Chapter 75
Chapter 75: Leaving the City of a Thousand Stars Early
“Wanderers?”
Looking at the contents in the Chat Room, Ye Qiyan’s gaze swept around.
He hadn’t paid attention to it before, but in this city, there seemed to be some people staying in various dark corners, forming a sharp contrast with the gleaming streets.
Once upon a time, they were also among the Train Captains.
It’s just that they abandoned the identity of a Train Captain and their own Train, only wanting to eke out a living in this city. However, lacking sufficient ability and capital, in the end, they could only become despised wanderers.
Ding ding——
A message from the private chat interface came through.
[“Are you still in the City of a Thousand Stars?”]
It was Shaya. Ye Qiyan remembered she said she would also come to this city; was it today?
[“I am.”]
[“I originally wanted to meet up with you, but now it looks like that won’t work.”]
In the church.
Shaya stood in front of a crowd of puppets, her gaze sweeping indifferently over the arbiters of the City of a Thousand Stars above her.
[“Did something happen? Is there anything I can help you with?”]
A faint smile curled the corners of her mouth.
[“Your big sis hasn’t reached the point where she needs the help of a kid who just left the novice period. We just can’t meet up, it’s no big deal. I’m just giving you a gift by the way, accept it, I have things to do.”]
The chat ended.
The envelope icon on the upper right of the Light Screen flickered slightly.
“Brother Qiyan? Did something happen?”
Shifting his attention away from the Light Screen, he glanced at Zhao Lin, who was looking at him with a puzzled gaze, and shook his head.
“It’s nothing, we’re almost there, right?”
“Yeah, it seems we’re almost at the gates.”
That’s right, Ye Qiyan was going to leave this city early.
This place was a good place, but not that good.
Resting for a day or two was fine, but staying for too long would make people selectively forget that they were in a Train survival world where they could lose their lives at any moment.
And Zhao Lin did not hesitate after knowing his decision.
At this stop, she was still in a state of Bad Luck. Not being crushed to death by that gear yesterday was already the greatest misfortune among fortunes. God knows what else she would encounter if she continued to stay.
Furthermore, once Ye Qiyan left, she would be completely unfamiliar with everyone and everything here. What to do and what should be done, she had no clue at all.
She was inherently a person who drifted with the current.
Under the towering gates, Ye Qiyan saw that guide once again.
The guide was somewhat surprised by his early arrival, looked behind Ye Qiyan, and showed slight confusion.
“You plan to leave early? And you haven’t hired any assistants?”
“Is that not allowed?”
Train assistants were like employees. By consuming some Train Coins, they could be hired to work for the Train Captain on the Train for the next three station periods.
If it were anyone else, they would most likely choose to hire one or two.
But he had no such intention at all.
Firstly, he didn’t want the secret of possessing the Sublimation Talent to be exposed.
Secondly, he didn’t like having several strangers on the same Train under circumstances where his secrets might be exposed.
“Of course not, it’s just a bit curious. Could it be that your guild didn’t prompt you about this? Newbie Train Captains can dock for free in the City of a Thousand Stars for three days. Are you sure you want to leave early?”
Ye Qiyan smiled, didn’t reply, and walked straight to the place where the key was inserted.
The tunnel capsule slowly descended, opened its outer shell, and revealed the Train.
“The things I bought in the city can be equipped, right?”
“Of course.”
The oven and the large water purification device were quickly called over. Through the Train System, they could be directly equipped without the need for manual transport.
As for that 500L bottle of plant nutrient solution, it was packed in a large iron can. Spending a few Train Coins, he hired workers to place it above the planting carriage and connect it.
Boarding the Train, the familiar aura once again enveloped his entire body.
In the City of a Thousand Stars, that strange sense of comfort instantly dissipated into nothingness.
“There really is a problem. Are there things in that city that attract people and make them want to stay?”
What secrets the City of a Thousand Stars held was not something he could find the answer to right now.
Giving one last look at the huge gates.
Ye Qiyan pressed the start button.
The whistle sounded.
The Train slowly started.
Ahead, the familiar distortion emerged.
Passing through the distortion.
That familiar endless wilderness appeared outside the Train windows once again.
“Am I out of my mind? Why do I feel like the wilderness makes me more comfortable than that city…”
Ye Qiyan scratched his head, speechless as he muttered to himself in self-deprecation.
By the way, he opened the chat box and sent a message to Zhao Lin.
[“Are you out yet?”]
[“Yeah.”]
The chat ended, and Ye Qiyan didn’t bother to see what Zhao Lin was saying next.
The transaction between the two of them temporarily ended at this moment.
“Wall-E, go make a cup of smoothie.”
Wall-E, who had been left in the Train for a day or two, happily spun around Ye Qiyan’s feet twice. After receiving the instruction, it skillfully began to work.
Eating the White Forest Fruit-flavored smoothie, Ye Qiyan leaned back comfortably in his chair. Next was the time to tally his harvest and resources.
As for Train Coins, he now only had the last 5 left for emergencies.
After joining the Emperor Sequence Organization, he obtained one Devil Card.
A high-capacity refrigerator, a Desert Eagle pistol, a Level 3 large water purification device, and 500L of plant nutrient solution.
If he really had to count further, there was also a Train maintenance and carriage exterior color change.
The harvest was just this much.
Compared to a station, it wasn’t much, nor was it little.
However, the City of a Thousand Stars itself wasn’t a place that brought harvests to people, but rather a thorough den of gold-melting.
The predecessors who built this city were certainly not here to do charity.
It wasn’t hard to tell from other people’s conversations.
A Train Captain without money was treated even worse in that city than the indigenous residents who had always lived there.
These were the harvests of an ordinary Train Captain.
Then, the harvest of Ye Qiyan, who possessed the Sublimation Talent, was far more than just this.
“Which one should I start with?”
Licking his lips, having not used Sublimation for a day, he really felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
“Let’s start with this.”
[Silver Desert Eagle Pistol (Level 2)]
It was similar to the Colt M1911 he obtained back then.
What truly caught Ye Qiyan’s eye was its potential.
It seemed it could undergo Sublimation more than once.
“Sublimation.”
[Stamina: 120 → 110]
[Mithril Bullet Enchantment · Desert Eagle (Level 3)]
Indeed, its potential was not exhausted. Then, continue.
“Sublimation!”
[Stamina: 110 → 90]
[Justice Enchantment · Desert Eagle (Level 4)]
Then.
The third time!
“Sublimation!!”
[Stamina: 90 → 60]
[Transcendence Enchantment · Infinite · skyhawk (Level 5)]
[Infinite: Unlimited bullet quantity]
[skyhawk: Deals higher damage to aerial units]
Potential exhausted.
The Desert Eagle had already been sublimated to its absolute limit.
