86: Chapter 86 A Blessing in Disguise! S-Rank Talent

Crying for a full five or six minutes, Su Xiaoxiao finally lifted her head from Su Chen's embrace while sobbing.

Her delicate doll-like face was covered in tear stains, and her red, swollen eyes were filled with a heartbreaking sense of inferiority.

"Train Master, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble again."

Su Xiaoxiao bit her lip tightly, almost to the point of drawing blood.

"I know I'm just an ordinary person, without the powerful abilities that Sister Qingxue and the others have."

"I'm afraid that one day you'll think I have no value and kick me off the train."

"I just wanted to help Sister Qingyu pick up some thunderbird corpses; I just wanted to prove that I'm still a little useful to this team..."

Hearing this heartfelt confession from Su Xiaoxiao, the eyes of the girls around them all turned red.

Chu Qingxue stepped forward and held Su Xiaoxiao's cold little hand with heartache.

"Silly girl, what are you overthinking?"

"If it weren't for you meticulously planning the supplies every day, how would we have the energy to kill monsters at the front with peace of mind?"

Su Chen reached out dominantly, pinched Su Xiaoxiao's tear-stained chin, and forced her to look him in the eyes.

"Su Xiaoxiao, listen to me carefully."

"On my train, as long as you are a woman recognized by me, Su Chen, the phrase 'having no value' will never exist!"

"Even if you're a good-for-nothing who only knows how to eat, I can still provide for you for the rest of your life!"

Su Chen's rough yet endlessly reassuring and domineering declaration was like a warm current, instantly breaking through all of Su Xiaoxiao's inner defenses.

She stared blankly at Su Chen's handsome and cold face, and the anxiety and unease in her heart vanished completely at this moment.

"Besides..."

A meaningful, evil smirk suddenly curled at the corners of Su Chen's mouth.

"Who told you that you're just an ordinary person without even the lowest level of ability?"

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned.

She sniffed hard and pointed at the tip of her nose, somewhat incredulously.

"Train Master, do you mean... I've awakened a talent?"

Su Chen smiled and nodded, briefly explaining the announcement from the Heavenly Dao System just now.

"S-Rank Rule-Type Talent — Equivalent Exchange."

"Feel the power in your mind for yourself and see what is so magical about this talent, which sounds like a reseller's ability."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao immediately closed her eyes and focused her attention on her spiritual sea.

A moment later.

When she opened her eyes again, those big eyes that were originally filled with inferiority had erupted with unprecedented joy and brilliant light!

"Oh my god, Train Master, I'm not a good-for-nothing, I've really awakened a super powerful talent!"

Su Xiaoxiao jumped off the operating table in excitement, not even bothering to put on her shoes, and hopped around the carriage barefoot.

"Quick, quick, give me a piece of iron, any iron will do!"

Su Xiaoxiao reached out impatiently to Ye Qingyu, who was beside her.

Although Ye Qingyu was a bit confused, she still took a standard black iron ingot from her mechanical backpack and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao took the cold, hard black iron ingot and took a deep breath.

An unprecedented look of seriousness appeared on her delicate little face.

"S-Rank Talent — [Equivalent Exchange], Activate!"

Accompanied by Su Xiaoxiao's delicate shout.

A strange golden light instantly surged from her palm, completely wrapping the black iron ingot inside.

There was no lethality in this light, but it exuded a rule-based power that was incomprehensible to people.

Under the incredulous gazes of everyone, the hard black iron ingot actually changed its shape and material rapidly in the golden light, as if it were a lump of dough!

The metallic luster quickly faded, replaced by a mouth-watering golden-yellow color.

Even a rich aroma of wheat began to slowly permeate the medical carriage.

Less than two seconds later.

The golden light dissipated.

Su Xiaoxiao triumphantly opened her palm, showing everyone the spot where the black iron ingot had just been.

"Hiss—!"

A uniform sound of gasping echoed instantly throughout the carriage.

The originally hard black iron ingot had now turned into a piece of fresh, soft, and delicious hot bread!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Ye Qingyu, this staunch materialist mechanic, felt that her worldview was being thoroughly trampled on the ground at this moment.

"Ignoring the law of conservation of mass, directly converting inorganic metal into organic carbohydrates?"

"This is no longer an ability; this is clearly the legendary alchemy of turning stones into gold!"

Looking at everyone's expressions of extreme shock, Su Xiaoxiao's invisible tail was almost pointing to the sky.

She couldn't wait to take a big bite of the bread in her hand and began to explain the perverted aspects of this talent to everyone, speaking indistinctly.

"Sister Qingyu is half right."

"My [Equivalent Exchange] can indeed ignore physical laws to perform material conversion."

"But the premise is that the two items I convert must be absolutely equal in value according to the underlying judgment of the Wasteland Heavenly Dao System!"

"For example, the market value of a black iron ingot is exactly equal to a piece of fresh bread, so as long as I consume a little mental power, I can make them convert into each other."

Su Xiaoxiao swallowed the bread, and her big eyes flashed with the cunning light of a top-tier profiteer.

"And that's not even the most powerful part!"

She leaned over to Su Chen's side and lowered her voice, as if sharing a shocking secret.

"Train Master, my talent also has a derivative divine skill called [Void Trading]!"

"As long as I can lock onto any target within a certain area, and I hold something that is judged by the system to be of equal value to the other party's item."

"I can ignore spatial barriers regardless of distance and forcibly swap the trash in my hand with the top-tier treasure in their hand!"

"This is called forced trading across space; the other party doesn't even have the right to refuse!"

After listening to Su Xiaoxiao's easy-to-understand explanation.

The entire carriage fell into a deathly silence once again.

This time, even Su Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looking at Su Xiaoxiao as if he were looking at a monster in human skin.

How is this a support talent?

This is simply a god-tier reseller cheat tailored for the apocalyptic wasteland!

Just imagine.

If the boss of a hostile force was holding a peerless divine weapon, preparing to unleash a big move.

And Su Xiaoxiao, hiding hundreds of kilometers away, used a pile of old-era diamonds that were equal in value according to the system judgment but actually completely useless, to forcibly swap away their divine weapon.

That scene, just thinking about it, makes one feel a suffocating sense of scalp-tingling dread.

This is the terrifying aspect of rule-type talents; it doesn't talk about physical damage with you at all, it only plays with the system's underlying logic!

"Hahaha, good, this is truly great!"

Su Chen couldn't help but look up and let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.

He pulled Su Xiaoxiao into his arms and rubbed her head vigorously with his large palms, messing up her soft hair until it looked like a bird's nest.

"You little money-grubber who's obsessed with money, this time Heaven is really chasing you to feed you!"

"With your heaven-defying skill of forced trading across space, all the fat sheep on this wasteland will have to line up to let us shear them!"

Being praised by Su Chen so unreservedly, Su Xiaoxiao's little face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple.

She looked up at Su Chen's profile, full of dominance and a smile, and the deep, unreserved love and devotion she felt for the Train Master reached an insurmountable peak at this moment.

[Ding!]

[Detected that crew member Su Xiaoxiao's loyalty to Train Master Su Chen has broken through the limit, reaching the maximum state of die-hard loyalty!]

[Monarchs Halo feedback mechanism triggered!]

[Extracting Su Xiaoxiao's core attributes for perfect feedback...]

Accompanied by the prompt sound of the Heavenly Dao System ringing in Su Chen's mind.

An extremely special, mysterious energy, completely different from any physical strength before, surged madly into Su Chen's body along the connection of the Monarchs Halo.

[Congratulations to Train Master Su Chen, obtained Su Xiaoxiao's feedback attribute one: Spiritual perception significantly improved!]

Su Chen closed his eyes; he could clearly feel his spiritual tentacles extending outwards countless times.

Even the falling trajectories of those tiny dust particles in the air outside the carriage were clearly visible in his perception.

But this wasn't over.

[Congratulations to Train Master Su Chen, obtained Su Xiaoxiao's feedback attribute two: Special metaphysical attribute — Luck value bonus!]

"Luck value?"

Su Chen opened his eyes abruptly, a flash of extreme surprise and joy appearing in his deep eyes.

In this wasteland world full of danger and unknown blind boxes, luck is often something more mysterious and more fatal than strength.

Previously, what his Monarchs Halo fed back were all solid combat panel attributes like agility, physique, and spirit.

This was the first time he had obtained this kind of metaphysical luck bonus that only existed in legends!

With the feedback from Su Xiaoxiao, the max-level lucky person, in the future, whether it's opening those high-level relic blind boxes or triggering those extremely low-probability hidden mutation routes during Omni-Modification.

He, Su Chen, will become the true Son of Fortune on this wasteland!

"Xiaoxiao, you are truly my priceless treasure."

Su Chen looked at Su Xiaoxiao, who was still giggling in his arms, his eyes filled with unreserved fanaticism and doting.

This ordinary girl, who originally just wanted to prove she wasn't a good-for-nothing.

Today, not only completely completed her own magnificent nirvana transformation.

She also completed the final, crucial piece of the luck puzzle for Su Chen's invincible path to becoming the absolute overlord of the wasteland.