Chapter 97
Chapter 97: The Thirteenth Station · Solomon City
Opening her friends list and looking at the few names inside, Ye Qiyan hesitated for a moment before opening Zhao Lin’s private chat interface.
If he remembered correctly.
Zhao Lin’s previous Platform was the Bad Luck Platform.
Furthermore, she was relatively fragile to begin with. If that piece of Bad Luck hadn’t completely ended and been carried to the end, wouldn’t this unlucky thing completely drown in the dream and be unable to wake up?
However, just as he was about to tap the Light Screen, his fingers suddenly stopped in mid-air.
If it really was a dream, what he did wouldn’t have much meaning anyway. Furthermore, if she truly drowned in it, that was Zhao Lin’s own choice.
Why should he go and make so much interference?
Shaking his head, he closed the private chat.
People could never always rely on others. If she couldn’t survive this time, it was just Zhao Lin’s own Bad Luck.
Eight-thirty in the morning.
The time on the pocket watch pointed to this moment.
After eating breakfast and washing up, Ye Qiyan exercised in the carriage for a period of time.
He took out the invitation card for Solomon City and gently stroked it.
He swiped towards the Train Light Screen.
The Light Screen was cut open, and the Crossroads of Fate appeared at this moment.
[Using the Solomon City invitation card, your thirteenth station has been set to Solomon City]
[The Crossroads of Fate has been triggered. Please enter Solomon City from the following two entrances]
[1, Solomon City Main Gate]
[2, Abandoned Peace Plaza]
[Please choose.]
“I choose 1”
Ye Qiyan did not hesitate. Although option 2 looked rather special, arriving at a strange place—especially someone else’s territory—it would be troublesome if he got caught by someone entering from the second option.
Playing it safe, entering from the main gate could never be wrong.
[Selection complete.]
Voidness manifested.
Passing through it.
A towering suspended city came into view.
The sky above this city was connected by a large number of chains. Above the chains were stone pillars of various forms.
Ye Qiyan didn’t know what these were, but at the very moment he entered the range of Solomon City.
The same feeling he experienced back in the City of a Thousand Stars appeared once again.
“I want to stay” “I don’t want to continue adventuring” “People live just for stability; I should abandon the Train.”
“Brainwashing? Could it be that all these cities have similar abilities?”
Becoming cautious, that kind of brainwashing ability gradually faded away.
Ye Qiyan entered Solomon City with a cautious mindset.
The way Trains were stored here was similar to the Gate of a Thousand Stars.
They were all stored via tunnel capsules, and at least 3 days’ worth of payment had to be handed over.
“Welcome to Solomon City, dear Train Captain, would you like a little help?”
Walking out of the station, Ye Qiyan didn’t know what he should do.
Before he had walked a few steps, a slightly sharp voice sounded from beside him.
Looking down, a short man was standing aside, bowing cautiously as if he was afraid that a single slap from him would beat him to death.
“Are you a Guide?”
“Yes. For just one hundred Solomon coins, I will take you anywhere you want to go.”
“Take me to exchange money.”
“At your command.”
In the trading hall, following the exact same process as when he was in the City of a Thousand Stars, he didn’t exchange too much, only changing for 2,000 coins of this city’s currency.
Hesitating for a moment, he still contacted that Charlatan woman, Zhu Xingtu.
Although that woman said gathering wasn’t necessary, he always felt it was better to let her know.
Besides, he also wanted to know what the situation with the Dream Eater was.
[“I have arrived at Solomon City. If there is anything you need me to do, I will do my best.”]
Zhu Xingtu opened her eyes, the endless stars in her pupils gradually fading away.
She smiled slightly looking at the chat content on the system Light Screen.
[“You don’t need to do anything, or rather, whatever you do is fine. Hehe~ Just go play there for two days~”]
Was it still this kind of answer?
Ye Qiyan wasn’t all that surprised, truth be told.
[“Alright, I have one more matter. Do you know about the Dream Eater?”]
“Dream Eater~”
Zhu Xingtu softly chanted this name once.
[“Hmm, what is it? Did you run into them? That really is good luck; many people search bitterly to drown in the dreams woven by the Dream Eater, yet cannot even find their traces.”]
[“Drowning? Won’t that cause Mental Power to drop?”]
[“So what if it does? Drowning in a wonderful dream and gradually going mad or dying is, for many people, rather a form of release. Brother Ye, the vast majority of people in this world do not possess the Courage and ability to constantly disembark and explore at every single Platform and survive.”]
Zhu Xingtu’s words made Ye Qiyan think of Mutou Yuren whom he saw back in the City of a Thousand Stars, as well as those “wanderers” who chose to abandon their identities and stay there.
What she said might be right?
Living or drowning in sweet dreams.
For some people, it was just a fifty-fifty multiple-choice question.
[“What does it mean that they are wilderness life forms? Are they different from those monsters chasing the Train?”]
[“Of course they’re different. They are the true indigenous creatures in the wilderness; we Train Captains are the outsiders. Alright, don’t ask too much. Anyway, you woke up, didn’t you? Next, have a good rest. Although Solomon City is not as prosperous as the City of a Thousand Stars, you can still experience some fun things here, hehe~”]
The conversation ended.
Ye Qiyan walked out of the trading hall.
That short Guide had been waiting outside all along.
He pulled out a hundred bills from the exchanged currency and handed it over.
“Thank you, my lord. My name is Quickfoot. Where would you like to go, my lord?”
“Whatever. You can recommend something.”
Since he had already come and there wasn’t much business for him anyway, he might as well just simply enjoy a few days.
Originally, that was indeed his thought.
The entertainment facilities in Solomon City were not as prosperous as those in the City of a Thousand Stars, but that was merely a gap in comparison.
Led by Quickfoot, they arrived at the entrance of a restaurant exclusively for Train Captains.
Just as they were about to enter the shop, several children with miserable appearances, unnatural cyan skin, and pointy ears suddenly swarmed around.
“My lord, have mercy, give us something to eat.”
“Big brother, give us some money.”
Quickfoot disgustedly blocked in front of Ye Qiyan and kicked one of the children away.
“Shoo, shoo, shoo! Who told you to block the path of Lord Train Captain? Get lost quickly! This way, my lord.”
The restaurant’s security guards ran out and drove away these children with sticks.
Ye Qiyan frowned, not liking this kind of scene at all.
Even though those children didn’t look like human beings.
“Who are they?”
“A bunch of corrupted little monsters. Rest assured, my lord, they will disappear very soon.”
Quickfoot smiled flatteringly at him.
This kind of flattery was not directed at Ye Qiyan personally, but rather at the identity of Train Captain.
Gazing at the backs of those monster children until they completely disappeared.
“Corruption, what is that? Aren’t they human?”
Quickfoot scratched his head and answered matter-of-factly:
“The little one doesn’t know the specifics, but ever since Solomon City was established, there are always some infants who turn out like this. It is said that it’s because we indigenous people who are not Train Captains are naturally cursed. Therefore, if anyone gives birth to such a child, they either discard it or kill it at the first opportunity. Everyone calls this kind of thing corruption, and we’ve already gotten used to it.”
