Time passed.

The Clown Train had long since departed from Xia Country, traversing through Bear Country, Eagle Country, Tower Country, Sunset Country, Neon Country, and other nations. The train's route was chaotic, and no one knew where the next stop would be.

After passing through various countries, the train would naturally stop. Now there were survivors from dozens of countries aboard, with many foreigners appearing in carriages of all classes.

The Soft Sleeper carriage was no exception, having gained a golden-haired, blue-eyed woman from Bear Country and a mercenary from Tower Country. Compared to other carriages, the Soft Sleeper was many times quieter.

"Li Xuan, the train has been traveling across the ocean for five days now. Where do you think our next stop will be?" The speaker was the mercenary from Tower Country, who had given himself the Xia Country name Li Dalong, claiming to be a fan of Bruce Lee. His childhood dream had been to surpass Bruce Lee, hence the name Li Dalong.

Li Dalong had studied the Xia Country language. Although he couldn't understand some tongue twisters and idioms, he could barely manage to communicate with Li Xuan.

His luck had been quite good—the train had stopped very close to his shelter, which happened to be a bank vault, so he had the money to upgrade to the high-class Soft Sleeper carriage.

The golden-haired, blue-eyed woman from Bear Country was different from Li Dalong's situation. She was Bear Country nobility, with a castle at home that stored large amounts of emergency food. After the apocalypse outbreak, she had taken people to hide and survive in the castle.

The train stopped not far from her castle, which fortunately contained snowboards, allowing her to luckily board with large amounts of money.

However, she didn't understand Chinese. If Li Xuan wanted to communicate with her, he needed Li Dalong to translate.

Li Dalong had studied the Xia Country language. Although he couldn't understand some tongue twisters and idioms, he could barely manage to communicate with Li Xuan.

Li Dalong patted the Chinese Alligator. "Your pet is really fat."

The Chinese Alligator had undergone earth-shaking changes since being captured. When first caught, it had been skinny, shriveled, and malnourished. After Li Xuan's feeding, the alligator had even developed a big belly.

The Bear Country woman looked at the Chinese Alligator and shook her head. She truly couldn't understand why Li Xuan would keep a Chinese Alligator—completely useless in the apocalypse and nothing but dead weight.

She had asked once, and Li Xuan's reply was simply "I like it."

Merely liking something enough to burden yourself with dead weight was truly irrational.

In contrast, she highly regarded Li Dalong. As a mercenary, he had rich combat experience, mastered the transformation ability of the anaconda, absorbed four Supernatural Characteristics, was proficient in multiple languages, and unlike Li Xuan, didn't carry dead weight—making him an excellent potential partner.

No one knew exactly where the train's destination was, or whether the train's advertised "place without apocalypse" truly existed. Regardless, finding strong teammates first would better prepare them for upcoming trials.

Li Dalong's thoughts differed from the Bear Country woman's. After boarding, he had gathered information from Xia Country passengers in other carriages and learned that Li Xuan had actually obtained three of the train's hidden rewards. What they specifically were, no one knew except Li Xuan himself.

But the hidden rewards given by the train were certainly extraordinary.

The key point was that since Li Xuan, no one else had obtained any hidden rewards.

He believed he wasn't the only smart person on the train—others must have also learned about the hidden rewards, and many must have tried to obtain them, yet no one had succeeded.

This undoubtedly proved that Li Xuan wasn't simple!

The fact that Li Xuan kept a Chinese Alligator during the apocalypse was even better proof, wasn't it?

Without sufficient strength, who would keep a Chinese Alligator during the apocalypse, sharing precious food with a beast?

During this period, he had repeatedly tried to indirectly gather information about the hidden rewards, with the results pointing to coincidence, but he refused to believe it was mere coincidence.

Li Dalong noticed Li Xuan glancing at him twice and asked, "Is there something on my face?"

"No." Li Xuan withdrew his gaze. The reason he had been looking at Li Dalong was the intelligence he had obtained.

[Gifted Talent: After the Clown Train arrived at Heavenly Ox Island Soul King Village, Li Dalong was surprised to discover that everyone in Soul King Village actually spoke the Xia Country language. Later, he caught the eye of the village chief's daughter, successfully infiltrated the chief's household, and came into contact with Martial Arts.

Ten days later, when the train departed, Li Dalong chose to stay and marry the village chief's daughter, studying Martial Arts.

When the apocalypse's third version updated, the Martial Arts world integrated with Blue Star. Li Dalong, relying on his excellent talent, had already become an eighth-grade martial artist. Learning he had returned to Blue Star, he felt fortunate about his initial choice, believing he had gotten ahead of everyone on Blue Star.

Later, after encountering superpower users, Li Dalong realized he had missed a great opportunity—many Blue Star superpower users were far stronger than him. For this, Li Dalong felt deep regret, diligently practicing martial arts.

By the version's end, the village chief's daughter was targeted by a Gui. To protect her, Li Dalong chose to open the Ancestral Treasure Vault known only to successive Soul King Village chiefs throughout history. The result revealed that the treasure inside was actually a Martial Arts Seed.

If Li Dalong had refined the Martial Arts Seed early to accelerate his martial arts cultivation, he might have had the power to resist the Gui. But refining it now was already too late. Ultimately, Li Dalong tragically fell while protecting the village chief's daughter, who escaped with their unborn child.]

Li Xuan hadn't expected Li Dalong to be such a loyal and righteous man, willing to die to protect his wife.

His martial arts talent was also excellent. Unfortunately, one wrong step led to many more missteps. The apocalypse trials wouldn't wait for you to grow stronger—if you couldn't keep up with the update pace, you were bound to meet an unfortunate end.

[Fallen Treasure: After the train arrived at Heavenly Ox Island, Saliya wanted to cooperate with Li Dalong but was rejected because Saliya couldn't understand the Xia Country language.

Saliya, relying on her exquisite features and noble temperament, successfully deceived a villager from Soul King Village. The other party mistakenly believed Saliya was a princess from a distant land, showering her with flattery, teaching her the local language, and allowing her to browse their family's ancestral basic martial arts manual.

Ten days later, when the train departed, Saliya wanted to follow the train back to Blue Star, taking the villager's ancestral basic martial arts manual with her. Midway, she was blocked by the angry villager, missed the train, and was forced to remain on Heavenly Ox Island.

When the third version updated and the Martial Arts world integrated with Blue Star, Saliya had already learned the local language of Heavenly Ox Island, begun her martial arts training, and become a ninth-grade martial artist. Returning to Blue Star, she discovered that the servant she had once abandoned had become strong and no longer respected her.

Saliya felt unwilling to accept this, believing the train had ruined her. Back then, she had stolen her servant's money and boarded the train alone, thinking she had seized a great opportunity, only to find she had stepped into an abyss.

By the version's end, Saliya found a demonic path cultivation manual. After practicing, she discovered she actually possessed a once-in-ten-thousand-years demonic cultivation physique, perfectly suited for the demonic path, with progress advancing a thousand miles a day.

After Saliya cultivated to become a Martial King, she decided to reclaim everything that was hers. But just as she emerged from seclusion, the fourth version coincidentally updated, causing her to lose her advantage once again.