Train to Moscow
Putting aside the question of whether it was romantic or not, in Jiang Kexin's opinion, the three of them were just like the typical cannon fodder seeking their own death in American TV dramas.
It is hard to imagine that it is already 2044, when the country is vigorously advocating cherishing life and cracking down on crime, there are still people who are so eager to seek death.
But these are not what Jiang Kexin needs to consider now. Whether he likes it or not, he has become a member of this suicidal team.
And now the issue he needs to consider is the main topic.
If we think of all this as a game, then now the preconditions have been played out and the main topic is next.
This world is randomly adapted from folk customs and mysteries in the real world.
First of all, folk culture can be ruled out.
Because from beginning to end, Jiang Kexin didn't see any signs of folk culture.
Then there is only a mystery left.
On July 1, 2044, when Ms. Liu Ke was participating in the Ascension Competition, had any major train-related incidents occurred? Jiang Kexin tried hard to recall.
I can’t think of anything, nothing at all. Jiang Kexin spends most of his time reading ancient books and watching the live broadcast of the Chosen One. He doesn’t have the time to pay attention to anything else.
It turns out that sometimes paying more attention to other things may help you at critical moments.
Jiang Kexin is now extremely annoyed and regretful. Cases related to trains will more or less appear in social news. It would have been great if he had read the news that day.
It's not like he's helpless now.
And he couldn't find any cases adapted from the rising dimension world, which meant that he was about to face the unknown.
Jiang Kexin's expression became serious. He began to think about the relationship between the same dream and Moscow, the case that might be caused by them, and whether the mystery would happen on the train or near the destination. These questions made him immersed in sorrow.
In the dark night, a ray of light was cast on Jiang Kexin's face full of sorrow.
Immediately afterwards, a horn sounded, and it was the taxi that Jiang Kexin had called.
At 5:40, Jiang Kexin arrived at Shanghai West Station. The early morning at Shanghai West Station was filled with a chilly silence, the cold wind on the platform biting, and the lights flickered.
He looked at the empty station hall, feeling no different from reality, and suddenly thought of four years ago. Back then, even in the early morning, there were still many people in the station.
It's not like now, so empty.
Jiang Kexin couldn't help but hide in her scarf again, took out her phone and lowered her head. The shadow behind her on the concrete floor was stretched infinitely by the light.
Before she could open her phone to ask where Ellisted was, a tall blond man ran over from a distance. He was holding a piece of luggage in his hand, and he stopped in front of Jiang Kexin with his hand raised high.
He reached out his hand very naturally, pulled out Jiang Kexin's hand that was hidden in her clothes, and then shook it up and down vigorously.
Then he showed a standard eight-tooth smile and spoke English.
This made Jiang Kexin, who was originally confused, suddenly realize that this was the netizen Ellisted.
"Hello, nice to meet you! I'm Ellisted, yes, Ellisted is my real name. So, you must be Jiang, right? I'm absolutely right, you are simply..."
Ellisted stared at Jiang Kexin for a while, as if considering how to express himself.
Jiang Kexin watched his behavior calmly. Although they were both netizens, Jiang Kexin was obviously unable to deal with such a person.
The sunlight is a little brighter... Jiang Kexin complained secretly.
"So charming! It's exactly what I expected, Jiang. It turns out I made the right choice to seek you out. Speaking of which, are you touched by my coming to see you? Of course, don't be too touched."
Ellisted smiled and carried the luggage in one hand, while holding Jiang Kexin with the other hand, and walked forward with Jiang Kexin in an unseen strength.
Jiang Kexin coughed to interrupt the guy's inexplicable excitement. He frowned and tried to suppress his discomfort. The more he looked at this guy, the more he felt like he was going to be in an American thriller. He even felt that someone was already filming them with a camera.
Jiang Kexin was just an innocent passerby involved there, and Ellisted was a typical guy who was courting death.
As for the other Jiang Kexin, I haven't seen her yet so I can't comment on her.
Ellisted realized that Jiang Kexin was looking at him and gave him a bright smile. With his messy golden hair, he looked like a silly dog.
As Ellisted walked down the stairs with Jiang Kexin in his arms, the staff's voice came through the loudspeaker: "Train K3 is about to depart. Passengers on K3 please complete the boarding procedures in advance and prepare your tickets and identification. We remind you again, we remind you again, due to the global weather problems in recent years, please make sure you really have an emergency before taking this train. Please take responsibility for your own lives..."
After speaking Chinese once, it is English.
Ellisted naturally heard it as well. After hearing it, he turned and looked at Jiang Kexin, who looked accustomed to it, with a deep look in his eyes.
Jiang Kexin didn't notice Ellisted's expression. In his opinion, the three of them were just courting death. Others took the train because they really had urgent matters, but they took the train to meet someone in person.
Yes, they must have succeeded in their suicide in the real world. After all, this world is adapted from the mystery case caused by their unnatural deaths.
In other words, Jiang Kexin was participating in a false past, a past where no matter what he did, he could not change the predetermined outcome. In reality, Ellisted and Tana were already dead.
As for Ellisted, Tana and passers-by encountered in the ascending world, no matter how real they look, they are not flesh-and-blood humans. They are just the characters of the participants in real cases extracted and placed in the past.
They can be considered as NPCs.
Thinking of this, Jiang Kexin's eyes softened. She looked at Ellisted as if he were a fool. So, Ellisted was just a poor man who had died.
He doesn't care about the dead, let him hug himself if he wants.
Ellisted, who received pity inexplicably, looked confused, but this did not prevent him from subconsciously returning a big smile.
Jiang Kexin didn't smile after seeing this. His eyes turned cold again. He took back what he had just said. When could Ellisted pay attention to his behavior? He was just being reluctant and showing sympathy to the other party.
Thinking of this, Jiang Kexin pushed Ellisted's hand away without hesitation and stepped onto the train first.
After Ellisted's hands were pushed away, he stood there looking at his hands. From a distance, he looked a little lost and pitiful.
After a long moment, his blue eyes grew deeper.
The ticket inspector looked at the time and saw that the train was about to depart, so she had to politely remind the man standing at the train door.
Ellisted recovered from his loss, gave a big grin and followed closely.
Since they were the only two passengers and Ellisted was the last one to board the train, the lane he was walking on was empty except for Ellisted.
As he got closer to Jiang Kexin's carriage, Ellisted's speed became slower and slower, until he passed the toilet, then Ellisted opened the door with a cheerful smile.
Hiding in the toilet, if there were other people here, they would see Ellisted stretching out his hand and drawing something in the air, which was very strange.
In fact, Ellisted was opening the teammate channel.
Ellisted is not a native of this world, his origin is rather special.
An unknown amount of time ago, a strange space kept pulling in large numbers of dead humans from the future, present, and ancient times, promising that these humans would be able to survive if they stood on the player's no. 1.
They will be resurrected and can grant one wish to the player who completes the game.
Because most of the copy content is related to Cthulhu mythology.
Gradually, in order to make it easier to understand, everyone called this a group dungeon and called themselves group players.
And Ellisted is one of them.
The world they are in now is the third group copy that he and his teammates are going to clear.
Before entering this copy, Ellisted was still confident, but after entering, he discovered how strange the world view of this copy was.
The first thing is the weather. When you import this world, there is a silver moon hanging high in the sky and stars everywhere.
But while waiting for Liu Kexin, the weather suddenly changed. Ellisted stood at the station and witnessed the change in the weather with his own eyes. From the silver moon to the violent storm, the dark clouds covered the sky in just a short moment.
The second thing is the number of passengers. What kind of world is it that there are only three passengers in a train?
However, when Ellisted recalled the name of the copy, he put this strange worldview behind him. No matter how strange this worldview was or how difficult the natives were, it had nothing to do with them.
When they complete the copy, whether they clear it or not, they will not stay in this world.
As he thought about it, Ellisted's face darkened and the sunny smile on his face was no longer there. In a place where no one could see him, he took off his sunny and cheerful personality and returned to his original appearance.
Ellisted was typing and exchanging information with another player, Tana.
[I met Jiang Kexin. I checked the system and found he's not a local, but a player like us. So, the question is, we clearly chose a two-player group, so why are there new players joining during the import process?]
Tana: "That's not the point. The point is, if he's a player, then why isn't he in our team chat? Isn't this just a decryption group? Could it have been upgraded to a secret group? If it were, I understand why he's not in the team chat."
Ellisted: "Have you ever seen a secret group behave like this? Besides, aren't we still communicating normally?"
Tana [Hahaha, don't say that! What if I'm framing you?]
Ellisted gritted his teeth and was about to say something, but Tana cut off the contact on her own.
But what Tana said made sense. Ellisted calmed down and realized that they had only completed two copies, which was still not enough experience.
There's no regulation on what a copy must look like, right? Maybe there really are copies that change their nature midway.
But if it's a secret group, then everything becomes complicated.
The secret group. Although Ellisted has never run in it, he has heard of this group in the world of running groups.
This is how players describe the Secret Group.
The secret group is very cruel. Not only do you have to protect yourself from ignorant natives, but you also have to protect yourself from players. Players have to fight each other.
And there is often only one person who can pass the level.
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