The cold wind howled and the snow fell.
On the boundless white snowy wilderness, a steam train full of metal sense turned over half of its body and plunged deep into the layer of soil under the snow field, and the track under it had already been destroyed, which was the culprit of the accident.
Fortunately, there are still half of the remaining trains, which are parked on the snowy field in a rather embarrassing posture.
Although it was broken in the middle, a large number of carriages and the surviving passengers were preserved. They hid in the carriages to avoid the wind and snow, and relied on the supplies on the carriages. In a short time, there was nothing serious.
In a compartment, on a seat near the window.
"Why isn't the rescue team coming?"
Wearing a small soft hat, a girl with a round and somewhat cute face looks at the direction of Gangdian City from a distance, her face is full of anxiety. She is obviously wearing a masculine waistcoat with a light brown coat. Disassembled shawl, dressed like a tomboy.
However, her appearance is like a doll, a little round and cute, which is different from the serious clothing, which makes people laugh.
"I have already sent a telegram and informed the patrol headquarters in Gangdian City through the radio equipment on the car." Beside him, a tall, mature man with a long beard and a large coat said calmly.
"Captain, it's been almost twenty hours since you said this last time"
Annie, a cute girl with a round face, couldn't help reminding her team leader that she is good everywhere, takes care of newcomers, has a sense of responsibility, and will take the lead when encountering difficulties, but the only thing is that she is too optimistic. Sometimes, Annie would feel very disrespectful that the other party was really like a tortoise, a long-lived species who was optimistic by nature and would not get angry with others.
"Annie is right. I also think it's not normal. The response from the pilgrims is too slow."
Another very young man with glasses who looked a few years younger than Annie, with childishness and freckles on his face, took a sneaky look at Annie, finally mustered up the courage, and interjected.
It's just that his voice is very low. If both of them were not extraordinary and had good hearing, they would have been almost covered by the sound of wind and snow outside the window.
"Eddie, I believe my grandma's cat scratches its paws louder than yours." Anne shook her head, ignoring the flushed young teammate, and turned to their captain, Morrison Burr Te, tried to remind: "Captain, the steam train we were on had an accident at night. It has been almost a day since the unfortunate derailment, according to the organization system of the pilgrims."
"At this moment, there should be a group of pilgrims closest to us on their way, but the distance between us and Gangdian City is not too far away, at most one day's journey away. The pilgrims are hunting illegal desolates on the nearby snow field all year round. team."
"Theoretically speaking, it won't take long for them to find the accident train."
Annie's words made the two of them nod slightly, and even Captain Morrison, who has always been optimistic, couldn't help but sigh: "It's indeed a bit strange, the members of the pilgrims are full-fledged members sent by major churches, in essence, they Like us, we are all 'investigators' of our respective churches, and we should strictly abide by the system, so it's unlikely that we will be late, right?"
In the end, his voice became smaller and smaller, with a faint sense of hesitation.
Annie, Morrison and Eddie, they are official members of the Church of Steam, to be precise, they should be called 'investigators'.
The official members of the five Orthodox churches in the northern cold soil, and even all the churches in the Evernight World, are called 'investigators'. For example, Annie and Morrison are both official investigators. Among them, Mori Sen even has the title of 'captain', a senior member of the formal investigators, and is expected to be promoted to a senior investigator.
In contrast, Eddie's status is much worse. This young man is only on probation, also known as a 'probationer'.
This is like a temporary worker on Earth, who not only has the possibility of dismissal, but also will be blamed at any time. Most importantly, Eddie is not an official investigator and is not qualified to use professional rituals. Therefore, he is currently the only normal person among the three. Of course, Eddie, as a loyal believer cultivated in the church since childhood, has undergone rigorous training.
To explain it in simple and easy-to-understand words, it is that he has a full-level deputy on him, and the character is at level 10.
"It should be impossible to be late." Eddie said in a low voice, but this time, he found sadly that the two of them didn't hear it, but were looking at the scenery outside the window, both in a daze.
At this time, Annie glanced out the window, and the sky that was getting dark again, her tone became heavy:
"Hopefully tonight, we don't encounter that kind of thing"
Hearing this, Captain Morrison, who was tall and wearing a generous coat, also became serious. After all, an optimistic personality does not mean complete innocence. Being able to lead an investigation team to Gangdian City to participate in the Northern Auction . He has enough judgment on the situation and at least competent personal ability. When facing danger, he will maintain the qualities he should have.
In fact, the derailment of the steam train they were on was not a simple accident.
In the middle of the night last night, they were taking turns sleeping in the carriage when they were attacked by extraordinary beings.
Yes,
It was an extraordinary life that was lurking in the darkness and quietly climbed onto the steam train. If it wasn't for Eddie who was awake, he would have been vigilant enough to detect something was wrong through the movement outside the window in time, and woke up the people in their respective seats. The consequences of the sleeping two people will be disastrous.
The monster broke into the carriage, and in the middle, the two sides fought to the death.
After a fierce battle, they got rid of the extraordinary life, but it also caused a car accident.
"I hope nothing will happen. When we return to Steel Code City," Morrison murmured, "I need a remote telegraph to inform our moving castle Ironheart City. They must understand an important message: Within the scope of the Sith remnant, there was a change in a restricted area, and an extraordinary life escaped!"
"Also, it attacked the steam train on this route."
Morrison, who was talking to himself, suddenly paused. He turned his head and looked at his teammate Eddie with a frighteningly serious face: "What time is it?"
Eddie was taken aback, looked at his pocket watch hastily, and blurted out: "It's three or three o'clock in the afternoon, no, it's a few minutes longer than the hour."
Speaking of this, Eddie seemed to have reacted, he hurriedly raised his head, followed Morrison and Anne, and looked out the window together.
now,
At some point in the sky, it was obviously darkened, and the gray fog rolled like black ink, as if it was going to swallow the entire train.
PS: Hey, if you don't give tickets, I won't add more motivation, funny face.
Something was delayed last night, so I won’t get this chapter in the third update, and there will be another update tonight.
(end of this chapter)