Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 961: 597. Passenger and Ticket Seller

You should know that the Qing Zhun before you is considered the King of the Extraordinary World.

Anyone who truly knows him understands what a terrifying existence he is.

He awakened directly as an S-Class.

Simultaneously mastering the laws of time and space, he holds the power over life and death of all.

If not for the fact that his time is running out, he would instill fear in everyone.

Or rather, the existence of such a person is inherently unfair to others.

Yet, the world is fair.

Yang Yang observed for a while, relieved only when she saw that Qing Zhun wasn’t angry.

She quickly took out two oranges from her backpack, peeled them, and handed them to Qing Zhun: ”Here, eat this.”

Qing Zhun glanced at her: ”Thank you.”

After a while, the steam train re-entered the void.

In the darkness, Qing Zhun asked, ”Are we arriving at the next station?”

Qing Chen chuckled, ”In the steam train’s winter timetable, some stations are closer together than in spring, summer, or autumn; in autumn, it’s sometimes two days between stops.”

When the steam train burst out of the void again, Qing Chen rushed to the window to see if there were any travelers to pick up outside.

Unfortunately, there were none.

He muttered, ”I wanted to collect some tickets, but there’s not a single person.”

Qing Zhun’s eye twitched, he had just been praising Qing Chen in his mind for not being swayed by money, only to find it was misplaced.

How is this indifferent to fame and fortune? He’s even skimming off Taboo Items!

A bit disappointed, Qing Chen took out a deck of cards from his backpack, along with a big bag of sunflower seeds and peanuts, and even four bottles of soda.

Qing Zhun was a bit angry: ”So this is what you made me carry? I should’ve tossed it all just now!”

Qing Chen calmly replied, ”Take it easy, take it easy. When traveling by train, you should play cards and snack on sunflower seeds with friends, otherwise, the trip feels incomplete!”

As a person from the Inner World, Qing Zhun naturally didn’t understand the fascination some people in the Outer World have with trains.

When Qing Chen was a child, he most wanted to ride the green train, chat with friends on board, play cards, and travel across days, journeying from east to west, north to south.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford a ticket, and he also had no friends.

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On the wilderness, four young people stood waiting with their backpacks.

Two males and two females.

One of them whispered, ”Once we go to the school Kunlun established, let’s set up an adventure club. We can then take juniors to explore the Inner World. I’ve heard many rich kids want to hire Inner World guides, and we could charge a membership fee.”

Another young man frowned: ”I don’t like organizing groups, it means being responsible for many people, and you easily get stuck with lousy teammates on trips. Right now, we trade Inner World goods for gold bars to fund our travel back to the Inner World, this self-sufficient loop is nice, I don’t want to bring newbies along.”

”Yi Wenbo, there will come a day when Inner World items won’t be valuable anymore,” said a girl: ”Hu Corporation is recently researching Inner World cosmetics and health products, and they seem to have made breakthroughs. Eventually, what we bring back will gradually lose its value.”

The value of Inner World items lies in their rarity in the Outer World.

But once the Outer World can also produce these ”import and export” goods, Time Travelers currently enjoying life will have to find new paths.

Yi Wenbo, after hearing this, stopped opposing: ”Let’s understand the situation first; we’ve only just arrived at the school, who knows what level the other Time Travelers are at. I also bought the rules of the Taboo Land this time, hoping to find some valuable things there. By the way, next time I return, I want to explore that island on foot, Xiao Yu, Ma Jingjing, Li Mengyun, are you in?”

”Count me in!” Ma Jingjing laughed: ”Sounds fun, apparently there’s a huge area south of the island, and some mysterious areas in the forest where Kunlun prohibits travel. By the way, now that we know the school is on an island, next time home, we should bring a set of diving equipment, I saw there are shallows on the island, we can go down to play, catch lobsters to eat.”

Not everyone among the Time Travelers is like Qing Chen, racing against time, living every day in a hurry.

Everyone’s lifestyle varies greatly, just like some people enjoy exploring maps in single-player games, others play the same hero thousands of times in MOBA games—the truth is, success doesn’t necessarily equate to happiness.

”Oh, I heard before this crossing, Daylight seems to have also reported at the school, along with Jiu Ran from Red Leaves, Nan Gongyu from Freemasonry, Sun Chu Ci from Zheng Da, and many others from various organizations,” Ma Jingjing said: ”Of course, there are also many ’drifters’ like us without organizational ties, it sounds fun to think about.”

Yi Wenbo shook his head: ”They’re getting into big things, let’s hope we don’t get dragged into it.”

At this moment, a steam whistle sounded in the wilderness, and the steam train emerged from the void.

”It’s here, after managing to buy the information on this Taboo Item, I can finally experience this forbidden journey,” Yi Wenbo’s eyes lit up: ”Take out all the gold coins.”

However, as the steam train came to a stop, the four Time Travelers stood stunned, watching a young boy standing at the carriage door, smiling at them: ”Take out all the gold coins.”

Yi Wenbo: ”???”

What puzzled them was that the boy had four or five strips of white paper stuck to his forehead, looking as strange as the tongues of Black and White Impermanence.

This peculiar attire had an intangible intimidating effect.

Ma Jingjing looked at the boy, hesitantly asking, ”Who are you?”

Boy: ”I’m the ticket seller for Taboo ACE-012 Steam Train. Just give me the Gold Coins and you can board.”

Ma Jingjing asked suspiciously, ”Wenbo, did the black market information you bought mention that there was a ticket seller on the steam train?”

”No...no,” Yi Wenbo replied doubtfully.

The boy laughed and said, ”Quickly give me the Gold Coins. The steam train stays for only ten minutes. If you don’t board now, it’ll be too late.”

Yi Wenbo and the others skeptically handed over the Gold Coins before boarding one by one.

At this moment, a little boy shouted from the back of the carriage, ”Boss, what are you busy with? It’s your turn to play a card!”

The boy gave an apologetic smile to the four young adults, ”Sorry, I have to go. Make yourselves at home!”

Saying that, the boy returned to the back of the carriage and tossed a Gold Coin to the last compartment.

Collected four, tossed one – this was to ensure the steam train would stop in the future.

You can’t just overdo it completely.

After doing this, the boy returned to continue playing cards: ”Pair of twos! No takers, huh? No bombs in your hand, straight, airplane!”

Qing Zhun: ”Control, hehe, I’ve been waiting for your airplane.”

Two card-counting Kings of the card game were now fully engaging their brains in a fierce battle on the card table.

Qing Chen was indeed slightly better than Qing Zhun, but the changes in poker were too few, limiting Qing Chen’s ability.

If it were 540 cards, then Qing Chen would likely win in the end.

But with 54 cards, their calculation abilities were evenly matched; ultimately, it came down to luck.

Yi Wenbo and Ma Jingjing looked at each other in disbelief.

So the paper strips on their foreheads were stuck there because they lost at cards!

Quite the ticket seller, turns out he’s just a passenger like them!

Four tickets, only one given to the steam train, how can there be a middleman profiting off the difference?!

”Could they be members of the legendary secret society? Didn’t the guy in the black market say members often use steam trains to transport goods?”

”They don’t seem like society members though...” Yi Wenbo grasped the handgun at his waist.

At this moment, the little boy who was playing cards turned around and gave them a harmless smile.

The group glanced at the boy and his companions: a little boy, a teenage boy, a girl, a young man, none of them seemed fierce, more like travelers just like them.

Yi Wenbo cautiously walked over and interrupted the card game: ”Hello, are you also passengers? Why did you take our Gold Coins? If we don’t put the Gold Coins into the last compartment, we won’t be able to get off, right?”

Qing Chen laughed: ”Don’t worry, call me when you arrive at the station, I’ll open the door for you. Find a place to sit and rest for a while. By the way...where are you headed?”

Yi Wenbo suddenly felt uneasy, thought for a moment, and said: ”We’re just looking around, no destination.”

Actually, they were going to explore the Taboo Land; the intel they bought included not only the steam train but also the rules of two Taboo Lands.

But, of course, he couldn’t tell Qing Chen such secrets.

Ma Jingjing tugged at Yi Wenbo’s sleeve, whispering, ”Anyway, we have a long way to go before reaching the destination. Let’s observe them first. The Inner World is full of hidden talents; if they are exceptionally tough, losing four Gold Coins in the wild is better than losing four lives.”

Yi Wenbo nodded and silently retreated to another compartment.

Qing Chen joyfully shuffled the cards, whispering, ”Four Time Travelers, interesting.”

Yangyang gave them a glance, ”Could they be classmates from the new school?”

”Looking at their age, it’s possible. At least university level, maybe seniors,” Qing Chen said.

Yangyang murmured, ”I can’t go to school yet. There are matters in Haicheng to handle, where many Time Travelers are still in the wild settlement.”

”Did Kunlun agree to your leave?” Qing Chen curiously asked.

”Anyway, they can’t catch me.”