25: Noah's Farewell

"Noya! Get out of the way!" Abu shouted angrily at Noya.

This treasure chest was personally given to him by the Hunting God three days ago for safekeeping.

Now that it had been broken open while in his possession, he couldn't imagine how he would face the Hunting God or the other members of the tribe.

If the other members of the tribe knew that he had allowed the item bestowed by the Hunting God to be damaged, even if he hadn't personally broken it, they would surely kill his entire family to appease the Hunting God's wrath.

Thinking of this, Abu gripped the harpoon in his hand even tighter.

Noya's eyes reddened with anxiety, and she quickly handed the beast hide to her father, explaining urgently: "Father! This was left by the Hunting God, see for yourself."

Abu doubtfully took the beast hide in front of him, his eyes narrowing.

The texture felt like Haino Beast skin.

The Haino Beast is a unique type of beast specific to the Newt Tribe.

After the Haino Beast's skin undergoes special treatment and is written on with a certain special pigment, it can leave permanent markings. Furthermore, after being scorched at high temperatures, this beast hide cannot be written on again.

The Newt people utilize this characteristic not only to make it into currency but also often use it as a medium for transmitting important information.

After Abu confirmed that the beast hide in his hand came from a Haino Beast, he no longer doubted the authenticity of its contents.

He slowly lowered his harpoon, his rough fingers caressing the words on the beast hide, his lips silently moving.

"So this was just a test from the Hunting God for the interstellar Train."

After reading the words on the beast hide, Abu sighed deeply, the anger in his eyes vanishing without a trace.

"Chen! Forgive my rudeness." Abu bowed in apology.

Luo Chen didn't understand why Abu suddenly bowed to him, so he could only look at Xue Shang.

Xue Shang conveyed Abu's words to Luo Chen.

Although Luo Chen was still puzzled, he gently helped Abu up, pointed at the treasure chest on the ground, and gestured that he wanted to take it with him.

Abu nodded, then lowered his head and pulled out a black bone token from his in my arms.

When Xue Shang saw the suddenly produced token, her pupils constricted sharply.

She hadn't expected such a thing to exist in this place; it truly astonished her.

She stared greedily at the token in Abu's hand.

"Chen! Besides that box, the Hunting God also left this token, and now it belongs to you."

Luo Chen took the token; it was heavy in his hand, and some of Abu's body temperature still lingered on it.

The token was engraved with a lifelike beast head, identical to the beast hide painting that had been hanging on the wall earlier. Turning it over, in the very center was a Train engine, surrounded by a circle of complex runes.

Abu cut his own palm, came before Luo Chen, and dripped his blood onto the token. Then he took Luo Chen's hand, cut his palm, and likewise dripped his blood onto it.

As the blood of the two slowly disappeared, the token actually flickered with a faint red light, and a strange power surged into Luo Chen's body.

"What is this?" Luo Chen asked in surprise.

Abu shook his head: "I don't know either! I just did as the Hunting God requested, I don't know anything else."

"Where exactly is this Hunting God you speak of? Can you still contact It?" Xue Shang suddenly interjected.

Abu no longer cared about Xue Shang breaking free from her restraints, thinking that she must have come here for the Beast God's treasure chest as well.

He shook his head: "Only the Great Priest can contact the Hunting God. If we want to see the Hunting God, we can only wait for the Hunting God to reveal Itself through divine miracles."

Luo Chen nodded, his heart full of questions.

This so-called Hunting God seemed to be the mastermind behind the Train survival game, but why would It arrange treasure chest guardians in advance and provide so much help? Shouldn't It be increasing the difficulty?

What was hidden behind all of this? And what was its purpose?

"Stay here?" Abu suddenly said, his rough hand patting Luo Chen's shoulder: "You have already united with Noya. As long as you are willing to stay, you will be a member of our Newt Tribe. Once that annoying white mist disappears, we will return to the tribe together. You will be able to see our great Hunting God."

Luo Chen looked at Xue Shang, waiting for her translation.

"He's asking you to stay." Xue Shang's heart was a little uneasy, and she looked at Luo Chen nervously.

Her Train had already left. If he chose to stay, she would also be forced to remain here.

Worried that Luo Chen would choose to stay, she added again: "I advise you not to do that. We are different from them. If we leave the Train, I shouldn't need to say what the consequences will be."

Luo Chen naturally understood this point and quickly waved his hand: "I must return to the Train to continue the journey. Otherwise, I will face a death penalty. But..." He glanced at Noya's expectant eyes, and a thought struck him, he said: "You can come with me, there's enough space on the Train."

Abu exchanged a glance with his wife and shook his head: "We are unwilling to leave our homeland. After the white mist disappears, we need to return to the tribe..."

As he spoke, he looked at his somewhat sad daughter, thought for a moment, and continued: "But Noya can go with you. She is already your woman, and we cannot force her; she can choose for herself."

Upon hearing this, Noya's eyes immediately reddened, and two tears welled up.

Although she didn't want to leave her parents, she wanted even more to see the outside world.

When she was little, she often lay on the snow, looking at the high sky, very curious about what was beyond the white clouds.

Now that the opportunity was before her, she didn't want to miss it.

She cried and threw herself into her mother's arms. Abu's wife gently stroked her daughter's hair, already understanding her daughter's choice. With reddened eyes, she tried her best not to cry and whispered something in Newt Language.

More than ten minutes later, Luo Chen drove the flying motorcycle, carrying Noya and the treasure chest, back to the Train.

The Couple Abu drove a sled, dragging a large cart of belongings, following behind.

The cold wind howled across the ice plain, whipping up fine snow particles that struck their faces like white mist. Luo Chen's hands were trembling from the cold, but Noya was excitedly shouting loudly; she had never experienced such speed.

The flying motorcycle quickly arrived in front of the Train. Noya looked at the nearly ten-meter-tall peculiar structure before her, greatly astonished. She had never seen such an exquisite building, with its smooth surface and magical appearance. According to Luo Chen, this massive thing could even fly, which utterly amazed her.

At this moment, Luo Wan Ning, bundled in thick clothes, was struggling to walk through the wind and snow, her long hair and eyelashes already covered with a thick layer of ice.

After waiting for another half an hour, she finally had to come out to look for Luo Chen.

There was no other way; among the four women, Chen Yujun was wearing a qipao, and the Oriental sisters were wearing dresses. Only she had more clothes, so the task of finding him fell to her.

"Wan Ning? It's so cold, why are you out here?" Luo Chen stopped the flying motorcycle and asked loudly, looking at Luo Wan Ning walking in the snow.

"Luo Chen! You're finally back!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Luo Wan Ning looked up at Luo Chen's figure not far away and shouted excitedly.

As she spoke, she quickly rushed towards Luo Chen with all her might and threw herself into his arms.

"Quick! Put your hands inside my clothes, don't let your body get frozen." Luo Chen quickly put Luo Wan Ning's red hands inside his clothes, pressing them firmly against his skin.

"Are you the only one who came out?"

"Mm-hmm!" Luo Wan Ning murmured softly, nodding her head as she lay in Luo Chen's arms.