You must know that Qing Zhun before you is, so to speak, the king of the entire extraordinary world.

Those who truly know him understand how terrifying a presence he is.

He awakens as an S-class.

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

Were it not for his impending death, he would strike fear into everyone’s hearts.

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

And the world is fair.

Yang Yang watched for a while, noticing that Qing Zhun wasn’t angry, before finally relaxing.

She quickly took two Woggans from her backpack, peeled them, and offered them to Qing Zhun: “Eat.”

Qing Zhun glanced at her: “Thank you.”

After a short while, the Steam Train re-entered the void.

Qing Zhun asked in the darkness: “Are we approaching the next stop?”

Qing Chen chuckled: “In the Steam Train’s winter timetable, some stations are quite close together. It’s different in spring, summer, and autumn; sometimes in autumn, there’s only one stop every two days.”

When the Steam Train emerged from the void, Qing Chen immediately rushed to the window, looking for any passengers.

Unfortunately, there were none.

He muttered: “I was hoping to collect some fares; how come there’s no one?”

Qing Zhun twitched his eyes. He had just been praising Qing Chen’s disregard for money and fame; what a waste of praise!

This is not the demeanor of someone who disregards worldly gains! He’s even trying to fleece Forbidden Artifacts!

Qing Chen, somewhat disappointed, took out a deck of cards, a large bag of melon seeds and peanuts, and even four bottles of soda from his backpack.

Qing Zhun was getting angry: “This is all you had me carry? I should have thrown it away earlier!”

Qing Chen calmly said: “Easy now, easy now. When you travel by train, you should play cards and snack with your friends. Otherwise, the trip wouldn’t be complete!”

Qing Zhun, being an Inner Worlder, naturally didn’t know the longing some Outer Worlders have for trains.

When he was a child, Qing Chen’s biggest wish was to ride a green-skinned train, chatting, boasting, and playing cards with a bunch of friends, traversing several days of journey, traveling from east to west, from south to north.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford a ticket, nor did he have many friends.

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On the wilderness, four young people, each carrying a backpack, stood waiting.

Two men and two women.

One of them whispered: “After we get to the school established by Kunlun, let’s start an adventure club. We can take our juniors and sisters to explore the Inner World. I heard that many rich kids are looking for Inner World guides, and we can charge membership fees.”

Another young man frowned: “I don’t like starting organizations. It means being responsible for many people, and there are easily ‘pig teammates’ on the journey. We’re currently reselling Inner World items and exchanging them for Gold bars to bring into the Inner World as travel expenses; this self-sufficient closed-loop is pretty good. I don’t want to bring in newcomers.”

“Yi Wenbo, one day Inner World items will become worthless,” a girl said: “The Hu Family Group has recently started researching Inner World cosmetics and health products, and reportedly made a breakthrough. Then, the things we can bring back will gradually lose their value.”

The reason Inner World items are valuable is because they’re too rare in the Outer World.

But once the Outer World can also produce those “import and export trade” items, the Time Travelers currently enjoying their lives will have to find another way out.

Yi Wenbo stopped objecting after hearing this: “Let’s find out more before we decide. We’ve only been at the school for less than a day. Who knows what level the other Time Travelers are? I bought the Forbidden Zone rules this time, hoping to see if I can find something valuable there. By the way, when we return next time, I want to explore that island on foot, Xiao Yu, Ma Jingjing, Li Mengyun, are you in?”

“Let’s go!” Ma Jingjing laughed: “It sounds fun. I heard that there’s still a large area on the south side of the island, and there are some mysterious areas in the forest that Kunlun prohibits entry. By the way, we didn’t know the school was on the island before; next time we go home, we need to bring a set of diving equipment. I see that the island has shallows, so we can go diving, catch lobsters to eat!”

Among Time Travelers, not everyone is like Qing Chen, rushing against time every day.

People have all sorts of lifestyles. Just like some people like to explore maps in single-player games, and some play the same hero thousands of times in MOBA games; success doesn’t always mean happiness.

“By the way, I heard that before this trip, Daybreak also came to school to register, and Jiu Ran from Red Leaf, Nangong Yuanyu from the Masonic Lodge, Sun Chuci from Zhengda, and many others arrived. There are also many organizations,” Ma Jingjing said: “Of course, there are also many ‘independent travelers’ like us without organizational affiliation; just think about it, it’s funny.”

Yi Wenbo shook his head: “They’re doing too big things; let’s not get involved.”

At this moment, a whistle sounded on the wilderness, and the Steam Train emerged from the void.

“Here it is! I finally got to experience the Forbidden Artifact tour after buying information about this Forbidden Artifact,” Yi Wenbo’s eyes lit up: “Get out your Gold bars.”

However, when the Steam Train stopped, the four Time Travelers stood there dumbfounded, watching a young boy standing at the door of the carriage, smiling at them: “Hand over the Gold bars.”

Yi Wenbo: “??? ”

What surprised them was that the boy had four or five pieces of white paper stuck on his forehead, looking like the weird tongues of black and white impermanence.

This strange attire had a deterrent effect.

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

Boy: “I’m the ticket seller for the Forbidden Artifact ACE-012 Steam Train. You can board the train after giving me your Gold bars.”

Ma Jingjing was puzzled: “Wenbo, did the information you bought from the black market mention that there’s a ticket seller on the Steam Train?”

“No… no,” Yi Wenbo questioned.

The boy smiled: “Hurry up and give me the Gold bars; the Steam Train only stops for ten minutes. If you don’t get on, it’ll be too late.”

Yi Wenbo and the others, half-believing, handed over their Gold bars and then boarded the train one after another.

At this time, a little boy shouted from the back of the carriage: “Boss, what are you doing? It’s your turn to play cards!”

The boy apologized to the four young people with a smile: “Sorry, I’ll be right back. Don’t be shy, just treat it as your own home!”

Then, the boy sat back in the rear carriage and threw a Gold bar into the last carriage.

Collecting four and throwing one, this was to prevent the Steam Train from stopping in the future.

You can’t be too ruthless.

After doing this, the boy returned to continue playing cards: “Two! No one wants it? You don’t have any bombs left. Straight, plane!”

Qing Zhun: “I’ll take it, haha, I’ve been waiting for your plane.”

Two top-notch card game masters were using all their brainpower to fight fiercely on the card table.

Qing Chen’s brain is indeed a little better than Qing Zhun’s, but the changes in poker cards are too few, limiting Qing Chen’s performance.

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

But with 54 cards, the two have equal calculation abilities, and it ultimately depends on luck.

Yi Wenbo and Ma Jingjing looked at each other.

So the paper strips on the other’s forehead were because he lost the game!

What the heck is a ticket seller, isn’t he just another passenger like them?!

Four tickets, only one was given to the Steam Train. How is there a middleman making a price difference?!

“Could they be members of a legendary organization? Didn’t the black market person say that organization members often use the Steam Train to transport goods?”

“They don’t seem like organization members…” Yi Wenbo gripped the pistol at his waist.

At this time, the boy who was playing cards turned his head and smiled at them harmlessly.

The four looked at the boys’ side. A little boy, a teenager, a girl, and a young man, didn’t look fierce, more like travelers just like them.

Yi Wenbo cautiously approached and interrupted the game: “Hello… are you also passengers? Why did you take our Gold bars? If we don’t throw the Gold bar into the last carriage, we probably won’t be able to get off, right?”

Qing Chen laughed: “Don’t worry, call me when you reach your stop, and I’ll open the door for you. Find a place to sit and rest. By the way… where are you going?”

Yi Wenbo was completely flustered. After thinking for a moment, he said, “We’re just looking around, no specific destination.”

In fact, they were going to explore the Forbidden Zone. The information they bought this time included not only the Steam Train, but also two rules of the Forbidden Zone.

But of course, he couldn’t tell Qing Chen this secret.

Ma Jingjing tugged Yi Wenbo’s sleeve and whispered: “Anyway, we still have a long way to go before we reach our destination. Let’s observe them first. The Inner World is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If they are really powerful, losing four Gold bars in the wilderness is better than losing four lives.”

Yi Wenbo nodded and silently retreated to another carriage.

Qing Chen cheerfully shuffled the cards and whispered: “Four Time Travelers, interesting.”

Yang Yang glanced: “Could they be classmates from the new school?”

“Judging by their age, it’s possible, but they’re at least university age, probably seniors,” Qing Chen said.

Yang Yang muttered: “I can’t go to school yet. There are still things to deal with in Haicheng. Many Time Travelers are still in the Wildlanders settlement.”

“Did Kunlun approve your leave?” Qing Chen curiously asked.

“Anyway, they can’t catch me.”