The next morning, at seven.
The Divine Realm Empire's diplomatic mission and the people from the Douluo Continent left the grand hotel and boarded the Soul Guidance Train connecting Xinluo City to the imperial capital.
The Ocean Fleet's warships remained in Xinluo City, undergoing maintenance while awaiting orders from the military.
On the platform at Xinluo Soul Guidance Train Station.
The silver-gray Soul Guidance Train lay quietly on the tracks, like a sleeping metal python. Morning light spilled across its streamlined body, reflecting a cold, sharp gleam.
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang looked almost bewildered. "This is a soul tool too?"
Dugu Yan considered herself half a citizen of the Divine Realm Empire and spoke with shared pride. "What, you've already ridden aboard the Divine Realm Empire's warships and seen soul tool buses and soul tool cars, yet a single Soul Guidance Train surprises you?"
How could those be the same?
Ships were understandable, and buses were understandable too, but this "steel python," with iron tracks covering the ground beneath it, seemed like an entirely different kind of creation.
Tang San gazed at the Soul Guidance Train's coldly gleaming metal shell. "Astounding."
He had to admit that the Divine Realm Empire's soul tool technology was indeed more comprehensive than his hidden weapon technology.
Soul tools could serve not only as offensive weapons, but also as all sorts of useful equipment.
"How do they power such a huge train?" Yu Xiaogang had already taken out his notebook, muttering as he wrote. "If it relies on soul power, wouldn't it be another Spirit Ice, like the one at sea?"
Tang San reminded him, "Teacher, the energy sources they use are secrets of the Divine Realm Empire... Anyway, this train should be even faster than a warship. Right, Sister Dugu?"
Dugu Yan could