This time, Cheng Sihan was silent for an unusually long time. Her body swayed slightly with the train, and the billboards outside the wall flashed by quickly like a mime.
"If I let go of the idea of saving my adoptive father, will I be able to see Loki and regain my ability?"
"Of course," Beta said. "Although the game's organizing committee stipulates that the gods can only choose one agent, you know my teacher. He never cares about these rules."
"Okay, then I will give up on saving my adoptive father," Cheng Sihan said casually.
"I knew you would say that," Beta said with a smile. "Come with me." After that, she stood up from her seat. At the same time, the train arrived at the station again, and the door opened.
Beta got off the train, but instead of leading Cheng Sihan to the exit, she didn't take the elevator to the transfer point. Instead, she walked to the end of the platform, waited for the train to leave, and jumped off the platform when the staff wasn't paying attention. Then, she dashed into the tunnel on the side.
Cheng Sihan hesitated for a moment, then jumped off the platform as well.
After that, Beta hopped forward, not forgetting to remind Cheng Sihan behind her, "Watch your step."
Cheng Sihan snorted and quickly followed. Not long after, the two of them heard the trembling of the track getting louder and louder.
Cheng Sihan's heart skipped a beat, and she reminded Beta, "The train is coming."
"I know." Beta smiled, but she had no intention of dodging. Instead, she stood in the middle of the track with one foot and closed her eyes. After about ten seconds, a speeding train came out of the darkness, brushed past her, and her hair fluttered in the wind.
The whole thing was a close shave.
Beta opened her eyes, blinked, and said, "Look, it's the train from next door."
"You won't be so lucky every time," Cheng Sihan said coldly.
"It's not luck. Our train just passed by, so I know it must be the train from next door," Beta said. After that, she grinned and added, "But this time, it's our train."
After saying that, she jumped out of the track and stuck her body to the wall behind her. Cheng Sihan, who was behind her, followed suit and stuck close to the tunnel wall. The next moment, the track shook violently again.
Another train came out of the darkness. Beta was right. This time, the train was on their side. The high-speed train whizzed past Cheng Sihan's ears, and the airflow in the middle of the train stung her cheeks.
When the subway passed, Cheng Sihan spoke again in a cold tone, "I asked you to take me to see Loki, not to play a guessing game here."
"Don't worry," said Beta. "We'll be there soon."
After walking for about two minutes, β finally stopped and pointed at an iron door on the wall in front of them. "There it is."
As she spoke, she walked to the iron door, took out an iron key from her pocket, and unlocked it. After that, she took the lead and climbed down the ladder below.
Although the iron door that suddenly appeared in the tunnel looked a little suspicious, Cheng Sihan had no other choice at this time because the next train was about to arrive, so she could only grit her teeth and climb down the rusty iron ladder.
However, what she saw surprised Cheng Sihan a little.
No one would have thought that there was a platform under the subway tunnel. It seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, or to be more precise, it had never been put into use. There were a lot of construction waste piled up inside, and there was a thick layer of dust under their feet.
Β turned on his phone's flashlight mode, shone it around, and explained, "There was originally a subway line in the original city plan, but halfway through the construction, the plan changed, and the line was abandoned."
"I seem to have heard something similar before. I thought it was just an urban legend, but it turns out to be true." Cheng Sihan frowned.
"Well, a lot of rumors have a source," β said, "but not many people can find the source."
"Has Loki been hiding here recently?"
"No, no, no. The teacher doesn't like this kind of dark, abandoned place. He just came here to visit a friend. I told you that he didn't go to see you tonight because he had something else to do. In fact, if it weren't for your insistence, I wouldn't have brought you here."
"Who is he visiting? Who would live in a place like this?" Cheng Sihan asked.
"To be honest, I neither know nor care." Β shrugged. "You asked me to bring you to him, so I brought you here. I have fulfilled our agreement, so you have to walk the rest of the way yourself."
However, Cheng Sihan didn't seem to want to let her go. Instead, she took out a knife and held it in her hand.
Β was a little surprised, because he didn't find this knife when he searched Cheng Sihan's body earlier.
Cheng Sihan said calmly, "I thought about what you said on the subway, and I realized that what you said made sense. I do like to have someone to talk to and distract me from boredom. Since you like to talk so much, it's perfect for me."
"But I've said everything I need to say tonight, and I'm a little thirsty now. I'm in a hurry to buy some water." β shrugged.
"It's okay. You won't die if you drink less water." Cheng Sihan moved toward β as she spoke. However, the next moment, β turned off the flashlight function of his phone, and the entire platform was plunged into darkness again. Only a little light came from the billboard above the iron gate.
With the help of this little light, Cheng Sihan saw β jump off the platform again and run toward the tunnel ahead. So, she chased after it without hesitation. However, after running for about twenty meters, it became darker and darker, and she could barely see the road ahead.
Cheng Sihan did not want to go deeper into the darkness because she instinctively felt a dangerous aura. However, if she stopped now, she might lose sight of β. She knew Zhang Heng's plan very well. If he could not find Loki, his agent β would be the best bargaining chip to lure Loki to show up.
So Cheng Sihan only hesitated for a moment before continuing to chase after β. At this time, she could no longer see anything, and she was stumbling when she ran. Fortunately, β's situation wasn't looking good either. Neither of them could pick up their speed, so they chased each other in the darkness for about two hundred meters. Cheng Sihan was about to catch up with β, but the next moment, β's footsteps suddenly disappeared.
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