Train to Moscow
But they arrived too late, as those people had just left, and this was the only thirty minutes of the curtain call in the amusement park that never closed.
When looking at the pitch-black amusement park in front of them, Ellisted and Tana both looked a little helpless.
From afar, the pitch-black amusement park resembled a terrifying dream, its joy engulfed in darkness. Moonlight shone faintly through dense clouds, barely illuminating a small area in front of the park's main gate. A few dim streetlights dotted the low walls on either side of the gate, casting a hazy glow but unable to dispel the surrounding darkness. The park's iconic lights and cheerful music had ceased.
The amusement park gate stood there silently, consisting of two huge metal doors inlaid with patterns of clowns and carousels.
The iron bars on the gate formed an ancient and solid defense, declaring the boundary of this world. The gate was rusted and a lock was hung on it.
Tana touched her hair and felt her heart beating very fast, inexplicably fast.
This speed was simply abnormal, but for the sake of business, Tana suppressed her heartbeat. She stood there calmly and looked for a few times, and finally thought of something.
He decisively waved the panel out again and carefully observed the personal description on it.
That's what it says on the panel.
【Tana's personal experience.】
[Tana has been plagued by dreams of amusement parks for the past few years. Whenever she closes her eyes, she dreams, and whenever she dreams, it's always about the amusement park. Finally, Tana, who is constantly dreaming, accidentally accesses an app. She is surprised to find that the app is full of people dreaming of the same amusement park. She and her friend also met there...]
"I'm pretty sure the amusement park in our dream is here, but I'm not sure what will happen if we go there at this point." After observing these words, Tana closed the panel. She lowered her head and looked at her hands, her tone full of doubt. She said to Ellisted beside her with some uncertainty.
Ellisted smiled, but Tana didn't understand why he smiled and turned to glare at him.
But Ellisted did not explain. He just raised his thumb and smiled cheerfully, indicating that he was there. Then he tried to make his words more convincing.
"Tana, you don't need to worry. I'm here. Maybe I can crawl in and then pry the lock open or something. If we don't have a better way now, then it's settled. Just look at me. We can't waste any more time."
Ellisted's Strength check result: 1d100 = 20/50 "Hard Success"
Ellisted was excited in his heart. Success meant that he could climb over.
Tana looked at him with distrust, but Ellisted had already started. He put his hands on the railing and climbed up with great effort. The rusty railing made Ellisted's hands hurt. Soon, Ellisted climbed up using both hands and legs. With his clothes rubbed in a mess, he sat on the top of the railing and greeted Tana below.
In the moonlight, Ellisted waved to Tana.
"Okay, Tana, wait for me." After climbing, Ellisted jumped down easily. In the blink of an eye, he was at the gate of the amusement park, gritting his teeth and trying to fiddle with the lock with both hands.
Tana watched in silence, and finally she couldn't help but ask in the teammate channel.
[Does a college student like you have a locksmith? ]
[Believe me, even though my character card doesn't have the Locksmith skill, I do have something else: Strength.]
Ellisted confidently bent it with force and used the dice for identification.
Ellisted's Strength test result: 1d100 = 71/50 "Failure"
Please be more cautious...]
Unfortunately, even a sports student couldn't open it. Ellisted's strength was not enough to open the lock. Instead, he slipped his hand and slammed the lock against the iron door, making a loud noise.
The "bang" sound startled Ellisted and Tana. They looked at each other and realized that something was wrong. However, no matter how bad it was, the sound was so loud and so obvious in the darkness, but no one woke up or was scared.
Nineteen minutes later, Ellisted and Tana remained motionless, but nothing happened. They thought someone would run over with something to catch them, but nothing happened.
Ellisted and Tana didn't understand what was going on, but no matter what, it seemed they had to act separately now.
Tana [Ellisted, go to the amusement park to look for clues.]
Tana looked around and came to a conclusion. She turned her back to Ellisted and headed towards the nearby snowfield and returned to the train.
Tana: [I feel like I've missed something. Ellisted, I'll go back and take a look.]
Thirty minutes later, Ellisted hid in a clothing store called Miss Leir. He closed his eyes and thought, Tana, you are right. Fortunately, they acted separately and did not get delayed there.
Thirty minutes ago, a group of people walked in from outside the amusement park. This group of people should be the group that Jiang Kexin saw, but Ellisted saw an even more terrifying scene. He saw this group of people walking from a distance and turning into fish-like shapes one after another, falling from the sky, as if fish had supported human skin and finally became similar to humans. The clothes they wore were a bit strange, as if they were imitating human behavior.
Ellisted watched them go from unfamiliar to familiar, from stiff to slowly becoming less stiff. Those people clasped their hands and raised their fans like the aristocratic upper class of the Middle Ages.
Ellisted didn't care about these things, but he heard some sounds, some whispers.
They said, "Is Lord Stanford going to take that stranger with him again today?"
"Yes, that's right."
Stranger, who is the stranger? Ellisted pondered.
Could it be Tana? But Tana was even less likely. Not to mention that they didn't know Earl Stanford at all, not to mention that they only found this place today.
So who is this outsider?
It can’t be Jiang Kexin.
And are all the beings here such monsters?
Ellisted's brain began to work rapidly.
——
Jiang Kexin was sitting on a chair, irritably moving things around on the table while listening to the noise coming from the next room, where Earl Stanford was sitting and listening to the guests' compliments.
The guest said, "Good morning, Earl Stanford. Are you bringing that stranger with you to the party tonight?"
Earl Stanford seemed to be laughing at something. What he said was so soft and small that Jiang Kexin could even hear the clinking sound when Earl Stanford raised his glass. He seemed very happy.
When Jiang Kexin tried hard to listen, the sound that was originally unclear suddenly became clear, and these words appeared in his mind.
A cold system sound.
Jiang Kexin's Listening Test Results: 1d100 = 9/60 "Extremely Difficult to Succeed"
Jiang Kexin, who was so smart, understood everything immediately. He now had this ability, and to activate this ability, when doing something that met the standards, this voice would judge whether it was successful or not, and the standard for judgment was luck.
Failure or not depends on luck, Jiang Kexin thought with gritted teeth, how stupid it was. He didn't really want this ability, but thinking about it in a positive way, it also added the possibility of making the impossible possible.
It’s actually not bad when you think about it this way, Jiang Kexin thought, trying to find joy in the midst of suffering.
The sound over there became clearer and clearer.
Stanford said, "He will be happy. Witnessing our beautiful scene will make him want to stay with me forever. Honestly, sir, isn't it that stranger who makes me so excited?"
"That's true. I've seen him before, and we both have the same idea."
Jiang Kexin's face was filled with horror. He didn't really want to stay here any longer. He couldn't let this person trap him any longer.
We must take action and think of a solution.
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