Chapter 907 The Seeds That Were Sown

The answer to the question had already emerged in the moment they fell into that brief silence.

Heinris flushed red, looking as uncomfortable as a shrimp that had just been boiled.

“I, I... I’m Lord Heinz’s loyal dog!

I must follow everything Lord Heinz does!

I...

But I... I don’t want to, I...

Damn it! Altos! I’ll kill you!

That’s the power of Bewitchment from the Demon Card! Don’t believe his lies! Attack together! Kill him!”

Heinris charged into the sky.

The knuckle-duster on his hand flashed, and he swung a heavy, forceful punch.

The Hunt’s cloud patterns appeared. The Gears Damage Control Teams spread out a Cloud Pattern Barrier to block Heinris’s punch.

“What are you all looking at? Don’t just stand there!”

Humiliated and furious, Heinris turned his head toward the people standing in place without making a move.

“Do you intend to betray Mr. Heinz!?”

One of them sighed, raised his head, and looked at Ye Qiyan, voicing what might have been the shared sentiment of all of them.

“As a Train Conductor, I don’t want Mr. Heinz to become that so-called pinnacle.

Because if he does,

then unless someone kills him, no matter how strong I become in the future, I’ll have no choice but to find a way to surpass Lord Heinz, the pinnacle of ‘humanity.’

I’m sure there’s a way, but...

It would be such a hassle...”

Another person continued:

“We’re human, after all. Who hasn’t wanted to become stronger over all these years?

He could have stayed a Train Conductor, but instead he insists on becoming some kind of True God...

Maybe I just can’t understand Lord Heinz’s ambition.

I... can’t accept it.”

Every Train Conductor follows a different path.

But once Heinz became a so-called True God, the so-called pinnacle of humanity,

he would place a barrier called “Happiness” in the way of every human who yearned to become stronger.

Even if true geniuses wouldn’t fear that so-called barrier,

still...

Why should they?

Why should Heinz’s own understanding of so-called happiness become an obstacle on the path that belonged to each and every person?

They couldn’t accept it.

And yet...

“It was Lord Heinz who gave us life. It was Lord Heinz who turned us from natives of a single world into Train Conductors. He was the one who invited us into the Wasteland.

We Twelve Fortunes, no matter how unwilling we may be, must give everything for Lord Heinz!”

The Twelve Fortunes.

Among the talented native humans Heinz had encountered in the Station Worlds he had once conquered, they were some of the few who had become Top-Tier Train Conductors.

Heinz had used the same Newcomer Invitation permission as Ye Qiyan, turning them from ordinary people who could only remain in a single world into Train Conductors.

It was a debt of karma.

Even though Heinz had never once asked them to repay it,

still...

They couldn’t.

No matter how despicable or shameless a Train Conductor might be,

when the person who had been willing to bring you into the Wasteland fell into danger, how could you possibly refuse to help?

Besides, they weren’t shameless people.

The members of the Twelve Fortunes said as much.

The High-Level Train Conductors who were not as powerful as them felt much the same way.

They yearned to become stronger, but Heinz was their Mayor, and he was also the Train Conductor who had brought them out of their respective worlds.

Even if his decision was wrong, they would accompany him to the very end.

As they answered Ye Qiyan’s question, their convictions grew firm.

But the seed of unwillingness had already been planted by the Demon’s Bewitchment~

When would it take root? When would it sprout?

That day would come, sooner or later~

Heinris’s expression turned extremely ugly.

He had heard the others’ answers too.

And their responses were being livestreamed to every city.

He had tried more than once to shut down the livestream.

But Heinz had said that no matter what happened, the livestream must never be interrupted.

Only when the Train Conductors saw “Happiness” with their own eyes would Heinz’s plan truly be complete.

In other words, their doubts, voiced by members of the Twelve Fortunes and loyal dogs of Mayor Heinz, had been broadcast live for everyone to see.

Heinris’s heart filled with hatred and rage toward “Altos.”

“Damn Demon! Don’t think you can accomplish anything with a few despicable tricks!

Whether you’re stalling for time or doing something else,

you’re the only one here today.

You can’t save Fan Huo, and you can’t stop Lord Heinz from becoming a god!

You can’t even change the fate awaiting you. You’re destined to die here!”

“Only me?”

An unusual smile spread across Ye Qiyan’s face.

He drew Moon Veil.

All the Demons and machines surged into action.

Centered around him, they held back the assault of these Top-Tier Train Conductors.

Meanwhile, on the system interface visible only to him,

several Chat Interfaces were rapidly lighting up.

And in one of them, the Emperor’s Order Public Chat Room,

message after message was flooding the screen.

Zhu Xingshu: “Waaah! Bro Ye, Bro Ye! Are you done preparing in the Surface World? I can’t hold out much longer! Boohoo, there isn’t a single star down here. It’s so dark!”

Menrojina: “Phew... I’ve cleared the previous Station World. Tsk, but I didn’t have time to find the treasure chest. You damned Charlatan, remember you owe me a favor~”

Shaya: “I’ll need a little more time. Stay safe.”

Lin You: “Woohoo! Lord Lin You, the Dragon Knight, is ready outside the world! That old cigar-smoking geezer Fan Huo had better treat me to a good drink afterward.

But how exactly is Brother Ye going to get us inside?

I tried, but even the ancestors of the dragon race can’t use a teleportation spell to enter that world.”

Stacia: “Who cares? We just have to trust Bro Ye! Since the whole Wasteland can see this, how could I, a Magical Girl of Justice, possibly sit this one out?”

This was Plan B.

It was also what that Charlatan, Zhu Xingshu, had discussed with him the night before.

Zhu Xingshu was up to something in the Pit World, and she had also arranged for the Emperor’s Order members trapped in Station Worlds to finish their conquests ahead of time.

They would have to give up some rewards, of course.

And Ye Qiyan?

He had to find a way to open a breach in this completely sealed city, a place that should have been impossible for anyone to enter.

Zhu Xingshu couldn’t decide how to do it. Spatial abilities weren’t her strong suit, and she didn’t have many items of that kind either.

But Ye Qiyan had thought of a way.

This wasn’t a Station World

right now.

Although the Train displayed which numbered station it was stopping at when it entered the city, that was only what the display showed.

The train system only protected stations. It didn’t have much control over them.

What kind of world would give the train system absolute control?

A Station World~

And once this place became a Station World,

all they would need to do was use the Invitation Letters from this place to have the Train Conductors confirm that it was their next stop.

No matter how much authority they had over the city itself, they wouldn’t be able to stop people from arriving.

So only one question remained.

How could they turn this place into a Station World?

Ye Qiyan had a permission~

【Top-Tier Permission · Station World】

【After activating this permission, the space you occupy will be transformed into a “Station World” type. Miatira will seal off this world for you, preventing Train Conductors from leaving. Duration: three days (can be used once per world)】