Chapter 820: The Current State of the Future Guild

With a crisp gunshot.

The old beggar beneath Ye Qiyan's feet had his head blown wide open.

Zhao Lin, hiding in the corner, didn't seem particularly disturbed by such a scene. Clearly, having spent a long time in the Wasteland, she had long since grown accustomed to killing.

"Brother Qiyan, so, is there something wrong with this Station World?"

She walked out, not bothering to glance at the corpse, instead curious about Ye Qiyan's earlier question.

"Who knows, no need to worry about it, let's go."

Ye Qiyan put away the [Under Construction · Dynamic Barricade].

Together with Zhao Lin, he left the alley.

The scent of blood attracted stray dogs.

The dogs' whimpers attracted the residents.

A corpse, bullet holes.

Why did an old beggar die?

Nobody cared.

Ye Qiyan drove the Road Tyrant along a wide asphalt road toward the main entrance of RUN Company's first floor.

Zhao Lin sat behind him, carefully clutching his jacket.

The lucky girl blinked, gazing at Ye Qiyan's back, and as the wind whipped past them from both sides, she spoke in a small voice:

"Brother Qiyan... exactly how far have you gone..."

"Not that far."

She had thought her voice was too quiet for anyone else to hear, but when Ye Qiyan responded, the girl's expression instantly turned awkward.

"Uh, you can hear me, Brother Qiyan... I, I was just curious, how exactly did you manage to become number one in that, what was it called? The Lunar Heart Arena's level 10 Station World.

Although I don't really know what that arena is...

But I occasionally hear people talking in some chat groups, and they say that place is absolutely terrifying, a world ranked among the more dangerous ones even within level 10 Station Worlds.

Brother Qiyan... just how high is your Train Level exactly?

Ah, you don't have to answer if you don't want to, I just couldn't hold back my curiosity..."

Zhao Lin knew that Altos was Ye Qiyan.

She also knew that her Brother Qiyan's strength was no less than that of a Top-Tier Train Conductor.

So she never bothered to pry into Ye Qiyan's combat prowess; she only wanted to know, just in terms of Train Level alone, how far apart she and him truly were.

"What do you think?"

Ye Qiyan didn't refuse to answer.

He didn't drive the Road Tyrant at full speed.

At a leisurely one hundred and forty kilometers per hour, he slowly enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the road.

Though the mystery remained unsolved, he showed no sign of impatience whatsoever.

"17? Oh wait, no... you can enter level 10 Station Worlds... but do other level 10 Station Worlds also work like this RUN headquarters, where you can just go in directly if you have the coordinates?

Hmm, level 17? Brother Qiyan, did I guess right?"

She had already aimed as high as she possibly could.

Because even with her good luck, she still had to collect those infuriatingly specific special upgrade items, which prevented her from advancing at lightning speed.

Ye Qiyan must possess some mysterious talent as well.

That much Zhao Lin was certain of, but even if his talent could speed up the collection of materials, there was no way it could be ridiculously faster than hers, right?

"Close enough."

"Huh? Just close enough..."

"Yeah, just close enough."

Zhao Lin could never have imagined that Ye Qiyan's talent allowed him to bypass the need to find those extremely difficult upgrade option items.

So her guess couldn't possibly go any higher.

"Sigh... alright then, hehe, Brother Qiyan, guess what my Train Level is now?"

"Do I get Train Coins if I guess right?"

"Aw, I'm broke, cough, my Train Level has already reached 12! Honestly, I really have to thank the Future Guild for that. That Shangguan Yingxue has now become the President, and the things she can trade with me just keep growing.

I sold her a level 8 bow blueprint, and she traded me all the upgrade materials for levels 11 and 12 in return. She's really a kind person, huh."

Hearing the name "Future Guild," Ye Qiyan, who had been listless and only half-paying attention, suddenly perked up with interest.

"Oh? What about the original President? I remember... his name was Zhao An? Is he dead?"

Zhao Lin shook her head.

"Not dead, but it seems he suffered another serious injury. Brother Qiyan, are you really interested in this? Perfect timing, I'll tell you all about it, ahem."

She cleared her throat, feeling a strange sense of pride at being able to share what she knew with Ye Qiyan.

"This actually starts with the Heavenly Organization. A man calling himself the Lord of Chalk, Fang Cheng, established the Heavenly Organization. Even though it's a new organization, for some reason it seems to be extremely popular.

This Fang Cheng moved the organization into Suoluo City and started promoting it everywhere.

Oh right, I also heard that people from the City of a Thousand Stars went to Suoluo City and demanded that the city cooperate in capturing all members of the Heavenly Organization.

But Suoluo City is currently under that adorable Grand Judge Zhao Xi's command.

They're already in a state of drifting apart from the other cities. The current acting ruler refused the request.

If the City of a Thousand Stars insists on launching a massive manhunt, then that's declaring war on Suoluo City.

Cough, I'm getting off track.

Anyway, after the Heavenly Organization made a name for itself, along with the rebuilt Hanging Gardens, the Nation on Ships, Utopia City... and many other cities, they all tacitly acknowledged the Heavenly Organization's existence.

Then, that organization started recruiting new members.

It only wanted Train Conductors from these two major batches.

That's us, and the Seniors from the past three Wasteland years.

And that old man Don Quixote from the Future Guild, plus that person wearing a smiling mask, I think his name was Forgotten? They both directly left the Future Guild to join the Heavenly Organization.

Zhao An was furious and tried to stop them.

But that smiling-mask Forgotten guy just set his dogs on him and chased him around biting him for a long time. Pfft, Brother Qiyan, you should have seen the scene.

Zhao An's plants and flowers were completely useless and got shredded, and he fled in embarrassment, even getting an arm bitten off."

At this point, Zhao Lin's tone paused.

"Not only that, a lot of Future Guild members also used the guild as a stepping stone to join other places.

Among them were some really powerful people.

For example, that silver-haired girl named Anjie who can command a colossal beast, she joined a guild specializing in machinery.

There's also a girl named Chloe who can summon a knight in radiant armor, a cute girl who uses light elements. Wuwu, I honestly think her magic level is higher than mine...

She joined the same guild as that cute girl called Fengfeng, the one from the group of people you and I did the Trial with, Brother Qiyan."

Zhao Lin mentioned a few more people, but compared to those first few who had some connection to Ye Qiyan, the rest weren't familiar to him at all.

However, there was one name.

She had never brought it up.

"What about that Mo Shi? Is she still in the Future Guild?"

Zhao Lin was taken aback. Though she didn't understand why Ye Qiyan was so concerned about this person, she still nodded.

"Yeah, and she's been quite active lately. A while ago she even brought a girl named Shen Yuan into the guild.

At the time I happened to be doing a trade with Shangguan Yingxue, and for some reason, I always felt like that girl named Shen Yuan seemed... like she'd been beaten up pretty badly before coming... Brother Qiyan, do you think Miss Mo Shi might have a tendency toward violence?

I've heard people say that those who always smile sweetly at others are the ones with the darkest and most terrifying hearts inside!!"