By the time he woke, the sun was already hanging high above the horizon.
Ye Qiyan opened his eyes and habitually glanced at the pocket watch beside his bed.
[8:44:12]
"Whew... What's going to happen today? Oh, right. Time to do that, isn't it?"
He deftly brought up his personal interface and checked his stamina and spirit.
[Stamina: 170.] [Spirit: 170.]
"Did my spirit cap go up again?"
Ye Qiyan scratched his head. He was already used to this sort of thing.
"Whatever. Whew... Time for another Ascension."
He picked up the five Train Coins WALL-E collected from the Dragon Card each day.
Including the thirty coins the system had given him yesterday as hush money because of the Gray Fog, his total had increased.
He now had two hundred and thirty-five Train Coins.
Now he was going to say that line again.
"Two hundred and thirty-five Train Coins to buy upgrade options! I have the advantage!"
Ye Qiyan refused to believe it. With this many Train Coins, even if there was some kind of detection involved, how could a single set of upgrade options leave him penniless again?
After washing up, he ate a Whiteforest Fruit as usual.
Ye Qiyan entered the locomotive.
"Whew..."
Before the platform where he had once bound the Train System, he stood.
He closed his eyes and reached out to touch it.
He slowly spoke, murmuring softly.
"Ascension..."
Streams of light appeared.
Endless azure light enveloped the train.
It traveled across the Wasteland like a comet constantly surging forward.
Hum...
The invisible barrier was once again broken by the power of Ascension.
[Stamina: 170 → 70] [Spirit: 170 → 40] [Train upgrade complete!] [Current level: 8] [Materials required for the train's next upgrade: Wood... (omitted), Wuce Crystal ×1]