When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 351 Izumo Wasteland
"Uuuuuu——"

The train moved straight ahead, rolling over the bumpy road, and incidentally sending a large cat with three tails flying.

"Train conductor, someone has changed our route."

In the train's driver's cab, a uniformed mechanical attendant pointed to the illuminated screen and said to the train conductor, "The original plan was to pass through Chongwu Mountain, but someone set up a maze outside, causing the train's direction to change and bringing us to this area."

The train conductor looked at the screen and said in a low voice, "It happened when the third item on the auction showed an anomaly."

At that time, he left the driver's cab; otherwise, even if he had entered the maze, he would have been able to figure it out sooner instead of letting the train bend here.

"The ruins of Izumo, the remains of half of Japan's territory..."

The golden figure's face seemed to be shrouded in shadow.

Izumo Wasteland is the name given by the Western Alliance to the half of Japan that was swallowed up.

In Japanese mythology, the land where the Yamata no Orochi (or Yamata no Orochi) resides is Izumo.

Half of the land was thrown into the Mountain and Sea Realm, and a part of the Mountain and Sea Realm became the Yingzhou Secret Realm of Earth. This was the result of that world's convergence.

But in fact, that global convergence was not the end, to be precise.

There is still a huge spatial rift in Japan, but it has been suppressed by the steel continent built by the Western Alliance.

On the other side of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Wan Yi Zhi Ji had already found the "Izumo Wasteland" more than a decade ago, and then designated this area as a restricted zone.

The connection between the Izumo Wasteland and Earth has not been severed. The space here is very unstable, and the world could intersect at any time.

However, because the other end was suppressed by the Steel Continent, and the strongest Heavenly Gate Warrior of the Western Alliance was also stationed there, the convergence of the worlds was effectively suppressed.

But if the train continues its journey...

"The destination of the altered route is the spatial rift. Train conductor, we must correct the train's route, or the train will crash into the spatial rift," the mechanical crew warned.

"Among the powers of the divine, there are aspects related to space. If the train were to crash into the crack, it would certainly cause instability in space, and might even trigger the convergence of worlds."

The train conductor said coldly, "Is this your goal? You're trying to interfere in the Western Union's presidential election?"

He glanced sideways, his gaze sweeping towards the outside of the driver's cab door.

Beside the open gate, a mysterious figure leaned against the wall, the car's interior lights casting its shadow on the ground.

"If the spatial rift is unstable, even if that five-star emperor is unwilling, he will have to continue to be stationed in Japan. In that case, the biggest favorite will be eliminated before the election for the Western Union leader has even started. Hmm, apart from the drawback of forming a deadly enmity with a Heavenly Gate warrior, it is an excellent plan."

The mysterious figure clapped and praised, saying, "However, to say that I was involved would be to wrong me. I am just a junior who was fortunate enough to inherit the position, and I dare not face the elder, the God of Commerce, directly."

As they were speaking, the train shook again.

It was as if an invisible force was pulling the train in, trying to drag it directly towards it.

"Train conductor, the spatial rift is pulling the train away, and at our current speed, we can't break free," the mechanical crew warned again.

Upon hearing this, the train conductor finally seemed to give up, turned around, and returned to his sphere of light form. Beams of golden light shot out from within the sphere, merging into the instruments in the driver's cab and even integrating with the entire train.

"What you have done today violates the contract, damages the fundamental interests of the God, and harms the interests of the Wan Yi Zhi Ji. The God will make all those who breach the contract pay the price afterward," the train conductor said coldly.

"Isn't this what the god of commerce wanted?"

The mysterious figure outside the driver's seat let out a meaningful laugh. "Rather than the God of Commerce being careless and leaving a loophole, I'm more inclined to believe that the God of Commerce deliberately left this loophole, causing people to break it. The God of Commerce advocates honest transactions, but if the other party is dishonest and violates the contract, then the God of Commerce has no reason to hold them accountable."

The train company needs to ensure passenger safety, but because the god of commerce cannot restrain any particular group, they are able to exert their full power on the train as the train company.

This gave them the opportunity to betray the god of business.

But what if this opportunity was offered by the god of business?
"Business is never short of scheming," the mysterious man said, leaving behind a profound statement.

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【ding dong——】

[Dear passengers, the train has entered a restricted area and will soon be moving at full speed to leave the restricted area. Any bumps and vibrations are normal. Please trust the train; it will do everything possible to ensure your safety.]

The train's public address system blared, its sound echoing throughout all the carriages.

In a small conference room on the train, someone heard the announcement and let out a scornful laugh.

Then, he looked at the Taoist sitting opposite him and said, "Have you thought it through? Gino Brand should be an antique. He revealed a flaw when his identity as Aurora was exposed. You also revealed a flaw."

“Now that the antique is dead, and the Northern Lights should be coming soon, out of the five of us, only you and I are left, Master Zhang.”

Zhang Zhixu's face was icy as he stared at the figure opposite him and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that he was killed by Bai Ze?"

The "he" here naturally refers to Gino Brand.

"Inside the train, one's true energy cannot leave the body, nor can it be injected into the weapon in one's hand, but there is a way to bypass this limitation."

The other party seemed to have anticipated Zhang Zhixu's question and calmly replied, "If one is wielding a natal weapon, the weapon and the person are one, then this limitation can be bypassed. Of course, even so, one cannot unleash true energy from the weapon. But what if the weapon itself could disintegrate?"

Even if you stab a weapon into someone's body, it's impossible to make your true energy burst out inside them.

However, if the weapon itself can split, disintegrate, and break into countless fragments, then it is essentially equivalent to an explosion of true qi. Both the injuries and the marks are exactly the same as an explosion of true qi.

Given these conditions, Zhang Zhixu could only think of one person—Mu Yaoguang.

Mu Yaoguang cultivated the "Chapter on the Wonderful Use of Cauldrons" in the "Cantongqi" and refined the Tai Su Wanxiang Armor into her natal weapon, merging it with her body.

The most distinctive feature of the Tai Su Wan Xiang Armor is its ability to decompose into countless nano-units, which can be freely combined and transformed.

"How could Bai Ze get on the bus with just a burden? Isn't he afraid of something going wrong?"

Seeing Zhang Zhixu waver, the other party pressed on, first looking down on the incompetent Ah Shui, and then saying, "Even with the train's protection, without a strong person to protect you, accidents can still happen. The person Bai Ze brought is definitely not Luo Shui, but Mu Yaoguang in disguise."

(End of this chapter)