Chapter 4, Hello, World

After cramming all his belongings into the layered box, he went to the study and collected all the books inside, regardless of their usefulness, and stuffed them into the box

This box is powered by four highly responsive triangular tracks, and it can move as long as a small amount of source energy is injected

Five voices are alternating in a manner that lacks continuity, speaking as thoughts arise, injecting the basic knowledge of the world of trains into his mind, one sentence at a time

It is truly endearing

Gwen had never imagined that these two emotions would manifest within him; it is worth noting that even when faced with the charge of a bull or the threat of death, he merely felt a slight sense of panic

Finally, there is a row of military bullets elegantly packaged in a long box. These bullets serve as currency in the train nation of Utopia, with their face value fluctuating slightly based on the quality of the bullets.

This technique of transmitting sound at a covert level is something even he finds somewhat difficult to endure

What he fears is

Gwen felt a deep sense of familiarity with the layered box, perhaps due to the remnants of memories instilled by that old thing. This box was designed as a spatial container with an unclear principle specifically for the 'Assassin' and the 'Heart Thief.' Simply opening the box would cause the individual boxes within, each possessing spatial storage capabilities, to unfold like a layered box.

What kind of world lies behind this door

Could there exist a modern world inhabited by elves and dwarves

A pair of double doors made of grayish-white wood resembling stone, which is somewhat exquisite in appearance

fear, dread

Are you ready?" It seemed as if he heard a voice asking.

Then waited for the train to arrive at the station and pushed open the exit door

The contents of the box are not many, consisting of ten test tubes filled with a strange golden solvent, along with two heavy small boxes, one containing exquisite brass and the other containing dense soil

The world displayed outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is a city where buildings are constantly in motion

Hundreds of sets of clothing, including work uniforms and eccentric outfits, for both men and women, appear to be garments intended for the Heartstealer's disguise, which Gwen has inherited

Several exquisite little angels are carved on the outer pillars

Such a person is filled with fear

The master bedroom, although luxurious, is limited by the size of the room, and is merely a small space with a splendid arrangement. The only furniture in this room consists of a large bed, a small desk, and a wardrobe. On the small desk, there is a radio with a speaker resembling a classic gramophone, along with several books filled with religious significance, and beneath the small desk lies a safe

Standing ready at the door of the villa train, I heard, 'Next stop, Steel Wheel Coen Brothers Street, with a maximum stay of three hours. If you exceed this time, please take a motorcycle to catch up with the train. The train's route is ... ... '

On both sides of the vehicle, there are small spiral staircases, and ascending them leads to an independent single room

Their orbits are confined to a vast yet narrow expanse of wilderness

This box seems to be usable only by the Source Force Envoy, and it bears a subtle mark. If it were not for the Source Force Envoy of 'Gwen', it is likely that the 'Heart-Obsessed Thief' would leap out and kill them. It appears that the strange tales indeed originate from 'humans', and this tireless spirit akin to that of a miser truly earns Gwen's admiration

weapons, tools, a simple radio station, explosives, a basic alchemy toolkit, sixty to seventy 'passports', and a 'hit list'

He massaged his brain with the source power. Although he had just learned how to utilize the source power, and although the Heartthief Gwen and another Gwen only had a 'superficial' understanding, he grasped the intricate application of the source power as if he had seen a feather floating in the air, achieving an understanding akin to the lightness of a goose feather in his movements.

Wait, narrow and long

The entire city, the whole world is operating at a slow yet tangible pace

However, these objects have all been inherited by Gwen

Gwen was shocked

He quickly selected a black, yoga-like jumpsuit to change into, and then put on a black military coat.

After the harvest, Gwen contentedly went to the guest room

Along with this wilderness, it is also on a 'larger train'!

The memory of one of the five corpses, a young girl, contained within Gwen's heart reveals that even a small middle-class family is far from having the financial means to possess a small box of oil clay, let alone the more precious source gold

I am ready," he said

This room is specifically prepared for the Heartthief, Gwen. Although it is not large, the presence of a single bed makes the space slightly larger than the master bedroom. On a large table sits a portable layered case, approximately over 1 meter in length, about 60 centimeters in width, and over 30 centimeters in thickness, a case that can be described as 'huge'.

Confirmed

No wonder this country is referred to as the 'Nation on the Train' in my memory

It contains:

The world beyond the door

Take a deep breath

Could it be an era of a steampunk world

Upon pushing open the door, a long and narrow space appeared behind it... No, it is not narrow; the walls on either side are approximately six meters wide, but the impression it gives is one of length, as it is a corridor that an average person could estimate to be over forty meters long. On the walls of the corridor on both sides, there are thick floor-to-ceiling windows adorned with luxurious curtains and heavy drapes.

After completing all of this, he returned to the basement, converted that old thing into a type of diesel that was somewhat useful to humanity, and then carefully packed the four corpses of 'Gwen' into special iron boxes, which were then placed into a layered box.

The towering broadcasting station, the department store adorned with posters, the winding and meandering streets, the natural park built amidst the mountains and forests... These structures, which should be established on the earth, seem to be precisely segmented into plots of 'composed of one block, composed of two blocks...' as if they were part of some simulation building game, and are laid upon giant trains, constantly moving.

Gwen looked up at the sky; it was now night, and three moons hung on the horizon. With them as reference points, she considered the speed of the luxurious villa carriage with a basement beneath her feet.

More ammunition, although the old man is quite a brute, he is generous in his own way, probably storing around 20,000 rounds of ammunition. Although none of it is military-grade, it is more than sufficient from a financial perspective

The more one fears, the more one must confront it. Gwen was born this way

Kneeling on one knee in front of the safe, he reached out and pressed his hand on the extremely vintage and heavy combination dial, entering the code he had learned from the memo

There are a total of four rooms: the master bedroom, the secondary bedroom, the study, and the bathroom

This appears to be a common design for luxury trains intended for residential use

With a satisfying click, the safe opened

The size of this train is somewhat smaller than expected; this level is better described as the 'second floor' rather than the 'first floor.' By cautiously leaning out in a manner that is definitely not advisable for children, he observed the height beneath the train, which is approximately three meters above the ground. No wonder the ceiling of the basement felt a bit low; it was actually constrained by the height of the train carriage.

However, this door made Gwen feel a thought arise in her heart: 'Even if the Heartstealer were to fully come to life and appear before me to violently take my heart, it would not be as terrifying as this door'

In any case, it should be a door that does not evoke fear in people

Click

Gwen compared her physique to that of the layered box and had reason to suspect that this box might, when unoccupied, serve as a steed for the Heartstealer to move at high speed. Reality is not an illusion; even for a creature like the Heartstealer, to move swiftly, it must possess a mount that is no less than that of a Red Hare.

However, what instilled even greater fear in this fearless individual was the act of pushing open the door and stepping outside, as if it were a complete denial of the world he had traversed before. Yet, in the next moment, he employed a certain technique of force, swiftly pushing open the door at the end of the staircase leading up from the basement.

Source gold, brass, and oil clay; the former is the core material of the land of trains, while industrial brass is an absolute hard currency

Gwen felt a tremor throughout his body, not out of overwhelming excitement, but rather because his brain, despite being protected by the source power, still experienced some pain. Just think of the kind of gatherings during the New Year when he played mahjong with his aunts and sisters-in-law, who were the type that would laugh loudly while munching on sunflower seeds without saying much. This was the source of the pain in his brain

It appears that the Heartthief is indeed an assassin who has been given great expectations