Early the next morning.
Ye Qiyan had eaten breakfast and was about to search for information on the City of Miranda.
He opened the Public Chatroom, but before he could run a keyword search.
The system broadcast sounded just then.
[Ding-dong!] [There are too few people in your block, so the Train System will soon perform a Block Merge for you all.] [Ding-dong~ Based on the current strength rankings of the Train Conductors in this block, the merged block will be designated E-3.] [All Train Conductor IDs will remain unchanged. Only the prefix E-3 will be added.] [Train Conductors originally from the E-3 Block will not receive this addition.] [Everyone, please prepare.] [The blocks are about to merge.] [3...2...1...]
An invisible disturbance rang out from the depths of the Wasteland above every train.
Then Ye Qiyan saw the number of people in the Public Chatroom, originally just over two thousand, begin to soar.
Three thousand, six thousand...
[10000/10000]
Not one more or less-exactly ten thousand!
It was exactly the same as the previous Block Merge.
The chatroom erupted.
The vast majority of people in the original block had no idea that a new batch of Train Conductors had appeared.
After those seven thousand or so people joined, the Public Chatroom, quiet for so long, finally came alive.
["Holy shit! What's going on? Why did we suddenly merge?"]
["Veterans, we're the new batch of Newbie Train Conductors. Now that we've joined you here, we hope you'll show us the ropes."]
["I am the Dragon knight Don Quixote. If there are any monsters you cannot defeat, just tell me! As a knight, I will never retreat in battle!"]
["What the hell is going on? I remember our Guild leader saying a new batch only appeared every three years."]