Chapter 2382: The Enemy in the Dark

The steam train sped along at high speed. Su Xiao would arrive at the Council Chamber in 1 hour and 19 minutes. The Council Chamber was located in a city in the center of the continent, which was the hub of trade.

The four major kingdoms couldn't achieve trade with each other. During the war, the hatred between them was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The husbands, children, and parents of civilians might all have died in the war. The people of the four countries hated each other to the extreme, and there even appeared a boycott of trade.

This made the four kings and the Council Chamber very troubled. They couldn't force civilians to buy goods, so the four major kingdoms and the Council Chamber came up with a compromise: to concentrate goods in "Ango City," where the Council Chamber was located, using this as a trade hub.

All steam train tracks of the four major kingdoms led to "Ango City" in the center of the continent, using this as a trade hub. Regardless of which kingdom the goods came from, after arriving here, they were all stamped with the seal of the Council Chamber. In this way, the resistance of civilians was partially calmed. Although it would increase transportation costs, it was better for stable prices.

The developed trade hub unknowingly attracted secret arts masters and alchemists, which also caused a large number of secret arts masters in the city where the Council Chamber was located, and all kinds of extraordinary items were gathered here through various channels.

Su Xiao opened the quest list to check the main quest, which was his barrier breakthrough quest.

【Main Quest: The Lurker in the Dark (First Ring)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 60

Quest Information: The Hunter needs to find the person behind the train hijacking incident within 8 natural days and obtain information for the next ring of the quest through the person behind the scenes.

Prompt: The final link of the main quest is the attribute barrier breakthrough quest.

Quest Deadline: 8 days.

Quest Reward: Random passive skill scroll (7th-tier)

Quest Penalty: Forced execution.

The first ring of the main quest already reached 7th-tier difficulty. The good news was that the main quest and the barrier breakthrough assessment were integrated. The final link of the main quest was the barrier breakthrough assessment.

According to Su Xiao's previous speculation, the person who arranged this steam train hijacking was likely in the Council Chamber. The other party was in charge of secret arts masters, and more importantly, the other party was clearly colluding with the hyena wolf clan.

Colluding with the hyena wolf clan would be exposed once it was exposed. Unless the other party was a king or a councilor, they would definitely die. Therefore, the other party brought such a weak group of hyena wolf clan members to avoid involving too many people, so as not to reveal their tracks. The stronger the hyena wolf clan, the greater the fame, and the more trouble there would be.

Another smarter point of the other party was that the group of hyena wolf clan members they found were polite throughout, and only prepared to forcibly take Su Xiao away at the end.

Su Xiao checked the prompt records. By killing these dozen hyena wolves, he obtained 0.17% of the World Source. This represented both the weakness of the enemy's strength and the difficulty of obtaining World Source in this world. It wasn't simple to reach an A+ comprehensive rating, and reaching S-rank was even harder.

Rapid footsteps came, and the front door of the carriage was kicked open with a bang. Several panicked peace officers rushed into the carriage.

"Mr. Bai Ye, we are here, ugh~"

The fat peace officer at the front had a lower and lower voice. Seeing the broken limbs in the carriage, he felt a sour liquid surge from his stomach, almost vomiting directly.

Obviously, the security of the steam train was quite good. This thing was different from ordinary trains. The seven-meter-wide carriage made it look like a steel beast. As long as the speed was increased, even if there was a mountain on the tracks, it could smash the mountain into pieces.

The main work of the train peace officers was to prevent passengers from arguing or fighting, and special situations were solved by secret arts masters accompanying the train.

An old man leaning on a cane walked through the peace officers. After looking at the situation in the carriage, his expression wasn't good.

"Mr. Bai Ye, for what happened this time, I apologize to you on behalf of Chidorman Company. We will compensate for a certain amount of condolence money afterwards. Please don't refuse; this is what we should do."

The old man with the cane was the accompanying secret arts master of this train. When the battle happened, he had arrived at the front carriage, but he didn't come in, which was somewhat abnormal.

"Hmm, I will explain the situation to the Council Chamber."

Su Xiao didn't plan to look for clues on this train. Everything was arranged. In fact, he had another idea: the person behind this incident formed a benefit community with the hyena wolf clan. The situation of an old hyena wolf clan member was very bad. In order to prolong his life, he arranged the train hijacking incident.

If this was the case, many things made sense. Su Xiao, as an alchemy master recognized by the four major kingdoms and the Council Chamber, no matter how you looked at it, wouldn't help a hyena wolf clan member maintain their life.

Inferring this way, there was no rescuer. A small part of the previous speculation was wrong, but the general direction was correct.

"Thank you for your understanding. The wealth of an alchemy master is enviable, but our Chidorman Company is also equally wealthy."

The old man with the cane smiled and nodded. The meaning was obvious: he was willing to let "Chidorman Company" take out a large amount of mental damage compensation. As for why he didn't come to reinforce earlier, this was dereliction of duty. The old man with the cane didn't want to risk his life. Even if he took a large amount of money from "Chidorman Company," he wouldn't want to take risks.

Bang.

A dull gunshot came, and a large amount of high-temperature steam mixed with sparks surged from the rear carriage.

Blood sprayed. The half-corpse of the old man with the cane hit the front door of the carriage with a bang. Several peace officers nearby were almost scared to paralysis.

After a burst of metal collision, a girl with a ponytail and blue-purple hair ran over. She stopped by Su Xiao's seat, facing Su Xiao, with one hand beating her chest and the other hand behind her back.

"Lehman Kingdom, third-class soldier, Nancy Erna reports to you."

Nancy Erna stood straight, with a nearly two-meter-long high-pressure steam sniper rifle on her back. Her gaze was exceptionally firm.

"The enemy has been killed."

Nancy Erna added this sentence. It could only be said that sometimes being afraid of death would instead lead to dying very unjustly.

Su Xiao rubbed his forehead gently. This group of escorts was simply amateurish to the point of breaking through the sky. More importantly, apart from the dozen newly promoted secret arts masters escorting him and the attacking hyena wolf clan members, other personnel weren't deliberately arranged.

If it were Su Xiao, he would also choose this steam train as the hijacking location.

"That was a secret arts master of Chidorman Company."

Su Xiao leaned on the seat, a gold coin flipping between his fingers.

"Mr. Bai Ye, please don't make such jokes, please!"

Nancy Erna's expression had no waves. Her mission was secret escort, but she lost her ticket. This low-level mistake made her slap herself hard, and then she bought a ticket, but she only bought a ticket for the rear carriage.

As long as Su Xiao arrived at "Ango City," Nancy Erna's escort mission would be successfully completed, and then she would return to the Lehman Kingdom.

When she heard the battle in the front carriage, she was also attacked. Nancy Erna was sometimes confused, but her combat power was very strong. Relying on the nearly two-meter-long high-pressure steam sniper rifle, she killed the attacker at close range.

When Nancy Erna arrived, she happened to see the old man with the cane bowing. The smile on the other party's face made Nancy Erna certain that this must be a bad guy, so she acted decisively and killed the enemy hard-core. In fact, the old man with the cane smiled like that because he had successfully shifted the blame.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao entered the front carriage under the escort of several peace officers. The passengers here were arranged to other carriages. As for Nancy Erna, her hands were shackled with iron shackles, muttering things like "it must be a mistake."

The steam train continued to travel, expected to arrive at the city where the Council Chamber was located in 50 minutes, which was "Ango City," the most prosperous city on the continent and the origin of extraordinary steam technology.

Bang!

A heavy object hit the top of the carriage. Su Xiao knew without thinking that the second wave of hijacking had arrived. The enemy had arranged it very thoroughly. If the plan succeeded, the second wave of people would be responsible for silencing, and if it didn't succeed, the second wave of people would continue to try to hijack him.

Nancy Erna's arms pulled, and the thumb-thick iron chain broke in response. She snatched the high-pressure steam sniper rifle from the peace officer's arms. This weapon was very clumsy, especially the steam core part. Nancy Erna was trying to rescue her future.

Su Xiao looked out the carriage window. In this game, as long as he arrived at "Ango City" and entered the Council Chamber, he would temporarily win. The other party was an old schemer, and Su Xiao's short-term goal was to drag this guy out.

PS: (Forcibly reversing the jet lag, updating early to save integrity.) ===== CHAPTER 2383 =====