Chapter 120: Station: Rule Horror Maze

[With Jade discarding Station 1 as an option, only two were left, which were Station 2 and Station 3.]

[Scarlet spoke up, "Station 2, while risky, is an excellent choice. The Rule Horror Maze might be filled with dangerous rule horrors, whatever they are, but the ability to make a wish once for any item at Peak Platinum-grade is highly needed."]

["If we can wish for an item similar to the Mystic Apple, which can grant a permanent increase to all stats, we’ll be able to reach Platinum rank, making future station explorations a lot easier."]

["Moreover, we still have the Passenger Safety Mechanism, so even if we die, we can still resurrect and choose to immediately leave the station world."]

[As for the Rule Horror Maze being a multiplayer-type station, Jade and Scarlet ignored that information as it wasn’t relevant.]

[It was already a unanimous decision that anything involving multiplayer-type stations would result in plundering Train Cores and extracting innate talents.]

[As they say, blame the game, not the player. Since the Train Survival World was designed this way to reward infighting between Train Conductors, it was in your best interest to go with the flow and take advantage of that.]

[Hearing Jade and Scarlet’s words, you nodded, "Well, that’s true. If we can wish for a boosting item, we’ll undoubtedly take off."]

["Even if that wish will only grant one item, I can still use my Hint Prompt to determine which edible Peak Platinum-grade item is available and within the limits of the item wish."]

["And as long as it’s edible, my Unlimited Food Creation talent can be of use as I’ll start creating it endlessly until all of us eat it and reach the maximum stat cap granted by that item."]

[Jade pondered for a while before suggesting, "Darling, will you agree if it’s just you who explores this station? With your Hint Prompt talent, it’ll be a lot easier for you to navigate through the Rule Horror Maze."]

["If Old MacDonald, Scarlet, and I were to join you, I feel like we’d end up as burdens since we won’t be able to know your Hint Prompts in time. It will be disastrous if we trigger the rule mechanisms of those anomalous creatures and cause the end of the Zenith Crew."]

[Listening to Jade’s suggestion, you didn’t immediately dismiss it, contemplating whether it was a viable strategy or not.]

[Jade was indeed right, as there would be a delay if you relayed the Hint Prompt to them in the zenith chat group. Just a few milliseconds of misjudgment will be fatal, so if it’s just you alone, the chance of failure will be a lot less.]

[In the end, you nodded your head in agreement, "I’m fine with it."]

["We’ll do it this way, we’ll immediately attack all the other Trains and the Train Conductors inside them after we stop at the Rule Horror Maze Station. The less we want is those idiots sabotaging me by triggering the rule mechanisms of those rule horrors."]

["Afterwards, we’ll immediately place the Zenith Train in the Void Parking Space and wait it out until the early departure time is reached."]

["When all the preparations are complete, I’ll let you lead Scarlet and Old MacDonald in remaining vigilant to guard the train and the surroundings while I partake in the exploration of the maze."]

["If I ever spawn back in the train due to dying from a rule horror, don’t wait for my response and immediately use your Train Conductor Authority to initiate early departure."]

[Hearing your plan, Jade posed a question, "What if you died but were just close to completing the rule horror maze? And what killed you could only kill you once? Wouldn’t it be a loss if I prematurely initiated an early departure?"]

[You shook your head, "Even in that scenario, our lives are more valuable than a mere item. Even if that will cause my progress in the Rule Horror Maze Station to come all for naught, it’s fine as long as it doesn’t compromise our safety."]

["I’ve already checked using Hint Prompt and discovered that the Rule Horror Maze Station’s death mechanisms cannot bypass the Passenger Safety Mechanism. The death caused even by those rule horrors is a rank inferior to the Angels of Death."]

[With the information you added, Jade and Scarlet didn’t refuse and instead supported your plan.]

[-Ding!]

{Station 2 has been chosen!}

{Prepare to disembark in 2 minutes and 30 seconds.}

[After receiving that notification, you, Jade, and Scarlet decided to wait it out.]

[After those minutes passed by, the train finally stopped at the Rule Horror Maze Station.]

[Peering through the train windows, the three of you could see six other trains parked near your train.]

[In other words, there were seven trains in this multiplayer-type station.]

[Before attacking, you used Hint Prompt on each train multiple times until you obtained enough information about them. Two of those six trains didn’t have two Train Conductors but only one.]

[One of those two trains was due to their Train Conductor Duo sacrificing themselves to save the other. As for the other train, it’s due to infighting since they were strangers, and the one who died was a deadweight and had an inferior innate talent.]

[After knowing that they didn’t have a self-destructive innate talent or skills, you no longer hesitated. Controlling the Psychic Holder Turret, you let those six trains fly in the air.]

[Injecting your spirit energy to power the Psychic Holder Turret, you used a more advanced control of it to hold the Train Conductors inside as well.]

[After leaving the train, you did the routine of dismantling their trains and extracting their innate talents.]

[As usual, most of the innate talents you received were irrelevant to you and the Zenith Train Crew. But this time, you received an innate talent crystal containing the SS-rank Mental Fortification innate talent.]

[SS-rank Mental Fortification innate talent granted the ability to create protective barriers within the mind to fortify it and prevent any type of mental influence.]