Serial Player
Chapter 874 - 532: Mooching a Meal

Chapter 874: Chapter 532: Mooching a Meal

Nighttime, at the dining table in the family apartment.

Three people and one ghost gathered at the table, diligently dealing with tonight’s dinner.

To nourish the weary Xiao Nan, Li Changhe had indeed put in a lot of effort.

"I’ve mooched meals off you so many times, but today’s dishes are the best. I’m really tired of the usual beef noodles," Chen Yu, with dark circles under his eyes, devoured a piece of braised pork and passed his empty bowl to Li Changhe, saying, "Another bowl, please!"

How should one put it... ever since Chen Yu sent off the Crying Hero, his attitude towards Li Changhe had always been somewhat impolite.

"How can one mooch meals and still have the nerve to complain!" Li Changhe felt that this guest was too unreasonable. A freeloader still picking and choosing? To think that in front of you stands the Crownless King, who once ascended to demigod status...

"Eating so much at night, watch out for weight gain," Xiao Nan chimed in, well-meaningly.

"Ha. Thanks to someone, I didn’t sleep well last night. Besides, you know I don’t put on weight easily," Chen Yu snorted with a pointed look.

"Alright, let’s not say things that can be misinterpreted," Li Changhe calmly remarked, but dutifully filled her bowl with more food.

Xiao Nan, flushed, continued to bow her head and eat.

Compared to the slightly guilty pair, Yun Ting waved her hand and said, "Oh, I have experience with this, playing games while listening to the ’Great Compassion Mantra’."

"And along the way, you liberate your teammates as well?"

The three people and one ghost chatted idly as they finished dinner, then began discussing the request sent by the Moon God.

The Ghost Train was a bizarre train that shuttled between reality and illusion.

It would stop at places thick with resentment, using them as its platforms.

And those in possession of a train ticket, be they human or other beings, could board the train at these platforms.

Due to its unique ability to traverse reality and illusion, not many players were aware of the Ghost Train.

Because, inside the train’s carriages, passengers could trade with each other.

There were no transaction fees like those in the [Exchange], nor any trading restrictions.

So on the train, one could even trade for Magic Eye or even player identities.

If such content appeared within the [Exchange], it would certainly cause a huge commotion.

The train would ultimately come to a halt in some anomalous space, holding an auction of sorts, selling off some exceptionally rare items.

Even a long time ago, there had been players who acquired the identity of a Demon Armor Holder at such an event.

The authorities, several months prior, had dispatched a substantial force, simultaneously striking over a hundred Ghost Train stations. They captured or killed a thousand passengers.

And the train’s passengers were generally stronger than other players, their bizarre Magic Eyes and equipment causing significant losses for the authorities, with Xiao Nan and Chen Yu’s cousin Chen Yan being among the casualties in that battle.

Only then did they manage to sever all the train’s routes, and the Ghost Train briefly faded into obscurity.

Li Changhe himself had encountered several passengers of the train, starting with the vagabond players.

Until later, the Scarred Woman who sought to seize Li Changhe’s player identity; they were all passengers on the train.

From the Scarred Woman, Li Changhe also acquired the Startling Bell, which could confirm a passenger’s identity.

He had thought of taking the opportunity to check out the train with his box, hoping to pick up some good finds and maybe stir up some trouble.

But the disaster fog came, completely disrupting this plan.

And after the fog lifted, the Moon God invited Li Changhe to board the next Ghost Train.

And Li Changhe usually did not refuse a friend’s request.

Since the Great Tang incident, it had been difficult to get in touch with the Moon God. Li Changhe and the others did not have him as a [Friend], so they could not learn any information about him.

Only on the [forum] did the occasional burst of certain mysterious cases reveal some traces.

Someone... was hunting Chaos believers, and their methods were brutal....

On some dim night, someone swung their blade, sparkling like a galaxy, repeatedly hunting down the enemies they hated the most.

Based on the descriptions, it must have been Moon God. He somehow identified Chaos believers and, during this period, had killed sixteen believers hiding among the populace.

Now, suddenly contacting him, Li Changhe thought he was in trouble.

Turns out, he wanted Li Changhe to accompany him on a trip on the train and clearly indicated that a fight could break out onboard.

The Ghost train had learned its lesson from being hurt by the officials last time, too.

Each station could weirdly identify the identities of official players.

Whether they had joined the official Guild or were the Great Wall’s Hidden Piles of some organizations, all were barred access.

Even if holding a ticket, they couldn’t board; it was as if the train had blacklisted them.

And, according to Luo Kai, the officials were recently investigating how to block the station’s identifying methods.

Unfortunately, apart from a few items like the Insect God Vest that could shield one’s presence, other measures failed to completely block identification.

Therefore, the officials had not made a move against the train for the time being.

Instead, they were clearing some stations, reducing the number of passengers at the source.

Luckily, Li Changhe had an Insect God Vest.

According to Moon God, there was something there he had to bid on. He had prepared a large amount of Rare materials for the bidding.

He was just worried about other passengers with ill-intentions.

"It won’t be that simple, the platforms of the Ghost train are all places seething with resentment. Some are natural, while others are man-made," Chen Yu said. "You wouldn’t want to know what outrageous things people have done to create a station. Of course, they hide it well, allowing only familiar passengers to get close. Therefore, finding a station is very difficult nowadays."

With that, he tugged at his collar, revealing the skin below his collarbone, adorned with a deep brown scar the size of a coin: "This is what I got during an attack on a certain station. If the station was man-made, you’d probably have to face those controlling the station first. I suggest not starting a conflict, lest you be unable to board."

"I know that," Li Changhe said, avoiding eye contact and nodding.

The girl wanted to accompany Li Changhe, but her current state was unpredictable.

Inside General Mountain, Mr. Bai was not yet LV10 and was in a reclusive state.

Xiang Wu, after being swallowed by the Insect Race, developed severe mysophobia and was also reclusive.

Bai was cultivating the Spirit Fruit and couldn’t leave at the moment.

The box, however, planned to witness the event. Li Changhe would meet up with him to head to the rendezvous point set by Moon God.

One was a master ranked fifty-three on the Battle Power Rankings, the other was the Crownless King of the Battle Power Rankings. That should be enough.

"Don’t worry, the passengers mixed in by the officials will cooperate with you," Chen Yu said. "But try to avoid starting a fight if possible. You may be strong, but you are outnumbered."

"Understood," Li Changhe nodded and then asked, "Is there really an item that can resurrect the dead?"

"Who knows? No one has ever succeeded," Xiao Nan whispered. "But sometimes, even the mere possibility is enough for people to take the risk."

...

Elsewhere, in the basement of a city in the northeast of Hua Country,

Moon God was calculating the time while closing his eyes.

"Soon, Chi Yao. All that’s left is the Philosopher’s Stone."