Cai Cai

"Give me back the treasure chest that was originally mine, right now! Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious!!!"

Sun Yi's words were filled with threats and warnings.

It was no wonder he had gone so crazy. That had been a Level 3 treasure chest, a Level 3 treasure chest!

All this way, he had never encountered a Level 3 treasure chest. He had finally found one, only for Lu Xingyuan to snatch it away!

He had earned that by painstakingly killing zombies. What gave Lu Xingyuan the right?

Normally, Lu Xingyuan would not have bothered replying, but now he felt it was necessary to disgust the man a little.

"I'm very sorry, but your treasure chest has already been used."

"If there had only been some ordinary item inside, I could have returned it to you. But this item was just too powerful, and I couldn't resist using it."

Sun Yi's mind instantly erupted.

A very powerful item???

Couldn't resist using it???

You bastard, that was mine! What gave you the right? What gave you the right!!!

His emotions spiraled further out of control. He repeatedly slammed his fists against the train door, venting the rage in his heart.

"I'm going to fucking eat you, eat you alive! You bastard, you motherless bastard!"

A strange scarlet gleam surfaced in his eyes.

Who knew how long passed before he noticed another private message. It was from Pan Wei, their chairman.

"How effective was the Basic Zombie Serum?"

The claws of that fused zombie carried a terrifying zombie virus. The moment he had been wounded, Sun Yi had sensed something was wrong.

So after the train departed, he immediately contacted Pan Wei and obtained a serum that could clear the virus from his body.

This Basic Zombie Serum was an extremely precious resource. Even the Mutual Aid Association had only managed to obtain two doses after enormous hardship.

Pan Wei had flown into a rage over it and given him a vicious scolding!

The scolding was real, but so was the serum.

"Chairman... I... I, Sun Yi, swear to serve you unto death!"

"Cut the bullshit and drink it already!"

The serum did not taste good. In fact, it tasted rather awful.

And the adverse reaction was fairly intense.

He felt as though his wound had been drenched in chili water. The pain made him twitch and convulse on the floor.

Fortunately, the feeling came quickly and went quickly, and he could clearly feel that his condition had improved greatly.

So when Pan Wei asked about its effects, he immediately replied without hesitation, "Good. Very good. Extremely good!"

Pan Wei: "..."

"As for Lu Xingyuan... since he insists on opposing the Mutual Aid Association, don't blame us for showing no mercy. I hereby declare him an enemy of the Mutual Aid Association. Whoever can eliminate him may come to the Mutual Aid Association to claim a generous reward!"

Sun Yi burst into tears for the second time!

There was simply nothing to criticize about a chairman like this!

If he could, he would gladly rip out his heart and offer it to the man.

But the urgent matter was carefully concealing the wound on his back. If he actually met the chairman, it would definitely frighten him.

Through the reflection in the glass, Sun Yi clearly saw that the wound on his back had turned a strange dark red!

"Lu Xingyuan!!!"

"I'm gonna fucking eat you!!!"

"Cai Cai is my real name. 'Glasses Girl' does fit my appearance, but it still feels kind of awkward."

Although he did not know why Sun Yi had stopped messaging him, Lu Xingyuan's attention had already been drawn to another familiar profile picture.

"Isn't this the glasses girl we met at the last station?"

"Because my dad's surname is Cai, and my mom's surname is Cai too. They're both cooks and are both very good at cooking, so naturally, I was named Cai Cai."

"That's... nice."

Lu Xingyuan cleared his throat. "No wonder your talent is making food that smells and tastes delicious."

So there had been clues all along.

But it was precisely because of this talent that she had become a sacrifice and nearly lost her life.

"Thank you for saving me!"

This...

Lu Xingyuan felt a little awkward.

Had he saved her?

It did not seem like he had.

He had merely disagreed with Sun Yi's actions and had not raised his hand.

"But that was already more than enough!"

"Not to mention that you later killed that fused zombie, indirectly saving all of us!"

Cai Cai transferred three Train Coins.

"I got these from that Level 1 treasure chest."

Three Train Coins should have been everything in that Level 1 treasure chest.

After all, a Level 1 treasure chest could yield at most three Train Coins.

"This is to repay you for saving my life. Please, you have to accept it!"

"Besides, there's no use for me to keep these three Train Coins anyway."

Though she spoke of how everyone had their own talents, she had still accepted the reality Sun Yi had described. A talent like hers was useless in this train survival world.

So there was no point continuing that meaningless struggle.

The reality was that her talent was destined to get her nowhere.

Lu Xingyuan's heart jolted.

Damn, why was Sun Yi such a piece of shit? He'd driven a perfectly good young girl to seek death.

Out of conscience, he patiently comforted her for a while.

Since she could say something like everyone had their own talents, that meant she still believed in that idea deep down.

Lu Xingyuan used that as his opening.

After a great deal of persuasion, he finally rekindled that extinguished spark.

"Then I'll... give it another try?"

"You absolutely have to try again!"

Lu Xingyuan let out a long sigh. He did not know whether persuading her had been the right thing or the wrong thing.

She was already frail and delicate, and the talent she had awakened was even harder to judge.

Still, living one more day was one more day.

He only symbolically accepted one Train Coin, mainly to give her a chance to express her gratitude.

He did not reject her friend request either and accepted it.

There was no limit on the friend list anyway, and she was not the sort of person who lacked boundaries.

As he toyed with the Train Coin in his hand, Lu Xingyuan could not help thinking of the other two male train conductors from the last station.

When they parted, those two had repeatedly promised him a substantial reward. Yet even now, there had not been the slightest sign of anything. So their promised reward had just been empty words.

Still, he was not too disappointed. Human nature was simply like that.

He returned to the chat channel. As Lu Xingyuan watched from the shadows, he discovered that the number of people online had fallen to just over ninety thousand!

At the last station alone, more than a thousand train conductors had been eliminated!