After the ghost bride had dealt with all the ghost slaves, everyone in the room looked at Xu Anran.
Xu Anran silently walked behind Liu Yong and the others, while Su Shuzhi quietly ran behind Xu Anran, and the Ghost Bride ignored him; then the Xuanwu Squad followed behind Su Shuzhi.
And just like that, a procession inexplicably formed, walking along the dark streets.
The ghost bride did not leave, but sat in the sedan chair beside Xu Anran.
There was no conversation along the way, and nothing eerily dared to approach them. They walked for three or four hours in this strange atmosphere.
Seeing that the team members were all tired, Liu Yong turned to look at Xu Anran, who was also looking at him. The two stared at each other for a moment before Liu Yong finally spoke up, "Um, how about we take a break for a while?"
Xu Anran nodded, and the group of people went into a dilapidated shop by the roadside. In a spacious place, they lit a fire and sat together.
Liu Yong glanced cautiously at the bridal sedan chair outside the door and whispered to Xu Anran, "Why hasn't that big shot left yet?"
Xu Anran glanced at the bridal sedan chair and remembered that the ghost bride had said she was injured and was afraid that other strange creatures would take advantage of her weakness and devour her. She wanted to follow her first, so she said, "She said she didn't know where to go and wanted to follow me first."
Liu Yong looked around at the people. Although they were all doing their own thing with their heads down, he knew that they were all listening intently to what he and the big boss were saying.
He felt like he was dreaming, having inexplicably picked up a big shot who had even saved them all, except that this big shot seemed to have a bad memory.
He asked, "Boss, do you remember what happened to you before?"
Xu Anran shook her head: "I don't remember very well, but I should be able to remember slowly."
Liu Yong suspected that this big shot might also be a passenger, but had simply forgotten what happened before, so he asked, "Big shot, do you have a control panel? You mean, a blue screen in your mind that shows your score and how you buy things?"
Xu Anran shook her head blankly; she didn't have any light screen. Seeing her like this, Liu Yong thought she must be a native of this world.
Then he told her, "Then you may originally be from this world. You should have heard our previous conversation. We are all passengers on a high-speed train, able to travel between different worlds to complete missions."
Seeing that Xu Anran was listening attentively, he continued, "You might be a native. This world has been invaded by strange beings, and it's impossible to live here anymore. Why don't you find a ticket for the VIP waiting room and come with us on the train?"
Upon hearing Liu Yong's invitation, Ao Zipeng, the captain of the Xuanwu Squad, chimed in, "That's right, you can find a ticket to leave here. We have quite a bit of influence in the high-speed rail waiting room; you can come with us."
Ao Zipeng, who had been sitting to the side listening to their conversation, thought to himself that if he didn't speak up soon, this powerful figure might be fooled by this guy who came from nowhere.
Su Shuzhi chimed in, "Yeah, boss, you're so amazing! When we get back, we can travel the worlds together! I'm pretty good at this too, since you saved me. I'll stick with you from now on. I still have a lot of points here, you can use them all!"
Ao Zipeng looked at Su Shuzhi, his eyes filled with anger at his broken promise: "No, Su Shuzhi, weren't you supposed to be with the Xuanwu Squad from now on?"
Su Shuzhi rolled her eyes at him: "I meant whoever saved me, I'll stick with them. Since you guys didn't save me, of course I don't need to join your team!"
Ao Zipeng recalled what Su Shuzhi had said, and it seemed to make sense...
Xu Anran listened to them talk for a long time, thinking that she was definitely not an indigenous person, because she should have her own companions like them.
She asked Liu Yong, "When will you be able to leave this world? Do you still need to find tickets for the high-speed rail waiting room?"
Liu Yong explained to her, "Passengers like us don't need to look for tickets for the VIP waiting area; we can just buy them using points on the panel."
"As for when to leave, we can leave at any time. It's just that we all bought tickets with points to get in, and if we don't earn enough points here, we'll lose out. If we come back without enough points, we'll be forced to enter a hellish difficulty world to complete the mission."
"How do I earn points?"
"You can earn points by the number of days you survive, but be careful to leave within a year at the latest, otherwise you will be deemed unable to leave. You can also find some valuable items to recycle on the panel, or you can earn points by changing the apocalyptic situation of this world and saving people."
Ao Zipeng added, "If you are in a guild team, there are special guild missions on the panel, and you can also earn points by participating in guild missions."
Later, Xu Anran asked about the use of points and some basic questions about the waiting room for high-speed trains, and they answered them for her one by one.
Afterwards, everyone rested, but Xu Anran wasn't sleepy at all, perhaps because she had slept for too long.
She sat quietly by the fire, watching the flames, her mind replaying the message the ghost bride had told her.
The girl was cute and well-behaved, and there were two other children bundled up tightly...
As she pondered, an image flashed through her mind: a girl with broken legs, bleeding profusely, lying on top of her... a strange-looking four- or five-year-old girl with insect-like antennae, pale-faced, lying on her back... a girl holding a child, looking at her with terror through the window...
Someone was talking to her. Xu Anran pulled herself out of the scene and turned to see that it was Qi Meng asking her a question.
"Would you like some water? Would you like some water?"
Seeing Xu Anran staring blankly at her, Qi Meng waved her hand in front of her eyes: "Are you alright? I asked you a question, but you didn't react at all, you just sat there blankly."
Xu Anran shook her head and took the water offered to her: "It's nothing, I was just spacing out."
She turned her head, drinking water as she recalled the scene that had just flashed through her mind.
The image was somewhat blurry and intermittent, but she remembered their facial features, which must be her companions.
She could try looking for it again in the waiting room for the high-speed train, or she could think about it more often and maybe she would remember.
The next day, the group set off again, and just like the day before, this oddly formed group did not encounter any attacks.
However, this time they encountered other people. The group consisted of about ten men, and they all looked... how should I put it, very upright!
That's right, very upright! At first glance, he seems like the kind of good person who makes you feel safe and secure.
Liu Yong's team's gossip spirit reignited, and they recognized them, telling Xu Anran that the team was called the Dragon Team.
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