Chapter 150: The True Way to Play the Labyrinth Train

"Where do you come from?"

Wen Xishu felt it was still necessary to test him.

Xiao Jin understood in a second, and so, with a flurry of words, he began to recount the shared past between himself and the other three.

Wen Xishu said appropriately:

"Alright, that's enough, you've proven yourself. What's the situation over there for you now?"

"I'm in Carriage 01. There are thirteen passengers and two attendants in the carriage. I'm scared, so I didn't head to the second carriage... Brother Shu, I acted on my own initiative earlier and asked some people questions, which then triggered some dialogue. If I don't head to the second carriage, will it cause trouble for you?"

A total of only fifteen people? One less than his own Carriage 01!

Wen Xishu immediately thought of who was missing.

Sure enough, the tea-selling old man did not belong to the other passengers. This was someone who had come specifically for him.

The tea-selling old man also had to abide by the Three Towers rules; although he had forced his way in, he still had to play the role of an NPC.

Then, did the tea-selling old man remember the various interactions that had occurred between them?

The Sinful Earth... could it be some place outside the Three Towers?

Wen Xishu suppressed these doubts in his heart.

"Don't worry, Xiao Jin. Generally speaking, they won't give you too much time to stay at the starting point. Have you noticed? The scenery outside the window is constantly changing..."

"This very likely means there is a terminal station. If we don't reach Carriage 16 before the train arrives at the terminal, we might die."

Actually, Wen Xishu had intended to comfort Xiao Jin, but before he could finish speaking, he made Xiao Jin shiver:

"Then... then what should I do, Brother Shu? Which carriage are you in?"

Wen Xishu briefly described his carriage location and experience, then said:

"If you triggered an invitation, causing a train passenger or attendant to say to you, 'I'll be waiting for you in the carriage ahead'... then this will very likely lead to you encountering it first in the carriage ahead."

"Since you provoked that brat, it's highly probable that if you move forward, you will encounter that brat."

Xiao Jin was incredibly worried:

"It would be fine if we could just fight directly... Brother Shu, I really don't want to use my brain at all."

Wen Xishu had also not yet encountered that child, so he didn't know for now what the situation would be in the brat's strange carriage.

Waiting for Wen Xishu were, in all likelihood, the female attendant, the brat, and the female influencer.

Wen Xishu thought for a moment:

"Listen to me. The train's initial recommended number of people was one to four. In my view... the train is actually a single-player mission."

"It's just that as the vortex consumes, it slowly grows larger and begins to forcibly expand into a multiplayer mission."

"Logically speaking, there shouldn't be this Carriage 03.5, but now there is. The purpose of this carriage is clearly to exchange information with each other."

"However, this doesn't mean that every one of us must clear the train. As long as one person clears it, the vortex will still collapse."

Hearing this, Xiao Jin felt much more at ease.

Wen Xishu inquired further and discovered that the information Xiao Jin knew, he knew as well.

He then said no more.

The scenery outside the window was still receding, which meant the train had not stopped.

"I still have to hurry and head toward Carriage 16."

Wen Xishu instructed Xiao Jin to continue staying in Carriage 01, then hung up the phone.

Next, he made several other calls.

Unsurprisingly, the people who answered the calls were Zheng Zai, Nisen, Wang Yueyun, and A Miao, respectively.

What made Wen Xishu feel at ease was that not a single person chose to leave Carriage 01.

Wen Xishu thought about it; this was a good thing. Actually, it wasn't that these people didn't have the guts to leave...

It was because he was there.

Once Wen Xishu was present, everyone would prioritize thinking about whether their reckless behavior would affect Wen Xishu.

If Wen Xishu weren't there, this group of people wouldn't mind taking a gamble.

Wen Xishu finished instructing them one by one, telling everyone to wait for him.

Naturally, everyone believed Wen Xishu would definitely be able to clear the level.

Wang Yueyun expressed a bit of his own opinion:

"The structure of the carriages is very likely that Carriage 01 represents a normal carriage, Carriage 02 is a strange carriage, and Carriage 03 is a strange carriage. Carriage 03.5 is a communication carriage. Carriage 04... perhaps it will represent a normal carriage again. Wen Xishu, maybe once you reach Carriage 04, you'll be able to trigger new dialogue and unlock clues again."

Wen Xishu actually thought the same; it was very likely that every four carriages would complete a cycle.

A Miao then asked another key question, a question that only A Miao and Wen Xishu knew.

"A Shu, last time, I received an invitation letter, which made me realize... behind every strange level in the Mysterious Tower, there is very likely a person corresponding in the Tower of Desire waiting for us to save them..."

"Could it be that in this train, there is also such a person? A person with strange aptitude who died on the train, but whose obsession might have caused all the passengers on the train to become strange."

"This time, will you find an invitation letter? Who do you think that person is? If you need me to head to Carriage 02 to get information for you, I can!" A Miao said.

Actually, Wen Xishu was also pondering this question.

Yes, who could it be?

Two migrant workers, two robbers, a human trafficker and the abducted little girl, a pair of college students, a small business owner, a family of three, a female influencer...

And two attendants.

According to his understanding of the Tower of Desire and the Mysterious Tower so far, except for the ancient mission related to Aries in the previous mission...

Almost every Mysterious Tower mission corresponded to a story in the Tower of Desire.

In the Tower of Desire, there was very likely someone waiting for him to save them.

So among these, who was the person he needed to save?

Perhaps finding this person, engaging in dialogue with them, triggering an invitation, making them wait for him in the carriage ahead, and then passing through the corresponding strange carriage... would allow him to obtain an invitation letter.

But choosing one out of more than a dozen people, the current clues were not enough.

Wen Xishu had an intuition that it was the little girl abducted by the human trafficker.

"Thank you, A Miao, but for now, your magic resistance values are far from meeting the standard. Although I don't meet the standard either, at least I have some items now that can help me hold on."

"For you, the death risk of this train is still too high. I'll do it myself."

"However, you did indeed give me a train of thought. Perhaps in the next carriage, I will find some clues."

Wen Xishu hung up the phone with A Miao; with this, he had greeted all his partners.

His guess was actually correct.

The earliest Labyrinth Train was actually a single-player mission.

In fact, the very first vortex, the Shoe Woman's mission, was also not a super-large multiplayer mission.

Because the vortex would constantly consume people from the bunker, but the people consumed by the vortex wouldn't actually die directly... instead, they would enter the inside of the vortex as "players."

Because more and more people were consumed, it would also cause the vortex to undergo certain changes.

For example, a single-player mission being forcibly expanded into a multiplayer mission.

That Shoe Woman mission was actually a multiplayer mission from the start, so Wen Xishu and several hundred others were in one large hall.

But for the purely single-player mission Labyrinth Train to become a multiplayer mission, in order not to affect the "stability" of the train, the train opened up "planes."

In other words, one "plane" had only one player.

But in special carriages, players could communicate with players from other "planes" via telephone.

Of course, once a player in any plane cleared the level, it was considered that all players had cleared the level.

However, this didn't mean that Xiao Jin, Nisen, A Miao, and the others were absolutely safe.

Because as Wen Xishu said... the train was constantly moving. If it arrived at certain platforms and no one had headed to Carriage 16, it was very likely that everyone would die.

And the time to reach the terminal platform would definitely not be too long. At the very least, it couldn't be as long as seven days.

So Wen Xishu had to find a way to break through as quickly as possible.

He soon headed to Carriage 04.

Carriage 04.

Similar to Wang Yueyun's speculation, Carriage 04 was almost exactly the same as Carriage 01.

But Wen Xishu discovered the "difference" at a glance.

In Carriage 04, there were three police officers.

Yes, police officers.

The number of people in the carriage had changed from the original sixteen to nineteen.

The old man had actually not disappeared, and the human trafficker had not disappeared either.

Although Wen Xishu had passed the human trafficker's and the old man's strange carriages, the two of them had not disappeared.

Although the old man had already fulfilled his mission, he had not returned to the Sinful Earth.

The three police officers were standing in the last row; as soon as Wen Xishu entered the carriage, he saw the police officers.

The police officers' faces did not carry the strange smiles that were different from every other passenger.

The police officers' expressions were very serious.

When Wen Xishu approached, he discovered that it also didn't trigger the dialogue of—where do you come from, where are you going.

There was only one option.

Assist in the investigation.

Wen Xishu thought for a moment and still chose to assist in the investigation.

And so, all three police officers turned around and looked at Wen Xishu.

【Hello, little comrade, welcome to the Labyrinth Train. Please assist us in finding good and evil.】

【People you label as evil will be taken away by us. People you label as good, if they are indeed good people, will give you items after you pass through the corresponding carriage.】

【You have three good cards and three evil cards. Please help us find the evil people and the good people.】

No riddles; the rules were simple and clear.

Wen Xishu understood now.

"So that's how it is. Wang Yueyun was right, four carriages make one cycle..."

"Now I can trigger various dialogues with these NPCs again."

"But it's worth mentioning that I must find the good and evil hidden on the train."

Wen Xishu began to think.

In an instant, the game made him feel interested.

"First, I have three evil cards..."

"If evil is labeled on an evil person, then the police will take this person away. In other words, in the following levels..."

"I won't encounter that evil person's strange carriage again."

"Then the correct use of evil is to label it on the strongest 'strange' entity."

"At the same time, I also have three good cards."

"If good is labeled on a good person, then when I pass through that good person's strange carriage... I won't just be passing through; before entering the next carriage, I will also be able to receive help from this good person."

"I can judge who is good and who is bad by asking where they come from, where they are going, and their past experiences."

Without a doubt, the human trafficker was definitely bad.

Wen Xishu looked at the three police officers:

"I still need more specific information. If I label a good card... on an evil person, what will happen?"

The three police officers actually answered this question, and they answered it in great detail.

"If a good card is labeled on a good person, you will receive a reward when passing through the corresponding carriage, but if it is labeled on an evil person..."

"One of us three police officers will die."

"If the number of police officers falls below two, the train will experience an unpredictable nightmare."

Wen Xishu was shocked.

"What if evil is labeled on a good person?"

"We will be expelled from the train entirely due to wrongful enforcement, which will cause the number of police officers to fall below two."

Good grief. Labeling a good card wrong... at most leads to one police officer dying.

But labeling an evil card wrong, slandering a good person as a bad person, will cause the police to leave their posts entirely.

Without the police, it's very likely that the robbers won't behave themselves anymore.

Wen Xishu said:

"The standard for good and evil... is it based on moral standards or legal standards?"

The three police officers were clearly much more important and capable than the other NPCs. Although they also looked mechanical and stiff, they could answer almost any question:

"Legal standards. The evil are guilty."

Wen Xishu understood.

"Will I encounter people I have already encountered again?"

If he were to repeatedly encounter the existence of a certain carriage, such as the human trafficker...

Then Wen Xishu felt he shouldn't label the human trafficker as evil.

It was simple: because Wen Xishu could steadily pass the human trafficker's carriage.

At this time, driving away other evil people to ensure he encountered the human trafficker more times... that is, carriages he could steadily pass, would maximize his benefits.

But the three police officers shook their heads and said:

"Unless you... choose to retreat to the previous carriage, and—labeling. When you issue 'good' to a target, even if you have encountered them before, you will encounter them again afterward."

Wen Xishu understood. If the old man was good, although he had just encountered the old man and drank the old man's tea...

But next, if he labeled the old man with a good card—

Then he would encounter the old man again. And receive the old man's help.

"Unfortunately, it's highly likely I can't repeatedly label good cards, otherwise I could encounter the old man three times, and at least for three carriages, I could pass steadily."

Wen Xishu was very clear that, as it seemed now, the human trafficker woman was an "evil person."

But he didn't intend to issue an evil card to her.

Because he had already passed the human trafficker; in other words, the necessity of labeling the human trafficker as evil was gone.

In the fourth carriage, Wen Xishu could ask each NPC one more time.

He started with the family of three.

Among the family of three, the man was recently facing resignation but had no idea how to bring it up to his wife.

This was the man's past.

The man's wife's past was—recently an old classmate had appeared, who seemed to be pursuing her.

Clearly, there was a look of smugness in the woman's eyes.

The child's was—Dad won't buy me toys, he's really useless, but Uncle buys them for me.

It could be seen that the child was very playful, a standard brat, while the man loved his wife very much and was also very afraid of her.

As for the man's wife, this somewhat obese lady clearly... had already begun to loathe her husband.

This family of three was not far from an accident erupting.

But can they really be considered evil?

"If based solely on deduction... although a huge conflict is about to erupt in the family of three, it will very likely escalate into a tragedy of an honest man's rage and blood spilling five steps."

"But before that event arrives, there should be no problem. They can be judged as good."

"But in this way, I've given all the good..."

Wen Xishu wasn't too willing to give good to the brat and this woman.

"Label evil on the evil, and the police will take them away. I need to find the person who looks the most dangerous."

"But correspondingly, labeling good on a good person is the same; it's best to find the kind that looks like they would be of the greatest help to me."

Without a doubt, Wen Xishu believed that the old man would be of great help to him.

A cup of tea, prolonging life, increasing longevity, and improving physical constitution...

It was hard to imagine what it would be like if he encountered the old man again and received a gift from him.

But the problem was, Wen Xishu had no way to judge... whether the old man was good or evil.

So Wen Xishu inquired about the old man's past experiences.

To this, the old man said:

"I am just an old man from the Sinful Earth; I just want to bring back those who have strayed from their homeland."

Wen Xishu inquired:

"Have you killed anyone?"

But the old man did not answer, only repeating one sentence: "I just want to bring back those who have strayed from their homeland."

This sentence actually gave Wen Xishu a subtle sense of fear.

As if his transmigration was an escape... and the old man wanted to capture him and take him back.

Afterward, no matter how Wen Xishu asked, the old man repeated this sentence.

"Bring back those who have strayed from their homeland..."

"Suppose I come from his so-called homeland; then, is taking me back considered a crime?"

After pondering for a moment, Wen Xishu suddenly thought of a way to compare.

"In the human trafficker's carriage... no matter how I struggle... as long as I touch the white footprints, it will very likely trigger strangeness and danger."

"But the old man's tea... in a sense, whether it's bringing the dead back to life, restoring youth, or increasing longevity, it all exists in reality."

"Perhaps bringing the dead back to life and restoring youth will put me in danger, but for the 'native Wen Xishu,' this is a chance at life. For this body, the owner of the body is always alive."

"At least legally, there is no such thing as killing a person's soul."

Actually, Wen Xishu didn't need to use one of his three good cards on the old man.

But Wen Xishu always felt that if he could use the train's rules to fleece the old man, perhaps he could find a way to deal with the next pursuit from the people of the Sinful Earth.

In the end, Wen Xishu labeled the old man with good.

At this moment, Wen Xishu looked... and discovered that the number of police officers had not changed.

He let out a sigh of relief.

"We... will see each other in the carriage ahead."

There were two more good cards.

Wen Xishu looked at the migrant worker.

Not the migrant worker he had listed as a robber, but the real migrant worker.

Previously, the migrant worker's lines were "Money, money, money!"

While the robbers' lines had a bit more content.

This time, Wen Xishu inquired about the destination.

It was to head to a certain enterprise in Shencheng, preparing to collect a debt.

Wen Xishu understood immediately; it was almost the New Year, and some workers hadn't received their wages, so they were taking the train to the headquarters to demand payment.

This kind of thing was common.

Wen Xishu actually sympathized with these people, but Wen Xishu still didn't use the good card in his hand immediately.

"In the Mysterious Tower, danger and profit are directly proportional... In this round, I'd better not issue cards to others. The old man is an exception, because I must deal with the Sinful Earth pursuers in advance."

"As for the others, my mission in this round is to judge whether they are good or evil."

"But whether to label or not... who to label depends on the difficulty of the strange carriage."

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu retreated to the last row and asked the police:

"Must I issue the good and evil cards in this carriage?"

"Of course not, but please use up all the good and evil cards before Carriage 012," the police answered.

The three police officers' attitudes had changed slightly; there was a hint of a smile in their serious eyes.

This was because Wen Xishu had labeled good correctly not long ago.

Wen Xishu understood.

"Carriage 01, Carriage 04, Carriage 08, Carriage 012..."

"These carriages won't have monsters; they are carriages where information can be obtained and dialogue triggered."

"Then next, Carriage 05, Carriage 06, Carriage 07, Carriage 09, Carriage 10, Carriage 11..."

"These six carriages have six strange scenes. After I experience these six strange scenes... the remaining Carriage 13, Carriage 14, and Carriage 15 are theoretically the most difficult."

"But if I... find the three most difficult evil people ahead... I will be able to clear the level smoothly."

Theoretically, there also existed the possibility of a violent clearance. But Wen Xishu didn't intend to clear it violently.

He wanted to get the invitation letter.

He wanted to figure out who the person with aptitude was this time.

Wen Xishu began to inquire about the female influencer's past.

He received a somewhat outrageous and niche text response, which once made him feel as if this was a piece of information that looked like Chinese.

"Little Wang never expected that I picked up a condom in the trash can, hehehe. Although he is cautious, I work hard! People who work hard should be rewarded! I used a syringe to extract the liquid from the condom."

Wen Xishu really wanted to ask for a pair of eyes that had never seen this text information.

This female influencer... the strange scene is likely very terrifying.

After all, her heart is twisted enough. But I have to say, in order to get pregnant with a rich family's seed and achieve class mobility, this woman is indeed desperate enough.

But this person... does she count as good or evil? In this process, did she do other things?

Wen Xishu thought for a moment and didn't label her.

Unlike Carriage 01, the information on everyone in Carriage 04 was clearly more specific and complete than in Carriage 01.

Then if he persisted until Carriage 08, the clues to the train's panorama of life would surely be clearer.

Who knows...

There might be some shocking reversals inside.

Because of this, Wen Xishu didn't label her and still only asked for information.

Next, Wen Xishu began to inquire about the two robbers.

Wen Xishu didn't inquire about the past but inquired about the destination.

"We can get off the train at any time; we're just waiting for an order."

"He shouldn't be lying to us... he wouldn't dare lie to us!"

Clearly, on this train, these two robbers still had accomplices.

"Who could it be? And that person with aptitude... who in the train could it be?"

Wen Xishu looked at the small business owner who was analyzing stocks with a tri-fold.

"The company's stock has been rising recently, so I hope it doesn't fall. I heard that news recently came out about the arrears of workers' wages below; I hope it's fake."

Judging only from this piece of information, Wen Xishu felt that this small business owner didn't seem to deserve to be labeled "evil" at all.

But the strange thing was—

He learned on the front foot that two people were owed wages and were heading to Shencheng to demand payment.

On the back foot, he discovered that a boss said there were arrears of wages below.

This was too much of a coincidence.

In the Mysterious Tower, when you feel something is a coincidence, there must be something fishy.

Wen Xishu had a feeling of unease in his heart.

"The two migrant workers want to demand payment... and the target of the payment is very likely in the same carriage; it's almost like it was deliberately arranged."

"And that family of three, it's too much of a standard volcano-waiting-to-erupt state, and a conflict could erupt at any time."

"Then there's the female influencer... she also looks like she's about to crash."

"There's also a human trafficker on the train."

"With so many 'stories' gathered together, is it a coincidence?"

Wen Xishu looked at the college student couple.

He inquired about the past.

"It's been four years; Duoduo and I have been dating for four years. When we go to the concert, I'll definitely be able to hold her hand, right? Maybe... maybe I can even kiss her! Thinking about it makes me a little excited!"

Huh?

It's been four years, buddy, and you're still working hard to hold hands?

Wen Xishu discovered now that there were too many problematic people on the train. Sure enough, the female college student's past experience was completely different.

"That attendant is so handsome; later, when my boyfriend isn't paying attention, I'll ask for his contact information. Maybe before leaving Shencheng... I can have a wonderful night."

"However... will the Master find out? The Master is sitting in the carriage, but he doesn't look at me."

Huh? x2.

Wen Xishu knew the female college student played around, and the male college student was the same...

But he didn't know that the end of the world was coming, and there were still people playing around so much.

Beside her was a boyfriend whose hand she hadn't held in four years, while in her heart she was thinking about having a romantic night with the tall and handsome male attendant, and at the same time, she was still completing the Master's mission on the train?

Damn.

Is this illegal? It's not illegal. But Wen Xishu really didn't want to label the simp and the tea-woman as good.

"I'd better not encounter the strange carriage of these two; I just feel... it will be even more twisted than that family of three."

Looking at it this way, Wen Xishu felt that the most normal one was that enterprise boss.

But the problem was, on the train, there was also the female college student's "Master."

It couldn't be the two migrant workers or the robbers, right?

It shouldn't be the father in the family of three either, right?

The human trafficker was a woman, even less likely.

The tea-selling old man was excluded directly.

Then it seemed it could only be this small enterprise boss...

Haha, really good, everyone is a villain.

Wen Xishu laughed in anger.

"If the standard for good and evil wasn't legal, but based on my moral bottom line, how good would that be..."

Wen Xishu now began to inquire about the female attendant.

The answer he received was:

"I don't want to have children; the pressure is so great now, who wants to get married? I have to work hard to make money to shut my parents' mouths."

Wen Xishu couldn't help but applaud.

This female attendant was the most normal one so far. He had absolutely no opinion on her not wanting to get married or have children, nor did he like to make any similar comments; this was purely personal freedom.

"At least there's one normal person in the carriage..."

"But I hope you don't blurt out any shocking remarks in Carriage 08."

In the end, there were still three people left he hadn't inquired about.

That was the male attendant, the human trafficker, and the little girl beside her.

The little girl had some problems, but in Wen Xishu's view, the problem shouldn't be big.

He had a premonition that the attendant would very likely blurt out some big news.

Wen Xishu first inquired about the little girl.

Past experiences. But this time the answer was still very brief, not much richer than in Carriage 01.

The little girl looked at Wen Xishu, eyes filled with tears:

"My toys... were all broken, all left at the orphanage."

You really couldn't see anything from this sentence.

"Orphanage?" Wen Xishu noticed this word.

A human trafficker abducting a child from an orphanage... this was a little bit rare.

It seemed the human trafficker had also caused some damage to the orphanage?

Wen Xishu inquired about the human trafficker again.

"The sky is about to change, so many children... the sky is about to change!"

From Carriage 01, Wen Xishu had noticed the human trafficker.

And in Carriage 02, Wen Xishu had seen countless children; these children appeared quickly, disappeared quickly, and turned into rows of white footprints...

Everything seemed to be hinting, no, even explicitly stating, that this human trafficker had abducted many children.

But now that he thought about it, the number of these children was indeed too large.

When passing Carriage 02, Wen Xishu had felt... what kind of shocking gang organization must this be?

To be able to abduct so many children?

He knew that most human traffickers operated in gangs, but to be able to abduct so many...

It was really too rare.

And now, Wen Xishu actually heard such a sentence from the human trafficker's mouth—the sky is about to change, so many children.

What does that mean?

You yourself feel that you've abducted too many children?

Something's not right...

Wen Xishu felt where the problem was, but for a moment, he really couldn't put his finger on it.

"I can't issue her an evil card now..."

"If I issue it now, then the police will take her away now, and then she won't be in Carriage 08."

"This game is a bit sinister... the human trafficker and the robbers are the easiest to discover. They are also the most obvious 'evil people.' But I'm afraid they are the ones who have the clues to the real evil people!"

Wen Xishu looked at the last person.

The male attendant.

He inquired about the male attendant's past:

"Almost there. I hope I won't be discovered; after all, I'm also injured, hehe, no one stipulated that I have to risk my life, right? I'm not a security guard."

"The next tunnel... is several kilometers long."

It wasn't surprising.

Wen Xishu saw this and was already accustomed to it.

"It looks like this attendant really has a big problem... is he going to take action in the next tunnel?"

When the train passes through a tunnel, it will go dark. Since it's daytime, the lights on the train are not fully on.

At that time, although it won't be to the point of having no visibility, the line of sight will definitely feel much dimmer.

At that time, I'm afraid that's when some criminals will take action.

Now, Wen Xishu's evil person targets—

The human trafficker, the male attendant, the two robbers.

"It doesn't matter if good is labeled wrong, but if evil is labeled wrong, labeled on a good person's head, then the game ends directly."

"So, there must still be evil hidden... but in the case of insufficient evidence, I cannot move."

"I can still label two good cards; for now, the good I'm most willing to label... is the female attendant. But this train is too strange."

It's very likely that there isn't a single normal person on this train. So the more normal the female attendant acts, the more Wen Xishu feels there might be a reversal.

"Let's see what items the old man will give me."

Wen Xishu didn't delay any longer and headed toward Carriage 05. In this round, three good and three evil, he only labeled one good card for the tea-selling old man.

As for the others, Wen Xishu planned to observe more, and based on the strange scenes of the strange carriages, as well as the new round of feedback from Carriage 08...

He would be able to decide how to distribute good and evil.

He had a guess... perhaps the distribution of good and evil was related to the invitation letter.

Carriage 05.

The three police officers had already disappeared; Wen Xishu was certain that the three police officers would only appear in Carriages 04, 08, and 012.

Without the three police officers, Carriage 05 was almost exactly the same as Carriage 01 again.

Wen Xishu couldn't help but think:

"Every time I saw a scene different from Carriage 01, the strangeness unfolded."

"If... if I don't look?"

Wen Xishu lowered his head, letting his gaze fall on the floor. He didn't intend to look for abnormalities.

Because according to the previous rules, Wen Xishu always saw the anomaly point before the strangeness descended into the carriage.

So he planned to try not looking.

But when he really did this, the moment he lowered his head... Wen Xishu felt murmurs appearing in his ears, as if something was whispering around him.

The next instant, Wen Xishu even heard the sound of tapping on the window.

He had only given up observing for a short while, and he instantly felt all kinds of strangeness about to envelop the entire carriage.

Wen Xishu immediately raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings.

At this moment, the palms outside the window disappeared, and the murmurs in his ears also disappeared. Wen Xishu discovered... everyone had stood up.

Every passenger who had been sitting had stood up, their gazes falling squarely on him.

Sixteen strange smiling faces made Wen Xishu feel terrified.

Fortunately, when Wen Xishu's gaze began to observe again, when he gave up the idea of "not looking"...

Soon these people turned around again, facing the front of the carriage, and began to slowly sit down.

Before long, everything returned to normal.

It was as if the entire carriage was no different from before. But Wen Xishu soon discovered the problem in the carriage...

The female attendant.

This time it was the female attendant's turn.

Wen Xishu discovered that on the small cart where the female attendant piled various goods...

He couldn't see the goods.

Instead, it was covered by a white cloth that emitted a foul, rotting smell.

Wen Xishu was still relatively calm.

He leaned against the carriage door, ready to retreat at any time.

Of course, he wasn't sure if retreating would have additional penalties.

Wen Xishu waited slowly, the small cart getting closer and closer to him.

Finally, the female attendant suddenly stopped:

"Sir, you've come. What would you like to buy?"

A white cloth covered the small cart; under the cloth, something was squirming.

Wen Xishu said:

"What is there to buy?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 151 =====