Could She Be the Legendary Lucky Koi Girl?

So that was it...

From the message attached to the last friend request, Lu Xingyuan guessed the truth.

Ignoring all those friend requests, Lu Xingyuan entered the chat channel.

At first,

the Train Conductors were still heatedly discussing the disappearance of New Player Protection.

"Now that New Player Protection is gone, does that mean my train will be attacked by those monsters?"

"I strongly demand that the game extend the New Player Protection period to seven stations! Three stations is way too short—I haven't even had time to properly familiarize myself with this world!"

"Looks like there's no choice but to stop hiding in the train. No matter what, we have to face those savage monsters!"

"Wuwuwu... I don't want to. It's far too cruel for a girl like me!"

But before long, someone noticed something was off.

"What the hell? Am I seeing things? Why is there already a Train Conductor at level two? I only wanted to check how many people were online, but I ended up seeing something this insane!"

"What?! Level two??? You're fucking kidding me, right? Upgrade materials are so hard to collect—how could anyone possibly reach level two this fast! Holy shit...? It's actually real!"

"Lu Xingyuan? Why does this Train Conductor's name seem familiar? Is he the one who traded cola for Train Coins yesterday?"

"Damn, he's a real big shot! He reached level two this quickly—his strength is ridiculous!"

"I'm crying! How can the gap between people be this huge? I haven't even gathered a tenth of the materials, and he's already upgraded."

"I bet he has an incredibly powerful talent. That's the only way he could have upgraded so quickly!"

Who was this guy? Was he deliberately saying that?

Lu Xingyuan frowned.

A talent was like a girl's underwear. Unless absolutely necessary, don't casually tell people what color it was.

That bastard was obviously trying to steer the conversation.

Among the dense flood of messages, Lu Xingyuan also spotted an old acquaintance, Wang Tianhua.

He was cursing furiously:

"Did you reach level two so fast because of Train Coins? Fuck your mother! I was supposed to be the first Train Conductor to reach level two!"

Faced with everyone's curiosity and questions, Lu Xingyuan gave no response. He merely posted a trade message:

[Anyone with Train Coins can still come to me to trade them for water and food.]

After this, however, the number of Train Conductors willing to trade away their Train Coins dropped sharply. Even those who were willing demanded far higher prices than before.

Lu Xingyuan did not care.

He stepped directly onto a silver electric scooter parked in the first carriage.

What was this brand called again? Ninebot, maybe.

Lu Xingyuan had often seen those punk kids riding these things, speeding down the roads and popping wheelies.

Of course, that was not the point. The point was that every blond-haired punk riding one seemed to have a young, pretty girl sitting behind him, with legs so white and slim. As for whether they were smooth, he had no idea. If he had touched them, he could tell you all about it.

"Never thought I'd be riding one of these someday."

Electric scooters were extremely important strategic resources. They could improve travel efficiency, which meant he could explore a wider area.

The only regrettable thing was that he had no way to recharge it. Once a battery was drained, that was one less battery.

"When the time comes, I'll ride the scooter with one hand and fire my gun with the other."

The throttle was on the right, so he could only hold the gun in his left hand.

Fortunately, he had often practiced left-handed shooting in the European and American servers, so he quickly found the feel for it.

"Not bad, not bad. It'd be even better if I could carry a young, pretty girl on the back."

Just as he was thinking that, a message appeared in the trade window.

[Train Conductor Gu Wanqing: One Train Coin for a bag of cucumber-flavored chips and a chicken-flavored sausage. Deal?]

Lu Xingyuan glanced at her profile picture.

She was a young girl with an oval face, large eyes, long hair, and very fair skin. Just from her avatar, she looked fresh and lovely.

Lu Xingyuan could not help feeling intrigued.

It was said that in every survival world, there would be a Lucky Koi Girl like this.

They did not need to do anything, yet could easily obtain resources that others could never get.

Could this person in front of him be this world's Lucky Koi Girl?

"Too expensive. At most, I can give you one bag of cucumber-flavored chips and one hundred milliliters of bottled water."

"I'm a college student."

"I'm still a little bastard."

"How about this? I'll give you two Train Coins, and you give me a bag of cucumber-flavored chips, a chicken-flavored sausage, and a can of cola. Sound good?"

That was more like it. She could casually take out two Train Coins, yet she still claimed she was not a Lucky Koi Girl.

"You have a lot of coins, huh."

"What are you trying to do!?"

"Don't be so nervous. I'm not a bad guy."

"Don't you think saying that makes you sound exactly like a bad guy?"

Weren't college students supposed to be easy to fool—innocent and dumb?

Why was this girl so guarded?

"How about this? I'll trade you a bag of cucumber-flavored chips, a chicken-flavored sausage, and a piece of important information for the two Train Coins you have. What do you think?"

"Pfft! Information? Important information?"

What was with that tone...

Lu Xingyuan frowned slightly.

"Tell me what kind of information it is first."

"It's about the proper way to use Train Coins. Aren't you interested? I'm probably the only person in the entire region who knows."

The other party fell silent.

She did not reply immediately.

It looked like she was tempted.

"Fine. Let's trade as you said."

The chips and sausage were transmitted over, while Lu Xingyuan successfully received two Train Coins.

He did not go back on his word. He immediately told her the proper way to use Train Coins.

Gu Wanqing: "..."

"Why do I feel like you scammed me?"

"Even if you didn't tell me, I would have found out once I reached level two."

"Isn't it good to know in advance? At least you can prepare yourself mentally."

"...I still feel like I got ripped off."

"That's none of my business. The trade is already complete."

Fortunately, she was not the difficult sort of entitled princess and did not make a fuss.

That night,

Lu Xingyuan lay on the comfortable bed he had modified for one Train Coin.

The soft feel of the Simmons mattress relaxed every muscle in his body.

"That coin was well spent."

The next day.

9:30 a.m.

[Train Operation Notice]

[Upcoming Station: Solo Platform · Liangliang Fruit Wholesale Market]

[This station is: White Platform.]

[Please prepare.]

A Solo Platform. His luck was not bad.

Lu Xingyuan was not afraid of encountering other Train Conductors, but if it could be avoided, that was naturally for the best.

10:00 a.m.

The train arrived on schedule.

At the same time, a Prismatic Orb dropped into the carriage.