Survive on the train, I can sublimate everything! Chapter 048

“There’s such a saying? Isn’t this just a pure scam?”

Ye Qiyan was a little speechless; the inexplicably added docking time had both pros and cons for him.

The advantage was that if he was at certain resource stations, the longer the time, the more resources he could collect.

Conversely, if he encountered certain extremely dangerous stations, he would have to dock for a full seven hours before he could leave.

[“Train system interference is a system issue. The system has provided additional compensation. We hope Conductor Ye Qiyan continues to work hard.”]

“Forget it, I’ll just be more careful next time.”

Since things had come to this, there was nothing else he could do.

Ye Qiyan shook his head and walked straight to WALL-E, dropping a coin into it.

[WALL-E, activate]

He tapped WALL-E’s metal head, a smile appearing on his face.

“Come on, WALL-E, if you find the treasure chest at this station, I’ll install a brain for you.”

Watching WALL-E leave the station, Ye Qiyan also pressed the open-door button.

Just as he was about to leave, a clatter of hooves caught his attention.

A knight in tattered armor, riding a scrawny old horse with protruding ribs, charged towards the train with a rusted long spear.

“Enemy? So fast, but…”

If this was an enemy? Wouldn’t this be a bit too… shabby?

After a moment of thought, Ye Qiyan stopped the Sentinel from preparing to shoot.

This was a mission station. Based on past experience, the first person encountered at this station would be related to the station’s mission.

He allowed the knight to approach.

He stepped out of the train, drew his gun, fired, and a bullet accurately landed at the old horse’s feet.

The old horse was startled and flipped over, throwing the knight off.

“Ouch!”

The knight’s helmet fell off, revealing a cardboard inner core.

So weak.

This was Ye Qiyan’s first impression of the knight.

His face was haggard, his skin dark, and his sparse, gray beard was covered in mud.

His frail body looked as if a gust of wind could blow him far away.

Only, those eyes.

Even from a distance, Ye Qiyan could see the fanaticism and persistence in those eyes.

“Sir… are you alright?”

He didn’t know how to address this old man, but from his appearance, he seemed to be a real human.

“I’m fine, huh? You’re human? Why did you come out of the giant dragon’s belly? Ah! I understand! Have you already killed that giant dragon?! My goodness, you conquered the giant dragon, you are a great Dragon Knight?!”

Giant dragon? Dragon Knight?

What was all this about?

Ye Qiyan felt utterly bewildered.

Was he a madman?

“Master, are you alright?!”

From the same direction, a short, fat man riding on a gray donkey also wobbled towards them.

“Haha, Sancho, it’s nothing much, I offended this Lord Dragon Knight. This is fate’s arrangement, letting me meet a Dragon Knight before fighting the giants!”

Sancho? Such a familiar name. Ye Qiyan felt like he had heard it somewhere before.

“Don Quixote, what giant dragon?”

“It’s that huge black fellow up ahead, didn’t you hear it? The roar this giant dragon made, didn’t you see it? It fell from high in the sky!”

Don Quixote?!

Upon hearing this name, Ye Qiyan immediately remembered who the person in front of him was.

Don Quixote, a knight immersed in ideals and fantasies, the prototype of all failures in the world.

This place was actually Don Quixote’s world.

Then the short, fat man beside him must be Sancho, the most important supporting character and Don Quixote’s squire from that book.

“So the train stations can even have worlds from stories, I never thought the protagonist from a book I read as a child would appear before me in this way.”

Ye Qiyan sighed inwardly as Don Quixote had already gotten up from the ground. He patted the mud off his armor, making himself look more like an excellent knight.

“Don Quixote, that’s not a giant dragon, that’s, well… that’s just a row of houses connected together, with strange wheels attached.”

“No, that is a giant dragon. You are still an amateur in the realm of adventure…”

A conversation similar to the one in the book, except the master and servant’s discussion target had changed from wind-giant to train-dragon.

Could it be that he was playing the role of the antagonist in this mission station?

No, turning around, Ye Qiyan saw thirty-four windmills in the rice field ahead.

He had suddenly appeared and interrupted Don Quixote’s first battle.

“Apologies, Lord Dragon Knight, there are long-armed giants ahead waiting for me to conquer. Once I have eliminated these giants, I shall return to speak with you.”

Don Quixote held his sword like a spear, mounted his old horse, bypassed the train, and once again headed towards the rice field.

“Master, those really aren’t giants, they’re windmills! Their long arms are their windmill blades!”

He completely ignored Sancho’s shouts, charging forward while yelling.

Ye Qiyan stood on top of the train, watching the scene unfold before him. Just as he thought Don Quixote would crash head over heels like in the story, the world before his eyes suddenly underwent a subtle change.

Windmills?

No, in the rice field, giants appeared.

“?”

Ye Qiyan quickly rubbed his eyes. When he looked again, the giants had turned back into windmills?

“What the hell?”

He instantly realized something was wrong and quickly returned to the train.

The power of the Pure Purification Stone calmed his inner discomfort, but the sight he saw from inside the train confirmed one thing.

There were no windmills in the rice field.

There were long-armed giants in the rice field.

Was Don Quixote right?

“Why is this happening?”

This world seemed not as simple as it looked. He pulled up his personal information and saw an unexpected line of text under the ‘Spirit’ section.

[Spirit: 120 (Witness True and False)]

An unprecedented spiritual state.

What exactly was the mission of this mission station?

“It seems I can’t underestimate mission stations in the future. Hmm? Is it over?”

In the rice field, Don Quixote was casually thrown aside by a giant.

The moment he fell, the giant turned back into a windmill.

“God save us! Didn’t I tell you? Those are windmills! Unless someone else has windmills in their head, how could they not admit they’re windmills?”

“Silence, Sancho!”

As they bickered, Sancho helped Don Quixote get back on his horse. They returned the way they came, preparing to continue towards their goal.

As they passed the train, Ye Qiyan, who had been a mere spectator, suddenly spoke:

“Don Quixote, are you planning to run away? The giants are still there.”

“Don’t you want to become a true knight?”