The side facing Xing Ye was pure white, with no black at all.

 

Yan Hebi trembled as he accelerated; he had never been this nervous even during the college entrance examination. Although the outcome of this game no longer had anything to do with him—whether Xing Ye successfully reached the terminus or not, he was doomed to lose—he still treated it as the most important matter in the world, worrying incessantly. Sweat kept streaming down his forehead and dripping down.

To prevent the sweat from dripping into his eyes and affecting his driving, Xing Ye took out a tissue to wipe Yan Hebi’s sweat, then placed a hand on his shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. I’m here.”

Yan Hebi said with a dejected face: “But… forget it. Boss, just explain your analytical process to me. How did you determine the exact time and location of the landslide? Every time I listen to your analysis, I calm down immediately.”

“Won’t that affect your driving?” Xing Ye said. “How about I use ‘empathy’ to help you calm down instead?”

Yan Hebi hurriedly replied, “No, no, no! Rational analysis is enough.”

He absolutely did not want to empathize with Xing Ye. Back in the Mountain God World, he had empathized with Qian Daniu to resist the sun’s control and knew exactly what it felt like to have all one’s emotions completely exposed and manipulated by another. Yan Hebi did not want Xing Ye to know those emotions so complex that even he himself could not sort them out. “Empathy” was absolutely out of the question.

Seeing that he insisted, Xing Ye did not force the issue and instead explained in detail the entire process of how Mr. He had recalled her memories from her previous life.

After listening, Yan Hebi asked, “Are you sure the music she listened to in her past and present lives was exactly the same? What if she accidentally pressed pause halfway through, or her earphones fell off?”

Xing Ye shook his head and said, “Aside from the music, I also observed her reading rhythm. Throughout this journey, she kept reading, maintaining a pattern of putting the book down every half hour to look out the window for a while. I also asked her which part of the book she was reading before she looked up at the window prior to her rebirth. She remembered the content of the book very clearly and pointed out the approximate section for me. Based on her current reading position and the page she had reached before rebirth, combined with her average reading speed and the frequency at which she looked out the window, plus the order and duration of the music tracks, I calculated the time of the landslide.

“One thing alone can easily be remembered incorrectly, but when multiple data points intersect, the probability of error drops drastically.”

After hearing Xing Ye’s explanation, the trembling in Yan Hebi’s body gradually subsided.

Xing Ye’s palm remained resting on Yan Hebi’s shoulder. Seeing that Yan Hebi truly relaxed after hearing the analysis, Xing Ye felt somewhat puzzled.

This time, Yan Hebi said with confidence, “If you’re this cautious even when confirming the time, then you must have already figured out what to do about the landslide. I believe you—I’m not afraid!”

With that, Yan Hebi decisively increased the speed. The rain grew heavier, visibility dropped further, and when the speed reached 300 km/h, visibility was only about ten meters.

Two Fate-defying players, under such visibility and speed—forget derailment—even a sharp stone falling from the mountain could, by sheer coincidence, pierce straight through the train window and injury both of them.

Xing Ye was actually very nervous as well. Watching the time and seeing Yan Hebi drawing closer and closer to the landslide zone, with only eight minutes remaining before reaching the location and the speed already at 350 km/h, he said silently in his heart, “Lu Mingze, I’m counting on you.”

Lu Mingze replied, “Don’t worry. I’ll definitely protect you both!”

Within the consciousness of the small mirror, a control panel appeared. Ever since his affinity with Xing Ye had risen to 80, this control panel had existed in his mind, allowing him to use his initial skill and the QR codes shared with Xing Ye.

He clicked the achievement title “Turning Misfortune into Blessing”, using his luck to protect Xing Ye.

A small stone slid down the mountain. Originally, it would have landed precisely on the railway track—right on a curve. On a rainy day, with such high speed, the train would have derailed the instant it hit the stone. But once “Turning Misfortune into Blessing” was activated, the stone missed the track entirely and fell straight down.

The moment Lu Mingze activated “Turning Misfortune into Blessing” Yan Hebi’s heart also settled. Somewhere deep within, he felt as though he were being protected. As he drove, he asked, “Why did it feel like I just saw the Goddess of Luck smiling at me?”

Xing Ye smiled and said, “Maybe you really are being favoured by fate. Drive boldly—there won’t be any accidents in the next ten minutes.”

Yan Hebi did not see Xing Ye draw any QR code, but he trusted his words and continued to accelerate.

The farther they went, the more stones rolled down the mountainside—some even massive boulders—but not a single one struck the train. Yan Hebi’s forward visibility also seemed, inexplicably, to improve.

Wind, rain, mountain stones, and railway tracks all seemed to become their allies. Everything went so smoothly it was almost unbelievable.

When the train roared through the landslide zone, the mountainside appeared already loosened but had not yet collapsed. The twenty-car train was long, and the precarious mountain peak seemed to patiently wait until the very last carriage passed before finally collapsing.

Hearing the thunderous rumbling behind them, Mr. He in Car No. 2 shed tears of survival after catastrophe.

Yan Hebi did not relax after passing through the danger zone. He knew there was still another trial ahead.

A train cannot decelerate instantaneously, and at their current speed, they would collide with the train at the junction in five minutes.

Yan Hebi was already trying to slow down, but in such heavy rain, braking too sharply was also dangerous. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xing Ye begin to draw a QR code while saying, “Slow down in the safest way. Leave everything to me.”

Was he going to use the “You are already a mature xx” QR code? Yan Hebi had seen its power before—in the Mountain God World, it had even altered mountain structures.

But he also knew the drawback of the “You are already a mature xx” QR code: it must act directly on its target. If Xing Ye wanted to use it on the tracks to make them change direction autonomously, he would have to jump out of the carriage and slap the QR code onto the rails—utterly impossible at this speed, which would kill him instantly.

Using it on the train itself wouldn’t work either. The Train World was not a supernatural-ability world; constrained by world rules, even if the train “wanted” to slow down, it could not violate physical laws.

So what was Xing Ye planning to do?

Just as Yan Hebi was thinking this, he suddenly felt that the tracks ahead seemed to have changed somehow. He couldn’t tell exactly what was different—only that something felt wrong.

At that moment, Xing Ye’s QR code began to take effect.

After driving for another two minutes, Yan Hebi felt increasingly uneasy and asked, “What ability is this?”

“Ghost hitting a wall,” Xing Ye said calmly. “A QR code Qian Daniu obtained after winning the Mountain God World. She showed it to me—I memorized it.”

“Ghost hitting a wall”, a delay-type QR code. When applied to a person or the vehicle they were riding, it created a supernatural phenomenon where the road ahead could never reach the destination, no matter how one proceeded, as if trapped in a loop. It must be used in an environment without sunlight. Duration: ten minutes; after redrawing, five minutes.

It was raining heavily outside, the sky was overcast, and there was no sunlight at all. Xing Ye had used the QR code on himself—and the vehicle he was riding was, naturally, the high-speed train.

“Ghost hitting a wall” was originally a QR code meant to delay an opponent’s progress. This time, however, Xing Ye unexpectedly used it on himself—and it produced remarkable results.

Xing Ye said, “Don’t worry. If one isn’t enough, I can draw another. There’s no rule saying the ‘Ghost Hitting a Wall’ QR code can’t be used consecutively.”

Seeing such a convenient QR code, the tension Yan Hebi had been holding onto finally eased. He slowly reduced the speed, and five minutes later, Xing Ye used a second “Ghost hitting a wall.”

Ten minutes later, when they emerged from the ghost-wall effect and leisurely reached the junction, the other train had already passed through five minutes earlier.

By then, they had already exited the mountainous region and were calmly heading toward the city.

Under Yan Hebi’s control, the train arrived at the terminal platform at the scheduled time—not a minute early, not a minute late.

After bringing the train to a complete stop, Yan Hebi collapsed onto the floor, completely drained.

At that moment, the two of them heard the system notification:
“Congratulations, player Lu Ye, for reaching the terminus unscathed and becoming the final winner of the battle royale game. After returning to the system space, the player will receive the clearance pass for the Final Stage.”

What Yan Hebi heard instead was: “Player Yan Hebi has failed the battle royale game. Three-quarters of total points will be deducted.”

He lowered his head. While he was happy, he also felt a pang of distress—his points fluctuated up and down so violently that it made him deeply uneasy.

He only had a little over fifty thousand points left. In the next world, he wouldn’t be able to team up with Xing Ye, and if he failed, he would be sent back to the chaotic melee world.

Just as Yan Hebi was feeling dejected, the system notification sounded again:
“Players Lu Ye and Yan Hebi have successfully saved the train and all passengers aboard, arriving at the terminus within the specified time. Congratulations to both players on achieving a Perfect Victory in the Train World. Reward: 1,000,000 points. Distributed according to contribution—Yan Hebi: 500,000 points; Lu Ye: 500,000 points.”

“What?!” Yan Hebi leapt to his feet in joy, suddenly no longer feeling tired at all. He exclaimed excitedly, “I-I-I got another five hundred thousand points?”

Xing Ye smiled and said, “You earned this through your own ability.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene before his eyes shifted. After a brief wave of dizziness, Xing Ye returned once again to the system space.

Recalling this world, Xing Ye realized that Yan Hebi and Cao Qian were no longer the rookie players they once had been, but had grown into high-level players capable of standing on their own.

“Congratulations to player x8205 for achieving another Perfect Victory.” The black-and-white cube floated before Xing Ye.

This time, it was no longer a black eye. The face directly facing Xing Ye was pure white, with no black remaining at all.

 

Translator : DarNan