The Arena opened, and the early matches were more like performances.
For instance, some Train Conductors with cooking-related Modules were recruited as chefs by certain guilds.
Others simply sang well, or had talents they could show off from before they came to this world.
These people did not take the stage for the final reward. What they wanted more was to be noticed by the guilds watching the livestream in the various cities, and thus secure relatively stable work.
Finally, after several hours of performances, the main event arrived.
"Oh!! Ladies and gentlemen! Next up is the eagerly awaited Train Conductor death match!!"
The stage transformed and began to sink.
All the performance equipment that had been on it vanished.
A special platform covered in buildings appeared in the center of the Arena.
As the host standing atop a flying magical beast kept whipping up the crowd,
over a thousand Train Conductors walked out through gates that opened around the perimeter.
The crowd cheered and celebrated, reaching a fever pitch the moment those thousand-plus people signed the Death Pact!
"I actually recognize a few of these people..."
In a small private box, Ye Qiyan looked at the Train Conductors' names displayed on the screen before him.
Zhao An, Shangguan Yingxue, Li Xiaosheng, and Zhao Lin.
They were all Train Conductors from the same Combination Block in this batch.
"By all rights, Zhao Lin should win, shouldn't she?"
Ye Qiyan laced his hands behind his head and thought for a moment.
"After all, she has two Card Sequences. But if she wants to keep them hidden, it's hard to say."
Although Card Sequences had a mechanism that made them disappear when their holders died,
it was a different story if someone possessed a Same-kind Card Sequence.
For example,
that Lane from