The eighth day of the mission rest period is night.
In the bedroom, the ticket vibrated suddenly, disturbing Ye Wei who was about to take a rest. She subconsciously took out the ticket and looked closely. She saw a large text message on the front of the ticket, a message notification that she had never seen before.
Notice: The hell train will stop at the next station at 14:30 tomorrow afternoon. New performers will board the train at that time. Please prepare the team leader to welcome him. The specific rules are as follows...
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Early in the morning on the ninth day of the mission rest period, Peng Hu was in his room.
The bald man has now gotten up. He first puts on a black vest as usual. After putting it on briefly, he goes to the washing room and touches more and more thick stubble in the mirror. After a slight hesitation, he picks up the shaving tool. knife.
Unexpectedly, I just applied shaving cream on my face...
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a series of knocks on the door outside the living room.
"Damn it! I'm not even allowed to shave my beard!"
Peng Hu was extremely dissatisfied with the sudden interruption. He muttered something casually and saw that the knocking on the door never stopped. He had no choice but to pick up a towel and dry his face, then strode to the living room door. Yes, there was no need to ask outside the door. Who is it? Anyway, there are only three people in the whole train at the moment. There is no need to think about it. The person knocking on the door is either He Fei or Ye Wei. According to Peng Hu’s personal guess, He Fei is the most likely. After all, Ye Wei is such a cold goddess. How could someone with his personality come to his place?
However, nothing is absolute. He opened the door casually and saw He Fei outside the door as he had expected. The first thing that caught his eye was an exquisite face.
Ye Wei! ?
As usual, except for supernatural missions, Ye Wei, who has always been very good at dressing up the rest of the time, changed her clothes again today. This time she dressed up as a lady in a Gothic style. The black jacket matched the woman's perfect figure. He can kill most female stars in an instant. Of course, although the beauty is eye-catching, the bald man who knows Ye Wei's ability will not think much about it. Instead, his expression froze when he found out that the person outside the door was Ye Wei. The reason is very simple. Because he really didn't expect that the other party would come to him, or...
Why come to him?
As the saying goes, don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. If He Fei, who has a good relationship with him, came to him to chat and hang out, then why did Ye Wei, who usually didn't pay much attention to others, come to him? wanna chat? How can it be? Thinking of this, with suspicion, the bald man took the lead and asked: "Huh? Ye Wei? Come on..."
"Now, as the captain, I will arrange a job for you, regarding welcoming new people."
"I thought about it for a long time last night. Although it's not impossible for He Fei to do this, I personally think it might be more appropriate for you to do this work. I received a notification from Curse last night. Is such that……"
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Boom, boom!
Accompanied by ear-piercing roars and vibrations on the rails, in a dark and lightless environment, a subway train was traveling at high speed along the rails. The train had neither a driver nor any signs, and no one knew where it was going in the end. …
Time, 14:07 pm, Car No. 3 of the Hell Train.
After lunch and a short nap, He Fei opened the door and came to the carriage. He first glanced at the doors on both sides and hesitated for a moment. The young man walked to one of the doors and knocked on it. That was Peng Hu's room. , obviously, when he had nothing to do, he planned to ask the other party if he had redeemed the props. After all, he had already discovered that the bald man in the prop cabinet showed far more interest in him than others.
Of course, these are just reasons, the key point is to come out and get some fresh air. Although He Fei also has some otaku potential, staying in his personal room for several days in a row still makes the young man a little bored.
But strangely, as the knocking continued for about a minute, there was still no response from the door. Seeing this, He Fei was a little surprised. After all, with Peng Hu's carefree character, he would definitely not find someone knocking on the door. Don't open the door unless the other party has something to do or is not in the room.
(Huh? Are you really not in the room?)
After making sure that no one was in the room, the young man rushed to Car No. 1 as soon as possible. He originally thought that the bald man would go to the prop cabinet and stare and drool like he did earlier. However, after searching for a while, he found Car No. 1 and No. 2. There was no figure of the other party in the carriage at all. Seeing this, He Fei became more and more suspicious, and subconsciously turned around and entered the No. 4 carriage. It was not until he arrived here and entered the carriage that the missing burly figure appeared in his field of vision.
At this moment, Peng Hu, who was still wearing a black vest, was sitting on the passenger chair with his legs crossed and puffing out smoke. The whole carriage was filled with smoke and the smell was a bit strong. Who knows what number this was? As soon as He Fei appeared, the bald man grinned, raised his hand and said, "Hey, you kid is not staying in your room, why are you here? Come on, sit down."
"Brother Peng, I should be the one asking you this, right? If you don't stay well in your room, why are you running to Car No. 4? Is it just for a puff of smoke? You can't smoke in your own room?"
As soon as the bald man said this, He Fei, who had been familiar with the man for a long time, immediately refuted the words.
The bald man didn't pay attention to the young man's teasing. Instead, he casually took out a box of cigarettes and handed them to He Fei.
"Here, brother, smoke one."
Maybe it was the first time someone handed him a cigarette, or maybe he had never smoked before. Seeing the cigarette being handed to him, He Fei shook his head in embarrassment and said, "Um, Brother Peng, I'm not very good at..."
"What? No?"
After hearing that the other party said he didn't smoke, and after stroking his stubble, the bald man asked: "If you don't smoke, can you drink?"
"Well, I won't..."
"Hahaha!"
As soon as He Fei finished his answer, Peng Hu burst into laughter. Without waiting for the young man's embarrassment to end, he immediately changed the subject and said a great truth: "Brother, you must know that this man often has two major hobbies. Smoking or drinking, you must have at least one of them. Drinking aside, you have to smoke cigarettes. To tell you the truth, although smoking is harmful to health, it can effectively relieve stress when you are mentally depressed. , come on, smoke one, it feels great, just try it and you will know.”
In the end, due to Peng Hu's insistence and the fact that he sounded really fascinated, He Fei took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it in his mouth, took the lighter and lit it, and then took a deep breath like the other man did...
Then...
"Cough! Cough! Damn it! This smoke is really choking, cough, cough, cough..."
"Hey, don't worry, once you learn it, you'll learn it again, you'll learn it after a few more strokes!"
As expected, He Fei, who was smoking for the first time, coughed violently. Peng Hu patted the young man's shoulder with satisfaction. Before he could continue to speak, He Fei waved his hand. Perhaps something occurred to him during this period that brought his thoughts back on track, and he let out a long breath. In a tone of voice, the young man asked: "By the way, Brother Peng, what are you doing here?"
"What else can I do? Welcome new people. The train is about to pull into the station and new people will be boarding the train soon. This is a task Ye Wei assigned me in the morning. She said I am very suitable for this job."
Peng Hu, who has a straightforward personality, immediately told the truth truthfully. However, He Fei couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words "Welcome the newcomers". Yes, of course he would not be surprised that the newcomers entered the cursed space. After all, he and Peng Hu Both Hu and Hu came here as newcomers before. In his personal impression, newcomers would only appear at the beginning of the supernatural mission. However, the next mission has not started yet? Why are there new people before the mission even starts? And what does it mean to welcome new people?
In fact, are He Fei's doubts not Peng Hu's doubts? In other words, when he learned about this from Ye Wei a few hours ago, his reaction was exactly the same as that of He Fei in front of him. It was not until the other party explained the matter clearly that the bald man suddenly realized it.
Sure enough, seeing He Fei's puzzled expression, Peng Hu knew everything he could and explained it to him.
Peng Hu's explanation was very brief and easy to understand. It turns out that after the self-defense executor was transferred from the subway station to the hell train, not only the environment changed, but also the way in which new people entered changed. In the past, new people entered at the beginning of the mission. But in Hell Train, newcomers will enter before the supernatural mission is released. As a result, Ye Wei, as the team leader, cannot ignore this matter in any case, and someone in the team must be responsible for welcoming and guiding newcomers to board the train.
The matter was not complicated, and the situation was equally simple. He Fei had already understood everything as soon as Peng Hu finished speaking. Not only that, because he had always been good at analysis, through understanding this matter, while thinking deeply, He Fei could not help but think again. Reminiscent of some earlier speculation, which was the question he had thought about when he first entered the train.
That is, does the appearance of supernatural props mean that the difficulty of future tasks will increase? ?
At first, He Fei was just skeptical, but today he heard that even the way for newcomers to enter has changed. Gradually, the college student became more and more sure, confirming the intention of the curse and confirming that his personal guess would most likely become reality!
The logic is simple:
If the difficulty of the mission really increases, it will be very dangerous for newcomers who know nothing to enter the mission at the beginning. Needless to say, the mortality rate caused by ignorance. Therefore, in order to increase the survival rate of newcomers and balance the difficulty of the mission, let newcomers enter the mission. Entering the train in advance and receiving explanations and guidance from senior people will definitely make this arrangement much better.
Perhaps this is the actual intention of the curse.
As for why Ye Wei insisted on choosing Peng Hu to be in charge of welcoming new members...
With suspicion in mind, he raised his head again. When he saw the vicious face and the oppressive burly body on the other side, a smile gradually appeared on the originally solemn and thoughtful face of the young man. , the bald man looked confused.
He Fei not only smiled, but also nodded to Peng Hu with a smile and said: "Brother Peng, I finally understand why Sister Ye Wei insisted on letting you come here to do the reception work this morning. Indeed, You are indeed much more suitable for this than me."
"Damn it! Is there something in your words?"
Peng Hu is not an idiot. In fact, when He Fei said this to him, he basically guessed the meaning. To be honest, Peng Hu didn't care about his appearance. After all, his appearance was given to him by his parents. any solution? What's more, he, who has a tough guy style, never took this matter to heart. In response to the young man's teasing, the bald man was about to refute, but unexpectedly, He Fei had already touched his head and changed the subject: "Huh? By the way, I almost forgot. Okay, Brother Peng, the rules for newcomers you just mentioned seem to have mentioned the word 'Hai Chao', what is Hao Chao?"
"You ask me? Who should I ask? Anyway, when Ye Wei arranged the task for me in the morning, she only mentioned it briefly without explaining it. She only reminded me to get the newcomers on the bus as soon as possible within 15 minutes. However, in my personal opinion, that's not the case. 'Hai Chao' is probably not a good thing."
Seeing the bald man shaking his head to express his ignorance, He Fei didn't ask any more questions and continued to think about the deeper intention of the curse.
Coincidentally, just when the two were thinking about each other, they discovered that the car lights outside the window suddenly turned on, and when the lights turned on, the ground under their feet gradually began to tremble.
Anyone who is familiar with the subway knows that subway trains often vibrate most severely when they start and stop. At this moment, when they saw the lights around the car come on and the ground under their feet began to shake, without anyone reminding them, the two people in the car were already shaking. It was when they both realized that the car body was slowing down and the train was about to stop!
Rumble…
The result was exactly as expected. While the two were silent, as the roar of the subway became louder and things gradually became clear outside the window, the two not only confirmed their suspicions, but looked down at their watches and saw that the time had reached 14:27. Minutes, there are only three minutes left before the train stops at 14:30 as Ye Wei said.
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Boom, boom, boom...
The headlights cut through the darkness, and the field of vision gradually became clearer. When the time reached half-past, the roar disappeared, the vibration disappeared, and the train stopped. Looking closely through the window, I found that the external environment looked familiar. No, it shouldn't be used. "Familiar" might be more appropriate to describe it as "impressive".
The reason is that what is outside the car is nowhere else but a subway platform!
At this moment, through the window and with the help of car lights, I saw the outside scene of a subway station platform. Although the environment was dark, under the illumination of the car lights, I could still see clearly that this place was a standard waiting platform. It looked basically the same as when they first boarded the car a few days ago.
This should be another subway platform, and the Hell Train once again stopped next to the platform.
Bala!
At the same time, just as He Fei and the two were looking out the window, a sudden harsh sound was heard, and the compartment door opened automatically.
(Sure enough, it turned out to be true. The train stopped and the door opened, exactly the same as when the three of us boarded the train. If so, then...)
"He Fei, just watch from here, I will take care of the rest."
Getting back to the topic, as the cabin door opened, Peng Hu, who had already learned the details from Ye Wei, did not hesitate. When the car door opened, he stood up and left his seat. After the young man said something, he strode out of the car door. He Fei followed. He nodded knowingly and turned to lie by the window and look out at the outside world.
After walking out of the train and arriving at the door, he looked around and saw that there was indeed an empty platform in front of him. Although the darkness surrounding him obscured his vision, Peng Hu was still sure that the scene in his eyes was basically the same as when the three of them boarded the train. In his field of vision, the platform was empty. There was no one around, and it was pitch black in the distance. Except for a certain area around the train where you could barely see anything, you couldn't see anything else.
Fortunately, the doubts did not last long. Less than half a minute later, a series of chaotic footsteps sounded. As the footsteps got closer and closer, before long, several panic-looking men and women had walked through the darkness and arrived at the platform. .
Obviously, these people are most likely the new people boarding the train this time. They were selected by a curse and then were swept into the closed subway station by a hurricane. So far, there is no possibility of leaving. And the reason why these people rushed there is The platform must have been attracted by the roar and lights of the cars.
Peng Hu saw everything clearly, and He Fei saw everything clearly. At the same time, the men and women who were getting closer and closer had also arrived dozens of meters away from the train. They were all looking ahead with vigilant eyes. The train, together with the strange bald man beside the car who didn't look like a good guy at all.
Similarly, all the newcomers saw Peng Hu, why didn't Peng Hu see the newcomers?
At this moment, with the help of the car body lights, I saw a total of 5 people on the other side, four men and one woman.
Among them is a middle-aged man wearing a blue coat. The man has an ordinary appearance and looks about 40 years old. He is currently staring at the train with a look of fear. Next to him are two young people. They are dressed in different clothes and appear to be of different ages. They are neither old, only in their early twenties at most. They are similar to frightened and nervous middle-aged people. In addition to being equally uneasy and scared, they may be worried about being unable to leave the subway station. Regardless of how many people the train has attracted, they are In fact, the two of them still looked down at their phones from time to time, seemingly confused and troubled by the loss of signal.
There is no doubt that the two of them must have tried to ask for help earlier, trying to ask for help from the outside world through the phone. After all, the subway station was completely closed, and when they were desperate, they could only use their mobile phones to ask for help. Unfortunately, this was meaningless. The cursed space blocked all communications. Signal, trying to get through the mobile phone here is just a dream, so it is said, and the result is indeed the case. Seeing that the mobile phone has no signal from beginning to end, the two of them become more and more panicked.
Let's not talk about how the two young men were doing useless work. They continued to shift their eyes and saw the only woman standing on the right side. The woman was not very old. Judging from her appearance, she was also in her early twenties. She was with the two people on the right. The young men were about the same age, maybe a few years older at most. They might have been frightened by the strange environment in the subway station. Although they had arrived at the platform, the woman still looked frightened. She was also staring at the unexpectedly approaching train while driving. Shivering.
Of course, not everyone behaved so badly. At least one man among the five people reacted calmly after the initial panic. This man was not only the first among everyone to look at the train, but also the first to notice Peng. He is a tiger man, and it is worth mentioning that this man has a good appearance. With his appearance as a man, I believe that his first impression on most people will not be bad. Yes, this man looks to be around twenty-seven or eighty-eight years old. He is about 10 years old. He wears a neat suit and has a very friendly and gentle face. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, giving him an overall impression of gentleness.
Especially when he found a strange bald man standing next to the train, although the man was a little surprised, he quickly calmed down again, and his eyes immediately changed from observing the train to observing the bald man.
Perhaps out of personal habit, while observing Peng Hu, during the silence, the man subconsciously stretched out his hand to adjust the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose...
