"Why would you believe that nonsense?"
"Those gods you talk about don't even have the courage to set foot in the Wasteland! Why would you think they could do something even Train Conductors can't?"
"Besides, why do you always dwell on the past? What's so bad about the present?"
An unnatural smile spread across Grace's aged face, tinged with bitterness.
"What's so bad about the present? Yes, most people who can keep growing in the Wasteland are people like you, Xiao Xi, willing to let go of their past. But how did that other saying go again?"
She looked up at the sky, gazing at the dark clouds.
"An infinite world holds infinite possibilities. The Wasteland is vast, so vast that even someone like me, who longs to go home, has had a chance to survive until now. We are merely Homecomers who long to go home."
"Do you remember Zhou Shangqing? That young man from over a decade ago, with the unique Talent, Surpass the Stars. His appearance gave us hope of leaving. Not only did all the Train Conductors of his generation help him back then, but so did those of us who longed to go home."
Zhou Shangqing? Surpass the Stars?
Ye Qiyan recalled the story Shaya had told him.
"The man who crossed the Wasteland, but still failed in the end?"
"Yes, him."
Grace answered Ye Qiyan's murmur.
Ye Qiyan said nothing. He merely ate Whiteforest Fruit in silence to recover his mental energy.
This probably wouldn't end so easily today.
This woman was probably a Train Conductor who had come to this world a very, very long time ago.
If she hadn't said anything, that would have been one thing, but...
Since she had revealed her objective...
How could she just let them leave today?