MTL - Cataclysm King-Chapter 171 ghost train

Chapter 171 Ghost Train

“You are saying that you encountered a special cyclic space, and there was a disaster in it that you didn’t know clearly? And then it broke open inexplicably?”

“Yes, Master. More than a dozen of us died, but we were lucky enough to break through.”

 “What about the specific details? Is there anyone special in the team?”

“Those two guys couldn’t tell clearly. They seemed to have answered something correctly by mistake, and then they broke apart. Oh, those four people seemed to know each other. One of them is Old Man Xu, the dog king.”

 “Dog King?”

"You must have never heard of that kind of little person, young master. He is just an old man who has no ability and only knows how to hide behind when in danger. Many hunters in Innocence City know this. There is also a young swordsman, an ordinary Even the doctor and the rusher didn't see anything special."

 “Where are those people? Find them.”

“Master, they just signed up to go into the pit.”

“Well. You did a good job, go down and collect the reward.”

 “Thank you, Master.”

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In the tent of the temporary camp, Chen, the temporary captain of Ji Xun and others, reported the information and happily went out to lead the approach.

At the main seat, Kak, who was wearing a mechanical armor, thought for a moment, turned around and asked, "Miss Bai, what do you think?"

Next to him, the girl with long black hair in a white dress looked indifferent when she heard this: "The probability of killing a disaster that can form a field and rely entirely on luck is extremely low. If you guessed correctly, the female doctor should be Carter's junior sister . And that Disaster was most likely killed by her. What’s more, people have gone into the pit now. If they didn’t want to die, they might have some special purpose.”

 “Hmm. I think so too.”

Kak nodded, with a faint stern look in his eyes, and said: "I know from the clan elder that someone in the family wants to challenge the 'Hero Trial'. Now it seems that it should be my sister Carter."

Hearing this, Bai Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? If I remember correctly, no one in your Lionheart family has completed the hero trial alive for decades, right?"

　　Kak’s eyes were gloomy and he said: “Yes. The one who completed the trial last time was my grandfather.”

 Completing the Hero Trial is of great significance within the Anka family.

 It can basically be said that he is a candidate to be the helm of the family.

 His grandfather is the legendary and powerful "Silver-Eyed Lion" Kamon who is currently famous in the Federation!

Bai Wei laughed sarcastically when she heard this: "Senior Sister Carter is still so competitive. She has always wanted to be first since she was a child. Before I heard that she suffered a loss in Honglou, she stopped for a long time. Now it seems that her ambition is not small."

 She said, looking at Kak with a thoughtful look.

 The trials of the Lionheart family are a top secret to others, but to the Bai family, there are no clear secrets.

 Speaking of Hongloukake's heart, there was an unspeakable anger and fear.

The oppressive feeling of death from the legendary strongman still made his heart palpitate after such a long time.

 But that was also the greatest shame in his life.

He said expressionlessly: "That woman suffered a loss herself. She knew that Hong Lou had masters from the revolutionary army, but she didn't reveal any information. Instead, she induced me to have a head-on conflict with Hong Lou, and she almost died because of it. There."

Bai Wei chuckled when she heard this, "This is the method used by junior Carter. Back then, the men in the academy were all obsessed with it."

 The two of them did not explain their words, but they both understood what the other wanted to express.

Kak's eyes turned cold, and he did not continue to say more on this topic. Instead, he said: "Most of the information about the ruins of Xia Mu City is in the hands of my second uncle. Now that woman has gone into the trap, we probably know what we have We don’t know the information. But we also have a lot of it. This time, my father’s intention is to explore the ruins as soon as possible at all costs. So I am also prepared to go into the pit myself. "

Bai Wei nodded after listening: "Yes. Now the news has spread, and several other high councilors and high lords have sent people over. If we delay for a few more days, I'm afraid things will get out of control. It's a pity that my Bai family's The master is still on the way and may not arrive for a few days.”

As she spoke, she narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Okay, I'll go down with you."

Kak couldn't hide the joy in his eyes when he heard this: "Miss Bai, do you want to go down in person?"

 Originally, when we cooperated with the Bai family, we just wanted people from the Bai family to serve as consultants.

 After all, this ancient family has mastered too many secrets, so it is perfect for them to be present in such ancient ruins.

If a master from the direct descendants of the Bai family follows along, the exploration progress will definitely be greatly enhanced.

An imperceptible glow flashed in Bai Wei's eyes, and she said calmly: "Yes. If Junior Carter can go, of course I can go."

The Bai family has been able to hold one of the five federal parliamentary seats for two hundred years. They are not only their ancestors, but also powerful!

at the same time.

 On the rock wall of the deep pit in the center of the ruins.

A group of pioneer hunters were digging pitons and heading down into the deep pit.

The pit was filled with darkness and fog, and the searchlight's light could not be seen at all more than ten meters away.

“Our mission this time is to explore at least two hundred meters.”

“Everyone, be careful. People taking Route 13, follow me closely. The intelligence officer will pass the message up at any time!”

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 Somewhere on the rock wall, Ji Xun, like others, used ropes and mechanical hooks to slowly climb up the rock wall.

Not far from him were Catalina and Old Man Xu’s grandson.

 Seeing Kak and the Bai family coming to the camp, Catalina guessed that she might have been exposed, and immediately chose to go into the pit.

 The four of them went all the way down.

Ji Xun was also on full alert. Under the gas mask was a partially animalized werewolf face.

 The various senses of sight, hearing, taste and smell are pushed to the extreme.

 So far, no pioneer hunter has gone up there alive.

 No one dares to be careless.

The black mist that permeates the bottom of the pit gives people the impression that there is something terrifying hidden there.

 In addition, after the seal was destroyed, countless undead monsters appeared in the ruins of the city above.

Everyone thinks that the biggest danger in this pit is probably various monsters.

However, what is surprising is that this group of pioneer hunters went down extremely smoothly.

Ji Xun didn’t notice any movement from any monsters along the way.

Until they got deeper and deeper, the light from the top was no longer visible at all.

Suddenly, a burst of black fog passed by.

 It seems that some special conditions were triggered and the accident happened.

“Hey communications officer, what’s going on? Why don’t you speak?”

 “Oops! The rope. The rope is broken!”

 “Lao Xu, climb up and have a look!”

 “Captain, it’s not good, Lao Xu can’t see him either!”

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 They seem to be trapped.

This bizarre scene suddenly made the atmosphere in the entire vanguard group tense.

 Originally, a correspondent was left every ten meters on the rock wall to communicate the progress of the exploration.

There are also wire ropes involved.

Suddenly, however, the hunters discovered to their horror that they had lost contact with the correspondent above.

Some hunters climbed up in fear, but as they climbed, the rope broke and the man disappeared into the mist.

Other hunters came down with their settlement money to ask for money. When they encountered this situation, they suddenly panicked.

 The rock wall was filled with all kinds of frightened shouts.

  Ji Xun and the other four came here with the intention of taking risks.

 They did not feel any surprise when encountering this situation.

 The four of them got together and began to discuss countermeasures.

  Catalina is, after all, a young lady from a top-notch wealthy family and has a strong reserve of knowledge. She looked at the surrounding environment and analyzed: "Looking at this situation, it's a bit like a super barrier like a 'space barrier'. Once we enter a certain area, we may actually have entered a special environment similar to an extradimensional space. .”

Ji Xun nodded and said the same thing, "It seems that the pioneer hunters who disappeared before entered here."

The two chatted for a while without any clue, and instinctively turned to look at Old Man Xu.

 But looking at the expressions that were more dazed than theirs, Ji Xun and the two knew that there was no hope.

They were originally here to explore the ruins, so the four of them were not in a hurry to find a way out.

 Try again if there are other hunters.

 They continued walking down the rock wall.

 I thought that after encountering that strange situation, there might be danger.

 But they did not expect that they had a smooth journey and soon reached the bottom of the pit.

 There is still a thick fog here.

 But the feeling of feet on the ground makes me feel slightly at ease.

 However, what surprised the four people was that there were well-preserved man-made buildings here.

 And it’s an old train platform?

 Just after a few people came down, the magic lamp hanging on the platform lit up.

 The lights dispelled the fog on the platform. Only then did Ji Xunye see clearly that this was really a train platform.

 It doesn’t look as desolate as a ruin, but because there are no living things, there is an indescribable loneliness.

There are a few words written in ancient Talung script on the stop sign: No empty platform → Xia Mucheng

There are two railroad tracks in front of us.

 What's strange is that the rails are soaked in transparent water that is so clear that there is almost no impurity.

Looking along the railway track into the distance, there is still a clear river.

When Ji Xun saw this layout, this impression came to his mind: Railway tracks in an underground river?

 He frowned slightly as he looked at it.

 The calmer it is, the more people always feel that there is a huge danger hidden under this calmness.

 But I don’t have a clue about this situation right now.

 No monsters came out, no creatures, just the four of them.

 It is just an ordinary train station, and they are like travelers waiting for the train.

However, just when Ji Xun's mind was racing, he suddenly heard a "gudong" sound of water.

In a blink of an eye, he saw old man Xu kicking a small stone into the water out of boredom.

As soon as the stone fell into the water, a strange scene happened.

The stone seemed to have fallen into strong acid, white smoke suddenly appeared, and was completely corroded in the blink of an eye.

 Old man Xu screamed strangely: "There's something wrong with the water!"

Ji Xun and the other three couldn't help rolling their eyes.

 Anyone who is not blind will know that there is something wrong with this water.

The ripples caused by the pebble falling into the water subsided in an instant.

 The water returned to its extremely clear state.

At this time, Catalina seemed to have thought of something. She walked to the platform, took out a goose feather and threw it down.

 The eyes of the four people drifted down along the goose feathers.

 As soon as it touched the water, it seemed that it was not hindered by any buoyancy force and sank at the same speed as in the air.

Although it was completely corroded in an instant, Catalina seemed to understand something and said: "A goose feather is not floating, light and darkness coexist, and there is strong corrosion and pollution. This seems to be the 'water of the Styx' in myths and legends. Legend. If the soul of the dead wants to go to the underworld, it must pass through a strange river that only the dead can pass through."

As she spoke, her expression looked solemn.

The existence from myths and legends appeared in front of us. The existence of this ruin seemed to be higher than everyone expected.

 “Light and darkness coexist?”

Ji Xun looked at it and felt curious.

 He took out the test tube and wanted to decorate it and try it.

 But no matter what it is, it will be corroded when it comes into contact with water.

Several people have also determined that this river water is something that they cannot understand with their current knowledge.

  Ji Xun and Catalina were both lost in thought.

 With the water of the Styx, the four of them are the castaways trapped on the island.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Old Man Xu looked at Ji Xun and asked, "Well, what should we do now?"

Ji Xun was not anxious at all and said casually: "Waiting for the bus."

Old man Xu asked with a confused look on his face: "Waiting for the bus?"

 Katrina obviously understood what Ji Xun was going to say and said nothing.

Ji Xun explained: "Judging from the current situation, at least a few hundred pioneer hunters have come down. There are no bodies here, and there is no other place to go. But it happens to be such a strange station. So, those people should be What kind of transportation did you use to go somewhere else? For example, a train.”

 He just made the best possible inference based on the current situation.

 As for guessing wrong, it doesn’t matter.

Hearing this, Old Man Xu secretly complained: "Can there be a train in this ghost place? I'm afraid it's not a ghost train."

Even though they were trapped, Ji Xun and the others were still busy tinkering and researching on various parts of the platform.

Not long after, another dozen hunters, whose faces were pale with fright, climbed down from the rock wall one after another.

 Looking at their situation, Ji Xun knew that he could not go back if he climbed up.

The hunters were not as good as Ji Xun and the other four. When they suddenly discovered this island-like platform and the highly corrosive water, they were all panicked.

However, not long after the hunters came down, a whistle sound of "woo, woo, woo" suddenly came from their ears.

Immediately, everyone looked at a simple-looking steam train slowly approaching in the mist on the river.

Although a train has arrived at this ancient platform, there is something indescribably weird about it.

 But it finally brings hope to everyone’s current predicament.

The second car looked at the shadow of the train in the fog, turned to look at Ji Xun, and exclaimed: "Mr. Ji Xun, a train is really coming!"

Old man Xu also looked like he had won the lottery: "Did you really guess it right?"

Ji Xun smiled and said nothing.

His eyes looked at the train, his wolf eyes narrowed slightly, and his intuition told him that the crisis was about to begin.

The train slowed down as it entered the station, and the front of the car pushed the river water against the rocks on the platform.

 A group of hunters looked expectantly at the approaching train.

However, when one could see clearly, the expectations on everyone's faces instantly faded away, revealing expressions of fear and apprehension.

Even Ji Xun felt a sigh of relief in his heart.

 Because, the steam train in front of us turned out to be translucent like a ghost!

Ji Xun, wearing a clown mask, saw that the train actually had a name.

  【Bazquez's Ghost Train】

 Detailed explanation: Unknown level of rule disaster; neutral camp;

Ji Xun was surprised: "It's another regular disaster?"

 “呲呲.”

 After the train came to a stop, the steam deflated.

At the same time as the train door opened, all the hunters raised their firearms in unison, and their palms became sweaty because of their nervousness.

With more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring, the train door opened, and a guy wearing a black windbreaker and a high hat, who looked like a conductor, walked out.

This guy didn't know whether he was a human or a monster. He was filled with the aura of death and his appearance was completely unclear.

 But it stood by the door after getting off the car, as if waiting for passengers to get on, and it had no intention of attacking anyone.

When everyone saw this scene, they looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

However, at this time, Ji Xun looked at the time on his pocket watch and walked over without much hesitation.

 Looking like he was getting ready to try to get in the car.

 Behind her, Catalina also understood what he was going to do.

 She caught up two steps.

 The two of them were one shoulder apart and walked over together.

Ji Xun glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and admired the woman's courage. He asked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid?"

Katrina responded calmly: "When there is no choice, there is nothing to hesitate."

 The existence of this ghost train has reached a level that they cannot understand.

 All hesitation is unnecessary.

 Besides, her intuition and judgment told her that getting in the car was the right choice.

Ji Xun Xiaoxiao didn’t say much.

 He walked to the car door and glanced at the mysterious conductor in a windbreaker from the corner of his eye.

 But nothing could be seen except for a billowing black mist.

The conductor had no intention of stopping them from getting on the train.

Ji Xun observed the details inside and outside the carriage and then boasted about it.

Katrina's courage was not inferior to his, and she got into the car immediately.

 Old man Xu and the second car behind him looked at it, hesitated for a moment, and the grandfather and grandson followed closely and got into the car.

 Looking at Ji Xun and the other four getting into the car, a few of the other dozen hunters mustered up the courage to follow them.

There are still a few left on the platform.

This ghost train only stayed on the platform for two minutes.

 The car door closed and started driving slowly again.

 (End of this chapter)