Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiyan visited the Trading Platform’s Shopping Hall, where Smiley explained the station’s unlimited stop and showed him the level 6 items available to buy. The chapter ended with Ye Qiyan weighing two costly items, including the Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun and the Deceptive Play Sword.

• Ye Qiyan met Smiley, the station guide, who said Ye Qiyan could stay at the platform forever if he abandoned his train.
• Smiley led Ye Qiyan into the Shopping Hall, where a screen revealed that Ye Qiyan was at the Seventh Station, had a level 4 train, and owned 20 Train Coins.
• Smiley was surprised by Ye Qiyan’s progress and tore off his own arm as an apology for asking about it.
• Smiley took Ye Qiyan to the level 6 display cases and explained that he could buy one item there.
• Ye Qiyan examined the Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun and the Deceptive Play Sword, each priced at 18 Train Coins, and questioned the sword’s tradeoff.

Ye Qiyan bought a Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun, accepted the Deceptive Play Sword and Smiley’s request to free him someday, then watched Li Xiaosheng arrive at the Newbie Trading Area. As the station’s trading session continued, Zhao Lin messaged Ye Qiyan for repair materials while her train was slowed by mummies.

• Ye Qiyan spent eighteen Train Coins on a Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun and stored it in his Safety Box.
• Smiley asked Ye Qiyan to kill him someday, explained that he was a former conductor cursed to remain at the station, and gave Ye Qiyan the Deceptive Play Sword.
• Smiley offered Ye Qiyan specialty foods, and Ye Qiyan accepted the meal and feasted at a restaurant.
• Li Xiaosheng arrived at the Newbie Trading Area with only his train engine after monsters destroyed his carriages, then headed toward the station to buy a weapon Blueprint.
• Ye Qiyan watched Li Xiaosheng from the Regular Trading Area as Smiley explained that the area had opened early because Ye Qiyan had entered it.
• Zhao Lin messaged Ye Qiyan that mummies had slowed her train and asked him to sell her repair materials.

Ye Qiyan traded Zhao Lin repair materials for her Train Coins and warned her that the Trading Platform’s unlimited docking time was a trap. Shangguan Yingxue arrived at the platform, learned Ye Qiyan had already left, and drove Li Xiaosheng away at gunpoint.

• Zhao Lin traded two Train Coins to Ye Qiyan for forty-two Mechanical Parts and repaired her train before monsters caught up.
• Ye Qiyan told Zhao Lin that docking time at the Trading Platform was unlimited, and she realized the offer was probably a trap.
• Shangguan Yingxue arrived at the platform and messaged Ye Qiyan, who told her he was no longer there.
• Shangguan Yingxue dismissed the unlimited docking time as a trap and headed for the Shopping Hall’s third path.
• Shangguan Yingxue aimed her rifle at Li Xiaosheng, fired a warning shot, and made him flee after he claimed to be the first conductor at the station.

Ye Qiyan left the seventh station after promising Smiley he would help free him, then ascended his heavy machine gun and Pure Earthbound Stone. As he watched the public chat, another conductor reached the Forward Station and revealed that its stopping time was unlimited.

• Ye Qiyan departed the station after giving Smiley a blessed Whiteforest Fruit and promising to help free him when they met again.
• Ye Qiyan ascended the Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun, gaining an extra magazine, and loaded it with ammunition for his sentry.
• Ye Qiyan ascended the Pure Earthbound Stone into a Pure Purification Stone and mounted it inside his train.
• Ye Qiyan checked the public chatroom as other conductors neared the station and wondered how many would fall for its unlimited stopping time.
• A conductor became the fourth person to arrive at the Forward Station, discovered that its stopping time was unlimited, and shared the news in the public chatroom.

Li Xiaosheng tried to control the station and extort resources from travelers, but his plan failed, and Ye Qiyan blocked him after he sent threats. At midnight, Smiley appeared and black sludge swallowed the people and trains left inside the station, while Zhao Lin watched from outside.

• Li Xiaosheng's Alliance occupied the station's twenty tracks and demanded tolls from travelers trying to enter.
• Li Xiaosheng threatened Ye Qiyan for the rifle blueprint, but Ye Qiyan replied “Oh” and blocked him.
• Li Xiaosheng's Alliance failed to maintain control of the tracks, and Li Xiaosheng left the station after gaining little from his plan.
• Zhao Lin remained outside the station as monsters gathered, clutching the gun she had bought from Ye Qiyan.
• At midnight, a bell rang and the monsters fled as black sludge began engulfing the station.
• Smiley watched as the black sludge swallowed the trains and people who had stayed inside, then ate the Whiteforest Fruit.

After the Seventh Station, Ye Qiyan received the first-place Newcomer Survival Incentive and upgraded his carriage into a Planting Carriage. He ended with a new plan to move the White Forest Tree, while still needing more Train Coins to buy WALL-E a chip.

• Zhao Lin told Ye Qiyan that the station had vanished and his train was moving again after he never entered it.
• The morning broadcast announced the Newcomer Survival Incentive, and Ye Qiyan received four Train Coins for reaching the Public Trading Platform first.
• Li Xiaosheng complained that he had placed first, but the system warned him that his ranking was correct.
• Shangguan Yingxue reflected on Ye Qiyan reaching the platform first and used her Mirror Moon talent, which produced another failed result.
• Ye Qiyan ascended his Low-Level Carriage Blueprint into a Comfortable New Carriage, then upgraded it into a Planting Carriage.

Ye Qiyan prepared his growing car, then explored the newly merged Trading Platform and chose Knight's Plains for the eighth stop. He arrived to find his stopover time had doubled to ten hours because an unknown force had interfered with it.

• Ye Qiyan built and ascended a wood-and-metal generator, planted fruit and tomato seeds in his growing car, and estimated the tomatoes would be ready in three days.
• The sectors merged, restoring the population to 10,000, and survivors from different sectors boasted about their skilled conductors in public chat.
• Ye Qiyan browsed the merged Trading Platform, bought clothes and toiletries, and relaxed in a bath before changing and lying down.
• Ye Qiyan chose the Knight's Plains mission stop over the Train Maze escape stop for the train's eighth stop.
• The Train System told Ye Qiyan that an unknown force had increased his fixed stopover time from five hours to ten, preventing him from upgrading it before the tenth stop.

Ye Qiyan encountered Don Quixote and Sancho at a mission station, where Don Quixote saw the windmills in the rice fields as giants. Ye Qiyan discovered that the giants were real when viewed from inside the train, then challenged Don Quixote to face them again.

• Ye Qiyan let a battered knight approach the train and learned that the knight believed he was a Dragon Knight who had arrived to fight giants.
• Sancho identified the knight as Master Don Quixote and tried to explain that the train was not a dragon and the windmills were not giants.
• Ye Qiyan saw thirty-four windmills in the rice fields, but their appearance shifted between windmills and giants as Don Quixote charged toward them.
• The Pure Purification Stone eased Ye Qiyan's discomfort, and he confirmed from inside the train that the figures were Long-Armed Giants; his spirit status changed to 120 with the note "Witnessing truth and falsehood."
• One giant struck Don Quixote and sent him flying, after which the figures appeared as windmills again; Sancho helped his master up and they started to leave.
• Ye Qiyan called after Don Quixote and asked whether he planned to run away instead of becoming a true knight.

Ye Qiyan helped Don Quixote believe the windmills were giants, and Don Quixote defeated them as the world’s perception changed with his conviction. After Don Quixote left, Ye Qiyan salvaged the fading giant corpses and discovered they could yield Illusory Crystals.

• Ye Qiyan urged Don Quixote to face the giants in the wheat field, and Don Quixote charged at them while Sancho saw only windmills.
• Ye Qiyan fired Ebony as Don Quixote thrust his lance, helping him defeat the thirty-four giants as Sancho began to see them too.
• Don Quixote declared himself the Giant Knight, thanked Ye Qiyan, and gave him a wooden shield that promised Don Quixote would come to his aid when Ye Qiyan faced danger.
• After Don Quixote and Sancho departed, Ye Qiyan wondered whether Don Quixote’s newfound belief would change his future and noticed the giants reverting to windmills.
• Ye Qiyan salvaged the fading giant corpses and obtained giant skeletons, chunks of meat, and Illusory Crystals that allowed someone to awaken within a dream.

After defeating the giants at the eighth station, Ye Qiyan sold their meat, harvested wheat, and recovered the final fragment of the Blasphemy Card. He combined the fragments and discovered the card could set teleportation anchors and banish enemies, while its final ability remained unclear.

• Ye Qiyan sold giant meat on the Trading Platform, earning ten Train Coins, and noticed his spirit recovered much faster than other survivors'.
• Ye Qiyan harvested wheat and found WALL-E beneath windmill ruins, then followed it to a treasure chest containing the final third of the Blasphemy Card.
• Ye Qiyan assembled the three card fragments, triggering dark gold light and unbearable whispers before the completed card fell into his hand.
• Ye Qiyan read the card's abilities, including setting up to three anchors, teleporting to them, and banishing an enemy, then wondered what would happen if he used Return and consumed all his spirit.

Ye Qiyan tested the Blasphemy Card’s anchor and voyage abilities, then found a way to store it and other useful items in the Safety Box inside a special Storage Unit. After leaving the Eighth Station, he learned that extreme weather would arrive tomorrow and threaten trains traveling below 50 kilometers per hour.

• Ye Qiyan set an anchor inside the locomotive and used Voyage to return there from outside, spending Spirit and triggering a one-hour cooldown.
• Shaya asked Ye Qiyan whether he had assembled a Blasphemy Card, warned him to keep it secret, and privately lamented that he had not been chosen to wield one.
• Ye Qiyan put the Safety Box inside a special Storage Unit and discovered he could retrieve its contents while outside, allowing him to carry several useful items securely.
• Ye Qiyan used his VIP Leave Station Privilege to depart the Eighth Station, and his train returned to the wilderness.
• The train broadcast warned that extreme weather and adapted monsters would appear tomorrow, putting trains traveling below 50 kilometers per hour in danger.

After learning that a blizzard would hit the Ninth Station, Ye Qiyan sold the forecast to Shangguan Yingxue and Zhao Lin, then used a Smart Chip to give WALL-E genuine emotions. WALL-E became an intelligent treasure-hunting robot, and Ye Qiyan ended the chapter wondering whether he might someday create a Puppet like Tina.

• Ye Qiyan learned through the Teru Teru Bozu that the next day's weather would be a blizzard.
• Ye Qiyan charged Shangguan Yingxue one Train Coin for the forecast and warned her to keep warm.
• Zhao Lin told Ye Qiyan she had upgraded to a level 3 train and traded him an Ice Shaver and a block of ice for information about the blizzard.
• Ye Qiyan bought a Smart Chip and used Ascension to turn it into an Emotional Smart Chip for WALL-E.
• WALL-E awakened with genuine emotions, followed Ye Qiyan's instructions, and brought him a glass of water.
• Ye Qiyan joked and played with WALL-E, then wondered whether he could create a Puppet like Tina someday.

Ye Qiyan chose the level 5 Hunting Station, Screaming Village, and learned that Vampires had captured its residents. After taking the villager’s Train Coin, he prepared weapons and set out to hunt the Vampires.

• A blizzard covered the wilderness, but Ye Qiyan stayed warm aboard his level 4 train while WALL-E gathered snow and ice for storage.
• Ye Qiyan chose Screaming Village over Goblin Fortress when the Fork in Destiny offered him two Hunting Stations.
• A villager begged Ye Qiyan to save the people captured by Vampires and gave him a Train Coin as payment.
• Ye Qiyan upgraded his mithril weapons and equipped his Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun for the hunt.
• WALL-E left the train, and Ye Qiyan told the kneeling villager they should get going.

Ye Qiyan entered Tess Village through Aotantli’s secret passage and wiped out the vampires and bats with his Pure Purification Stone and Mithril Crossbow Bolts. As he realized the village’s easy victory had not revealed the level 5 vampire, the Screeching Blood Ancestor descended from a blood-red vortex.

• Aotantli led Ye Qiyan into the secret passage, where Ye Qiyan killed a vampire bat and discovered the vampires had deliberately allowed Aotantli to escape as bait.
• Thirteen vampires ambushed Ye Qiyan and Aotantli, but Ye Qiyan used the Pure Purification Stone to turn them and the bats to ash.
• Ye Qiyan emerged into Aotantli’s home, found a blood collection station, and destroyed the vampires throughout Tess Village over two hours.
• Aotantli thanked Ye Qiyan for clearing the village, but Ye Qiyan noticed that Tess Village did not match the station’s name and wondered where the level 5 vampire was.
• The level 5 Screeching Blood Ancestor descended from a blood-red vortex and unleashed a screech as Ye Qiyan put on earplugs and checked its system information.

Ye Qiyan killed the Screeching Blood Ancestor with a golden heavy machine gun after the Pure Purification Stone failed, then searched the ashes and found a vampire transformation item. As he prepared to leave the station, WALL-E uncovered a wooden box tied to the hunter who had saved the village three hundred years earlier.

• Ye Qiyan rejected the Screeching Blood Ancestor's offer and killed him with a golden heavy machine gun.
• Aotantli watched in shock as Ye Qiyan blasted the Blood Ancestor into ash.
• Ye Qiyan found a Vampire Baron's Heart among the ashes and decided to sell it rather than use it.
• Ye Qiyan followed WALL-E's tracks to Aotantli's backyard, where WALL-E dug a battered wooden box out of a grave.
• Aotantli recognized the box as something left behind by the Master Hunter who had saved the village three hundred years earlier.

Ye Qiyan returned to his train with a level 5 treasure chest and opened it after upgrading it to level 6. The chest contained a mysterious Hunt Mechdragon blueprint, leaving him eager to learn how to build it after his beginner period ended.

• Ye Qiyan told Aotantli that taking the box would make the village safe, then refused to let the lone survivor board his train and advised him to seek help elsewhere.
• Ye Qiyan returned to his climate-controlled carriage, warmed up, and grilled beef with WALL-E’s help.
• Ye Qiyan used Ascension to turn the level 5 treasure chest into a level 6 chest, spending 70 points of Stamina and Spirit.
• Ye Qiyan opened the chest and received 24 Train Coins and a Hunt Mechdragon Manufacturing Blueprint requiring a Wisdom Cube, 1,000 kilograms of metal, 800 Mechanical Parts, and an Emotional Smart Chip.
• Ye Qiyan decided to ask Shaya about the Wisdom Cube after passing his tenth station and ended with his Train Coin reserves at 31.

Ye Qiyan auctioned the Vampire Baron's Heart in the Public Chatroom, and Li Xiaosheng won it for 23 Train Coins despite his Alliance's earlier threats against anyone buying Ye Qiyan's goods. With 53 Train Coins now in hand, Ye Qiyan planned to upgrade his train to level 5 the next day, then told Zhao Lin he had earned the money by killing an old bat.

• Ye Qiyan listed the Vampire Baron's Heart for auction and pinned the sale notice in the Public Chatroom.
• Li Xiaosheng declared that the Alliance would take the heart, and Zhao An called him out for contradicting his lackeys' threats against buyers.
• Li Xiaosheng gathered Train Coins from Alliance members and won the auction for 23, while Zhao An failed to raise enough funds.
• Ye Qiyan received the payment, bringing his total to 53 Train Coins, and planned to upgrade his train to level 5 the next day.
• Zhao Lin asked Ye Qiyan how he had earned so many Train Coins, and he said he had killed an old bat.

Li Xiaosheng transformed into a vampire after consuming a shriveled heart, while Ye Qiyan upgraded his train to level 5 and chose Davil Village · Goblin Tribe as its tenth station. He arrived as the village prepared to defend against an imminent goblin invasion.

• Li Xiaosheng swallowed the shriveled heart, endured a painful transformation, and became a vampire.
• Ye Qiyan upgraded his train to level 5 and bought a Smart Chip, a Heavy Turret Carriage, a CVO Road Glide, and an Infinite Storage Game Console.
• Ye Qiyan claimed the Imminent Demise Drill for breaking the level 5 upgrade record and chose Davil Village · Goblin Tribe as his next station.
• Ye Qiyan arrived at Davil Village, where a cleric warned him that the Goblin Kingdom was about to invade and the goblins had already arrived.

Ye Qiyan joined Donald’s adventurer party as they defended a village surrounded by a Goblin army, and sent WALL-E to search the ancient ruin beneath it for the station’s most valuable treasure. After hearing the party discuss RUN Company, Ye Qiyan recognized it from an earlier encounter in Doomsday Town.

• Ye Qiyan ordered the Sentinel to kill hundreds of Goblins and drive off the survivors, then asked Donald about the Goblin General.
• Donald told Ye Qiyan that five thousand Goblins surrounded the village, where the adventurer party had to protect a princess until she finished searching for an ancient ruin.
• Ye Qiyan accepted Donald’s invitation to stay and learned from the drunken cleric that the ruin’s entrance had not been found by the adventurers.
• Ye Qiyan gave WALL-E a Train Coin and sent it into the village to retrieve the station’s most valuable item; WALL-E found an underground entrance near an earthen house.
• Ye Qiyan overheard the adventurers talking about saving Train Coins to buy a train from RUN Company and recalled the company’s previous appearance in Doomsday Town.

Ye Qiyan questioned Donald about the RUN Company and Train Coins, then watched Donald’s party fight successive waves of elite goblins. After the village barrier repelled the goblin army, a lightning-wreathed spear shattered it.

• Donald told Ye Qiyan that the RUN Company had appeared over two hundred years earlier, accepted only Train Coins, and sold trains to people who collected enough coins.
• Ye Qiyan wondered whether time differed between train stops and the wilderness, tried to summon a RUN Company courier, and got no response.
• Ye Qiyan stayed aboard his train and let Donald’s party fight the elite goblin vanguard without help.
• A second goblin group attacked, and Donald ordered the village barrier activated as his wounded party struggled to hold out.
• The barrier blocked the ordinary goblins until a lightning-wreathed spear struck it and shattered it.