Mountain Trail

Luochuan City Police Station.

The indoor temperature had obviously dropped to an extremely low level due to the high-speed operation of the refrigeration equipment, but the uniformed police officers in the office still had beads of sweat on their foreheads and necks.

He wiped the sweat off his head, placed a stack of neatly organized reports in front of the two people, and said in a nervous voice: "The information of the people who have been missing recently is already here, but we really haven't found any connection between them."

"Thank you." Andre turned to the top page of information, and then read it page by page. Luo Tan looked in the direction of his finger and found that these missing persons were indeed as the police said, seemingly unrelated.

The first missing person was a student, the second was a retired soldier, and the third was a pregnant mother...

On the surface, there really is no connection or similarity.

No, the only thing they have in common is that they both took the Luochuan City suspended train before they disappeared.

The police officer was very anxious: "We were helpless this time, so we reported the matter to the palace. We didn't expect you to personally..."

Andre waved his hand, stopping his unfinished words: "Don't worry, this is why I came. This is my duty as a member of the royal family."

A thought quietly turned to Luo Tan's mind. It turned out that Wang Chu's participation in the opening ceremony of the Chishui Zoo was just a side event. His real purpose of coming to Earth was to resolve this matter.

Thinking of this, her impression of Andre improved a little.

On the other side, the police officer was also looking at Luo Chen out of the corner of his eye. He knew that Prince Andrei was diligent and kind, and was loved and supported throughout the empire. Wherever he went, he was praised by everyone. But this girl...could it be that she was here to buy soy sauce?

Andre's words pulled him back to his senses: "So, until now, we still can't determine when, where, or even which route the missing person went missing?"

The police officer sighed, stepped aside to show them the surveillance videos of the past few days, and explained, "We got clues about the missing persons because their family and friends found that the missing persons did not return home after taking the train, so they inferred that something happened on the train. But, you see, these videos are the full videos of the train they took, which we inferred based on the time they swiped their cards when they got on the train."

The police officer clicked on a surveillance video and said helplessly: "The crowd is as dense as dumplings. Even if we use high-tech means, we can't find out when and where one person was missing."

Luo Chen looked out and was immediately choked up. How could this interstellar train be the same as the modern morning and evening rush hour subway? There were people on the left, people on the right, and two more layers of people in the middle to act as a sandwich. From the camera angle of the surveillance video, they were completely stacked on top of each other. Not to mention being able to tell when one person was missing, being able to count how many people there were in total could be praised as a genius with good eyesight!

The police officer waved his hands: "What's even more outrageous is that these missing people didn't even take the same route."

[If they are not on the same line, then it seems that physical attacks can be ruled out. 】

Luo Chen felt a gaze that could not be ignored staring at her. She looked back and said to Andre in confusion, "Why are you looking at me?"

Andre touched his nose and said nothing.

But Luo Tan had no time to pay attention to him.

She finally got the system prompt again!

The familiar red dot jumps on the map of Luochuan City, just like a lost traveler finally seeing the light on the signal tower!

But the next second——

Luo Tan was confused:

【Why did the red dot disappear? What the hell? 】

The police officer felt dry in the mouth and just picked up a cup of tea to moisten his throat, but his hand twitched and the whole cup of tea spilled onto the ground.

Who is talking? He just thought it was his hallucination, but why did another voice appear?

Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw Wang Chu's warning look.

???

Is there any play here that I don't know about?

The police officer was busy wiping the water off the ground while doing elementary school math problems in his mind:

It is known that there are three people in this room, he is male, Wang Chu is male, so this voice can only be...

But that's not right? She didn't open her mouth just now?

Could it be that I was working overtime for so many days that I was exhausted and then I started hallucinating?

Luo Tan had no idea about the complicated psychological activities of other people. She was so depressed that she called out to Xiao Ai in her heart and wanted to ask if this terrible system had broken down.

Xiao Ai checked for a long time and said that the system was normal.

Luo Chen suddenly discovered that the red dot had lit up again on the map. This time she did not waste a second and clicked on it directly.

When she saw the familiar animated picture, she breathed a sigh of relief, but frowned the next second:

[It's so dark here, I can't see anything clearly... Eh? Didn't a black shadow flash in that direction just now? Wait, that black shadow was heading towards the passenger seat, right?]

The police officer's attention was instantly drawn there. Although he couldn't figure out why he could hear Luo Tan's inner voice, the content of this voice was very relevant to the problem they were currently facing!

Is this a time-reversal technique or a live broadcast?

[Hey, is it daybreak again? Let me see where I am. This place seems to be very desolate. There are no other landmarks except for a few bare mountains.]

Luo Tan was still confused, but the police officer's eyes lit up instantly!

Luochuan City is located in a plain, and there are only a few mountains in the city. The few mountains are located in the northeast corner of the city! Could it be that the passengers disappeared near there?

He was about to ask Luo Chen what was going on, but he heard——

[Well, maybe they can figure out where this is, but how can I tell them? If I tell them that I can predict it, who would believe me?]

The police officer clearly saw Luo Tan open her mouth hesitantly: "I want to say..." Then, as if she was stopped by a strange force, she closed her mouth again.

[Sure enough, I can’t even say it, let alone let them believe it! ]

The police also realized something extremely terrifying -

Since they can't make the fact that they heard Luo Tan's thoughts known to the public, then...how can they do what she says?

For a moment, the air was quiet. On the surface, everything seemed calm, but Luo Tan and the police officers were about to explode in their hearts.

Help! It feels terrible to know the correct answer but not be able to fill it in on the answer sheet!

At this extremely anxious moment, Wang Chu Andre coughed and said seriously, "How about we watch the surveillance video again?"

His words seemed to hint at something: "Maybe this time, we can see where the problem lies."

Yes! The police officer slapped his head and suddenly realized that it was indeed Wang Chu!

He quickly pulled out several surveillance videos.

As we all know, substituting known answers into formulas to verify them is more efficient.

Just a few minutes later, the police officer pointed at the computer screen with tears of joy and said, "It's right here! These passengers disappeared near the location where the train entered!"

Luo Tan clapped his hands happily: "That's it! So smart!"

At this moment, the police officer suddenly remembered the key word "precognition" mentioned by Luo Tan just now.

Could it be that a new round of disappearances is about to happen?

He grabbed the phone and dialed a number that he had memorized during this time: "Hello? Traffic Control Bureau? Quick, help me stop the suspended train that is about to enter the northeastern mountains. Stop as many as possible! We must not let them drive into that place! Quick! The faster the better!"

After hanging up the phone, the police officer breathed a sigh of relief, and the depression he had been feeling for some time finally dissipated a little.

When he looked at the exquisitely dressed Wang Chu and the ordinary-looking Luo Tan again, his attitude towards the two of them completely changed -

It turns out that Wang Chu was just a gift from God! And Luo Tan is the important person who plays a key role!

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Half an hour later, they arrived in the northeast of Luochuan City.

On the train platform, the passengers were being evacuated in an orderly manner, and they had no idea what disaster they had escaped.

The duty officer of the Traffic Management Bureau came over to report: "We have counted all the people entering and leaving the station, and no new missing persons have been found so far."

The police officer finally felt relieved.

Luo Tan cast her gaze towards the towering mountains not far away. She was wondering, what on earth was there?

As the name suggests, the suspension trains of the Star Age travel in the air, which makes them different from common modern means of transportation such as buses or subways.

If it is a bus or a subway, people's fear may be focused on the unknown, dark underground. In the pitch-black darkness, there may be unknown monsters lurking quietly, waiting for an opportunity to attack people.

However, the suspended train is traveling in the air, so it is impossible for the monsters underground to climb up and attack the train in the air? But if it is a bird attack, then the frequency of such attacks is too strong, and it is impossible for such a concentrated attack to occur.

Wait, in those few seconds of the animated picture, what she saw was darkness first, and then light.

Why does a train traveling in the air suddenly fall into darkness?

Luo Tan walked forward for a distance, and this time, she finally saw clearly what was between the mountains.

【It’s a tunnel.】

Behind her, the police and Wang Chu's eyes were instantly focused on her.

[So it is like this, even if it is a suspended train, when they cannot fly over the mountains, they can only pass through the mountain tunnels. ]

【The only thing that all the trains of different orders have in common is that they all pass through this tunnel.】

In Luo Chen's sight——

The entrance to the tunnel was like the mouth of a giant beast, swallowing up the surrounding light, with shadows intertwined and cold winds blowing, as if it wanted to swallow up everyone who walked in!