Campfire Shelter

‘This time, the train didn’t move again, but the door still came out. It felt like it came on its own initiative? ’

Colin stared ahead with all his concentration, not daring to be careless.

Behind the fog door leading to the eighth carriage, the dim light was still there, and some faint movements could be heard.

It's like someone is whispering, or it's like a crazy and weird dream.

Beside Colin, the "Sons of Sexual Abuse" and others looked over, their bodies a little stiff, and they didn't dare to take a breath, for fear of disturbing someone.

This time, compared to the previous carriages, the eighth carriage always gives people an inexplicable weird feeling.

'I always feel that things over there are in some kind of distorted state.'

Colin squinted his eyes, and the door he saw looked relatively normal.

But in my mind, the fog door was in a state of constant creeping.

And if you listen carefully to the voices of those people, you will find that they are not the words of normal people at all, but just chaotic and strange roars. Even Colin will feel uncomfortable if he listens to them too much.

And sincerely feel an indescribable feeling of palpitations

Obviously, there may be unexpected changes after the start of the eighth car.

However, the only thing to be thankful for now is.

Ten minutes passed, and the D-class personnel behind the door did not break in.

"It stands to reason that within five minutes at most, the other side would notice something, but this time, that doesn't seem to happen."

While Colin was analyzing the current situation in his mind, he was alert to the location of the fog gate.

Next, dozens of minutes passed slowly, and the time came to thirty minutes.

The continuous whispers suddenly disappeared.

Not long after, the sound of glass falling to the ground and breaking was heard, which made several people present feel a "thump" in their hearts.

Several people simultaneously looked at the fog door of the eighth carriage again.

At this moment, some kind of human-like low roars came one after another from the other side, making the entire fog door look even more distorted.

In the brain, it is like a vortex.

And from inside this vortex, there is some kind of indescribable aura that seems to be slowly flowing out from it.

However, under the light of the flame of the "Fire Holder", all those invisible things evaporated.

"Tsk, if you go in this time, I'm afraid you'll be able to experience the true horror of a D-class employee losing control."

Colin pursed his lips, probably having some guesses about what was behind.

Nowadays, when the D-class personnel on the train lose control and go crazy, they simply show madness without any other weirdness. The reason for this is most likely because the company removed those dangerous things when making the "copy".

But after the eighth car, things didn't seem right.

For the first time, Colin noticed the exact "contamination".

If you go in, the D-class employees you encounter will most likely not be in a "blackened and weak" state.

However, Colin was somewhat relieved when he felt some of the breath evaporating under the firelight.

This shows that one's own flames can indeed dispel these things.

Fortunately, after another ten minutes passed, even though the fog door looked more and more distorted, Colin was basically sure that the abnormal employee in the eighth car would not come.

At this time, seeing the horrified look on the face of the "son of pervert" beside him, Colin thought for a while and whispered comfort in the campfire:

"If nothing else happens, as long as we stand still here, they won't come."

After hearing Colin's words, several people looked at the flames and nodded, feeling a little more confident.

They are not as well-informed as Brother Shunzi. After feeling the strange and palpitating atmosphere behind the fog door, there is always a feeling of standing on the edge of a cliff, or standing on the top of a dozens-story building and looking down. Feel.

That kind of throbbing was particularly unsettling, and what was even more unsettling was that they actually had the inexplicable idea of ​​"jumping down" from the building brewing in their hearts.

Fortunately, there was a bonfire burning beside them, which allowed them to suppress such thoughts.

And based on Brother Shunzi’s knowledge, since he said it’s no problem, it should be no problem

But just when they were relieved, they suddenly saw Brother Shunzi's expression change slightly.

At the same time, before they could ask what was going on, they heard a series of terrifying and inhuman screams coming from behind the fog door.

Accompanied by a large number of messy footsteps, all the out-of-control employees in the eighth car started to move.

'what happened? ’

Colin subconsciously held the time stop gold card with his left hand, and pulled out the bone spur from his pocket with his right hand. At the same time, the flames on the back of his head expanded with a roar.

However, the scene of a large number of abnormal employees rushing out of the fog door and attacking did not appear.

Instead, in the eighth carriage, the sound of fighting rang out.

"Clang clang clang!"

Amidst the sound of some heavy metal weapon colliding with the surroundings, terrifying vibrations were heard.

"Hey, what invaded the eighth carriage?"

Ke Lin stood up in a hurry, feeling solemn in his heart. He could feel that the guy who was fighting against the abnormally out-of-control employee was very strong.

The entire eighth car sounded like it was about to be scrapped at any time.

The battle did not last long, and after only three minutes, everything seemed to have come to an end.

You can hear it from the slightly staggering footsteps

The winner should be the one who just broke into the train car.

and

After it finished dealing with the out-of-control employee, it walked towards the fog door of the seventh carriage.

Colin looked solemn, held his breath for a moment, and used several "colorless crystals" decisively without hesitation to put himself into a state of full energy.

The "Sons of Sexual Abuse" and others also made plans to stay in the corner as OB.

However, just when Colin thought the battle was inevitable,

The figure that was dragging some kind of heavy metal weapon was walking step by step, and its footsteps finally stopped behind the fog door.

follow closely

A very hoarse sound of pain came out, as if he was suppressing something.

".leave"

"..You can't solve it"

“It’s dangerous to leave here”

"."

leave? Colin frowned, not knowing how to respond.

He probably had some guesses about the guy behind the fog door.

'There is a high probability that the only C-level employee on the train, the D-level employee who is like 'predicting fate', can rely on his own characteristics to discover the fact that he has become an NPC. Then there is a high probability that the life level will occur. C-level employees who have undergone qualitative changes have something special about them. There is no reason why they can't discover this. ’

‘By the way, the ‘life coach is much cuter’ said back then, when I was about to lose my ability to hold on in the fifth carriage, this was the helping hand I met? ’

‘Look at it this way, although this C-class colleague was also contaminated, he maintained a certain state to some extent, instead of going crazy without even a little resistance like other D-class colleagues? ’

Thoughts passed through Colin's mind.

But, at this moment, it seems that they haven't left yet

The voices behind the fog door started to get a little frantic and impatient.

"Leave! Leave! Leave!"

"leave here!!"

"leave!!!"

The husky voice suddenly became repetitive and irritable.

‘Sorry, brother, it’s not that we don’t want to leave, it’s just that we really can’t leave. ’

Colin muttered something silently in his heart, and the fireball behind his head expanded further, and a large amount of flames dropped, as if it also ignited his body.

At the same time, I yelled several times but saw no response.

The figures behind the fog door moved again, as if they were not going to leave, so they planned to send them "leaving" with their own hands.

The entire fog gate was horribly distorted at this moment.

Then, a few seconds later.

A dark, cracked palm stretched out from the center of the swirling fog door.

Extremely terrifying weirdness spreads from the palm of your hand

However, just when his palm reached the range of the firelight, it suddenly retracted.

And then.

Colin, who was ready to fight, heard it.

That guy left?

The sound of heavy footsteps gradually faded away, and soon disappeared completely.

The fog gate that had almost turned into a whirlpool also changed back to its original state at this moment.

"What do you mean, let us go?" Seeing this situation, the "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others couldn't help but be surprised. They couldn't quite figure out why the other party left so decisively.

At this moment, they felt quite uneasy, seeing the enemy appear behind them in the blink of an eye.

However, Colin was certain that the other party was really gone.

"According to what he said, he probably felt that we were not strong enough, so he asked us to leave. However, maybe because he just reached out and felt something, he recognized our strength."

Raising his hand and touching his chin, Colin spoke thoughtfully.

He saw it very clearly. The reason why the other party retreated was most likely because he felt the breath of "bonfire".

However, there were some issues that he didn't quite understand.

‘Assuming that this guy is really a C-level employee, and the company’s target is also him, wasn’t it a good contact opportunity just now? ’

'But judging from the work situation, the company seems to have no plans to continue to follow up the carriages or contact the other party. ’

Colin frowned slightly.

In this case, either the company's target is not a C-level employee, but something else, or the person in the eighth car who appears to be a C-level employee is not actually a C-level employee.

After thinking for a while, I felt that there were two possibilities, and there were too many variables.

So Colin did not continue to think too much about this.

And with the departure of "Brother Persuasion", the seventh carriage once again returned to its previous calm and peaceful state.

But, as time goes by little by little, when the time comes to the last hour.

"ZiZi" sound of electric current passed by in a flash

In the huge carriage, the successive fog doors slammed open, and the retro electrical gas lamps everywhere that had been constant and dim, also began to gradually fade at this moment.

And as the light fades.

The gray fog that had always existed outside the carriage slowly disappeared.

This speed is not fast.

Moreover, as two things went wrong, they both felt physically and mentally like the carriage was slowly falling "downward".

"According to this schedule, the lights will go out in one hour, and the fog should also dissipate at that time. Well, overall, it happens to be the end of the third hour required by the mission."

"There is also this falling feeling, like riding in an elevator."

"It seems that it is really like what the 'death pusher' D-level personnel said, the company intends to use this as a springboard to enter the real disaster scene?"

Colin guessed secretly, and then applied more force to the flames.

He remembered that the mission description mentioned that the company had found the missing person, learned about the situation here, and even made a copy of it as a promotion mission to test new employees

But it seems that it did not mention the company’s final treatment of the disordered ghost train.

Let’s look at it now.

The company didn't seem to have everything figured out at the time?

'Is it intentional, or can't get people out? ’

In Colin's view, with the company's peak combat power, it is definitely impossible to solve the anomaly here. Not to mention the company's three giants, just let the Jinchūriki Lawson who is in charge of "0-09'Hunger'" come over , it can definitely be done.

The mission description also mentioned that the company attaches great importance to this matter, and the probability of sending high-end combat forces is not small.

However, the company does not seem to have completely resolved this matter in the end.

From this point of view, there is a high probability that it was kept deliberately, but the specific reason is not very clear.

However, there is no time to think about it at the moment.

The time is coming

As the lights gradually dimmed, the train compartment looked increasingly dilapidated.

Shaking his head secretly, Colin retracted his thoughts and carefully observed his surroundings while staring at the countdown in his mind.

Finally, after another few minutes, the countdown ended.

The lights in the train completely disappeared.

Advent complete.

Colin and others did not care about completing the task, and they all looked through the train carriage and used the firelight to observe the situation outside——

It was an extremely empty and desolate place, and the surrounding scenes took on a dark tone in the firelight.

In the darkness, there were many sticky lumps of flesh-like things squirming.

However, before they could take a closer look at the situation, a sudden change occurred.

Bang.

A huge piece of meat covered with bloodshot eyes suddenly squeezed through the door on the right side of the train. On the piece of meat, there was a very simple and scrawled face, as if drawn in a random sketch.

The facial features are as plump and crowded together as those of a baby.

When he saw something coming, Colin was ready to take action without saying a word.

"Friends. Good friends. Are you friends?" A voice full of childishness, like a child, came from the mouth of the face with scrawled flesh.

"friend?"

Colin looked strange, stopped, hesitated, looked at the big piece of meat crowded at the door and smelled: "Who are you?"

As he spoke, he sniffed and soon smelled some familiar smells in the air——

Is this monster made of human flesh?

"Friends, friends, are you friends?" The kid's voice didn't answer. He just crowded at the door and repeated monotonous words without showing any malice or hostility.

Do you have to answer whether you are a friend before there will be any further reaction?

Colin was thoughtful and felt that there was not much danger, so he answered: "Yes, we are friends."

After the words fell, the whole piece of meat trembled, and then he shouted with joy like a child: "Great, I have friends, good friends, good friends, good food."

"Well, we are good friends. Can you tell me what happened here?" Colin immediately tried to talk.

But as soon as I finished speaking, I realized that something wasn't quite right.

'kindness? Good friend, delicious? ’

As his thoughts turned, Colin's eyes froze and he suddenly saw it.

The big piece of meat that had seemed harmless just now suddenly opened its mouth several meters wide and pounced at them.