Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 126 Sunset City

Jiang Ran's face was extremely pale.

But she knew it was far from safe—she had not escaped the enormous shadow beneath her feet.

Jiang Ran even suspected that the octopus's true form might still be in the deep sea and hadn't moved much.

It is highly likely that I was "driven" here by these seawaters.

Thinking back to what Majik said before, the fulcrum of the game world might be Paro Island itself, and that sea area might also be the same one.

It's just that it's been divided into countless folded or parallel spaces.

In any case, the best course of action now is to escape as soon as possible.

If her guess is true, as long as she remains on this sea, she will never have a peaceful night's rest.

Before the octopus's giant tentacles could strike, Jiang Ran quickly changed the young lady's coordinates to the coordinates of a map fragment.

In his other hand, he held a condensed rune, ready to summon the island's other hand if he couldn't leave.

But she couldn't be sure whether summoning the island would be a trap she was setting for herself.

However, after piecing together all the clues she had gathered during this time, she couldn't help but wonder if the voice she had heard on Paro Island really did come from that so-called guard, Ryan.

What about the islanders and pirates?

Could they also be projections or clones of some race?
She now clearly realizes that the "gods," or rather the "powers," on Paro Island are perhaps all acting independently.

Driven by their own selfish motives, they openly and secretly meddle in the game.

Since that's the case, if we really can't escape, let's just use the whistle to summon the islanders and see what happens!

Fortunately, the scene Jiang Ran was worried about did not happen.

Just as the giant tentacles that had burst from the water were about to crash into the ghost ship, Jiang Ran retracted the ship and disappeared from the spot.

Only at the same time, countless tentacles burst out of the water, stirring up the entire sea and even creating tsunamis. They angrily crashed down because they missed their target, creating huge whirlpools with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers.

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As Jiang Ran teleported over, she also activated the skill: Mimicry.

She wasn't sure where she would end up, whether she would return to Paro Island, or whether she would run into the guards looking for her around the corner.

—Ever since she realized that she had indeed robbed Big Eyeball of a fortune, Jiang Ran dared not be careless and always preferred to be cautious.

As it turned out, her foresight was correct.

Although the city she landed in this time was somewhat different from the previous one, Jiang Ran used her mimicry to transform into... the golden ant that had once given her the treasure chest.

She had just appeared in mid-air when a group of people in uniform, hurrying by on foot-operated flying machines, spotted her.

The leader, looking somewhat apprehensive, greeted Jiang Ran: "My lord, what brings you here? Has the Holy Temple given you any instructions?"

Jiang Ran: ...

Very good, these golden ants are indeed extraordinary.

These people are probably what's called the security detail, right?
Strangely, although the city where she landed this time looked very similar to the one before, a closer look revealed that the residents of this city were not as peaceful and serene as they were on the island before.

Although they were also riding in aircraft, the citizens driving orderly on the highway wore expressions of various emotions. In simpler terms, the residents of this city were more like living, breathing people.

Although these citizens appear to retain only faint traces of human characteristics.

Just like Jiang Ran's current golden ant appearance, although many citizens in the city maintain human form, their body types vary widely, and their facial models also have their own unique features.
Some look like catfish, some like arthropods, and some are simply like golden ants—completely aliens…

If Jiang Ran were reborn in this Sunset City, she would probably think she had transmigrated to some strange interstellar world.

Why are the citizens of this city and Paro Island different species?
However, this does explain why both big-eyed creatures and octopuses can become gods here.

This can be seen as a kind of "heroes don't ask about origins"...

Moreover, Jiang Ran noticed that this time, there was no huge pillar of light that pierced through the sky in the center of the island. There was only a setting sun hanging on the edge of the island, seemingly very close, and it hadn't moved for a long time.

Instead of immediately answering the question posed by the man who appeared to be a member of the security detail, she countered with, "What did you find?"

Upon hearing this, the leader lowered his head, looking extremely ashamed: "We searched all night, but found nothing except the name we learned from the Holy Maiden... My lord, we are incompetent."

"Did you come to Sunset City to help us catch that thief?"

Sunset City?
Jiang Ran's eyes flashed, but she said calmly, "I heard that this thief is likely from over there."

Upon hearing this, the leader could only manage a bitter smile: "That's what the Holy Maiden said. Although we will always believe the Holy Maiden's words, how exactly did the exiles, who are even lower than disqualified persons, manage to do it?"

“Even you and the Holy Maiden couldn’t penetrate deep into the heart, so how could that thief possibly…”

Were they... originally called exiles?

Jiang Ran didn't listen any further and flapped her wings to fly away.

She has already gotten what she wanted to know, and staying any longer will only lead to more mistakes and more talk.

The identity of the golden ant should be quite useful in this Sunset City, and she doesn't want things to go wrong too quickly.

Seeing that Jiang Ran ignored his words, the leader showed no dissatisfaction, but rather some panic.

Seemingly worried that his words had offended Jiang Ran, he quickly looked up and explained, "My lord, I have no doubt about the Holy Maiden. We will definitely continue to search for clues!"

Jiang Ran glanced at him, then flew away rather clumsily.

I must say, this flight perspective is quite novel.

Jiang Ran flew higher, looking down at the city.

The architecture is very similar to that on Paro Island, neat and orderly, full of cold metallic style.

The smooth exterior walls of the buildings are very close together, compressing the footprint to the extreme, and the buildings are connected by countless spider web-like tracks.

Because the buildings were so tall, and Jiang Ran's current size was much smaller, flying through these steel jungles of buildings gave her a faint feeling of suffocation.

Besides the guards, there were also many intricate robots, about half a person's height, constantly moving through the city, randomly scanning the citizens coming and going.

Jiang Ran felt a chill run down her spine upon seeing this; she wasn't sure if these scans were to verify the citizens' identities.

But it's better for her, an unregistered resident, not to take the risk.