Day nine.
WALL-E still had not returned.
The train advanced through the desert.
Pitch-black tracks extended freely.
With the Big Spending Discount module,
he could use Onboard Activation as much as he pleased without spending a single Train Coin.
Following the coordinates,
Ye Qiyan arrived at the location of the Ninth Trial.
Unlike before,
the location marked by these coordinates was not an endless desert.
Instead, it was a vast oasis.
And within this oasis, he saw many nonhuman monsters of other species.
When the train stopped there,
quite a few of the creatures in the oasis cast greedy looks his way.
"Is that a human Train Conductor? Hehe, when was the last time we saw a human like that?"
"Who knows? But any Train Conductor who dares come here must have plenty of stuff in its train. Should we..."
"Let's wait and see. If it's someone powerful, we'll be in trouble."
"Tch, a mere human... I really don't get it. They're so weak, yet they can become these monsters called Train Conductors..."
The hushed chatter went on incessantly.
Through the window, Ye Qiyan looked at his surroundings.
There was no need to ask about a place like this. It ought to be a gathering place where monsters too afraid to enter the Moon Core Level Arena stayed, eking out a living in this Starcore Level Arena.
He could not be bothered to get off the train.
He simply waited there for one in the afternoon.
Or rather, for the Guide to arrive.
But before the Guide arrived,
the creatures in the oasis began to lose their patience instead.
Several Lizardmen capable of turning invisible used Stealth, intending to enter the train directly.
However, when they stepped into the train's 210-meter alert radius,
Eve keenly detected their malicious intent.
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