The middle-aged woman sat up from the bed, breaking out in a cold sweat.
She looked around and found the little girl in the bed next to her looking at her with a worried look on her face: "Auntie, are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?"
The middle-aged woman touched her face in panic, and then she found that her back and face were covered with sweat. She thought of the scenes she had just experienced, and looked at the little girl beside her with a well-behaved and worried expression, and then she asked uncertainly: "Is it a nightmare?"
The little girl nodded: "Yes."
The middle-aged woman's eyes were complicated: "..."
Was everything that just happened just a dream
Yes, it must be a dream. How could such a weird thing be true
Just as she was wondering, the door of the carriage was gently opened from the outside, and the kind old man in the next seat held up a disposable paper cup and handed it to the woman: "Girl, drink some hot water to calm your nerves."
The woman smiled politely and thanked the old man as she took the paper cup. Her fingertips accidentally touched the old man's rough palm, and she suddenly felt dazed, staring at the old man's palm, which was full of age.
Such a warm touch. Although she looked very frail, she felt an indescribable sense of security. It was as if she had been pulled back from the brink of death by this power not long ago. These hands were holding her steadily and sending her to the safest place.
The woman rubbed her head and drank a few sips of hot water, and her sensitive nerves relaxed a lot.
When the tense mood relaxed, she was filled with fatigue. She yawned, said good night to her grandparents, and fell asleep.
A hand quietly stuffed the ticket next to the woman's pillow. Zhou Guang and Li Cangshan looked at each other, and quietly left the room one after the other. Li Cangshan walked behind and gently closed the door of the carriage.
In the smoking area at the end of the aisle, a young man was leaning against the iron sheet of the train waiting for them.
"Mr. Xin, Li Cangshan, we are all very lucky to have you here this time." Because it was late at night, there was no one in the smoking area and there were only three of them in the dark corner.
Baili Xin: "I didn't do much, it was mainly Li Cangshan who saved the people."
"I underestimated this train. I thought it wouldn't check tickets when it stopped at a station, but I overlooked the fact that this was not a normal train. I won't make this mistake again next time," Zhou Guang said with some remorse, "I shouldn't have involved innocent people."
Baili Xin was not concentrating. He looked through the window at the long pedestrian corridor. When he saw "people" standing up one after another, he rubbed his brow and said, "There is still a day and a half before the end of the mission. There is no time to rest."
When he saw the "ghost" who boarded the carriage later stood up, Zhou Guang and Li Cangshan also noticed it.
I don’t know if it’s because the three of them are game players, but the “ghost” that seems very strange to them seems to be nothing at all in the eyes of other passengers.
In other words, in the eyes of others, they do not exist at all.
The three people had different missions, so they finally chose to act separately.
After saying goodbye to the two, Baili Xin walked among the ghosts that began to wander the crosswalk.
Some ghosts wandered around the car for a while and then found a place to sit down. Baili Xin noticed that they did not sit down blindly, but seemed to know the people next to them.
The first wet female ghost who got on the bus sat in front of a couple who were sleeping in each other's arms, staring at the man opposite with her completely black pupils without blinking.
Her mouth opened and closed, silently telling something. Baili Xin stared at her mouth, and a line of words slowly emerged in his mind.
—I’m so unwilling.
—I was the only one left.
—I really want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Perhaps sensing Baili Xin's gaze, the female ghost suddenly raised her head, and her cold black pupils instantly pierced through the crowd of ghosts coming and going and looked over. Baili Xin subconsciously turned his head and skillfully avoided the female ghost's gaze.
Another little ghost simply sat in the arms of a woman, who also had a baby of only a few months old in her arms. The woman couldn't see the little ghost, but the baby should have seen it.
He stared at the little ghost's position with wide eyes. The little ghost made a face when he saw it, and the baby immediately started crying loudly with fear.
The crying sounded particularly loud in the quiet carriage. The woman was afraid of disturbing other passengers' rest, so she quickly opened her tired eyes and patted the baby's back to comfort him.
The little devil looked down at the baby in his arms arrogantly, pointed at his nose and cursed silently.
—Don’t cry!
—If you cry again, I’ll take you away too!
—You bad boy, you only know how to make your mother angry. It’s all your fault that your mother forgot about me!
—I don’t like you at all!
The wandering ghosts gradually found the people they wanted to find, some with hatred, some with attachment, and in this narrow train, they silently expressed the feelings that could not be let go on the other end.
These ghosts that got on the bus later turned out to be closely connected with the passengers on this bus.
Is this train prepared for humans or for these ghosts with long-cherished wishes
Baili Xin walked through one carriage after another, and when he was about to reach the first-class carriage, the lights above his head suddenly flickered twice. In the flickering light, Baili Xin felt someone touch his hand, and then there was something in his hand.
After a few seconds, the overhead lights returned to normal.
Baili Xin lowered his head and stared at the extra piece of paper in his hand.
He walked to the corner and opened the note. There were only a few words written in a flamboyant style on it.
The princess is in the second carriage
He felt that the handwriting was somewhat familiar, and he must have seen it somewhere, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out where he had seen it.
However, the content on the paper caught his attention.
The princess is in the second carriage...
The person who slipped the note to me knew his identity and his mission.
This note could very well be a clue, or it could be a trap.
But how do you know if it’s a trap unless you step into it
When he folded the note and put it in his pocket, Baili Xin also arrived at the first-class carriage.
Several ghostly shadows were floating in the corridor of the first-class carriage.
He only saw half of the shadow just disappearing into the A-7 carriage, and in front of the A-3 carriage was an elderly couple. They stood hand in hand in front of the door of the A-3 carriage where Li Qiuzhi was, but did not go in, just standing there like two pillars.
Baili Xin secretly looked at the pair of elderly ghosts.
They were dressed simply, with many wrinkles on their clothes, and their sleeves, shoes and trouser legs were dirty and stained with black stuff.
Could it be that these two people are...
Baili Xin thought of something and asked in his mind: s419m, help me check what Zhao Ming's grandparents look like. The unfinished building and nail house incidents that year caused a lot of uproar, and there should be reports left behind.
s419m: OK, host, please wait a moment... I have found it and will release it now. Please check it, host.
An old photo slowly appeared in my mind. It was obviously a candid photo. In the photo, there were two elderly people, a man and a woman. They had excited and ferocious expressions. One of them was holding a broom in her hand, and the other was pointing at the camera angrily, as if they would rush over and beat someone in the next second. They looked very barbaric and violent.
s419m: This photo was included in an article, which became a bit of a hit online. The title was "Insatiable greed will eventually harm others and yourself." The elderly couple also suffered a wave of online violence. I guess they couldn't stand the pressure of public opinion, so they accepted the terms of the demolition and moved away.
With a photo like this coupled with misleading text, it is easy to imagine that public opinion would be one-sided.
Blissin: …
Although the faces of the man and woman in the photo were distorted, he still recognized that the man and woman in the photo were the pair of ghosts standing in front of him now.
How did this pair of ghosts come to Li Qiuzhi
Ah, he knows.
The person they were looking for was not Li Qiuzhi, but Zhao Ming.
Li Qiuzhi's anxiety over the past three years should not be an illusion. It is estimated that Zhao Ming has been haunting Li Qiuzhi since his death. For three years, Zhao Ming has never let Li Qiuzhi go.
He was a little curious about the progress on Li Qiuzhi's side, but his own task was not completed yet.
In order to let s419m keep an eye on this side, Baili Xin decided to go to the second carriage first.
He had just been to the second vehicle section over an hour ago, and it was empty at that time.
Using an invisible card in the camera blind spot, Baili Xin once again walked into the second carriage tonight.
Not surprisingly, it was still empty inside.
With moonlight shining in, only the shape of the window frame was reflected on the floor of the carriage.
I didn't know what this carriage was used for before. The windows are different from the horizontal and vertical windows in other carriages. Some of the windows here are square, while others are octagonal, which is more artistic.
s419m: Is there a secret room or something like that, host
Baili Xin: I'll look for it.
For a train like this whose shape can be clearly seen from the outside, he has a basic idea of how much space there is inside.
At first glance, he didn't think there was any gap or secret room in this space.
But just to be on the safe side, he still searched carefully from beginning to end.
Sure enough, a search without hope will not result in too much disappointment in the end.
After searching around and finding nothing, Baili Xin leaned lazily against the wall. His body had long lost the invisibility buff, but there was not only no secret room but also no surveillance equipment here, and it seemed that there was no difference between being invisible and not invisible to him.
Everyone sighed silently in their hearts.
s419m: Hey, Master Host, how come there is nothing? Could it be a prank by the person who passed the note
Baili Xin: Who is so bored that he would come to play a prank after knowing the content of this mission
s419m: Um, Lord God
Baili Xin rolled his eyes: Is he so boring
s419mThe words were very sincere: He is much more boring than this.
Blissin: …
You'd better be as tough when you return to our world.
Baili Xin leaned lazily against the cold wall, his eyes casually sweeping across the window frame opposite and the bright full moon hanging in the sky.
The moon today is exceptionally round, with light clouds floating beneath it, like bright eyes stained with mist.
If it had a contour, the moon tonight would look like a beautiful eye.
The moonlight came in from outside, and the angular window frames were reflected on the metal floor.
Baili Xin swept his eyes across the reflections, and as if he remembered something, he quickly pulled his gaze back.
His originally scattered eyes became focused, and even his body stood up straight unconsciously.
s419m Mama Lailai's voice became excited: Master Host, have you found anything? !
Baili Xin ignored s419m for the time being, and began to walk in circles while staring at the reflection on the ground. Sometimes he walked to the front, and sometimes he retreated to the corner. s419m had no idea what the host was doing.
Baili Xin moved around in the carriage for a long time, and finally stopped at the diagonal corner.
Just when s419m thought Baili Xin was finally going to reveal the secret to it, Baili Xin did something that made it unbelievable.
He actually took out the painting "Rose Boy" from his backpack, walked to the middle of the carriage and placed it on the ground.
The placement of the oil painting seems casual, yet it seems to be deliberately placed.
Baili Xin even tilted his head to look at the portrait, then looked at the moon outside the window, then slowly retreated back to the corner.
Strangely enough, this "Rose Boy" seems to be exactly where the moonlight is the strongest. The bright moonlight falls on the oil painting, making the surface of the oil painting glow with a layer of holy and hazy brilliance.
The rose boy's face was glowing, with tears still hanging on his cheeks. He just curled up quietly on the ground, so lifelike and beautiful.
s419m asked blankly: Host
At this time, Baili Xin sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his chin slightly, and pointed somewhere with his hand: Look.
s419mFollowing Baili Xin's line of sight, he was stunned.
From Baili Xin's perspective after sitting down, the originally ordinary octagonal window frame has turned into a diamond-shaped shape resembling an eye socket due to the blind spot. The round moon is firmly embedded in the middle of the diamond. Isn't it an eye
The place where this eye is looking at... is exactly the painting "Rose Boy" shrouded in moonlight!
At that moment, countless vines emerged from "The Rose Boy". Like elves that had drunk their fill of moonlight, they quickly grew, took root, and entrenched themselves in this space.
s419m stared blankly at the scene happening in front of him.
It stared at the vines in front of it for a while and discovered something.
These vines appear to be randomly lingering, but in fact they seem to be looking for something.
The vine would search every corner of the carriage regularly. After searching for a while, it would leave and retreat, then continue searching in another direction.
And these vines seemed to have human nature. They climbed over all places except Baili Xin.
At this time, Baili Xin had already taken out the sickle and placed it beside him. All the vines carefully avoided Baili Xin's side and did not touch him at all.
Understand human nature
s419m burst into laughter.
Bullshit human nature! He is obviously scared after being beaten!
Are you afraid that the host will shave your head bald again
The vines searched almost all the space in the second carriage. They piled higher and higher and finally flew towards the top of the head.
When the vines slowly swept across a certain part of the ceiling, Baili Xin and s419m heard a sigh at the same time, "Finally found it."
There was a strange sound of chains shaking, and Baili Xin looked up and saw a figure slowly emerging from the ceiling above his head.
The vines stretched into the invisible darkness, wrapped around the figure, and dragged the person from inside to outside.
As the figure slowly appeared, Baili Xin finally saw its full appearance.
It was a monster with a strange face. It was dressed in black. Its head was originally wrapped in black cloth, but because the cloth was torn to pieces, its face was exposed.
This monster has long arms and legs, its entire body is bound with thick black chains, and it is surrounded by thick black mist.
s419m: This chain looks familiar. It seems to be the chain that bound the God of Doom.
Baili Xin raised his head and looked at the fainting god: Be more confident and remove the word "seems".
The first time I saw this god, he was full of pride, walking in the darkness with great momentum, and could reap the lives of everyone in the house with a wave of his hand.
How fierce the god of misfortune was at that time.
But looking at the God of Doom now, the black fog surrounding him is refusing to dissipate, his body is covered with wounds of varying sizes, he is skinny and looks very weak.
It turns out that "Princess" refers to the god of misfortune.
The vines carefully brought down the God of Doom above. In addition to the vines pulling the God of Doom, the other vines had begun to shrink into the painting. But in a moment, the vines that had just filled the entire carriage had almost all shrunk into the painting.
The thorny vines were careful not to harm the God of Doom, and slowly brought the unconscious god to Baili Xin.
The God of Doom lay weakly on the ground, the vines were pulled away from his body, held in the air and slowly formed a few blurry words.
Save it!!!
Baili Xin looked at the God of Doom who was about to die, and walked up to the oil painting.
Among the beautiful roses, the young man who was as dazzling as a diamond had already cried uncontrollably.
Pearly tears flowed down her cheeks one by one, fell into the rose bushes beneath her, and disappeared.
Baili Xin looked at the rose boy in the oil painting, then looked at the unconscious God of Doom, and shrugged helplessly.
There were two people, and neither of them could communicate normally.
"Okay, how to save him?" Baili Xin asked the rose boy in the oil painting.
The vines above his head moved again, forming new words.
Kill me, the contract will be void and it will be free again.
Baili Xin was silent: "..."
Another fucking "sacrifice choice question".
"It seems the mission is due tomorrow." Baili Xin said to himself.
The vine shook and began to respond to Baili Xin's words on its own: So what
Baili Xin sighed helplessly, "So let's talk about it tomorrow."
Before the vines could form new words, Baili Xin took the painting and stuffed it into his backpack. Then he pulled the chain on the God of Misfortune and lifted him up, carrying him on his back easily. He used an invisibility card and walked out of the second carriage.
On the way back, s419m asked: Host, how did you know to put the painting there
Baili Xin: Because the outline and size of the light were just the right size for the painting. I felt that the frame was prepared for the painting, so I put it there. Besides, the painting we worked so hard to get in the fourth level must be of some use in the fifth level, right
s419m: Hard work
Hey, man, do you have any misunderstanding about "hard work"
At around three in the morning, when Baili Xin returned to the first-class carriage, the old couple was still standing at the door of the room.
The position and posture remained the same as when he left, without any change.
At this time, Baili Xin was still in stealth mode. He quietly opened the door of A-1, tiptoed in with a guilty conscience, and then removed the stealth buff.
I had so much fun tonight that I forgot there was a spouse at home.
Now, she truly experiences the fear of being blocked by her husband at the door after staying up late to go clubbing.
Just as he entered the room and hadn't even stepped firmly on his feet, the lights in the originally dark room suddenly lit up, and a cold voice with suppressed anger said coldly: "You still remember to come back?"
Baili Xin's heart skipped a beat, and with a shake of his hand, the God of Doom on his back rolled to the ground.
On the sofa not far away, the man arched his back slightly, with his elbows resting on his legs, his palms gathered into a small hill and resting on his chin. He tensed his body and stared at Baili Xin fiercely.
Behind the man, the black mist that could not be hidden continuously leaked out from his body. The mist was waving behind him, ferocious and terrifying.
Baili Xin silently took two steps back: "..."
The man frowned upon seeing this: "You still dare to retreat? Close the door and come here."
Baili Xin almost turned around and closed the door as soon as the man finished speaking, and walked in front of Dijia obediently, with an expression as well-behaved as possible and eyes as innocent as possible: "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"Heh." The man sneered, "What do you think?"
Baili Xin: "..."
I dare not say.
"On the first day, he said he was afraid of disturbing my work, and I believed him."
"What about today? I don't have work tonight. You left the car after eleven o'clock and came back at three in the morning with a man on your back. Am I so good to you that you forget that I am also a hot-blooded man?"
"One moment it was a photographer, the next it was a college student, the next it was an old man, and now there's this thing that's neither human nor ghost."
The man suddenly leaned forward and pinched Baili Xin's chin hard, "Should I learn from this monster and tie you up with a chain so that you can't go anywhere before you stop?"
Baili Xin's eyes lit up: "Little dark room py?"
man:"???"
He seems to be very happy
"Ahem, no." Baili Xin quickly coughed to cover up the embarrassment, blinking innocently and said, "Calm down first, I'm a little scared of you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the black mist that was originally waving its claws and fangs behind the man suddenly froze and instantly retracted into the man's body.
The man pursed his lips tightly, but his expression had already relaxed. He slowly sat back on the sofa, adjusted his voice, and said lightly: "Go ahead."
This shouldn't scare him, right
This child can't stand being scared easily. You should spoil him enough, but make sure he is not really scared.
Baili Xin pointed at the God of Doom on the ground and said, "You have seen this person before. We were in Room 1719 of Moon Bay. The God of Doom that killed everyone in the room was this one."
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