"Is this Haiyuan Island? This is my first time here. It feels a little different from the other cities."
At the harbor platform.
After storing her train using the Capsule Tunnel, Zhao Lin entered the city with her backpack on her back.
The young Calamity Moon Beast lay on her shoulder like a black, fluffy scarf.
"Is that your pet? It's pretty cute. Does it have a name?"
Shangguan Yingxue, who had been waiting there, walked over with a smile.
Seeing the little beast on Zhao Lin's shoulder, she struck up a conversation about it.
"Its name is Little Calamity. Yingxue, you really didn't have to come pick me up. You know I'm not all that interested in attending some gathering..."
Shangguan Yingxue reached out to pet Little Calamity, but it leaped away, darting into a nearby patch of bushes and disappearing.
"Huh? It..."
"It's fine. It'll definitely find me when it's time for me to leave."
Clearly, this was not the first time this had happened.
As this was a pet that had cost her over a hundred Train Coins, Zhao Lin had worried the first few times that it might run into danger when it suddenly disappeared.
But after they went through several Platform Worlds, it always appeared beside her whenever she wanted to leave.
This did not just happen in Platform Worlds.
It was the same even in cities.
After it happened time and again, Zhao Lin got used to it.
"Is that so? Then let's go. The Guild has already prepared a banquet. In two days, more Train Conductors from the same batch as us will arrive here."
"When the time comes, a senior Top-Level Train Conductor will make an appearance. He's the leader of the Great Guild backing our Guild, the organizer of this gathering,