"I didn't expect an extra reward."
After obtaining backend access to the Capsule Tunnel from Monrojina and transferring the network she had built into this territory,
this also meant that Ye Qiyan could freely retrieve the entry and exit records of Train Conductors who entered the City through its main gate.
Granted, plenty of people would enter the City directly through places like Guild headquarters or hyperspace platforms, leaving no records.
But there was no telling when it might prove useful.
"Then it's time to get down to business. Little Snake, do you want to get stronger?"
The Imaginary Number Mechanism Snake was an extra reward he had received after completing the event involving the battle in which the [Sky Garden] fell.
Since then, it had undergone only one Ascension, adding the prefix [Fang] to its name.
It had always been like that, unable to speak or express itself.
It simply stayed obediently in its little nest in the Locomotive, waiting for Ye Qiyan to call.
It was ordinary, yet special.
Without Little Snake, each of Ye Qiyan's voyages through Imaginary Number Space would not have gone so smoothly.
It had always stayed in the Locomotive, witnessing every Ascension Ye Qiyan performed on the Train.
By now, its potential was already sufficient. All it awaited was an opportunity.
An opportunity to transform itself completely.
[Calamity Card · Imaginary Number Frenzy]
Ye Qiyan took out the Calamity Card.
He looked at Little Snake resting quietly in his palm and smiled faintly.
"You can do it."
It was an affirmation, not a question.
He took out the [Imaginary Number Gear] as well.
Deep blue flames bloomed in his eyes.
At that moment, the Imaginary Number Mechanism Snake finally turned its black, beanlike eyes toward Ye Qiyan.
At that moment, Ye Qiyan saw