Chapter Summaries

After being transported into another world by the Astral Express, Himeko spent two months trying to obtain and repair a train for her roleplaying system’s mission. Her repair attempt failed, and a beam of light lifted her into the sky while the station guard watched.

• A girl repeatedly pulled ordinary Himekos on a rate-up banner until the Astral Express burst out of the screen and struck her.
• Two months later, Himeko tried to repair an abandoned train with instructions from an AI, but the engine smoked and caught fire.
• Himeko checked her roleplaying system, which tasked her with getting a train running as the Astral Express.
• After failed attempts to secure funding with her coffee, Himeko drugged the abandoned station’s guard and tried to repair a train herself.
• The guard woke and confronted Himeko, but a beam of light lifted her into the sky.

Himeko entered National Destiny Train Survival and summoned the Astral Express, which she recognized as her home. After receiving a briefcase and a mission to maintain the train, she explored its empty, damaged cars and found its crew and equipment missing.

• Himeko learned the rules of National Destiny Train Survival as viewers across Blue Star watched her.
• Himeko summoned the Astral Express, and it stopped on the grassland atop a track of light.
• Himeko entered the Observation Car, recognized the Astral Express, and received a briefcase and a mission to maintain the train.
• Himeko explored the passenger cabins and found the crew's rooms empty, the equipment shut down, and the train in need of repairs.
• Himeko washed the soot from her face and clothes while viewers commented on her appearance and the train's spacious interior.

Contestants around the world summoned wildly mismatched vehicles, while Himeko alone received the Astral Express, which could not be upgraded but appeared to have special abilities. Most contestants summoned their guardian deities before Himeko, and the chapter left her own summon unknown as viewers speculated about it.

• Duncan and contestants in other countries discovered they had summoned low-tier vehicles such as a horse carriage, handcart, bumper car, and pinwheel, all of which could eventually be upgraded.
• People around the world complained that Himeko had started with a proper train, while Huaxia viewers celebrated her advantage and worried that the Astral Express could not be upgraded.
• Zhang San, Wang Wu, and WarGreymon appeared as Huaxia's commentators, introduced themselves, and displayed Himeko's contestant information.
• The commentators noted that Himeko seemed familiar with the Astral Express and that its interior appeared larger than its exterior; their discussion reduced national stress by one percent.
• Every contestant except Himeko summoned a guardian deity, with Japan's contestant receiving a five-star nine-tailed fox and South Korea's contestant receiving a four-star dagger.

Himeko summoned Pom-Pom aboard the damaged Astral Express, then learned that she had to reach a supply stop ten kilometers away within one day. After inspecting the train and receiving a monomolecular saw, Himeko and Pom-Pom prepared to set off.

• Himeko summoned Pom-Pom, the Astral Express's Conductor, who checked that she was safe and worried about the damaged train and missing passengers.
• Pom-Pom's information revealed that it could not leave the Express and had no combat skills, prompting viewers to doubt its usefulness.
• Wang Wu and the commentators defended Pom-Pom, with InvincibleGreymon arguing that its connection to Himeko and the Express suggested the combination was powerful.
• The national destiny instance ordered Himeko to reach the first stop ten kilometers away and gather supplies within one day.
• Himeko and Pom-Pom inspected the engine and found that the Express could travel on tracks of light, though its warp function was unavailable.
• Himeko received a monomolecular saw from the system, and she and Pom-Pom prepared to depart.

Himeko took the Astral Express to its first stop, the Amusement Park, where she received a mission to explore it and find its hidden reward. Unable to buy a ticket, she smashed the ticket checker and kicked open the gate, unlocking an achievement and Imagenesis Arts.

• Himeko and Pom-Pom sent the Astral Express ten kilometers down the road, and Himeko recorded data on its speed and acceleration.
• Himeko left the train and arrived at the Amusement Park, where the system unlocked communication access and assigned her an exploration mission.
• Himeko found the ticket booth empty and decided to enter the park without a ticket.
• Himeko smashed the smart ticket checker with a wrench and kicked open the gate, earning an achievement and unlocking Imagenesis Arts.
• The livestream viewers and commentators reacted in shock to Himeko's strength and casual destruction of the entrance.

Himeko explored an abandoned amusement park and was ambushed by a child’s ghost after several countries used outside assistance to weaken her. As the Paradise Wraith charged, Himeko remained confident, leaving the commentators and viewers wondering how she would respond.

• Himeko entered the amusement park, noticed a recently abandoned cup of milk tea, and realized everyone had disappeared suddenly.
• Himeko smashed a malfunctioning kiddie ride, awakening a Paradise Wraith that tried to lure her into playing.
• Neon and several other countries used outside assistance to increase the ghost’s danger and inflict ailments on Himeko.
• The Paradise Wraith charged at Himeko as her suitcase fell, but she declared that the countries targeting her would be disappointed.
• Wang Wu watched anxiously, wondering what Himeko planned to do.

Himeko killed the Paradise Wraith with her suitcase drone’s Monomolecular Saw, collected supplies, and took medicine while recovering from the flu. After her debuffs wore off, she kept her suitcase close and remained determined to punish those who had attacked her.

• Himeko transformed her suitcase into a drone and sawed the Paradise Wraith and kiddie ride apart.
• The Paradise Wraith dropped ten basic supply packs, and Himeko found kitchen supplies, a medical kit, an emergency energy block, and a magical coffee berry.
• Himeko took medicine for her flu, while her discoveries increased Huaxia’s resources and drew attention to her suitcase and weapons.
• Neon’s commentators worried about Himeko’s threat of revenge and complained that Inukai was taking too long to reach the amusement park.
• After resting until her negative statuses wore off, Himeko retrieved her suitcase drone and carried it with her for protection.

Himeko entered the amusement park and headed toward its Wax Museum while shared exploration progress remained at 1%. Duncan arrived soon after, learned that his commentators had made Himeko an enemy, and took command from them as he prepared to face the danger inside.

• Himeko saw that amusement park exploration progress was shared by all contestants and, after waiting in vain for others to arrive, went inside to explore.
• Himeko picked up a park map and decided to investigate the Wax Museum for hidden dangers and coin drops.
• Duncan upgraded his horse into a Freight Wagon, arrived at the amusement park, and received notifications that contestants could communicate and kill one another there.
• Duncan accepted his commentators' calls and learned that they had attacked Himeko, so he rejected their advice to hide his nationality and declared that he was in command.
• Duncan learned that Himeko had a max-level train and had already killed a park danger, while the commentators offered only the small consolation that her Guardian Deity could not attack or leave the train.

Himeko discovered that her wax double was alive and befriended it after it tried to escape and begged to become her adoptive child. Their conversation was interrupted by Taco, a contestant who insisted he meant no harm and warned her about the rumors surrounding her.

• Contestants entered the amusement park, and Duncan ambushed an easy target and claimed his first kill.
• Himeko examined a wax figure that looked like her and caught it trying to sneak away.
• The wax Himeko admitted she was alive, then begged Himeko to accept her as an adoptive child.
• Himeko stopped the wax figure from humiliating itself and asked it to turn off the music, but it denied playing any.
• Taco emerged from a corner, identified himself as Samba Country's contestant, and said he had not joined the earlier attacks on Himeko.

Himeko questioned Taco and learned about his kart and smart glasses while a wax copy of her argued with them. The wax figure revealed that the museum created copies from visitors’ memories to kill them, and begged Himeko to spare her.

• Himeko asked Taco why he had approached her, and he admitted he hoped she might help him.
• Himeko learned that Taco had a solar-powered kart and smart glasses that analyzed danger and provided other functions.
• Himeko tried to question her wax copy, then struck it with a wrench when it gave itself a name.
• Himeko threatened the wax figure with her Monomolecular Saw until it explained that the museum made visitor-based wax copies to kill their originals.
• The wax figure said it had only been alive for about two hours and begged Himeko to spare it because it was still a child.

Himeko believed the wax copy of herself and considered bringing it onto the Astral Express, but she flattened its head when it tried to name itself. After Taco was attacked by a wax copy of himself, Himeko rescued him and burned the other figure down, while the commentators scrambled to track contestants and manage their monitoring strategy.

• Himeko believed the wax figure’s account and asked whether it could leave the wax museum, then smashed its head when it tried to call itself “Fake.”
• Taco read a warning that his wax double was there to take him, punched it, and was caught in a chokehold.
• Himeko’s commentators realized they could not track over a hundred contestants themselves, so they asked the authorities to assign staff to monitor the others and report threats to Himeko.
• Himeko avoided Taco, cut the wax double in half with the Monomolecular Saw, and threw Taco out of its reach.
• When the wax figure tried to pull itself back together, Himeko engulfed it in flame and melted its wax, resin, and metal framework.

Himeko subdued the wax figures, then used Imagenesis to create Himechi Cat as a new body for one of them. Taco doubted the commentators after seeing Himeko’s powers, while Inukai reached the amusement park and received an urgent communication request.

• Himeko burned and doused the attacking wax figure, and Taco reshaped it into a pile resembling poop.
• Himeko took the other wax figure to the workshop and asked what kind of body it wanted.
• Himeko used melted wax and unknown substances to create Himechi Cat, who accepted its foxlike form despite wanting to be taller.
• Taco suspected the commentators were misleading him, then began doing push-ups as Himeko and Himechi Cat watched in confusion.
• Inukai reached the amusement park entrance with a handcart and received a request from the commentators to communicate.

Inukai entered the amusement park with his five-star guardian deity, the Nine-Tailed Fox, and learned that he had a mission to kill three contestants. After killing a contestant who ambushed him, he cautiously entered the wax museum, where Himeko, Taco, and Himechi Cat continued exploring.

• Inukai learned from the Japanese commentator that Himeko was powerful but kindhearted, and decided to approach her at the wax museum.
• Upon entering the amusement park, Inukai received a mission to kill at least three contestants for rewards and upgrades.
• Inukai saw the park's low exploration progress and the dangerous monsters and contestant violence along the way.
• A bloodied Black man attacked Inukai, who used the Nine-Tailed Fox to kill him and take his kitchen knife.
• Himeko, Taco, and Himechi Cat explored the wax museum and discussed finding coffee, gym equipment, and protein powder.

Himeko and Taco encountered the dangerous wax figure Inukai in the Wax Museum, and Taco broke his wrist after attacking him. With Taco badly injured and no supplies on hand, Himeko sought help from the commentators and learned about medicine in the infirmary and Inukai’s offer to cooperate.

• Himeko, Taco, and Himechi Cat explored the Wax Museum, where Himeko photographed an Optimus Prime display.
• Taco punched a seemingly wax figure of Inukai, but Inukai proved dangerous and Taco fractured his wrist; Inukai fled when Himeko drew her Monomolecular Saw.
• Himeko decided Taco needed medical treatment and considered using her saw to operate, but Himechi Cat warned that the area was not sterile.
• Himeko contacted the commentators, and WarGreymon told her that most accessible medicine in the infirmary had been taken and that the Red-Nosed Doctor guarded the rest.
• WarGreymon also told Himeko that Inukai had entered the Wax Museum to propose cooperation and that he knew nothing about Neon's earlier attack.

Himeko left the Wax Museum with Taco and headed for the infirmary, while WarGreymon and Wang Wu discussed the contestants and the hostile livestream comments. At the infirmary, Himeko intervened as the Red-Nosed Doctor pursued a wounded contestant.

• WarGreymon told Himeko about the remaining contestants, Inukai’s mission, and the authorities’ advice to gather supplies and blueprints.
• Himeko bandaged Taco, then left the Wax Museum with him and Himechi Cat while Inukai continued searching for her.
• WarGreymon and Wang Wu discussed the attacks against Himeko in the livestream comments and decided not to intervene.
• Himeko saw corpses on the way to the infirmary and spotted the Red-Nosed Doctor chasing a wounded contestant.
• Himeko asked Himechi Cat to watch Taco, then rushed to save the contestant as the Red-Nosed Doctor raised his syringe.

Himeko killed the red-nosed doctor, found medicine for Taco, and returned to discover the contestant she had rescued attacking him. After Taco and Himechi Cat stopped the attack and the medicine healed Taco’s wounds, Himeko invited the contestant to join them and help others.

• Himeko killed the red-nosed doctor and obtained emergency medical kits and a panacea.
• Himeko searched the infirmary for medicine to treat Taco and then returned to him and Himechi Cat.
• The rescued contestant attacked Taco for a reward, but Taco blocked her knife and Himechi Cat struck her with a flaming suitcase.
• Himeko gave Taco medicine that healed his fracture and knife wound, then questioned the contestant about her attack.
• Himeko urged the contestant to cooperate with others and offered her a place in their group.

Himeko welcomed Washana onto the team after Washana apologized for stabbing Taco, though Taco remained determined to beat her up. The group searched the amusement park infirmary for supplies, and Himeko astonished Washana by stuffing an entire cabinet into her suitcase using the power of the Trailblaze.

• Himeko pulled Washana up, introduced her to Taco and Himechi Cat, and invited her to join them after asking her to apologize to Taco.
• Washana apologized and offered to help the group, while Taco protested that he still wanted revenge.
• Viewers in Huaxia, Bear Country, and Samba Country reacted to Washana joining the team and debated Himeko's motives.
• Himeko, Taco, Himechi Cat, and Washana searched the infirmary, collected medicine, and discussed supplies and Taco's solar-powered go-kart.
• Washana suggested finding spare batteries in case the weather turned rainy, and Himeko packed an entire cabinet into her suitcase with the power of the Trailblaze.

Himeko searched the infirmary and encountered no useful loot before Duncan tried to flee from her, only to be confronted by Himechi Cat. Duncan escaped into the Wax Museum, where an enhanced wax figure appeared and remained powerful after his Adrenaline Surge ended.

• Himeko explored the infirmary, defeated a monster in a hospital gown, and found little worth keeping.
• Duncan watched Himeko from outside the infirmary and decided he could not safely challenge her, despite his combat rewards and Adrenaline Surge skill.
• Himechi Cat blocked Duncan's escape, and Duncan fired his pistol before activating Adrenaline Surge and running away.
• Duncan entered the Wax Museum, where a wax figure appeared with the same enhanced attributes as his boosted form.

Himeko led Washana and Taco to the Restaurant to gather supplies, where she fought the monstrous Pig Trotter Rice and the foods it summoned. She combined the defeated creatures into a dish, then realized she had accidentally added rat poison.

• Himeko chose the Restaurant as the group’s next destination so they could gather food and kitchen supplies.
• At the Restaurant, Himeko found Pig Trotter Rice among the corpses and charged it with her Monomolecular Saw.
• Pig Trotter Rice called for help, and several other food monsters emerged from the shops.
• Himeko defeated the food monsters and combined them into one dish.
• While preparing the dish, Himeko noticed she had mistakenly added rat poison.

Himeko defeated a giant pig trotter rice and earned a recipe she planned to cook for Pom-Pom. While Taco and Washana searched a shop below, they discovered Pan En was under mind control, and Himeko encountered an unexpected situation upstairs.

• Himeko killed the giant pig trotter rice and received a pig trotter rice recipe as an achievement reward.
• Himeko told Taco and Washana to gather supplies while she checked the second floor.
• Taco warned Washana that Himeko's toxic food was a level 5 threat, and they chose not to touch it.
• Washana pushed Taco out of the way of Pan En, who stabbed her arm before Taco grabbed him.
• Taco's smart glasses revealed that Pan En was under mind control, so Taco broke his limbs and waited for Himeko to return.
• Himeko encountered something unexpected on the second floor.