Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 283 Crystal Mountain Grain Market

As the bullet train plunged into the storm, the violent airflow immediately began to bombard it, causing the train to shake violently.

Outside the window, the intense friction of the air, imbued with elven energy, created a dreamlike blue glow, making the entire freight train seem to be traveling through a raging wormhole filled with surging waves of time.

"Kit, the parts are falling off even more!" Xiaoyou shouted in panic.

"Quiet, I'm concentrating!" Just as Kit finished speaking, a corner of the bullet train's roof was suddenly torn open by a gust of wind, and a powerful suction force instantly pulled Kit out of the train.

Di Xing subconsciously reached out, and the song he was singing changed to "Come back soon~"

Vitty reacted quickly, leaping into the driver's seat, gripping the steering wheel to stabilize the train, and simultaneously using her tail to wrap around the handle to prevent herself from being blown away.

Di Xing reacted quickly, leaping onto the roof of the car. Perhaps the song had worked, for Kit, who had been like a helpless leaf in the storm, was blown back by the wind.

As Kitty flew sideways past the bullet tip at the front of the bullet train, she used all her strength to extend her cat paw and grab the bullet tip.

"Waaaah, you stinky Di Xing, come save me!" Even the usually composed and strong-willed Ji Ge was so frightened that tears streamed down her face.

"Hold on! I'm coming right away!"

Di Xing, imbued with the power of the Battery Man's card spirit, used magnetism to stick himself to the roof of the car, braving the storm as he walked step by step towards Kit. [Traveling through time, exerting all his strength]

After being slashed and cut by the fierce wind, Di Xing finally reached Kit's side and grabbed Kit's cat paw, which was reaching out to him with all its might. "I will come to your side."

Di Xing used all his strength to pull Kit into his arms. "It's alright, Kit, let's go back now."

However, due to the interference of the intense elven energy storm, Di Xing's possession finally failed, and the two of them were quickly blown backward by the gale-force winds generated by the train.

Just when Di Xing thought he was doomed, he saw Dai Meng climb out of the car roof. Di Xing quickly reached out, but Dai Meng grabbed him and used her superhuman strength to pull them back into the car.

The three of them immediately huddled together inside the car, while Aria quickly used her freezing power to seal the roof.

Kit clutched her chest, panting heavily. "Th-thank you? Ah! Where are you touching me with your groping hands?"

"Injustice!"

Seeing Di Xing being frantically punched by Ji Te in her arms, Ai Xiao actually burst out laughing.

That pleasant laughter seemed to have flipped a switch, and everyone on the train started laughing. (Smiling in the face of danger)

"Everyone, let's keep trying to get through this storm!"

"Great!" [Dreams coming true isn't far away.]

The raging storm blew the bullet train's doors off, but Nami immediately summoned her mechanical powers to grab them back and hold on tightly. Then, several cloud monsters—storm dragons—rushed towards the bullet train from within the storm. Lunya immediately drew her pistol and fired two precise shots, stunning the storm dragons.

However, crises always come one after another. In this chaotic storm, the bullet train was even blown into the air.

But the passengers on the train didn't panic. Vitty remained firmly on the steering wheel, while Kit went to Vitty's side and pressed the final switch. The thrusters on both sides of the bullet train immediately activated, and the train soared into the air. [Summon your courage, move forward with determination!]

Like a bullet, the bullet train crashed into the massive gust of wind. With its thrusters revving at full power, the train finally broke through the largest and final gust of wind, successfully escaping the storm.

Before the group from Dixing appeared a vast, azure sky, with the train soaring through it like an eagle that had just broken through a storm. [A miracle will surely happen.]

Below the train lay a crystal mountain, a chaotic mass of countless crystals piercing the earth's surface. The crystal mountain reflected the white clouds and the sun in the sky, creating a second sky.

"Wow, we've finally arrived!" Xiaoyou was almost crying.

Vitty felt herself pull the lever to the lower left of the driver's seat, and several hang gliders immediately launched from the bullet train.

"Wow, you guys actually put hang gliders on a train!"

"Every bit of spirit power we can conserve is a good thing."

Di Xing seriously doubted that if they were given more time, they could build Galactic Railroad 999.

And so, the bullet train slowly glided into Crystal Mountain, where, unexpectedly, there were many flat areas, allowing the train to land smoothly.

Di Xing and the others quickly got out of the car and hurried towards the grain market.

Crystal Mountain contains many caves entirely made of crystal, and the grain market is located within these caves. Because of the crystal's reflective properties, no small action can be concealed, making it a naturally perfect market for trade.

The grain market was larger than Di Xing had imagined, and it contained many guards who carried knives and guns in their right hands and wore dueling shields on their left. They were protecting the market from external attacks and were also ready to throw out any unruly customers.

But what unsettled Di Xing was that he saw many stall owners already packing up their stalls and preparing to leave. Were they too late?

"Good heavens, what are you doing buying so much wheat?" a loud voice rang out.

"Why ask so many questions? Old... I'm in a hurry, are you going to sell or not?"

"Okay, I'm just setting up this stall to do business. Fixed price: 20 gold coins."

"Okay, here's the contract."

"Wait a minute, fellow villager!" Di Xing shouted, rushing over, but the chubby, honest-looking stall owner had already signed the contract.

"It's over!" Di Xing was on the verge of tears.

"Kid, what's wrong?" the chubby stall owner asked with concern.

"Hey, here's the payment." A burly man with a hideous scar on his face tossed a bulging little bag to the portly stall owner, who instinctively caught it. "Okay!"

The scarred man grinned maliciously as he approached Di Xing. "Kid, cough cough, you're pretty quick. I set off at least a day earlier than you, and you only arrived two hours later. If the patriarch hadn't been calling me constantly, you might have actually managed to buy some grain. But now, this is the last grain stall. Kid, you're finished. Cough cough, buying all the grain in two hours? That'll kill me."

Set off a day earlier? Did the head of the Jiakou family send people to buy grain before he even knew he was rich? Damn, why so cautious!

"Don't you already have grain? Why are you buying so much? Aren't you afraid of oversupply and losing money?" Nami said angrily.

"Naive! We may have plenty of grain, but we can choose not to buy it. Our master said that when all the grain is in one person's hands, he can create famine, and then the price of grain will be equal to the price of human life."

"Despicable!" Lunia angrily retorted.

"Famine?" Upon hearing this word, the fat stall owner's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he suddenly grabbed Scarface. "What did you say? Who wants to create a famine?"

"Holy crap, how can you be so strong? Let me go!"

"Uncle, they're planning to create a famine in our area, so they bought up all the food here."

"What? You can have your money back, I'm not selling anymore."

"Ahem, we've signed a contract, you can't back out of the sale."

At this moment, a guard came over and said, "Let him go, Old Ru. You've already signed the contract. Do you want to ruin the reputation of our Nanhe Fortress?"

The portly stall owner, Lao Ru, reluctantly put down Scarface. At this point, the other stall owners gathered to watch the commotion. They whispered among themselves about what had happened, all glaring at Scarface with the same look they had seen in the knife-wielding man. Suddenly, one of the shorter stall owners noticed something, leaned over, and whispered a few words in Lao Ru's ear.

Old Ru's eyes lit up instantly. "Kid, I know where we can still buy grain! I'll take you there!"