Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Second Stop: White Forest
That night, no one slept more soundly than Ye Qiyan.
Who knows how many people were kept completely awake by the roar of the Train and the cold wind of the wilderness, so that instead of recovering, their Stamina and Mental Power dropped even lower.
[10:27]
Waking up from his dream.
Stretching his stiff body, Ye Qiyan looked at the time and made a rough estimate.
“Yesterday’s entry time for the first station was one o’clock in the afternoon, which means today will also be one o’clock in the afternoon, right? But how should mine be calculated?”
He had left the station an hour later than everyone else, so would his entry time also be delayed compared to the others?
Leaving the first carriage and returning to the front of the Train, the temperature dropped quite a bit.
His control backend was already piled high with private messages.
There wasn’t much time left before arriving at the second station, and the Train broadcast had said that safety wasn’t guaranteed at the second station. The closer it got to that time, the higher the value of firearms would be.
“Hmm?”
Luzhou: [“Can we trade using a blueprint?”]
The importance of blueprints was unquestionable. Owning a blueprint was equivalent to possessing a lathe that could endlessly produce items as long as materials were fed into it.
No one was stupid; up until now, even though firearms were enticing enough, no one had been willing to trade blueprints with Ye Qiyan.
This guy named Luzhou was the very first.
“What kind of blueprint could it be?”
Filled with curiosity, Ye Qiyan replied to him.
[“Hello, what blueprint are you looking to trade?”]
Serial Number: E-3-9802
Luzhou sat blankly on the ground. Hearing the notification sound from the control system, he immediately got up and ran over.
Upon seeing the message, he hurriedly replied:
[“I’ll send you the screenshot right away!”]
Soon, the information of a blueprint appeared before Ye Qiyan.
[Tier 1 Train Seat Blueprint]
[Required: 5 kg of Metal, 3 kg of wood, 3 kg of plastic, 1 kg of fiber]
A chair?
Ye Qiyan was somewhat surprised.
This thing couldn’t really be called precious or not precious, but at least right now, no one would be willing to spend resources to buy it.
But regardless, this was a blueprint after all, something that could be repeatedly manufactured.
If pressed to say, in the world he used to live in, guns and bullets would definitely be more precious. But for him, the gap in value between a low-tier firearm whose price could drop at any time and a blueprint capable of continuous production would only grow smaller and smaller.
At least in Ye Qiyan’s eyes, that was how it was.
How much firearms and bullets could sell for was entirely up to him to decide.
Selling to Li Xiaosheng could be 150 kg of Metal, and selling to Luzhou could also be a chair blueprint.
When all was said and done, the price of this business was never fixed.
It depended on whether he needed the things other people brought out.
Ye Qiyan felt tempted. With a chair, at least he wouldn’t have to sit on the ground and could rest better.
[“We can trade, but I can only provide 10 bullets. After all, this blueprint really isn’t that great. If you need more bullets, you can buy them with other resources.”]
The moment he saw the response, a look of joy instantly appeared on Luzhou’s sweat-soaked face.
[“Ten bullets is fine too! Thank you! Thank you so much! I’ll send it over to you right now!”]
[“You have no idea how important this gun is to me! Without this gun, I will definitely die at the next station! Definitely, definitely!”]
Hmm?
Looking at Luzhou’s dialogue, Ye Qiyan sensed a trace of anomaly.
Definitely die?
Although the second station no longer guaranteed safety.
It shouldn’t be to the point of definitely dying, right?
Why would this guy named Luzhou make such a judgment?
Talent?
Looking at the trade prompt sent by the other party, Ye Qiyan did not choose to refuse.
Just like before, he didn’t care what others were hiding.
Secrets, after all, everyone had them.
The trade was completed. Looking at the blueprint in his hand, Ye Qiyan went straight to the processing bench to manufacture it.
A black chair appeared before his eyes. The feeling of sitting on it gave Ye Qiyan a sense of déjà vu, as if he had returned to civilized society.
“I’ve never felt how important a chair could be before.”
Shaking his head, he resumed his arms business.
Until the countdown for the Train to enter the second station reached its final hour, Ye Qiyan successfully sold another fifteen rifles plus 300 bullets.
As for the rest, he didn’t plan on selling them anymore; after all, the second station wasn’t safe.
[Stamina: 98] [Mental Power: 100]
Looking at the Stamina and Mental Power that had recovered to nearly full values, Ye Qiyan picked up a low-tier marksman rifle and held it in his hand.
“Sublimation.”
The familiar feeling of strength loss washed over him, but compared to the previous Colt pistol, the Stamina consumed by this rifle wasn’t much.
[Stamina: 85]
“Thirteen points consumed? Moreover, its potential has been exhausted; it cannot continue with Sublimation.”
Ye Qiyan wasn’t disappointed. Looking at the rifle in his hand covered with a layer of gilded color, he opened the introduction of the Train System.
[Exquisite Marksman Rifle] (Tier 2)
Low-tier had turned into Exquisite.
But the power of the bullets fired was more than doubled.
Of course, compared to the Sublimated Black Light enchanted pistol, it was still far inferior.
“This is about enough.”
The countdown for the second station continuously ticked down.
The atmosphere in the Chat Room also became increasingly oppressive.
There were many fewer people speaking than before.
Ye Qiyan packed his gear and waited quietly.
In the final thirty minutes before entering the station.
The familiar Light Screen emerged before his eyes.
[Crossroads of Fate triggered, please make a docking choice between the following two Platforms]
[Platform One: Goblin Camp (Tier 2 Hunting Platform)]
[Platform Two: White Forest (Tier 3 Collection Platform)]
“It’s different?”
Compared to when it first appeared, his exclusive module had much more information.
Platform tiers, as well as special suffixes.
“Hunting and collection? Tier 2 and Tier 3, is it because I upgraded the Train that higher-tier Platforms appeared? Moreover, it looks like the Platforms the Train arrives at will have tier differences. Was the previous armory also Tier Train System”
“No, it should still be Tier 1. After all, the products inside were all Tier 1 items.”
Ye Qiyan shook his head, pondered for a moment, and chose [White Forest] as his next Platform.
“A collection Platform. Judging by the name, it shouldn’t be too dangerous.”
[Platform selection complete]
[Please sit tight and hold on, the second station arriving ahead of the Train is…]
[White Forest]
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Spatial fluctuations like the ones from back then engulfed the Train.
A grayish-white light enveloped this world.
Looking out the window, a grayish-White Forest came into view.
[Current Platform: White Forest]
[Docking Countdown: 3:59:59]
[Good luck]
[This Station: Low Hazard]
“The entry time is still the same. Low hazard…”
Taking a deep breath, Ye Qiyan placed his pistol at his waist, hung his rifle on his back, shouldered a backpack filled with food and mineral water, stood before the Train door, and pressed the open button.
The moment he stepped out of the Train, the entire world seemed to sink into a deathly silence.
Ye Qiyan looked around. All the trees in this world grew grayish-white trunks and leaves.
If someone a bit timid were to come here, they probably wouldn’t have the guts to continue walking inward.
Because it was too quiet.
Quiet enough to hear one’s own heartbeat.
Coupled with the word [Low Hazard] that appeared at the end, it all clearly demonstrated that this place wouldn’t let him pick and take things at will like the armory.
But Ye Qiyan didn’t regret his choice. In fact, when choosing this Platform, he had already prepared himself mentally.
Having said that, this danger prompt didn’t seem to be something everyone could see; he had lurked in the Chat Room for a whole day and hadn’t seen anyone mention this matter.
Those guys who had chatted until they had nothing left to say couldn’t possibly throw a matter like this to the back of their minds.
Therefore, was this also an ability of the Crossroads of Fate?
Ye Qiyan withdrew his thoughts and looked up ahead at the deep White Forest.
“A so-called collection Platform, yet I can’t tell what can be collected here at all. Could it be just plain wood? Then it doesn’t seem any different from an ordinary forest.”
“There’s a path?”
