Chapter 67
Chapter 67: Meeting Zhao Lin
“Welcome to the Chong Trading Station.”
Following the map’s guidance, Ye Qiyan entered a shop that could directly connect to the Trading Platform.
Arriving here, he finally understood what the broadcast meant earlier by the unfreezing of trade.
“Resources all have fixed prices now, huh.”
“One Train Coin can be exchanged for 100 kilograms of wood, Metal, or one hundred mechanical parts. Each person can sell these basic resources up to 20 times per day.”
“Why is that?”
Not far away, a shopping guide walked over upon hearing the sound.
She first gave Ye Qiyan a respectful smile, then began to explain:
“Respected Train Captain sir, you must be coming to the City of a Thousand Stars for the first time. Basic resources are not scarce in the City of a Thousand Stars. There are many Train Captains in the city with the Resource Radar Talent who can provide a large amount of basic resources to the City of a Thousand Stars every day. Therefore, the price you see now was set by the Lord of the City of a Thousand Stars, specially prepared for novice Train Captains like you.”
“Talent? What is that?”
Ye Qiyan asked calmly. From this shopping guide’s words, it seemed that in this city, Talent was not worth mentioning.
The shopping guide’s smile remained unchanged as she explained:
“Talent is possessed by only a very few among Train Captains, but even so, as far as I know, there are gaps between Talents. The Resource Radar Talent is the most numerous among all Talent holders, and as for the rest, I do not know.”
This shopping guide knew quite a bit. Ye Qiyan looked her up and down.
“Are you also a Train Captain?”
The shopping guide shook her head, quickly explaining as if afraid he would misunderstand something.
“No, of course not. I was born in the City of a Thousand Stars and have always lived here. My goal since childhood has been to become a Train assistant serving Train Captains. I only know these things from reading them in some books.”
Flicking his fingers across the Light Screen a few times, Ye Qiyan sold basic resources with a total value of 10 Train Coins.
Only basic resources could be sold on self-service transactions, and more transactions required appraisal here.
Just 10 Train Coins were clearly not enough to satisfy him now.
What else could be sold?
He still had quite a few valuable items in his hands. If he were to take out just that Devil Card, it would probably sell for an unimaginable price.
However, he didn’t plan to sell it.
Pausing for a moment and thinking it over, he took two test tubes out of his backpack.
“How much can these sell for?”
[Blessed Virus Serum]
The product of the virus serum obtained from the Treasure Chest in the Doomsday Town after Sublimation.
Although Ye Qiyan always used to put it in his storage unit.
But he never had the chance to use it. Coupled with the candy previously given by Shaya, the value of this serum was becoming less and less to him.
Leaving one tube and trading the rest for Train Coins was just right.
“Please wait a moment.”
A rather mysterious machine emitted a light that swept across the two test tubes.
The light formed a Light Screen, displaying its quotation on it.
[Virus Serum, can immunize against low-level zombie viruses. Due to unknown reasons, it has received a special blessing, gaining low-level healing abilities. Valuation: 5 Train Coins per tube]
This price was higher than Ye Qiyan had imagined.
“Train Captain sir, here are your Train Coins. Is there anything else you need to trade?”
“Not for now.”
“Very well, would you like to exchange Train Coins for Thousand Star Coins?”
“What are those?”
Ye Qiyan was puzzled.
“Those are the universal currency of the City of a Thousand Stars. The Train Coins used by Train Captains are too precious. Each Train Coin can be exchanged for 1,000 denomination Thousand Star Coins, which can be used in any consumption venue in the city.”
Ye Qiyan exchanged 5 coins, and after getting 5,000 Thousand Star Coins, he didn’t plan to stay here any longer. Just as he was about to turn and leave,
That shopping guide ran over and shoved a business card into his hand.
“Train Captain sir, if you need a Train assistant, you can contact me! I will definitely satisfy all your requests!”
Assistant… Just listening to the name, it wasn’t hard to know what this was for.
But he didn’t need one.
Facing the shopping guide’s fervent gaze, Ye Qiyan just smiled and didn’t reply.
After getting the Train Coins, he didn’t leave immediately.
Standing by the street waiting for a while, the surrounding buildings with various styles, vehicles, and people made him feel a little unreal.
Ding-ding——
Zhao Lin: [Brother Ye, I have arrived at the place you mentioned. Is that you?]
[“Ah, needless to say, I should be able to recognize you!”]
Looking at the message sent in the private chat interface, before he could reply, he felt his shoulder being gently patted by someone.
Turning his head to look, there was no one.
He reached out to grab the other side.
“Ouch.”
His gaze shifted following the sound.
He saw a young girl with a high ponytail, healthy wheat-colored skin, looking full of vitality and probably just having reached adulthood, sitting on the ground.
“You are Zhao Lin?”
“Hey, it’s me, Brother Ye. It really is you, I didn’t recognize the wrong person after all.”
Reaching out, he pulled her up from the ground. Zhao Lin, who was a head shorter than him, raised her face and put on a serious expression.
“Nice to meet you for the first time, Brother Ye!”
“Just call me Ye Qiyan. I’m not that old that I have to be some kind of brother.”
Being called a brother across a chat box was one thing.
But meeting in person, Ye Qiyan was only a few years older than her; there was no need to be called Brother.
“Then, should I call you Brother Qiyan?”
“Are we that close?”
Zhao Lin didn’t feel awkward at all. Her overly familiar demeanor really made it hard for people to dislike her.
“Of course we’re close. For the previous ten stations, if it weren’t for Brother Qiyan helping me, I would have died long ago because I couldn’t complete the upgrade. So you are my savior.”
“Hmm, that is indeed a fact. So how do you plan to repay me?”
“Huh?”
Obviously, Zhao Lin completely didn’t expect Ye Qiyan to say that. Her inner wording was directly shattered, and for a moment she didn’t know how to continue.
Gurgle——
A small stomach growl disrupted the silence of this moment.
Ye Qiyan shrugged and pointed to the restaurants on the street not far away.
“Treat me to a meal, how about this as repayment?”
“Of course, of course you can!”
Just a meal, Zhao Lin didn’t think she would spend much money at all.
But she clearly underestimated the consumption level of this city.
When the two left the restaurant and looked at the receipt of a full three thousand Thousand Star Coins, Zhao Lin’s mood completely turned from sunny to gloomy.
“So expensive, and we didn’t even eat much, right? How did we spend so much? Three thousand Thousand Star Coins, that’s three Train Coins! Goodness, you have to open a level 3 Treasure Chest to earn enough for two meals. This is too expensive!”
She gave a lingering look at the fully loaded package behind Ye Qiyan.
“Lobster, shark fin… packing so many portions to go, this is simply too much.”
Ye Qiyan heard Zhao Lin’s mumbling and glanced at her equally fully loaded backpack.
He wanted to laugh.
Having nothing else to do, Ye Qiyan planned to go take a look at the Train maintenance place introduced by Shaya.
Having walked just a few steps preparing to hail a vehicle, he turned his head to look at Zhao Lin, who had been following behind him all along, and asked speechlessly:
“Don’t you have your own business? Do you plan to just keep following me?”
Zhao Lin blinked and nodded.
“I have nowhere to go…”
