captain, welcome to the City of a Thousand Stars. I am your guide, and I will introduce you to matters related to the City of a Thousand Stars here. In the coming time, you can stay here for three days, or you can choose to join a guild, thereby gaining a longer docking time and resources through the guild’s abilities.”
Guide, this name reminded Ye Qiyan of the Smiling Man he had seen at the public trading Platform that day.
He wondered how that guy was doing now.
“I came here by invitation, what should I do next?”
“Nothing is needed. After you choose to come to the City of a Thousand Stars, you will possess a special coordinate. After leaving, every three stations, you can consume two Train Coins to change the destination of the next station to the City of a Thousand Stars. Here, all Train Captains will spend at least three days of rest time. Whether it’s food, entertainment, or any demand you can imagine, as long as you spend Train Coins, it can all be done.”
I see.
Ye Qiyan finally understood why after newcomers passed ten stations, these forces would send invitation messages at the very first moment.
By having more newcomers come to their sphere of influence, afterwards, the weary and frightened Train Captains would surely have someone choose to come here every three stations to either scrape by or enjoy themselves.
And whose pocket those two Train Coins would eventually fall into goes without saying.
“Then my Train? Just leave it here?”
The guide shook his head, as if anticipating this question long ago, and took out a key, handing it to Ye Qiyan.
“The City of a Thousand Stars has specialized Train storage capsule compartments, right here. For just one Train Coin, absolute safe storage of the Train can be carried out for three days. The key will remain in your hands, and only you can open it. Please rest assured about this; even the highest-level managers have absolutely no possibility of opening it.”
He more or less understood now.
In short, it costs money.
What if he didn’t buy this storage compartment?
He could figure it out with his toes; by the time he came back from outside, the Train would probably be left with just a shell.
“So, would you like to purchase the storage service?”
“Buy.”
“Your choice is correct~”
A Train Coin was handed over to the guide. Ye Qiyan got the key and followed him out of the Train.
At this moment, a huge machine arm fell from the sky and grabbed the tunnel behind him that housed his Train.
It placed it into a corner of the gate he had just seen, and it was enveloped by an ice-blue Light Screen.
As for compartments capable of storing Trains like this, on that gate, they were completely countless.
“Respected Train Captain, please explore the City of a Thousand Stars on your own from here on. I hope you can have the most wonderful experience here.”
Just as the guide was about to leave, Ye Qiyan suddenly thought of something and asked:
“Wait a minute, what should I do if I want to maintain the Train?”
The guide looked at him queerly, completely unexpected that a Train Captain who had just entered the City of a Thousand Stars would know about such a thing as maintenance.
“Please rest assured about this. You can find specialized maintenance technicians in the city who maintain Trains. They all have devices that can directly teleport the Train. You only need to use the key, and the Train will automatically go there. Once maintenance is finished, it can also return here.”
“Then how do I get to Nakolo Street?”
“You can go there via the city’s self-service transportation vehicles.”
“Many thanks.”
Having obtained the information he wanted, Ye Qiyan was not in a hurry to go to No. 44 Nakolo Street.
Walking out of the hall, what met his eyes was a giant multi-layered city with a strong sense of the future.
The place where he was located was the first layer, called the Base District. According to the introduction, this seemed to be the lowest layer of the entire City of a Thousand Stars.
But this was very strange.
The Crossroads of Fate had given him an option for the Lower District, after all.
If this was the Lower District, then what was the meaning of that option?
Without thinking too much, after taking a free universal map, he walked straight in one direction.
Although there were many places to visit in this city, all of this required the support of one thing.
That was Train Coins.
Unfortunately.
Right now, he didn’t have much money left.
