In the end, the resilient ticket inspector withstood the collapse of public trust and the mocking face of the husky.
Even though the beautiful and wealthy woman earnestly explained and apologized to him, and even though the husky wagged its tail at him several times and rubbed its big head against his hand, the ticket inspector resolutely refused to believe or show any pity for the man and the husky!
They're all liars! Life isn't worth living!!
Who said a husky couldn't possibly sneak onto the bus?! A husky might not be smart enough on its own, but it can have accomplices!
Moreover, it wasn't just a husky that got into the car right under his nose—
He practically let a small zoo off the hook!
Looking at the five dogs, four cats, two squirrels, and the "passing parrot" perched on Mr. Jin's head who gave him financial advice... the ticket inspector felt that even if he explained to the train conductor that he had really checked every compartment carefully and was absolutely not corrupted by money, the conductor would not believe him.
Even he wouldn't believe it! How blind would he have to be to let such a small animal army go?!
The ticket inspector was in agony, questioning his life and even his own intelligence, as if he were about to turn into a monster. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the train conductor turned on the loudspeaker and summoned all the train staff to the dining car in carriage six, which brought him back to his senses.
He glared hatefully at the person who had deceived his feelings, and then straightened his clothes and headed to carriage number six.
At this time, many passengers had left the carriage due to the sudden incident. After the initial panic, they finally began to think about their current situation and take in their surroundings. As a result, many people saw the animals jumping out of the boxes and bags.
People reacted differently to the animals being taken on the train.
Most passengers are indifferent to the pets as long as they don't bother them.
Those who like animals showed surprise, giving Gou Fugui and the others a thumbs-up while trying to pet the cats and dogs, but were aloofly rejected.
Those who dislike animals silently took a few steps back or even spoke out directly, saying, "Some people are just so inconsiderate and disregard the rules, secretly bringing their pets on the train. I wonder if these pets carry any viruses or bacteria? This world is getting more and more chaotic."
Ms. Hua Yingchun, who loves animals, wanted to raise her head to refute these words, but her husband grabbed her arm and at the same time saw Gou Fugui's smiling eyes.
The handsome young man with long hair nodded at her first, then gently shook his head. Clearly, he didn't want her to get into conflict with others for the sake of the animals.
"Sister Hua, after all, we didn't follow the rules. If it weren't for the emergency, we really couldn't have done it this way."
So let others say what they want; they are wrong in this matter.
Hua Yingchun clicked her tongue and reluctantly stroked the big head of the German Shepherd.
The twelve animals that boarded the vehicle were all very gentle and obedient; Hua Yingchun even sensed their protectiveness and care. After learning that the German Shepherd, along with a Labrador, an orange tabby, and a black cat, had been protecting a baby, she felt even more strongly that these animals were intelligent and worthy of being treated with care.
Thinking this, Hua Yingchun turned her head and glanced at the stylish and elegantly dressed girl over there, who was looking at them with disdain. At this moment, the girl was leaning on her boyfriend's shoulder and was obviously pointing and whispering in their direction.
Her boyfriend is a tall and good-looking man who seems to dote on his girlfriend.
He held her close, looking at them with the same disdain and disgust, and said, "Why are you arguing with those unruly guys? They're just lower animals, they don't understand human language and they don't follow the rules."
Hua Yingchun's eyes instantly turned fierce, and she clenched her fist tightly on the arm that her husband was holding.
Her husband pushed up his glasses, tightened his grip slightly, and comforted her again, "Alright, alright, the doctor said you shouldn't be too impulsive after surgery. Isn't the purpose of our trip to Qingchuan to recuperate?"
Hua Yingchun sneered twice, looked at the man and woman, and finally scoffed, "They look down on animals now, but when it comes down to it, people might be worse than beasts."
After she finished speaking, she ignored the two people over there and squatted down to pet the dog and cat like crazy.
Gou Fugui, Jin Mantang, and the other men looked at this woman who had an even more volatile temper than they did, and then they looked at each other and found it somewhat amusing.
"Really, I can't even get angry when Sister Hua gets angry?" Jin Mantang exclaimed with amusement.
Gou Fugui nodded in agreement: "It's mainly about getting angry. Whoever gets angry first has the advantage. It's like a balloon leaking air. The first hole to appear is the first to leak air. Any holes that appear later are not as powerful as the first one."
Song Sanchuan tilted his head as he listened to the metaphor, finding it strange yet inexplicably vivid.
While passengers disembarked to check their surroundings or waited on the train, the train conductor and crew, meeting in carriage number six, finally completed their final preparations for the journey.
The train attendants and restaurant chefs worked together to collect all the food on the train. Then, the train conductor announced through the loudspeaker and the train's public address system that all passengers should return to their seats. Next, each carriage would be allocated a small amount of food to passengers who did not have enough food.
Then the train conductor announced the next course of action and method via the train's public address system:
"Good morning/afternoon/evening, passengers. This is your train conductor, Lu Chengfeng. Due to an unexpected incident, based on our assessment of the weather and the current road conditions, we will need to proceed on foot to Hailan Station in Qingchuan Province, which is 80 kilometers away."
According to the map navigation, we may need to take a detour over mountains and pass through two tunnels along the way. We may encounter various dangers such as landslides or even mudslides during the journey. Coupled with the severe weather outside, with heavy rain and muddy roads, the journey ahead may be a difficult one for us.
Here, I hope everyone will make the following preparations:
First, wear rain gear and your most comfortable clothes and shoes. Keep your luggage as light as possible and avoid carrying too much weight.
Under normal, good conditions, hiking 80 kilometers can be completed in 16 hours without stopping and without putting too much strain on the body. However, given the current environment and road conditions, it will take us at least two days, or even longer, to reach our destination.
Therefore, don't bring unnecessary items; they will only become a burden. Leave them in the car and wait for rescue to arrive; there might still be a chance they can be returned.
Secondly, we will soon organize the train into groups according to the passengers' carriages. This train is a sightseeing train, with a total of thirteen carriages: five soft sleeper carriages, six hard sleeper carriages, one dining car, and one baggage car.
Excluding the canteen and baggage cars, each soft sleeper car seats 40 people, totaling 200 people, and each hard sleeper car seats 60 people, totaling 360 people. In addition, there are 42 train attendants and crew members, making a total of 602 people.
We will divide these 602 people into twelve teams. In addition to the original five teams in the soft sleeper carriages and six teams in the hard sleeper carriages, I and the train crew will form a lead team at the front to guide everyone.
The two attendants in each carriage will move together with their carriage, and the attendants have mobile walkie-talkies to ensure that information can be transmitted at any time.
Therefore, passengers in each carriage must stay with their assigned group and not wander off! Do not enter other carriages without permission, so that the train staff can count the number of people in each group and ensure everyone's safety.
Because this is a long hike, if someone leaves the group without permission, we will not forcibly stop them, but we will never jeopardize everyone's safety for the sake of one person!
Please remember that at this time, the collective interest outweighs the individual interest.
Finally, and most importantly, it's 4:15 PM now, and night will fall in a few hours.
The mountains will only get colder and more dangerous at night. If we encounter any uncontrollable danger, everyone must not panic or scream. Instead, gather together immediately and listen to the instructions over the loudspeaker!
The four police officers on our train are all outstanding retired soldiers. If we encounter danger, they will definitely be able to direct and lead us out of danger!
Panic and recklessness will not bring safety; the more critical the moment, the more we must unite and remain calm!
We'll give you half an hour to organize and rest. After that, we'll depart according to the carriage lines!
I am train conductor Lu Chengfeng. I will do my best to lead everyone safely to Hailan Railway Station!
After the train conductor, Lu Chengfeng, finished speaking, there was a brief silence throughout the dozen or so carriages of the train, including carriage number three where Gou Fugui and his group were.
However, the passengers soon began to quietly pack their belongings, and families with children began to seriously explain the importance and dangers of this trip to their children, telling them not to run around.
"We did happen to meet a very good train conductor." Gou Fugui smiled after listening to the broadcast: "He's decisive, efficient, responsible, and quite capable."
Song Sanchuan and Jin Mantang nodded in agreement. The train conductor had arranged everything so quickly and clearly, calming the passengers, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation, and explaining how to handle danger. He was truly excellent. No wonder he was able to lead a dedicated tourist train line at such a young age.
Sitting next to him, Xie Tianlang silently raised his eyebrows as he listened to the wealthy beauty praising the train conductor. He didn't say a word, but his cold eyes and slightly pursed lips seemed to be loudly proclaiming, "What a weakling! Nobody can compare to me!"
Fu Gui'er rolled his eyes at this, wishing he could give him the same sarcastic remark.
How dare this werewolf compare to ordinary people? This is even more outrageous than a high school student beating an elementary school student.
Regardless, having a capable train conductor to lead the way was a stroke of luck for the passengers on this train. Half an hour later, Train Conductor Lu Chengfeng led a twenty-person lead team to begin taking attendance in each carriage.
Are all members of the No. 1 sleeper berth team present?
[Forty passengers, two children, and two attendants, totaling forty-four people, have arrived in berth number one!] The attendant in berth number one reported this over a walkie-talkie.
[Is the No. 2 sleeper team all present?] Lu Chengfeng continued to inquire.
[All 43 passengers, including 40 passengers, 1 child, and 2 attendants, have arrived for sleeper berth number two!]
Then it was the soft sleeper teams three, four, and five, all the way up to the hard sleeper team eleven, who all counted off. After everyone had finished counting off, Lu Chengfeng led the leading team forward.
Even though four train attendants indicated that some passengers had not yet arrived during the countdown, Lu Chengfeng did not wait.
He remained silent for a moment after the first train conductor reported that not all of them had arrived, then immediately turned on the loudspeaker:
[As I explained on the train, please stay close to your group and follow instructions. The group will not stop for any individual or excuse any wrongdoing. Therefore, if anyone falls behind within the allotted time, we will not wait for them. Please make sure to stay with the group.]
After saying this, Lu Chengfeng said nothing more. And after finishing the report, he indeed did not wait or show any mercy, just as he had said.
The latecomers complained loudly about how inhumane the train was, but no one paid any attention to their voices in the wind and rain.
Most people carried their own backpacks and followed closely in the group, silent and anxious.
When people's mode of transportation changed from taking a car to walking, they suddenly realized the convenience that technology brought them.
Compared to the comfort of sitting in a car and riding a train at high speed along the tracks, passengers walking on mountain roads discovered for the first time how difficult walking could be.
The train made an emergency stop outside the tunnel because it had collapsed due to flooding, making it impossible for them to pass through. Therefore, they had no choice but to cross the hillside where the tunnel was located.
Fortunately, the mountain leading to the tunnel wasn't a steep cliff; the landslide had even lowered the elevation, allowing everyone to walk around the slid-down rocks. Even so, having to endure wind and rain while navigating the slippery, muddy terrain made the journey extremely difficult for everyone.
After walking for less than half an hour, some people already felt they couldn't go on.
"Oh my god, the mountain this tunnel passes through is so slippery and high, can we really get over it?!"
"Honey, my raincoat is soaked, and my legs are so sore! How unlucky am I to have this happen to me? It's like Mercury retrograde!"
"We still have to walk another 80 kilometers... How is it possible to finish that? Can't we just stay on the train and wait for rescue?"
Gou Fugui was walking forward with his head down when he heard the familiar young lady complaining in front of him. He continued walking forward with his head down, and glanced at the cowardly husky that was closely following him. He was relieved to make sure that it and the little squirrel on its head were both unharmed.
He figured that the wealthy, well-mannered girl would only complain a couple of times before stopping, since no one but her boyfriend would pay attention to her anyway. Even her boyfriend, after offering a couple of words of advice at the beginning, stopped trying and only gave perfunctory "uh-huh" responses.
However, Gou Fugui overestimated the limits of this well-mannered and wealthy young lady.
The young lady's negative emotions accumulated due to the heavy rain and increasingly difficult road. When she slipped and fell hard on a wet stone, she finally exploded after complaining all the way.
However, her outburst wasn't like others' outbursts where they cried and shed tears; she actually reached out and pushed the ticket inspector who walked next to her and tried to help her up.
"Get out of my way! Who told you to pretend to be kind?! Why didn't you answer my questions before?!"
"I asked you so many times why we had to keep moving forward, why we couldn't stay where we were! You clearly heard me and I called you several times, why didn't you answer me? Shouldn't I go and ask the train conductor?"
"It would be safer to stay in the train, but you train conductor and staff insisted on making us come out and suffer on foot. If something happens on the way, will you be responsible?!"
Caught off guard, the ticket inspector was pushed backward by the young lady. Gou Fugui, who had been watching closely, reached out to catch him as he fell.
But there was another hand that was faster and more steady than his.
Xie Tianlang easily stopped the ticket inspector from falling backward, allowing the ticket inspector, who had been sweating profusely, to breathe a sigh of relief. Then the ticket inspector felt a warm, furry touch on his hand, and looking down, he saw the husky that had been bouncing around in his mind rubbing its big head against him again, with a hint of concern in its blue eyes.
The ticket inspector was stunned.
At this moment, the wealthy and beautiful woman, who had originally intended to remain silent, finally broke her silence. As if she had transformed into a honey badger, her temper had become volatile, and she found it even harder to tolerate unreasonable people and unreasonable demands.
Gou Fugui immediately reached out and shoved the young lady hard. Since she was already sitting on the ground, the shove didn't really hurt her.
But the young lady seemed to have suffered a great humiliation: "You pushed me?!"
The wealthy and beautiful woman looked down at her condescendingly, "You can push others, so why can't I push you? I'm not your mother!"
"Furthermore, this hiking trip was the best decision made by the train conductor and crew based on the current mountain conditions and weather conditions."
If you're not happy with this decision, you can either protest to the train conductor and ask him to change his mind, or you can refuse and stay on the train alone! Nobody's forcing you to do anything! Don't throw a tantrum at a responsible train conductor!
"You alone have already influenced many of us who follow!"
As Gou Fugui spoke, he pointed sharply at the train that they had already left behind, halfway down the mountain. Under the increasingly fierce glares of the young lady and her boyfriend, he sneered, enunciating each word clearly:
"If you're not happy about it, go back now, right now!"
"Let's bet on whether a mudslide will come down and crush you!"
At that moment, the husky barked in perfect unison.
Then, everyone heard a dull yet undeniable rumbling sound, similar to rocks colliding.
When everyone instinctively stopped and looked back, what came into view was a huge boulder rolling down from the other side of the mountain behind them and mud like a galloping dragon.
Rumble!
In a very short time, the mud dragon destroyed the forests and trees it passed by, and then without stopping, it submerged the "safe" train that could no longer move forward.
"?! ...
Other onlookers followed suit, resolutely avoiding eye contact with the wealthy and beautiful woman, fearing that a single glance would lead to misfortune.
Even Xie Tianlang and Song Sanchuan looked at Fugui'er with strange eyes, as if they were looking at a jinx who had suddenly been blessed.
Gou Fugui bristled under their gazes. "It has nothing to do with me! It was just a coincidence! Why don't you see that the husky is barking too?!"
He didn't transform into the crow Fugui, so what's it to him!
Husky: "???"
But what does that have to do with Ha? Ha just barked once, didn't he?
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