The Guide left after giving him tomorrow's coordinates.
Ye Qiyan put the gear device into the Safety Box.
"Five hundred Train Coins, plus what I had before... close to eight hundred. Heh, this really is a fast way to make money."
"Hmm... in that case, it's time."
It was time for the train's next upgrade.
Over the preceding days, competing wasn't all he had done. He had completed Ascension on the two Potions for Stamina and mental energy Monrojina had later given him, as well as the potion he had made himself.
"Pride!"
The Demon Card, Pride, hung high overhead.
"Just~ a little mental energy."
He poured mental energy into it.
An invisible demonic power enveloped the entire arena.
This was a way of using the Demon Card Pride that Ye Qiyan had only sensed after his mental energy reached 210 points.
By spending some mental energy, he could completely shroud an area in Pride, preventing observation from outside.
The range wasn't particularly large, but it was just enough.
Ye Qiyan had all his demons and machines return to the train.
He went to the familiar yet not-so-familiar locomotive.
Perhaps for ordinary Train Conductors, the locomotive was where they spent most of their time.
But he had the System Binding Module and had no need to stay here all the time.
Yet when he came to the spot in the locomotive that had once housed the system.
And reached out to touch it.
It also meant that this train would undergo another Ascension.
Yes, he didn't actually need to do this.
But it gave things a sense of ceremony.
A little bit of amusement for himself~
"Last time, it used three hundred points in total. This time..."
"It should be enough."
He took a deep breath, settled his emotions, and