Chapter 90

Chapter 90: The Twelfth Station – Dragon’s Treasure Cave

Boiling water and brewing coffee.

Wall-E learned how to brew coffee and brought it over to Ye Qiyan.

“Thanks, Wall-E. It’s so bitter. I still prefer sweet drinks…”

People always seem to go looking for hardships when they have it good.

However, Ye Qiyan was not that kind of person.

He added white sugar and stirred until it dissolved, completely replacing the original bitterness with sweetness.

“This tastes much better.”

Time: 12:30:00

Today’s Weather: Clear.

The Crossroads of Fate triggered at this very moment.

Platform options appeared before Ye Qiyan.

[Please choose a Platform to dock at from the following two options]

[Platform One: Invasion City of the Goblin King (Level 6 Slaughter Station)]

[Platform Two: Dragon’s Treasure Cave (Level 6 Mission Platform)]

“Why are there Goblins again?”

Ye Qiyan speechlessly pressed a hand to his forehead, looking at the names of the two Platforms to make his choice.

“I choose Platform Two, Dragon’s Treasure Cave.”

Treasure Cave—no matter how you heard it, that name didn’t sound like a Platform where he wouldn’t gain anything. It looked a lot better than whatever Goblins were.

As for the dragon.

If there really was a dragon, Ye Qiyan also wanted to know whether that mythical monster or his Hunting Mechadragon would be stronger.

Who the winner would be was beyond doubt.

[Platform selection complete]

[Please sit tight and hold on, the twelfth station arriving ahead of the Train is…]

[Dragon’s Treasure Cave]

As the final 30 minutes gradually ticked away.

Ahead, the distortion reappeared.

Passing through unknown space, the scenery outside the window changed.

In the dim environment, it could faintly be discerned that this was some kind of underground karst cave.

Droplets of liquid fell from above, pattering against the roof of the Train.

[Current Platform: Dragon’s Treasure Cave]

[Docking Countdown: 14:59:59]

[Good luck]

[This Station: Danger]

Walking up to the Train window and looking out, not far away was a river emitting a faint fluorescent glow.

On both sides of the riverbank, human skeletons mixed with some indistinguishable bones were piled up there like building blocks.

Treasure? Dragon?

Neither of them could be seen.

“The mission target is…”

Muttering to himself, a small boat drifted down from the upper reaches of that river.

Standing on that boat were several knights wearing medieval full-face helmets.

These knights protected a woman in their center.

Seeing the Train, they exchanged glances, and one of them took off his helmet and whispered something to the woman in the middle.

The small boat docked at the shore.

The knight who took off his helmet ran toward the direction of the Train.

Thud, thud, thud——

He knocked on the Train door.

“Excuse me, are you the divine envoy sent by the temple?”

Divine envoy?

Is this the identity within this Platform?

Pulling open the Train window, Ye Qiyan waved at the knight in the direction of the door.

“What happened here?”

The knight was stunned for a moment, then came before Ye Qiyan and looked him up and down.

“You are the divine envoy?”

“What do you think?”

Ye Qiyan countered.

“Using the gods’ coins to summon and ride a huge vehicle called a Train—that’s right, this is the legendary Train. You must be the messenger of the gods.”

The gods’ coins?

Ye Qiyan narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Where are the coins?”

“Right here.”

That’s right.

The knight pulled out a pouch containing a full fifteen Train Coins, which were the gods’ coins they spoke of.

It seemed that in many Station Worlds, the Train and Train Coins were not entirely unseen existences to these aborigines.

They could even use Train Coins to bring Train Captains like them to these worlds.

“Look, is there any problem?”

The knight offered the pouch. Ye Qiyan was slightly surprised inwardly. He took the pouch and used the system to scan it.

No problem at all, all fifteen of these were genuine Train Coins.

This was truly rare.

Arriving at a Platform without even doing anything yet brought so many gains.

“No problem. So, what do you want me to do?”

Since the reward had been collected, he couldn’t just do nothing.

Ye Qiyan’s gaze fell upon the woman among the group of knights.

“Is it because of her?”

The knight nodded, waved over in that direction, and then explained:

“An evil dragon snatched away our princess. We are the rescue team dispatched by the Principality of Randel to save the princess. Taking advantage of the dragon’s sudden disappearance, we successfully brought the princess out of its cave, and next we need to find a way to leave this place.”

“However, the dangers along this road are truly too many. Even without the dragon, there are many monsters. When the dispatch team came, there were three hundred people, but now only a few of us are left. That’s why the Princess took out the divine coins she carried with her to summon you for help. We hope that Lord Divine Envoy will take us away from this dragon’s lair.”

Dragons and princesses?

Such a classic setup.

Is this the mission?

No, based on past experience, all missions that appeared immediately were on the surface. To find the true hidden missions, he still needed to look for them himself.

That princess was escorted over by the others.

Not very pretty, nor ugly; she was quite average.

Only, whether it was an illusion or not, when that princess looked at him, her eyes turned into vertical slits for a split second.

Vertical pupils?

Can a person’s eyes be vertical pupils?

Ye Qiyan trusted his own attentiveness; this princess seemed to have a problem.

“Hello, Lord Divine Envoy. I am Princess Falanier, the Third Princess of the Principality of Randel. Thank you for your arrival. I didn’t expect the legend to actually be true. Is this the divine envoy’s Train? Truly special.”

Ye Qiyan smiled faintly.

“This is nothing. I will send you away from here, wait a moment.”

He closed the Train window.

Ye Qiyan leaned over and patted Wall-E on the head.

He took out a Train Coin and placed it on top of its head.

Treasure-seeking mode activated. Wall-E waved its mechanical arm, indicating that it would definitely find the treasure.

“Be careful, there is a dragon in here.”

Crawling out of the Train, those knights and Princess Falanier heard the sound and looked over.

Before they could react, they saw Ye Qiyan carrying a bundle as he walked out from the Train.

Turning back to close the Train door, the Sentinels and Monitors were all activated.

“Hmm?”

He stopped the Sentinel’s urge to attack.

He looked at the princess among the knights with a somewhat playful gaze.

“An enemy, huh~ This is getting a bit interesting.”

The princess carried hostility.

Ye Qiyan didn’t say it out loud. He felt that the true hidden mission of this station should be found from this Princess Falanier.

“Divine Envoy, what are you…?”

The knight who had taken off his helmet looked over quizzically.

“Shouldn’t you let us board the Train with you and then leave this place? Why…?”

Ye Qiyan interrupted him.

“The Train will stay here. For the rest of the road, I will walk with you.”