Outside?

What about outside?

Gu Mian raised his eyes to look outside. From his angle, he could only see a small, empty piece of the platform outside Carriage Four.

There were no passengers waiting outside, which was normal since it was past eleven-thirty at night. It wasn't strange that no one was waiting for the train.

However, when Gu Mian looked at the passenger area, he noticed something else: none of the passengers in the entire carriage seemed to intend to get off. Everyone was sitting quietly. He wondered if it was the same in the other carriages.

Angel Slaughter's voice soon followed, "On my side, in the direction directly facing Carriage Five, there's a person."

A passenger getting on?

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian, carrying his orange soda, headed for the passenger area and stopped at the carriage door.

Although no passengers were getting off, the carriage doors were still open.

Gu Mian stood at the doorway, looking in the direction of Carriage Five.

At this moment, he could clearly see the person Angel Slaughter had mentioned. Under the dim light, someone was indeed crouching on the platform.

Indeed, they were crouching right in the middle of the platform.

In front of the figure, there seemed to be a spread of colorful items. Gu Mian stared intently and noticed what appeared to be bottles and cans among them.

Seems like a vendor?

At this time, Guigu's voice came through the walkie-talkie, "What are you guys seeing? I'm too far away; I can't see anything."

Gu Mian, still carrying the orange soda, replied honestly, "I see a dark figure, looks like they're tending a stall? The stall is colorful, and it looks like they even have delicious orange soda there."

Guigu: "..."

Fang Xiang's somewhat faint voice came through the walkie-talkie, "Is there someone outside?"

Then Gu Mian heard some movement, as if Fang Xiang was trying to get to the window to look. But the moment he shifted, a sharp intake of breath and a groan came through the walkie-talkie, "HISS! Can't move for now..."

That sharp intake of breath, if accompanied by the phrase 'utterly terrifying,' would be a scene straight out of a fantasy novel.

However, no one uttered 'utterly terrifying' this time.

Then, the mechanical voice echoed from all directions again, "The train will depart in another thirty seconds. Passengers wishing to disembark, please do so quickly."

Hearing this, Gu Mian glanced back at the passenger area again. Still, no one seemed to intend to get off. How strange.

He then turned to look at the crouching figure on the platform again.

This blurry figure was now lifting its head, as if waving at them.

Angel Slaughter's voice came through again, "Look, isn't that thing waving at us?"

Suo Qingqiu sounded a little scared, "It won't suddenly rush us, will it…"

The doors of all the carriages were wide open, so if someone wanted to rush aboard, they couldn't be stopped.

The scene was indeed somewhat unsettling: a dark figure squatting on the dimly lit platform, apparently tending a stall, its hand waving in a strange arc.

However, this strange scene didn't last long. After a short while, the train began to move again.

With a POP! the carriage door slammed shut, nearly hitting Gu Mian's nose.

Gu Mian silently touched his nose and stared out the window.

The train was now picking up speed. The view of the platform receded rapidly. After a few seconds, the squatting figure SWISHED past his vision.

The person seemed to be packing up their stall to go home. Gu Mian noticed a large black bag next to the colorful items; it looked heavy. The figure was currently struggling to drag the black plastic bag at its feet.

At the same time, the mechanical voice echoed overhead again— "Next station: Rongcheng City. Passengers intending to disembark, please prepare in advance."

Rongcheng City?

Gu Mian frowned. This city appeared in many novels and was the hometown of numerous protagonists.

He even thought that if he took a stroll through Rongcheng City, he might bump into seventeen or eighteen protagonists.

Of course, Gu Mian couldn't get off now to go looking for protagonists; after all, he still had to play the role of a train attendant.

Speaking of Rongcheng City… He remembered it had appeared in a previous instance.

As he mulled this over, Gu Mian glanced at the passenger area, wondering if any passengers were preparing to get off at the next station.

But just as he turned his head, he met a pair of wide-open eyes—it was the man who had asked for a bottle of orange soda.

The man wasn't making any frightening faces; he was just staring intently at the orange soda in Gu Mian's hand, as if he'd been waiting for a very long time…

Gu Mian coughed, a little embarrassed. This bottle of orange soda seems to have been in my hand for a long time.

He walked towards the man.

But just then, a middle-aged woman sitting by the aisle suddenly stood up. Gu Mian glanced at her.

The woman's figure had lost its shape, and her face was somewhat haggard. She was currently walking towards the rear of the carriage.

The dining counter and the restroom were in that direction.

Gu Mian noted her briefly, then quickly walked over to the man who had ordered the soda. "Sir, your orange soda."

The seated man looked up at Gu Mian, glanced at him, then reached out to take the orange soda. "Thanks."

And that was all.

Gu Mian stood there, hesitating for a few seconds, wondering if he should ask for payment.

Normally, ordering food on the train required payment. But now they were in an instance, and Gu Mian wasn't sure if, in this instance's world, train catering was free or not.

But the man in front of him seemed to have no intention of paying at all.

Gu Mian waited a few more seconds. Certain the man had no intention of paying, he turned to leave.

But just as he turned, he suddenly spotted Han Shan standing rigidly in the middle of the carriage ahead.

Han Shan was standing at the rear of his carriage, looking this way. He was positioned right in the center; a few more steps forward would take him over the potentially fatal 'dividing line.'

Gu Mian glanced at the line not far from Han Shan's feet, then looked up at his contorted expression.

Every time he saw that contorted expression, Gu Mian suspected Han Shan was in some kind of trouble.

However, after interacting with him for a while, Gu Mian realized this was Han Shan's normal expression. If Han Shan's face ever relaxed and he appeared at ease, Gu Mian would definitely suspect he'd been possessed by a ghost.

But this time, it seemed Han Shan really was in trouble.

Gu Mian had now reached the front of his own carriage, facing Han Shan.

He stared at the deeply frowning man. "Bro, your frown is so deep it could squash a fly."

Although, it wasn't as if there were any flies around for Gu Mian to actually place on Han Shan's brow to be squashed.

Han Shan touched his deeply furrowed brow, and his frown deepened further. "A passenger just came to the counter to order food…"

Judging by his expression, the passenger had clearly ordered something extraordinary.

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