Chapter 899: The Distrust Between Him and Her

"Good heavens, Ye Qiyan, you're finally back? Where did you go last night?! We thought you'd died out there!"

Utopia City had returned to peace.

But everything that had happened last night was enough to shake many ordinary Train Conductors to their core.

Whether it was that horde of ghosts entering the world, or that brilliant burst of moonlight descending from the heavens.

They were sights never before witnessed in the Low-Level Station Worlds.

Some people spent the night in terror, afraid that this sudden war would spread to them and cost them their lives.

Some felt their hearts swell with yearning, desperate to become powerhouses of that caliber themselves.

Others sneered in disdain, believing that with enough time, they would eventually catch up to such strength.

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Different people, different emotions.

But regardless.

The name Altos had become famous once again.

Just like right now, when Ye Qiyan had only just returned to the hotel he'd been staying at, the small group led by Zhang He was already discussing last night's events.

"It's pretty lively out there. Good timing to go take a look."

"Oh, oh... so, who's this?"

Zhang He looked curiously behind Ye Qiyan.

The timid boy nervously gave a little wave.

"You, hello everyone. My name is, my name is Xiaochuan."

"Oh, oh... nice to meet you, Brother Xiaochuan."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

But this was no longer Ye Qiyan's problem to worry about.

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He'd brought Achuan along for the same purpose as last night, to draw fire, saving himself the hassle of being questioned about everything under the sun.

Ye Qiyan made up a random excuse and headed back to his room.

After failing to find Fan Huo last night.

He and Achuan had left that place following the route Menrojina had previously laid out.

But along that route, eyes had appeared, watching them.

It seemed Menrojina truly didn't have an adequate intelligence network in this city. Or rather, any intelligence network aside from the Capsule Tunnel was essentially in a state of total collapse.

That was understandable.

After all, he now knew.

This entire Utopia City was a place Heinz had built for the sake of becoming a True God.

Just like the Death Realm of [Death], the Bottomless Abyss of [the Abyss].

This place belonged to [Happiness], the ideal happy world.

Homeward-bound Souls.

They were enemies.

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But as ancient Train Conductors, just like Akula Tengo back in Miranda City, they didn't evoke disgust.

Was their path wrong?

It didn't matter.

Because everyone had their own path to walk.

It was just that Heinz, as an enemy, happened to be standing in his way.

Nothing more.

[Beep beep, you have a new message.]

Miatira sent a notification.

Ye Qiyan, currently showering in the bathroom, casually tapped open the private chat interface.

The sender was that charlatan.

Zhu Xingshu, who had been silent for a full five days.

["Hee hee~ Bro Ye, you really are impressive! To think you actually killed Heinz with a single slash!"]

["Mm, yes, I know. Anything else?"]

["So perfunctory! But... that was only a clone. A clone used to test you. The real Heinz is still in hiding. Over the next five days, if you don't do anything, I can say with certainty, nothing will happen.

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But after five days, Ye Qiyan.

I, have seen death."]

["Whose death?"]

["Perhaps mine."]

Ye Qiyan's brow furrowed. His hands gradually stopped moving as he waited for Zhu Xingshu's next words.

["Guess where I am right now?"]

["If you won't say, forget it."]

["I'll tell you, of course~ I'm in a mirror space completely opposite to Utopia City. In this place, I can't see the stars, but I can hear Fate's voice crying out more fiercely than ever before.

After five days, I may die.

Because on that day, it won't just be a war between us and Utopia City.

Heinz intends to negate war, and as a human, ascend to the pinnacle of the Wasteland Species, becoming what the System calls a True God.

And once war is negated, the life within Utopia City will be unable to fight against him.

He becomes [Happiness].

Making everyone drown in bliss, unable to free themselves.

By then, we will also..."]

["Purpose. Reason. Keep it short, Boss. You know I won't be fooled by any old story you can spin. It'd be better if you just kept it normal."]

Ye Qiyan cut off Zhu Xingshu's storytelling session.

He knew this charlatan well.

Whenever she started using such a normal tone to narrate some pitiful little tale, it always ended with her trying to bait someone into stepping willingly into her planned schemes.

Plenty of times, she could have just asked directly, and they probably wouldn't have refused.

But Zhu Xingshu always insisted on digging pits and stirring up trouble. In the end, all she accomplished was putting another black mark on her credit score, one so bad she couldn't even unlock a shared bike.

Though... it might sound strange.

The reason Ye Qiyan understood Zhu Xingshu's thinking so well was that the two of them actually had a tiny bit in common.

He and Zhu Xingshu both possessed a psychology of [Distrust].

The difference was, Ye Qiyan didn't trust anyone on the outside.

While what Zhu Xingshu didn't trust, was herself.

["Hehe~ I want Shaya and the others to come to Utopia City after five days too. Please, Ye Qiyan! You're the only one who can do this! Wuwu, if even one of them doesn't come.

I'll have no choice but to struggle desperately, and then get defeated by the enemy, wuwuwu, I'll die, I'll die~"]

Sure enough, exactly as Ye Qiyan had expected.

With just one message sent, Zhu Xingshu immediately revealed her true nature.

She wanted Ye Qiyan's help. Just saying it directly would have been so much simpler, yet she insisted on taking the long way around with endless nonsense.

["Sister Shaya and the others are tangled up in their respective Station Worlds. They've each estimated that they probably won't be able to make it after five days. You, have a way?"]

["Mm, I've been doing exactly that this whole time. It's honestly wearing me to death. As long as my assistance to each person can reach their respective Station Worlds, theoretically, everyone should be able to conquer their stations at the fastest possible speed.

But nobody has agreed to my request yet~ sigh. I've clearly been trying so hard to be an excellent organization leader."]

Ye Qiyan sneered coldly in his heart, then stopped paying attention to Zhu Xingshu's madness. He closed the light screen and focused entirely on rinsing his body.

The endless sound of water was like a rhythmically beating instrument.

He sank into thought.

"Five days from now, huh?"

In the end, Ye Qiyan didn't invite anyone else on his Friends List either.

Because this matter was never as troublesome as Zhu Xingshu imagined it to be.

Save them, or don't save them.

Everything came down to what each person truly held in their hearts, not the fate that Zhu Xingshu claimed.