Chapter 379: Meeting With the Zenith Train Crewmates After The Simulation

’After all, I’ve already convinced them that I’ve possessed a powerful innate talent, and due to this, they’ll believe it more as it was proven compared to information that only came later and sounds so far-fetched.’

’In their case, it’s too unlikely to have a system. Awakening an EX-rank innate talent is far easier than possessing a system.’

As for why Zayne thought of his innate talent’s rank as EX-rank, it was due to the prompt that the Hint Prompt (Gold) talent had given him.

He was informed that the rank above X-rank innate talents is XX-rank, then XXX-rank. What was above XXX-rank innate talents was EX-rank innate talents.

According to the Hint Prompt, the gap between XXX-rank and EX-rank was way higher than the gap between X-rank and XXX-rank, so it was reasonable for him to label his fake innate talent as EX-rank.

After successfully convincing Jade, Zayne contemplated for a while before asking Jade, "Should I inform Scarlet and the others about my EX-rank innate talent, or explain that it was just a one-time-use artifact or ability that allowed them to be resurrected and summoned into this world?"

As his lover and Assistant Train Conductor, Zayne trusted Jade more than his train crewmates.

Of course, Zayne already had high trust in his train crewmates, or else they wouldn’t be brought into the real world by him. But when compared to Jade’s trust in him and his trust in her, it was incomparable.

Knowing the trust he placed in her, Jade felt moved.

Pondering for a while, Jade used time acceleration to increase her thinking process. Due to this, only a second passed in the real world, but Jade had already thought for an entire hour.

Afterwards, Jade asked, "How likely is it to encounter Scarlet and the others in those parallel worlds?"

Faced with Jade’s question, Zayne answered, "Quite unlikely. I even feel like they’re exclusive to the train survival universe. However, I also believe that they’re not unique existences, so it might be possible to encounter them in other parallel worlds."

"To become a unique existence is way more difficult than becoming a Divine rank powerhouse. I doubt Scarlet and the others achieved it. Even if they had already achieved it, then I wouldn’t have encountered them in the train survival universe in the first place."

"Even so, I presumed that it’s more likely to encounter you and other main world Terrans in those parallel worlds."

Receiving Zayne’s answer, Jade replied, "If that’s the case, then I suggest you reveal your innate talent to them. They already know you possess an unknown innate talent due to me, who came from the same world as you, awakening the SSS-rank Equivalent Exchange innate talent."

"If you were to cover up an excuse for the effects of EX-rank Parallel World Operations, it will be troublesome to explain again if you managed to encounter Scarlet and the others in a certain parallel world and let them inherit their parallel world selves’ power and memories."

"After all, their situation will become similar to mine. Like me, they have their self in the main world Terra which meant that they would no longer be summoned to this world by your innate talent. Instead, their parallel world selves’ power and memories would be inherited to the main world."

Jade paused for a while, then added, "Of course, if you plan to keep your innate talent as a secret and as a trump card, then you can just inform them that you planned to keep it a secret. It’s better to either inform them the truth, or just explain that you decided that you’d keep it a secret."

"If you were to lie and it gets discovered by them later, although it won’t affect the unity of the Zenith Train Crew, it still would be inevitable that they would be less likely to trust you in life-and-death matters like before."

"After all, they placed their trust in you and died just to complete the plan in slaying those Divine rank Wild Gods. Even when you haven’t given any proof of being able to enact the escape plan that you spoke of, they still wholeheartedly trusted you and willingly died for the sake of the Zenith Train Crew’s goals."

Receiving Jade’s answer, Zayne nodded in agreement, "I’ve decided to tell them about my innate talent. As you’ve said, this will solve future troubles of encountering them in the parallel worlds and letting them inherit their power and memories from those parallel worlds."

Another reason as to why Zayne agreed was that the secret of his so-called "EX-rank Parallel World Operations innate talent" was better known by them as soon as possible.

The earlier they knew, the less they’d speculate about his innate talent. It would be no laughing matter if someone as smart as Magnus or Astraea managed to discover that he possessed a system.

The only reason why he managed to deceive Jade was due to her deciding not to pursue his secret any further. For her, she no longer cared about what his secret was.

In fact, Jade cared more about his agreement to her, which was to treat her parallel world selves as someone dear to him.

But for his train crewmates, they didn’t have the same incentives as Jade had. Due to this, Zayne decided to come clean to his train crewmates and inform them about his EX-rank Parallel World Operations innate talent.

With this in mind, Zayne and Jade entered the Zenith Train, which was parked within the void beneath their house.

Arriving inside the Zenith Train’s Entertainment Facility World Carriage, Zayne and Jade met up with Scarlet and the rest of the crew who were invested in playing games there.

Seeing Zayne’s arrival, Morvane leisurely greeted him, "Yo! Conductor! It seems your plan worked well."

"The method you’ve used to resurrect us is similar in mechanism to X-rank Second Life. There weren’t any issues we’ve noticed so far."

Hearing Morvane’s greeting, Zayne nodded in response. "If not for my plan, I wouldn’t have asked you all to sacrifice your lives in the first place. Now, I have something to tell you all."