Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 71

Gunfire echoed across the battlefield as elemental bullets flew in every direction.

Fu Xuan, holding an M4 rifle, fired a Dendro-elemental bullet and hit Kaeya.

Just as Kaeya was about to counterattack, Fu Xuan's teammate Jing Yuan immediately fired an Electro-elemental bullet.

Sparks of electricity flickered around Kaeya, and a small text appeared above his head:

[Supercharged]

Kaeya's health, which had been at two-thirds, instantly dropped to zero.

Jing Yuan claimed the kill.

[Infiltrator Jing Yuan eliminated Defender Kaeya]

Seeing the additional kill on his stats panel, Jing Yuan looked quite satisfied.

"Fu Xuan, let's keep it up!"

Fu Xuan glanced at her own panel, which still showed zero kills.

"General, you always snatch the kills. Aren't you at least a little embarrassed?"

Jing Yuan smiled slightly.

"You can't say that. Fu Xuan, your marksmanship is better than mine. Only because you landed the first shot did the enemy panic, giving me the opportunity to finish them off.

If we focus the kills between us, we have a better chance of getting MVP and earning the extra 1,000 star coins."

Hearing this, Fu Xuan reluctantly gave in.

"Alright, you have a point. For Luofu, I guess I can make a little sacrifice."

Seeing that his PUA strategy worked, Jing Yuan said:

"Then let's continue the hunt."

Just as he finished speaking, a Pyro grenade suddenly landed at their feet.

The two looked down—right as the fuse finished burning—and were instantly terrified.

Boom!

[Defender Klee eliminated Infiltrator Jing Yuan]

[Defender Klee eliminated Infiltrator Fu Xuan]

Not far away, behind a cargo container, Klee sat on the ground, rubbing her forehead with her little hands.

"Owie~ That hurt~"

She had run too fast and crashed into the container.

After rubbing her head, Klee looked around for her bomb.

"Eh? Where's Klee's bomb?"

Nearby, her teammate Diona replied:

"I think you threw it when you fell... and it might've actually hit someone."

Upon hearing that, Klee nearly burst into tears.

"Wha—Klee hit someone?! Oh no~ Reckless Bomb-Burner Klee is doomed! If someone's hurt, Jean's gonna come looking for me! Waaa~"

Diona comforted her:

"It's okay, Klee. This is just a game. No one really gets hurt."

Only then did Klee remember it was a game.

"Oh yeah~"

She checked her stats panel.

"Yay! Klee got two more kills~ Wonder who got blown up?"

Diona looked around, AK in hand.

"Who knows. Let's move before someone shows up—we'll be toast if they do."

Klee pulled out another grenade.

"Okay~"

This version of CFGO had been modified: each player could only choose one weapon, and grenades counted as one.

Each life came with 10 grenades. Except for the melee knife, no other weapons could be used.

The two little ones dashed off to a corner in search of more enemies.

Meanwhile...

Gepard and Diluc were back-to-back, each carefully moving with a shotgun in hand.

Suddenly, an Electro-elemental bullet zipped toward them.

Gepard was hit and immediately warned Diluc.

"Watch out! Enemy nearby!"

The two quickly took cover behind a wooden crate.

Diluc peeked out and spotted Lisa sniping from a high platform.

He frowned slightly.

Why was Lisa attacking a teammate?

Before he could keep complaining, Lisa fired a second shot.

Fortunately, Diluc reacted in time and pulled back.

He readied his weapon.

"Gepard, you draw her fire. I'll finish her off."

Gepard nodded without hesitation.

After a 3-second countdown, Gepard charged out from the crate and rushed toward a nearby cargo container.

Lisa promptly turned her scope on him and fired—but missed.

Seeing Lisa fire, Diluc sprang up and peppered her position with suppressive fire.

Gepard turned back and also started firing his M4 in bursts.

Lisa ducked behind a crate. Some of the bullets pierced the wood and hit her, dropping a lot of her health.

Still, Lisa remained calm—Jean was about to arrive!

Focused on Lisa, Diluc and Gepard didn't notice that Jean was sneaking up from the side with an M4.

Rat-a-tat-tat

A few bursts later, both Diluc and Gepard were down.

Afterward, Jean stepped out from the corner.

"Sorry, Senior Diluc."

The battle raged on, mostly concentrated around the center of the cargo ship.

Bullets flew everywhere, and both sides' kill counts climbed rapidly.

Though the total kill count goal was 1000, each team had 25 players—just 40 kills each to win.

In a large-scale battle like this, 40 kills per person was actually quite doable with enemies everywhere.

Once the combined kill count hit 500, a voice echoed across the battlefield:

[Attention! The game has entered Phase Two! Every minute, an airdrop will land in the center of the battlefield. These drops contain powerful weapons, body armor, helmets, etc.]

[Attention! The first airdrop has been deployed!]

Everyone looked up.

A red crate descended slowly under a parachute.

Without hesitation, everyone rushed toward the landing site.

Whoever got the crate would gain a huge advantage.

Eula was making her way toward the drop zone.

Suddenly, a Pyro-elemental bullet struck her head—instantly disintegrating her into particles of light.

Back at the respawn point, Eula stomped her foot in frustration.

"Ugh! Who was it?!" She checked her distance to the drop site—no chance now.

Then the kill notification popped up:

[Defender Amber eliminated Infiltrator Eula]

Eula saw who it was and nearly fainted from rage.

"Amber!!! I'll remember this!!!"

Kafka was sprinting through an alley, dual-wielding UZIs.

Suddenly, Hu Tao popped out ahead.

"Hehe! Kafka, prepare to die!"

Quick on the draw, Kafka opened fire, raining Electro bullets on Hu Tao before she could even shoot.

Stelle saw Hu Tao go down and quickly stepped out to avenge her.

"Hu Tao!"

But the moment Stelle emerged, a gun barrel was already pointed at her forehead.

She froze—Kafka was smiling at her.

"Stelle, you're being a little naughty~"

Stelle swallowed hard.

"Umm... Kafka... could you maybe... spare me?"

Kafka smiled sweetly.

"Oh? Not gonna avenge your teammate?"

Stelle shook her head.

"No no, K/D ratio is more important."

Kafka pulled the trigger.

"You wanna know if I'll let you go? Nope~"

[Infiltrator Kafka eliminated Defender Stelle]

March 7th had just taken down the recently respawned Diluc and was turning her gun to avenge Stelle and Hu Tao—

But then, a wind-element bullet hit her square in the head.

***

[Infiltrator Ganyu kills Defender March 7th]

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Kafka turned around and glanced at Ganyu, who was not far behind and reloading her rifle. She smiled and gave thanks.

"Thanks."

Ganyu nodded slightly.

"Let's keep moving and try to grab the airdrop."

The two of them then continued forward.

Meanwhile, Zhongli and Welt ran into each other.

Zhongli sighed lightly.

"Mr. Welt, I never thought we'd one day become enemies."

Welt adjusted his glasses.

"Indeed, I didn't expect it either."

Zhongli said,"Let's both fire at the same time, leave it up to luck."

Welt nodded.

The two aimed at each other, counted down from three, and fired simultaneously.

Welt watched as Zhongli vanished from where he stood and sighed.

Suddenly, a grenade landed at Welt's feet.

Boom!

[Defender Klee kills Infiltrator Welt]

Elsewhere—

Seele and Bronya encountered each other.

Seele never expected Bronya to be on the opposing team.

"Damn this matchmaking system! Can't they just let us team up?"

Watching from the spectator booth, Aha laughed after hearing Seele's complaint.

"Hahaha~ Aha spent 100,000 Starcoins to bribe Ye Yun into rigging the match~ hehe."

Ye Yun just smiled.

Aha had found Ye Yun earlier, asking for some chaos. Ye Yun checked with the system.

The system said 100,000 Starcoins would grant him permission to interfere with matchmaking.

Without hesitation, Ye Yun had Aha cough up the money.

So, situations like Seele vs. Bronya were happening all across the battlefield.

Seele fighting Bronya.

Zhongli fighting Welt.

Silver Wolf fighting Kafka.

Ningguang fighting Keqing.

Everyone was fighting their own allies.

Who knows if the participants were enjoying it, but spectators Aha and Ye Yun were certainly having a blast—it was chaos galore.

The airdrop landed, and the ones who fought their way there were Silver Wolf and Kafka.

Kafka saw Silver Wolf and was about to speak.

"Dar—"

Silver Wolf suddenly opened fire, her M4 wildly blasting at Kafka.

"Hehehe!! Kafka! Time to die! I've wanted to take you down for ages! Today's the day!! Rattatat!"

Kafka reacted quickly, dodging behind the airdrop crate to avoid Silver Wolf's barrage.

Silver Wolf, seeing she'd missed, quickly ducked behind a container to reload.

Kafka seized the moment, rushed up, and kicked Silver Wolf's M4 away with a sideways kick.

Silver Wolf froze instantly, cold sweat dripping from her forehead.

"Ka-Kafka..."

Kafka smiled down at her.

"You're as naughty as Stelle, Darling~ goodbye."

She fired a full burst.

Silver Wolf—eliminated!

After taking care of Silver Wolf, Kafka walked up to the airdrop. Just as she was about to open it, a grenade landed at her feet.

Kafka's smile froze.

"Klee!"

Boom!

From around the corner, Klee peeked out with Diona.

"Yay! Klee got the airdrop~!"

Klee and Diona approached the crate. Diona said:

"Klee, open it and see what's inside."

Klee nodded, opened the airdrop, and saw a grenade launcher inside. Instantly, she knew how to use it.

"Wow! It's the Chain Bomb Gun-Gun~!"

Klee grabbed the grenade launcher and fired three grenades toward the Infiltrators' base.

[Defender Klee kills Infiltrator Seele]

[Defender Klee kills Infiltrator Welt]

[Defender Klee kills Infiltrator Keqing]

[Defender Klee...]

A series of kill notifications rang out across the battlefield. Klee's kill count instantly shot up by more than ten.

The recently revived players who had just left spawn were left speechless—they hadn't even fired a shot before getting sent back!

As the game entered Phase Two, things escalated further. Elemental weapons were now in play, and the battlefield went absolutely insane.

Calestia pulled out a fire-element breath scattergun and blasted a nearby crate into dust.

"Come on, keep hiding, Nahida. You're not getting away."

Unfazed, Nahida tossed a Dendro-element grenade under Lumine's feet. Several thick vines shot up and restrained her.

With a calm smile, Nahida approached Calestia holding a Dendro-element Desert Eagle.

"Sorry, Lord Calestia~"

She fired a shot at Calestia's head.

[Defender Nahida kills Infiltrator Calestia]

Zhongli, being chased by Yanqing, ducked into a narrow alley and dropped a Geo grenade at the entrance.

Instantly, a wall of solidified Geo appeared, blocking the way.

Yanqing opened fire with his M16, finally breaking through after an entire magazine.

As he reloaded, a stream of Geo-element bullets came from the alley and eliminated him.

Back at spawn, Yanqing looked at his 1:19 kill/death ratio and completely lost the will to keep playing.

"This is ridiculous—either they team up and gank people, or they're camping like rats. Come out and fight fair if you dare! So frustrating!"

As time passed, the game soon came to an end. All players were transported to a field with a podium at the center.

Ye Yun and Aha stood beside it with microphones.

Aha held the mic:

"Ahahahaha! Everyone! Game over! Did you all have fun? Oh, by the way, I did mess with the matchmaking system. Pretty great, right? You're welcome!"

The crowd instantly shot Aha a barrage of angry glares.

Especially Seele—she pulled out her scythe and shouted that she was going to slice Aha in half.

Luckily, Lumine and Bronya held her back.

Aha burst into laughter under everyone's fury. That reaction was exactly what he wanted—haha.

Ye Yun rolled his eyes at Aha and quickly got things back on track.

"Alright everyone, time to announce the results."

The players looked at Ye Yun with anticipation. During the match, participants couldn't see the total kill counts—only Ye Yun knew the final results.

Ye Yun cleared his throat and said:

"Let's congratulate the Defenders for their victory!"

The Defender team erupted into cheers.

Stelle jumped three feet in the air.

"Awesome! I won! 1,000 Starcoins, baby! So worth it~"

March 7th also smiled brightly.

"This dungeon was amazing—super fun and profitable too."

Hu Tao agreed.

"Exactly! I wonder what tomorrow's game will be. I heard they change it every day."

Ye Yun said to the Defender players:

"Everyone, please come up in line to collect your rewards."

Stelle rushed up first, hands outstretched.

Ye Yun placed ten 100-Starcoin bills in her hands.

Stelle held them joyfully, her face full of glee.

On the other side, the losing team was all gloom and doom.