Deep in the Living

Chapter 367 Incident
The ticket office is at the other end of the train station.

Three old arched windows are evenly spaced on the red brick wall. The arched railings above have lost paint and rust. The afterglow cannot shine in here, and the inside of the windows is completely dark.

A piece of brand new printed paper was taped to the wall nearby.

≮During the off-season, only one window is open. Please choose the correct window to buy tickets. If you choose the wrong window, you will not be able to buy tickets≯
Seeing this kind of question that requires making a choice, Luo Di looked directly at Yu Ze beside him, "Which one do you choose?"

"Let me do the math..."

Yu Ze was pinching Xiao Liu Ren and was about to make calculations when his thumb nail suddenly cracked and a black gas even leaked out of the crack.

This abnormality made Yu Ze, who had always been relaxed, become a little more serious. He adjusted his glasses with his broken nails.

"You must make your own choices directly, and do not interfere with external forces. Otherwise, you will be targeted by the entity of fear... Not only my fortune-telling, but even if you try to peek inside the window with your ability, it will not work.

So just make your choice.”

"Will you go or will I go, or will Miss Jane go?"

Youzhen waved her hand. Most of the time, she was just a leader and spectator, and would only take the initiative to help when there was unexpected danger.

And Youzhen herself also wanted to see how far these two special newcomers with the connector label could go in their first exploration.

"You two go on your own. If you make the wrong choice, you might not be able to get a ticket, and our exploration of the train station will be stuck here."

"Then let me go."

Luo Di took the initiative to recommend himself. He was in a very excited state and walked straight to the window on the far left.

Just as he was about to interact with the window, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the paper pasted on the side wall had changed, and there was an extra row of small words underneath.

≮Tip: There is no one selling tickets at the middle window. Do you want to make a new selection? ≯
Rody looked at the left window he was about to choose, then looked at the prompt and quickly remembered something.

It may seem that the corner helps eliminate one wrong answer and the probability of choosing the right answer is 50%, but this is not the case.

Rody immediately gave up his current choice and walked towards the right passage.

Boom boom boom!
Reaching out and knocking on the sealed glass window,

There was silence for a while, and the window was opened from the inside by a plastic prosthetic hand.

You don't need to pay any fees, you don't need to specify which station you are going to, and you don't need to say how many people are buying tickets.

Three train tickets have been handed out.

Just as Rody pinched out the other end of the ticket with his fingers.

Snapped!
In the darkness, another plastic arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed his wrist.

This sudden situation made the old spine straighten, and the tentacles between the arms began to wriggle, ready to fight back at any time.

Next second,
An old-fashioned loudspeaker poked out from the darkness.

"Please note! There is currently a security issue in the No. 4 waiting room at the train station. Please proceed with caution!"

The announcement ended, and the plastic arm loosened its grip, disappearing into the darkness along with the loudspeaker.

Rody looked at the marks left on his wrist, his face full of surprise. Obviously, the other party had no ability, neither a monster nor a hell demon, just a very ordinary plastic touch.

But just a moment ago, he actually felt a hint of cold fear.

Although this feeling of fear was quickly wiped out by the grayness in my brain, it still felt somewhat...refreshing.

He hadn't experienced fear for a long time, and this fear was so simple and pure.

Looking at the ticket in my hand,
This old-style ticket was the first time Luo Di had seen it.

The ticket has a light beige hue and the edges are a little rough, as if they have been rubbed by countless hands. The station name and fare printed in lead type are slightly raised, and you can feel the graininess of the ink when you touch it with your fingertips.

【██-██】

The departure and arrival stations are completely blocked and the date is blurred.

As soon as he returned to the team, Youzhen came up to him and gently touched his temple with her index finger.

"You didn't accumulate fear? The "incident" clearly happened."

"Incident? What do you mean?"

Youzhen’s finger moved away and pointed to the window just now, “[Exploration] of the corner is not free, we can’t go wherever we want.

Many places are closed and require conditions to enter, for example, train stations now require tickets.

The process of getting something may require triggering an "event".* In the Exploration Bureau, there is also an academic term called "the event expression of the fear entity".

These ubiquitous fear entities are not free and scattered like air; they gather under certain conditions and express themselves in the form of events.

The event's fear transmission efficiency is extremely high. Once contact occurs, regardless of whether the event is successful or not, it will often cause one person in the team to fall into a state of panic, or at least accumulate some fear value.

Although the superficial fear concentration is not high and the incident itself is very simple, how come you have no impact at all?"

Rody looked at his wrist that had just been touched and responded, "There is indeed a slight intrusion of fear, but it will be fine after a little filtering."

After knowing the nature of the so-called "incident", Rody's interest in the corner also grew. Since the fear entity can gather the corresponding "incident", maybe there will be other more dangerous things gathered in the depths of the corner.

Youzhen gently patted Luo Di's shoulder and pointed to the window: "How did you choose the right window?"

"Well... when I was doing homework in school, a friend of mine who did very well in academic subjects told me about a [three-subject problem] during break, which was the same as the situation just now.

Miss Zhen will find out the details later."

"Is that so?"

Youzhen still memorized it very seriously, and when she looked up, she found that Luo Di had already walked to the front. Yu Ze also immediately approached and discussed the details of picking up the ticket at the window.

For some reason, Youzhen, who was following behind, actually felt like she was returning to the official team.

It was as if the two young men in front were not newcomers at all, but the captain and vice-captain.

The team returned to the entrance of the train station again.
After the three tickets were cut, the plastic arm retracted the windproof strip, and the tongue in Roddy's mouth stopped curling.

Lift up the cloth.

The team passed through the only passage and entered the interior of the train station.

Without the illumination of the setting sun, darkness became the dominant tone.

The station hall is still empty, and the light source here comes only from the [Waiting Room Entrances (1~4)] on the left and right sides.

Among them, the waiting rooms of No. 1, 2 and 3 are filled with green light.
The light in waiting room No. 4 is red.

Luo Di also recounted the warning he received at the ticket window, as well as the strange red light in the No. 4 waiting room, which might be filled with danger.

"Waiting Room No. 4 also corresponds to the incident, right? Miss Zhen."

“Yes, this kind of warning given in the previous incident is likely to correspond to an event with a higher concentration of fear.

Fear will have an easier impact on us, and correspondingly, we may also gain [benefits] from it.”

"benefit?"

"Yes, once a special area like this where a large number of fear entities gather is handled, you may get "corner coins". A special currency that can be spent in the corner, it is also the most precious thing. Agents will try their best to collect it during the exploration.

What this currency can buy will far exceed human's inherent cognition.

This is also one of the main reasons why people are reluctant to return to the border area.

We were really lucky. Generally speaking, newcomers won’t encounter such a chain of events during their experience.

Considering our team configuration and the fact that you two are new, let's explore other areas of the station first, and then consider whether to take the initiative to go to the incident area at the end."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Di and Yu Ze had already started to move, walking quickly towards the waiting room No. 1 with green light.

An hour later.

The search of the entire area within the railway station has been completed.

Luo Di was taking a rest on the faux leather bench with a bottle of Sunrise.

After this exploration, it has been confirmed that there is no danger in other areas of the train station and that the food in all shops is within the production date.

Although waiting rooms 1 to 3 were lit green, the ticket gates inside were closed, and even the passage to the platform was blocked by bricks.

And no [connection port] was found to leave the current corner area.

All exploration targets were directed towards the waiting room No. 4 which was emitting red light.

After a short rest,

Without much discussion, the team took the initiative to walk towards the red light. Different from the previous exploration state, everyone's state was obviously more focused.

Rody's right hand had already fallen to his waist, touching the hilt of the knife brought from Hell.

(End of this chapter)