The most common mode of transportation on the road was still cars.
It felt like I was back ten years ago.
Qi Xiao sighed with emotion, hailed a car, and headed to the headquarters of the Order Heavenly Kingdom—the Dream Palace.
The driver was an older woman with permed hair, looking like the landlady from 'Kung Fu Hustle'.
As soon as she heard Qi Xiao was going to the Dream Palace, she started talking animatedly.
“Oh, handsome, I knew you weren’t from around here just by looking at you from afar.”
“You must be a Train Conductor too.”
“Train Conductors are great, Train Conductors make money fast.”
“You can’t tell, but I’m also a Train Conductor, you know.”
The driver raised three fingers:
“According to them, I’m from the third generation.”
“Back then, I was still a young girl. I was working the night shift at a factory, and suddenly, I appeared in that Train.”
“In the Newbie Village, I almost died several times.”
“So as soon as I got out of the Newbie Village, I immediately sold my Train.”
“I couldn’t continue like that, I was scared.”
“Later, I realized I really couldn’t go home, so I accepted reality. Now my daughter is eighteen.”
“Sigh, twenty years in the blink of an eye.”
The driver chattered on, and Qi Xiao responded intermittently.
From her, Qi Xiao generally understood the current situation of You'erdan.
First, You'erdan, like Earth, has 365 days a year, twenty-four hours a day.
It also has four seasons.
It was early autumn, and the air was still a bit stuffy and hot.
But because Qi Xiao was wearing a galaxy combat suit, which maintained constant temperature and humidity, he didn't feel uncomfortable.
As for the technological level, it was as Qi Xiao had seen, similar to Earth in the 20th century.
According to the driver, this was already very fast development.
When he came to You'erdan, this area was still ordinary farmland.
The indigenous people were farmers who faced the yellow earth and had their backs to the sky.
It was the infrastructure department and trade department of the Order Heavenly Kingdom, conducting a large amount of trade circulation with Pi City, that achieved this level within twenty years.
It could be said to be rapid development.
The entire You'erdan is divided into five major regions.
Within the Jie Mountain range, it belongs to the first region.
Because on Jie Mountain is the headquarters of the Order Heavenly Kingdom, the Dream Palace.
It was also where Qi Xiao was about to go.
And the South City where Qi Xiao was located belonged to the third region.
The driver was from the third generation, and I am from the fifth generation.
It is now New Calendar Year 40.
Qi Xiao silently sighed.
In other people's novels, the survivors are all on the same starting line.
But he, he was from the fifth wave.
Isn't this the first wave eating meat.
The second wave drinking soup.
The third wave eating bones.
The fourth wave licking the bottom of the pot.
Their fifth wave, couldn't even get to eat hot shit.
The players who arrived first also founded this so-called “official organization,” which had accumulated an unknown amount of resources, giving them a huge advantage.
Later Train Conductors were either absorbed by them, becoming one of their members.
Or they chose to be free agents, but in that case, stopping at You'erdan for rest would definitely lead to exploitation.
And those who were unwilling to join, and unwilling to be exploited, became the so-called “Wanted Criminals.”
And the Free Organization was just one of countless small organizations resisting the Order Heavenly Kingdom.
“Young man, we’re here!”
Qi Xiao snapped out of his thoughts; the car stopped at the foot of Jie Mountain.
“We’re not allowed in there, only this far.”
Qi Xiao paid the fare, got out, and walked up the mountain.
......
“Uncle Liu, good morning.”
“Good morning, Xiao Wan.”
“Brother Liu, you’re back! Was the mission smooth?”
“Of course, easily done.”
“Sister Zhang, going on another mission? Keep it up!”
“Xiao Wan is so sweet, I’ll bring you milk tea when I get back.”
“Hehe, Sister Zhang is the best.”
At the mountain gate, Xia Yuwan had been waiting for a long time.
She was wearing a simple uniform today, with her hair tied in a minimalist bun.
Her upper body was a well-tailored white shirt, paired with black-bottomed, gray-striped uniform pants.
She politely greeted everyone who passed by.
“Xiao Wan! Xiao Wan~”
“Are you waiting for me!”
“I’m truly honored, I hope I didn’t make you wait too long~”
Wei Chu jogged all the way to Xia Yuwan.
He straightened his clothes and smoothed his hair, which he had styled that morning.
He was one meter seventy-five tall, wore silver-rimmed glasses, and had a thin face, giving the first impression of a refined scoundrel.
It was fine when he didn't speak, but once he opened his mouth, his talkative nature was fully revealed.
Wei Chu looked at Xia Yuwan, his eyes full of admiration and affection.
Xiao Wan is so beautiful today too.
Only my Xiao Wan can make a simple uniform look so beautiful!
Xia Yuwan looked at Wei Chu with a displeased expression:
“We said nine o’clock, and it’s already nine twenty!”
“I hate men who aren’t punctual the most!”
“Xiao Wan, listen to me. The driver of the taxi I took, his sow was having a difficult birth at home, and he said he had to go back to help deliver the piglets, so he left me halfway.”
“That place was in the middle of nowhere, and it was hard to find a car, and it was a bullock cart…”
“I thought, a bullock cart is still a car, so I asked the old man if he could give me a ride, and guess what,”
“Alright, alright, I don’t want to hear what happened to the old man.”
Xia Yuwan quickly interrupted Wei Chu; listening to him any longer would make her head explode.
“Not the old man! It was the bull,”
“No, when did you dye your hair?”
Xia Yuwan quickly changed the subject.
“Ah? Hair?”
Wei Chu touched his head.
“Oh right, just dyed it. How is it? Does it look good? Sea King Red.”
“The boss said it suits me especially well.”
“The boss is really nice, he even gave me a 50% discount, only charged five train coins!”
Xia Yuwan raised her hand to interrupt Wei Chu again:
“I don’t care what red it is, we don’t allow dyed hair! Go dye it back immediately, or shave it all off!”
“Huh?”
“What kind of crappy organization doesn’t even allow dyed hair?”
“I was controlled when I was in school, and now that I’m out of school, someone still controls me?”
“Is your boss a former principal?”
Seeing Xia Yuwan glaring at him angrily, Wei Chu wisely shut his mouth.
“Got it, got it. I’ll go dye it back right away.”
Seeing Wei Chu turn to leave, Xia Yuwan was furious.
“Come back! You’re not officially joined yet, let’s just leave it for today.”
“Hehe, I’ll listen to you, Xiao Wan.”
“Wait, if dyed hair isn’t allowed, why is that old man’s hair white?!”
“And dyed grandma gray, the old man is quite fashionable.”
Wei Chu shouted, pointing at an old man who had just walked out of the mountain gate.
“Oh, it’s Xiao Wan.”
“Good morning, Chief Qingshan.”
Xia Yuwan quickly bowed.
This old man was Qingshan, the Chief of the Order Heavenly Kingdom’s Finance Department.
He glanced at Wei Chu, then looked back at Xia Yuwan.
“You two carry on.”
“Goodbye, Chief Qingshan!”
After Qingshan walked away, Xia Yuwan glared fiercely at Wei Chu.
“Chief? What Chief?”
“Don’t say another word!!!”
“Now, shut up!”
Xia Yuwan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed herself.
I recruited him myself, don’t be angry, don’t be angry…
After calming down, she opened her eyes and saw a clean-looking young man in a black shirt and casual trousers walking up from the foot of the mountain.