Survive on the train, I can sublimate everything! Chapter 042

“As you wish.”

Eighteen train coins in Ye Qiyan’s hand transformed into golden specks of light and merged into the display cabinet.

Accompanied by a soft glow, the dark-golden Great Mercy Heavy Machine Gun perfectly presented itself before his eyes.

So big! So thick! So cool!

And…

“So heavy.”

Ye Qiyan tried to pick it up, and its hefty weight made him understand why this thing was called a heavy machine gun.

If his strength hadn’t also increased along with the 20 points of stamina he had raised earlier, it would have been difficult to lift.

Moreover, seeing that the Smiling Man had no intention of helping, he had to carry this gun back himself.

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance for buying large items. He took out a safety box from his backpack and directly stored the heavy machine gun inside.

“…”

The Smiling Man said nothing, but his eyes behind the mask kept darting around until Ye Qiyan put the safety box back into his backpack, still remaining silent.

It wasn’t until he saw Ye Qiyan about to leave without waking him that he finally spoke:

“You are truly an amazing conductor.”

“Can you do me a favor?”

“Although this favor is not something you can accomplish right now.”

“If you agree, I will give you another Level 6 item for free.”

Ye Qiyan stopped in his tracks, listening to the Smiling Man’s words.

“What favor?”

Seeing that he hadn’t left, the Smiling Man shattered the glass of another Level 6 item and took it out.

“It’s very simple.”

“Let me die.”

The Tricky Play Sword was handed to him.

A purple, ominous aura emanated from the sword, and faint whispers echoed in his ears from time to time.

“If you want to die, just commit suicide. Why look for me? Besides, I don’t think I can kill someone who can repair severed limbs in a few seconds… a person?”

The Smiling Man shook his head.

“I cannot kill myself. All guides cannot kill themselves. Hehe… Don’t worry, it doesn’t matter whether you agree or not. As you said, you really cannot kill me right now.”

“Then why?”

“I’m gambling, gambling that you will come here again, gambling that you will have the ability to free me by then.”

The Smiling Man took off his mask.

A face full of twisted wrinkles and abstract features was exposed.

“Actually, I used to be a conductor too, but for some reason, I was forced to stay here. Hehe, this is the curse that keeps me here. Isn’t it terrifying?”

The Smiling Man put his mask back on.

“This item has been taken out by me and can no longer be put back. This sword is already yours. Even if you forget about this matter in the future, just pretend I never said anything.”

The Tricky Play Sword fell at Ye Qiyan’s feet.

Should he accept it?

Why not?

“I can’t guarantee if I can do it, nor when I can do it. If you’re still willing to try under these conditions, then I agree.”

“Thank you, that’s enough.”

Bowing, the Smiling Man returned to his initial state.

“Your purchase at this station has concluded. However, this station also has some specialty foods from human society that can be purchased by consuming train coins. Would you like to try them?”

“Uh, let’s forget it. I’m not short of…”

“Steamed buns, dumplings, hot pot, everything you could wish for, all for just one train coin. This is an exclusive benefit specifically provided to the first conductor to enter the station. Are you sure you don’t need it?”

“…”

A few minutes later, Ye Qiyan sat down in a restaurant, looking at the dazzling array of delicious food before him. He recalled the various haphazard grilled meats he had made these past few days, which were either too salty or too bland, swallowed his uncooperative saliva, and began to feast.

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Five hours and thirty minutes after the public platform opened.

A dilapidated train entered the Transit Station from afar.

The train stopped, and Li Xiaosheng stumbled out of it in a disheveled state.

“Cough, cough, damn it, these cursed monsters actually set the train on fire! Good thing the train was fast enough, otherwise, I would have been done for there. Damn it, my carriages are all gone.”

Now his train only had the locomotive left. The two carriages that originally stored a lot of resources were ambushed by monsters on the way. If the train hadn’t been fast enough, he and the carriages would have been blown to smithereens.

He punched the ground, and it took him a while to calm his anger. Looking at the empty platform, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl upwards again.

“I really am the first! Hahahahaha!”

“This time, I must buy a blueprint for making weapons, and then exchange the blueprint for Flame Stones with others. Then I can continue to lead!”

“Hmm? Permanent stop? Who wants to stop? I’m the man who’s going to become the protagonist!”

Li Xiaosheng stood up and looked around. Seeing the building ahead, he strode towards it.

“Baby, I’m here!”

He didn’t know that everything he was doing was currently being watched by someone.

Ordinary Trading Zone.

The empty platform only had one train. Ye Qiyan leisurely sat on the roof, enjoying the peaceful sunbath.

The Smiling Man stood silently beside him, saying nothing.

“I say, are you sure they can’t see us from over there?”

“Of course. The trading zone has extremely strict rules regarding its levels. A lower-level trading zone can absolutely not see anything in a higher-level trading zone.”

“So, someone in a higher trading zone might be watching us right now?”

“No, the Transit Station only has two types: the Novice and Ordinary Trading Zones.”

“Oh.”

Ye Qiyan ate peanuts, watching Li Xiaosheng’s actions in the Novice Trading Zone with great interest.

“Speaking of which, does the Novice Trading Zone not have a guide like you? This guy seems lost.”

The Smiling Man shook his head, then nodded.

“There used to be, but he died later. I really envy him.”

“I’m currently moonlighting as a guide for both the Novice and Ordinary Trading Zones. I should have appeared in the Novice Trading Zone, but compared to guiding a group of novices, you are more important to me.”

“Moreover, this transaction is just a lesson, allowing novice conductors to understand this world as much as possible within ten stations. In fact, the Ordinary Trading Zone was not supposed to open today, but you broke in. The Ordinary Trading Zone was forcibly opened. This situation has only happened once in decades.”

The Smiling Man looked at Ye Qiyan with a strange gaze. Honestly, he didn’t understand why a person could raise their train to Level 4 before 10 stations, nor why Ye Qiyan could break into the Ordinary Trading Zone.

And, there was no mistake, he had seen a Level 9 safety box before, which was even less likely something a novice conductor could obtain.

This was highly illogical.

But it was precisely because of this illogicality that he developed the expectation that Ye Qiyan could kill him.

“Oh, so I should be a little proud then. By the way, do you want some?”

Ye Qiyan offered the last peanut, but the Smiling Man said nothing, merely turning his head away silently.

“…”

“My apologies, I forgot you can’t eat.”

Tossing the last peanut into his mouth, Ye Qiyan clapped his hands, summoned the light screen, and looked up, gazing at the Smiling Man.

“So, the infinite stop time displayed by the system, is it indeed problematic?”

The Smiling Man chose to remain silent.

“Hmm, I understand.”

Ye Qiyan nodded, no longer asking, for he had already received the answer.

There was a new message notification in the chat backend, sent by Zhao Lin.

If he remembered correctly, this woman’s luck was conserved, so she should be in a state of bad luck now.

However, her avatar wasn’t grayed out, meaning she was still alive. But given her good luck at the previous station and her bad luck at this one, could she really make it to this station alive?

40 minutes ago: [“Brother Ye, do you want to meet up when we get to the station? How about I bring you some snacks and wine?”]

9 minutes ago: [“Oh no… there are many mummies blocking my train, but they’re so slow, like snails, haha, it seems my bad luck isn’t that bad after all. It’s just that the wine I prepared for you all shattered, I’m sorry.”]

Now: [“Okay, Brother Ye, I’m really starting to have bad luck. The wheels got caught in a mummy’s corpse, and the train speed has dropped a lot. Can you sell me some repair materials… You know from the last station, for some reason, nobody bought the things I listed on the trading platform except you…”]

Indeed, her bad luck had begun.