There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

After saying that, the three of them, led by Yeager, headed towards the train station. As for the place Lu Qing had visited earlier, although it was also part of the train station,

That wasn't the main entrance; she didn't even know whether she left the train station through the entrance or the exit.

“It’s here.” After walking for more than forty minutes through the old capital, Jaegers stopped in front of a tunnel and said.

"Is this the place?" Lu Qing asked, looking at the tunnel with some curiosity.

Rather than a train station entrance, this place looks more like the entrance to a mine. When fighting the Black Mist Giant, Lu Qing had wondered why the old capital's train station was built underground.

Building underground would require digging out large areas of soil and rock; wouldn't that just increase the workload?

Lu Qing shared her thoughts with Yeges, hoping to get answers to her doubts from this mechanic from the former steel city.

"There are two main reasons," Yegges said after recalling for a moment after hearing Lu Qing's words. "The situation in the old capital was not very good at the time, and the train station was built in secret."

"The second point is that the thick earth element underground can isolate the power of the void to a certain extent, reducing the probability of ordinary people mutating, so that the mechanics can also adjust their working state."

“Besides, the amount of work involved in underground construction isn’t actually that much,” Yers said, pointing to the entrance of the train station. “This used to be a mine, a mine that existed when the old capital was first established.”

"Later, the mine was depleted and gradually fell into disrepair, but the large roads that were excavated inside can be reused. They just need to be reinforced with earth elemental magic."

"The newly excavated roads can also be dug using earth elemental magic, and if all else fails, there are machines, so our workload is actually not that great."

Oh right, I'd completely forgotten that magic exists in this world, Lu Qing couldn't help but think.

As a transmigrator from a world without any extraordinary powers, Lu Qing's common sense is different from that of the people in this world, and she always forgets some things that others take for granted.

For example, magic, or some other things.

The group entered the dark mine shaft and soon arrived at a steel train with a black surface that looked somewhat rusty.

"Is this a train?" Ling, who had never seen a human-made mechanical creation before, asked with great curiosity upon seeing the train.

"How is it driven?" Lu Qing looked at the train, thought for a moment, and then asked.

If magic exists in this world, then a train powered by magic isn't impossible, right? Just boiling water feels like something's missing.

(End of this chapter)

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Chapter 592: Lin

"It seems you're not entirely ignorant about machinery," Yegges said, looking somewhat surprised after hearing Lu Qing's words.

"It's just that it doesn't feel unfamiliar." Lu Qing shook her head and said, "If I had to say, a waterwheel could be considered a kind of machine."

“Well, of course,” Jaeger nodded.

"Although the waterwheel is not made of metal, it can indeed be considered a machine. In fact, if the sacred tree had not withered, it would have been entirely feasible to use the waterwheel to drive some factory machinery."

As Jaegers spoke, he shook his head with a regretful expression and said, "It's a pity that the sacred tree withered just when humanity was about to reach its most crucial stage of development."

"But it's alright, I'll find a way to heal her; it's my duty as a priest of the Honglisam Church."

"It sounds weird coming from you," Lu Qing thought, looking at Yeges, who seemed more like a member of the Guiji sect than a priest.

“This train actually has two operating systems. The first one uses magic to power the engine, but this requires a mage to power the engine, so we can’t use it.” At this moment, Yegos answered the question Lu Qing had asked earlier.

"The second set is relatively cheaper and can be used even by ordinary people. All you need to do is throw in an item that can release extremely high temperatures when it burns. Normally, it uses coal."

As Jaegers spoke, he walked around the underground of the train station and soon pulled out a slightly worn engine from the pile of clutter in a corner.

"This engine broke down before. Although the damage wasn't significant, the people of Steel City left in such a hurry that it was left here with other miscellaneous items," Yeggs said, dragging the heavy engine. Seeing his laborious appearance, Lu Qing couldn't help but want to go over and help him.

“Once this engine is repaired and reassembled onto this abandoned train, you can ride it to the Steel City,” Jaegers said, patting the engine’s metal casing.

"There are quite a few parts and tools left in the junk. Let me take a look." Jaeger returned to the pile of junk in the corner and began to rummage through it.

A short while later, he dragged over several other boxes and then used the tools in the storage box to disassemble the engine casing.

The repair process was not as complicated as Lu Qing had imagined. The engine damage was not serious; it only required replacing some severely worn parts. The only troublesome part was checking which of these parts was faulty.

It didn't take long for Jaeger to repair the damaged train engine and then screw the engine casing back onto the engine with a screwdriver.

After that, Lu Qing's help would be needed to install the engine. After all, there was no mechanical equipment left here, and it would be impossible for Yeager to move such a huge engine with his physique alone.

What was an immense burden for Yeager was not heavy for Lu Qing. With their cooperation, they installed the train engine inside the train in just ten minutes.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the train should be able to run normally," Jaegers said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the pile of junk in the corner and added, "There should be two more boxes of coal in there, enough for you to drive all the way to Steel City and back."

"Thank you," Lu Qing said, looking at the tired Yeges.

“It’s just mutual help.” Jaegers waved his hand and said, “I’m going to the mother body of the flesh giants next. Are you leaving now?”

"Let me go with you first, just in case something unexpected happens," Lu Qing said after thinking for a while.

She wondered if the poison gas released by that flesh monster would affect Yeager. If Yeager couldn't withstand it, she could at least provide temporary relief.

"Phew," Yeges seemed relieved after hearing Lu Qing's words, and said, "It would be great if you could come with me. Although my body has become much stronger after being corrupted by the power of the void, I am not very good at fighting or anything else."

“I understand,” Lu Qing nodded.

Even if an ordinary person suddenly gains 20 points in all physical attributes, they might not be able to defeat an ordinary soldier in a fight, even if they are unarmed. This is completely understandable, since psychological qualities, combat experience, and other factors will affect the outcome of the battle.

Just because you're stronger than someone else doesn't mean you'll definitely be able to beat them.

The three left the train station and first returned to the stronghold on the walls of Jaegers. After resting for a while, they immediately headed to the location where the flesh giant mother had died.

Jaegers seemed a little impatient, which is perfectly normal for researchers to be eager to understand and explore the unknown.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lu Qing felt a subtle sense of crisis, as if she were being watched from the shadows, and a faint killing intent lingered in her heart.

"clang"

The Altaïr sword, imbued with spiritual power, blocked his way. A wisp of dark mist collided with the Altaïr sword, like two sharp blades clashing, producing a metallic clang.

The attacker seemed to step back, the dark mist dissipated, and Lu Qing soon couldn't see anything again.

However, just because the creature that attacked her was not visible to the naked eye did not mean that it had left. The sense of crisis that it could cut through her skin and flesh at any moment was constantly lingering around Lu Qing.

Is it invisibility?

Lu Qing used Eagle Eye to look around, but could only see some blurry traces, like some kind of smoke moving in the air.

Golden vertical pupils opened above her forehead, and the next moment, Lu Qing saw a slender humanoid creature in front of her, wielding two jet-black ninja scythes, slashing towards her.

[Mental shock]

Lu Qing subconsciously released a mental shockwave to strike the other party. Unexpectedly, the effect was better than expected. The invisible humanoid creature was stunned in place after being hit by the mental shockwave.

Taking advantage of her illness to kill her, Lu Qing would not let go of such a good opportunity. She raised the sword of Altaïr and unleashed a powerful sweeping attack!

【Elf Blade】

Black and red spiritual energy swirled around the snow-white blade of the Altaïr Sword, instantly slicing through the humanoid creature's torso. After the sweeping motion, Lu Qing used the momentum to quickly turn around and deliver another diagonal slash to the humanoid creature's neck.

[Magic Element +200]

[Soul +1500]

"Thud."

Under Lu Qing's incredulous gaze, a black and red sphere fell to the ground. If she wasn't mistaken, that familiar feeling was...

The core of a vengeful spirit?

Is it true? Are resentful spirits really such easy creatures to deal with? Lu Qing thought to herself, feeling a little incredulous.

(End of this chapter)

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Chapter 593: An Eternal Nightmare

"What...what's going on?"

Lu Qing looked at the core of the resentful soul that had fallen to the ground with some confusion, wondering if the effect of the lucky coin had not ended yet.

Almost eight hours have passed since she tossed the coin, and nothing unlucky seems to have happened in between. Could it be that the coin's effect lasts for a whole day?

If good luck can last for a day, what about bad luck?

Being plagued by bad luck all day... well, it depends on how unlucky you are. It could be choking on water, getting bird droppings on your head while walking, or feeling like the whole world is against you...

On that unlucky day, just find a quiet place and patiently wait for it to pass.

Thinking this, Lu Qing looked at the core of the resentful soul in front of her and was momentarily at a loss.

Regardless of why this vengeful spirit became so weak, it was delivered right to her face, and she certainly had no reason to refuse. But the problem was that she didn't know the identity of this vengeful spirit in its previous life.

Based on her appearance and abilities, we can only roughly guess that she is a woman skilled in assassination and capable of invisibility.

Lu Qing took out a wooden board from the storage cabinet in the hut and used the language of rock to craft a rather blurry female mask, attempting to draw out the power from the core of the resentful soul in this way.

The result was that it could be drawn in, but not completely. The power within the core of the resentful soul trembled slightly before ceasing its movement.

"......"

Well, it didn't work after all, Lu Qing thought with some disappointment as she looked at the mask in her hand.

In that case, she had no choice but to use the crude method, which is also the method most psychics use when encountering a vengeful spirit whose identity they do not know.

That was a test, adjusting the mask while testing it out. After all, the mask of a vengeful spirit didn't need to be 100% identical to the person in life; just a general resemblance was enough.

While human facial features can take on many different appearances, these differences are mostly formed by a combination of various subtle variations.

As long as you have a general idea, you'll eventually succeed if you keep trying.

However, doing this is indeed a waste of time. If there were other ways, Lu Qing would not want to waste time trying them out here.

"Can I directly access the memories within the core?" Lu Qing wondered thoughtfully.

A normal psychic would use the Mask of Vengeful Spirits in a completely different way than her, and there would be no concept of "development level," let alone the ability to enter the memory world to view memories.

She is different from those psychics, so there is no need for her to follow the experience left by the previous psychics.

Lu Qing isn't the kind of player who gets stronger solely through system-allocated points and whose skills are all obtained through gacha pulls. She possesses extensive theoretical knowledge, and in the system interface, her [Mysticism] skill is at least level six.

After imagining it in her mind for a while, she tried to use her dagger to carve a magic circle on the ground at the core of the Soul of Hatred.