Chapter 46 Yang Yan: Over and over again, I don’t believe it can carry a person up—
"By the way, why are you here?"
Yang Yan put his hands behind his head and walked into the train car in a few steps: "Are you here to trigger the game mission?"
"You too, right? During the Reunion Tournament, all the anomalies that occurred in Night Island were most likely triggered by the game space created by the Devil's Apostle. You also saw the post left by that high school student, right?"
Bai Ye folded his arms and leaned against the handrail of the tram. He had to be a fool to believe that Yang Yan, the prospective law enforcer, really came to the vicinity of this school just to participate in Wonder's fan exhibition.
"My good brother understands me! Let's be frank. In order to collect more points, Emerald Boss and I split up and participated in the warm-up match separately. My warm-up match map prompt was a hot spring town called Huangquan Town, but I didn't find any information when I went to the Lacerta Archives after leaving the Dionysus Space. I was even scolded by the archives manager here. I finally saw a post worth paying attention to at night. Alas, you have no idea how miserable I am——"
Yang Yan ruffled his hair and opened his mouth to utter a string of high-speed complaints that even You Yu could only vaguely distinguish. It was louder than the New Year's firecrackers.
Bai Ye covered his ears helplessly, but he still caught the most critical question in the complex information, and asked at the same time as You Yu: "Huangquan Town...your clue is also Huangquan Town?"
Yang Yan nodded: "Yes, I haven't finished yet, that file management--"
“Buzz——!”
Before he finished speaking, there was a "buzz" sound, and a strong feeling of dizziness quickly swept through everyone's consciousness. Their limbs became weak, and several people who were unable to stand staggered a few steps in the carriage that suddenly began to shake violently. The red and blue outlines covered everything in their sight, which was a sign that they had entered a superimposed world.
Lily of the valley, who had been alert the whole time, grabbed the fork that appeared out of nowhere and rushed towards the tram door, but she still didn't have time to use the fork to block the tram door from closing silently. The real world had been ruthlessly closed outside the tram.
[Warm reminder, the superimposed event [Train to Sanzu River] has been triggered. Players are requested to follow the player rules and try their best to pass the event! 】
The DM's notification sound exploded with a smile, and the next second, accompanied by the piercing sound of a circuit failure, the lights in the entire car went out in an instant, plunging into darkness.
【Thank you for taking the Yoshima Daily Tram. This tram is bound for Karakoyama Station. The next stop is Gozen Inari. 】
"How is that possible?! Tang Hong High School is clearly the terminus of this line. Isn't Gozen Inari Station on another line?!"
Yang Yan screamed strangely and showed a look of fear.
A strange yet familiar train warning sound rang out, followed by a normal to somewhat abnormal female voice warning sound from the Night Island train. The people from the detective agency looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes that it was indeed the case.
Gozen Inari Station and Karakuriyama High School Station are not on the same tram line. The former leads to the depths of Karakuriyama, while the latter is just one of the many lines surrounding Karakuriyama. The high school girl who posted on the Eden Forum was indeed pulled into the superimposed world of the game.
The superimposed world where this tram exists.
Yangyan was still staring at the closed door of the train in a daze. The sound of the train and the track running was extremely clear in the empty carriage. The train was really continuing to the next station. Yangyan paced back and forth and muttered to himself: "No, isn't this the terminal? This is clearly the terminal?"
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself, something is coming!"
Mizuise closed his eyes, and in the melody of the tram's wheels meshing with the tracks, he heard some discordant noises.
That was... a noise like something burning.
“Get out of the way!”
Linglan held the fork across her body and shouted. Yangyan was a reserve law enforcer after all, so she reacted very quickly. She stood up the moment Shuise gave the reminder. The quietly burning blue flame lit up out of nowhere outside the window of the speeding tram, illuminating the darkened carriage as bright as day.
“Crack.”
A slight sound of breaking glass exploded in the carriage, and clear cracks appeared on the glass windows on the side of the car. Youyu and Linglan hurriedly took Baiye and Shuise to the side. The next second, countless sparkling blue flames like fireflies rushed into the carriage from the window in groups. The burning flames melted the steel plate floor of the carriage the moment they fell. It was a blue fireball with a higher temperature than ordinary flames.
Like... burning soul particles.
"What is that? A will-o'-the-wisp? Damn, it's so hot! Bai Ye and You Yu, you two have to find a way!"
Yang Yan couldn't dodge the last firefly, so he had to use his baseball bat to knock it away, but he was shocked to find an obvious burn mark on his soul weapon.
The temperature of those firefly-like blue flames was so high that even the strength of soul weapons could hardly support it.
"Be careful with those fires! They can burn soul weapons! What on earth is this thing? Is it possible for this world to appear?"
Yang Yan was chased by Ying Huo all over the carriage. You Yu, Ling Lan and Shuise hid in Shuise's ripple field and didn't dare to run out. Only Bai Ye leisurely captured Ying Huo in his hands, as if he had just caught a hovering butterfly.
"Hey! Bro, you're going to get burned! Damn, that's not fair, why are you okay?!"
Yang Yan stared in amazement at the black-haired boy who stabilized a handful of fireflies like he was hovering a butterfly.
"Soul Tag Skill, my friend."
Bai Ye snapped his fingers, picked up a little firefly and observed it carefully, only to find that there was nothing in the middle of the firefly, it was really just a cluster of pure blue fireflies.
Under the influence of Buxin, these fireflies, which were essentially soul particles, did not cause him any harm. However, these fireflies did not seem to have the intention of harming them, the "passengers". After they calmed down and observed, they found that the fireflies seemed to realize that their own existence would cause harm to them, so they changed from charging forward in the beginning to quietly hovering in the air.
"What does this mean again?"
Yang Yan couldn't stop talking. He scratched his head in confusion, not understanding why Firefly, who seemed to want to eat them all just now, suddenly became so quiet.
“Ka——”
No one answered, and the tram stopped abruptly. Bai Ye turned around and looked outside the glass of the tram door, and the familiar station came into view again.
"Why are you back again..."
Lily of the Valley hefted her fork over her shoulder and muttered something.
"Wait, this is a lie, right? Is there anyone outside?"
Yang Yan screamed in fear and pointed at the door of the tram. Not giving them any chance, the tram door opened automatically, and the black figure standing on the platform approached quickly, almost like a ghost.
“Ka——”
As the car door opened, everyone held their breath, not knowing whether the person coming was a friend or an enemy.
The fluttering butterflies flickered, and You Yu and Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief, completely relieved.
"So it's you, Blood Butterfly. You scared us to death..."
You Yu patted his chest, as if to calm himself down.
Several red butterflies pushed away all the fireflies that tried to surround them, but the butterflies themselves disappeared as a result. The doll-like girl had no expression on her face. She just nodded when she walked into the carriage and saw Youyu and others, just as a greeting.
Bai Ye glanced outside the car and noticed that compared to the last time Yang Yan appeared, there seemed to be burn marks on the tram platform outside the car that shouldn't have existed.
Every time I open the door, a new acquaintance appears on the platform... Is this some kind of cycle? But the high school girl did not encounter this situation. Is it a special design targeting devil players?
"I've met you before. You're the suspicious guy wandering around outside the Tanghong High School platform. Youyu and the others actually know you... Did you trick Squid and the others? Who are you?"
Yang Yan became alert the first second he saw the blood butterfly. He had seen the ruthless girl in front of him, who was like a puppet, at the high school station before. At that time, she was holding a suspicious knife and walking around in the unarmed crowd. Her aura was still terrifying and visibly terrifying to the naked eye.
That was the numbness and indifference that came from experiencing killing, and Yang Yan knew it very well.
"Wait a minute Yang Yan——"
Bai Ye and You Yu wanted to go over and hold Yang Yan back to listen to each other's explanation, but Yang Yan spoke much faster than their hands: "Although I am not from Yedao, I am more or less a law enforcer. If you don't say it again, I will call the police! Let the Metropolitan Police Department confront you!"
Xuedie still had that expressionless look on her face, but this time the doll-like girl finally spoke: "Look, this."
As she spoke, she slapped her Metropolitan Police Department ninja ID in front of Yangyan, earning an exaggerated change of expression from the latter.
"I told you to calm down. Actually, I was the one who notified Miss Xuedie because there was a special post on the Internet that made people concerned..."
Bai Ye took out his cell phone and explained the whole story to Yang Yan, but found that the post on the Internet had disappeared at some point and the message "Deleted" was displayed.
"I'm sorry, Miss Blood Butterfly, I made a fuss about the Reunion Season. Now I always think that everyone I see is a demon apostle."
Knowing that he had misunderstood Xuedie, Yang Yan quickly slid to his knees and bowed. He admitted his mistake with a good attitude and explained very quickly under Xuedie's gaze.
What happened next seemed familiar. Countless fireflies were still bursting outside the windows as the tram started to move forward. Everyone was ready to attack and looked around vigilantly. Although Bai Ye had just revealed his ability to not be burned by fireflies, he, who had the worst fighting ability, was still surrounded by a group of people in the safest center.
What? It's like a battle to defend carrots.
Bai Ye thought at an inopportune moment.
As always, these fireflies had no intention of hurting them, but their intentions were more obvious - they wanted to gather around them and go somewhere together. It was not until the train stopped at a platform again that Bai Ye and You Yu realized what the fireflies wanted them to do.
They wanted them off, or at least off this tram.
You Yu still looked carefree, but he was more eager to explore the truth. On the bright train, among a group of thick-skinned people, only Bai Ye, who was relatively cautious, had a serious expression.
"No, again?! Is this the loading screen before the game starts?"
Yang Yan screamed: "I've been here twice. I don't believe this train can carry another person."
“Ka——”
The tram door made a mechanical sound before opening again, and there was still a shadowy figure standing on the platform. This time, the shadow was wearing a classic men's kimono and holding a slender samurai sword in his hand, like the classic samurai silhouette in some Japanese-style ukiyo-e.
Yang Yan quickly changed his words: "Okay, he can really bring me another person, but...Yamagumi?!"
After seeing clearly that the person entering the carriage was wearing a haori lined with Tang Hongshan's Ukiyo-e pattern, Yang Yan's eyes darkened and he wanted to attack with a baseball bat.
□□, Ninja, who are these devil players?
Youyu looked at the young man with a high ponytail in surprise. The other party was an acquaintance - Izayoi, a close member of the Yamagumi who had been chasing the figure of the Phantom Thief Wonder together not long ago, and the trusted deputy of the patriarch.
"Samurai of the Yamagumi, why are you here?"
The person who raised the question this time was You Yu.
"I have no comment on the Mountain Group's affairs."
Izayoi just looked up at him coldly and said this indifferently.
Youyu noticed that the other party was in a bad mood for some reason. He didn't become so depressed even when Wonder stole the "scabbard".
In the tense atmosphere, Bai Ye cast his eyes on the platform behind Shizai. There were more burn marks on the platform than the normal part. It was a platform that was burned to the point of almost collapsing. No wonder Shizai chose to get on the train in a hurry as soon as it arrived at the station.
The burning of the tram station is getting worse and worse, so what's next?
Bai Ye soon found out the answer.
[Thank you to all passengers for taking the Yedao Daily Tram. This tram goes to Tanghong Mountain. The next stop, Tanghong Huangquan Town, will be arriving soon. 】
Along with a strong smell of burning, blood-red flames expanded rapidly in front of the tram, and the sound of the running wheels almost tore the rails apart. A terrible situation suddenly emerged in everyone's mind: this tram was taking them towards the burning sea of fire at an increasingly faster speed!
The heat in the air was getting higher and higher. The fireflies that were flickering just now had disappeared. Water Color activated its ripple field and covered everyone with the crystal ball. The moment the tram plunged into the exploding sea of fire, Bai Ye heard the sound of something breaking.
"clang---"
The melodious bell sounded uniquely amid the violent explosion. In the explosion that almost flipped the entire tram back and forth, Bai Ye completely lost consciousness.
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