Li Ge released his grip, then single-handedly lifted the girl by her bottom and sent her into the carriage.
“Stop dawdling, hurry up and use your key to start the Kōtetsujō. Oh, and if you don’t know how to drive it, remember to find someone who does.”
No sooner had he spoken than the Main God’s prompt sounded in Li Ge’s ear.
Two thousand reward points and a C-rank side mission were obtained just like that. As expected, cheating was truly satisfying.
If Li Ge’s strength hadn’t improved, they would probably still be foolishly hacking at Kabaneri, and perhaps a few people would have to die to complete the mission.
Ayame nodded, her face flushed, indicating she understood, but she still asked with some concern for Li Ge.
“Ah, I understand, but what about you, Sir Li Ge?”
“I’ll keep killing for a bit longer,” Li Ge said with a bloodthirsty smile, turning with his blade to resume slaying Kabaneri.
Ayame saw Li Ge move so quickly that she couldn’t even utter a word to stop him. She could only silently pray that Li Ge would be alright.
After all, although he had been somewhat rude to her, he was also her savior.
Otherwise, after Jiuzhi Laiqi’s death, she probably wouldn’t have been able to save her life even with the protection of other samurai.
What she could do now was to start the Kōtetsujō as quickly as possible.
Thinking of this, she decisively turned to look for someone who knew how to drive a train.
Meanwhile, Li Ge, after regrouping with Zhang Jie and the others, began killing Kabaneri around the train.
“I say, why aren’t you getting on the train?” Li Ge asked them after cutting down a Kabaneri that attacked Zhan Lan, simultaneously beheading it with one swing.
“Huh? Can we get on? Aren’t those samurai not on the train?” Zhan Lan asked in return, still feeling a sense of dread.
Li Ge turned to her helplessly and explained, “Come on, Ayame was escorted by us. Even if you get on the train with her, you can say you’re protecting her safety.”
“With her personality, she won’t kick you off the train.”
“It can be like that!? Then why aren’t you going?” Zhan Lan and the others were surprised at first, then looked at Li Ge curiously.
“Do I even need to say? Of course, it’s because I haven’t killed enough to be satisfied yet!”
Li Ge kicked away an pouncing Kabaneri and, with a backhand, stabbed through the head of another Kabaneri.
Seeing Li Ge, who seemed to be in a state of invincibility, Zheng Zha and the others’ mouths twitched.
“Alright then, be careful yourself. We’re going up first.”
“Yeah, go on, go on,” Li Ge said casually.
Only Zhang Jie looked at Li Ge before leaving, opening his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
Watching his teammates leave, Li Ge scanned the crowd.
He remembered that the protagonist, Ikoma, and a forgotten chubby supporting character would be coming over soon.
“Even a supporting character can double my physical stats, so what about the protagonist?”
Li Ge’s heart pounded faster and faster, anticipating what kind of power increase he would gain later.
Come quickly, Ikoma.
Don’t blame me. To borrow Zheng Zha’s words, this is all my struggle to survive.
A chilling killing intent emanated from Li Ge.
Inside the Kōtetsujō, Zhang Jie and the others boarded the carriage under the pretext of protecting Young Lady Ayame.
They then inquired about Ayame’s location, and after finding her, stated that they were following Li Ge’s orders to protect her safety.
Young Lady Ayame was inherently easy to talk to, and given that Li Ge had previously escorted her onto the train, she agreed to Zhang Jie and the others being responsible for her safety.
Thus, at least Zheng Zha and the others on the train were now safe.
“Everyone, does anyone know how to drive a train?” Ayame asked loudly in the carriage.
Although she had the train’s ignition key, driving the Kōtetsujō was truly beyond her capabilities.
So, as Li Ge had suggested, she began searching for someone in the carriage who could operate the train.
Zhang Jie and the others followed not far from Ayame, feigning as guards and warning the civilians not to get too close.
“Aside from those few who think they’re smart, your newcomers in this round are truly quite impressive.”
Zhang Jie stood behind Ayame and praised Zheng Zha and the others in a low voice.
To Zhang Jie’s words, Zheng Zha replied with a wry smile, “My hands are still trembling. Does that count as impressive?”
Zhang Jie suddenly scoffed, “Don’t be so self-deprecating. I wasn’t even as good as you back then.”
“For the first horror movie, at least the Main God’s requirements for you won’t be too high.”
“Just like now, as long as you follow the plot, safety isn’t an issue, and it tests your mentality more.”
“At least you weren’t so scared by those monsters that you couldn’t move.”
Zhan Lan and the others exchanged glances, and their attitudes unconsciously became more positive. It seemed Zhang Jie’s words at least boosted their confidence.
“What about Li Ge?” Zhan Lan suddenly asked Zhang Jie.
“That kid? He can be called a monster,” Zhang Jie grumbled, perhaps thinking of something.
How could there be a newcomer who could deduce a whole bunch of Main God rules in the first round, and even easily complete a side quest?
Plus, his own strength wasn’t weak; at least those Kabaneri were no match for him at all.
Once he returns to the Main God Space and gets strengthened, and then opens his Gene Lock...
Zhang Jie, I’m really not far from death.
The others also nodded in agreement. Li Ge’s performance indeed didn’t seem like that of a newcomer like them.
He was even a writer before coming here.
But where was there a writer who could cut down Kabaneri without batting an eye?
Zhan Lan felt she was disgracing the profession of a writer.
At that moment, Ayame finally found someone in the carriage who could drive the train.
It was a pink-haired woman wearing goggles. Hearing Ayame’s request, she stepped forward and said, “I can drive the Kōtetsujō.”
Ayame immediately breathed a sigh of relief, took a few steps forward, and grabbed her hand, saying, “Please follow me!”
Seeing this, Zhang Jie and the others immediately followed Ayame to the train’s cockpit.
Watching Ayame take a necklace from her neck and use the key hanging from it to start the Kōtetsujō, joy spread across their faces.
This meant they could complete the main mission and leave this dangerous world.
“Oh, right, let’s go call Li Ge to get on the train,” Zhan Lan said, seeing the mission was almost complete, and immediately thought of Li Ge, who was still outside the train, reminding everyone.
“Okay, but just in case, someone needs to watch the cockpit. I’ll go call him.”
“You newcomers protect Ayame and the woman driving the train.”
After Zhang Jie finished speaking, he left the cockpit, carrying his Desert Eagle.
Zheng Zha and the others exchanged glances and didn’t relax. Instead, they held their Steam Guns pointed at the door, to prevent any Kabaneri or some bad and stupid people from rushing into the cockpit.
If they were just one step away from leaving Xianjin Station and completing the mission, and then an accident happened in the cockpit due to carelessness, they would just have to wait for death.
Outside the train.
Li Ge, relying on his physical stats, which were twice that of an ordinary person, and the swordsmanship copied by the system, easily moved through the samurai’s defense line.
Not a single Kabaneri could break through the defense line and rush into the train.
The samurai now looked at Li Ge as if he were a god; after all, having such a strong teammate by their side gave them an overwhelming sense of security.
Now they even had time to organize the inspection of civilians boarding the train.
Just then, Li Ge drew his blade, avoided the blood of Mu Gang, who he had just beheaded and turned into a Kabaneri, and did not continue to search for the next target.
He only frowned, seeming somewhat dissatisfied.
“It actually doesn’t work?”