It took over four hours to get from Anrao to Haijing by high-speed rail, but with Xia Hongyao along for the ride, Lin Baici wasn't bored.
The high-speed train was as noisy as ever.
Every half hour or so, a train attendant pushed a snack cart through the carriage, selling sunflower seeds, peanuts, and soda.
Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao stood in the space between carriages, talking in low voices.
Most of the time, Lin Baici was the one asking questions.
Xia Hongyao was remarkably patient with her first team member. Judging by her attitude, even if Lin Baici asked when she got her period, she'd tell him.
"Are all God's Remains the same?"
Lin Baici thought of the eyeball he'd unexpectedly obtained from the God's Taboo Object, the Clay Figure Divine Puppet. It seemed alive. When the eyeball had suddenly opened and met his gaze, it had startled him badly.
"God's Remains are the corpses of gods, so of course they're all the same. They just differ in size and which body part they come from!"
Xia Hongyao glanced at both sides of the carriage to make sure no one could hear them.
"The bigger the remains, the more valuable they are. If you find an intact corpse of a god, you can pick any God's Taboo Object you want from the Safety Bureau's vault!"
After being sealed with a Black Coffin Seal, God's Taboo Objects could be used as weapons.
Powerful God's Taboo Objects could boost a God Hunter's combat ability and double his chances of surviving in the God Ruins.
"Have you ever seen eyeball-shaped Divine Remains?"
Lin Baici asked as casually as he could.
The previous night, Xia Hongyao had asked him what had happened to the Divine Remains at Longchan Temple.
It wasn't that she