My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 345 Territory is the lifeblood of a civilization. (Seeking monthly votes)
died.

He is indeed dead.

Humans are extremely fragile creatures in the universe; in some ways, even paramecia are more resilient than humans.

Not to mention exaggerated beings like the Starry Sky Behemoth.

Relying solely on one's own abilities.

They can't even travel through the universe.

The "God Race" is a truly immortal race, and even the rules of the universe cannot erase them. Naturally, Chen Mang was quite curious about the first God Race corpse in the universe.

soon--

The body was then pulled up.

It is certain that it is dead, at least from a human perspective.

Inside the body
It has organs.

It has a heart, kidneys, lungs, liver, etc., and looks exactly like a human. It even has blood vessels, brain tissue, and nerve networks.

but--

It's obvious that they're all empty shells, all show and no substance.

None of these organs have been used.

What truly sustains the lives of the gods is not these things, but their spine, a remarkably emerald-colored, translucent spine that can only be broken.

Only the gods will die.

When the "Universal Rules" created the God Race, they simply modeled the God Race after the human body, copying all the organs and such. However, it seems that they did not understand the specific operating logic of these human organs.

Equivalent to.

They copied the underlying code of an app in an attempt to create the same app.

Unfortunately.

In most apps, only 1% of the underlying code is functional code. This 1% is enough to maintain the app's basic operation, while the remaining 99% is used to fix bugs.

Obviously.

The Protoss do not have this 99% of code used for bug fixes.

And so it became what it is today.

An empty shell.

They look like humans in appearance and have the same internal organs, but they are completely unable to use their organs normally.

Are humans really that complicated?

Sitting inside the train, Chen Mang murmured to himself as he looked at the Protoss corpse being dissected outside the train on the screen. He hadn't expected that even the rules of the universe couldn't understand the human body.

at this time--

Xiao Ai's voice came from inside the train compartment.

"Conductor."

“Killua told me that the jade spine is called the ‘Divine Spine,’ which provides life support and energy to the gods. It is extremely hard and practically unbreakable. Her father tried many methods, but none of them could break the Divine Spine.”

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded slightly. So he was quite lucky. He didn't know the true fatal part of the gods was here at first. He just guessed it based on the fatal parts of humans. He immediately waved for people to take everything back to the train.

It's all good stuff.

It will be useful in the future.

His habit of hoarding junk has created many miracles for him. For example, this thing that he brought out of his dream was almost useless and was kept at the film studio as a prop for a long time. He never thought of throwing it away, but today it came in very handy.

There is nothing that is not useful.

There are only people who don't know how to use it.

He then breathed a sigh of relief. With this matter resolved, he no longer needed to worry about any divine apostles coming over, and he could take all the resources here without having to leave any resources behind to imprison the gods.

All the problems were solved at once.

Good.

he likes.

Sitting in the train compartment, Chen Mang looked at his civilization panel.
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"Name of Civilization": Human Civilization.

Civilization Level: 3.

"Leader of Civilization": Chen Mang.

"Civilized Planets": Water Blue Star, Black Tortoise Star, Mining Planet No. 1, Mining Planet No. 2, Mining Planet No. 3, Mining Planet No. 4, etc.

"Civilized population": 57 billion.

"Promotion Requirements": The number of intelligent beings in the civilization reaches 10 billion, the strongest attack energy range exceeds 5, and there are at least ten planets.

"P.S.: Each advancement to Level 2 civilization, and every subsequent advancement, will release an 'Ascension Ripple' that can be detected by all surrounding civilizations. The higher the level, the wider the range of the 'Ascension Ripple'."

"Civilizational means": Can acquire a random cosmic civilization's empowerment.
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His civilization is currently at level 3.

Furthermore, all the conditions for advancing to Level 4 civilization have been met.

Without further hesitation, he immediately...

He directly chose to begin civilization advancement, preparing to break through to level 4 civilization. The "Kasa Civilization" and the "Mechanical Civilization," two civilizations he had long dreamed of, were easily surpassed by him.

The most difficult part is attacking energy levels exceeding 5.

That is.

The level 500 rainbow-colored firepower accessory, "Akanon Photon Main Cannon".

It wasn't a difficult task for him.

It has already been upgraded.

But for other civilizations, that would be a massive amount of Murphy Stones, especially in a resource-poor place like the Niya system. This request would be almost impossible, like a pipe dream.

The higher you stand, the more you know.

Only then did I realize what "Level 0 privileges" meant.

That is
They don't even have the authority of the "universal rules"!
Yes!

Even L, an existence that is almost inviolable and completely invincible in this universe, used all the resources of the universe to cultivate the race he created, the "God Race"!
All they did was collect all the Murphy stones and various resources in the universe.

Even the rules of the universe cannot ignore the gap created by the Murphy Stone.

His level 0 privileges completely ignored Murphy Stone.

In this regard.

His level 0 authority is less important than the priority of the rules of the universe.

Both are rules and methods.

The rules of the universe are to act within the rules, while his level 0 authority allows him to directly break through the rules and create his own.

Chen Mang looked down at the birthmark on the back of his hand that resembled the character "Mang". He had once joked that his parents might be great heroes who saved the world, like players in "infinite flow novels", unable to meet him, being hunted by some villainous organization, and leaving him this fortune.

But he was just joking and making fun of himself.

He knew this was unrealistic.

but--

Now, he thinks that it might actually be possible.

When he learned that advanced civilizations could travel back in time and perform time reversals, among other incredible feats, he felt that it wasn't unacceptable for his parents to leave him a fortune when they couldn't see him.

As for why it's in the form of a birthmark...

Perhaps it was the name I chose for myself.

He shook his head and didn't think about it anymore. He would study the birthmark slowly when he became a god-level civilization in the future.

The most important thing now is...

First, upgrade your civilization.

of course.

Before that, he needed to fire a level 500 Akagan main cannon shot. He had never used an attack of this strength before. He happened to be inside the cosmic void at this moment. After finding the right direction, he aimed at the other side of the cosmic void and immediately pressed the red button on the control panel.

The patterns on the barrel of the "Akanon Photovoltaic Main Cannon" on the top of the carriage were quickly illuminated, and it began to charge.

An inexplicable and terrifying energy fluctuation gradually gathered at the top of the carriage.

Next!

"boom!"

In the silent universe, an extremely hot and thick beam of light, carrying the momentum to destroy everything in its path, went straight into the void deep within the universe. This beam of light became the only source of light within the void, like a moving star.

Level 500 Akagan Light Energy Main Cannon.

The cost was enormous.

It would require a full 1000 billion units of iron ore.

It's important to know that the "Akanon Photon Main Cannon" now gets most of its energy from the "Stellar Container," consuming only 99.99% of its energy. A single 200-level Akanon Photon Main Cannon shot only requires 1 million units of iron ore.

That's equivalent to a price that's 1000 times more expensive.

next moment--

A panel suddenly appeared on the screen.
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"Human civilization has met the requirements for advancement and has automatically advanced."

"The range of this advancement's ripple effect is ten million light-years."

"All beings within a civilization of level one or higher will receive the ripples of this advancement in their own way."

"The propagation ripples travel at the speed of light."
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"The Level 3 civilization, 'Human Civilization,' has successfully advanced to Level 4 civilization."
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An ordinary, unremarkable ripple of advancement.

He didn't know the exact diameter of this cosmic void. If it didn't exceed ten million light-years, then ten million years later, the "Nami Civilization" would know of the existence of a civilization called Humanity, which would have advanced to a Level 4 civilization.

Human civilization.

At this moment, it became a Level 4 civilization.

Next!

A civilization panel reappeared on the screen.
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"Name of Civilization": Human Civilization.

Civilization Level: 4.

"Leader of Civilization": Chen Mang.

"Civilized Planets": Water Blue Star, Black Tortoise Star, Mining Planet No. 1, Mining Planet No. 2, Mining Planet No. 3, Mining Planet No. 4, etc.

"Civilized population": 57 billion.

"Promotion Requirements": The strongest attack energy range exceeds 10, and one civilization wonder is possessed.

"P.S.: Each advancement to Level 2 civilization, and every subsequent advancement, will release an 'Ascension Ripple' that can be detected by all surrounding civilizations. The higher the level, the wider the range of the 'Ascension Ripple'."

"Civilized means": Time travel.
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"finally!"

Chen Mang immediately focused on the four words "civilized means" and "time travel," which is the most distinctive feature of a Level 4 civilization!
It allows for time and space rewind.

It allows one to travel back in time and launch attacks into the future.

With the support of the Akaganon solar cannon, it can unleash a method far exceeding the strongest attack of a civilization, making it a "foundation-level weapon" that is kept under wraps. Of course, this method can only be used near a "cosmic void".

Therefore.

Although the rules of the universe do not impose any restrictions on Type IV civilizations from the cosmic void.

But this is a consensus among various civilizations in the universe.

A "Level IV civilization" that has not approached the cosmic void is merely a pseudo-Level IV civilization, slightly stronger than a Level III civilization, but lacking a powerful, well-developed weapon. Only a Level IV civilization that is close to the cosmic void is a true Level IV civilization.

"The gap is really huge."

Chen Mang couldn't help but feel a little wistful. The "Niya Civilization" was also a Level 4 civilization, but the Niya Civilization occupied many star systems, with a territory diameter of hundreds of light-years. He only had the Niya Star System as a small territory.

Both are level four civilizations.

His foundation is clearly weak.

After completely conquering the "Niya Civilization," it will be time to start conquering other star systems. At this time, Xiao Ai has also received all the information from "Time Rewind."

"Conductor."

"This time travel is rather complicated to explain. Why don't we try it once? That way, it will be easier to understand."

"it is good."

next moment--

Chen Mang pressed a newly appeared button on the control panel.

soon.

A panel appeared on the screen.
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The cosmic coordinates of this location are xxxx.

"Please select the year to go back to."

「1年、100年、1000年、1万年、10万年、100万年、1000万年、1亿年、10亿年，可自行选择精准年限，如18年，精准到年。」
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The longer the backtracking time, the more resources are consumed.

For example, if we go back to 1 year ago, it would only cost 1 million units of iron ore.

It would have cost 100 billion 100 years ago.

If it were 10 million years ago, it would have been 10 quadrillion.

He chose to go back 1 years, and soon, 1 trillion units of iron ore inside the train slowly turned to ashes.

next moment--

A strange, seven-colored light enveloped the entire train, making it seem as if the train had entered a tunnel. The scenery on both sides kept receding, and when everything returned to calm, specific information appeared on the screen.
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"This location is at cosmic coordinates xxx, a place 1 years in the future on the timeline."

"Tourists cannot alter history."

No one sees you, no one knows you.

"And they cannot leave the tourist barrier."
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"."

Chen Mang looked around the train and saw that nothing had changed. It was almost exactly the same as before the time travel. It seemed that 1 years ago, this place was a void in the universe, a silent and dark place with no stars, extremely cold and desolate.

Given the train's current armor, survival in this environment shouldn't be a major problem.

Furthermore, the planetary fragment that was originally used to imprison the "gods" is also gone. This should be the only change, since the Niya civilization had not yet been born 10,000 years ago.

Around the train.

There was a halo, roughly the size of a normal planet, that enveloped the train.

This is the "tourism barrier".

The train could not leave the barrier; it could only look out from inside the barrier.

but
He randomly aimed in a direction and fired a level 200 Akaganon light cannon. The cannon successfully passed through the barrier and began to glide through the cosmic void.

Perhaps "time travel" has many more uses.

but--

This is the most standard usage, or rather, the most common and widely accepted usage.

By combining the effects of two supermodels, the possibility of one plus one being greater than two can be created.

This place is more than 100,000 light-years away from the "Niya Galaxy". The cosmic radar cannot tell how far this place is from the "Niya Galaxy". However, by calculating the cosmic coordinates of the two places, he learned that the distance between this place and the Niya Galaxy is 130,000 light-years.

That is
In theory.

He could choose to go back 130,000 years and fire a 500-level Akaganon light energy main cannon at the Niya star system. He could then quickly return to the original timeline, use the train to absorb the power of the light cannon, and at a very low cost, upgrade the train's armor to an extremely high level in a short period of time.

just
The error is a bit difficult to control.

With even a slight error, it's possible that when he returns to his original timeline, he might find that planets in the Niya system have already been destroyed, or that it will be another seven or eight years before he can arrive.

Moreover, even if it spans 130,000 years, the energy increase wouldn't actually be that significant.

That attack of 4987 spanned almost the entire void of the universe!

That star is not just 13 years old, it's at least tens of millions of years old.

After touring for a while, Chen Mang returned.

It wasn't that he wanted to go back, but the sightseeing time was only 10 minutes.

Although the time was short, he felt that this method did not necessarily have to be used in war; it could also be used in daily life.

After returning to the original timeline.

He returned to the location of the Kasa Civilization Federation in the Niya Galaxy through the refrigerator, and then returned to the original location of "Water Blue Star" through the wormhole left by the Kasa Civilization. Theoretically, there should be a Water Blue Star here, but he took it with him.

He tried to go back three years based on the timeline.

next moment--

The familiar seven-colored light once again enveloped the train, initiating a time-travel journey.

Followed by.

As everything gradually quieted down...

The Stellar train was enveloped by a "sightseeing barrier," and a planet suddenly appeared before him—the "Blue Planet." Through the detection of the "Doppler radar," he quickly found his former self.

Myself in the "apocalyptic abyss".

It was nightfall.

The miners on the train were already asleep, while the image on the screen showed the user sitting inside the train, writing something.

"."

Chen Mang looked at himself on the screen with a complicated expression. He felt strange at this moment. This was the first time he had returned to the past timeline and seen himself.

Although there's nothing that can be changed.

It's only for sightseeing.

For example, you can't throw away resources or original blueprints for parts.

unless
"Xiao Ai, I'm suddenly curious about something. If I were to kill someone with a single shot right now, would I die as well?"

"."

After a long pause, Xiao Ai slowly said, "There are no precedents to refer to, so I can't give a specific answer. But my advice is to try not to do it, as it may cause unknown risks."

"Um"

After pondering for a moment, Chen Mang spoke again: "What if I unleash countless level-10 Arcane cannons and clear out all the monsters on Water Blue Star in a short time? What would happen then?"

"do not know."

Xiao Ai sighed softly, somewhat helplessly.

He could understand Mang Ye's behavior logic. The biggest difference between AI and humans is that no matter how intelligent AI is, it will not have any self-destructive tendencies, while humans are different. Humans have a strong self-destructive tendency in their bones.

For example, standing on a tall building can give you the urge to jump.

This behavior was not performed due to depression or sadness.

Rather, it is the body's instinctive, subconscious behavior.

Seeing tall buildings makes me want to jump off.

He couldn't understand this behavior; AI would never do this. He had never thought of trying to clear his database to see if anything interesting would happen.

"no."

"I really want to try it."

Chen Mang spoke somewhat absentmindedly, and after a long while, he returned to the present timeline, picked up the walkie-talkie, and contacted Lao Zhu: "How is the security situation on Water Blue Star lately?"

"Excellent! Under your leadership, Master Mang, the entire Blue Planet is thriving!"

"Stop talking nonsense, have you ever committed a serious crime and been sentenced to death?"

"Have."

"Specific information."

"A middle-aged man trying to rally the remaining train conductors and establish his own kingdom in the countryside."

"Send me your name, photo, and physical characteristics, and then carefully observe all aspects of this man's condition."

"Yes."

soon--

After obtaining information about the death row inmate, Chen Mang returned to three years ago and quickly located the inmate using the Doppler radar. The inmate was hiding in a city ruin. Immediately afterwards, the Arcane Gun began to slowly charge, adjusting the energy supply to the lowest level, 1.

Like a satellite attack.

Fire in space.

One shot.

The hit was precise, and the person died instantly. Immediately afterward, Chen Mang quickly returned to the train conductor, picked up the walkie-talkie, and asked Lao Zhu, "How is that person doing?"

Old Pig's bewildered voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Dead, dead."

"He died suddenly, without any warning."

Do you remember who it was?

"I remember, Mr. Mang, didn't you just ask me that?"

Chen Mang sat alone in the train cabin, deep in thought.

The conclusion has been reached.

When a person's past is destroyed, that person in the future will also die. He thought it would be something like being erased, like everyone forgetting that person, but it seems that's not the case now.

This is why he has never dared to expand.

His Achilles' heel is far too obvious.

Once the original coordinates of "Water Blue Star" are exposed, a large number of advanced civilizations will travel to his past timeline to kill him. As for himself on "Water Blue Star", what power would he have to stop them?

He needs to protect more than just his present self.

We must also protect our past selves.

The biggest difference between four-dimensional space and three-dimensional space is that four-dimensional space has an additional dimension of time. People in four-dimensional space can travel freely along the timeline, just like what is happening now.

If we stretch his later years into a timeline...

There will be many nodes on this timeline.

If we were to send people to guard the area, we would need to deploy personnel at all of these points.

This is no small project.

The best solution is...

He could naturally keep the original cosmic coordinates of "Water Blue Star" a secret forever, so that no one would know them. But there are no secrets that never leak. Once they are revealed, it will be a devastating blow to him.

We must find a perfect solution.

Even if no one knows the coordinates on the Blue Planet, it was very weak during the time when he advanced to the second or third level of civilization. It would be difficult for him to find him in these timelines.

"."

Chen Mang frowned slightly. Although he didn't know how to solve this problem for the time being, he knew that those advanced civilizations must have a solution.

In this world, for every spear, there is a shield.

This was destined.

Ask Killua.

Half an hour later.

Chen Mang sat expressionlessly inside the train. Killua was no longer of any use. Killua said that when she was young, her father only told her gossip and never explained this kind of thing in detail. Before she could learn it systematically, she ran away from home.

Good.

They don't learn what's useful, they just listen to gossip.

The only solution he could think of
It seems to be the territory.

For the first time, he understood another meaning of territory in the universe: when any civilization that poses a threat to him intrudes into his territory, he should kill it without question. Territory does not only represent the sphere of influence of a civilization.

It also protects this civilization's past self on the timeline.

If this civilization becomes powerful and then leaves this territory, it's like placing its weak self from the past timeline under the guillotine of all civilizations, where anyone can come and cut it down.

Territory is the lifeblood of a civilization.

A nomadic lifestyle is not advisable.

As long as you don't trespass into your own territory, it's hard to find yourself in your weaker state. But there are still ways to break through, such as launching an attack near your territory. This is the function of "cosmic landmines".

The greatest function of territory is actually to protect oneself when weak in the timeline.

This time.

He could no longer bear to part with the "Niya Galaxy," and he had to make its defenses as solid as an iron barrel. His Achilles' heel lay in the Niya Galaxy, and its fall would essentially mean the end of his life.

And
Try to avoid running around unnecessarily.

Each new place he travels to means that he leaves behind a vulnerability in that place.

Others would then have the opportunity to travel to that timeline and kill their past selves.

A civilized leader should be based within his own territory.

Once outside the territory.

The place you go to must be included in your territory, otherwise it means your door is wide open.

A "Level IV civilization" is considered an advanced civilization in the universe.

Only a Level 4 civilization truly understands the meaning of territory. When it was still a Level 3 civilization, it didn't understand the significance of territory at all. It was like a child drawing on a map, randomly marking areas and saying which area was its territory.

As long as there are no civilizations of a higher level than yours within your area, it's fine.

For him
It is a significant weakening.

His method of developing civilization was to concentrate all of its resources into a single train, the Starship, unlike other civilizations. He didn't need an army at all.

The Starship is the only and strongest fighting force of human civilization.

It's impossible for him not to wander off.

The Stellar train cannot remain idle.

He had no other decent armed forces at his disposal.

"Headache."

Chen Mang leaned back in his chair, gently rubbing his temples. It was better to be in a lower-level civilization. Everyone could simply compare stats. Whoever had the higher stats was the most powerful. If they were still on Water Blue Star, and someone was a level below you, you wouldn't even be able to break through their defenses.

Absolutely invincible.

How nice.

Advanced civilizations are much more complex, with diversified attack methods, which in turn makes their defenses somewhat overwhelming.

In this situation.

It's impossible to prevent.

Even if you guard against thieves for a thousand days, there will always be a day when you fail.

The best defense is to eliminate it.

The greatest significance of "cosmic landmines" is to eliminate all civilizations that may pose a threat to him in the vicinity of his territory in advance. He finally understood the true meaning of cosmic landmines and decided to start building cosmic landmines for human civilization.

Human civilization also needs space mines.

At the very least, we need to fill the area around the Niya galaxy with cosmic landmines.

Otherwise, you really won't feel safe at all.

time flies.

A year has passed.

That year, the Stellar Train didn't go anywhere but stayed in the Niya Galaxy, developing its own foundation. First of all, almost all civilizations had been incorporated into "human civilization," and the leadership had been replaced.

These civilizations.

They continue to develop freely, but the local government is required to pay tribute to human civilization on a regular basis.

It is equivalent to an autonomous region.

As for the civilizations that initially sided with the Zerg, they have all been abandoned in System 27, and are prohibited from using wormholes or establishing contact and trade with other civilizations.

Besides.

During this year, the thing that consumed the most time and energy for Chen Mang was to start researching cosmic landmines belonging to human civilization, together with "Qi Ya", "Qi Ke Xiu", "Xiao Ai" and others.

The best form of a cosmic landmine is naturally a cosmic behemoth.

but.
They couldn't capture that many large cosmic behemoths, nor did they have the ability to modify them, let alone modify them into ones with a diameter of 2 light-years. However, they had developed other forms of cosmic landmines, which were about to enter the experimental stage.

Besides.

The development on "Blue Planet" has also been rapid this year. Thanks to the advancement of civilization, many new enterprises have emerged. After the civilization advances to level four, all trains within human civilization will have the "time travel" function.

However, at present, Chen Mang has only opened this function to the train conductors on the Blue Planet.

Other civilizations that have joined human civilization only have a nominal status; in reality, they do not yet enjoy the treatment of a Level 4 civilization.

One of the emerging industries is quite interesting.

"Tracing back to love".

such as
Inside a train enveloped in a rainbow-colored film, a man stands in the carriage, looking out the window at a woman who is crying uncontrollably with tears streaming down her face. At the same time, other people in the train are also weeping.

This industry.

It allows people to go back to the time when their loved ones and parents were still alive, to return to the past, and to see their family members with their own eyes.

We often feel reluctant to part ways when we say goodbye.

Long-term habitual thinking makes people always feel that everyone will be together forever, until the sudden separation, when that overwhelming pain will come uncontrollably.

only--

Even if we go back a year, the price would still be 1 million units of iron ore, which is the cost price. On the Blue Star, very few people could afford it.

An industry that the general public cannot afford is destined to be a bad industry.

then
With big data, the system will analyze the timeline nodes and locations that all "consumers" want to return to, find a common point, and then place a large number of consumers inside the train so that everyone can see the people they want to see.

The price will be much cheaper.

of course.

For some people, at this particular time, they can see the person they want to see in their entirety, but the price will be much higher.

For some people, you can only see their backs, and the price will be much cheaper.

Some can even only be heard, and the price will be even cheaper.

Everything is priced and filtered using big data.

Or
It will be done by "Xiao Ai".

Currently, all companies need AI assistance. Some companies with strong capabilities choose to connect with "AI Master," which is currently the most powerful AI in human civilization in terms of computing power and efficiency. Of course, it is also the most expensive.

For example, right now—

Countless people on the train were crying their eyes out, looking at the people they had longed for on the past timeline. For the first time, they felt the difference between the past and the future at this moment, and for the first time, they felt what it meant to seem within reach but never intersect.

"Eh."

at this time.

A man's crying suddenly stopped. His girlfriend had argued with him and then drove off in the pouring rain. Her family told him that she had died in a car accident. He was heartbroken for a whole year and was tormented by guilt.

It turned out that a year later, I discovered that my girlfriend was sitting in the passenger seat, and a young man with a pretty face was in the driver's seat, and he was still...
The sadness on the man's face gradually faded, and he remained silent for a long while before speaking.

"Good riddance."

"You little brat."

(End of this chapter)