Chapter 124 The Sixth Round Ends
As soon as Coleman tore off the rubber connecting the carriages, 8869 once again emitted a dazzling white light and restored the entire carriage.
As soon as the carriage was restored, the two men began to destroy it again.
Although 8864 can continue to recover, this behavior is too passive.
With several seamless restarts, 8864's speed in responding to damage began to slow down significantly.
At first, she could start the restart almost the moment Wei Xiaoyan corroded a hole, but now she had to let Coleman tear off a few pieces of rubber and iron before she could start the restart.
Seeing the results, all the passengers began to look forward to it and some even came over to help.
After receiving this feedback, Wei Xiaoyan and Kou Man also saw hope of leaving and became more motivated. The seams of the train were damaged more and more seriously.
When the train restarted for the 35th time, Coleman had taken advantage of the increasingly long restart intervals to tear half of the connection between the carriages.
The carriage lost half of its anchorage and began to sway from side to side. The other passengers evacuated this carriage and ran into the carriage in front.
She noticed the hook connecting to the front carriage again and immediately reached out to grab it.
8869 suddenly said softly: "Start broadcasting to the whole car now."
When Coleman heard 8869 talking, he paused for a moment.
But she immediately thought of the car-wide referendum conducted by 8864.
Coleman felt that she was just delaying and wasting time again, so he stopped hesitating and pulled off the hook connecting to the car in front.
Without the traction of the hook, the remaining half of the rubber and iron sheet was simply unable to support such a heavy carriage.
The last carriage was torn off the train in an instant. The passage ahead disappeared in an instant.
The train broke into two but continued to move.
The last carriage in this section did not stop immediately due to inertia, but stumbled and made a harsh friction sound against the rails.
Kou Man hugged Wei Xiaoyan, protecting her head and cervical spine tightly to ensure that if the last carriage overturned, Wei Xiaoyan would not die immediately.
Lu Jiamu held on to the handrail of the carriage tightly, but was also carried forward by inertia.
As the person with the least ability to protect herself, Wei Xiaoyan was frightened by the huge bump and began to cry softly. She suddenly felt that what Lu Jiamu said was not reliable at all.
He just said that the strange navigator was bluffing and that they could actually get out of the car through violent means, but he didn't actually say what to do after getting out of the car.
But he looked so confident when he said it that Wei Xiaoyan subconsciously felt that she should take a gamble with him.
But when there was only darkness outside the broken part of the train, she felt a great fear in her heart.
Given that the train had previously been restarted once a day, there was a high probability that they would be hit by the front of the train in twenty-four hours.
After the initial loss of connection and sudden deceleration, this carriage was fortunately not to overturn or derail.
The train's warning sound continued to ring: "Emergency. To protect personal and property safety, please do not get off the train. Please stay in the carriage and wait for rescue."
"Repeat that..."
After a long waiting time, the last carriage gradually slowed down to a stop.
Lu Jiamu ignored the broadcast and jumped directly from the broken part.
When the carriage becomes an open space, their vision becomes broader and is no longer limited to those small windows.
As soon as Lu Jiamu landed, he saw the dilapidated and rotten railway tracks on the ground.
Wei Xiaoyan looked at him while shedding silent tears, and Kou Man also stayed in the car and was not in a hurry to get out.
Lu Jiamu did not ask them to come down. He stretched out his hands, groping, and walked carefully to the left side of the track.
Although there are certain risks in walking out of the car, they will also gain more information.
After separating from the car in front, this car did not lose its electric lighting, but the area that the light could illuminate was limited.
Wei Xiaoyan and Kou Man leaned close to the car window and watched Lu Jiamu's figure gradually being swallowed by the darkness.
Lu Jiamu stretched out his hand and walked slowly forward for a long time, but he still didn't touch any wall.
He felt as if the ground beneath his feet was muddy and sticky.
He didn't dare to go any further and turned back the way he came.
The light in the carriage was still guiding him back.
Seeing Lu Jiamu reappear safely in the light, the two people in the car breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Jiamu didn't say anything and continued to grope to the right.
After a while, he came back and said, "It seems that the ability of that thing is very limited. The area it can affect may only be the range of that train. Now I only have one life, so I didn't dare to go too far."
Coleman nodded.
Lu Jiamu touched his chin and said, "I feel like... we are not in any tunnel."
Before, when they saw the darkness outside the car window, everyone had a preconceived notion that they were going in circles in a tunnel. But now it seems that this is not the case.
"Where is that?"
"Just an empty field? I walked all the way out and didn't encounter any obstacles along the way."
There was space next to the carriage, which meant they wouldn't be killed by the front of the train turning back a day later.
"How far have you walked?"
"About fifty meters on each side."
There were no obstacles at this distance, and it really sounded like a large open field.
But if it was an open space, why was it so dark? The train's cycle was a whole day, so if it was really in an open space, it couldn't be night all day, right?
Could it be a large underground space?
In the dead silence, the lights in the car flickered, and 8869's gentle female voice sounded again: "Since the integrity of the car has been detected to be damaged, activate the second emergency plan: broadcast to the whole car."
"This broadcast has the highest level of confidentiality. Unauthorized access is prohibited. It was reserved by Ms. xxx on x-month-x-year. Since the train has lost its integrity, this broadcast will be activated and announced to all survivors on the train."
The female voice paused, and then the tone of voice changed slightly: "Hello, we are the Global Anomalous Alliance. When this reserved broadcast is activated, there are only two possible situations:
First, the great disasters have passed. Perhaps we have found truly effective solutions to them and have defeated them, or perhaps those monsters have simply disappeared over the long years.
The second possibility, which is what we least want to see, is that the abnormal things have discovered and invaded the interior of the carriage, and all my efforts have been wasted. Because as far as I know, it is impossible for any of the original passengers to have the ability to destroy the carriage against 8869's will.
I don’t know what situation you are facing. Only you can judge it yourself. This is why I give you the right to choose.
There will be another train-wide referendum later. If there is no one left on the train to vote, 8869 will continue to drive the train as usual, as the last trace of our existence.
If the number of votes against getting off the train exceeds one-third of the total votes, 8869 will continue to run the train at all costs until the next stop opportunity.
If more than two-thirds of the votes are in favor, it means you think it is time to get off the train, and the train will stop running forever."
"And now, I have to disclose what I have done and the situation we are facing. This content will always be kept confidential.
Our world has always been invaded by horrible, bizarre, and abnormal forces, which you commonly call ghosts. And our Global Abnormal Alliance is the last barrier against them.
I have always been extremely worried about our future together. As I learned more about the anomaly, I began to feel more and more confused. Until we found 8869.
8869 is an abnormal existence similar to an infinite file reader. It can bring people and objects in a certain area into an undetectable space-time rift and start a file reading cycle. The beginning of each cycle is the initial state of the first file reading.
She has some intelligence, but it is very limited. I named her Neverending.
After I found her, a brilliant idea came to my mind. Before this world is completely infected by anomalies, I will secretly organize a group of people with knowledge in different fields to enter the file loading range and board a perpetual motion car as my backup, plan B. It will be the spark for the continuation of civilization after we break through the defense.
This is how this train came to be. It was unethical, so it was kept confidential, and only I and a few people involved in the project knew about it.
Please forgive me for having to conceal the horrific truth about those abnormal powers from the public. But you must now deeply understand the horror and weirdness of those abnormal things. "
The broadcast ended here. After a short pause, 8869 said: "The second vote begins. The content of this vote is: Should the J3584 train be stopped? If you support stopping the train, please vote for it. If you oppose stopping the train, please vote against it.
If no one can vote, or the number of votes against is one-third or more, the bus will continue to run. If the number of votes in favor is greater than or equal to two-thirds, the bus will stop running. Please start voting. "
A moment later, a sound similar to a train whistle was heard in the distance, and the radio on the train began to announce the results of the vote: "There are 259 survivors on this train, 220 votes in favor, 39 votes against, and the number of votes in favor exceeds two-thirds."
The three people in the last carriage had no way of knowing the situation of the passengers in the front carriage, but it seemed that 8869 did not operate behind the scenes this time.
This may be the real voting result. Most passengers are desperately trying to get off the bus.
A shape of a door appeared in mid-air, opening a crack for them, and bright light poured out.
As the light gate opened, the three people felt a huge suction force.
Lu Jiamu subconsciously grabbed an iron rod, but it was not strong either. He didn't have time to grab something stronger before he was swept up into the sky.
The light from the light gate illuminated a large area, and after Lu Jiamu was sucked into the air, his vision became clearer.
He saw that there was no light before dawn in the distant horizon, and no stars in the sky.
In the endless darkness, there was only a long train drawing an arc on the ground, running alone. It was endless, without beginning or end, forming the last small circle of light.
As if it had sensed something, the light spot on the front of the car suddenly became brighter, and the pure white light was transmitted to their side, illuminating the rotten skeleton in the cockpit.
The train began to slow down, and the lights in the carriages went out one by one. 8869 said in a soft female voice: "Dear passengers, this journey is about to reach its end. It is late at night, and I wish you all good night and sweet dreams. I am your navigator 8869."
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