Chapter 080 Who is a decent person and would ride in this car?
"Could it be possible that I have been struck by the legendary 'Scarlet King'?"
Thinking of his own reaction, Colin couldn't help but feel palpitations, and felt that his memory had become a little incoherent since the last five minutes.
One section after another, every time I came to my senses, it was as if there was a jump in time, or a frame drop, missing a part of the process and getting the result directly.
After collecting his thoughts, he looked up at the ancient train that was slowly coming to a stop...
The train body is coated with a layer of faded reddish-brown paint, countless gears are moving slowly, the wheels are heavy and thick, and various exposed metal pipes are spewing hot air. The whole train is like a huge metal behemoth, exuding a unique sense of power that makes people feel awe.
But after a closer look, Colin discovered that the mottled and peeling paint surface was covered with bullet holes, craters, claw marks, tooth marks, bloody handprints, and some traces of corrosion by some liquid, which made people wonder what it had been through...
"If someone told me that this train was running from a steampunk world to a battlefield in the Middle East and then passing through a zombie world and coming back, I would believe it."
Colin moved his eyes and looked towards the car window, but it was hazy behind the window and he couldn't see clearly what was there. He could only see some passengers sitting in groups of three or four in various parts of the car through the dusty window.
From this perspective, there are quite a few people inside.
He just felt something was wrong. Colin squinted his eyes and soon noticed that the figures were sitting too straight and motionless, which looked a little weird and creepy.
But before I could think about it, the car door opened to the side with a "click".
The time on the high-speed rail's electronic display screen was exactly 23:15:00.
Not a cent more, not a cent less.
As the car door opened, Colin looked inside, but just like the window, he couldn't see clearly what was inside.
In order to avoid being distracted and affected by the "Crimson King" effect, which would eventually lead to him missing the time to get on the bus, he suppressed his inner uneasiness, took a step forward, and walked towards the door shrouded in a hazy yellow light.
During this process, he was always vigilant to prevent any accidents from happening.
But until I walked into the car door, no danger happened...
Furthermore, the moment his body completely stepped into the train door, Colin suddenly had a feeling of emerging from underwater, and the whole world suddenly became clear.
Then, he immediately glanced inside the train and was stunned.
The carriage space is very spacious, obviously at least twice as large as that of ordinary high-speed trains.
There are seventeen rows in total, with six seats in each row, three on each side. Because the train itself is relatively wide, it does not look crowded, like a business car or a first-class seat.
The interior is luxurious and retro, with brown-yellow hard wood floors, warm and soft yellow gas lamps, and brass red velvet cushion seats with exquisite carvings...
And in the rear seat on the left, Colin saw seven people.
"Colleague? It doesn't seem like that..."
Colin's nostrils twitched. From the smell, he could tell that they were all ordinary people. But then he thought, how could there be ordinary people in such a place? Regardless of whether they were colleagues or not, since the other party didn't seem to be talking, he might as well ignore them.
After all, who would get on this train?
Then, he withdrew his gaze and was about to find a place to sit down, but suddenly he realized something was wrong - when he was outside the train just now, he clearly saw from the window that there were passengers everywhere in the carriage.
But now, apart from the seven people sitting together, he didn't see any other "passengers".
"No, there seemed to be only one or two people at their location just now..."
Colin frowned, realizing that things were not simple.
But no matter what, an inexplicable intuition told him that he had to sit down as soon as possible.
"I remember there were two people in the fifth row, one person by the right window in the sixth row, the left side of the seventh row was full, and there were a few people after the eighth row, but I can't remember their exact locations..."
While thinking, Colin walked towards the third row on the right. When he looked out the window, he could be sure that all the seats nearby were empty and there was no "human figure".
After roughly confirming that there was no problem, he sat on it carefully...
"Fatal Insight" did not trigger.
No danger occurred...
Safe landing?
“I don’t know what will happen if I sit in those seats where there are shadows.”
Colin was a little curious and wanted to try to summon a hundred-dollar "good brother" through the "Slave of Money" to sit on it and see what happens.
But after thinking it over, I gave up this bold idea.
I decided to follow the guidance of my heart and not try anything unnecessary.
He had discovered something at this time...
The danger level of events in my hometown may be even more terrifying than those in the other world, but here it seems to be more orderly, so as long as you follow the rules, there will be no problems.
Then, he looked around the carriage warily again and noticed that when looking out from inside the carriage, the picture was clear and everything inside the subway station was visible, there was no problem with not being able to see clearly.
Ding ding ding——
A series of dense bell sounds suddenly rang continuously.
The train door slammed shut.
Then, the carriage shook slightly but noticeably, and the scene outside the window began to move backwards. The train in the fog, which had been parked for nearly ten minutes, started moving.
After the train started, Colin found that the window that was originally clearly visible was quickly covered by thick white fog.
He didn't look at the disturbing white mist for long and withdrew his gaze.
"Speaking of which, what on earth is going on with that group of people?"
Colin felt that those seven or eight people were just ordinary people, ordinary people with nothing special about them.
But are there really ordinary people who would take this kind of train?
He had some doubts in his heart.
With a vigilant mind, Colin silently pricked up his ears and listened behind him.
After more than ten minutes, his expression suddenly became a little subtle——
"Brother Xiao, did we really not get off the train just now? There's something wrong with this train. The interior is almost two or three times bigger than the subway we came from. Did we get on the wrong train?"
"What's wrong? Isn't it just a themed carriage? I think you don't take high-speed trains or subways very often, so you haven't seen it before... This seems to be a steampunk-themed carriage?"
"Yes, what bus are you getting off? If you get off now, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. I see you didn't drink much just now? It seems like three bottles of Budweiser are not enough? This is the last bus after 10 o'clock. I can't get on the wrong bus even with my eyes closed, so don't worry!"
"That's right, I think you are drunk..."
"Forget it, what you said makes sense... By the way, Brother Xiao, let me borrow your paper when we get back to the dormitory. Oh, for reference..."
"Wow, look outside the window, it's foggy again..."
…
In front of them, Colin sat in a chair properly, his expression becoming increasingly strange.
Judging from the conversation, it seemed like they were really a group of students from a nearby university. They were trying to catch the last bus after having a midnight snack and just happened to get on the bus.
Although we caught the bus, unfortunately, it was not the bus to the university.
