Chapter 2: A city full of war and the first transformation

The dream abruptly ended, and Qian Qi suddenly woke up, finding himself still sitting on the train.

Outside the window, the night was deep, and the train was heading to an unknown destination.

“What exactly was that dream about?”

Qian Qi rubbed his temples, his mind filled with doubt and unease.

But almost simultaneously, with a deafening crash, the entire train car underwent a drastic change.

The train seemed to be pushed off its tracks by an invisible force, tilting forward. The clash of wheels against the rails was sharp and violent, like a small shockwave. Moments later, the train completely overturned, its body spinning and sliding like an inverted paper cup. The front of the train plunged backward towards the tracks, and the straight line of carriages tilted one by one, arcing through the air.

Qian Qi, who had been sitting in his seat, lost all sense of direction and could only desperately hug his head, trying to find a glimmer of hope in the chaotic scene.

After a moment, everything fell silent.

“Oh no! It’s those delinquents! Quickly, notify the Valkyrie to come for support!!”

Vaguely, Qian Qi heard urgent and terrified voices from outside.

He ignored the pain in his body, exerted great effort, and barely managed to struggle out of the wreckage, squeezing through a broken train window.

Bang!!

A bullet flew in through the window, exploding a bullet hole in the opposite seat.

Qian Qi instinctively rolled to the side, his forehead hitting the floor with a heavy thud, his heartbeat drumming deafeningly in his ears.

—What on earth is happening outside? What is going on?

Bang bang bang bang bang!!!

Through the broken and twisted gaps in the window, he saw that outside had already become a chaotic mess.

Violent explosions erupted in his ears, and fragments lifted by the blast cut his cheek. Qian Qi instinctively raised his arm to shield his face, but felt a burning sting in his right arm.

“Hahaha!! Don’t hold back! They said we have enough bullets!! Let these high-and-mighty young ladies see how powerful we are!!!”

The street was filled with choking gunpowder smoke, and firelight flickered between buildings.

A group of girls in uniforms, armed with guns, struggled to fight against a gang of fierce delinquents. Gunshots rang out one after another, like a crazy symphony. During this, Qian Qi even saw a girl get hit by a bullet and fall heavily to the ground, only to stand up again as if nothing happened and continue fighting.

Watching the scene before him, Qian Qi was dumbfounded.

Before he could react, a bullet whizzed past his ear. Qian Qi instinctively threw himself to the ground, his knees scraping painfully on the hard pavement.

—Where is this place?! Why am I encountering something like this?!!!!

Qian Qi roared in his heart. Just then, a loud crash came from the building behind him, as if something had collapsed. Looking back, he saw a wall crumbling under a rocket attack, concrete blocks falling everywhere.

Bullets rained down on the train car behind Qian Qi, making a piercing sound. Qian Qi involuntarily curled into a ball, feeling as if his heart was about to burst from his chest.

“Listen up, young ladies inside! If you know what’s good for you, surrender obediently! Then we can demand some ransom from Trinity!!”

A leading delinquent shouted arrogantly through a megaphone, her tone full of mockery and disdain, as if the girls she called “Trinity’s young ladies” had already become her spoils of war.

“Suzumi, what should we do…?”

“Yes, Suzumi, we’re almost out of bullets…”

“Damn it… where did these delinquents get such good equipment…”

Surrounded by a group of delinquents, several girls huddled in fear around a White-haired girl in a grey and black sailor uniform, seemingly asking her what to do next.

Although the previous battle was fierce and the entire block had been reduced to ruins, these girls miraculously remained unharmed. The only damage was their tattered clothes and the halo-like objects above their heads flickering on and off.

“…Only one flashbang left.”

Suzumi, the White-haired girl, checked her belongings, her expression grave as she pondered.

“…Everyone, listen to me…”

Immediately after, as the delinquents’ encirclement gradually tightened, threatening to pull the girls out from behind their cover—

Click!!

Suzumi suddenly threw something from behind the cover and quickly retreated back behind it.

Her movements were agile and swift. In an instant, a dazzling flash of light enveloped the entire area, causing the delinquents, who had been laughing and discussing what to do after getting the ransom, to scream in agony, covering their eyes and wailing.

“Ah!! My eyes!!”

“I’m blind! I’m going blind!! This hateful rat actually used a flashbang!!”

“Now! Run!!”

With a whoosh, Suzumi decisively fired a shot from behind cover, directly hitting a delinquent opposite her.

“Ah! That hurts!! Damn it, how dare you fight back? Shoot them!!”

The delinquents were instantly enraged, but due to the flashbang, temporarily blinded, they simply grabbed various weapons at hand and attacked wildly.

“Ah!”

A shrill scream rang out in Qian Qi’s ears, startling him.

He saw a girl, somehow, get hit in the calf by a bullet. The strong impact caused the running girl to suddenly fall to the ground, unable to get up for a while.

“How dare you blind us with a flashbang! Luckily, I snatched a helmet from the Steel Helmet Gang! Otherwise, you really would have succeeded!”

A helmeted delinquent gritted her teeth.

“You brats, I think you’re really tired of living!!”

“No… don’t…”

At this moment, the girl in the black and red sailor uniform, with long bangs almost covering her eyes, let out a trembling, fearful sound, staring in terror at the gun pointed at her forehead.

Before anyone could react, a figure suddenly dashed towards the girl.

“Huh???”

“What?!!”

“Get out of the way!!”

The figure was Qian Qi.

Even Qian Qi didn’t realize that his actions were faster than his thoughts. By the time everyone saw clearly, he had already pushed the girl away, exposing himself to the gun.

By the time he realized what he had just done, the delinquent, stunned, had instinctively pulled the trigger.

Bang!!

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Qian Qi thought his life would end there.

However, he waited a long time and felt no pain.

Qian Qi, who had prepared himself for death, hesitated for a while before cautiously opening his eyes.

He then realized that everything around him seemed to be under a spell, frozen in place.

Whether it was the gunpowder smoke raised by the delinquents’ wild shooting, or the White-haired girl desperately running towards him, even the surprised expressions of the delinquent who fired and the girl Qian Qi shielded, all were displayed before Qian Qi.

It was as if time had been stopped.

Then, directly in front of Qian Qi, a dimly visible figure appeared.

The figure was like a phantom, appearing and disappearing within a white light, but even so, Qian Qi could still tell it was human.

“Who, who are you…”

“Me?”

The person had his hands in his pockets, clearly right in front of him, yet his voice was as ethereal as a wisp of smoke drifting from the horizon.

“In your words, I suppose I’m also a Transmigrator.”

As he spoke, the person had already arrived in front of Qian Qi and slowly began to speak.

—Transmigrator?!!!!

Hearing this term, Qian Qi’s pupils widened slightly.

Transmigrator, a word he had only heard in web novels, was now appearing before his eyes?!!!!

“I discovered that this world was heading towards destruction, so at its final moment, I stepped in to help it.”

“But unfortunately, after that encounter with that not-so-flashy fake, I was severely injured. Now, even if I wanted to help this world again, I lack the strength.”

“However, it seems she didn’t misjudge you.”

The person paused for a moment, as if offering encouragement, and continued.

“Even if you are unremarkable now, your courage is something ordinary people do not possess, precious and powerfully flashy, allowing me to be drawn to you.”

Upon hearing this, Qian Qi couldn’t help but look bewildered.

—What… what is this person talking about??

—He’s been saying strange things since just now, about flashiness and courage… “So, long story short, young man, according to the agreement with her, this power is granted to you. You’ll know how to use it once you have it. So—use it flashily.”

The next moment, something suddenly flew from the person’s hand, drifting directly towards Qian Qi.

“Whoa?!!!!”

Qian Qi, out of instinct, raised his hands to shield himself.

The next moment, he felt something suddenly appear in his hands. Upon closer inspection, it was a small card glowing with a strange light, and a uniquely shaped, golden object that looked like a locked door.

“This is…”

Qian Qi looked at the two items in his hands, his eyes trembling slightly.

Then, a peculiar knowledge flowed into Qian Qi’s mind through the card and the item, explaining how to use these two tools.

It taught him how to use this tool called a “Driver,” and he raised the Driver in his hand, aiming it at the bullet that was about to take his life.

“What?!”

At the same time, time resumed its flow.

But now, in front of Qian Qi, a golden light suddenly appeared, protecting Qian Qi like a door.

“Wh-what is that?!!”

“Open fire!!”

Seeing this strange sight, the delinquents couldn’t help but panic, raising their weapons and firing at Qian Qi.

Bang bang bang bang bang!!!

Bullets surged towards Qian Qi, but without exception, they all struck the golden door-shaped light effect. The light effect flickered, and the bullets were all deflected back, forcing the firing delinquents to flee in disarray.

“I remember it’s like this first…”

Next, Qian Qi, following the knowledge in his mind, placed the door-like Driver horizontally in front of his waist.

—『Legendriver!!』—

Golden light flashed, and a silver-white belt extended from both sides of the Driver, securing and tightening at Qian Qi’s lower back, firmly fixing the Driver to Qian Qi’s waist.

At the same time, a uniquely shaped base also appeared below the Driver, firmly securing it. Then, he slid his finger across the surface of the card, feeling the unusual texture, and then quickly inserted it into the Driver in his hand.

—『Chemy Ride!!』—

With a crisp click, in that instant, a circular golden barrier, like the rising sun, slowly ascended from behind him, gradually expanding into a giant circular clock face!

Then, a huge door, similar to the Driver, appeared in the middle of the clock face, and for some reason, dazzling light also emanated from around Qian Qi.

It was as if countless stars at this moment converged into a shimmering galaxy, so bright that those around him could not open their eyes to look directly at it.

Creating a very safe transformation opportunity for Qian Qi.

Seeing this, Qian Qi no longer held back. He placed his hands on the handles on both sides of the base and pulled them sharply outwards.

Whoosh!!!

The horizontally placed Driver suddenly shifted to a vertical position.

Then, the golden door similarly rotated once, becoming a similar vertical state, and then abruptly opened, revealing the knight’s form adorned with golden molds, showcasing it luxuriantly.

At the same time, about twenty translucent phantoms appeared around Qian Qi, and three of them were subtly marked with three different style logos.

“Henshin.”

He shouted.

—『Le-Le-Le-Legend!』—

Simultaneously, accompanied by this sound effect, more than twenty phantoms slowly converged onto Qian Qi’s body, and finally—

A strong light erupted, illuminating everything around.

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