Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Lilith was startled. She turned around, and golden light flashed in her hand.

The next second, the golden light on her hand disappeared.

The light of runes gleamed in Li Fan's eyes. He put down the pistol in his hand and said with some surprise, "I didn't expect the contract to be real. I thought that this contract, like your identity, was fake."

Lilith looked at Li Fan, the man who had been with her day and night, expressionless, and said in a calm tone, "A fake contract can't fool the personal panel of the Eternal System."

"Eternal System? Isn't it the train system?" Li Fan asked curiously.

“Your Blue Star uses trains, specifically the Eternal Train System. We use ships,” Lilith replied.

“It seems there are still many things I don’t know.” Li Fan walked into the control room, and a member of the train crew behind him picked up a stool for him to sit on. “For example, I never knew that you were also a player. Cancel the synthesis, and then give me that crystal.”

Forced by the contract, Lilith handed her crystal to Li Fan. Li Fan fiddled with it for a while, only to find that, like other players' manuals, it couldn't be opened by anyone other than the owner. So he tossed it into his inventory.

"Sigh~" Li Fan sighed, looking utterly dejected. "I recognized you as the fake Lilith a long time ago. But I'm willing to play dumb. If you don't betray me, I can stay this fool forever."

Lilith frowned, looking at Li Fan, her emotions running high. "You recognized me as an imposter all along? Impossible!"

I used props to confirm that your favorite character is Lilith. Then I used those props to search all of Lilith's cultural and creative content. I studied it carefully before I started playing Lilith. I'm confident in my acting skills, so how did you figure it out?

Li Fan sighed, "There are too many flaws. To give you the simplest example, Lilith's bra size is C. You're only a B. It's too obvious."

Lilith was taken aback, then blushed: "Nonsense! The bra size is due to the anime director's personal preference, and the anime bra size is a D! In the original version, Lilith's bra size in the character art was only a B!"

Li Fan retorted, "Nonsense, how could there only be a B!"

"You shut-in, what do you know about bra sizes! Lilith is only 158cm tall, according to the character art..."

Next came things like scales and data, which made Li Fan dizzy and confused.

'Lilith' argued vehemently, leaving Li Fan speechless for a moment. He angrily waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about these trivial matters. Forget about your figure, your acting skills are subpar! What kind of Lilith are you!"

"How am I not good enough?!" 'Lilith' was questioned in her field of expertise and became furious. "I perfectly embodied what Lilith should be!"

Li Fan pointed at 'Lilith': "Perfect my ass! After you killed someone, didn't I hug you? And tell you that I accept your bloodthirsty side, that I will save you, and that I won't let you fall into the abyss of killing. And you didn't even say a word!"

'Lilith' was even angrier. "In the original work, there were prerequisites for this line to break through defenses! In the first volume, after the protagonist was assassinated by Lilith, he chose to forgive the seriously injured Lilith. In the fourth volume, he cooperated with Lilith to kill the enemy who was destroying the city and gently took care of the seriously injured Lilith. It was with these foreshadowings that the final blow broke through defenses."

What about you? Do you have that unique constitution that Lilith possesses? Have you ever experienced being terrified by Lilith, then overcoming your fear and bravely walking up to her? You haven't! You've been constantly messing with people! Never stopped!

Good brother, I gave you three chances to enter the story and return to the main plot, but you were too busy going back to fight and didn't see them. In the end, I had to give up for nothing.

Even in a game, you need to make multiple correct choices to access your character's route. With the way you're playing, when you reach the branching storylines, the option to go to Lilith's route will definitely be black (meaning it's not a winning option).

It was clear that 'Lilith' was truly blushing; her face was flushed, and she unleashed a torrent of words at Li Fan, making Li Fan initially look at her with disdain, but later feel extremely ashamed.

“Fine, but you have one fatal flaw,” Li Fan said stubbornly.

"What shortcomings?"

"When we're making love, you're not like a vise or a water pump."

Lilith was silent for a while, her blushing subsided, and after a long silence, she nodded in agreement, "That's true. To be fair, the original author is a bit ill, and it's probably just Xiao Chunan's wild imagination."

Silence descended upon the control room.

Finally, Lilith broke the silence. "Li Fan, I admit I lied to you, but choosing to evolve the train to level 11 will be beneficial for you."

Li Fan scoffed. "If there were real benefits, why would you be doing it secretly? Even if there are benefits, you and your backers will definitely take the lion's share."

“Your civilization is destined to perish,” Lilith said calmly. “I may tell you. If less than 1% of a civilization survives in the short term, it will be doomed. Your civilization will perish during this exploration cycle.”

Li Fan asked in bewilderment, "You went to all this trouble just to destroy Earth's civilization? What have we done to you?"

"No, it's for the sake of the foundation of Blue Star's civilization."

Under Li Fan's puzzled gaze, Lilith began to spill the beans like beans from a bamboo tube.

"Li Fan, the development of any civilization is influenced by various factors."

In your civilization, the sun and moon are very important in the realm of metaphysics. But for some civilizations, they don't even have the concept of the sun and moon.

Some civilizations communicate via brainwaves, so they cannot understand the concept of language and writing.

Physical conditions, life forms, and the composition of the world—all these differences have given rise to a wide variety of unique civilizations.

"After entering the eternal game of higher dimensions, civilization will awaken, and the accumulation of civilization along the way will become the foundation of civilization."

"By acquiring the essence of other civilizations, we can broaden the path of civilization and develop unique powers."

Civilizations that have never seen the sun and moon can still gain an understanding of them.

For example, your cultivation system is a very interesting one.

"In the eternal game, the consciousness of a civilization consumes the civilization's resources to provide protection for all its members."

"The foundation of civilization is a very precious thing, so some predatory civilizations have tried to exploit loopholes and resorted to crooked ideas."

"For example, you have to pay a price to find a newly entered civilization, use certain methods to find the right people, and then sign a contract."

Li Fan's face suddenly turned pale as he recalled the notification he received when he bound himself to the system.

[Does this system link to the follower summoning system?]

He was so excited that he checked the box next to "I have read the system instructions" and then clicked "yes".

"After signing the contract, the raider civilization will provide powerful assistance to the contractor, increase the difficulty of the game, and cause the civilization to die in large numbers in a short period of time."

"Suppress the number of survivors to 1% as quickly as possible to reduce the consumption of civilization's foundation. Then, when the number of survivors is less than 1% and the civilization's consciousness has died, harvest a large amount of civilization's foundation through contractors."

"What will happen to me?" Li Fan asked tremblingly.

"You are one of the five most 'outstanding' people in this civilization, so a huge amount of civilizational resources will be allocated to you. This is the last gift before the death of civilizational consciousness, allowing the most outstanding children to carry a large amount of resources, and allowing the capable people to lead the remaining children to survive."

"According to the contract, when the civilization you belong to dies, you will automatically join the Baal civilization, become an honorary Baal citizen, and pass on the essence of your civilization to the Baal civilization."

Lilith gave a mocking smile. "So, from the moment you signed the contract, you were already on a sinking ship. It was all destined."

"Since Earth's civilization is about to fall below 1%, and the civilization has no internet, why are you so insistent on getting me to level 11... I get it, you want to wipe me out, right?" Li Fan lit a cigarette dejectedly. "You guys are pretty cautious. Why didn't you just give me the resources to upgrade to level 11 from the start?"

Lilith explained, "The Raider Civilization also wants to, but the supplies they use have limitations and cooldown periods."

"Then why were all the chosen people from Yanxia?" Li Fan asked again.

"Because Yanxia is the only one of the four ancient civilizations on Earth whose heritage has not been interrupted. The knowledge of the world gained by your ancestors is very valuable."

"Is that so..." Li Fan tossed aside his cigarette butt and lit another one.

Lilith didn't urge him any further, but quietly waited for Li Fan's decision.

Li Fan finished a whole pack of cigarettes, and the entire control room was filled with smoke.

He tossed away his last cigarette butt and stomped it out. "One last question. Why did you tell me all this? Your answer was too curt."

Lilith closed her eyes. "I am an honorary Baal."

“…Heh.” Li Fan chuckled and stood up from his chair.

"I have no choice. As long as I obey, I can become a survivor, an honorary Baal, and happily continue living a good life of fighting people every day, right?"

"That's right."

"That sounds wonderful! But!" Li Fan stepped on Lilith's leg, looking down at her. "I refuse!"

"I, Li Fan, have no grand ambitions, I just want to show off. But you actually want me to be a traitor to the Xia dynasty?"

"Who are you looking down on?"