Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Eleven people, one by one, passed through the gate of light. However, upon seeing the train before them, they couldn't help but voice their questions.
"This train… why is it different from the previous one?"
Jing Minghe, who emerged last from the gate of light, followed the sound and looked.
The train was indeed different from before.
Jing Minghe counted. This train had only eleven carriages, but each carriage was extremely short, about four to five meters long. Its height and width were similar in length. It was less like a train and more like eleven cubes connected together.
The connections between carriages were also very short, only half a meter long.
The previous train, though he hadn't counted, was definitely longer and more normal than this one.
Tong Zheng walked to the front of the train and looked around. They had emerged from the gate of light directly behind the train, in front of carriage number eleven. Only the door to carriage number eleven was open.
Facing this situation, Tong Zheng's doubts deepened. "What does this mean? Is it the system's peculiar preference?"
Ke Wuwen, walking beside Tong Zheng, turned to look at Jing Minghe and asked, "Idol, should we get on? This train is so strange."
"Strange or not, we have to get on," Jing Minghe smiled. Since it appeared here, they had no other choice. "Let's get on. Only then will we know what the system is up to this time."
"Heh," Ying Qiang glanced at Jing Minghe from the corner of his eye, then at Ke Wuwen, and said sarcastically, "It's just the system's wicked sense of humor, what's there to be afraid of? Whoever doesn't dare to get on is a coward, better to stay here and wait for death, lest they drag others down in the instance."
Ke Wuwen was about to retort when a "didi di" warning sound suddenly echoed around them.
The station announcement then followed, "The train is about to depart. Please passengers board as soon as possible. No delays!"
The announcement repeated rapidly and continuously. The "didi di" warning sound also kept ringing, its frequency increasing.
Jing Minghe raised an eyebrow and said to You Mi and the others, "Let's go."
He then pulled Chi Hao and was the first to step onto the train.
The interior of the carriage was much as Jing Minghe had imagined: a square space with three rows of seats. Two rows on one side, each with four seats, and one row on the other side with only three seats. Eleven seats in total.
After entering the carriage, everyone chose their seats.
On the left were the double rows of seats. Jing Minghe and Chi Hao sat in the first row.
Behind them were Tong Zheng and Ke Wuwen, followed by You Mi and Wan Zuo.
Behind You Mi and Wan Zuo sat two of the three people who had returned to the rest area last. A woman named Wen Sha and a man named Ban Sheng.
Their other companion, Yue Di, sat in the last seat on the other side.
Ying Qiang and Ding Chang occupied the remaining two seats.
Ying Qiang crossed his legs and looked askance at Jing Minghe, who was separated from him by an aisle and Chi Hao.
After a second glance, he felt a terrifying aura press down on him. Shifting his gaze slightly, he saw a fearsome stare, like that of a demon or evil god suddenly appearing. One look was enough to make him tremble, nearly sliding off his seat. Sudan Novel Network.
Ding Chang noticed Ying Qiang's subtle movement and kicked the back of his seat, asking, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, nothing," Ying Qiang replied with a hint of annoyance.
Ding Chang scanned his surroundings and said teasingly, "What's with your expression? Seen a ghost? We're not even in the instance yet. Are you scared already? That's not like you."
Ying Qiang glared and grumbled, "Don't talk nonsense. Even if I were in the instance and saw a ghost, I wouldn't be scared. You t—"
As Jing Minghe's words fell, the door leading to the tenth carriage, which had been tightly shut, suddenly opened before them.
Immediately after, the broadcast sounded.
"Passenger Mr. Jing Minghe and Ms. Wen Sha, please enter the tenth carriage. Thank you for your cooperation."
The announcement repeated three times before stopping.
Jing Minghe slowly stood up and chuckled, "It seems I guessed correctly."
"What?" Tong Zheng looked up at Jing Minghe, having not heard his whispered conversation with Chi Hao. "Minghe, what did you guess correctly about?"
Jing Minghe didn't hide it and told Tong Zheng and the others his guess. "Actually, from the moment we got on this train, we were already in the instance. And the condition for the instance to begin was for someone to realize this."
Tong Zheng's heart skipped a beat. "What if no one realized? Wouldn't we be stuck here forever…"
Tong Zheng's words trailed off, but those who understood knew exactly what he meant.
Wen Sha, who was also called out, walked forward from behind and looked at Jing Minghe. "The broadcast just said for us to enter the tenth carriage. Should we go now? Or wait a while? Do you need to prepare anything?"
"No need," Jing Minghe said. "There's nothing to prepare. Let's go in first."