The "Survival on the Train" game has bugs, it's really laggy!

Su Yuan swept the treasure chest from the guardian spirit into his bracelet, intending to let it come out to search for the treasure after he had dealt with the danger.

He then looked at the small figure in the driver's seat and earnestly instructed, "Xiao Huo, after I get out, you stay in the car and don't go anywhere."

"If anything happens to the train, immediately put a unit of iron, or anything else, into my bracelet through the train's depot. As long as there's something extra in my bracelet's depot, I'll immediately notice."

"I've already made it recognize your aura, and you can store things in it too," Su Yuan said, bringing the bracelet close to Xiao Huo's face.

Xiao Huo stretched out his short finger and carefully touched the bracelet. A faint light flashed, and the binding was complete.

"Master, you must be careful!" Little Fire nodded heavily.

Although it had witnessed Su Yuan's repeated efforts to turn the tide, its inherent cowardice remained unchanged.

"Don't worry." Su Yuan patted its head.

Su Yuan turned around and opened the auction house interface.

After the train mutated, basic materials like iron, copper, and plastic became useless to it.

So he simply packed up most of the remaining materials in the warehouse and hung them up, exchanging them for only one thing—train coins.

He has no shortage of food, but he plans to see if there's an opportunity to sell merman oil, a top-grade fuel, in Terra City.

On the eve of his departure for the big city, he needed to accumulate as much hard currency as possible.

However, Su Yuan also knew that this deal probably wouldn't be easy to do.

Most players now know that the next stop is "Eternal City," a large gathering place for players.

Given the uncertain future, few people would be willing to spend their precious train coins to buy basic materials at this critical juncture unless it is an urgent matter.

Those unfortunate souls who truly lack materials and can't even upgrade their trains are even less likely to have spare cash.

"Nobody's buying?"

"Then let's lower the price a bit and sell as many as we can. Every little bit helps." Su Yuan set the price and then ignored it.

After doing all this, Su Yuan took a deep breath and got off the train.

A cold wind blew in my face, carrying the fishy smell of the lake and the stench of decaying plants.

Su Yuan looked up at the black castle standing by the lake in the distance. Under the gloomy sky, the castle's spires looked like black fingers pointing to the sky.

Just as Su Yuan got off the car.

Before the castle's tightly closed, massive iron gate, a figure silently appeared.

He wore a well-tailored black tuxedo, his hair was neatly combed, and a monocle covered his pale face. Behind the lens, his eyes gleamed with a cold light.

He looked like a polite old butler, but the chilling aura emanating from him was even more biting than the cold wind by the lake.

The butler looked up at the sky, and the thick, dark clouds made him frown almost imperceptibly.

"Is it going to rain?" he murmured to himself in a flat, monotone tone. "I remember the last time it rained was ten years ago..."

The Black Swan Lake area is affected by some unknown force, resulting in a gloomy climate year-round. Although the air is humid, it rarely rains.

The butler's gaze then turned towards the platform.

He saw the train that had just come to a stop; it was entirely dark green and had a bizarre shape.

I also saw the young man who was getting off the train, exuding an extraordinary aura.

The butler's lips slowly curved into a stiff and eerie smile.

"A latecomer..." His voice held a hint of indescribable excitement and greed, "What a... delicious main course..."

Su Yuan naturally noticed the malicious gaze.

He didn't even bother to lift his eyelids. He simply stretched his limbs, feeling the slightly damp and chilly air that made him feel uncomfortable, and then started walking slowly toward the castle gate.

When Su Yuan was still more than ten meters away from the castle gate, the butler in the tailcoat finally moved.

His figure flickered in place, and the next second, as if teleported, he appeared in front of Su Yuan, blocking his way.

"Good evening, sir." The butler bowed slightly, performing impeccable aristocratic etiquette. "The Queen's banquet is about to begin, and you seem... to be late."

Su Yuan stopped and finally looked up to examine the seemingly respectable guy in front of him.

"Oh? Really?" Su Yuan picked at his ear, saying nonchalantly, "So what? The banquet hasn't even started yet, and I've already made it in time, haven't I?"

The butler's smile remained unchanged, but the look in his eyes behind his glasses suddenly turned icy.

"According to the castle's rules, all guests attending the dinner must have an invitation personally signed by the Queen and arrive before sunset."

He slowly straightened up, looking down at Su Yuan with an air of unquestionable authority.

"Not only are you late, but... I don't seem to see any trace of an invitation on you."

Su Yuan instantly understood that he had entered through a different route, so it was normal that he didn't have an invitation.

It seems the others were invited in, which means this dungeon is definitely not as simple as it appears to be, just a two-star dungeon.

"Therefore," the butler pushed up his monocle, the lens reflecting a chilling glint, "according to the third rule of the castle, I have the right to execute on the spot any rude person who arrives uninvited and late."

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura erupted from the butler!

His right hand, gloved in white, suddenly spread its five fingers wide, and his nails turned sharp and black at a speed visible to the naked eye, like five poisoned blades, tearing through the air with a shrill whistle, as it viciously grabbed at Su Yuan's throat!

This arrest was swift and ruthless!

A faint layer of black mist even lingered around those sharp fingernails, clearly indicating that they were imbued with some kind of malevolent curse.

Any ordinary player, faced with this sudden and lightning-fast fatal blow, would probably not even have time to react before being killed on the spot.

Unfortunately, he encountered Su Yuan.

"this one?"

Su Yuan could clearly see the trajectory of the attack, the angle of force, and even the flow of black energy swirling around the fingernails.

too slow.

It was so slow that he didn't even have the interest to dodge.

Just a second before those sharp nails touched Su Yuan's throat skin.

Su Yuan made a move.

He didn't back down or block; he simply raised his right hand.

A thought crossed my mind.

The two talents, "Bone Formation" and "Softening," are activated simultaneously in an instant!

"Pfft!"

A strange sound of flesh tearing apart rang out.

Su Yuan's right arm underwent an unbelievable change in an instant.

The muscles in his arm became unusually soft, like a rubber band without bones, and suddenly stretched forward.

At the tip of that outstretched arm, an incredibly sharp bone blade, gleaming with a chilling white light, pierced through the skin of his palm and thrust out fiercely!

At this moment, his entire arm transformed into a supple yet deadly bone whip!

"call out!"

The bone whip drew a blur in the air, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, striking first despite being behind, and with an unparalleled sharpness, it lashed directly at the butler's outstretched ghostly claw.

The butler's sinister smile froze instantly.

His pupil, visible beneath his monocle, suddenly contracted, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror.

He didn't see Su Yuan's movements at all!

He only felt an irresistible, terrifying force coming from the side, and before he could react, the force had already struck his wrist solidly.

"Snap!"

A crisp, clear sound of bone cracking rang out, sounding particularly jarring in the silent night.

The butler's prized ghost claw, along with his entire arm, was shattered to pieces by this whip!

Black bone fragments, mixed with putrid flesh and blood, were scattered everywhere.

"ah--!"

The belated, excruciating pain caused the butler to let out a piercing scream.

He clutched his mangled, bloody arm and staggered backward. His once aristocratic, pale face was now completely distorted by pain and fear.

"You... what exactly are you?!" The butler looked at Su Yuan, his voice filled with fear and confusion.

He stayed in this castle for over a hundred years, receiving countless groups of so-called "heroes".

In his eyes, those people were nothing more than a group of slightly stronger ants, whom he could crush with a flick of his wrist.

But this one in front of me...

"Me?" Su Yuan retracted the bone whip, his arm returning to normal. He shook off the bloodstains on his hands, grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth. "I'm the rude scoundrel you're talking about, the one who was late and didn't have an invitation."

As he spoke, he strode towards the butler, who was still screaming in pain.

"You...you stay away!"

The butler was terrified as he watched Su Yuan's figure approach step by step.

"Didn't you just say you were going to execute me?" Su Yuan walked up to him, looking down at him with a smile that, in the butler's eyes, was more terrifying than a demon from the abyss.

"What? You're not executing them now?"

"I...I was wrong! My lord! I was wrong!" The butler's knees buckled with a thud, and he knelt on the ground, frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy. "I was blind! I didn't know you were such a powerful being! Please, spare my life! I'll do anything for you! I can take you to see the Queen! I can..."

"Pfft!"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Su Yuan's right arm transformed into a bone whip once more, slashing across the ground like lightning.

A head wearing a monocle shot into the sky, tracing an arc in the air, before landing with a "thud" on the grass a short distance away. It rolled a few times before finally coming to a stop.

Congratulations! You have successfully defeated the elite monster 'Wraith Butler'!

Congratulations! You have received: a special tuxedo (premium) x1 and train coins x10.

Su Yuan looked at the corpse on the ground and curled his lip.

"You talk too much nonsense."