Perhaps it was just an illusion, but this time, the train stopped again after a mere ten minutes.
Lin Sanjiu was already mentally prepared for this. She clutched the half piece of paper and sat motionlessly in her seat. She forced herself to turn her head and look out of the window.
If it wasn't for the fact that the piece of paper pressed against the skin of her palm, reminding her of the few messy words, Lin Sanjiu might have already charged out to avoid this torture.
This time, it was the glass wall that disappeared.
Without the glass wall separating them, half of the train station had merged with Mausoleum Primary School. Behind the long benches in the train station, the main gate and walls of the school were erected abruptly. The signboard with the words "Mausoleum Primary School" was written on it. It even covered the name of the train station.
The group of teachers and students maintained the same posture and smile as they moved forward for another few dozen meters. The boy whose face was flattened by the glass wall still had a red mark on his skin. The female teacher seemed to have infinite patience. She raised her hand slowly and waved at Lin Sanjiu through the window. Lin Sanjiu nodded, "You're right.
Lin Sanjiu immediately averted her gaze. Her hands started to tremble slightly.
The people in front of the elementary school were too strange. They were different from all the people Lin Sanjiu had encountered before. They didn't attack her, but they didn't let her go either.
"What … what is that thing …"
Lin Sanjiu realized that her voice sounded a little disjointed after she said that.
Fortunately, the door closed again after a short while. The train rumbled forward, leaving Mausoleum Elementary School far behind. Soon, the train plunged into the familiar darkness of the tunnel.
This time, Lin Sanjiu didn't even need to raise her head to know that the next stop was still Mausoleum Elementary Station.
She took a few deep breaths, but she didn't calm down at all. Perhaps it was because of the temperature, it was as if every pore in her body had shrunk. She felt cold from head to toe.
Lin Sanjiu tore the piece of paper with the words "Don't get off the train" unconsciously.
This time, the journey would only be shorter. "I have to think of a way..."
As Lin Sanjiu thought about it, she felt a gust of cold wind blowing from behind. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up slightly. She turned around nervously, but there was no one in the train.
After all, the car was quite old. The cold wind that blew through the gaps of the car body was getting stronger and stronger.
Lin Sanjiu sighed. He secretly mocked himself for being so paranoid. She touched the bandage on her neck, and the stiff sensation of the collar immediately made her feel more at ease.
… If worst comes to worst, I'll just attack directly later!
Regardless of whether the other party was a human or a duoluozhong, they would still die!
After making up her mind, she felt as if she had found her backbone. The confusion in his heart immediately lightened. Lin Sanjiu estimated that the train would stop again in about five to six minutes. She stood up and stretched her frozen limbs. She planned to prepare for the battle that was about to begin.
This time, the train stopped without a sound.
When the car stopped, Lin Sanjiu didn't even notice that something was wrong. She was twisting her waist. When she turned around, she was so shocked that she staggered and almost fell.
The female teacher was standing outside the car door, looking straight at her, her eyes narrowed into two curved arcs. Her smile was unprecedentedly huge.
The students followed closely behind her. Many of them had the same smile on their faces as they squeezed outside the open car door. Behind them was the main gate of Mausoleum Elementary School. There was only a narrow gap between the train door and the school gate, and it was filled by the students and teachers. In other words, they only needed one step to enter the train.
However, they did not enter the train. They just stood there quietly, not making a single sound.
Lin Sanjiu happened to be facing the female teacher. She felt a numbing sensation all over her body. She actually couldn't move for a few seconds.
However, the female teacher did not move in the end. Her eyeballs were glued to Lin Sanjiu. She maintained the smile on her face and shook her head slowly. As she shook her head, her eyeballs did not move away. Instead, they were pushed to the corner of her eyes. Her eyeballs were still fixed on Lin Sanjiu.
[What is she trying to say? No, no — the question should be, can humans do that?]
"What are you —"
Lin Sanjiu's words were stuck in her throat. She thought she had shouted out loud, but she soon realized that she couldn't make a sound because of her fear.
She almost forgot about her Pygmalion Collar. She only regained her senses after a few seconds. She retreated to the other side of the train and quickly took out her voice recorder. At that moment, the train door beeped again, piercing through the air.
Lin Sanjiu had never thought that the sound was so pleasant. She broke out in cold sweat. She felt as if she had just narrowly escaped death. She watched as the door closed right next to the female teacher's nose.
The female teacher's expression turned cold. It was so fast that it was as if she had never smiled before. The smiles on the faces of the children behind her also evaporated. Pairs of eerie eyes stared at Lin Sanjiu as if they were looking at a dead person. Then, they shook their heads in unison.
Even after the train had left, Lin Sanjiu could still see the black mole on the female teacher's face.
There was no danger to her life, but her heart was beating violently, and it was some time before she calmed down a little when she saw that the scenery outside was still just visible.
This time, the train did not enter the dark tunnel even after a long time.
Unbeknownst to her, Lin Sanjiu sat on the ground. She let out a long sigh and decided not to get up. Instead, she craned her neck to look at the route map.
The next stop was no longer Mausoleum Elementary Station.
"Bamboo Grove Mountain Scenic Station …" she muttered the name. The name of the station was quite normal, but Lin Sanjiu was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow. She hesitated for a while and said, "Let's observe the situation first before deciding if we should get off the train."
The strange group of teachers and students had already arrived outside the train, but they did not come in. Was it because they couldn't get in? Did this mean that there was a force in the train that could protect her?
If that was the case, it would explain why someone would leave a note asking people not to get off the train … Lin Sanjiu felt weak all over. She lowered her head and sighed.
From her current position, she could see the bottom of the seat she was sitting on.
Lin Sanjiu looked up and her body froze.
Under the seat, there was a face that had been lying there for a long time. It was staring at Lin Sanjiu with an expressionless face.
This time, Lin Sanjiu finally let out an uncontrollable cry of surprise. She jumped up and quickly took out her [Vibroblade]. However, less than two seconds after she jumped up, Lin Sanjiu felt that something was wrong. She frowned slightly and rushed forward. She bent down and looked under the seat.
There was no one under the seat.
It was not that she was deceiving--what she had taken for a human face was really a human face; only it was a face printed in a newspaper.
"Eh … Why didn't I notice this earlier?"
The newspaper seemed to have slipped down from the seams of the seat. It was wedged between the back of the seat and the seat cushion. It was hanging in the space under the seat, revealing a large head on the society page. As the lighting was poor, it looked like someone was lying under the seat and staring at her. That was why Lin Sanjiu jumped.
Lin Sanjiu stretched her arm and pulled the newspaper out of the seat.
There was a piece missing from the front of the newspaper. She quickly unfolded the crumpled piece of paper in her hand and laid it on top of the paper. Regardless of the wrinkled paper or the uneven shape, everything matched the missing corner.
It seemed that the person who wrote this had torn a corner of the newspaper and hastily wrote a warning before stuffing it into the space under the seat.
But … if the purpose was to give a warning, why didn't the person write a bigger one and place the whole newspaper in the open? Wouldn't that be more eye-catching?
Lin Sanjiu thought about it, puzzled. She couldn't think of anything, so she flipped through the newspaper, hoping to find some clues about this strange world.
When she opened the second page, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
There were a few eye-catching words on it.
"No, I was wrong. Quick!"
The last stroke was long and broke at the edge. (To be continued.)
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