Chapter 69 69 Chapter - What A Strange Guy
69 Chapter - What A Strange Guy
“Leng Ningxue?”
Bai Cheng was slightly startled, looking at the young woman in front of her who was still wearing a short-sleeved shirt and didn't seem to feel the cold at all.
If it was just the name, she had indeed seen these three characters in the exchange.
But her impression of the other party was only limited to the Pioneer tag.
However, looking at it now, the other party's progress was almost on par with her own, clearly belonging to that small group of top-tier individuals.
This couldn't help but make Bai Cheng look at her in a new light.
She also politely extended her hand and shook the other's.
It was just that her fair, slender palm was unusually cold, not /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ at all like the temperature a living person would possess.
“You just said you're a combat talent awakened?” Bai Cheng was a bit puzzled.
Leng Ningxue nodded, her gaze following closely.
Only after confirming that Bai Cheng genuinely seemed unaware of this information did she explain concisely: “Talents are roughly divided into combat and non-combat types.”
“Combat talent awakened individuals can possess considerable combat power from the start, but relatively, the help in terms of survival is negligible.”
As Leng Ningxue spoke, her finger moved, and an ice crystal radiating cold air formed in her palm.
Bai Cheng's gaze sharpened, her face full of shock.
No, are you all cheating?!
If survivors possessed combat power from the very beginning, Bai Cheng couldn't even imagine how low the difficulty of survival would be.
“There's such a talent?” She was greatly surprised.
But Leng Ningxue shook her head: “Combat talents generally have very strong side effects.”
As for what the side effects were, the other party didn't say, but she looked as if it was difficult to speak of.
“Just as I thought, your talent should be related to employees, right?” Leng Ningxue spoke again.
As a combat talent awakened, she inherently had a stronger perception of danger or killing intent.
And she could more clearly feel that Bai Cheng's two employees were terrifyingly strong.
This clearly couldn't be employees that could be recruited at the initial stage.
Hearing the other party's words, Bai Cheng didn't deny it, after all, Leng Ningxue hadn't concealed her own talent either.
“More or less,” she gave an ambiguous answer, finally understanding why the other party looked at her with surprise.
“Oh, right,” Leng Ningxue seemed to remember something, “After the team function is fully open, trains can merge.”
“What?”
“Train merging, team members can board. You must have seen quite a few Infinite Marauderss, right?”
Leng Ningxue wasn't as aloof as imagined; she was just serious, divulging information Bai Cheng didn't know.
And Bai Cheng's first reaction upon hearing this was to think of the extra employees on the Infinite Marauders's train.
Presumably, if trains could truly merge, team members' employees could also board.
“How did you get this information…”
Bai Cheng clearly knew she hadn't missed anything along the way, so why did everyone seem to know more information than her?
“It was information Tang Yan proactively revealed when he tried to recruit me,” Leng Ningxue explained, then looked directly at Bai Cheng.
“You've noticed it too, right? This guy's talent is most likely a non-combat talent like precognition, or… to explain it with a term from novels, this guy is very likely a reborn individual.”
Seeing Bai Cheng's thoughtful expression, she added: “You've probably read novels, right?”
“Of course,” Bai Cheng was slightly startled, then thanked her, “Thank you for telling me this information.”
She glanced at the time on her watch again, “As a thank you, I'll treat you to breakfast.”
After all, although the other party hadn't stated her purpose, she had probably already guessed it.
She remembered Leng Ningxue's recruitment information only asking for female teammates.
However, since the other party didn't mention it, Bai Cheng certainly wouldn't bring it up proactively.
Leng Ningxue politely declined: “No, I have food on my train, but we can eat together.”
Eating breakfast in this extremely cold wilderness where water splashes freeze instantly?
But going to each other's trains was too much of an invasion of privacy, so in the end, neither of them mentioned it.
After finishing breakfast, their subsequent goals were completely consistent: to rush to the next station with all their might.
When they returned to their respective trains, Leng Ningxue even suggested traveling together.
And she never once mentioned forming a team with Bai Cheng.
Finally, Bai Cheng couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked, “Why did you tell me all this?”
Leng Ningxue, with one foot already inside the train door, turned her head at the question and smiled for the first time: “To make a friend.”
With that, she stepped into the train, and soon the vehicle started.
Bai Cheng remained rooted to the spot. She raised an eyebrow slightly and muttered to herself, “What a strange person.”
Then, looking at Red Flame and Zi Yuan, she ordered, “Let’s go too.”
Because Leng Ningxue had been deliberately controlling her speed, the two trains always traveled side by side.
This situation continued for an entire day; the other party added Bai Cheng as a friend, and they even ate and mined for fuel together along the way.
However, having company did make the lonely train life less boring.
The other party also never showed any other intentions, as if she truly just wanted to be friends with Bai Cheng.
Late that night, both were now only 100km away from Station Three.
“I have a feeling our journey will separate soon.”
By the campfire, Leng Ningxue was also seated with her two employees: an Elite-grade Phantom and an Elite-grade Skeleton Archer.
Somewhat to Bai Cheng's surprise, both of her initial employees were blue-grade.
This also indirectly showed that the individual strength of combat talent awakened survivors was even stronger than imagined.
“This time I've gathered some more information, regarding non-combat talent users advancing to Transcendent.”
Bai Cheng was slightly startled, “Tang Yan wants to recruit you, right? If you keep getting information from him like this, will it… ”
Leng Ningxue shook her head: “Not Tang Yan, it was a Pioneer named Lin Qiuyue who told me.”
“Lin Qiuyue?” Bai Cheng didn't expect her to know the other party.
However, considering there weren't many Pioneers in total, it was normal for them to know each other to some extent.
“Isn't she Tang Yan's teammate?” Bai Cheng asked curiously.
“Is that so?” Leng Ningxue mused, “Then it seems I need to choose carefully.”
The two chatted briefly, and after finishing their late-night snack, they returned to their respective trains to rest.
Due to her talent, Leng Ningxue could ignore the cold erosion even without a warming stove; the severe snowy mountains could almost be considered her home ground.
So, even during Silent Night, they didn't stop moving.
Soon, the snowstorm grew more ferocious, and even though the two trains were only ten meters apart, visibility became increasingly blurred.
Until the other party's train completely disappeared from sight, the speed of her train gradually decreased, and a huge triangular curtain appeared in front of Bai Cheng.
The curtain began to burn, the train slowly drove in, and several messages suddenly popped up on the screen.
【Arrived at a special station. No time limit for stay.】
【Pioneer Trial (1) activated!
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