System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 822 - 331: Return of the Dragon King!

He planned to wait until one day when he had his own career, then confess everything to his father; otherwise, it always felt like there was something stuck in his heart.

...

And at this moment——

Inside the Constant Star Train compartment.

Chen Mang frowned as he looked at the man in front of him, fear flickering in his eyes. This man was the miner from earlier, and he suddenly realized something: it’s likely that the telescope isn’t related to the train.

It’s likely that the telescope is related to this miner.

Otherwise, why wouldn’t the other miners go to that mine, and only this miner could keep going to that mine?

"Master... Master Mang."

The man standing there spoke with a trembling voice: "That telescope used to be mine, but then one day, it just suddenly disappeared. I looked for it for a long time but couldn’t find it."

He had been listening in earlier, and upon seeing that telescope, his emotions suddenly surged, causing the dream to collapse.

"Tell me everything from the beginning, in detail."

"Alright."

After taking a deep breath, the man spoke hoarsely with his head lowered: "During Doomsday, I was a Train Captain, and of course, after civilization united, all Train Captains returned to civilian life; I joined the Constant Star Train and became a Cyberminer."

"That was back in the Zombie Basin days, where I had already seen you, Master Mang. At that time, a train called the ’Wild Bull’ issued a bounty reward for you. Anyone who sent them your train’s coordinates would receive a reward."

"I... I found your train back then and submitted your coordinates to them."

"Hmm."

Chen Mang nodded slightly, quickly searching through his memories for this period of history. Although the name ’Wild Bull’ felt somewhat unfamiliar, he did have some memory of this event.

"Continue."

"At that time, the reason I wasn’t detected by your train’s radar, Master Mang, was because I was very far away, not within your radar’s range. I observed using a Level 10 telescope."

"Wait, I need to interrupt here."

Chen Mang gently said: "I remember that before the Wild Bull arrived, there was indeed a train lurking in the distance. But at that time, you were within my radar range; I was just too lazy to bother with you."

The man was slightly stunned, then continued: "The telescope I had back then was picked up from a garbage dump on an Adventure Map. I was curious at the time who would upgrade a telescope to Level 10 and then throw it away."

"After that, I used that telescope for a long time, and it worked very well."

"Then one day it just went missing."

"I never found it again."

"Wait..."

Chen Mang furrowed his brow, calling Doba over, and then said: "Doba, compare the Adventure Map you saw in the Time Rift that day with his; see if you two are talking about the same Adventure Map."

...

Ten minutes later.

"Hoo..."

Chen Mang exhaled deeply, gently rubbing his temples. Things are clear now; the telescope this guy picked up is exactly the one he threw into the Time Rift back then.

Only...

The timeline doesn’t quite match up.

This guy was already using the telescope to observe him in the Yellow Zone - "Zombie Basin", while he threw the telescope away in the Purple Zone - "Stone Man Area" in Qiu City.

Which means——

Even before he discarded it, this guy was already using it.

He had directly thrown the telescope to the past.

The Time Rift was connected to an Adventure Map from the past, and the time span wasn’t too long, probably about one or two months.

Everything is clear now.

But he truly didn’t expect that the Time Rift led to the past.

But even so, how did the telescope end up in that guy’s hands?

"Think carefully, how did you lose this telescope? What did you do with it before losing it? Think carefully."

"I..."

The man stood there for a long time before speaking in a low voice: "The last time I saw it was shortly after leaving Zombie Basin. I used it before going to sleep at night, and then it disappeared the next morning."

"Is there surveillance in the train compartment?"

"Yes, but the surveillance didn’t capture anything. The footage clearly shows me putting it in the drawer before going to sleep, but when I woke up, it wasn’t there. I searched repeatedly but couldn’t find it."

"I thought it might be haunted, so I didn’t bother with it anymore."

"Doesn’t seem right?" Old Pig standing to the side said somewhat strangely: "Such a big matter as feeling haunted, and you just ignored it?"

"Uh... Given the circumstances at the time, a haunting didn’t seem to be such a big deal..."

"Makes sense, too."

"Alright then."

After a momentary pause, Chen Mang softly said: "You can leave for now. I’ll contact you if needed."

It’s now clear that the telescope in the fat guy’s hands was made by his train. How his father managed to obtain this telescope is unknown, but it must be significant; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so angry.

After a long while.

He finally leaned back on the chair, sighed deeply, and murmured: "The cosmos is full of messy stuff."

The distance between the two civilizations must be at least over a hundred thousand light-years, which he was certain of. He didn’t know the exact distance, only being able to see civilizations within a hundred thousand light-years, but he couldn’t understand how that guy managed to steal the telescope from so far away?

However...

The fat guy’s father suddenly prospering is very likely due to this incident.

This Little Fatty is actually quite cute and straightforward. As for his father’s secret, he didn’t get a single word out, unwittingly revealing all the information about the civilization when initially, he was targeting its basic details.

If this was discovered, he’d surely get whacked with a belt.

How it happened isn’t important for now.

What he needs to know is.

How to leverage this incident to yield sufficient benefits.