Chapter 161 Chapter 161

It was not just Qingtong and his companions who noticed something was wrong, but other passengers as well.

A female passenger next to me noticed that the train had not arrived yet. She looked at her phone and asked the person next to her, "Excuse me, what time is it now?"

"It's ..." The man glanced at his watch, "two thirteen."

"It's 13 minutes past midnight?" The female passenger immediately stood up and shouted, "Conductor? Hasn't the train arrived yet? I want to get off at the Ji Station! Conductor?"

No one responded.

The female passenger looked anxious. She picked up her bag and went to the front carriage to check the situation.

Qingtong and Huang Tianzhen looked at each other and stood up.

Qi Xing took out the medal and put it in the hands of his cousin Su Sanan. Su Sanan frowned and looked at him. Qi Xing patted his shoulder and said to Ba Xiongan, "I'll go."

He stood up and followed Qingtong and Huang Tianzhen.

Before she took two steps, she saw a panicked attendant who happened to meet the female passenger. Before the female passenger could say anything, the attendant forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, there is an emergency on the train. Please stay seated and wait for the problem to be resolved."

"Emergency?" The female passenger's eyes widened. "What emergency? I need to get off the bus. Is Jeju already past? I missed my stop. How are you going to solve this?"

"We are also very sorry for what happened now." The attendant bowed slightly and said, "Please stay in your seat and wait. We will send you back for free after the next stop. We will also refund your ticket fee in full. We are very sorry for the trouble caused to you..."

"This is not about money!!" the female passenger was very excited, "I'm in a hurry, you know!"

Just as she was arguing with the conductor, passengers from the carriage behind also came over. When they saw the conductor, they asked a series of questions. They were all passengers who were going to get off at the station, and now the train had not stopped after the arrival time, so they became suspicious and came over to inquire about the situation.

Being blocked by so many passengers asking questions, the young flight attendant was sweating on the tip of her nose. She herself had no idea why this situation suddenly occurred and she didn't know what to do for a moment.

Huang Tianzhen took out his ID from his pocket, held it high and shouted, "Excuse me, I'm a police officer, please make way!"

When they heard the word "police officer", everyone turned around to look at him. Seeing a young man with a playful face, they all looked suspicious. A tall man came up and asked, "Which department are you from?"

Huang Tianzhen smiled and said, "Weird response department."

The tall man's face changed, and the others looked at each other. Some of them thought of something and began to tremble: "Weird? This matter... is under your jurisdiction?"

"It's not clear yet. We need to check it out." Huang Tianzhen put away his ID and looked at the conductor. "Where's the conductor?"

"In front." The crew immediately led them forward.

Perhaps the word "weird" was too scary. Many passengers who heard it did not dare to ask further questions. They looked at each other in panic. Some people had already started calling their phones and contacting their families while crying.

Qingtong and the other two ignored them and went to the front staff compartment and saw the train conductor.

The conductor was communicating with the train platform at this time: "Yes, I'm sorry, we can't guarantee that we can stop at the next platform... Yes, we will find a way. If..."

After a phone call, the conductor slowly put down the communicator, turned around and saw the crew member, Qingtong and the other two.

"How did you bring the passengers here?" the conductor asked in a low voice.

The train attendant walked over to the conductor and whispered something. The conductor looked at Huang Tianzhen and his team in astonishment and said, "Five minutes before arriving at Daji Station, we found that all the instruments on the train had failed. The train was running at high speed and could not be controlled. Are you sure this was strange? I always thought there was something wrong with the train."

Qing Tong asked back: "What kind of failure do you think would lead to the current situation?"

The conductor thought for a while and said, "I am not a maintenance worker, but I still understand the general structure. Even if the train's automatic driving fails, the manual control console can still be used. It is not the same system as the automatic driving. In the worst case, even if all systems fail, the emergency brake will not fail. It is the last and most important guarantee to maintain the lives of all passengers on the entire train. It is a mechanical brake and is checked every day. There is no possibility of problems."

However, when the train driver found that he could not stop after arriving at the station, he tried many methods and even used the emergency brake. However, all his operations were in vain and there was no response.

From this point on, he and the train driver felt something was wrong.

Now that people from the weird response department have arrived, he doesn't find it strange.

"It seems that the possibility of a strange appearance has reached 90%. "Qingtong whispered.

There was commotion again in the carriage behind me, and someone was shouting that he wanted to see the train attendant and the conductor.

The train conductor said to the attendant: "Go and comfort the passengers, and say this..."

The train conductor whispered to the crew, while Huang Tianzhen pulled Qingtong to the other side of the narrow carriage. Qixing also came up. Huang Tianzhen whispered, "What should we do? Now we guess it's probably weird. How do we check? We haven't found any problems."

Qingtong closed his eyes as if he was thinking, but in fact he was communicating with the system: "System, what's so strange on this train?"

"Host, I haven't seen the weird entity yet, so this system is not very clear, but I can tell you for sure that this weird power fluctuation is not strong, and its strength is probably around C-level. As long as the host and his companions cooperate well, they can solve it."

Qingtong: "...What if the cooperation is not good?"

Salvation System: "Hmm... come on, host?"

Qingtong: ...

Okay.

Qing Tong opened his eyes and said, "Many strange things are physical. Let's patrol the carriage first to see if there is anything wrong."

Then he looked at the conductor and asked, "Excuse me, are you familiar with every corner of this train?"

The conductor nodded and said, "I have worked on this train for almost ten years. I am very familiar with every part of it."

"Okay, then, please ask the conductor to accompany us for a walk around and take a look." Qingtong said.

Train conductor: “Okay.”

The train conductor led the way, and just like his usual patrols, he took Qingtong, Huang Tianzhen and the other two to check each carriage one by one. Occasionally, they would encounter a few passengers who questioned others, and the train conductor would calm them down one by one.

When he arrived at Qingtong's carriage and saw them walking back with the conductor, Su Sanan stood up and asked, "How is it?"

Huang Tianzhen: "We will check them one by one, let's take a look first."

Su Sanan: "Then let us help as well."

Qingtong: "Okay, go take a look at the carriages we've visited and see if there are any changes. Check the footsteps, walls, overhead, and... the faces of the passengers."

Su Sanan nodded, and started the action with Baxiong'an.

The train conductor led Qingtong and the others to the rear carriages. When they arrived at carriage number seven, the salvation system suddenly reminded Qingtong in his mind: "Host, the weird power here is quite strong. The weirdness is hidden here."

Qingtong immediately grabbed Huang Tianzhen's arm. Huang Tianzhen paused, immediately understood, and said to the train conductor: "Wait a moment."

The train conductor turned around and looked at them. Seeing Qingtong's slightly frowned expression, the train conductor's face also slightly changed. He observed the carriage more carefully.

The train carriage is neat and tidy, with a clean floor, a darkened roof due to its age, and small curtains that are beginning to age.

As usual, nothing strange.

"I don't see any difference in the carriage," the conductor whispered.

Qingtong: "It's not the train's fault, it's... the passengers'."

Thinking of the strange creatures that had appeared before, Qingtong wondered if a passenger had brought something inappropriate.

"Please help watch over the people living in the carriage. I need to check them one by one." Qingtong whispered.

Huang Tianzhen was shocked: "Inspect? Wait, you don't want to inspect... you need a search warrant."

"We have to make decisions in an emergency," Qingtong said. "If something weird happens and the train derails, no one will survive."

Huang Tianzhen nodded and looked at Qi Xing. Qi Xing immediately called Su Sanan and others to come to carriage number seven.

In less than two minutes, Su Sanan and Baxiongan arrived at carriage No. 7.

The passengers in the carriage looked at Qi Xing and Baxiong'an in confusion as they blocked the exits on both sides of the train.

Qingtong took out her ID and said loudly, "I am Qingtong from the Weird Response Department. I am going to check your carry-on luggage now. Please cooperate."

"Ah?" A passenger immediately stood up in dissatisfaction: "On what basis?"

"Yes, there must be a reason."

"Yeah, why do you want to check my luggage? You said you were from the weird response department, so we believed you. Is this ID real?"

Huang Tianzhen also shouted: "Something strange has happened to the train. The control panel is completely out of control. The train should have arrived at the terminal but did not stop because of this. The train is now running at high speed. Finding the abnormality as soon as possible is also for everyone's safety."

Qingtong raised his hand, allowing everyone to see his palm. Metal liquid oozed out from his palm and then condensed into a dagger.

"Awakened!" someone exclaimed.

Then, the doubts slowly disappeared.

Everyone knows that the train did not stop at the station, and they also know that the awakened will definitely join the weird response department. It is related to their own safety, so it is not impossible to check the luggage. Customs security also checks bags. Who hasn't been checked in the university dormitory? Just check it.

It's just that some people still don't understand: "What does weirdness have to do with checking our luggage?"

"Some weird things come from strange objects." Qingtong said, "The inspection is to make sure whether you have brought dangerous strange objects on board without knowing it. If you fail to find them in time, not only will it harm the entire train, but the person carrying the dangerous strange objects will usually be the first victim."

The last voice of doubt died down, and the conductor clapped his hands, asking everyone to open their luggage.

Huang Tianzhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone was cooperating, but he still had a question: "How do we know if it's a ghost?"

Qing Tong was stunned, then looked at Huang Tianzhen with a puzzled look: "Won't you know it after you see it?"

Huang Tianzhen: Hmm?

Qingtong pretended to be confused: "Isn't it like this after waking up? I can tell whether it is a ghost or not at a glance."

Huang Tianzhen didn't understand. He looked at Su Sanan and asked, "Is that so? Why don't I have this ability?"

Su Sanan shook his head and said, "Don't ask him, he doesn't know either."

Perhaps there are differences among awakened people.