Chapter 164: Followers of the God of Machinery and Flesh

The ground was shaking.

The altar was collapsing.

The man's eyes were filled with fury.

"You're asking for death! Come out!"

He spread his arms wide, machinery and flesh combining behind him to form the image of a doorway.

A massive humanoid creature emerged from it, its mechanical body covered with weeping human faces.

The face at the very top was elderly, etched with deep regret.

"Kill me, kill me!"

"Shut up, old fool! Isn't this the immortality you wanted?"

The man leaped onto the humanoid monster's head, grabbing that human face with one hand while staring at Ye Qiyan with a ferocious expression.

"Kid, look closely! He's the city lord of this city! I don't care who you are, or how you managed to enter this sealed station world! Since you want to ruin my ritual, then become part of it!"

Ritual?

Demon Card · Bewitchment~

Quietly manifested.

Just as the man was about to control the monster to launch an attack, Ye Qiyan spoke:

"Sorry, sorry~ I accidentally entered this world and didn't know what you were doing. How about this - you tell me about this world's situation, and also, who you are, what you're trying to accomplish~ tell me everything, and once you do, I'll leave and won't disturb your ritual. How about that? Pretty fair, right~"

Bewitchment~

The power of lies quietly spread.

Everyone nearby, at that same moment, believed Ye Qiyan's words.

And believed them completely.

The man's expression shifted slightly.

The two sword strikes from the Red Tears Demon and Ye Qiyan had genuinely shocked him.

If they really fought, he didn't feel confident he could definitely win.

This young man opposite him must have a high Train Conductor level, and seemed to be specialized in combat.

If he could buy peace with some answers...

The man didn't realize his thinking had become somewhat foolish.

"By accident? Damn it, must be because I sealed it for too long that the train system detected it? Kid, I'm Qiao Jie, a believer of the Mechanical and Flesh God. I used to be a Train Conductor. This old fool called me to this world, asked me to help him complete this station world's ascension, and I actually did it."

Qiao Jie looked toward the nine people on the ground.

"I've been in this world for ten years, releasing many coordinates of this world to the outside. Those new Train Conductors who get the coordinates only think this is a Level 4 world. Haha, they don't know this world's actual level has reached Level 7!

Just ten more people needed, the final ten people! Sacrifice them to the great Mechanical and Flesh God, and this place will complete its ascension! Break through the shackles of Level 7 station worlds! That's my goal, kid. You should..."

"What are these shackles? I'm a bit curious, tell me, and after you tell me, I'll leave~ Also, what do you mean you used to be a Train Conductor? You're not one now?"

"? Why should I answer... Whatever, damn it, since you'll leave after I finish talking, don't disturb me again!"

Qiao Jie rubbed his slightly uncomfortable temples and continued answering Ye Qiyan's questions.

"I used to be one, but three years ago after completing the previous sacrifice, I shed that damned identity and became a believer of the gods! Haha, you know what, kid? How amazing it feels to shed that Train Conductor identity! No need to keep moving forward! No need to keep fighting for your life! Just offer sacrifices to the gods! You can stay in this station world indulging in pleasure forever!

Once I complete this final sacrifice, the god will make me his apostle! After that, even those damned Judges from Suoluo City won't be my match anymore!"

"As for the shackles? Simple - starting from Level 8 station worlds, their difficulty far exceeds previous levels. The rewards don't increase much, but the danger multiplies tremendously! That damned train system never intended for us Train Conductors to survive! I reached Level 37 before, you know? And I couldn't even get through a Level 9 station! Hateful, hateful! It's all that damned train system's fault! What's the point of leveling up higher? Compared to those lucky ones with talents, I could never catch up to them!"

So the Judges were involved in this too.

Ye Qiyan nodded understandingly. Well, he had one final question.

"As a Train Conductor, how do you enter stations above Level 8?"

"Huh? You have so many questions... Tch, damn it, damn it... Why do I have a headache? Why should I answer you... Whatever, this is the last one!"

"Once your train's docking time exceeds 24 hours, the train will head to stations above Level 8! Any more questions? If not, get out of here! Don't disturb me from continuing the sacrifice!"

Ye Qiyan wore a smile on his face.

"No more questions. As for leaving~"

Snap—

He gently snapped his fingers.

The Red Tears Demon standing beside Ye Qiyan raised the Tear-Engraving Sword.

Red raindrops fell from the sky.

Torrential rain poured down.

The sorrow of war, the fear... spread through people's hearts.

Raise the sword, swing.

The red sword energy sliced through the massive mechanical monster's body as easily as a knife cutting through tofu, and the already battered altar was severed once more.

Boom!

In the sky, red lightning rolled and rumbled.

Qiao Jie fell from the severed monster into the muddy ground.

"What are you doing! You broke your word! No, wait, what was I... what was I just doing? Why did I answer all your questions? Damn it, you, what did you do?!"

The power of Bewitchment quietly faded.

Qiao Jie finally realized he had actually believed that a man who came and destroyed his altar would just leave after getting a few answers?!

Crazy, crazy!

He had truly gone mad!

He was also afraid.

"I'll kill you!"

Qiao Jie's body trembled with fear as he slammed his hand against the ground.

From the surrounding blood pools, thousands of native humans who originally lived in this station, now transformed by machinery, slowly crawled out.

They emitted mournful cries.

They weren't dead yet.

Not only that.

Some obviously specially modified humanoids also emerged from the flesh and machinery gateway behind Qiao Jie.

These weren't natives.

These were monsters Qiao Jie had created by modifying the bodies of some high-level Train Conductors.

They, too, were still alive.

"Kill him!"

The monsters wept, but their bodies moved uncontrollably toward Ye Qiyan and Red Tears.

How pitiful~

Reduced to this state, what they needed wasn't to live, but release.

"Human modification... I always feel like quite a few people enjoy playing with this kind of thing. Pretty disgusting."

The Book of Reality and Illusion landed in his palm.

From his backpack, he casually took out an item.

"Is it the dagger? That works too."

Enchanted Sharp Dagger.

This was the first item he had performed Sublimation on after coming to this world.

He opened the Book of Reality and Illusion.

Arrogance circled around him.

Ye Qiyan's figure grew increasingly blurred in others' eyes.

No one could see, no one was worthy of seeing the azure light streams merging into that dagger around him.

All they could see.

Was the purplish-red ripples spreading outward in all directions.

"Sublimation~"

Ye Qiyan murmured like this.