This train ascension passed without incident.
Though cold winds howled and monsters gave chase.
Once Ye Qiyan equipped the title [Witness of the End].
The monsters of the Wasteland moved to stand on either side of the train.
They watched the pure-white train forge ahead through the cold wind.
They slowed their pace, following slowly behind.
Until the train vanished.
Until... they stopped, letting out their most mournful howls in the train's direction.
[Ascension-]
His talent activated.
Ye Qiyan's train soon completed its upgrade from level fourteen to level fifteen.
The streams of blue particles that represented [Ascension] faded from the train.
The system notifications sounded at that very moment.
[Stamina: 304 → 144][Spirit: 300 → 60] [Ding-dong] [Congratulations, Train Conductor Ye Qiyan] [Your train level has increased to: Level 15] [Your speed has increased to: 300 km/h] [Wheels + frame + chassis + Processing Table = overall train quality improved] [Materials required to reach level sixteen: metal... Manu Jade ×1]
Those were the basic improvements.
The cost still hadn't increased by much, either-just a mere twenty points.
That was even a little less than the twenty-five-point increase of the previous level.
Ye Qiyan was still more interested in the all-important upgrade options.
[Ding-dong-] [The upgrade options for this level 15 train upgrade are standard selections and will not be strengthened or weakened based on the Train Conductor's experiences.] [Please note: the level 15 upgrade options include a fixed selection for Train Conductors. This fixed selection will next appear at level 20.]
"So, there's going to be a module like System Binding, which is guaranteed to appear at level thirty, or something else?"
So that was it. If that was the case, it was acceptable enough.
After all, according to the system, everyone would encounter something